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Eagle
i q GD E| EC FL &
Corner Of Third and Vine Streets,
WrLLIAMSPORT Pa.

"4&I@sA<AAtS4' oES Ia.
yu\fiE subscriber respectfully announces t0 the
Il public, that he has opened Hotel in the COM
modIous brick building situate the corner of
ihTd and Pine streets, where he III be happy to
wait npon those who may favor him with their
company. The Eagle Hotel is large and convcni-
cni, and furnished ia the best modern st,le. l. j.
provided with large Number of well aired and
comfortable sleeping apartments, ROOMS, private
paTlNrs, &c. Persons visiting " illlamsport on hu-
s,ness OF pleasure, NAV rest ured that every
er,on will lie used to render their sojnurn at the
Eagle Hotel" pleasant aud agreeable. His Table
will he supplied with the very best the market af.
fnrs, and his hsr with he choicest wines and other
lQuors-tharges reasonable. The Eagle Hol,l
possesses greater advantages in point of location
than any other similar establishment in the borough,
heing situate in the business part of the town. and
within convenient distance Of the Court House
and Wiliamspor, and Eimra Rail Road Depot
Sufficient Stahfns provided, and good aud Irusy
ostlers always in attendance.
Attentive, accommodating and hone, Servants
have been emFloyed and not ing left undone that
will add to the comfort and accommodation OF his
guests.
There will te a carriage always in attendance at
the Boa, Landing to convey passengers to and from
the House, Tree of charge.
CHARLES BORROWS.
Nav llth, lSiS.--u
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OF A LETTER FROMA POST
MASTER DATED

prMpuoKK, Washington CO., Maine, Apr 80, 1874,
MR. ISAAC BUTrS.--Dear Sir: At the re.
quest of many of my friends in this place and vic
niv who are afflicted with consumption and liver
complaints, take the liberty of asking you TO ap-
point some one in this county agent TO sell WIS
T,n's B.LsAM OF Win CHERRY. aud To send him
a few dozen. there is none of il for sale within
200 miles from this. have no doubt tina, il would
meet with ready sale if it were where il could e
procured without too much expense and delay.
Ny wife wes attacked about six months since
with what the physicians called the first sage of
consump'on-a complaint very prevalent in this
section of country. Having seen the Ba'sam ad-
ver, ,sed in Augusta.
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CONSUMPTION.

We will not assert that this BAbSAM will cure
Consumption in list tcorsi form. but it has cured
many after all other means Of relief had been tried
in vain.--And why not II seems that tho WILD
CHERRY was destined by Nature TO he our PA.
NACEA for the ravagine diseases of this cold la
ti,ude. lie, not the dcspairing invalid waste his
money and loose TIME, to him all important.
in experimenting with the trashy nos,rums Of the
day. hu, use di once medicine that will cure, IL a
cure be p.s-ible-a medicine that science approves,
aud MANY years of experience have demonstrated
that It alrdys relieves
,1Here is no snch thing rs fail" in the history
of this wonderful BALSAM. Evidence the most
convincing --eve,encc that no one can doubt fully
es,ahli hes this fact For the sake of brevity we
seec, the fol owing from thousands.
Isaac Plat, Esq, Editor of the Pckeepsie Eagle,
one of the most influential journals in the state of
New Yoik, states unde, the authority Of his own
name, that young lady, relative of his. OF very
delicate constitution, was attacked in Feb. 1912,
with severe cold, which Immediately produced spit
ting of blood cough fever aud other dangerous and
alarming symptoms. Through medical treatment
and cato she partially recovered during summer.
But the return Of winter she was attacked more
violently than at first. she became scarcely able ,o
walk aud was uruhcd with cough chils and fever
every day, aud appeared to he going rapidly with
consumption; u, this time, when there II sign
Of improvement. Mr.. Plau procured hottie #
WisrAu's B,Ls,M OF Win CHEuuY. which she
took. and il seemingly restored her. She G., a Sc
cond, and before i, was half taken she was restored
TO perfect hsalih which she has enjoyed tn the pre-
sent time, without the sghtsr, symptom Other for
mer disc Sc.
MI att saws "the cure came under my own OBJ
se,vaion and cannot he mistaken as TO the facts
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OAKIEY'S
DEPURATIyE SYRUp.

