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Raftsman's journal. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1854-1948, 1863-09-16
Seriously Woundedll

Seriously Wounded!l
All the Merchants in the neigh hborhood Of r..
Wensvliie, because L have brought on and onsnas
large and we'll assorted stock of F1'0
NEW GOODS,
"hieh am selling at extremely low pricas =
eash. My stock embraces all the variety n.n.t, yI
Kept In country store and selected with am aI
to suit these van an eye.
WA R MES
VIII nor here attempt to enumerate slI the s-..
cies L Keep and their fabulously low prieas
winch might debut after you will have %
ana examined for yourselves you will exoIsin "a
the language ofthe Queen of the South q"
"HALF HAS NOT BEEN TOLD"
VIII merely say, come and see for yourselr..
for feel satisfied that can suit Won 80. =
we'll as your purses ''s as
Lum Der and all kinds of produce also taken -
exchange for goods. ID
Curwensville Oct %, 1882 j. IRWIN
Raftsman's journal. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1854-1948, 1863-09-16
Furniture F.! Furniture !!
John GuEI ICH

JOHN GUELICH,
Desires to inform his old friends and customers
that. having enlarged his shop and increased his
facilities for manufacturing. he is now prepared
to make to order such furniture as may be desir-
ed, in good style and at cheap rates for cash. He
mostly has on hand at his Fun piture Rooms"
varied assortment of furniture among which is,
BUREAUS AND SIDEBOARDS.
Ward robes and Bookcases; Centre Sofa ParIor
Breakfast and Dining extension Tables
Common, French-posts, Cottage, Jen-
nyiind and other Bedsteads
SOFAS OF ALL KINDS, WORK STANDS. HAT
RACKS. WASH STANDS &c
Raftsman's journal. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1854-1948, 1863-09-16
NEW WATCH H&JEWELRY srop :

NEW WATCH & JEWELRY sToRp
~ The undersigned having locatcd in tbs F. F.
by h Welch as jewelry shop) ia prenSras S.p'ea
do work of all kinds on the most reasonable te- 70
The cash will positively be expected VIII M
WORK is delivered. He is confident thar he .le
not De exceiied by any workmen in town or cor.
Come one, como al to the Sieu ORR. r.; ITgeh'y Ty
April 9, e,'62-Iy-pd s. II. LATChI = J3,A e,HA
Raftsman's journal. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1854-1948, 1863-09-16
PARTICULAR NOTICE.

There many preparations sold under the
name of Bitters put up in quart bottles compoun-
ded of the cheapest whiskey common rum. cos
ting from 90 to 40 cents per gallon, the taste dis
guised by Anise or Coriander Seed.
This class of Bitters has caused and viii contin-
uc TO cause as long they be sold, hundreds
to die the death of the drunkard. BY their use
the system is kept continually under the infu-
of Alcoholic Stimulants of the worst kind the
desire for Liquor is created and kept up, and the
result is all the horrors attendant upon drunk
ards life and death.
For those who desire and ,cih hare Liquor
Bitters, publish the following receipt. Get
One Bottle Hoofand'S German BftteTs and nix
with Three Quarts of Good Brandy WhiSkey,
and the result viii be preparation that will far
szceL in medicinal virtues and true excellence
any of the numerous Liquor Bitters in the mark
ct, and will cost much less You will have all
the virtues of Hollands Bitters in connection
with good article of Liquor at much less Price
than these inferior preparations will cost you.
Raftsman's journal. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1854-1948, 1863-09-16

E. LIME. E.!--Fsrnsr, T.,
- Lanas;-The subscriber would info ipfo,,' '.,'r
ssan,,x @ % IeaIheid county, that he keeos ,a ,es
large stock of lime and will furnish on :aS 'ohe
Philipsburg Railroad. Tyrone and
March I9, 1862 VIM II popppr
N D. Lime constantly on hand at sand, %:
Station, on the Tyrone and Cleardeld P.;i!h hidgs
Raftsman's journal. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1854-1948, 1863-09-16

