North Branch democrat. [volume] (Tunkhannock, Pa.) 1854-1867, 1867-07-31
local and Personal.

music nuo'' -aar q, the shortest notice, at the
OF iU.n''r. ofp. C Burns Bros, on Bridge
st.
Tbs FIouring Mills Of Piats, Miller
:. ,bs East end of Town, which for some
1'O .., have been undergoing thorough repairs
.-.acoveuents, are now in full operation anu
rad 10 do all work on short notice ana IN tne
best manner.
r..t..s ofthe Peace will conform to the require
,.r "a of the law in such case made ana prO'lueu
and contribute to the interests of taxpayers " inc
County, by sending all recogniEances 'AAen " ."'
-.,;o,, cases. to the District Attorney, Mt least
tan days before Court
,.os,,rp the Difficulty .--Many persons who
-. dasirous of obtaining Piano or Melodeon' are
.b,s 70 furnish sufficient means at one time to pay
for # -. to meet this difficulty, L. b. Powell, OF
c.rontoD. proposes to : i Musical instruments on
;..,unsns as far as possible, to suit the purchaser
Cor,u,ur;cate with him either by letter or In per-
son.
E,ceIIence in any of the fine arts, SO called, is
only attained by the few : and is much more fire.
ouenty the result Of long continued patient industry
and observation than of genius. When this and
those other qualities are united in the person
Us have one who excells in his art. Such person
isMr. W Ruger, the Artist, at this place. visit to
whose studio will not only afford great pleasuse to
sny lover of art but will afford ample proof of our as
sertio5 In addition to the countless pictures, sketches
and articles of virtu, he has quite collection Of
curiosities-i in the animal kngdom-rare birds and
arz mails stuffed, and looking natural as life Go
and see them, rooms over the Bank, in Starks brick
block.
An Invention of practical everyday utility has
been exhibited to by old asqu aintance Thomas
Chambers, Esq. Of Waverly, Pa the Agen: for its
sale in ths County. 1t is called the ''White Wire
Clothes Line" and is destined to entirely supercede
the rope line now in use. The advantages of this
Patent wire may be briefly stated as follows: 1t
does not stain nor injurs clothes. 1t is almost in
destructible 1t never breaks. 1t never needs be
"taken in" Clothes vii! not freeze fast to it. 1t
does not stretch when dry nor contract when wet
Itls cheaper than any other line-the cost per foot
being but trife above that Of the common rope
line which only lasts about year.
1t will save an incalculable amount of internal
and.external s;odng on washing d az, by being al
ways up aud in place
Every man who refuses TO buy and put up one of
these lines should be Obliged to dirty linen
court weeks general training thanksgiving and show
days and indeed all public occasions, until he
repents believes and buys
Glad TIdings to aIl.--We begin to think that
the millennium is fast approaching, when the sons Of
Adam and the daughters of Eve will be relieved from
the primal penalty imposed pom on them for the
disobedience Of the old Lady and Gentleman, in the
garden. The hard labor part of that penalty
can certainly bs aleviated. An examination Of The
practical work incs of the Atmospheric Churn Dash
now on exhibition by Mr.. Reynolds, Agent, for the
sale of rights, in this County, pO this, This
gentle mar with his aent dash, churEed jar of
cream at our house and took tberefrom fine roll of
butter In less than five minutes This Is what we
call c4urning made edsy-a thing that.We didn't
suppose could be did. Ofcourse every body sooner
or later will have one of these Dashes, Of course
everybody at fr,t will doubt, then see and then be-
Gere Mr. Reynolds is at Wallis Hotel, for the pur-
pose of removing doubts by letting people see, When
this is DONE he proposes to sell The right to vend and
these dashes in the several Townships in this Co.
See bis advertisement, in to-day's paper.
"The perfumed light
Steals through tho mist of alabaster lamps.
And every air is heavy with the breath
of orau sc flowers that bloom
L the midst of roses''
Such was the Aowry land filed with healing airs
and life-preservDg products, where DR. Drake dis
covered the chief Ingredients his wonderful Tonic
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. BIrrERs-the enchanted
trop,cle island of ST. Croix The Plantation Btters
combining all the medicinal and tonic virtues OF the
healing md lifesusaining products of that favored
Cline are, without doubt, the Worlds Great Remedy
for Dyspepsia, Low, Spirts, and all other stOmachic
difficulties
Magnolia Water.--A delightful toilet article
superior to Cologne and at half the price.
Answer to Enigma.--A few Of our subscribers
to have some trouble in guessing the import of
the letters and figures the tinted address label on
their papers, Pc rhaps they are not good at Euig-
mas. We feel it duty to give such, an explana-
ton Of of these cabastic words, and 6guers, whic
we are glad to say, large majority of our friends
fully comprehend and act upon. The explanation
may be given as follows Suppose your name was
John Doe, Suppose, again, that John Doe had
been taking the Democrat from abeut the first day
of August A. D. 1861, and had never paid one con-
tinental red cent for it. The words and figures on
the label on Mr.. Does paper would read tiusly,
John Doe Aug. 81"
We are ashamed to confess that we have a few Of
these John Does and quite number who are closely
related TO the Doe family, on our list whose real
names, it might be interesting to the public, to
know
We may be obliged to crafty the public curiosity
BY publishing their names, if they fail much longer
20 understand and act upon the explanation we have
given.
Have we a Mine Among us s--Is the ques
fon that just exercising the minds of the peo
pie In Nicholson TIP. in this County. 1t has been
well known, for long time past, that at several
points IN that township, there existed and me-
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