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THE TIMES, NEW BLOOMFIELD, TA., AUGUST 21, 1877.
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RAILROADS.
PHILADELPHIA AND READING R. R.
ARRANGEMENT OF PASSENGER TBAIN8.
August 3rd, 1877.
TKAIN8 LEAVE HAEKI8BUBO AS FOLLOWS
For New York, at 6.00, 7.S0 a. m. &S0 p. m.
For Philadelphia, at 6.00, 7.30, a.m. and 1.40
and 8.30 p. m.
For Reading, at 6,00. 7.30, a. m. and 1.40 and
8.88 p. m. ,
For I'ottsvllle nt B.0O. 7.30 a. m.. and 8.30
. m., and via Schuylkill and Susquehanna
ranch at 2.40 p. m. ...
For Auburn via B. ft S. Br. at 8.10 a. m.
For Allentown, at 5.00, 7.S0 a. m., 1,40
8.80 p. m. , , . ,
The 6.00, 7.30 a. m. 1.40 p. m., trains have
through cars for New York.
The 6.00, 7.30 a.m., and 1.40 p. m. tralm have
through cars for rhlladelphla..
SUNDAYS :
For New York, at 6.IK) a. m.
For Allentown nnd Way Stations at 6.00 a.m.
For Heading, Philadelphia and Way titationsat
1.10 p. m.
TBA1NS FOB HARRTSBURQ, LEAVE AS FOL
LOWS :
Leave New York, nt8.45 a. m., 1.00, p.m.
Leave l'hllndelihln. at 9.16 a. m. 8.40, p. m.
Leave Reading, at 8.10, 11.40 a. m. 1.60, nnd
6.36 p. in.
Leave FottavlUe, at 6.10, 9.16 a.m. and 4.36
p.m.
And via Schuylkill and Susquehanna Branch at
8.16 a.m.
Leave Auburn via 8. ft 8. Br. at 12 noon.
Leave Allentown. at 6,50,8.66 a.m., 12.16,4.30
and 9.05 p. m.
8UNDAYS:
Leave Now York, at 5.30 p. m.
Leave 1'hiladelphla, at 7.20 p. m.
Leave Reading, at8.10, a. m. and 11.05 p. m.
Leave Allentown, at 9.0S p. m.
J. E. WOOTEN, (Sen. Manager.
C. G. Hancock, General Ticket Agent.
Pennsylvania 11. B.Time Table.
NEWPORT STATION.
On and after Monday, June 25th, 1877, Pas
senger trains will run a3 follows:
EAST.
Minilntown Ace. 7.32 a. m., dally except Sunday.
Johnstown Ex. 12.22 p. M., dally " Sunday
Mall, 6.54 P. m., dally exceptSunday
Atlantic Express, 9.51p.m., flag, daily.
WEST.
Way Pass. 9.08 a. m., dally,
Mail, 2.43 r. m. dally exceptSunday.
Mimintown Aco. 6.55 P. M. daily except Sunday.
Pittsburgh Express, 11.67P. M., (Flag) dally.ex-
cept Sunday. ... .
Pacftlo Express, 5.17 a. m.. dally (flag)
Trains are now run by Philadelphia time, which
Is 13 minutes faster than Altoona time, and 4 min
utes slower than New York time.
J.J. BARCLAY, Agent.
DUNCANNON STATION.
On and after Monday, June 25th, 1877, trains
will leave Duucannnn. as follows:
EASTWARD.
Mlffllntown Ace. daily except Sundayat 8.12a. m.
Johnstown Ex. 12.5 8 p. M., dally exceptSunday.
Mail 7.30 P. Jf., " " "
Atlantic Express 10.20 p. m., dally (flag)
WESTWARD.
Way Passenger, 8.38 a. m., daily
Mall, 2.09 p. m, dailyexceptSnnday.
Mlllllntnwn Acc. dally except Sunday at 6.16 p.m.
