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THE FIRST PREMIUM
FOR PIANO FORTES.

eEfUIE. THE IUIgcsV :. a.
IE PIANOS ever offered in Colum6la; nbans Is TO o
f& y be found now at the MUSIC STORE OF
WN. RAMSAY, 178 Richardson-street
EyeryPIANO has the latest and best Improvements
ore of the latest style, and guaranteed superior IN
and nishand GRE sold at prices to suit the times.
partss wishing five, ten, fifteen or more, can have
them at liberal discount. 80
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Notice.

yENHE Firms of J. n. LEWIS 6 CO., at Yorkville,
Il 8. c., anl LEWIS s. WILSON, at Chester, s.
c., are this day dissolved by mutual consent. The
names Of the firms will be used at both places in
settling up their old business.
J. N LEWIS,
d. II. WILSON.
October lst 1855.
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LAIR NOTICE.--All persons indebted to the
IL estate of IRA FERGUSON, deceased, either by
note account earnestly requested to settle up
before the first of January next; if not, the notes
and accounts belonging to said estate, will be pa
ced in the hands of JNO. L. MILLER, ESQ.,, for
collection Persons attending to this call may save
cost and conscience.
ALLEN ROBERTSON, Admir-.
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ANNIVERSARY OF

ST. JOHN, THE EVANGELIST,
pHILANTHROPIC LODGE, No. IS, of Ancient
a Free Masons, will on the evening of the 9th
DECEMBER next, at the Masonic Hall, publicly IN
STALL the officers elect, for the ensuing term
The ceremony will commence at o'clock, p. m. and
as every preparation will be made, the public, and
the Ladies, especially, are invited to attend
P. B. DARWIN,
j. E. JEFFERYS. Com.
o. P. CRAWFORD.
Nov 30 Al 4t
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LOOK OUT FOR THE ENGINE !

! orkvi,le, Dec. l3, 1875.
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Tar, Remedy for Horse Distemper.

Tar, a Remedy for Horse Dlstemper.
Thomas w. Ladd, of Smithield, Jeffer-
son county, Ohio. writes the Ohio Farmer
that he has found remedy and cure for
"distemper" in horses. He says:
Having three colts sick with this dis
ease, an experienced farmer told me to
use tar, and he thought that the sick colts
would soon recover, and that those who
had not taken the disease would not have
it at all, or but lightly. followed his
direction, to my entire satisfaction. ]
gave the colts, morning and evening, as
much as could readily get into theil
mouths with paddle. After few ap.
plications, the sick ones commenced run.
ming at the nose, their appetites returned
and in short time they had entirely re
gained what they had lost from disease
The others never took it to my knowledge
Some prefer mixing fish oil with the tar
but used it alone, and / believe it to b'
entirely sufficient, if the article be good
pure tar. / would have no faith at al
in the coal tar now in use in some places.
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From the Baltimore Weekly Sun
Indian Corn-Cob VS.. Grain.

The following are two of the principal
reasons why some farmers raise cobs with
but little corn upon them, aud but one
ear to the stalks: First, because the seed
is not properly selected; and secondly,
because that part of the ear that should
be planted is shelled off and cast aside.
Seed corn should be selected by going
into the field before the corn is gathered,
and where two ears are found upon a
stalk, and have come to perfection, the
larger and better ear of the two should
be pulled off with the husk upon it, and
so on till sufficient quantity is gathered.
Let them then be tied together and hung
up, or put in a dry place, secure from
mice and rats. The corn should be per-
fectly ripe before it is gathered.
Seed corn selected and preserved in
this way is sure to come up; and if this
plan is pursued from year to year, there
can be had from two to three ears to the
stalk instead of one. In the next place
the whole ear should be shelled together
and planted, instead of shelling off each
end and planting the middle of the cal
only, as is the plan generally practised by
the most of farmers. The only reason
that 1 can see why this is done is because
their fathers did so. By pursuing the
above plans from year to year, there car
not only be had two or three ears to thu
stalk, but the entire cob will be filled will
corn, even around the small end. Ihavt
the experience of some of the best ant
largest farmers in Tippecanee county, ant
am trying the same experiments myself
Corn is the principal crop in Indiana
and though it is easily raised, as the sol
and climate is adapted to it, yet SOM
farmers raise light crops owing to thei
doing as their fathers did.
Two farmers had corn in one field nea
me last year. There was but turnin,
row between them, the soil the same, ant
one had about two-thirds more corn t.
the acre than the other. The reason was
the one selected, shelled, planted and cul
tivated his corn as his father did. TIL
other selected, shelled, planted and tende'
his corn upon scientific principles. TIL
latter raised large, heavy corn, though tn
season was very dry. B. F. B.
Lafayette, 7sppecanoe Co.; Indiana.
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Remedy for the Corn Grub.

