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WALL'S HOTEL,
LATE AMERICAN HOUSE/
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]MIIS establishment has recently been refitted and
furnished in tbe latest style Every attention
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Tunkhannock, September 11, 1861.
MAYHARD'S HOTEL,
TI'NKIIAXNOCK,
WYO MIN (} cor NT Y , PENNA.
JOHN MAYV Alt I), Proprietor.
ri AVING taken the Hotel, in the Borough of
iX Tunkhanncck, recently occupied by Riley
Warner, the proprietor respectfully solicits a share ot
public patronage. The House has been thoroughlv
rcp iired, and the comforts and accomodations of a
first class Hotel, will be found by all who may favor
t with their custom. September 11, 1661.
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MESHOPPEN, WYOMING COUNTY, PA
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HAVING resumed the proprietorship of the above
Hotel, the undersigned will spare no effort to
reader the house an agreeable place ol sojourn for
all who may favor it with their custom.
Win II CCRTRIHHT.
June, 3rd, 1863
pens fjoM,
TOWA.3NTDA, PA.
D. B. BAETLET,
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PROPRIETOR.
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>* fitted up In the most modern and improved style,
and no pains are spared to ntukc it a pleasant and
agreeable stopping-place for all.
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k!T GII.MAN, has permanently located in Tunk-
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urrounding country.
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Dec. 11, lS6f.
TO NERVOUS SUFFERERS OF BOTH
SEXES.
.fr, E , RE ou DQENTLEMAN HAVING BEEN
,*° h * allh ,n few day. after undergoing all
he usual routine and irregular expensive modes of
reatinen - without success, his sacred du-
Vto coram uaicate to his afflicted tellow creatures
V" me , an * cure. Hence, on the receipt of an ad
iressed envelope, he will .end (free) a copy of the
,•••< ption used. Direct to Dr John M Dac.Nl l
6s Fultoa Street, Brooklyn, New York v?n24ly
jlelect §>torg,
What Came of a Valentine.
On the evening of the 13th of February,
1850, two young men sat in a comfortably
furnished roqpi, in a large New York board
ing house. A bright fire glowed in the grate
well chosen engravings adorned the wn'U,
and a bright light was diffused about the
room from au Arg and burner.
Let me introduce the occupants of the
apartment as Tom Stacy and John Wilbur,
young men of twenty-five or thereabouts,
who were known in business circles as Stan
cy & Wdbur, retail dry goods dealers, No—
Broadway. They had taken apartments to
gether, one of which is now presented to tue
reader.
48 Has it recurred to you. Wilbur," asked
his partner, removing his cigar and knocking
away the ashes, 44 to-morrow is St. Valen
tine's day ?"
14 Yes, T thought of it this afternoon, as I
was walking up from the store."
4 ' So did I, and to 6ome purpose too, as I
will show you."
Tom Stacy went to a drawer and drew out
a gorgeous valentine, and elaborate coinbi- I
nation of hearts, doves, etc.
44 What do you think 1 gave for that ?" he
asked.
44 1 don't know. I'tn sure. It appears to
be very elegant."
4 'lt cost ine ten dollars."
44 Whew !', whistled Wilbur. "It stikes
me you are either very extravagant or very
devoted. May I ask what fair dumst listo '
be'made glad by the receipt of this elegant
missive ?"
44 That's my secret," said Tom laughing.
44 I don't mind telling you, however. It's to |
goto E-lith Castletou."
44 1 presume you feel particularly interest
ed in the young lady ?"
41 Not at all. But I told her I would send
her a valentine, el lit vila ! Shan't you con
form to rhe custom of other days ?"
41 1 had not thought of it," said John ;
thoughtfully, 44 but I believe 1 will."
" And what fair lady will you select as
the recipient ?"
44 You remember the poor seamstress who
occupies the attic in the house."
4 ' Yes I have inet her ou the stairs two or I
three times."
" She looks if times were hard with
her. I think I wili seud her a valentine."
•' And what good do you think it will do
her?" asked Stacy 111 surprise.
