iwft's Sul u mw. IIhed and en couraged by all lawful means. People never ' plot mischief when they are merry. Laugh ter is an enemy to malice, a foe 'o scandal and a friend to every virtue. It prom >tes ! good temper, enlivens the heart, and bright ens the intellect. Let us laugh whenwe can. "Will you come into my parlor, said I the Spider to the Fly." "Will you come into the Lnion League," says the abolitionist to the Democrat. Once ina while the dodge is successful, and ! the aboliTouisis "catch a fiat." Down in : Jersey they call these flats,"Greenback dera- I ocratfi.— Middlctown Morcury. I)o you mean to intimate that I lie, sir ?" exclaimed a fierce looking mus tachioed gentleman to a raw Yankee, who hinted some slight scepticism as to one of his toughest statements. "Xo mister, not at all —only it kind o'strikes me that you are " tarr.el savin" of truth." E'dST* Mr Jones—" You know, my dear, that I am liable to conscription, and, in case the Habeas Corpus should fail, that —that—" Mrs. Jones.—" D m't give yourself a mo ment's uneasiness on my account, Jones ; if you can't find a substitute, I have no doubt that 1 can !" At a whist table a spectator noticing that a lady, who was one of the players seemed rather unhsually sober, remarked that judging by her looks, she must be play ing a losing game. "What!" said a witty gentleman present, " must a lady always s.ui.e to be winning V' F*~~yf* Five of the sweetest words in t!ie i English language begin with IJ. which is only a breath ; Heart, Hope, Home, Ilapbiness and Heaven. Heart is a hope place, and home is a heart place' and that man sadly mistaketh, who would exchange the happi ness of bom; for anything less than Heaven. £tjT" A Contemporary - >: u The adnunis. | (ration understands the handling of an army | about as well as a small b-y es a stage | whip. The darned tiling taigles about his I legs. 5 tSr"^ rs - Partington is of the opinion that Mount Vesuvius should take sarsaparriila to cure itself of eruptions. The old lady thinks ' it has been vomiting so long nothing else j would stay on its stomach. jc*r a pretty little married woman in Rochester, having coddled her husband into making all liis property over to htr, took the proceeds of the sale, her infant aud | another man and sloped. • •- fo'zST A flush of hope renders toil and tri- I al beautiful, and the suubeam gives a sparkle ! to the winter's frost. S"CST" A few weeks ago several barrels of whiskey passed over one of the railroads in a neighboring State, labelled " Widow's Teaia." The saving that there Is more pleas ure iu giving than receiving, is supposed to apply to kicks, medicine and advice. 6 IST* Why i s a lovely young lady like a hinge ? Because she is something to adore . S'ST A man who marries the lady he adores is ' joined to his idol." flnnt lake too much interest in the affairs of your neighbors. Six per cent will do. A young lady should take heed when an admirer bends low before her. The bent beau is dangerous. The man wno fell " into raptures" with a pretty girl was with difficulty got out- J RUNNING STILL! THIE OLT) ESTABLISHMENT of the subscriber, is still in running order, through All the reverses and panics of former days, since 1833, without being wound up, at which place you can find a goo J assort ment of DYES, DRUG & MEDICINES, as can be found in the county, warranted genuine and pure. .Boots, Shoes, Harness and Leather, as "ood as the best, and as cheap as the cheapest, and all "the WORK WARRANTED You can get all kinds of Job Printing done to or der, and blanks of every kind constantly on hand, which, in style, are not