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YOU ALL-
VA?' MU SD Or
HOMAN= tiZEMAN-BrXTERS,
HOORANWS GERMAN TONIC,
Prepared by Dr. 0. M. Jackson, Philadelphia.
Their Introduction Into this country from Gormany
occurred to
1823.
• TREY CURED YOUR - -
FATHERS AND .NIOTHEPS,
,—; -And will cure you and your children. They are
3HIE
- entirely Mill:sent from , Atim ,, :many-7, - ,
preparation now In the country
called Bitters or Tonica- They a
no tavern preps ration, or anything-
IlIkeone; but good, honest, reliable medicines. Thoy
are
The
IC Tf M n !M
Liver Coniplaint.
-_—t - 27-DYBRWPSIA.,-- /
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--
Nervous Debilits;---- - - ,
- - --
JAUNDICE,_
Diseases of the Kidneys, -
T,TRIP-TIONS-41F—T-HE-SKIN,
and all Diseases arising from a Disor.
dared Liver, Stomach, or '
IMPURITY OF THE I3LOOD.
Constipation, Flatulence, Inward Piles,
Fullness of Blood to the Head, Acidity
of the Stomach, Nausea, Heart
burnisgust for Food. Fulness
or Weight in the Stomaoh,
Sour Eructations, Sink
ing or Fluttering at the
Pit of the Stomach, Swim
ming of the Head s Homed or
Difficult Breathing. Fluttering
0
- - at the Heart,_ _Choking o-r"
Suffocating Sensations
when in a Ly- in g Posture,
Dimness of Vision, Dots
or Webs before the Sight, Dull
Pain in the Head, Deficiency
of Perspiration, yellowness
of the Skin and Eyes,
Pain in the Side,
•
Back, Chest, Limbs, etc.,
Sudden Flushes of Heat, Burn
ing in the Flesh, Constant Imaginings
of Evil and Great Depression of Spirit's.
AR Owe indicate cif smse of the Lircr or Digestitxs
•
Organs', combined with iltiptere blood.
Hoofland's German Bitters
to ent re•y vegeta e, an, eontalnx no
liquor. It lea compound of Fluid Ear.
- . ."= '' --`'. -.---- -- , . , . ;ar a
- lirreitt - whith — tliesc - extra - eta are made
4 C3
are gathered In Germany.
All the medt Omit' virtues
are extracted from them by
a ice le it tit tie chemist. These
extracts are then forwarded to title
country to be need expressly for the
manufacture of these ]Bitters. There Is
no alcoholic substance of any kind used
In compounding the Hitters hence It is
the only Hitters that can be used in
eases where alcoholic stimulants are
not advisable.
Hoofland's German Tonic
G a combination of all the ingredients of the Bitters,
with Puns Santa Cress Rum, Orange. etc. It is use d
for the same diSra.MS 114 the Bitters, sn cases where some
pure alcoholic, stimulus is required. You will bear in
nti•yi riot these remedies are entirely Ilitrvrent from
any others adrerlised for the cure Of the diseases named,
these being scientific preparations of wriicirtai &streets,
while the others rtre mere decoctions of rum in some
form. The TONIC is decidedly one of the most plea.
sant and agreeable remedies over offered to the public.
Its taste is exquisite. It is a pleasure to take C, whit , its
lipltining, exhilarating, and medicinal qualities hat'
Issisusd it to be known as the greatest of all tonics.
DEBILITY.
There it no medicine equal In cloollantrs °errant,
Paters or Tonic in •• • • acex of Debtlay,
They impart a tone ?."land rigor In the whole
Sy stem., strenyhon - the appotile, cause
an enjoyment of the . fond, enahle the Ver
mont* In digest it, purify the blood, gePe a good, sound,
healthy compterion,'eradie.ale the gellow ling• from the
eye, impart a bloom In the cheeks, and change the patient
front a short-breathed, emaciated, wak, and nersoue
ineulid, in a/all-faced, otoul, and rinnrnint pers,m.
Weak and Delicate thitdren are
made mtrotew by timing the ;littera or
Tonic. In fact, they are Enmity Niedi
einem. They can ho admittlatered with
perfect mafety tea child three ntonthi•
old, the - most delicate female, or a man
of ninety.
