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R.n, & W E LITTLE, ATTORNEYS AT LAM Officeon Tioga street, Tunkhaun'ckl'a Ulf.H. M PUTT, ATTORNEY AT LAW, 0 W 6ce lu Stark's Brick Block Tioga St., Tunk h*nn a. LEECHcr. ) SLGILMAN, DENTIST. * C OILMAN, has permanently located in Tunk l" 1 # hunnr>..k B >r .ugh, and respectfully tcr.derhi professional services to the citizens of this placcand airrounding country. ALL WORK WARRANTED, TO GIVE SATIT i ION. O-S-a over Tutton'B Law 095 e near the Pos Office TAILORING SHOP The Subscriber having had a sixteen years prac Meal experience in cutting and making clothing pow offers his services in this line to the citizens o *1C0L8* and vicinity. Those wishing to get Fits will find his shop the e© to fet t|jetp, JOSL,R, SMITH vf-a|(|.|pi M THE KEBT FUN. " Now, hoys, I'll tell you how we can have some fun," said Fred lie B—, to his Companions, who had assembled on a beau tiful inooiiiight evening, for sliding, si.ow balling, and fan generally. 44 How ?" "where ? ' " What is it ?" a>ked several eager voices all at once. " I heard widow M—tell a tnan a little" while ago," replied Freddie, "that she would go over and sit up wiili a sick child to-night. She said she would be over about eight o'clock. Now, as soon as she is gone, let's go and make a big snow man on her door step, so that when she comes back in the morning, sin-cannot get into hei house, without fir-t knocking him over. " Capital," "First-rate," 4- Hoora," shout ed some of the boys.', "See here," said C'iiailie N— 44 I'll tell you the best fun." "What is it?' again inquired several oices at once. 44 Wait awhile." said Charlie, '• If'bo's got a wood saw ?" 44 1 have," "So have I," "and I," an swered three of the boys. 4 ' But what in the world do you want a wood-aw for?" 44 You shall see," replied Charlie, 44 It is almost eight o'clock now, so go and get your saws. You, Freddie and Nathan, get each an axe and I will get a shovel. Let us all be back here in titteen minutes, and then I'll show you the fun." The boys scparaied to go on their sev eral errands, each wondering what the fun could be, and what possible use could be made of wood-saws and axes in their play. But Chailie was not only a great favorite with them al, but also an acknowledged leader, and they fullv believed in bun and his promise. Their curiosity gave elastic ity to their steps, and they were soon as semhled. "Now,'* said Charlie, 44 Mrs, M. —is gone for 1 met her whe.t I was coining back, so let's be tiff at once." 44 But what are you going to do?" inquir ed several impatient members of the party • You shall see directly," replied the I a der, as they approached the humble resi dence of Mis. M—. * Now, boys," said Charlie, you see that pile of wood ; a man hauled it here this af ternoon, and 1 heard Mrs. M—tell him un less she got some one to >aw it to night, she should have hardly anything to make a fire of m the morning. Now we can saw and split that pile of wood just as easy as we could bui'd a great snow mail, and when Mrs. M —comes home from her watching, she will be full as uiu3h surprised to find her wood sawed, as she would to tiud a snow man on her doorsteps, and a great deal more pleasantly surprised, too. What sa\ you? Will von do it?" One or two of the boys rather demurred at first. Tliey didn't like to saw wood, liny said. But the majority were in favor of Charley's project, so they finally joined in, and went to work with a will. 41 I'll go around to the back of the shed," said Charlie, "aud crawl through the win dow and unfasten the door. Then we'll tak turns in sawing, splitting and carrying i > wood ; and I want to pits it up real nice, and to shovel all the snow away from the dour; and a good wide path, too from the dooi to the street —won't it be tun, when she Comes home and sees it ?" The bovs began to appreciate the fun,for t hey tell that they were doing a good deed, and individually experienced that self sat isfaclion and joy wuioh always results from well doing. It was not a long or wearisome job ft and healthy boys, to saw, split and p'le up the poor widow's halt' cord "t wood, and to shovel a good path. And when it was done, so great was ibetr pleasure and satisfaction, that one of the boys who object ed to work at first proposed that they sho'd go to a neighboring carpenter's shop,where a plenty ot shavings could be had for the carrying away —and each bring an armful of kindling wood. The piopositiou was re idilv acceded to, and this done, tliey re paired to their several homes, all of them more than satisfied with the "fun" of the