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NJ. Hue, the great French traveller in Chi.
ma, comedies that his polite countrymen are
outdone by tho Chinese. He says that no
where else than 10 China could men be heard
exchanging compliments about coffin. "In
every country people forbear to speak Of this
mournful object, destined to contain the re-
mains OF a relation or friend. II is pre-
pared in secret, out OF sight OF tho world,
and when death enters the house the coffin 10
introduced by stealth, to AVOID aggravating
the grief OF IA heart broken family. The
Chinese view the matter in u totally different
light. In their eyes n coffin is an article OF
the FIRST necessity to the dead, and OF taste
| and luxury to the living. In the great towns
they are displayed with elegant decorations,
in magnificent shops, and carefully paiuted,
vanished, and polished, in order to allure
the passers by and induce them to buy
People in easy circumstances always, in fact,
provide themselves beforehand with one TO
their fancy, and, until the time arrives for ".
ing down in i, keep it in the house as hand
some piece OF furniture Of which the utility
is not immediate, but which cannot fail to be
. consoling and agreeable object in hand
somely decorated apartment. The coffin.
above all, il considered an excellent
method for children, in . decent rank. to
show the intention Of their 6lial piety to
the authors OF their being. Il 10 . great
consolation TO son TO be able to purchase
CONN for an old father or mother. and
make solemn Offering OF i. when they
least expect it. When we love We are al
ways ingenious in con.riving Agreeable sur.
prises. II person Is not sufficiently favor.
ed By fortune to keep coin ready, cure ia
taken not to wait till the last moment. chat
me dying nun, before sslui'ng the world, as
OF casting glance at his last abode. Thus,
when patient is given over, il he has the
luck to be surrounded by loving friends, they
never fail to buy him coffin and put i, b
the side Of his bed.o
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CT A New York merchant who during
the FrsIer's River gold excitement drifted in
the direction OF the new FL Dorado, and
found himself amid the diggings-has writ
ten home that he "has seen the elephant,
horns and ell, and that it 10 the greatest hum
bug ever got up"
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NOTICE 4 hsrebv ~iss. 49, Sr-
IN ese hsreunto a t.shed. - pr.s,S ~ ~ ~.
ton. Win othsrs asaosisis3 - ~ ..ssssl
hsoome sesocisaed vith NJ ha,s cvs..ts.S ssss
soeperated oursslves into = ..s.se~sS ..ss.1.
uniss ma in aesordanes vith -. ~. '.S..lys
as1 iavp q TIE State Of Iovs proviSi.s ~ sssss
pseatisns' ~ -. "A s..,f WsS - ner.
I'm rnorux ~ rnr.,Sa,n. 49,. 49,.
~ c1DitsI sa1.sl IN nm .S,.l ~. l $780,
~ ~. ss....Ssa - ~ ~ eeaeeae
~, 49,. - h..s.a. 20 ~ ~. =. c cnee IL tna-
81 kssI.I. is,a. ~. n,;n.i... ~ = - Ussy
-. = ~. Iss. 1ss pllnApsi essineas - %.
II ssee1m, Ia Is. .,.,.s.,.. ssi.s n 3 ~
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gT'Mr. Walter johnson has invented a
bulldog which being wound up BY an inge-
NOUS mechanism, will howl al night Erie
GAG.
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UO0Blo 0ooHe0Fs
r1NuE Fourth Quarter Of this school will com
1 menes on Aosday, May 10th. in tho rooms o.
9Th street between Main and johnson.
The same high ains 10 regard 10 scholarship And
disciphn will b maintained a. heretofore. The
school win Hereafter Be open 10 both male and fe-
m1le pupils.
There will be three aspastmsnts--Prinssy L.
sermeiiate and AcAde,nie--in hich the charge peY
quarter Of ten wssks will be - follow.
Primary Dspastnsut, per quarter, o 90
Aeadsnic Department, per quartsx. ......... 10 %
These rates. payable invariably BY the middle al
the quarter dsfrny the entire expenses VI tuitioc
There will 70 general weekly exercises In Com
position, Eloeuti0n, 70.
No deduction will be made for absence sRcept In
casss Of protrsctsd sickness.
Tho services Of Prof. Braes have been secured L.
give instrsstien In 0esmsa, French, Drawlnr, ano
OH Painting. lie viii also give Instructions 10 ths
preparatory exercises Of Perspective Drawing frcs
Of charge.
J. NJ. McLANE,
keokuk, May 8, Esd Principal.
KEOK TX FEMALE NEMiNANH.
TINHI5 1nstitstion will commence its ession on
Monday, Sept. 9th, In the second story Of Dr.
Sanford's building, corner Of Fifth and Concert
streets.
The Board Of rrus tees Of this Seminary, elsstsd
from various rcli ious denominations and Ysprs-
senting large part Of the Christisn community,
desin By tho united and cooperative EFFORTS Of tie
AIscuos OF suuoetlou 70 oste0ibu SEeQuAliy o0on
N inatLtstisa y oar eily rsquirss.
The Principal Of the Institution 10 Rev. G. A.
WILLIAMS, 10 whom, or to the Secretary Of the
Board, applisaaions for the adnisioa Of Dspils
may - 0ads.
The charges fos tuition will be Is and 4s 10 the
ordinary English studies, with small additionsl
sam for ineidsn tAl sxpsnsa. For IAtin. Rrsnch,
German, Ac., extra charges will be made.
lth dssirabie that persons designing 70 become
pupils BE- present practically On Tie 6sss u the
session. WM. THOMPSON,
President Of the Board Of Trustees.
HsxaY SrRosG, Ssc'y.
keokuk, Aug. II, lS6s-d
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Rama NOTICE.


