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The Bloomfield times. [volume] (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1867-187?, 1872-05-07
DICKINSON HOUSE,
Formerly kept by Woodruff and Turbett,)
NsV Bloomfield, Perry County, Pa.
AMOS ROBINSON, Proprietor.

This Well known and pleasantly located hotel
has been leased for q number Ot years by the pres
ent prOprietor,and he will spare no pains 70 accom-
mOdate his guests. The rooms are comfortable
the table well furnished With the best In the mar
ket and the bar stocked with choice liquors. A
careful and attentive h0stler Will be In attendance
good livery stable win be kept By theproprietOr
April 8, 1871. II
The Bloomfield times. [volume] (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1867-187?, 1872-05-07

Going Up---All styles Of goods appear to
be advancing in price, and now is the time
to buy. MORTIMER has good stock at
old prices
The Bloomfield times. [volume] (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1867-187?, 1872-05-07

EB- An old negro named Pete was very
much troubled about his sins. Perceiving
him one day with very down east look,
his master asked him the cause.
go, massa Pm sich great sinner y
But, Pete" said the master, 'you are
foolish to take it so much to heart You
never see me troubled about my SINS
81 know de reason, massa," said Pete;
"when you go out duck-shooting and kill
one duck and wound another don't you
run after the wounded duck ?"
"Yes, Pete;" and the master wondered
what was coming next.
"Well, massa, dat is de way wild you
and me; de debbil has got you sure; but rs
he am not sure of me he chases dis chill all
de time.'
The Bloomfield times. [volume] (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1867-187?, 1872-05-07
4 Real Romance.

A st. Louis fair one hearing that her
lover was going to ball with another girl,
made a bargain with the hackman by
which she drove the hack in his stead, and
in place of taking the pair to their desti-
nation, she took them several miles out of
the city. Then inducing them on some
pretence 90 get out she whipped up the
horses and drove back, leaving the unfor-
tunates-the lady in low-necked muslin
ball dress-exposed to rain in the midst
of lonely wood. After wandering in the
mud for number of hours-a perform
ance for which neither tho cavaliers
thin boots nor his companions kid slippers
were particularly well ftted-they found
shelter in farmhouse, where, finding a
priest and the mutality of their misadven-
lures inspiring love, they were united in
the holy bonds.
The Bloomfield times. [volume] (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1867-187?, 1872-05-07
Celebrated American Washer,
PRICE, sS.5. 30.

OVER l3,O0 SOLD IN SIX MONTHS.
sS- Terms: Carpets, 90 days.
All other goods 30 days, Net. [CW.&Co. s 3ns
Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1872-10-04
Memory.


MANY philosophers regard the faculty
of memory. as peculiar to mind, but
Maudsley thinks this cannot be the case,
for 1t must exist in all the nerve-centers of
the body. How, were it otherwise, could
these nerve centers be educated to pro-
duce movements in answer to impress
slons? A nerve-center, whether of sensa-
ton or motion, that was devoid of mem
DRY, would be an idiotic center and incap-
able OF education. So far from memory
being faculty peculiar to the mind, it is,
as Mr.. Paget has suggested, property of
every tissue of the body. The scar of a
cut is one evidence that the tissue recol-
lects the injury it has received. The
whole system remembers an attack of
smallpox. -... .
While we may add that memory is a
function of every tissue, nevertheless its
highest development is in the greatest
nerve-center of brain. Impressions re-
ceived in times long past may here remain
dormant almost for a lifetime. Con-
sciousness and the utmost effort of the
will may be powerless to arouse them, but
sooner or later the poison of fever, the
horror of dream, or the agony of drown
ing may in moment dissipate the cloud,
and in an instantaneous flash the scenes
of long forgotten act appear as wildly
and as really as when they are first enact
ed. 1t may even be, as De Quincy has
suggested, that the opening of the book
at the day of judgment shall be the I'M
rolling of the scroll of memory.-NataITe
and Science, S3TS61e1'S for October.
Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1872-10-04

