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The Petroleum Centre daily record. [volume] (Petroleum Center, Pa.) 1868-1873, 1869-01-05

CrOcKerv--Ror all kinds go TO REYNOLDS,
BRODHEAD & cos, No. IL Centre street, opoo.
site the Post Office, Oil City, Pa.
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Excelsior Billiard Pariors

To enjoy delightful and quiet game ol Billiards,
90 t. A. o. Farnhams Fashionablc Billiard Par
lors, on Washington Street. next door 10 the Roch-
ester House. These Parors are within short dis
tance of most of the priIc pal hotels in Petroleum
Centre. may 9-ti.
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New Flour, Feed and Grocer
store
i. g. PR THEIR,

At the OLD BANK BUILDING, ON MAtN-ST,
opposite the McClintock House. has on hand
large and fist class stock of Flour, Feed ana
Groceries, which he ia selling at low figure
en- Don't forget the place-wherc A. d. Cotton
Il Company broke up. janatf
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HOTlCE

T HAVE this day disposed OF my entire interest
in the saloon under the Opera House, to
JAG ID Ruaber. will settle all claims against the
saloon up to this date.
Petroleum. Centre, Dec. eth, 1865
janI2t JOHN TlIEODOLT
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eN- Call and examine the fine assortment Of
SLIPPER PATTERNS at A. S. Smiths Boot &
Shoe Store. decl5.tf
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We publish to-day an interesting letter
from oHr coriespondrntJUAN from TiInsville,
which should have come 10 hand before, but
for some reason has been delayed.
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BIRD CAGES, wholcsae and retail. Thirty
four different sty les to arrive this week, at
A y. MILLER X co.'s.
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THE Catholic Fair closed last evening.
Financially anl in other Respects 1t Las
hNen q cNmrlrtt suetrss.
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EardwaPc-A large ass ,rJmcc5 q which is
heing closed OH at reduced rates 81 EsiNcEnS,
BRoDHEAD II cos, No. "A Genre ST., opposite
the Post Oaice Oil city, Pi.
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Some Of the railways Of Europe have
lately adopted system OF low fares. and
their profits are reported 10 hc greatly u.
creased.
The Petroleum Centre daily record. [volume] (Petroleum Center, Pa.) 1868-1873, 1869-01-05

A large assortment of FINE sEwED BOOTS AT
A s. Smiths Boot II Shoe Store. dec15-u
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fg-L LADIES wishing to make appropriate
present. will flud beautiful SLIPPER PATTERNS
ut A. s. SMITHS Boot Shoe Store decl5tf.
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TIL HE best place il town to get pair Of Boots
made OF the best Stock, that will wear well, and
warranted to fit, ia at J. A. Plante's Fash
ionab!e Boot Shop, Washington Street, Petroleum
Centre, Pa Give him a trial scplO-tf
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Local Notices.

Hais. CAPS, Boots and Shoes.--A large
s-sortmst., 4 REy oLDs, BRoDHEAD q cos,
No. II Cent Street opposite tho Post omce' Oh
City. Pa.
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CANARY BIRDS. best German Imported, whole.
sale and retail at A. u. MILLER Il CO.'S.
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Dry Goods, large stock ut REYNOLDS,
BRoDnEAD & cos, No. Ii Centre st, opposite
the Post Office Oil City, Pa.
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sTS PETER AND pAUL'S (CATHOLIC)
CHURCH.
Mass at l01z -. IN.
Vespers and Beredieion of the Blessed
Sacrament at p. m.
Catechism at 2 p. m.
JAMES DUNN, Pastor.
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Divine Services.

PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH.
Preaching at IL o'clock A. NJ, and I
O'Clock p. NJ.
Rev. J. T. OxT0pY, Pastor.
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l,5OO rolls Wall PAPER received hi. day at
A. ID. MILLER cos.
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NJ. f. CHURCH.

NJ. f. CHURCH.
Services every Sabbath at II A. NJ. and
~ p. NJ. Sabbath School attwelve o'clock
N. Seats Free. A cordial invitation
extended to all
REV. C. NJ HEARD Pastor.
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DIARIES for .so9 at \. D. MILLER y CO.'S.
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JSHAM 4 c.. have the largest stock Of REVOI
L NERS in Venanoo county.
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CIGARS AND TOBACCO mt A. ID. MILLER 4
co.'s.
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PArER AND ENVELOPES at A. d. MlLLEI;
& CO.'S
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1869-04-16
The True Medical nootrine.

