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The Bloomfield times. [volume] (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1867-187?, 1874-12-22
Juniata County From the Mifilintown
papers we copy the following

Junlhth bne miuuntoWh
papers we copy the following:
AbrabnIl RolTer, Esq, of Bealtown,
Tuscarora township, slaughtered hog
one day last week which weighed when
cleaned five hundred and fifty pounds.
This puts old Tuscarofa ahead in the hog
business.
Two gentlemen, one residing in Port
Royal and the other living in Turbett
township, went a deer hunting last Mon
day to the thcket in Black Log and re-
turned to their homes on Friday. Not
succeeding in killing any deer, they were
determined to have some kind of game to
bring home so on their way back they
stopped at Mr. VIM. McFadden's, in Tur-
bett township and secured his consent to
let them shoot one of his turkeys After
firing four different times, the gentleman
from Port Royal succeeded in killing two
at once on the last shot This was more
than he bargained for and more than he
wanted. But he had to take them both.
Yesterday evening q week since, the
Lutheran Church at Licking Creek was
broken into by thieves and the contribution
boxes rihed, and the cover of the commu-
nion table taken. May the thief in whose
possession it is, every time he sees it, think
of the crucified thieves near two thousand
years ago. Red Bank school house was
entered the same night, and the tap-bell
and clock of the institution stolen.
The Bloomfield times. [volume] (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1867-187?, 1874-12-22

Plucky.-Gen. John Winn, of Licking
creek notoriety, who was scotched but not
killed, is still l0cum tenenS of that region.
He now resides in a new mansion right on
the line of Mifilin and Juniata counties,
(One-half in each county, SO that hereafter
it will take two constables or two sheriffs,
as the case may be, to secure him on Or
dinary writs. His love for that wilderness
seems unbounded, and the same persever-
ance in any other cause, which he has ex-
hibited in his up and down career for
many years, ought to have made him man
of mark as well as wealth. Le,oistOiOn
Gazette.
The Bloomfield times. [volume] (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1867-187?, 1874-12-22
The Confessions of am Invalid.

Published as a Warming and for the beneht of
Young Men and others who suffer from NER-
VOUS DEBILITY, LOSS OF MANHOOD etc,
supplying the means Of Self Cure. Written bV
one who cured himself after undergoing consider
able quackery, and sent free on receiving post
paid directed envelope.
Sufferers are Invited to address the author.
NATHANIEL MAYFAIR,
SO 26tP p. o. Box 1853, Brooklyn, N. Y.
The Bloomfield times. [volume] (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1867-187?, 1874-12-22

Icy The January Number of "Peterson's
Magazine is just received, ahead, as usual,
of all others. "As Good asa Mother" the
principal steel.plate, is one of rare beauty.
"Even Unto Death" is an unusually powerful
story, by Frank Lee Benedict, illustrated by
another first-class steel engraving. The
double-size, colored steel fashion plate, and the
Berlin pattern, the latter printed in ten colors,
are alone worth the price of the number; but
beside these, there are about forty wood engra-
wings, with music, stories, novelets, poetry,
&c. This Magazine claims to be both the
cheapest and best The terms are but two
dollars year to single subscribers, postage
free, with great reductions to clubs, and su-
perb premiums, including an extra copy of the
wishing to get up clubs. Address Charles j..
Peterson, 306 Chestnut St., Philadelphia, Pa.
The Bloomfield times. [volume] (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1867-187?, 1874-12-22
$Be 3IpDn'fsID Sin'ts.

Tuesday, December 22, 1874.
IL OCA z DEPAR TMEN r..
The Bloomfield times. [volume] (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1867-187?, 1874-12-22

FISH, SALT, LIME AND COAL
OF all kinds always on hand and for sale at th,
Lowest Market Rates.
R5- Five per cent OIL for Cash.
The Bloomfield times. [volume] (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1867-187?, 1874-12-22

- Serious Loss by Fire.-On Thursday
evening about o'clock, the barn belonging
to Mr.. Samuel Mckee, located short dis
tance above Andersonburg, was found to
be on fire. When the fire was discovered
it was too late to save any property in the
building. A large straw stack close to tho
barn helped to spread the flames more rap
idly, and prevent any approach to the
buildings. The amount of property de-
stroyed was quite large, consisting of A
work horses, Q colts, II head of cattle and
several sheep, all the harness, tools, wagons
and farming implements, besides the entire
crop of the past season, comprising 400
bushels of wheat and large quantity of
corn, oats and hay.
1t is not known how the fire originated,
but in no other way can the fire be ac-
. counted for except that it was the work OF
an incendiary Loss about 81, 900, reduced
by an insurance of $1,000 in the Home
Mutual
The Bloomfield times. [volume] (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1867-187?, 1874-12-22

