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The Bloomfield times. [volume] (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1867-187?, 1873-03-11
Gbe Ginres, Mem BLOOMFIELD, l1a.

In the morning they went in a carriage
to minister unknown to either and were
married.
"Why it's one o'clock % said Horace
as they re-entered the carriage. "We
have just time enough to go to the surrog-
ate's office and have grandfather's will
read"
They arrived there to find several law
yers and the executors assembled. One OF
the latter was speaking He held some
documents in his hand
Here are three WILL" the first, leaving
his property to Horace Wharton, was made
about year ago. The second, dated six
months later, leaves the estates to Rcna
Crocker. The third and last, dated three
months ago, leaves all to charitable insti-
tutions. OF course, only the last is valid
the others are of no consequence"
Rage and blank amazement filled the
faces of the plotting cousins but they
could do nothing. They rode disconsolate-
ly home in the carriage. They unburdened
themselves of their real sentiments toward
each other. They expressed the most cor
dial and mutual hatred for each other
And they unanimously agreed to regard
the marriage ceremony as null and void.
The Bloomfield times. [volume] (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1867-187?, 1873-03-11
PERRY COUNTY
ReOJ Estate. Insurance,
AND
CLAIM AGENCY.
LEWIS POTTER & CO.,
Real Estate Brokers, Insurance, & Claim agent
New EsloOrnGeId Po

WEINVITE the attention of buyers and SELL
w ers to the advantages we offer them in pur-
chasing or disposing of real estate through our Of
flee.
We have a very large list of desirab property,
consisting OF farms, town property, mills, store
and tavern stands, and real estate of any descrip
tion which we are prepared to offer at great bar
gains We advertise our property very extensive
ly and use all our efforts, skill, and diligence to
effect a sale. We make no charges unless tht
property is sold while registered with us. We also
draw up deeds, bonds, mortgages, andall legal pa
pers at moderate rates.
Some of the best, cheapest, and most reliable
fire, life, and cattle insurance companies in the
United States are represented at this agency
Property insured either on the cash or mutual
pan and perpetually at "a and SIS per thousand
Pensions, bOunties, and all kinds of war claims
collected. There are thousands of soldiers and
heirs of soldiers who are entitled to pensions and
bounty, who have never made application. Sol
diers If you were wounded, ruptured. orcontract-
ed disease IN the service from which you are dis
abled, you are entitled to a pension.
When widows of soldiers die or marry, the minor
children are entitled to the pension.
Parties having any business to transact in our
line, are respectfully invited to give us call, as
we are confident can render satisfaction in any
branch of our business
RB- No charge for information.
420ly LEWIS POTTER Il co,
The Bloomfield times. [volume] (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1867-187?, 1873-03-11
Vick's Floral Guide for 1873 !

The GUIDE Is now published Quarterly
TWENTY-FIVE CENTS pays for the year,
four numbers, which Is not half the cost
Those who afterwards send money to the
amount OF ONE DOLLAR or more for Seeds
may also order Twenty five Cents worth extra
THE price paid for the Guide.
The JANUARY NUMBER is beautiful, CIV
ing plans for making RURAL HON ES, De-
signs for Dining Table Decorations, Window
Gardens, &C., and containing a mass OF iufor-
nation Invaluable to the lover Of lowers.--
One Hundred and Fifty pages on fine tinted
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superb COLORED PLATE and CHROMO
COVER. The First Edition of Two Hundred
Thousand just printed in English and German,
ready to send ont.
JAMES WICK,
Rochester, N. Y.
The Bloomfield times. [volume] (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1867-187?, 1873-03-11
Remarkably Cheap Spouse.

