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Lewistown gazette. [volume] (Lewistown, Pa.) 1843-1944, 1866-10-10
A Lady Volunteer Nurse I'm the
London Hospital.

The London Lancet tells US of very
young aud very fair girl who, from the
beginning of the epidemic cholera,
passed her time, moving from bed 10
bed, in ceaseless efforts to comfort and
relieve in a scene of suffering and of
death sufficient to try the stoutest
heart. She offered her help at time
when, from the sudden inroad of cases,
such assistance was urgently required,
and nobly has she discharged her self
taught duty. Wherever the need is
greatest and the work hardest there
she is to be seen, toiling until her
limbs almost refuse TO sustain her
One OF the effects of her presence has
been that the nurses have been encour-
aged by her never-failing energy and
cheeriness, so that thei dread of dis
ease has been lost in efforts to combat
it. This is an instance of devotion
which it would be an insult to praise
it need only be recorded.
Lewistown gazette. [volume] (Lewistown, Pa.) 1843-1944, 1866-10-10

blance OF life in my chamber at home.
L never saw Captain Elliot again
The last words [ ever heard from his
lips were those of knightly daring
The last action of his life in connection
with mine, was TO follow in the train
OF frightened youths who rode after me,
10 contemplate the disaster from afar,
and as soon as he saw me lifted from
the shallow bed of the river into
which | had been thrown when my
frightened horse stopped suddenly on
its banks, to ride hastily off That
evening he sent to make inquiyies and
learning that | was severely, but it
was hoped not fatally, injured, he
thenceforth contented himself with
such tidings Of my condition and i'm
provement as could be gained from
mere rumor.
At last it was known that | would
never recover entirely from the effects
of my injury, and that very day Cap
tain Elliott departed suddenly from
the neighborhOod. He made no at
tempt to see me, nor sent me any fare
! well. When | was once more abroad
| beginning, though with much unal-
| loyed bitterness, to learn the lesson of
/ patience and resi- gnatiOu that awaited
me, | received a letter from him, III
which he merely said that he presum-
ed ny own judgment had taught me,
| that in my altered circumstances, our
! engagement must come TO an end but
! to satisfy his own sense of honor (his
| honor } he wrote to say while enter
tanning the highest respect for me he
| desired a formal remuneration of my
| claim. Writing on the bottom Of this
letter, Let it be as you wish" l re-
turned it to him at once, and thus end
| ed my brief dream of a romantic we'd
ding.
l heard ere this of ElIiot's coward
ly conduct on that day, but now first
bethOught me to inquire who had res
cued me from that iminent death. -
! And | learned that James Frazer, his
arm already broken by the jerk with
which Brown 8ess tore away from
him as he caught at her bride, had
| ridden after me, and been the first to
lift me from the water Many times
daily he made inquiries concerning
me; his had been the band that sent
the rare flowers that had decked my
room his were the lips that breathed
words of comfort and hope to my poor
mother; his were the books that reaC
during the days of convalescence; anC
his, now, the arm that supported me
as slowly and painfully | paced th'
garden walks
/ have been his wife for many .
year. | have forgotten that he is no
I handsOme-or rather he is beautiful
to me, because [ see his grand ant
loving spirit shining through his plail
features andanimating his awkward fg
ure. I have long since laid aside, a
utterly untenable, my theory tha
beautiful spirits dwell only in Lowell.
bodies. 1t may be a providential com
pensation that, in denying physics
perfection, the soul is not drafted 0
marred by petty vanity or love of tn
world praise.
Lewistown gazette. [volume] (Lewistown, Pa.) 1843-1944, 1866-10-10
1--WE Shall Eat the Fruit"

A blacksmith had IN his possession,
but under mortgage, house and piece
of land. Like many others, he was at
one time fond of the social glass, but
was happily induced by fried to join
the temperance society, About three
months after he observed his wife one
morning busily employed planting rose
bushes and fruit trees.
Mary" said he, Il have owned
this cot for five years, and yet | have
never known you before to improve or
ornament it in this manner"
"Indeed," replied the smiling wife,
| had no heart to do it until you gave
up the drink | had often thought of
it before, but l was persuaded that,
should | do it, some strangers would
pluck the roses and eat the fruit -
Now, with Gods blessing, this cot will
be ours, and we and our children may
expect to enjoy the produce. We shall
pluck the roses and eat the fruit
Lewistown gazette. [volume] (Lewistown, Pa.) 1843-1944, 1866-10-10
Rows Using Tobacco.