evening. And next morning, when the weary widow returned from watching by the sick bed, and saw what was, done, she was pleasantly surprised; and afterwards, when a neighbor, who had, unobserved, witnessed the labors of the boys, tool how it was done, her fervent in vocation—"God bless the boys,' ofiisclf, if they could but have heard it, wa an abundant reward fur their labors. All. bo} 6 and girls, the best fti" is always found in dmug something that is kind and useful. This is the deliberate opinion •fa gray-beaded old man: but if you doubt it in the leas', just try it tor yourselve-, and be cotivinced. An extensive business is carr ed on in Englati J hunting up portraits for Ani'-ri cans in order to make galleries of ances tors. (gp A father may transmit a Round and healthy constitution to his -on, and the lat ter destroy it bv vicious excesses. Our revolutionary fathers bequeathed*to us the best constitution in the world, and we are shattering it as reck ess as a miserable pro fligate shatters his own. IW An excited father called in great hasts on Dr Abernaiby. and exclaimed in an excite 1 manimr, 4 i3octor! doctor! Mr boy has swallow; d a mouse !" 44 I hen go home," quietly replied the doctor, "and tell bim to swallow cat!" "TO SPEAK HIS THOUGHTS IS EVERT PREENAIY'S RIGHT* ''—Thomas Jeffersow. TUNKHANNOCK, PA., WEDNESDAY, DEC. 5. 1866 ANSWER TO A -'CAUL,." The following answer substantiantally with names omitted, -was returned to a "call" extended as a Home Missionary Agent to a young minister to "settle" in the interior of one of the Western States : " DEAR BROTHER ; —Allow me to group a few objections against going to . I speak bv the card. "1, You know that state is considered the worst in the"Union, that country the worst in the state, that town the worst in country, and that neighberhood lias the worst set of mer. in town. One man there is "such a son of Belial that a man can not s pea At o him." (I Sam. 25: 17.) — He is considered, however, the best man in town. The prophet Samuel bad aiso the advantage in his day in that Nabal had a good wife; but this man's wife i* worse than himself. "The Lord also mote Nabal that lie died," but this mm and his wife are still alive. You are when you call it "ralher a tough country, but the grandest kind of a mission fi Id." 4 "2. The mud is from three to five feet deep, an alluvial deposit of that depth ly ing upon a substratum of clay impervious to water. This under stream of clav, how ever, is the only salvation of the country, preventing from sinking and sinking below it. All travelling done on horseback ; but my horse is not long-legged enough to touch the under stratum. The tradition is, that when the Creator finished cementing the world, He threw an extra hodful of naor ar down in this country. "3. Mosquitoes are of the mammoth kind, generally termed gallinipper-. Many of them Will weigh a pound, and they climb up on the trees and bark. 4. Fever and ague indigenous. Conn try flat, and streams run both ways. Ague shakes even the bark ofl' from all exc- pt gum-trees. Few have ever crawled out of that sixteen rades swamp alive, and tuny were shaken out by the chills. "5. The inhabitants are not as loving as cooing doves. The last commandment, "that ye love another." probably has not reached them, as they hve so lar in land. Inde. dit is the Kilkennv cats over again. Yon know the cats fought all night, when nothing could he found but a cloud of fur at the tip of Nerval's tail. So Norval beat. Well a cloud of fur lias rested over this district a score of years. Bobtails of no account. 44 6. That salary of S3OO (maximum) must be a mistake, as that is a larger sum of money than was ever heard ot in the country. 4 There is one advantage, however, to be mentioned in this connection. Pastors in this district have generally been "s. ttled for life. The r longevity, lioweve-, hsa not been remarkable. "All things considered, I think I'd better decline the call, hoping that the successful candidate may make his "will" before lie "settles " He might get his life insured had not all the life insurance companies ibindui-(] thai part of the country "It in foiiunaie that "the church has no m in in view"—I mean for the inau ! ' THE HI MIH G ABOUT THE "CONFRDKR ATE DEBT.'—The Jacobins are trying ve ry hard to make capital out of the "Con federate Debt." There is no such thing in existence as a Confederate Debt! The I'Onds issued by the so-called Confederacy were made payable after the independence of the Government was acknowledged.