Nature, when struggling with disease, indicates
Enthusiastically the kind of assistance she requires.
In cases Of nervous weakness and general debiii.
ty, the feeble pulse, the scklustre eye the atten.
mated frame, the Haccid muscles, the melancholy
vlsage, inform us plainly as IL each organ had
tongue, that a pedicdted sti,HWdnt Is needed. II
does not require the aid of medical education to
understand this dumb appeal for new vigor from
an exhausted system. Every reader of these lines
can comprehend it just as well as the graduate Of
a physicians college. Let not this demand Of en-
feebled nature be neglected. Respond to II
promptly by commencing a course of HOSTEL
TER'S STOMACH BITTERS, preparation unit
ing, In their highest excellence the properties OF
a sTGMULANT, an IEvIGoRANT and an AIFKRA-
TIVE. Before three days have elapsed, from the
taking OF the first dose, a marked beneficial
change win be manifest in the bodily and mental
condition of the patient. The pulse will be
stronger and more regular, the eye will begin to
lose its dull expression, the muscular and nervous
systems to recover their tension and the spirits
to Improve Peraevere, and complete revivin.
cation Of the depressed animal and mental powers
is certain. In cases OF dyspepsia and biionsness,
the same salutary results will be obtained. The
appetite will revive, the salowness of the skin
disappear, and all the distressing symptoms which
accompany disorders OF the stomach and liver
will rapidly subsde. The sudden changes OF
spring often intensihes these complaints ny check.
ing the perspiratory action, by which so much
morbid matter is eyaporated through the pores OF
the body. and therefore the BITTERS are espe-
cially useful to the dyspeptc and bilious at this
season.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1869-04-16
How to Bake an Apple.

You may bake an apple on paper, and
make fair thing Of ii. But the best way
is to take tin or other dish and arrange
your apples in it not too closely, especial.
ly in the center, as the heat wants to have
access and bake uniformly.
But the most is-andwe need separate
paragraph for this--to bake moderately
This to avoid breaking the skin and the
reason for it. is, that the skin is better
conductor of heat than the exposed part oi
the fruit. 1t also keeps the juice from
evapoTating, and thus secures softness and
flavor fine, rich, tender pulp, in a good
fruit like the Spitzenburg.
The heat, if severe, will strain the skin
and the tension will burst it if too great.
The part laid open will then evsporate its
moisture and become dry and a powerful
non-conductor preventing baking alto
gether at that place. This is the great
fault in baking.
Now, in order to avoid this, a moderate
heat must be applied and Sustaiasd. 1t
will not do to let the fire go down and
then up again. But keep a uniform heat
and as much as the fruit will bear, and so
on to the ends there will fine, round
expansion remain till the fruit is cooked.
This will'be known when il is perfectly
soft, and son 10 the core, so that only the
seeds and their cells will be hard, the skin
TO a thin almost transparent envelope.
Some ovens willbake unevenly, in such
cases the fruit will have to be attended 80
and turned, not only the dish, but the fruit
In the dish, but be e-careful and do not han
die too roughly. Do not pinch with fin
ger and thumb, but use a fork; when the
fork indicates the appearance of a vacuum
under the skin. remove the fruit. 1t will
have assumed brown aspect and glist-
ening exterior, and when removed will
settle down into wrinkled collapsed state,
the perfection of cooked fruit Prairie
Farmer. rI
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1869-04-16

