IX ABtVST fclca*Mtß.,-"rrle It. LITTLE, ATTORNEY AT LAW Y Office on Tioga street, Tunkhannock fa GIEO 8. TUTTON, ATTORNEY AT LAW, I Tnnkhonnoek, I'a. Office in Stark's Brick Blick, Ttoga street. \\ I M. M. PIATT. ATTORNEY AT LAW, Of \ V lice in Stark's Brick Bloek, Tioga St., 'funk .neot-k, Pa. j I S. COOPER, PHYSICIAN ASI HO EON J 1 Newtou Centre, Luzerne County Pa. !!-{. .T. C 14K< ' KKII . PHYSICIAN SURGEON, Would respectfully announce to tbe citirensof Wy -ning, that he his located at Tunkhanuock where he, will promptly attend to all calls in the line ot his profession. I*r Will t.<• found at home on .--aturdays of j each week £li Bufhlfr jDtuise. HAUlllSlintfi, I'KNNA. The uudt rign -d having lately par h.ised the 1 BUEHLKR HOUr-E " t <>p-rtv. ha., already com iaenc.l mi-h ilfcrit:-u- a d impruvetnf-.uts will render '.hi- oi l and popular H u- final, if rot supc n r. '<> an ti •el in ii- f Harrisiiurg A c.uiti:: j'. oof the pu lie p itron ige IS retpect fully S-J i -iic I. HEO. J. BOLTON WALL'S HOTEL, .dxV HOUSE / tTiidi.vic. I, .5 \ OWING CO., PA. j • ' .1- • • iv teen refitted tti; j i E 'e:. attonti' i - iveii.aoi-n of liio-e -••.IT ind Pnprietor. • : i 1861. iCH HOTEL, ING COUNTY, PA . •RIGHT, Prop'r . . .tie proprietorship of the above ii I. die undersigned will spare no effort to fend.: i the house ail agreeable place ot sojourn for all who uiay favor it with their custom- Wm II CCRTRIHHT. , Jane, 3rd, 1563 £rlraus TOWANDA, FA. D. B. BART LET, ' of the BBUAINARH HOUSE, ELMIRA, N. Y. PROPRIETOR. The MEANS HOTEL, i- one of the LARGEST and BEST ARR ANGED Houses in the country—lt is fitted up in the most modern and improved style, and no pains are spared to make it a pleasant and agreeable stopping-place for all, v 3, n'2l, ly. M. OILMAN, " DENTIST, M OILMAN, has permanently located in Tunk • hnnnock Borough, and respectfully tenders his yrofessioaal services to the citizens of this place and urrounding country. ' ALL WORK WARRANTED, TO GIVE SATIS FACTION. Office over Tuttou's Law Office, near the Pos Office. Dec. 11, 186/. IfATIfINAL CLMMABEHGY INDUCTED BY 11A HV \ \ND COLLINS. < . WASHINGTON, B, C- In order to faciliate the prompt ad usun nt of Bouofy, arrears of pay, Pensions and other CUims, due sosdiers and other persons from of the United States. The under yivcl has inll. arrangements with the abovs firm hom-. expenn, e and close proximity to, and daily n cieiursi w uh th -lepirtment ;as well as tbo ear reknowledge, a -quired by them, of the decisions ai quen ,y being m torj, [From the Sin Fiancisco Era-] Till: OLD OAIITMAN, T have a mini to tell a little story. That tis brief, may be seen at a glance ; that it 's true, I most emphatically avow. About five years ago, or thereabouts, John An-le."—or ' Pap Ams'ey '' as he was fatnil >r!y called—was the owner of a handcart, Mi l earned a living by conveying iniscella <<>u- parcels fro-n one section of the city tc another, an J receiving therefore the reason a ble remuneration of fifty cents per load. To designate the occipj'i min th prosiest lan guage possible, he was a handcatt man. and when not employed c uhl always be found luring working hours at the corner of Mont gomery and California streets. His hair and mng beard were quite gray, and his limbs 'eebie ; and if he could not shove as heavv a load through the deep sand or up the steep grade above him as the stalwart Teuton on the opposite corner, thereby losing many a job and many a dollar, ail the light loads in the neighborhood fell to his lot, and kind hearced men net uofrequently traveled a square or two out of their way to give an easy job to "Pap Ainsly." Four years ago last September, (I recol ollect the month, for I had a note of four thousand to pay, and was compelled to do • nted information that his presence in the neighborhood of the Ainsely farm would not meet with favor. The reader of course sur mises the result, for such a proceeding could have but one resnlt. In less than a month there was an elopement. The father loaded bis double-barrelled shot gun, and swore vengeance , but failing to find the fugitives, he took to the bottle. His good wife implor ed him not to give way to despair, but he drank the deeper, and accused her of cncour-. aeing the elopement. In three months the wife died ; and at the expiration of a year when the young prc.pla returned io Syracuse from Connecticut, where they had remained with the parents of the husband, they learn ed that the old man had sold his farm, squan dered the proceeds, and was almost desti tute. Learning of their arriving, Ainsley drank himself into a frenzy, and proceeded to the hotel where they were stopping, at tacked the husband, wounded him in the arm by a pistol shot, and attempted the life of his daughter, who happily escaped unin jured through the interposition of persorrs brought to the spot by the report of the pistol. Ainsley was arrested, tried, and ac quitted on the plea of insantity. The daugh ter and her husband returned to Connecticut since which time the father had not heard from them. He was sent to a lunatic asy lum, from which he was dismissed after re maining six months. 