N>HE valuable properties Of Oakley's Depu,a.
Il tive Syrup Of Sarsapara, as purifier Of the
blood, is so well known 10 the public generally,
that II is unnecessary to occupy much space in set
ting forth the advantages 10 lie derived from its
use; wherever the medicine has once been intro
duced, il takes precedence over all others: eveiy
one that has taken il, have derived so signal hcne
fetal results from il, iha, j, is recommended by
them with the utmost confidence. Physicians Of
the highest standing in the profession, prescribe il
To patients under their care containing nothing
dei,ierious. but being composed of the most mild,
yet cfhcacious vegetable materials. il is offered with
confidence. the cheapes, and most efficient pu.
rifier If the blood now known. The use Of few
bottles especially in the spring months will be at
tended with a most decided improvement, in the ee-
neral strength ofthe system, erahca,ing any seeds
Of disease that may have been generated. besides
giving health and vigor 10 the hody.-For the cure
of SCrofua or Kings Evil. Rheumatism. letter,
Pimples or e,up,ions of the Skin. White Swelling.
F'siula, Chronic Cough Asthma. &c. The nu-
merous certificates in the possession Of the subscri-
Ter and his agents, from physicians and others, are
sufficient To convince the most skeptca OF It's su-
periority over all preparations oi SirssParilla
Scld wholesale and retail, hv the proprietor,
GEORGE W. OAKLEY, North 9Th street Rea-
ding, Be,ss County, and 10 he bail of the following
persons
ID. y.
Sunhury; Ireland & Mixel, McEwensve ID
Krausrr. Milton.
In Union Counip.-J. Gearbart, Selinsgrove !.
a. Gu,-lus. Mifrlinhurg.
In Columbia County.-R. w. McCay, Wash
ingion.
Reading March IL, lsi3.
Ma. OlKLsr:-I believe it the u,y Of every
DO whatever in their power lIeS for the bone-
tit Of their fellow mar, and having had positive
proof in nv own family, Of the wonderful properties
Of your D,rura,ise Syrup Of Sarsaparil, IN -
conscieniiously recommend it to the afflicted. We
had the misfortune 10 lnse two Of our children. by
the breaking ou, of ulcetous that covered th
face. head and neck although we had some Of the
most scientific physicians to attend them and had
tried all the known remedies, including Swain
Panacca. without avail. Another of my children
aueokei in The same manner, her face aId
neck completely covered; the discharge was 50
offensive apd1he disease at such height, that e
dcspsircl Of her life. Seeing the wonderful effect,
of Your nepura,ive Syrup Ct S,rsspari!ll, We wers
induced 10 make trial of il. the last resort; i
acted like a charm; the ulcers commenced healing
Immediately. frw bottles entirely re>rorelher tc
/ her he,l,a. which she has ehjoycd uninterrupted,
ever since. As purifier OF the bo0d, | verify be
/ lieve i, has not its equal.
JOHN MOYER, Tailor,
Walnut street near Fourth Rra ding.
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~ eco MILES FROM HERE, :

| took the pains to send there for a bottle Of it,.
which she took, and which helped her so much that
| seu, for two bottles more, which she has also Ia
ken, and he now says she has not felt so vel! for
Fix years as she does al this time. All those who
have inquired of me and asce',aincd whs, flee, the
Balssm had, are anxious TO have some for sale in
thi. vicinity, which is The of my writing you.
Please inform me hy re,u of mil whether YOU
conclude to send some, aud il So to whom. in order
,ha, il may I've known where it can be had.
am with respect yours. etc.
=. q. fARNSWORTH. p. NJ.
The whole country is tas, learning that mcd-
cine--no physician-no PREPARATION OF any kind
wh,tvcr-can cqna DH. WisrAR's BALsAM OF
WILD CnERnY.
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Sh hN' Li- NFNh,
Conner e Tenth aud Coa,es S;rocu

], Gabril Jous,on, No. Reckless Street, do csT-
,fy ,ha, my wife, llre, afflicted los two wears
with Rheums'ism, and at last entirely di,s'sV,,
that she "hlised u hc coufrel ~ had hcaI-
ing # Canters Nc 'ira;ej Syrup of SA's- -rar,''s,
or Anti Sco'tulic Syrup, procured f,ur hs,ii. :,
which compic,sly removed all her Pains and s,fF,
ness from her limbs; two more bottles made pr
feet rpre. SHE Is nOw allie Ia attend "a her house
hold dl,i,s as usual. GABRIL JONSIoN.
PhIladelPhia, Jan. ssl. lsii.
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CERTIFICATES OF AGENCY
For the sale of BraHdrs;A's Tssstc5Ie Unirers
Pills.

