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Juniata sentinel. [volume] (Mifflintown, Pa.) 1846-1873, 1872-12-18

The Beaver Ra.(icaL of the 18th inst +.
says: The court House was discovered
to be on fire Wednesday about o'clock
The alarm was given, the bell rung. and
soon the citizens came running from all
directions, some with ladders, others with
buckets of water, and ropes, by the use
of which the fire was quickly exringuish
ed. The fire caught from a defective
aae in the County Superintendrnts room
and had go, under consi les abls Roadway
beneath the roof before it WAS d-c)ver-
ed the damage was .light-a rafter or
two destroyed, and L patch of the roof
torn and burnt ntf
Juniata sentinel. [volume] (Mifflintown, Pa.) 1846-1873, 1872-12-18

Wuo is :>p ,A>IsLE "A sad acci-
dent occnrrei On TMa'.k k-siviug day from
the curse of the !iceuse system. Stephen
Burger, who has heen haalins ison ore
iIom the Sprisg g:;;l! mines to Martins
burg. Blair cutn:E. :eram, very much
Intoxicated ia onc ~ The run holes in
Martiusburg he was found few ho0rs
atierward upon the road, drad , lie
wagon had evidently passed over his
body. lie leaves a '-,j> ard nine chi
drea In d-sti;ute circum lances. Who is
resp"rsibIe?
We answer, f'co partie-. FIRST The
wretch who so!d him whisky for gain.
Second. The Christian people of Mar
linsbnrg who permit it, sale to b" ic"nscd
-Ep!voR - Temperance Ii"'''ator,
Dc i2h
Juniata sentinel. [volume] (Mifflintown, Pa.) 1846-1873, 1872-12-18
TOWN AND COUNTRY.

Tee fourth snow Of the season fell on
Monday.
No paper will be issued from this Of
fee next week
Juniata sentinel. [volume] (Mifflintown, Pa.) 1846-1873, 1872-12-18

Caution.
4 Ii persons are hereby cautioned against
n Hunting. Fishing. or in any way tres
passing on the farm occupied by the under
signed. in Milford township. All persons so
offending will be dealt with to the full extent
of the law. JOSEPH FUNK.
Juniata sentinel. [volume] (Mifflintown, Pa.) 1846-1873, 1872-12-18
The Markets.
Prices of Board of Commerce.

Reported weekly for the JuNIArA SENTINEL
by the Board Of Commerce Of Miff1in and Pat
terson.
Juniata sentinel. [volume] (Mifflintown, Pa.) 1846-1873, 1872-12-18

Lanterns and Lamps t1r sale at P,iste $
Wholesale and Retail Hardware Store
Crystal Palace Duilr.in5.
Juniata sentinel. [volume] (Mifflintown, Pa.) 1846-1873, 1872-12-18

rs.Franciscus' have jnst re-
ceived a large assortment of
Skates, which they are selling
rcrY i0lu.
Juniata sentinel. [volume] (Mifflintown, Pa.) 1846-1873, 1872-12-18

Steps when signaled.
JAMES NORTH. Ag't
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1872-08-29
Sumner on Blaine.

Mr. Blaine, Of Maine, has done good
work. Bent only on saving himself, 1t
possible, IN his own district by stirring up
the wors, passions Of his party, he address
sed pcmpously maligant letter to Senator
Sumner in uucballeuged reply to tho letter
which tho Senator bad been requested to
address to the coIorcd people Of tho UOlon
This performance Of his has brought the
Senator into the field again with q will
'rhorc is no parade of rhetoric and no
pomp of quotation in this brief but telling
letter of the Massachusetts, Senator. II
is direct, lorciblc, manly, and high IN
spirit NOman who read, it, bciusaman,
can doubt that the author is in earues, or
that the cause for which he strikes Is the
cause OF maguanimily, of mercy, Of man.
hood aud Of common sense, ---Mew York
World
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1872-08-29
Goop M,ssrrs Young folks shoall

Coon MANNERS, Young folks shoald
be mnnnerly. How to be so is the qnes-
ton. Many good girl and boy feel that
lhcy cant behave themselves in the pres
ouce Of company. They feel timid, bash
ful aud sell lisirustful tho moment 'hcy
are addressed By a stranger or appear In
company There is but one way to get
over this feeling, and acquire easy and
graceful manl'crs; thu. is, todo tho best
they can all the time at home, MS well as
abroad Good manners nro not learned
by arbitrary teaching so much ns acquired
by habit They grow upon US BY use
We must be courteous. agreeable, civil,
kind, gcutlcmauly, womaulyat home. aud
then i, will become a kind Of second ma
turc 10 bo so everywhere, A course.
rough manner OF home bcgets habit OF
rcughness, which We cannot lay Oft, II We
try when wc 20 among strangers. The
most agreeable people We have ever known
in company are those who are perfectly
agreeable At home Home is the school
for all good things especially for good
manners.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1872-08-29
An Old Farmers Slate.

