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MASONIC.
OS RA LODGE, No. 311, A, Y. 11., moots at their ball
over Dr-Roy's drug stet's., on Tuesday evening, en or
before itio M00n;i4.7 o'clock P.M.
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TYOGA OITAPTER, No. 194, R. A. M„ meets at the
1141, on Thursday ovoning,on or before the Full
lroon, at 7 o'clock P. M.
TlOO/ COUNCIL, No. 81, K. & S. MASTERS, meets at
tho Hall, on tho third Friday of each calondar
month, at 7 o'clock P. 74. _
TYAGAGEITON 0031MANDERY, No. 28, of KNIGEITS
PtINIPLAR, and the appendant orders, meets at the
Hall, on the first Friday of each calendar month, at
7 o'clock P.M.
BUSINESS DIRECTORY.
I WILLIAM SMITH,
ATTORNEY AND COUNSELOR AT LAW
lasuranc4, Bounty and Pension Agency, Main
i 4 Street Wellsboro;Ta., Jan. 1,1868.
WM, `GARREITSON,
ATTORNEY AND COUNSELOR- AT LAW,
Notary Publits ;kind Insurance Agent, Bless
burg, Pa., over 'Caldwell's Store. T.•
jj \ GEO. W. MERRICK,
TTORNEY AND COUNSELLOR AT LAW.
Office with W. H. Smith, Esq., Main Street,
opposite Union Block, Wellaboro, Pa.
July 15, 1868. --
VV. D. TERBELii. -.51c. CO.,
IVROLESALE DRUGGISTS, and dealers' in
Wall Paper, Keroeene Lamps, Window Glass,
Perfumery, Paints and Oils, &e.,
Corning, N. Y., Jan. 1,1868.—1 y.
S. F. WltsoN. J. B. Ntx.ns.
• WILSON & NILES.
ATTORNEYS dc COUNSELORS Al LAW,
(First'door from. Bigoney's, on the Avenue)—
Will attend to business entrusted to their care
in the counties of Tioga and Potter.
Welisboro, Jan. 1, 1868.
JOHN MITCHELL
TTORNEY AND COUNSELOR AT LAW,
1-1 Wellsboro, Tioga Co., Pa. ;
Claim Agent, Notary Public, .and Insurance
Agent. He will attend promptly t collection of
Pensions, Back Pay and Donut . As Notary
Public he takes acknowledgements of deeds, ad
ministers orths, anjs will act as Commissioner to
take testimony. Office over Roy's Drug Store,
adjoining Agitator Office.—Opt. 30. 1367
John W. Guernsey,
ATTORNEY AND COUNSELOR AT LAV‘
Ravin:, returned to this county with a - view u
making it his permanent residence, solicits a
:bore of publio patronage. All business on.
trusted to his -care will bo attended to with
t"rotitptuess and fidelity. Office 2d door south
of E. S. Farr's hotel. Tioga, Tioga Co., Pa.
sopt. 26.'66.—tf.
GEORGE IVAGNEI,L,
;AMOR. Shop first door north 'of L. A. Seays's
Shoe Shop. -Cutting,Fitting,and Repair
ing done promptly and well.
Wellsboro, Pa., Jan. 1, .181218.—1 y.
JOHN ETNER,
TAILOR AND CUTIER, tuts opened a shop
on Crafton street, roar of Sears d; Derby's shoe
shop, wherehe is prepared to manufacture gat
inuot-s to order in the most substantial manner,
and with dispatch. Particular attention paid
to Cutting and Fitting. !larch 26, 1868—ly
D. O. K. Thompson.
IWELLSBORQUGH PA.]
Will attend to Professicinal calla in the
of Wellshoro and elsewhere.
, Office and Revidruco on Mate St. 2tl door on
the right going East. [June. 24, 1868.
D.
BACON, 3f.D.,lateof the 2d Pa. Cavalry, after
nearly four years of army service, with a large
:xperience in field and hospital practice, has opened an
ore° for the practice of medicine and surgery, in all
it, branches. Persons from a distance can find good
b.mr4ing at the Pennsylvania Hotel when desired.—
pot any part of the State in consultation, or to
perform surgical operations. No_ 4, Union Block, up
Wellsboro. Pa., May 2,18613.—1 y.
Wm. 33. Smith,
KNOXVILLE, Pa. Pension, Bounty, and In
surance Agent. Communications sent to the
abwe address will 'receive prompt attention.
Terms moderato. [jan 8, 1868-Iy]
Thos. 13:Bryden
SURVEYOR & DRAFTSMAN.—Orders, loft at
hie room, Townsond Rotel, IVellsboro, will
zeet with prompt attention. ,
Jan. 13. 1867.—tf. •
R. E. OLNEY,
DEALER in CLOCKS lc JEWELRY, SILVER
PLATED WARE, Spectacles, Violin Stringfi,
k.e.. Mansfield, Pa: Watches and Jew.
dry neatly repaired. Engraving dime in plain
English and German. llsept67-Iy.
Hairdressing & Shaving
Suloun over Willcox Barker's Btore, Wells
'Oro, Pa. Particular attention paid to Ladies'
flair-cutting, Shampooing, Dyeing, ete.. Braids,
Pub, coils, and smichos on hand and made to or-
Icr.
R. W. DORSEY
C, L. WILCOX,
Dealer in DRY GOODS of all kinds, Ilardie
and Yankee Notions, Our assortment is large
.Lnd prices low. Store in Union Block. Unit
in gentkiplau.—may 20 ISGB—ly.
PETROLEUM ROUSE,
WP.S'PPIEI,D, PA., HEOftGE: CLOSE, Propri
etor. A now Hotel oondtted on the principle
of live arid let live, for t 'l3 accommodation of
the public.—Nov. 14, 1866.-Iy.
HAZLETT'S 'HOTEL,
riou A, TIOGA COUNTY, PA.,
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Good stablirig. attached, and an attentive hos
tler always in attendance. -
U. W. HAZLETT, . . . Proprietor.
HILL'S 9TEL,
WESTFIELD Borough) Tioga Co. Pa., E. G.
11111, ' Proprietor. A new and commodious
building with all the modorn improvelents.
V:lthin easy drives of thobest hunting an Ush
i n grounds in Northern Porin'a. Conveyances
furnished. Terms moderato.
Nob. 5,18435—1 y.
MAAR lIVALTON HOUSE,
Gaines, Tiogn County, PA:
11011.10 E C I'I3ItIfILYEA, Pnor'n. This ie
a no hotel located within easy access of the
beit fishing and hunting, grounds in North
ern i'ennvlvanla. No pains will bo spared
f r th..; iceouiinodatien of , leasure'secicer and
?he - r ;:elitu: public. [Jan ! . 1, 181,8.] •
al 3E - '4GTM .!