A writer in the Michigan Farmer says
that to take round stick, two inches in
diameter, pointed, and with it make from
two to four holes about each Hill of corn,
he found to be completely successful in
catching the grub. In moving about the
hill they fall into the holes, from which
they can neither emerge or penetrate into
the ground, but are left to perish, which
they do in twenty hours. BY this
mode the corn was saved from harm, while
his neighbor's, just over the fence, wal
badly injured Also, such of his owr
corn where the grubs were not thus trap
ped, suffered greatly. - Ger. Tel.
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Keeping MIX from souring.

We have seen it recommended in a
number Of our exchanges, to use little
soda in sweet milk, for the purpose of
preventing it becoming sour during very
hot VI Gather, and especially in thunder
storms. We cannot but think that this
is far from being commendable plan.
The best way to preserve milk is to keep
it IN clean vessels in cool, dry airy place.
When milk becomes sour, the cream should
at once be SKINNED off for churning into
butter.
There can be no doubt but little soda
which is an alkali, will prevent milk from
becoming acidulous, as soon as it other
wise would, but the cure is just as bat
as the evil.-Sc,entiec Amerscan.
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A sharp Rejoinder.

In 1920 there was q bill before the New
York House of Assembly, in relation to a
LOCALITY in Delaware county that was call
ed The Devils Half Acre Elisha Will
Hams took occasion to express his sur
prise from what he saw of the county in
the House, that the Devils patrimony
was so small there! General Root (who
was well aware that Williams had been a
great speculator in lands sold for taxes
answered that his patrimony had once
been greater, but mostly been sold for
taxes, aud bought in by bis friends.
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THE Law OF NEwsPAPERs.

1. Subscribers who do not give express no
tice to the contrary, are considered as wishing
to continue their subscription.
3. If subscribers order the discontinuance of
their newspapers, the publisher may continue
to send them until all arrearages are paid.
3. If subscribers neglect or refuse to take
their papers from the Offices to which they are
directed, they are held responsible till they
have settled the bill, and ordered them discon-
tinued.
4. If subscribers remove to other places
without informing the publishers, and the pa
pers are sent to the former direction, they are
held responsible.
5. The courts have decided that refusing to
take periodicals from the office. or removing
and leaving them uncalled for is prima facie
evidence of intentional fraud.
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Carriers Spanish Mixture.
NOT PARTICLE OF MERCURY IN IT.
LET THE .AFFLICTED REID and
PONDFRg

LET THE AFFLICTED READ and
PONDER!
An infallible Remedy for Scrofula, Kings Evil,
Rheumatism, Obstinate Cutaneous Eruptions,
Pimples Pustules on the Face, Blotches,
Boils, Ague and Fever Chronic Sore Eyes,
Ring Worm or letter, Scald Head, Enlarge
ment and Pain of the Bones and Joints, Stub
born Ulcers, Syphilitic disorders, Lumbago,
Spinal complaints, and all diseases arising
from an injudicious use of Mercury, Impr,l-
dence in Life, or Impurity in Blood.
"a This great Alternative medicine and Puri-
fer of the Blood is now used by thousands of
grateful patients from all parts of the United
States, who testify daily to the remarkable
cures performed by the greatest of all medi-
cines, CARRIERS SPANISH MIXTURE. Neural
gia Rheumatism, Scrofula, Eruptions on the
Skin, Liver Disease, Fevers, Ulcers, Old Sores,
Affections of the Kidneys, Diseases of the
Throat, Female Complaints, pains and aching
of the Bones and Joints, are speedily put to
fight by using this great and inestimable rem
edy. yf-.-Es a.g. H.
For all diseases of the Blood nothing has
yet been found to compare with it. 1t cleanses
the system of all impurities, acts gently and
efficiently on the Liver and Kidneys strength
ems the Digestion, gives tone to the stomach,
makes the skin clear and healthy, and restores
SSAASeAseAsA0
ken down by the exoesses of youth, to its pris-
tine vigor and strength ~ i sss-sT
For the ladies it is incomparably better than
all the cosmetics ever used. A few doses OF
CARTER's SPANISH MIXTURE will remove all sal
lowness of complexion, bring the roses mant-
ling to the cheek, give elasticity to the step
and improve the general health in a remarlla
BILE degree beyond all the medicines ever heard
of. ~ e sS, saQq
The large number of certificates which VT
have received from persons from all parts o
the United States, is the best evidence tina
there is no humbug about it. The press, hote
keepers, magistrates, physicians, and public
men, well known to the community, all ado
their testimony to the wonderful effects of thi
GREAT BLOOD PURIFIER.
Call the AGENT and get Circulsr an
Almanac, and read the wonderful cures thi
truly greatest of all medicines has performed
| None genuine unless signed BENNETT
BEERS, Proprietors, No. Pearl street, Rich
mond, Va, to whom all orders for supplies an
agencies must be addressed. And for sale b
Jno. M. Kirkbride, Woodsfeld; VIII. Malle
ry, Sunfish and Jamestown; A. s. Marsillio
New Castle; T. C. Penn, Antioch; and by dea
ers in medicine every where.
Nov. %, 1S54-ly
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Legal.

