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The Bloomfield times. [volume] (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1867-187?, 1874-02-17
Independent Fellows.

eSTENHE Troy chainmak in that city,"
il says the Troy Times, care a pecu-
liar set of men. They are eighteen in num-
Der, and are all English. Each chainmaker
employs three assistants, aud earns, when
at work, about $25 per day. After pay
ing three helpers, the chainmakers have
from $40 to $15 per day for themselves.
They are stubborn, industrious and saving.
This branch of manufacturing is in its in
fancy in this country and as the workers
are few, they have a practical control of
the trade. When strikes and lock-outs
than other mechanics. Their extraordi-
nary wages and their disposition to save
what they earn almost invariably enable
them to hold out until their employers
yield. Their stubborness was we'll illus
trated two or three years ago. They held
out until their savings were all gone then
they went to work upon the streets and
elsewhere for $1.5O per day until matters
were arranged between the owners Of the
chain works and themselves.
H"oV 9Pii"B 'nSSo in0h "eAo winning
at an advance Of ten per cent. over the
wages paid when gold was selling at fifty
cents premium. During the summer they
demanded and received another advance Of
ten per cent. In November, the lack of
work compelled the owners to close the
works. A few weeks since they secured
an order for about sixty tons of chain cable
of peculiar kind. Only three of the
chainmakers can work upon these cables,
and to these three the owners offered work
at the highest wages. They refused to go
to work unless the other chainmakers were
also furnished employment. In this posi-
tion affairs are at present. The firms have
work for only three chainmakers.'
The Bloomfield times. [volume] (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1867-187?, 1874-02-17
PERRY COUNTY
Real Estate. Insurance,
AND
CLAIM AGENCY.
LEWIS POTTER & co.,
Real Estate Brokers, Insurance, d Claim A0en
New Bloomfield, Pa.

NTEINvITEt the attention of buyers and sell.
w ers TO the advantages we offer them In pur-
chasing or disposng of real estate through our Of
ice.
We have 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
iy, and use all our efforts, skill and diligence to
effect a sale. We make no charges unless the
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
hre, life, and cattle insurance companies In the
United States are represented at this agency
Property Insured either on the cash or mutual
plan, and perpetually at "a and S5 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, II You were wounded, ruptured orcOntract-
ed disease in the service from which you are dis.
abled you are entitled 10 a pension.
When widows OF soldiers DIE Ormarry, the minor
children are entitled to the pension.
Parties having any business to transact In our
line, respectfully invited to give us a call, as
we are confident we can render satisfaction in any
branch of our business.
Ns- No charge for information
42Oly LLW1s POTTER CO
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We receive money on deposit and pay back on
demand We discount notes for period OF not
over 60 days, and sell Drafts on Philadelphia and
New York.
On time Deposits five per cent. forany time over
four mOnths and for four months four per cent
We are well provided with all and every facility
for doing Banking Business; and knowing, and
for some years. feeling the great inconvenience un
der which the people OF this County labored forthe
want OF a Bank of Discount and Deposit, we have
have determined to supply the want ;andthis being
the first Bank ever established in Perry county we
hope we will be sustained in our Efforts by all the
business men, farmers and mechanics.
This Banking Association is composed OF the fol
lowing named partners:
VA. sroNsLER, BlOcmheld' Perry county ra'
VIM II. MILLER, Carlisle,
oFFICERs
W. A. SPoNSLER. Prestdent.
WILLIAM WILLIS, Cashier
New Bloomfield, 8 ly
The Bloomfield times. [volume] (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1867-187?, 1874-02-17
Beer, Women and Song.

