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Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1871-05-13
1eh advertisements.

S5NNS CSSSSAS'-'N N"eS' 'eSS'
BARGAINSi BARGAINSii
MEssRs. LESIIER & MILLER,
In scott's Building on QUEEN STREET,
NORTHUMBERLAND, PENN'A,
are now offering
a LARGE ASSORTMENT OF
DRY GOODS,
Comprising all the Spring and Summer STYLES
of Ladies' Dress Goods, White Goods &C., Cloths,
Cassmeres ard Gentemens' Goods generally.
which will all be sold at great bargains.
GROCERIES AND PROVISIONS.
of all kinds and of every description.
4ueensware, Glassware and Will
IOw-Ware.
BOOTS AND SHOES
for Men, Women and Children.
FLOUR AND FEED of all kinds, is constantly
kept on hand. They will also purchase
GRAIN OF ALL KINDS,
at the highest market price, and will exchange
goods for Grain.
The public are invited to call and examine our
extensive assortment of Goods before purchasing
elsewhere, and become convinced that Goods can
be bought lower than elsewhere at our establish
ment.
LEsHER & MILLER.
Northd, April go, 1871.
Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1871-05-13
LOWEST PRICES
IN THE COUNTRY.

Thankful for the large amount of patronage
heretofore bestowed upon me, / will endcaver hv
furnishing the best goods at the lowest prices To
merit a continuance of the same.
Ii. Y. FRILING.
April Is, 1871.
Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1871-05-13
Adminisiraior's No,iee.

Estate Of AbsO!sm Harsy, deceased,
NoTlC 4 Is hereby given, that letters of Adj
4 mlniStration having been granted % the
undersigned On the Estate OF Absolcm Marcy
late OF Mt, Carmel borough, Northumberland
county, Pa, deceased, All persons Indebted To
said estate are requested To- make immediate pay-
ulgnl aud those having claims 60 present IAcn
duly authenticated Tor settlement,
HENRY InLE,
Administrators,
Mt, Carmel Borough, April sth ls5i.-Gl,
Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1871-05-13
T6e Treaty Signed by the High
Com mission.

Co'nnttssioaerS ofMs Sinking fsnd.
Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1871-05-13
DIR. j. +. CASLOW,

" NJ. NJ. NOO ME- ELIEIF,
Sunbury, May IL, 1871.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1871-10-13
Spirits Of Ammonia.

a contributor to Hearth and Home
writes as follows: r" Sisters in house
hold Iabors have you any idea what
useful thing ammonia is to have
in the hOus If not, give your
maid-Of all-work fifteen cents and an
empty pint bottle and send her to the
first drug store for a supply. Tell
her to be sure and get the spirits of
ammonia; it's the same as harris
horn !; but if she asks for that they'll
give her for the fifteen cents a few
drops in smelling bottle not as big
her thumb. While she's gone I'll
tell you how to use it. For washing
paint, put a tablespoonful IN quart
If moderately hot water, dip in fan
mel cloth, and with this simply wipe
off the woodwork no scrubbing
will be necessary. For taking grease
spots from any fabric, use the am
mOnia nearly pure, then Jay white
blotting paper over the spot and iron
| il lightly. In washing laces, put
about twelve drops in a pint of
warm suds. To clean silver, mix
| Two teaspoOnfuls ammonia i'll a
! quart of hot soap suds. Put in your
/ silverW are end wash it, using an old
nail brush or tooth brush for the puT-
pose. For cleaning hair brushes, etc,
simply shake the brushes up and
down in a mixture of one teaspoon
full of ammonia to one pint OF hot
water; when they are cleansed, rinse
| them in cold water and stand them
| in the W ind or IN hot place to dry.
For washing finger marks from look
! ing-glasses or windows, put q few
drops Of ammonia on a moist rag
and make quick work of it. If you
wish your house plants to flourish
put a few drops of the spirits in
every pint Of water used in watering,
A teaspoouful in a basin of cold
water will add much to the refresh
ing effects of bath. Nothing is
better than ammonia water for cleans.
ing the hair. In every case rinse of
the ammonia with clear water.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1871-10-13
Selling by Weight.

