North Branch democrat. [volume] (Tunkhannock, Pa.) 1854-1867, 1867-06-05

Mess Pork by the pound or bbl, NJ A. d. Hn'''
Drv Goods, bought since the recent fall in prices
ut A. B. Motifs
The season.--so tar, the present season has
been ONE Of the finest ever known ior nsiiAn'lng
Cabbage plants.
Eor sa7s.OO, you can buy, at the Music
n.no, of L. B. Powell, Scranton, Haines Bros
p;ann s,vsn octsves, full iron Plate, oserstrung
h.ss and other, and other modern improvements,
REGISTER In Bankruptcy.--The Scranton City
papers announce the appointment by Chief Justice
Chase of E. n Willard Esq., that city, as the reg
lister in bankruptcy for that Congressonal DISTRICT
We have not yet learned the apPolntee for this dis
trict.
Thouaands have been Changed by the use
of the Peruvian Syrup syrup "a prOtOxide of IrOn)
from weak, .siskly suffering creatures, to strong,
healthy and happy men and women, and invalids
cannot reasonably hesitate to give 1t trial. For
Dyspepsia and Debility it is specific.
Our Public Schools were opened on Monday
last with an attendance of about l5O pupils. we
.tiIl observe now and then truant boy around In
the stree.s during school hours All such of course,
have concluded that ignorance is bliss, and are 60
ing in for the fun" They may fnd out their mis-
take when it is too late to correct it.
Better 20 to school hoys.
Preserving Fars.--The following for prsserv-
ing furs will interest lady readers about now -
One ounce gum camphor, and one powdered she'll of
red pepper are macerated in eight ounces OF stross
han
this tipcture the furs and clothes sprnked over
and rolled up in sheets. This remedy is used IN
Russia. under the name of "Chinese tincture for
noths," and is found very effective.
The Side-walks--ordered upwards Of year
ago by the borough Authorities in some few places
remains unbuilt Notwithstanding repeated notices
have been given that they must be built as directed
in the ordinance We hardly think the persons neg
lecting these walks, intend to set themselves above
the law, and defy it, but their tardiness subjects
their neighbors to much Inconvenience and the
authorities who wish to be lenient to some trouble
Fine Residence,--The one owned and late
iy occupied, by C.M Koon in this Borough, is now
offered for sale. The house is in perfect repair
with good barn, outhouseS, arbors cistern and other
sonvenieuces The fruit and flower garden compris-
ing about three fourths Of is the bes in town.
Price reasonable and terms easy. For particulars
inquire at this Office of the at Montrose Pa
Murder at Scranton, ,--The Scranton papers
record most bru tai and cold -blooded murder. On
Tuesday night or on Wednesday morning last, DIR. J
d. Durkin the vi ctim, who had suite of rooms and
Office in Zedlers Block, the prn cipal street, re-
tired to his bed At about III o'clock p. NJ, On the
next day, was found lying in pool Of blood On the
foor with his skull broken in. large stone which
appeaFd to have been the instrument used for the
the murder, was found in the room. The murdered
man is reputed to have had several hundreds ef dol
lars in money about his person, not a cent of which
could be found. No clue has yet been discovered as
to the perpetrator Of crime.
Magnificent Literary Fabric. c.--Webster's
Quarto Dictionary has passed through various edi-
tions, each an improvement upon and an enlarge
Inent of the preceding until it has eliminated in the
present magnificent literary and linguistic fabric
The reputa tion of this work is not confined to
America. We find it stated that in the Alexandra
case, tried in the Court of Exchequer at Westminis
ter Hall, under purely English law, no other dc
Tlt
to than bis. The Lord Chief Baron, in bis decision,
pronounced "WebSters Dictionary a work of the
greatest learning, research and ability" Besides
the numerous illustrations " ith which the volume is
ntersper sed, there the end sxty-eeven pages
of the NEST finished pictorial illustrations represen
ting almost every con csivable object in nature sci
ence, and art 1t would be unnecessary, if we were
competent to the task, to this work to crit
cal analysis Its repu ation is firmly established
It is built upon a rock, and bid defiance to any
petty storm that the critics can raise ise-Rtchmond
Whig, May 8, 1866.
Our First Parents, having eaten of the fruit of
the 70 Ridden tree in the Garden of Eden and there
by incurring the dspsasure Of the Almighty, from
that time, henceforth and forever were-themsevcs
and their poserty subjected to certain onerous bur-
dsns and severe penalties. FOr part icularS first
chapters of Geuesis).
We have often thought, on seeing woman toiliag
over a steaming wash tub nd board, that the task
of washing should have been mentioned. among the
other pains and penalties then and there incurred ;
but since seeing the operations of Mr.. L. R, Little
of N. Y, with his Patent Washing Machin e-who,
to show it up, washed some of our dirty linen-we
fno that much of this drudgory can be entirely
avoided and therefore, We propose NO amendment
to Moses account the event spoken Of
This machine certainly will, without any hand
rubbing at all, make dirty clothes look clean and
bright. We hopc the proprietor of the patent may
make sale of it, to enterprisng business man
hare who will see that one finds its way into ev-
cry house in the county For as washing in the old
laborious way, was not among the primal penal-
ties imposed upon woman, we hope they may all
avoid as much of its wear and tear as possible
Improvements.--One of the best evidences of
the increasing prosperity and growing enterprise Of
our town, is the necessity for and the substitution
Of, machinery, in performing that which has here
tofors been done by the drudgery of manual labor
But year ago such thing as planning machine
was unknown, and almost unheard of by most of our
citizens. We now have three planeIs with all the
accompanying labor saving machinery in full opera