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Lewistown gazette. [volume] (Lewistown, Pa.) 1843-1944, 1860-03-01

Carpet Chain and Carpet at city prices
Segsrs, Tobacco, Spices, Teas, Soaps
Cheese, Crackers, Cotton Laps
Fluid, Alcohol. Sperm Oil, Fish Oil
Cologne and Hair Oils
Groceries, Prime Coffees at l2al4c
Sugars, white and brown, at 7, 9, 10, l2aI4c
Syrups and Molasses, best quality, II to lSc
Salt Herring and Mackerel
NI9T0Bsa
such as Whiskey Brandy, Gin and Wine, of
the best quality, by the barrel, gallon or quart,
The above is but synopsis of the kind and
quantity we keep. Give us a call We charge
nothing for showing goods. Don't forget the
Odd Fellows Hall.
N. KENNEDY. Proprietor
janl9 JAS. FIROVED, Salesman.
Lewistown gazette. [volume] (Lewistown, Pa.) 1843-1944, 1860-03-01
Great Excitement in Virginia !
AND ALSO AT THE
PEOPLES SHOE STORE,
In Lewistown.

30 Co LzIAAIfIIlz!EON S QOQ
TAKE pleasure in announcing that they have
| Just opened, in West Market street, nearly
opposite Maj Eisenbise's Hotel, BOOT AND
SHOE STORE, and will constantly keep on
hand a full assortment of Boots and Shoes of
all kinds and sizes. They have just received
from the eastern cities very extensive assort-
ment of Boots, Shoes and Caters, for ladies',
gentlemen's and chldren's wear, all Of neat
finish and excellent manufacture, which they
will sell, for CASH ONLY,
At Least 25 Per Cent. Cheaper
than the same can be purchased elsewhere, as
will be seen by referring to the following Price
List:
Mems Fine Calf Boots, So 25 TO 80
g Kip Boots, 20 to 5 90
Boys Boots, 25 to 2 90
Youths Boots, I 90 to 05
Mems Brogans, 90 to DO
Boys " / 90 to ] 10
Youths " 60 to rs
Ladies Kip and Calf Boots, 80 to so
Misses Morocco & Goat Boots, heels, 95 TO 25
Children's Shoes, 25 TO 65
Ladies' Congress Caters with heels, 50 to 60
sc % g without g i 25 to | 80
English Lasting Caters with heels, ! 50
" without g 25 to l 80
Z" Morocco Boots with heels, so to 60
I" g 81 without heels, 10 to ] %
- Goat Boots with heels, ! so to l SIS
E" " without heels, l 10 10 | 25
Misses Calf Boots with heels, rs TO 95
4" without heels, rs to IS
for sh
Lewistown gazette. [volume] (Lewistown, Pa.) 1843-1944, 1860-03-01
-JtS EFh n IA h "
JOHN u. BARR.
HENRY SNYDER, J

Joseph Brosoer, &elcdrd, IN account ,ciA Fm.
Creighton, John Peachey and Richesoa Brat
ton, Directors Of the Poor Of .Nif3in county,
from January /, 1889, to January |, 1860
DR..
To amount OF orders on Treasurer S555 %
Amount paid c. Ritz, , 92
Balance due, 1I6 SO
sGI4 81
cR.
Lewistown gazette. [volume] (Lewistown, Pa.) 1843-1944, 1860-03-01
MIFFLIN COUNTY
POOR HOUSE STATEMENT,

Henry Zer6e, Treasurer, in account ,citA the
Directors Of the Poor Of lHttfin county, from
January l, 1859, to January j, 1860.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1860-12-01
SATURDAY MORNING, DECEMBER l, lst
agricultural.