LIVERY one has read of the noble wo-
-AI men of some Western town who break
up the liquor business by singing hymns
in the bar-rooms. The name of the town
and the number of women concerned in the
breakage vary from year to year, but no
temperance newspaper can expect to keep
its subscribers who does not tell this story
at least three times every year.
1t is really touching story. Those
dozen or two good women are always re-
ceived with the utmost courtesy by the
bar-keeper. He never attempts the slight
est remonstrance, but by the time they
have finished their first hymn he bursts into
tears, and offers to knock out the heads of
every whiskey barrel in his establishment
if they will only quit singing, Then he
helps the victorious women to roll the bar
rels on to the sidewalk, and after making
public profession of his repentance knocks
in their heads, and Immediately applies
for the position of deacon in the local meet
ing-house.
This is the way the story is told by the
temperance papers. Occasionally, however,
things do not turn out just according to the
programme. For example, the women of
"Smith's Four Corners" in Iowa, who
recently tried to sing the heads out of the
beer barrels of a burly Teuton, were great
! iy disappointed at the result.
That obdurate person received them
kindly, and ordered fifteen mugs of beer to
be placed before them. Then he lit his
pipe and sent his wife out to summon hall
a dozen other veteran smokers.
The ladies sang and the seven Germans
smoked The place grew dense with
smoke, and at the end of the third hymn
two of the singers looked extremely pale
and unhappy.
The proprietor saw that the enemy wa
vered, and promptly sent out for fresl
half dozen of Germans. Soon thirteer
pipes were in full operation, and the fiftl
hymn was sung by but eight voices.
Utterly disgusted at the stolid refusal o.
the beer seller to burst into tears of repent
| duC6, Jn0 lduleS Jneu Jurueu 10 ledV6 Du
first, as a solemn protest against beer
they emptied the fifteen glasses on the
floor.
The German sent out for a policeman al
once, and then politely asked the ladies tC
pay for fifteen mugs of beer. He stood il
the doorway, and, being fat man, com
pletely blockaded them, while he pressed
his demand for payment. Faint with to
bacco smoke, but strong in principle, the
ladies refused to pay.
But presently the policeman entered, anc
to him the German explained "Des,
women comes in here and dakes my peer
And den they doesn't pay notliings for hin
and they sings till my wife she is all owe
one blush If they doesn't pay me ant
CLEAR out gifts them in shargc as trunl
and disorterly."
And those unhappy women under tn
advice Of the policeman paid for their bee
and went sadly homeward, and took al
sorts of medicine to counteract the effect
of the smoke. To this day they can't un
derstand why that German didn't do a
the temperance paper led them to suppos
he would.
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HOOK QUIZ

TTXECUTORS' NOTICE - Notice is hereby
II given, that Letters Testameniafy on the
estate Of John Eppler, late Of Marysvllle, Ferry
county, Pa, DECEASED. have been granted 10 the
subscribers, residing In Marysyllle, Perry county,
10 make Immediate payment, and those having
claims viii present them duly authenticated for
settlement to
HERMAN EPPLER.
l DAVID BRIGHTBlLL,
December q. 1871 Executors.
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A wife for a Dollar.

A few days since worthy Justice of the
Peace, not far from Union City, Pa, was
called upon by an elderly man with the
inquiry if he was the Squire and if he ever
married folks. On being assured that he had
come to the right place, the old fellow
commenced with; well, Squire, what do
you charge? 1 can't afford to pay more
than a dollar. have been married three
times afore, and never paid moren dol
lar yet. Times are hard, stock low, and
have to buy hay and can't afford to pay
more'n that meow" The Squire, inquired
if the young lady, who had by this time
found her way into the Office, was to bo
his happy partner, and being informed
that she was, he suggested that as the
man was somewhat advanced in years and
she young and good looking, it ought to
bo worth two dollars at least. The old man
was inhexible, however, and could not be
persuaded to invest moro than 4one dollar,
so, rather than disappoint the young lady,
the kind hearted Justice tied the knot, took
the greenback, and the oddly mated couple
departed Rsmerry as could be.
The Bloomfield times. [volume] (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1867-187?, 1874-02-17

am composed of twenty-seven letters.
My 22, 2, 4 and II, is a river in Africa.
My 81, 8, 10, 81, % and 8, is city in New
York.
Mys, II, 20, 81 and II, is river in South
Carolina.
My "a, II, 2S, 16 and 20, is city in Persia;
My is, ID, 81, IL, 10 and 3, is county in
Tennessee.
My 20, 1, 25, % and 81, is a river in Europe.
My 26, 9, 1S and %, is a county in Kansas.
My IL, 9, IL, 10, 10, 21, 90 and 81, is one of
the United States.
My 20, 0, 10, d, 25 and 20, is a city In Ireland,
My whole is a request to the Editor.
The Bloomfield times. [volume] (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1867-187?, 1874-02-17
NEW BLOOMFIELD, PA.

THE COURT Ho USE,
The Bloomfield times. [volume] (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1867-187?, 1874-02-17
American CrOckery.