Quinsy and Sore Throat are sometimes ex-
tremeiy malignant and dangerous, but timely
application of this liniment will not fail TO cure
Raftsman's journal. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1854-1948, 1863-09-16

nRIED FRUIT of all kinds just received a
IL the CORNER STORE CnrscensriIIo
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1863-05-02

large enough; feeds and !attens IN the
Winter at tue mouth Of the stream :
ascends in the Spring to deposit S
spawns : aud descends to die at the bot
tom of the ocean. This fact accoun s
for the unlformi y in the size of the fish.
A Connecticut river shad seldom goes
beyond seven pound, and the variation
in size is comparatively slight. The
bass, on the other hand, which is known
to live many years, varies from half a
pound in weight to fifty even in our
river. 1t has a longer time to grow,
and shows a much greater diversity of
size. These considerations have led to
the conclusion, that one year was the
duration of shad's life. What was
only matter of conjecture and infer
cnce, has only lately proved by artificial
iish-brcedcrs. Somewhere in the State
of New York, one of these raiser of fish
from spawn, which he fed in early life
with crumolcd crackers s,rewn upon the
pond where they are KEEP, has proved
their short hold on exis ence. He
raised them for the purpose of supplying
the very large fish he had in his tanks
and ponds with food. AS the science of
breeding fish is more known, the habits
of the different species will be more east
ly described. Hartford Couiant.
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Habits OF the Slsad.

The habits of our fish have been very
little attended to in this country. Our
scientific men, it is true, have been very
precise III their ponlerous nomenclature;
hey have described our fishes even TO
shape Of scale, or the number of thorns
in the dorsal fin, but they have not con-
descended to note their habits, their
food. their length Of life, with all such
particulars as would interest common
readers and be of use to mankind.
No fish is more valued or more valua-
BILE than the shad yet but few of its
habits Of life are known. The books are
silent, and angling gives no information.
1t was for long time commonly re-
celvcd opinion, that the shad spent the
Winter in the Gulf of Mexico. and then
in the Spring advanced and the snow
ceased running, came along the coast
and entered the rivers in succession. If
this were true, there would be no uni
formlty, year after year, in the run of
shad in each river. The very distinct
varieties would all become in .ermingled.
But each river has its own Variety
Those of Connecticut river have long
been known as possessing superior size
and favor. The variety that seeks the
Hudson as a spawning ground is easily
distinguished from ours. The fact of
the distinctness of the varieties in each
river tends to the belief that shad 20 on
fur her than the mouth Of the Stream in
which they are Matched.
The habits of the shad are unlike
those of other fish. AS soon as the
snow-water has ceased running, they
press up the river as far as they can
reach, in order to deposit their spawn.
In following this instinct, they never
stop for rcfreshment or food. Who ever
found anything in the NAV or stomach
of shad that would indicate the ma -urc
of It's food Who ever knew them to
bite baited hook! They do not feed
from the time they enter the Stream
until they sink down thin and exhaus ed,
into the deep places at the mouth. For
this purpose of nature, the shad has
been preparing i'self during the quiet
Injuries of Winter, and has become
fattened for the use of man, or, if it
escapes his net, for the production of its
species. The shad lives but single
year. 1t is hatched in the early Sum
mcr desccnds the streams as soon as
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1863-05-02
The First Shot in the Revosu-
tiGn.

The first American who discharged his
gun on the day of the battle of Lexlng-
ton, was Ebenezer Lock, who died at
Dcering New Hampshire, about ff y
years ago. He resided at Licking on in
l775. The British regulars, at tue
order of Major Pitcairn, having fired at
Il few /" rebels on the green in front of
the meeting house, killed some and
wounded others, it was signal for war.
" The citizens" writes one, &C might be
seen coming from all directions, in the
roads, over fields, and through the
woods, each wi Ii his rifle in his hand,
his powder horn hung by his side, and
his pockets provided with bullcts."-
Among the number was Ebenezer Lock
The British had posted reserve OF
infantry in the rear, in the direction of
Boston. This was in the neighborhood
of Mr.. Lock. who, instead of Fastening
to join the party at the green, placed
himself in an open cellar at convenien
distance for doing execution. A portion
of the reserve was standing on bridge,
and Mr.. Lock commenced firing at them.
There was no other American in sigh
lie worked valiantly for some minutes,
bringing down one of the enemy at nearly
every shot. Up to this time not a gun
had been fired elsewhere by the "reb-
els The British, greatly disturbed a.
losing so many men by random firing of
an unseen enemy, were not long in dis
covering the man in the cellar, and dis
charged volley of balls, which lodged
ON the wall opposite. Mr.. Lock, re-
naming unhurt, continued to load and
fire with the precision of a finished
marksnan. He was driven to such close
quarters, however, by the British on the
RICH, and left, that he was compelled to
retreat. He had just one bullet left,
and there was now but one way to es-
cape, and that was through an orchard,
and not one moment was to be lost he
levclled his gun at the man near by,
dropped the weapon, and the man was
shot through the heart. The bullets
whistled about him. Lock reached the
brink of a steep hill, and throwing him.
self upon the ground, tumbled down
wards, rolling as if mortally wounded
In this way he escaped unhurt. At the
close of the war he moved to New
Hampshire, where he resided till his
death, twcn,y years after. He lived il
sccllslon and died in peace.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1863-05-02
Fruit as Il Medicine.

