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The herald. (Smyrna, Del.) 1870-1871, 1871-08-05
5it anO &mmor.
SUIT LOveg0Od mt n Candy Pull
ing.

l had heap of trouble last Christ
mas, and I'll tell you how it happened.
Dekin Jones gave candy pullin', and
l got stool, as they say in North Car
olina, and over goes. Sister Poll
and I went together, and when we got
to AID man Jones the house was chuck
full. Dog mi cats eff thare was room
to turn round.
Thare was Suze Harkin, she's as big
as a skinned horse, and six other Har-
kins, and Simmonses, Pedigrews; and
his gal, besides the old dekin and the
dekiness, and enough little dekinesses
to set up half a dozen young folks in the
family bizness.
Well bimeby the pot begin to bile,
and the fun begin. We all got our
plates ready, and got -four on our hands
to keep the candy from stickin', and
then we pitched to pullin'. Wasn't is
fun? Inevcr saw sach laffin' and cut
tin up in all my born dais.
/ made candy bird for EN- Sim
mons. She and me expecks to trot in
bubble harness one of these dais. She
made candy goose fer me.
Then we got to thowin' candy balls
intu one Mothers hair, and a runnin'
from one side of the house to tother, and
out intu the kitchun, till everything
upon the place was all gommed ovei
with candy. I got pine bench, and
Elm Simmons sot close to me. Sue
Harkin, confound her pictur, thowed a
candy ball sock intu one of mi ize.
made bulge to run after her, and
heard something rip; my stars alive :
Wasn't I pickelleda 1 looked round
and thar was the gable end of bran new
britches stickcn to the pine bench.
backed up agin the wall sorter crawfsl
like and grinned.
"Sut," said sister Poll, "what's tn
matter?"
"Shet up" SEE l.
"Sut," says Ella, "come away fror
that wall; you'll get all over greasy
"Let her grease !" SEE and down
went on wash-board that was lyin
across tub, feeling worse than an oil
l maid at weddim'. Purity soon fel
something curt, and purity SOON it hur
Z agin. Ice -whis--I jump ten feet hi
kicked over the tub, out flew old Jones
/ Christmas turkey, and you ought
: seen me git.
> 1 cut for tall timber now, jump
staked and rider fences, and mashe
j down brush like runaway herikan til
. l got home, and went to bed and stat
there two dais.
Eff old Joneses barn burns down ne'
winter, and Pm rested fer it an eff eny
u body peers as witness agin me, I'll bu
his doggon'd noggin! Them's my sci
:, timents.
The herald. (Smyrna, Del.) 1870-1871, 1871-08-05
agricultural.

Farm work during the hot summer
months requires only the hghtest har-
ness. Wooden collars are now used,
with great comfort to the horse. In
the cities the harness worn by street
railroad horses, is consistent with the
work they have to perform. No breach
ing is used and hipstraps are dispensed
with. Teams may often be seen plow-
ing in the hot days of July and August,
in the same harness they wore in the
winter. This is unnecessary, nay
sometimes it amounts to positive cruel
ty. Remove every superAuous strap,
take away the hackstrap and crupper
band, and let the air circulate freely
around the body. Alright, when work
is over, wash the sweat and dust from
the legs and thighs of the horse; q
dash of water on his tanks would be
grateful TO him. Let his stable airy
and clean, with bed of clean straw
Kindness to these serviceable animals il
the truest economy. Besides, we fee
better when our horses are made com
Portable; the sensation is akin to tina
derived from from the doing of a be
nevoleqt action. A sensitive man can
not see horse sweating under AM
CALLED by heavy harness during tn
intense heat of summers day, withou
sympathy and pity, nor can he retire t.
rest with an easy conscience, KNOWN
that his faithful servants in the stable
are improperly cared for and suffering
esThe righteous man regardeth the Lii
of his beast"
The herald. (Smyrna, Del.) 1870-1871, 1871-08-05