M. M. SEARS, Pnopitirro.re
1 1
vt t _
v - HERE de1; , ....i,:u., ice Cri....tiu, Fietie Cot
, fceti,,i,aly, ayii.ls ki ol fit! tQ Ili tlica
~ a a nice , ii.t) c,f'[..-3, C..ir,v , r ''ll '')l'ls ,
•• '.. : r.,lr In tiv.ir 1 - U1. 1 .011- l';tli lc i• I .I. ILL
..,••IV/lii 11. 0/, L er t :t t h N, :s t ~,,v 1 1 .,
i',A)6rts tI liailty'e, linrcltv:.:e :-A , nti, V.. 5,.
‘ ,. . -, .;! ,1 *,•) , c,, Aug. 4, P;(,;:..
~..
Bounty and Pension
IT reedited letinitiii rurtionei 'Turd lb
' l .lo. , Ctr3buittay allowed by ill., act tf,prt,%,l
liUnotnil having on haud alarge4tippi) of ail
try *A tuks , l 481 prepared to ikru..ecule Ili pell•
1111 b ataty claint B which may be IkElVed lu my
t i or,onadring at 0 diatanceran cammunicate
ny.att .r, tad 11.elr aominitnicatiopi• will be
Idly aaltrst ad .
.
FL\.RKNESS & RILEY, •
BOOT AND SHOE , MAKERS,
t),,er Wibton ti Van Vale&Areer OW., ill lb,.
room lately occupied by quj. Seel! !I.
lOOTS AND SHOES of all kinds traide to
jj order and in the best manner.
REPAIRING of all kinds done promptly and .
Give us a call.
JOHN HAMMES
WM. RHILIIY.
Wel'shorn Jan. 2, 1888 ly.
=EI
1 - Y - ei - r
EEtIS
t 3 Moo
CITY 1100 K BXNBERY
BLANK BOOK MANUFACTORY,
8 Baldwin Street, , • '
(SIGN OF THE BIG BOOK, 2D FLOOIL;) '
; • ELMIRA, N. Y.
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• CDV,3 - Et. 2 , 40.1"1i0
GOOD AS TEE BEST, CAEAP AS TILE CfIEAPEST
BLANK BOOKS
•Of ovary desoription,•in all styles of Binding,
and as low, for iflualtty,e,f Stock, as any Bindery
in the State. Yolumek-of.„, every deacuiptioU
Bound in the bait manner ana'fn--•any style or
dered. , • r
_ ALL KINDS ,OF GILT WORK
Executod. in the best manner. Old Books ro
bound and made good as now. r .
11410.Leit0112 , 1.13111119 lilrg
OOMPLE'p
,YOUR SETS
I am prepared to fu i reisb back numbers of all
Reviews or Magazines published in Gap United
States or Groat Britain, ut a low - prioe,
BLANK BOOK & OTHER PAPER,
Of all sizes and qualities,o6 hatid,imled of
Of any quality or size; on band and cut up ready
for printing . Also, BILL PAPAER, and CARD
BOARD of all colors and quality, in boards or
out to any size.
Cap, Letter,, Note Paper, Envelopes,
Pens, Pencils, &c.
I are solo agent for
Prof. SHEPARD'S NON-CORROSIVE STEEL
Which I will warrant equal to Gold Pens. The
bolt in use and no mistake. •
Tho above stock I will sell at the Lowest Rates
at all timos, at a small advanco on_ New York
prices, and in quantities to suit pUrchasers. All
work and stock warranted as represented.
•
I t rospeettully solicit a share of publioatrou.
ago. Orders' by mail pierdptly uttoaded
Address, LOUIS,KIES,
Advertiser Building,
Elmira, N.Y.'
Sept. S, 1867.—1 y
ATIOJ
Pa. O.
attend°
DEALER IN DRY, GOODS, Groceries, Hard
ware, Boots, Shoes, Hat's, Caps, &c., &c.,cur
nor of Market and Craton streets, Wellsbor'
Pa. Jan. 8, 1888.
Respectfully announces to tho citizens of En-t
Charleston and vicinity, that he would to
grateful for their "patronage. Office ut (Le
store of Cooper and Kohler. Mar. 2-10)
E. M. SMITH, having purchased the hotel
property lately owned by L. H. Smith he 4
• thoroughly refitted the hotel, and can accou•-
modate the traveling public( in a superior
manner. . allarch 24th. 1868.-ly.-
KEYSTONE HOTEL.
SABINSVII,LB, Tioga County, Pa., J. B. Bonn,
Proprietor. Convellient to tho best fibbing
grounds in Tioga Cis Fishing parties acorn
inedated with conveyances. (loud entertain
ment t'or man and boast. June 9. 1869-tr.
fllEunilersigistd hes fitted up the old Fou:4-
f dry building, near the Brewery, Wellsboro,
and is note prepared to turnout fine calf, hip,
eowlaidtt,,and harness loather`- in the best man
ner. Hides tanned on shares. Cash paid for
, ' M.'A. DUMF.
Wellsburo, Oct. 14;1865. • -
HAVINU fitted up a new hotel bulliling on,thosito
of the old. Unionllotel, lately destroyed by fire,
am now ready to receive and entertain guests. The
Union hotel was intended fora Temperance Homo,
and the Proprietor believes it can be sustained without
grog. Au attentive hostler in attendance.
lti el ishoro, Juno 20, 1567.
E. R. KIMBALL
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GROCERY AND RESTAURANT,
Ono dour above :the Meat Market,
W EL LSB ORO, PENN' A,
R ESPECTFULLY announces to the trading
public that ho has a desirable stuck of ()ray
caries, comprising, Teas, Coffees , Spices, Sugars)
Molasses, Syrups, and all that constitutes a first
class stock. Oysters in every style at all sea
sonable hours.
Wellsb,oro, Jan. 2, IS67—tf.
J. JOIINS4.)N
bEALEIIB 114 - •
II A RDW ARE, - IRON, STEEL . , NAILS,
BELTING,
,SAIVS, CUTLERY,
WATER LIME,
AO MOW:TURA], IMPLEIVNTS,
Carriago and Harness Trimmingli,
HARNESSES, SADDLES,
C.aning,. N. 1.,-.11 2, 1867-Iy,
HEAR Y E HEAR YE I IIE.A.R - 4 YE
BARERLS, FIRKINS, CHURNS,
BuTTER TUBS, &c.,
Kept constantly on hand, and fuinished to or
der, by _
W. T. MATI-LERS,
ut his new store, 2d door above Roy's Building,
Wellborn. (June 10, 1868.)
,
rukHE buffalo Platform Scales; all ordinany
cur heavy, and counter use, rimy be
found at the ilardwh re Store of Win, Robert=,
Wel'shore. Thew Scales ore the Fairbanks pat
ent and have no stiperior anywhere: They are
mallet n the best styl e end have taken the premi
um at all the great exhibitions.
I have the •010 dgelicy
region Nv for these Settles in this
ILL lA3I ROBERTS.
WelWthro, Feb 12, Ong,
New Tobacco Store !