surpassed by our large or county offices. TO THE LADIES. rest from your toil, and buy a jSDES"WXINrC3r The subscriber has also succeeded in obtaining one of the best, and most reliable Sewing Machines, for the money, now in market, viz: Davis's 845 Shuttle, and the 830 Franklin Machines, equal in rapacity to Wheeler tc Wilson's 875, or G rover M . Stroudshurg ~ P ;,' M Water Gap „ Columbia (1 Delaware ~ Hope (Philadelphia connection) • • 1 :io Oxford L-53 " Washington •••2:10 " I L- 9-19 " Junction Arrive York Philadelphia fa:jU MOVING NORTH, tp,.-. Vow York from footcf Courtland Street- • 8:00 A M. Pier No. 2. North River, 7:00 Philadelphia, from Kensington Depot 7:10 •' Leave Junction ll| 15 *' Washington 11:33 " Oxford 11:50 " Hope (Philadelphia connection) •• 12:14 P. M. Delaware 12:43 " Coiumbia 1:00 ' Water Gap 1:16 11 Stroudsburg 1:30 " Tobyhanna 2:42 " Gouldsboro 2:55 " Muscow 3.1/ l * SCRANTON 4: tO " Abington 4:40 1! Factoryville 4:56 " Nicholson 5:16 " llopbottom 5:38 " Montrose 6:00 " New Milfosd 0:21 " Arrive at Great Rend 6:40 " T>f These Trains connect at Great llond with the Night Express Trains both East and West on the New York and Erie, and at Scranton with Trains on Lackawanna and Rlootnshurg Railroad, for Pittston, Kingston and Wilkcsb irre; and the Train moving South connects at Junction "irh Trains tr Rcthle hem, Mamdi Chunk, Reading and Harrisburg. Passengers to and from New York change cars a Junction. To and From Philadelphia. ria.B. D. 11. K., leave or take cars at Hope. Foi I'ittston, Kingston and Wilkes-Tarro, t ike L. A 15. R. R. cars at .Scranton. For Jessup, Archbald and Carbonda'.e, take Omni bus at Scranton. ACCOM)]) A Tiny TRAIN. MOVING NORTH Leaves Scranton 0:50 " Abington 10:35 " Factory ville 11:00 " Nicholson 11:30 " Hopbottom 13:05 I'. M Montrose ,• 12:45 '• New Milford- 1:20 " Arrives at Great Rend 1.-15 " MOVING SOUTH Leaves Great Rend 2:10 P. M New Milford 2:35 " Montrosem 3:05 •' llopbotto 3:45 " Nicholson 4:15 " Factory ville 5:13 " Abington 5:40 " Arrives at Scranton 0:30 " This Train leaves Scranton after the arrival of the Traiii from Kingston, and connects at Great Rend w.th the Hay Express Trains both East and West on New York an 1 Erie. JOHN RRISBTN. Sup't. Superintendent's Office, ) Scranton, Nov. 25. 1861. jj PROSPECTUS OF "Or 1 t." timiiintmitiirara TO BE PUBLISHED DAILY AND WEEKLY IN Till) CITY OF l'llll.AllDU'HlA, JSY A. J. GEOSsBRENNEIi A Co. A J. G LOSS Ult F.N A K it. J'RASCXS J. GKI .M). WILLIAM 11. WELSh "THE AGB" will advocate the principles and poli cy of the Democratic party, and will, therefore, lice essarily favor the restoration of the Union as it was and dcien 1 the Constitution of the United States,.ir d that of this Commonwealth. It wili freely and fairly discuss all legitimate sui - jectr of newspaper < eminent. including of course, and pre-eminently at this time, all questions conuecte t with the existing unhappy condition of our ountry. It will fearlessly criticise the public aetsof public servants, and defend the leg;n and constitutional rights of individual citizens ana of sovereign states, against assualts from any quarter. It will seek to awaken the minds of the people to a proper sense of the a tual condition of the Repub lic —to present to them, truthfully, the fcanul perils in which we stand as a nation—to exhibit the magni tude of the task that 1? before them, if they would check our downward prugrc>s—and to inspire theui with patriotic determination to apply TIIK KKUKUY for our national ills. In brief, it will, in all things, aim to 1 e the faith ful exponent of Democratic principles, UDJ to render itself worthy to bo an organ of the Democratic par ty, under whose auspices our country prospered so long and so well. The restoration of that party— the party of the CONSTITUTION and the UNION— to power, in the legislative and executive governmen tal branches of the States and of the Union, we be lieve to he necessary to avert anarchy, and the utter ruin ot the Republic. To contribute to that restora tion will be our highest aim. The News, Literary, Commercial, and other de partments, will receive due attention, and will be so conducted as to make ''THE AGE" worthy of the support of the general reader. [ The many difficulties now surroun ling :in en terprise of the magnitude of that in which the under signed are engaged, require them to appeal to the public for a generous support, and to ask for " THE AGJE 'a liberal patronage arm exienucu lho present state of the preparatory arrangements warrants the expectation, that the first number of ! 1/rV a ri ,uar '"•■ fore the cloio of the coming ...on h, (February, 18G3.) The Weekly will bo iV sued soou thereafter. TERMS. DAILY. Per Annum, c nn c: \r .e Willi Ms Months, 3 0() Three Months, j'-,. Copies delivered at the counter, and to Agents and Carriers, 2 cents each. WEEKLY. I or Annum, ..., nn Six Months, *: on Three Months, .Jj Ten Copies to one address, i? C.i Twenty " " " Thirty, " ' \z 'j} f i> . , 4a.00 I:l yment required invariably in advance. Address, A J. ULOSSBItENNER & CO January 26o. 114 S. Tilll'J) ;>t. Philadelphia Canal Boat for Sale. A eaual boat,tie; Union Hipper. Having puu-La cd another I will now sell the übovcrca- boat rr--,, S.VERaNOY. Merlngvillc , Ajii] 1. lcfS. cfPffdA S COLLE6E, BINCH -MTON, W. V. An Insulation to Qualify Young Men for Business. T>. W. IiOWKi.Lj Principal, Professor of the Science of Accounts Practical Accountant, Author of Low eh .- Treatise upon Book-Keeping, Diagrams illustrat ing the same, &c. I I\<> RANKIN, Commercial Accountant, 1 rofossor <>l I JJoolt-keeping and Practical Mathematics. A F WAK.NKU, Professor of Practical and Ornament al' Penmanship, Commercial Calculations and Cor respomlcnce, _ ~ J. J. CritTiL, Assistant Teacher in Bookkeeping Department. LECTURERS. lion. Pxutr.l. S. DicKiTTfAM, LL, D Lecturer on Com mercial Law and Political Economy, lion R'NSOM P. AI.COM, Lecturer on Contracts, 1 roin isarv Notes and Bills of Exchange. Rev. Dr. E. ASPUKWS, Lecturer en Counncrcta Ethics. Students can enter at any time; no vacati " Giv.dis.itcs are presented with an elegantly engraved Diploma. I suai time ir 4 u : red to complete full com mercial course, from Bto I' 2 weeks. Every student is guaranteed to he competeut to take charge of the hooks of anv business firm, and qualified to earn a salary from SBOO to SISOO per annum. Assi.-tance rendered to graduates in obtaining situations. Board s'iOO to $2 50 per week. For particulars send for Circular, enclosing stamp. uo-ly. SINGER & CO'S. ! LETTEB "A"' FAMILY SEWISUI HUE With ail the I!event Improvements, Is the Best and Cheapest and Most Beautiful of ; 1 Sewing Machines. This Machine will sew any th nig. from the running of a tuck in Tarletan to the to ik ing of an overcoat —anything from l'ilot or Ileuvct Cloth, liowu to the softest Gauze or Gossamer Tissue, an 2is ever ready to do its work t' jierfection. can fell, hem, bind, gather, tuck, quilt and h is ca pacity for a great variety of ornamental work, ih;- is not the only Machine that van hem, fell, bind, an i so forth, but it will do so better than any other Ma chine. The Letter "A" Family Sewing Machin* may be had in a great variety of cabinet • a.