a strong and sensible writer says a
good, sharp thing, and true one, too;
for boys who use tobacco 1t has ut
terly ruined thousands Of boys. 1t
tends to softening and weakening Of
the bones, and it greatly Injuries the
brain, spinal marrow and the whole
nervous fluid. A boy who smokes
early and frequently, or in any way
uses large quantities of tobacco, is new
er known to make man of much en-
ergy, and generally lacks muscular
and physical as well as mental power.
We would particularly warn boys who
want to be anything in the world, to
shun tobacco as a most baneful poison.
1t Injuries the teeth. 1t produces an
unhealthy state fthe throat and lungs,
hurts the stomach and blasts the brain
and nerves.
Lewistown gazette. [volume] (Lewistown, Pa.) 1843-1944, 1866-10-10

ia We have listened to many effec-
tive arguments in favor Of total abstl-
nence, but we have never heard one
more exhaustive than that of the hon
est German who was asked to speak
at a meeting of the friends of total ab-
stinence. As to the precise locality OF
this meeting our readers are at liberty
to exercise their guessing faculties
After some hesitation, he arose and
said: 81 shall tell you how 1t vas; L
put mine hand on my head, and there
vas Won big pain. Then 1 put mine
hand on my pody, and vas another.
There was very much pains in all mine
pody. Then | put mine hand in my
pocket, and there vas nothing. Now
there vas no more pain in my head.
The pains in my pody was all gone
away. put mine hand in my pocket,
and there vas twenty tollars. So L
shall shtay mid te temperance Aside
from the moral prospects of the ques-
ton, the Dutchman's experience tells
the whole story.
Lewistown gazette. [volume] (Lewistown, Pa.) 1843-1944, 1866-10-10

A Grand Squirrel Hitnt.-The De-
troit Tribune says: On Saturday last
another great squirrel hunt took place
in Macomb county, which was parti-
cipated in by number OF men of the
towns of Washington and Ray, OF that
county In the first contest, our read
ers will remember, the Ray men were
victorious, but in the last their oppo-
nents came out ahead. Upon this
occasion the number of squirrels of all
kinds killed was 4,267. As agreed up
on, red squirrel counted one, grey
Or black squirrel two, and fox squir
rel three. The count at the close of
Lewistown gazette. [volume] (Lewistown, Pa.) 1843-1944, 1866-10-10
M 7 8 Q Ell / "A N Y
Autumn.

Alas for the summer. The grass is
still verdant on the hills and in the val.
Icys; the foliage Of the trees is as dense
as ever, and as green; the flowers are
abundant along the margin OF the riv-
er, and in the hedge-rows, and deep
among the woods; the days, too, are as
fervent as they were a month ago; and
yet, in every breath Of wind, and in
every beam of sunshine, there is an
autumnal influence. | know not how
to describe it. Methinks there is a
sort of GOODNESS amid all the heat, and
a mildness in the brightness of the sun,
shine. A breeze cannot stir without
thrilling me with the breath of Au.
tumn, and | behold its pensive glory in
the far, golden CLEANS among the long
shadows of the trees. The flowers
even the brightest of them-the gold
en-rod and the gorgeous cardinals-the
most glorious flowers of the year
have this gentle sadness amid their
pomp. Pensive Autumn is expressed
in the glow OF every one of them.
have felt this influence earlier in some
years than in others Sometimes Au
tumn may be perceived in the early
days of July There is no other feel
! ing like that caused by this faint
doubtful, yet real perception, or rather
/ prophecy of the years decay, so deli
( ciously sweet and sad at the same time
-Hduthorne.
Lewistown gazette. [volume] (Lewistown, Pa.) 1843-1944, 1866-10-10