E subscriber bas fitted up the ro,,u2s
joining 1) P. P,obert ,, lin and Sro‘e Store
e 0.. I he rll.l,lllfaCt 111 1.1 and eale of
CIO :I,M S, (all grades), .11pley and Common
S 0 .y.41'0 TI) R4ooo,:llichigan Fine Cl,l
1, lE. WIN o, nd ali t kinds fy -
Ph Ut; BAOC i, M'PES, and tlic chc
cest Brand of CIG AR S.
LIV .1411 and sec for ytmrBclve: , .
JOHN W.
I .
NI t% 11, 18418—tf.
.* TO -FARMERS'!
ELK RUN PLASTEIt.—We hereby certify
that wo have used the Plaster manufactured
Cliatupney k Bernawbr, at their works on Elk
Rua, jn l;aines township. and we believe it to be
equ.il if not superior to the o,iyugii Plaster.
David Smith S M Conaido A P Qnne•
MII Cobh Il E Simmons J BornaneW ,
.W? Barker Asa Smith E Strait
Sl3 Dark Albert King John C Miller
JII Matrons WII Watrous L li'Marsh
R M Smith OA Smith IH M Foote
J D Stittlt. P C Van Golder J J Smith
Jared Davis J F Zimmerman C L King
L
B.LPhistor always on hand at the Mill.—
Price $5 pei ton. Nov. 4, 180.
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AND
BILL 'HEAD PAPER,
STATIONERY,
PENS, OF VARIOUS SIZES, FOR LADIRS
AND GENTLEMEN,
John C. "'orlon; •
'EY 3:COUNSELOR AT LAW, Tiuga
fficu with C. W.Seymour, E2q. Buslncas
vd to with pruppthess,apr. th,
C. 13. KELLEY
E. S. Perkins, 111. D
Smith's ilotcl,
LTIUGA, PA.)
New .Tannery.
- UNION HOTEL.
MINER- WAtKI NS, PROPRIETOR:
WALKER & LATnitorf
STO VES, 77,M- WARE,
Scales! Scales ! Scales !
ME
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—all styles, col Oraand patteris—
ALPACAS, 'POPLINS, CANBRIOKS,
FRENCH JACONETS, ORGANDIES,
PEQUAS, VERSAILES, BLACk
AND COLORED SILKS, I
BEAUTIFUL Winter SHAWLS,
. and a largo aiiiortment to aoleet from
YANKEE NOTIONS
can't be heat. It keeps up with everything the
Yankees have thought of so far.
HOOP• )3ALMORAL SKIRTS,
VCRSt TS, &C,
too numerous to mention; but will say that you
will seldom find so large an assortment to select
from in a country store, and clear down to the
)130170.. FIGURE.
READY-MADE CLOTHING.
in suite, and parts of suits. Should wo fail 1(
pu it you with roady-mado, wo have Cassimoro,
and
' Boots and, Shoes,
HATS AND., - CAPS, STRAW GOODS,
AND GENTS' FURNISHING
GOODS. A COMPLETE LINE . OF
CROCKERY, WOODEN WARE,
HARD WARE, supLF MAIM
‘vARE, NAILS,. IRON,
Lots;e
Latefioe, Carpon!urr' T6ole.
GENERAL STobR OA:
G 0-GE It I ES.,
TEAS are lower than at Any tithe 13 ipco
the war. Did 'net go.to Cuba i , uktar; and
se have some ebeni). ' We are agents loi•tbo
Frameto, If you want 649 in workuitii drop in.
SALT;
Lime; Cayuga Planet•, troo.
Butter tube, Paild..Firkine, and Ashton Salt to
flavor with. All kinds of Varna Produco want
ed. Prices eau,!t bo heat.
T. L, BALDWIN CO.
Tiogn, Octo'borl3 1.,869
Wilson 6: - Van Vall(enburg's
THE NEW SPRING STYLES
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4 V.,
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COME TO
T. L. BALDWIN & 00'S
; o. .. 7 oli, PA.. ..
1
and silo niao sto - nk of,,Gooda for tho
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'FALL Jcsi WINTE;
.c..;.;
sui#t as F.
4;pallp 24.Fitt o'boz
CLOAKS READY—MADE, AND CLOTH
TO MAKE MORE, ALL KINDS OF
LININGS, FRINGES, TASSELS
&c , TO TRIM DRESSES
OR SACQUES.
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We oleo keep a large atsortrnent of
IT 4 irrAn YO CUT AND FIT
nil htylcs and biZei.
E. 'HOWE SEWING' 'NfACIIINV
INI
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No. 2 Union Block. is
the place where the crowd go to find. •
POPLINS, GRENADINES,' LAWNS,
ORGANDIES, PIQUES, CHINTZS,
'PEIICALLES, GINGUAISIS,
DETAIN-ES tYc 1 1 .4INYS, A.LL S,TX-LES,
FACTORY'S, SHEETINGS,'BLEACH
_ ED AND UNBLEACHED MOM*
HOOP SRIUTS,
of es ory description, TRIAUSIWS and
BUTTONS of all' kinds; also . the Ilrgest and
cheapest assoitniebi - 0 .
REIDY ROE ICLOTIIING
over brought into Tioga County. " Rea:lot:ober
the place, and call before; purehasing:
We "lava seleotad our atop!' with great tare
and notify gentlemen that in • ;
LIGHT • CA ssimEntp,: TWEEDS,,LIN
ENS, FARMERS' SATINS, GAI
TERS, & SUMMER WEAR •
of every description Nva can't be beat
Thankful for vial patronage v and by. stria at
tendon to business we hope to share a cotillion
arse of the same. • . • 1? - , • .• • ••• '
WILSON & VAN iVALIIPZI3LIRI3:
WollsboroOlay 19, 18611 . --tf. •
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DZINiZMON 'll3),,WAttt
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u„derei g neilr2pettfully onloiunseF tattle
eitizqns of WeNtileltl titid' surrounding coun
try that h e is permanently 114aied 40W:A
_piece •
Its is fully pretinred fedo All .
DENTISTRY,
in the higheist Ptyle of the, art. Srtisfactlon
guarranteed Mice Oier SObeill's Drug Store.
Fmoyhotographs cut) be had oyer ;the, drug
Sto o:
.II 'lt. Pflal.l.ps..
• Westfield; Pn„ June SO, 1880- 1 .1 y: •
100,000 LBS. WOOL .WINTED
for which the highest pidee \ . wpli be ,paid at thi
Store of
June 18, 1869: TOLES &
. For Sale Cheap
, A STEAM Engine A Boiler, and all thagear
ing for an up and down Saw..
JOHN R. B 0 WEN.
Wellaboro, June 29, 1869.—tf.
COM
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of Thought iEicipaixi*-9;53:6 '.llKricitcloomer
WELLSBORO, PA” 'NOVEMBER 10, 1869.
WAKEN ON TROST.
