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The Bloomfield times. [volume] (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1867-187?, 1874-02-24
S uNDAY BEADING.


|f.fliUENFT NuI. I.HII lI.... .
AfOolish little maiden bought foolish little
bonnet, To aiN ea5 di 8alt
With a ribbon and feather and bit Of lace
upon Il, iiq boz oya o1i ol mtit
And that the other maidens Of the little town
might know It,
She thought she'd go to meeting the next Sun
l day, just to show IL. IclalI1
But though the little bonnet was scarce larger
than dime,
The getting of 1t settled proved to be the work
of time;
So when twas fairly tied, all the bells had
stopped their ringing,
And when she came to meeting, sure enough
the folks were singing.
So this foolish little maiden stood and waited
at the door,
And she shook her rufIies out behind and
smoothed them down before,
"Hallolujah Hallelujahp sang the choir
above her head
Hardly knew you Hardly knew you 20 were
the words she thought they said.
This made the little maiden feel so very, very
cross, |l+H0 IN. IH
That she gave her little mouth twist, her
little head a tossj n
For she thought the very hymn they sung was
all about her bonnet,
With the ribbon and the feathers and the bit of
lace upon il. ffro
And she would not wait to listen to the SER
mon or the prayer,
But battered down the silent street and hurried
up the stair, pr3
Till she reached her little bureau, and in a
bandbox on It,
Had hidden safe from critics eye her foolish
little bonnet.
Which proves, my little maidens, that each of
you will find.
In every Sabbath service but an echo of your
mind; rr ..f
And that the little head that's filled with silly
little airs au iItt
win never get a blessing from sermons or from
prayers. "
The Bloomfield times. [volume] (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1867-187?, 1874-02-24
PERRY COUNTY
Real Estate. Insurance,
AND
CLAIM AGENCY.
LEWIS POTTER q co.,
Real Estate Brokers, Insurance, & Claim A0en
Now Bloomfield, Pa.

UTEINvITE the attention OF buyers and sell
wv ers 70 the advantages we offer them in pur-
chasing or disposing Of real estate through our Of
nce. - iNT .ts7a W.
We have a very large list OF deslrab property
consisting OF farms, town property, mills, store
and tavern stands and real estate OF any descrip
ton 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
enecta sale. We make no charges unless the
property Is sold while registered with u.s. We also
draw up deeds, bonds, mortgages, andall legal pa
pers at moderate rates ~ " ~ II
Some Of the best, cheapest, and most reliable
nre, life, and cattle insurance companies In the
United states are represented at this agency
Property insured either on the cash or mutual
plan, and peTpetually at ~ and IS 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. 0rcontract-
ed disease in the service from which you are dis
abled, you are entitled to 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 we can render satisfaction In any
branch Of our business. Il ~
R9- No charge for information
42O1y LEWIS POTTER & co
The Bloomfield times. [volume] (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1867-187?, 1874-02-24

Both Mr. and Mrs. De Long sat and
heard this communication read with as
tcnished faces. Mrs. De Long knew that
in life her father had bust ness dealings
with Mr.. Madden but to what extent, or
oven the nature Of them, she did not know.
The Bloomfield times. [volume] (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1867-187?, 1874-02-24
OPPOSITE THE co URT HOUSE,
NEW BLOOMFIELD, PA.

Wei money on deposit and pay back on
demand. We discount notes for period Of not
.over60 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 dolnga Banking Business; and knowing, and
for some years, feeling the great Inconvenience un-
der which the people OF this County abored forthe
want OF a Bank Of Discount and Deposit, we have
have determined to supplythe want ;andthis being
the rst Bank ever established in Perry county, we
hope we viii be sustained in our efforts, by all the
business men, farmers and mechanics.
This Banking Association is composed OF thefol
lowing named partners:
Va. isroSsLER' Bloomfield, PerrysSOunty' Pa.
WIN. H. MILLER, Carlisle,
OFFICERS:
nN' w. A. sPONsLER, President
WILLIAM WILLIS, Cashier
New bloomfield, 86ly
The Bloomfield times. [volume] (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1867-187?, 1874-02-24
A Strange Story.
HHE truth of the following is vouched
IL for by the San Francisco ChrOniclo

