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I 2,00,x_3,00 I 4po ,113 00 I1"00 t 18,00 11.tlf C01..,1:. 10,00 I 15,00 I 17,00 1 1 22,00 I dO,OO L 50,00 Our Cadls.oo I 25,00 30,00 I 45,00 1-00,110 - - /fir 131,cial Noticeß 15 coat.; per line; Editorial or 40 cents per lino. tionblent advestislng MUST bb paid ror in mit ance. tri-JuNtic'n 115m1:6: Constlible Doptl4, :Nag tnent Notes, ha ir logo (3ortjficatem, etc., on hand. BUSINESS CARDS Van Gelder & Mitchell, Book, Plain and Fancy Job Printers. All work proinptly and nosttly cotocuted.—Jan. 1, 1870. • .)' Smith d Merrick; Attorneys A; Counselors at Law. Insurance, Bounty and Pension 4\gently, Office on Main Street, Wellsbpro, Pa'„ opplhito Union Block. Jan' 1. 1870. W. 11. (IEO. %V.-MERRICK. Seeley, Contei .k. 7 Co. BANialltS, Kno*yille, Tioga l County, Pa.-L-. : Receive money' deposit,! disupuut notels, antl and that issue is now before you for your arbitrament,, ,you- should. _ instruct iblillePresentatives, in - each utid every comity, iu aeeordancewitli your wishes and determination upoA this iMportant subject. Should you, by your indifference to the qiiestion, or by a careless and un calculating choice of 'thepersons to caT - IC.TeLI Tira 1 0`61Lera k courage and strengthen the eoinbina- Lion of men who_desire and threaten to . Invade your treasury, rest assured that the vast fund now scarcely devoted to the payment of the public debt will be seized and carried off: . , The nind , find a half millions ,of dol lars of securities in that fund, with all the interests to aecure thereon, will be voted away frqm the people's, treasury; the'State c'redit'will be prostrated ; your taxes•will be increased, and your Exe cutive will be impotent to help you. If, on the contrary, alive to your inter ests and honor, Slou sustain the appeal sent to you from the Executive Cham ber, and you are now about to select your eandidates for Representatives, you should determine to re-affirm, with , eMphasis, 'the command of the Constitution ; that "no part of the said Sinking Fund shall be used or ( applied otherwise than in the extingui hment of the public debt," you will/ triko a just, severe and timely blow at .orrupt legislation . ' :and '. protect - yourselves agaiost grievous pecuniary loss, The lesson will,not be lost. Its salu tary- effect will be great and lasting. Both for the present and the future it will improve the tone of public meralS; repress tinS unblushing effrontery' and corruption of the loby ; curtail the in fluence of arrogant corporations; ,and secure the sincere conunendation of all good and patriotic men. Tile assault upon the treasury, in the Pas Sage of Oil:mine and ;Alai f, million ex ample of the cuss , influences of corpo rations upon'the Legislature, is not the only one. It Possesses, Pre-eminent im portune° but it' does not stand alone. Then, fellow citizens, has not the time come for deter Mining the question of title to sovereign , .power in the Com monwealth ?. u s that ,pOwer a rightful and ,indefcasable estate of thepeople, or does it reside in, incorporated compa nies created by our, laws? Will you, with your eyes open, .conciously stir, render the control over your own repl representatives, and give your consent that corporations shall deceive your laws? Shall your government be patriotic' and just, true to, yoUrselves and true to sound principles of adthinis; tration ; or shall it' be the instrtiineiit of corporate ambitionsand avarice,' and an object oepublic jest, ridicule and Fe.% preach ? Or, in other , words shall cor porations s supercede the government and become the masters of the people.? And now,Any fellow citizens, with this warning, I: leave this importatit subject. in your hands; trusting that you will be inspired with the will and the resolution to defend the integrity of . . your gevernMent and to preserve , tut sullid the credit and the hour of the Commonwealth. • JOHN W. GEAR Y.. EXECUTWEI.c7i/61,11Ett.' .llarrislairg, Pa., Jung 6, 1870. J I= Rublet,/ :. ll".(l.op.—pne pint, of sweet milk, one liaping teacupful of butter, three eggs,, a tablespoonful of tlilek, brewer's . ° yeast, one: quart of flour and another -.teacupful of sweet milk, in which is dissolved a quarter of a teas poonful of Oda. Let it rise until very light, then hake as other wattles. Serve hot, with butter and sugar.' Tit LI 44EntoAN, i FAmg men -1 tionS d.hbise? that :died' 'at skty.:seven years of age, and another that was quite coltish in his forty-flfth year. These, cases of longevity were doubtless the re-: sults of good care. It is never economy to put a horse to the utmost ()fills strength to obtain a great atoo'lint of Work oil° feed sparingly to save: provender. • • ViTDDING . JIV 'I6:NAY NVAltril flow