How many farm matters are forgotten,
that should be attended to in the proper
time The memory is called upon to re-
tain every little item of labor aud with
the multiplicity of "cdds and ends, aOoa,
the farm. it is no, singular that some should
be forgotten and the work left undone :
How much time would he economical,
and how great, too, would he the saving
money. we're farmers to initiate the ex
mple Of the old farmers. who kept Slate
" iotting down everything which requ'r
d attention From the Rural New York
i We have an account of the good use to
which systematic old gentleman put hls
late Ie. every farmer be assured 1t Will
10 well for him to d. the same
Writing about Improvements romlnds
me ,hata farmer does not always think Of
what is necd'ul, aud may be done when
leisure tine occur, aud il recalls 10 my
mnd the practice o. a large and success
| iuI farmer, who at bis death, left his af
fairs in prosperous condition and his
premises in complete order. His neigh
bors often wonder at the ease with which
be conducted his operation; he never hur
ricd, but the right thing was always done
at The right time aud his work never lag
ged Much OF the improvements be made
was in odd spells, when the routine Of reg
uar farm work was broken BY rainy wealth
err or after finishing the work on a crop.
and while waiting for another to ge' to The
proper stage He keeps a large slate
hanging in the kitchen where all his work
men could see it, and whenever job oc-
ours to him, it was noted on the slate :
For instance, some Of bis entries ran thus:
Make gate for the brook lot Clean out
the open ditch in the wheat 6eld;' Lay Il
new floor on the scnGold over the barn
6oor;' Bury the large stone in the middle
lott Get some abte.wood trees to mill
for making garden 'ercc pickets;' Plant
shade trees along the roadside;' Dig the
aldrrs out of the fence corners. and look
after the wild mustard that came up where
the tbrcshiug machiug stood last year =
In this way his slate was filled aud i
any leisure half.days occurred, his men had
plenty Of work; and if the master happen
ed to he absent, the slate told the work
men what to do After a time it was his
custom to lay out the days work on tn"
slate each evening previous, and when
the job was finished the record was erac'd;
TO ret the slate clean was the ambition Of
the workmsu
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1872-08-29
One WAY to Build a Bridge.


The Grand Duke Of Florence. il is said,
once proclaimed that every beggar who
would appear in the grand plaza at a Ger
designated time. should be provided with
new suit Of clothes free Of cost, AT the
appointed hourSthe beggars of the city all
assembled. whcreupon tho officers caused
each avenue Of the public square TO be
closed, and then compelled the begeas to
strip Of their old clothes, and gave to each
one according to promise nca suit la
the old clothes thus collected enough mon.
ey was found concealed to build a beautiful
bridge over tho Arno, still called the Beg
gar's Bridge.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1872-08-29
A Story Worth Repeating.

Judge Davis, Of Illinois, is rich man.
The public muy not know how be became
wealthy. About thirty years ago, wtdn
.inlee Davis was prac'iciug lawycrip tHc
West, he was employed by Connecticut
man to collect $500 Davis went to the
place where the debtor lived. and found
,hi.a.ta ho ril4 iA- lspalsda aassions;; but
without spare aollar in money. Ilc fin
ally settled the bill BY giving deed far a
tract Of land--a fat mois, and undesirable
piece Of land in appearance lyiug close by
sheet Of water. aud consisted perhaps of
sixty acres. Davis subsequently, met his
Connecticut client in St. Louis, when tue
latter (who seemed no, to have the usual
Connecticut shrewdncss) fell to and gave
him regular "blowine up for taking the
land rather than insisting on having the
$500 10 cash Ho did not want any Of
your Western land, and be told Davis that
having received it IN payment OF the dent
he had better keep il himself aud pav tho
money out Of bis pocket To this Davis
agreed Stepping into a friends Office ho
borrowedSsOO, took the Connecticutman' 8
receipt for The land. aud held il for rise.
That land forms partoI ono Of the suburbs
of Chicago Judge Davis has sold two or
three hundred thousand dollars worth Of
it, and has nearly million dollars worth
let. LISA striking example Of what tho
Western property has done for its bol'er,
and as the story has never been printed we
thought it would be interesting enough to
publish.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1872-08-29
A Bridal Chamber Of Ice.

