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ENHh subscribers have uSt received at their old ,aif
L Mcrcurs Block, Towanda a new and good assorna
o. Nling and summer Goods. consisting Of READY.Nt
CLOTHING, GENTLEMANS' FURNISHINGS G01c
ever imported into the Countv-all Of the latest y>
market which are being scattered far and wide l. y
WY OF furnishing Goods, we have complete a~s0--
-travats Collars, Shirts, Under Shirts Drawers. W.
rerS, Gloves, SlspcndclS. iIandkerchcfS Hosicry
KINDS, and variety Of Trunks &c.
Our Ready-Made Clothing embraces every thing j~-
piG N that line, and a. we buy for CASH We can aa
sell 20 per cent lower than anv other CI5thfnr Fs
lAEI'' IN I'W4ada D. ALENANil.
Tow&nda, January l, 1855. 5. N.ENlNpH.
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SURE Protection AGAINST PEACH TREE
WoRNs,-A correspondent at Perry Wyoming
County, New York, says: My father has
peach and apple orchards in Indiana To pre-
serve the roots Of trees, he is in the habit of
putting about half q bushe of the stems of
tobacco around each tree on the top of the
ground, once i'll two years. This plan has
never failed to protect roots from all insects &c
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WINTER WHEAT IN -Notwth-
standing the unfavorablc weather for the last
few weeks, the winter wheat throughout our
tinbered lands looks exceedingly well. On the
openings, as far as heard from it has more of
the yellow cast, which speaks rather unfavora-
bly, for our open winter-Appletoa Crescent
jan l3
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S. FELTON, would most respectfully inform his old Gus
toners and the public generally that he will still continue
the LIQUOR BUSINESS at the old stand and that he is
now receiving large additions to his stock direct from first
hands in New-York which he will he most happy to sell
the most reasonable terms He Is also agent for the
sale of Binghamton Ale supply o. which he keeps al
ways on hand and for sale cheap.
T0Mandl Noycmber I. ISL.
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FALL AND WINTER GOODS!!

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- customers and the public generally large and COM
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TOwanda, january s, lS5j.

+. SOLOMON respectfully calls the attention Of his
Old friends and the public generally the above
ment and invites all who may be in need of Clothing To
give him call, assuring them that he can furnish them
with woods at the lowest prices and that no pains will be
HiidLcH u merit iIclf patronage. 2m3l
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e@" Full compliments of tools and imple-
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DISSOLUTION-The co-partn:rshp here
~ totoc existing between s. FELTON, and f. T. Fox is
this day dissolved by mutual consent The notes and ac
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generally be found at 5. Feons store at the Ward
House. Those interested will please lake notice that the
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The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1855-08-15
Wives Save your Husbands.

The following should be read by every
woman in the country, married or unmar-
ried; yes, it should be committed to men,
ory. and repeated three times a day, for it
contains more truth than many volumes
that have been written on the subject
"How often we hear man say, am go
ing to California, Australia, or somewhere
else. You ask him the reason of his GO
ing away, and the answer in nine cases out
of ten, I am not happy at home; I have
been unfortunate in business, and I have
made up my mind to try my luck in Cali
fornia. The world seems to go against
me. While fortune favored me, there were
those whom 1 thought to be my friends,
but when the scale turned, they gave me
the cold shoulder. My wife, she that
should have been the first to have stood
by me, was the first to point the finger of
scorn, and say cit is your own fault, if
you had attended to your business as they
have, you would not have been where you
are now" These and like insinuations
make him unhappy at home. He may
nave CliiuTtu t1dl uc iOfcS, ,uC CstliuOU cH-
JOY life with them as he would; he may
love them as dearly as ever, yet home is
made unpleasant, in consequence of that
cold indifference of the wife. Now l
would say to all wives, sisters, and in fact
all females deal gently with him that is in
trouble; remember that he is very easily
excited. A little word carelessly thrown
out, may infict wound time can never
heal. Then, be cautious, man is but a
human, therefore he is liable to err. II
you see him going wrong, ever meet him
with smile-and with the kiss ofaffection
show that you love him, by repeated acts
of kindness; let your friendship be un'
bounded; tryto beguile his unhappy hours
in pleasant conversation. By so doing
you may save your self and children al
unhappy future. When man isin troub
lie, its but little word that may ruin hin
lit is but little word may save him.
The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1855-08-15

