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Bedford inquirer. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1857-1884, 1869-08-20
Saiaegllaueons.
FILIAL PIETY.

What another lecture? Yes, girls,
another lecture thought long ago that
| should have to read you long one about
miuding your mothers OF course you
know the divine command, Honor thy
father and thy mother, but very few obey
it. An uudutiful child is an odious character,
yet few young people feel The affection, and
show the respect and obedience to their
natural parents that are becoming, right
and beautiful. Did you ever sit and think
about the anguish your mother endured to
give you being? Did you ever recount the
days Of care and anxiety you cost her? Did
you ever try to measure the love that sus
tanned your infancy and guided your youth?
Did you ever think how much more you
owe your mother than you win be able to
pay? Ifso, did you look sour and cross when
she asked you to do anything? Did you
ever vex or disobey her? Ifyou did it is
sin of 10 common magnitude, and a shame
which should make your cheek tingle every
time you think Of it. 1t is a sin that will
be sure to bring its reward in this world |
never knew an undutiful daughter make a
happy wife and mother The feeling that
enables any one to be unkind to a mother
will make her who INDUCES it wretched for
life.
Ifyou should lose your mother, you can
little dream how the memory Of every un
kind look or undutiful word, every neglect
of her wishes, will haunt you | could
never tell how I sometimes feel in re
membering instances of neglect of my
mother; and yet, thanks to her care. l had
the name of being good child She told
ne, shortly before she died. that | had
never vexed her by any act of disobedience,
and would not resign the memory Of her
appreciation for the plaudits of a world,
even though | knew it was her love that
hid my faults and magni6ed what was good.
/ know many things I might have done to
add to her happiness and repay her care,
that did not do, but the grave has cut off
all opportunities of rectifying mistakes or
atoning for neglect Never lay up for your
self the memory of an unkindness to or ne
gleet Of your mother. If she is sick, how
can you possibly get tired of waiting on her?
How can you trust any one else to take your
place about her? No one could have filed
her place to your peevish infancy and
troublesome childhood When she is in her
usual health. remember she Is not so young
aud active as you are. Wait upon her. ii
she wants her knitting bring it to her, not
because she could not get it herself but to
show that you are thinking about her.
Learn to comb her hair for her sometimes.
1t viii make you love to be near her.
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GOOD RULES TO REMEMBER.

Loose ideas on the subject Of business
will not answer It must be reduced to
something of a science To embark in
business without this preparatory knowl-
edge, is to set sail without port and with
ont an acquaintance with navigation, circum-
stances that insure shipwreck.
Be neither lavish nor niggardly; of the
two avoid the latter A mean man is
universally despised, but public fame is
stepping stone to preferment, therefore
generous feelings should be cultivated
Remember that self lfiDterest is more like
ly to warp your judgment than all other
circumstances combined; therefore look well
to your duty when your interest is con-
cerned.
The world estimates men by their success
in life, and by general consent success is
evidence Of superiority of a certain kind
Never, under any circumstances, assume
a responsibility you can avoid consistently
with your duty to yourself and others.
Base all your actions upon a principle of
right; preserve your integrity of character,
and, doing this, never reckon the cost.
Let your expenses be such as to leave
balance in your pocket Ready money is
friend in need.
Wine-drinking and smoking are bad
habits. They impair the mind and pocket,
and lead to a waste of time
Education pays an annual income for life
without expense for insurance, repairs, or
taxes
Never relate your misfortunes, and never
grieve over what you can not prevent.
Never make money at the expense Of
your reputation.
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Poetry.
For the Inquirer
Lay MY BONES IN THE LAND OF
PENN.

