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JOB wonit ef all kinde neatly executed, and at prices to suit ha times. All TRANSIENT ADVERT I SEMENTS and JOB WORK must be paid for, when ordered. FJUSIIIFSS FJTOTITS. H S.COOPER, PHYSICIAN A SURGEON • Newton Centre, Luxerno County Pa. R.R. At W E LITTLE, ATTORNEYS AT LAW Office on Tioga street, TunkhannockPa. WH, N. PIATT, ATTORNEY AT LAW, 0 fiee in Stark's Brick Block Tioga St., Tunk bannock, Pa. £|FT- LOUSF, HARIiISH£KG, I'KNNA. The undersigned having lately purchased the " BIKHLER HOUSE " property, has already com menced such alterations and improvements as will render this old and popular House equal, if not supe rier, to any Hotel in the City of Harrisburg. A continuance of the public patronage is refpect fullv solicited. 17 GEO. J. BOLTON "WALL'S HOTEL, LATE AMERICAN HOUSE/ TUNKHANNOLK, WYOMING CO., PA. rlllS establishment hag recently been refitted an furnished in the latest style Every attention will be given to the comfort and convenience of those irk# uatroniie the House. T- B WALL, Owner and Proprietor ; Tunkhanneck, September 11, 1861. NORTH BRANCH HOTEL, MESHOPPEN, WYOMING COLNTY', PA Wm. 11. CORTRIGHT, Prop'r HAVING resumed the proprietorship of the abov Hotel, the undersigned will spare no effort reader the house an agreeable place ol sojourn - all who may favor it with their custom Wm. 11 CORTRIGIIT.* Jaee, 3rd, 1663 GLEANS FJFLTFL, towanda, PA. D- B. BARTLET, (Late of 1. **BRAINARI HOPSK, ELKTRA, N Y. PROPRIETOR. The ME ANS HOTEL, i-one of the LARGEST and BEST ARRANGED Houses in the country—lt te itted up in the most modern and improved style, aad ao pains are spared to make it a pleasant and agreeable stopping-place for all, v 3, n2l, ly. CLARKE, KEENEY.FT CO., MANUFACTURERS AND WHOLESALE DKALKRS IN LADIES', MISSES' & GENTS' IILK AIFO CASSINTM FJATS AND JOBREKS IN HATS, CATS, FURS, STRAW GOODS, .PARASOLS ANI UMRRELLAS. BUFFALO AND FANCY ROBES, 8-AO BROADWAY, CORNER OF LEONARD STRF.K.T, B V. CLARK, 1 A. •*aKT, V a. Lciaair. 3 AL OILMAN, If GILMAN, has permanently located in Tunk 1" L< hannock Borough, and respectfully ter.derhi professional services to the cititens of this placeand ■arrnunding country. ALL WORK WARRANTED, TO GIVE SATIT HON. Office over Tutton'a Law Office near the Pos Office NEW TAILORING SHOP Tke Subscriber having had a sixteen years prac Ileal experience in.cutting and making clothing •£W offers his services in this line to the cititens o nciouioi A Oil vicinity. Thoee wishing to get Pife will find his shop the aoe to get them, , .. . Jet, R, SKIT* HIMIKH F FLEET SENT BY EXPRESS. DY AMV RANDOLPH. Maria Ilarland was alone in the world —her mother just buried. She was a beautiful brown haired girl, with soft, shy eyes of violet gray, and rosy lips com -ressed to a firmness far beyond her years. For after all she was scarcely seventeen, 90 Deacon Grey was telling her as he sat by the fire spreading his huge hands over the tardy blaze, and asked : "But what are you goin' to do to 'arn your bread and butter, child ?" "I don't know—l haven't thought—Ma ma had an uucle in New Yoik who " "Yes, yes—l've heern tell about him— he was mad 'cause yous mother did not marry to suit him, wasn't be ?" Marian was silent. Deacon Grey wait ed a tew minutes, hoping she would ad mit liirn into her secret meditations ; but she did not, and the Deacon went away home, to tell his wife that "that Harlan ga' was the very queerest creature he had ev er come across." In the meanwhile Marian was busy parking her few scanty things into a little carpet hag, by the weird flickering light of the dying wood fire. "1 will go to New York," she said to herself setting Lei small pearly teeth firm ly together. "My mother's une'e shall bear my cause pleaded through my own lips. Oil, 1 wish my heart would not throb so wildly! 