"Yes, Sir; the Major always sends me
to bed at the third bowl, Sir, and I always
doesn't go. He's been telling you the
old story, now hasn't he, Mr.. Philip"
"What old story, John?"
"Why, all about Miss Lewis, and Mis-
ter Tom, and the General?" f
eyes"
John laid his long black finger know
ingly up by the side of his nose, and
looked at me.
"Why, John-you don't mean to say
-eh?"
"All the punch, Sir"
"What! Sarah and the black horse
and"
"All punch, Sir"
"John, my man, go in and take care o.
him. He is either asleep or drunk. Gu.
rious that! Why didn't l think that &
man was hardly to be believed after tho
second bowl, and perfectly incredible or
the third. By Jove! he is trump at 6
story, though"
1t would be difficult to describe all that
l dreamed about that night.
The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1855-08-15
Comparative Nutriment in Articles Of
Food.

The following table gives q comparative
view of the value of different substances
for human food, SO far as their nutritious
qualities are concerned; but with the most
nutritious substances, such as peas and
beans, some of the coarser and less nd
tritious substances should be taken upon
the same principle that hay 1or strawis
fed with grain to stock. Of LOO pounds
of each of the following substances il may,
be assumed that the figures show the num-
Der of pounds of matter that go to sus--
tain life, or support the strength Of tho
consumer Thus, if 100 pounds, Of scosA
meal cost the same as 100 pounds Of
turnips, which is often the case in this
market, the meal win really be worth
twenty-five times as much as tuFnips fot
food. zss 81 DBL
The per cent, taking loo as the unit,
Of the different articles, is as follows, ac-
cording to chemical analysis, VIZ -
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Select storp.
.s.s.3, From Harper's Magazine.
THE T HIR d BOW L ],
THE BACHELOR's STORY.

Draw your chair close up. Put your
feet on those skins. You will find them
soft and warm. Light another pipe, and
I'LL your glass, Philip. 1t is bitter night
My old bones shudder when hear the
wind wall over the house and through the
oak tree. Capital punch, thati John has
. knack at the article that / have rarely
seen eqnaled-neyer surpassed. He is a
prince of servants, is John, if he is black
i have had him with me now-let me see,
it must be thirty years. at least-itis thir-
ty-two years next Christmas week, and ]
have never quarreled with him. and he has
never Quarreled with me. A rare history
{ for master and man. think it is because
!, we love each others weaknesses, and here
he comes. ~
John, another bowl of the punch, if
you please What, not another! Ger
tainly, man, I must have it. This is only
the second, and Philip, yonder, has drank
hall, of course. Not drank any! You
! don't mean to say he has been drinking
nothing but that vile claret all the blessed
evening? Philip, you dog, I thought you
knew my house-rules better than that.
But you always would have your own way.
II lone more bowl, John-but one. 1t
shall be the last; and, John, get the old
Maraschino, one of the thick black bottles
with the small necks, and open it gently.
But you know how, old fellow, and just
do your best to make us comfortable.
"How the wind howls! Philip, my
boy I am seventy-three years old, and
seven days over My birthday was a
week ago to-day.
sds" An old bachelor! Yea, verify. One
of the Oldest kind. But what is age?
What is the paltry sum of seventy years?
Do you think / am older in my soul than
Twas half q century ago? Do you think,
because my heart beats slower, that my
mind thinks moreslowly, my feelings spring
up. less freely my hopes are less buoyant
less cheerful if they look forward only
weeks instead. of years? ~ tell you, boy,
that seventy years are day in the sweep
of memory; and Once young forever
young, is the motto of an immortal soul
/ know / am what men call old, / know
nay cheeks are wrinkled like ancient parch.
.nent, and my lips are thin, and my head
gray even to silver. But in my soul
feel that am young, and shall be young
till the earthly ceases, and the unearthly
and eternal begins.
II have not grown one day older than ]
was at thirty two. have never advanced
q day since then. All my life long since
that Has been one day-on short day; nc
night, no rest, no succession of hours
events, or thoughts, has marked any ad.
vance ,...s..s- .se.ss.. &
Philip, ] have been living forty years
by the light of one memory-by the side
of one grave.
ID Ohm, set the bowl down on the hearth
Yon may so. You need not sit up for
me: Piilip and I will see each other to
our rooms tonight, John. Go, oldfellow,
and sleep soundly, Isa.la i, s a
Phil, she was the Purest angel that
The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1855-08-15
FRIENDSHIP.
IMITATION OF POE.