ME truth of the following is vouched
IL for by the San Francisco OhrOniclo
When Foster, the Spiritualist medium
first came to this city and hung out bis
shingle at the Grand Hotel, he was an OBJ
ject of much curiosity. Among those who
went to witness the marvellous manifesto
tions which It was claimed were daily made
was we'll known gentleman, whose name
we are not authorized to give. The gentle
man had heard Of the slip-ofpaper trick,
and believing that he knew thing or two
more than Foster did, he resolved to play
a sharp game with him. Before going to
the mediums room he wrote name on
slip of paper, which he wrapped ard folded
tightly in piece of tinfoil. When he got
there, in company with several friends,
he handed the little roll of tlnfoil to Foster,
and awaited events.
The little paper inside the tinfoil con-
tanned merely the full name of the gentle
mans mother-her maiden and married
name. Foster took it, pressed it to his
forehead, in that dreamy, listless way he
has, and then laid it on the table. Pres
emily he said, eyes, sir, have message
for you. There is the spirit of lady here
who wishes me to write you this message" {"
Here Foster took up pencil, and with
many jerks and quirks, wrote
"Do not remove the remains of your
father and myself. Let us rest where we
are. Your heart is right, but your iudg-
ment is wrong.
The Bloomfield times. [volume] (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1867-187?, 1874-02-24
Good Advice.

"That dreadful. ministerial starch " at
tracts the attention of Spurgeon, who says
to his brother clergymen EFF you have
INDUCED in it would earnestly advise you
to go and wash in Jordan several times
and get it out of you, particle of it. am
persuaded that one reason why our work
ingmen so universally kept clear of minis
ters is because they abhor their artificial
and unmanly ways. If they saw us, in the
pulpit and out of it, acting like real men,
and speaking naturally, like honest men,
they would come around us. Baxter's re-
mark still holds good: "The want of a
familiar tone and expression is q great
fault in most Of our deliveries, and that
which we should by very careful to amend.
The vice of the ministry is that ministers
will parson!feats the Gospel. We must
have humanity along with our divinity it
we would win the masses Everybody can
see through affectations, and people are not
likely to be taken in by them. Fling away
your stills, brethren, and walk on your
feet doff your ecclesiasticism and array
yourselves in truth" n. sr
The Bloomfield times. [volume] (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1867-187?, 1874-02-24

tB- There is as much merit in catering
to the humorous side Of nature as to the
sober and sedate. Men and women were
made to laugh and to indulge in pleasant
ries just as much as to pray and fast. Be-
cause face is uncomonly long instead of
wideit does not follow that its possessor is a
first-class saint We would as soon trust
countenance got up on the broad as the
long gauge.
The Bloomfield times. [volume] (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1867-187?, 1874-02-24

EB- Ifyou have an enemy, act kindly TO-
ward him and make him yonr friend. You
may not win him over at once, but try
again. Let one kindness be followed by
another, until you have accomplished your
object.
The Bloomfield times. [volume] (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1867-187?, 1874-02-24

"a If the best mans faults were written
on his forehead, it would make him pull
his hat over his eyes.
The Bloomfield times. [volume] (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1867-187?, 1874-02-24

tY Opportunities are like flowers that
fade at night seize them, therefore while
they last ihs9 9thl'"a
The Bloomfield times. [volume] (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1867-187?, 1874-02-24
Perry County Bank +!
spOnsler. .TunISin & 60.

TTHHE undersgn ID having formed Banking AS.
Il sociation under the above name and style, are
now ready to do a General Banking business at
their new Banking House, on Centre Square,
The new North-west. [volume] (Deer Lodge, Mont.) 1869-1897, 1874-06-20
The Thimble.

The name Of this little instrument is said
to have been derived from "thumb-bell,'
beinr at first thuYnbIe, and afterwards thin-
bic. 1t is of Dutch invention, and was
brought to England about the year l69o, Dy
John Lofting, who commenced its manuiac-
ture at Islington, near London, and pursued
it with great profit and success. Formerly
iron and brass were used, but latterly Steel
silver, and gold have taken their place In
the ordinary manufacture. thin plates OF
metals are introduced into die, and then
punched into shape. In Paris, gold Thin
bIes are manufactured to a large extent.
Thin sheets of sheet-iron are cut into dies
Of about two inches in diameter. These
being heated red-hot, are struck with
punch into number of holes, gradually
increasing in depth, to give them the proper
shape The thimble is then trimmed, pol
ished, and indented around its outer surface
with a number of little holes, by means OF
a small wheel. 1t is then converted into
steel by the concentration process, tempered,
secured, and brought to blue color. a
thin sheet of gold is then introduced into
the interior, and fastened to the steel by
means of a polished steel Inandril. Gold
leaf is then applied to the outside, and at
tached TO it by pressure, the edges being
fastened in n small groove made 10 receive
them. The thimble is then ready for use.
Those made in this manner do not wear out,
as SO many ordinary thimbles do, but will
| last for years. The gold coating, II cut
away by needles, may easily be replaced,
| but the steel is of an excellent quality, and
| very durable.
The new North-west. [volume] (Deer Lodge, Mont.) 1869-1897, 1874-06-20
American Telegr Apply.

