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Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1874-01-16


For THE JUvENILEs.-Thc following
are examples in articulation, many Of them
old, Jdt still not altogether worn out.
Some Of our younger readers may play
twist the tongue" with them for little
while during the holidays:
OF all the saws ever saw I n"-"~
saw as uiaScroft taS af caughta crate of crickled
crabs
A crate of crickled Crazy Craycroft
caught:
Thou wreath'd and muzzl'd Mt the far
fetch'd oz. and imprison'dst him in the
volcanic Mexican mountain of Pop-o-cat-
a-pet-i, in Co-to-pax-i.
Peter Piper picked peck Of picked pep
pers peck of picked peppers Peter Pip
or picked. If Peter Piper Picked peck of
pickled peppers, where's the peck of picked
peppers Peter Piper picked
When twister twisting would twist him
twist,
For twisting twist three times he will
twist;
But if once the twists from the twist,
The twist untwists the twist
a round roll Robert Rowley roiied round.
w utTC EDlltu Vic IOuul tOuClt itoWicy
rolled round ?
Theophlus Thistle. the successful thistle
sitter, in sitting sieve full of thistiles,
thrust three thousand thistles the thick Of
his thumb.
Amid the moist and coolest frosts,
With barest wrists and stoutest boasts,
He thrusts his fists against the post,
And still insists he secs the ghosts.
Peter Pranglcr, the prickly pear picker,
picked three pecks of prickly prangly pears
from the prangly pear trees on the pleasant
prares.
Wiley Vito and Wife vent on voyage to
Vest Vinson and Vest Findham Won Wit
son Wednesday.
saw Esau kissing Kate;
The fact is. we all three saw;
saw Esau, he saw me,
And she saw / saw Esau.
Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1874-01-16

II was considered not beneath the dignity
of field marshal the Duke OF Wellington, To
hold rank anoug the philosophers of the
bed and as nobCdy knew that he had ever
delivered himself Of IN axiom or maxim H.
lustratiDg bed doctrine, one has been sto-
leu for him, and lis Grace has been made
to wear IL as if IL were his own.
When inan turns in bed, it 10 time for
him to turn out, as the Duke of Weling-
ton used t. say So we are told, as if the
held mnrshal.were always saying IT, Now,
the i,aias, was favDrite one with our ear
ly arphbishops, and it was probably not
ori-,nal even on the lips of the vers earli-
cst oi the prelates To whom it has been as
sgned by the Bishp ofChichester.
Lie earliest Illustration .of The evils OF
lying late IN bed, which some of our older
people used to receive when they were
children, came to them from DIR. Watts.
Who has not heard Of the famous lines
with their haItinh philosophy
'Tls the voice Of the sluggard l heard him
complain,
You have waked me too soon must slumber
again
As the door ~ its hinges so he in his bed.
Turns hi sides aud his shoulders, and his heavy
head"
The door that hangs on its hinges is do
ing it's duty as n door, let Solomon and DIR.
Watts say what they will and the wild
htier, the tholn and the thistle, which grew
higher and broader in his garden. were at
least acting busily according TO the nature
implanted in them. And, after all, the So
called slug1ard seems tn have been more
harmless in bed than his censurer, who left
him after all impertinent missionary visit,
with such an outburst of pharisaical pride
as this :
Said then to my heart, Here's a lessor for me
That mans bat picture Of what might be
But thanks to my friends for their care In my
breeding;
Who have taught me. by times. to love working
AID reading ....
Perhaps if the sluggar,l had had such
friends, and they had fund him work to
do he would have risen to do it.
There was some reason in the young fcl-
low who, on being asked why he did not
get up, replied that he had nothing to get
up for? We are not even sure that Quin
is to be severely censured oh the part he
took in the morning dialogue with his va
let:
John, what's O'Clock p
Nine O'Clock, sir.'
is there any mulet in the market to-day,
Jonn 2
No. sir.'
Then call me at nine, to- morrow John p
Moreover, it does not follow. that, be-
cause man is in bed. his mind 10 idle, or
that he is careless of The welfare of his fel-
low creatures who arr up and abroad:
''Herodotus wrote most in bed
And iichcrnaud, Il learned physician,
Declares the clocN-wOrk of the head
Docs best Ia that reciined poi ion."
London Athtnaun.
Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1874-01-16
THE IRON INTERESTS.
THE RESUMPTION OF WORK IN THE
sCHULKILL AND LEBIGH REGIONS.