y reform which We hope to see &C
com plished, and which in justice to the
producer retailer and consumer should
be urged until obtained, is the selling
by weight OF vegetables, fruit. eggs and
nearly every edible article now sold
by measure. There ought not to be any
abandonment Of the efforts until this
result is accomplished. It is the only
Just way of buying and selling, The
boxes in which fruits are sent are of all
sizes and shapes. They are filled in all
Why's. Cases OF the same number OF box
es from different producers will differ
from three 10 six pounds in weight of
fruit, though the quality may be the
came. Tile family who buys from one
consignment gets more for the money
paid than those who buys from another ;
the producer who is most honest gets
least. a premium is thus paid for de-
ception, TO call it by no worse name
and the worst OF il is, the consumer, in
nine case out OF ten instances does not
know that he has been cheated.
Apple and pear barrels are as varied
in size as clover leaves. a man who
buys q barrel of apples does not know
whether he is getting two or three
bushels. Few people stop TO think
about it. There is no law fixing the
standard of a barrel Of apples or other
fruit that we know OF. LII producer is
honest enough TO send his apples in bar
rels containing two and halt to three
bushels, there are plenty of dealers dis
honest enough to transfer them 90 bar
relS that contain but two bushels; anC
a barrel of apples is a barrel of apples
no matter what size. Either there
should be a barrel standard fixed, or tht
fruit should be sold by weight.-AnleT.
dean Grocer.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1871-10-13
A Few Sheep on the Farm.

The relative profit is much greater
from small flock than large one.
The grain farmer, no matter how few
his acres, can make money by keep
ing a few sheep. There is always
room for them some here, and they
consume aud turn iutO money food
that would otherwise waste. But he
must be careful not to overstock.-
To illustrate: Suppose the farmer
cultivates only eighty acres, raising
grain chiefly. He keeps few COWS,
al d the necessary teams. One-fifth
of his farm is in pasture, one-ifth
meadow; one planted, one Spring
grain, one wheat. He thinks he has
as much stock as he can prOfitably
keep; but if he puts on one sheep to
every five acres, he will find their
products clear gain. In the spring,
early, they can run on the sod which
Is 10 be planted, and one sheep to
each acre " i'll not hurt the land, YET
they will live well. After that they
can go in the pasture and will CLEAN
after the cows to advantage. a run
on the stubble. after harvest, viii not
be felt, where each sheep hes two
acres, and in the Fall there is plenty
of feed. Through he Winter they
can be well kept on what the other
stock would no consume, with the
addition Of little grain.
Probably the most profitable are
some of the coarse wool mutton
breeds. Their lambs sell TO the
butchers for high prices and when
fat, the sheep fetch as much as the
yearling steer. Sixteen mutton sheep
well managed, would produce a year.
" income of one hundred doIlars
where, if none were kept, nothing
would be realized. The greatest
draw back is liability to loss by dogs
and it is a disgrace to any State tc
protect its ours so Well that they eX.
pei, to a certain extent, the only ami
NAL which can cheaper the food anC
clothing of the people, Vernon
FIyTUeF,
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1871-10-13
Tanning Sheep Skins.

For mats take two ,lOng-wooIed
skins make a strong suds, using hot
water; when 1t is cold, wash the skins
in it, carefully squeezing them be-
tween the hands TO get the dirt out Of
the wool; then wash the soap out
with clean cold water. Now dissolve
alum and salt, each half a pound, with
3 little hot water, sufficient TO cover
the skins, and let them soak in it over
a night, or twelve hours then hang
over pail to drain. When they are
well drained, spread or stretch care
fully over a board to dry. When a
little damp, have one ounce each of
-altpetre and alum (pulverized,) and
sprinkle the flesh side of each skin,
rubbing it well; then lay the flesh
sides together and hang them in the
shade for two or three days, turning
the under skin uppeTmOst every day
until perfectly dry. Then scrspe the
flesh with a blunt knife, TO remove
any remaining scraps of the flesh,
trim of projecting points, and rub
the flesh side with pumice or rotten
stone, and with the hands. They
will be very white and beautiful, suit
able for a door or carriage mat; they
also make good mittens. Lamb
skins, Cor sheep Skins, if the wool be
trimmed off evenly to abO.t one-haIf
or three-fourths OF an inch long,) make
most beautiful and warm mittens for
ladies or gentIemen.-G o. Sanders,
an Prairie RJTLleT.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1871-10-13
Lucky Hen.

