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NOTICE SP0RTSMEN

TilE subscriber Is now IN receipt OF Double
/ and Single Shot Guns.
Some large fine Double Guns, for deer nd
goose shooting.
Colts aud Aliens pistols Of all sizes.
Eley's double water proof central fine caps;
Coxe's ground edge caps.
Shot aud bullet pouches. powder TASKS oil all
sizes, game bags, &C., also superior powder
| have on hand, aud am constantly making
rifles az all sizes, both double aud single.
Particular attention paid to putting up globe
and telescope rifles.
49, - c COVE.
n B. AS much has been said through the
European Journals about thu extraordinary
range and accuracy of rifles used IN the French
army aud thought by some to be far superior to
any mad, in tie United States To persons
HAHN such views aud wanting rifles for lon
ger ranges, beg leave TO say that an redy
to furnish them with rifles equal in power and
accuracy 10 rifles made i'll any country. Ii there
are any doubling minds, | wish them to come
for ward and be convinced by practical demon
stratious
C. COVE.
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MEDICAL.
MAN. Know ThyseH'

AN rrvAIuAsaG BOOK roa Is cENrs-sEvEay
FAniLr SHOULD HAVE 4 CePy.'' 81
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ISIS, u ssss' vOoRHIs:
Lewisburg chronicle. [volume] (Lewisburg, Pa.) 1850-1859, 1855-04-20
Ornamental Trees and Shrubs.

One word more, before the season has
entirely past. on planting trees. Not any
longer however. at present, about fruit trees.
Having already disposed of that class Of the
trees which God himself planted in the hong
of mans first InnOcence-Ihose which -wefe
good for faod," we must not neglect thai other
scarcely less important class which were
"pleasant to the sight" Scarcely less impor-
tant. for although they do net contribute to the
qualification Of the appetite or the support OF
the body, they do ueet an intellectual, We
might almost say a moral want, the desire for
beauty, and help to nouri>h in purify and
refinement the common mind. Every man will
find his home more pleasant and his family
more happy for having some O: them about.
They may be got of Mr.. NoLL and through the
same channels generally which we have ndi-
Gated before for procuring frui, trees.
We quote the following article, from the
Farnl journal, as expressing our own views
and feelings. only remarking that The list Of
plants here given is by no means complete.
since many ether shrubs and trees Will answer
equally as well as these, when they are mere
easily obtained Indeed it requires little that
is far-ft,chcd or dear-boughl TO render door
yard or dcwe--plo. agreeable. Let there be
ltile taste for such things. and almost any
body will collect from among neishhors or
from nurserymen, at trifng cost. the means
for much pure and permanent enioymen,.-
Lelcisturg Chronicle.
Lewisburg chronicle. [volume] (Lewisburg, Pa.) 1850-1859, 1855-04-20
PLANT TREES !

Before another number Of the Journal
reaches our readers, the season for plant
ing will fully have arrived, aod We hope
every owner of an acre of land, for his
own pecuniary benefit, (Which in some
cases is the most important consideration, }
for the benefit OF those ~ho are to come
after him, and for the health, comfort and
enjoyment of himsely and family, which
will be almost an immediate result, will
not forge. to plant Pant, Pant, Pant,
should be the one idea ever present for the
ne.t six weeks. Let every fence corner,
every open space, every good exposure, be
watched for and hunted out, whete tree
Of some kind can be nc. merely stuck in,
but p,:p.f,i as it should be, and with the
object of making it not merely lire but
gror, Mrire and bear jri.u or foliage for
ornament or use. Ia former nuHabe.s OF
the Farm Journal, we have treated copi-
ously Of the mode of planting, and the
varieties Of trees best adapted for fruit
ard ornament, &c, and as cur space is too
limited now to 60 over the subject at
lens,h, wc will recommend two books
better adapted than any two 'se know of,
for conveying all necessary info.mation in
cheap simple form-Barry's fruit book,
and Meehan's hand book Of ornamental
trees The two can be obtained for
couple of dollars, and wo will furnish
them, or send them to any of our friends
who will enclose US that amount. Many
very many other excellent works can be
cb,cincd, bat none equal to those tao for
condensed, practical, useful information on
the subjects Of which they treat.
In our present number vii, be found
the list recommended by the American
Pathological Society, whish is entirely re-
liable, as regards fruit. In respect to or
namental trees and sb.ubbery, there IS a
wide selection. OF evergreen trees, hFSs
and foremost we recommend the Norway
Spruce, Abies e1celsa, as being unsur'
passed, ard perhaps rncaualled as tree
10, all localities. To this We would eda
for every lawn, some White Pinas, (Pinns
c,robu.,> Hem. X rAhiss C2o11an-'s'
Lewisburg chronicle. [volume] (Lewisburg, Pa.) 1850-1859, 1855-04-20
Common Schools.