At Farely, Dubuque county, Iowa, a
few days since, a wood chopper named
WiclSs lost his spouse and small sum of
money. 1t seems that Mr.. Wicks pursued
his wife, found her in the company Of one
Charles Nash, and after pleading unsuc-
cessfully for her return, actually sold her
to Nash for $40 and his expenses And
the woman has gone with the buyer to IIar-
din county.
The Bloomfield times. [volume] (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1867-187?, 1873-03-11

thousand others perishing in that same
building but his commission only reached
Brother. Christ says ''if ye love them
which love you what thanks have you, the
Publicans do the same.' submit if
Counterfeiters do not love Brother Counter
feiters robbers brother robbers? conspira-
tors brother conspirators?
These societies would have us heap full
some laudations upon them for doing the
very thing which God has commanded them
not to do Christ says Glove your neighbor
as yourself" Secret Societies say love
brother, whether right OF wrong Christ
says Gas ye would that men should do to
you do even the same to them"
Secret Societies change man to a Brother
Mason, Odd Fellow, ETC., and ministers are
found who will eulogize them. But Cotton
was king you know Secret Societies
are all the rage now and man
would cndanger his precious popularity
who could not stretch his conscience up
to the eulogizing point. We live in an
age of Church Fairs, Church Lotteries etc.,
anu WnSu III INOlnO VIC iuuSb uO dS INOluO
does or we might lose our standing !
Some men instead of Drawing public opinion
when wrong, will servilely fondle upon it.
Ministers especially should create and
direct public opinion instead Of blindly
adoring it !!
But said one speaker "We can trace
Secret Societies back 6O00 years-yes pos
sibly to the garden of Eden" and if his
memory had been more tenacious he might
have found evident traces of these pet
Societies when the earth was without
'form and void and darkness covered the
face of the great deep"
We can trace murder back to the first
family and Idolatry to a period little less
remote.
They might have existed before the flood
as the historian says ''The earth was cover
ed with violence"
Because Secret Societies have hoary heads
does it follow that we should bow in
alteration before them? Then must we bow
at the shrine of idoatry. Then must we
let murder go free
But enough. think it is soon time the
American people would arise and pull down
all those temples into which Gods sunlight
can not penetrate and drag THOSE nocturnal
: devotees forth to public scrutiny.
ANTI SECRET SOCIETIES.
NoTE.-"Anti Secret Societies" is evidently
J writing on a subject he knOas little about. We
, have had some experience and knowle1ge in re
gard to those matters and do not fear the effec
of n little criticism. We consequently give
5 place to the above article If our friend woul(
join some of these societies he would be BETTE
The Bloomfield times. [volume] (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1867-187?, 1873-03-11
nUNcAN SHERMAN s. co.,
BANKERS,
No. II Nassau Street,
NEW YORK

Issue circular Notes and circular Letters of
credit available in any part OF the world.
R0- Current accounts received on such terms
as may be agreed upon. [5l2tf
The Bloomfield times. [volume] (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1867-187?, 1873-03-11
ANTI SECRET SOCIETIES.

NoTE.-''Anti Secret Societies. is evidently
writing on subject he knows little about. we
have had some experience and kno,Dledge in re-
gard to those matters and do not fear the effect
of n little criticism. We consequently give
place to the above article. If our friend would
join some of these societies he would be better
able to form an opinion of their merits.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1873-08-09
BY w. H. ScAKLAND.
TERMS


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Saturday morning. Subscription. 81 per
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For advertisements inserted in news col
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will I've charged.
Announcing candidates for otfice-inyari
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occupied, and not pro rata rates of the time
for which the advertisement was originally
inserted.
All advertisements and subscriptions are
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All circulars, communications and cards
of candidates or Official aspirants, and other
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cash IN advance of first insertion. if not in
serted in regular advertising columns
Simple announcements of marriages and
deaths made gratis. Obituary notices. trih,
utes of respect, resolutions of public meet.
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Yertisements
No improper. Extensively personal, OF
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any terms.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1873-08-09

Editor Jackson of the Ope-
lousas Journal is spending a
few weeks in New Orleans, and
writing interesting letters to
his paper of the sights he sees
there. After making a tour of
the beer saloons. and like ims
moral resorts of the lax and
wicked, he concludes very cor
rectly that, eff money and
time and labor that are
spent here in vice were turned
against Hard Times his
name would soon be heard no
more in the land."- [Donald-
sonville Chief.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1873-08-09