Pittsburg Ex. daily except Sunday (flag) 11.83P. M.
WM. O. KING Agent.
JJ F. QU1GLEY & CO.,
Would respectfully inform the public that they
have opened a new
Saddlery Shop
In Bloomdeld, on Carlisle Street, two doors North
ol the Foundry, where they will manufacture
HARNESS OF ALL KINDS,
Saddles, Bridles, Collars,
and every thing usually kept In a first-class es
tablishment. Give us a call before going else
where. 9- FINE HARNESS a speciality.
REPAIRING done on short notice and at rea
sonable prices.
A3" HIDES taken in exchange for work.
D. F. QUIGLEY ft CO.
Bloomfleld, January 9, 1S77.
KINGSFORD'S
OsAvego Starch
Is thetBEST and MOST ECONOMICAL in the
World.
Is perfectly PURE free from acids and other for
eign substances that Injure Linen.
la STRONGER than any other requiring much
less quantity In using.
Is UNIFORM stiliens and finishes work always
the same.
Eingsford's Oswego Corn Starch
Is the most delicious of all preparations tor
Puddings, Blanc-Mange, Cake, Etc.
PATENTS.
Fee Reduced, Entire Cost $55.
Patent Office Fee ?35 in advance, balance $20
within 6 months after patent allowed. Advice
and examination free. Patents Sold.
J.VANCE LEWIS & CO.,
19-3m Washington, D. C.
Kflfl AGENTS WANTED to canvass for a
wuu grand ptctcbe, 22x28 inches, entitled
"Thb Illustrated Lord's Prater." Agents
are meeting with great success.
For particulars, address
H. M. CK1DEK, Publisher,
48 ly York, Pa. ,
REMOVAL. ;
The undersigned has removed his
Leather and Harness Store
from Front to High Street, near the Fenn'a.,
Freight Depot, wliexe he will have on baud, and
will sell at
. M REDUCED TRICES,
Leather and Harness of all kinds. Having good
workmen, and by buying at the lowest cash,
price. I fear no competition.
Market prices paid in cash for Bark. Hides and
Sklus. Thankful for past favors, I solicit a con
tinuance of the same.
P. a Blankets, Robes, and Shoe- findings made
a speciality,
.,,,. J0S- M- HAWLEY.
Duncannon, Julyl9, 1876. tf
IflSTATK NOTICE. Notice Is herehygtven,
J that letters of administration on the estate
of John Kunkle late of Marysvllle Borough, Perry
county l'enn'a., deceaied, have been granted to
the undersigned residing In the same place.
All persons Indebted to said estate are requested
to make immediate payment and those having
claims to present them duly authenticated for set
tleuieut.
JOHN KALER,
June 12, 1877. Administrator.
JOB PHIVTING of every description neatly
and promptly executed at Reasonable Kales
at the Bluointleld limes Steam Job Cilice.
For The Times.
WRITING HIS, AUNT.
IN LOOKING over a pile of old letters
many of them closing "Yours In
Haste," reminds me of a letter written
by a friend of mine to his wife's aunt,
after much solicitation, and what came
of it.
Our friend, we informed you, la mar
rled ; and his wife had one blood relation
and " expectations." These expectations
(worth something In the future to draw
upon a sort of fancy stock for Hope,
the generous banker) were chiefly based
on the good will and good deeds,duly re
corded In the record-oflice of a maiden
auut. To this maiden, as In duty bound
the happy bride despatched an epistle, to
which the answer came In due course of
mail, formally complimentary, full of
good wishes and delightful confidence
that she should and must approve her
niece's choice, together with all the oth
er complimentary prettlnesses with
which such a letter ought of right and
of custom to be filled. In a postscript
the maiden expressed her earnest desire
to know more of her new connection,
and trusted thnt, at no distant day, he
would himself write to her. The young
wife was not one who would let expecta
tion grow cold for lack of nursing, or a
maiden aunt become indifferent for want
of attention. It seemed as if it was the
sole business of her life, (shopping ex
cepted) to keep up her correspendence
with this Aunt Expectation. Her hus
band wondered at her punctuality. To
think that a person could write letters
except upon compulsion, and such long
letters, too ! And that she could regu
larly, once a fortnight, receive and as
regularly answer them, and that, too,
without any conceivable topic that he
could devise. It was a wonder to him.