1. 1 ' - 5)51I Br fkBA B AW B A C K . ) ';
'Beloved, have had such * faith in you,
That neitll er time, nor change, nor stealthy sting
Of human envy, no, nor angel's voice,
Ono traitor doubt could bring.
I claim from you to help me on my way,
Not equal grace—for God who sits in Heaven
Knows that we women ash not what we give—
But all that can bo given.
Let not the flitting phantom of a fear
Shadow the bright horiion of our sky,
Or I am lost to light, and life, and love,
For hope itself would die.
Givo mo all faith, or claim me never more;
Lay all Love's troaqureslin my steady band;
Plano me within the'stiOnghold of your trust,
And I shall worthy stand.
Thou, soul to soul, with equal faith and strong,
We can endure life's oft-Unto troubled way, . 1
Content, though each. may never claim its own:
Until the Judgment flay.
Courage, dear heart. From out my own soul's
depths
Two hearts that meet as ours,
I do believe
In life or death aro nearer than they know ;
Kiss me and do notrgrieve.
•
,Vi541 : e444•0121- , 4eatlittli.
f
THE PROFESSOR'S STRATAGEM.
BY JUDGE CLARK.
Herr Karl von Krummelhauest—the
Professor, he was called—was an eccen
tric man of science. With the exception
oPturfew student's to whom ho' gave pri
vate lessons,, he received no visitors, arid .
had no associates.
His daughter Mary, it was universally
agreed, was an angel, and a very arch
one at that. I am not going to tell you
how pretty she was; but just do your
best to fancy the utmost perfection of
incipient womanhood, and if you ani
blessed with.a. fair. Aare of the poetic'
element, yon'ritay'reaeii some faint con
ception of the truth. • .
Among the Profestor's pupils were
my friend Max's Oppenheim and my
self—at least, I was Max's friend ; I be
lieve he was nobody's, thought I then
thought differently. I fell dead in love
with Mary, and made Max my confi
dant, and finally "spoke to her father."
The Professor heard my proposal with•
a serious look. , .
' Have you the means to support a
wife?' he inquired.
My resources,
I was obliged to con
fess, were mainly prospective arid whol
ly conti gebt.„( ' . , 1- ' , ; 7 : ;;*
' ',:l riti ,; al&adn old,': lie :-cbr;tinired,
"arid,th Isatill, artniritY wlithh ~barely
SirfiledS; with such additions as I and
able to make to it, for present needs,
will end with - My- life. My daughter
therefore, will inheritill.) fortune, which
renders it all the more important that
her future should be assured. How--
ever, I will defer my decision. Mary
is 34t too young to _marry. But if at
the end of two years, you shall be in a
position to warrant a renewal of your
offer, and shall not have changed your
roind, I will give yon an
I R
j u t aa..s • till,
then, let the subject ue els
I felt the forge of the Professor's reas
oning Mid SaW• it "would Vdtild be useless to
say more. . .
My resoAtltip,n‘ - ,wa ' taken. I bade
farewell'iB my% friend, - whose languid
'God speed' had little of fervor in it,
compared with the worthy Professor's
parting benediction, or with darling
Mary's simple 'goo 1-by,' spoken suaik
ingly through her tears, and to which
could only answer by a silent pressure
of her tiny white hand.
At the end of two years—two years of
toil and adventure in the wild and new
ly discovered gold regions of Australia—
I returned rich, and" more than rich
enough to justify me in demanding tn?
Professor's tardy answer. i
Max Oppenheim was the first acquaint
• tance4 -met. ' , IV may be imagined w ith
'WhaVerig,etrieSs•l, hastened' 'to tell ',him
of the happy Change r in 'mY
. fOrtimeS.
He Seemed lege apathetic' than panel.
Indeed the rie.WS seemed te'quite inter
est him.
' But your treasure—in what shape
have y,ou,bretight it, honiefP _he asked.
''
' ' In
_ . gciod :habit:hetes,' I answered,
giving my' break 'pocket' a slap. 'I
have them here.'
`Avery, careless way of carrying so
rt .- filch money,' he remarked.
'I know it,' I said ; 'but I "found it
difficult to buy exchange at the little
seaport where I landed, and so,'for con
veyance sake, turned my gold into notes.
However, I will deposit the whole to
morrow, and there'll be but little risk
till then.'
Max spent the evening with me at
my lodgings. I went to bed soon after
he left, placing the wallet containing
my money under the pillow. •
it was broad daylight when I awoke.
The door of my room stood partially ajar,
I was certain I had closed and locked
it befere.retiring. My first thought was
of My' nieneY.',
,Heaterigt . it Was gone !
It `Was' `but , too evident r had , been
robbed ;:iiiirrig 'my sleep 2 A' skeleton
keyltill remained-in the' locki but no
other, trace of the criminal was, „left. I
at 011ec` called on the Professor. . . .
' The old man 'received me cordially.
He listeriedlo my. story 'With a grave
fact, and was very particular in his in
quiries touching the companions I had
spent-the previous evening ,with, and
who had knowledge of my being in
possession of a sum igt, considerable.
' It is a hard case,' he added. `I am
not quite prepared to return the answer
I promised two years ago. Call at eight
o'clock this evening, and I will be
read to give it.' •,. ...,
' But Mary,' I Mirstered courage to
ask—'could I see her a moment?'
' She has gone out for the day,' he
answered i 'but you shall see' her this
' evening, or at furthest to-morrow.'
I made known my loss to the police,,
put myself in communication with de-'
teetives, and spent the day in taking
such measures for the ,recovery of my ,
property and tbe • appreheiision of the'
thief, as seetnedtceproniise any hope of
success. -
- At the appointed hour I was ushered
into the Professor's study. To my sur
mise, Max Oprienhelm, whom, singu
f.trly enough, I had not seen during the
day, was there before me.
I was about to inform him of my loss,
hut the Professor, lie said, had already
told him., : ;, 1 4 ! ri ,'I - - ; ciY
V'onqiave ,, eome , qaPpOrttniely , -sir;'
q said the latter, •addressing himself to
v me.
In answer to my look of inquiry, he
proceeded:
' Thisgentleman,' with a gesture to
' ward my friend, 'has just honored me
withAtinyl important -proposal:--no, less,
inifeed, than an offer fur my daughter's
hand. - Being a man of unquestioned
rank and fortune, his proposal demands,
at least, serious consideration,' - ~ r
!''' 'Alila : it you, wretch !' I exclaimed,
casting a furious look at Max, 'that
have .dared to .take •advantage , .ol, my
- misfortune' to supplant me in that
wherein you had my confidence, and
wherein I had a right to, cutitit on your
aid and sy tiiPatirY ?' "
Hot words followed, ending in a chal
lenge, ~z r ~ . .. ...
' Come, gentlemen;' said the old Pro
fessor, •1 have a proposition to make,'
MEM
Mg=
og otto' Corner.
MB
and Passed into turadjoining apartment.
After a brief absencalie returned,, bear
ing a salver, on which were a couple of
glasses partially, filled with some liquid.