Thess Remedies are the ?peg '
Blood Purifiers
.. . . - • -
ever knot", and will cure ail diseases resnlting from
L a
bad blood !:rep you, • Wood pure ; keep your
Liver in order; keep your digestive organs
*1 4 sound, healthy eonaition,by the use
v . ' these remedies, and no disease wilt
ever assail you. The best men in the country recommend
them. .If years of honest reputation go for anything
you must try these preparations.
FROM DON. ORO. W. WOODWARD,
Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Permhylvanfa.
I.APEtermi, March 16, 1867.
7 fort " Ifnallavors German Eaters" is not an trobiz.
icatsna beverage, but is a good tonic, useful in disorder*
of the sligestsve organs., and of great benefit in eases re
debility and want of nervous act.on, in the :yam.
Yours truly,
GEO. IV. WOODWARD.
FRO' nON. JAM ES THOMPSON,
Judge of the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.
Arrtt 28,
consider er,. " (Pm
German Itit iAII term 91 a ' , Nimble
Medicine in caseof titlarks of
n digestion ter -or 13yspep41:a.
I can certify this from my experience of
ft. 'Yours. 'with respect,
JAMES' 11101tX1P'SOIC.
FROM REV. JOSEPII 'Jr. KENNARD,I). D.,
Vaster of the Tenth Baptist Church, Philadelphia.
DR. .TACICSON—DCAR Slit:—/ hare been frequently
requested in connect my name with recommendations of
different kinds of medicims, but regarding the practice
as stet of my appropriate sphere, I have in all cases de
clined; but with a clear proof in various instances, and,
particularly in my own family, of the usefulness of Dr.
ilonfiand's German Bitters, I depart for once from my
usual course, to express my full COtitiCiioll that for gem
ernl debility of the aystem and especially for Liver
elq
safe and valuable
Complaint, It is a
preparation. In some cases it may
,fail: but usually, I doubt not, it wiLl
be very beneficial to .. those mho anger
*OM Oa above causes. Yours, very respectfully,
J. 11. KE:VA - .1 RD,
Eighth, below Ceuta street.
CAUTION
Hooflawns German Remedies are eounterfeileel. The
genuine have the signature of C. 101. Jackson on
glefroni of the oulsiede wrapper of each bottle, and the
name of the article blown in each bottle. AU others ars
counterfeit.
Price of the Bitters, $1 00 per bottle;
Or, a half dozen for $5 00.
Price of the Tonle, $1 50 per bottle;
Or, a half dozen for $7 50.
The tonic is put np In quart bottles.
Recollect that it is Dr. IToollands German Remelts
that are so universally wed and so highly reemn
mended ; and do not allow the Druggists
to induce you to take anything else that he
may say is just as good,. because As
Makes a larrrprop on it. These Remo-
diet Will be urn by express to any locality upon applicae
ion to the
PRINCIPAL OFFICE,
.A.T THE GERMAN MEDICINE STORE.
A r o. 431 ARCH STREET, "itrule.lplata
CHAS. M. EVANS,
Protirietor,
Formerly C. DI. TACESON & CO.
Theme Remedies are for Nieto by Drug.
ghats, Storekeepers, and Medicine Deal.
- ars everywhere.
Do not forget to I.VI/Zlitif, totU Mg article you by, Go
order to get the ptuaula.
sold 25'G8.
MILLINERY GOODS !
TO THE LADIES!
InRS. C. L. HOLLTNBERGER has just re.
ceived a full supply of new Millinery goods.
Ladies are invited to call and cxnmine her stock.
GOOD TEMPLAR REGALIAS supplied
or the material to make them furnished.
TOE DEATH OF THE FLOWERS
The melancholy days are come,
the_year,.-
. Of wailing winds, and naked woods,
And meadows brown - and sear.— •• -
Heaped in the hollows of the grove,
Ttre - wirtrere - d - leaves - li - e — de - a - d - ;
They rustle to the eddying gust, _
And to the rabbit'a,tread---
The robik - and the wren are flown,
And from the wood-top cells the crew r =---
Through_elLt_he_gk___:•oroy_d_ey.