Tbe postscript of ench letter from aunt
was regularly read to him. It always
desired remembrance to her nephew,
whom she had never seen, and express
ed regret at his silence, and apparent de
termination that she should never know
him. These were the postscripts intend
ed for his ear ; but in the body of the
letter Aunt Expectation did not scruple
to express her doubts whether the man
could write, whether he could spell cor
rectly ; or, if he had accomplished that
part of his education, whether it had
been carried so far as to enable him to
express his feelings, (if he had any feel
ings) in a grammatical manner. She
wondered whether ho could talk at all,
and began to have sad misgivings.
The niece was eloquent in rebutting
all these injurious aspersions, and pro
tested that her chosen was a paragon.
But Aunt Expectation declared that
one letter from him would do more to
give her a proper appreciation of the
man, whom 6he fully desired to love and
respect, than volumes from a wife in her
honey-moon, who was either very fond
or a great dissembler. Hut she was on
no account to tell him these things.
Now Aunt Expectation lived in what
used to be considered the far West. It
was some hundreds of miles away, and
those were the days when there were no
railroads. Write to a friend now. nd
desire his presence, and he will be
"yours, in haste," directly, answering
by wire the next moment, and present
ing himself by rail the next dny at far
thest. Our fathers and their sisters, vid
elicet, our aunts, in their slow habits,
knew nothing of the fast progress of
this generation. It was a weary thing
to travel, and required some previous
thought and preparation. Such a pack
ing of boxes, and labelling of trunks,
and counting of parcels, and overlook
ing of baggage, as used to be required,
made a journey of a hundred miles of
more moment than a trip to England
now 1b. Therefore, Aunt Expectation
had not for many years visited her
friends in the east, and as " distance
lends enchantment to the view," per
haps she saw them all in a better light
all except our luckless friend who
would not trust his penmanship to her
scrutiny.
The young wife began to fear that
Aunt Expectation would become Aunt
Exasperation, and visit on herself the
wrath which her husband was dally In
creasing. So she told him positively he
must write. She painted the folly of
losing some great advantage by mere
negligence. The husband promised,and
that was all. She repeated her urgent
entreaties ; and at last met him every
duy with the inquiry, " Have you writ
ten ?" Now it is easier to fib hypothet
ical, by saying 14 1 will," than to falsi
fy positively, by saying " I have," when
you haven't. And one day, when his
hat was on to return home, our friend
remembered the everlasting question.
He hurried through a few lines, sealed,
directed, and placed among the other
letters one to " My dear Aunt." But ho
forgot to pay the postage I
" Have you written ?" his wife asked,
before he had taken a chair.
" Indeed I have," he answered with
the air of injured innocence, now pre
pared to face its persecutors.
" I don't believe you."
" That is pleasant."
" Do you mean to say you have writ
ten to my auntr""
" Most unequivocally."
" Let me see the letter." .
"That Is unreasonable. I never see
yours, nor ask to. Besides, It's on Its
way to Ohio before this time."
" We shall see," said the wife. And
so they did. In fifteen days, precisely,
from the date of our friend's letter, just
as the couple were sitting down to tea
there was a knock at the front door. A
tall figure in traveling attire superin
tended the delivery from the stage coach
of "great trunk, little trunk, bandbox
and parcel," carefully counting them on
the sidewalk, and as carefully enumera
ting them after they were removed Into
the hall.
"Where's my niece?" she asked,
when the tale of baggage was found to
be all correct.