Horse and Buggy StOlen.-On Thursday
evening a horse and Buggy belonging to
Mr.. ID. M. Bernheisel, of Sandy Hill, was
stolen from the school house near Centre
church. When the property was missed,
it was traced as far as Elliottsburg, when
the trace was lost. On Friday morning
Mr.. B., came to this Office and had bills
printed and circulated, describing the ami
NAL and the vehicle, and offering reward
for the recovery of the property.
We subsequently learned that on Friday
morning, about daylight, a horse answering
the description of the stolen animal was
found standing in an alley in Ickesburg.
The horse showed the marks of the harness
and had evidently been hard driven, but
not even the bride was on him when found
The buggy was found on the mountain
short distance from Ickesburg on the
road leading to Juniata county, but up to
the time our informant left Ickesburg the
harness had not been found. Why the
thief should take such a circuitous route
and then abandon the horse in such man
ner is rather strange. Some persons think
the one who drove the horse away was the
one who caused the fire at McKee's barn,
about an hour and half previous, and
took this means to get out of that part of
the county.
The Bloomfield times. [volume] (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1867-187?, 1874-12-22
QUOTATIONS
or
White, Powell &C Co.,
BANKERS g. BROKERS,
[CoRREcTED WEEKLY

No. ~ SOUTH THIRD STREET.
Philadelphia, December IS, 1874.
The People's vindicator. [volume] (Natchitoches, La.) 1874-1883, 1874-09-05

JACKS WIrE.-Ths 10 the WY .
seafaring man, recently married,
''told to the marines" what sort Of a
wife he had secured: ~ .adt
my wife is inst as hand some 4
craft ~ eyer 'lefta millinery dry dock,
is clipper built, and with a figure.
head not often seen on q small craft.
Her length Of keel is five feet eight
inches, displaces twenty SEVEN cnbit
feet Of air; Of light draught, which
adds to her speed in a ball room
full in the waist, spare trim. AT the
time we were spliced she was newly
rugged fore and att, with standing
rigging Of ltce and flowers, mainsail
part silk, foqestsysail Of Vxlencien:
lss. Her frame was Of, the best steel
c6vered with silk, with whalebone
stsuehions. She '2lso has q Get az
storm sai . for rough weather, and il
rigging out = small set At canvass for
light squalls, which are liable to oc.
cur in this latitude sooner or later. I
am told, IN running down the street
before the whit, slAe answers the helm
beautifully asd cany turn around III
byr OVID v ?, Length # : fhaadsomer Graft
passes liett."
The People's vindicator. [volume] (Natchitoches, La.) 1874-1883, 1874-09-05

The FAN.-Since the fan has come
TO be regarded a. al almost i0dispen.
sable adjunct to the feminine toilet, .
history Of its origin may not prove
embarrassing to the sex who handle
it 80 adroitly. The Chinese gay that
Kan-si, the beautiful daughter Of tho
mandarins, found tho mask which
Celestial etiquette requires to be worn
in public BY ladies very oppressive,
as the evening was warm, but her
ingenuity was equal to tho occasion.
She united ller mask and moved It 40
RAPIDLY lack. and forth before her
face that it was impossible to distip.
guiyh her features, while her beauty
was enhanced in the eyes Of all be-
holders BY tho tantalizing gli,npses
afforded ~ the coquettish maneu.
yre.' IN . moment 4 thousand fair
CelestiaIs, appreciat4hg her courage
and cDquetry, initiated her example,
and = thousand masks were nut in
motion before a Thousand pretty faces
by a thousand pretty hands. The
ingenious Chinese caught the idea,
and BY the next feast oflanterps fans
were substituted for masks.
The People's vindicator. [volume] (Natchitoches, La.) 1874-1883, 1874-09-05
Is the North Interested.