There,' ,he continued,: the
salver on a table, 'are two glasses of
wine. In one of them is a subtle and
.tasteless poison. „ Be. who drinks it
wilt experience nci pain,
but will, with
in an hour's time, sink into a calm and
peaceful slumber,' from which there
will be no waking. I would bestow my
daughter or no man not ready to peril
his life for her sake. Your readiness to
do this I propose'a More rational mode
of testing, than the senseless combat in
which you are about to engage. Let
eaoh drink' the contents of one of these
glasses., To the survivor, .I pledge the
gift pf my daughter's. hand. All traces
of the other's remains I have in my
laboratory the means of speedily des
troying, and the secret of his disappear
aril* need never be known'
tjeavens! how wearied the old man
'looked! Could it be.that he waS 'really
' insane ?,:or was there more in the pop
ular. euperstitien with regard to him
'than Was commonly aceredited?
My :mind shrank, from the iidea of
suicide. 'But, after all,' I' reflected,
!what difference• is there -in -principle
between staking my life on such a haz
zard, and the more.une_qUal'one, it may
be, of bodily conflict? There is at least
as favorable a chance - of 'rescuing from
a villain's hands an innocent victim.'
Isis purpose was formed.
accept the test !' I exclaimed.
• Max hesitated.
' Why not settle our difference in the
usual mode?' he expostulated.
Cowards may fight duels,' I replied,
'confiding in superior skill, or schooled
•by custom. To face death in a new and
unexpected shape requires courage. If
you have a spark of it, which I doubt,
do not waver note. Take your choice,'
L-said, , advancing to the table, and
pointing to the glasses.
his face was ghastly pale, but pride
was stronger than fear. With an al
most tottering step be approached tht ,
table, and with atrembling hand. took
up one of the glasses. I took the other.
Simultaneously we raised them to our
BpS, and drained the contents.
' The Professor at one,e,conducted us to
separate 'chambers, remarking, as he
I dhiso, that an hour would. tell the tale.
Left to myself,. I began closely to
study my sensations. For a time, I
was conscious of nothing unusual. Ai
lengtka feeling of drowsiness began to
steal over me.' Still, it might be only
fancy, or, more probably, the natural
re=action' after a day' of exe'tetnent.
But no; it ' Was beceming tee marked
for that. • Besides, I' could not shake it
off. My 'eyelids grew, preternaturally
heavy. A graceful numbness pervaded
my members. I could notbo mistaffen,
It was I who had drank from the pois
oned cup! Dragging myself with my
little remaining strength to a couch
that stood near, I dropped upon it, and
deCently composing my limbs, breathed
a prayer to Heaven for forgiveness, and,
with Mary's name on my lips, felt
aslcep
* *
The softwas shining brightly when
a.voice recalled me to .consciotesness. It
I was dead, I had surely gone to Heav
env t horn catew,,l ---
ond look assured my bewildered senses.
wasn't dead, after all. It was darling
little Mary, Whose smiling face and
musical tones Were giving me sweet
weleerne.
Goodness knows how, many foolish
things I would have said, or how many
kisses of greeting I would have snatched ,
in spite of Mary's blushes, if the old
Professor, who ought to have been busy
among his retorts and crucible; hadn't
made his appearance just then.
With an air of mystery he led me to
h study, where, to my inexpressible
astonishment, he
,to
me my lost
wallet, its contents intact. .
' Few men have the courage,' he said,
'to face death with a great crime uu
confessed and uurepented of.. Before
making my singular proposal last night,
I had reason to suspect that your sup
posed friend was not altogether inno
cent of your recent loss ; not that he
had been actuated by motives of gain,
but by a desire to blast your hopes in a
quarter Which I need not mention. The
event hasjustified my Suspicions.. Both
the ;glasses contained a powerful but
harmless' sleeping portion, and when
Max felt .himself giving way to an un
natural drowsiness, believing the poison
was at work, and that his doom was
sealed, he summoned me to hear a con
fession, of which you have haplly reap
ed the fruits. He has already taken his
departure, and kvill never return.' •
What the Professor's answer was
my proposal, of two years' standing, and
what came of it, I leave the reader to
guess.—N. Y. 'Ledger.
A SILIMWD BEGGAR.--A gentleman,
while walking with two ladies through
one of the principal streets of St. Louis,
saw a beggar approach. One of the la
dies, who bad,ovidently seen the men
dicant before, said :
14 - This is the most singular man I ev
er heard of. No matter how much
money you give him, he always returns
the change and never keeps more than
a cent."
"Why, what a fool he must be!" re
marked the gentleman ; " but I'll try
him, and put him to a little trouble."
So saying, the gentleman drew from
his pocket-book . a five dollar' not(,
which he dropped into the beggar's
hat. The mendicant, turned the note
over two or three times, examined it
closely, and then raising his eyes to the
countenance of the benevolent man,
said :
" Well, I l llrot adhere to my usual
custom in this vise. I'll keep it all this
time. But don?t do it again."
The donor opened his eyes in aston
ishment, and gassed on, while the la
dies roarectwith delight.
The following card by a bereaved
husband, published in a tierman week
ly paper, is probably the most extra
ordinary composition of the• kind on
record:
"To-day red, to-morrow dead," so it
was with my wife, who only eight days
ago was jumping over tables and chairs.
Yesterday all that was mortal of her
was interred. She was during her mar
riage a lively woman, with whom one
had to mind one's P's and Q's ; there
fore my sorrow may be imagined. So
young, so festive, and already buried!
What is human life?'said f repeatedly
to myself, all these days, and again yes
terday in the churchyard, when I paid
the •-extosi;'Wbo will keep the grave in
order. I shall pertainly never find so
cheerful a wife again; therefore my
sorrow is just. I wish Heaven may
keep everyone from so sad a fate, and
I thank the gardener for the floral dec
orations, as also the ehoirmasterler the
funeral chant, cy With went through and
through me, but was very well per
fornied."
Mother '
' said Ike- Partington,
you know that the iron horse had but
one ear?' 'One ear! merciful gracious,
child what do you mean!' Why the
engineer, of course.'
An invalid disturbed all. the inmates
of his boarding liodgb, d reeently, by im
itating a dog'. When asked, why he
did It he said he had been ordered by
his physician to use Port wine and bark.
The Cause of the Deluge and the
• Glacial Phenomena.
W e know,' says M. J. Adhemar, a
learned French mathematician, ' that
our planet is influenced by two- essen
tial movements; one of rotation on its
axis, which it accomplishes in twenty
four hours; the other of translation',
which it accomplishes in a little more
than three hundred. and sixty-five days.
But besides these great and preceptiblo
movements,,the,eartb - has a third, anti
even a fourth movement, with one of
which we need not occupy ourselves—
it is that designated nutation by astron
omers.