beautiful ls-the' beginning of Wedded life! •Not ;lbw first ~ b loom of snowdrops and , cracini in,• spring ; not the budding and blossom of honeysuckle or magnolia ;• not.tho, earliest songs of birds o alul, their, sports, among the ten der leaves but half opened, is, so charm ,ipagination l „If the young hearts are simple, loving and sincere, there rises before their imagination a :series.of. joys:which fills:the whole ho .rizon. They know there is care and la bor for every one, but love can gild the One and lighten the other; It is a world of sorrow,; hickhess and death befall' every ono. But what are these sPeetral thoughts to young hearts 'that ineari'te triumph over ev,ery ill by the irresistible' power of love? Even these who have seen their visions melt away, Mid who have lu_een disenchant ed, love to go baek forjlio hour to the old fond delight. They look with plea ,' sure-upon two souls leaving the shore for the Wide sea; fondly' believing that thifre,W iltn ever ben wave upon the wa ter, no a gale 'utile air. Those even whohavelrad stormy-days and a drea ry voyage, are glad. that the beginning of it should be bright. There is ono point. of universal sym pathy—the wedding hour of two ingen nons youths. Every one rises out of his 'dull and - droning life into his best moods. Every (mein eyes look benign ly upon. the happy pair. Every one would fain throw a - flower upon their path, and, if, lie.eould, a flower without thorns: It was under this :generous impulse that the enstom arose of making pres ents to the bride; Probably it began in simpfer ages than Ours, when men wero shepherds 'and hnsbandinen. The young people 1116 F it be set up in house keeping. One, therefore, woUld give a garment, another a cow, anethei a piece of furniture. In some• villages in Eu rope, to this day, the young pair walk from the church to their new home, by he side of a loaded cart, whereon their ieighbors have piled all the miseella leous stun' of a rustle household ; so hat, :when they are settled down at homo,, almost every article speaks to them a language of : udness from some village friend. In this simple way, a rural community set up each new house hold. BLit 'ae wealth increases, and new manners prevail in relined society, it is no longer an aim to furnish the lodg ings of love's young pilgrims. The cus tom of giving presents remains, but the motive changes.; and unless great cau tion be used, finch custom degenerates, and becomes offensive. To those who u•e rich, and " who can repay again,' presents abound. While to the less fa vored,. to Villein some help would be most timely, little is given. The daugh ter of a rich man manioc: a rich man's only,wm. Every one would fain stand well with them all. illamond rings, bracelets of great price, silverware of every kind, with and 'without a use, am& 1....M.A.n of every abound, and the long table groans with the needless. profusion. There sno thought of setting up in life this joyous pair, for they are full rich already, and able to furnish their costly dwelling munificently. If the motive be woi ley of the gifts, how much must these two people be loved ! Jut if it be done in a truly charitable spirit, it will not be an ungracious tfiing to trace these gifts aid to unveil the ►no jives whieh have brought. hither such rare and costly things. The parents, the Mother:: and sisters, the near relatives, of tlminie fitly bestow these otrerings. The near neighbor re calls, when his daughter was It - tarried, that the bride's father gave her a silver urn, and solely it xvould not du ler him to be less generous. Under the form of he settles . a debt, and says, When all is over, " There, that score is cleared. No one could say that he out- (lit! me." A.less favored suitor, of tol eiiiLte menus, thinks within himself 'Fie has :ilipplanteil me. She more him hair favored my addresses. But no one Minn inspect by my MIIIIIIO7 that I care fot• either of them. lleahleß, IL never does loam to stand well with Fifth people' of influence." And Goa shining gift goes from his hand. i.The lawyer who did the father's 1311 S- ness and expect.; the son's, says, " It will never do for me h) be stingy .on such an occasion. Money given away to such people is money planted." Correspontlents anti bankers, politica friends and partners, n►ust send or suf fer. The yn►lng vohHhi, Who is clerking at a small salary, dare not withhold his gift, and is ashamed; tip send finch an ono as comports with his means. He dreads tO see 'his meager offering out done by bla'Ang rivals ; and sn, taking counsel of fear and`vanity, be goes con trary to his conscience, •and pinching himself for months, pays for a gift be yond his means. Ile might be strength ened against a second temptation, if