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The Centaurs of old

The Centaurs of Old-were half horse
and half man. They consorted with
animalS-conquered mankind-liycd
upon the flowers of the century plant
made one of their number God of the
healing administered their name and
home to the constellation Ceatdmius,
and raised the devil generally. But the
great Centaur Liniment for stiff Joints,
Rheumatism, swellings and lameness
upon man or beast, is now astonishing
the world. And astonishes becuse it
does its work.
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B U S T !!
Dialect DOggcrcI.
BY r. II. STODDARD

Well, my sonny, it pays to be honest,
And run your shebang on the square;
When chum of mine forgets it,
We separate then and there.
/ kept telling jim Smith this
He allowed the remark was just
But he went on his own gait all the same,
His tune was" Go IL, or bust ~
We were out in Kansas together
Jim and me in the year Fifty-eight
They had made it so hot in Missouri,
We concluded not to wait.
So we put, being peaceable men,
Even Jim soon saw that we must
had only my oxen and cart,
And Jim not red, being burst
We put, as aforesaid, to Kansas,
And had scarce been there week
When we stumbled across an old miner
Who had recent returned from Pixies Peak
He dropped there was gold there, one night,
And showed us bag full of dust.
Said jim Lets be off = Said l, ''Wait."
mary wait" said he Pike Peak, or burst !!
l sot and thought over the matter,
And made up my mind that next day
would see about Jim and me going -
He'd turned in, and was snoozing away.
l judged, from the smile that he wore,
He was sleeping the slocp of the just.
When woke l observed it was late,
And was alone there-and bust
Uunbeknown he had doctored my whisky
And gone back on me thus from the start
He had got up and got before morning,
And stolen my oxen and cart
You had better believe I was riled,
I've u sort of dee that I cussed;
I'm going to go for you, Jim,-
Well see before long who is bust"
Why the doggoned cuss had absconded
Was inquired, and the miner he told;
So the next day they started a party
To 20 after finland the gold.
Those oxen of mine were our guides.
We got on their track from the fust;
And we followed EN-, two days behind,
Determined to ketch up-or bust
Twas mighty rough country to travel
All sand to the foot of the Peak
Negotiation about as abundant
AS that yellow fuzz on your cheek.
Not tree or shrub-withered grass
And never steam you could trust;
There was alkai something in all
But no Peak and no Jim--was he bust !
The track of the wagon we followed
Would be lost for time, and then found
Like the rivers that sink in that desert,
And as suddenly rise frcm the ground.
Twas hottie than thunder one hour,
And the next there would come cold gust
Slap down from the SHOWS on the Peak;
Four days, and no Jim had he burst
The next day we sighted the wagon,
'.You have got him at last, now,' they said
But hes halted There's something the matter
And what are those birds overhead ?
Not buzzards! An OK. too, is down.
And leg through the grass there is thrust.
Halt, help There's murder been done
''Hullow, Yank !" Silence, men,--Jim is bust
Poor Jim At his feet lay his rifle,
Close by it his whip and boot
There were marks all around of tussle
With some treacherous dog of Ute -
a tomahawk spattered with blood
And Jim lying scalped in the DUST
And daubed, by himself, on my cart,
Was his epitaph-"PIKEs PEAK, OR BUST !"
-Aldine
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Let amusements fill up the chinks OF
your existence, not the great spaces
thereof Let your pleasures be taken
as Daniel took his prayers-with Win
dows open; pleasures which need not
cause single blush on an ingenious
ohnnE
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Skin Diseases.

'pERRY'S IMPROVED COMFDONE AND
PIMPLE REMEDY.-The Skin Medicine of
the Age. Is warranted to cure Flesh Worms,
Pimples, eruptons and Bl0tcted designations
Of the face. Sold by all Druggists. Depot AZ
Bond st. New York.
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BY HIS EXCELLENCY,
JULIUS CONVERSE, GOVERNOI
a PROCLAMATION,

a PROCLAMATION.
No lesson of the past is clearer than that
Nations have prospercd in proportion as
they have been pure and virtuous. When
vice and corruption have become prevalent
enervation and decay appear among the peo-
pie, and paralysis tastens upon the Govern
ment. 1t is equally apparent that purity
rests, for an enduring foundation, upon re-
ligion. Tho fear of God is the beginning of
wisdom. The strongest incentives to an
active and useful life are felt in the minds
of those who believe in an almighty, all
wise and all-holy God, and who strive to do
his will. Such people too He will bless
even as it is written, ''In all our ways aC-
knowledge Him, and lie shall direct thy
paths" The pious custom of our fathers
to recognize at this season OF the year, the
God Of Nature, Providence and Grace, by a
day Of prayer, is eminently worthy of per-
petuation.
l do, therefore, hereby appoint Friday,
the Eleventh Day of April next, to be OBJ
served by the people of this State as day
of Fasting, Humiliation and Prayer. And |
do most earnestly request that the people
will rest On that day from their usual laborS,
assemble themselves together in their seve-
raj places of worship, and there devoutly
acknowledge their dependence upon Divine
Power and Grace. Let us confess our sins
and implorc pardon through our Lord Jesus
Christ. Let us seek His counsel and aid in
all our affairs. Let us invoke His blessing
upon our labors in the field, factory, office
and storc-hOuse, Let us endeavor to learn
how to do justly, to love mercy, and walk
humbly with God
Given under my hand and the seal of the
State, this thirteenth day of March, in the
year of our Lord one thousand eight hun
dred and seventy-three, and Of the indie
pendence of the United States the ninety
seventh.
JULIUS CONVERSE
BY the Governor.
JOSEPH d. DENISoN,
Secretary of Civil and Military Affairs
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AND TAN, USE PERRY'S MOTH ANL
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SOLD VERY LOW For CAssu.
Call and see for yourselves.
Woodstock, September, 1871.
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HE SCIENCE OF HEALTH for April,
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AT Midnight on his wooded hills,

