THE TIMES, NEW BLOOMFIELD, PA., DECEMUEU 11,1877.
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PHILADELPHIA AND READING R, R.
ARRANGEMENT OF PASSENGER TRAINS.
November 51Ii, 1877.
TRAINS LEAVE II AURISBURG AS FOLLOWS
For New York, at 6.20. 8.10 a. m. 8.57p. m.,
and T.6S p. ni.
For Philadelphia, at 8.20, 8.10, 9.45 a.m.
and 3.67 p. m.
For Heading, at 5,20, 8.10, 9.45 a.m. and 2.00
3.67 anil 7.66.
For rottsvllle at B.20, 8.10 a. ni.. and 8.67
E. in., and via Schuylkill and Susquehanna
ranch at 2.40 p. in.
For Auburn via 8. ft S. Br. at 5.10 a. m.
For Allentown, at5.20, S.lua. in., and at 2.00,
3.67 and 7.55 p. m. ..... .
The 6.20, 8.10 a. m., 8.67 and 7.55 p. in., trains
have through cats for New York.
The 5.20, 8.10 a. m.. and 2.00 p.m., trains have
t hrough cars for Philadelphia.
SUNDAYS s
For New York, at 5.20 a. m.
ForAUentown and Wav Stations at 5.20a.m.
For Reading, Philadelphia and Waydtatlonsat
1.45 p. in.
TRAINS FOR IIARRIsm'UG, LEAVE AS FOL
LOWS :
Leave New York, at 8.45 a. m., 1.00, S.SOand
7.45 p.m.
Leave Philadelphia, nt 9.15 a. m. 3.40, and
7.20 p. m.
Leave Heading, at tUO, 7.40, 11.20 a. in. 1.30,
6.15 and in. 35 p. in.
Loave Pottsvllle, at fi.10, 9.15 a.m. and 4.35
p. m.
And via Schuylkill and Susquehanna Branch at
8.15 a. in.
Leave Auburn viaS. S. Br. at 12 noon.
Leave Alleutown, at HSU 5,50, V.USa. m., 12.15,
4.30 and 9.0) p. in.
SUNDAYS:
LeaveNewYork.at3.no p. m.
Leave Philadelphia, at 7.20 p. m.
Leave Reading, at 4.40, 7.40, a. m. and 10.33
p. m.
Leave Allentown. at2 30 a. ni., and 9.06 p. m.
J. K. WOOTF.N, (ien. Manager.
C. G. Hancock, General Ticket Agent.
fDoes not run on Mondays.
Vla Morris and Essex R. R.
Pennsylvania It. It. Time Table.
NEWPORT BTATION.
On and after Monday, June 25th, 1877, Pas
senger tratuswlll run as follows:
EAST.
Mlllllntown Acc. 7.32 a. m., dally except Sunday.
Johnstown Kx. 12.22 P. M., dally " Sunday
Mail, 6.64 P. M., dally exceptSuudaj
Atlantic Express, 9.51p.m., flag, dally.
WEST.
WayPass.9.08 A. m., dally,
Mail 2.43 p. m. daily exceptsunday.
Mlllllntown Acc. 6.55 p. M. dailyexcept Sunday.
Pittsburgh Express, 11.67P. M., (Flan) daily.ex-
cept Sunday,
raclile 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 BTATION.
On and after Monday, June 23th, 1877,trains
wlllleave Duncannon. as follows:
EASTWARD.
Mlfllintown Ace. daily except Sundayat 8.12a. m.
Johnstown Ex. 12.53P. M., daily except Sunday.
Mail 7.30 p. M " " "
Atlantic Express 10.20 p. m., dally (flag)
WESTWARD.
Way Passenger, 8.38 A. M., dally
Mall, 2.09 p. m dailyexceptSunday.
Mllllintown Acc. dally except Sunday at 6.16 p.m.
Pittsburg Ex. dally except Sunday (Hag) 11.33P. M.
WM. O. KING Agent.
D.
F. QU1GLEY &:CO.,
Would respectfully Inform the public that they
have opened a new
Saddlery Sliop .
In Bloomfield, 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-classes,
tablishment. Give us a call before going else
where. W- FINE HARNESS a speciality.
REPAIRING done on short notice and at rea
sonable prices.
HIDES taken in exchange for work.
D. F. QUIGLEY & CO.
Bloomfield, January 9, 1877.
inn AGENTS WANTED to canvass for a
vM grand PICTUBB, 22x28 Inches, entitled
"The Illustrated Loan's Pbaykh." Agents
are meeting with great success.
For particulars, address
H. M. CRIDER, Publisher,
4 1y York, Pa.
REMOVAL. .
The undersigned has removed his
Leather and Harness Store
from Front to High Street, near the Penn'a.,
Freight Depot, where he will have on hand, and
will sell at
REDUCED PRICES,
Leather and Harness of all kinds. Having good
workman, and by buying at the lowest cash
prices, 1 fear no competition.
Market prices raid in cash for Bark. Hides and
Skins. Thankful for past favors, i solicit a con
tinuance of the same.
P. 8. Blankets, Robes, and Shoe- findings made
a speciality,
JOS. M. HAWLEY.
Duneannon, Julylff, 1876. tl
gURPRlSING !
JUST OPENED
A VARIETY STORE,
UP TOWN!
We Invite the Citizens of BLOOMFIELD and
vicinity, to call and examine our Stock of
GROCERIES, OTJKENSWABE, GLASSWARE,
TIN WARE. A FULL VARIETY UF
NOTIONS, &c, &c, &c,
All of which we are Belling at astonishingly
LOW PBICES.
Give us a call nnd SAYH MONEY, as we
are almost GIVINU THINGS AWAY.
t3. Butter and Eggs taken In trade.
. VALENTINE BLANK,
38 ly Went Main Street.
TOB PRINTING of every description neatly
'! ""nroinptly executed at Reasonable Mates
at the Blooiulleld Times Steam Job Onioe.
IIP
Managing a Maid.
"rvON'Ttellme anything about It.
' JJ Maria," onld Mr. JoneH. "I
think I've stated the case clearly. A
good mistress makes a good servant ;
and If you give orders to Nora well,
say as I give mine to my clerk, all
would go on as It should. Try being
very reasonable and very kind, yet very
positive. I don't want to hurt your
feelings, Maria, but I could manage this
house and see that the bit of cooking,
and all the dusting, and sweeping, and
trifling of that sort was properly done
without stirring from my seat In the
parlor. We live very plainly, and really
thlstnlkabouthouse-keeplnglsahsurd."
" Put, Albert, my dear," said Maria,
'you don't understand. I merely men
tioned that mutton must never be sent
to the table rare, and she "
" There, there, Maria," said Mr. Jones.
" I don't want to ofTend you, but it's all
your want of calmness. Now I must
run, I'd no Idea It was so late. But if
you'd only take my plan, Nora would
give you no trouble whatever."
Mrs. Jones said no more, but she kiss
ed her husband good-morning 'with a
look in her eye that meant something,
and when Mr. Jones came home at
night, he found his wife with a hand
kerchief about her forehead, lying on
the sofa. She had a tenlble headache,
and, moreover, It was no better iu the
morning.
" And if you can stay at home, dear,"
said Mrs. Jones, "I'll be so thankful."
" Very well, my dear, I. can stay ; and
I will," said the husband, "and perhaps
I'd better go for the doctor."
"No," said Mrs. Jones; ."nothing
ails me but a headache ; but It Is not
possible for me to attend to anything.
Bo, now, love, you can show me how
Nora can be managed."
" I think I can," said Mr. Jones. " I
think I can, Maria. What will you have
for breakfast now V"
" Oh, nothing but toast and tea," said
Maria, " and there is steak in the house,
you know, and eggs, and you must give
out coffee."
Mr. Jones nodded and rang the bell.
There was do answer.
" I suppose Nora Is not up yet," said
Mrs. Jones. " I generally wake her."
" I should never think of waking my
clerk," said Mr. Jones. "Nora should
be taught to rise at a proper hour to be
gin her dally duties. However, I'll rap
at her door."
Having climbed the steps for this pur
pose, Mr. Jones succeeded at last In pro
ducing from the Interior of Nora's de
partment, a loud
" Lord save us, Is the house afire,mum
that you're batln' in the door V"
"The house is not on fire," replied
Mr. Jones, with dignity, " but it Is time
that you were up. In future rise at sev
en without being called."
" Did I ever hear the like!" retorted
Nora. " Do you think a gurl Is an owl
to slape wld one eye open '"'
"I have given my orders, Nora," said
Mr. Jones, gravely.
" Then I'll take none from you, sir,"
said Nora.
However, shortly after, she eame flap
ping down stairs in her morning Bllp
pers and was heard splitting kindling
wood in the kitchen, whereupon Mr.
Jones again rang the bell. This per
formance producing no effect, he rang it
six times in succession, and at last,
growing hot with indignation, bounced
down stairs.
