vj. . jtt u Greiieral insurance and Keal Estate Asent, l owanda, I'a.
It Might Have Been.
It might have been! When ltfe is young
And hopes are bright, and hearts are strong
To battle with the heartless throng,
When youth and age are far between.
Who hears the words so sadly sung?
11 might have been!
It might have been! When life is fair,
Youth stands beside the boundless sea
That ebbs and flows unceasingly,
And dreams of name and golden fame;
And whe shall limit the To Be
That's dawning there?
It might have been ! When life is bright,
And love is in its golden prime,
Youth recks not of the coming night,
Noa dreams that there may be a time
When love will fail, or change, or die
Eternally!
It might have been! When time grows gray,
And spring-tide's hopes have passed away,
Old age looks back on by-gone years—
Their many wants and doubts and fears;
And through the mist away is seen,
The might-have been!
It might have oeen ! When age so sad,
Weary of waiting for the fame
That, after all, is but a name;
When life has lost the charm it had.
True knowledge makes regret more koen—
It might have been !
If might have been! When youth is dead,
And love that was so false is fled,
When all the mockeries of the past
Have lost their tinsel rags at last,
The one true love is clearly seen
The might-have been!
It might have been! Ah me! Ah me!
And who shall tell the misery
Of knowiug all that life has lost?
By thinking of the countless cost
Poor comfort can the sad heart glean !
It might have been!
It might have been! Nay, rather rest
Believing what lias been the best!
The life wh6e sun has not yet set
Can find no room for vain regret,
And only folly crowns as queen
Its might have-been,
Facts Worth Knowing.
There is no greater evil iu all Christen
dom than intemperance. There are no
sterner reasons for any reform in the
world than for the temperance reform.
There is 110 evil producing such dreadful
results; there is no cause rhat eau be es
poused in behalf of which so much caujbe
said in its favor, so much in the way of
fact and statistic and argument appealing
to the mind. Y'ou have heard say that
one hundred thousand lives are lost by
intemperance. That may be a high esti
mate ; they used to talk about sixty thou
sand as being the number of deaths caus
ed by Liquor. Sixty thousand annually
destroyed I Have you any idea of what
that means? Suppose that an earthquake
should have swallowed up four cities like
Auburn in this State; that would make
sixty thousand. Suppose another earth
quake should swallow up another city in
Pennsylvania,ithen another in some oth
er State, and so it should go on year after
year; how long would we be living in
this land? Would we not leave it as we
would tly from the pestilence? And yet
sixty thousand lives are destroyed every
year by alcoholic drinks. You have heard
of the tearible accident that occurred ou
the Hudson River railroad, when the ex
press train ruu into an oil train and twen
ty lives were lost. As the morning
paper was taken up horror ran through
the community; everybody felt thrilled
by excitement iu view of the awful havoc
in connection with that railroad accident.
Suppose that the next month a similar
telegraphic dispatch was sent that an
other accident had happened 011 the same
road, and next month another, through
out the year; that would have amounted
to about 250 lives lost on the Hudson
River railroad for a year. By the end of
the year, there is not a man or woman in
this city who if they heard of a friend of
theirs talking about going to Albany on
the Hudson River railroad, but would go
to that person, and endeavor by all the
influences they could command, to per
suade that individual to keep off that
road. Suppose these accidents occurred
every week instead of monthly, or every
day instead of every week, then you
would have only 7,000 lives lost annually
on that road, if tidings had come to you
every morning of an accident of a similar
nature. And then what would have been
done? Why, that railroad would have
been torn up from its base,the iron would
have been pitched into the river, the ties
would have deen destroyed, and the cars
burned to pieces, and this community
would have said: "No more cars on that
road." Suppose from eight o her roads
the same tidings had come, there would
not be a railroad in the country, for no
man would venture upon a car. If there
were eight such accidents from eight dif
ferent roads every day in the year, there
would not be so many lives lost as are
destroyed by intemperance. Now these
are facts; and facts like these need to be
brought before the community, iu order
to inform the mind, touch the conscience
and arouse the heart. — HP v. Ihrriae John
son*
t ■ I -SJT •tWUT.N 'WTTI/
"puo BONO PUBLICO."