he could hear the . ,britle's father saying, " What! Jacob sent this The young dogis extravagant. Wonder Hite thinks he's rich?" I seldom take pleasure in looking at the wedding treasure chamber. The geld and silver have no beauty in my 'eyes: •If I am sure love gave them, and was able to 'give, the presents cannot be too profuse. T think of the hum ble cousins, the poor young men wish ing to stand well in society, the outside friends that ,dare not come without gifts •wheit all are expected to give, and. this takes away aI.IJ pleasure. Each,man's gift is marked with his name, that eve ry one may kitilv hew well each has "done his duty: " have you been up to ,see the presents''„' is the familiar 'ques tion. .It is sad to think that such' presents should be made a Matter of calculation, but they are. The very bride does not shrink froi» calonlating the probable gilts.- And alter the wedding bazaar is closed, an account of stock is taken.— For the moment, ,they are the best friends IA ho have given the most choice 'and nattering gifts. The meatiness- of some, the stinginess and neglect of oth ers, is severely noted. The fiend has overleaped the walls of ParradiSe, and soiled the brightness and innocence of -the early hours of a new life. There will be many to whom these WPllls will seem severe and unmerciful. But it . is in no spirit of censorious criti cism that they , are N:••itten," There is need that men simuliOeware, lest pride and vanity eat out the. value of thqe gifts which should only come from love —which should be valued, not for what they air., - but for what they express.— .N. Y. LedgCr. .[Vor ilia Agitator.] AIII.MBitO EXPOSED: • BY. ow' N LEMONS. I have been cheated—basely cheated! Is there no law upon our statute books for, the protection of innocent men ? and are thieves, liars, scoundrels , and blacklegs to go on, unmolested, with their depredations, wrenching the hard earned lucre from the fists of honest men ? All the little' arteries and blood vessels of my body have just held.an indignation meeting over a little cir cumstance which happened to me but a short time since ; and so furiously did they pronounce against the loss I had austaitied, that it is with the utmost difr !lenity that I am able to keep them from bursting with revenge. A month or Ho ago,ll read from a well established and relitlfle newspaper, au advertigemeht Whiehysald that If I Or any other man) wouosend thirty-five cents to a certain firm or institution, giving my age, color of hair, eyes, &c., that I would receive in return a faesint ilo photograph of her who is . to be my futurewitb. Now, hq . it known that I knew perfectly well who Was to be my future wife.; but the idea that I could get a. true copy 'of-her for thirty-five tents, more than pleaSed me. I had long wished for something of the kind, but she had always put me oil; by say ing that I would soon leave the origi nal, and that it Would be a needless ex pense to bother with ketting photo graphs. But I, wanted her to carry with me; I wanted her shadow, until the time - should arrive when the origi- IVal would, indeed, be n greatpufficien cy. Throwing the paper aside, and phingink my hand deep into bree ches pocket, I hauled therefrom thirty- five coppers, which seemed to have been placed there by' a special providence; and after borrowing a sheet of letter pa per and an envelope from the hospita ble landlord, and drawing on my churn, John t.imith, for the postage money, I wrote a few words, enclosed the thirty live cents, and mailed it. After return ing to the hotel, I happ‘med to think that I bad forgotten to clOse -my letter with a P. ;-;., and that the envelope did. not have the words " in haste" marked on it. 1 returned to the post office, and through the kindness of the mistress, was allowed to make the proper correc tions. In lieu of the plixe, I was to have a feeling of weal, expectancy creep over me. The hour for supper soon arrived, and although I never had been consid ered a big feeder, yet I had acquired a reputation for promptness theretofore; but having no aPpetite for supper, and being entirely opposed to formalities under any circumstances, I madeknown my disqualifications: to the landlord, so that tea F•linidd not be delayed,' on my avcouni. 