For the Inquirer
LAY My BONES IN THE LAND or
PENN.
Oh lay my bones in the land Of Penn
That old historic State
That may die and be buried there
crave at the hand Of Fate
In some nook or corner Of the stone church
yard
Where the daisy and sweetbriaF grow
Where an angel mother hath hallowed the spot,
Oh, there lay me low lay me low
This boon I ask
oh this my prayer,
In the stone church yard
Lay me there, lay me there
| care not for stone to mark the spot.
Nor a mound TO rise Ger me-
Neither care for a slab carved name,
Let that forgotten be.
But let the grass grow green aud rank,
High o'er my slumberiug head,
When under the sward Of the Stone ean-eh
yard
You lay me when IN dead.
This boon ! ask
Oh this my prayer,
In the Stone-chuFch yard
Lay me there, lay me there
There the shadows deepen IN the twilight
gray,
And the dews so gently fall,
And the mountain hard by that old Stone
church
Keeps vigils over all
And the blue Juniaia' my own cherished
stream
By the church-yard placidly flows
Oh this is the place desire to sleep
Oh there let me sweetly repose.
This boon l ask
Oh this my prayer,
In the Stone church yard,
Lay me there lay me there
And the robin will come in the early light
And carol his morning song,
And late in the day viii the rug.dove coo,
And the thrush his strain prolong,
And the sweet.sceuted clover viii wal its
perfume,
And flowers their fragrance shed,
And the cricket will chirrpp for the sleeper
below
Down, down in his lowly bed
Oh this be my boon
Oh this is nay prayer,
10 the Stone.church yard,
Lay me there lay me there
Then back to the soil Of my own native Penn,
Give my body when die
In the Stone-ehurch yard near by the Bridge
Let me with my kindred lie,
Andthere will sleep that ''dreamless sleep, -
No more by tempest torn,
In the calm sweet rest of my narrow home
Til the resurrection morn.
This boon ] ask
OH this my prayer,
In the Stone church yard,
Lay me there lay me there
W. J. NJ.
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Bring her drink, fix her cap, pin on her
handkerchief, bring her shoes, get her
gloves, or do some other little things for
her. No matter how active and healthy
she may be, or how much she may love to
work, she viii love to have you do anything
that will show you are thinking of her.
How | should love now to get down on the
floor and put the stockings and shoes on my
mother dear, fat feet, or to stand half an
hour toying with her soft, brown hair
Girls, you do not know the value Of your
mother till you have lost her. Nobody
loves you, nobody will ever love you, as she
does. Do not be ungrateful for that love,
DO not repay it with coldness, or curse Of
coldness will rest upon you, which you can
never shake off Unloved aud unloying
you viii live and die, if you do not love to
honor your father and your mother.
One thing-never call either "old man.
or 'old woman. 1t is quite habit in
the country for young people to call their
parents thus Any aged person is an old
mau or old woman. There should be
something sacred, something peculiar in
the word that designates parent. The
tone Of voice 10 which they are addressed
should be afectionate and respectful. A
short, surly answer from child to a par
eat falls harshly on the car Of any person
who has any idea of filial duty Be sure,
girls, that you each win for yourself the
name Of a dutifuI daughter Letters to
CgmhN Girls.
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THE STORY OF A PHYSICIAN.

An eminent physician in Hearth and
Home contributes the following exquisite
article for the benefit of young mothers.
de says An intelligent young mother in
quiring some days since now she could best
preserve her child's linen clean and sweet
when changed frequently during the day
l directed her never to dry it by the fire,
but in the sun and open air if the weather
permitted.
You thus not only avoid saturating the
air Of your rooms with the volatile and
poisonous gases driven out of the linen, but
the sun : rays have powers of cleansing aud
disinfectiug which artificial heat has not,
and will purify and preserve the linen. She
followed my direction, out as too often the
practice, dried and aired it in the nursery
window. Her fastidious husband remon-
strated in vain against this unseemly expo
sure. Believing that if she saw her prac-
tice as others saw it, she would desist, he so
directed their afternoon walk as to bring the
nursery window into full view from a cen
trail part of the town.
Stopping abruptly, he pointed to the Of
Tending linen tapping couspicuously in the
breeze, and asked sarcastieally: My dear,
what is that displayed from our window ?"
"Why, she proudly replied, that is the
flag of our Unionl" Conquered by this
pungent retort, he saIuted the flag with a
swing of his hat, and pressing his wife's
arm closer within his own, said as they
walked homeward, And long may it wave
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VOL. AZ: NO 30
ANEW srEAn CABBAGE.

