North Branch democrat. [volume] (Tunkhannock, Pa.) 1854-1867, 1867-05-15
Local and Personal.

Tho po.ds in almost every direction are SAID
70 he in ruipousl, bad condition To allow them
A.. - co. orv con siderable length of time is the
ors, sort If economy in payers and to stran-
.r r,ust o1ye sn unfayorable opinion OF the thrift
and enterprise Of the community "aere tney exist
S.cond.hand Pianos, Organs aad MelOdeons
..r be had at the Music Store Of L. 3. POWELL
Scranton. In many cases really good instrument
caD be obtained at less than one half the price Of
new one, and there are many who would gladly
avail themselves OF an opportunity to procure Mu-
sical instrument when it be had at so low rate
The Rain--rhich we noticed in our last, as
then in progress was so general and long continued
as to rlise many of the streams in this vicinity to
higher point than for many years past. We have
heard Of the sweeping away of dams, mills and lum-
ber; AMI the wholesale destruction Of other proper
ty The river was swelled to within a few feet of
the famous food of 1865. But as most persons
living along its banks have become more cautious
By their sad experience the loss and destruction of
property was comparatively small.
Just SOFA contemporary remarks: "Wagons
cannot run without wheels boats without water
bull frogs jump without legs or newspapers be car
ried on evorlastingly without money, no more than
dog can Wag his tail when he has none Our sub.
seribers are all good but what good does a mans
goodness do when it don't do any good. We have
no doubt every thinks al have paid except him.
and as printers are good fellows, and his little
matter it will make no difference
Wheat--About 5000 bushels of which was stopped
in transitu last Fall, by the break in the canal
at this place, S being hauled away by teams,
to the Depot to supply the wants Of those whD can
afford to indulge in the article at the price, at pres
ent. so ruinous to consumers We noticed, the other
day, that two of the teaus which left freghted with
It: returned heavily loaded with lager. Our tenn
perence friends would call this returning evil for
good in violation of one Of the noblest moral pre-
cePts.
ssMusic hath charms to soothe the savage breast
slys the Poet. But we are Of the opinion that It's
charms are not confined entirely to the Savage
breast" Judging from the grand array Of female
beauty promenading the Court House Square on
Saturday evening last, drawn there by the melo
deOus strains of the Tunkhannock Brass Band. The
Band did its best and from the profuse display Of
former attempts 1t has got to be one of the ins;it
tons of the town; and, under the leadership Of
Prof. r. P. Ross, who, by The way. is one Of the
very few B. nd Masters who composes and arTanges
his own music, has Lecome one of the best Bands L
Northern Pennsylvania.
sary-Naded.--About the vltching hour of
night,
"the other night
When all around was stl
We walked up to tnd ourself one of the most dis
distinguished individuals in town. Floating cut on
the clear cool midnight air, directly from under the
window of the room where the Mrs. Elitor lies down
to pleasant dreams was he Grand March, in Norma,
played by cur excellent string Band in which Dick,
Lew, Boxer and Burns take the leading parts. Tie
March, in Norma, is favorite one for tramping
and should we ever 60 10 the the gallows we
want the chiei fEcr to play it instead of the Rogues
March. On waking up to consciousness, our 6rSt
dim notion was that we had walked up higher
hoior sphere; but a sharp pinch in the ribs from
our bea-feliow-who by the way isn't muah Of
fellorc after all-satsfed Us that We we're in the Vi
cinty of material objects and in this same old sub-
mary sphere, where but d short time before we had
spent several hours down on all fou.S in apparent
ly .futi e attempt to make email patch Of car
pet cover large patch Of floor. We hardly knew
what to de the occasion havIng never been thus
honorei be fore. All former gerenalcs have
been those in which the high back dcst-argoes were
the principal instruments. But as on former oc-
casons, after the FIST air, appeared to the
naders in ProPria pc soma anu ia-djshabWe. 1t
seemed to he proper occasion fr waving linen, but
nding that had no han iAerchief, nor even that
handy pocket in which to ut one, we waved the
only substitute for that article at hand in the most
graceful manner possible; and as a further tok en-
Of our appreciation of the distinguished honor, we
invited the party to partake Of the strongest ard
best the house affordct-ie of somc two. o.days-od
buttermik They declinei 10 indulge in that bey-
erage, for the reason We suppose thar they belong
to tie anti-buttermilk society. Thanking them and
bidding them good night we retired to IA mier
at mosphere, auI to dream Of place where chanting
seraphs are, and unstret-hed carpets are not.