HAS MADE THE MOST AsroNISH.
ING CURES: SOQUICK, so RAPID
ARE THE CHANGES THE BODY
UNDERGOES, UNDER THE IN
FLUEN CE OF THIS TRULY WON
Full MEDICINE, THAT
The herald. (Smyrna, Del.) 1870-1871, 1871-08-05
DR. RAILWAYS
Perfect Purgative Pills.

perfectly tasteless, elegantly coated with
sweet gum, purge, regulate. purify, cleanse,
and strengthen. Railways Pills, for the cure
of all disorders of The Stomach, Liver, Bow
els, Kidneys, Bladder, Nervous Diseases,
Headache, Constipation, Costiveness, Indi-
gestion, Dyspepsia, Biliousness, Bilious Fe-
Yer, Inflammation of tie Bowels, piles. and
all arrangements OF the Internal Viscera.-
Warranted to effect positive cure. Purely
vegetable, containing no mercury, minerals
or deleterious drugs.
As-Observethe following symptoms result
Ing from Disorders of the Digestive Organs :
Constipation, Inward Piles, Euilness 81 the
Bio ld in the Head. Acidity Of the Stomach.
Nausea, Heartburn, Disgust of Food, Full
ness or Weight /. the Stomach, Sour Eruc-
tations, Sinking or Fluttering at the Pit OF
the Stomach, Swimming of the Head. Hur-
ried and Difficult Breathing.
A few doses Of Railways Pills will free the
system from all the above named disord ers.
Price, % cents per Box. Sold by Druggists,
Read False and True" Send one letter.
stamp to RADWAY a. CO.. No. 81 Maiden
sands will be sent you.
June "a, lS7l.--l years.
The herald. (Smyrna, Del.) 1870-1871, 1871-08-05

Advertise in the HERALD.
The herald. (Smyrna, Del.) 1870-1871, 1871-08-05
Every Day an Increase in Flesh and
Weight is Seen and Felt.
THE GREAT BLOOD PURIFIER.

Every drop of the Sarsaparillan Resolvent
communicates through the Blood, Sweat,
Urine, and other fluids and juices OF the sys-
tenn tile vigor of life. for it repairs the waste
OF the body with new and sound MATERIAL
Scrofula, Syphilis, Cor sumption, Glandular
diseases, Ulcers In the throat, Mouth, Tu-
mors, Nodes in the Glands and other parts
of the system, Sore Eyes, Strumorous dis
charges from the Ears, and The worst forms
of the skin diseases. EruptiG MS, Fever Sores
ScPld Head, Ring Worm, Salt Rhaunl, Fry
sipelas, Acne. Back Spots, u orms in the
flesh, Tumors, Cancers in tli% Womb, and
all Weakening and painful discharges Night
Sweats, Loss of Sperm and wastes of the life
principle, are within the curative range OF
this wonder of Modern Chemistry. and a few
days use will prove 10 any person using IL
for either of these forms Of disease its potent
power to cure them.
II the patient, daily becoming reduced by
he wastes and decomposition that is con-
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these wastes, and repairs the same with new
material made fro healthy buod-and tin
| the SARSAPARIILEANw will and do = So
cure-a cure is certain: for when once this
| remedy commences its work of publication
| and succeeds in diminishing the loss OF
! wastes, its repairs will he rapid, and every
| day the patient will feel himself growing
| better and stronger, the food digestng better
appetite improving, and flesh and weight in
creasing.
| Notoniy does the Sarsaparillian Resolvent
| excel all known remedial agents In he cure
of CIronic, Serofulous, Constitutional, and
Skin Diseases; but 1t is the only positive
1 cure for
The herald. (Smyrna, Del.) 1870-1871, 1871-08-05
The Disease Spreading in
Horses.

The disease which prevailed among
the horses of the horses of the New
York and Brooklyn car companies has
spread to Suffolk county, and many
horses have died. The most dlstin-
guished veterinary surgeons have tried
to devise a remedy, but without sue
cess.
The herald. (Smyrna, Del.) 1870-1871, 1871-08-05

USE strong tobacco water for green
fly on the ounce, either by Swinging
or bending down the shoots and dipping
them.
The herald. (Smyrna, Del.) 1870-1871, 1871-08-05
BLACK INK.
Jet Black and ImperishabIe.