side o. the house aye well thatched." But
they happened to dispute so keenly about
the principles o their kinks, that at last
they quarreled and didna speak at al So
ane day, after this, as they were on the
roof matching, each on his ain side, they
reached the tap, and looking over, face
met face. What could they do? They
couldna flee. So at last, Andrew took
off his Kilmarnock cap, and scratching
his head, said -; .rT
l. Johnnie, you and me, I think, hae
been very foolish to dispute as we hae
done concerning Christ's will about our
kinks, until we haze clean forgot His will
about ourselves; and so we haze fought SO
bitterly for what we ca the truth, that il
has ended in spite. Whatever's wrang,
it's perfectly certain that it can never be
RIGHT to be uncivil, unneighborly, unkind,
in fac tae hate ane anither. Ma, ma,
that's the devils wark, and no Gods
Moo, it strikes me that, maybe, it's wi
the kirk as VII this house. Ye're work
ing on ane side, and me on t'ither, but il
we only do our work weel we will meet
at the tap at last. Giles your ham, auld
neighbor." ....-.-,.
And so they shook hans, and were the
best o. freens ever after.
Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1872-10-04
Instinct and Education.

To THOSE who explain the actions of all
the lower creatures on the principle OF
instinct" we commend the following OBJ
servations Of A. R. Wallace cit is said
that birds do not learn to make their nests
as man does to build, for all birds will
make exactly the same nest as the rest OF
their species, even if they have never
seen one, and it is instinct alone that can
enable them to do this. No doubt this
would be instinct ifitwere true, and sim
ply ask for proof of the fact. This point,
although so important to the question at is
sue, is always assumed without proof,
and even against proof, for what facts
there are, are opposed to it. Birds
brought up from the egg in cages do not
make the characteristic nest of their spe-
cies, even though the proper materials are
supplied them, and often make no nest at
all, but rudely heap together quantity OF
materials ; and the experiment has never
been fairly tried of turning out pair of
birds, so brought up, into an Enclosure
covered with netting, and watching the
result of their untaught attempts at nest
making. With regard to the song of
birds, however, which is thought to be
equally instructive, the experiment has
been tried, and it is found that young
birds never have the song peculiar to
their species if they have not heard it,
whereas they acquire very easily the song
Of almost any other bird with, which they
are associated "-Nature and Science, Serb
ner's for October. T..
Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1872-10-04
Wheat after Glover.

If there is no tough sod, but tolerably
clean clover lay, the soil may be pretty
we'll fitted for wheat by blowing once after
harvest, and working the surface thor
oughly. The clover may be pastured
or moved This method of prepar-
ing the land for wheat is practiced
quite largely by English farmers,
and very successfully, too. 1t will
work well here if previous cult.
walton has enriched and cleared the land
so that weeds will not choke the grain,
and will find in the soil sufficient food.
But if the land is both foul and poor, it
is course not to be recommended. If
possible, it is best to refrain from either
pasturing or moving the clover previous
to blowing it in, but let the full growth
remain on the ground during the summer,
thus shading it and retaining it's moisture.
When in full bloom iG is good plan to
roll or harrow it down, when the{ new
growth will start quicker and the shade
become denser. Soil t.Ius shaded will
pillow much more loosely, and be in finer
condition for wheat, than If it had been
exposed to the sun by close pasture OF
moving. If the farmer can afford to use
his clover crop to thus protect his land, il
is quite as likely to yield as much profit
eventually, as it would either made into
hay or fed off by stock.-Canada Farmer.
Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1872-10-04

A New Epoch IN MEDICAL HISTORY.
"Reason and chance" says Pliny, sled
to the discovery of the virtues of medi-
cinal herbs" In these modern days,
research and experiment have perfected
the work that reason and accident began.
DIR. WALKERS VINEGAR BITTERs are the
latest result of botanical investigation and
pharmaceutical science. This extraord-
mary medicine, composed entirely of
vegetable ingredients culled from the soil
of our Pacific territory, is pronounced a
remedy for every disease-not organic
of the stomach, the liver, the bowels, the
respiratory system, the kidneys, the mus
Giles, and the other organs which make up
the machinery of life All who have
witnessed its effects are in favor of it's
universal adoption as the safest and most
reliable tonic known. Free from the
faint of alcohol, it is nevertheless stimu-
liant, though not dangerous eXcitant.
One thing is certain-no curative hereto
fore introduced to the public through the
press, has ever obtained, in so short a
time, the celebrity of DIR. WALKERS
CALIFORNIA VINEGAR BITTERs, or been
supported by such unimpeachable testi-
mony From that testimony it is evident
that this preparation is specific for Dys-
pepsia, Nervous Debility, Intermittent
and Bilious Remittent Fevers, Diarrhea,
Dysentery, Rheumatism, Gout, and all
disturbances Of the secretiye and excre-
tive functions. -.ss
Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1872-10-04

