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Raftsman's journal. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1854-1948, 1869-09-22

Il saw a record of that will in the Surro-
gate $ Office, this morning, resumed, ''and
You speak ofmy uacle's will, y lie hasti-
ly interrupted.
'And yet, [ continued, you said it was
yours when you applied to have it written.
You represented yourself as desirous Of ex-
ecuting such document preparatory TO en-
barking on a perilous voyage. The paper
was drawn in accordance with your instruc-
tions, leaving the date to be filled at the
time of signing Your locks were gray
then, and you certainly looked old enough
to have marriageable daughter, but your
disguise was not perfect, and pointed to
the muti!ated finger.
hat do you mean?' he shouted in a
defiant tone, springiDg to his feet.
Simply that your uncle's signature to
that paper is a torgeryP' | answered, rising
and confronting him. He died on the
t,ceaty third Of December. Your own tele-
gram to that effect is in existence. 1t was on
the t,ceay fourth, the day before Christmas
that you called on me TO prepare the paper
now on record as his will. The inference is
plain; you undertook to manufacture this
spurious testament after your uncle's death,
aud Wishing to clothe your villainy in legal
eorm, you procured from ne the required
d. dt. You, or some one at your iustiga-
tio:,. IrnuIated the signature of the deceased.
The illnesses who have since perjured
thenlsei, es in their depositions, were pro-
-eured in S. 'ue manner best known to your
SELF"
Enough, s;r!' he calculated, placing
his back against { he door; you have shown
yourself in posses ION of secret the custo
dy of which may prove dangerous. "
Il ana not unprepu-e for Jour threat, y
[ replied. I'm the first place, | did not
come here uuar1ned; in the next, / have
prepared fuli written statement of the
facts taswhich l have alluded, with intor-
nation, besides, of nay present visit to your
self This paper will be delivered to the
ftiend to whom it is directed, unless within
an hour | reclaim it from the messenger,
who has beeu instructed FOR that length of
time TO retain it -
His face grew Evid. His frame quivered
With mingled fear aad rage, and his eyes
gle4med like that OF wild beast at bay.
What is your purpose p he exclaimed,
in voice hosrse with suppressed passion.
To keep yexr secret while you live,
I answered, ION one condition.
''Naae IL. :"
''Thaty you write instaatly to Julia Parsons
renouncing all preteutions to her hand, and
absolutely Withdrawing your proposal of
marriage.
After moments pause he seated himself
at his desk. aud hastily pennej bsief note
which he submitted to my inspection; it
was quite satisfactory.
BE 50 good Is to seal aud address it, l
said.
He did SO.
Il viii see that it is delivered" L re-
marked, taking it up and bowling myself out.
When met George Dick son that even
ing, his old college look had come back. He
had great ne1ps to tell me. The next thing
was to take me to SEE Julia and it is need
less to say what happy evening we three
spen. together, and what a happy marriage
followed not long after.
Eldridgc Parsons, have just learned,
Joined ore of the Cuban expeditions, and
was killed in recent encounter with the
Spaniards.
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s93,OOO.OOO