As an evidence of the improvements in
business among the leading interests of the
country it is stated that in the Schuylkill
region, where there are seventy-three diff
ferent iron works, ffty-three of them are in
full operation. OF the remaining twenty.
several are new, and the others are idle
from causes liable to interfere with the
business at any time.
The Allentown Chronicle of TIE 30.h of
December says: Stacks Nos. 2 and 8, OF
the Allentown Iron Company's Works. are
now undergoing repairs, and stack No. 2
will be blown in carly in February. Ac-
live work in the repairs of stack No. 3 will
be carried on, and il will be blown in as
soon as completed
In conversation with q leading iron mas
ter this morning, reporter of the ChrOni-
Gle learned that most of the furnaces in the
country are preparing to 90 into blast
again, as buyers who have been holding off
tor lower prices are convinced that iron
will sell no cheaper for the present, and are
sending in their orders, thus creating re-
yival i'll the trade. The same authority
predicts that next winter the dullness in
iron will oqual that which we have just eX-
perienced, and says there will be more iron
manufactured in the country this coming
spring than there will be next fall. The
American Iron and Steel Association have
ascertained by thorough canvass of the
country that there are in the United States
eight hundred aud sixty.four blast furnaces
in working condition, capable of an annual
production Of four million tons of pig iron,
a quantity greater than the country can
consume at present, and the furnaces, en-
couraged by the present. demand for iron
will 60 to work, so that before next fall the
demand will be supplied. and another ces-
sation will be occasioned.
Stack No. of the Roberts Iron Compa-
ny's Works, is preparing to blow in and
will do 80 in few days.
Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1874-01-16
On Lying in Bed.

The philosophy which urges the excel
lence Of early rising has been very rudely
and successfully shaken. Chas. Lamb has
shown that there is as much excess in rs-
ing with the lark and lying with the lamb
as in the practice referred to in Moore's
song, which recommends a lengthening of
our days by taking "a few hours from the
night, my dear ~ That philosophy was
shaken in the early days of the world by
two sleepy children, who came under the
rebuke of vigilant fathers.
My son, remarked one sire, Il once
found piece of gold by rising early
'Ay,' rejoined young hopeful, but the
man who lost it was up before you!
MY son. said the other worthy parent,
observe that it is the early bird that CATCH
es the worm Il do,' o, my father re-
piled the excellent boy; also that the
worm was caught by getting up earlier
than the bird
Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1874-01-16
THE FOLLOWING is A LIST OF GIFTS:

-
This enterprise is no individual speculation, such
The holder of successfl ticket will receive his Gil in
CASH.
There will be 900 Tickets Admission to this Con-
cert, at Loo each, and at the time above stated
$4,000 In CASH Gifts will be distributed.
PLAN OF DISTRIBUTION
Twenty thousand numbers, representing and corres-
pondng with those the receipts issued will be placed
i'll wheel and cards enclosed with the he
Premiums in sealed boxes will he placed in another.
r ON these wheels, number and of the above
number SO drawn from the one wheel secures the pre-
MUM desig mated by the card taken at the time
from the other. Tnis operation will be performed by
blind person, and continued until Eighteen Hundred
and Fiftyseven Premiums exhausted II is evident
that by this process fraud fayortsm will he impOssi-
hle Every person holding ticket will be entitled to
admission into the Concert.
All Gifts Paid in CASH without discount.
Money he sent for Tickets in registered letters
Post Office Money Orders by Expres a risk II
desired, Tickets will be sent by Express c. o. u.
Tue following gentlemen have kindly consented to
act as Trustees for the above Gift Concert
9. p. Wolverton, ESQ.,, Director d. II. and w. X. X.
Geo. Hill, Attorney at Law; Hon. W. L. Dewart,
member OF Congress- VIM. l. Greenough, Esq, Direc-
tor First National Bank of Sunbury; John Haas, Esq,
ditto: Ira T. Clement, Lumberman; VIM. T. Grant,
Coal VI. chant, Suubury.
The above named gentlemen highminded and
honorable men, who would not lend their names and
give their assistance 10 any unworthy object.
GEO Nj. REM,
VIM. II. MILLER,
LEVI bkAhHOI.l[,,,
PHILIP NJ 0nINDEL,
Committee
All communications cheerfully nrswered. Address,
in all case, -
n, q. EsGLE, Corresponding Secretary.
Treasurer of Funds.
Sunbury, December II, 1873.
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Select poe'rp.
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WHERE Is HOME.

