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OSS EA LODGE' ? No. 317, A, Y. 31., moots at their Nall
orerl3r. Roy!a drag store, on Tuesday exerting, on or
before! tp p FolniopnoiTeciock.P;AX.. '• t
T YOGA CRAPTRR, No. 191; R. k.:24., • Biekt nt tho
Han, on Thursday orenino., oil or before the Fu!,
Moon, at 7 e'elodh P. Ar. .
TOGA COUNCIL, N 0.31, R. & S. MASTERS, meets 14
the Ball, on.-the third Friday of, each gelend!ir
month, at , 7 o'clock P."-Id." • -
AGAGUTON COIiII'ANDERY, N 0.23, of KNIGHTS
TEMPLAR, and the appendant orders, meets at the
llall. on the first Fridafof dash ealaniar nionth,at
7 o'clock r.
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BUSINESS DIRVOEORY.
ATTORNEY AND COUNSELOR AT LAW
Insurance, Bounty, and Ponsion - tAgoiry,-Main
sueet IVelleboro, 1865::,•
wra,, o.a.RnErrsorg.-;
ATTORNEY. , ANEO,• COUNSELOR AT ' LAW,
Notary publie..aad Insurauco Agent,l3loss
burg, Pa., over Caldwell's Store.
GEO. W. MERRICK
ATTORNEY AND COUNSELLOR' AT LAW.
'Office with W. H. Smith; Esq., Main Street,
opposite, Union Block, Wellsboro, Pa.
July`I5;"•I8d8."
D:lrE iLBEE.I6 / 4661.,
,‘V IIOLESALE 1 0 .1j.U441PTS, und deniers An
Wall Paper, Kerosene. Lamps, Window Glass,
Perfumery, Paints and, Pits, &0., &c.
Corning, Y., Jan. 1,1888.71 y.
S. P. WILSON.
IVII &
TTORNAYS At COUNSELORS AT LAW,
.(First door frOmßigoney's ' tlio Menue)—
win attend to busineSi enteusted to their care
io the counties of Vidga and ?otter.
Welleboro; Jan. 1, 1868;
JOHN I. MITQUELL
.TTORNEY AND COUNSELp It AT LAW,
Nitellsboro, Tioga Co., Pa: I
Claim Agent, Notary Patina,- and .Insurauce
Agent. lie•will attend promptly to collection-of
Pensions, Back P,ay and Bounty. As Notary
Public be takes acknowledgements of deeds, ud
ministers ortbs, and; will act.as Commissioner to
tile testimony. ,OrOffice over Roy's Drag Store,
adjoining Agitator Office. - --Oct. 30. 13Q7 . _
John W. GnOrnsoV,
ATTORNEY AND COUNSELOR AT, LAW.
Having 'returned to this county with a view of
making it his permanent residetied, solicits a
eltare of publie patronage. All..business en.
trusted to his care will be attended 'to With
vromptness and fidelity. Office 2d door south_
of E. S. Fares-hotel: Tioga, Tioga ,
eept. ; '
G`6OI{GE• WAGNER
9
7AILOII. Shop first door north of L. A. Sears's
Shoo Shop. Off - Cutting, Fitting, and Repaii
ing done promptly and yell. -
llrellsboro, Pa., Jan. 1,
JOHN ETNER,
TAILOR AND CUTTER, Ills opened a• Atop
on Grafton street, rear of Sears & Derby's shoe
shop, where he is prepardd to manufacture gisr: 7
meats to order iii the most substantial manner,
and with dispatch. -Particular attention paid
to Cutting and Fitting. March 26, I$OS-Iy'
Dr f C. K. Thompson.
OvsLLbsusouou PA.] „ ,
lr attend co Profe,idional calls in the rilla4o,
IC tiellOoto and oltowhere.
Mee and Resid , nee on State St. 2d door an
,c going Luc. [June. 24, 1865.',1
.CON, 11.0., let° of the 2d Pa. Cavalry, after
! ally fourseare of army service, with a largd
icll
ence in field and hospital practice, has opened n'l'
:re !of the pracilce of medicine and surgery . , in al ;
bitnes. PetiOnb from a distance can hind go
,:
irdin's at the Pcunsylvaula note' when desired.—
ill visit any pert of the State in consultation, or to
Muria surgical operations. do 4, - Union Block, up
Ira. \relish° ro, l'ii.,Muy 2,1860.-Iy.
Wm. rt. smith,
KNOIVILLE,Ta. Ponlion, county, and
tsuranco Agent. Communications sent to the.
thine address will receive prompt attention.
• fur= moderato. [jan-8, 18138—]y1
Tho's.ll3.Drydon
DRAFTSMAN.—OrdonI left at
N room, Townsend Hotel, Well bor will
~ e t with prompt attention
0,13. 1807.—tf.
It E. OLNEY,
bEALER. in CLOCKS & JEWELRY, SILVER
PLATED WARE, Speetzieles,:Violin Strings;-
10.„ce.., Ntansfield, • , IVatelles and -Jew:,
cry neatly repairod. Engraving dune in plain
tnglisli and German. Ileepto7-Iy.
Hairdressing & Shaving:
Salcon'over Willcox 'a Barker's -:Store,
no, Pa. Particular attention paid to 'Ladies'
Shampooing, Dyeing, etc. Braids,
ads, coils, and Enriches on band and made to or-
ii. Iv. nonsy
0. L. WILCOX, ,
(ler in DRY 0 OODS of nil Nitre
ml Yankea i/f/tiOnS, Onr assortment-is-large
a Store in Union . Itioti:
r. tipin, n.—tnny 20 1 SOB 7 I y. •
prernoLExtra novsr,,
e.STPIELD, PA., li - E.Oitti ,CLOS.I,I; ,Propri.
, tor, A new Hotel conducted on the Ninclplt
Mitre and let -ifve,,for the accoulWOdatiuUVt
he pablic.—Nov. 14, 1866.-Iy.
00TEL,
TIOGA, TIOGA COUNTY,
dlood stabling, attached, and an attentive hos
er alwny.9 in attendance
U. .W. HAZLETT, .
HOTEL,
.ESTFIELD 'Borough, Tio6 Co. Po., 1.. (1.
tl 11, Vroprkitor. A nOir And commodiont.
4 , ..ining with nit too modern itoprovementl-..
Within easy drives of th. 3 best hunting and thh
ink grouudis in Northern Penn a. Cenveynnee
farms:hod. Terms moderate.
Fob. 5, f.868-Iy.
A.Atri W4LIVQIII
Gainas, Tioga County, Pa.
IORACE C. V ERAILLYEA, Pc.or!.u. This IA
a new hotel located within easy access of the
best tilting and hunting grounds in North
t,rti l'ilonsylvania. No pains will be spared
r th 'accotytnodatiqn of ptp4suro spAcrs and
the t Ayeiing public. . [Jay. 1, 1868.]
.X3OO ..Milber
M. M. SEARS, Prtornimxt.
AVERE delicious Cll'lllll, Preneli Cut)
feetionary. all kinds of fitlit3 in thei
ka, , on, a uicu dirk of Tea, Cutlec, or Chocolate
fiss.terei in their t•ent-oh—eavo 14:: 1111.1 1.1 al
I,,, ul , ,:•erved in tin) he :t k•tyt.. Ni*:.,t door hi
ltehertzi 11.4[C.v. edoro. AlAt;
Veil-!,wo, Atig. d, Ibo 9.
Bounty ztnd Pension Agency.