Leaving about twenty-six millions yet un-
provided for In the hands of the Repub-
lican State administration our permanent
debt is being paid off at the rate OF nearly
two millions OF dollars year. LII the Re
publicans are let alone, the whole debt will
be extinguished in fifteen years at turthest.
There is now going the rounds of the
Democratic papers statement copied from
smut machine at Harrisburg, intimating
that there is deficiency in the Auditor
Generals accounts, during two years of Gov.
Gearys administration, Of s., 100000 Our
first remark is that if Gov. Geary has paid
off nearly two millions year and yet has
stolen seven millions, what shall be said of
the thirty years of Democratic rule IN
Pennsylvania, when no reduction was ever
made on the public debt OF course, on
their own showing they must have annually
stolen some six millions The ridiculous
ness of this charge is shown by the fact that
the entire revenue of the State would not
exceed SO 000. .0O3 in these two years,
and the annual interest on the debt is near
ly two millions. The charge is SO ridiculous
that 1t merits no answer.
But the Republican administration has
not only paid off this large amount of debt,
but it has also repealed the tax on real es-
tate imposed by the Democratic Legislature
of April 30, 1874, and constantly continued
by them while IN power. The Democratic
party were all the time pretending to fight
corporations. The Republican party has
adopted the much more sensible plan of tax
ing corporations, and making them pay the
expenses of the State government, and to
that extent relieving the real estate. This
policy was mainly introduced by the act of
May, 1864. reported by myself from the
Committee of Ways and Means of which |
was chairman the last year | was member
of the House. Two years thereafter, to wit,
in February, 1866 this act taxing tonnage
uron railroads and the net earnings of all
our large corporations had yielded revenue
so that the Legislature felt warranted in re-
pealing the State tax on real estate, thus
voluntarily relieving the farming interest of
| 81. SOC, 900 per aunum, which they had been
paying from 1874.
1t is, however, notorious TACT, that this
Democratic millionaire, Asa Packer, and the
New York interests associated with hlm,a arc
much more heavily taxed ucder thls system
ul91. -a. CID stem ~ .'ls L.s11cla it All
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MENTAL PARTN E r S HIP.

DR. NJ HILLS desires to inform his patients
ana the public generally, tn at he has associated
with him in the practice of Dentistry. SHAW,
ID S who is graduate of the Phiiadeiphia
Dental College and therefore has the highest
at.estations of mis- Professional skill.
All work done in the office L will hold myself
personally responsible tor being done in the most
satisfactory m amer and highest order of the pro-
fession
An established practice of twenty two years in
This place enables ne to speak to my patrons With
confidence
81 iaxt-r zefg QEys aefirs ttu ~ GEM aez -.
.ss-- Else 1sla 5uly g ic1s-1
Raftsman's journal. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1854-1948, 1869-09-22

A traveller writes: 'We started from a
little town in the vicinity of Rolstein.
would not undertake to spell or pronounce
the name, but if you will take Tzschucken
and Kionojed, ,and mix them up with Opom-
panoshoe, Scotch Snuff and Passamaquoddy
and pronounce the whole backward with a
sneeze, you will then get within about six
miles OF it.
Raftsman's journal. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1854-1948, 1869-09-22

1T is a standing rule in my church for
the sexton to wake up any man that he sees
asleep" said one minister to another. L
think, replied the other, that it would be
betterif the sexton, whenever a man goes to
sleep under your preaching, would wake
you up"
Raftsman's journal. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1854-1948, 1869-09-22

An Isrealite lady, sitting in the same box at
an opera with physician, was troubled with
enHui, and happened to cape. Excuse me
madam, - said the doctor, Il m glad you did
not swallow me- Give yourself no un-
easiness, - replied the lady, Il am Jewess
and never eat pork -
Raftsman's journal. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1854-1948, 1869-09-22

Josh Billings says that if man proposes
to serve the Lord, he likes to see him do it
when he measures corn, as Tch ss when he
Raftsman's journal. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1854-1948, 1869-09-22

Upon tomb stone appeared this in
scription:
Here lies John Tugg, snug as bug
in rug.
Awag seeing this, and stone near by
with no inscription. wrote.
Iere aes f1ha iuE--f. slai.sc Ja1-
Raftsman's journal. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1854-1948, 1869-09-22
PAYMENT OF BoUNTIEs.

The restrictions imposed by the constitu-
tiOnal amendments of 1857 prevented the
State paying bounties to volunteers, as was
done in many of the other States of the
Union. In Pennsylvania these were entire
ly pail by cities, wards, boroughs and town
ships. Your acts of Assembly of lS64-5-6
aud are full of general and special acts on
this subject. The amount of these bounties
has never been officially reported We were
satisfied at Harrisburg that seven per cent.
Oh the assessed valuation of the State was
below the mark. This, however, would
amount to the sum Of S42, 900, 600 Then
we were also satisfied that our citizens had
paid IN voluntary contributions TO Ell up the
Union army at least fifty per cent of the
bounty taxes. Let US briefly recapituiate in
a tabular form the sums thus charged against
the leaders of the Democratic party in Penn
svlyania
Raftsman's journal. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1854-1948, 1869-09-22

X KRATzER & SON, dealers in Dry Goods,
| J., Clothing, Hardware, Queensware Groce-
ries Provisions, &C., Second Street Cleai heid,
pa Dec 81, 1865.
Raftsman's journal. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1854-1948, 1869-09-22
POSTING THE BOOKS.

