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Urbana union. [volume] (Urbana, Ohio) 1862-1872, 1864-02-17
Our Story Caller.
POPPING TIE QUESTION,

We have heard of many cases of POP
ping under very singular circumstances; ;
the eccentric, the abrupt, the business
lie, the silly, and hundred other styles.
Of the eccentric, we could cite the case
Of a we'll known merchant, who one day
dining at a friends house, sat next to a
lady who possessed rare charms Of con
varsation. The merchant did not pos
sess this faculty in a very large degree,
hut be could DO tLatwhich was next best,
he could appreciate, an appreciation which
he endeayored to show By the following
mode of action;
DO you like toast, Miss B-?'
YES, responded the lady, slightly sur
prised at the question.
'Buttered toast?'
YES.
That is strange; so do I. Let Us get
married.
There cannot be mach doubt that the
lady was taken slightly aback, a fact that
did not prevent the marriage from com
ing off ia month afterwards, nor the
accession Of the lady to enc of the finest
establishments in the city.
As a specimen of the abrupt, we shall
cite the case Of a gentleman who had re-
tired from business at the age of forty,
and built himself beautiful house, de-
termined to enjoy life to the utmost. One
day friend was dining with him and
said half jOkingly:
You have everything here that the
heart can desire but a wife.
That's true. 1 must think of it, and
then relapsed into silence for a few min
utes, at the end Of which time he rose,
begged to be excused for short time,
and left the room. He seized his hat
and went instantly to a neighbor's and
was shown into the parlor, with the in
formation that neither the master nor
mistress were at home. He told the ser
want that he wanted neither, and reques-
ted that the housekeeper be sent to him.
She came, and the gentleman thus ad-
dressed her:
Sarah, I have known you for many
years, and have just been told that
want a wife. You are the only woman
know that I should be willing to entrust
my happiness with, and if you agree, we
viii be instantly married What is your
answer?
Sarah knew the man that addressed
her, and knew that his offer was serious,
and as well weighed as though consider
ed for a year, and she answered him in
the same spirit:
L agree
Ill you be ready IN an hourF
L will
I shall return with you at that time
Which he did, the gentleman who had
suggested the idea accompanying him tt
the clergyman's. Many years have pass
ed since then, and neither party has seer
any cause to regret the abrupt propose
and acceptance.
OF the business style, we can cite a cas-,
related to US, which We know for tru,
one. A young man who had succeeded
to the i'll kept and badly cultivated, tho
really valuable farm of deceased uncle
saw at a glance that two things we're ab
solutely necessary to enable him to sue
eeed; the first being wife to take oharg
Of the woman's department, and the sec
ond a few thousand dollars to stock it
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nfPORTANr CFRTfFICATFs.

Rochester, n. Y December ., 1861.
MEssRs. P. Il. DRAKE g. Col have been
q great sufferer from Dyspepsia for three or
four years and had to abandon my profession.
About three months ago tried the Plauta-
tion Bitters, and to my great JOY, I am now
nearly q well man. 7 have recommended
them IN several cases, and, as far as know,
always with signal benefit.
I am respectfully yours,
Rev. J. s. CATHoRN.
Urbana union. [volume] (Urbana, Ohio) 1862-1872, 1864-02-17

Arrangements are now completed to sap
ply any demand for this article, which from
lack Of government stamps has not heretofore
been possible.
The public may rest assured that in no case
win the perfectly pure standard Of the Plant
alton Bitters be departed from. Every bot
tie bears the fac simils Of our signature on a
steel plate engraving, or it cannot be genuine.
Sold by al Druggists, Grocers and Dealers
Throughout the country.
Urbana union. [volume] (Urbana, Ohio) 1862-1872, 1864-02-17

GRACE does not permit US to check
ourselves through to heaven, but Tequir-
es US to get out at each junction Of our
life, and see that our faith is right, and
to take heed lest We lose our way. I5 IS
this that is one Of the mysteries Of Chris
tian life, that while in view Of our weak
ness We know that without constant reli-
ance on His help we must fall forth
with.
Urbana union. [volume] (Urbana, Ohio) 1862-1872, 1864-02-17

FIRST do the duty which lies nearest
you, which you know to be duty. Pro-
baby your second duty will then have
become clear
Urbana union. [volume] (Urbana, Ohio) 1862-1872, 1864-02-17

QUILP is great admirsr of children
and says he likes the crying ones best.
A matrOn, with baby in her arms smiI-
cd at his odd fancy, and asked him the
reason of it. " Why, you see madam,
observed Quilp, I have observed in well
ordered families as soon as child cries,
they carry him out Of the room
Urbana union. [volume] (Urbana, Ohio) 1862-1872, 1864-02-17