An exchange thinks that a
little thoughtfulncss saves a
deal of trouble. ). young man
OH Nelson street will not step
into the grass when it is wet
and his boots are BACKED. He
says he don't mind the blacks
ing, but his mother is getting
old and lame, and cant work a
brush as she used to.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1873-08-09
A writer i'm a foreign agricul-

A writer in a foreign agricul-
tural paper says that "a sound
knowledge of the principles of
his art is needed more urgently
every year to enable the Eng
1iSh farmers to hold their own
amid a devlopement of social
and mechanical force that
threatens to sweep away all
the landmarks that have long
guided his practice" There
words are just as applicable to
our circumstances as TO those
of our cousins across the water,
and would serve as a test for
the consideration and study of
every one who feels how much
we have, as cultivators of the
soil, of learn not only of our
art itself, but of others with
which it isso in timately con-
nected.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1873-08-09

An old lady selling eggs in
Savannah, Ga, asked as usual,
"WhatS the news7 1.-THE
latest" said the obliging clerk.
sis, that the Yankees have got
the Modocs." The old lady
struck her knuckles on the
counter, and exclaimed: 81
hope the last one of 'em will
die oft :"
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1873-08-09

A Utica. man, whose wife
has been i'll for some time,
came 90 Wn one day with a face
longer chan the revised charter.
A tie.nd who met him, grasped
him by the hand in fearful
sympathy anu murmured /:
"Oh' when did she die ?" "Oh,
Thunder" was the solemn res
ply; "she amt dead, she's
cleaning the house."
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1873-08-09

When a crowd of .jayhaw-
kers started a disturbance i'm a
Texas church the other day
the preacher raised up a shot>
gun and said: civilian Dello.
sit down, or I'll make it pains
full for you" William sat
down and was as quiet as a
lamb.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1873-08-09
Rain again this week.
Parish Court has been in
session during the week.


The president of the Police
Jury, as authorized by an act
of that body, has employed
two persons to find out from
the entries in State and United
States land Offices, compared
with thereturnsfor assessment.
what lands are not returned
for assessment. Those persons
have found already that many
of the returns are incorrect by
misdescription. The wrong
township or range is often
used. A consequence of this
is that the same land may pay
tax twice. Every land owner
should see to his assessment
before the last of this month.
and then he could correct his
list of lands, if necessary.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1873-08-09

The Iowa farmers hold a
state convention at Des Moines
on August 18th to nominate a
State ticket. In their an>
nonncement they invite the
attendance Of all voters who
are opposed to encroachment
of rights and monopolies on
the rights of the people, and
who are willing to act indie
pendently of existing political
parties"
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1873-08-09
WHAT COOP RoADs Do-A

WHAT GOOD ROADS Do.-Aa
exchange truly says: Good roads
benefit every one residin,, along
their course. Good roads save
horse flesh; they facilitate the
transportation OF produce to mar
ket; they save your temper they
increase the value of. our land;
they lend attractivencss to theeye
OF a stranger, they increase the
traffic and business of Il town by
Its vitality Ill all the various
branches OF trade.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1873-08-09

Adversely exasperates fools,
defects towards, draws out the
faculties of the wise, puts the
modest to the necessity of try
ing thir skill, awes the opulent,
and makes the idle industrious.
Much may he said in favor OF
adversely, but the worst of it
is, it has 10 friends.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1873-08-09

A farmer should never 90 to
town without carrying something
to sell-butter, eggs, pota toes,
poultry, or even load of wood.
By so doing his income is quite
sure to exceed his outgoes. There
is no more miserable aud poverty
stricken way than to keep send
ing to stores and shops, and hav.
ing things charged, with the ex-
pectation of paying for them when
special crops come.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1873-08-09

PROUD FLEsH.-G. II. H.,
North Conway, n. H., says he
was a valuable horse with a
bad wound on one hind foot
with proud flesh in it. Cop
peras and gunpowder, equal in
parts, in a little water will
cure it. Wet the wond as
often as he thinks proper, with
this; it will take out the proud
flesh and heal the wound very
soon.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1873-08-09