Where' are the flowers, the fair young flowers,
That lately sprang anti stood
In brighter light and softer airs,
A beauteous sisterhood
Alas! they all are in their graves !
The gentle race of flowers
Aro lying in thCir lowly beds,
With the fair and good of ours.
The ruin is falling where they lie;
But the cold Nlytember rain
Calls not from oht the gloomy earth
The lovely ones again.
The glories of our blood and state
Are shadows, not substantial things
There is no armor against Fate ;-
Death lays his icy - hand on kings:
' See) ex_a d_
Mist - tumbledown,
And in the dust be (Aunt made
With the poor crooked scythe and spade
Some men with swords may reap the field,
And plant fresh laurels where the kill ;
-But their strong nerves at last must yield ;
They tame but one another still :
Early or late
They stoop to fate,
And must give up their murmuring breath,
When they, pale captives, creep to death.
The garlands wither on your brow ;
Then boast no more your mighty deeds;
Upon death's purple alter now,
• See where the victor victim bleeds :
Your heads must come
To the cold tomb ;
Only the actions of the just
Smell sweet, and blossom in their dust.
116 , *.1114,1r 0 -14'iroidir-t 1 1“.N14' , 414
'My Friends, Death is Here•'
It was an unusual day s in Washington.—
The greatest of pulpit orators, the youthful
vnd gifted Surnmertield, was to preach for
the first time in ant city. The fame of his
marvoloug eloquence had preceded him.—
Every one was anxious to hear his mellifluous
voice and soul•stirring words. Eloquent men
were common in Washington at that time :
Webster and Clay, and their gifted cotem
poraries; were winning forensic laurels. A
man was now coming who looked upon earth
ly glory as vanity, and the theme of whose
eloquence was eternity. Alen of noble stature
and proud and lofty bearing. whose souls
were fired -by an unquenchable thirst for
fame, had appeared again and again in the
'political arena of the Capitol; but a man was
now coming whose thoughts centered in the
opathy,-and whose face, teflecting the soul
on which the sunshine of heaven perpetually
shone, was one of almost etherial beauty.
At an early hour the church was crowded,
and multitudes were unable to gain admit
tance. It was decided to leave the church
and to proceed to the ball of the (louse of
Representatives, and held the service there.
The news spread, a vast throng filled the hall,
and when Sumnnetfield himself arrived, he
was unable to.rcach the Speaker's chair.—
lie was conducted to the east portico, where
the Presidents are inaugurated, and the mul
titude filled the public square in front
Statesmen crowded around him, and near
him stood Henry Clay, then one of the most
conspicuous men of the nation. Here and
there might be seen the rich dress and proud
bearing of the gay and wordly—the elite of
the fashionable city It Was a scone of life
—of life's fullness and beauty. Summer
field contemplated the spectacle Thoughts
like those that made Xerxes weep on review
ing his army made him deeply sad. Ho
rose. Every one was eager to catch the first
words of the youthful enchanter. They came
at last, not in silvery accents--the vox argen
tia that the audience expected, but solemnly
and slowly, as words of awful import, ably
friends, death is here.' Every one was
startled. The damning declaration sunk deep
in every heart, and 'death,' 'death' rung in
every ear. Each one felt as though his last
sentence had been pronounced Shortly af
ter, as the speaker proceeded, many shrieked
aloud from the intensity of their convictions.
Some fainted, and • cries and groans were
beard on every side.
Yes death was there. Few now survive
who listened to that memorable discourse; .
and they, then youthful and beautiful, are
now old and withered. The gifted and the
gay who then mingled in the elegant arch s
of that city have long ago' given place to
others, and the statesmen are gone—all gone!
Cur N. .1 7 : ladepchdent.
A habit-in a child- is at first like a spider's
web; if neglected it becomes a thread or
twine; next a cord or rope; finally, a cable
—and then, who can break it
As every thread c.f aal is valuable, so is
every minute of time.
oct 23 If
WAYNESBORO', FRANKLIN- COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA,- FRIDAY 51ORN1NG, DECEMBER, 4,1368.