This ink flows freely, improves with
time, and does not corrode steel or gold
pens. 1t is entirely free from sedi-
ment, and is undoubtedly the best ink
in the market. Try it and you can't
fail to be pleased. Put up in bottles
of all sizes, neatly labeled, and for sale,
Wholesale, by
The herald. (Smyrna, Del.) 1870-1871, 1871-08-05
HEALTH! BEAUTY!

STRONG AND PURE RICH BLOOD
INCREASE OF FLESH AND
WEIGHT-CLEAR SKIN AND
BEAUTIFUL COMPLEXION Sc
CURED TO ALL.
The herald. (Smyrna, Del.) 1870-1871, 1871-08-05

r. n. r.
RADWAY'S READY RELIF
CURES THE WORST PAINS
in From One to Twenty Minutes.
99T org AQUA
after reading tins ad tertisement need any
ole
SUFFER wtTH PAIN.
RAILWAYS READY RELIEF is A CURE
FOR EVERY PAIN.
1t was the ifst and is
The Only Tiain Remedy
that instantly stops tho most excrutiating
pains, allays Inflammation, and cures Con-
gestions, whether of the Lungs, stomach,
Bowels, or other glands or organs, by one
application.
IN FROM ONE TO TWENTY MINUTES,
no matter how violent DR. circulating the
pain the Rheumatic, B4d-ridden, Infirm,
Grip oled, Nervous, Neursagic, or Frustrated
with disease may suffer,
RAILWAYS READY RELIEF
Will afford instant ease.
INFLAMMATION OF THE KIDNEYS,
| INFLAMMATION OF THE BLADDER
| INFLAMMATION OF THH BOWELS,
| CONGESTION OF THE LUNGS
SORE THROAT. DIFFICULT BREATHING
4 PALPITATI0N OF THE HEART
MYSTERIES, GROUP, DIPTHERIA.
CATARRI, INFLUENZA.
HEADACHE, TOOTIIACHE
NEURALGIA RHEUMATISM
COLD CHILLS, AGUE CHILLS.
The application of the Ready Relief tC
the part parts where the pain or difficult,
exists will afford ease and comfort.
Twenty drops in half a tumbler Of waite
will in q few moments cure Clamps, Spasm
Sour Stomach, Heartburn, Sick Headache
Diarrhea, Dysehtery; Collie, Wind in tn
Bowels, and Internal Pains.
Travellers should always carry bottle o
Railways Ready Relief with them.
few drops in water will prevent sickness o
pains from change of water. 1t is better thai
French Frandy or Bitters as stimulant.
The herald. (Smyrna, Del.) 1870-1871, 1871-08-05
Kidney & bladder Complaints,

Urinary ard Womb Diseases, Gravel, Dla-
betes, Dropsy, S 9oppage of Watec, Incontin-
ence of Urine, Bright's Disease, Albumnu-
ria, and in all cases where there are brick
dust deporits, or where the water is thick,
cloudy. mixed with substances like the
white of an egg, or threads like white silB,
or there is q morbid, dark, bilious appear
ance, and white bone-dust deposits, and
when there is priclSing burning sensation
when passing water, and pain in the Small
oil the Back and along the Loins.
The herald. (Smyrna, Del.) 1870-1871, 1871-08-05

For SALE cHEAP-An excellent
Garden Primer, superior article, in
quire at tins office.
The Bloomfield times. [volume] (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1867-187?, 1871-11-21
Snake Swallowing Snake.

