Bedford inquirer. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1857-1884, 1867-12-13


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Six P's-Poets- Painters Preachers
PIayers-Printers and Politicians safe
from Dyspepsia, Nervousness. Loss of Appe
tite Liver Complaints and ali diseases whiel
they may erae On Ireceat by the use of Plantn
ton Bitters. If those sufferers took these
Bitters, the Poetry would lie purer, the Pain
tings grander, the Sermons livelier the Ac
ting truer, the Printing neater, and the Poll
ties honester This splendid tonic invigora
ties the system, and enables the brain to worl
heatbily.
Perhaps no article was ever so we'll endor
sed by all who have used it.
CARLISLE Pa. DGc. 6ru ls67.-Havinu pre.
yiously formed al a Convention convened ioI
thatparpose, a County Temperance Union, p
auxiliary TO The Pennsy lvania State Temper.
ance Unon, the Officers, Managers and
friends or the Bedford County Temperance
Union win hold general Public Mass Meet.
ing in Bedford, on Thursday night, the l9th
inst, at o'clock, Appropriate addresses will
be delivered on the occasion by Rev. g. D..
Chenowith and others Appropriate singing
may be expected. The friends of the cause.
and the public generally, are respectfully in
yited to attend, and to give publicity to the
meeting. The Pastors are requested to pub.
lish the above notice in their congregations
on the Sabbath previous to the meeting.
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SEAsuN4BtE SPoRT.-The cool condition q
the weather on Saturday highland during the
Sabbath, brought on the skating season, and
the male and female lovers Of heaithful exer-
cise,-thatis those who can skate, been
enjoying themselves hugely ever since.
ALUM Bark has been crowded, and on
Monday night the scene was one Of perfect
grandeur, The moon lent her light in
"plenteous profusion, and reflected the bril-
liant brightness of the clear ice dotted every
where with forms in ''hood and comforter. .
gliding gracefully over and cutting innu-
merabIe ''curly-cues'f on the smooth surface
of the now frozen and placid stream. 1t is
rare enjoyment to gaze on such a scene, more
50 to be able to participate. May winter serve
US plenty Of such in season.
DaAkE, SrL & Hursoz's aoasr HAY
FoEK AND CUrrER. This implement is at
tracing considerable attention here, and. is
therefore worthy of some notice. We have
made careful examination OF it, and ale
fully satisfied Of its merits Ii combines the
horse Hay Fork aud Cutter in one; aud for
simplicity of construction, the perfectness OF
its work, and the ease with which it is opera
ted, has no equal IN the market The favor
with which it is received everywhere is Of
itself guarantee enough ofits superiority 1t
has taken the premium at a number Of county
Fairs in New York, Pennsylvania and Ohio.
Mr.. Drake and his agent are at the Washing
ton House in this place, where they can be
consulted, and samples of the fork seen.
IHE ATLANTIC ALMANAC. Edited JV OH
rer FeadeH Holmes and Donald G. Mitchell.
-Messrs. Ticknor and Fields have Just pub
!ished an Illustrated Almanac for 1868. upon
plan and in a style entirely new in this
country. 1t contains sixty four royal octave,
double column pages, over fifty Of which are
filed with original matter The literary
character of the Almanac is altogether super
ior TO that Of any similar Almanac ever be-
fore published, as viii be seen from the fol-
lowing list Of topics and aothors:-The Sea.
sons,-By the "Aulocrat Of the Breakfast Ia
bic. The Varying Tear,-By Alfred Tenny-
son. Winter Talk, By Donald g. Mitchell.
JannaFy BY Alice Cary. The Rag Man and
the Rag Woman, BY The Author of .sThe
Man Without A Country" Domestic Life,-
BY r. w. Emerson. Spring Talk, By Don.
aid G. Mitchell Summer Talk,-By Donald
G. Mitchell. A June Day,-By James Rus
sell Lowell The Glorious Fourth in Apple
thorpe-By Gail Hamilton. Visit TO an Old
English Abbey,-By Nathaniel Hawthorne
Flies,-By Elizabeth Akers Allen. My
Bayeus,-By Charles Dickens The Planting
Of the Apple-Tree, by William Cullen Bry
ant LuciIle.-By Owen Meredith. Apples
By George William Curtis. Dinner Among
the Amazoniau Indians,-By Mrs Agassiz
Autumn Days;-By Thomas Bailey Aldrich
November,-By Thomas Hood Autumn
Talk, BY Donald G Mitchell. The Mahogany
Tree,-By W. NJ, Thackeray Two Picture.
from Snow Bound, "A Winter Moonlight;
Building the Fire,-By j G. Whittier.
The Almanac contains -Four Full page Il
lustratious, in colors, Of The Seasons. repro.
duced from paintings by Mr.. A. F, Bellows
the well known landscape artist In addition
to these, the textis proiusely illustrated BY
the mos s5iIful artists Of the country.
In the general character of its literature
the Atlantic Almanac may be regarded as a
Christmas Number Of the Atlantic Monthly
while it is rendered additionally attractive by
the number aud beauty ofits Illustrations A
Beautiful Colored Cover adds to the attrac
tiyeness Of the Almanac.
1t is sold at Fifty Cents by all bookseller:
and Newsdealers, or win be sent postpaid by
the publishers, Ticknor & Fields Boston
The Great Medical Annual.
Hostetter's United States Almanac for 1868, fol
distribution, qratis throughout the United State,
and all civilized countries Of the Western Helnis-
phere, viii he published about the first Of january
and an who wish to understand the tire pbiloso-
ply Of health should read and ponder the vaIu-
able suggestions IL contains In addition to an