NJ Office 10 hereby given that the undsrsiensd
~ have associated together for the purpose Of
forming branch Of the State Bank Of Iowa In the
City Of ksokuk, Lee County, Iowa.
Books for the subscription Of the Capital Stock
Of said branch will be opened, in accordance with
the provisions Of the Act creating taid Bank, On
Monday and Tuesday, September 18th and I4tA.
1855, between the hours Of 10 o'clock =. u. and I
o'clock p m, ut the Gait House, corner OF second
and Johnson streets, In the city Of Keokuk, Lee
county, lows.
John g. Floyd, David White,
John w. Cleghorn, N. McCrea,
VIM. +. Turner, VIM. TIN berman,
Harry Fulton, N. P. Shsrts,
J. Haines, Guy Wells,
ChA ). Morrison, sam'l. Egbert,
y. I. brigham, +. W. Potter,
John A. Graham, A. Hosmsr,
j. Wilkinson, jos. j. Letehor.
Keokuk, Aug. 73, I86s-dtd
DERRY DAVIS Pain KiIier-Io gross large 10 =
dunn aud small sises, for sale BY
A. J. WILKINSON.
AugI3d p6 Mainst.
NHKoAE S-aresn and yellow, dry, In store and
~ for sale very low y w,,v,.sor
aug2Jd ~ Main-st.
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FIRE1kEN'5 BALL.
rlNIIE Officers and Nsmbers Of the Hook
and Ladder Company No. 1, respect -
fully announce 10 the public that they q
will give hall on THURSDAY EvE-
MING, SEPTEMBER 20, ut BURROWS HALL
The tsct for which the Bali IL given 10 TO raise
msncy SUFFICIENT to furnish the Hall Of the AppA-
ratus Hoase, in order that the Company may have
place for the proper ira nsactiod Of business.
COMMITTEE OF ARRANGEMENTS.
A. Lynch, T. H. Allyn, B.F. Dsdson.
l.. Johords, h.fableman.
MANAGERS:
J. B. Knight, l.. L. O'Conner,
Il. II. Magruder, J. NJ. Reid,
HON.. W. Rankin, D. Rsddington,
Capt. ]. N. Gwin, Maj, J. Y. Anthony,
Judge T. W. Clagett, Col. J. NJ. 0rifhth,
Judge J. NJ. Love, VIM. Timbsrman,
Gen Van Antwerp, D. B. smith,
J. M. Hanna, h. I. Harris,
w. W. BolknAp, Il. Booth.
VIM. II. Campbell, Dan. X. Davis.
IN Tickets can be had Of the Committee Of Ar
rangements.
PRICE 81 90.
Jsnaings' QaaA rifle DAnA
W l l. BE In At TEN d A n CE.
aue31d
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RAILROAD NOTICE.
NOTICE h hereby given TO all parties inte rcstsd
~ that the consolidation Of the Iowa Southern,
and the ksokuk and Nebrsska Railroad Commando,
aecordipg 70 act suthorising the same, has hssn
perfected. The articles Ok consolidation entered
into for the construction Of the road from Ksssu-
saa, W. barren Co.. 70 the Missouri river, and 10
b styled and known ~ the Nebraska and South
lows katlsead Co., and now fully authorised to ear
~ ont the bject Of their organisation.
RALPH r. Lowe, Prsst.
Z. MAYsx, stc'y.
OHsicn ov rHE NksaAsxA Aspl
SouTa Iowa y. X. Co.
Tho Stockholders u the Nebraska and South
lows Railroad Co. are hereby notified that they are
required TO pay An installmsnt Of s per cent on
their subscription TO the capital stock Of said
Company forthwith, to II. Dunlavy, Esq., general
Agent.
By order Of tho Board Of Director
X. NAYNE, Sssy.
Keosauqua, June 30, lsSS-jy22
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he0kuk, Aug, 4, b8-dlW PresiAas,