1851 he came to Calafornia. He had followed mining for two years, but finding his strength unequal to the pursuit, returned to Jhe city, purchased a hand cart, and—the rest is known. "Since then," continued the old man, bowing his face iu his bands in ag >ny, "I have- not tasted liquor, nor have I seen ray poor child." I regretted thtit I had been so inquisitive, and expresse d the sympathy I realty felt for him. Alter that, I seldom passed the cor ner without looking for "Pap Ainsley," and never saw him but to think of the sad story he had told me. One chilly, drizzly day in the Docember following, a gentleman having purchased a small matble-top table at an auction room opposite, proffered to the oi l man the job of carrying it to his residence, on Stockton St Not wishing to accompany the carrier he had selected the lace probably giving the vest assurance of careful delivery of the pur cha-e. Furnished with the number of the hou.-o the old car; man. after a pretty trying strug gle with the steep accent of California street reached his destination, and deposited t.♦- table in the hall. Lingering a moment, tin lady did not surmi-e the reason, until he po litely informed her that her husband ((on such he supposed him to he) had probably by accident omitted to settle the carriage. "Very well, I will pay you," said the lady stepping into an adjoining room. She re turned, and staling that she had no snihil change in the house, banded the man a twen ty dollar piece. He c uld not. make change. "Never mind, 1 will call to morrow," he said, turning to go "No, no!" replied the lad)', glancing pity ing'y at his white locks and trembling liinh-, "I will not put you to so much trouble," ami she handed the. coin to Bridget, with iustruc tions to see if she could get it changed at one of the stores or markets in the neigh borhood. "Step into the parlor until the girl returns, the air is chilly, and you must he cold," con tinued the lady. "Come," she said as he looked at his atlire and hesitated ; "there i> a fire in the grate, and no one there but the children.' "It is somewhat chilly," replied the old man following her into the parlor, and taking a seat near the fire. "Perhaps I may find some silver in,the house," said the lady as she left the room "for I fear Bridget will not succeed in getting the twenty dollar piece changed." "Come—l love little children," and the child who had been watching him with cu riossity ran behind the large arm chair, and hesitatingly approached. " What is your name, ray uear ?" inquired the cart man. "Maria," lisped the little one. "Maria?" he repeated, while the great tears gathered in bis eyes ; I once bad a little girl named Maria, and you look very much like she did." "Did you?" inquired the child with seem ing interest, ' and was her name Maria East man, too ?" "Merciful God I" exclaimed the old man starling from his chair, and dropping into it with hishead bowed upon his breast. "This cannot be ! aud yet, why not !" IK caught the child in hit arms with an eagerness that frightened her, 3nd gazing into her face until he found conviction there, suddenly rose to leave the house. "I cannot meet her without betraying myself, and I dare not tell her that I am that drunken father that one attempted to take her life, and left her husband a cripple," he groaned as he hurried towards thp door. The little ones were bewildered. "You are not going," said tho mother, reappearing, and discover ing tbe old man in tbe act of leaving the nail. He stopped and apparently turned his face but seemed to lack the resolution to do aught else. "lie said he had a little Maira once, that looked just like rne, mothe r ," shouted the child, her eyes sparkling with delight. The knees of the old cartman trembled, and he leaned against the door for support.— The lady sprung toward him, took him by the arm and attempted to conduct him to a chair. "No, no, !" he exclaimed, "not till you tll tne I am forgiven." "Forgiven—for what 7" replied the moth er in alarm. "Recognize in me your wretched father,and I need not tell you," he faltered. "My poor father !" she cried, throwing her arms round his neck, "all is forgiven—all forgot ton." All was forgiven, and the husband, when he returned late in the afternoon, was scarce ly less rejoiced than his good wife at the dis covery, Whether or not Biidget succeeded in changing the double eagle. T never learned ; but this I do know, it took the honest female all of two months to unravel the knot into which the domestic family had tied itself lur ing her absence. "Pap Ainsley" still keeps his cart, for money would not induce him to part with it. I peeped into the back yard of Dr. Eistman, one day last week, and discuv ered the old man dragging the favorite vehicle