Home is where the Elections bind
Gentle hearts In union
Where the voices all are kind,
Holding sweet communion.
Heme Is where the heart can rest
Safo fion darkening sorrow
Where the friends we love the best
Brighten every sorrow
Home Is where the friends that love
To our hearts gwen
Where tae blessings from above
Foretastcs are of Heaven!
Yes, 'tis home where smiles Of cheer
Wreatbe the bfows that greet us,
And the one of NIL most dear
Ever cofles 10 meet us
Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1874-01-16

AN old seaman, Mt religious meeting
recently held in New York, in relating his
experience, stated that when nc sea In
storms and tempests, he had often derived
great consolation from that beautiful pas
sage of Scripture, "Faint heart never won
fair lady"
Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1874-01-16

4 man giving the name of John Cawley,
of Pennsylvania, was hanged by mob at
Cimarron, New Mexico, Monday night, for
numbering cattle dealer and stealing sl2,-
600 from him.
Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1874-01-16

DR. G. M. MARTIN. Office in Drug
~ Store, Clement House Block, Office hours
from II a. m, to p. m, and from 6 to p m,
at all other hours, when 10: Professionally en-
gagged can be found at residence, corner of Front
and Penn street, SUNDURY, PA. Particular
attention given to surgical cases. Will visit
Patients either in town country.
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gem embellishments.
$1,000 IN GIFTS.
A Grand Gift Concert.
A GRAND GIFT CONCERT
will be given at sunbury, Pa, by the Independen
WASHINGTON STEAM FIRE COMPANY,

VIII DC gI'eH NJ oVHUUFy, Fu, Uy tDt IHIItpenutHI
WASHINGTON STEAM FIRE COMPANY,
On MONDAY, FEBRUARY 23d, 1874.
The object OF this enterprise s for the purpose of
curing e. cam Fire Eag,s, W,.yu u-!l advantage
to all neghborng towns accessible by rail- from the fact
that 1t will be an In dependent Company. md we
have never failed to scharge duty when called
on, we certainly Will DE able to accom- ish more good
with tine aid of steamer There is less than
large and small towns within thirty miles of Sunbuy,
all oi which be reached by railroad thus afording
the facility OF insisting of those places IL lcss than
an hours time while at the time town will not
be unprotected. Our project being laudable one, We
feel confident that all the tickets will he disposed of by
the time above named For drawing.
Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1874-01-16

NEW GOODS, WINTER STYLES
ofevery description and variety such as
Dress Goods
comprising all the novelties In fabric and shade.
WOODEN Goods, Fancy Goods.
FULL ASSORTMENT OF NOTIONS,
which are being sold at the lowest Cash Prices.
Also, GROCERIES AND Provisions,
pure and fresh.
QUEENswARE, GLASSWARE, AND WOOD
AND WILLOW WARE,
Nicest Brands of Flour constantly on hand.
A very large
ASSORTMENT OF WALL PAPER,
both glazed and common, always on hand.
BOOTS AND SHOES
from the celebrated hand made Boot and Shoe
Mandatory of Watsontown, for
MEN, WOMEN AND CHILDREN.
READY-MADE CLOTHING,
of all sizes aud of the latest styles.
+ l. o u r
A constant supply of western white wheat nour
speciality.
The public are invited to call and examine our
Goods Tree of charge. Our motto is "Quick
The highest prices will be paid for all kinds of
country produce.
By strict attention to business and keeping at
all times the most complete stock, and selling at
thelowest prices, We hope to merit fall share of
REED BROTHER & &sEAsHoLTZ.
| sunbury, Dec. 8, 1873
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Business Saros.


W. S. RHoAps. J. PACKER HAAS
WY n. RnOADS a. CO.,
W. RETAIL DEALERS OF
ANTHRACITE COAL, sUNBURY, PENN'A.
OFFICE WITH HAAS, FAGEIY & Co.,
Orders left at Seasholtz Il Bros, Office Market
treet, will receive prompt attention. Country
ustom respectfully solicited.
Feb. 4, 1S7l.-tf
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uUMMEL's RESTAURANT,

III LOUIS HUMMEL, Proprietor,
Commerce St., SHAMOKIN, PENN'A.
Having just refltted the above Saloon for the
accommodation Of the public, is now prepared to
serve lis friends with the best refreshments, and
fresh Lager Beer, Ale, Porter, aud all other malt
quors.
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ANTHRACITE COALl
VALENTINE DIETZ, Wholesale and
Retail dealer in every variety of
ANTHRACITE COAL, UPPER WHARF,

ANTHRACITE UUAL, UPfER WHARF,
sUNBURi, PENN'A.
ALI kinds of Grain taken in exchange for Coal.
Orders solicited and filled promptly. Orders left
at s. +. Nevin's Confectionery Store, on Third
treet, wilreeleye prompt attention, and money
rseeiptedfor, the same as at the oice.
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GotsIs aub iiestamrants.