~ N TkYING recoiyed lutinttei witt uctlunt , tn regattl . to
rtn32xlra bounty Alouteni by the net ti.peuved
•;i7: l- .1).36,and having on ban.' n I.trzt-..ttlittly of all
r • - --otry , i tot ;It eillred to I,rt,ser i tt e n i) p en?
la] bounty ;him o willch a.a ;•,. yin:Led I
o ttr•
Perinux:iting.nt a tiistAnce can nommunicate
znu by lette.r,And .•untnitiukatioup will Ito
waly answst WAI, S MITA .
`''llth.tro.qctot)ar24.l.Bo6
ifAIWYNSS
BOOT AND SHOEIVIAKERS,
'"t , ' Wilson & Von 110
,r 6 01 , z - ltacly occupied by Ite)ii. alefTt y.
RATS 4..N.D SHOES of all kinds made to
order and in the hest manner.
itePAIRING of all kinds done promptly and
g' , 54. Giro lit!
JOHN HAMMES
M. 11111 LY• 0 , •
ti°elieboro Jan. 2, 8 68 -17
CITY 8011 K BINDERY
BLANK BOOK MANUFACT,OBY,,A
(SIGN OF Tilt BAG BOOK, 2D -1
FLOOR,)
Er../MIAA - , N. Y.
606-05:ei112 BEST, better A; Tni CHEAPEST.
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Of ovary description, in all styles of Binding,
and as low, for quality of Stock, as any Bindery
in the State. Volumes of every description
Bound in the best manner and in any style or.
4 0 c ( 1 4 .; , :••.:;
ALL.KINDS GIUDIWORK "'
„j:i ; Ji
'Executed in the best tuhenet, Deoltsre
bound and'usad6 Oood as IJOVY.
la&SkillUX 14, ridLnltliio
COMPLETE YOUR SWX§I
lam protiVreWio TPrieh licliinitrabi:4o atil
Review Bor Magazidis 13 4 1113115h6ral in Urated
Stittos or tiroat Britain, at a low price.
":.BLANK BOOK & aloft' PAPER,
Orin. si ides, on baiid;
DILL HEAD„ PAPER,
Of any quality or size, on hand and cut up ready
for printing. .•Also, , BILL. PAPEW, firid 'CARD
BOARD of all colors :and qnattl.yi In,b,oardti or
cue to any'sli6. - .
STArkONERVV ,
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Cap, Letter, NTeite• Paper; tnyclops,
Pens, Pencils, &c.
I am solo agent for
Prof. SHEPARD'S NON-CORROSIVE - STEEL
PENS, OP VARIOUS SIZES, FOR LADIES
AND GENTLEMEN,
Which I will warrant;equal to Gold lezit!. The
best in use auctno tultztaho; ,
The above st,tiels sell att.4.Letivetitt Rate s
at all times, at.-is
amarrtadt.auce on "Netv-York
prices, and in quantities to suit purchasers. 'All
work and stock warranted asropresonted,
Irespeetfplly solicit a share of public patron
ago. Ordors by mail promptly attended to.—
R. NILEB.
Address, LOUIS KISS, ,
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Sep _ Ist
Joitit l ‘C.`ll " -
ATTORNEY S COUNSELOR AT ' I4IIW, Tioga
Pa. Office with C. R. Seymour, EN. Business
attended to with protaßtness. ppr. 7t11,'69-Iy
. I
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C. E. KELLEY
DEALER IN DRY GOGHS, Groceries, -Ilaxtl6
ware,Boots, Shoos, Hats, Caps, &e., .cur
nor f Market and Crofton streets, Welltlboi - 't ;
Pa. Jan. G, 1868. t r — IN ' "
Respectfully arinouneieS tOr,tho
Charleston and vicinity, that' he would be
grutolul
. lor their patronage. Office at the
Store of Cooper end Kohler.. Mar. 2./th '6912.1y:,
E. M. SMITH, having purchabcd - the
lately owned by L. H. Smith l u gs
thoroughly retitled the hotel, and can aceorn
, niothito the traveling public in a Fupovior
manner. 1-“ a 'l'B 441, t.
KEYSTONE HOTEL. _
•aar,
9 . 01 P . i),,„ ,11. Lew, '
I, 4 rbil.tietor." Coi!veriient - qip.J.est, fibbing
greaniain'Tioga parties ucom
tileclated with cuilveytnices. Good entertain
. went for man cud beast. June 11, ISCO-tt.
New - 9444" e:ry •
gill E undursigned hus 4terukaie. p/a ,
dry. buildi»g, noa o pro,
Ind i. now prepared to turn out fine calf, kip,
eoWkide, and harness leather in the best man-
OCT. tanned on skdres. Cash paid for
M. A. DUIME. ,
Wellsboro, Oct. 14, 1848.
UNION ROTEL:v. 4
MINER WATICINS; - PlioPinvrok.
ur Avis() fitted up a new hotel building on the site
sd the ohl,Unlon . !total, lately,tleetr,4o, kytfireg' .
Law now eady to'rkeite'tintl 'Nacre:tut giletita., The
Union Hotel was illtelltied for a Temperance Howe,
and the Proprietor believes it can be sustainotiwkhlottit
grog. Mt attentive hostler in attendance. •;.
Wellstioro, Juno 20, 1807.
t,
GROCERY AND RESTAURANT,
The door above the. illea - t - dld_arket,-----
EL.E./8130.110, PENN-'A,
lISPECTE` (ILLY announces to the trading
JR, public that he has a dcslrablo stock of Gro
ceries, comprising, Teas, Cp,ffBoe; Opices, Sugara,
Ifolassci,psi,' a MI: tbatjionStitiites a fir
class stook. ) pystoig in t'evilixy rFti t ri; 111 46 oK
sonable hours. •
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Wellabino, Jan. 2, IS67—tf.
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DEALEIi9 , Ik • •':'
TO E
;lank, CIJTIM
wATE-g,'
Carriage and. Harness Trimmings,
SApDLpS,24O,, , ,
Corning, N. Y., Jai. 2, 1.867-Iy.: :FAL. ...if,
S. JOHNSON.
, , P A . ,
EAR YE! lIF,AIt YE LIEAR .IE
-14 • • • •
ItANERLS„Fih:k.INS,,C.I,TUBNS,-.
BUTTBR TUBS, &c;,7 •
Kept constantly on hand, and furnished to or.
der, by
W. T. MATHER
at hi:1110w store, 2tl door above Roy'p
Wellsboro. (Juno 10, isqs.)
&ales AS'eales ! Scales !
Mill Buttalo Platform Scales, all ordinary
sizes, for turavy,and counter - use, may be
found at the Ihtraware ;Store of Win. Roberts,
Wellsboro. Tbeze ;teaks are the Fairbanks pat
eat and have no superior an whore . ~ T ifeY-,,4 / r8
Laadeirt the host 4yloti.rid hitire taken thi3
un at 411 tlto grew. -
i•have the-solo agency r„ r th eEe Seales
1 Yt 1, 1.1.01 ROBERTS.
Well.-horn, Feb. 12, 1965.
Propriotor
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New Tobacco Store !
fruit: ttibteriber bac lilted up the mums ad
' joining D. I'. Itobertk Tiu and Stove Storo
rd . ihe manufacture and ,ate of
ClUltllB,(«ll . gradt4), Butch and Common,
. . .