e.
egs0 JAMES DAvIDsON--sir. whsre.s .. -.
= 1eth Day Of April, 1883, you delivered 70 =
ave shares Of the stock Of The Eseksk Fo,t ~.
M.ines and Ninnssota Kailsosd csnpesy, ssnhsr
soo, oi the vsl.s Of one hundred Aoiiar pr sAass
surfsy fer the payment Of note exsestsl bv
Davidson. Mortimer Davidson, dated M dav q
April. 1858 for tbs sum Of two Asndred thirteen
= lee dollars payable 70 myself order In ninety
after aae With interest, ~ The hankiae Assse
Of Geo. Y. Andssaas = O., WITH ps~ss, n seid
note vas aet paid ~ maturity ssll ssi stoek q
public asetton, after gvisg thirty days notice q
such sale. And whereas sid nots aAovs assseIhs1
= nov dss sad .spsid. nov, tssrsfsss, yes ere
hereby notified. that By yirtse Of the power ves1el
in ms BY the conditions Of said deposit II eteoks
shall, on the eighth day Of September nsxt, ISis,
oetwssn tee hours q 70 o'clock .. =. and clock
e n, u the front door Of The Court nsuss il lie
City OF ksoksk, Lee Cosnty, Iowa, proceed 10 sell
A public auction - The hgAsst and bsst hiddss for
cash, the i've shares OF stock shove Described "A
transfer and sssign the unto the purchaser or
PsssAsssss Thereof, sid oas Of the proceeds 70 pay
the amount Of said nois snA Interest and expsnsss
uniess before said day Of said sale You phnfi -.
deem said stock BY payment VI said nots, nteesu2
ssa expenses = siersssad.
Ksotsa, Ie~s, Ase.st ;, ls6s-aslatd
Tvsssee,s ssss.
DUBLIc NOTICE Is hereby gives, tia. on III.
Sd day Of September next, 1t the door Of The
Clerks 0flcc In the City Of Ksokuk, Io~a,I shaN
proceed % sell, for cash in hand, to IN highsss
bidder, the following property Wit. 6ffy (60l
feet on Main street b. sixty (6e feet % Fifst-st,
being sixty l6ol feet 81 ~ FROST end Of lot No.
one n, In block No. thirteen (I3), In the City OF
ksokak, cousty II Lee: State q Ievs.
The sale 10 made BY virtue Of Deed Of Trust
from Cathasine n. G. Harkins ssd n. Hasklns to
msmade to secure the payment Of certain promis-
sorry note msde BY H. HsFkins to ths order q
janice h. Bruce, for the sum 81 avs thousand dol
lars 70 k0oe), which note b dated Nay l4th, 1851
and payable year sitter aass, and sndorssd ~
James = Bruce, and u de- snd unpaid, asd BY the
terms OF the Trust Deed am required to sell the
property.
sale between the hours Of 10 o'clock Z. m. and
O'Clock p. M. WIN. =. b. LYNCH,
August 4, '68-dtd Trustee
:. ri LAia. ~. nsiHrYal.
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ANDRE ~ y. WIKI gNUON,
lLsas Wilkinssn Mamhail.)
Wholesa1e a0A ResaN DYu9slst.
NO. % MAIN-ET.
HFFHRS FOR cash 70 the trade, aud 1t rssaii, =
~ full assortment Of Drugs and Medicines, Oils,
Paints and Dyes, Window Glass, 0iAss " Ass and
Varnishes, ct and below . arket rates. st
Aug. 10, SD
NJ TTRArE Silver Crystalissd-xs ouhoss Chem
IN ioally pnYe, In store and for ssls By
Al. WILKINSON,
auglsd o6 Hain-st.
CPTs. TUkPENTINE-3oO gal. In barrels and
~ eans. In store and for sale BY
Al. WILKINSON,
augl6d 70 Mais-st.
I iNsBkD, Lard and sperm Oii--9ed gal each,
- Ia barrels and csbH, for sale BY
A. j. WILKINSON,
auglsd se Msis-st.
A LcOH0L, so and 93 per cont.--5eo gal. In store
A.. WILKINSON,
~ IL :. - -. - - ~ Assu- ~.
H00FERs IslkGLAbS-to ~ Of this superior
a. s. WILKINSON,
augl6d 70 Aain.st
A YEk's Cherry Pectoral--3s0 dasn Of this
"a standard remedy for Coughs aaA Colds, In
a. J. WILKINSON,
Sole Wholsssls Agent for Ksokuk,
augl6d % Ms1n q.
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Ksekak Agency
wHEELE8 4 WILSON'S
cxI1naAf1D
Family Sewing Machines.
fu1 ABOVE MACHINES,
~THE BEST 1vER INv1NTID,@
A Re sold st this agency ~ the mAlufactuseu'
Apfisss, addiag oaly the cost 1t transportasiea.
0rInstssesisns In operating the naohins sivsa
gratis 70 purchasers Of AAeAines.
Refer 70 tbs following Ladies In Ksokuk, Who
have these nAshlnes IN nss:
NYs. H4v. Kilbossuss Nh. 4. .Chi14en1en.
Mrs, WIN. nc6avio, NS. ]. q. Floyd,
Mrs. Dr.. Ford, Mrs. John RuSns.
Apply psrsoaaliy orby letter e
XIX. 180IL.
% Aain-ss., tup staass,)
apr2SdA~om kssksk, love-.
D1e0o1nSIon.
TgNHE partnesphip herste1pge Axisting hstveen
= stephen y. Jeess, a1a Q. ,. O. 1aanea, y tAis
day dfssOIved ~ mutual consent.
8. =. Joass win ssttls al ~ bssiAsm d tAS ~
Arm.
Nay 81, 'Ss--d
sTERMKN .. JONES,
ATT RNEY At LAW.
@y0KkHR THIRD AND MAIN STREETS. oy,,
~ oaAcs Of =. \. . .. " Ysrd. a
mayvl-d
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NEW ADVERTISEMENTS