-es. lie FoMine Case, which is now becoming so popular, i as its nan", implies, one that can bo folded into a box urease which, when opened, makes a beaut. ft substantial, an 1 spacious table for the work to res; upon. The eases are of every imaginable design— plain as the wood grew in its native forest, or a elaborately finish? 1 as art can make them. The Branch Offices arc well supplied with sill twist, thread, needles, oil, etc., of the very best quul ity. Send for a copy of " Singer & Co.'s Gazette.'' 1 M SINGEII & CO.. 433 Ilroadwav, N. V. Pnii.Al'KinHiA OFFICE, 310 Chestnut St. Mrs. C T. Marsh, an i D. A. Eurdwcll, Esq., agent.- in Tunkhannock IST E3 ~\7V ff '■% '£> "I M y h & i in & a AND , CH AI X=t J 4Fs©".~'- = 2 S 7*" t-% • • -y- - WW * MANUFACTORY! The subscriber has just opened a new Furniture Cabinet ay 1 Chair NI mufactory in Tunkbaimock, next door to C. M. Koon's grocery store— whore are kept on hand and manufactured to order: TABLE- of all sizes, patterns, and styles. CHAIRS Cane-sent, Flag-bolt-.m, and couimon. EI RE 4UB ot all styles, sizes, and prices. BEDSTEADS. Cottage and common. CENTRE TABLES, WORE STANDS. ROOK CASES, and indeed every thjug which can be found in the largest furniture establishments in the country, which he will sell at priees as ].>w as (hey can be bought in any town outside of the cities. Being sat isfied that he can compete, both in workmanship and prices with any establishment in the country, he so lieiis the public patronage. REPAIRING of nil kmdsdonc in a neat, substan tial and workmanlike manner. N. B.—Old eanc-seat chairs, new-seated and re paired. UNDERTAKING Having a Hearse of his own, and having had much experience, ho will attend to this department of the business on short notice, and in a satisfactory manner. ABRAHAM IIAAS. July 16, 1862.—v1n491y Traveling Public! 'T'O accommodate person s wishing to go by public X conveyance from this place to any section, or re turn, the undersigned continues to run a Daily Line OF t M>mm lk to and from Faetoryville Depot, loaving his hotel at Traias'm *' arrivir, ° at Faetoryville in time for ®rtt penb, Srronton, Utui-l)orK, and PHILADELPHIA. of u'!l U K inR, v 0 ? e9 r>c Factoryville on ,he arr ' !vi >l of the New York. Philadelphia and Accommoda tion brain from (neat Lend, arriving in Tunkhan nock lit / o clock j p. ni. N. B All Express matter, packages and goo Is w ill be conveyed to and from the Depot, at reasonable ra es; the proprietor holding himself responsible for the safe delivery of all such entrusted to bis care? in ' io Sln bg ? arrivM ; lt lhis hotel at 12 o'clock, Returning, leaves at 3 o'clock, p m rtf I,|l ! sto . n w .V°ming, and AVilkesbarre, leaie on the arrival of the Towanda s age, and ro turmng connect with the same. RaSl I TVt , 7 go ' °" Tn ° S(l^3 ' and Jh, } ' r ,? c! T k ' a ni - connecting at M.ntrbe w bln r" 1 " ""- ha,n, " n - Ac - Returning, connects sla Ses fur Putstou, Towanda, Ac. Persons wishing to be called for -it tbnSr • i * S in >• scpt24 -v2u7. T ' I *' • 9 juvm\*mMrrzrr y.-^- •ZStgSS* fob r e.v KDY SCROFULA AI7D SCROFULOUS DISIASIg. From Emery hilts, avi 11-L-uuten merchant of Oxford, faille. 44 1 have fold large of your SARSAPAK ILI.A, but never vet one hot lie which failed of t lie desired effect and full satisfaction to those who took it As fast as our people try it, tliey agree there has been 110 medicine like it before in our community." Eruptions, Pimples, Blotches, Pustule*, Ulcers, Sores, and all Diseases of the Skin. From Rev. Robt. Stratton, Jtristol, EngUmd. 