1t was during the winter of l7lO, the
seyerest that Russia had had in cfniuary
aud it was ordered that palace Of ice
should be erected on the Nrva directly op.
posiie to where the present royal palace
s,auds The palace Of ice was built; II
one Of its rooms bridal bed. alsp Of ice,
wa, furnished; all the furniture was OF the
same material, including some cannon,
which were placed before the ice palace
and ou' OF winch they verp anle to shoot ny
usaas OF lining them with iron. It's al
so related. but this is happily not confirm
ed, that Buhren selected q number OF men
who had equally mcri'ed his wrath BY be.
longing togood prussian blood, at he head
Of whom stood Mol;nski, the Finance
Minister, and placed them outside the pal
ace us seuluels; that be then caused water
to he thrown upon them with hose until
they became statutes Of ice, aud thus KEPT
! them in their places
The Governors Of all the provinces o.
the land, even to the remo'es', RECEIVED
Instructions to send number of persons
Of both sexes to this wedding festival :
They were clothed in new pleasant dresses
a, the expense Of the Empress This wed
ding procession, numbering about three
hundred persons, parad'd through th'
streets of the capital and halted before 'h'
Imperial Palace Here the bridal pa'
was taken up, placed in kind Of 1'
,ouche, aud this was mounted on the bar'
Of an elephant. Some Of the guests we'
mounted on camcls, and others riding deer
goats, oxen, bioodhounds and even d't'
The wedding feast was spread IN bnN
rens's barn, and each nation was setv
with the peculiar dishes Of its nat'"ual''
After the supper followed bali. 10 WI"
each bridal couple appearing 10 the da'
peculiar to its province. Finally, the
dal couple were led into their palace Of
salute Of cannon houoriug their arrival
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1872-08-29
Advice To Young Mon.

We 6nd the following alvice TO young
men iu the Altoona Tribnm: Young
men get married; you will never be worth
last years rtbin's nest unless you do
The fruits Of diSobedicncc are misery ind
misfortune, and will never be truly happy
while in di,obpdiencc to Gods command.
ment to our frs, parents in the Garden
Remember that there are seventy Two
thousand more manageable ladies in the
United States than gentlemen, aud three
hundred thousand more females than
males Imagine yourself at tho bar of
judgment. with seventy five thousand
spinsters with todthless )nws and tongues
sbarpcn4d on the grind,tcncs of temper
and honod on the strap Of unreqnitcd afcc-
lion Of your accusers; surely your chances
for eternal bliss would not be very ila'tCr.
iug And furthermore, remember that
unpcrformed duties always come home to
roosr, 50 you will be likely to 20 through
Nt,h hplea: a:in ahrlbcals of Jour
stockings, and your itlbowyput and finally
die unregrctted AUD begottcn like any 9th
or brute.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1872-08-29
The WAY to Live.

Ten minutes Of weak repining will
plunge brave heart into tho depths Of
unhappiness as sudden as n thunder storm
will overcast a summer sky. The only
way to live is to cast away troubles and
contentious which cannot be cured ,y, b, lret- ret.
ting. A thing that is done belongs'o tho
past In justice to the requirements OF
the preseut, and possibilities Of the future,
you cannot look back and make yourself
wre'chad over things which cannot bo un-
done.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1872-08-29

A suit came of the other day in which
\ printer named McKelvy was a witness.
The case was an assault aud battery that
came off between two men named Brown
and Henderson "Mr. McKelvy, did
You witness the affair referred to?" EYES,
sir" well. what have YOU to say about
i,?' THAT il was the best picceof panct-
u,ton have seen for some time -
"What do you mean by tba'?' why.
that Brown dotted one Of lTepdcrscn's
eyes. for which Henderson put q period
on Browns hresthing for ahont half q
minute" The conrt comprehrndcd the
pnt'cr at once, aud 6ned the defendant
Eve dollars. ass ~. h; 81,
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1872-08-29
What Editcrs Have to Bear.