MONTHLY DECISIONS, ,EXPLANATIoNsAN
Instructions BY THE STATE SUpERIN-
TENDENT.
|. Directors not 10 be contractors It is
a violation of the School law and sound
policy, for Board Of Directors to enter
into a contract with one Of their own
number for the erection Of school houses
Such contracts are wrong, upon principle,
aud the Superintendent cannot hold them
as otherwise Illegal and void.
Q. Directors not to be Teachers. Mol
son can serve as Director and Teacher at
the same time. One Office or the other
must be surrendered.
8. Houses Jain tv adjoining districts
Under the 23d section, division IX of the
School law, it is the duty Of the directors
of adjoining districts to provide school
houses, as well as tuition, for pupils who
cannot be otherwise properly provided for
in their own district. But if it becomes
necessary to eject houses at the joint ez-
pense and to be jointly owned BY such ad-
joining districts. great care should be taken
to have the title properly secured, so as tc
prevent future trouble aud litigation.
i. A person poying t'r IN f'eo districts
ran only send has children to de scLools Of
that in ,ciich he resides. A person resid-
ing in one district, and paying school la,
on property in another, does not thereby
acquire right to send his children to the
schools ofaDy district, except that in which
be resides.
8. P5,ger Of teachers ouer pupils out Of
school, The authority Of teachers over pu-
pills out Of the school house, is question
over which the department has, under the
law, only advisory, and not absolute, pow
er ; and Difference to former decisions on
the subject, has delayed instructions thus
far or this point. Bu, numerous and in
creasiug complaints from single schools
and entire districts, Of bad conduct and
acts Of characterization, ,at the school house
and under the eye of the directors ard
teacher, have been received. These cases,
so demoralizing in their character and SUBJ
versive of the discipline Of the schools yet
neglected by parents, aud not properly
cognizablc by the Courts, require the state
ment, here, that in the opinion of the pre-
sen. Superintendent, the jurisdiction aud
authority Of the Teacher over pupils is
Lewisburg chronicle. [volume] (Lewisburg, Pa.) 1850-1859, 1855-04-20
Good Sense Fashion.

The New York ''Times," in the course
Of an article under tie head of "a Column
of Talk for Young Men on Small Wages"
has this plain and sensible paragraph on
the subject of Dress, which we commend
to all, men and women, young and old;
'It is great nonsense to say that all must
dress flshionably, or lose caste. Wha. is
the fashion Who wears fashionable
coat, aud how do you know it is the fash
ion? Tell us Of one substantial merchant,
one thrifty mechanic, one successful lawyer,
or one gentleman, who dress 'fashionably,'
and we will name ten of each, equally
noted and successful, who do not, and ten
fops, whom you utterly despisc, who de-
The fashion in New York for men just
now requires clean, decent garment, and
no patches on it-no more, no less. A lady
might wear her gtand;nother's shawl in
Broadway, and not be noticed. The tinid
ones, and those just in from other cities
and villages, alone ere worried about their
looks when they wear last winters bonnet
to the lecture or to church. Let all the
Young initiate the substantial and common
sensible, rather than those who are keeping
up appearances at sacrifice. 1t will be q
saving in this item"
Lewisburg chronicle. [volume] (Lewisburg, Pa.) 1850-1859, 1855-04-20