Wilbur went to the desk, and taking out
H sheet of nolepapcr,d r <'w from his por tecum -
naie a ten dollar bill wrapped it in a paper
on which he had previously written, 41 From
St. Valentine," and placed the whole iu an
envelope.
44 There," said he, 44 my valentine has cost
as much as yours, and I venture to say will
be as welcome."
" Yhi art* right. I wish Iha ! not bought
this costly trifle. However as it Is purchas
ed 1 will 6end it."
The next day dawned clear and frosty,
It was lively enough lor those who sat by
C itLifortable fires and dined at luxurious ta
bles, but for the poor who 6hared none of
these advantages it was indeed a bitter day.
In an attic room, meanly furnished, sat a
young girl, pale and thin. She was cower
ing over a scanty wood fire, the best she
cmld alFord, which heated tha room very
insufficiently. She was sewing steadily,
shivering from time to time as the cold blast
shook the windows and found its way thro'
! the crevices-
Poor child ! Life had a weary aspect for
her on that winter day. She was alone in the
world. There was absolutely none on wh >tn
she could call for assistance, though she
needed it sorely enough. The thought came
to her more than once in her discomfort, 44 is
it worth while living any longer 7" But
she recoiled from the sin of suicide. She
might starve to death but she would not
take the life that God had given her.
Plunged in gloomy thoughts she contin
ued to work. All at ouce a step was heard
acsconding the stircaso which led to her
door. She arose in some surprise and open
ed it, thinking it must be the landlady or
one of the servants.
She was right, [t was a servant.
" Here's a letter for you that the post boy
brought, Miss Morris."
" A .'"Her for mc !" repeated Helen Mor
ris in snrpr. :<!e > taking it from the servant's
hand. " Who can have written to me 7"
" Maybe it's a valeni'" e Miss,' said the
girl laughing. " You know * his is A alen*
line's day. More by token, I've g ot two
? his rooming. One's a karakter (caricature ?)
so msitreas calls it. Just look at it."
Bridget displayed a highly embebshed
pictorial representation of a female hard at
work at the wash tub, the cast of beauty de
cidedly H Iberian.
Helen laughed absently, but did not open
her letrer while Bridget remained—a little
to the disappointment of that curious dam
sel.
Helen slowly opened the envelope. A
note for ten dollars dropped from it to the
floor.
Bbo eagerly read the few words on the pa-
"TO SPEAK HIS THOUGHTS IS EVERY FREEMAN'S RIGHT. "—Thomas Jetferson.
TUNKHANNOCK, PA., WEDNESDAY, MAY 4TII, 1864.
per— 44 From St. Valentine !"
44 Heaven be praised !', she said, folding
her hands gratefully. 44 This sum will ena
ble me to carry out the plan which I had in
view."
Eight years 1 away. E'ght years
with their lights and shadows. They bro't
with them the merry voices of children—
they brought with them new made graves—
happiness to some and grief to others.
Toward the last they -brcflight the great
commercial crisis of '57, when houses seem
ed built upon a rock tottered all at once to
theit fall. Do not many remember that
time a!! to well, when merchants, with anx
ious faces ran from one to another to solicit
help, and met only averted faces and distrust
ful looks.
Ana how was it in that time of universal
failure, with our friends—Stacy and Wil
bur ?
Up to 1857 thev had been/Joing an excel
lent business. They had gradually enlarged
the sphere of operations, and were rapidly
growing rich when the crash came.
They immediately took In sail. Both
were prudent, and both felt that this was
the tirno when this quality was urgently
needed.
jgßy great efforts they had succeeded in
keeping up till the 14th of February, 1858.
On that morning a note of two thousand
dollars came due. This was their last peril
That surmounted they would be able to go
on with assured confidence.
But, alas ! this was the rock of which
they had most apprehension. They had tax
ed their resources to the utmost, They had
called upon their friends, but their friends
were employed in taking care of themselves,
and the 6t'lfish policy was the one required
then.
44 Look out for number one," superseded
the.golden rule for the time being.
As I havp said, two*thouand dollars were
due on the 14th of February.
44 How much have you got towards it ?"
A-ked Wilbur, as Siacy came in at half pa>t
eleven.
