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The Potter journal. [volume] (Coudersport, Pa.) 1857-1872, 1866-01-23

CONTRASTS The loom, the anvil, tht
broom. Nlcdern-the skate, the swing
the ball.
Implements Of housewifery. The spin
ming wheel, cords and needle. Modem
TIE rocking chair, piano and sewing ma
eiines
Work for odd moments -Cording
kpi;ting, churuiug. Misunderstanding
taslipg, reading novels. $3.50
Employment for young ladies.-Mak
ing bread, working butter, darning stock
idgs. Modern-lookiDg out Of tire wiz
dow. making waterfalls, working worsted
Employment for young gents. FEELING
trees -tilIiog land, planting corn. Mod
erD selling pins, curing COINS, lifting kids
Employment fer little girlS.--Workin:
samplers, hunting hens nests, reading TIN
Bible. Modern--rolling hoop, roliiUs
hair, dancing the Lancers.
Covering for the ,head.--A bonnet
Moderu--triangular pieces OF silk anc
lace oruamented with flowers.
Head dresses.--Caps, powder, cush
ions. Modern--WateTfaIIs, beads, ribbon
When I was school girl we used Con.
stocks Philosophy; now Pontoon Phi
lOsophy is the ORDER of the day.
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JOHN PATTEN, Jr., Proprietor.

TgNHE Pacific Hotel is we'll and widely
I known to the travelling public. The To-
cation is especially suitable to merchants
and business men it is in close proximity TO
the business part of the City-is on the high.
way of Southern and Western travel-and
adjacent to all the priacipal Railroad and
Steamboat depots.
The Pacific has liberal accommodation for
over 300 guests ii is well furnished, and pos
scsses every modern improvement for the
comfort and entertainment of its inmates
The rooms are spacious and we'll ventilated !:
provided with gas and wafer; the attendance
il prompt and respectful and the table is
generously provided with every delicacy OF
the season.
The subscriber, who, for the past few years.
has been the lessee, is now sole proprietor,
and intends to identify himself thoroughly
with the interests of his house. With long
experience as a hotol-kceper, lie trnsts, b.
moderate charges and 4 liberal policy, to
maintain the favorable reputation of the Pa.
cifc Hotel. JOHN PATTEN, JR.
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JHSNIE,S ELOPEMENT.

Oh. Jennie Gray was young ard fair,
With azure eyes and sunny hair,
Which gently toyed around rare
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SoPRASo Voices, intended rs studies 10 acquire Il
proper art OF singing, BY CARLO BASsINI, autho
Bassini's art of sin sng and Baritone. In two book
Price. cacI. $50.
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ls' Oh! Jennie Cray was young ard fair,
With azure eyes and sunny hair,
E4 Which gently toycd around rare
and beautiful throat, and bust of sym
metry. Full many lover, l wean sighed
and repined, and cursed cruel fate that
they had not been one of Jennle's edfis
5 instead of man /; for strapge.,t to tell,
nothing favoriug of masculinity has ever
eaclrcled Jennies neck. If her lovers
Z had only been curls, they could
bn aUpon her breast find couch of casa.
Or wander with her 'mong the trees,
ga And kiss her cheek with every breeze.
5e1ohn Henry was a lover bold
Tho, minus of silver and gold,
- And Jenne's heart once so cold,
a was melted by the first glance of bis low
3 hest eyes, She likened him IN her vestai
imagination, to Apollo, because he had
red hair, TO Orpheus, because he was
sweet singer, and played the fiddle; and
10 Adonis, because he was youth Of fair
proportions aud comeIy to look upon. She
vfigbed when the beloved object of her
,hear t's alteration was not near, like the
wind through. an oak-tree- squirrel-hole
Her cruel father had sworn by the rod
aud mass, if he caught him with Jennie,
That he would creep behind him sly,
And let his heavy peg-ooot fly
y sAt,him Ia posferior'!
Jennie bewailed his high decree,
but vowed that welded she would be
,, '.By thunder, should like to see
the old man hiL der me from getting mar
sri4d when feel like it," was the defiant
exclamation.
.ssNhy don't you feel like it then 2"
said John Henry.
= 'Because Ildew," was the reply.
" "Let's 'lope, my cinnamon, sassatras,
maple sugar, corn stalk, beet, my paragon
of sweetness" was his gallant rejoiuder
.sGesh, I'll dew it, John Henry" said
che.
e. Great was the joy of the cnamored
swain when she consented, aud he fairly
screamed,
Here's my hoss, jump on astride,
re And few the Parsou's we will ride,
And have the knot all firmly tied"
Upon the steed she sprang amain,
John Henry seized the guiding rein,
81 And fast they scampered DER the plain
towards the parsonage some miles distant.
The old man Grey, got wind of the affair.
mounted feet courser and gave instant
pursuit after the disorderly pair. Being
.mounted on swifter horse, aud not quite
SO much to carry, Mr.. Grey soon came IN
Eight of the fleeing party. Putting spurs
to his steed, he soon had the satisfaction
of overtaking them. Selling John Hen
rvs horse by the bride, he cried,
In a voice of anger loud and high,
That shook the nuts from trees hard BY,
That she must go back hum, or die!
He seized her roughly by the waist,
Aud drew her from her beau in haste,
ID on his prencing steed he placed her,
fienacins the while her lover with sum
mary punishment, As he as in the act
of mounting before her, old Boreas-tht
north wind feeling sorry for the weep
ing maiden, blew fierce blast to signify
h displeasure, which sent the old man :
hat flying far down the road. Herushcd
after his hat, and they whipped up THEN
steeds and left him. - @
= HCome back, como back, the old man
sy!ed,
eBut Jennie haughtily Replied .-
81 will, pap-wken the knot is tied"
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Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1866-05-03