Ripe fruit is the medicine of Nature
Nothing could be more wholesome for man
or child; and although green fruit is, OF
course, almost as fatal as so much poison,
the ripe is fully as thorough health res,
torative and health preserver. Strawbcr.
res are favorite with all classes and con.
stitute popular luxury. But who can com
pnte the amount of general health promo
ted by this relish for strawberries Who
can imagine how many pills that relish
throws out of the market or in other
words, to what extent these pills prepared
by mother nature, and sugar coated as it
were, to render them more palatable, crowd
out of use those prepared by the chemist
and apothecary? Who can tell the number
of disordered ivers, deranged stomachs
and intlictive digestive apparatus generally,
the grateful acid of that delicious fruit grad
ually restores 20 sound constitution mock.
ing at all the skill of the ablest physician !;
indicating the simple laws of Hygeia by
their radical action, and teaching us how
often a panacea for some of the most painful
of human maladies lie directly at our feet,
and is condemned because it is so unas-
suming? After strawberries we do homage
especially to peaches and apples. They are
the kind of fruit that cost comparatively
little and do comparatively much, when the
patient is not to far gone for the use Of such
pleasant mendicants.
We knew q person once who, believing
himself in decline, and having been COM
pletely worn out in patience by the expert
ments of his doctors, determined to eat
from four to six ripe apples every day, and
note the result. In three months he was
well! We know of another who, without
being afflicted with any particular disorder,
was never in good hea tn, and for twenty
FIVE years could scarcely be said to enjoy
single weeks exemption from suffering
He then commenced the habit of drinking
q glass of plain cid,r every morning, and
for the next twenty-five years never had q
single day. ilmcss.-1riiton.
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miscellaneous.
A Chapter Oh LOcUsts.

The locust tribe, it is said, will be on
hand this year, as 1868 is the seven
teen h year since their last appearance.
FROM notes taken at the following dates,
", learn that these Pharoah locus
made their appearance OH The wing May
10, 1876 on the 22nd, commenced
singing; on the BIS commenced boring
trees and laying eggs. On June 9th,
they commenced dying, the males frs
and, by the 25th Of the same mon h,
they we're all dead. The Greeks, it
seems, were fondcr of the locusts than
Americans are. They imprisoned them
in cages and listened to their songs. a
pet locust they trea ed like a pet canary.
They styled him the nightingale of the
nymphs, the sweet prophet Of Summer,
the lover of muses.. The French have
tested the edib,hty OF frogs the Greeks
and Romans proved that of locusts. The
old heathens gratilicd their ears and
pala es in the same breath. They first
listened. to the locus then they swal-
lowed him. Anacreon praises them
greatly; Anaxagoras, abiding to the
males only possessing the power Of song,
satirically remarks:
Happy the Cicadas lives,
Since they all have voiceless wives"
When roasted, the female, before she
laid her eggs, was said to taste very
swee'. The ravages of the locust are
worldwide in their notoriety. The nu-
concious benefits they provide are equal
ly noticeable. The feather tribe finds
very nutritious food in them. One
author tells us that in certain localities
their bodies teen with oily juices, from
which soap-is manufactured. The North
American Indians used to boil locusts,
and considered such insects squash an
extremely palatabe article
No less than eleven species of inju-
rious insects are specified in the Old
Testament. These are all translated
from the Hebrew by the word locust
The more correct rendering would read
grasshopper. The promise to restore
the years which the locus. had eaten, is
very large and generous, when the bibli-
cal reader remembers the devastation
which these malignant insects dispensed
Ancient records describe them as very
formidable. Pliny says the Indian kinds
are three feet long, and their toothed
legs were used by the women for saws.
They are also described as being horse
headed, elephan eyed, bull-nrckod, S ag
horned, lion-ches ed, scorpion bellicd,
eagle-winged, camel highed, ostrich
legged, scrpent-tailed. The Cyrenaican
= law enjoyed the destruction, three times
year, of the eggs, their young, and the
perfect insects. Orasius gives very
doleful account of their Goings in the
year of the world $500. St. Augustine
dilates upon an equally detected occa-
sion. "
Indigenous to Arabia, the locusts
passed thence into Italy, Spain, France,
Germany, Russia, Poland, Li:huania,
England, devastating fearfully in their
fight, Wallachia, Moldavla, Transylva-
nia and Hungary. Clouds Of these in
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1863-05-02
New INTERNAL REVENUE STAMP