1 am no longer meek Minnie Harlan; 1 aril an orphan all aloue in the world who must fight life's biltle with my own single hands !" L>wer Broadway at seven o'clock P. M. What a babtl of crushing wheels, hurrying humanity and conglomerate it was ! Min nie Harlan sat in the corner of an express office, under the flare of gas lights, sur rounded by boxes, and wondering whether the people ever went crazed in this perpet ual din and tumult. Ller dress was very plain—gray poplin, with a shabby old fash ioned li.tle straw bonnet tied with black ribbon*, and a blue veil, while her article of baggag-, the carpet bag, lay in her lap. She had sat there two hours, and was very, very tired. "l'oor little thing," thought the dark baited young clerk nearest her, who inhab ited a sort of wire cage under a circlet ot g islights. And then he took up his pen and plunged into a perfect Atlantic Ocean of accounts. "Mr. Evans?" "Sir!" The dark haired clerk emerged from his cage with hi. pen behind his ear in obedi ence to the beckoning finger of his superi- or. "I have noticed that young woman sit ting here some time —how came she here?" "Expressed on, sir, from Millington, lowa—arrived this afternoon." As though Minnie Harlan were a box or a paper parcel. "Who for!" "Consign 2d to Waltar Harrington, Esq." "And why hasn't she been called for?" "1 sent up to Mr Harrington's address to notify him some time ago; I expect an answer every moment." "Very edd," said the gray-beaded gen tleman, taking up his newspaper, "Yes, sir, rather." Some three-quarters of an hour after wards, Frank Evans came to the pale girl's side with an indiscribable pity in his hazel eyes. '•Miss llarlan," we have sent to Mr. Har rington's residence " Minnie looked up with a feverish red upon her cheek, and her hands clasped tightly on the handle of her faded carpet bag. "And we regret to inform you that he sailed for Europe at twelve o'clock this day. A sudden blur came over Minnie's eyes —she trembhd like a leaf. In all her. calculations, she made no allowance for an exigency like this: "('an we do anything further for you?"' qnestioned tilt? young clerk politely. "Nothing—no one can do anything now. Frank Evans had been turning away, but something in the piteous tones of her voice appealed to every manly instinct within him. " Shall I send you to any other of vour friends ?" " 1 have no friends "Perhaps Icar. have your things sent to some'quiet family hotel!" Minnie opened her little leather purse and showed him two ten cent pieces, with a smile that was almost a tear. " This is all the mojiey I have in the world, sir!" So young, so beautiful, and so desolate! Frank Evans had been a New Yorker all his life, but he had never met with an ex actly parallel case to this. He bit the end of his pen in dire perplexity. "But what are you going to do ?" " I don't know sir Isn't there a work house or some snch pl|pe, I could go to, until I could find seething to do?" "Hardly." Frank Evans could scarcely help smiling at poor Minnie's simplicity, "They are putting out the lights, and preparing to close the office," said Minnie starting to her feet. u 1 must go some where." "Miss Harlan," said Frank, quietly "my home is a very poor one—l am only a five hundred dollar clerk—bnt I am sure my mother will receive you under her roof "TO SPEAK HIS THOUGHTS IS BVBIY PIBBNAII BIGIT. Irsrs*l. TUNKHANNOCK, PA., WEDNESDAY, JAN. 2. 1867 for a day or two if you can trust me." " Trust you!" Minnie looked at htm through violet eyes obscured in tears.— " Ob, sir, I should be so thankful!" "How late you are Frank! Here, give me your overcoat—it is all powdered with SHOW, and " But Frank interrupted his bustling, cherry-cheeked mother, as she stood on tip-toe to take off his outer wrappings, " Hush mother! there is a young lady down stairs." " A young lady, Frank?" "Yes rnoiher; expressed on from lowa to old Harrington, the rich merchant. He sailed lor Europe this morning, and the is entirely alone. Mother, she looks like poor Blanche and I knew you would'nt refuse her a corner here until she could find something to do " Mrs. Evans went to the door and called cheerily out: "Come up stairs, my dear—your wel come as flowers in May ! Frank you did quite right; you always do." The days and weeks passed on, and still Minnie ilarlan remained an inmate of Mrs. Evans humble dwelling. "Itseems just as though she had taken our dead Blanche's place" said the cory little widow; " and she is useful about the house. I don't k"ow%ow I managed without her." " Now Minnie you are not in earnest about leaving us to-morrow !" " I must, dear Mrs. Evans. Only think —I have been here two months to-mor row ; and the situation as governess is ve ry advantageous." "Very well I shall tell Frank how very obstinate you are." "Dearest Mrs. Evans, please don't. — Please keep