Wyoming democrat. [volume] (Tunkhannock, Wyoming Co., Pa.) 1867-1940, 1867-08-07
Local and Personal.
Returned.

Rank, where all wishing Pictures can be sup
rTed at short notice.
Oleagiuous.
The Improved Linseed Oil or "Drying Oil"
:, used and approved by the best painters
hsre and elsewhere. 1t is cheaper than raw,
n;I and preferable in every respect
To he found in Tunkhannock at the Drug
Store Of Lyman and Wells, onl y, They also
Lson variety of other oils, and a good as
.ortment Of Paints, Varnishes, DC
Fair and Festival,
The Ladies' connected with the Methodist
Cbnrch of Tunkhannock will hold Fair aRd
Festival in said Church commencing on Mons
b.y Evening August 19th.i The proceeGswlll
he used in furnishing the new Church.
The public are respectfully invited to
,,tend end assist in this most laudable
enterprise.
String Bands
And Ochestras will do we'll to call upon L.
r Powell llG Penn Avenue, Scranton, for
Tnstruments, Strings, &c. He is filling
great many orders for Strings by mail.
Over-e1ertIon,
Either of body or mind, produces debility
and disease. The usual remedy is to take
some stimulent, the effect of which is the
same as giving tired horse the whip instead
Of oats. The true way is to fortify the sys-
tenn with O permanent tonic like the Peruvian
Syrup, Ia protoxide Of iron), which gives
strength aud vigor to the whole system.
New Clothing Store.
Messrs. Straus & Erllg, extensive clothing
dealers from Rochester, n. Y. have rented c,
p. Miller's brick store for the purpose of en-
tering into the manufacture and sale on an
extensive scale OF Ready made Clothing, Hats,
Cans and Gentleman's Furnishing Goods
They expect to be able to open Up the estab>
lishInent on or about the Goth inst.
Editors and other ragged people will make
q note Of the above.
Prepare for Court
Prosecutors in criminal cases will please
see that their witnesses are duly suppGnaed,
either by themselves or by constable, and
the return made and sworn TO on Monday
afternoon at , o'clock, the 10Th day of Aug.
1867, being the first day of the term of the
Court of Quarter Sessions for thls county
Witnesses must be on hand on Monday morn
ing to respond, otherwise attachments may
issue for contempt.
For the Benefit Of the Clergy,
To PREACHERS OF THE GosPEL, in this
County who furnish satisfactory evidence of
the fact. we will furnish the Wyoming Dem.
at half price-Sl 90 per year.
Preachers of political, dsunion, negro equali-
ty, mongrel doctrines, will be furnished, now
and then, through the columns of the Demo-
crat, with slight touch of "Hail Columbia"
gratis.
Progressing
A. I'll Il
being built here this summer, are going fo--
ward or rather upwards. The Jail, seems to
be little the most in advance. The stone
work of cellar and the cells being well nigh
completed. The brick-w has now been
by Mr. Richard Brenton, late Of
Pittston, but now a resident Of Nicholson, in
this County. The foundation walls of the
Presbyterian Church ready for the
brick This, tco, Mr.. Brcnton has been en-
gagged to build. The basement story wall.
Of the new Methodist Church are nearly fin
ished and so far, appear quite ornamental.
Brass Band at Nicholson,
The young men of Nicholson, aided by the
public spirited citizens of that place, have
procured full set of instruments for brass
Band, at an expense Of upwards of S40O.-
They have also engaged the services OF Il. p.
Ross, Esq, the accomplished musician and
Leader of the band at this place. as an
Instructor. Having had, just little experi>
ence in this misunderstanding yet in our A. b.
C.'s-we warn our Nicholson friends against
expecting too much, in too short time. Ten
thousand discordan: unearthly sounds viii.
have to be made in the long and patiently
practiced exercises, to produce even the sim
plest tune.-But stick 10 it boys! Perse~
yereuce oyercoUnes all obstacles.
ITO be, or not 10 be-thdt's the question"
Whether to suffer with mental anguish,
Feverlsh lips, cracking pans dyspeptic agonics,
And nameles bodily suffering
Or whether, with sudden dash,
Seize bottle of PLANTATION BIrTERs.
And, as Guntber swears, be myself man
again,
Gunther said my eyes were sallow,
My visase haggard, my breath tremendous
bad
MY disposition ntroubesome--in fact,
He gently hinted was fast becoming
Quite a nuisance.
Four bottles now beneath my vest have dis
appeared,
My food has relish, my appetite is keen,
Ny step elastic, nv mind brilliant. and
Nine pounds, ayoir dupois, is added to my
weight,
Magnolia Water.
A delightful toilet article superior to CO.
logne and at half the price.
Unlocking the Rocks.
The great cost of silver and gold arisesi not
80 much from their scarcity in he earth, as
the difficulty Of extracting them from their
stony combinations. DR.. J. G. Aver, the
well-known chemist Of Massachusetts, has
cut this gordian knot. After having merIted
and received the gratitude of half mankind,
by his remedies that cure their diseases, he
is now winning the other half, by opening
for them an easy road TO the exhaustless
treasures of the hills. He has discovered
and published chemical process, which ren>
ders at little cost tue hardest rocks and ores
friable like chalk, so that the precious metals
are loosed from their confinement, and east
ly gathered. Mines too poor to pay, may be
worked at profit now, aud the yield of rich
'nineSis largely increased, while the cost of
extracting the metals from the ore, ia dimin-
ished. Either is great achievement, to en-
rich mankind, or cure their diseases. But we
are informed our celebrated countryman adj
here TO the latter, as his speciality and chief