BY FRED'K L. BAKER. EittlTTOg & M USSER'S FaLY DRUG STORE, iN _11,77.411 Street, Marietta, Pa. lleirrox & Mvssaa, successors to Dr. F. 'hula, will continue the business at the old elmid, where they are daily receivitigadditions t heir stock, which are received from the oust reliable importers and manufacturers. Th e y would respectfully ask a liberal share o r put,ic patronage. They are now prepared to supply the de o:lands of the public with everything in their lire of trade. Their stock of DRUGS AND MEDICINES o flttsll AND PVRE, HAVING JUST ARRIVED. I.loe, Nines AO ITAttors FOR IviEDICINAL Cr.SES ONLY,,. All THE POPULAR PATENT MEDICINES. StcJi's of all kinds, Fancy and Toilet Ar ticles of every kind, Alcoholic and Fluid Extracts, Alcaloid and Resinoids, all the best Trusses, Abdominal Sup porters,Shoulder Braces, Breast Pumps, Nipple Shells and Shields,'Nursiog Bottles, A large supply of EAT, HAIR, TOOTH, NAIL AND CLOTHES BRUSHES. Toth powder and Pastes, Oils, Perfumery, Nspi, combs, Hair Dyes, Invigorators, &c.; foal (hl, Lamps, :Shades, Chimneys, Wick,&c, Physicians kupplied at reasona,l.le rates Me,licinea and Piescriptiuns carefully and ac crawly c ompounded all hours of the day and tight, by Charles H. Britton, Pharmaceutist, wile will pay especial attention to this branch of the business. Having had over ten -years practical experience in the drug business ena bles him to guarantee entire satisfaction to all who may patronize the new firm. ilAssos's Compound Syrup of Tar, on bad and for ante. A large 'supply of School Books, Stationary, &c.. always on hand. SUNDAY HOURS S to 10, a. m.,—.12 to 2, aria 5 to 6 p. m rharics H. Britton. A. Musser Muittta, October 20, 1866. Iltf E,stablished 1829 QIIULTZ'S • Old Established ' tc fur 50 .20 NORTH QUEEN STREET, a lb 1. IA CASTER, PA. 1. would In ent an n ouncethat our 8t lca Fa il Ire now ready, consisting of S:i.lleicen's Dress Silk, Ciusitnere, Plain and Fur and 001, or nkasitnerett, Cassitnere, Soft and Steel exten i.e3 Stints, and Flexible Self-ad jnating and D'Oratty Brim 119 E-11. raC' IRES In new, novel and beautiful deaigns. end at 6uch pnces as to make it all inducement for al to purchaee. 1. 2"a,1DS Cur stock of Caps comprises all the newest styles for Men, Buys and Children's Fall and Winter wear. Our motto is, ".Equality to all." The lowest selling price marked ur figures on each article, and never varied from, at • StiULTZ dr. BROTHER'S,_ Pat, Cap and.,Fur Store, No. 20 North Queen-st.. Lancast.r. l All kinds of Shippinz Furs bought and the highest Cash prices paid. . , IL L. e- E. J. ZAHN; we/ is, • Corner of North Queen-St., arid Centre Square, Lancaster, -Pa. E are prepared to sell Ammican and vV Swim) Watches at the lowest cash rates! If buy directly from the Importers and Man ufacturers, and call, and do sell Watches as law as they can be bought in Philadelphia or Xew-York. A fine stock of Olocks, Jewelry, Spectacles, Niter and silver-plated ware constantly nn taitid. Every article fairly r epresented. H. L. & E. J. ZARMS corner North Queen Street and Centre Square LANCASTER, PA. First National Bank of Marietta. trims BANKING ASSOCIATION 1 RAVING COMPLETED ITS ORGANIZATION is now prepared to transact all kinds of BEI:NEIN G The Board of Directors m d t. weekly, on Wednesday. for discount .and other business Q.• (Ink /fours : From 9A.into 3 T. lf. JOHN HOLLINGER, PRESIDENT. AMOS BOWMAN, Cushier. DR. J. Z.I3OFFER , DENTIST, • Or TUE BALTIMORE COLLEGE Li OF DENTAL SURGERY, LATE OF iI.A.RRISBURO. O F F I CE:—Frout street, between Locust neat door to R Williams' Drug Store, tad Walnut streets. Columbia. D ANIEL G. BAKER, ATTORNEY AT LAW, LANCASTER. PA , OFFICE :—No. 24 NORTH DIME STREET apposite the Court House, where he will at tend to the practice of his profession in all its twine branches. K S. TROUT, M. D., Offers his professional services to the citizens of Marietta and vicinity. , Orrictt—ln the RoOms formerly occupied QY Dr. F. Hinkle , Market-at., Marietta. Tf.).., Physician and Surgeon. AAV ING removed to Columbia, would em brace this opportunity of informing his miner patients and families in Marietta and vicinity, that he can still be consulted daily, hlween 2 and 3 o'clock in the afternoon,at tint residence of Mr. Thomas Stence. Any word left ttiore will be promptly attended to. Marietta, April 1, 1367.4. G-. W_ Worrall, Surgeon Dentist, , Iliiao MAIRZT STREET, ADJOINIVO Spangler tt Rich's . Store, second floor, MARIETTA, PA. LL Kindln ..f R 1.....