BLINDS FOR Hons Es.-Fnr many reasons
the custom Of using blinds on horses is an
inlni iouS one. and We cannot conceive what
should have led to it, unless it was the desire
Of adding to the numerous trnppings and
tncry which aheadv eucumher and weigh
them down. Blinds cause the horses to be.
come near, sighted from limiting the range Of
vision, make him Uneasy, FESTIVE, and easily
frightened on the near approach Of any object
the presence of which being made manifest
by acute organs of hearing is We, still unseen.
In such a case an alarm is very naturally
occasioncd. In warm weather hlids cause
swelling AID debility Of the eyes. from the
heat which they produce, They do not adj
nit of that cool and healthy state which is
essential to the horses case and comfort. -
They also add much weight to the hcad-gcar
ing MANY who have discontinued their use
complain that their horses are more easy
alarmed and less lractabo without them.
their absence, like the snden Termination of
other bad habits. may occasion some uneasl-
ness and bewildc1mcnt at first In doing
away with blinkers. we could recommend
the following plan. Make pair. Cor the
horse ii common leather. and every few days
cut off slip of the width Of quarter of an
inch. BY thus removing them piece. by
piece at lenslh their entire absence will not
be noticed.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1860-12-01
MaCaulayss ROyhOOd.

While he was yet boy he was in incessant
request to "tell books ITO his playmates. -
At that early date he would repeat and de-
claim the longest "Araban Night " as fluent
~ as Schehcrazade herself A little later he
would recite one of SCOTS novels, story
character, scenery. almost as well as though
the book were IN his hand He himsclfused
to tell funny story Of nursury scene. For
every one who came to his fathers house he
had bblca. nickname: Moses, lIoloftrnes
Melchsedeck and the like. One visitor he
called the beast. Kind mamma. prudent
papa. frowned at their prccocious child. and
set their brows against this offensive name
but Thomas stuck to his point. Next time
the beast made a morning call the boy ran to
the window which hung over the street to
turn back laughing, growing with exci'elnen,
and delight. ''Look horc, mother" cried
the child. you See am right. Look. hook
at the number Of the Beast - Mrs. Mscsulay
glanced at the hackney coach, and behold
ito number was 666 London 4itscnnmn
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1860-12-01

ORIGIN OF PAPER MoNEy The Cunt de
Tendlla. while beScigcd by the Moors in the
fortress Of Alhambra. was destitute of gold
and silver, whcrewith to buy his soldiers.
who began to murnur. the nccessnries Of life
from the people Of the town. In this diem
ina, says the historian, what does this most
sagacious commander? He takes numter
of little morselS of paper, On which he nscrib-
cd various sums. large and small. and signed
with his own hand and name. These he
gave to the soldiers in earnest Of their paw. -
How. you will say, are soldiers to be paid
with little scraps of paper! Even so, and
well paid too, for the good Connt issued a
proclamation ordering The inhabitants to take
these morsels Of paper for the full amount
thereon subscribed, promising to redeem
them. at future day. In gold and silver
Thus. by subtitle and miraculous alchemy.
did this cavalier turn worthless paper into
precious gold, and his late Impoverished
army aboundcd in morcy." The historian
adds: 1.-The Count de Tendlla redeemed
promises like a royal knight and tins miracle.
as it appeared in the eyes of Agap,da is the
first instance on record of paper money e.,
which has Since spread throughout the civil.
ized world the most unbounded opulence."
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1860-12-01
Select poetrp.
From the Charleston Courier.
4 ii Il " LONG AGO"