my secret." " What secret is it that is to be so re ligiously kept?" asked Mr. Frank Evans, coolly walking into the raidt of the dis cussion, with his dark hair tossed about by the wind, and his hazel brown eyes spark ling archly. " Secret!" repeated Mrs. Evans, ener getically wiping her ditn spectacle glasses. "Why Minnie is determined to leave us to morrow." "Minnie I" " I must, Frank. I have no right further to tresspass on your kindness.' "No right, eh? Minnie, do yon.know that the house has been a different house since you came into it! Do you suppose we want to lose our little sunbeam ?" Minnie smiled sadly, but her hand felt very cold and passive in Frank's warm gr>p I " \ ou'll stay, Minnie ?" "No."' She shook her head determinedly, "Then you must be made to stay," said Frank. "I've missed something of great value lately and 1 hereby arrest you on suspicion of the theft!" " Missed something!" Minnie rose, turn ed red and white. "Oh, Frank, you never can suspect me!" "But Ido suspect you. In fact lam quite sure the article is in your possession." " The article!" "My heart, Miss Minnie! Now look here; love you, Minnie Harlan, and I will be a good and true husband to you. Stay, be my litile wife !" So Minnie Harlan, instead of going out as governess, according to the programme married the dark-haired clerk in Ellison's Express Office. They were very quietly married, earlv in the moraing, and Frank took Minnie home to his mother, and then went calmly about his business in the wire cage, under the circlet of gas-light. "Evans!" Frank, with his pen behind his ear as of yore, quietly obeyed the behest of the grey headed official. "Do you remember the young woman who was expressed on from Millington, lowa, two months since?" "Yes, sir—l remember her." A tall, silver haired gentleman here in terposed with eager quickness: " Where is she ? lam her Uncle Wal ter Harrington. I have just returned from Paris when her arrival reached me! I want her; she is the only living relative left ine !" "Ah ! but, sir," said Frank, "you can't have her." "Can't have her? What do you mean ?' "Has anything happened ?" Yes, sir, something has happened : Miss Harlan was married to me this morning." Walter Harrington started. "Take me to her,'' he said hoarsely. I can't be parted from my only relative for a mere whim " "I wonder if he calb the marriage ser vice and wedding ring mere whims," tbo't honest Frank ; but he obeyed in silence. "Minnie," said the man in falteriag ac cents "you will come to me and be the daughter of my old age ? I am rich, Min nie, and you are all I have in the world." But Minnie stole her hand through her husband's arm. • "Dearest uncle, he was kind to me when I was most desolate and alone. I cannot leave my husband, uncle Walter—l love him ! "Then you must both of you come and be my children," said the old man, doggedly. "And you must come now, for the great house is lonely a9 a tomb." Frank Evans is no longer an express clerk, and pretty Minnie moves in velvet and diamonds ; but they are quite as hap py as they were in the old days, and that is saying enough. Uncle Walter Harring ton grows older and feebler every dav and "his two children are the sunshine of his do* 1 dining life. * FIRMNESS OF CSABACTKA.—It is won derful to see what miracles a resolute and unyielding spiut will achieve. Before its irresistible energy the most formidable ob jects become as cob-web barriers in its patb. Firmness of purpose is like the crushing avalanche, which sweeps every thing before it while in motion. Difficul ties, the terror of which causes the unde termined to shrink back with dismay, pro voke from the man of lofty determination only a smile. The whole history of our race —ail nature indeed teems with exam ples to show what may be accomplished by intrepid perseverence and patient toil. It is related of Tamerlane, the celebra ted warrior, the terror of whose army spread through all eastern nations, and whose victory attended at almost every step, that he once learned from an insect aiv example of perseverence, which had a striking effect on his future character and success. When closely pursued by his en emies, as the anecdote is related, be took refuge in some old ruins, where left to his solitary musings, he espied an ant striving and tugging to carry away a single grain