THINGS THEATRIcAL.-The New Mem
phs has been doing splendid business,
with Miss Charlotte Thompson as the
bright particular star
Charles Devlin is at Ben DeBar Opera
House, at St. Louis, doing good bust
ness.
The Varieties is running Yankee
Jack, with Miss Anna Hathaway in the
leading part
At the National, Cincinnati, Miss Fan
ME B. Price was starring it to good
houses
A correspondent of the Nashville
Courier gives the following account of
New York theatricals. The Metropolis
is grand, and Broadway teens with the
hurrying multitude. All that hurry; it
makes us prematurely old; and wears
out life. And the women are out in full
feather, for the day is genial Their
hoops tilt (hoops nil tilt in crowds) and
the rolicksome laugh. Blue is the pre-
vailing color of garter But whose bust
ness is that? My wife does not wear the
fitting hoop. have none. If had,
she should not Bot like to see other
mems wives wear them. Bob, said
Sheridan to his hopeful son, " take
wife" Certainly, iather--whose wife
shall take2' Bob should have emf
grated. There are a great many wives
here They wear fitting hoops, and are
first cousin to Shoddy But Shoddy is
not popular, though prevalent 1t is at
discount-on Wall street Rascaliiy
alone brings premium there, and Shoddy
is an ass But it is worth a million.
Blood money Mrs. Macbeth head was
right-all the perfumes in Arabia cannot
wash it out And this is suggestive.
The tragic music will soon make an exit,
but as yet the theatres are in full blast.
Lester Wallack has re-appeared, after an
absence of eight months, and the silly
women and all puppydom are in eestacies.
Those inevitable whiskers, Wallackian
! whiskers, have created ten thousand pup
pies. John Owens still hangs out his
F"shiuglei at the Broadway, as he has
for more than two hundred and fifty
times, and has made $4,000 ont Of the
part. A valuable single "Jes so. "
And John is a comedian and a gentle
man still. He does not wear whiskers.
Kate Baieman made fortune in Len
don, and is repeating the same at Niblos.
By-the-by, she debuted in Louisville
wee bit Of thing, many years ago, and
has more than fulfilled the promise Of
bar iufantile wears. She made $50, 900
BY Leah, aud refused to pay the author
$50; plead infancy, which was bar.
Inrratitudc. thy name is = wOmani
And Lucy Rushtons theatre has quit.
A church t1rned into theatre "A T.
! Stewart, owner, wOaldn't pay, and $l2,-
600 has gone to return no more. A
friend Of Luey's backed her, and her
chief business man lost it Lucy
Is no actress, but fair and fat, and ex-
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TOURNAMENT AT FERNANDO.
Youth and Beauty Ont en- masse.
Grand Concert in the Evening.