Hon. t. j. Bigham, of Pittsburg, ad-
dressed Republican mass meeting at Kit
tanning on the 7th instant, ,and in his speech
posted the books in the account current with
Asa Packer and the Democracy of this State,
with reference to the State debt and county
taxes. The ex- Senator said
The present contest is primarily confined
to this State, and therefore the taxpayers
thereof ought to know how the account
stands with Asa Packer and the leaders of
the Democratic party in the Commonwealth.
First, then, the entire State debt which the
Republican administration has been paying
OFT since 1860 was incurred by the Demo
cratic party. L am not saying how tar the
poilcy OF internal improvements WIS wise
one. l do not wish to be understood as
condemplng 1t in toto. But the entire debt
incurred, and fully as much more OF stealtitgS,
was fairly chargable to the Democratic par
ty. That party was In power say from 1928
TO 1858, with scarcely an interruption Gov
ernors Ritner, johnson and Pollock were
elected by the Wings, but even then at least
one branch of the Legislature was Demo
cratic. The highest amount ever reached
by that debt was SAL 95I,5l5 Is. Then
came the war debt incurred in putting down
TINS democratic rebellion, Tor which the
Democratic leaders in this State and James
Buchansn's administration at Washington
are mainly responsible. | endeavored to
show in my Reading speech, the agency
which Asa Packer and his thirty-fv asso-
ciates in the Charleston Convention had in
disrupting the Democratic party and bring
lug to Il head the shareholders rebellion
To these bad men in Pennsylvania and the
encouragement given by James Buchanan S
administration, do We owe the formation of
the cotton States confederacy at Montgom-
eryi Alabama, and the full blown rebellion
Of jeff Davis & Co., at Richmond.
Now let US see what was the amount of
this war debt. A very small part of this
appears ON the Treasury books at Harris
burg. The direct payments,as shown in the
Treasury accounts, are about $4,000
The payments for the support and educa-
ton of the children of soldiers and sailors
will, by the time the books are closed, some
fifteen years hereafter, be about ten millions
of dollars. About three millions have al
ready been paid, and we think about seven
more will close the books.
Raftsman's journal. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1854-1948, 1869-09-22

HARTSwICK & IRWIN, Dealers in Drugs,
Medicines. Paints, Oils, Stationary, Perfume
~ Fancy Goods, Notions etc., etc, Market street
Clcaricld, Pa Lee. 8, 1869
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SII9,951,515 Is

This is the amount of the legacy the Dem
ocratic leaders have imposed upon the loyal
tax payers of Pennsylvania. We do not
propose to repudiate this debt, as the Pen
dleton school of politicians do. In fact we
have already paid he greater part of this
immense sum. BY the time Gov Geary's
administration closes there will have been
paid by the Curtin and Geary administra-
tions on the
Permanent debt, about $l0,00O,O0O
The entire war de6t, 5000, 900
The soldiers orphans, 5000, 900
The people will have paid the en-
tire bounties to volunteers, $4,000, 600
$Sl, ,Oo0,0
Twelve millions of R. r. bonds
in Treasury not yet applied, 10000, 600
Raftsman's journal. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1854-1948, 1869-09-22

nICHARD MOSSOP, Dealer in Foreign and Do
IL, mestic Dry Goods, Groceries, Flour Bacon,
Liquors &c. Room, on Market street, a few doors
west OF Journal O flee, Clearfeld, Pa. Apr27.
Raftsman's journal. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1854-1948, 1869-09-22