For the sale of BrTHdrS;i's TsSstcbis Universal
Pills.
Northumberland county: Mihon-Macksy 4
Chsmh,tln. Sunhnry--H. B. MaSser. M'Evens-
,Ille-lIellHi x MeixcIL NoT,hunte;lani-Wm IN.
Forsyth. Gsorgs,own-J. n ]. Walls.
Union Cauniy: New Berlin-Bogar x Win
ter. Se.inssrOve-GeOJge Gundrun. Middle
hurs-lsisc Smith. Beavcr,own-nayid Huber.
AdsmshuTs-Wm J. Man. Miti;nsbnre-Mensct
n Raw. HaItleton-Daniel Long. Frerburg-
Il. & &c. Mover. Lewishurg-Walls S Green.
Columbil county DanVillc-E. b. Reynolds
4 Go. BeTNicS--Shaman Il Rhsnhouse. Cat
IaNissa-C. G. BTObts. Bloonshurg-John Il.
Meyer. leIsey ToNn-Levi Bissl. Washington
Rob,. MoCsy. l.ime>,one-Ball'a. 4 ncN,nch.
Observe that each Agent has an Engrav,d Ger
,ifcSte Of Agency, containing 4 representation ct
DI BRANDRETH'S ManufsetoFy at Sing Sing.
and upon which viii also be seen exact copies 1T
the ns,c iebs!s HStc lSsd upon The BTGadrslh Pig
Raxss.
Philadelphia, eifce No. 5, North sIh street
u. BRANDRETH, NJ. ID
June 9Th ls43
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aNATuRgS FAvORITE PRESCRIPTION"

a prescription congen,l TO our wants. as tits pre-
pared from chemical extracts from substances which
the author Of nature has placed in our own land
for wise purposes. that many who know nothing
Of the mode Of its prcpar ,on arr endeavorins 10
reap pecunary benefits by selling an a,tcle similar
in name, or in appearance hy representing their
own trash as superior 10 this BAl.SAM. or by put
ting up mixture and splemniy sssovera,ing tina, il
is imported from f,reicn country. which is moi the
case. All these deceptive arts got show that
WIsT.u's BALs,N is known 10 the world TO I've
"THE GREAT REMEDY" AMI that to sell
any mixture il mus, be like this ia nasse, or pur.
port to he like il in substance.
uJ Believe no, the cunningly wrought fahrica.
iinns-and take only the original and genuine
WIsrAn's BALsAMo OF Win CHkRnY
NO OTHER CAN BE LIKE TT.
Address al orders TO ISAAC BUTTS, No. 81
Ann ST., New York.
Agents, JOHN w. FRIIING, Sanitary,
ID. BRAUriGAM. Northumberland,
J. X. MOYER. B!oomsburg,
]. WAGGONSEI.LER, Ssl'nS- -Grore,
BROWN & GREASY, HG'nriHe.
Feb. 22d, 1915
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Ii A N X NOT Il 1ST.
PENNSYLVANIA.

The following lis, shows the current value OF all
PENNSYLVANIA Bank Notes. The most implicit re-
lance may re placed upon il, as ii is every week
arefnlly compared with ard corrected from Bick-
nols Rrpnr,cr.
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Laconic correspondence.

Brev'y in epistolary correspondence has long
since come 10 be regarded as a characteristic of
great minds. Whether the following cores
pondence is to be regarded as the emanation Of
genius, a"discerning public must decide" as
the quack said when he spoke of the curative
powers of his patent medicine.
The first letter is from lady who keeps
boarding house in this municipality to one Of
her weekiies the second is his reyly.
"WEDNEsDAy, 10 o'clock, A. NJ.
Mr., Room No "A,
Sir send your account by my Bill, foot it
immediately or quit the house.
Yours, in want OF money,
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the Justices Of the Peace In and for the said
ty. Thomas C0zens, and being duly affirmed
cor1ng TO law, saith the above statement is in all
things true.
Affirmed before me, on the 20h Of ApfA is43. J
J. CLENENT.J p.
Such is the unprecedented success Of this BAL.
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To Country Merchants.
COuntergetters'
D E EATH 3 Low.