44 Three hundred and seventy dollars,"
waF the dispirited reply.
44 Was tht all you could raise ?" inquired
his partner turning pale.
44 All."
4< Are you sure you thought of every
body ?"
41 1 have been everywhere. I'm fagged to
death," was the weary reply of Stacy, as he
sank exhausted into a chair.
44 Theo the cnh must cotne," said Wil
bur, with a gloomy resignation.
4! I suppose it must."
There was a silence. Neither felt inclin
ed to say anything. For six months they
had been struggling with the tide. Tue)
see shore, but iu sight of it they must go
down.
At this moment a note was brought in by
a boy. There was no postmark. Evidently
he was a special messenger,
ft was opened at once by Mr. Wilbur, to
whom it was directed. It c intaiued these
few words only :
44 If Mr John Wilbur will immediately at
! No. —fifth Avenue, he will learn something
to his great advantige."
John Wilbur read it with surprise, and
passed it to his partner, 44 What does it
mean do you think ?"
" It seems to be a femenine handwriting,"
said Wilbur th< ughtfully.
" Yes, don't you know any .lady on fifth
Avenue 7"
44 Well, it is Worth noticing. We have
met with so little to our advantage lately
that it will ke a refreshing variety"
In five minutes John Wilbur jumped into
a horse car, and was on his way to No
Fifth Avinue.
He walked up to the door of a matrniffi
cent brown stone house and rang the bell.—
lie was instantly admitted and shown into
the drawing room, suitably furnished.
He did not have to wait long. An ele
gantly dressed lady, scarcely thirty, entered,
and bowing said, " You do not remember me,
Mr. Wilbur 7"
41 No, madam," said he, in perplexity.
41 We will waive that, then, and proceed
to business. How has your house borne
the ciisis in which so many of our large firms
have gono down 7"
John Wilbur 6miled bitterly.
44 We have struggled successfully till to
day," he answered. 44 But the end has come
Unless we can raise a certain sum ol money
by two, we are ruined."
44 What sum will save you 7" was the la
dy's question.
47 The note due is two thousand dollars.—
Towards this we have but three hundred
and seventy-five"
44 Excuse me a moment," said his hostess.
She left the room, but quickly returned.
44 There," said she, handing a small strip
of paper to Joan Wilber, 4 ' is my check for
two thousand dollars. Toil can repay at
•your convenience. If you should require
more, come to me again "
44 Madam, you have saved us," exclaimed
Wilber, springing to his feet in delight
j o What can have inspired in you such abe
' nevolent interest in our prosperity 7"
4i Do yi u remember, Mr. Wilbur," said
the lady, a certain valentine conta ning a
etn dollar note, who* you sent a youDg girls
occii ytng an attic loom in your longing
hotiFe, eight years since?"
44 1 do, distinctly. I have often wondered
what became of the young girl. I think her
name was Helen Morris."
44 She stands before you," was the quiet
response.
44 You, Helen Morris!" exclaimed Wilbur,
starting back in amazement. 41 You, sur
rounded with luxury."
"No wonder you are surprised. Life has
strange contrasts. The money which you
sent me seemed to come from God. I was
on the brink of despair. With it I put my
wardrobe in repair, and made application for
the post of companiont o a wealthy lady, I
fortunately obtained it. I had been wnh
her but two years when a gentleman in her
circle, immensely wealthy, offered me his
hand in marriage. I esteemed him. He was
satisfied with that. I married him. A few
years since he died, leaving me this house
and an immense fortune. I have never for
gotten you, having accidently learned that
my timely succor came from you. I resol
ved, if fortune ever put it in my power, I
would befriend you as you befriended ine
That lime has come. 1 have paid the first
installment of my debt. Helen Eustace re
members the obligations of Helen Morris."
John Wilbur advanc3d and respectfully
took her hand. 44 You have nobly repaid me"
oe said. "Will you also award me the priv
ilege of occasionally calling upon you ?,'
4, 1 shall be most happy," said Mrs El 3 .
tace, cordially.