TP KRATZER. Dealer in Dry Goods. Clothing g
81 j., Hardware Queensware, Groceries. Provi-
sions, etc, Market Street, nearly opposite the
Court House, Clearfeld Pa. June. 1860.
Raftsman's journal. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1854-1948, 1869-09-22

TbIIN GUELICH. Manufacturer of all kinds OF
81 Cabinet-ware, Market street. Clearfeld, Pa
He also IN ak es to order Cofns sh ort notice and
attends funerals with hearse. AprIo59.
Raftsman's journal. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1854-1948, 1869-09-22

rI,IIoMAs j. MCCULLOUGH, Attorney at Law
Clearfcld, Pa. Office, east of the "Clearheie
o bank Deeds and other legal instruments pre-
Dared with promptness and accuracy. July 3.
Raftsman's journal. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1854-1948, 1869-09-22

A W. WALTERS, ATTORNEY At Law,
"A. Clearfeld, Pa. Office in the Court House.
Raftsman's journal. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1854-1948, 1869-09-22

I'D. w. GRAHAM, Dealer in Dry G oods, Groee
L ries, Hardware, Queensware, Woodcnware
Provisions, etc, Market Street, Clearfeid. Pa
Raftsman's journal. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1854-1948, 1869-09-22

nAVID G.. NIVLING Dealer in Dry Goods.
~ Ladies' Fancy foods, Hats and Caps, Boots,
Shoes, etc Second Street, Clearfeld Pa. sep25
Raftsman's journal. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1854-1948, 1869-09-22

.UALTER BARRETT, Attorney Law, Clear
w field, Pa. May l3. 1883.
Raftsman's journal. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1854-1948, 1869-09-22

FElUoMAS II. FORCEY, Dealer in Square and
/ Sawed Lumber Dry Goods, ,Queensware, Gro
ceries Flour. Grain, Feed, Bacon, &c &c, era
hamton, Clearfeld county, Pa. Oct 10.
Raftsman's journal. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1854-1948, 1869-09-22

YNMLIAM A. WALLACE. Attorney at Law
w Clearield, Pa, Legal business of all kinds
promptly and accurately attended to.
CIearfeld, Pa, June 9th, 1869.
Raftsman's journal. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1854-1948, 1869-09-22

INV SMITH, ATTORNEY AT Law, Clearfela
L. Pa, will attend promptly to business on
tru5ted to his care June 80, 1869.
Raftsman's journal. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1854-1948, 1869-09-22

3" F. NAUGLE, Watch and Clock Maker, and
IL. dealer in Watches, Jewelry, &c. Room in
Graham row, Marketstree Nov 10.
The Van Buren press., 1869-06-15

Eg- Horace Greeley, in a letter TO the
Wheeling Mtelligencer, thus pictures the
inevitable fate Of the negro carpet bag
and. scalawag radical party of the South
He says:
Every year ono thousand OF your re.
bells die, and ono thousand or morc) OF
their sons become of age. You can't dis
franchise THEN. You have now five
thousand majority. Six years at the
farthcst will convert this into rebel ma
iority of one thousayd, then tho rebels
will be snfranchised in spite OF you' and
the blacks will be left under foot--and
YOU under estimate these at two thou
sand. =
Go your own way, see il the rebels do
not have you under foot in less than siA
years.
speak from q wide experience when
| tell YOU that your house is built on
sand. 1t cannot stand. Every year VIII
sec the passions OF tho war cool, and ths
demand for amnesty strengthened. Nou
you can amnesty the rebels. Soon the
question will be, Shall they amnesty you,
Look at Kentucky and Maryland aio
read your certain fate in theirs.
But, Horace, they will have "mad'
their miles by that time, which IL a'
they are after.-L. r. Gazette.
The Van Buren press., 1869-06-15
NO. L..