- 11..._._ • - aTi±a/11:7, -. TERd7rB The Mariettian is publi3hed weekly, at a-year, payable in advance. Office in "Lindsay's Building," near the Post office corner, _Marietta, Lan caster county, Pa. Advertisements will be inserted at the following rates : One square, ten lines or less, 75 cents for the first insertion, or three times for $1:50. Profession al or Business Cards, of six lines or less, $5 a-year. Notices in the reading col umns, ten cents a-line ; ,genercil adver tisements seven cents aline for the first insertion, and for every additional in sertion, four cents. A liberal deduc tion made to yearly advertisers. Having put up a new Jobber press and added a large addition of job type, cuts, border, etc., will enable the estab- lishmen! to execute every description of Plain and Fancy Printing, from the smallest•card to the largest poster, at short notice and reasonable rates. Seasons O the cheerful budding time ! When thorn-hedges turn to green, When new leaves of elm and lithe - Cleave and shed their winter screen; Tender lanibs life born and'"" bar," North winds find no atftrw to bring,. Vigorous Nature laughs " Ha,, ha," In the miracle of spiing.' O the gorgeous blow: om days ! Wheriliroad flag-flowers drink and blow, In and out in summer blaze Dragon flies flash to and fio ; Ashen branches hang-out keys, Oaks put forth the rosy shoot, Wandering herds wax sleek at ease, Lovely blossoms end in tru.t. 0 the shouting harvest weeks ! Mother earth grown fat with sheaves, Thrifty &nuer finds who seeks; I Russet golden pomp of leaves . CroWns e the woods, to fall at length ; • Bracing winds are felt to stir, Ocean gathers up her strength, Beasts renew their dwindled fur. O the starving winter lapse 1 Ice-bound, hunger-pine . hed and . dim Dormant roots recall their saps, • Empty nests show black and grim, Short-lived sunshine gives no heat, Undue buds are nipped by frost, Snow sets forth a . wiuding sheet, And all hope of life seems lost. A MIXIS' or BABIES —An exchange gets off the following funny row among the babies and their mothers ; Some time ago there was a dancing party given up "North ;" most of the ladies present had little babies, whose noisy preversity required too much attention to - permit the mothers to enjoy the dance. A num ber of gallant young men volunteered to watch the young ones while the parents indulged in a "break down." No sooner had the women left the babies in charge of the mischevious imps than they stripp ed the infants, changed their clothes, giving the apparel of one :to another. The dance over, it wits time to goe home, and the mothers hurriedly took each --a dress of her own and started some to their home, ten or fifteen miles off and Were far on their way before daylight. But the day following. there was a tre mendous row in the settlement ; mothers discovered that a single night had chang ed the sex of their babies—observation disclosed physical phenomena, and then commenced some of the tallest female pedestrianise. Living miles apart it required two 'days to uumix the babies, and as many mouths to restore the wom en to their sweet dispositions. To, this day it is unsafe for any one of the baby mixers to venture into the territory. olar A good wife is one who puts her husband in at the side of the bed next to thiwall, - and tucks him to keep him warm in the winter; splits the wood, makes the tire in the morning, washes her husband's-face, and draws on his boots for him ; never , scolds, never .suff era a rent to remain in, ber husband's small clothes ; keeps her shoes up'at the heel and her stockings darned; nev er wonders what he sees interesting in the young woman who lives across the way, and always reproves the children when they eat their father's supper. The following toast was given at a printer's supper : "The Printer—independent as a wood sawyer'e clerk, proud as Lucifer, pock' as Job's turkey, and the personification of intelligence." A -widow lady, sitting by a cheerful fire in a meditative mood, shortly after her husband's decease, sighed out: 1 ,-Poor fellow bow he did like a good fire ! hope he has gone where they keep good firea." Or Mankind hag. been learning „ for six thousand years, and few have