BY W. C. BRYABT.
THE COMMON FATE.
The Power of Habit.
Among - the stories which have comedown'
to us from the old Greeks, is one which tells
_us
_that Dajanirk4he—Wifo- of Hercules, once
sent her,litts. , baud a, vest dipped in poisoned
blood, on pretence of piwerving him from
evil., Hercules,. kao_wint , nothing_ of the
power of the poison, and perfectly urtsuspi•
cious, put it on, and for awhile felt no ill ef•
feets. But presently, the poison began to
work, and sharp pains to run through his
whole body. And now he strove to pull off
'the envenomed shirt, butln vain; it clung
feat_ to him 4- Of
strength he tore away a piece of it, the skin
and fiesb - eatne' with it, and at-last - , the poi:
son ate into his very vitals, so that he died.
M had — beets - Arc — v:lg enough for alumsFain
thing else, but he was not strong enough to
tear off that. garmeot.:_ It was an easy mat•
ter to put it on, but not so easy to take it
Now this ii - not a true story, of eourte; it
is a fable ; but as many of the old fables,
had a meaning in them, it has seemed as if
this poisoned garment might have been in
tended to show the power of bad habits.—
They are easily begun, and the boy or girl
does not at first feel the evil of them ; but
after they have practiced them awhile, and
begin to feel the sting, then let them try to
get rid of them, and see how they
Sweating-is-such-a - poisoned - garment. It
is easily and thoughtlessly taken up; it
grows upon the boy or young man, until
from the single oaths, his whole conversa
tion beeomes.one &ream of profanity. But
let him begin •to feel the evil of it—let him
even become a changed man— and then see
how his garment sticks to him; how almost
impassible it is for him to overcome it; how
suddenly an d almost unconsciously, the
oaths, which come almost as naturally to the
lips as the breath, slip out. Bo no longer
• '
. ,
mr car, Ile I/ al UM _
habit is so powerful, that if he ordinarily
keeps it in check, in moments of provoca
tion, or sudden surprise,-or peremptory com
mand, the oath will come to his lips, and of
ten years of prayer and penitence, and strug•
gle, must pass ere he can wholly pluck away
the poisoned raiment.
Drinking is such a garment. For awhile,
it doestiot seem to injure those who indulge
in it; but beforb long, it pierces them with
a thousand stings: Then, if' one try to tear
away the habit with what fatal force it clings?
And if, by the grace of God, and the power
of a strong will he - rends it away, how it
seems to rend away with it flesh and'muscle,
and is like the dividing asunder of soul and
body ? How terrible the pangs of a drunk.
and who strives to abstain ; bow fierce the
temptation; how dreadful the struggle
sometimes even destroying life itself I 1-low,
when he passes the gin-shop, he must set his
teeth clench his hands, and hurry past, lost
his appetite drag him-in, in spite of himself !
Boys, will you ever put on a garment like
this ? Ah ! easy to put on, but almost im
possible to tear off and live. No merely hu
man hand can pluck it away. •
And while there are few who, by the grace
of God, do overcome, and rid themselves,
with fierce and bloody struggle,' from the
destroying venom of evil habit, the vast ma
jority either sink under it without an effort,
or, after some vain endeavors to tear them
selves away from it, give up a strife, for which
they are not strong 'enough, and in which
they are constantly overcome, and sink and
die, destroyed by the fatal poison. Oh I
never, never take up a habit—any habit—
which either s►ust destroy you, or wh!ch, if
you do finally wrench yourself away from,
will leave its deadly mark and sears forever.
•
Life Lengthened.'
1. Cultivate an equal temper, many a man
has fallen dead in a fit of passion.
2. Eat regularly, not over three times
day, and noting between meals.
3. Go to bed at regular hours. Get up as
soon as you wake yourself, and do not sleep
in the day time, at least no longer than ten
minutes.
4. Work always by the day, and not by
the job
5. Stop working before you arc very ranch
tired—before you are 'lagged out.
fi (lultivate a generous and accommodating
temper.
7 Never cross a bridge before yon come
to it—this will save you half the trouble of
life
8 Never eat when you are not hungry;
nor (Mak when you are not thirsty.