The London Telegraph describes a new
steam carriage which seems destined to
play an important part. The first point
which would strike anybody who went TO
see it (says the Telegrolohl was this-that
here was railway carriage capable of
carrying sixty six passengers (the average
freight Of railway trains being th;rty-fye)
and eareering at the rate Of eighteen miles
an hour round small garden little more
than half an acre IN extent There might
have been another carriage to carry as many
more passengers added to the train, and the
whole train would have been carried round
the sharp curves of the small garden with
perfect ease. Now, 10 these days, when we
begin to work railways in the heart Of our
great towns, it is important to be able toal
just the wheels of a train 50 as to turn it on
a curve which has radius of only 80 feet:
nor is it less impotant to attain this object
in country places, where the nature of the
ground renders sharp turning necessary
turns which now are avoided by extensive
cutting, tunnelings aud yiaducts. Nearly
all visitors to Paris have been inrited to en-
joy fish dinner at Sceaux, and must have
observed there the clever, but complicated,
arrangement, by which the train arriving at
the station turns round in an exceedingly
narrow space. 1t is one of the curiosities of
railways. But according to the Fairlie
system. exhibited in a small garden attached
to the Hatchman iron works, the turn is
eoBtrived by very simple means-may be
made in a much smaller space than that
which the station at Seeaux fills, and Is
easily adapted to any ordinary railway sys-
TEN. In addition to this, By the adjustment
of weights on the different wheels. Mr.
Fairlie manages to get rid of an enormous
amount Of that dead weight which belongs
to all existing trains, which wears the rails
out very soon, and which adds prodigiously
to the expenses of every railway. He pro-
fesses, indeed, to have solved the problem
Of cheap railways-enabling US to have a
permanent way Of much lighter construction
than IS usual, and to provide for carriage
along it at very great saving Of cost.
Nothing but actual experience will prove
whether or not his anticipations are well
founded; but at least he seems to be on the
fair way to success; and by the exhibition of
the prowess of his engine and his carriage
last week, has established strong pre-
sumption in his favor.
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GOOD ADVICE.

Whatever be your calling, be proud of it.
Are you shoemaker? Try to make better
shoe than any other man can make Yes,
whatever your trade or profession, excel in
it ifyou can. Bear in mind that any kind
of honest labor is honorable, but choose well.
I'm whate'er you sweat, indulge your
taste.
fyou like the free life and honest labor
of farmer, do not drag out long years in
the study of law or medicine, for that would
ouly be vanity and vezation of spirit,
but 60 Immediately to the farm, and in the
life you love enjoy that perfect peace Of
mind peculiar to every individual that feels
he is 10 his fort, doing what God designed
he should, and who viii never have to re-
alize that cold humiliating, aud sickebing
feeling, that his life has been failure
Suffer not that feeling to creep over You,
but be up aud doing. Look we'll to the
ways Of your footsteps Keep clean the
house of clay in which God has placed you
Touch not, taste not that which will corrupt
it. Go not to yo,4r grave composition,
one-third whiskey, one-third tobacco, and
the remaining third corruption, so filthy
that even the ghouls and ravenous worms
would scorn to touch you.
Be true to yourself Deal honestly and
plainly with your fellow-men Remember
that
"The pleasure is as great
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A Romatic INGREDIENT.