Mitledalcia,
A THOUSAND pleas ant things, selected from
"A notes asd queries. For sale by
augajd CAVE 4 BARRIER
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NOTICE TO TRAvELERsI
OHIO kMISSISSIPP
'.o4D e.ve.
r AILRO DAD.

Paper hangsngs NJ Coes.
A7Ewiil sell our large and well selected stock
w Of Wall pSperd. within tho Ne 1t thirty days,
1t unprecedented l0v pxisss foe Cash. Cali and
examine. OGDEN, BROWN1LL d CO.,
aug30d 81 Asin-st., and Second-st.
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ADAM 0russse. - Mossgray,
10y the suthor Of "Zaidee :" "Nasdalsn Hen.
- burn" &c. For sale by
aug2B CAVE BARBER.
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1858-12-01

Night came upon the city. In the halls
was feasting In the broad and lighted streets,
Ire crowds of busy men went hurrying on.
All needless of the fearful doom that hung
Der the devoed city.
Hark a sound,
Filling all hearts with terror drowning cen
The voice of revelry, so that her votaries
Looked up aghast with fear--scndng its tone
Through curtaincd chambers where the rich re.
pose,
With gold AMI purple hung and heard throu'out
Tue dim and dreary novels of the Door
Awake! Awake the city is on fire."
Then came a rush like chariots thro' the streets,
And fearful clangour, and the sounding cry
or strong men in their might, mingled with the
wall
OF feeble women, and the infants cry,
Claspng its little hands, trembling with fear
To its young mothers breast.
And then roar
Like that Of many waters, heard at first
Aiar, then near and nearer felt! Then came
A mighty, rushing sound, and then crash
Like heaviest thunder, with an earthquake shock
Startling the earth beneath, as though the end
Of all ings was at hand
1t fell it fell
The Golden City with its palaces;
Turret and tower, and gorgeous, glittering dome
Sunk in a sea Of fire
"Bring forth the dead !" and straight they bro't
them forth
Changed, limblcss forms, all scorched and scath.
ed with fire
Oh God their weeping mothers scarce can tell
Which was her darling there They brou ght
them forth;
And on the broad plaza laid them in the repose
0ffeariul death
One eame-she was a lady of high mien,
nd noble beauty, one of spains fair daughters
But pale and trembling as the aspen leaf
Aud gazing with wild eyes among the sad
And fearful ranks of death. For one there was
Who left her on that eve 10 join the throng
Of mirth and Ieasting, in the lestal halls
She had not seen him since
Hark a vail,
Piercing all hearts, and freezing cen the bl lood
OF valiant when with terror--a loud shrek
Of bursting anguish--then fearful cry
"AlionsO Oh. It's he It's he tis Alfonso !"
There they lay,
On the cold earth together. side by sde,--
Tell me, which is the living which the dead ,
Talk not of fire There is one fire that burns
Deeper and hotter than the furnace fame,
Lit by Assyria's monarch, into which,
With Gods bright Angel, the three brothers
walked
Blazing and glowing Ike a secord hell
1t is--thc an, ,uish of Bleeding Heart
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1858-12-01

Col. B. NJ. Hoe. of New York, inventor OF
the celebrated cylinder printing press. Is
about to construct carriage to travel over