— As the Confederacy never was acknowl edged. there is no debt. Besides, the Southern States have expressly repudiated all d hts eonllacted in aid of the rebellion. The talk about the 4> Rebel Debt" is, there fore, a bugbear,.intended to deceive the peo ple. The people of Northern Georgia are stlil unable to talk of anything but the gold de posits. The Atlanta Intelligencer says it saw a pan of dirt so rich that it is calculated it would yield five hundred dollars to the ton. The Kentucky Silver and Load Com pany is also doing finely. The mine near Russel's cave produces lead and silver in considerable quantities Some of the lead are available for the manufacture of white lead. JANE SWISSELM, who was formerly a Government clei k, wags an ugly tongue. Blic calls tin- President "the madman.w ho, by the wrath of God and folly of the Re publican party, now holds the capital of this nation." Jane must be first cousin to Forney and Bergner. HINDOO LOOM —Nothing can be more rude, or in appearance, less calculated lor delicate maufacture, than the loom of the Hindoo weaver, which he sets up in the morning under at ree, before bis door, and takes down at sunset. It consists merely of two rollers, resting on four stakes driven into the ground, and sticks which cross the warp. These are supported at eac'i end, the one cross tiers to the tree, under the shade of which the loom is erected ; and the other by two cords fastened to the foot of the weaver ; thus enable him to sepa rate the threads of the warp, for the pur pose of crossing it wMi the wool. For the greater convenience, he digs a hole in the ground to put his legs in. He uses a piece of wood or stick, or almost anything that comes to hand, for a shuttle ; and yet with such rude instruments as these, the Hindoo weaver produces stuff so fine, that when spread <>u the grass, they jptercept none of its colofp. SAYINGS OF JOSH BILLINGS' I like them kind of boys who are always trieing to lift a half a tun. The author haz evrv thing tu gain, the critick haz nothing tu looze ; hence the timidity of the one, and the brass kittleness or the other. Let the world understand that yu kan be spit upon, and you are a spit-box for life. It ain't the bump on a man's back that iz the subjick ov rid kule, it iz the wreath of flowers which he undertakes tew hide it with. If fools would be kontent tew ackt nat ral, they would'nt be noticed. Honesty makes reputashun, and honour preserves it. Mi idee ova delightful woman iz, one who seems tew love evrybudy, but in fak only luvs her hustband, Adam probably was nev. r more tickled than win nhe fu.-t discovered Eve, which shows bow unnatral solitude iz. It costs more now daze taw feed and clothe "et ceteia" than enny other fellow in the family. Conscience iz nothing but reason, more or less edikated ; conscience is not so strong a natral'gift az an ear for musick. Thare iz now and then a lion puts on a skin, and for whi he duz it, who knows ? Looking glasses won't lie, but they tell sum awful plain troths, now and then. A dog iz the only dependent that i kno ov upon whom yu kan always rely az a friend. Thar iz no one who iz so certain ov al ways teelin good az he whose own vanity always supplies biz hopper with a g'ist. If yu are agoing tew help a man,be live ly about it, promised assistance, after awhile iz konsidered, a debt. Friendship iz like pickled meats ; tew keep it sweet, the brine wants changing once in awhile The only way tew make mankindjhappy iz tew make them better. Don't never pndict much, for if yn git it right, noboddy will remember it; and if you git it wiong. noboddy will disremem ber it. Sum people are verry apt tew think that their opinyuii, backed up bv a pair ov bos ses and a coachman, iz onmipoletise. but i have, thus far, put m >re lieft ot eonfidense in brains, than i hav in boss feed. Don't forgit that evrv man iz a beggar,in tlie opinytin ov the Loid— 44 Giv us this day our daily bread." This tricing to liv on the rrputaslinn ov a dead giand'ather, iz just about az euter prizing az trieing tew hateli out rotton eggs under a tin weather cock. Mankind wont mutch excuse for pitch ing into the unfortunate. No man iz nt tew lire in solitude, unless lie iz az puie az the things thai surround him. Curiosity iz the basis ofawl improvement but there tz a deal ov curiosity that iz sati-fied in reading the signs over the stones. How tnenny people there iz in this world whose charakters are anonymus. Two Dutchmen, who had built and used in common a small bridge over a stream which crossed iheir farms, had a dispute concerning some repairs which it required, and one of them positively re fused to bear