" My dear aunt I" said the young wife,
who had now the first suspicion who her
guest was. Speedily the baggage was
removed to the best chamber, and the
niece bustled about, the happiest of the
happy. With a flying visit to the kitch
en, to bid Betty increase the materials
of the entertainment, and a flying visit
to Aunt Expectation, who was bring
ing " false fronts" and bits of lace ruffle
out of their receptacles ; with now a fin
ger of aid in the toilet, and now a hand
of assistance In the kitchen with a look
at the parlor lamp,' and a poke at the
parlor fire, little wife was in a transport,
and husband felt placid. Now, In doing
the honors of his house, she was his wife
"in haste."
Presently, all prim and stately, Aunt
Expectation was formally introduced,
and placed at the tea-table. Every eil'ort
was made to give her welcome. Her
new nephew, In the delightful and un
expected hurry of the scene, said very
pleasant and polite things, and rather
overacted such hospitalities of the tea
table as he ventured upon. But that
was natural, and to some extent, agree
able. Still, Aunt Expectation seemed sur
prised at something which she did see,
or which she did not. The aspect of
matters was evidently not what she had
counted on. Sho was long In coming
round to anything like a feeling of pleas
ure corresponding to what her hostess
displayed. There was a sense of con
straint upon her which was supposed to
be the fatigue of her journey, and she
early retired to rest.
In the morning the cloud had some
what abated, but not entirely disappear
ed. Our friend voted inwardly that his
wife's aunt was a soured maiden, but
gave expression to no opinion. When
the husband had left, she said :
" Well, my dear, I am glad to see you
so well and happy. The pleasure Is not
the less" (her face gave her the lie as
she said so,) " that it is unexpected."
Unexpected !"
" Read that letter. See first that there
is no pre-payment, which I regarded as
an evidence of hurry and anxiety."
The niece took her husband's letter,
and read as follows :
" My Very Dear Aunt : I can
postpone writing to you no longer, and
regret that I have done it so long. I am
anxious to receive a visit from you at
your earliest convenience, and my wife
desires It very much. Trusting that we
shall soon see you, I am
Yours, In haste."
The poor wife's face wore first a look
of blank astonishment, and then chang
ed from white to red, and white again,
under Aunt Expectation's fixed gaze.
"What does that mean ?" said the
aunt.
"I don't know."
" But what does he mean by I can
Xostpone no longer,' and a visit at ' my
earliest convenience,' and 1 my wife de
sires it very much' ?"
" The fact is, my dear auut, that my
husband la very negligent correspond
ent. I gave him no peace till he could
tell me he had written. He could post
pone it no longer In comfort that is all.
' Your earliest convenience' is a mercan
tile phrase In sollcltlug payment, which
slipped into the letter in his haste. And
that I did desire to see my only blood
connection in the world Is certainly very
true, as I have written you a hundred
times."
" I see it all ; but it is very little satis
faction to me for the fright and uneasi
ness which have hurried me over the
mountains, a long journey, and at a bad
season of the year, for such an expedi
tion. I shall understand his next letter,
if he ever writes one which I beg you
won't insist on again !"
Aunt Expectation was somewhat
mollified before tho clay of return came
around, as her friends did all in their
power to mako her visit pleasant. And
her anger was completely subdued when,
the next year, in her western home, sho
was apprised by a carefully-written,
long epistle, properly dotted with re
flections, and not signed " Yours, In
haste," that her nephew had called his
first born by her name.
The visit was not without Its advan
tage to the couple. It did not defeat
their expectations, but Insured them;
for tho Hlirevnl aunt devised her estate in
trust for the children, when she died,
not long nftor, and thus saved, it from
becoming to tho father's creditors
"Yours, in hwite."
Sorenadtitfl ttie Wre f arty.