'he puilie will please observe that no Brandeih
l. Pills genuine, unless the box has three Ia
hels upon it. (Ihe top, the side and the bottom)
ssch containing fac simile signature of my hand
writing. thus-B. BslNnskrH, NJ. D.-Thsse la
he'll a,e engraved on s;eel, beautifully designed,
and done at an expense If over S2000.-Therefnre
il will te iha, the only thing necessary to pro-
cure the medicine in It's purity, is to observe these
labels.
Remember the top. the side, and the bottom.
The following respective persons are duly auth,rI
I'D, and roll
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Bill, we would here remark, 1.-The ladys CO.
iOred servant, well known 10 all the boarders as
"the man Of all work" A few minutes after,
Madame J---R-- pu, her note in the
hands of Bill, lie came running down stairs,
,rylng as loudly as if some person had attempt
ID to assassnate him. The following note,
which he held in his hand and handed to his
Mistress explained the cause OF his wailing.-
What T--S---iacetiously calls "iooting
our Bill'' means kicking his posterors
"WEDSEsDAy, Room "a, about 10, A, N.
lrs. J---R--,
Madam-Not finding it convenient to foot
our account, have footed your Bill.
Yours, though lying easy in bed,
extremely hard up,
T---S--
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CT Descriptive Pamphlets may be hal OF The
agents. (Grstis) J, w. FRli.lNG,
SUDBURY, Nov. Q, lsii.-ly .lstHf
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1845-03-14

n Pelic.-A day or two ago ian oak
was cut down at a short distance from
Harrisburg land near an old revolutionary
relic, known as 'Paxton's Church., which
upon counting the growshs. proved to be
near four hundred years old, and perfect
ly embedded in it at a height Of near 30
feet from the ground, was found a well
shaped stone mortar and pesle, and an
instrument very much resembling our axe,
though much smaller in size. They had
evidently been placed in the crotch Of the
tree, which had grown together over them.
and from an examination Of the section.
it is perfectly manics, tina, they mus.
have been there at least 800 years. They
are Of very hard flInty stone, and in their
finish exhibit mnch skill
Romantic Mcident.-ln 1897. CHI.
zen Of Connecticut removed 10 Michigan.
One day, shortly after his arrival in that
country, his son, lad Of four years old,
went out into the woods with girl TO
pick berries. He started to go home.
which was in sight Of the spot. alone
but never reached there. Search was
made for the wandcrer without effect, and
he was finally given up as lost. Within
a few weeks, the father found, and recog-
nzed by infallibe marks. IN lost child.
in the employ Of citizen Of Greenvillc,
Connecticut. 10 whom he had been ap-
pren.iced by the overseers Of the poor Of
Albany. II appeared that the child hsd
wandered into the woods, when he left
his companion seven years before, and
there had been met and carried Off by
party of strolling Indians. In this fami-
~ ne had wandered about, a portion Of
The time in the State Of New York, until
on visit to Albany, he had been taken
from his kidnappers by some citizens.
who noted that he was white child, and
placed him in the almshouse. Here his
employer found him, aud he was taken
to his native State, 10 be restored in q
wonderful manner 10 his parents. --king-
ton Jour. 80
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1845-03-14
CONCLUDED NEXT wEEK.l

Poor PoiUder.-A lloosier walked in
to country store on the bank of the Ohio
river, and asking the owner if he had any
good powder, he was answered in the af-
frmative. is it first rate p First rate,
sir, was the reply Il will take quarter
of it TO try He go, his powder. slept
out Of the store, loaded his rifle, looked
around TO find an object TO shoot at, when
the store keeper pointed to the opposite
side of the river, (Which was about 800
yards wide) where there was goose
picking grass.-'There,' says he, 'shoot
that goosc' The Hoozier levelled his
rife, fired and over ,umhled the goose.
A boy jumped into the boat. and soon
brought the goose across the river. The
ball had passed through its head. The
lIoozier shook his head, walked into the
store, threw his powder down, and de-
manded his money back, grumbing. you
sold me this powder for first rate, and it
ain. worth cent How so : inquired
the shop-keeper, you have made an ex-
cellent shot'-ponling to the goose's
head. THAT be hanged for shot! II
the powder had been good, | should have
shot it through the eye! Don't you see
the ball is full quarter Of an inch below
itF The store keeper a, once returned
him his money.
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feet and through his fingers, leaving him
as rigid as marble and when the blows
of the hideous mockiug devil before him
fell upon his white flesh, making it welt
in purple ridges, or spout dull black cur
rents, lie felt them no more than the dead
Intel Of his door would have done; and
the agony of that poor wife shrilling a
frantic echo to every harsh slashing sound,
seemed TO have no more effect upon his
ear, than it had upon the tree above them.
which shocks its green leaves to the self.
same cadence they had held yesterday IN
the breeze. His wide open eyes were
glancng calmly and scru!inizingly INFO
the faces of the men who stood around
those features are never to be forgotten
for while IIinch lays on the stripes with
all his furious strength, blaspheming as
they fall, that glance dwels on each face
with cold, keen, searching intensity, as
if il marked them TO be Remembered in
hell The mans air was awful-so con-
cen,rated-so s,ill-so enduring! He
never spoke, or groaned, or wEihed-but
those intense eyes of his--,he wretches
could no, stand them, and began TO shuttle
and get behind each other. But it was
too late; he had them all-ten men
They were registered.
We will drop the curtain over this hor.
rible scene. Suffice j, to say, that after
lashing him until he tainted. the regulat-
ors left him, telling his wife, that if they
were not out Of the country in ten days,
he should be shot. He did go within The
specified time and. as it was said, return.
ed with his family to Arkansas, where his
wife's father lived. The incident. was
soon forgotten in Shelby county, amidst
the constant recurrence of similar scenes.
CONCLUDED NEXT wEEK.)
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1845-12-04