Some years ago (says the New Orleans
Pcayuae), a gentleman named Paul Escott
a resider of New Orleans, but formerly liy-
ing in France, lost his little son, lad of ten
years of age, from a vessel off the Canary
Islands 1t was night at the time, and al
though every possible exertion was made
to rescue the boy, yet they were unsuccess-
ful, and the little fellow was given up for
lost. Shortly afterward the family came to
New Orleans, and in time the grief of the
parents for the loss Of their son became only
a sorrow living in their memories. He was
dead, they thought, and grief could not
bring him back to life But he was not
dead He had got possession of one of the
planks thrown out to him, and although
missing his friends, was picked up the next
day by an English vessel In this ship he
made the voyage to China, and failing to
communicate with his family on his return.
continued in the employment of the vessel
for several years At last, learning the
whereabout of his family he reached this
city in quest of them few days since. The
joy which the appearance of one they had
long considered dead can, as the novehsts
says, be more easily imagined than described.
1t was like one risen from the grave, and
discloses a series of incidents as fruitful Of
romance as often engages the pen of the
novelist and essayist.
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narily worn by men, but women who wear
their hair as long as it will grow, will need
four or more. The yolks should be carefully
removed, and the albuminous portion rub
bed into the roots of the hair very thor
oughly for some time, when thorough
rinsing with water and drying with towels
will leave the hair of beautiful lustre and
silky soithess. Fine toothed combs are
only tolerated under conditions which are
happily rare in this country, and therefore
unnecessary to mention. Brushing is good,
if not carried so far as to injure the skin.
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LIBERTY OF THE PRESS.

Around her waist put my arm
1t felt as soft as cake,
"Oh, dear says she, "what liberty
You printer men do take ~
"Why, yes, my Sal, my charming gal,
q squeezed her some, I guess
Can you say aught against
The freedom Of the Press ?'
kissed her some-I did, by gum
She colored ike a beet;
Upon my living soul she looked
Almost too good to eat.
gave another bus, aud then
Says she, Il do confess
rather kinder sorger like
The freedom OF the Press ~
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NswsPArER LAws.-We would call the special
attention Of Post Masters and subscribers to the
IsQUIRsR to the following synopsis Of the News
paper laws:
1. Postmaster is required to give notice BY
,eter, returning paper does net answer the law
when n subscriber does not take bis psper ont Of
the ofiee, and state the Tor its not being
taken; and a neglect to do so makes the Postmss-
ter repsoHsibts 70 the publishers for the payment
., Any person who takes paper from the Post
Office. whether directed TO his name or another or
whether he has subscribed or not is responsible
for the pay.
3. If a person orders his paper discontinued, he
must pay all arrearages. or the Publisher may
continue to send it Hntl payment is made and
ollect the whole amount shether Il be taken from
the office or not. There can be L, legal discontin-
uenee until the payment is made
4 IL the subscriber orders his paper TO be
stopped at a certain time, and the publisher con
tinues 70 send the subscriber is bound to pay for
it, u he takes it out Of the Post 0fes The law
proceeds upon the ground that must pay
for what he uses.
o. The courts have decided that refusing TO take
newspapers and periodicals from. the Post Office,
OF removing and having them uncailed for, is
prfma faeia evidence Of intentional fraud.
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TOBACCO AND Run MONEY. "A hard
working man returning from his day 5 labor,
with flower pot containing a brilliant
fuschia under his arm, was met By fellow
workman with "Good-day, but who at
the same time, made some light remark
about this propensity. They don't eat or
drink, bless EN-, was the reply of the
other, and it does me and my wife good TO
look at em." He made no futher remark as
his neighbor replaced his short black pipe
in his mouth. and passed on; but we in
ward!y said this was portion of his rum
and tobacco money. He had several
beautiful plants and choice chrcmos in his
house; and we knew that his love Of the
beautiful COS; him far less than his neigh
doris love of tobacco. Then his gain was
much the greatest The smoker would gain
hot, dry mouth, foul breath, yellow
teeth saIlow skin, full eyes, if be had not
drink. The other would gain the sweet
breath of the flower, and the cheering
presence Of the picture; and gladden. his
wife and children BY bringing them such
beautiful things instead of being wished
out of doors with his nasty tobacco smoke
and disgusting spittle He is not the richest
who makes the most money; but he who
makes what he has produce the most hap
piness, and cater to the most refined and
delicate tastes.
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When the Empress Eugene is about TO
pass from her apartment to her dressing
room, the hrst femme de ebamJrc touches
an electric bell that corresponds with the
room overhead Thereupon trap,door in
the ceiling of the dressing room opens, and
the toilet the Empress has sgniffed her in
tention Of wearing is lowered from above
petticoats, sip, dress, tunies, all ready to
put On, one inside the other, with their
trimmings of flowers and ribbons, founces
and lace. A quarter Of an hour after she is
dressed, necklace, jewels, and earrings are
in their places, und then the hair dresser is
summoned; for the Empress, contrary to
the usual fashion, leaves her coifure to the
last. The whole process is completed in less
than half an hour
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DEAL At HoME. Ii we combine together
locally, pull together locally, plan together
locally, and that continually, We shall surely
grow rich and great together and rapidly.
Patroniza Home Institutions send
away for anything that can be manufactured
here. Encourage home enterprise--dou Task
mento deal with you aud you not with them
Lend all your Influence, gEe all your pat
ronago, 10 our home meehanics-don't sell
them their groceries aud calicoes aud then
seud of for ready maize houses, eastern
buggies New York boots Ohio plows, and
other imported and soforths. Be liberal
with those who are making you rich, and
dom lie 50 mean that you only buy of them
a small quantity Of this or that which win
last till you can order by the quantity from
abroad.
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NIX NGE HOTEL.
~ Huntington