a Feroctous Aaniac-There is a
maniac now living in Buckland, Mass
achusetts, named Josiah Spaulding,
who, the Springfield Republican says,
has been confined in an iron cage for
over fifty years, and for more than
thirty years has not stood erect. He
has become so deformed that it is i'm
possible to straighten his limbs by
manual force He refuses to be cloth
ed, and will not suffer anything to re-
main on him, and is only kept warm
in winter by warming the room in
which his cage is placed. He is the
son of Rev. Josiah Spaulding. When
. he first became insane he endeavored
to murder his father, mother and sis.
ter, and it became necessary to con-
/ fine him so that be could not harm
/ any one.
Lewistown gazette. [volume] (Lewistown, Pa.) 1843-1944, 1866-10-10

| am afraid he will find that the re,
mains of the cotton loan are not avail
able for the uses OF the Richmond Cab
met. He is too late. J P Benjamin,
now a member OF the English bar, was
sharp enongh to get three or four
thosand p,duIS, which he claimed as
unpaid salary. lie got the money last
week What remains is fast going up
on Baden Baden, and in other pur-
suits. Poor Wigfall is here too, and
has brought all his family with him,
His errand was the same, and his
friends at the Langham say he looks
very detected, seedy, and disappoint-
ed
Lewistown gazette. [volume] (Lewistown, Pa.) 1843-1944, 1866-10-10
COnfedS. i'm England.

Concerning noted Confederates in
England, late London letter remarks:
Gen. Breckinridge, with his family,
has just arrived in London from Cana
da. The Elk General and Secretary OF
War of the Confederacy looks old and
careworn, and seems to have lost the
dignity which characterized him when
he presided over the Senate of the U.
S. He comes to look after some funds
which are supposed to have been SNUG
gled away by some of the rebel agents.
Lewistown gazette. [volume] (Lewistown, Pa.) 1843-1944, 1866-10-10

How PLANTS GROW Plants breathe
carbonic acid instead of oxygen. De-
prive plant Of carbonic acid, and it
would 'sicken and die. Over the sur
face of leaves are countless numbers of
pores or open mouths which take in
the carbonic acid Thus the leaves of
plants are like the lungs of animals.
Itescapes verfermentation takes
place and whenever bodies are decom.
! posed. Such are some of the properties
/ of carbOnic acid-a substance deadly
! poisonous when breathed, yet abso-
lutely necessary for our very exist
ence.
Lewistown gazette. [volume] (Lewistown, Pa.) 1843-1944, 1866-10-10
Vol. LVI, No. 40.

sport stood: Washington, 5000; Ray,
3,o56 Ii. M'Greg counted $50; Frank
Holcomb, IA; W. W. Lyon, 1877; and
O. J. Glass, ll5. These were the
highest count. The largest number of
squirrels killed by one man was LOG,
and they were dispatched by Mr. Nc
Wetley, of the Washington party
The next greatest number was killed
by o. Stevenson, of Ray, who bagged
SO. The whole affair afforded much
genuine sport, and passed off with the
greatest good feeling.
Lewistown gazette. [volume] (Lewistown, Pa.) 1843-1944, 1866-10-10

R~ Those who can afford it can
travel on railways and be as comforta-
bic as when at home. The Philadel-
phia and Erie Railroad Company have
q family carr which is admirably
adapted to ease and comfort, if not pos
tive luxury. 1t is model of comfort
and elegance, and has nearly ali the
conveniences of wellappointed dwell
ling-a porch in rear, where several
may sit and take the air, free from
dust; an elegantly furnished saloon or
parlor, with sofas, tables and mirrors !;
a sleeping apartment, where sofa seats
are quickly transformed into easy
couches; a dining room, with extern
sion table and all the necessary ct cet-
eras; pantry well stocked with SUBJ
stantials; washing-room, etc
Lewistown gazette. [volume] (Lewistown, Pa.) 1843-1944, 1866-10-10
Se~G1OOa