low mortals! Remember, then, the fltherless
and the widow in their affections.
To the aged and n6rm, whose declining en-
ergies have been partially renewed by the cheer
ing beams Of a summer sun and summer scene
ny, the approach of winter strikes with DEATH
like and cheerless effect that seems but the sum-
mons to the tomb?
But there is one on whose sinking heart the
thoughts of coming winter beats with more than
oce1n snrge-the Drunkard's Wife Alas the
beauties Of summer have lost their power to
charm back into life her broken and wasted en-
erges The deep fountains Of her bursting
heart, have long since been broken up; and
floods of grief have swept away and buried in
one common grave all the bright anticipatims Of
bliss TINT shone on her elrly lie. With what
deep and dlrk forebodings does the gathering
pail of winter envelope her responding soul =
WHAT is there of earthly good she can call her
own? or what avail to her is the sympathy Of
frieads? 1t is but the twinkling light of far dis
tan stqrs that shine, it is true, but their bright
ness cannot warm into life soul beref Of its
long cherished and liie-giving sun. To her the
uminary of her early dlys has set, and the dark.
ness that may in sad reality be felt is the portion
Of her cup
TO the kind and benevolent heart, the coming
Of wintcr should be season of gratitude to GOO
and active charity to the poor. Who, that ever
fed a hungry child, or clothed its tender limbs
from the blasts of the winter storm, would ex
ch1nge that thrill of helven-pleasure th1t is the
sure reward of benevoence, for all the Gncfu
honors that cluster around the brows of ancient
or modern heroesl We are children of one
common filth. lie: US act towards each othel
like brethren, an then when the winter of delth
shall come upon US, it will be but the harbinge
Of never ending spring, where the chilling
frosts CT adversely will be forever unknown.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1845-12-04
Winter is Coming /,

There is more of sud rellity in this short sem
tence than may at first appear. The chilling
winds, the filling leaf and dropping flowers, alt
bear witness that the summer is past, and thot
ere long all TINT is lovely and inviting on the
green elrth will be shronded in the cold drApery
Of winter
Bat colder and more dreary is that shrcud
yed the unfortunate and the poor, Could we see
the human he lrt as it is in all its multiplied PIN
ses, mlny tale of an! ush would be revealed,
at which humanity would weep.
A year, a month or a day, may have cast tie
deep and heightened shadows Of sorrow over the
fair and sunny prospects Of happy life. In yon-
der h1lfwrmed, half-Iighted apartment sits lit.
tie group in sadness and sorrow, whose hearts,
when the spring-Aowers last opened their fra
grant leaves, and smiled on the sunlight Of hea-
ven, beat in happy unison with every thing ia
nature that spoke of tranquility and Joy; but ere
the falling leaf betokened the expiring Year. they
droop beneath whitening stroke, and now in Sd
lent sadness weep together over their blIghed
prospects. The presence and the cheerful voice
of husband and father are no longer in their
midst to beguiIe the evening hours. The strong
hand that supplied their every want, alasl where
is it, That manly form has found quiet rest
ing place 10 the silent and peaceable grave, while
the smiling flce thu was once the joy Of hap
Ply circle, exists only ia the dearly cherished
memory of the past To such group the con-
ing Of winttr is indeed the hlrbinger OF sorrow
and care. With whit anxious sollcitude does
the bereaved mother look on her helpless ones
who cling to her and her only for supportl
Beats there heart within hunn breast in
all this wide world, that would rot thrill with
heaven-born pleasure TO become the instrument
of relief and consolation to these sorrowing fel.