McComb, of Wilmington,
Delaware, located his repairs
and other railroad shops some
years ago at a pretty town in
Mississippi called Water Val
ley. The then village grew
apace. Property became val
uable,and Water Valley prom
ised to become a leading man
ufacturing town. McComb.
seeing this, and knowing that
he could build a city any
where, has bought a site, and
transfers thither his shops and
dinner station, and Water Val
ley is bathed in tears.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1873-08-09

On the coast Of Maine there
are As light houses and lighted
beacons, s fog signals operated
by steam or hot-air engines, 81
day or unlighted beacons, and
351 buOys actually in position.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1873-08-09

A traveller through Tonnes
see counted 561 signs of "for
sale" in one day, they being
nailed to almost every house
in county and village.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1873-08-09

A Western paper explains
Joaquin Miller's frenzied style
by saying that he has had
three wives. Some men die
under it and some go crazy
and write poetry.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1873-08-09

Some young men are little
partial to blue-eyed maidens;
other the dark-eyed lasses; but
the mone-eyed girls have the
most admirers.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1873-08-09

a New York girl at West Point
says the idea that cadets are great
tiirts is a popular fallacy. They
know nothing whatever about it.
1t n girl tries to ..hirt" with one,
in the New York acceptation Of
the word, it frightens Linn almost
to death.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1873-08-09

The latest trip of the Jugger-
naut car at Calcutta, India, result.
ted in the crushing of eighty vol
untary victims under its wheels.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1873-08-09

A Boston woman wanted to
elope, but when her husband
gave her money to go on she
changed her mind-it took all
the romance away.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1873-08-09

Set it down as fact that hay,
corn, oats, and fodder of all kinds
are worth 90 cent per more if fed
out on the farm than if sold to be
fed elsewhere. ~
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1873-08-09

Instant" or ''inst.," says
the Mobile Register, is merely
an Authorization of the Latin
instantis, meaning "of the pres
ent";; that is, usually, the pres
ent month, but sometimes of
the present year; thus, "the
4th of July inst.," means the
4th of July of this year, 1873.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1873-08-09

A Maine editor having a bill
against a man in Kennebec,
sent a letter of inquiry to a
newspaper man Of that lOcali>
ty. The reply was; "He is
dead; but he pays just as well
as he ever did"
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1873-08-09

A poor, lone widow, with
seven children and a sore
throat, paid the necessary tax
es and took three dogs from
the Milwaukee pound.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1873-08-09

A good Summer drink is made
by pouring hot water on cream Of
tarter. A sprinkling of lemon
peel helps the inauguration, and
the finished article is nearly as
good as cold water.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1873-08-09
Lates. News