q The other day, lady, the owner of q
grocery in Natchez, was on trial charged
with selling whisky to a slave without the
written permit of the owner. The spy,
who had been sent to smell out such of
fences, stood near the door, and testified
that he saw the negro take gallon jug
from his wagon, without cork, and empty
because he turned it bottom upward, car
~ It into the store, give it to the lady,
who carried e into the back room, staid
o short time, brought it out and gave il
to the negro, also giving him some money
at the same time, although the said wit
ness had not seen the negro give the lady
any money. The jug was full and the
liquor was whisky, because the witness
took the jug from the negro and drank
.ofsit.g
The learned District Attorney, Merwin
contended that it was plain that the money
handed the negro was change for thu
money paid by the negro; but the adroi
counsel for the lady, Judge Thatcher
gravely appealed to the court if the cir
cumstances Of the case did not bear hin
out in the very probably supposition tina
the benevolent lady, finding herself b,
some foul means, in possession of som
yillainous red-eyc, '.gcre the negro til
moneyto pay Mn for remoring Il. from he
premisesfp
Abroad grin Illuminated nearly ever
face in the court. Even the usually rigi
features Of Judge Posey gave indication
of ii smothered smile, under which b
gracefully took glass of ice-water. Th
result was the jury was hung and not tn
lady - Goacordia Lstel2igencer.
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Nutriment of Onions.

Prot. johnson gives his opinion infayol
of onions as very nutritious vegetable
and for laboring men with strong diges
tive powers quite healthy. tits not mere
ly as relish that onions are used SO large
ly by many people, but because they give
strength as well as satisfaction of ap,
petite. Prof johnson ranks onions in
point of nutriment with peas. .aA
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SIGNAL FOR SILENCE. = Byron tells US
that when Maturin wished his family to be
aware that the glow of composition was
on him, he used to sticka a acater on his
forehead, which was a signal for universal
silence Ifohe found it efsectnal, we think
he took a very good acayJor to seal their
mouths. < ~sra
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prrcr or 4 BRoKEN HEARr--The |,

PR1cE OF BROKEN HEART. The late
Robert G.. Sands sued for damages in a
case of breach of promise of marriage. =
He was offered two hundred pounds to
heal his broken heart. 1.-TWO hundred!''
he exclaimed; "two hundred for ruined
hope, blasted life! Two hundred for all
this? No-neveri Make it three hun
.dred, and it's q bargain y ss.f,., 1rr
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Clover and Timothy Seed Sewers.
VHE foregoing valuable farming utensils, pat
i ented June 8. 1854, by w. Davis; is now
offered for sale to the farmers of Monroe coun-
ty, who are requested to call at agents and
examine the same. ,fa sss3
For sale by Jno. NJ. Kirkbride and r. g. 4
J. Okey, Woodsfeld; Litten & Herman, Sunfsh
g. H. Huffman, New Castle; T. Mitchell & Son
Antioch; "A. w. Geahart, Beallsville.
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DOESTICKS LAST.
Receipt of an Unexpected Favor.
BRooKEYN, April Is. 1855.