'At nine o'clock I retired to my room. I blush to say it, but it is nevertheless a fact, that I got but very little sleep that night, and what I did get was a curse to me. In my (kelvins, my mind was quite as active on the subject of the phr..lo g raph.e..3 ever. _i + sas,y pictured on the wall a tute copy o 1 my betrothed, framed in an elegant ornamental card. This was pleasant, and just as I was about to seize it, I awoke and found it was nothing but a dream. My faith however in the photograph firm did not vanish with the dreatn, and consequent ly I hail something' to fall back upon. lit the morning, my appetite fo\eat ing hail not greatly improved, and could not he helped by anything 'kept at the hat:. The first night' and the morning following are a propel• index to my feel ings until I reed visl 'ray prize. On 01101i11).;* the neatly sealed envelope, I hatuil a photograph ; hut, My ! it Nvas no mote a true . copy of her whom t had chosen to he nay future wife, than many other things 1 might mention. But in stead, it was the homeliest face ever_ gotten lip, and the author must, have had a fearful "eye to business," who could think of fooling me into :the no tion that I would take sueh an one, "for better or for worsei" to meander down lire's pat iiway. I amlitone with lotteries, and in the' future s tall use my utmost, endeavors to bring shame upon this, institution, which has made me the victim Of plaeed confidence. _ P. s Trust them not; They're cooling.you." Verily They Have Their Reward ILev. Thomas , K. _Beecher gums up a nunan life, of iiiany full years, us fol- DEM --Born hi liOfi. ' —Brought up on a farm. —Married in 1820. —Fifty years a wife. --Mother of six children.. —One year a constant sufferer. She hasdintereil into rest, 1870 " A thoughtful luau is Amply over whelmed and silenced by the volume of labor and deserving that is implied in such a record as this. " To farm work theile can be no sham or shit king. Of them who begin on a farm, none begin earlier or work later than the women. Vit it is not custo mary for them to be c edited . on the far mer's hooks with having earned any thing. Just what their pay, or when their pay-day, no man can determine. " Of pain, and care, and watchings, and labors incessant, who can assnme a larger share than she who bears sons and daughters and trains them ip to manhood ? To lose a night's sic p, js .mentioned among men as a hardship. To enjoy a nigh 's sleek is something unusual with mothers. Calling to mind these Cares in the night, season and la bors in the day; the•three meals fot six children, year after year, with all that their getting and serving implies; the clothing made or altered spring and fall; the little mcndings daily, and the great ones w•etizly ; the ailments of the c hildr e n, ‘t hien each must have, and h o Nonfoi tett iky the,saine comforter, as if no other li'ad ever suffered ; the giv ine, bath, without reeeiving, (except there be strength and blessedness in such giving ) :—in short, the life and labor of her who trains i:ix. children up to manhood, and, without a murmur, dismisses them to seek their own pros perity and found new homes, is stall dent explanation of l'A JCS Imuckques tioned utterance, ' vertheless she shall be saved in , chilti -bearing.' The God of all grace and bounty has not up ion earth or among men another Illus tration so fair and intelligible of his own essential self-sacrificing love, .11.4 . she who cheerfully' accepts and faith fully discharges the hinuniefable duties of wife and mother. • " lears pass by. The mother's work Nump ER 25. is ended. The children grown are gone; How large the house is, and strangely quiet f And ,the work lets up, as the strength to do falls.i Children, lzring lug grand children, come home to visit, and, tor tho first time, being mothers, learn to honer mother'. - • "She who has borne the grief and comforted.the sorrows of a •household, shall yet endure one trial more—pa tiently to bear her ewri pain, and lift mightily to make lier:own weight - less o those . who_ care for bei. Till that, laving borne the burdens Of matey i and lot refused to bear her own ei*ee ' ing rind, her record is at lust temple e;— and, reverenced by all except he self, she leaves her labors and forsake her 'pains, and enters into rest. Her angel, who always has beheld the face 'of the Father, his guardian care no longer nee ded, speaks among the shining ones, without contradiction, ' Bleised is this poor in .spirit, for hers is the kingdom of Heaven.' "—Elm; Adv. THE fiREAT STRASEITRO CLOCK. Incomprehensilile and solitary, like all that is great and true, rises the Min ster of Strasburg. I walked round and round it, and sought the entrance, at which stands Erwin's statue, the figure of justice. On the opposite side of the church is the portal, on which is the martyrdom of St. Laurentius, within an arbor, as it were, of stone, open all around, and full of hanging grape vines. In the principal entrance on.the left are wise virgins with their lamps, in nocent and simple; on-the right are saints, with demons or evil spirits under their heels. Op the one gate are angels abOve angels; fin the other, martyrs.