learnt that their fellow-lieings are' es there- grartgnAttut Vousigliania a(gurnal for tte Nome stink. MARIETTA, PA., 'SATURDAY, APRIL 27, 1867. Anonymous Let',era. Is IL ever proper to write anonymous letters? Does any good end sanctify such meanti e l It is sometimes done inconside rately and withobt thought of the aeri- ons consequerMes that may result. In such cases there is perhaps leis guilt, especially in yang and thoughtless pee sons, than when the offence is committed by older. persons. But is it ever right? e It is occassionally done playfully_as practical joke ; sometimes even n friend • ship, to Warn an innocent person of im pending danger; sometimes to prevent the perpetration-of a wrong ; but, most frequently the whole thing is the off spring of malice, revenge, envy, jaalousy, or some equally evil passion. Somstimes this is, as we have said , begun simply from the hive" of fun and" mischief. But'inthat case, though it May seem fin to the writer, it may not be so to the receiver; and it is impossi We to calculate the injury to sensitive feelings and the other evils it may and does occasion. In such case what is, written is generally untrue, or,..worse still, a perversion of some partial truth. It was a good caution to his son by a wise old man, who was himself very fond of fun, never to write a joke, as it might so easily get into the wrong bands, or come at a wrong time, when the eye of the joker could not see the mischief done nor his tongue repair it. But to write a perversion of facts, even for fun, often produces results that no gentleman would willingly be guilty off. More quarrels and duels have eventuated from the poi son thus insinuated into the mind than can be well conceived. One of the best anecdotes recorded of George IV., when' Prince of Wales, was his kind manner of defeating a trick of the kind referred to. A very vain man received a card off' invitation to dine with him. it was so regularly drawn up, though a hoax, that it secured him ad mission. But When the Ptincecame to see his guests, he discovered that "there was one mistake ;" and on producing his card this was still more clear. But the Prince insisted on his remaining. on the ground that every gentleman was wel come to his house, and so the trick was defeated. Even in cases of, this kind there is more or less of envy, .jealousy or malice, and frequently not a little cowardice at the bottom. But when the anonymous communica tion assumes the character, not of a joke, but of seriousness, it is a much more rep rehensible matter. Even if what is said is all strictly true, a question at ace suggests itself as to the motive - -why be ashamed to avow authorship, unless it is something the writer has no right to communicate ? Perhaps it is told only to wound in a most dastardly. cruel man ner. But they who will do this seldom confine themselves to the truth. They cannot if they would. Their jaundiced eyes will discolor everything, and the person written to has no means of prov ing or 'disproving for himself what is said. If the. recipient is a wise man, therefore, lie takes no notice of it in ac tion, although ,ft may and must torment hiaP with suspicions of many of his friends. Sooner or later the author is almost Certainly to be detected. No one can in disguise even their own handwriting but that the crossing of et - t_or the dot of an i, or some such trivial peculiarities may afford a clue. Much less can a per son disguise circumstances. • When Pro fessor Webster was tried for the murder of Dr. Parkman, a considerable portion of the evidence that brought home the : crime to him, was the various anonymous attempts he had made to divert the search into wrong directions. The only plausible case of justifiable anonymous communication is vhsere the party writing ants lronfdeep friendship, to pot some indecent person on his guard and further justice, having no-malignity against any one. But this will, rarely be believed, and then why not avow au thorship ? Nothing but some great personal danger to the author could jus tify a concealment by an honorable man. The want of an authority ought general. ly to prevent such a communication re ceiving the attention the truths it con tains would naturally dernand : Even iu war friendly information so conveyed ought to be of facts, all easily,and clear ly ascertainable, their own vouchers—not inferences or reasoning or surmises, With out Dade or preof. There is one evil in almost cases of anonymous cOmmeni., cation that cannot be•averted-4. e..thati the wrong' .