" JAKE"
The Clothier
(Established I860;
Offers better bargains in Men's, Youths',
and Boys' CLOTHING,
Huts, Caps* Tics, Scarfs,
Collars, Cuffs, Sic., th&.; ever, and proposes to
sell lower than any house in Bradford county. A
large stock of
CHILDREN'S SUITS AT COST,
as we wish to close out that line oi goods entirely in
the next sixty days. Fresh spring goods everyday
For "proof of the pudding," all on "JAKE at
No. 2 Pattern Block, Towanda.
pLUMBING AND GAS-FITTING!
Ed. Williams
PRACTICAL
Plumber and €*as-Filter,
Respectfully informs the people of Towanda that
he is prepared to do all work in his line on the
hortest notice, and guarantee satisfaction.
lie keeps a LARGE ASSORTMENT of stock,
and will furnish pipe, all plumbing muterials and
gas fixtures at a smalladvance from jobber's prices.
I refer to my numerous customers during the ten
years I have been in Towanda as to the character
of my work, and solicit the patronage of those hav
ing jobs in my line.
jGST Estimates furnished when desired.
E. WILLIAMS.
Shop a few doors north of Mercur Block.
May 6, 1881.
yyt. A. E. BURR'S
HOMCEOPATIIIC
IjU.VG SPRVP.
This remedy is something new, both as to name
and composition. This 1b one of the wonders of the
world. This Syrup, 1 claim, is better and more
effective than any other ever ottered to the ople of
America or any other country, and what 1 say of
this I can prove, This Syrup, like the Pills, is
harmless and safe. It contains no opium or other
narcotic poison, like the most Syrup, and is not dis
agreeable to take. Any child will take it. And it
will cure any and all inflammations arising from
Gold. It ii to all others in every respect
and especially for the following reasons:
Ist- It will cure Croup every time.
2d. It will cure Inflammation of the Lungs.
3d. It will cure Quinsy.
4th It will cure Whooping Cough.
sth It will cure Bronchitis.
6th It will cure Hoarseness.
7th It will cure Sore Throat.
Bth It will cure any Cold.
9th It will cure Congestion of the Lungs.
10th It will curu .any Cough.
11th It will cure Scarlet Fever.
12th. It is the best remed"' that any one can take
for Consumption, and if taken in the first stage I
will guarantee a cure.
13th. It is perfectly safe for ail ages as there is
nothing in its composition that can harm a child.
A. E. BURR
For sale by CLARK B. PORTER.
p-OR
Hair Cut and Shave
Go to the
WARD HOUSE SHAVING PARLOR
STEDGE
Is there.
THE GREAT
BURLINGTON ROUTE.
Clf~No other line runs Three Through Pas
gender Trains Daily between Chicago, Des
Moines, Council Bluffs, Omaha, Lincoln, St,
Joseph, Atchison, Topeka and Kansas City.
Direct connections for all points in Kansas,
Nebraska, Colorado, Wyoming. Montana, Ne
vada. New Mexico, Arizona, Idaho, Oregon and
California.
The Shortest, Speediest and Most Comforta
ble Route via Hannibal to Fort Scott, Denison,
Dallas, Houston, Austin. San Antonio, Galves
ton and all points in Texas.
The unequalcd inducements offered by this
Lino to Travelers and Tourists, are as follows:
The celebrated Pullman (16-wheel) Palace
Sleeping Cars, run only on this Line, C„ B. &
8. Palace Drawing-Room Cars, with Horton's
eclining Chairs. No extra charge for Seats
in Reclining Chairs. The famous C., B. & Q.
Palace Dining Cars. Gorgeous Smoking Cars
fitted with Elegant High-Backed Rattan Re
volving Chairs for the exclusive use of first
class passengers.
Steel Track and Superior Equipment, com
bined with their Great Through Car Arrange
ment, makes this, above all others, the favorite
Route to the South, South-Wcst, and tho Far
West.
Try it, and you will find traveling a luxury
Instead of a discomfort.
Through Tickets via this Celebrated Line
for sale at all offices in tho United States and
Canada. „
All information about Rates of Fare, Sleep
ing Car Accommodations, Time Tables, &c.,
will be cheerfully given by applying to
J. Q. A. BEAN, Gen'l Eastern Agent,
30t> Washington St., Boston. Mass.
and 317 Broadway, New York.