Few persons realize how extensive is the
telegraph system operated by the Western
Union Company. In recent statements be-
fore the House Committee, it was shown
that the Westean Union operates more
miles of telegraph line than all Sweden,
Holland, Belgium, Hungary, Spain, Bavaria
Denmark, Norway, Portugal, Greece, Wur-
temburg, and Great Britain combined. In
area of territory Germany, Spain, Hungary,
and Great Britain nearly equal the United
States, and they have a population nearly
four times as large as that of the United
States, and yet the Western Uuion operates
Rffiita. niles of line. and sends more message
countries. The Western Tnion sends annu-
ally fifteen million messages, or one to Two
and half persons in the United States,
while all Europe, with seven and half
times the population of this country, or
3O0, 900, coo, sends only fifty million mes
sages yearly, or one to six persons. inns
may truly be called the land of telegraphs.
Nor has our telegraphic system ceased grow
ing; indeed, in rapidity OF increase ana re-
duction of charges, it contrasts remarkably
with that of the European nations. In
1866 the Western Union had 72, 686 miles
of wire, and in 1878 it had 154, All miles
an increase of 104 per cent, or Is, 7o0 miles
But England had 80, 466 miles in 1856, and
in 1873 only 80, 919 miles, an increase of on
ly twenty-four per cent, or 16,o93 miles.
In number of offices, the increase in the
two countries was more nearly equal, owing
to England's greater density of population,
In 1866 the Western Union had z, 200 offices,
and in 1873 it had 5, 740, an increase of 16O
per cent; while England had 2, 151 offices
in 1866 and ), ,4M in 1878, an increase OF lR4
per cent. But in number Of messages, nor
withstanding the greater density OF popula'
ton in Great Bsitain, this country advances
in 1868 only 5, 73s, 1894 messages, and in 1873
it sent 1862, ,S37, an increase of 1873 pei
cent. But in 1867 England transmitted
7. 500. 900 messages, and in 1872 the number
was 14,S5S, 900, an increase of 9o per cent
in the same number of years.
The new North-west. [volume] (Deer Lodge, Mont.) 1869-1897, 1874-06-20
The Laughing Plant.

The London Garden copies from Pal
graves work on Central and Eastern Arabia
an account of a plant whose seeds produce
effects similar to those of laughing gas. 1t
is native of Arabia, a dwarf variety OF
Oman, attans TO height of from three to
four feet, with woody stems, widespread
ing branches and bright green foliage. Its
flowers are produced in clusters, and are of
a bright yellow color. The seed pods are
soft and woolly in texture, and contain two
or three black seeds of the size and shape
of French bean. Their flavor is little
like that of opium, and their taste is sweet;
the odor from them produces a sickenlng
sensation and is slightly offensive. These
seeds contain the essential property OF this
extraordinary plant, and when pulverized
and taken in small doses, operate upon a
person in most peculiar manner. lie be-
gins to laugh loudly, boisterously; then he
sings, dances, and cuts all manner of fan
tastic capers. Such extravaganza OF ges-
ture and manners was never prudnced by
any other kind of dosing. The effect con
tinues about an hour, and the patient is
| nproariously comical. When the excite
ment ceases the exhausted exhibitor falls
into deep sleep, which continues for an
hour ur more, and when he awakens he is
utterly unconscious that any such demon
strations have been enacted by him. we
| usually say there is nothing new under the
sun, but this peculiar plant. recently discoy.
cred, as it exercises the most extraordinary
| influence over the human brain. demands
| from men OF science q careful investigation
The new North-west. [volume] (Deer Lodge, Mont.) 1869-1897, 1874-06-20
Why He Was Puzzled.