-person is for a time so often. suspected. lie who receives it knower that some one did it, and may suspect l twenty of his best friends; really become ryarn any of theni. or tovhingo himself on the wrong man. In fact the community is barraged, insulted, divided, and justice defeated, perhaps by a little want of candor and courage on the • part of one'person. But there is one description of evils that should be always-borne in mind by the person who sits down deliberately • to write an anonymous letter intended to make trouble.. It- may deltroy the love and confidence existing between parent and child or husband and wife. It may utterly destroy the -happiness of whole families, and break up homes that were peaceful . and joyful until the per nicious anonymous letter was rebeived. The circle of mischief,-discord and trou ble is always widening in such cases, and it is thus impossib!e for the writer to calculate all the evil and crime which -their malicious letter may set in motion. The lines that run so glibly from their pen may have for their final catastrophes such fearful events as suicide or murder. How the writers of such epistles would shrink back in alright if they could fore see such results ! Therefore we say that no person should write anonymoue let ters under any circumstances; certainly no good, brave or wise man or woman should descend to such work. In almost all cases where such secret communica tions are usually made from proper mo tives, a frank and avowed disclosure of what ought to be known is the best mode, and where that is but of the question the true policy is silence. Wait ! Wait a moment, young man, before you throw that money down on the•bar and demand-a glass of brandy and water. Ask yourself if twenty-five•cents_cannot be better invested in something else. Put it back in your pocket ? and give it to the little cripple who sells matches on the corner. Take our word for it you will nut be sorry ! Wait,.medame—think twice .before, you decide on that hundred•dollar shawl A hundred dollars is a great deal of money ;. one dollar is a great deal, when people once consider the amount of good it will accomplish, in careful hands. Your husband's business is un certain ; there is a financial crisis close at band. Whci knows what that hun dred dollars may be to you yet? Wait, sir, before you buy that gaudy amethyst breast pin you are- surveying sb earnestly through the jeweler's plate glass windows. Keep your money for another piece of jewelry—a plain gold wedding-ring made to tit a rosy finger that you wot of. A shirt neatly ironed, and stockings darned, like lace work, are better than gilt, brooches and flaming, amethysts. You can't afford to marry ? You mean, you can't afford not to mar ry ? Wait, and think the matter over ! Wait, mother, before you speak haish ly to the little chubby rogue who has torn his apron and soiled his white ar. seilles jacket. He is only a child, and "mother" is the sweetest - word =in all thu world to him.- Needle and thread and soapsuds will repair all damages now, but il you once teach him to shrink from his mother, and hide away his childish faults, that damage cannot be repaired ! ' Wait, husband, afore you wonder andibly.why yo,ur wife don't get along with family cares and household respon sibilities "as your mother did." She is doing her best—and no wcman can en dure that best to be slighted, Remem ber the nights she sat up with the little babe that died ; remember the love and care she bestowed on you when you,had that long fit of illness •, do you think she is made of cast iron? Wait—rwait in silence and forbearance, and the light will come back to her eyes, the old, light of the old days ? . • Wait, wife, before you speak reproach fully to your husband when he comes home late,'aod weary, and "out of sorts." Ile has worked for you all day long; Le has wrestled, hand to "hand, with Care and Selfishness and Greed, and all the demons that follovi in the train of mon ey-making. Let home be anbther at mosphere entirely ;.