IIAVING bought the right and license TO use and
ii sell Seth s. Drews improvement in mode of cut
ting boots which patent consists of cutting with but
seam, and without crimping. we therefore eau
ton all against using selling boots Of this make
N the county of MIf1In. j. ". s. Smith and 8 D.
Byram, Agents for Pennsylvania and assguers to P.
F. Foop. Shop and Township Rights will be sold by
P. F. Loop All wishing 10 aysil themselves of this
and desirable loot. which is ar least twenty-five
per cent of an advantage to the the old
can do so, hv writing to p F. Loop. Call and see.
June Is 1861
Lewistown gazette. [volume] (Lewistown, Pa.) 1843-1944, 1866-10-10
IdIHIIIS
1 Two Hundred { FOrty.FiTe Acres

R1Eae@SHg@ nearly All tItaASu anu ia q
T101 STATE of cultivation, having thereon
erected FARM HOUSE, Barn and other
out-buildings.
RI The undivided One-fourth part of a
field situate as aforesaid. containing eight
acres and IS perches, more or less, known
3 The field by the Church"
4th The undivided One-fOurth part OF a
tract of land situate as aforesaid, adioin-
ing lands of n W. Sterrett, James Ster-
rert's heirs, J. Kennedy, John SwartZell,
Wm. Beatty's heirs and others, containing
THIRTY-FOUR ACRES, and l26 per-
ches. more or less, known as The fields
west of the road"
5th. The undivided one-fourth part of
a lot of ground situate as aforesaid, con-
tanning Seventy-Seven Perches, more or
less. known as the Samuel Harry Lot:
9Th. The undivided one-fourth part OF a
lot of ground situate as aforesaid, contain
inc l42 Perehes, more or less, known as
the 'Hassinger Lot"
7th, The undivided One-fourth part OF
three several lots situate as aforesaid, one
thereof containing A perches, more OF
less. known as the ''ShOp Lott. Anoth-
er thereof containing SO perches more OF
less known as the Corner Lot And
the other containing II perches, more OF
less. known as the Wagon Maker SHOP
Lott
sth, The undivided one-fourth part OF
a lot of ground situate as aforesaid, con-
tanning three Acres and l12 perches, more
or less. known as the Hawk Lot"
9th, The undivided one-fourth part OF
tract of land situate as aforesaid, con
tanning ONE HUNDRED d SEVENTY
TWO ACRES and 81 perches, more ol
less. known as THE East end ofthe VIM
Lyon Tract"
10th. The undivided one-fourth part O
q tract of land situate as aforesaid, con
tanning
Lewistown gazette. [volume] (Lewistown, Pa.) 1843-1944, 1866-10-10
900 ACHES,

and IS percheS, more or less, known as
the ''West end of the VIM. Lyon Tract. "
llth. The undivided one-fourth part OF
eight pieces, parcels, or tracts OF land, sit
uate in the township aforesaid on what Il
known a. Beatty's Knob:
No. /. Containing 50 acres and ~ per-
cLes. more or less. No. :, Containing IL
acres and l21 perches, more or less. No.
8. Containing 10 acres and 102 perches,
more or less. No. 4, Containing l3Otlcres
and I55 perches, more or less. No. .,
Containing I23 acres and 50 perches, more
or less. No. s, Containing la acres and
lGg perches. more or less. No. I, Contain
ing 156 acres and l03 perches, more or less.
No :. Containing l3l acres and l29 per-
ches, more or less.
Sale TO commence at 10 o'clock a. IN.
of said day
TERMS One third in hand on cOnfir-
nation of sale by the Orphans Court Of
Centre county, and the residue in two
equal annual payments, with interest, to
be secured on the premises by bond and
mortgage.
1t Is deemed necessary for the infOrma-
ton of persons unacquainted with this
property TO call special attention to Nos.
one and two The grist Mill and Distil-
Ierv are now in full operation and were
erected by the Messrs. Locke, in the mosi
permanent and complete manner, with
0ut regard TO cost. The farm building:
are large and convenient and well adapted
for all farming purposes. There are some
twelve tenant and other houses for th'
accommodation of those employed at thi
establishment, all in good order. Th'
Miffiin and Centre County Railroad Is II
close proximity TO the Mills, being bu
ahplf two TllilpS distant
Lewistown gazette. [volume] (Lewistown, Pa.) 1843-1944, 1866-10-10
ORPHANS COURT SALE!
VNILL be exposed to sale by pubIl'
w vendue, on the premises, on
Tuesday. October I6. 1866,