S 11. 74Y11 1' 0 1.1.-106' 0,.4.1;eki9 I'Yn t ;
if p : sr NO, an d a i l kinds of
MLR; I'OB C,'C 0, PIPE'S, and the eh?
e,s/ Brand if , . CIGARS. '
- 117 1 1. K R,IIS PL.UTEII,- 7 1ye hereby certify
1 1 .. 4 that %re have nNed ih - e Mii , krclantifactured
by Chainvitey k. Itt•rn;i uer, ;if tltoir yorks ow.Eik
Pot n. in i; line; township, rnd tin Lenore ittch bo
ceiv,4l if not 4upet for to the C.syttitaYter.
David Smith S M emiaLla 'Cone
-11 If C,J,h If 3initaone Bernauer
QIC hartzt:r A:tis Smith I; Strait
Sl3 Dtrii Albert King John C Miller
Jll Wafrons WII Watrous , L I Mereit
R M Smith 0 A Smith • Ka 3f Poutti'
D Strait, P C Van Gelder J J Smith
Jared DUVI9 ..EP Zimmerman C L King
L.L Smith.
N. B.—Plaster always 4:A3 l hand • 14t' the
Price $5 per ton. Nov. d,ll}BB.
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Smith's Hotel,
[TIOGA, J'Ad
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o.i;) ,th,l rte fur yotirselve.4.
J•)IIN W. PUI.6EI.
1-1.01", S.,c. H, tr.
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v,itliviffia 4
T. L. BALDWIN & CO'S .
)ti• Iff efit3 o '411.91#
and see a nice stock of Goods for the t 7
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ADDAcA f t povitzsg QWMBRIOI4S,
FR I ENOR JAdONTTS; ORGANDIES,
PEQUAS, YERSAILES, 4LAOK.
• j-AND'e6LORED`SILK'..`‘,
'BEAUTIFUL Winter SHAWLS,
?nil en from.
1 - -t; 4-‘ tvkl ( ''‘ „
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LpAlp READY-AND:OLOTH
" TO MXICE 1491.1 p, ALL gINDS Ori
tirgIIstOS,TRINGES, I 4ASSELS
&c ,
_TO TRIM DRESSES
OR SACQUES.
YANIKEg i NOTIONS
cari't. ff.
,bAJOYIII46*# overything the
" 3 4"4 1 riltt ) otfgh ;of so far.
HOOP SKIRTS, BALMORAL SKIRTS;
CORSETS,74,Cir
f Inn grit ff,ol - fre4 Eik" .1 a
t;1 - I'.; 177,71114,44:1.1.1t
.too INtliCtOlAa - to linkititixilaiitAritf bay that pia
wilhseliio t mnll eo , ,Aargef_a s n asaortmotit to select
from - in' a country stare, and clear down to tho
TI „
W0 . e1 .- to'keep a largo Assortment of
REAWittIifiC_LOTHINGj
in suits, and parts of suits. Shoultlywo fail to
an
sp d tiloW,aktk ,todtittfutiti,liveltissie6ssitnoro
.A r'T AlL'Olt D FIT
:MoOts and Shoes 9
EAT*..4IW a „,.'kgATS:OO`,RAW GOODS,
AAD dEN'i r S"
.;g°"SFllg ( i›.l:4ATl.rl4/N - 4 Or
.;;;C - 0.40k . ..IcZiLVOODENLIWARg; I
11144D , wARE;.STELP rtAtiti' T
.•, i•'-VVARE, NAILS, IRON,
(melts, Latches, Carpenters' TGols..
L i 1 (Unlit ittre-fljeiti V eli
Cl/ Z 2 1 .?
11'. 0 .Z.0.Fi Itl E S =
'ret.b. TEAS aro lower than at any time since
he war. Lid not go to Cuba to buy sugar, anil
o have some cheap. We are agents for the
E. IIoWE HWANG - MACIHNE.
"I‘—.€4a-1%
tCyt.o w; lit tool:, to %loth wit]
SALT I,II V/il4;l. B NElit 1 1 .1 1 1 1 N.
t i ii?/;t1 . )0 Pi(lder, 63.
Ittfttet tubs, Pails. Fir'king, and Ashton Salt to
natfor wit,ll. All kinds of Farm Produce Ivant
ed. „Prittes can't t bo bea,t ) piri• a 1) , 1
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T. L. BALDWIN & CO.
Ti (I , at PH Oet'ober 13 1 SII9.
Wilson & Vartlialicenbures
P' f f
go. 2,,hik"131-t
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PRE' Nl.l1 7- G STYLLES'
POPLINS, GIIENADINES, LAWNS,
ORGANDIES, APIMiS;;OiIIi7IIS,
PEROALLE6, , GINGIINVIS;‘'
DELAINP,S & PRINTS, 41,1' 9- StiLES
k ;.$
FACTORY'S, SITEETINGS; BLEACH=
ED AND UNII•LEACEI,E4 4111,,SLI•N ; §
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of every description,
)3,V71:4111:.i,:fif• all kinis nlaq tit 14 . 6At'an / .
ithijapon bisorlincnt - br '
A • •
READY 110.111IJOTIIINii
ever brought into Tioga County. Remember
.. the place,- and call before purebaeing.
hat o'f,selli - Itell our stock with great care
' .hirikno‘ify gentlemen that iu
LIGHT .CASSIMERES, inv,Eu t s,j,m
A; ENS,"•FAI‘Iaties4A:TINS,'GAI.
TERS, & SUMMER WEAR
0 :1
t'°.lc.riP;Ys'niwß PIO 1)0)k.4.-T
Thankful for p.ost patronage, laid by strict at•
tendon to buslooss ire ippotQ!3bore
anse of tho , sstriit.- • '• : ' "
iPollabotu,May'l9, 1869—tf
Dr. H. H.
,ST,I4Oi6E'dIZZW2'2O4U9
THE undmiocA,e.pcctidicyzihno,,ntol,baillit.
citizens of Wo:Afieid and surrounding cOun
, try, that ho is perulanetftlyildettiod at this place.
Ile is fully prepared to io all kinds,of
DrATIATRY
in the ' ' highest 'style of the Drt. Srtisfaction
guar:lli:teed „Otbc.c occr. Scovlll;sDruk Store.
'Fine Photographs 4an be had over the Drug
,S L 9 re t R. - 11411.LLIPS.
Westliold, Pa„ June : 10 , 1860 - I y.
1 1 00 ; 0 0 0 1B$1V00/i11:ANTED
11!
(~r which the highest price will be paid et the
Store of
June 16, 16611. TOLES 1 ARKER.
• • ..` ,
- , For, Sdit i .4 leheagic.
ASTEAM Engine & Boiler, and all the gear
lag for an up and4.o 3o rrnßary.KA
- 11 g R. BeIIVEN.
Wellaboro, June 23, 1860.—tf.
COME r1",(3
TIOGA, PA.
—Our stook of
1 AI,QTTONL ciFIGUEU: , - , ji'
lES
all styles and sizes
tho phice wb,oro tho crowd go to find
BM
rilli
WILSON A; VAN VALKENTAURG.
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--(WELLSBORO;' PA., NOVEMBER 3 5 1869.
'' - • V;if L
Writtiti gOrner..tii it •
B.C.Simpson; on
thil„ - Apqpillog .-their Silver Wedding,
get,g1348,9ct•—,..0Y Bev. J. D. Mitchell.
I i ;37 -
ptraiirtrfr vzszs—past and begtiii°"!