JAMES R. WOOD, Gen. Pass. Agt., Chicago.
T. J. POTTER, Gen. Manager, Chicago.
T^ASSENGERS
GOING WEST
Should remember that the regular Ticket Office a
the upper depot, Towandu, is the place to purchas
TICKETS TO ALL POINTS
WEST, NORTHWEST and SOUTHWEST, at th
Lowest Possible Rates
by any route. For intormation as to routes, time
changes, connections, &c., to any place in the United
States or Canada, call on or address
H. E. BABCOCK,
Ticket Agent, Towanda, Pa
I 11
Hi
lylfrjl jYor/ U ' " "trNoF/aivi UU
BTOgi PUEBLO, RETURN, ly mx
RjPr&jt fully low r:. Tlmse debet* will lie HHBZk
(rood going west within fifteen LIS' "tBSSw
8a Ji days from date o' sale, and to reiu (S Hj
|JbI until October HI i fo:.owing. ) @@
A ' i'ullnian Pnluc- Cars ate inn Vj k . ,
this CotTioanv from CHICAGO to jgrXfi
■FjS COTTtiCII P.',tT?S. TOPEKAamI ggnß
Btsil t KANSAS CITY, forming a line with gMLfI
sSwfffVf tut one change of ears toDSNVEH
B nkLy and PUEBLO. Dining Cars are at- J j
• jJi lacheu to all through trains, in which 1. T*.,
B meals can l>e ol.teined at the reason- j
able price of seventv-llve cents.
o For rates, further inf: rmation, IJSftSA
and elegant Map t> United
States free, address, | SB I
J. ft. A. BFAN. Gen'lEa?tem Agt..
317 Broadway.NewYork,and 3)6
Washington St.. Boston, Mass. KBIP
-piIE DAILY REVIEW
ONLY TWENTY-FIVE CENTS A MONTE.]
T A DIES OF TOW AN DA
Wishing to have anything made in the lin c
Mair Switches, JB raids
& FINGER PUFFS, WATER CUKES,
in fact anything in the line of lIAIK GOODS.
Custom Work a specialty. Switches made of
combings and rooted, genii } our old switches and
combines by mail, and 1 will return them by mail
in a lew days, in the best manner possible and
warranted. < >rders by mail will receive more atten
tion than if attended to in person. Address
MISS ELLA J. POWELL,
No. 12 Lombard St. Towauda.
KTKW EATING HOL'Sa
/TST./Of./AT.
S. B. IIDD lias fitted up one of the stores in
St reefer's new block (one door south of Evans
fc Uildreth's) and is now prepared to furnish
WARM MEALS ON SHOU T NO TICE.
IIIS LUNCII COUNTER
is supplied with all the delicacies of the mar
ket. Jki?" He has elegantly furnished rooms
for the accommodation of parties.
GI V E II I M A CAL L !
HW. MILLER3.T.a r_UL
• keeps several
PUBLIC HACKS, LV.d
and is rcndy to attend all calls in his line promptly,
lie runs to ALL TRAINS. Charges for night and
earlj morning trains 25 cents per passenger. Regu
lar customers supplied with tickets at reduced rates.
Charges for attending funerals from $2.50 to $3.00.
Ilorses and carriages to let.
Orders left at his office below council rooms will
receive careful attention. 11. W . MILLER.
Nov. 27, 1880.
QTIiDGE'S TONIC FOR TIIE
HAIR.
A sure cure for Dandruff and all other
diseases 01 the Scalp. Stops the hair
from falling out; invigorates the hair
nerves; cleanses the hair perfectly and
gives it a beautiful and healthy gloss that
cannot be obtained without itc use.
Manufactured and sold by
D. V. STEDGE,
To WANDA, PA.
C
(rATBNTKD JUNB 13TH, 1876.)
FOK S<\LE BY
JEVJtJYS x HIIsMIETMi,
Towanda, Pa.
DAYIS
VERTICAL FEED
Simplest, Strongest and
does\ work that cannot be
done on any under feed
machine.
0. A. BLACK, Agent,
Send for Samples. Towanda, Pa.