An editorial sanclnm is most assuredly
n sanity place at least none but SAINTS
could possibly endure what i,s occupants
have to submit to. When an editor has
collected bis thoughts as we'll as his scraps,
and is ready to 60 to work in comes some
body to scatter both. and talk or rustic
his pagers. and make him feel very much
like swearing All business is suspended
until quiet is restored by the retirement Of
the intruder, and work is resumed only to
be interrupted a dozen times tho same
way during the day lfcditors were not
saints they certainly would swear under
the circumstances, but as it il they smile
mud smic.-but mediate murder while
they smile. lfpcoplc would only cons'd-
or that editors aud reporters have work to
do. Tint their work requires profound
stiffness, and that very few writer's or
readers can either write or read unless
alone, they would not think au editorial
sanctum so proper aplnce to spend their
leisure hours in, = -Bufalo Erpnss.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1872-08-29

aud then laid upon their bridal bed of Ice
which was furnished however, with a
quantity ofpillows aud covering Watch
MN were placed at the doors 70 prevent
the newly married couple from abandoning
their cold quarters before the break Of the
next day
And all this was provided for the dis.
traction of one whose weak crimes aud
cruelies had brought her remorsc 1t Is
said that she enjoyed it immensely,
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1872-08-29

Somebody wrote to the editor Of a paper
to ioonire how he would break an OK
The editor replied as follows: III only
one OK, a good way would be to hoist
him. hy means Of a long chain attached
to his tail, to the top Of pole forty feet
from tao ground Then hast bya rope
tied to hi. horns to another pole. Then
descend on to his back n five ton pile driv
or and if that fails TO break him. let him
start country newspaper and trust people
for subscriptions, Ono Of the two ways
will do IT,"
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1872-08-29

Now that General Banks has ''gonc
over to the enemy Of course he never
was Of any account be was quito as worth
less indeed as Salmon p. Chase, Horace
Greeley Lyman 1rumhull, Carl schars
or Charles Sumner 0 ? Morton, Ben
Butler and Simon Cameron arc now the
real patterns fgroa.ness and true deliver
ers Of sound doctrines.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1872-08-29

Josh Billings says: "When We cum 70
link that there ain, on the face Of the
nth even one bat too much aud 'bat there
ain, been, since the dazr Of Adam, a SIN
Ii surpluss maskceter's egg laid by ack.
]ont. wc can form some kind Of uu idee
" little We know, and what poor jon
sbould make ov it ruuiu the machinery
sreashun Man isaphool'nyb'w. aud
best ov the j,ke is. he don't seem tew
Nv il Bats have o destiny to GIL. and
sill bet A dollars they ill it better than
NO do ours,
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1872-08-29
Short Ca,echism.

Who got Grant commission 10 the
army aud stuck BY him when the Western
Governors wanted to turn him out for
drunkness?
Washturn, Minister to France.
Who contributed most literally for the
prcsculs presented to Grant in Phl'adel'
phia!
Borio. late Secretary Of the Navy.
Who headed the lis, for house present
to Grant in Philadelphia?
Stewart, appointed Secretary Of the
Treasury, though Ineligible, !
Who gave Grant the ''cot by the sea
at Long Branch?
Tom Murphy, late Collector Of the Fort
Of New York
Who presented Grant his interest in 'he
Seueca sandstone quarry at Washington
Henry D. Cook, Governor Of Washing
,ou?
Who refused to take the Democratic
nomination in 1868, agains, Grant, because
as be said "he stood by me when | was
cra,y. aud III stand BY him when they mud
him drunk
Sherman, General Of The Army
Did anybody ever make Grant a present.
from brown stone front to "yallcr'
dog without being presented with an Office
in return?
Nobody that We know Of ~ T.
Sm.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1872-08-29
There is one good result that would 10
y; = sene4if wSNslfwsfs grnNyed ~!

There is one good result that would 10
.ssili ~ iisay elyuss4s ~6Ssawsfs granss !. ~
frapcbisca,he retail liquor sellers Would
have far harder time Of it than they
have at prcseat. especially in the West. :
As tits. every now aud then we hud re
corded in the Western papers the fact 0,
women banding together in some one 0,
the smaller interior towns of that region
and taking the law Into their own hands
They make most etfrctual advocates OF the
s,rictest temperance principles when they
do Barrels Of liqupr are uuceremon'0us
" thrown out into the streets and burst
open, bottles and demijohns are soon DIS
posed Of and il the window glass and turn.
i,ure escape destruction the owner is lucky
A town in Indiana, not Of much import
suce but seemingly thoroughly soaked ~
whiskcy and cursed With dram shops was
the scene of the las, exploit Of these female
icnocolasfs A mob Of sixty women shrl'
ed voiced, belliserent exasperated lrs'
visited all the saloon keepers in the town
aud pleaded with them to stop what they
"S' r :, y
termed their vile and unlawful business
Failing to dissunde th'm, they marched IN
and smashed everything they conld reach
One line with which the account closes
tells the whole story The ring leaders
we're the wives Of dlunken men.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1872-08-29
JOB w 0RN.