Meet.herg,,icFnight :
Ti;e ; at has sealt4 its records, 'done':
A1;9 ( 94415 YeariMe may not shun; '
A,a,,,ufftle/4-,ll;iktties arostr:bel lost or won; P
todzix 3.31 , 1if019 steal. fl,ght. 1/i
•
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L,103.1a1i
r , 3 3 LT!vventYl.fl37s year lima.. course have sped,
:mint !rot - meal or 'Vele,
Wine lhfit fair UM° when you were wed,
o bleing warmly said ''`;
z"4":;;HY )
ler r ecal r l n 'es, ni g
ag njibered with the deadead,"
1.9 2,1
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• i t, , 7 •
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TW : &nt , S ,, lliii .
nnd ,
s yrerirs ) 6t blended life;
" I • 4l4 l6lll+Z•vlitlibrighiyoutliful visions, rife; !
Yearai—rnordhisiiire,'of earnest strife,
:I; - Mao i bound husband and wife,
fltii kiss.
1.
%••• ;.11'welitY iiVe:years ° l4l mutual joy;
;••ar sorroic l e sl*ed:
ipve's divine employ,
F 4 96 3.,, r 44 time ( PAtivYli , •
Of tho' they annoy,
„ , I ..„P;oulsl ; net be !spared.
if 1, qf - 31 .
`.rwelity Areryears of household; ties; d
Audi homely cares; '
To.,hall9F,,,,which came infants' cries,
, ehildhbod's ditful laughs and sighd; •
o.illien.;buddifig manhood's high •iitiprle4 l ,
feWhich boldly dares
-,gwenty. Ave -years of loss and gain,
;;;Sitter, and sweet:
Life is not all a initiny plain;
Nor yet.. l l wilderness of pain;
•;„13y,titrus,-joY's sun'titti sorrow's rain
- .1;: Upon -beat.
Tweuty five Ycarsi , how long! how brief
.; •i Thtitern9 appeatis I
Where life- its budding loaf,
The liine;ifebMs long, beyond bellef;
llutlflioitens:'whert the eye of grief
.. "Lo"olte''bitek through tears.
, . •
A's:only:Jives years ales! they tell
Ot hearts'sore tried;
Silver- Wedding bell
Holds us enchanted b' its spell,
Ourlfearts yet hear'the funeral knell
1.;•. •••••••-; Of ime'wlio died.
;•:
.";'/Ivent'rflio'years of life's work ,done
; Acne' . bilegessive 'years have run,
EackhiSi. r ft,f,'Oeb of, influence spun,
" 3 ,WhiCh„ - itrk'qlicso lives, by lore made one,
`• tut BPc.
Good-bye . thei Test! !
Farewell l" , ! •
91 : 41w . rpturoiAim and vast? e .,
tt'l4cti meet you, rushinglfatit;
Who may its liopases,po now cast?
I$ fortunes tell?
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ME
coma
Tu•k‘iity 4 ,llvo:yp i ars timo to come
foreknow:'. 4 . l '9sb l Wn , •
,„. Itafale-filauot , car deride forth no hum;
We giipatipn; but tho,yeara aro mum;
Thp,,F i ongua cvmturletbare dumb
,nll.below.
Twenty 1iv0 .. 3;qa.r.4 , cora° must bring
fi-t' , :il AtiP4ll6 -and fears:
I .,.litVii, : ;•w,it9t. , joine t i ) you in lifc'sSpring, 0 t
"15 Jritziqi,y,§l ? bktr i llilis brooding wing,
ni "dLq..I;A. , ;.. i.,.„......
vt , 7:1" ) Alla: Tr..OIS
, , .1' I t• ..-•-',', ‘,'.,
tarr , `!" n mo - • t ,
• • "a
'lttloreilituvour.
if
ivitt'''ipol#,4, TRiai
The littlbavilifige 61B—, in Georgia,
wasitiqatigh - stato ':of excitement, -
.for ;
there wiftViifig i to bg a horse-race • on'
theAlioii,i'lrik ge ii,ay ; and a crowd of strap-i
gelli'lifid . :,eti,C;f9d here from unknown
qu a fl 6. 041- i7 gentlem e 0 r iot:keys, sporting,
men, ot A il k lert 4; pickpockets and thieves.
—all .h4pmg,to profit by au occasions oft
so mtich.pnblic il importance., : Alae two;
inns af ng t% Altfee were doi „tit...trepan—
dons biigin its Atkitheir small ,way, and.
)
the ItOlrigs„.were secretly,. rubbing,
their liafidSanr4 chuckling .haver the
presp,ec4.{li;g,-ftting rid of a l'arge';iiuttn
tity of fditdiliquotat an imrnenseAirotit,
to say ,tiotthinglofT crowded tables, two
in a, bedtilllfround, and numbers on the
floor. ~ -. ., . 7.1- 1 -,,, , ::)..t. t!,.
Late in the afternoon, when the piazza
of one of these -Inns was fille&with a
miscellaneouncrowd of all the different
classes.; :ntuned—some dischsSing —the
qualitiCetiVidiMerits of,the entered hor
ses;l
tYthers , btkik/' g, bets, and others de 7
visingliiitlitieifee Mg plans for fleeClug
and robbiligthe'l mtperienced and un
wary—the attentidit'ef all was attracted
to a 1 greif-looking Countryman, who
was motrOed"dn'a skinny, long-necked,
sharp- boned, ;rottgli-itired horse, with
an old,logiled'upladdle under him and
:hetniAlitih4ga
:for bridle reins, who
'was shouting'
~ 'latidlord" at the top of
his lungs, *iotwithstanding two negro
boys were read,Y) as , t..4aY •Mcprosgied rit.;
"to gib de gemman' hoss de best feed
dat dare animile "liad eber saw." A
:loud auffketieratiOugh from the amused
spectattife:Wirg heard in,,response to the
stenteiliiri',Ordi s tki,pf "Cduntry," as sev
eral lid'tffreally dubbed the rustic stran
ger, and Ati'the,Midst,cif,t,he new excite
ment Alie.ii*Ceper made his appearance
and inquiredowhat was 'Wanted.
"D'ye seothitcyere boss?" said Coun
try. • ..;:•, II: '!r.t,i. ,- •
"ReckomlLdoes'see so'thing as has a
hoSsy .looki" , - "fiteetiouSly replied the
landlord', witli t ifsly,wink at the spec
tators, who e'''sponded'., With a regular
shout.' ' •,,: ' ''-' , --" •
, „
"Wall, : iltaidli01: 1 !
. pursued _cottnfr ! ry,
as he deliberately dismcit.inted; "I Aonq
keer nothing at all about myself; • but
this yere critter must betook keer on,
and the best keer thitt,;chn be gin him,
bekase I'm.agwine to . pgt him 'on tbe ;:
race.;cotirse to ruii •agin -W iliest - drops to'.
rtiorrer; and I 'walits' i ldin,4lblAd . ,-cloWt - i:
beautifuli, `and ~'fed - Up,•,, to ,tim,;s3ll l A,
strength.. •I. don ' t. keer . ; a dern,about
MYStlf,-p-I l atii't ,nowhere • alongside: o'
:thla 'vas; ;It kenont anything, , from: - k•
1410 : tater, ton turkey—l ken sleep any
wharilfront The cellar to thegarretiryitlt
I'm agwine to go trtY'plle,ioirc'thlii 'ye'rit
hoes ; -and I-- wants him to - 'have good'
keer."