neither limited by the school house walls
nor to the time the school !: actually il
session; but that, as d general rule, In al
matters legitima;ely connected with the
schools, and the manners and morals of tht
scholars: the tcachet's jurisdiction com.
menecs at the moment when pupils leave
the parental roof and control to 90 tc
school, aud continues until their return
from school.
6. C5rny Commissioners to furnish in
t5ymotion as to uraJ1e property. When
Directors are at loss to know what arc
proper subjects Of taxation for school pur-
poses, they should, under the Goth section
of the school Law, call on the County
Commissioners for the desired information.
T. Maximum Of assessment The high
est assessment that can be made upon tax
able property for school purposes, is thir-
teen mills on the dollar.
s. amount Of tar, on persons, trades
and occupations. If the assessed value OF
persou's trade or occupation be less than
$500, it is not taxable at ell for school
purposes If it be valued at from $500
to $3.50, the tax should be 80 cents. If
it be valued at more than $3.50, the tax
should be so cents, and tuen il addition
to the so cents, one per cent. On every
dollar of the valuation above $3.50; and
this is the highest limit which the law
authorizes in this particular.
0. fdrmers are exempted from an "occu-
patton" tar, by the 81 section Of the Act
of Goth April, 1911, pamphlet laws, 1914,
page 491, aud the Superintendent las no
control over the subject.
10. HhGt single .tteemea are taroJlc.
Il will be seen by the Ill. Act of 15th
April, 1884, pamphlet laws 1884, page
5l2, y that the poll tax on "single free
men is only applicable to such single
freemen, above the age of 2l years, as
"shall not follow any occupation or call
ing" and not to unmarried men generally.
Pa. School journal.
Lewisburg chronicle. [volume] (Lewisburg, Pa.) 1850-1859, 1855-04-20
Honor to whom Honor is due.

Under the above caption the Philadel-
phia Daily Neus complains Of the iljus-
tice of the Democratic press in awarding
to Senator Broadhead the principal honor
of having originated the old soldiers bouu-
.y land bill. This kdnor the News con-
tends, does not belong to Senator Broad
head, "though his silence on the subject
would seem to indicate that he is willing
to have it awarded to him, and lacks the
magnanity to do justice to the man who
first proposed it. That man was JAMES
Pollock, the present Governor Of this
Commonwealth, who, while a member of
Congress as long ago as 1916, first pro-
posed the measure, and advocated its pas
sage in an able speech" The News
further denounces the attempt to claim the
especial eredi, for the passage Of the bill
in The House of Representatives for indi-
viduais to whom it does not properly be-
long, and says what is generally conceded
to be true, that "its passage in the House
is mainly to be ascribed to the skill, in-
domltable perseverance,, and unceasing
efforts of Ner Middleswarth, whose whole
soul seemed to be enlisted III the cause of
his old companions in arms. 1t vas be
who succeeded in bringing the House for
its consideration, and it is, We believe, not
too much to say that not another man in
the House could have succeeded in taking
it from the Speakers table, and having i;
considered and passed. In saying this
much upon the subject, We have simply
performed what we conceive to be an act
Of justice to veteran in the public ser
vice, who is now about retiring to private
life, aud tha but few men ever served in
the National and State Councils with
more credit to themselves snd usefulness
to the public. If the old soldiers ore pc.
culiarly indebted to ant one for the boun,
ty their country now gives them, that man
is Ner Middleswarth, of Union county"
Lewisburg chronicle. [volume] (Lewisburg, Pa.) 1850-1859, 1855-04-20
THE FARM:
The CardcH...Thc Orchard.
Written for the Lewisburs Chronicle.
The Value of your Garden Patch.