ViNxIE's STATur.-A pleasant piece Of
gossip about Winnie Ream and her model
for statue of Lincoln, Is from the Roch-
ester Democrat:
One of the curiosities Of the capital 10
the model Of the statue OF Lincoln, for
which Congress has appropriated ten
thousand dollars. There were many
competitors for this commission; the
successful candidate being young wo-
man, in appearance hardly over twenty,
who presented her model and bore away
the palm. Her name Is Winnie Ream,
and il the work is her own, she presents
an instance Of the triumph Of genius over
difficulties, almost unprecedented in tho
history Of art Sculpters who have devo-
ted half a life time to study, might be
proud Of model, which she is said to
have completed after two years of labor.
She is hert and slight, usually seen in
her working dress. and is very pretty.
with fawn like dark eyes. Some Of the
ladies' assert that her work was done for
her with other hands, and severely Gems
ure her occupying a studio in the capital,
on the ground floor, Congress having
her the room. 1t is said that some Of the
Senator's wives worked hard, but in vain,
10 prevent it. However that may be, tho
girl is going to Europe in May to have
her statue executed iamarble in Italy. It
will be seen when that is finished whether
or not she is entitled to the honor Of be-
ing one of the first living sculptors. Tho
model stands in a corner Of her studio
and commands universal admiration.
The Van Buren press., 1869-06-15
E1- A disappointed Republican office

EI- A disappointed Republican office
seeker returned from Washington aftsr
visit Of three weeks, at q cost or nine
hundred dollars, not SO hilarious for the
/" silent genius of America" as he was.
On being asked by another Republican,
who was going on for an appointment,
what chance man stood there for office,
he rplied 1T is just about As easy to
get an Office under Grant as 1t is for lit.
tie pig to get his belly full out OF o
trough surrounded by lot OF hungry old
sows." The expression is very apt, and
wonderfully true, il not elegant
The Van Buren press., 1869-06-15

CuRR FOR CoLio IN HoHsEs death
of Robert Bonner's Auburn horse in
duces New Yorker to send The Tribune
remedy which he has never seen fail to
cure collie in horses. 1t Is simply to
drcnch them with preparation OF chic
rine and pcrmaganic acid, which can be
procured at any drug store He has used
it and seen it used repeatedly, and has so
much confidence in it that he would DO
willing to insure the recovery OF any
horse il it was administered In time.
The Van Buren press., 1869-06-15

Ey- The Rev. Charles Brooks. father
of tho State normal schools in America,
was asked by teacher this question:
" What shall | teach my pupils q lie
answered. "Teach them very thorough
ly these five things;
1. To live religiously
2. To think comprchensively.
3. TO reckon mathematically.
4. 10 converse 0uently.
5. To write dramatically.
II YOU successfully teach them these
five things, you will have nobly done
your duty to your pupils, to their parents
to your country and to YOURSELF
The Van Buren press., 1869-06-15

How TO KILL TowN.--Thc Dubuque
Herald gives the following receipt Tor
knocking town stiff and dead "lfyou
wish to Kill off u town, put up no more
buildings than you are obliged to occupy
yourself. Ifyou should happen to have
am empty building, and any one should
want to rent it, ask about three times the
value. Look at every new conner with a
scow turn cold shoulder to every
business man or mechanic seeking nome
among you. Go abroad for your wares
rather than purchase Of your own mer'
chants or manufacturers at the same price,
Refuse to advertise, so that persons at
distance will not suppose that any busi
ness is being done in your place, "A
prompt and close observance OF these
rules will ruin any town in two years.
The Van Buren press., 1869-06-15
POET RY.
LOVE IN A COTTAGE.

BY n. r. WILLIS.
They may talk Of life in a cottage,
And bowers of trellised vine,
Ofnature bewitchingly simple,
AMI milkmaids halt divine.
They may talk of the pleasures of sleeping
In the shade Of spreading tree.
And walk in the fields at morning
By the side Of q footstep free.
But give me a sly Irritation
BY the light of chandelier,
With music to play in the pauses,
And nobody very near;
Or seat on a silken sofa,
With glass of pure old wine,
And mamma too blind to discover
The small white hand in mine.
Your love in a cottage gets hungry,
Your vine is a nest of flies,
Your milkmaid shocks the graces,
And simplicity talks Of pies.
You lie down to your shady slumber,
And wake with n bug in your ear;
And your damsel that walks in the morning
Is shod like mountaineer,
True love is at home on carpet,
And nightly likes his ease
And true love has an eye for q dinner,
And starves beneath shady trees.
His wing is the fan ofa lady,
His foot's an Invisible thing,
Ard his arrow is tipped with jewel,
And shot from a silver string.
The Van Buren press., 1869-06-15