A VAGUE idea seems 10 prevail with
some that a good COW makes her milk in
some mysterious way, drawing il from the
depths Of her moral consciousness, rather
than from the food which she puts into
her machine. Some farmers seem TO act
upon this theory aud thus take pains not
TO supply their cows with plenty of good
succulent food. Verify, these Sol Silcox
farmers have their reward their cows
look meanly, feel meanlv, and give as lit
tie milk rs possible. These mon take no
prizes at agricultural festivals, they envy
those who do, and they are apt TO be slow
about paying their grocers' bills. There
are number of them about the country,
but we trust the last will soon die out.
A good COW deserves better man than
that. A good COW does her utmost to min.
lister to our pleasure and profit and de-
serves careful and good treatment. Re-
member that, after sort, she is violating
her nature to please u.s. The natural or
wild COW gives milk TO suokle her young
Tor few months and then runs dry some
eight or nine months of the year, while our
COW gives her milk for ten months in the
year without ceasing We deprive her OF
the pleasure Of sucking her young and
say to her: Grind up this fodder into
milk for us-work = and she does it, pro-
ducing for us some 5000 quarts of milk
per year. We have induced her TO forego
her own pleasure, to forget her child and
to work for us, and, for my part, hold her
TO be lovely beast. He, therefore, who
strikes cow, or kicks COW, or starves a
COW, deserves the stick, the kick and
starvation When | am king, propose
TO myself to keep, for such fellows use, a
breezy knoll, wind always north, the
thermometer at 10 degrees, q gentle, sleety
rain, seasoned with hail, four-rail fence,
mostly tumbled down in this delicious
retreat propose TO allow the Sol Silcoxes
to stand, without overcoats, with their
backs up and heads down there they can
chaw their cuds, and perhaps find them
swect-as the good cows do not.
What we ask the COW to do, and what
she does do, is Co convert cheap or unin-
viting food into good and dear food. That
is, we put into q COW, per day, say
Twenty pounds of hay, at ono half cent. ..... IL
Nine pounds Of sprouts or meal at two cents. Is
and we ask her to produce from it ten
quarts of nice milk, worth at six and q
half cents, some sixty or siXty-five cents
Now, the COW does not wish to do this
she wishes to suckle her calf, to lick it and
play with IL, and then to wander at her
own sweet will along the meadows and
bushy pastures But she foregoes her own
wishes, and pleases MS; and more than
that, she does it kindly and serenely. 1:
she not then most lovely beast?
Is there any human beast who ever doet
SOP Nonel not one GdJdry for april.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1869-04-16
Joe Henley's Luck Or Hundred aud
Thirty Pound Nugget.

Feather river rushed wildly through a
rocky gorge. High on either side lowered
LOFTY, craggy mountains, mountains filled
too with the precious minerals, for it was
in the range of tho great gravel-lead OF
California. One mile of the bed OF the
river there, could it only be turned or lift
ed from its bed, would make the owner
the richest man In America Perched on
a grassy knoll, overshadowed by oaks and
pines, In ravine or gulch in the noun
tain side, stood the little cabin of Toe Hen.
lev. Neat but not gaudy in its outward
look comfortable, but not fanciful, in its
interior arrangements. Books, music, a
violin, guitar, and sporting materials in
the shape Of guns and fishing rods, exhib-
tied the taste and incllnations OF Joe,
though his aVOcation was that of miner,
followed with various fluctuations OF
success in that locality for twelve long
years.
The one room, the narrow cot bed, the
dishes piled up in heap instead Of being
denly shelVed, the absence of window cur
tains-all these told the sad tale that joe
was bachelor, 4 wonder too, for he was
decidedly good looking, well read, and
young enough to win smile from many
a waiting damsel. IN
but, as j Oe aalu, MS lOOA Oluh I run thal
way. He mined when he felt like II, hunt
| ed or flshed when in the humor, and read
and played when that suited him.
This sort of work kept him in good hu
NOR, and when he wanted TO see "thC
I boys" or have little fun, he took The
trail for town only few miles distant,
and had a Jolly time there, with subsequent
headache TO paw for it,
| He enjoyed hfe--the scenery around hi
| bachelor home was grand-he knew how
70 cook his food, his clothes were washed
by q he-Celestial who worked in claim
few rods of, and Joe did not think o
change,
Yet it was TO come. Destiny holds US
/ all. Our fates are written even thougl
we know 1t not
Il was that most delicious Of months in
the foot hills, May. The ground wa
bright with waving grasses and bsanllin
lowers, the air redolent Of peTfunle and
! fined with the harmony of singing birds.
\ Joe had lazy fiE on. He went to q Ia
rvorite spot. where the trail almost over
hing the river, taking volume Of Ten
uyson with him, and threw himself OF
} nAe grass beneath thick set pine, n
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1869-04-16
farm ono gousrbci0.
Small Matters.