,It changes periodically, but
within very restricted limits, the in
clination of the terrestrial axis to the
plane of the ecliptic by a slight oscilla
tion' the duration orwhich is only
eighteen hours; and its influence upon
the relative length of day an night al
most inapprebiable.• The of er move
ment.% that on which Mr. dhemar's
theory is fonnded.
'We know that the eurv4 lescribed
by the earth in its annual li revolution
ronnd the sun is not a chjele, but an
ellipse ; that is, a slightly' elongated
circle, Sometimes called a circle of two
centres, one 'Of which is occupied by
the sun. This curve is called the eclip
tic. We know, also, that in its meve
me,ntss of translation, the earth pre
serves such a position that its axis of
rotation is intersected at its centre by
the plane of the ecliptic. But in place
of being perpendicular, or at right an
gles with this plane, it crosses it ob
liquely in such a manner as to form on
one side an angle of one-fourth, and on
the other an angle of three-fourths of a
right angle. The inclination is only
altered in an insignificant degree by
the movement of- nutation. I need
scarcely add, the earth in its annual
revolution, occupies perioditally four,
principal positions on the ecliptic,
which mark the limits of the four seas-•
ons. When its centre is at the ex-•
tremity most remote from the sun, or
aphelion, it is' the summer solstice for
the northern hemisphere. When its
centre is at the other extremity, or
pc! Mellon, the same hemisphere is Iv.
the winter solstice. The two interme
diate points mark
. the equinoxes of
spring and autumn. The great circls
of separation of light and shade passes,
then, precisely through the poles, the
day and night are equal, and the lins
of intersection of the plane of the
equator and that of the ecliptic marks
part of the line from the centre of the
sun to the centre of the earth—what we
call the equinoctial line.,
Thusiplaced, it is evident that if the
terrestrial axis remained always paral
lel to itself, the equinoctial line would
always pass through the same point on
the surface Of the globe... But it is not
absolutely thus. The parallelism of
the ear tin is changed sloivly, very-slow
ly, by a movement which Arago in
geniously compares to the varying in
clination of a top when about to cease
spinning. This movement has the'ef
feet of making the equinoctial points
on the surface of the earth retrograde
towards the cast front year to year, in
such a manner that at the end of 25,-
800,- according to some astronomers, but
21,000 years according to Adhenyss_ th e
vspal”c.“ - Irri ptrlslir uzss-irscrsny made a
circuit of the 'globe, and has returned
to the satne position ',which it occupied
at the beginning of this immense period
which has been called the ' great year.'
It is this retrogado evoltition, in which
the terrestrial axis describes round its
own centre that revolution round a
double conic surface, which is known
as the precesion of the equinoxes. It
was observed two thousau.d years ago
by Hipparchus : its cause was discov
ered by Newton, and its complete evo
lution explained by D'Alembert and
Laplace.
' Now, we know UM the consequen :
t i t
of the inclination of the .terrestrial ax
is with the plane of the eliptic is :
'I. That the seasons re inverse to
the two hemispheres • tat is to Say,
the northern • hemispliere enjoys it: ,
spring and summer, wt ile-the southern
hemisphere passes through autumn anti
winter.
2. When the earth approaches near
est to the sun our hemisphere . has
_its
autumn and winter ; and the regions
near the pole, receiving none of the
solar rays', and plunged into darkness,
approaches that of night during six
months of the year.
3. When the earth is most distant
from' the sun, when much the'reater
half of the ecliptic interveuee between
it and the focus of light and .heat, the,
pole being then turned towards this
cus, constantly receives its ray R, and
the rest of the northern hemisphere
enjoys its long days of spring and sum
mer.
Bearing in mind that, in going from
the equinox of gpring to the autumnal
equinox of our hemisphere, the earth
traverses a much longer curve than it
does on its return ; bearing in mind al
so, the accelerated movement it expe
riences in it approach to the sun from
the attraction, which increases in in
verse proportion to tile square of its
distance, we arrive at the conclusion
that our summer should be longer and
our winter shorter than the summer
and winter of our antipodes; and this
is actually the case - by about eight days.
I say actually,. because if we now
look at the effects of the precession of"
the equinoxes, we Shall see that in a
time equal to half of the grand year,
whether it be twelve thousand nine
hundred or ten thousand five hundred
years, the conditions will be reversed,
the terr strial axis, and consequently
the poles, will have accomplished their
hiconical revolution round the centre of
the earth. It will then be the northern
hemisphere which will have the sum
mers shorter and the winters longer,
and the southern hemisphere e• Actly
the reverse. In the year 1248 before
the Christian era, accordi7 M. Ad
hemar, the north pole attr is max
imum summer duration. then,
that Is to say for the last thou
sand one hundred and two ears, it
has begun to decrease, a is will
continue to the year 7388 era be
fore it attains its maxi winter
duration.
' But the reader may ask, fatigued,
perhaps by these ,abstract considera•
tions, What is there here in common
with the deluges?'
The grand year is here divided, for
each hemisphere, into 'two great seas
ons, which•Db juvencel calls the great
summer, and which will each, accord
ing to M. Adhetnar, be ten thouuand
five hundred years. During the whok
of this period one of the poles has con
stantly had shorter winters and hinge:
summers than the other. It follow •
that the pole which experiences the
king winter undergoeS a gradual con
tinuous cooling, iu ,consequence of
which the quantities of ice and snow
which melt during the . summer are
more than'compensated by those which
are again produced in the whiter. Tho
ice and snow go on accumlating from
year to year; and finish at the end or
the period - by forming, at the coldest
pole, a sort of crust or cap,- vast, thick,
and .heavy enough to modify the sphe
roidal form of the earth. This modifi
cation, as a necessary consequence, pro
duces a notable displacement of the
center of gravity, or—for it amounts to
the same thing—of the center of at
traction, round which ull the watery
rousses.tend to restore it. The south
polo, as we have seen thiliih9d\ its great
winter 1248 B."C. • The accuniblated ice
then added itself, to thessnow, and the
snow to the ice, et the south pole, to-•
wards which the watery masses all
tended until they covered nearly the
whole of the southern hemisphere.—
But since .the date of 1248, our great
winter has been in progress. Our.pole,
in its turn, goes on getting colder con
tinually ; ice is being heaped upon
snow and sifew upon ice ; and in seven
thousand three hundred and eighty
eight years the center of gravity of the
earth will return to its normal position,
which is the geometrical center of the
spheroid. Following tho immutable
laWs of central attraction,_ the southern
waters accruing froth the melted ice
and snow of the south' pole will return
to invade and overwhelm once more the
continents of the northern hemisph:re.'
-Richardson4ays that by thee rict
ordinance of nature death-is not. inten
ded to' be cruel or physically painful to
the body. -The natural.rule is that the
natural man should know no more con
cerning his own death than his own
birth. Born without the consciousness
of suffering, and yet subjected 'at the
time to what in after life would be ex
treme suffering; he would die, if the
perfect law be fulfilled in him, in like
manner oblivious to all pain, mental
and physical. At his entrance into the
world, 'he sleeps into existence and
awakens into ,knowledge; at his exit
from the world, his physical cycleconi
pleted, he dozes into sleep and sleep.
into death.