The new internal stamp invented by
Commissioner Lewis, and probably to be
adopted in place of them now in use,
will have border around the vignette,
on which are to be printed, at the top,
figures representing three Or four years,
'63, 'G4, '65, and on the sides and bot
tom the names of the months, and ig-
ures for the days, from l to 80. The
method of cancellation will be to cut
out with knife before affilxing stamp,
the whole border, except the letters and
figures representing the Gate at which
the instrument is issued. This will, Of
course, render the use of stamp twice
impossible. Stamps of similar char
aoter have been suggested for postage.
The frauds upon the Treasury, under
the present system of revenue stamps,
are very great, amounting, according to
one computation, to 100000 in New
York city alone.-.N. Y. Tribune.
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Notice to Creditors.

THIS is to give notice, that the subscri-
l. Der, Of Cecil county, hath obtained from
the Orphans Court Of said county, letters OF
Administration on the personal estate OF
Susanna McGill, late of Lancaster county,
Pa. deceased. All persons having claims
against the said deceased, are hereby warned
to exhibit the same, witt. the vouchers there
of duly authenticated, on or before the 10th
day of March, 1864; they may otherwise, by
law, be excluded from all benefit of said
estate. III persons indebted to said estate
are requested to make immediate payment
to the subscriber. Given under my hand
this 2lst day Of March, 1868.
WILLIAM BUCHANAN.
Administrator of Susanna MCGill, decd.
Test-JAMEs McCAULEY, Reg.
Mar 81, 1S63-6w
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Curious OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES

CURIOUS OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES q
noisy creature man would be were his
voice in proportion to his weight, as that
of the locust! a locust can be heard at
the distance of one-sixteeuth of mile.
The golden wren is said to weigh but
half an ounce, so that middling sized
man would weigh down not short of four
thousand of them; and it must be
strange if golden wren could not out
weigh four of our locusts. Surprising,
therefore, that a common man weighed
as much as sixteen thousands of our
locusts, and that the note of locust,
can be heard the sixteenth of mile, a
man Of common dimensions, pretty sound
in wind and limbs ought to be able to
make himself heard at distance of one
thousand miles.
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5rlert poetrn.
THE COLOR SERGEANT.