THERE are many otherwise good
farmers who are entirely regardless Of
little fixtures, and who devote all their
time to the larger matters Now we hold
that while the latter should by all means
be made the main objects Of attention, the
former should on no account be neglected,
and II Is as much the part Of the thorough
ly good farmer TO see TO the one as TO the
other We enjoy visiting 2 farm where
this attention 20 little matters, this time
spent in liking up," is everywhere no.
ticeable, and in complete keeping with
the more weighty matters. We like 20
see the well built gates instead of bars,
barn doors on rollers instead Of hinges,
and fodder racks for sheep instead Of feed
ing them on the ground or floor. We
like TO see all doors TO outbuildings pro-
vided with hasps, for both fastening them
upon the inside II necessary, and also for
securing them back when open, from the
action of the wind TO see a gate TO shut
across barn door to keep out cattle or
sheep when the door IS open; to find In
connection with every barn or stable a
closet for harnesses or carriage robes, as
well as a tool-room for the storage of the
larger farm tools and implements to find
hooks for hanging up odd pieces of rope,
chains, shovels, and the like, and nails for
hanging up the smaller tools and utensils
used upon the farm, as well as boxes
for the reception of old iron and every
sort of waste, and work. bench
and tools for making and repairing all
kinds of farm implements. If in examin.
ing the buildings upon farm we find the
latter we are also generally sure to find
all the other conveniences suggested above
as well as many others IL is not necessary
to enumerate. And one hardly knows,
without having tried II, how much the
farmer can accomplish during his spare
hours in the way of fixing up his build
ings with these handy aecompaniments,
nor how much they add to the actual value
OF the farm, not only for himself in per
forming the necessary work upon It, but
in the estimation of any one wishing to
purchase farm. Attention 60 these little
matters marks the really economical, sue
cessful farmer.
We recently passed the residence of q
man who would be indignant did we not
class him among the best farmers in the
town where he resides, whose OK cart was
standing by the roadside, where 1t was
last used, and part Of whose harrow was
visible from beneath snow drift in an
adjoining field. They will be ready whom
wanted IN the spring, but we fear the ex-
ample OF the farmer in this matter will be
hard TO be counteracted by his more COM
mondable qualities; and the contrast he
tween him and the farmer who has all his
tools and implements well housed in his
outbulldlng or barn cellar, is too striking
to need further illustration. Maine
E113Der
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1869-04-16

WHAT is TO become of our one-armel
and one-legged soldiersY How can they
maintain themselyes without resorting to
the tricks OF beggarR, and the degrading
competition to which such condition sub.
jeots themi There Is scarce street cor.
ner or a public place of resort in this
great city which Is not besot with impocu-
nious veterans of the service, or, at least,
those who appear 10 be such---for there
must be among them fair proportion of
impostors. The street cars and ferry
boats are beset by this class Of unfortu.
mates, under various guises Of industry,
asking charity. And the cold rebuts
which they daily meet from those who,
not from unkindness, but from being con.
stsntly and unpleasantly annoyed In that
direction, is not calculated to make them
more manly, or to induce them to think
more of the country in whose cause they
have suffered.
The general government has done much
to give employment 70 such as are O4pa
Bile OF clerical labor and gOodly nun Der
have found laTge-heafted business mtn
who were willing To share their misfor-
tunes by giving them positions which
could be better filled by sound men; but
what proportion of our frst-class mer.
chants ever permit any other considera-
ton to govern them, in selecting assist
ants, than the obtaini0g of the largest
amount of service for the smallest amount
OF money! A one armed or onelegged
man cannot be OF such general utility as
one who has his members perfect; and
there are those whose refined sense of har.
monious adjustment is so very acute that
the mere thought of having "cripple"
about would send discordant thrill
through every nerve, aud destroy the
whole pleasure of living aatgaif.l.
There are, doubtless, great many men
who wear the army blue, and carry a
crutch who are not legitimate subIeeH Of
tender consideration, but il Is so very diff
heull In this hurrying world 70 make the
proper discrimination, that we count ID
safe 70 do whatever our charitable hearts
may dietate 20 make lighter the burdens
Of those who, having fought our battles
Tor us, and given us united country, have
now TO fight against more fearful odds for
NE privilege Of living in the country they
have sayed.--P Paekdrds Monthly for Aprf
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1869-04-16