The true euthanasia, or purely pain
less, purely natural_ physical death, ii
described in its, perfection, as amont
the most wonderful of natural phenom
ens. The faculties of mind which have
been intellectual, without pain, or an
ger, or sorrow, lose their sway, retire,
rest, Ideas of time anti placeare grad
ually lost; ambition cettsba ; repose ti
the one thing asked for, and sleep da3
by day gently and genially - -wiles awa)
the hours. The wakingS.'-saie short
painless, careless, happy awakenings t<
a busy world, to hear sounds - of ehildrei
tit play, to hear, just audibly, genth
voices offering aid and comfort, to tali,
a little on simple -things, and by tin
merest weariness, to - be enticed onct
again into that soothing sleep which
day by, day, with more frequent
,repe
talon, Overpowers all. At last, tin
intellectual man reduced to the instruc
tive, 'the consummation is desirable,
and without
,pain or struggle or knewl
edge of the coming event, the deep than
that'falls so often is the sleep perpetua,
—euthanasia. This as ft_ is described,
is the death liy nature; and when man
kind has learned the truth, when, at
will be, the time shall come 'that then
shall be no more atii 'infant of days, not
an old maul who has not filled his days.
the act of tihath . :hall be as mercifully
accomplished as any cweration which
on the living b i oiy steeped.in deep ob
,
'Mon, the moue n surgeon painiessl3
performs.
•I
Fur the proe/Ss of the purely' natura.
death there are some exceptions. Tin
supreme Organizing wind has exposer.
114 II) 1111t1 D . )11 ,!:ii•ltillk.-1.4t..), 13.1. Wil11•11 Tli
-death, sudden, unexpected, inevitable,
is painless :Ist), Light Stroke, suL
stroke, crash. I matter, suilt burial 1L
great. waters—these are et/Minim acts u,
nature that kill, and so quickly that Wt
uutly ilutli 110 time to litiu%i or Lu lee,.
ro e. Ipel ieuee pillablli e ur palls, we liavt
Lo receive Lite lluplcbzion, ttlmU IL Mis Lt.,
Lai, LI ituadhLteci to the ulgilli 01 Lite intuit ,
Lileic IL has to be lixeki or rei;isteleu ,
lastly, that the - mind litter Lu beeutth.
aWthe that Witt lillpralou Is regh. , Lel Cu,
which lust act is in truth the what:Am:
act. Time is required bur Llils,althougb
almost ltiappreelttble. i)estruetioii by
liglitunig, z,ttolte is r>u s\VILL that Lite lat
vie:,slon conveyed to the body Is not
registered, and there is nut known ut \
reit. -
it iS the Sallie
in-waiter, IllseitS11J111cy ? auu
Tile experience 01 soup
Llo have undergone tins is entire 'lust •
f i n ail 0011SellAISLiezti Oi all that took place
treat and ulter.the immersion. IN a thrt.
IS kind even in her u&erniined, unre
lenting uetlul
And even ill deathr caused by the
Ul the spirit 01 tree will in uin o ,
which reinter* the world prat:tit:ally a
tiblabber ul swebies—ilbri uy Wabt . i b.}
pleasure, by care, by !strile, by sloth, by
iiihor, by indolence., by courage, by
cowardice, by lust, Or unnatural chas
tity, by debasentent i - by ainbition, by
generosity, by ava4iCe, by pride, by
servility, by love, `by hale, and by an
the hundred opposed and opposing pits-
Sitalt. 111 their excess, We die, we 'Un—
it is one on the whole not cruel ur pain
lul. 111 all the pestilences, the brain tn
the stricken usually loses its fuueGiuhu
long betore dissolution, anti to the but
lever the litsLitel, is a restless sleep. ill
extietuely vhdleut, death 11:9111 hulllull
eilllseb, the rZhiNrity• collision, the, crush
in battle, litels extinguished in a um
men G - WiLlloln, the COnselaislieSsuf pain.
111 consuinPLlon,, although painitil le
behold, how Axially of its NULiiiis live to
their ntllt4 flour to nappy plan nings 01
the iuture and die in the dream.
The points in Ins stmjeet, are simply
these:l
utur . e, w hieh is to us the Visible Mani
festation 01 the butirewe intelligence, lb
Ueueuelent ija the infliction of the /tut
; Chat iiisvai WU in her Ways,
she Is still beneficent anti that sue Ina)
be trusted by her chilklren.
great:aw anti lutenlion of nature,
is that in death Were sltoltlU be ho SUL
feting m, lniteVer.
NA , hater Were Ls ill death, or pain-, Or
terror, tit uh.suotitieu iurluw to the tiv•
lug, Its LUWiti int", I.lltAtie terror, Wattle
*vrtuNv ; stud taut to ULteluj t the reu.w-
Val ut time Ls toe IlUtilesl uuU 11011ezt
labli the bplt/I, W. 1111141 eau bet, Itzelt to
entry out tutu to perieet. to gtvt.
euttuttuttutt to the ltittiVittUul, untieU
11111U1 to ille world.
A PATIENT DEVOTEE.—Deacon B--,
of Ohio, a very pious mall, was ilOten
for his long prayers, especially in his
flintily. One Monday meriting the
Deaeon and his Wile were alone, :ALI as
was his custom, alter hreultiast apiayel
was uttered. There being an unusual
athount of Work that day, ,Llie Lleaeun'S
prayer wips short, and seizing his hid
anti lullk pall, by started .tur the Uilf"•
ki is wife being deal did not uutde l "'
slice, but supposed . LIAI/ co
el _aged in ix 4.) ,
if ow - 11.1111.iiii6, v% us • bubrdlbell tV ""
her still Kneeling. 1.1• blephedup Li
her and shouted :
" Amen 1 ."
She iniutedi,aely :hose 'and went
ab ot a h er w .,ak as it mitt/nig had nap
.
peued.
A perplexed houbewite introduced to
guests a of OySierd, the result
ui lirb L efforts u cookittg ttll lUselues
bivalve, With Lhis expiLinuLL on : ;
101.111 d it very difficult to them, SO
.1 jubt. held un their Wings and cut their •
stomachs off. 1 guess they will Lie good." ,
Some things come by old mimes. The
most, uncoudnon thing in nature is I
styled 'COIIIII.IOII sense ; a paper half a
mile long is a "brief ;' and a melan
choly ditty devoid of sense of mean
iug is a "glee."
'NO. 45..
ME
The Phenomena of Death.
JOBBING DEPARTZEIVT,
The proprieterahavestonhedtheostablishme
with a now a varie assortmentor
JOB AND CARD TYPE
AND P.ASTs PRESSES,
and are prepared to execute neatly and Iromptly
POSTERS, HANDBILLS, CIRCULARS, BILL
HEADS, CARDS; PAMPHLETS, &0., ite.