You have enough of " telescoping" rail-
road cars in America. Have you ever
heard of telescoping serpents? A few days
ago, rabbit was put into cage at the
geological gardens in Regents Park, occu-
pied by two or three pythons and beacon
stiictors. Soon, from the excitement of
the spectators, the keeper noticed that
something unusual had happened. Run
ming around to the back of the cage he saw
that an immense Indian python, IL feet
long, had swallowed, not only the rabbit
but boa-constrictor, who hailed from
South America, and measured about feet.
Bravely jumping into the cage, the keeper,
whose name was Holland, seized the
monster by the throat. Open flew the wide
mouth, and out fell the first dead rabbit
Holland seized the protruding inches of
the tail of the Jonathized snake, and by
punching the big fellow in the ribs, and
shaking and squeezing him while he kept
his firm grip on his throat, he compelled
him to disgorge. The smaller snake backed
out and glded away. He was not hurt a
particle. He only seemed to wonder where
he had been, as he lay with his mouth wide
open on the floor of his cage. 1t is prob
able that the two snakes seized the rabbit
simultaneously, and when once the smaller
one came within those terrible jaws, the
teeth of which are set backward, there was
no retreat possible. The sharp, strong and
merciless teeth could not give up even a
brother snake, and though he must have
regretted it, the python did his best to save
his friend, even to his skin. Letter .fron,
London
The Bloomfield times. [volume] (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1867-187?, 1871-11-21
Curious Cases of Long Sleeping.

In the middle of the last century young
Frenchwoman, at Tolouse, had, for half q
year, fits of heightened sleep, varying
from three to thirteen days each. About
the same time girl,a at Newcastle on Tyne,
slept fourteen days without waking, and the
waking process occupied three days to COM
plete.
Dr. Blanchet, of Paris, mentions the
case of a lady who slept for twenty days to-
gether when she was about eighteen years
ofage, fifty when she was about twenty,
and had nearly whole years's sleep from
Easter Sunday, 1869, till March 1868
During this long sleep (Which physicians
call hysteric coma) she was fed with milk
and soup, one of her front teeth being ex-
tracted to obtain an opening INFO her
mouth.
Stow, in his "Chronicle," tells us that
"The 9th of April 1916, being Tuesdaie
in Easter weeke, w. Foxley, potmaker for
the mint in the Tower of London, fell asleep
and so continued sleeping, and could not be
walked with priclSing cramping or other
wise, till the first day of the next term,
which was full fourteen dayes and fifteen
nights.
The cause of his thus sleeping could not
be knowne, tho the same were diligen tile
searched for by the kings physicians and
Other learned men yea, the king himselfe
examined ye said w. Foxley, who was in
all points found at his waking to be as if
he had slept but one night"
The Bloomfield times. [volume] (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1867-187?, 1871-11-21
The Camel,s Hump.

NTODERN research has determined a
1V1 curious circumstance of an organic
contrivance in the camel and the leech, un-
like as they are in structure, functions and
habits, which has reference to supplying
them with food from storehouses in their
own bodies till supplies are attainable from
other sources.
The hump is an immense collection of fat
stored in reticulated cells piled one upon
another, which is concentrated food. When
fodder cannot be had, as frequently occurs
on their long caravan travels in the desert,
peculiar set of absorbing vessels draws
upon the magazine-the hump--carrying
the fat into circulation till food from with
out puts a stop to the draft on the back
The hump is very sensibly diminished at
times-even being almost completely lev
oled, but that which was thus borrowed to
sustain life temporarily, is Immediately re-
placed when the stomach is set in motion
again in its accustomed manner.
The medical leech or blood-sucker, low
as it is in the organic scale of life, is as
carefully provided for in regard to the con-
tingencies of life as the king of the coun-
try. AS the blood passes down the gullet
of the leeclI, the current divides right and
left to enter two lacteral tubes, instead of
entering directly into the stomach. The
canals are folded, zig-zag, backward and
forward in loops, as.iit were, from the
head to the tail When perfectly filed the
leech let's go it's hold. 1t is then plump and
full, with stock of food on hand that may
ordinarily last from one to two years, in
case it has no opportunity to take another
in that long time.
The Bloomfield times. [volume] (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1867-187?, 1871-11-21
ENIeMA pnPARrMENr.
A Geographical Puzzle.