The following which we fiod floating like a wind
driven waif upon the great sea of American
newspapers without name or index of ownership,
il cerIainy one Of the m,st beautiful things we
have ever seen. 1t is, indeed almost matcAless
in beauty. Who can be author of it Does
anybody know!
Oh, wonderful stream is the river If Time,
As it runs through the realms Of tears
With fautless rhythm and musical rhyme,
And brosdnng sweep, and surge sublime,
That bends with the ocean Of years
How the winters are drifting like fakes Of snow,
And the summers Ike buds between.
And the year in the shea-so they come and they 60
On the rivers brosst, with its ebb and flow, .-s'
As it glides through the shadow and sheen.
There's musical isle on the river of time,
Where the softcst Of airs playing;
There's a cloudless sky and tropical cline,
And a song AS sweet AS vesper chime,
And the Junes with the roses are staying.
And the name of this isle is the Long Ago,
And We bury treasures there;
There brows of beauty and bosoms of snow
There heaps Of dust, but We loved them sol
There trukcts and tresses Of hair.
There are fragments Of songs that nobody sings,
Aud part Of an infants prayer;
There's a lutte unswept, and harp without strings,
There are broken and pieces of rings,
And the garment that SHE used to
There hands that waved when the fairy shore
by the mirage is lifted in the air;
And We sometimes hear through the turbulent roar
Sweet voice, We heard in the days gone before
When the wind down the river is fair.
Oh! remembered f,r aye be the blessed isle,
All the days Of our life till night
When the evening comes with ito beautiful smile,
And eyes closing to slumber awhile,
May our greenwood" Of soul be in sight
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1860-12-01
Gle fomilp Girfle.
Truths for Wives.

In domestic happiness, the wife's influence
Is much greater than Ter husbands: for the
one the first canse-mutual love and cont
dence being granted the whole comfort of
the household depends upon trines more i'm
mcdiately under her jurisdiction. BY her
management Of small sums, her husbands
responsibility and credit are ated or Ies-
tioyed. No fortune can stand the constant
leakaees of extravaganza and mismanagemcnt;
end more is spent in trhes than women ould
easily believe. The one great expense, what
ever 1t may be. is turned over and carefully
reflected on ere incurred the income is pre-.
pared to meet it; but it is pennies ilnpercep-
ubly sliding away which do the mischief,
and does not come within mans province.
There Is often an unsuSpectrd trllle to be
saved il: every household IL is not in econ.
ony alone that the wife's attention is so
necessary. but in those ncctrs which make
well regulated house. An unfortunate
cruet-s,and, missing key. buttonleSs shirt.
a >oiled table cloth, Il mustard pot. with its
old contents sticking hard and brown about
II, are sevcrally nothingS: but each can raise
an angry word or cause discomfort. Depend
upon it, there is a great deal of domestic hap
pness in well dressed mutton chop, or
tidy breakfast table. Men grow stated of
beauty, tired of music are often too wea,ied
Tor conversation, however intellectual but
they can always appreciate a we'll swept
hearth and smiling comfort
woman may love her husband devotedlv:
may sacrifice fortune. friends, family, coun-
try for him: she may have the genius Of
Sappho, the enchanted beauties of an Armada;
but -nelancholy fact If with these She fail
TO make his home comfortable, his heart will
inevitably escape her. And women live so
entirely in the affections. that. without love,
their existence Us void. Better submit
then, to household tasks. however repugnant
they may be to your tastes, than doom your
self to lovelcss home. Women of a high
order OF mind will not run this risk they
know that their feminine, their domestic. are
their first duties
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1860-12-01
FATTENING CATTLE UPON HAY.-The MAJ

FATTENTNG CATTLE UPON HAY. The Mas
sachuseltS Board Of Agriculture report that
tcnng cattle in winter upon hay alone is
a resort Of MANY farmers. and where hay is
plenty and dlS,rn, frorn market, the Practice
is not inconsistent with economy. If well
attended. good animals. consuming four per
cent of their live weight Of good hay daily.
will gain daily two pounds of flesh Snpp,Sc
The flesh gained be worth sixteen cents. it
will be equal to eight dollars ton for the
hay. The better practice. however, is to give
only three per cent of the live weight ct The
animal in hay daily. and an equivalent for
the other one per cent in Indian meal or
roots. The gain wonld he greater (nr the
same cost of food. The best age for frrtlln.
cattle for beef Is from four to eight years
Young growing cattle may he fal,ened, hui.
IT w,ll'rQnirr mort food IN proportion. and
longer time"
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1860-12-01
miscellaneous
ELK'ION ACADEMY,