l have been the recipient of an unex-
pected favor. have here publicly to
acknowledge the receipt of rare bird
of uneXampled dimensions Shanghai
Rooster with double teeth, which has been
presented to me by our friend the young
'un." When 1 desire to speak of the
various beauties of this feathered pledge
of friendship, language can't come to time
His legs rival the grand street liberty
pole in length, size and symmetry-in
fact, he exhibits rather strong tendency
to run to legs; his plumage is yariegated
and generally shaggy, and his disposition
courageous; he has an eye like hen-hawk,
a tail like the butend of feather-duster,
and voice like a rhinoceros with the
whooping-cough; he is perfect in every
point; he combines in single expression,
the elegance and euphony of the ancient
Latin tongue, and the expressive intensity
of the more modern Bowery idiom; he is
literally "gallus."
He is present from Burnham, Profes
sor No. of Henology, and such pro-
iciency in universal humbug that he ranks
only second to the Bridgeport Fejee Prince
l-Burnham, who made one fortune by
selling "pure bred" Shanghai stock, and
another by showing up the tricks of the
trade, and the mysteries of Roosterdom,
blue covered book, with gilt edges, and
who has now left the hen trade, only keep
ing on hand few chicks of warranted
pure blood, which he prescribes at high
prices to any anxious individuals who
haven't yet had the Clever va popular
epidemic, price 81; can be caught at any
book store
How they ever got my bird from Bos-
ton to New York, l am uncertain; but
have the authority of the engineer for
stating that they switched. the locomotive
off on a side track, and made him draw
the passenger train. Got him home for
fear he would stray away in the night;
anchored him in the barnyard to a stone
smoke-house, with chain cable. Was
walked up in the morning by sound like
an army of tom-cats, in league with o
legion of amateur bull frogs-listened--
heard it again-thought my time had
come-covered my head up with the bee
clothes-was soon startled by the sudder
disappearance of the same-looked ur
and saw Mr.. Shanghai had poked hi:
head in at the third story window, ant
was pulling the covers off me with {
vengeance; he made a grab at my leg
but hit him with boot-jack and sue
ceeded in impressing upon him the ides
that he was trespassing-kept ont of hi
reach during the day, and watched hin
from distance; he has to get down OF
his knees to eat, inasmuch as his neck ms
more than half as long as his legs. Blu
i admire his beauties, though can't con
ceive what he's made for; and I can bea
ample testimony to the excellence of hi
appetite. On the whole, am delighted
and you may express to the donor my sin
ooro oh1srofinpc
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~ The Usage orange makes an ex-
cellent and durable hedge, and grows well
in all the Middle, ard probably the South
ern States. ,30t 2 e7ht
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Applicants forpremiums on Crops, must have
their ground and produce accurately measured
by one or more disnterested persons, whose
statements must be verified by affidavit, and
must furnish explicit written statements of 1st,
the kind of soil; I'd, the kind and quantity of
manure, and manner of application; Sd, the
manner and time of preparing the ground, and
planting or sowing; 4th, the quantity of seed
used; 9Th, mode ofNculture and time of har-
vesting; 9Th, the amount of time of both man
and beast employed in applying manure, pre-
pairing the ground, planting or sowing, cultiva-
ting and gathering the crop; 7th, and aett
amount of the crop, the whole of which must
be measured or weighed by the usual stand
| ards; sth, if practicable they must produce a
sample of the crop to the committee, and have
it exhibited at the Fair.
The premiums will be awarded with refer
ence to proftableness, as we'll as amount of
crop-hence quality as we'll as quantity will be
considered.
The object which the Society wish constantly
to keep in view in awarding premiums on crops,
is not merely that it may be known that large
| crops are raised in the county; but that the
method of cultivating such crops may be made
public-that the farmers of the county gener-
ally, may avail themselves of any knowledge
that may be useful to them. W
Competitors for premiums on Corn, and Clo-
yer and Timothy seeds, may report to the COM
mittee at any time previous to the first Mon
day in December, and on Tobacco previous to
the first Wednesday in March 1856.
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CLASSICAL INSTITUTE,
For Young Ladies and Gentlemen

TTNHE FOURTH SESSION of this Institution
i will commence on MONDAY, April End,
1855, and continue IA weeks.
Young Gentlemen wishing to learn Civil En-
gineering and Surveying will have favorable
opportunity during the Spring and Summer
Sessions, as the proprietors have procured all
the instruments necessary for field practice.
Special attention will be given to those wish
ing to qualify themselves as Teachers.
Tuition fees are moderate, and every care
will be taken to afford pupils the means of &C.
quiring thorough Classical and Mathematical
education.
For further particulars inquire Of
JOHN i. THOMPSON,
f2s ttf2 s-s4 SAMUEL DAVENPORT.
nc
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.DREApFuL CATAsrRopHE AvERTEp.-