John took a hurried leave, and returned
to his store as the clock struck one. Ho
showed his delighteb partner the check
which he had just received. "I haven't Mine
to explain," he said, "this must at once be
cash<-d.''
Two o'clock came and the firm was saved
—saved from their last peril llincefotth
they mat with nothing but prosperous gales.
What more ?
Helen Eustace has again changed her name
She is now Helen Wilbur, and her husband
now lives at No.—Fifth avenue.
And all this came of a valentine .
A baufc note reporter would not
raturally be looked to for words of proverb
ial wisdom, but Thompson's Reporter is re
sponsible fur the following, which will do
well to ponder on during a hot dull day :
Don't have too much commiseration for
the accomplished, amiable, and charmiiui
wife of a defaulter, until jou know that she
has not, by extravagance and pride, induced
him to use money rot bis own. or to specu
late with a view to gratify her wishes.
Don't think y 11 are making a bargain
when you client a customer ; for in a long
run, all such operations will turn out quad
ruple losses.
Don't lend money at too great a shave; for
the borrower must succeed, or he'll never be
able to pay. *
Don't neglect your regular business think
ing to do better at s< me outside enterprise ;
the chances are ten to one you will not suc
ceed.
Don't go to law in a hurry ; exhaust the
legal remedies.
Don't get excited about politics unless you
are quite sure that the election of your can
didate will be better for your business, and
for the country, than the other man.
Don't be too severe on others for not
thinking as you think, that they may excuse
you for not thinking as they do.
Don't condemn others for their inherited
or God endowed peculiarities ; for could you
but see youjself as you See others, your con
demnation might come home.
Don't be too smart; it is the inst'n :t of man
to give the extreme smart ones, of both gen
ders, a wide berth.
Don't be as the dog in the manger ; for
some bull may give you a toss.
Don't judge until you have heard both
sides of the case.
Don't get on stilts in prosperity, nor on
your knees in adversity ; for what goes up
must, come down, but what goes down don,t
always come up.
THE MYSTERY. —Two darkies had bought
a quantity of pork in partnership ; but Sam
having no place to put his portion in conclud
ed to entrust the whole to Julius' keeping
The next morning they met. when Sam said :
"Good morning Julius c anything happened
strange down in your vicinity, lately ?"
"Ya*s, Sam ; most strange thing happened
to my house yesterday last night. All mys
tery—all mystery to me.
"Ah, Julius what was dat 7"
"Well, Sam, I tole yer now. Dis mornin,
I went down in de cellar for to get a piece
ob hog for dis darkey's breakfast, and put
my hand down into de brine and felt round—
but no pork dar—all gone, couldn't tell what
bewent of it ; so I turned ap the barl, an Sam
true as preachin,' de rats eat a hold clar troo
de barl, and dragged de pork all out !"
Sam was petrified with astonishment, but
presently said.
" Why didnt de brine run out ob de same
hole 7"
"Ah. Sam, dat'e de mystery—dat'-" de mvs
tery."
_____
JKTA married monster said that he
lately dreamed that he had an angel by his
ide, but upon waking up fonnd that it was
ODl>* his wife.
THFCHANGF.
Fonr years ago the angels of heaven could
look down to behold thirty millions of peo
pie quietly wend'ng their way to their re
spective churches upon the holy Sabbath.—
The chime of ten thousand bells would hal
law the morning with their peaceful tones
and as many ministers of ihe gospel of Peace
might be seen repairing to their respective
pulpits, to preach saltation to a Christian
people. There was no wound in city or ham
let to break in upon the 6aeredness of that
holy day. All was prosperity and joy and
peace. The ereen fields from the Aroos took
to ihe Rio Grande, waved in promise of a
plentiful harvest. The busy ships glidad
over every ocean, unmolested by pirates ; the
white sails of commerce were spread upon
every sea. The light steamer was found up
on every river and the rumbling car upon
every railroad. The inhabitants of every
State met in social accord, and 6hook the
hand of friendship. There seemed to be no
enemy in the midst of a free people. All
•elt serene under the stars and stripes of a
government composed of thirty-three sover
eign States. But a'as, "there's a poison drop
in man's purest cup. Abolitionism had long
been insiduously infusing its deadly virus in-
I'o the heart blood of the nation. Time and
again it had threatened to efiect a dissolution
sf the then glorious Union. A Presinentia!