any turnpike or good country road and to
he propeiled by steam. The first is inten-
ded for himself TO ride out aud in between
his place of business and his country seat
about twelve miles from the city OF New
York Itisexpected that the carriage and
propelling power will not cost more than
q good par Of horses and a coach and trav-
el over fair road at the rate of two-thir-
ty per mile, This will prove a great pub
lie convenience, besides hesaving ofhorse-
flesh and oats.
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1858-12-01
3lstttlantOus.

SINGULAR ACCIDENT.-A lad, whose pa
rents had positively forbid his hunting, at
PetersbIry, Va, started out on Wednes-
day, without their knowledge, on gun.
ming excurtion He had proceeded but a
short distance in Dinwiddie county, be-
fore he espied squirrel in the tonmost
inches of very tall double oak. This
young n mrod, b, ing an excclont marks
man, succeeded in killing the squirrel, but
IL lodged on limb, and though several
dit mai OTIS were discharged all failed
to dlslodge the little animal. The hunt =
man proceeded to ascend the tree, and
had nearly reached the obje-t of his pur-
suit, when he slipped and fell into the
crotch of the tree, where he became so
firmly wedged that all efforts to eXtricate
himself proved unavailing. Fortunately,
he is blessed with stentorian pair of
lungs, which he called TO his aid, and
made the forest ring with his cries for
help. An old colored man heard his Ia
mentations, and procuring an axe, soon
relied the youth from his disagreeable and
painful situation. He escaped with only
few very severe scratches, but lost the
entire leg of pair of new pantaloons,
which betrayed his truancy to his parents
upon his arrival home, and for which he
received sound thrashing, and was sent
tn he'd O an empty stomach.
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1858-12-01

KANSAS FATAL TO NEwsrArgHs.-The
Lawrence (Kansas) Herald Of Freedom, says
eve find that some twenty-five news
papers, which have been started in Kan-
sas since its settlement in the fall of 1854,
have been suspended or gone down en-
tirely. In fact save the Leavenworth
Herald, and the Herald of Freedom,
the two Oldest newspapers in the territory
we believe there is not a paper which has
an editor which dates his connection with
the Kansas press back of the spring of
1857. Some half dozen of presses have
been brought to the Territory, which we're
never used by their original proprietors,
but changed hands before they were used.
A press was taken to Fort Riley in the
summer of 1855, and is now owned by Mr..
Garvey OF Topeka. Another was taken to
Manhattan during that year. and is now
in the Herald of Freedom Office. The
press on which the Osawatomie Herald
was printed, was taken to that place in
the fall of 1856 was buried in wood
pile when the town was destroyed, and
laid idle until last winter, when it was
brouget forth TO print that journal. A
strange fatality has attended the Kansas
newspapers and presses, ami their future
history will be very interesting" ..
nT-The religion that cots us nothing is
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1858-12-01