The Centaur lay dreaming Of the hour,
When mankind cured of aching ills,
Should know his all-healing power.
Nor long he waited. The blind could see,-
Slaughtered were limbs by pain long
bent
Cripples ran, and the lame on Bonded knee
Gave thanks for the Ccntaur Linlncnt.
The Centaur Linimcnt is the greatest
pain-relcvcr the world has ever seen.
Rheumatism, whether inhammatory,
sciatic or nervous, is made to disappear.
SWcllings cease to pain, wounds are
healed, burns are cured without scar,
and stings and bites are rendered harm
less.
Mrs. Il. Rowell, 1872 Atlantic st. ,
Brooklyn, N. Y, writes: II have had
the rheumatism for ten years. have
tried everything. The Centaur Lini-
mcnt IS the only thing that does Inc
good
Mr. Chas, Hill, orc Pine St., Phil
adelphia, writes: "1hat two bottles Of
Centaur Liniment has cured a most
severe sprain Of his ANGLE. .
J. II. Martin of 533 Seventh Avenue,
n. Y, says: "l'he Centaur Liniment
has cured me of a TERRIBLE case of in.
nammatoy rheumatism and cannot be
too highly recommended. "
50 BROADWAY, n. Y, Aug. 2Ist, 1872.
All horse owners should have the
Ccntaur Linimcnt. We used it in ou
stables and find it the best thing eve,
adopted.
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Supt Adams Express Co. Stables. "
Such testimonials can be relocated in
definitely. Try it once. We nil war
rant it every time. Sold by all Drug
gists, 81
j. Es. ROSE. Il CO., 53 Broadway N. y.
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They say that Frenchmen can't
talk with their hands tied.
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* Don rcrdly AGENTS wantcd All casaos Of wokinrr PEG
NJ " y ~ either old make more on Vt
work in their spare moments or all the time han at ms
Particulars Aluss g. SnsOn Co.. Portland Maine,
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TELEGR APH.
ESPECIAL DISPATCHES TO THE GAzETTE]
Effects Of the Gale.

HALIFAX, N. s., Aug 27.-Additiona ac-
counts OF the disasters by Sundays storm con-
tnue to come to hand. The gale was severely
felt along the western coast. At kltch harbor
store was blown down, a schooner driven
ashore and large number of fishing boats were
wrecked AT Island Cove several collisions OF
vessels occurred and number of fishing boats
aud whalers we're driven ashore and swamped
At Herring Cove aud along the Gulf shore the
ravages o! the gale were severe, and the high
tide caused much damage at Wallace, where a
Norwegian bark laden with lumher for Great
Britain was blown far up on the flats. Several
wharves in Bedford baSlu were destroyed and
tents of the military at Bedford Rifle Range car
ricd away Anxiety is felt for the safety of the
Alpha, which lett Sidney, Z. B., Saturday
night for Halifax and has not yet arrived.
Several schoouers left Halifax for Sydney, Sa-
turday and great fears are entertained for their
safety. During the heighest of the gale IN this
harbor the United States trlgate powhattan
narrowly escaped collision with the Allan line
steamship New Foundland. BY dexterous
management serious disaster was avoided.
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From, New York.

New York, August Ex-Governor Dix has
addressed letter to Mayor Havemeycr IN re-
ply to the request Of the latter for rifles Tor the
police, and says even if the means OF granting
the request were at his disposal he should de-
clue, considering it very questionable whether
the public order or security would be promoted
by the organization Of armed military bodies
under tho direction aud control Of municipal
corporations, Independent Of the military au
thority of The State, and believing that the ex,
listing mode Of putting down resistance to the
laws by calling out the militia on extraordinary
occasions is III all respects the wisest and safest.
The tuuuel through which the trains OF the
New York Central and Hudson Ri yer, Hart
ford and New Haven and New York, Harlem
and Albany Railroads enter this city, fell IN
this morning, causing Il temporary stoppagc OF
all trains.
Lewis ST. Clair, of Williamsburg, aged -
has been arrested for outragng girl years
old ia the woods on Newtowu Creek. The
girls injuries are probably fatal.