9 Let your appetite always come unin
vited.
10. Cool off in a place greatly warmer
than the one in which you have be exer
cising; this simple rule would prevent incal
culable sickness and save millions of lives
every year.
11. Never resist a call of nature.
32. Never allow yourself to be chilled
'through and through,' it is this which de
Buoys so many every year, in a few days'
sickness, from pneumonia, called by some
lung fever or inflammation of the lungs.
13. Whoever drinks no liquid at meals
will add years •of pleasurable existerce to
his life. Of cold or warm drinks. the former
are the most pernicious ; drinking at meals
induces persons to eat wore than they other.
wise .ivauld, as any one can verify by experi
ment, and it is excet.s in eating which devas
tates the land with sickness, 'suffering and
death. •
14 And after fifty years of age, if not a
day laborer, and bedentary persons hirer for
ty, should eat twice a day—in the morning
and about four in the afternoon Poisons
can accustom themselves to a seven-hour in
terval between eating, thus giving_ the stom
ach rest; for every organ, without rest will
give out prematurely
15. Begin early to live under the binign
i ifluence of the Chr•atian religion, for it 'has
the protnise of the life tit now is, and of
that which is to come.' •
Anecdote of 'Raccoon tmith_ l - _
— The late Bider John Smith, of Kentucky;
who died recently at an advanced age,, was
one of the moat excentric wits to be found
-south of the-Obio-river - Ileman-It learned
divine—first of the Regular Baptist, after
wards of the Disciples' Churchi-het-- was an
eloquent and powerful preacher, and a pious
°bristle° gentleman, but withal a 'natural
born wag.' The anecdotes related of him
would fill a large volume. lie was familiarly
known all over Kentucky and the Great
West by.the cognomen of 'Raccoon Smith.'-
- - While he ins stink' the Baptist ministry,_
- and Otte - Odic - 1g one of the - A naval- Associa--
tickm - of that body, a tall, lank -green speci
men of the genus horn°, Fesenred himself be
lonThiTle 'Alsociation' as a candidate for Holy
Orders. The young would-be clergyman
was nokregarded as being-of--sound mind ;
but laboring tinder the hallucination that he
was specially 'called' to preach the Gospel,
he was COntibualltithriortunink the 'Aiisbcia
tion' to grant him the necessary licenie to
preach. In addition to his partially un
balanced mind, the young aspirant' for cleri
cal honors was the possessor of as ungainly
and huge a pair of feet as ever trod in shoo
leather.
Not being disposed to granting a license
to the young man, the Association handed
him over to 'Raccoon Smtth,' with instruc
tions to make an end of the case. The fol;
lowing conversation obtained between the
two By the by, the young man's name was
Jones.
Brother Smith.—.Bo, Brother Jones, you
think you have a special 'call' to preach, do
you r
Brother Jones.—'Yes, that I do. The
Lord has called me to the work, but the As
sociation refuse me the license.'
Smith—glow do you know you are call
ed ?'
ones-- now ee it in my earl
of hearts. I want my license.'
Smith—'Do you believe the Bible, Broth
er Jones F'
Jones—'Certainly I do so—every word of
it.'
Well, now, if I can prove by the
Bible that you are not 'called to preach.'
'will you be satisfied to drop the matter, and
not importune the Association any more for
a license ?'
&other Jones assented to this ; and Rac
coon Smith deliberately opened the New
Testament. at Romans, 10: 15, and in grave,
deliberate tones read as follows 'Bow beau
tiful are the feet of them that preach the
Gospel of peace,' &e. Then glancing at
Jone's large feet, he remarked, 'You-sonr,
Brother Jones, that the Bible declares that
the feet of the preacher are beautiful; you,
sir, have the most unrighteously ugly feet in
the State of Kentucky,—therefore by the
Bible it is clear you have not been specially
called.'
As Smith finished his remarks, the entire
Association 'went off' i n t► paroxysm of
laughter, and Bro. Jones; really concluding
that,he had not-been 'called, bolted from
the meeting house, and never afterwards an
noyed the Association with his importunities
for a 'license to preach.'