DREADFUL CATASTROPHE AVERTED.-
1t will be recollected that certain Mr..
Crane of Randolph county, in speech
during the canvas, declared that ifhis
county did not give larger majority
for Wise than it ever did before for any
sother candidate, he would "seize the high
est mob of Cheat mountain by the shaggy
tops of its gigantic chestnut-oaks, and
sling it clear into the Pacific Ocean. ~
This terrible threat of Mr.. Crane must
have had the desire effect, for Randolph
has given Wise majority of 1T, which
we believe is the largest Democratic ma
jority it has ever given. We have
the satisfaction of announcing that the
Cheat mountain will remain where it is in
undistnrbed security, and that there is no
occasion for the exercise of Mr.. Cranes
Herculean powers. This is the more graf.
flying inasrnuch as it would have been per-
haps disastrous thing to our commerce
lop the Pacific coast if Mr.. Crane had car
-ried into effect his terrible design. An ar
stificial island in the middle of the Pacific,
created by the deposit of Cheat mountain,
would have been fearfully Obstructive to our
merchant vessels, and we should be con-
stantly hearing of dreadful shipwrecks
and marine disasters ensuing from an
encounter with an unknown island in the
middle Of the Pacific. The necessity
for q new edition of Lieut.. Maury's
-Mncators' Chart would have been urgent,
a6dsthe general arrangements ofour COM
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N'HE undersigned has for sale large lot of
i first rate BRICK, which he wishes to dispose
of. Those in want of Brick will please to give
him call. NJ. MORROW.
!, Wpodfseld, Sept. 6. esssf
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BE EFFECTUALLY CURED BY
DR.. HOohand's


Prepared By DR.. c. NJ. JACK,SON
No. 120, .4rch Street, PHILADELPHIA
Their power over the above diseases is not
excelled, if equalled, by any other preparation
in the United States, as the cures attest, in ma
ny cases after skillful physicians had called.
These Bitters are worthy the attention of in
valids. Possessing great virtues in the recti-
fication of diseases of the Liver and lesser
Glands, exercising the most searching powers
in weakness and affections of the digestive Or
gans, they are withal safe, certain and pleasant.
READ AND BE CONvINCEDl
MORE ONO TESTIMONY IN FAVOR OF DIR. HooF-
LANDS CELEBRATED GERMAN BTTTERs, prepared
by DR.. c. M. JACKSON, Philadelphia. From
the mass of testimony received, the proof is
conclusive that this medicine has no equal for
diseases of the Liver, Stomach, Nerves, Kidneys,
&c.--Read and be convinced: -
E. B. PERKINS, Marietta, Ohio, Feb. %, Isl,
said: "Your Bitters are highly priced by those
who have used them. In a case of Liver Com
plant, of long standing, which had resisted the
skill of several physicians, was entirely cured
by the use of Five Bottles.''
C. L. DRAKE, Freedom Portage Co., Ohio,
April %, 1852, said, "The German Bitters you
sent me last have not yet come to hand.
have been out of the article for some time, to
the great detriment of invalids. 1t is medi-
cine much thought of and sought after in this
community
B. M. HUTCHINSON, NJ. D., Bedford, Cuyahoga
county, Ohio, Aug. 26, 1852, said: sSThe Bitters
you shipped me in May last are all gone.
think it is good medicine, and L am recon-.
mending it to my patients and friends (Which
/ do for no other patent medicine.) You will
please forward large supply" ~
S. FRENCH, Wooster, Ohio, Nov. 80, '52, said
81 have used some three or four bottles of Hoof
lands German Bitters for Dyspepsia, and havs
derived great benefit from their use. believe
them to be good for all diseases for which they
are recommended" " s+7sfs als. =
l w. NJ. ORR, Wooster, O., October I'd, 1852
said: you ask my opinion of the German Bit
ters. have used them for Dyspepsia, or Indi
4 gestion, and take pleasure in stating that
think they are the very best remedy extant fo
the above complaints-they are decidedly in ad
rance of all the proprietary medicines Of the day.
=. Mr.. Orr is a distinguished lawyer o
Wooster. "a - .ss.4 rs
These Bitters are ENTIRELY VEGETABLE. The!
neper prostitute the system, but imuigorate ii. 81
For sale by dealers in medicine everywhere
Jno. NJ. Kirkbride, Woodsfeld; w. II. Malio
ry,s Sunfsh and Jamestown; A. IS. Maisilliot
New Castle; 7. c. Penn, Antioch; and by dealer
in medicine everywhere. szssasS - IS, IS 5ssss >
4 Nov. 22,.1s54-ly sst .satsss ~ 4.