rny portion of the -expense necessary to the purchase of a few planks. Finallv the aggrieved paitv went to a neighboring lawyer, anil, placing ten dol lars in his hand, said : "I'll give yon all dish moneys, if you'd make Hans do justice mit de pr dge." "How much will it cost to repair it?" ask d the lawyer "Not more as five tollar," replied the Dutchman. "Very well," said the lawver, pocketing one of the notes and giving him the other; "take this and go get the hridg • repaired ; 'tis the best course you can take." "Y-a-a-s," replied the Eutchman slowlv, "y a-a s, dat i-h more better as to quarrel mit Hans;" but a> he wt nt along home he shook bis head frequently, as if unable, aft er all, to see quite cleaily how lie had gained anything by going to law. REWARD OF FIDELITY.—Never forsake a friend. Wlien enemies gather around, when sicknnssfalls on the heart, when the world is dark and cheerless —is the time to try true fr endship. They who turn from the scene of distress betray their hypocrisy, and prove that interest only moves them. If you have a friend who loves, who has studied your interests and happiness, be sure to sustain him in adversity. Let him feel that his former kindness is appreciated, and that his love was not thrown away.— Real fidelity may be rare, but it exists in heart. They only deny its worth and pow er who never loved a friend, or labored to make a friend happy, especially in his time of adversity. jgj* "Allow me," said a host, in his ; most persuasive tones, to a friend dining ; with him, "alDw me to help you to a piece ! of Washington pie." ( "Sir," replied the gentleman oiatorical ly, waving his napkin ."George Washing ton was first in war, first in peace, and first in the hearts of his countrymen. I admire liirn for his purity, his piety,and his {patriotism, but I detest his pies." WHAT WORKMEN MAT BECOME. —It is not given to all to be masters of song, like Burns, of art like Palissy or Gibson ; of engineering skill, like Stephenson; of crlic-1 acumen, like Fergusen or the elder Ho rsehel; yet these at first were all poor or working men, who gained their educa tion by their own efi'ort—who did battle with pinching poverty, lack of educational means, prejudice of class, and all those li ons which stand in the way of men of weaker mold. All cannot be field marshals in the army of life, but somewle re lower, vet very hon orable grades have been attained by men once in the ra- ks, who while never for a moment despising the labor tor which they gained honest oread, were disposed to con sider that woiking, eating and sleeping are all that is north living for. Their daily labor, honestly and intelligently performed they felt themselves to be free citizens of the empire of thought in which true men take rank according to what th y essen tially are. quite independently of the con diti.ms of tiieir life. When the sun shines it shines for all, lord and laborer; and the precious instincts which make men believe in good and tifnl tilings treasure up and nourish the suggestions of universal nature, and cultivate the tah nts intrusted to their care, are bestow- das impartially as the sun shine. Look into my biographical dic tionary, and you will see how little the cin nrnstances of early life have been able to impede the careers of really great men. Real mental energy soon masters him, and makes them each svbservient to its will. fJW Our iittle four-year old Carrie went with Iter aunt to a revival meeting.— The preacher was very earnest in his de livery, and she was very much interested. "Mother," said she, when she came home, 44 1 have heard such a smart minister—lie stamped and pounded and made &urh a noise! and by-and-by lie got so mml he came out the pulpit and shook his fi-ts at the folks, and there wasn't anybody do rid to go up unit fight him!" A FIT PAIR.—A dandy is a thing in pantaloons—with a body and two arms, head without brains, tight boots, a cane white handki rchief, two brooches, and n ring on his little finger. A coquette is a yo mg lady with more beauty than sense, more accomplishments than learning, with more chaims of person than grace of mind, more admirers than fiiends, and more fools than wise men for her attend ants. It is stated that Commodore Yanderbilt intends to retiie from active business as soon as lie obtains a competence. His es tate is now estimated at only A woman w ill tolerate tobacco smoke in a m*n she likes, and even say she likes it ; and ye:, curiously enough, how she dislikes it in a man she dislikes. Sir, lam a doctor—l have cured pain in the head of navigations and have drawn teeth from the mouth of the Mississippi ; I have anatomised the side of a mountain, blistered the foot of a bill, felt the pulse of an aim of the sea, plastered a cut on the hand of nature and cured a felon on the finger of scorn. TEMPERANCE MAN.