" Did you hear me ring, Nora," he
asked.
" I did ; and I was wonderin' if you
found it amusing," replied Nora.
" I rang for you," said Mr. Jones.
" Ye'll ring long," said Nora. " Kape
a second gurl ef you want bells answer
ed, and what's happened to the missus
that she sends you after me V"
" Mrs. Jones is not well," said Mr.
Jones.
"I'm sorry, then," said Nora, "for
she's a decent-behaved lady, and that's
more than I can say of some others."
Her tone was personal, but Mr. Jones
pretended not to notice it.
" Mrs. Jones will have tea and toast,"
he said, " and I will have cofl'ee, steak,
and some eggs."
"For the same breakfast?" asked
Nora.
" Yes," said Mr. Jones.
"Ye'll take tay the same as her,
then !" said Nora.
"No, I will take coffee," said Mr.
Jones.
" Ye'll not git It," said Nora. "I've
niver made tay and coffee for the wun
breakfas' for any wun, and I'll not he
gin." " I will have cofTee, Nora," said Mr.
Jones, calmly, and proceeding to unlock
the pantry door and produce coffee suf
ficient for a breakfasting regiment. Then
he walked calmly upstairs and waited.
Hours rolled on, nothing came into the
dining-room but smoke. Mr. Jones
knew too much to ring the bell this
time. He went down stairs again and
penetracted the clouds of smoke that
filled the kitchen.
"Is breakfast nlmost ready, Nora?"
he said.
" Sorra B happorth I" said Nora. "The
range won't light."
" It's this damper," said Mr. Jonrs.
" It's pushed the wrong way." And he
altered it.
" I've not lived out twenty years,"
said Nora, " to be larnt now about a
range by a man."
" Very well," said Mr. Joties, " It Is as
I sny. Breakfast In fifteen minutes
Nora."
" Harken to him," sold Nora through
the smoke.
Mr. Jones retreated. An hour after
wards breakfast was served the steak a
cinder ; poor Mrs. Jones' tea flavorless,
warm water, no cofl'ee whatever, and
the eggs, too soft to be eaten. As for the
toast, it was scorched In black bars, and
had been done on the gridiron on which
fish had been broiled.
"You see," said Mrs. Jones, " I al
ways see to things a great deal, I suppose
you couldn't, dear."
" Maria," said Mr. Jones, " I think
Nora must have a peculiar character. I
have not yet found the key to it. I must
be more decided, I suppose. I'm sorry
your tea and toast don't relish. I'll see
that you have something better soon.
Do you know, I believe the military
style of command Is the best. I'll adopt
It. Since Nora was not engaged to an
swer the bell I must call, I suppose."
"Nora!"
Nora appeared.
" Clear away," cried Mr. Jones.
Nora put her arms akimbo.
' Clear away," said Mr. Jones, as an
ofllcer might cry, " Shoulder arms."
" What V" said Nora.
" Keniove breakfast things !" bellowed
Mr. Jones.
Mrs. Jones retired to the sofaand shut
her eyes.
Nora walked out of the room with a
grin of derision. Mr. Jones followed
her.
" ltemove breakfast things," he snid
again.
" If you mane clare the table," said
Nora, " I'll do It when I'm ready. There
is a dale to do yet before that time'll
come."
Mr. Jones retreated. Mrs. Jones
watched him as he re-entered, with eyes
that were very bright for one with a
headache.
" H'm !" snid Mr. Jones. " I suppose
you had rather give orders about tidying
bedrooms, and so on eh V" '
"Oh, no," said Mrs. Jones, " I leave
it all to you."
She shut her eyes again. Mr. Jones
read the paper. About an hour elapsed
when Nora came to clear the table.
Thereupon Mr. Jones tried his military
system again.
" Neatly arrange the whole house," he
said with emphasis on every word.
"What do you mean by that?" said
Nora, scowling.
"Arrange the whole house neatly,"
said Mr. Jones.
" The like o' that," said Nora, and
she marched out of the room. Mr. Jones
followed.
" Did you hear my command ?" he
asked.
" You get out of my kitchen," soid
Nora. "I'll take no more orders from
you."
Thereupon Nora threw a dish cloth at
him, and he, naturally Infuriated, threw
it toward her again. Whereupon Nora
at once tied up her eye In a large pocket
handkerchief and vanished through the
door.
Poor Mrs. Jones ! Her headache would
not have lasted so long had she known
what the result of her husband's method
would be. She had expected a little fun ,
but not quite this.