Tow CoRwIN's LAST AT trial recently
hold at Yellow Springs, growing out of a
difficulty between some Of the students
and faculty Of Antioch, the "Old Wagon
Boy" who represented the faculty, was
exhibiting to the jury foil or cane
belonging to one Of the students. which
was probibly used in the mole-Tom was
IN his usual happy mood, and brought
down the house frequently 10y his witty il.
lustrations Of the noble science Of fencing;
now parrying imaginary thrusts, and anon
throwing himself fercely upon the attack.
At last having exhausted his full store of
pleasantries, with one fell thrust he made
a tent to strike one of the students, Mr.
Fisher, who sat near by, and with look
Of unlathomable gloom. and the voice ofa
Stentor, he thundered out "And what
would you do, sir, being unarmed, if !
should attempt to pierce you through 2"
Imagine the roar Of laughter which
greeted this eloquent effort of the "old
stumper," when the half frightened stu
dent, collecting again his wits, sprang to
his feet, and successfully mimicking Cor,
wins most bombastic style, exclaimed: ~
'0onSd 'oelco"'c yon, sir Nth bloody hands to
hoSpHabLe grave." ."-Oiio Press.
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1858-12-01

CHEER uP.-What fyou have failed in
business-you still have life and health,
Do not sit down and cry over your mishaps
for that will never get you out of debt, nor
buy your children frocks. Go to work at
something. eat sparingly, dress moderate
". drink nothing exciting, and above all,
keep merry heat, and you will soon be
up in the world again.
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1858-12-01

A LETTER FOR DENNIs.-"IIillo, MistheF
Postmaster, and is there iver letter here
for Dennis O'Flatherty ?"
81 believe there is" said the postmas,
ter, stepping back and producing a letter
"And will you be so kind as to rade it tc
me, seein' | had the misfortune to be edi,
Gated to rade never abit? ?"
"To be sure" said the accommodating
postmaster.
He then proceeded to read the epistle.
Which was from the "old country" con,
cerning his relations there, &c. When bu
had finished, Dennis observed;
"And what would you be akin for tho
postage on that letter.
"Ffty cents"
"And its cheap enough your honor, but
as ! think of akin ye 10 trust, just kapr
the letter for pay; and say, Misther, if I'd
call in, one of these days, would ye writc
All answer to it,"
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1858-12-01

pot pie, as well as play upon the piano;
and above oil, one who knows how to pre-.
pare nice stufiing for turkey on Christ.
mas | "holler" on that. But beware of
your strong.mindcd, double.jointed sort,
and blue stockings in general.
Bachelor miners don't know that
you are so wretchedly in want Of n wife as
good many others but you know your
own wants best. If you are weary, and
feel life to be a sort of one horse arrange
ment without Il help.mate, why then look
about for your tother half, and splice on.
Though she digs not herself, verify, in all
likelihood, she will make you dig the
sharper But be ye not in a hurry, the
guady red petticoat, l predict, will soon
give place toan article of sober blue. Then
oh, ye brethren miners, you may take un@
to yourselves wives, and blissfully share
with them your happiness, your bed, your
board, your sheets and your shirts!
But these wretched greedy Mormons!
upon the subject of wife-taking, they car.
ry their goatish ideas to a most prodiga
extent. They want altogether too much
of good thing-more than reason, reli.
gion, or the laws,of the land ought to az.
low; but let US hope that through the
grace Of God and gunpowder. a new order
or things will soon be instituted in the
midst of this miserably benighted people.
My brethren: you should never marry
very young. Life is feast after you
have enjoyed the substantals, let w.fo
come in as desert So mote it be.
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1858-12-01

A WORD IN sEAsoY.-WhehJ John Wesley
first came to America, one of his fellow
voyagers was General Oglethorpe who
came out to be Governor of Georgia. The
General was detailing some fault of his sci
want to Mr.. Wesley and declaring %hathj-
punishment would be, winding up his re.
marks with the words: "The rascal should
have taken care how heusedme, for never
forgive" "Then | hope" said John We
ley, looking calmly at him, you never sin
There was o whole sermon in these few
words.
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1858-12-01

DLtSTERiNG,-Thc subscriber having
L located himself in the borough of Clearfeld
would inform the public that he is prepared to
90 work in the above line, from plain 10 ornamen.
nl ,,l OF any description in a workmanlike manner
Also whitewashing and repairirg done in neat
manner and on reasonable terms
EDWIN COOPER.
Clearfeld, april II, 1887. ".