for it as carefully as a white child does
for her imaginary offspring, and probably
felt the same instructive yearning for
maternity. Cor DeBoer Neaos
ENGAGING MANNERS. are q
thousand engaging ways which every
person may put Oh, without running the
risk of being deemed either affected or
foppish. The sweet smile, the quiet, cor
dial bow, the earnest movement in adj
dressing a friend, or more especially a
stranger who may be recommended to uss
the graceful attention which Is so capti-
waiting when united with elf-possession-
these will insure us the good regards OF
all. There is certain softness Of manner
which should be cultivated, and which,
in either man or woman, adds charm
that is even more irresistible than beauty.
AN artist writes to the London Art Jour-
neil calling attention to the extraordi-
nary beauty of certain Irish scenery but
little known to tourists" He says: 1.-THE
combination of mountains, valleys, rivers
and lakes, and the exquisite coloring,
should be felt. There is world of art,
CON dma0re work in Ireland for artists,
whether the district / have named be
taken, or the Conemara route, or Wick
low. The peasantry, and the very ami
mails, are unique, and harmonic admlra-
bly, with works of art. 1t is strange how
much artists have missed this mine OF
artistic natural wealth.
A WIFE of Detroit, seeing a paragraph
in the papers to the effect that "matri-
monial couples in illinois get divorced
Just in order to have the pleasure of fresh
counting and new honeymoon" induced
her husband, after much persuasion, to
consent to divorce 'just for the fun of
the thing" When the divorce was OBJ
tanned, the ex-busband was astonished to
| find that the ''courting" and honeymoon
ing'' of his wife were 10 be done with an
other fellow He doesn't think divOrcing
for fun very funny after all. His wife
sees where the laugh comes in, but he
never did have an appreciation OF humor.
THE Paris Figaro warns its readers
against placing too much confidence in
the announcement of hotel whose
proprietor informs the public that ENG
lish, German, italian, and Spanish are
spoken here" An Englishman, it says,
who lately "descended" at the hotel in
question, and could find no waiter pos
sessing even the most rudimentary &C
quaintance with the English language,
asked for the interpreter, and being told
that there was none, demanded an ex-
PLANTATION. "By whom, then," he in
quired, care English, German, Italian,
and Spanish spoken" "By the travellers,
sir, who come to the hotel" was the re-
nlV
Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1872-10-04
A Romance of the War.

OUR neighboring city of Tiffin is just
now deeply interested in the sequel of a
war episode, which shows how romance
sometimes creeps into the events of real
life. Early in the war Tffin and vicinity
had sort of itinerate Albright preacher
named Downey. Upon the outbreak of
the war Downey entered the service as a
Captain in one of the Seneca regiments,
and when the Government decided upon
employing negro troops, he became Colo
mel of a colored regiment. During the
campaign in Tennessee, his regiment
CHANGED to be encamped upon the estate
of Colonel Washington, near Nashville.
The regiment seems not to have been
under the best discipline; and its mem
bers seized Colonel Washington and
threatened him with instant death, and
also set about destroying the elegant fam
lily mansion. Colonel Downey, by great
eXertions, and at the imminent risk of
his own life, succeeded in rescuing Col
onel Washington from death, and in saw
ing the mansion and other property from
destruction, Colonel Washington felt
profoundly grateful at the time for Col
onel Downey's brave exertiOns in
his behalf, and promised never to
forget them There the matter rest
ed, and the wild scenes with
which Downey was surrounded soon
drove it out of his mind. He remained at
the head of his regiment till the war was
over, and then returned to Tifin and set
tied down into quiet domestic life. Not
long ago he died, leaving his family in
Strengthened circumstances. Mrs. Dow
ney was driven to her needle for support.
She and her children lived in their hum
BILE way, with little thought that a great
change was soon to be wrought in their
condition. Recently Col. Washington
pied. when it was found that he had
willed his property, consisting of so, 600
in bonds and greenbacks, and three hun
dred acres of improved rland situated a
mile and a half from Nashville-the
whole valued at 100000 at least-to the
heirs of Col. Downey. Israel j. Dow
ney, a son of the deceased Colonel, has
Just returned from Nashville, whittier he
went to see about the bequest. He found
everything concerning the will, as stated
above The executor of the estate was
in Tiffin on Monday, arranging details of
LnS Urcss.-fa-
The history of the repol1lvn contains
few more romantic episodes than this
Cleveland TE0indedler.
Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1872-10-04
The MuSIc-BOx Trade.