The funny man of the House this winter
is said to be Mr.. Nesmith, of Oregon, who
tells on himself some very amusing stories.
He served one term in the Senate several
wears ago, and q few days after he was
sworn in he was passing one of the cloak
rooms, and inside were Fessenden, Morrill,,
and several others whose names we can't re-
call. They hailed him, invited him in, and
after conversing for a few moments, they
asked him very abruptly:
"Mr. Nesmith, you have come from a
very wild country, where you say the great
er portion of your life has been passed
Will you tell us what first struck y ou on
coming to the Senate ?''
SWELL gentlemen, when took my seal
in this august body, said to be composed oil
the brains of our great country, was over
whelmed with the strangeness OF this one
idea-how came to be here"
ssOh! All! Ugh! So! And then, Mr.. Mes
NTH, what then-what was your next cause
| for wonder 90
"The next thing, gentlemen" answered
Mr.. Nesmith, slowly gathering up his gres
| length, "that came to me and puzzled mt
more than the first, though, was how in th'
deuce all you other fellows got here"
There was shout, and from that da.
these solemn old fellows, who had though
to overawe by their pomposity this crud
young Senator were his sworn friends, ant
never neglected an opportunity to tell thi
I story.
The new North-west. [volume] (Deer Lodge, Mont.) 1869-1897, 1874-06-20
THE INDIANS.
How Those on the War Path VIII be
Punished.

A St. Paul special of the 2Sth, to the Chi
cago Inter- Ocean, says: information was re-
ceived in this city to-day by General Terry,
from Bismarck, d. T., that considerable
excitement exists at Fort Lincoln over an
anticipated attack from. the Cheyenne
Agency Indians, who, 400 strong, left that
Agency on the 22d. One hundred more
will join them at Standing Rock. An old
Indian warned Gen. Custar not to goon the
Black Hills expedition, as there would be
bloody work, which may be expected. If
this Cheyenne party comes within reach
General Custar will attack them at once,
and is prepared to follow them all summer,
if necessary. The Bismarckers are in no
danger, and look with much interest, and
even eagerness, for the opening of hostilities,
since no settlements are endangered. The
first information received came from the
Cheyenne agent, who reports that the party
of 400 Sioux left, ostensibly to attack the
Rees, near Fort Berthold. Their older
chiefs advised against the movement, and
after the party had started, went after them,
endeavoring to dissuade them from the
expedition. They do not avow any other
intention than to attack the Rees, though
they may, as last year, attack Fort Lincoln
and also the Black Hills expedition. The
Rees are living under Government protect
ion, and if attacked will be fully protected
by our troops. General Terry is confident
that, whether the Rees or any of the expe-
dition are attacked, such arrangements have
been made that only disaster and severe
punishment await the savages.
The new North-west. [volume] (Deer Lodge, Mont.) 1869-1897, 1874-06-20
The Tomb of Marshal Ney.

There is in the city of Metz a handsome
statute to Marshal Ney, and his name GER
,tainly. lives in history. But according to a
correspondenf in Notes and Queries, his
grave is sadly neglected. 1t is in Pere la
Chaise,s ii the principal avenue, and close
to tllat in which Beranger and Manuel, the
orator, lie together. surrounded by the
sumptuous tombs of his brother marshals,
and within sight Of those of the Generals
Foy Colbert, and that of Baron Larrey, the
surgeon of Napoleon I. ale has no ceno-
taph, or simple maidstone even, to tell the
passer-by who it is that lies within the
lichen-covered, rusty, iron railing; and few
there are who recognize it, unless prompt
ed by individual interest in the intrepid and
unfortunate soldier, Or by curiosity at the
wildness of the neglected, uncared-for
place. Years ago some. one laid out the
enclosure as small garden, but no one
since has ever tended it, and weeds have
choked all but few small wild flowers.
There is now no slab or inscriqMion such as
was described as existing in 1897, or il
there is, it is completely hidden beneath
the ground and tangled briar." Another
correspondent says he visited Marshal
Neys grave in 1861, and it was just in the
condition described, the rank grass growing
all over the grave.
The new North-west. [volume] (Deer Lodge, Mont.) 1869-1897, 1874-06-20
The Suppressed Member Again.