CRAWFORD HOUSE, Cor. Third and
~ Mulberry, Business Centre, Williamsport
Pa.
D. b. ELSE s. CO., Proprietor.
June 90, 1878,
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SOLOMON MALICK,
W. ZIEGIER. l.. T. RoIRBAt
ZIEGLER q ROHRBACH,

M IUIsNEIS III INV,
Office in Haupt's Building, lately occupied by
Judge Rockefeller and l.. T. Rohrbach, Esq.
Collections and all professional business
pr -mptly attended to in the Courts of Norihum-
bsrand and adjoining counties.
Dec. g 1R1l.
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Professional.
TAM Es BEARD.
JAMES III. McDEvlTT,

ATTORNEY AT LAW AND
UNITED STATES Co dMIssiosER. Office with s.
B. Boyer, ESQ.,, in Brght's Building, Sudbury.
Pa. Aug. %, '7S.-iy.
Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1874-01-16

TT III. Il. kASE, Attorney at Law, SUN
L. BURY, PA. Office in Market square,
(adjoining The Office of W. [. Greenough, ESQ.,. }
Professional business in this and adjoining coun-
lies promptly attended to.
SunburY. March 16. 1S72.-1N.
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Misrslianroms.
4 BUFFALO '>SItIb, FIGHT. :

TERRIFIC CtsiBAT BETWEEN Two UN.
tanned BULLS OF THE PRAIRIE.
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DENTISTRY.
G EORG NJ. REM,

GEORGE M. REM,
In St0pson's Building, Market Square
SuNBURY. Pa,
II prepared to do all kinds of work pertaining
Il to Dentistry. He keeps constantly on hand
a large assortment of Teeth, aud other Dental
material, from which he will be able to select,
anl NEE. .ne wants of his customers.
All WORK warranted to give satisfaction, or else
the money refunded.
The very best Mouth Wash and Tooth Powders
kept on hand.
His references are the numerous patrons for
whom he has worked for the last twelve years.
Sunbury, April u, 1872.
COAM COAM COALi-GRANT BROS,
~ Shippers and Wholesale and Retail Dealers in
WHITE AND RED ASH COAL, sUNBURY, PA.
CLOVER wHARF.)
Orders will receive prompt attention.
NEW COAL YARD.
THE undersigned having connected the Coal
n business with his extensive FLOUR u GRAIN
trade, is prepared 20 supply families with the
VERY BEST OF COAL,
CHEAP FOR CASH.
Egg, Stove and Nut, constantly on hand. Grain
taken in exchange for Coal.
j. NJ. CADWALIADER.
Sunbury, Jan. Is, 1s70.-tf.
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N. RRHCE,

~ A. BOTDORF,
w Attorney .at-Law,
GEORGETOWN,
Northumberland Co., Penna.
Can be consulted in the English and German
languages. Collections attended to in North
cumberland and adjoining counties.
Also agent for the Lebanon Valley Fire lnsu-
rance Company mills
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NATIONAL HOTEL.

IN WALD, Proprietor, Georgetown North'd
County, Pa, at the station ofthe n. G. r. w.
Choice wines and cigars at the bar.
The tablets supplied with the best the market
affords. Good stabling and attentive ostlers.
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urAsHINGTON HOUSE. c.

w Proprietor, Corner of Market & Second
Streets, opposite the Court House, Sunbury,
Pa. May2S,'70
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w. C. PACKER,
Attorney at Law,
Sunbury, Pa.
ornbar q 1870 IF

T II. kASE. Attorney at Law, SUN
LIE BURY, PA, office in Masser's Building
near the Court House. Front Room up stairs
above the Drug Store. Collections made in Nor
cumberland and adjoining counties.
Sunbury, Pa, June =, 1872.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1874-07-17
Deputy Marshal Assassinated.