of corn. His unavailing efferts weie re peated sixty-nine times, and at each sever al time, as soon as be reaehed a certain point he fell back with his burden uuable to surmount it. But the seventieth time he bore away bis spoil in triumph and left the wondering hero reanimated in the hope of future victory. How pregnant the lesson this incident conveys! How many thousand incidents there are in which inglorious defeat ends the career of the timid and desponding, when the same tenacity of purpose, the unflinching perseverence, would crown it with triumphant success. Resolution i almost competent. Sheridan was at first timid, and obliged to sit down in the midst of a spceeh. Convinced of and mortified at the cause of his failure, he said one day to a friend, "it is inside, and shall rome out." From that moment he rose and shone, and triumphed in a consummate el oquence. Here was reason and resolution. Like Coufreea. Like Chaplain. The standard old Boston atory of the edi tor who praised the performances of a young Boston clergyman at a meeting in Faneuil Hall, by saying "a prayer more "replete with political information was nev "er addressed to a Boston audience," may be very fitly revived for the benefit of the present House of Representatives. The elected chsplain of that body, by name Dr. HOTNTOS, habitaally opens the perform ances of the day by favoring the Almighty with his own views of ihe questions pend ingin the body whose deliberations be is thus tar rather ludicrously supposed to sane tify. Thursday, for example, this lecturer of the Allwise congratulated the majority on the passage of the bill regulating or ir regulating the suffrage in the District of Columbia. If the bill had been defeated, Dr BOYNTON, we presume, would have re fused to ask the Divine blessing on the House at all. Hereafter, when men shall look back upon the proceedings of the vio lent and reckless party now in power at Washington, as we look back now upon the proceedings of the Rump Parliament and the Montagus in France, this hideous clerical indecency will be seen to be in keeping with the whole tenor of the Radi cal talk and action. We who stand so near the actors, and who have not shaken off our traditional notions of an American Congress, can still find room for amaze ment when one or another extraordinary outburst of fanaticism or folly attracts a momentary attention to the federal capital., But DR BOYNTON is really a very fit per son to be chaplain of the Congress which, nnder the leadership of Thad Stevens, is planning a penitentiary of hell for eight millions of American citizens. A Chris tian clergyman honestly and simply asking Heaven to enlighten such a body would need to be reminded of the link boj's an swer to Alexander Pope. "I tell you God mend me!" 6wore the misshapen little bard. 4 I tell you, sixpence is enough for you!" 41 God mend you ?" retorted the angry urchin eyeing the crooked frame- God mend you ? He'd rather make six new onea!"— World. Statement ot the Public Debt. WASHINGTON, Dec. 7.—The following is the statement of the. public debt of the United States on the Ist of December, '66: Debt bearing coin int. $1,371,068,591.80 Debt 44 currency int. 859,622,890,00 Matured debt not presented for payment 22,605,794 71 Debt bearing no int. 433,698,598 93 Total debt $2,684,995,875 44 Amount in the Treasury 135,364,637 22 Amount of debt, less cash in Treasury $2,549,631,238 22 The foregoing is a correct statement of the public debt, as appears from the books and Treasurer's returns in the Department on the Ist of December, 1866. Huoh M'Colloch. 49* An English clergyman recently preached a sermon in which he said that the newspaper was a part of life a earnest self culture. ■ "" 43P Speculation is a word that some times begins with its second letter. * A GOOD ONE.