These ipjunetions were giyen In a
tong Iditil.,enOugliTor, - t0!..-hear4 and
werorece)k , ,ed4itit ellOuta:and , serearns
- of 'laughter., ~(ktuntryl merely 'cast
contemptuous low( ;at-the spectators;
and ,then,quietly
,rerrarked to • the,'..lin'Et
that-he:would go'fileng,Vith'lll4 - by s
and gee Juitic& liene'to 1 ,;; ;
The 'main race of' tlitV - foilOwiky,
w as to be succeedOlii:O.,serPW,tace ; ,
srliic arty,6,ae cOtild'join. on. Ility went
of the''Pritraooo . feet Hand,' this, Countr o f
was pr9aiPt:lP dPrto , tlie ,, great
of :th nse. wit o were bent OD Pit useratiit
as we.l I: as , speculation'.t o OcinSidt:rint; 1
• him sa fit,subjeetlor•sportsarid
guile a cieWdrecillected around , hitu lii;
the eijeaingl: arid teased, qiii2zed
bantered him in all sorts of ways.
"How much as.ttAttilituttk:. of yours
_worth?" inquired one,-with a very se
rious speculative .
"Iset , 110 ,
rice',6`o.lO - 11 . 1n) , -- o;l A t k ily replied,
"Dqp.,t‘Wriirlt , tti ., 1311, , ,b1111'M
'itpeci I don't.'.': - ,
"Row fast can he trot, or run ?" in
quired another.
•aß , 4ti 4
MIMI
IMMO!
Lv v.v~_ v y~-^f h~.t.n
“Don't know thatbut I guess abo r ut,
as good's anything you'v got In these
parts:” , 1
' , Could - -
lEEE
.ti't go a mile in a minute,
e t wa i dAi • ,•
, , .Ews • _ ,
not4RigiAltitM, 40 swererl
oun ry, with a - bite& serious calcula
tion ; "that's purty fast, ain't it?"
"Rather." i
"I never tried him that quick that
fur," pursued the other; "but l' spun
him over a hundred rods once,i on a
straight road, and I tell you I thought'
the scalp was a comin' right off the top!
of ruy head, I did I" ).
"Do you expect to . win the race to''
-'
morrow?" inquired a third.
"Wall, yes, that's what I 'spect toll()
—ef I didn't what did I pay my money
and go in for?"
"Siire enough !"
"Maybe you'd?like to bet something
on it?" said one who had thus far taken
nopart In the conversation.
"Wall, yes, I don't keer, if I kinget
I
an even thing," replied Country.
"What do you call an even thing ?"
"Why, you see, stranger, my hosi'll
have to take his chance agin all the
totter horses—say thirty of 'ern—and of
I bet he'll win, I ought to hey thirty to
one—hadn't I now—hey?"
"If your horse were au ordinary one,
perhaps that might he fair," answered.
the other "but the beast that can run'
your scalp off in a hundred rods,. ought
to, bea julytlfug everything in
eilhaktVki
“Yokere rig Marl's ranger;" laughed.
Country ; "you're right thar-i--ancF,
atween me and you, he's agwine to
it—but you see, tho' I knows that my
self, it would look rather green for .me
to bet even—wouldn't it—hey?"
"Well, perhaps it Suppose
then, I offer you ',odds?—say two to•
one? „
"For how Much?"
"Oh, as much as you like." •
"Reckon it wouldn't pay," replied,
Country, after a serious calculation,
counting up on his fingers. "No, two
to one wouldn't do. I'd want as much
as five to - one.ll
"Well suptto9'9l tAy five to `one
then ?" rejoined le other ; "anything
for a bet!".
HMI
ME
"I've got a thousand dollars I'll put
up at that!" said Country.
"Done then !" cried the other, highly
delighted that he had secured what be
regarded as a safe bet, where he had
only expected to ha'e a little unprofita
ble badinage,
"Perhaps you've got another thous
and to bet in the same way ?" said an
nother of the party.
".No, I hainit !" replied Country ;
'that's about I fotehed_ wlth_rne,
'cepritlitklifvuf eiprsfs
0 1 4 , /0 0 ge."/4 •
; trLaltuojit `9l' . os , kli, s nr for p e %again
five,' - 4P - ok - e - up ihothef countrY-looking
fellow, "and I'll put up a thousand agiu
five on Country's hoss ! '
"Have you any more to bet?" , asked
still another.
MIMI
"Yes, I've got live thousand dollars,"
was the reply, •`and I'll stake the hnll
on't in the same way."
The whole five thousand was wagered
In d'Very short time, the owner .-eceiv
ing the heavy odds we have named—l
thirty thousand dollars being thus
staked against six thousand, that Coun
try's liorse,w as .noc, ,be-wi,imer of the
scrub tgi Ove cOnsianr.
L u uasia ovi angers, anu
afford dtigt:p4o4l(MatfOr sOnversation
and mirth during the rest of the eve
ning.
We pass over the first race on the fol
lowing day, which by a large- number
of those present was regarded with
much less interest than the scrub affair
which came after it. When Country,
among others, rode up to take his place
foiY the start, rider and horse looked.
so untainly, awkward, and ridiculous'
lin appearance, as to excite shouts of
laughter and derision from the whole
1)64 of spectators, including even the
judges. The man was long-haired and
long-legged, and sat on his skeleton of
a beast, that everybody, expected to' see
,tnni . ble,down, 'efitnaboub the same un
easy grace as a boy on sbarp•rall; and
ias.he , urged - the 'animal up to be start
ing with; a kick; a slap' and a jerk,
it became a question with the lookers
on, whether be would ever be able to
get .relpqn,table, hog: gailop
of not.
• "VVll6ald r ernyli'lie'cried etlength,
jerking up the slim head of the beast
with.l4is tOW, lines t'ALLiew, stand still,
will yer?" Then glancing around him
with the air of o•le wholly unconscious
of being an object of universal attention,
mirth and ridicule, he added in a loud,
clear tone: "I'v got live hundred dol
lars yere that bet again live thous
and that I'll win this yere race and
take the prize!"
He had scarcely done speaking when
gentleman stepped up and took the
bet.
A few minutes afterward, the word
was given, anti away bound thirty or
forty horses on a four mile heat. Coun
try, as everybody,.expected v *tit ;the:
last i tp, get skinny ; beast. under Jun
head r lifay ; ar4 7 ,- . then, - not.witnstantling•
•hiS;ki4s slaps and jerltS,ll, : grailually_
ag6inst 'the "rest • 'and
whbil the reajority;'pessed •ti- the j dges
stand,Ahare: - Awas one universal--laugh;'
ankspme .unable to keep.:ftheir.
feet,, actually rolled on th,o' ground , . and_
"Who bets'agam Country, Winning
the priv.o." Said a l ipleer:lOOk !fig
mani - .edging..himself in -among , the
snorting fraternity. ,
Odds of a hundred to dive were now
t*reely• offered against the greenhorn,
and all were instantly taken by the
queer little man, in any amounts pro
posers chose to name.
Meantime the second mile was made,
and Country appeared-to hold his own.
The laughter was still general and
hearty as he came kicking, jerking and
thumping past the judges' stand, but it
was a good deal less wild and boisterous
than before.
The queer little man still kept on
taking all the bets he %could get, at
whatever odds the different parties
chose to name, even going up from
five against a ..littinirOditcr - five against
fifty, thirtyF twbar - and ten - . A few
who remarked his ! confidence in the
final success of Country, began to look
grave, and mistrust the whole affair for
a cunning trick, though the suspicion
was excited too late tnbe of any value
'to them.