the following Real Estate, to wit:
\ certain tract of land, situate in De-
catur township, Miffiin county, beginning
at a maple, thence by land of - Dor
man, north 430 east 166 perches to double
white oak, thence by land of Geo. Kearns,
Esq, south AZ east 1S4 perches to awhile
oak, thence by same south, 43' west IS
perches to stones, thence south So west
Is perches TO dogWood, thence north 6l3o
west 176 perches to place OF beginning,
containing
155 ACRES, ISL PERCHES,
more or less. The improvements consist
of a Dwelling House, new Bank Barn.
good water, dc. a good part OF 1t cleared
and under tivation-the heremainderw well
timbered,
Sale 10 commence at l o'clock of said
day, when terms will be made known.
T. q. BELL.
sepl2-ts Adm. of 6. w. Fisher, decd.
Lewistown gazette. [volume] (Lewistown, Pa.) 1843-1944, 1866-10-10
Saturday, October IL, 1866,

at one o'clock in the afternoon, the follow
ing Real Estate, to wit:
4 House and Lot of Ground, situate in
Armagh township, Miffiin county, bound
ed ON the north by land of VIM. Collier,
on the south by land of John Beaver and
VIM. Reed, on the east by land of w.
Thompson and Bartholomew Thatcher
and on the west by land of VIM, Reed
containing about / acres, more or less.
Terms made known on day of sale.
PETER BAREFOOT,
sep19 Admr. of Danl Beaver, decd.
Lewistown gazette. [volume] (Lewistown, Pa.) 1843-1944, 1866-10-10
Z. C.. HUMES,
ADAM HOY.

The undersigned owners in fee simple
of the remaining undivided three-fourths
part of the above described property, will
sell the same at the same time and place,
and upon the same terms.
f. c. HUMEs, H. y. McALLISTER, A.
G. CURTIN. sept29-ts
Lewistown gazette. [volume] (Lewistown, Pa.) 1843-1944, 1866-10-10
628, HOOP SKIRTS, 628.
Hopkins ''0wn Make"
NEW FALL ST YLES!

Are in every respect FIRST class, and embrace CON-
pete assortment for Ladies, Misses and Children, of
the Newest Styles, every length and Sizes OF Waist
Our Skirts wherever known are more universally
popular than any others before the public. They re-
tain their shape better lighter, elastic, more
durable and really Cheaper, than any other Hoop
Skirt in the market The springs and fastenngs are
They are now being extensively sold by Merchants
throughout the Country. and at Wholesale Retail at
Manufactory and Sales Room
No 62s ARCH STREET BELOW 7th. PHILADELPHIA
Ask for HOPKINS ''own make,"-buy no other.
Cz1litioR.-None genuine unless Stamped on each
Kid Pad-"Hopkin.s Hoop Skirt Manufactory, No.
62S Arch Street Philadel phia.
Also constantly on hand full line of New York
made Skirts. at very low prices.
TERMS NET CASH. ONE PRICE ONLY. au294n
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Pennsylvania Railroad

daily; 2 daily except Sunday; 3 daily except Mon
day; does not stop at Lewistown Philadelphia Ex-
press Eastward, daily except Monday.
Fare 10 Harrisburg 3 2lO: to Philadelphia S IS; to
Altoona so; to Pittsburgh co. 10 Baltimore 20 to
York %.
RB-The ticket Office viii be open % minutes before
the arrival of each passenger train.
D. E. robson, Agent.
Gabraith Conner's ounibusses connect with all
the passenger trains, and take up and down pas
seugers AT all points within the borough. Orders are
requested TO be left ar the National House.
The Trains on the Miffiin Centre Co Branch road
leave Lewlstown tor ReedsVile IS a. m, ii 23
NJ 90 p m. and l6 p. m, arriving from Reedsve
at 81 m, II p p M II p. and II p. M stop
ping al the intermediate stations both ways.
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ORPHANS COURT SALE.