round the enclosure, with his four grandchil dred piled promiscuously into it. MARRYING AT LARGE. At Buffalo, recently a justice of the peace was called to go to a German house tn the city, and marry a couple. Putting 1n a clean coliat, and slippiag a marriage certificate in his pocket he started for the festive scene,- Arriving at the house und> r the direction of a blue-legged little boy, who pointed out the place, he knocked and went in. In the mid dle of the floor stood a stout German girl sorry and plump, her blue eyes rolling our tears as big as butter pats. "What's th matter ?" said the sympathet ic justice. "Matter 7" said the gtrl, "Jat Got Lib went off ar.d wouldn't uiarry me. A;u"t it matter enough 7" The justice said he supposed it was, and intimated that be had curne to many sonn one, and requested the old lady to bi ng o< the lambs to tho sacrifice. The old ird said : "Dare vos no lambs. Gotleibish run'd n, brn g'uig a couple of physicians connect 1 ed with the Insane Asylum at South Boston. C onsultation was had, whiph resulted in Mrs. Chase's going to the room of her bus hand that was, aud pulling him out of bed much to the surprise of Mrs. Chase 21 Then the lawyers and doctors 'were brought in and there was much contusion. A court ot sine kind was speedily convened, if it wa not already in session, and in a quiet way Mr. Ciiase was brought before it in the char acter of a:i insane man. His wife swore lie whs insane ; the doctors knew he was ; and. f-r so being, lie was taken to the S; uth Los t 'Ti Retreat of which he remains an inmate. That he has never manifested any signs o! • nsantity ; has always been a good business man. arid that he Lad over forty thousand d dhirs in Keene with friends claim to know. . The inhabitants of Keene are very much exc ted over tbo matter; they do not uuder -'and it, and hence gossip is rife. The poor girl frwworkmen u-ed to contribute to wards his support ; but wearied with thus burdening hi- friends, and worn out by hi- -ufferings, he at last hung himself. The an nals of medicine rco rd many instances of ibis disease, both iu ancient and modern times, but the most remarkable case, of late years, was that of Anne Demise, who died in Pans, only a few years since, - She used to eat fr: in twenty-four to thirty pounds of bread a day. When 0:1 her death bed and unable to take food, she begged her sister to come and eat near her., and her last words were : "Since it pleases God that I shall eat no more, let me at least have the pleasure of seeing you eat." A humorous old man fell in with an ignorant and rather impertinent young minister, who proceeded to inform the gen tleman in very positive terms thai he could never reach heaven unless he was b rn again, "And have you been born again," -aid his companion musingly. "Yes, I trust I Pave." "Well," sail the old gentleman, eyeing him attentively, "I don't think it would hurt )*ou to be born once more," PRECOCIOUS. —There is a live Yankee ont west, who invented a machine, that picks ihe bones out. of fi-h, an 1 throws the meat into the months of those who feel inclined to eat fish—niackarcl in particular. The said loquacious scion of yankeedom ha also :ivht ducks to swim in hot water, and with such success, that thny arc s-id to lay boiled e2gs. Shades of Fancuil Hall, where art thou not ? lie CnosED TO BE AN OYSTER. — An Irish man, who found on the street a bih of fair at a recent dinner at the Girat'd House dibcov- Mpd therein th information of oysters cnok euTn "champaigne," as one of the dishes served. "Bedad 7" said Pat drawing bis sleeve across his thirsty mouth," li • MOTHER WIT.— A stingy husband threw off tho blame of the lawlessness of hischit dren in company by saying his wife always gives them their own way. "Poor things," was the prompt reply. It's all I have to giTe them." C2C" A Philadelphia merchant sent a ear go of floods to Constantinople. After super cargo had seen the bales and boxes safely landed he inquired where it should be stor ed." , . ■ • q "Leave them here, it won't rain to night,** was the reply . : "But I dare not leave them exposed. SOftM of the goods my be stolen," said the snper* cargo. , j > The Mehoraedan meichant laughed S he replied : j "Don't be alarmed, my friend, there is ftOt a Christian within a hundred miles of as." A foppish fellow advised a friend not to marry a poor girl, as he wonld find matrimony with poverty "up hill wort^" "Good," said his friend ; "I would rather (O up hill than down hill any time." —efe - I wo centuries ago not one tn a hun dred wore stockings. Fifty years ago net one boy in a thousand was allowed to ran a| large at night. Fifty years ago not one fir in a thousand made a waiting maid of her mother. Wonderful improvement, in this wonderful ago. A ~ — • If you *ish to appear agreeable hi society, says Talleyrand, you must ooaseot to bj taught many thing which yost knows)* t .r d J\ . ... fui eU,mi\ -1 ~ ® V r OL. 4 NO. 22