Deed 5, Mortgages, Leases, and a full assortlAent
of Constables', argi Justices' Blank s on band.-
People living at a distance can dopendon hav
ing their work done promptly and sent bnck in
return mail. ' '
Cheese Factories in Allegany.
- ~•-;,
The Wellsville (N. Y.)riee Preaa, of
the let inst., contains a brief descrip
tion of the principal cheese factories in
Allegany County, and of their opera
tions. We quote its remarks on the I.N
mer factory, which are more iu detail,
it being acknowledged that this is the
leading factory in the county. We also
append the concluding remarks:
At Rushford IS the largest one in the
county, and in point of general success
stands at theshead of all in the county.
For the past thirteen years' Mr. C. S.
'Elmer has been,malting what is known
_as pineapple cheese. Five years ago ho
bought the Rushford factory.) His-aim
I,las been to make a perfect. cheese.—
, as
observation has led him and the
patrons of his- factory to adopt the fol
lowing rules:
1. Refuse all milk not thoroughly
strained.
`.',.2. Refuse all milk that is dzaWrt in
wooden pails.
3. A committee on each street is ap
pointed by the
.patrons, and when any
cans are found out of order, sour rusty,
or in a condition to affect the milk, the
fact is reported tb the committee from
the factory, and the defect -must be
remedid at once or the milk from that
dairy is refused.
4. Reunets must be perfect. Any
that are tainted in theleast to taste or
smell are thrown away.
5. No foul smells are allowed near the
factory. Lime is freely used where the
whey touches wood and is carried away
with wate i r. A hog pen is not allowed
anywhere near the factory. New, warm
Milk absorbs odors very rapidly.
6. A ca (qui scrutiny of the cans and
• the milk Is kept up at the factory, and
i
the variouS committees do the same
among ‘ the milkers. Any watering Or
skimming of the milk is prOmptly'rnet
by refusing to take milk from the of
fending dairyman. Nor can he ever get
his milk in the factory again. -
The result of, these rules strictly ads
hered to, and.thesitill of Mr. Elmer as
a maker , is seen in the fact that this
year he is using the milk of 1,600
cows, and could have had 2,000 had ho
had the apparatus to use it. He runs
night and day, and up to August 12th
'liad made 4,50 U large cheese, 3,800 pine
i :apple cheese, and 600 called by him -
lung America cheese. He expects to
iake- 6,000 large cheese, 10,000 pine
apple and 2,000 7:dung America cheese.
The large cheese are colored high for
the London market, in which they are
known and bring a good price. The
last two sales were at 16#c.. This iS
nearly two cents higher than the aver
age of the other cheese in the country. c
rile cheese called Young America arc
made just the same as tee larger cheesej,
are pressed harder; have no baladages,l
and weigh t sixpounds each: It is an'
experimental far esthey are concerned,
though Mr. Elmer thinks they will be
a success, as they
,are especially adapted
LoJamily use. The superintendent of
the factory is a pupil of Sir. E's, and
has worked at the business tor. several
years. Mr. Elmer stands confessedly
at the head of Allegany cheese-makers,
and his opinions are worthy coilsidera
non. Ot course he thtuas farmers
-,tiould select cows NN , ith reference as to
illeir qualities as
,milkers. Iti his opiu
aM geed native cows are the best for
w' ht. The best, milk conies arumup
lh
a d farms and corn fodder produces
i
- most and the best milk. tie is not
u favor of roots as food for cows when
tie milk goes into cheese. Absolute
..leaniinees, using the milk so 40011 as
i ossible utter. mutat ° ,
, no wooden yes
:els around at all, and'sliort,tender feed,.
COWS that give large 'quantities sof good
milk, and kuo aledge of the business
ale about all that is required to make
cheese-making a profitable bilsinees to
both the, maker ailinlie patrons. It is
Mr. Elmer's opinion that a nice flavored
cheese• cannot be made in a factory
that has a hugpen near it. The cheese
at this and the Ackerly factory are sold
once iu ten days to the highest bidder.
Sometimes there is a sharp competition,
to the benefit of the patrons.
The average per cow, last year, during
the drought was 4:33 'pounds of cheese.
Phis at 14 cents is a rifle over $6O per
ow, net. The price of making at the
factory is two cents per pound and
everything found. -
It is to be understood that when a
factory uses tlie milk from a less ,num
ber of cows than 300 the cheese cannot
be made at two cents per pound and pay
the maker anYthillir. •
It will be seen that to say that there
will be 2,000,000 pounds of factory
cheese made iu this county is a low es
timate. This at fifteen cents, as an
average price, woultickgive $30(000,
which goes utmost . directly Into the
hands of our farmers. This is made in
twenty-five factories, Which get about
$lO,OOO for their labor. They employ,
on the average, about one man and two
women eaeb. .
Chet -making in Allegany is yet in
its infa, icy. There is no more favored
section in our whole country, so far as
all the requisites for making good but
ter and cheese are concerned. It ,is a
safe estimate to say that there are more
dollars' worth of butter than of cheese.
shipped from this county, to say noth- -
ing of what is consumed heft.. It will
be seen that the dairy interests overtop
all others, when considered in the ag
gregate. It seems that it would be wis
dom for the people interested to form
an hssociation, located at some central
position, whereby the best method of
production and sale could be discuSsed
and considered, and, so far as possible,
unitOrmay of make and general action
adopted. Such proceedings could not
but be - beneficial' to the dairymen, as a
whole, and would tend to give Allegany
butter and cheese the place it deserves
in the markets.
DEFINITION OF BIBLE TERMS.-A
day's journey was thirty-three and one
titth
A 6tionath day's!.
journey was about
an English mile.
Ezekiel's reed wits eleven feet nearly.
A cubit is twenty-two inches nearly.
A hand's breadth is equal to three and
five eighths inches.
A tinger'9 breadth is equal to ono
i tich.
A s hekel of silver was about forty
ceur-l•
A shekel of gold was SB,OO.
A talent osilver way 5538,32. '
A talent of gold was $13,809.'
at-
f .,
A ker 01 tivo . , ur a penny, W , 13
: n 11 tv ("
el, eel..
A s tal tlifiig was three cents. 1 )
A 6araii was a. tent. ,
A mite was a cent.
Au epna, or nal il, contains seven gal
lons and five Innis. ,
A bin was one gallon and two pints:
A iirkw %vas seven plikts.
Aka miler wits six pints;
A. cab was Valve piiits.
A clergyman, meeting a little boy of
his acquaintance, baid
" This•is quite a stormy day; my son.'
" Yes, sir," said the bey, '• this is
.quite a wet rain." • • •
The clergyman, thinking to rebuke
such a hyperbole, asked if he ever knew
of other than Wet
- _
" never knew personally of any
.then," said the boy, .` but 1 have read
in a certain book of a time when it
rained 'tire and brimstone, and I guess
that Was not a wet rain."