election came round, and the people, repos
mg in false security, and lulled to sleep bv
.the song of political syrens, permitted Aboli
tionism to gain the ascendancy. Four rears
have scarcely elapsed since, and, oh, how It
breaks the poor heart to look back upon the
scenes that have transpired within that time,
and that are still being enaeted. Millions of
brethren arrayed in arms againts eaeh other
Millions of graves filled with the bloody vie
tims <>t war's dread carnage. Thousands up
on thousands of widows and orphans Myri
ads ot starving negroes following victorious or
vanquished armies. Churches desecrated,
cities laid in ashes, the waving grain de
stroyed, the cattle upon a thousand hills
driven away, or cruellv shot down. Private
dwellings everywhere smouldering in ashes
The holy Sabbath day, is scarcely if at all
recognized- The vulgar oath and blasphe
mous expression ascending to heaven from
ten thousand tongues young and old. Even
life itself, once held sacred, not worth the
habiliments in which it is clad. A debt of
immeasurable magnitude breaking down ev
or branch of industry. A military govern
i - substituted for a civil one, and the will
of a General more powerful than court or
constitution. The great foundation of jus
lice broken up, and ihe nation dnjting along
and lottling down as the depris of some new
formation. Would to God that the nation
were but four short years younger.
I.OCAL PAPFRB.
The Albany Journal has the following sen
sible remarks on the subject of local pa
pers :
"There is a vital defect in the prevalent
mode ui conducting political campaigns. Or
dinarily, nothing direct is attempted untii
within a few weeks of the election. Then,
the State is flooded with campaign docu
ments, electioneering handbills and stump
speakers. They are servicable, undoubtedly,
in arousing friends, but very seldom convert
enemies.
'To draw recruits from the Opposition,
something besides the usual missies of a thir
ty day's campaign are necessary. That work
requires time and deliberation. Men's reasons
should be appealed to seasonably and not
merely during a heated canvass.
The effectual way of doing this is through
the press. Men instinctivoly imbibe the view
which they find enforced in their favorite
paper. If there is. in their immediate local
ity, a well conducted journal— made inte
resting by its judiciouv selections, to the
family, rather than by its profound essays,
to the politician—that is the agency which
should be employed. There is no way in
which monej' can be so profitably used as
iu sending such a paper to every accessable
household. And if this work is commenced
eight or ten months in advance of an excited
canvass, a hundred fold more good will
be accomplished than by any other process.
Our exortation, therefore, to our friends
is—circulate the local papers. If others are
mixed in, where it is believed they whuld
be more acceptable, very well; but no par
y can be strong in any county which
has not a well conducted and widely cir
culated newspaper within its own borders."
How TO KNOW A GOOSE —"Mother ! moth
er !" cried a young rook, returning hurriedly
ftom its flight, "I'm so frightened ; I've seen
such a sight !"
'•What sight, my son ?" asked (he old
rook.
"Oh, white creatures—screeming and run
ning and straining their necks, and holding
their heads ever so high. See mother, there
they go !"
"Geese, my son—merely geese," calmly
replied the parent bird, looking over the
common. "Through life, child, observe that
when yon meet any one who makes a great
fuss about himself, and tries to lift his head
higher than the rest of the wor!d, you may
et him down at once as a goose."