-let him feel that there is one place ie. the world where he eau find peace, and quiet, and.perfect love ! Wait, bright young' girls, before you arch your pretty eyebrows, and whisper "old maid" as the quiet figure ideals by, with silver in, its hair and crows-feet round the eyes. It is hard enough to lose life's gladness and elasticity—it is hard-eaough to see youth drifting away, without adding to the bitter cup one idrnp of 4porq I You do not know-what she has endured, you nevertan know un til experience teaches -you,-scr wait be `fo're'You sneer at the old maid. Wait; 'sir, takers' yton' kdd 8 mum- room to Your house; and buy the fast horse that Black and White and all the rest of the "fellows" covet. Wait, and think whether you can afford it—wheth er your outstanding bills are all paid and your liabilities fully met, and all thi-chabces and changes of life dull provided for. Wait, and ask yoursel f how you would like, ten years from now to see your fair wife struggling with poverty, your children shabby and want stricken, and yonrself.a miserable hang er-on round corner groceries and one horse gambling saloons. You think. that is impossible ; do you remember what Hazael said to the seer of old : "Is thy servant a dog, that he should do this thing;? Wilt, merchant, before you tell the pale-faced boy from the country "that you can do nothing for him." Yon can, do something for him ; you can give him a word of encouragement, a word of rd vibe. There was a timb once, when' you were young, and poor, and friendless I Have you forgotten It already ?'' Wait, blue-eyed lassie ; wait awhile before you say "yes" to the dashing young fellow who says he can't live without you. Wait until you have as certained "for sure and for certain " as the children say, that the cigar and the wine-bottle, ancf the card table are not to be your rivals in his heart ; a little delay won't hurt him--just see if it will ! And .wait, my friend in the brown moustache ; don't commit yourself to Laura,Matilda, until you are sure that she will be kind to your old mother, and gentle with your little sisters, and a true loving wife •to you, instead of a mere puppet who lives_on the breath of fash ion and excitement, and regards the sunny side of Broadway as second only to Elysium ! As a general thing, people are in too gieat a hurry _in .this world, we say, wait, wait —Phrenological Jour nal. Stuff for Smiles. A social posy—the dandy lion. Spiritual Manffestations.--l'imples on a toper's nose. Men may live in a crowd but they must die alone. Murmurs of the tied—married people's complaints Female gymnastics—jumping at ao offer. The oldest case of lunacy—time out of mind When a pickpocket pulls at your watch, tell him plainly that you have no time to spare lA'ben you give-a piece of your mind take care it's not the biggest piece. delighted hearer observed of a very brilliant talker that the flash of his wit was followed close by the peal of ap- plause Why is the Great - Eastern like a new born babe? Because she- is going to Brest (breast) for the first time.' Why is a dishonest bankrupilike an honest poor man? Because both fail to get rich. How does the Irish Cupid- inflict his wounds ? With his "Arran., be jabers:" "If," as the poet says, "beauty draws us with a single hair," then what--ob, tell us What !—must be the effect of a modern chignon? Could anything,be neater than the negro's reply to a young Jody whom he offered to lift over a gutter ? Lor, misses" said he, " I'm used to lifting barrels of sugar." "Biddy, did you put an egg into the coffee to settle it ?" "1 put infour, they were so bad,l had to nee the More of them." Biddy was , cleared out. A surgical journal speaks' of - a man who lived five years wittv a ball in his head. Job Squires says-he has knoaa ladies to live twice that long with.noth lug but balls in their heads. • A lady wished asept. A portly hand some gentleman`hrought She and seated her. "Oh, you are' a:. jewel," said - she. "Oh; no," replied he,'"l am a•jeweller,— I bave just set the jewel." " Look here, boy,'' Said a gentlemen to an urchin, who was` itirinching `sugar . cau,dy, at a lecture, "you are anneytng •tpe v v i ettypuch." " No, I nirt"t neither,' pollilf&hcr urchin, "r m a Kurpriug the '"TfllWd3';" George 111. speaking to - - Vie Arc). biph •of—hier -large family, used the expression " I r 131 iev ofir • *race has bettei than a , &men I" " *replied the..iirchbishop, "only elevenY "Well,'_ replied the "'is' thrit, better:thasii,dozen VOL. XIII.