44 1 onlv do my duty to you and the public, when I add my testimony to that you publish of the n*. dicinal virtues of your SARSAI'AKII.LA. My daugh ter, a<*ed ten, bad an afflicting humor in fier ears eyes, and hair for years, which \vc were unable to cure until we tried your SAUSAPARILLA. She hae been well for some months/' From Mrs. Jane E. Rice, a veU hioicn and muck esteemed lady qf Denniscille, Cape May Co., .V J. 44 My daughter has suffered for a year past with a scrofulous eruption, which was very troublesome. Nothing afforded any relief until we tried your SA,. SATAniLLA, which soon completely cured her." From Charles P. Gage, Esq.,of the widely-known fa m of Gage, Murray If Co., manufacturers of enam elled papers in Fashua, N. 11. 41 1 had for several years a very troublesome h*. tnor in my face, which grew constantly worse until it disfigured my features and became an intolerable affliction. I tried almost everything a man could of both advice and medicine, but without any relief whatever, until I took your SAKSAPABILLA. It immedmt-lv made my face worse, us you told me it mi-'lit for a' time; bit in a few weeks the new skin be "an to form under the blotch'* and continued' • — ia ua smooth as anvbodvs. atii I until m> ■ without any symptoms of the disease that 1 know vi. i enjov perfect health, and without a doubt owe it to your SAXISA PA HI LLA ." Erysipelas General Debility Purify the Blocd. From Dr. Robt. Sawin, Houston St., N. 1. Dr.. AVER : I seldom fail to remove Eruptions end Scrofulous Sores by the persevering use of tour bAiisAPARii.LA, and I have just now cured aii at tack of Malignant Erysipelas with it. No alters tive we possess equals the SAKSAPAUILLA you hate supplied to the profession as well as to the people. ' From J. E. Johnston, Esq., If'aheman, Ohio. 41 For twelve years 1 had the yellow Erysipelas on mv right arm. during which time 1 tried all the cel ebrated physicians I could reach, and took hundred* of doliais 1 worth of medicines The ulcers were BO bad that the cords became visible, and the doctori decided that mv arm must be amputated. 1 beg*n taking your S A'RPAFA R i LLA. 'l ook two bottles, and some of vour PILLS Together they have cured me. ] am now as well and sound as anybody. Being in a public place, mv case is known to everybody in tbi# community, and excites the wonder ot all." From Hon. Henry Monro, AI. P. P.. of Fewcastle, (1 J('.. a leading member if the Canadian Parliament. '• I have used your SA its Ar A KILL A in my limilr, for general debility, and for purifying the blood, with very beneficial lesujts, and leel confidence in commending it to the afflicted." St. Antlicny'a Fire, Hose, Salt Rheum, Scald Head, Sore Eyes. From Harvey Sickler. Esq., the able editor of the Tunckliannock Democrat, Pennsylvania. 41 Our onlv child, about three years of age, wa it tacked bv pimples on his forehead They rapidly spread uiitil they formed a loathsome and virulent sore, which covered his face, and actually blinded bis eves lor BOBM days. A skiitui phyriciau applied nitrate of silver and other remedies, without any ip. parent effect. l or fifteen days we guarded his liand. lest with them he should tear open the festering and corrupt wound which covered his whole face, llav ing tried every thiug else we had any hope from, we began giving" vour SAUS APA UILLA, and applying the iodide of potash lotion, as you direct, 'litesore began to heal when we had given the first bottle, and was w ell when we had finished the second. The child's eyelashes, which hail come out, grew again, and he is now as healthy and fair us any other, the whole neighborhood predicted that the child must die." Syphilis and Mercurial Disease. From Dr. Hiram Stoat, of St. Louis, Missouri. 