The Ti ue Nobility
FROM SPURGEON
He who knows nothing of the inner life is
but little above the mere animal, and is by
no means comparable to the sans of God, to
whom is given the royal priesthood, the saint
ly inheritance. In proportion as the spiritu
al life is developed, the man grows in dignity,
becoming more like the Prins© of glory, yet
the very proof and source of the dignity of
the holy life lies in faith. Take an instance.
The man appears at no ,time disturbed. Sur
rounded by robber bands, he thralls in his
tent as quietly as in a walled city. Abra
ham walked with God, and does not seem
to have quickened or slackened his pace ;
he maintained a serene, obedient walk, never
hastening through tear, nor loitering through.
sloth; he kept sweet company with his God
—and what a noble life was his
,!The fath•
er of the faithful was a kingly man, yea, a
conqueror of kings, and greater than they.
How calm in his usual lifer Lot, followed
his carnal prudence, is robbed in Sodom, and
at last loses all ;. Abraham, following in his
faith, abides as a pilgrim, and is safe. Lot
is carried away captive out of a city, but
Abraham remains securely in a tent, because
he cast himself on God. When does Abra
ham fall? When does that mighty eagle
suddenly drop as with wounded wing? It
is when the arrow of unbelief has pierced
him ; he begins to tremble for Sarah his
wife; she is fair—perhaps the Philistine
king will take her from him; then, in an un
believing moment, he says: 'She is my sis
ter.' Ah ! Abraham, where is thy nobility
now ? The man who so calmly and eon
fidently walked with God while he believed,
degrades himself to utter the thing that is
not, and so fails to the common level of false
hood. Even so will you, so shall each of us,
be strong or weak, noble or lollop, according
to our faith. Walking confidently with God,
and leaning confidently on the Everlasting
Arm. you shall be as a celestial prince sur
rounded by ministering spirits—your life
shall be happy and holy, and withal glorious
before the Lord; but the moment you dis
trust your God, you will be tempted to follow
degrading metliod4 of civil policy, and you
will pierce yourself through with many sor
rows.
A true friend is not born every day ; it is
best to be courteous to all, intimate with few,
for though perhaps we may have less cause
of j'iy, I am sure we shall have loss occasion
for sorrow.
There is a threefold death in the slander
er's tongue; it kills him who slanders, him
who is slandered, and him who rezeives the
slander.
MlEEMi=illia
The Devil in Kentucky.
[Prom the tiineinnaf ;
BROOKVILLE ? Kr" 1 ot; 19, 'p,s.
A wonderful phenomenon has recently
Ye — ado - A is - appearance - on )tile
Bracken county, about two miles from Brook
-villa, and has been seen by-a - netnber-of . the
worthy citizens of our county. Our citizens
have been in a constant state of excitement
since it first made its appearance.
On the 10th instant one of our citizens, a
prominent tobacco merchant, residing i n
Brookville, was returning home from the
southern-portion- of the- county, where-ha
- hrid - b - ein buying sonic crops - oftobacco, and,
being belated, was riding along the road,
_w_hen_audilettly_he_beheld-a-very—frig h tf u
object in the middle of the road immediately
in front of him. I will give you the de
-Scription of it-118- lieal4l-it-from his lips :
was about-six feet itifight;
and walked upright. The face was at times
that of a man, very pale, with curls of flame
falling over his shoulders; eyes of sulphur
ous hue, changing constantly in size, one me•
meat large_ as a tin cup, and then gradually
decreasing in Sim until it was almost invisi
ble. Its arms were those of a man, and hands
deadly pale. In one hand it held a torch,
and in the other a sword that seemed to be
about four feet in length.. Its lower extrem
ity was that of a horse, with legs w_elLpro
portioned, and hoofs like those of a horse.