The Newark Manufacturer says; The
City of Trenton is probably the largest
manufactury of crockery in this country,
there being eighteen potteries in that place.
These make "white granite ware," as well
as brown ware, and the first of these goods
were turned out in 1850, but it was not
until 1859 that they turned out granite
ware, it being the first of this kind of goods
made in this country. The high price of
gold during the rebellion intedered with
the importation of English crockery, and
afforded considerable protection to the
American trade. Until 1870 the demand
for American crockery was sufficient to
keep all factories in the United States in
operation, but not to their full capacity.
At this time there are one hundred kilns
in operation at Trenton, and these consti-
tute three-fourths of all the kilns in this
country, having capacity of turning out
$50, 900 worth Of ware annually to each
kiln. The aggregate amount is some three
millions of dollars. In this production
there are some 10000 tons of coal used, ,and
an equal amount of clay and other mate
rials. New Jersey is exceedingly rich in
beds of excellent pottery clay, and any de-
lay in extending this department Of manu-
| factures in days past were certainly not
owing to the want of material, for there is
abundance OF it,
tB-At prayer meet Dg in Halifax Dr.
Parker spoke of the rescue of the Loch
Earns crew and the Vile du Havre sur
vivors by the British Queen. He said that
the Loeb Earns crew, knowing that their
vessel must sink, had almost given up hope,
but were cheered by the prayers and pre-
dictions of a clergyman on board, who as
sured them that relief would come. After
they had been taken on board the British
| Queen the captain of that vessel told them
that he had most unaccountable feel
ing that there was something for him 10 do;
that three times during the nighthe changed
the course Of the vessel, bearing northward,
that he told the watch to keep sharp look
out for a ship, and as soon as he saw the
Loch Earn he bore down upon her. The
British Queen is Nova Scotia vessel.
------S.a-------
EB- A German had made fortune in
Philadelphia by selling milk. He started
home with two bags of sovereigns On ship
board he counted one bag Of treasure. A
mischieyous monkey was watching his oper'
ations. AS soon as it was replaced, and tied
up and the other bag emptied Jocko snatch
ed up the full one and was soon at the mast
head. He opened the Germans bag, and
after cycling the pretty gold, he proceeded
to drop one piece upon the deck and another
in the water, until he had emptied the bag
When he had finished, the Dutchman threw
up his hauds, exclaiming: "He must be d'
Tnyvil, for what came from do water HI
does give to dc water, and what came from
dc milk he gives TO me r.
The Bloomfield times. [volume] (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1867-187?, 1874-02-17
Perry County Bank!
SPOnsler. Junl<in d 90.

TTNHE undersign I'd having formed Banking As.
i socatOn under the above name and style, are
now ready to do a General Banking business at
their new Banking House, on Centre Square,
OppOSTTD J'JyE COTTRT YOTLSE
The Bloomfield times. [volume] (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1867-187?, 1874-02-17

az During the late rebellion a daikey
was on duty as sentinel in Kentucky Cor
poral b came along, and Mr.. Sentinel do
manded the pass word. The corporal show
ed him a promissory note. He held IL upside
down and looked at 1t attentively, and then
said. ~
SAN right boss; pass long but got to
be mighty ticilar. Some de sentinels gifts
awful cheated, especially when dey can't
read" M
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rN1aMA pnPARrMnNr.
Geographical Enigma.

ar All contributions to this department must
be accompanied by the correct answer.
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re SUBSCRIBERS.

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ment, or against any human being,
acknowledge my responsibility to you
and every other good citizen. But for
all matters Of mere opinion, or for
practice that Injuries no one in person
or property, I claim the right of trial
aud judgement in higher tribunal. /
desire.to be judged by my acts, and not
by any creed. If my conduct toward
my fellow man is blameless, my creed
cannot be very bad, although l may
have no religion to speak. Of
"Very respectfully, F. E. SPINNER.
"Mr. Noah Parmele, member of the
Methodist Episcopal Church, Warren,
Trumbull county, Ohio
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A WISE CHOICE AND AN HON
a,.. EST PLATFORM.
From the Siuox City Journal