AN INCIDENT OF THE WAR" "--On ono
occasion. after tho battle OF Shiloh. the
hospitalr Of the towns and cities on tho
Ohio river were 80 crowded with wounded
men, both Confederate and Federal, that
somo OF them were sent to Covington.
Kentucky, and placed in the Southern
Mothers Home, under the care Of that boz
nevolcnt institution. On bright and
pleasant day, after some Of the wounded
had become convslesccnt, Confederate
soldier was ont +" summing himself" whom
Federal soldier ofthe Tcutonic persuasion
also came out. and after walking round ani
eyeing our Cor federatc friend for some time
accos.ed him thus:
"You pees ven sc,csh y
"How do you know3' said the Confed
crate.
"You pc 50 tam fat ~
Explain yourself" said ths Confsd
crate.
We'll. I pess in tho hospital myshslf, I
sces some tings vat goes on. DO ladies
oome in nit dc basket on do arm, and she
coome to me, and she say vat you bc Z l
says pces Oohion man, wouudcd NIT Shi-
lob. She say vat a pity for do bccples
ven dc var don't sthopc! Den she goes to
you and say. vat youxhin nyoa say. /
pecs robcl soldier, wounded nit Shiloh
Den she puts her lillp vite hand in to pask.
et, and dakes out dc cake aud do wins, and
another lady coomes IN, mlr ,c psssvs vss
her arm. and she goes to you fuss, and ask
you vat you bin, you say. !! PEGS rebel
soldier. wounded init Shiloh shc say.
'vot a pity Den links gOiu' to get
something. Vail. she coomo to Inc and say.
vat you bin 2 say. pees Oonion msn.
wounded nit Shiloh She sets down her
paskot, and puts in her lilly vito hnnd. and
pulls out Cot tam Mettolist track. You
links a man get fat on do tam Mctto.ist
track De Cot tam ssccsh, do gifts de
cake and vine. and ever vat do want, and
de Oonion mems can't even get to smell ds
bottle.
The Van Buren press., 1869-06-15

ry A Clergyman being requested to
address a weary meeting at late hour,
won the hearts Of the audience by saying,
Speech is silver; silence is gold
don't happen to have any small change
for you this evening, and SO will let you
off with the gold"' ~
The Van Buren press., 1869-06-15

"A bashful youth was paying his ad.
dress to gay lass in tho country. who had
long dcspaired Of bringing things to cri'
sis. lie called enc day when she was at
home alone. After settling tho inertia OF
the weather, tho girl said, looking slyly
into his face
IL dreamed Of you last night"
"Did you now? Why now p
"Yes, dreamed that you kissed me-
"Why, now. What did you dream your
mother said ~
Oh, dreamed she was not at home.
The Van Buren press., 1869-06-15

rs-A correspondent Of the Utica
Herald linds nothing equal as destroyer
of lice on cattle, to q strong suds OF soit
coap and rain water, to which is added
common salt. This applied by rubbing
thoroughly over the animal.
The Van Buren press., 1869-06-15

r~Ono of the insane in the North
Carolina asylum recently visited the Leg
islature. Upon his return the superln-
tendcns asked him what he thought Of 1t.
Relap.ing into a "browu study TOR q
moment, he looked and said: well, l
think they are branch Of this establish
mont "
The Van Buren press., 1869-06-15

ry- The Chicago Times is ofthc opin-
ion that it is scarcely necessary Tor the
Treasury to provide a sinking fund. Let
things run awhile as they arc now run
ming, and the debt will sink itsclt-and
the whole country with 1t.