TxCHANGE HOTEL,
u HUNTINGDON, PA.
Tins old establishment having been leased by
J. MORRISON, formerly proprietor Of the Nor
rison House, has been entirely renovated and re-
furnished and supplied with all the modern i'm
provements and oonveniences necessary to first
class Hotel.
The dining room has been removed to the first
floor and is now spacious and airy, and the cham
bers are all well ventilated, and the proprietor
viii cndeavor TO make his guests perfectly at
home. address, }. MORRISON,
EXCHANGE HOTEL,
3ljuiytf Huntingdon, Pa.
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than half an hour.

\ LADY is considered vulgar at Saratoga
who does not appear during the day in four
different costumes. A handsome blonde at
Saratoga wore twenty one new dresses last
week, and she has just begun The beaux
at Saratoga, for morning drives and walks
to the springs, wear black velvet sack coats,
with Russian duck pants and vests and
white cloth hats
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The pleasure IS as great
In being cheated as to cheat. y

THE printer who kissed his sweetheart
saying please exchange, . is believed not to
have exceeded the liberty of the press.
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WASHINGTON HOTEL.

This large and commoiious house, having been
Te-tsken by the subscriber, is open for the
eeption Of visitors and boarders. The rooms are
large, well ventilated, ard comfortably furnished.
The table viii always be supplied with the best
the II arket can afford. The Bar is stocked with
the choicest liquors. In short, il is my purpose
to keep FIRST CLASS HOTEL. Thanking
the public for past favors, respectfully solicit
renewal Of their patronage.
n. 3. Hacks viii run constantly between the
Hotel and the Springs.
mayl7, '69iy wM. DTBERT, Prop'r.
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n y. HICKOK

n y. HICKOK,
-. DENTIST.
Once at the old stand in
BANK BUILDING, Juliana St, BEDFORD.
All operations pertaining to
SurgicGI and Mechanical DattiSt1y
performed with care and
WARRAN
AnostEefics administered, tclea desired. Ar
tgfeiat teeth inserted at, per set, $500 and up
J7ard
As I am determined to do a CASH BUSINESS
OF nones have reduced the prices for Artificial
Teeth Of the various kinds, 20 per cent, and Of
Gold Filings SO per cent. This reduction will be
made only TO strictly Cash Patients, and all such
viii receive prompt attention. 7feb6s
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