-TheQuincy Herald says: 1.-TWO men,
each operating az the same time, commit
ted most Successful robbery of tickets
on the Toledo, Wabash & Western Rail
road last Wednesday evening, as the train
was passing from Springfield to the juno
ton, distance Of only two miles this side.
Il seems that thsy entered the train at
Springfield, and each passed through car,
representing themselves IS conductors,
succeeded in collecting great number of
through tickets, and some money, and
when near the junction, as the train was
running slowly, both jumped of aud made
good their escape. We are-of the opinion
that all conductors should be uniformed,
and in this way passengers could not be
thus deceived. The conductor on This oc-
casion passed those who we're SO uniortu.
nate as to have their tickets stolen. Yet
there werequite humber who hadtickets
TO parts hundreds of miles farther west,
and on arriving here they had no money
% purchaseany more, and the consequence
was they had TO stop
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1869-04-16
Comparative Experiments.


In speaking of the Importance of COM
parative experiments, Mr.. Meohi says:
Whenever use an artificial manure, /
leave portion of the field unmanured
with it, and am thus enable to Judge by
the crop II Fam remunerated by the out.
lay. SO various are the soils and condi.
ttons of each field, that such compare.
tive test becomes absolutely necessary ;
Tor where the whole field is manured, and
no portion left undressed, no just conclu-
sion can be arrived at. On this farm l
have frequently applied bone-dust, super
phosphate, blood-manure, and other artih-
cial manures, without the least increase of
crop, while Peruvian guano and especial
ly our shed manure are always profitable.
ASH know that on many farms such ma
nures have been found very effective,
there must be causes that render them in.
operative on this soil. No doubt shed ma.
nure, resulting from animals fed with
corn, cake, roots and hay, malt combs,
and bran, contain all the elements for
every crop. Possibly it may be that hav,
ing thus enough phosphates, the addition
OF more is not required or availed of by
tho plant. AT all events, this proves the
necessity for comparative trials" We
commend this suggestion to our readers.
--HedgM and Home u.s .
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1869-04-16

Valuable MEDIcINE.-we presume no medical
preparation ever offered to tho public has been
more thoroughly tested than PERRY DAVIS
they called on to do so. would cheerfuily testifv
that they have used II for various ills with the
most satisfactory success. II Is within our own
knowledge, that an immense amount OF suffering
has been relieved by IL. Its proprietors, Messrf,
Perry Davis q Son, save no pains or expense in
order to safety the public Being strictly honor.
able mon, they observe the utmost uniformity in
the manufacture of their celebrated Pain Killer.
The materials Of which IL is composed are care.
fully selected-noue but the best quality being
used. BY these means the high reputation which
the Pain Killer has long since acquired is at all
times triumphantly sustained. In view OF these
iacts, we are by no means surprised to learn that
Meeers. Davis a Sons sales are constantly and
Frapadiy Increasing. While we congratulate our
iiehns generally that SO valuable preparation as
me faln Killer is placed within their reach, we
% must pc permitted to rejoice at the well merited
success ofits liberal and enterprisipg proprietors
Ir0bideace General Adiperfiesy =
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1869-04-16
Nasby.

AhE venerable Parson sends us a brief
apology Tor his failure 10 furnish his usual
to..et ms week, His late trip North ex,
ns.y'eo his resoufces. BascosD has a dom. A..
cA Wy eAsh system with his customers
ana inc farson pathetically inquiries AZ
how k1n you expect a man 10 rite
without any suEtenance ~ ~
We took the hint and Dromptlv aen,
him & greenback. Ere this the u sns'
lenanoe has hssn procured, and am
readers may look out for one 81 ia bes,
lsssels nsxt week. 1oisdo Blads, ApisI
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1869-04-16

Conn, PmrcHARD & Co, Booksellers,
of Chicago, have issued Catalogue of a
large number Of Books, slightly shelf.
worn or faded in binding, which are
offered at greatly reduced prices, This
Catalogue will be sent by mail, post paid,
20 all who will write 10 them for it
Books are sent by mail without expense
to purehaser.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1869-04-16

mornin'; but I tell you, Uieutenant, dar
wern't many such men as Mr.. Brown he
was de savior an redecmer oh de cullud
people, an mos OBJ dem bellebe he was
Jesus Christ come back ter aabe u.s."