Yesterday was grand gala day in our
pretty neighboring village of fernando
and will long be remembered by those
who had The good fortune of beingpresent
as an occasion of much pleasure and en-
joyment The grand tournament was held
at the Fair ground, in the vicinity OF the
Female College, and commenced atabout
halfpast eleven o'clock. When the ladies
and gentlemen spectators were seated
nineteen horsemen, making a magnih-
cent appearance, entered the ring to
contest for the prizes The old days OF
chivalry were once more mirrored to us
in all the full blaze Of sweet romance.
The gallant knight and his faire ladie,
with all the pomp and pageantry OF the
past days of song, we're brought to the
minds eye; and truly can it be saidthai
the people of fernando, for chiyalry,
hospitality and courteous kindness, are
not to be surpassed. The following are
the names of the gentlemen who con
tested for the prize, and we will say that
we have never seen better horsemanshlI
exhibited anywhere ----
C. r. Jones, knight of Chance; w,
d. Atkins; S. Lane, knight of Despair
w. B. johnson, Knight of Red Plume
W. W. Tucker, Star of Hope; B. Z. Bull
lington, Rob Roy; W. t. Selden, Knight
of Raven Tresses; 5. Smith Knight Of
White Plume; j. W. Tate, Blue knight
E. F. Cummins, Knight of Broken Lance
W. A. Davis, knight Of Luck; W. Good
man, Camanche Knight; Jno. Oliver,
Lone Star; S. Tate, Confederate Knight;
J. NJ. Hall, Knight of No Name A. B.
Mckenzie, Knight of COnfederacyi F.
Thompson, Knight of Trundle Bed Ran
gers; T. Sanders, Knight of Black Plume
Z. F. Pope, Knight of Tennessee. q
After one of the best contested rides
we have ever seen, the following gentle
men led their competitors, and came out
tie. Upon their trial ride, the follow
ing result was announced:
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Doubtful.

The following is being rather ungal-
lantly sent the rounds of the newspapers:
1t is said that lady on putting on her
corset is like man who drinks to drown
his grief, because in so-lacing herself she
is getting tight ,
Now that may certainly be considered
questionable, at least in some cases-but
this is not what so much concerns Facts
and Fictions. This is the qugstio rerdta
whether it is not rather the corset than
the lady that gets ON a bust. When
that is settled, another important one will
arise, namely, which of them it is that
stdvs so IN o. Orleans
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Monetary and Commercial
Money Market.