There is paragraph (probably de-
rived from some European scource) now
passing the rOundn of the American
press, which tells of the shrewdness Of
The Rothchilds by saying that they new
or take into their employment any one
who has been unsuccessful in the al
fairs of life, and that the fact of any
man having failed in an undertaking is,
81 ITSELF an absolute bar to his enter
ing their service. We do not know
whether this statement be true OF ficti-
rious; but, If true, it does not prove
That the Rothchilds have adopted the
only wise course of action in this matter.
For example, the great New York mill
)ionaire and man of business, Stewart,
has, for a quarter of a century, carried
cut policy exactly opposite TO that at
tributed tn the ROthchilds. Stewart has
always been in the habit of taking into
his employ men who had previously
Jailed in business on their own account.
He has probably at this time not less
than a hundred broken do Rn merchants
in his employ in various capacities at
home and abroad. Most of them are
men of middle age, but May are even
9 lder than that. He considers them the
most valuable and faithful of his subor-
dinates, aud acknowledges how much
they have done to build up his immense
of their experience and knowledge, but
many o. Them have been the means OF
bringing to him large amount of bu-
siness through their mercantile conuec-
lions aud acquaintance. Some people
have said that Stewards establishment
is a hospital for these broken down mer-
chants, but he certainly knows how t.
turn his hospital to profitable account
He often takes in men who, before theil
hstI !. Oh,
competitors. Twenty years ago the
great silk house of Bowen & McMame'
was started as rival to Stewart bu
JAILED in 1850. Bowen was young enough
10 try again, and has at last got ricl
through the Independent newspaper
but Mr.. Stewart took McMamee into hi
wholesale establishment and kept hin
there till his death a short tine ago
There is no doubt that Stewart under
stands what he is about quite as well a
the R0thchilds understand what the,
are about Gin. Com.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1871-10-13
Agricultural Wealth Of the United
Kingdom.


The British Agricultural Returns
for 1870 show that the total acreage
of the whole United Kingdom, un-
der all kinds of crops, bare, fallow
and grass, in 1870, was 40, III, 370
against 36,l00,153 in 1859. OF this
Great Britain had 3040T679 acres
Ireland, 1865, 578, and the Channel
Islands 1I7,2I3. The total acreage
under corn crops in the United
Kingdom, including beans and peas,
was IL, 755,053, of which 9.548.O41
were in Great Britain, 2173, 100 in
Ireland, and 33,903 in the Islands,
the rest being mOnopolized BY pota-
tees and other green crops.
The average acres under wheat
alone in the United Kingdom was
nearly 100000 less than in 1869.
which represents a diminution in the
home supply OF wheat of 100000
quarters. The total number of each
kind of live stock in the United
Kingdom was Horses, about $780,
900. of which Great Britain possessed
about 2.050000, and Ireland 100000 {:
cattle 6 235 900, of which 6.4O3OO0
were in Great Britain, and 3.796OOO
in Ireland; sheep, 32,7S7000, of
which the number in Great Britain
was %, 3O7 900, and in Ireland 4, $685.
600; and pigs, 3,650000, of which
Great Britain had 2,I71,000, and ire
land 1,548,010. There was an increase
| in the number of cattle in the United
Kingdom over 1869 of 10000, Civ
ing 10000 to Great Britain, and to
Ireland $4,000
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1871-10-13
Sheep Husbandry.

Sheep are now the excitement
There will doubtless be q rush, and,
as in such a case, the usual careless
ness. To increase the stock (by any
means) will be the object. This will,
of course, hurt the business-wOol
will not be Of the first quality, nor
mutton either.
There will be a multiplication of
aocks at the expense of the product +;
and so far as this is the case there
will be q loss.
In the bad time there were always
some that made it pay. Their wool
and mutton-muttOn and lambs-did
this in their superior quality and
quantity per sheep. This was be-
cause the flocks were attended to /;
they were, as they now are, in the
hands Of the right men. Fed liberal
~. and care taken-this was the Sc
cret. Other fOcks we're a loss, and a
great loss. They suffered "a lOss),
and they had not the food to produce
good yields and good quality, and we
all know how it was, in those hard
times with sheep when the quality
was bad.
Now, these men who made it pay
to keep sheep amid all the diseucOur-
agements, how will il be-the good
treatment continued-now that times
are flush? 1t is they again, and now
more than ever, and much more in
comparison with the others, that get
the benefit. When wool varies ii
market in quality from forty to fifty
cents per pound, it will at once be
seen what the holder of the sheep il
to do: he is not to take the low price
for even in the flush times this viii
not pay. So with the mutton. s.
with poor, puny lambs.
This is On excellent chance-neve
better than now-tO improve GU
| focks, to get good since we have t
get. And this is not difficult; th
country is pretty well cleared of poo
stock, the better remaining. But, tn
best if possible, should be secured, q
this is the paying stock. Then ther
will be a harvest Teaped with littl
risk-St Louis Journal.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1871-10-13
Scottish Superstition.