' The third mile showed the horses
well ,strung out, with o p,outitry, Ailitel:
n elk . Vli ethi i ‘ l tinio§fi i ,* din pi, AnSr ft. t tqa
freill Alb fbreVieSt Ilan during the first
!mile.,,,
But as he passed thejudges' stand for
Ihe.last mile, a marked alteration was
:observed to cover over him. He lifted
his bat and made a dignified bow to the
judges, and waved his hand majestically
- toward: , the SiVectafertp.""."Tlitte deittlimr
himself into an easy position in his old
"'saddle, he drew up the reins, after the
inanner of a finished equestrian, gave
his bea,stone or two friendly pate on the
neck, spoke two or three cheering word
in his ear, and flew away like the wind.
To; the iinboutidefi" atAtotifshment' or
the spectators in general, and the utter
chagrin f those who had staked their
I t
money t heavy, odds.on theissue, that
thin, awkward slabsided, hog-galloping
beastoow displayed the graceful speed
of theihbiougli- bred racer ; aniffiassiiig
,the rear; he gradually came up to the
foremost, passed him with ease, steadily
'cam,' ;:r k'::~ .. ..':
.~r'3iil
ineteaSing the'distanee',betmeen them,
and'finaliy, - drew up alone, at; the end
of the Mee, inlaid deafening cheers and
tlio moSt. oproarione excitement.. .
'lt vas a lerrible blow.to the sporting
fraternity of that region, and, many of
them had reason to remeniber that day
through the rest of life. Moro than a
hundred thousand dollars changed
litindsi ',and there were several Who
all they PasSessed,•bettind at foolish odds.
-- ` 4 l'vo heered that them - .laughs best
Whii'laughs last !"- said Country, 'as he
'eti,cellYpoelteted the ten thousand dol
lars Willett' had'heen staked against his
'fifteen hundred. Vve got money
enoughta buy another boss when' this
critter gins out and I hope the next
time you want to larf, you'll jest • think
of what you've 'made oft' of me, and
find'it'll•it'll tielcle,you - heap."
It - turned out that Country; and' the
two men, who had bet on his side,
.were
'three ribtedAookey's •froin Texas; who
had previously-arranged the - scheme by
Which they so suddenly amassed 4 for
tune on a small eapitril.• - • •
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A ATRIFIEV GIANT.
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!REX :E.O:ET TWO, AND4I. 11.4 P INCHES
PALL A:I ; 4D *Et". • P#OPOPA'IONED.
The,: valley- Of Oncindaga - bas ro-
Mance of beauty" iu its wild scenery,
and as the home of the famous tribe of
red men of the forest—the o,l4ondagas-,-
'arciund ''•whoSe' eduncil fires' the 'chiefs
and young -warriors of the Six Nation:
assent bled incengtilt on matters. of great
Moment. ' Just" junk this valley is the
scene of-an excitement in the finding
of supposed petrifaction of a human
being—a giant. The point of interes::.
is on' the south side of the valley, op
poSiteand just beyond the little village
orCardifr, and in the town of ',afar
ette-==tivelve miles from this city; on ft
farm belonging to Mr. William C. New-
On Saturday last Mr. Newell thought
to dig a well some six or seven rods east
of his 'house, and a trifle south-east of
his •barn'. "'The spot is probably thirty
feet below' the tonsb, and the surface
soil 'is a loose, half sand, half dark
muck, the natural washing from :the
hills above. It is not More than twenty
rods froth the 'creek,' the channel of
which is thought to have been at or
near•-this spot,'many years ago. Mr.
N well' and a hired, man; in digging,
ba gone dowri but two and a-half feet
wile something hard seas struelc,whicb
was believed to' bo' a stone. They
thought butt little of it at first, exoc - -
ting to have to - break it loose and pry it
out. Mat. throWing out a feiv more
shovels of earth from its - side, the feet
of a man appeared. ; . A. few minutes
more of laboK exposed the legs up to
the calf; and now their interest being
excited, they be g an to dig • earefullyall
around, it; until the - whole form - of a
mana'petrifled giant—was brought to
vie . *: The neighbors began to hear of
what was found, and of course went at
Once to see.
, .
' Mr. Silas Forbes, who resides a mile
and :limit distant, carne to the,eity Sat-
Urday evening' and apprised us•of the
neW found,' wonder, and Sunday we
Went see it, . The story was a big one,
and - not' liking " Silver Lake. Snaiks,"
we- wanted to-see before telling our
readers. And here is what we saw :
ran
ti
bead an„s oulders naturally flat; at
hip,a ; trlfle over on right side; the right
baud spread on the lower part of the
abdomen, with fingers apart ; the left
arm half behind, and its hand against
the back opposite the other ; the left.
leg and' foot throvi , n over the right, the
feet and toes ptojecting at a natural
anglej The figure was of apparent lime
stone,'n mixture of the gray and blue,
Cottonton in most parts of the county,
and seemed perfect in every particular.
The , mtiScles are well developed; the
ribs might'be counted; the nostrils are
perforated so as to admit a large sized
linger' p near two inches ; the lines of
toe and finger nails are plainly marked;
the ,left 'eat is partially gone, but the
right, one is perfect and in proportion to
theotber parts ;, the nose finely shaped;
the forehead high ;, and the " Adam',
apple" at the throat just projecting out,
as is diost common with men. The ap
pearance of the "countenance" marks
thelGiant
,of the enticasian - race, and
noeth`e Indian. If a work of art, the
artist has failed in any effort at hair on
the head.
We obt - a,ined measurements of thiS
wonderful petrified specimen of a past
race—(or, possibly / sculpture)--and they
are as foi tows :
, L
, FrOna tOp'of head to instep sole or
natural standing height—ten feet 110
and one-half inches.
Prom 'point of chin to top of head,
twenty-one inches.
Nose, from brow to tip, six inches—
across:base of nostrils three and a quar
ter inebes.,
Mouth,. four inches
From extreme of shoulders, three feet.
Hand—AcrOss palm, seven inches';
through. wrist, five. inches ; second fin
ger, from'knuckle joint, eight inches.
Leg:=-From hip joint to knee joint,
,three feet.; through , thigh, one foot;
through 'pelf, nine and a half inc,W.!s.
Feet, 'nineteen and a half inche.Plong.
Welfrete said' that the whole was per
fect. And Pe it appeared, except a few
flakes dropped' "off while the work of
exhinuation was going on ; and iper
haps...others yesterday. --If any -well
proportioned man will make measure
ment.of himself astabove, he will See a
stiking agreement of ratio.
`l hough the figure has all-the appezir
an e Of stone, nevertheless the . outer
surface shaves off with a knife without'.
in terially dulling the blade. This win
1,
tri cl, but of course was not allowed to
pr eeed to disfigure Mr. Giant. - A scale
lit ,fell from - the. bottom of one of the
fe t, - looks much like : gold quartz. but
still is sottish • and crumbles readily,
with a sort.-of scfft sand stone - result.—
It rests on'hatt enact, half clay bottom,
the earLii above beingots we have *already
said, Of a lighter character.- , "
NeWS of 'this remarkable discovery
rapidly Spread, and yesterday when we
were pevie were coming and go ,
ing, froth a circult.of, four or five Miles
around( iu farm wagons, carriages and
buggies-. and ontfoot,. to see it.
Mr.- Newell• has stumbled. upon an
" elephant" in-this Giant. 'His neigh
bors say,,it is. a . fertune to- him: It is
averred that he was offered $5;000; $lO,-
000 and even $20,000 for it; that a cler
gymaqi We red :his farm ia. exchange for
the4niinster , --hitt 'these offers' Were'all
',declined.' r Net v ii,e ; scents I anxious to
have the'rthhlg"'lirought"rout all right
if possible; be -It --- -what — it , - may, and
therefore guards Oy, - day and by night.