Frlncipal-E. F. NJ. FAEU1Z. Al
Assistant MRs. f. +. NJ. FArnrz. Miss
A. T.. BEoKAw, ard MISS A. L HAssoN.
Rates Of 1"uim per- Term:
LIST. CLASS.-Sp,lling, Reading. Writing.
Elementary Geography, arithmetic and
Grammar, So 90
2nd. CLASS.-The above with Book Keep.
ing, Elementary Algebra. Mensurai"n.
Elementary Geometry, Nat. Philosophy.
History, Composition Y DccIamaiioa 81 so
Bird. CLASSIFY steal Geography, Chem.
i>try, Physiology. Nat. Theology, Astro-
Monty, Mental and Moral Philosopy, Logic.
Rhetoric, Geology. Political Economy.
Mythology. History Of Literature, Evi-
dcnces of Christianity, and Latin, $3.50
'th CLASS.-Survryng, Higher Mathr-
matics and Greek, S.. 50
Any of the above named Branches. with
one Modern Language, French, German
or Italian. $7.5U
With TWO or three mentioned, $3.50
EXTRAS.
Music on Piano or Mc!odeon pr term $500
Music Vocal. SlOn
Pencil Drawing, $500
Colored Crayon or Painting in Water
Coiors, $500
Each Of the two Winter Terms, to detrav
expenses 70, fuel. so 81
No deduction for lossof time, except in
cases OF pr"trac'ed sickness.
July 81, lS5S-ii.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1860-12-01

A writer in BIackwoud' s Magazine thus dis
courses on the habit Of trying to stick - book
larnn, in the heads of children while they
are yet babies
How have | heard you. Euse5ius pity
The poor children remember you looking
at a group Of them and rejecting: For Of
such is the kingdom Of heaven and turning
away lhoughltully and saying, OF such is
the kingdom of trade"
" a child of three years of age. What
should child three years od-nav, five or
six years old be taught! Strong meats for
weak dIgestions make not bodily strength. -
Let there be NURSERY tales and nursery
rhymes"
. would say to every parent, especially to
every mother. sing to your children tell
them pleasant stories. lin the country be
not too careful lest they get a little dirt upon
their hands and clothes: earth is very much
akin to us all, and in chldrens out Of door
play soils them not inwa,dly. There is in it
4 kind of consansuinity between al creatures;
by it we touch upon the common sympathy
of our first substance and bcgct a kindness
for our poor relations, the brutes.
:" Let children have free open air sport. and
fear not though they make acquaintance with
the pigs. the donkey, and the chickens; they
may form worse friends with wiser-l looking
ones. Encourage familiarity with all that
love to court them dumb animals love them.
There is language among them which
the worlds language oblilcrates in the elders.
1t is Of more importance than that you
should make them wise: that is. book Use.
Above all things make them loving, then
also, parents, il you become old and poor.
these will be better than friends. and will
never neglect you. Children brought up
loving at your knees will never shut their
doors upon you, and point where they would
have you go" .....0..
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1860-12-01

LONGEVITY or ANIMALS The average age
OF cats is 10 years: squirrel and hare or
. years; rabbits. / bear rarely exceeds
20 years: dog lives 20 years a wolf 90 ::
iox, IA to lG; Lions are long .livel The IN
known by the name Of Pompey lived to the
age of 70; elephants have been known. it is
asserted, to live to the great age Of 400 years.
When Alexander the Great had conquered
Porus, King Of India. he took a great ele-
plant which had fought very vallantly fer the
King, and named him Ajax. dedicated him to
the sun. and let him go with this inscriptions
Alexander, the son of Jupiter hath dedlca-
ted Ajax to the SUM-" The elephant was
found with this inscription three hundred and
fifty years after. Pigs have been known to
live to the age of 80; the rhiroceros to 90 {:
horse has been known to live to the age of
62, but averages 25 to 80: canels sometimes
live 20 the age of loo: stays are very long
lived; sheep seldom exceed the age of 10 !;
cows live about Is years. Cuver considers
it pIoable that whales sometimes live 1000
years: The dolphin and porpoSe attain the
age of 30 an eagle died at Vienna at the age
of fO4 years ravens frequently reach the
age Of 100; swans have been known to live
5000 years. MIR. Mallerton has the skeleton
of one that attained the age of200 years.
Pelcans ARE long lived; n toltoise has been
known to live to the ageof l07.
Country Gent.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1860-12-01
BONE Manure There are large orantjtirs