44 1 find your SARSAPAUILLA a more effectual remedy for tfie secondary symptoms of Syphilis, and for syphilitic disease than any other we possess. '1 he profession are indebted to you lor some of tin best medicines we have." From A. J. French, M. D . an eminent physician of Lawrence, Ma s., who is a prominent member if the Legislature of Msuseuhusctts. "DB.'AYER —My dear Sir: 1 have found roar SAIISAPA UILLA an excellent remedy for Syplalii, both of the primary and secondary type, and effect ual in some cases tiiat were too obstinate to yield to other remedies. I do not know what we can cm ploy with more certainty of success, where a power ful alterative is required." Mr. Chat. S. Van Liew, of Xcw Drunswrl-, X.J, lind dreadful ulcers on his legs, caused by the abuse of mercury, or w? rcurial disease, which grew nn.r and more' aggravated for years, in spite of evr remedy or treatment that could be applied, until tie persevering use of Ayer's Sarsapaeilla nlievrf l.ini. Pew cases can be found more inveterate ut distressing than this, and it took several dozen bos ties to cure him. Leu?orrh.cea, Whites, Female Weakness, are generally produced by internal Scrofulous I If? ation, and are very often cured by the alterntiw effect of this Sarbapakilla. Some cases rcuuu*. however, in aid of the Sausapaiuli a, the siiiilur application of local remedies. From, the wall-knoim and widely-celebrated Dr Jacob Morrill, of Cincinnati. "1 have found your Sarsafakilla an exceufst alterative in diseases of females. Many cases of "■ regularity, Leucorrlicra. Internal Ulceration. E.a local debilitv, arising from the scrofulous diathts*, have yielded to it, and there are few that do not whenits effect is properly aided by local treatment- A lady, unwilling to allow the publication a p.3A fariela. AYTRS CATIIARTIC rri.LS possess so many advantages over the other put gatives in the market, and their superior virtue arc so universally known, that we need n°t . more than to assure the public their quality l maintained equal to the best it ever has I**' and that they may be depended oa to uo • that they have ever done. Prepared by J. C. AYER, M. D., £ Co Lowell, Mass.", and sold by 11 sunk, J 'uuK'ninnock ; J lb Spring, I*' l viarding A Co., Nicholson; 11 A J Frear, 1 ' ville, and by dealers in Medicines cverywh MRS. WOOD'S STlMinfilfi ' SSIIS! FOR WHISKERS SiND IlAlß' THE STIMULATING OX(H lINT AN!' DKATOR will restore hair to the laid h •' lew lite and restore to original color rJ > 4 ;uac rod hair to glow dark. Is warrant* Uo Dut a thick sot of ? WHISKERS OR A MUSTACHE! in from three to six weeks. Tin* arti .c >- , one of the kind used by the Ftencb, and m c " it i.< in universal 3 j a*" l p..... "vuiii-itlj soothing. to* • • It is a he&wHfui '' "f ting compmip a ting as if by iu..„ cau ing a beaut! nig .o.th ot'luxi ban plied to the s inlp it v.ill cure n.vti :>*ii " Spring up in place of the 1 ! J spots a " new hair Applied according to divert w: turu uki> or light hair paps. a::d rests: ~ •>. to its original color, leaving it >ft. -ti a ible. The " Onopknt" is an int >■ l dressed. Price ONE IIOLI.AU a box —for sale by ail I and Dealers —or a box of the *' criguet' " ' to have the desiredeflect, will he sent ; > my, sire it,by mail, (direct) securely packed, en |l " of price and postage, SI. 18. ' Apply to or address HOUACK South 7th St., cor. Grand, tVilh-a atos smiiEiiF.. /aslmimituc s!)npi!i(| t i)air rnltcflSi AND SHAMPOOING SAIOON. Shop Opposite 31 ay nm!\s Hotel. Ladies' haircut in the most faihiiioab)* ther at hi.* Saloon, i Ui•- rv