How many OF our readers can Ill up the
blanks in the following puzzle, with the Geo.
graphical names required to tell this mans
name, occupation, purchases, what he ate for
supper and what he put against the door
A man whose name was mountain in
Scotland { }, learned to be noun
tain in Washington, }. He lived in
house made Of county in Kansas j.,
and river in Illinois, }. His only pet
was river in Nebraska, }. One day
after taking a town in Virginia, }, he
went out to buy his week. supplies. lie bought
country in Europe, }, some plural of a
river in New England, }. A river in
Minnesota, m }, creek in Illinois, J,
a county in Alabama, and river in Great
Britain.
Having made his purchases, he started for
home, but the river in Great Britain
became oppressive, but he did not care, as
he heard thunder in the distance, and present.
| ly the rain fell in torrents His river in Great
Britain became drenched, but he was con-
soled by the thought that it would remove the
mountain in North America }.
| When he got home, he made his supper OF
some plural of a bay in Florida, "a
lake in Utah }, river in Montana,
! { }, and a town in Michigan, }.
Then he placed an Island from the Atlantic,
! J, and q mountain from Georgia,
| against the door and went to bed.
ezY" Answer to enigma in last weeks paper
"James p. Long, Acker, Perry CO., Pa"
The Bloomfield times. [volume] (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1867-187?, 1871-11-21
Remarkable Escapes.

U ORD CLIVE, of India, twice at
4 4 tempted to shoot himself through the
head, and his pistol only snapped each time.
A friend entering the room shortly after,
fired the pistol of, out of the window,
when Give sprang to his feet, exclaiming
al must be reserved for something great. :"
''He transformed the East India Company
from band of pedlars' to government
ruling one of the most populous nations of
the world"
Martin Luther was once walking with his
brother, when a thunderstorm overlook
them and the brother was instantly killed
by lightning
Augustine had an appointment in a dis
tant town. His guide who attended him,
mistook the usual road, and thus saved him
from being murdered by enemies who lay
in ambush for that purpose.
Oliver Cromwell, when an infant, was
snatched up by monkey and carried to
the top of house, through garret win
dow. In after life he would have been
drowned, had not a clergyman by the name
of Johnson rescued him.
John Bunyan, when about seventeen
years of age, was drawn out for sentry du-
ty at the siege of leicester. A comrade OF
his who was very anxious to take his place
at that time, was allowed to do So and
was shot dead while on guard
Philip Doddridge was believed to be dead
when born. His nurse fancied she saw
signs of vitality, and the feeble spark o.
life by great care was saved.
John Wesley when child, was rescued
from burning house just before tho 100
fell in.
John Knox was accustomed to sit at
certain time each evening ut certain spo
at a back window. One evening, withou
being able TO account for it, he would no
sit there, nor permit any one else to occup.
that place. On that evening bullet wa
shot in that window in order TO kill him.
The Bloomfield times. [volume] (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1867-187?, 1871-11-21
A Distressing Connndrum.

The New Orleans Picayune tells us of an
ambitious young debater in a village socie-
ty who pronounced this abstruse conun-
drum
"EG'r man plants u watermillion seed
next to his fence and that 'ere watermil-
lion seed sprouts up into watermillion vine
and that ere watermillion vine grows, and
meanders through that 'ar fence into anoth-
er mans lot adjacent that ere watermillion
vine that sprouted from that 'cre watermil-
lion seed and thro' that ar fence into this
'ere other mans lot adjacent; thain con-
solidates and homologates into watermil-
lion, the question, fellow citizens and ladies
is: To which of these ere men did that
'ar watermillion, so homologated and pro
mulgated, belong? To the man who planted
that ere watermillion seed that meandered
thro' that ar fence into this ere mans lot
adjacent and thar so CONSOLIDATED into a
watermillion; or to the man who owned
this ERE lot so adjacent, whar was SO pro
mulgated the watermilion that so exerggi-
tated from that 'ar watermillion vine that
meandered thro this ERE fence and so
sprouted from that thar watermillion seed
that ere man thar planted2"
The Bloomfield times. [volume] (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1867-187?, 1871-11-21