On the first of May, the herdsmen
of every village in the Highlands
hold their Bel Tel, orrural sacrifice.
They cut square trench in the
ground, leaving the turf in the mid
die; on that they make a large fire,
on which they dress eggs, butter, oat-
meal and milk, and bring, besides,
the ingredients of the caudle, plenty
of beer and whiskey, for each of the
company must contribute something.
The rites begin by pouring some OF
the caudle on the ground by way of
llhation, on which every one takes a
cake of oatmeal, with nine square
nobs raised upon it, each dedicated
to some particular being, the suppos-
ed preserver Of their flgcks and herds,
or to some particular animal, the real
DESTROYER OF them. Each person
then turns his face to the fire, breaks
off a knob and filings it over his
shoulder, saying, 'This l give to
thee Preserve thou my horses
this to thee; preserve thou my
sheep, and so ON. After that they
use the same ceremony to the nOX-
ious au mails. "This I give 10 thee.
oh fox, spare thou my lambs; this
to thee, oh! eagle; this to thee, oh
hooded crow !"
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1871-10-13
5000 Gifts in all.

The grand prize at the head Of the list Is
part of the Farm formerly owned by Col G.
w, Polk, situated on the Mt. Pleasant Pike,
WesJOf Columbia. 1t contains $50 acres and
has a fine residence with all out buildings
complete and well improved.
We call particular attention to the follow
ing:
prise in q strictly honorable way.
ID. No persons VIII be admitted to the
drawing but those who hold shares; the
Committee to superintend the drawing
must be selected by the shareholders. The
Managers will take no part in the drawing
but merely furnish the necessary appliances.
Sd. No person connected with the man
agement viii be allowed to hold share IN
der any circumstances.
4th. Absolute titles to the various pieces
Of real estate viii be made by the Managers,
thus avoiding the usual trouble experienced
In other Distributions.
5th. We viii satisfy the public that this
Distribution viii be conducted in such
manner as to sustain the confidence Of eve
~ shareholder in the man agenent.
The Drawing viii be made at Athens,
Ala, at which place, for tickets and infOr-
nation in regard thereto, address
HODGE & ATTWE ELL.
ara Special Train viii be chartered to
run from Nashville 20 Athens, Ala, that all
Ticket Holders may attend the Drawing,
free OF charge.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1871-10-13
What the World is Doing.

Just now, when the political and
moral condition of the world is so
seriously disturbed, and when it
seems as if evil influences were new
er so active and powerful, the utter
ances contained in the following par
agraph, from the Union and amer
can, have q suggestiveness calcula-
ted to set rejecting persons to seri-
Gus thinking:
GAIL the kingdoms in the world
are IN agitation and solcitude. Re-
-vOlution and anarchy threatens ev-
cry one of them. There have been
wars, and new ones are breeding.
There are more perturbation among
men. Suicides and and all manner
of crimes and wrong dOings are
Astounding beyond example. There
are fearful accidents by sea and By
land. There are earthquakes in these
last few years, beyond all example
in history. There are furious temp
ests in the air, in regions that coun-
ted themselves exempt from the like.
/ FTightful accidents, defying human
| foresight, are multiplying. Unna-
tural crimes are more prevalent than
/ histories Of our ancestors have ever,
even by xaggeratiOn, recounted. In
the East-whence plaques comes to
or shores-in Persia, we read OF
frightful scenes of famine and pestil-
ence together. Among thoughtful
minds there is fOrebOding of Gala,
mites soon to come on our country
The pride, the fRlness of bread, the
abundance of idleness, was never
more marked III Babylon or iii Tyre
than in our Babylon and Tyre of the
west, New YOrk-and all towns anC
villages and railroad stations of tht
country are but New Y ork extended
This proud, this voluptuOus, this un
bridled peoples calling on HeaYel
, for q visitation -
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1871-10-13
Exploring the Bed of the Tiber.