BoSE MANURE. There are large quantities
of bones lying scattered about on many farms
which. were they collected and pulverizcd
would make a valuable manure. The diff
Gully has been to prepare them for Use. a
foreign paper recommends that they be broken
up AS small as possible with heavy hammers
and placed in tubs. or OH the barn nnor and
saturated with water. Then add fifty
pounds Of sulphurc acid TO every hundred
pounds OF drv homes. and stir :hr mass fire..
quenly. as in making mortar. In about a
week it will he fit for use. Before using. it
should be mixed with dry earth and charcoal
dust, until it becomes SO dry that it can be
conveniently distributed.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1860-12-01

FATTENlNG Hoes On Day Conn. A Far
mcr writes to the Country Gentleman as fol,
lows:-" One Of my neighhorS.-a farmer
all his life, and over 70 years of age-fal,ens
his hogs in dry pen ariihom wator or siop ;
giving them nothing bat corn. and have noted
the fact for five years that have given here
that lie has made think the best =! know
the latest pork IN this county. The hogs
while fatting, particularly in dry. warm
weather eat and lie down. walk ing about
but little. Had known the above 20 years
ago, it would have saved me a great deal"
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1860-12-01
4flislcllaucous.
Death of George III.

The followi ing passage, in Mr.. Thackeray' s
lectures on =. The Four Georges" treats Of
the closing scene Of the long, eventual reign
OF George lIl
GAN The world knows the story of his
malady all history presents no saddcr figure
than that of the old man. blind and deprived
of reason, wandering through the rooms of
his palace, addressing imaginary parliaments.
reviewing fancicd troops, holding ghostly
courts. / have seen his picture, as it was
taken at this time. hanging in the apartment
OF his daughter the Lnndgravine of Hesse
Hamburg amid books and Windsor furniture,
and hundred fond "reminiscences Of her
English home. The poor old father is repre-
scented in purple g wn, his snowy beard fal-
ling over his breast the star Of his fam us
order still idly shining on it. He WAS not
only sightless, bur became utterly deaf. All
light all reason. all sound Of human voices all
the pleasure of this world OF God were taken
from him. Some slight lucid moments he had ,
in one Of which the queen, desiring to see him.
entered the room. and found him singing a
hymn. and accompanying himself on the
harpsichord. When he had finished he knelt
down and prayed aloud for her. and then for
his family for the nation. concluding with n
prayer for himself that it might please God to
avert his heavy calamity from him, but If not g.
10 give nm resignation TO submit. lie then
burst into tears. and his reason again left him.
What preacher need moraize on this story
what words, save the simplest. are
requisite to tell it, 1t is too terrible tor
tears. The thought of such misery smitcs
me down In submission before the Ruler of
kings aud men, the Monarch supreme over
empires and republics. the inscrutable Dis
penser of life, death, happiness, and victory.
80 brothers." said to those who heard me
first in America, 60 q brothers! speaking the
same dear mother tongue, O comrades !
enemies no more, let us take monrnfuI hand
together. as we stand by this royal corpse.
and call Il truce to battle! Low he lies to
whom the prondcst used to kneel once. and
who was cast lower than the poorest dead,
whom millions prayed for in vain. Driven of
his throne, bnlfctch by the rud, hands. with
his children in revolt thcSdarling of his old
age killed before him untmely, our Lear
hangs over her breathless lips, and cries,
'Co!dclia, Cordelia, stay little p
'Vex not his ghost-0 let him pass he hates him
That would upon the rlck OF this tough world
Stretch him out longer
Hush, strife and quarrel, over the solemn
grave! Sound, trumprts, n morntul march
I Fall, dark curtain, upon his pageant, his pride
his grief, his awful lragpdy!'
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1860-12-01
The PPcciousness Of LittIencss.