We copy the following from the
New York Sun, which is 4 full answer
to the question, whether the North is
anxious for us to have a good, honest,
capable government in the South:
The people at the North NAV i'm.
aglne that they are not sufferers by
the atr'cious robberies which have
been perpetrated upon the people Of
the reconstructed States by the hu.
man vnltures who have Represented
the Administration there, receiving
tho support and encouragement of
President Grant; but if they think 50
they are greatly mistaken, for one
part of the United States cannot he
brought to ruin by misgovernmcnt
and excessive taxation without the
rest OF the country suffering thereby
in many ways. There are many
manufacturing cities and towns in
the Northern States whose future
prosperity largely depends upon u
restoration of tho Southern trade
which formerly gave employment to
numerous mechanics and factory one.
ratives, but which has been greatly
decreased or entirely lost, owing TO
the Impoverished condition Of the
Southern people. Millions Of dollars
in Southern State bonds are held by
Northern capitalists. which. yield uo
income because the funds Of these
States have been stolen to enrich
politicians. And failure If
such States to meet the interest gu
their bonds held in Europe is proving
r4inous to American credit abroad.
Tho present scarcity Of money
throughout the country is owing, not
t" a lack Of currency sufficient to
meet legitimate demands, but to the
tact that the management Of public
affairs in Washington, and in most
Of the Southern States, has been cor-
rupt and inefficient, che great aim Of
those intrusted with the highest pow
Drs, having apparently been to accu
mnlate wealth for themselves, their
relatives and their personal friends.
regardless If the interests Of the PEG.
pie at large. In order to afford lille.
gal gains to comparatively a few per.
sons, the whole country is exhorbi.
tantly taxed, and it's best interests
are mercilessly sacrificed.
The People's vindicator. [volume] (Natchitoches, La.) 1874-1883, 1874-09-05

restore this We need, not only to have
the gloom dispelled from our hearts,
but to have our stOmachs excited to
action, and for this purpose my bit.
ters--" Here the speaker was hust-
leu out of the front door by the under.
taker aud four of the pall'bearers,
anu the procession went away without
him. Personally I was in favor of
allowing him to go on. l knew that
ina few minutes he would have rout
ed into the corpse and tried to rean-
innate it with his bitters, and was
anxious to see him do it.-Danburv
Ners.
The People's vindicator. [volume] (Natchitoches, La.) 1874-1883, 1874-09-05
Con6de in Your Children.

In American society there is an
amazing separation Of old people
from young. 1t comes, as we believe.
Ut the lack Of family intimacy lie.
tween the old and young. 10 most
parents children are incapable crea.
lures, t. be taught, provided for, rul-
ed, disciplined, mentally condescend.
ed to, from babyhood to that aston.
ished morning when they discover
that the babies are young men and
women in whose plan Of existence
they have little vital part. The moth
or buys the daughters haudkerclliefs
aud pins, up to the time her trowsseaw
is needed. The father decides all
questions for his boy till tho boy il
ready to leave the home roof. Boy
aud girl go outside the household for
their inti'aates aud their interests.
They are not expected to bear their
part in the entertainment Of guests Or
cast a vote in the household commit.
tee OF ways aud means. The deep
social question Of the time, she does
not discuss with her daughter. The
issues If war and peace, Of politics,
Of hard times, private str.its or pub
lie dangers, the father talks over with
his stupid nelgl'bors, but not with his
quick witted, eager sons. Not u.ak-
ing their children their companions
and friends, parents are yet snitten
with pain and hitter sense Of ingrati.
tude, when they find that their chill
dren, young men aud women. do not
care to make companions and friends
Of them. Perhaps this parental re.
serve ia a legacy Of the stern puritan
days, when the parental office md
authority were 70 nlagnifed that tie
statute book permitted those children
to be put to death who ''cursed their
orderly parents" after the age of six.
teen. But, whatever ito source, its
edsctis infinitely mischievous.
The People's vindicator. [volume] (Natchitoches, La.) 1874-1883, 1874-09-05
An Enterprlsing Drummer,

Max Adeler says. They had a fa-
neral over at Pencadder Hundred the
other day, at which happened to he
present. After an affecting discourse
by the minister to the friends Of the
deceased, who were gathered in the
front parlor, stranger arose and said
that he would like to make q few re-
marks. He eaid: "a beantifnl
thought occurred to me- AZ I listened
to tile eloquent words Of the veuera-
bic clergyman, and as l SAW before
me the sorrowing throng, which il
abont to accompany our brother to
his last resting place. He is not lost
but gone before. He il, a. It were,
our advance agent, sent, on beyond
the boun aaries Of the mysterious land
to herald the coming Of the rest of us,
who are on our way 10 that undiscov.
cred country. Ny attention was d.
rected particularly ~ this singt,larly
sweet suggestion during the address
o., my reverend fsllow-pilgrim, he.
cause | occupy a somewhat: similar
relation here on earth to you to that
Of my departed brother in tue other
world. It is my high mission to re-.
present = -6rmo which is engaged in
the manufacture .qf.a superior article
Of stomach bitters which | could con.
'6dentially have recommended to our
lanented friend over there in the cof
fin if I had arrived Ger the vital spark
had fled, but which l can now urge
upon the attention of the weeping
survivors, and particularly upon that
afflicted sister sitting there in the
corner with tho snif8es, and upon the
undertaken whose warts upon HE
nose betoken . dangerous derange-
meut Of the digestive lfauctious.l [ It
y put up ip pint bottles and CONTAINS
no deleterions substances. This ia,s
world Of sofTOw and mourning, and
the g1teh which we are called Il "a.
dure rob the stomach Of its tone. To
The People's vindicator. [volume] (Natchitoches, La.) 1874-1883, 1874-09-05
How President Grant Performs
His Duties.
from tho Washington Cspital.l