C CLAUD CULFEPPEU came down
from Dayton, Wednesday evening
with an intention. During the bright
Lexington of youth he had met a Bay
miller street belle, who smote him heart
and soul. Mr. Culpepper's Intention in
coming to Cincinnati, was to serenade
his love. So, gathering a quartette of
his tuneful friends, he started Wednes
day evening for the house of his heart's
idol. It was twelve o'clock when tho
boys anchored under the window of
what C. Claude believed was the shelter
ing fold of his dear lamb. He made a
mistake of 100 In numbering the houses,
and it was John Sanscript's humble
abode that was about to be honored
with the serenade. John, however, is
one of those misanthropic men who nev
er seem to recognize a favor when they
meet one, and when he was awakened
from his slumbers by
Don't you remember sweet, Alice Bon Bolt V
sung In one treble, one tenor, two basses
and four keys, he was, to draw it mild,
ruffled in his temper. Mrs. Sanscript
heard the melody, too, and whispered :
" Them's serenaders."
" I'll serenade them," snarled John,
getting up, opening the blinds slyly and
looking down on the choristers below.
" What In the name of the Numidlan
lion are you going to do, Sanscript?"
asked Mrs. S. rather uneasily.
" Just wait and see," gathering up an
armful of boots and leaving them down,
handy near the window.
Just then the boys turned upon
Thou art so near and yet so far.
" Not so far as you Imagine," growled
Sanscript, as he dumped the coal from
the scuttle conveniently near the win
dow. Then he tugged the brimming slop
bucket across the room and added It to
his armory just as the gay gamboliers
switched oiT Into
What has a poor girl
But ber name to defend her I
" She sometimes finds her father does
that pleasant duty," muttered the des
perate man. Tho boys were singing a
medley, and while Sanscript was gather
ing in the tongs and shovels.they began
to warble,
My heart is broke, God knows it !
" And your heads will be in the same
condition when I get through with you ,"
panted the avenger. Then he added the
Bible and Webster's Unabridged Diction
ary to the pile of missiles by the window
at the very moment therefloated up from
below :
I shall ne'er forget she day j
" Nor will you ever forget the night
when you came to serenade my house,"
smiled tho old man, reaching the oil can.
Oh, my heart is gone I
sang the boys under the window.
" Yes, if you saw me piling up these
brick from the fire-place you'd follow
your heart most mighty d. q.'
Thou art sleeping, my love,
Thou art sleeping.
chimed the quartette.
"I'll be if I am," declared San
script, as he scooped up the hair brushes
and toilet set from the dressing case.
While he was toting the ottoman across
the room the boys pitched Into
Don't forget your little darling.
" Oh, I'll never forget you, never fear,
and you won't never forget me either,
after I'm through with you."
Open the window my sweet one.
" Damme if I don't," grinned Ban
script, as he added a panful of ashes to
the pile of destruction by the window.
Come, birdie, come
" I'm coming, you yelping hounds,"
yelled the old man, thrusting his head
out of the window. It took him only
ten Beconds of standard time to pitch
boots, shoes, coal, hair brushes, books
toilet Bets, ottoman, slops, ashes and all
upon the heads of the horror-stricken
serenaders below. Before the quartette
realized tho situation, the storm was
over. They all survived, but were un
mercifully demoralized. And when a
voice came from above, articulating in
the key of J the one word "git," they got.
Girls, Confide In Mother.
The moment a girl has a secret from
her mother, or has received a letter she
dare not let her mother read, or has a
friend of whom her mother does not
know, sho is in danger. A secret is not
a good thing for a girl to have. Tho
fewer secrets that lie in the hearts of
women at any age the better. It Is
almost a test of purity. Sho who has
none of her own is best and happiest.
In girlhood hide nothing from your
mother ; do nothing that, if discovered
by your father, would make you blush.
When you are married, never, never
conceal anything from your husband.
Never allow yourself to write a letter
that he may not know all about, or to
receive one thai you are not quite willing
that ho should read. Have no mysteries
Whatever. Tell those who are about you
where you go and what you do. Those
who have the right to know, I mean, of
course.