—"Mister, you rsi'/n has fallen down ! ' cried a temperance nv*n so a g'og-shop keeper, before w hose floor a drunken man was prostrate. We do not know whether tins temperance man vs the same into who-e store a customer reel ed. exclaiming, 44 Mr. ,do you—keep a-nv—thing—good to take here ?" 44 Yes, wr have excellent cold water —the bo-t thing in the world to take." "Well, 1 know it," was the reply : 44 t' ere's no one —thing—that's done so much for —navi- gation—as that." SALT YOUR CHIMVETS.—In building a chiinnfy, put a quantity of salt into the mortar with which the intercourses of brick are to be laid. The i fleet will be that there will never be any accumulation of sootii: that chimney. The philosophy is thus sta ted : The salt in the portion of mortar which is exposed, absorbs moisture every damp day. The soot thus becoming damp Dlls down the fire place. Our readers should remember or preserve this little piece of valuable information. Remove every stone from the track in the highway. A single projection, wlrch might have been removed in one minute, bash tter d and injured a thousand wag ons, at a d image equal to a hundred days' labor: A young ladv told a tvpo friend lie mi't print, a kiss on her cheek but he musn't publish it. "I bequeath," said an Irishman, in his will, "to my beloved wife, all my prop erty, without reserve, andtomv eldest son Patrick, one-half the remainder, and to ifennis, my youngest, the rest. If anything is left it may go to Terrace Mcfarty." At Colnmbu6, Ohio, recently a man was murdered by a rival who way-laid him on his return from a visit to Lis intended. TERMS, tfi.OO PER ANKDIff Time wears slippers of list, and his treart is nois. less. The days come softly dawn ing ; one after ...other they creep in at the windows; their fresh morning air is grate ful to the lips as they pant for it; their music is sweet to the ears that listen for it; till, before we know it, a whole life of days has possession of the citadel, and time has taken s for his own. Dr Johnson, being once in company with some scandal-mongers, one of them having accused an absent friend of resort ing to rouffe, he observed, ''lt is, perhaps, after all, much better for a lady to redden her her own cheeks than to blacken other people's characters." Both styles of paint ing are raneh in vogue now-a-da\3. He that contemns a shrew to the de gree of not descending to word it with ber, does worse than beat her. Accorso, a great lawyer, being asked wliy h I>egan the study of law so late r answered liat indeed he began it late, but lie could therefore master it ihe sooner. Cleanliness is next to godliness ! Dirty people who pretend to be Christians will please make a note of this. It is not enough that you arejpraised by the good ; you have failed somewhere in your duty if you are not cursed bv the bad. The grounds comprising the Artietam Cemetary. Sharpsburg, Maryland,pwas the spot occupied by General Lee an t his staff during the balt eof Antietam, and a nek p.otrud ng b ck tli.u lie is.si .d his orders. — Those who took pait in t.ie battle usually take their position upon this rok to point to tie ir friends the farmhouse to the left in which Gtn. McCl.llan had his head quarters, the Burnside Bridge to the right, and Reno's Mountain in the distance on the apex of which the gallant general of rhst name fell mortally wounded eaily in the buttle. In short, ull the points of in terest are specially visible from "Lee's Rock." At the meeting of the Board of Com missioners representing a few of the States h. ld at Sh irpsburg last spring, a vote was taken on the question of having Lee's Rock stand, when it was by a close vote, decided to have it blown up and removed. At a meeting on Thursday evening last, held in this city, on mo 1 ion of the Com missioners from West Virginia, seconded by New York, the order to destroy the rock was rescinded that it should remain. The majority, in thus deciding, considered Leu's Hock a historical mark ot the battle field, that roust always prove of interest, • specially to the visitor from a die anc<% mho, for the first time, views the field of this most sanguinary battle.— Baltimore Americ <. Alt* r Dinner Apeerh_ Freezer's Mtqazine tells the follow ing of Hon. Daniel Webster, while speaking un der the influence of convivial potations: "At a public dinner, where W