Its tail, which was about three feet in length,
was of flame. Its breath was a solid sheet
of fire, which vibrated with the heavings of
its breast, like the pendulum of a clock. It
was certainly the most frightful object I ev
er beheld. It walked off to the side of the
road, and then vanished. When it disap
peared I immediately put spurs to my horse
and galloped by the spot where I had seen
it. When I arrived at the summit of the
hill
_about two I 1 _ 1 ._ej
back and saw the object in the same spot
where I first beheld it. I stopped my horse
and wombed it for a moment; it walked over
to the left side of the road, and mounted a
rail fence that stood there, commenced run
ning toward me. I did not stay to see the
remainder of the drama.'
fle immediately rode to town, and having
told the adventure to some of the citizens,
they immediately formed a party and started
out to see the strange visitant Lawyers,
doctors, preachers, and tradesmen, armed
with guns and pistols, made their way en
masse to the scene of this strange adventure
When they arrived at the spot, some of them
beheld the spectre and others could not. It
was when they saw it, on the fence, and run.
sing rapidly along up and down it past the
crowd, for the distance of a quarter of a mile,
As it passed the crowd several fired at it, but
with no effect.
About eleven o'clock it vanished, and was
seen no more that night. Since then it has
been seen every night at the same place.—
Hundreds of visitors hlve been on hand ev
ery night, and the excitement is at a very
high state now, and is increasing. The cause
of this is beyond human conjecture. It has
been only about a year since it was seen in
this county before. The country is astir,
and the people are eager to get rid of their
unwelcome visitant. This is the whole nar
rative. •
Will not some philosopher exp Lin the
cause of this wonder ?
Yours truly, '
JOSEPEI PEYTON.
STATE OF KENTUCKY,
Bracken County. "'
We, the undersigned; make oath and say
that the above statement is substantially cor
rcet„ and has been examined by us,
JONATUAN C. SOULE,
LUCIUS LANODON,
llis
TAMES S Y WOLFE.
mark,
Sworn to befGro me, this 16th day of Oc
tober, 1868.
JOiIN P JONNIS,
Justice of the Peace
Negro Wedding
A negro wedding lately took place in
Alabama, at which the sable parson thus
spoke
'Here is a couple who have walked out
to-night, j wishing to be jined in and thro'
love, and wishin. e' all dem dat have any ting
twist dem come forward and speak now, if
not let dem hold dar peace non and forever
more. I wants every ear to hear, and every
heart to enjoy.
'Mr Jim ThompsotO, whomsoever stands
lastly to your left side, do you take her for
your beloved wife, to wait on her through
sickness and through health, safe and be safe,
holy and be holy, loving nod be loving, do
you love, her mother, do you love hor father,
do you love her brothers, do you love her
sisters, do you love her master, do you love
her mistress, but do you love Clod the best ?'
Answer—'l do.'
'Miss Mary Thompson, whomsoever stands
fastly by your right side, do you take to bo
your dear beloved husband, to wait on him
through health and through covflution, safe
and be safe, holy nod be holy; do you love
his mother, do you love his father, do you
love his brothers, do you love his sisters, do
you-love God the best r' Answer—'l
shall pronounce Mr. Jim to hold Miss
Mary fastly by the right hand, and I shall
pronounce you to be man and wife by the
commandments of God. Now, Mr Jim, slew
your bride. Let us sing a him:
'Plunged in a gulf of dark ;despair,' etc.
LIFE —For every one life has some bless•
ing some nun that is not mixed with bitter
ness.• At every heart there is some fount of
pure waters and all men at some time or oth
er taste their sweetness. Who is ho that
has not found on his path of life some fra
grant rosebush, scenting all the air with its
sweet pc:ll\nm?
NUMBER 22
The Wrong Woman.
leading an article in which Mrs. Oakes --
Smith relates a story of a woman proposing
to the wrong man, reminds me of the occurs -
-renett thatbappnedircro - se is veriirsiir—
since. A distinguished professor an divine
from.this neighborhood was oats visit totionia,
- friends east of tile mountain and was intro
duced ta.a very respectable family which ,
had two accomplished daughters—one of
them very handsome, and the other rather
plain, spending some weeks in the neighbor
hood, and having frequently opportunities of
meeting the ladies, he become quite enamor.