We are prepared to do Job Wo''' "f every
DESCRIPTION. in as good style as an Office IN
this part Of the State. and at lover prices.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1872-08-29

ls " W. 1QsSa ;4S Saus ~ A5ssSs W * !
s6ois cabin With that d-Ad babSf'orEse
The man only nestled the baby more
quietly in his arms without saying word
Then the baby sohb'd again.
Where is the confounled mother that
she don't stop its noise!' continued the
profane grumbler,
Atthis the father came up TO the man
and said: Il am sorry we disturb you,
sir ta, my dear laby's mother is IN her
coffin down in the baggage room. LIN
,akiug her back to Albany where we used
to live"
"The hard.haarted, man" says my
friend buried his face in shame. but in a
moment wiltpd BY the terrible rebuke, ne
was bv the side of the priefstrickpn faith
yr They we're both tending the baby :
The last and crowning crime Of which
he Administration Of General Grant and
lis supporters have been guilty. is tho at
empt to pcrpe.uate their power BY blowing
with persistent aud malignant utterancrs
he dying embers Of sectional bate again
INTO a blaze For this criminal purpose
hey have purchased with money belong
ing to the Treasury Of the United States,
a batch of secre, service Confederate
archives that, after all, have only life
enough in them to shoulder fecbly and
die out. Boutwell,. who distinguished
himself on the impeachment of Andre"
.JohDson,by his now celebrated figure Of
,he Hole in the Sky"-which was as mis-
rrabIe failure as the digger episode with
which Burke once amused tie House OF
,,ommops--now clamors for the cnotinnaI
existence Of the "b!o"dy chas'n" between
the North and the South. All the Radical
journalists, those who conduct the recognize
ed organs Of the party with tue most wary
suppression Of damaging facts, aud CALLING
letters. as well those who are. "for some
iuscrutablc purpose, permitted to edit couu-
,ry papers following the cue Of the Ad-
miuistration, have revived the old cries OF
'rebpls' aud ",raitors.""a to characterize
~
the Southern supporters Of Mr.. Greeley
and as bnsbear with which to fr'gb'en
Northern voters into the ranks ofthe party.
It is pitisble display Of spite and shame
lessoess, and the worst OF it Is. TOR those
who descend to use such weapons, that
they are now powerlcss The country
wants peace A healthy popular instinct
demands once again after many years OF
WEAKNESS aud strife. President of 'the
whole country. and not section ana
,uch election clap trap falls on deaf ears
unless they should happen to be unusually y
laug.-BaIto Gazette,
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1872-08-29
Ry. Poislcy Il son,

ATTORNEYS AT LAW
POINT PLEASANT, WEST Va,
tlIIIL PRACTICE IN THE COURTS
( 's,fllth judicial Circuit. Attention Civ.
en- TO DE collection o! debts.
Agu lS1l--ly
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1872-08-29
Circumstantial Evidence.

The London Globe publishes a statement
which is an illustration Of the danger Of
relying upon circumstantial evidence, even
when it approaches posi'ivtne-s A gen.
,leman went to the British Museum with
M order to have a case opened containing
some valuable medals, for bis inspection
He examined particular medal, which
was supposed to be unique, restored il to
the tray and after talking some time with
the custodian was about to leave, when the
lptter discovered that the medal was miss
Ing It was searched for everywhere, and
could not be found, when it was suggested
that the pockets the visitors Should be
examined To this be objected; and po.
licemau was scut for. However, before
he arrived the medal was found to have
slipped between the tray and the bottom
of the ease. When asked why be refused
to bc searched the supposed culprit pro
duced medal FROM biz pocket, the exact
counterpart Of that which was in the case.
and remarked that his object had been to
verify the Authenticity Of bis own, which
being identical With the missing one and
discovered in hi' pocket. would at once
have convicted him Of the theft.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1872-08-29

All legal advertisements tanst he pad lo'
before tha3i ROOF Of Publication can be obtained
Plaintiffs are required by law to pay the rosl
of Orders of Publication before the Proof o
Publication is isstld.