— As I looked up and down, and contem plated tholcountless images of stone; in their nick s, their stiffened lips loosen- . s ed, I Ilea • their voices, hymns; the whole pi/ becomes melody ; the swell of separate tones melts into one gigan tic symphony. As the twelfth hour approached, mul titudes came running from every side. They were all'eager to see this curiosity of mediaeval, times ; although the clock, adapted by this aged mathematician, Sehwilgue, to the present state of sci ence, has now been going for four yeats. My friend at last appeared, and We had barely time to push our way through the crowd, and to ascend the small win ding staircase which leads into the four stales of the clock, and the small bal cony in which we were suspended like swallows against the mathematical mo nunlent, looking down perpendicularly upon-a dense mass of heads, Whoseeyes and lips were all fixed upon ;one point. On one of the lower galleries,. ,an angel, guarded by lions which formerly roar ed, and holding a ;scepter and bells in its hands, strikes the quarters, audano . flier turns round the hour glass. In an 'upper space, the fair ages of life then step forward ; the child strikes the first quarter, with its thyrsus, upon: a bell; the youth strikes the half hour with his arrow, the armed warrior the third quar ter with his sword, and the old man the fourth with his crutch; then Death appears, and strikes the hour with his bone ; and, as the sound of the last [ stroke dies away, the figure of Christ conies forward lin a yet higher story, I and raises its right arm as for a bless ing ;. the twelve apostles, one after the othei , ; pass before him, and in passing incline themselves before the Saviour, who, in conclusion, gives his blessing to the spectators. Their eyes, in the meanwhile, turn to the cock, who sits proudly high up on a small tower; he ,flaps his wings, stretches out his head sold tail, ruffles his neck, and thrice his shrill crowing sounds load and 'clear.: Among the old paintings which adorn the case of the clock, ono of - the most conspicuous is Ow portrait of Coperni cus, according to whose system the planetarium, which is over the; gallery of the lions, is elected. At the moment when Galileo was condemned, the scir entitle men. of ;Strasburg protested a gainst the judgment, and erected a mon ument to the Polish astronomer in this aittral clock, which, like a trophy of tl i uth, is placed in the sanctuary. After the exhibition was concluded, we step ped into the interior of , the astronomi cal works, which are wound up once in eight days, and in which endless com binations of wheels were revolving perfect silence. A solemn and myste ,rious sensation seizes upon one here, as if one were in the worship of the spirits of the houris. The conception is cer tainly a lofty one, that of showing forth the whole structure of .the heave s.— Behold that small wheel, the only pur iose of which is to make a 2 tak s' the place of - a 1, when the second thousand' years of the . ehristian era shall 'aye elapsed. On last. New Year's eve the whole was illuminated—the interior, also ; and all the aisles of the church were crowded wit hspectatork The in- crest which was e•::+ited was intense, when, with the twelfth stroke of the clock a 70 sprang into the place of the 00 after the 18. The man I who explained it all to uti, a mere laborer, exclaimed, with lmuch warmth, " One would al- post suppose that the machine can It.mah es one think of the blood vhich circulates throtigh the veins of he human body." - Farmers'. Girls Farmers' girls are expected to under stand housekeeping, but sometimes a hard barren life of toil begets in them a disgust, which leads to extremeeareless ness and indifference in the nicer Parts of home duties. Beware . of this, I pray you. Study grace am4)eauty in the folds of a cur- - taro, the urangetnent of a table, the position of a chair—the amount of light and shade to give the right effect to all. Take the prettiest way of doingl,hings, you will soon - discover a charm ,n toil, and the effect On your nature will be p r o w iaing. Do not hekrudge five min utes to trim la dish : wlith green leaves upon the dinner table, not forgetting to twist a spray of dowers, or leaves amid the dark or gold of your hair l Some body's eyes will brighten so see it, and, ore you are aware, you will beeome "r trap to catch a sun heatit."— Conn. Gene A Yankee editor says that the igirls complain that ,the- times are so 'hard that the young men. can't pay thier addresses. Good mor'n, Mr. Grimes; I come to see if you would lend our dad your pickax, to saw•oif a board to make a chicken coop to put our dog in ; lie runs after our neifhboes cows, and then they won't come about any more, so we have to drink our coffee without cream or sugar."