y In pursuance Of am order issued by
the Orphans Court Of Mif1iin county,
the undersigned will expose TO sale, by
rOS, on
Lewistown gazette. [volume] (Lewistown, Pa.) 1843-1944, 1866-10-10
GRIST MILL, DISTILLERY

and other buildings, known as LOCKS
Mills.
3i The undivided one-fourth part of a
,srrsin tract of land situate III the town
shin aforesaid, adjoining lands of John
Beatty. Geo. Swartzell, y. w. Sterrett,
John and James Beatty, and others, con-
Lewistown gazette. [volume] (Lewistown, Pa.) 1843-1944, 1866-10-10
VALUABLE REAL ESTATE AT
PUBLIC SALE.

ny VIRTUE of the authority conferred
Hupon the undersigned by an act of the
General Assembly of the Commonwealth
# Pennsylvania, entitled An Act to en-
silp the Administrators of Hon. James T.
Hale late of Centre county, decd, to sell
val estate" passed.th llth day of April,
is6. they will expose to sale at public
5rtcry at Locks Mills, in AIiffiin county,
Pennsylvania, on
tuesday, October 80, 1866,
+be following valuable Real Estate, to wit /:
1st. The undivided one-fourth part Of
-eo tracts of land, situate i'll Armagh
0wnship, Mitfiin county, Pa, the one
s,ntaining fifteen acres, and IS perches,
more or less, and the other containing
inr acres and IS perches, more or less,
having thereon erected a large
The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1866-12-16
COLGATE'S HONEY SOAP,

This celebrated Toilet Soap, in such
universal demand, is made from the
choicest materials, is mild and crnol-
ltcnt in its nature, frngrantly scented,
and extremely beneficial in it's action
upon the skin. For sale by ali Druggists
and Fancy Goods Dealers. March IS 1y
The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1866-12-16

The New York Herald, of Tuesday,
The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1866-12-16
Affairs In Ireland.

The New York Herald, of Tuesday,
says:
We learned by the cable, yesterday,
that the London Times pronounces
the Fenian movement check-mated,
and an attempt at rebellion madness,
meaning, probably, by that express
sion, that troops enough have been
sent to Ireland to quen any force that
the Fenians can bring into the field.
1t is curious fact, that although we
receive by telegraph, every day, some
mysterious news about this move
ment. we have not yet heard of q
rising in any definite part of Ireland.
The significant expression was flashed
over the cable, on Saturday night,
from London, that two more cavalry
regiments had been despatched to
''the scene Of the disturbance. What
disturbance? And where was the
scene of the disturbance, if any took
place? Was it in Dublin, or Belfast,
or Cork, or Limerick?-fora all these
places have been seriously disturbed
tor some time. We further learn that
the Cardinal Archbishop Cullen has
issued pastoral, cautioning the peo-
pie against allying themselves with
secret societies; but it occurs to us
that the warning comes too late, when
we remember that the Fenian organ
ization has been going on for more
than eight years, and is not likely to
be demolished by q pastoral letter
just on the eve of an outbreak.
But, supposing the Fenians to be
check-mated, it will only throw them
into the hands of John Bright, whose
movement is more formidable than
Fenianism. The latter organization
is only one of the revolutionary ele-
ments now at work in the British
empire, and, of itself, can probably
do little damage to the Government,
but, allied to Bright's movement, it
may become serious affair to the
governing classes, who are already
alarmed for their tenure of power.
Meantime, trade and commerce in
Ireland are in state of stagnation,
and the operations of capital are, of
course, paralyzed. How long this
state of affairs is to continue, may
depend more upon John Bright than
upon james Stephens.
The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1866-12-16

SWEET OPoPoNAx The only elegant Per-
fume. Is found on all toilets, and never
stains the handkerchief
The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1866-12-16

SWEET OPoPoNAxl New Perfume from
Mexico The only fashionable Perfume
aud ladies' delight.
The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1866-12-16

SWEET OPoPoNA1l Ladies, in their morn
ing calls, carry joy and gladness, when
perfumed with Sweet Opoponax