One of the first results of the new
life arising in Rome, says the Lon
don Times, viii be the realization of
a scheme which has long been in
contemplation - the exploration Of
the bed Of the Tiber. The Italians
who now, Tor the first time since
Constantine, feel as if the great city.
were indeed their own, have an al
most bOundless idea of the artistic,
archaeological and other treasures
buried under the yellow sands which
the river has accumulated on the
spot for three thousand years. Every
revolution, they say, had to pay its
tribute to the river.
The scheme of a thorough eXcava-
ton of the bed of the Tiber, with a
view to call the river to account and
put it in liquidation" compelling
it to disgOTge its ill-gOtten gains, has
been taken up by an Italian assOCia-
ton, at the head CT " hich is the we'll
known SignOr Alessandro Castellani,
but which relies on the cooperation
of many artists, antiquaries and
other learned men of Europe and
America, all Of whom have been
strongly urging the speedy COM
mencement of an underta king which
mas already been too long delayed.
1t is not as commercial or a financial
speculation that the work is to be ex-
ecuted. Those who set about it expect
no other return for their trouble aud
expense than the immense gain sure
TO accrue from it to art and history
to archaeological knowledge in all
its branches. The society reckon, OF
course, on the aid of the other COM
pany which has lately been formed
with view to protect the city from
those periodical foundations of the
Tiber, against which the Papal gov
erument would or could find no
remedy
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1871-10-13

CLEANSING THE SKIN = Ib is a curious
fact, illustrating the necessity of clean
illness. and Of keeping the pores of the
skin open. that if a coat of varnish or
other substance impervious to moisture
be applied to the exterior OF the body,
death will eISue in about six hours.
The experiment was once tried on
child at Florence. On the occasion OF
Pope Leo the Tenth's ascension to the
Papal chair. iJ was desired to have Z
living figure TO represent the Golden
Age, aud 50 a child was gildcd all over
with yaruish and gold leaf. The child
died in a few hours. If the fur of rab-
bit or the skin Of q pig be covered with
solution OF India rubber IN naptha,
lhe animal ceases to breathe in q couple
Of hours.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1871-10-13

a PRIZE FARNI.-Au English paper
gives an account ola farm which took
the first prize given by the Roya
Agricultural Society for the best cul-
tivated farm. Ii was farm of 400
acres, devoted to pasture, grain, and
stock. The soil was originally poor,
but had been much improved by
skillful treatment. Only four horses
were kept, yet such was the adniira-
BILE system of management that they
were sufficient for the cultivation nee
essary for seventy acres OF wheat, the
same of barley and turnips, besides
some oats and beans. The produce
sold was 30 three-year-Old steers and
200 fat sheep-all raised OH the farm ;
2,45O bushels of wheat and J, 260 bush
els Of barley, which realized $I5,S95 ;
besides other produce, as pork, wool,
butter, cheese, etc. Early in July the
turnips nearly covered the ground,
andFon p aeres of them the examin-
ers saw no 3Ueeds in fact the whole
farm was perfectly free from them
Twenty tons of guano, bone-dust, etc,
were used each year. The farmer
7caS q i0dy! Have we, In the United
States such a farm and such farm
or?
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1871-10-13
Cooking Potatoes for Swine.

As the season for digging potatoes is at
hand it is well to consider the most
economical mode of dealing with the
small ones. Often farmers are so mis-
taken as to save them for seed; but as
the seed is, so will the crop be. Plant
small potatoes, and the crop will be
''smaI potatoes - Small potatoes may
be led to hogs in such manner as TO
return a fair value, But they must not
be led raw. The result of al the eX-
periments we have heard or read of, rs
well as of those made by ourselves,
shows that potatoes are much more pro-
ittable when fed cooked than when fed
raw, The extra labor and fuel are well
paid for. a good plan is to boil them
in large iron kettle, set in an archway
OF rough stone, (Which economies
fuel), and boil a few bushels at a time.
When cooked they are dipped cut, with
all the water. into a barrel, and a peck
Of corn-meal mixed with each busheI
of potatoes. The meal is thus
thoroughly scalded. When the mess is
cold, il may be fed. If two barrels are
kept. one will always be cool, aud will
be somewhat termented, while the other
is preparing. We would not, ad-
wise any warm feed to BE- given to hogs.
1t has generally resulted in producing
diseased state of the liver, and conSc-
qucntlv unwhOlesOme pork. Ferment-
cd food. on the other hand, seems 10 b"
agreeable TO them, and wholesome.