We questioned a gentleman who is
on familiar terms with Gen. Grant as
to how this Intellectual parsonage
managed to put in his time. Our
friend replied slowly, as if trying to
remember between sentences
DWELL, he rises about 9 and smokes,
Then he breakfasts and smokes. Al.
ter, his secretary opens his mail !; and
the President smokes"
! ''Does he ever read the papers7"
"Oh, no; his secretary reads them
and when he sees Il passage or para
graph likel. to interest the President
! he marks it The files thus marked
the President sometimes. Looks into,
but he seldom gets beyond one, and
tl'ishe does not keep long unless it
happens to b. = sporting journal. A.
ter this intellectual effort he has Wis.,
itOrs."- ..-,--. .-.. ....r.
"And til, President listens and
smokes I" .
"He smokes certainly; but there is
a popular dolusion anent that silence.
Among his intimate friends aud f.ni.
ly he talks incessautIy-that is, if the
subject is net political. When pull
itics are touched he suddenly grows
reserved aud sinks into silence"
''Aud after - a.tt's..
"Well, then comes an early dinner
and more smoking. After dinner
there is q drive of two and sometimes
three hours. Then tea and smoke.
After tea more company and more
cigars. Sometimes he INDUCES in a
walk, and then he IS accompanied by
a friend and q cigar. After a nigh
emp and bed.
"Why, does he give no time to az
fairs of tha Government Z"
My dear friend, he gives all lis
time here, rs in Washington, to Gov
ernment matters. This is done BY
talking. Our Government is carried
gu through talk, in social, pleasant
way. Every man, and sometimes the
woman, las an office to he got, either
for himself or friend. That is Gov
ernment business, aud he or she talks
It at the President. Or there is con-
tract in question. This is Govern.
ment business of course
"And 60 we pay a hundred thoas.
and dollars year directly and indi.
rectly, to have q man talk politics.
However, that is q very inoffensive
sort Of . way to put in tue time. How
are his habits I" ta go ga Pas.
"Not 90 good ~ his occupation.
They talk abont . third term. The
way his Excellency is drinking and
smoking tits not likely that he will
live out the secund term. II he does
he possesses q constitution for strung
or than that Of the United States"
Ills it not perfectly amazing that
such a mass Of stolid ignorance and
ill.breeding should he liberated by y
people supln'sed to be civilized I"
lit would not be, perhaps, if tho
Journals SO prompt to expose the short
co'nings Of subOrdinates, such as Sen
ators aud Secretaries, we're to com.
ment upon and criticise .those Of the
President" g.,
"That is true" We said. mo man
ever held Office 10 this country who
has been 20 tenderly treated as this
man. with lis brood Of brutal rela-
tives. We have q very hight opinion
Of the people /; bnt If the; knew what
the citizens Of Washington generally
know, Grant would be booted out Of
tue White House. e!at Isl -
The People's vindicator. [volume] (Natchitoches, La.) 1874-1883, 1874-09-05

The greatest object Of curiosity Ia
> woman is tho dress Of another NO.
man.
The People's vindicator. [volume] (Natchitoches, La.) 1874-1883, 1874-09-05

ARRIVALS AND DEPARTURES.