Every thing is beautiful. says B. f. Tay.
lor. of the Chicago journal. which is little.
except sonls: little pigs, little lambs, little
birds, little kittens. little children.
Little martin boxes Of homes are generally
the most happy and coy: little villages are
nearer to being atoms of "A shattered Paradise
than anything we know of: little fortunes
bring the mos, content, and lttle hopes the
least disappointment.
Little words are tie sweetest to hear: tile
charities Nv farthest. and stay longest ON the
wing little lakes are the sti.l-St, little hearts
the fullest, and little farms the best titled. :
Little books are the most read. and little
songs the dearest loved. And when nature
would make anything especially rare and
beautiful she makes it llttle-little pearls,
little diamonds. little devs.
Agnr's is a model prayer, but then it is a
little PRAYER, aud the burden Of the petition
is for little. The sermon on the Mount is for
little but the last dedication discourse was
an hour The Roman sad YEN, rid, rtci-
| cane-saw conquered: but dispatches
now days are longer than the battles they
tell of.
Everybody calls that little they love best on
earth. We once heard good sort af a man
speak of his little wife, and we fancied she
must be perfect b'iou of a wife We saw
her: she weighed 2l0; we were snrpris Used
But then it was no Joke; the man meant it.
He could not put his wife in his heart and
have room for other things besides; aud
what was she hut precious, and what could
she be but little.
We rather doubt the stories Of great argo.
sizes Of gold we sometimes read Of. because
Nature deals in Titles. almost altogether
Life Is made up little. death is what remains
Of them al day is made up Of little beams
and night is glorious with little stars.
Mulfun in prpo much in little lis the
great beauty of all that we lore best, hopt
tor most, and remember longest. ..'
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1860-12-01
% Ejouseke
FLOUR AND FEED!
If YOU WANT YOUR MONEYS WORTH
CALL ON

CALL ON
VIM. II. GILES,
TN the " Hollow" doors aeove Taylor's Hotel
L ELkTON. Md. where the following articles
can always he found on hand cheap for CASH :
FLOUR IND FEED STUFF.
Extra White Wheat Flour, Extra Red Wheat Flour
Supcrfne Common
Mi'!dlings. Buckwheat
White and Yellow Meal. White 4 Common Ship
Corn and Oats in the Grain. Stuff
Corn and Wheat Bran, Corn and Oats Ground.
PROFESSIONS IND VEGETABLES.
Fresh and Corncl Beef. Pork Sausage. Shad
Herring DC. Sweet Potatoes Irish do, BJans
Cabbage, Pumpkins &c.
POULTRY IND GAME,
Always on hand in sc ,son. su'b as-Turkeys
Geese Ducks, Chickens. Rabbits, Squirrels
Parridges. 6c.
IT, Trade or highest cash price paid for al
articles in his line
The f,vor of the public is respectfully solicited.
and will DO thankfully received
WM T. GILES
p. S.-All articles delivered .,iihn the limits
Of the town. Elktor, Dec. IL, lSj6--tf.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1860-12-01
What Family Government is.

IL IS not 10 watch children with suspicious
eye 10 ''o"h al the outo"rs's OF innocent
MARTY TO suppress their joyous laug liter,
ana 70 mould lhtm INTO melancholy little
"oac'S U, agea gravity
ana "heh thcy nave been IN fault 1t is not
SIMPLY 10 punish them on account OF the per-
sonal INJURY That you have Glanced to suffer
IN consequence
Nor Is II 10 overwhelm the little culprt
with angry words: to stun him by deaf
enlns NOISE to call INN by hard names,
winch 40 not express his miSdeeds: to load
him with eplthcts which would be extrava-
CANT liappllea TO lautt OF tsnlod enormity ::
or TO declare with Passionate Vehe,nence that