Nora, who knew only too well how
such things were managed " made a
charge" against her cruel master for
assaulting her with a dish cloth. Not
only had Mr. Jones to pay a fine and
receive a reprimand, but the reporters
got hold of him, and he was published
over the length and breadth of the land,
name and residence in full, as one of the
greatest brutes living. In some papers
he had beaten his servant girl with a
poker. In some he had broken her head
with an ax. He had inflicted wounds
on her with a carving-knife, and he had
shot her with a five-shot revolver.
In every case she was presented as In
nocence in grief, and he was an armed
rufllan. For the next week he spent his
time in writing contradictions to the pa
pers from which Mrs. Jones in floods of
remorseful tears cut the paragraphs con
cerning him ; but he never boasted of
his method with servants again, which,
after all, must have been some comfort
to Mrs. Jones.
A Sensible Woman.
The wife of a Pennsylvania clergyman
when dying recently, called him to her
bedside and said: " Don't grow morbid
when I am gone. Go into society, be
cheerful, and let no regard for my mem
ory check you when you see fit to marry
again. It is my wish ; the children must
be cared for; you will need a helper in
your work. You cannot live olone; your
temperament Is against It; only choose
a cheerful woman, and teach her to love
our children. Don't answer me, and
don't be governed by what the world
says or thinks."
A SCHOOL ANECDOTE.
THE following anecdote was a favorite
one with the late Amasa Walker.
The moral Is applicable In these
dnys :
There was a district school in the old
town of North Brookfleld that was par
ticularly difficult to govern. In fact, for
several winters the boys had succeeded
In barring out the teacher and closing
the school. The selectmen were anx
ious to put a stop to this kind of work,
and it was finally decided that the
selectmen should advertise for a teacher,
the advertisement to set forth all the
difficulties such a teacher would have
to contend with, and offered Increased
compensation to any one who would
undertake the job. The advertisement
was duly inserted in the county paper
and in the Boston and Providence
papers.
But a few days hod elapsed when a
young stripling, and undergraduate of
Brown University, made his appearance
before the selectmen and applied for the
school. The selectmen looked at him,
and at each other, In perfect astonish
ment. At last the chairman said :
" Do you think you can teach this
school '"'
" I can try, sir."
" But no one else has succeeded."
"That Is what the advertisement
snys."
"And are you willing to undertake
It?"
"Thnt is what I am here for."
" What method, may nie ask, do you
propose to pursue V"
"I will tell you at the close of the
term."
"But if you fail V"
" I don't propose to."
" Are the terms satisfactory V"
"Well, yes; but as you doubt my
ability to teach the school, I will further
amend by making the proposition that
if I do fail I am to receive nothing, and
if I do succeed, the price to be
doubled."
This was agreed to, and the teacher
engaged. It was not long before the
fact got noised through the district and
over the town. As usual, the school
commenced on the Monday after
Thanksgiving. The teacher had been
employing the intervening time Is mak
ing a choice selection of hickory sticks
with knots well defined on the sur
face.
That district school-house had never
before been so well filled on the first day
of the term. The teacher addressed the
school, laid down his rules, and then
prqeeeded to grade the scholars.
When the first class was called out,ac-
cording to a preconcerted plan, a giant
youth,the son of the village blacksmith,
stepped Into the middle of the floor and
commenced to raise a disturbance.
" Take your seat, sir," said the
teacher. ,
" When I get ready," was the defiant
answer.
" Step this way, sir j"'
" Well, yes, I guess I will," said the
young giant, and then went for the
teacher. When within a few steps of
him he was ordered to halt. The blue
eyes of the teacher looked right at him,
and he cautioned him not to come any
nearer. The boy, measuring the relative
strength of both by bulk kept on. The
teacher Btruck out from the left shoulder
and laid the huge form of the boy on
the floor; he again sprang to his
feet and was knocked down the second
and third time. The teacher then reach
ed round and took one of his sticks and
belabored the fellow till he bawledwlth
pain.
There was no more trouble that day,
but the victory was not won. This the
teacher understood. The next morning,
after the school had been called to order,
there was a knock at the door. The
teacher opened it, and was met on the
threshold by a man of about forty years
of age, huge In stature, with face be
grimed and a long coarse, grizzly
beard.
"What do you wlsh'i"' mildly asked
the teacher.
" To enter school."
"All right, sir; step in and take a
seat in front of the desk, and I will ex
amine you shortly." The man swag
gered in, casting his eyes round the
room with an expression that was per
fectly understood.