You say that in every battle
No soldier WAS Drawer than he,
As aloft in the roar and the ,a,tlc,
lie carried the flag of the fr,ri
knew, uh | knew he'd ne eg !ultcr,
could trust him, the duiiiu hoy.
NJ. Robert was wltil--b,t Water,
Dear Waller WIS ever II joy.
And if lie was trile to his mother,
DO you think he his trust would hetray,
And give up his place to another,
Or tunI from the danger away!
He knew Willie altar he was stlaying,
He felt i'll the thick Of he fight,
That at home his poor mo;l,cr was praying
For him, and the cause vi he right
Tell me, comraae, who saw him when dying,
What he said, what he did, if you can
On the field, in his agony living,
Did he suffer and die like II man
do you think he once wished he had never
Borne arms for the right and the tr:c
Nay, he shonfrd Onr Country .torcccr!
Hhsm he dicd he ,c"s praying for you
o my darling, my Youngest and iarcSt
Whom gathered 5" close 10 my byc;lst
i called thee my dearest and ra,cst;
And thou vert my puie,t and best!
tell you, o friend, as Il mother
Whose full heart is breaking to-day,
The Infinite Fathcr-nnnc other
Can know what he's taken away.
l thank you once more for your kindness;
For this lock Of his auhrin hair
Perhaps It's the one in blindness
Last touched, and we parted Just there
When he asked, through his tears, should Ii
From dutyl | answered him, Nay:
And he smiled, '.r he placed on my finger
Tie ring am wearing day.
l watched him leap into TINT meadow;
Thee IL child, he with others had played;
| saw him pass slowly thc shadow
OF til trees where his father was laid
And there where the road noes two others
Without tuning he went on his way:
Once his face toward Tic fee, NOT his mothers
Should unnli'n him or cause him decay.
1t may lc that scn.c Gay your duty
VIII carry you that way again:
When the field shall be iii or in lcautv,
Enriched by the blood Of the slain;
Would You see if the grasses are growing
On !le grave of my boy VIII you see
ii flower, cen the smallest, is blowing;
And pluck it, and send it to me!
Don't think, in my grief, I'm complaining;
gave him, God took him, It's right;
And Tic cry of Ids mother remaining,
Shall strengthen his comiadc in fight.
Mt for vengeance to-day in my weeping,
Goes my prayer to the infinite Throne.
God pity the foe when he's ieapng
The hur, est of what lie has sonn!
Tell his comrades these words Of his mother:
Al! over The wide land to-day,
The Rarhe's who weep with each other,
T"g";hcr in agony pray.
They know in heir great tribuluti"n,-
BY the blood of their children o,ilpurcd
W" shall Snitc down The fees ul the Nation,
In The terrible day of thc Lord.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1863-05-02
ORPHANS, COURT.

THE STATED MEETINGS of the Or.
l. phans' Court of Cecil county will be
held on the Second TUESDAY in every
month. Executors, Administrators and
Guardians, wanting their accounts stated
will please bring in the vouchers few days
before Court. JAMES McCAULEY,
July II 1888. Register.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1863-05-02

NEWSPAPER PosTAGE.-Under the new
law, which goes into operation July l, the
postage on weekly newspapers weighing not
more than four ounces 10 five cents quarter
"; those published twice week, ten cents;
three times fifteen cents six times, thirty
cents; seven times, thirty five cents, to be
prepaid for not less than three months nor
more than year at the office of reception
or delivery. Publishers of weekly news
papers may send within their county free
On magazines issued less frequently than
once week, one cent for four ounces to
regular subscribers.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1863-05-02
NOTICE.

nWlNG to the enormous premium and tax on
" Gold 1 am compelled to raise my prices 50
per cent on all operations VIII the metal is used.
except when paid for in gold when the usual rates
will be charged Persons wearing badly adjusted
sets of Teeth, mounted on Gold plate, will find it
to their advantage to have such cases exchang ed
for those mounted on NULCANIZED GUTTA
PERCllA. Call at my Office and examine spec-
mems III am paying in the way of exchange.
81 90 for what was formerly 30 cents worth Of
gold. DR.. u. J. BING,
Elkton, an ~, 1868. Dentist
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1863-05-02
STRAY COW

STRAYED from the subscriber, living
~ near Chandlerville, New Garden Town
!sh, Chpestcr county, Pa, OH the 9TH inst,
Il DARK RED COW, dropped horns-one
of them broken at the end. Will soon be
fresh. Any person returning said COW, or
giving information of her whereabouts, will
be suitably rewarded.
WILLIAM P. JONES.
4mo 49, 1SG3-3wt
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NOTICE.

A MEETING of the Stockholders of" The
"A Philadelphia and Baltimore Central
Railroad Company " is hereby called to be
held in the Lecture Room, in the Borough Of
Oxford, Chester county, Pa, on Ucdmcsday,
May 9Th, 1868, at O'Clock p. M, to act upon
Supplement to the Charter of the Com
pany: passed at the present session of the
Legislature; and upon any other business
that may come before the meeting.
BY Order of the President.
ROBERT HODGSON,
April IL, lS63-tm.f Secretary.
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SiOnS.

A IL persons disabled since March 4th,
IA 1861, by wounds received, or diseases
contracted while in the service of the United
States, and the widows, childr ems, mothers
or sisters Of those, above mentioned who
have since died, are entitled to pensions.
Army and Navy Pensions procured by
Oct II, 1852. JONES II EWINGi