4TOu Vic OAuVA NAVy VVuA""A
The Republicans of Dakota are to be
congratulated upon their accomplish
ments at Elk Point on Thursday. Every
organized county in the Territory was
represented, and the gathering was
marked throughout by genuine harmony
and good feeling.
The ticket nominated, headed by
judi ge Kidder, is strong one, and will
poll the full vote Of the party. While
the men are strong of Themselves, the
manner. of their nomination will add
greatly to, their strength during the
campaign. 1t is safe to say that no
political convention was ever held in
| the Territory before that was so free
from control by unworthy influences
as this was. The object uppermost on all
sides seemed to be to represent the best
sentiments Of Republicanism in the
Territory, and thereby lay the ground
work for such substantial harmony as
would insure beyond question the tri-
umph of the party in the ensuing cleo.
tion.
The platform is carefully and wisely
drawn, and unquestionably reflects the
political sentiments of the Republicans
Of Dakota. The planks bearing upon
railroad question-or, more properly
the transportation question-are sue
Is might be expected from any ps- :.
Dakota. The Territory n.~
railroads; demsnds more CO.
the people cannot, in justics
material interests, afford to
than liberal. The promises in Il
form, however, are likely TO be ~
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ed by the apprehension that willsurely
arise in the minds Of railroad men that
the promises will be forgotten or disre-
garded when the railroads may have been
secured. This apprehension will natur-
ally arise, in view Of what has occurred
elsewhere; and therefore, so long as the
present uncertainty exists in the country
at large, the railroad developments Of
Dakota must suffer in spite Of all dis
position on the part of its people to
foster and encourage railroad building
there.
The next noticeable feature Of the
platform is the plank with reference to
the division Of the Territory. The peo-
ple of Northern Dakota are especially
anxious for the creation Of their portion
into new Territory, as already propos-
ed in Congress, The Importance ofthe
proposition will appear when we men
tion that citizens Of Bismarck are now
compelled to travel about nine hundred
miles, either by rail or by river, to
reach the Territorial Capital. The peo-
pile of Southern Dakota are also in
favor of the division, and it will certain
II be made so soon as Congress may
become convinced that the population
sof Northern Dakota is sufficient to
warrant the establishment of an inde-
fpendent Territory out Of that portion
|of Dakota tributary to the Northern
Pacific road. a
With the record of the convention,
NE excellent ticket with which the
Republicans go to the electors of the
Territory, and the sound straightforward
honest platform upon which the party
has placed itself, there is no reasonable
ground to expect other than sweeping
triumph this fall for the Republicans of
Dakota.
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A,A1lGNEsoTA VIEW.

Point, Dakosa, on the 10th inss.. nomi-
mated Judge Kidder, Of Vermillion, IS.
delegate to Congress on the third bal
lot. II !
For two terms Dakota has been rep
resented ID Congress by . Democrat
though strongly republican, throgSh
dissentions II the party, but Ct the lste
conyenti0n tie hatchet was buried and
all vied with each other to promote the
best interssts.of the party, and through
itthe bess sie4srests Of the .Tsrritory. q
There JlSa four candidates before the
Uonyentioa whose strength was %, 81,
20 and 10, 61t all withdrew IN favor Of
Judge Kidder, whose name was pre-
scented bY Judge Barnes and Col. Louns-
berry, dsisgates from Northern Da-I
kota. Though the Judge persisted he
was not candidate and did not want
the nohaination, it was literally forced
supon aud when he was not there to de-
cline it. Judge Kidder resided some
years in st. Paul, and in 1855 was ap-
uointed one Of the Associate Justices of
Dakota, by President Lincoln, a posi-
tion which he has since occupied, giving
satisfaction to all parties. he is an able
and lust man, and will be power in
Congress. The platform on which the
Judge was placed is a straig ightforward
one, without word of clap-trap in it.
1t declares continual faith in and adhe-
renee to the Republican party, insisting
that that party has the ability and dis
position to initiate and carry out the
reforms demanded by the people; it de-
clares that the of6ce should seek the
man. rather than the man the Office, and
condemns the use of money to influence
conventions and elections; it pledges it's
support to all good citizens seeking to
remove by lawful means the burdens of
monopoly, and belief in the right Of
the people to adopt wholesome laws for
their protection; but it recognizes the
fact that corporations shave rights as
sacred to them as are those of the peo-
ple, therefore these questions should be
examined in all their. bearings with
view to doing exact justice to all. 1t al
so declares that capital as we'll as labor
is entitled to its just recompense, and
while inviting it to come in and assist
in opening Dakota's fertile land, and in
building up it's thriving villages, prom
ises it immunity from unjust discrimi-
nations. .. u ..-.-..
The Grand Master of the Changers
was President of the convention, and
these sentiments were not objected to
by any Granger present.
The resolutions conclude by declar-
ing in favor of the division of Dakota
Territory and instructing the delegate
to use all honorable means at his COM
mand to secure such division.
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More Coach Robberies.

On Thursday night, July 2, Gilmer &
Salisbury's coaches were robbed at the
crossing of Big Dog Creek, twenty-five
miles south of Pleasant Valley, at 11:30
pm. by four masked men with shot
guns. The down coach was stopped first
and a passenger named Jones was rob-
bed of $65-$5 Of which they had the
generosity to return to him. The up
bound coach came along with Y. G.
Jackson the mail contractor, and "Josh"
Billings, of Bannack, was compelled to-
give up $500 in greenbacks. "Josh' was
returning from visit to the States:
On recognizing Jackson, they returned
all they had taken from him. The treas
ure-boxes Of Wells, Fargo & Co. were
broken open and everything of
value taken out. No messenger was on
either of the coaches, and there was no
treasure in the boxes. We are inform
ed that the amount of valuables and
money that the robbers got away with
will he between $500 and $1ooo.-Aon-
tano Madisonian.
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