" Now, sir, stand up, and I will see
what class to put you in." The man
stood up, and with some difficulty suc
ceeded in getting through the alphabet,
but failed in words of two syllables. '
" You will take your seat in the pri
mary class," said the teacher.
"I'll see you first."
"Sit down," was the quiet but de
termined order.
The man with ademonlacgrln sprung
for the teacher, but found himself
sprawling on the floor.' He jumped up
In a perfect rage, but the practical eye
and hand of the teacher met him, and
he went down again and again igno
mlnlously. 'I have got enough," he criel at
last.
" But I have not," said the teacher,
and he proceeded to select his hickory,
with which he belabored the giant till
he howled with pain and sprung for the
door.
" Come back and take your seat the
school Is not dismissed." The bravo
came back like a whipped spaniel.
The school was kept, the selectmen
were satisfied, and the teacher received
his advance.
A Hotel Keeper's Story.
lt QTEAL!" said the old man, in
O accents of Intense scorn. "Steal !
Why, you would be astonished to find
how large a proportion of the traveling
public are Infernal thieves. They steal
the bed clothes, pillows, boot-jaeks.soap,
soap-dishes everything, in fact, which
they can carry otr. Everybody steals
soap. We expect that, and don't kick.
You'd be surprised to hear that a noted
Indiana politician makes a practice of
putting the soap into his valise every
time he pays his bill. He doesn't seem
to use much of it himself, but I think
he takes it home to his children. The
first thing to be done when a fellow
comes to the office to pay hi3 bill Is to
send the porter up to his room to see if
anything is ' missing. When a fellow
comes down with his valise In his hand
we are unusually suspicious. The only
way to get even with the thieves is to
keep a 1 thief account.' Whenever any
thing Is missed I charge it up at a fair
vulue, and the next time I catch a thief
In the act I make him pay the entire
amount or go to jail. One day a nice
looking fellow came down with a valise
In his hand and inquired the amount of
his bill. The minute I saw him I knew
ho had stolen something, so I rang the
bell and gave the porter the wink. I
pottered about the books while the por
ter was gone, and could see he was get
ting uneasy. He had a notion to bolt,
but just then the porter came down,and
I saw by his eye that something was
missing. I jumped oer the counter
and grabbed the rascal by the throat.
' Open that valise, you d d thief," says
I. He got very white about the gills,
and began to beg. When the valise
was opened, sure enough there was a
new bed-spread for which I had paid
$5. ' Bill,' says I, bring me the account.'
I footed it up, and It amounted to just
$57. 1 You pay that;,' says I, ' or go to
jail.' He thought it was d d hard to
have to pay for other men's stealings,
but on the whole concluded that it was.
cheaper than to go to the penitentiary.
Compounding a felony ? Well, yes, it
did have that complexion. But may be
it nipped a thief in the bud. The girls
are generally honest, though once in a
while we catch one of them. One time
there was an infernal tree peddler stop
ped with us, and he had a black vest
stolen. I paid him $5 for It. He de
scribed it very accurately. There was a
yellow spot on the collar, where he had
dropped some acid on it, and his name
In full was written on the leather with
which it was bound at the bottom. I
suspected the girl Mary. We watched
her for a week or two, and concluded we
were mistaken, when one day a fellow
came in with a black vest,'and there was
a round yellow syot on the collar. It was
Mary's sweetheart. I collared him,
Jerked up his vest and found the name
of the tree peddler on the leather. He
owned up that Mary had stolen the vest
and given It to him. At that time the
thief account was only t", and so he got
off cheap."
A Curious Lawsuit.
Los Angeles has had a novel lawsuit.
It came before a justice's court, and was
to this effect : A. had a sick horse which
was in great suffering, and which he
thought was sure to die. So he took the
horse to B, a livery stable keeper, and
said : " I will give you five dollars to
kill this horse for me." "All right,"
said B. So A paid the live dollars, left
the horse in charge of B and went
away. B could not, however, summon
sufficient nerve to kill this poor animal,
so, in his turn, B said to C : " If you
will kill this horse for me I will give
you five dollars." "All right," said C.
and took the horse away with him. C.
however, did not kill the horse, but
doctored him and restored him to health.
A, much to his surprise, one day saw U
driving a fine animal, which A unmis
takably recognized as his formerly sick
horse. A demanded the horse from C ;
C refused to give him up, and A brought
suit against C to recovered possession of
the horse. The jury decided that C was
entitled to the horse. We understand
that the eaee w'ill lie appealed to the
county court, Los Angeles (Cal.) Ex.
pre).