Philadelphia, 10Th Month, 17th Day, 1862.
RESPECTED FRIEvD My daughter has been
nuoh-bene6tted by the use Of thy Plantation
Bittsrs. Thou wiltsend me two bottles more.
Thy friend, Asa CURRIN.
Urbana union. [volume] (Urbana, Ohio) 1862-1872, 1864-02-17

SAY, Sammy; why don't your mother
mend that rip in your breaches?
Oh, she's away to the sewing circle
to make clothes for poor children
Urbana union. [volume] (Urbana, Ohio) 1862-1872, 1864-02-17

THE best way to do good to ourselves
is to do it to others; the right way to
gather is to scatter.
Urbana union. [volume] (Urbana, Ohio) 1862-1872, 1864-02-17

p The swan subdues the eaS'c when he
attacks her on her own eIemeu SO the
weakest may subdue the strol sest foe,
if he but heep his place and dc his atty.
Urbana union. [volume] (Urbana, Ohio) 1862-1872, 1864-02-17

INDEPENDENCE without wealth is very
common, and wealth without indepe1-
dence is probably even more so.
Urbana union. [volume] (Urbana, Ohio) 1862-1872, 1864-02-17

I AM astonished, my dear young LADY,
at your sentiments, you make me start
Well sir, I have been waiting for you
to start for the last hour
Urbana union. [volume] (Urbana, Ohio) 1862-1872, 1864-02-17

THE passing years drink a portion of
the light from our cheeks as birds that
drink at lakes leave their footprints on
the margin.
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shnrran Honsa. Chicago. ii. q. d, -.

clerlnAu l1Ouze Nill2+Eo % LII 4 SD' IL A-'''
MEssRs. P. II. DRAKE & Co.:-Please send
us another twelve cases Of your Plantation
Bitters. As a morning appetizer, they appear
to have superseded everything else, and are
greatly esteemed. Yours, &c.
GAGE & WAITE.
Urbana union. [volume] (Urbana, Ohio) 1862-1872, 1864-02-17

If we all had windows in our hearts,
many of US would take good care to keep
the blinds closed
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Urbana union. [volume] (Urbana, Ohio) 1862-1872, 1864-02-17

TRUTH is a common interest. When
We defend it, we defend the basis Of So
cial order. When we Tindicato it, we
vindicate our own foothold. When We
plead tor it, it is Ike pleading for the
air Of health We breathe. When we IN
dertake to Lsneft lying man, it IS Ike
putting your foot into the mire.
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.URBANA UNION
J. W. EoUx, PEoPn.

OFFIoE:-Coulson's Building, second floor,
West side North Main-street, near the Square.
TERNs:-SL per annum, invariably in advance.
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The Hamilton has been thoroughly reftted
foTthe acc0mmOd OdatiOn Of guests. We are conn
dent cfrendsriDg satisfaction to all.
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S-T-I86O-X.

Another wonderful ingredient, Of Spanish
origin, imparting beauty to the complexion
and brillianey to the mind, is yet unknown to
the commerce Of the world, and we withhold
its name for the present.
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HAMILTON HOUSE,

OPPOSITE TIE COURT HOUSE, URBANA, o
JesEPH WILEY, Proprietor.
American citizen. [volume] (Butler, Butler County, Pa.) 1863-1872, 1864-02-17
LIBERAL SPECIFIC PREMIUMS.

l. To every person sending us six subscribers at 80
cents each $500 will send prepaid br return mail
a copy of the Rural Annual for 1861
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American citizen. [volume] (Butler, Butler County, Pa.) 1863-1872, 1864-02-17

How NEAR WE ARE TO DEATH.-A
writer in the Independent thus discusses
on our nearness to death. When we walk
near powerful machinery We know that
one single misstep and those mighty en-
gines would tear us into ribbons with
their flying wheels, or grind us to powder
in their ponderous jaws. So when we are
laundering across the land in rail-car,
and there is nothing but half an inch Of
fange iron to hold us upon the track. So,
when we are at sea in ship, and there is
nothing but the thickness of plank be-
tween us and eternity. We imagine then
that we see how close we are to the edge
of the precipice. But we do not see it.
Whether on the sea or land, the partition
which divides us from eternity is some
thing thinner than an oak plank or half
an inch of fange iron. The machinery
of life and death is within u.s. The It's
sues that hold these beating powers in
their place are often not thicker than q
sheet of paper, and if that thin partition
were pierced or ruptured it would be just
the same with us. Death is inseparably
bound up with life in the very structure
of our bodies. Struggle as he will to wi
den the space, no man can at any time go
further from death than the thickness of
sheet of paper.
American citizen. [volume] (Butler, Butler County, Pa.) 1863-1872, 1864-02-17
Arfhur's Home Magazine
For 1861. Edited by
T. S. ARTHUR AND VIRGINIA F. TOWNSEND
VOLUMES XIII. AND XIV