Exchange still adheres to its old status of 4
premium, selling, and 4 discount, buying.
Time bills are freely taken at the following
quotations: Thirty day bills, r9per cent. dis
count; fifteen day bills, q per cent. discount ;
10 day bills, y per cent. discount.
Gold is decidedly on the wane.
The Banks buy Cola to-day reluctantly. at
q to o, and no demand of consequence. They
ship to New York. Silver Is buying, 20 selling.
Interest bearing Notes improve as the inter-
est accrues. Dates of June, 1854, command
lO7; of July. 1864. 1867 of August, 1864,
1876; of October. 1864. 1877 of December, 1854.
los; of May. 1866. l1sc prem.
City Scrip and Coupons. 50 to 9c.
Mississippi Cotton Money. no sale.
There is a continued good demand for Union
Bank notes at 65 buying, aud GS selling.
Planters Bank notes are bought at IS and
sold at O..
Bank of Tennessee notes are dull and heavy,
with no dem and. though it is now conceded that
all dates. ii- espeetive of signatures, will be ae-
knowledged in liquidating prior to May. 1851.
Gotten Market.
HThere was no change in the cotton ma'kei
to-day. We quote:
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cessively English Brown stout and
beefsteak rare are wholesome--but gross
The theatres de Bowery flourish with
an audience slightly mixed. Black spir-
its and white, blue spirits and gray, etc
funny Charley Fox at one, and Leo Hud-
son and her fiery steed at tother They
make money, and there's the point
Give hundred dollars per night!
Adah Isaacs Menken is to receive, as
George Wood, Of the Broadway, an
nounces Five hundred per night for a
painted Jezabel, and intellect and virtue
starvel But Rachel was feted and Mill
bran starved. Why not Menken ? Vice
clothed in gold, and virtue in rags--you
know the rest. A new star De Mond-
lon, who has played here several times
this season, an old California actor, will
make tour this fall and winter. His
Richelieu" is superb. Possessing a
high order of intellect and fine culture,
he will make the light Of some Of our
stars pale. Your management would do
well to secure him. The opera has closed,
at least the Italian opera, and the season
was successful. Maretzek made more
money than he has any season heretofore.
This establishment does not advertise
in the New York Herald" Max set oui
with that motto, and won. Bully fol
Max. You have heard of John Morris
sey's gambling house. 1t is palatial in
its apartments, and, with splendid sup
pers, wines and liquors, and the conaic
with the tiger" there is all that may b.
desired by any one inclined TO sport
Millions Of dollars have been lost anC
won in that house, but always on thu
square-at least, such is the reputation
Of Morrissey that none question the fair
ness of his game. And there have beer
big games played there. l know Of |
New Yorker who, in what is technical.
termed "snap" game, lost 500, 900 in I
single night, and within month turned
the tables and won S72, 900 from the win
ner This individual is the biggest bette
in the world, and has often won and los
| $40, 900 to $20, 900 in night. There ar
many large betters here, but none witt
half the nerve, and, may add, few wit
half the fortune, since his income
100000 per year. He plays for excite
ment rather than gain. Faro is a gran
passion. Aaron Burr redivivus Mad
anne Jumel, who was his wife for FEY
months, died not long ago and left mi
lion or more, not to her kin, but to char
table societies and preacher. Tn
Madame was in her younger days yer.
fast. Her relatives argue she was incom
petent to make her will, and will try :
set it aside. But the device clearly prove
her sanity. She was only trying to chea
the devil.
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The knights were all dressed well. Mr..
W. Goodman, Camanche knight, was
especially So and proved himself worthy
of the days Of chivalry; and so did all
the competitors. After the browning,
the party retired to sunptuous repast.
To the kindness of Judge J. b. Morgan,
the marshal Of the day, and to DIR. +. Bull
lington and Lieut.. John t. Oliver, his
assistants, we are indebted for many
courtesies. AT a quarter to eight
o CLOCK, we went TO the hall of the
Female Academy, where the concert
was to be held. On entering the door,
we we're surprised to see such brilliant
bouquet Of youth and beauty as had
assembled. We saw more lovely women,
whose angelic smiles made everything
pleasant, than we have ever seen before
assembled in hall of that size AT a
quarter past eight the Philharmonic So
ciety, of Memphis, made their appear
ance and sang the Introductory song with
their usual splendid musical ability.
They were followed by Miss Lizzie Clark
an accomplished young lady, whose
personal charms are equal to her intel
lect, and whose musical ability is Of the
first order She sang Edinburgh
Town" in a manner that would have
been creditable to professional
Next came THE Voices of Night
NY Misses Pope and Thomas, executed
in style that could not be surpassed
Miss Pope's soprano voice rang clea
and sweet, while the alto of Miss Thoma
was duNcetly charming. Among thu
gems of the evening was the quartett'
by Miss Lizzie Clark, Miss Mollie Bool
and Messrs. Hams and Thomas
The same can be said Of the song o
.aCora Lee,p by Miss Mollie Boon, Mis-
Eudora Cook, Miss Julia Sanders, Mrs
Robertson and Messrs. Hams an
Thomas. The duet between Mrs. Rob
ertson and Mrs Smith was well RENDERED
and brought forth frequent applause
The solo on the utter, by Prof Funiak
was one of the sweetest touches of musi
of the evening. Mr. Scranton sang sew
eral very pretty songs in his usual goo'
style. The concert was complete sue
cess. 1t speaks in the highest praise 70
the people of fernando, and we dare So.
that for beautiful and intellectual women
and for courteous and hospitabl
people, fernando cannot be outdone
After the performance the Philhar
monies gave splendid serenad
to Mrs. Oakley the good lady O
Mr. C.. P. Oakley, and then pro
ceeded to the house of Captain Stokes
where they gave another serenade
Our citizens who went to fernando ar
under many obligations to Mr. c. 7
| Oakley, of the T. and M. R. r., for hi
kind attention and generous hospitality
Such politeness and courtesy will lon
live in the hearts of his friends. He i
truly genial, whole-souled gentleman
They are also indebted to Mr.. Livermore
the General Superintendent, for extend
ing to them every facility in his power
Our citizens have cause to be proud @
the officers of the T. and M. r. r. Il
conclusion we say that the people q
fernando have won a name that an.
city might well envy, and that we fec
thankful to every person there for thei
| kind treatment of us.