.'Tis shadowy view of Heaven, oft to toll
i ing mortals given,
And the soul that's tempest-driven o'er
,.s,s life's dark and troubled stream,
From its holy charms may borrow balm
for every earthly sorrow,
As its light illumines each morrow with a
calm, celestial beam;
Brightly gilds life's dreary morrow with
its scintillating beam.
Who to his Spirit turning, seeks to satis-
gae fy its yearning,
But will find within him burning its serene
Heaven lighted flame?
NOhi when other ties are broken, every
heart hath yet its token
OF some Friendship, though unspoken
though unuttered by name,
That, through smiles and tears unbroken
= groweth evermore the same.
When, from thoughts of joys departed
s. we awake all lonely hearted
AS from dreams of bliss upstarted-to the
worlds tumultnous strife,
Softly on the Spirit beamlng, 1t hath al
the lovely seeming
of . ray from Heaven cleaning on the
~ rugged path of life.
Cherish, then, its light forever, and the
pure spell, broken never,
Shall, with power that nought may sever
saa.s to my soul its blessings lend;
And for age rejoice to borrow from it
presence joy for sorrow,
That my life's uncertain morrow may b.
cheered by many a friend,
Till we meet beyond all sorrow-meet il
Heaven friend with friend.
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Fascinating a Bull.

1t is said that bulls are very fond of
music, and that man can fiddle his way
from one end of field to the other, with
out danger, providing he keeps up a jolly
tune. A couple of Irishmen this spring
were hired as laborers on farm in West
chester county, and were so much annoy
ed on going to work, by bull, that they
had to take something of a circuit around
the field where the animal was kept.
"Be jabers," says Pat, one morning,
I'm got it Phalim dear, we can chate the
bull, an cross his field"
can how will We do it, Pat?"
Mighty aisy, I'll take along my fiddle
and fasciuate the baste. I'll give him
Garry Owen" and "St. Patrick's day
in the morning." won't he be frisky?"
Pat was as good as his word-of both
started to work, and reached the dreaded
field. Phalim's courage began to ooze
out little, so he got behind the stone
fence While Pat gallantly entered the field.
The bull was feeding at some distance,
when Pat began to play. He raised his
head, listened for half moment, then
with wild roar, made for Pat.
In,vain did Pat change the tune, it was
of no use, and the bull was within few
feet of him when he took to his heels
1t was too late, however, and Pat found
himself stretched out all sprawling, in the
top of an apple tree, the thick branches
of which sustained him in mid air. Or
a bough near him hung his fiddle. For
tunately Pat had received no injury, save
a few scratches. a
Phelim slowly raised his head, and look
ed over the wall. "Pat, have you fasci
mated the bull ?"
"No, be jabers! ID the bit ov it, and
the raskal has fascinated me and the Jsddl
bothw
Their employer soon reached the spot
and Pat, after descending safely, told hi:
story with the utmost simplicity.
"Ahm said their employer with tht
greatest gravity, "you didn't play the
right tune. He is a regular native Amer
ican Bull-an out-an-out Know Nothing
and the playing of foreign tunes only
made him the madden, and he won't lister
to anything but "Hail Columbia +" anc
Yankee Doodle!"
Whether Pat ever tried these tunes oul
informant did not tell US.
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A Broiled Mackerel Story.

The following good story is told of a
member of Congress from Ohio: f4n
"The venerable Gen -- was for
several consecutive years returned to Con-
gress; and the hotels and boarding houses
in Washington City in those days were
all on par, or rather below par; the
members were IN the habit of occupying,
year after year, the same rooms. The
table of Gen. -'s boarding house
(Which was kept by widow lady and two
daughters) was regularly furnished with
|stereotyped dinners, and at one end of the
table always appeared broiled mackerel.
Gen. ----, whose seat was near the
fish, had gazed SO frequently upon it for
it never was touched except by the cook)
that he knew it all "by heart" Now if
the distinguished representative had any
one particular virtue, it was an affec-
tionate desire to make every person and
every creature happy In the course of
time Congress adjourned, and Gen. -----,- ---
paid his bill to the widow, and got ready
to start for home. The stage stopped at
the door; and the old gentleman, showing
the goodness of his heart, took the widow
by the hand, and pressing it bade her
farewell; then kissing the daughters, said
he would like to see them in Ohio, and
furnish them with good husbands, &C.;
but even this was not all. The black
boys, who stood along the walls, were not
forgotten. and grinned as he handed each