Lawrence, Kansas, Aag. 1-Tbo
State grange passed resolrt;oe
deprecating the prominence g;rO a
to horse racing at the State fa;sa
baltimore, Aug. l.-NirbnIas.
and Holiahan, murderers of Ny
Lampley, were executed to.dar
Charlottesville, Aug. IA a..
patch from JOnesborougb. TaDn
reports fourteen deaths for ~,
past twenty-four hours from cbo, 1
era. The citizens are panicked IO'.
Paris, Aug. Nancy and Ri
fast were evacuated Yesterday +.
the German troops, who hnyro y
all goods which could not 10 GU
ried off. The inhabitants of ho,I
places remained in their bousaa
while Germans were leaving
Philadelphia, Aug. 1.-The do,
egates from the southern parf of
Prussia, after a trip over the NORTH
ern Pacific railroad, favor a "a.
Element on that line. They nnm-
Der 10000 and propose emiprat.
ing to avoid military service
which their tenetS forbid.
Chicago, Aug. 3.-Singer Sav,
ing Machine Company's fine
buildings burned; loss slOO.OON
The Demitt county Grapes in
convention nominated a full conn.
ty ticket.
st. Louis, AHg. 3.-Texas cat.
tie plague prevails in Nortbwps-
tern Missouri, and for two weeks
past several thousand have died
i'll Nodaway county alone. The
loss is estimated al 10000 heads
Louisville, Aug. 3.-Mrs. West
shot her husband in the street car
in this city yesterday evening,
inhlcting severe wound. The
husband asserts that his wife is
subject to attacks of emotional
insanity, and went her bail.
Louisville, Aug. 3.-The recent
rains have brought out the corn
and tobacco crops in Eastern.
KY, finely, and both promise well.
In the Blue Grass Region corn
promises well, corn and wheat
generally are i'll good condition.
In Southern, KY, wheat and corn
look well; in Western KY, no
more than two thirds of an ordina.
ry crop of corr and tobacco is ez
pected though recent rains have
improved the prospects somewaet
The Colorado potato bug has done
great damage in counties adlolil
ing this city.
Frankfort, Aug. 1.-The Negro
who attempted to outrage a white
woman III this vicinity some time
since, WAS ordered to leave: he re
t turned and the people killed him
Omaha, Aug. 5.-Grarshopper
at noon Saturday lighted in tn,
western part of the State. Corr
and oats are gone up. Tie whea
had been harvested. A fearful
hallstorm; stones two feet in som,
localities.
' New York, Aug. 5.-The cap
} tain and part OF the crew of thu
schooner Nettie J. Dunslnorp, dice
IN quarantine OF yellow fever
The captains wife died of the sam,
disease on the voyage from Hava
MI. Over 1000 migrants arrived
yesterday.
COrnie, Aug. 6.-TwO deaths
Six new cases of cholera.
Chhlcago, Aug. 6.-Three hun
dred and twenty-five deaths du
ring the past week; including o
Cholera intantums; IL choler
mOrbus and 70 diarrheas.
Aurora, Aug. 6.-Several death.
J Six new cases of cholera
WHAT COOP ROADS Do.-A
exchange truly says: Good road
hanntif l,-at.,r IN, ,.,,;,i;,, So,
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1873-08-09

Indianapolis is listening to a
knotty lawsuit in which there
are one hundred and three de-
PENDANTS. The jury does most
of the swearing.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1873-08-09

He parts his hair in the midi
die, wears a pale blue necktie,
peal-colored pants and a pen
sive smile, never drank any
thing stronger than catnip tea,
and lectured before temperance
societies; but the smile faded
and his well-oiled locks stood
OH end when he learned that
the alcohol in twenty loves of
bread was equal to a bottle of
port wine, while in milk por-
ridge it was yet greater.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1873-08-09

Mixed farming has one great
advantage, though it is not of
ten dwelt upon, that is, a man
learns thereby a great many
things, and he exercises aud
cultivates his mind far more
than can be possible if he were
a special farmer, hence he be-
comes a larger minded and
more capable man. There is
no kind of doubt of this.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1873-08-09
An exchange says: Half /;

An exchange says: Half a
pound of shot judiciously ad-
ministered to sympathetic cats,
at this season Of the year, will
bear fruit in increased hours of
slumber throughout the sum-
mer and have a tendency to
prevent a cornerin the chicken
market.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1873-08-09
BELLEVUE, LA,
Saturday Morning, August 9, 1878.

We see that Proctor & CANDLES
extra olive soap is becoming very
popular in our city; its quality we
know is superior, and being nicely
perfumed, We are not surprised that
customers prefer it, and that it has a
large sale.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1873-08-09

John the Baptist is the pet
race-horse of Council Bluffs,
Iowa. He is the "forerunner''
OF all other nags in that vicin-
ity.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1873-08-09

A Corado corresp ondent re-
ports that a Harvard graduate
is a leading butcher ont there.
Blood will ted.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1873-08-09

Such is the condition of the Pot
ter's Field at Memphis, that a We
racious citizen asserts that he has
seen the man in the moon hold
his nose while passing over it.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1873-08-09

Good vinegar can be made
from the juice of watermelons
by letting it stand as if it were
cider.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1873-08-09

Western papers state that
Congressman Donnan, Of Iowa,
has put part of "his'n'' into a
81, 900 piano.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1873-08-09

We have come to the belief
that halt the coffee used in this
country is raised here.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1873-08-09

An OK recently killed by light
ming in Iowa, was afterwards dis
covered to have every bone in its
body broken in many places.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1873-08-09

A Tennessee man didn't
shoot until after a bear had
eaten MP his wife, and his
neighbors have cut his ac-
guaintance.