ed with the-younger - anti prettier-of the-=sis:
tors. He however, returned home without
show ing_any_prefesen ce_fla_wasa_man_bf
very sedate and studious habits, and soon be
came absorbed in his books, and for a time
seemed to forget his new aequaintaneea.- - r
-But , thc-image - --of"orte of - thkm seemed to be
continually befo - re.his - mind. After having
maturely considered-the-matter, 7 -I—have—no doubt, sought guidance frcm on high, ho
concluded to commence a eorrespondenqo
with the object of his affection. Unfor
tunately, or fortunately, as he stated, he ad
dressed the wrong lady. Ile hal got their
mune' transposed. The correspondence final
ly led to an engagement. The day was fixed
for the wedding, and the grave and reverend
D. D. entered his a s 'coronae kt the 're 'or
time. But what was his consternation to
find that he was going to marry the lady he
bad not courted. But being a sensible and
honorable man ho said nothing about it be
lieving the hand of Providence was in the
matter, and was actually married to the sis
ter of the girl he thought he had won.—
Time wore on ; she proved to be a most ami
able, intelligent, and affectionate wifo. He
never told the story till after the younger
sister was happily married. He 'never had
reason to re .ent the mistake _and_he_to_ his
ay is firm in the belief that God so ordained
it for his. happiness. 'All's well that ends
well.'—ilitsburg Chronicle.
FIRST LOVE.-T h e celebrated David
Crockett, -when quite a young man, fell iu
love with a beautiful Quaker girl, and thus
forcibly, graphically and poetically describes
the effect on an ardent and susceptible mind
produced by a first love :
'I found' myself over head and heels in
love with this girl, and I thought that if all
the bile there were pure chink, and all—be
longed to me, I would give them if I could
just talk to her as I wanted to; but I was
afraid to begin; for when I would think of
saying anything to her, my heart would he
gm to flutter like a duck in a puddle, and if
I tried to outdo it and speak it would get
right up in my throat, and choke me like a
cold potato'
WANING SEASON.—The summer months
have come and gone, and we are now in the
season_of_the 'falling of the leaf.' The days
are growing shorter, and the haze about the
purple hills forms a dreamy shroud for the
dead summer. The murmur of the brook
has a graver sound, the wind comes with a
sadder wail, and from the woods there comes
the sound of dropping nuts. All these pleas
ant days will soon be past, and soon the
earth will' sleep in the pearly mantle of snow,
and the year will be beyond onr ken, leav
ing only its.traces on our brows, and mem
ories in uur hearts.
A lover who was Plighted by the ladies,
very modestly asked one if she would let
him spend the evening wih her. 'No' ftho
angrily replied, 'that's s what I won't.' 'Yea
needn't be so fussy about it,' replied be, 't
didn't moan this evening, but some stormy
one when I can't go anywhere else.*
NUISANCES —Cross eyed spi'nsters, mir.
chief making women. grumbling old bach
elors, dilapidated sidewalks, Equalling chil
dren, frowsy wives, dirty postal currency,
and a subscriber who does not pay for the
Record. -- -
'Mrs. Jellyjohn, have you raised any pears
oat at your place yet I' asked Mrs. Pumper.
'Why, no; I never had any pairs; bless
yon.. All my brats came aingle.
Mrs. J. saw the innocent mistake, and let
it go.
A roan, out west, has moved so often that,
when•his chickens see a covered wagon stop
before the house, they match into the road,
fall upon tber backs, behind the wagon, and
cross their legs to be tied.
The bigest aristocrats, as well as the most
disagreeable people io the world, aro per
sons who without education or culture, have,
by Mere lack, come into possession of a low
thousand dollars.
A . man who will take a newspaper for
three years and then refuse to pay for it, will
steal his grandmother's night cap and sell is
for whisky. 5
It is said that more money is paid for ei•
gars in the United States than for bread.—
That shows we are a "p.uffing" people.
How many calves' bill would it tako to
reach from the earth to the sky '1 No more
than one, if it he long enough.
If you would make yourself Agreeable
wherever you go, listen to the grievances of
others, but never relate your own. '
A country youth says a lady with a Gre
cian bead looks like a crooked-neck squash
atruck by lightning.
Why do men make an oven in a town 7
Because they cannot make a town in an
oven.
of all the pitiful rogu-s in the world, tbo
very meanest arc those who beat their wives.