During Sittutili,ii. nightzthe. surface
water bad settled'in tlie.pif so as,to cov
er the image.,,' =The Wiise men of-Cardiff
were consulted. One said, bail: out the
water---64osur*, time air Will do no
harM. 'The,:;;Oth'ir, Istitd,Jeave it thus
until soniFscieritiffernaw - cotnes to de
cide as tolthe prestmeta of destrUctibilif
ty. ; .i\nikthe flatte,Osndviee viiaa adop
ted. Yet, when, the water was limps'
Jutted and clear, the 'whole could he
'seen perfectiy'plain.' Later in 00 ( 111 3'
Dr. J. F. Boyntori;, the keologist, drove
out With -Mr. John Grecnway, the W -
ter-thts.'ihilled out., mid Dr. 11. made 'a
thefotigt , iii4eCtion of, hip QiiiiitshlP,
puthis artussunderlhe neck, and fairly
lugged ifienionster. The general lin
pressiOn is that It is a petrifaction of
one of thee() large human beings of
=
which-all of us have heard in MU ott in
our youthful day, and ilex° read"' ac
counts of in nurturer years-- 7 not,.here,
but somewhere -else.' Prof..l:losnton,
from a hasty examination, is of - opinion
that it is a work of art,a sottlpture
from stone. If this theory he correct,
it. . would be scarcely less interesting
than if a petrifaction. In the one case
arises the speOulation as th - a - .'gigantie
rade of beings that May have inhabited
portions of this " new world" hundreds
of years before Columbus 'discovered it;
the other as to how long ago the artist
did the work,
and where. came be, or
hiS ancestors, from? qid.en pighon to a
hundred years, and who have resided in
the country seventy of' them, have
cc 'heard allusion to such a thing; the
Indian traditions speak not of it. c The
record oc the first white . man. -in this
region—Catholic ..TeseitsiS, of Some
thing over two hundred,- years. Thal
record, preserves.matters.of less interest
than this would be; but not this. Then
again we say it would have scarcely Jess
interest as a work of the chisel, than
as a petrifaction.
Sunday's'experieuee taught Air. News;,,
ell, on whose promises it was found
what Must be expected. Friends ad-'
vised him to close it within a tent, and
charge an, admission. . The adVice . was
acted on, and in good season a tent 12
by 24 was spread, with'such ConveUien
i
des for seeing as could b improvised.--
A " door tender" , at • c ch. - end of the
tent, and a master of cer monies within
performed their parts in the show bus
iness admirably ; and not less than four
hundred people visited the' Giant yes
terday, at fifty cents admission each.—
Among the visitors were prominent
physicians, who made minute, exami
nations. Some of them, tend we are
not sure but all, are fairly of the opin
ion that the form is a petrified- human
body. Wo shall take occasion to refer
to their reason for such opinion - liß,re
after.
Our special reporter forthe day is
chock full of petrified Giant.. He is
full in the faith of petrifactiOn, and as
signs reasons therefor, that are in ac
cord with the reasons of the doctors, so
far as they go. He says he never spent
a more interesting or profitable few
hours than those devoted visiting the
Giant.
At his reminder we supply an -omis
sion in our first account. it is, that-the
under portion of_ the , left back and arm
:are 'slightly hooey-combed by, proba
bly, ,the constant filtration 'of water
against them, these many long
Here it was that the knife would take
effect. The remainder of the form has
a solid stone surface from the crown of
the h6ad to - the sole - of the feet.
,He
says that our measurements given - yes.'
terday were correct. - •
The probabilities of its being a pet
rifaction arc having a better foundation,
independent Of outward appearances
thus far. First, is"the fact that within
a very short time, in the work of grad
ing on section six r)f the -Cazenovia
cL-
Canastota the_skeletons of five
mammoth human beings • were,. ex
humed, one of them eleven feet tall.—
The poiot of exhumation' is not twenty
miles distant from Cardiff. These are
proof, of a giant race on this continent,
and in this part of it; how far back no
one can tell:
We do not write about hiS glautship
Ic.J". % , ,r.a to l i 1 4 ,010 3 t h,rlUss Us J• n. A..
i 0... ......••••••••
n, and pa is bounq to be a big one. We
have only written of what we actually
saw and - bad :.n 1 best authority._
Some say " bum ." We simply say
there it lies, a cu iosity of immense in
terest,' whether , )etrifaction, or -sculp
ture. Of such a humbug we shall cer
tainly strive to keep our readers posted
in the hope that this - Giant form in
stone, found in our country; may be re
tained here.—Sal'aCMC Standard.
llark Twain on Henry Ward Beecher
Per. Henry Ward kleeelii;r's...private
.habits are the subject of illark -Twain't;
latest contributious to the Buffalo E.
preo.i. ° The whole article is extremely
hinny, but that portion whiett relate,
to-Mr. Beecher's farming experience i.
in the humorist's most, extravagau!
vein, and quite equal to his best ellerts
It is as follows:
"Mr. Beecher's farm consists of thir
ty-six acres, and is carried on on strict
scientific principles. He never puts in
any part of a crop Without consulting
his book. Be plows and reaps and digs
and sows according to the best authori
ties—and the authorities cost more than
the other implements do. As soon as
the library is complete the farm will
begin to be a profitable investment.
But book farming I has its drawbacks.
Upon one occasion, when it seemed
morally certain that the hay ought to'
be cut., the hay bpok could not he found
—and before it was found it was too
late and the hay }Was all spoiled.
Mr. Wecher raises gonie °Abe finest
crops et wheat in the 'country, -but the
unfavorable difference between U cost
of producing it and its market Value
after it is produced has interfered - con—
siderably with its success as a commer
cial enterprise. His Special weakness
is hogs, however. He cosiders hogs the
best game a farm produce's; He bnYs
the.original pig for a dollar and a half;
antj feeds him forty dollars worth of
corn, and then sells him for about. nine
dollars. This is the only crop lie ever
makes any money on. He loses on the
corn, but he makes seVen dollars and it
half on the hog. He, does not mind
thiS, because he never expects to make
anything.on corn, any -way; and any
way it turns out, he has the excitement
of raising the hog any how, whether he
gets the worth of him or i l ia. Ills
strawberries would- be a comfortable
success if the robies would eat turnips,
but they won't, and hence the difficulty.
One of Mr. Beecher's most harassing
difficulties in his farming operations
comes of the close resemblance of dif
ferent, sorts of seeds and plants to each
other. Two years ago his' far-sightness.
warned him that there was going to be
a great scarcity of watermelons, and
therefore he put in a crop of twenty
seven acres of that fruit. But when
they came up they turned out to be
pumpkins,.and a dead loss was the con
sequence. Sometimes a portion of his
crop goes into the ground the most
promising sweet potatoes, and comes up
the infernalest carrots—though I never
have beard .him express- in that way.
When he bought -his farm, he' found
one eggin every hen's neston the,place.
He said that there NV as just the red on
why so many farmers-failed—they seat"
tered their forces too mut:it—concentra
tion was the idea. So he gatbered those
eggs together and put 'thero • all under
one experienced old Den. That hen'
roosted.over that con tract night and day
f or e l ev en wee k s , under the anxious
personal , R apers-isle!! of Mr. Beecher
hi mse lf b ut she could not "phase"
those eggs , .