Most Of our readers who are house
holders have q garden patch, small or
large, from an eighth of an acre or less,
to half an acre or more. What we wish
to impress upon them now Is the impor-
tance of turning this. be it more or less,
to the best account With wheat at two
dollars and quarter per bushel, 1t is
surely an object for most Of US t. raise
what we can for ourselves, andwe scarcely
hazard anything in saying that no man
about US has garden so smallthat it may
not save him some bushels Of wheat. A
large proportion hold Their lots, too, by
permanent tenure, so that there is more
encouragement for them to expenl money
iudiciously in their improvement than to
deposit it in the bank, or consume it in
tobacco.
1t is a mistake to suppose that because
your lot is small 1t is not wo.th attention.
If small it can be more abundantly ma
nured, more thoroughly cultivated, and
will yield a larger proror,ionate result.
We have lately published the proof that
between 10 and 80 bushels Of wheat to the
acre were raised last year in California,
but our soil may be made to combine ell
the elements of fertility which are found
there. Time and again have fifteen or
sixteen hundred Bushels Of carrots, pars-
nips, or turnips been raised on an acre of
ground, and many thousand head of cab
bages. Oue-eighth or even one-sixteenth
part of this is not to be sneezed at. We
now mention these only as instances, not
of what vegetables are most advisable to
cultivate, but Of the quantity Of vegetable
product which may be got OF from
emalI piece Of e-caHi Wm C,biett in
Lewisburg chronicle. [volume] (Lewisburg, Pa.) 1850-1859, 1855-04-20

said court, and whenever Judgment Tor
any forfeiture or fine shall have been re-
covered against the principal therein, it
shall be lawful for the district attorney of
the proper county to enter Judgment
against the obligors in the said bond and
proceed to collect the same Of the said
principal or sureties.
SECTION 10. That every person lieen-
sci to sell spifituous, ,vinous or malt liquor
as aforesaid, shall frame his license under
glass, and place the same SO that it may
at all times be conspicuous in his chief
place Of making sales, and no license shall
authorize sales b. any person who shall
neglect this requirement, nor shall any
license authorize the sale Of any sprituous,
vinous or malt liquors on Sunday.
SECTION IL. That any sale made CT
any spirituous, yinous Or malt liquor con-
trary to this act, shall be taken to be a
misdemeanor, and upon conviction Of the
offence in the court Of qnarter sessions of
the proper county shall be punished in the
manner prescribed by the second section
of this act.
SECTION l.. That the provisions of
this act as to appraiscmeut and license
shall not extend to importers who shall
vend or dispose Of said liquors in the ori-
ginal cases or packages as imported, nor
to duly commissioned auctioneers selling
at public vendue or outcry,nor TO domestic
producers, brewers or dstilers selling in
quantities not less than five gallons, nor
shall any thing herein contained prohibit
the sale by druggists Of any admixtures
of intoxicating liquors as medicines.
SECTION 13. That it shall be the duty of
every constable of town, borough, township
or ward within this Com'th, at every term
Of the court of quarter sessions Of each
respective county, to make return on cath
or affirmation whether within his knowl-
edge there is any place within his baili-
wick kept and maintained in violation of
this act, and it shall be the special duty
of the judges Of the said courts to see that
this return is faithfully made, and if any
person shall make known to such cons:a-
BE the name or names Of any one who
shall have violated this act, with the
names Of witness who can prove the fact,
it shall be his duty to make return thereof
on oath or affirmation 70 the court, and
upon his wiltul failure SO to TO he shall
be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and
upon Indictment aud conviction shall be
sentenced to imprisonment in the Jail of
the county for a period not less than one
nor more than three months, aud pay
fine not exceeding fifty dollars.
SECTION a. That this act shall not
interfere with any persons holding a
license heretofore GRANTED until the time
for Which the same was granted shall have
expired, nor shall any license which may
la Granted before the first day Of July
next authorize the sale oc said liquors or
or admixtures thereof after the FIRST day Of
October next contrary to the provisions
Of this act.
Lewisburg chronicle. [volume] (Lewisburg, Pa.) 1850-1859, 1855-04-20