The HOME MAGAZINE for 1864 will be conducted in
the same spirit that has distinguished It from the com
mencemcnt and continue to unite in one periodical the
attractions and excelIences of both the ladies' or FASH
ion Magazines as they called and the graver literary
monthlies our arrangements for 1864 include
THREE ORIGINAL SERIAL STORIES, written ex-
pressy for the Home Magazine one Of these VIII be by
Miss Virginia r. Townsend and commence IN the Janu-
arv number Another will be by T. $. ARTHUR. And
the third from the pen Of MRS. NJ A. DENIsONi wri-
ter who has long been tayorite with the public
Besides these OUR LARGE CORPS or TALENTED
WRITER'S will continue to enrich the Home Magazine
with shorter stories poems and sketches OF life
and character written with the aim Of blending literary
excellence with the higher teachings of morality and re-
lgion.
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cuding choice pictures groups and characters PreVang
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American citizen. [volume] (Butler, Butler County, Pa.) 1863-1872, 1864-02-17

CURIOSITY OF THE EARTH.-At the
city of Modena, in Italy, and about four
miles around it, wherever the earth is dug,
when the workmen arrive at distance of
63 feet, they come to bed of chalk, which
they bore with an auger five feet deep
They then withdraw from the pit before
the auger is removed, and, upon its extrac-
ton, the water bursts up through the ap-
erture with great violence, and quickly fills
this newly made well, which continues full,
and isaffected neither by rains nor droughts.
But what is most remarkable in this ope-
ration is, the layers of the earth as we de-
scend. At the depth Of fourteen feetare
found the ruins of an ancient city, paved
streets, houses, floors, and different pieces
of mosaic work. Upon this is found a
soft, cozy earth made up of vegetables,
and at twenty-six feet large trees entire,
such as walnut trees, with the walnuts still
sticking to the stem, and the leaves and
branches, in perfect state representation.
At twenty eight feet deep soft chalk is
found, mixed with vast quantity of shells,
and this bed is eleven feet thick. Under
this, vegetables are found again.
American citizen. [volume] (Butler, Butler County, Pa.) 1863-1872, 1864-02-17
Orphans Court Sale.

ID county Pa. No. D. December Term, 1s63,the un-
dersigned james II. NJ Mahen Admir- of James M'Aahen
decd, will expose to public sale the premises Fri
day the 1lth day Of March, 1854, at 10 O'Clock of
said dayOne hundred Of land situated in ALE
gheny township, being part Of larger tract, bounded
follows: On the north by lands Of Dr. A. W. Crawford
the east by lands of Alexander and Wm. Grant; on
the south by lands Of Josiah MKee and the west by
lands of Thomas Anderson said hundred acres 10
be laid off from the east end of said tract
TERNs-One third in hand and the balance in two
equal annual payments. Title indisputable
JAMES MMAHEN, Admr.
Ian
American citizen. [volume] (Butler, Butler County, Pa.) 1863-1872, 1864-02-17
Orphans Court Sale.

DY virtueand decree of the Orphans Court Of Butler
ID county will expose to public sale the premises
on Thursday the 18th day of February next, at ten
o'clock Of said day All that certain piece of land stua-
ted in the borough Of Mlerstown said county bounded
the north by lands of John Shakely the east by
lands of Jacob Barnhart and William Mccullough, on
the by lands of Daubenspeck Frederick and Shake
ly containing about three acres.
Also-A certain coal lot in Donegal township, said
county bounded the north by lands of John FZsm-
the east by lands Of same, the south by lands
Of same and on the west by lands of same-containng
bank in working order
TgRMs.-One third in hand and the balance in two
eqna annual instamens with interest from the conr-
nation of sale THEODORE J. CRAIG,
WILLIAM b. BYERS,
Adm'rs. Of John Byers decd.
American citizen. [volume] (Butler, Butler County, Pa.) 1863-1872, 1864-02-17
for Incorporation.