A little wcretlveness has set many a
scandal afloat; and much as Is said about
women who tell too much, they are
much better off than the women who
tell too little. A man may be reticent
and He under no suspicion ; not so a
woman. :
The girl who frankly says to her
mother, " I have been here. I met so
and so. Such and such remarks were
made, and this or that was done," will
be certain bf receiving good advice and
sympathy. If all was right, no fault
will be found. If the mother knows,
out of her greater experlece, that som"
thing was Improper or unsuitable",''' she
will, if she Is a good mother kindly
advise against Its repetltlpnyv
It is when mothers discover that their
girls are hiding things from them that
they rebuke or scold. IrinocMifc.. faults
are always pardoned by a good parent.
You may not understand, girls, Just
what la right, just what is wrong yet.
You can't be blamed for making little
mistakes, but you will never do any
thing very wrong if from the first you
have no secrets from your mother.
A Courting Couple and a Live Ghost Badly
Scared.
IT IS SAID that Jordan, the New
York Greenwood drummer, recently
met with the following amusing experi
ence In his extensive travels : On going
to a hotel In one of our large cities he
was assigned to a room previously part
ly occupied. After being shown the
way by the polite and accommodating
clerk, he went to his apartment, found
the door open, a candle dimly burning
on the centre table and the only bed in
the room occupied by the stranger who
was to be his room-mate for the night.
The unknown man seemed to be taking
his rest, and not wishing to disturb him,.
Jordan quietly disrobed himself, said
his prayers, blew out the candle and
went to bed.
Before he had quite fallen asleep he was
somewhat startled by the entrance of a
young gentleman and lady, who re
lighted the candle, and soberly seated
themselves in a corner of the room In
full view of the hero of this incident.
The Intruders chatted away in a sug
gestive and affectionate manner, just as
lovers always do. The novelty of he
situation seemed to have its effect upon
them, and after sundry comments of the
weather, the latest gossip and small so
ciety talk, the pair settled down to'
"business."
All of this time Jordan was an Inter
ested listener, and he was prepared for
the kisses which fell upon the willing
Hps of the fair inamorata. He hunched
his bedfellow with his 'elbow, but the
stranger slept on. Then followed a
scene of affectionate demonstration be
tween the couple In the corner. Jordan
determined to waken his unknown
friend, so that he might see the fun.
Raising his hand, he laid it upon the
face of tho unconscious sleeper, and
then his hair, in holy horror, stood on
end.
The face was cold and clammy he
was " sleeping with a corpse!" Shoot
ing up straight through his canopied
couch Jordan appeared before the
startled pair a -rentable ghost. The
young man and lady disappeared down
the stairway In wild affright, closely fol
lowed by the unwitting author of this
startling escapade. The clerk of the hotel
had perpetrated a practical joke on the
" commercial traveler. "
The scene In the office Is said to have
been very ludicrous when the three par
ties appeared before the bar, Jordan en
dishabille. Can you fancy anything
more spirituelf Two hundred and fifty
pounds avoirdupois makes a tolerable
vigorous ghost, and what is remarkable,
the ghost came in ahead.
A Novel Breach of Promise Suit.
A rather novel breach of promise suit
has just been begun before the Superior
Court for Windham county, Conn.
David L. Rock, a sturdy young man of
Waurengan, two years ago began to pay
his addresses to a bright, black haired,
black eyed girl by the name of Agnes
Oreenea. The swain bought little pres
ents and paid his sweetheart the most
undivided attention, but Agnes did not
think enough of David to become his
partner for life, and plainly told him so.
David didn't like the " mitten" a bit,
but watched every opportunity to enjoy
the company of'Agnes. About three
months ago John La Rose appeared on
the scene, and hia attentions to Agnes
were reciprocated and after a short court
ship they were married. After the knot
was tied, all the chances of David Rock
were gone, and he now brings a suit for
$200 damages against the girl and her
husband.
O Perseverance merit's neither blame
nor praise; it ia only the duration of
our incllnatlona and sentiuienta, which v
we can neither create nor extinguish. X