must ret one tina. could and would.
am not for making man toll like slave;
but what would become Of the world, if a
wel.fea healthy man could exhaust him.
self in tilling and cropping and clearing
half an acre Of ground | have known
many men dig thirty rods of garden
ground in day I haze. before | vas
fourteen, digged twenty rods in day, FOR
more than ten days successfully and |
haze heard, and believe the fact, ola man
at Porisca, who digged forty rods in one
single day, between daylight and datk.
So that i. is no slavish toll that am here
recommending"
Allowing that the calculations of this
roor mans oracle, as he wished to be re-
garded, and was, to q great extent, are
somewhat ext.aragant, they still afford
abundant encouragement to every man
who has small garden to make the most
of it, And We remember reading some
years ago in the Maine Farmer, a detailed
statement of the yield of one acre Of
ground, cultivated by the editor, where
in it was shown that an entire family Of
fully the average size were not only sup
piled with all the vegetables they required
but their pork and poultry were fed,a land
with surplus (uiostly of onions, as far as
we recollect) their years consumption of
wheat was obtained. And how could
market gardeners near the cities afford to
pay the enormous rents they do, and still
make fortunes, some Of them, if their
ground did not bear at this rate and even
more abunaaptly.
In au ordinary season what We are say
ing might seem to be ia day after the
fair" As it is this year, however, opera
tions in the garden are Just fairly COM
meucing, and having said thus much to
call attention to the subject, We must se-
serve until our next some more practical
on the way By which the re-
suits we have spoken of must be pursued.
Lewisburg chronicle. [volume] (Lewisburg, Pa.) 1850-1859, 1855-04-20
Editors and Politicians,

How many men there are who occupy
prominent positions in the ranks of party,
who are entirely dependent upon the press
for what they enjoy. The New York De-
mocrat copying from the Louisville jour
nal and the Richmond ELaminer state
ments of their editors, respecting The way
they made "great men" and the ingrati-
tuae these ''great mep," have shown to
their maker, makes the following striking
confessions:
at is not urfreauent that the friend.
ship of an editor is the politi clans whole
stock in, trade, upon whom he draws for
every step lie makes in the way Of time
Witness, for instance, the
tremendous man the press made Of Mr..
Pierce during the campaign of his election.
We confess that we look back with shame
upon the part we bore il that business
during the four months Of that canvass
We wrote for a campaign PAPER which cir
culated more than sixty thousand copies c
week what would make book of not less
than 800 folio pages, all proving most
clearly that be was in intellect, genius,
purity of principles, and firmness Of char
acter, second jackson. Our head almost
aches now when we remember tho weary
days and nights of editorial labor in which
we followed him through the battle smoke,
ever the plains Of Mexico, and created him
into Tremendous and most frieLtfully
Lewisburg chronicle. [volume] (Lewisburg, Pa.) 1850-1859, 1855-04-20

SfaueyS dedekatedfo an ind r;doai in the pcrsute
Of Liker under di;fickuAiss q Sundee mornin'