— During the first year'of the war, when change waa scarce and some large firms were issuing currency of their own, a faimer went to a store in a neigh boring town and bought some goods, and gave to the merchant a five dollar bill, of which he wanted seventy-five cents back. The merchant counted out the amount and handed it over to the farmer. He looked at it a moment and inquired, "What's this! It's my currency," said the merchant. — 44 Wall, 'jiint good for nobin' where I live," said the farmer. "Very well," ie plied the merchant, "keep it till you get a dollar's worth, and bring it to my store and I will give you a dollar bill for iL" The farmer pocketed the change and de parted. A few weeks after he went into the same store and bought goods to the amount of one dollar, and after paying over the identical seventy-five cents, he took out a handful of pumpkin seeds and counted out twenty-five of them, and pass ed them over to the merchant. "Why," says the merchant, "what's this ?" "Wall' says the farmer, "this is my currency, ar.d when you get a dollar's worth bring it out to my placeand I will give you a dollar bill for it." — Bellow Falls Times. A MAGIC TRICK.—At a celebrated Pa ris restaurant in 1861, an extempore bet was decided, interesting in its way. A Mississippi gentleman woo a big pile,— He bet that he could bring five hundred drops out of an empty bottle from which the last eupcrnaculem had been drained. It was done in the fairest way, without any dodge, on the purest natural philosophical principles. The secret is this: There is still a great deal of moisture remaining in the bottle, only it is dispersed all over the iuside surface in homeopathic particles, too minute to be poured out in any way. You take the bottle, hold it horizontally, shake it up well, and strike the lower part of the neck repeatedly on your hand. After you have manipulated it in this way for a min ute or two (the length ot time depends up on the performers skill,) the moisture be comes collected and condensed in the neck and then yon can jerk out upon a plate or a sheet of white paper more drops in quar ter of a minote|than you can count in quar ter of an hour. ASK MOTHER FIRST. How many pleasant things we can see and hear every day, if we watch and listen! I waa walking toward home late one af ternoon in winter. The country all around was covered with a deep snow, that seem ed of a purer white than ever in the light of departing day. I heard the voices of children behind me; and their little feet stepped fast over the bard, crisp snow.— They passed along beside me, and I saw that one was a littla girl of about eight years, and her companion was a boy 4brae what older. The girl wore a pretty crim son hood, which was quite becoming to her cheeks, made rosy by tke fine winter air. They were each drawing a sled. 44 Come, Annie/' be said, " let's go down to Pine Hall, now; it's splendid coasting there; and wc shall have time tor some firstrate slides before dark." " I must go and ask mother first, Hen ry," said Annie. She did not draw out the words dolefully, as if she did not like to have to ask her mother; but she spoke in a very pleasant and cheerful tone. She hurried along with her sled, and Henry after her. I soon lost sight of them ; but I could not forget Annie. I thought to myself how safe that child will always be, if she keeps to her rule—"l must ask mo ther first!" I know children who have sometimes got into a great deal of trouble because they did not "ask mother first" Remember it is unsafe to do anything yon think impossi ble your mother would not like to have yon do. Children, I mean boys as welt as yon will be saved a great deal of an-j happiness if you ask mother first DIATH or THE OLDEST MAN.—The Bellefont Walehman say's : Christie Tan Poole, who died at his residence in Half Moon township, this count} on the 22d ult was probably the oldest man in the- State, being born on the oth day ot June, 1754, and was consequently 112 years, 5 months and 19 daya old. He assisted to cut and carry the pott to which was fastened the. Declaration of Independence, made pub lic in Philadelphia, and through the en tire revolution ; drove his father's team, hauling provisions, clothing, die, for the rebel troops. At the time of his death he was sprightly as many a man of aixty five both mentally and physically, and could describe events which transpired a centurv since under his own observation, with a correctness, that was surprising. Passions act as wind to propel our ves aela and our reason is the pilot that steers her. Without the wind we could not movd; without the pilot we should be lost. "Isaac, my son, let the Good Book be a lamp upon thy path." "Mother," replied the urchin, "I should think that waa making 'light' of sacred things." How does the hair-dresser end his days f He carls op and dyes. . Why are good-husband's like dough? Becsote woqosn nmd the*. VOL. 6 NO. 21, How THE PARSON GOT EXCITE®.