The extent to which this business is
carried on in Geneva is a matter of sur
prise to Americans, and the magnlf1cence
of some of the instruments turned out
exceeds anything that most persons have
any idea of. We were shown an
instrument this morning that played
thirty-six tunes, with flute, bell,
drum and castanet Accomplishments. The
cost of it complete was seven thousand
francs, or about fourteen hundred dol
lars, the purchaser to have the privilege
of naming twelve airs to be arranged on
two of the cylinders that were blank.
The instruments range in price from five
francs to seven thousand. The high
priced ones are in elegant rosewood
cases, but the most of them are surpris-
ingly low when we consider the price at
which the smaller boxes are sold in the
United States. There is duty, however,
of thirty per cent, which accounts IN
some measure for the cost. A box play
ing eight tunes, with the accompaniment
of bells, castanets and drum, can be had
for two thousand and fifty francs, and
with the drum accompaniment also for
four hundred francs. The price rises
with the size of the cylinder and the fin
ish of the cases. There are musical chairs,
which play when you sit down upon
them; musical decanters, which strike up
merry air, such as ''The Flowing Bowl ,
! when you pour anything out of them
musical snuff-boxes, musical flower pots
and musical toys of all descriptions. The
twelve hundred dollar instrument had
volume of sound sufficient for church,
and would occupy as much space in a
parlor as an ordinary piano, though ii
might be taken for an old-style side
board .-Genev0 Cor. Baltimore american.
Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1872-10-04
How to Keep Grapes.

A CORRESPONDENT of the Central Union
AgaIcuztalrist gives the following rules for
keeping grapes:
Place the grape where it will be neither
too dry nor too moist, too warm nor too
cold.
AS to temperature, the nearer freezing
the better, so long as it is above freezing.
Too much moisture will breed mold
and spoil the flavor of those that do not
rot. Contact with decayed or broken
grapes will spoil the berries they touch.
Too much warmth, if air is not exclud-
ed, will dry the fruit and make raisins,
if the fruit is good enough. If the air is
excluded the fruit will spoil, if too warm.
Hence we infer that grapes to keep should
not be packed. 49,
Put up the fresh clusters in boxes, two
or three layers deep, upon cotton, paper
or grape leaves between layers. Light
wood boxes are best. Let the size be gov
erned by your own taste. If for market
ing, use those that will hold from two to
four pounds. -
In handling the clusters, touch the
stem only. Contact with the hand takes
off the bloom; besides there is danger of
bruising. Handle carefully. The boxes
ought to be covered.
People have been taught to wax the
end of the stem. There is little use in
this If grapes are of a variety that will
keep well, the peduncle lays fast hold on
the pulp, and is kept fresh by the grape.
A little drying of the fruit causes the pc
duncle to whittier and break from the
berry Grapes separated from the cluster
soon decay.
Observe, if when you draw a berry
49, =
Tenacity to the stem is your criterion.
The stronger the hold of the berry the
better it will keep.
Then, for keeping, tough skin is nee
eSSarY
Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1872-10-04
Storing Farm Implements.

went into Swamscot's Toulouse yes
terday to get out of the rain. His grass
is cut, and he will have no further use
for his mower. The orthodox way of do
ing with mower, on many farms, is to
unhitch it from the place where the last
hay cutting was done, and leave it in the
field. Swamscot must be a hereto! L
found his mower packed away in one
corner of his Toulouse. as snugly as if it
had been there when the Toulouse was
built, and had never cut any grass. L
noticed it had been thoroughly cleaned,
and the bearings oiled. Irather liked the
idea. said so. Swamscot said, "Why,
that's the way I make money. I've used
that mower six Summers, and it's better
mower to-day than Joe Poets that he
bought last year; his lay in the field until
November, and was then put into an
open shed where the sheep ran and the
hens roasted. 1t was a nice looking
object this Spring, and know that he
expended fifteen dollars on 1t before he
could make it run. Why, sir, he never
took the sickle out of it from the time he
quit using it until he wanted to use it
again; nor did he oil it.
/ noticed the hoes, cultlvators, harroWs,
plows, etc., etc., were all snugly put away
by Swamscot. mention these little things
that you may know why he has the repu.
tation of being thrifty, thorough, liberal
Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1872-10-04