II TIE oRTRIE or InE "owED TO THr srEEz FIRE ,S,Is,
rrsarcnt iestrusshonist 1t Like-,
FrohabBp your dri.
MAY hee there's vakuum in your bowelf
N'u ct -iItcly
kuriops in the abdominal regers'
Wan = stimulat,r, ehf II can't be did,
Emtnent destruchshonist.
Im'ihatrr Of alkaholic likwid,
The krisis wat was to have arriter has ar-oven!
TIA" knew sitty ordeUGuz are fcksed phact
That soictrc dime, rrzureckteI from
tEr d-hths Of thi t-owsrrs, kant awaken
simpathetick responz, or n tod irnm
Your ku.l-r hcdel friend. the barAceper,
Alkah ul.k Iubb4ter
KnocE:urnel jyraten nuvvscater
lat nile you vtr II II Is drunk, AID
Wen You went HON you laia
Nis>eil,n,ius mixture Of the legs;
felt ii ed. perhaps. Kon.ekwentlee
You f.sl hrriri about the iunard..
''ln not the rhattrring unk shuu to your soul"
That your alone this morning
There numerous people of the saim
STRIPE with -imila- f-eliHks,
knockturEal navevgater'
Dernenstrater Of the power OF suckshcni
Ti;i' is an orecodr in your karear,
fail stop To- your aubishcs asperatons--
after spiritual.
You kant % your morning rashens--
TIL barr j. c.csed-naree Bottcl is visibul
70 the natlrs' i.
rs You stand Grcncnst the kounter,
Iuu anSi-hlv iukuire for a drink
IL don't / m.
DsmeustTutor of suchshunl
Korktaie annyhylatori
Your a INCUR p,r-on, a victim
OF lr.isia'iv stuUjditpc:
You can do vi hsGt werhi ns all the week
and rest Sundce;
But YOU kant drink Ticker DAYS
md dry up on the 1th
Your fEiknl CIst-m is not
lnpalle OF apprrsLeatins
1h- ord nanZ
Your hatcher rsvolst ut wa.eS,
korkta!e amy hyiaterl
TIame. TO water,
You believe water useful II nbilshen
md Hav,.ati- purposes only;
not rrfr->hn benr:i.hal.
or inv i,yoraten es tcvu-nre.
StTau-- ii-c-hut not unkommon.
However. you're dun for. The ordsnAuS
l. imperatIv-a c.rtantee-
passed 10y majority vote.
Not a drop Of hkPr, wlD 'cSalc
retale kan you g { on Sundee-
EnaTne. to water.
Cbiark Of fkorrmis=urashunI
Your is hard case.
rekwring braDd.e and komrashun.
You may koxe, pUrswade, beg, promis, Ae
hut its Of no use
the 'krnine kSaIruped is defunkt"
Why dijent you geta bottle on
SHturd"a nj. .htf
I'm sore for you-rpfnrm stop:
shut down: re.ekt hesitate betor3
you get horned on Satprire
night, rulsSs you prepair Tor
cinerceEri,s.
Oijecd Of kommissurashun.
Lewisburg chronicle. [volume] (Lewisburg, Pa.) 1850-1859, 1855-04-20

brave general, who recer did faint from
fear under the blaze and whiz Of the salt
pelrc and bullets Of the enemy. And now,
to see the bullrush thing he hes turned out
to be, bows our own spirit with shame and
resret"
Lewisburg chronicle. [volume] (Lewisburg, Pa.) 1850-1859, 1855-04-20

The hor,icultr-ists q Paris have sue
ceeded, by aE;.aaTnl crossings, ia obtain
ing natural rose os blue calcr, which is
the fourth color obtained by artificial
means-tha. and ;he yellow, or tea rose.
the Black, or purPla rose, are the resui; Of
skilYful and scientific Gardening.
Lewisburg chronicle. [volume] (Lewisburg, Pa.) 1850-1859, 1855-04-20

& riot occurred on Sunday, ls', at
Catholic church, in Oxford, New ioFk,'o
conseoueucs of an excommunica.ed Cath
o!ic being ordered out Of the church build
;rr bv tie priest. The services were sas-
pended aud a general ssh. ensued outsids
Lewisburg chronicle. [volume] (Lewisburg, Pa.) 1850-1859, 1855-04-20

The Grand Council OF Geneva, st its
last sitting, rejected, BY q vote of 40 to
40, ,hs second reading of the bill for
sepa-s,;ou Of the Church and State. So
!, would seem tha. Proitstaa:!sm IN 'hs
old world il still 'sbehind the age j.
Punch gives the following defniticn o'
aris.oc.asy "a class Of persons ~ho
dsspi.s the public, and ays reaer1,s1 oS
.bs -,h'-- :: =. az >-~7se