Not long since VIC noticed some of the
manual resulting from the customary re-
preston of the left hand, and advocated,
on physical grounds, it's culture equally
with that of the right hand. 1t seems that
there are not less cogent mental reasons
for developing the two sides of the body
impartially.
1t is coming to be well known that men,
tai development is the result of properly di-
rected physical training; that the brain
grows i'll size and power by the varied ex-
ercise of the senses and the will is in used me-
chanical employments quite as rapidly by
purely intellectual efforts in study or other
wise. 1t is equally known that most men
are one-sided in heads as in their bodies.
two halves of the brain are rarely developed
symmetrcally, as may be readily seen in the
Comforts or head measures accumulated
by hat-makers in supplying individual GUS
toners. To some extent, the difference in
the contour OF the two sides of the head
is due to unequal pressure on the nurses S
arm, or to the habit of lying chiefly on one
side while sleeping, thus causing perma-
nent displacement Of the walls of the skull;
but the main reason appears to be our one
sided habit in education.
DIR. Brown Sequard observes that the
study of the facts relating to the brain has
led him to believe that ''each half of the
brain-paradoxical as it may SCENTS a
whole BRAIN" each lode being normally
competent to perform all the functions of
completeness. ees.as''ss iesfss4s'se, as
most of us are singled Drained as we are
single handed, and for the same reason.
We fail to do what is really necessary to
give us two working brains. ''There is no
question" concludes this skillftl observer,
"that it is our habit of making use of only
one side of the body that consigns to one
half Of the brain the right side, the faculty OF
expressing ideas by speech. If we develop
both sides of our. body equally, not only
would there be benefit that we would
write or work with the left hand as well as
with the right, but we should have two
brains, instead of one, and would not be de-
prived of the power of speech through dis
ease of one side of the brain.
The new North-west. [volume] (Deer Lodge, Mont.) 1869-1897, 1874-06-20
Suggestive Figures.

There are i40, 900 saloons il. the country,
against 128, ,0Oe schools, and only $4,000
churches. Manufacturers and sellers of
strong drinks, 560, 0O0-twelye times the
number of clergymen, four times the teach
ers. nearly double all the lawyers, physi-
eians, teachers and ministers combined.
In these saloons there are $500, ,O00 daily
customers, one in seven of the whole popu-
lation. OF these 100, 900 are annually i'm
prisoned for crime, at an expense of S90,-
600. 600, ane 15o, 900 go down to the drunk
ards grave, leaving 200, 600 beggared or
phans. Grasp these figures: An army OF
topers five abreast, 100 miles in length. A
,ank of beggared widows and children
stretching across the State OF Massachu-
setts. A file of men seventy-five miles in
length, marching steadily down to the grave
three every minute through the year. This
awful column in its ceaseless tramp, tramp
tramp of death, whence is it recruited Al
this years 15o, 900 goes Gown, another 15O,
600 is pressing in to fill their places, ant
another hack OF that, and another, pouring
down from every hamlet and hillside in thu
/ country.a Il reeling, slrieking crowd of de
monized men, speeding by their own hands
int. eternity--L0r. Of Gongregationdlist.
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For she's hundred 'Merican gal.
And the che-yild of our hundred Cesar.

4 fashionable milliner Gin PUasch)
"You'll have the flower on the left side of
the bonnet, of course, Madame?" Fash
ionaple lady: Well-er-No! The fact is,
there's a pillar on the left side of my pew in
church, so that only the right side of my
head is seen by the congregation. Ofcourse
l could change my pew?' Fashionable
lady's husband: ''Ya-as. Or even the
church, you know, if necessary" (Fash-
ionable milliner considers.)
Lima Wagratz, daughter of moderately
wealthy merchant of Moscow, has been
sentenced to six years solitary confinement
for romantic crime. At &C OF the thea
tres Levina Korsacky was performer on
wire suspended at considerable heights
She was pretty and coquettish, and among
those whom she attracted was Lima
Wagratz's love-. Lina was made madly
Jealous by the Irritation, and deliberately
planned a cruel revenge. Through her
lover she formed the acquaintance of Levlna
and thus became frequenter of the theatre
during the rehearsals. One day she went
slyly where the wire upon which the per-
former walked was fastened, and cut 1t In
two with pair of shears. The ends she
fastened slightly together, leaving the whole
in apparently good order. Atnight Levina
confidently stepped out on the wire, which
gave way under her feet, letting her drop to
the stage floor. Her legs were so badly
broken that she viii be lifelong cripple.
Lima was at once arrested, tried and found
guilty, and the severe sentence is regarded
in Moscow as not exceeding justice.