cB- The reputation of being plpcky, de-
termined and indefatigable is of inesti-
mable value. 1t often dispels at the start
opposition to ones undertakings, which
would otherwise be formidable. The very
fact that an enterprise has been undertaken
by some individuals is a sufficient guaran-
tee to the public that it will go through.
Without stopping to make further inquiries,
the people invest their money in it, with
implicit confidence that it will yield hand
some returns The public sometimes con
fer coyeted boon upon an individual out
Of pure admiration for his perseverance in
glasping after it. This is frequently the
case in political life. Sixteen times Mar
ems Morton ran for Governor OF Massachu-
setts without being elected. Finally some
Of the opposition, c0ntending that so much
pertinacity deserved SUCCESS voted for him
on the sixteenth trial. in 1s40, and he was
chosen by one majority.
The Bloomfield times. [volume] (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1867-187?, 1871-11-21
DIR. CROOKS WINE OF TAI
Has been tested by the public
FOR TEN YEARS

DIR. CROOKS WINE OF TAR
Is the very remedy for the Weak
aud Debllitated tt4
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Rapidly restores exhausted
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Restores the Appetite and
Strengthens the Stomach
DIR. CROOKS WINE OF TAR
Causes the food todigest, removing
Dyspepsia and Indigestion
DIR. CROOKS WINE OF TAR
Gives tone and energy to
Debilitated Constitutions.
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All recovering from any illness
will find this the
best Tonic they can take.
DIR. CROOKS WINE OF TAR
Is an effective
Regulator of the Liver.
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Cures Jaundce,
Or any Liver Complaint.
DIR. CROOKS WINE OF TAR
Makes Delicate Females, who are never feeling
Well, Strong and Healthy.
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Has restored many Persons
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unable to work for years.
DIR. CROOKS WINE OF TAR
Should be taken if your Stomach
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Dr. Crooks Wine of Far
Will prevent Malarious Fevers,
and braces up the System.
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Possesses Vegetable Ingredients
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Has proved itself
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Cures all Chronic Coughs,
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Has Cured cases of Consumption pronounced
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Has cured so many cases of
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Removes Pain in Breast Side or Back.
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Should be taken for diseases of the
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Cures Gravel and Kidney Diseases.
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Should be taken for all
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Should be kept in every house, and its life
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The Bloomfield times. [volume] (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1867-187?, 1871-11-21
A Strong Recommendation.

A manufacturer and vender of Quack
medicines for rheumatism and the growth
of hair combined, recently wrote to a friend
for a recommendation of his (the manu-
facturer's) "balsam." In few days he
received the following which we call pretty
strong:
Dear Sir;-The land composing this
farm has hitherto been so poor that a
Chinaman could not get living off it, and
so stony that we had to slice our potatoes,
and plant them edgeways; but hearing of
your balsam, put some on the corner of
ten-acre field surrounded by rail fence
and in the morning found that the stones
had entirely disappeared, and neat wall
encircled tho field ; and the rails were split
up into fire wood, and piled up symmet-
ricaly in my backyard. put half an ounce
in the middle of a huckleberry swamp two
days saw it clear of, planted with corn and
pumpkins, and row of peach trees in full
blossom through the middle. AS an evil
dence of its tremendous strength, would
say that it drew a striking likeness of my
eldest son out of mill-pond, drew a blister
all over his stomach, drew u load of pota-
toes four miles 10 market, drew grease out
of a flint, and eventually drew a prize of
ninety seven dollars out of defunct
lottery"
The Bloomfield times. [volume] (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1867-187?, 1871-11-21

t5B- "What's the NATTER Uncle Jerry ?'
said Mir, as old Jeremiah r. was
passing by, growing most furiously.
"Matter p said the old man, stopping,
short why, here l have been Juggling water
all morning for DR.. C--s wife to wash
with, and what do you suppose ] got for
it ?" .a
Why, suppose about ten cents, an
swered MIR. r tlsn 1
"Ten cents she told me that tine doctor
would pull tooth for me some time OF
other" IA a3 fls svtsa