Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1874-11-20

| LIVES OF TIE GOVERNORS OF PENNsYLvAXIA-
! By w. c. ARsioR.--A second addition of this
work has Just been issued, bringing il down to
and including the administration of Governor
llartrant. IL gives 4 sketch Of the lives and the
! history of the administrations of the Governo rs
! Of our Commonwealth from the DAYS when il
! was n colony under the Dutch to the present day
The work is compiled with care and is really the
| only ''handy book" which we have upon this ex-
ceedingly valuable subject of public interest. As
| Professor j. p. Wickersham says "a State ia
what its great and good men make it and this
effort to acquant the public more fully with the
lives and characters of the men who have filled
the high Office Of Governor of Pennsylvania is
praise-woTthy one, and Major Armor seems to
! lave performed his tasl--a laborous One-with
industry, ability and mpartfality." Nothing
serves so much 10 stimulate and encourage the
youth of a country as the examples of its great
men, and Just such a work as the one before us
should be read by every Young man. Some of
the men who have filed the Executive chair Of
our Commonwealth have not been great in the
ordinary sense of the term but they strove faith
fully 10 do their duty, and the history Of their
administrations is really the political history Of
our State which should be famarto every citi-
zen. The work Of Major Armor ought to be a
text book in our schools. Mcssrs. Chesbrough
~ Hampstead, the General Agents for this work
for Central Pennsylvania, desire to secure the
services of a few Agents to canvass for them.
Good territory and liberal terms will be given
Their address is Northumberland, Pa. Mr.. c.
(,r1rbl, lnn1I "a g,
LIST OF Letters remaining in the Post Office in
Sunbury, November IS, 1874:
Lincoln Brooks, Alice Barnhart, Chas Brink,
L. c. Bryson, John W. Clark, Broaden IL Com
ray. Chas. II. \. Gable, Lizzie German, George
HubcOt, W. II. Leader, l.. G.. Miller, Samuel
Mons, Mary McClod, Ida Marsh, Louisa A.
Reeser, l.. y. Snyder, Samuel Snyder, William
Snyder, Mary Snyder. Caroline Sailsn Emma j.
Fay, Teutaina Ins. Co., J. D. Waninbust, Miss
4. F. Weimer, Mrs. p. P. Wheat, Miss s. \.
Wise.
Persons calling for letter. will please say they
are advertised.
J.J. SMITH, pm.
THE Republicans in this State lost four MEM
bers Of Congress in the 18th, 23d, 2Gth and 9th
districts by only 475 votes.
VINO will draw the great cash prize Of $780,
coo in the fifth and last grand gift concert of the
Public Library of Kentucky, is now the agitat-
ing conundrum- Some one will do so with Il
ticket costing only $50 and the name of the
lucky man will be known to all the world on the
first day of December next. for the drawing will
certainly take place Oh the 30th of November.
Two and half million dollars will then be dis
trbuted in prizes among twenty thousand ticket |
holders. This magnificent scheme is under the |
of Gov. Thomas +. Bramlctte, of
Louisville; and the same high-toned dealing
will characterize this final drawing as was shown |
in the preceding ones. The Public Library
founded by these gift concerts is an honor to the
State Of Kentucky, whose best men are concern |
ed in seeing that precisely what is promised is |
performed. Orders for tickets, accompanied |
with the cash, can be sent to Gov. Thomas f. |
Louisville, Kentucky, or Thomas II. |
Hays Il Co., Eastern agents, COG Broadway, New /
York.