-NO. 38. For The Marie Man Taste not the Wine. g 4 Taste not the wine within the cup, Let not that curse be thine, 'Tis rich and red, but grief and woe Are bid its may depths below." For many years the awful evils of in temperance have been published, able writers, eloquent speakers have been en gaged in portraying the evils, but still it continues, blasting the hopes of par ents, tilling our jails, hospitals and alms houses, causing the bitter tears of wives and children, once happy, to flow, with awful groans and aching hearts. The cause of Temperance has, in many in stances, made happy homes that was once gloomy and sad. But a great deal is yet to be done, and who is willing to lend a helping hand to overturn this "mass of sin ?" I call upou children to come to the rescue. They can tear up the "Upas tree" by the roots. Let the little hands go to work, and then with a " long pull, a strong pull and a pull al together" the tree of death must come out, and , lay before the public grave a withering curse ; showing what united little hands do. Hear what a "reformed drunkard" once said before a " Band of Hope Temperance Society": " I have Come twelve miles to attend this meet ing, yet I do not value my time, I feel rewarded by what I see around me. My friends, I have seen more of the world than most of you. I have trod the streets, of proud old London ; and the winds of distant India have fanned these furrowed_ cheeks of mine. My keel has been upon every sea, and my name upon every tongue. 13 eave 3 bless ed me with one of the best of wives— and my children; oh, why should I speak of them. My home was once a paradise. But I bowed, like a brute, to the killing cup—my eldest son tore himself away from his degraded- father, and has never returned. My young heart's idol,-my beloved and; linffering wife, has gone broken hearted -10..-her grave. And my lovely daughter, whose image I seem to see in the beautiful around me, once my pride and my hope, pined away in sorrow and mourning, be cause her father was a drunkard, and now she sleep's by her mother's side. But I still live to tell the history of my shame, and the ruin of my family'. I still. live, and stand befor. you to offer up my heart's fervent gratitude to my heavenly Father, that I have been snatched from the brink of the drunkard's grave. I live to be a sober man. And while I live, I shall struggle to restore my wandering brethren again to the bosom of society. This form of mine is wast ing ancrtendiUg- under the weight of years. But . my 'young friends, you are just blooming into lifr ; the places of your fathers and mothers will soon ho vacant. See that you come up to Till them with pare hearts and anointed lips. Bind the blessed pledge firmly to your hearts; and be it the Shibboleth oflife's . warfare l" Here we have something to cheer us iu our labor of love. Come Fittber, come Mather, bring your children to sign the pledge. Let this be done, and it will not be long before the darkness and woe that Intemperance has brought upon ns shall:be dissipated with the bright sun .of peace and prosperity. Then the shouts of those snatched front a drunkard's grave shall go up, causing the hearts of all who labored hard and long, in the good cause, to be made glad. 4.1. M. C. "Your handwriting is very bad in= deed," said a gentleman to a young col. lege friend, who was more addicted to boating and cricketing than to hard study ; "you really ought to learn to write better," "Ay, ay 1" returned the young man, "it is well enough for yea to tell me that ; but if I were to write bet. ter, people would be finding out how I An editor, hailing from the Badger State, make's his appeal for syrr p %thy -We cannot help thinking how much easier an editor's life might be made if his geneibna patrons'oould only hear his 'better I;alf' scraping at the bottom - of the flour barrel ! A man that can write editOrials with such *isle sounding in !jig ears, can: easily walk the telegraph wires and turn somersaults "in the branch eis of a thorn bush." Pilgrim Rock bas been called the corner-stone of civilization. The Irish man's toast at a New England dinner: " Plymouth Rock, the blarney stone of A:merica."' " Pm afraid coma to !Not." said an otd--ladto alrouog. gentlemazi. `4.1 lieu icome,to, want, already," we thivreptil,oToesit,yegmtlenbtsP,"