The Bedford gazette. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1805-current, 1869-04-09

Huntingdon has gone wild over the
velocipede. Mercenary merchants,
big-bellied bankers, audacious attor-
neys, generous gentlemen and ehival-
rous clerks, as we'll as fancy young
men, are exhibiting their sprawling
powers at National Hall. The mania
has reached the editors, too. The Mon
itor proposes to secure velocipede, get
astraddle and skedaddle after its delin-
auent subscribers, even at the risk of
having its mangled editorial self bur-
led at the expense of the county. Poor
/ fellow!
REsIGNED.-The resignation of Hon.
William McSherry, as Revenue AS
SCISSOR of the 10th District of PennsyI-
vania, was accepted by the President
of the United States on the 23d of
March. Mr.. MeSherry is one of the
most correct and faithful officers in the
State, and his services will be missed
1t is generally understood that Ed
ward Scull, of Somerset, will succeed
him. somerset was to do a big thing
for Cessna at the election, and then
Cessna was to give Somerset the Asses
sorship," is the way in which the sup
posed bargain is sometimes stated.
One day last week we dropped into
the mammoth store of j. B. Williams,
Bloody Run, and were surprised to see
how busy the enterpfising proprietor
and his gentlemanly clerks were kept
selling goods to cash customers. Mr..
Williams adopted the cash system on
the 1st of April, and the thing appears
to work like charm. People ciu buy
for cash what they need, especially
when they can get it for 20 per cent
less than under the slow and circuitous
method of long credits. 1t is really
astonishing to note how cheap Will
liams is selling goods, and we are sur
prised that both merchants and custo-
mers are not everywhere in favor of
the cash system.
| THE WEATHER.-The weather has
been Apri!-fooling everybody COM
! pletely.
Instead of Spring, with her genial in
fluences on everybody and everything,
old Boreas pays US visit every few
days. This is attributed, by many, to
the fact that the grounding made a
mistake this year.
The grounding has proved himself
a poor prognosticator of the weather.
He is a mendacious cuss-an unreli-
able underground weather-cock.
He's too slow for this age.
Even the weather itself gets ahead of
him, while the Hagerstown Almanac
beats him two to one.
He had better emigrate to Alaska at
| once, Uid Boher's Landing.
But Spring like Christmas, is "com-
/ ing to Gomez if we have patience to
wait. We must wait.
The buds are beginning to swell and
the trees are filing their trunks with
sap and getting ready to ledUe.
After which "the spring time will
come, gentle Annie %
QUITE HAPPY.-The editor of the
Inquirer seems to be over-joyed at the
/ fact that he is 10 be our near neighbor.
If our propinquity to the Inquirer will
make it a decent newspaper, or inn
prove it's editors character for truth
and veracity," we shall be highly graf
fled. There is only brick wall be-
tween the GAZETTE BUILDING and the
rooms occupied by the Inquirer, but
we remember "draft'' times and are
not afeared. By the way, we do think
that we have now the prettiest print
ing office to be found In any county
town in thes state. Mr.. Spang deserves
great credit for his enterprise in
erecting so beautiful, substantial and
useful structure as the GAZETTE
BUILDING. Mr.. Lutz of the Inquirer
merits praise for trying to keep pace
with us, and has erected very fine
house in which he will keep his book
store, printing office and parts of which
he will rent out. But for eligibility
of site, handsomeness of construction,
convenience of arrangement, and above
all, light, the GAZETTE BUILDING
is Incompatible. Nevertheless, we are
not so proud of our new Office, that we
cannot fully appreciate the joy which
Mr.. Lutz seems to feel in becoming
our close neighbor.
THE PITTSBURG AND CONNELLS-
VILE RALRoAD.-During the past
49,, t<- -o,,oraI nf tho contracts on this