Why ? Because they 'were
t h ose halo - nous porcelain things which
are used by • ingenious and fraudulent
pirmers as "nest eggs.'! But perhaps
Mr. Beecher's most disastrous exper
ience was the time he tried to raise an
immense crop of - dried apples. He
planted $1,500 worth, but. never a ou
of them sprouted. He has never been
able to understand to this day, what
was the matterwith those apples." ,_
Mark Twain concludes his sketch
with a glowing eulogy ;in which humor
givesplace to genuine admiration. "He
has set his mark upon t his epoch," says
Mr. Clemens, "and, years.henee, when
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NO. 44.
Iol3ppici - , - ,ImpART*ENT
The protrietdr.aVv 4 iitsTokedtheestabliehme
with a noir a varfeassottineritsiat
JO3„ AND CARIL,TypE
' AND FAST•PRE4BB, • • . •
. -
and arti prepared to ozeinto neatijrandpromptly
POSTHRB, HANDBILLS, CIRCULARS, BILL
BRADS, CARDS, PAMITLETS,
Deo(Is; MorigagOe,leasek aid a full assortment ,
of Conotablotk! it JuatTePe Blanks on. toad.
: People living at a distance can dependon hav
ing their work done promptly and sent back in
return; mail. - _ • •
the,people turn over thetalestand bun
dies, of this generation's ideas, they,
will lind 'H. W.,8.' stenciled on a good
many of them.”
[For the Agitator O
The credit System- T its Results.
The evil tendeneieS and bad results of
the - credit system in' this country are be
coming more and more apparent. RI la
a systeiu intended in its nature to 9,4-
v:ince the interests of the rich and aid
poverty to the poor man. In a major
ity of cases it is practiced from excuse
rather than from necessity.,
The hard-working farmer, the Me
chanic, -and the laboring men of the
country generally, aro the ones who are
most addicte,4 to this cursed system.—
This to illustrate r . I •
• i The farmer has run over (cut and
covered) one hundred acres cif land. It
is , spring time, and- inalsmuch Its he
haS been promised "seed -time and hat--
"vest," he looks forward with, great ex
pectations'—especially to the harvest.—
His family need clothing line clo
thing. The young ladies of the family
receive the May number of their fa
, write magazine, which announces a
great change in fashions—consequently
a great revolution takes place, and of
course, not without cost. Their father
is not forehanded." He wishes to ...grat
ify his children and supply their wants
to the utmost. A day is set apart for
the purpose of " going to town" and
purchasing the ,much needed wearing
apparel.
The day arrives._ The crops are most- .
ly pat in, On entering the store, many
nice- things greet the eye. The atten
tive
clerk greets-them with a smile, and
makes himself familiar with their
wanta ; and while the young ladies are
admiring and being admired the father
is at the desk in consultation with the
proprietor. The conversation, after d
formal salutation, runs something like
the following - :
• ..:Fanzcr. "I brought my daughters"`
down here to look at some of your new
good :4." -
..I.fOchant), "Ah ! we have just re
ceived a new stock, and I think the
young ladies will be pleased with it."
F. " Were you able to buy cheaper
than last year?"
•M. "0, a great deal cheaper. -I was
surprised to find that there was
_such a
change. I think you 'will be pleased
with the prices of our goods."
F. " Well, I—l wanted to , inquire
more particularly as to about how much
time ybu will be willing to give me in
paying for these godds?
M. " Well, sir- -we don't intend to
trust out much, lint- we like to accom
modate 'our customers. About how
- much time would yoii want?"
F. "As I have no other means of
getting the money except from my
crops, next fall, I -would be glad to
have until fall .te pay-you."
"Very well; we will give you
untit - fall to pay for the gdods. But we
shtill require you. to give us your note
as security for the goods."
F. " Oh, certainly. I would not ex
pect to get the ttbods without. That is_
all right."
• In the meantime the young ladies had
a very Pleasant chat with the clerk, and
had suited their tastes in making selec
tions of the zedds. 'All that _was left to
LICI uong - now, was for the father toplaee
hi s s autbgraph on the note. The clerk
run up the Coltman of figures very ex
pertly, and found the sum total to be
Just $65. - 1.
The clerk walked to the desk with
the amount footed, while the young
ladies entered into conversation respecl
ting his gentlemanly appearance, and
wouderimg if their Ifathenvould be
suited with the bill they had made him.
The father only sighed, and made the
rethark that'? it costs something now
a-days to live," and attached his name
to the note.
The goods were gathered up, and the
lather and daughters were on their way
home.- The daughters, for the most of
the way, were discussing the , prett
shades of their goods, and what - dress
maker should be employed in making
them up.
i
Time rolls on. The farmer has_ con
tracted
other debts, with the expec-
tion of paying thm e .when his crops a .e
tr
harvested.
The harvest season comes. Circum, ,,
stances uncontrollable surround tllts-_
hard-working son of toil. His crops
are but half a yield, and how to meek,;'
his obligations is more than he can
solve. But the merchant is in no flur
ry. He is secure. His no - es aro draw
ing interest, and all is " aSgay as a mar
riage bell."
For one, welelleve l if the credit sys
tem were entirely abolished it would be
for the" good of both, iniyer and seller,
and check the tide of extravagance
which is so prevalent among the la
boring classes. MECECANIC.
THE,GIRLS OP JAPAN AT SCMSOi..-.--
. TlirOUgliollt Japan it is the universal
custom fcir young ladies,when ac.r-iQI at
the age of fourteen or, fifte , to he
placed in what .may . be ai propriately
called a finishing establish ent. This
establishment has the follow ng among
other peculiarities, Viz : all t e masters
pay for the privilege of teitcl ng, instead
Of (as in the esse with us) being paid
. ati
for their lessons, . This ma les the in
struction a labor of love. Then, again,
to a certain extent, 'a Japanese young
lady is Allowed considerable freedom as
to the selection of her it ; she
generally prefers the beat looking. A
lady principal of: one of our English
finishing establiAltinents • for young
ladies would not be a little surprised ' if
she could be suddenly 'transported to
Japan, there to study the peculiarities
of Japanese custom. , , .
She would Bud herself, not in a close
pent up room, filled
.withzirls bolt up
right, each perched upon tot educational
stool, but- in a delightful garden fra.
grant with tea and flowerS. She would
see a number of little ;summer. houses,
embowered In the, midSt of those charm
ing vegetables products.for which Japan
is so justly celebrated, ..brouglit — tn- per
fection by the most exquisite horticul-;
ture. She would see bright 4 ; eyed dam
sels, With cheeks pink a 3 the roses,
moving abo tit wi th graceful stem each
bearinc*u small lacquer, tray with tea
and
lakes. She would see those dam
twig, with joyous Smile' and modest
Laken, wending eaeh.her way to a sum
mer-house. In, each of the summer
!lenses; she, would see a master or pro
fessor, either waiting the•rettirn of one
of the refreshment bearing damsels, 'or
else sitting by the side of one who had
already come back. Japapese girls re
main in educational seminaries of this
kind until marriage, and they make
excellent wives.
A wealthy, gentletnan, who owns a
country seat,-nearly lost his wife, wi o
fell into a river which flows through his
estate. He announced the narrow es
-cape to his friends, expecting their con
o
),,
Tatulations. One of theni—an old bach
-biol.—wrote as follows always told
you that rivers were too-shallow."
Mady at Nashville, Tenn., astonished
at the numbers of General Buell's army,
asked one of the soldiers:_ "How far
back does your army extend?" "Mad
ame, it reaches to the North Pole ; and
when I left, two other regiments were
trying to get in."
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