NEW ORLEANS, Red River Landing,
Chon.yville Guarantee, Alexandria,
Cotile and Cloutierville, Daily, at
SHREVEPORT, Keachie, Mansfield, Mar.
thaville, and Pleasant Hill-Daily at
NACOGDOCHES, Melrose, Chirino. San
Augustine, Milan, Pendleton, Sabine.
town, Many and Fl. Jcsup-on Tues
day Thursday and Saturday, at
ST.. n.
HOMER, Minden, Brckhorn, Ringgold,
CONSTANTS and Campte-on Tues.
day and Friday, at S Pm.
WINFIELD, Atlanta, Sutton and St.
Maurice-on Tuesday aud Friday,
.. NAILS CLOSE
At c 4. II. for New Orleans. Alexandria
and Cloutierville,
1t 8 A. II. for Shreveport, Keachi, Mans
field aud Pleasant Hill.
At 6 p. N. for Nacogdoches, Texas, Mel
rose and San Augustin.
A. T. n. for Homer, La, Buckhorn,
Coushatta and Campte.
At 10 A. 81. for WINFIELD, &c.
Office H0urs--from 10 4. M. to 2 P. NJ.
aud from SPIN tO7PM.
J. F. DEVARGAs, Post Master.
The People's vindicator. [volume] (Natchitoches, La.) 1874-1883, 1874-09-05

Some ladies 1 uss paint !. fiddler.
Do rosin-it aids them In drawing ;
bow.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1874-10-01
Precautions Against the Heat.

Americans are gradually learning the
fact that the heat of their summer should
be met by special precautions. similar to II
not so thorough as those which the Eng
lish find necessary in India. "Helmets,"
As the Indian cork or stuffed hats are
called. are occasionally seen in New York
in summer, and hats with piece of loose
stuff lightly twisted around the crown
and some porous material which can he
moiStened IN the crown are by no means
uncommon. In fact if only those who
have suffered from partial sunstrOke were
to wear this useful head gear, there would
be quite enough of them 70 attract atten-
ton. The London Lancet in an article
pointing out what precautions may be
taken with advantage in England, which
has a much cooler climate. says: 1.-The
necessary precautions are after all such as
common sense would dictate; temperate
living, light and loose clothing, proper
protection for the head, cold bath in the
morning, and the avoidance of that eX-
citable fussiness as to the heat of the wea-
Their which so many people exhibit to the
increase of their own and other people 5
discomfort. Veritable cases of sunstroke
do occur in England of course: but the
majority of such attacks. especially when
fatal, are probably attributable to the COM
bined effects of heat and languOr and some
pre-eXisting affection of the circulatOry or
respiratory organs. A condition which is
in reality more allied to fainting than sun
stroke may overtake those who encounter
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1874-10-01
Queer Rains.

An ant rain recently happened in Cam
bridge, England. The Chronicle, a journal
of that city, in detailing the circumstances,
saws that at about six O'Clock in the even
ing, shortly after rise in temperature had
taken place, a shower of ants in countless
millions settled in the streets, covering the
pavements. The insects were the small
winged male ant (fo7D1tcG .tGScG), together
with two other varieties, one large with
out wings, and another of intermediate
size with wings. 1t appears that the crea-
lures must have taken wing or emerged
from ground nests but how far they had
travelled, or by what atmospheric phenom-
enon they were transported, remains an
interesting subject for Investigation.
1t is said that in the early part of this
century similar showers occurred in va
rious parts of England and in the Pyre-
nees. and few months ago a dense cloud
of the insects was seen passing over Cam
bridge; but there is believed to be no re-
cord of an ant rain of such magnitude as
this last one.
In examining into this subject of queer
rains, we have found a large number of
singular cases of downfalls of fish and
other animals from the sky, reference to
which will be of interest in the present
connection. Showers of fish have been
numerous, and are generally explicable by
the occurrence of water-spouts, which
draw them up into the clouds, whence they
are carried by strong gales to the land.
In Scotland rains of herrings have fire.
quently occurred, the fish in some in
stances falling far inland, miles from any
body of water. A shower OF frogs fell
near Toulouse in 1904, and in 1927 an i'm
mense number of black insects appeared
i'm the midst of a snow storm at PakrOff,
Russia. There is tradition in Lapland
that mice of particular kind have been
known TO fall from the clouds. The rat
shower of Norway has passed into a his
torical fact. This was a most eXtraordi-
nary though perfectly applicable occur
renee, since it was traced to whirlwind,
which, Overtaking an enormous army OF
the rodents during their annual journey
from a billy region TO the lOwlands,
whisked them up and deposited them i'll a
field at considerable distance.
Immense showers of dust have repeat
edly happened in the South of Europe,
covering, in one instance. the entire sur
face of Italy and Sicily, or about 100000
square miles. Darwin states that a rain OF
this kind, which took place in 1924, COW
cred the enormous area of l,64S, 900 square
miles in Northern Africa. Ehrenberg has
found the dust to consist of infusOria. 1t
is of a reddish color, and upwards of 800
distinct organisms have been recognized
i'm it.