T23H.MS: 01.00 IEI1 A.T^NTJJ%OL
IIONOHABLE CONDITIOVS.— Many years ago
in what is now a flourishing city in thie
State lived a stalwart blacksmith, food of
his pipe and his joke, lie was also food of
his blooming daughter, whose many graces
and chsrmes had ensnared the affections of a
susceptible young printer. The couple, alter
a season of billing and cooing, "engaged"
themselves, and nothing but the consent of
the young lady's parent prevented their
union. To obtain this, an interview was ar
ranged, ana typo prepared a little speech to
astonish and convince the old gentleman
who sat enjoying his favorite pipe in perfect
content. Typo dilated upon the fact of their
long friendship, their mutual attachment,
their hopes for the future, and like topics
and taking the daughter by the hand, said,
'I now, sir ask your permission to transplant
this lovely flower from its parent bed" but
his feelin.s overcame him, he forgot the re
mainder of his oratorical flourish, blushed,
stammered, and finally wound up with—
"from its parent bed, into my own The
father keenly relished the discomfiture of the
suitor, and, after removing his pipe and
blowing a cloud, replied : "Well, young man
I don't know as I've any objection, provided
you will marry the girl first /"
The abolition organs have generally
laborvd to induce the people to believe that
the Democrats in our Southern border coun
ties gave Lee encouragement during his in
vasion. The Chambersburg Repository , edi
ted by Col. A. K, McClure, an ex senator
and prominent Republican politician, expose
the malignant slander. In a recent editorial
he 6ays : - n*
"With very few exceptions, the people of
the border, of every political faith stood as
one man during the invasion and united their
energies to confound the common ; and in; no
single instance has the evidence been at all
conclusive that any ol our citizens gave them
a'J, comfort or information, unless under du
ress or by accident. Every effort has bceo
made to fix guilt on all suspected parties, and
it has uniformly failed. The charge, there
fore, that our people in any way aided or
guided the enemy, is unfounded in fact, ami
the impression that seeins to prevail with
some members of the legislature on this ptkit
is in no degree merited/'
THINK OF ruts.— -"I'll fane your paper ij
you'll let me have it for a dollar and a half a
year, just a you used to," says old 400 acres
and money at interest. We supp>se so; and
we will take whit butter you have to sell if
you will let us have it at a shilling a pound,
just as you used to. and yonr surplus pota
toes if you will let us have ihem at two shil
lings a bushel, just as you used to. Friend,
two years ago we could buy more and bet
ter paper for 50 than we can now for 100.—.
years ago you sold potatoes from two to
three shilling* ; now they arc worth a doHar,
and you expect to sell some for a dollar and a
quarter before long. In fact everything you
have to sell has doubled in price within the
last two years. Our paper was furnished
too low then, and at §2.00 now, it is not
what it should be in proportion to the -price
of everything ebc— Exchange.
THE PRUATE SOLDIER —If there is a be
ing in the world who is deserving of private
afiection and public gratitude, it is the aol
dier who marches as a private in the ranks
of the army, to fight for his country,, and
offers his blood and life as a sacrifice for the
maintenance of the Union and the Constitu
tion. And yet seldom it is that they get
the honor and repard their service entitle
them to* It is the private who carries the
gun ;it is the private who marches on foot
through mud, frost and snow; it is the pri
vate who erects bridges over swift streams,
and rears the lofty fortification ; and it is the
private who, with the bayoret set, charges
on the deadly rifle-pits and against the squar
ed columns of the enemy and yet hovr
6eldom is it that he receives the honors and
the rewards of his noble conduct. '
LOYAITY. —Keep it before the people that
the Chicago Tiibune , a Lincoln-Loyal organ
said : '
"Give us a rebel victory, let our armies be
destroyed, Maryland conquered, Washington
captured, tho President exiled, and the Gov
ernment destroyed ; give us these and any
other calamities that can defeat and i4jin,
sooner than a victory with McClellan as Gen
eral." kH
RATHER TOO NEAR.—"DO yon know the
prisoner, Mr. Jones." a
"Yes to the bone." •.
"What is his character ,
"Didn't know as he had any.''
"Does be live near you I'* ;W
"So near that he has only spent Art •hill
ings for firewood in eight years."
.—
JG3T"My son," said the aider Spriggles
to Spriggles junior, thinking to enlighten the
boy on the propagation of the hen apeoUs—
"my son, do you know that chicken#, oome
oucof eggs ?" "do they," said Spriggle#jun
ior, as be licked his plate : "I thought egga
came out of chickens." Thus ended the
first lesson.
LJi Topers should bear m mind that
what they quaff from the goblet
appears in the mng. "*' ,
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