The human body is machine, and therefore cannot
endure forever; but, like watch or a sewing ma
chine it will last much longer if properly regulated
and duly repaired, than if pains were taken to
keep it in order. The great object of every one who
desires long and healthy life should be to put his
body in condition to resist the notwithstanding inu-
ences by which we arc all or less surrounded
and no invgorant corrective at present known so
effectively this purpose as the vitaizng elixir
which, under the unpretending name of Hostetter's
Stomach Bitters has been for than twenty
the standard tonic of America. In crowded cities,
where the atmosphere is contaminated with the efu-
via inseparable from large populations in marshy
regions where the soggy soil reeks with miasma;
the praries and in the forests where every fall the
air tainted with eXhalatons from rottng weeds and
grasses decomposing leavesin Short in every To-
cality where malaria exists, this powerful vegetable
antidoe is urgently needed. Fever and ague, bilious
fevers, dysentery, congestion of the liver jaundice
rheumatism, and all diseases which generated by
infected air. impure water sudden changes of tenn
perature may be averted by strengthening and regu
lating the system in advance with Hosetters Bters.
Autumn is always season of peril especially to weak
susceptible organizations. Even the more vigorous
apt be in some measure depressed by the humid
atmosphere loaded with deeterious gases produced
by vegetable decay The fall is period of the year
when the renovation and regulation of the living
chine is peculiarly important, and the Bitters should
therefore be taken daily at this critical season.
Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1872-10-04
Petty AnnOyings.

Suppose there should be fellow sc
dexterous that, walking along the street
and seeing an old gentleman passing by,
he could give him nip in manner SO
sly that no one could know how it was
done; and suppose he should rejoice to
see the old gentleman jump. Suppose
there was little boy so cunning that,
STOPPING, he could hit the man so that he
should not know who hit him, and he
should laugh to see the man rise up and
look around in amazement to see where
the blow came from. Suppose one should
throw torpedo under mans feet so
deity as not to be discovered in the act,
and should enjoy seeing the man jump
and look in vain to see who it was that
threw it. Suppose there should be one
who, for his own pleasure, everywhere he
went, gave some annoyance to everybody
that passed by him, in ways so artful as
not to be detected. Would you praise
him? Would you say that he was an ex-
pert fellow? Would you call him per-
feet genius? If you should see person
sitting on the corner of a street, and some
how making uncomfortable everybody
who went by, and he should laugh, and
for half an hour tell you how he had
fixed this man, and how he had played a
trick on that man, would you not feel
that there was not another such miscreant
in society? And yet persons do the same
thing mentally. They see the little obi
quities that there are in men, and use
them as means Of annoying them. They
see things which they ought not to see.
There are many things in life which you
ought to be ashamed to see, and which, if
you do see them, you ought to seem not
to see. There is an amiable deception
which I think will be forgiven. Do you
suppose that at table you ought to see all
things that happen? If lady takes a
swallow of tea before it is quite cool,
ought you TO know it Never. A thou
sand little things are happening in life
which proper delicacy would lead you
to act as if you did not see.-Beecher.
Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1872-10-04

A GENTLEMAN of veracity relates that
some years ago he witnessed the ''charm-
ing" of a squirrel in Uchee swamp, Rus
sell County, Alabama. He spied the lit
tie animal capering about in strange
kind of manner, and upon looking around
saw the snake with his eyes intently set
upon the squirrel. The snake made no
attempt to strike, and the squirrel would
come near enough to rub against the
monsters throat. The gentleman pro-
cured stick and struck the snake terri
BILE blow across the head, which made
feet off, fell down at the same time, and
seemed also to suffer intense pain. Blood
gushed out of the snakes mouth and
simultaneously out of the squirrels, and
finally both died at the SAME moment.