— A few Years since, near the ciiy of N,, in Connecticut, lived and preached old Par son 8., who was a bit excitable and near sighted. * One day lie had been to the city with his horse, and among his purchases was a barrel of flour, one bead of which was par tially out. On his way home the old man was over taken and passed bv a fast young man driving a fast horse, and putting on aira. Now, the parson's horse was usually a qui et, steady going animal enough, but he couldn't stand that so he started after him on the fast order in 2:40, in good earnest. The jolting of the wagon at length jarred the head completely out of the barrel, and the strong wind which was blowing direct ly after pastor, blew the flour all over bim and the horse. At last the young man was left behind, and the village reached ; hut the speed of the horse was not checked. In driving through a street to reach his home, he came in contact with one of his deacons, who was naturally surprised to see his min ister driving at such a pace, and signaled him to stop. " Why, Parson 8.," sa : d he, "what on earth is the matter ? You seem greatly excited." "Excited !" yelled the old raaD, "excit ed! who wouldn't be excited —snow storm in July. Get up, Dobbin." The deacon smiled, but was silent. BAPTISING ▲ SINNER. —Poor people have a hard time in this world of ours.— Even in the matter ot religion, thereps a vast difference between Lazarus and Dives as the following anecdote, copied from an exchange, will illustrate: Old Billy G had attended a great revival, and in common with many others, he was 'convicted" and baptised. Not many weeks afterwards, one of his friends met him reeling home from the coast ground with a considerable " brick" in his hat. " Hello, Uncle Billy," said his friend, "I thought you had joined the church ?" "So I did," answered Bill, making a desperate effort to 6tand still; "So I did, Jeemes, and vonld a'bin a good Baptist if they had'nt treated me so overlastiu' mean at the waters. Did'nt you hear about it, Jeemes ?" " No, I never did." " Then, I'll tell you 'bout it. You see, when we come to the baptizin' place, thar was old Sinks, the rich old squire, who was to be dipped at the same time. Well, the minister took the squire in first, but I did'nt mind that much, as I thought that 'twould be just as good when I cum ; so he led Lim in mitey keerful, and wiped bis eyes and led him out. AVell, then come my turn, and instead of liften' me out m he did the squire, he gave me one slosh, and left nse crawliu' around on the bottom like a mud turtle—that's so, Jeemes." TURKISH PROVERBS. —A small stone of ten makes a great noise. A foolish friend is, at times, a greater annoyance than a wise enemy. You'll not sweeten your mouth by say ing "Honey." Do good and throw it into the tea ; „if the fish know it not, the Lord will. If thy foe be as small as a gnat, fancy him as large as an elephant. They who know the most are oftenest cheated. A man who weeps foe every one will soon have lost his eyesight. A friend is of more worth than a kins man. Trust not to the whiteness of his turban; heboi.ght the soap on credit. Death is a black camel, that kneels be fore every man's door. All great dcvelopements complete them selves in the world, and modestly wait in silence, praising themselves never, and an nouncing themselves not at all. If you are loooking at a picture, you try to give it the advantage of a good light.— Bo as courteous to your fellow-heiogs as you are to a picture. Cf* Some men keep very savage dogs around their houses, so that the hungry poor who stop to "get a bite" may get it outside the door. It seems an impossibility for two silly lovers to agree, seeing that between them there can be no understanding. The art of book-keeping taught in on© short and easy lesson—Never lend them. 1 say friend, your horse is a little con trary, is it not!" "No, Sir." "What makes him stop then ?" "Oh, he's afraid somebody'lk say whoa and he shant hear it !" JPhat is the largest room in the World I The room for improvement. Women are called the soft sex, because they are so easily humbugged. Out of one bundled girls, ninety five would prefer ostentation to happiness. How many peas are there in a pint? - One f.