A LII persons hereby notified the members of the
n Presbyterian Congregation Of Muddycreek Blu tier
county PA presented TO the Judges of the Court Of Com
Please Of said county, the 7fh day Of Dec 1868
instrument Of writing specifying the articles cond
tons and Names under which they desire to be ncorpo
rated And said instrument Of writing having been pc
rused and examined by the said Judges and 1t appear
ing them that the Objects articles and conditions there
in forth and contained lawful and not injurious
the community they direct notice be given that said
application should be advertised having made
and if no sufficient be shown the contrary at
the term of the said Court decree and order Will
be made Incorporating said church.
BastIsr County,
Certified from the record this 18th day of JAM 1851
Jan 20, f. WI sToofs, Prtho'y.
American citizen. [volume] (Butler, Butler County, Pa.) 1863-1872, 1864-02-17

nure together. Make up the bed regular
and level, beating down the manure with
the back of the fork, leaving it about 2
feet deep before settling.
Put on the sash, and wait two or three
days for the manure to commence heating,
and then spread the loan on evenly over
the surface, or inches thick.
The loan should have been prepared in
the fall by sitting through tolerably fine
sieve, and covered with straw, so as to be
ready for use before the ground thaws.-
After putting on the sashes wait until the
loan is warmed through before sowing the
seeds.
Nail narrow strips of boards on the in
side of front and back, to support a plank
to sustain the gardener while sowing and
wedding the bed.
The hot-bed needs close attention until
all the plants are transplanted into the open
ground. In freezing weather it will want
covering with mats, or straw-on warm,
sunny days it will need airing-and at all
times it willrequire frequent wateringwith
tepid water. Always water at the close of
the day, that the water may soak into the
loan before too much evaporates. | will
treat of sowing the hot-bed in the March
number of the GenesSee Farmer.
Many, in reading the directions for TAX
ing care of the hot-bed, may be discour-
aged from the undertaking, but when once
planted, a few minutes each day will suffice
to take care of it,
IMPLEMENTS.
Now is good time to procure the nee
essary implements for cultivating the gar
den.
Some of them can be made to advantage
by any farmer, and others obtained at the
hardware or seed-storesalways bearing in
mind that the best tool is always the cheap
est in the end. The gardener will require
a good reel and line-the reel of iron, the
line of hemp, about 6 rods long, and IA
inch in diameter. A good digging fork,
will greatly facilitate the labor of digging
over the beds, breaking up the Jumps, and
working in manure. A steel-tooth rake is
indispensable to finely pulverize and level
the beds, and to free them of stones
Jumps, and rubbish. A spade, shovel, hoe,
and the Dutch or shuttle hoe will, of course,
be among the important tools, The gar
den watering pot, and the wheelbarrow,
with a wide wheel are great auxiliaries to
easy and successful gardening. The above
named implements would have to be pur-
chased, but there are others that any man
with a little ingenuity can construct for
himself; among which are the hand-roller
for crushing the humps of dirt before SOW
ing the seeds, and for smoothing and com
pacting the surface afterwards, the drill
markers, measuring rods, stakes, labels,
&C., &c.
If these implements are provided now
and carefully laid away in the tool-house,
it will save great deal of time and trou-
BILE when the busy season arrives.
To be well prepared beforehand for the
work of the season, is half of the battle.
r..
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TERMS. CASH IN ADVANCE.

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American citizen. [volume] (Butler, Butler County, Pa.) 1863-1872, 1864-02-17
Orphans Court Sale.

DH virtue of an order and decree of the Orphans Court
ID of Butler county, the undersigned will expose to
sale at public vendue or ontery upon the premises with
leave TO adjourn from time to time 10 the Cont
House in Buter on the first day Of March A. d. 1864 the
following described real estate the property of the mi
nor children of John Scott late of Centre township But
Ter county decd TO wt certain lot of ground situate
in the village Of Unonve, in the township of Centre,
and county OF butler aioresad bounded the north by
NJ Doerr and School House lot; east by School House
lot and alley south by the Butler and Mercer Turnpike
and George MCandless west by Samuel Borland and
George MCandless, containing about four and one half
acres all under fence and which is erected frame
stable coal house together with large variety of good
fruit trees and good well of water thereon.
TERMs-one half in hand and the balance In one year
from confirmation of sale by the Court with interest from
date Of confirmation. JOHN HUsSELT0N.
Guardian of the minor children of John Scott decd
IAN IA
American citizen. [volume] (Butler, Butler County, Pa.) 1863-1872, 1864-02-17
The farmers department.
TILE FARMER.

Drive on, thou sturdy farmer,
Drive cheerful DER thy field
The pleasures Of a farmers life
No other life can yield.
Thou risest with the morning sun,
To till the fruitful earth;
And when thy daily task is done,
Thou seek'st thy peaceful hearth.
Thou lowest not the gaudy town,
With its tumultuous roar
Plenty and Peace thy hreside crown,
And thou dost ak no more.
Monarehs, with robes In crimson dyed,
Are naught compared with thee;
They are the pampered sons of pride,
Thou'rt Gods nobility.
DO on, thou sturdy farmer,
Tread proudly on the sod,
Thy proud and goodly heritage,
Thou chosen man Of God. K.B.w.