Aspecial from Tullahoma o the Union
and American. dated June 10, says:
lsend you, as far as | can learn, the
particulars of horrible tragedy which
happened near Lynchl,urg last night.
early this morning Coroner Morgan
was Informed that the body Of man
had been found on the road opposite the
house off. l.. Motlow, half mile east of
tow. lie Immediately SUMMONED n iu-
ry, aid on going to the, spot, it was found
to be Jas, p. Everett, The Deputy Unit
ed Sites Marshal appointed short
time snce as the successor of llildreth,
who was recently killed near Hillsboro.
Upon examination, IL was found that
two pistol balls had entered his skull
just back Of his left ear and very close TO
each other. The end of his left thumb
was also shot off, Nothing appearing
to afford clue as to who did the decd,
the jury gave MS their verdict that he
came TO his death by a pistol fired by an
unknown party,
Everett. was IN Lynchburg late yester-
dav evening. aud when he left was drunk.
He is supposed TO have been so intoxi-
mted as to have fallen OFF his horse, aud
was evidently in helpless condition
when killed.
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Brcyities.

Some Of the pious Kcn,uckians are
discussing the propricty Of "humiIia-
ton and prayer TO avert an impending
famine.
1t is estimated by an eminent staff
clan that fifty thousand lives are lost
every year, and fifty thousand souls
Annually damned, by the use of Cincjn.
natl whisky.
The bloody shirt found in the Nathan
mansion is said to be the one taken from
the dead body Immediately after the
murder.
Our West Tennessee exchanges re,
port the crop prospect in that direction
as gloomy. Portions of Middle Ten.
nesse are also suffering severely.
Mary Ann Harmon, aged G3, died AT
Brooklyn last week, of Asiatic cholera
One death from the same disease is an.
nounced at Louisville, Kentucky.
Two ladies-Mrs. Eggleston and Miss
Smith-were killed by lightning a,
PearsaIls, Long Island, on the 10th, The
deaths from lightning this year are
bin excess of any former period that We
remember.
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Kentucky.

The Courler-Journal publishes the
crop report from all parts Of the State
for three months past. In Southern and
Western Kentucky not enough raiu has
fallen at any one time to dry tho dust.
The crops are almost entirely de-
stroyed, and even with an abundance
Of rain henceforth, they cannot be saw
ed. OF tobacco there will be scarcely
any crop. Corn and oats are very small,
but wheat is the best crop for many
years. Much destitution is already re-
ported, and the Governor has been Pc
titioncd to convene the Legislature for
the purpose of devising some means OF
relief. Rains have fallen in Eastern and
central Kentucky during the last two
Gays, but too late to afford much relief.
In the meantime in some districts &C
tual cases OF starvation are reported.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1874-07-17
Wilson County,

The Democracy Of Wilsohcounty met
at Lebanon on the 9th instant, and APP
pointed delegates to the State Conven-
ton. Among the resolutions ADOPTED
were the following:
Resolved, That we are in favor Of low
taxes and Of the abolition Of all unne.
cessary expenses aud offices; but We
are unalierably opposed to the repudia'
ton of the honest Indebtedness Of the
State or TO any policy or legislation
whose Interior object is such repudia
ton.
Resolved, That we demand the repca
Gf that provision OF the funding law
which requires the payment of the in
terest on our bonded debt prior to the
current Indebtedness of the State, fol
we are decided in the opinion, thai
while the bonded debt, untainted by
fraud, should be fully and promptly
paid, yet it should not be done in pref,
erence TO the honest current indebted
ness Of the State.
Resolved, That the delegates appoint
ed by this meeting shall have no power
to appoint proxies.
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Grundy County.

The Democracy OF Grundy assembled
at Tracy City, on the 9th, and appointed
delegates TO the State and Congressional
Conventions. Resolutions were adopt.
ed-among them these:
"Rcsolved, That we are in favor OF a
property tax of 20 cents on the SlO0
and no more.
'Resolvcd, That We favor repeal OF
the present. assessment law, and the en-.
actment OF law in its stead that &C.
mands but one tar from the same piece
OF property"
The delegates to the State Conven-
ton were instructed TO vote for Judge
Marks as the Democratic candidate for
Governor, and The delegates to the Con
gressional Convention TO vote for w. l.
Colyar, of Grundy, as the Democratic
candidate for Congress in the Third
District.
The mountain portion Of the District
seems to have goodly number of as
pirants for Congressional honors.
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The lightning Rod Man.

The Atlanta Herald says: THE bust.
ness tack of the man who advertised on
his wre's tombstone that duplicates
would be furnished at.such n price, has
found a parallel at last. Day before
Yesterday while this reporter was stand
ing over the corpse of Mr.. Cummins,
and tracing the course of the lightning
down his body, a stranger stepped up,
and reckoning him of, says, 'You are
n Herald reporter. | know you. Now,
I'm lightning.rod man. This house
didn't have one of my rods on it. Now,
mournfully but trumphanlly pointing
to the corpse, see the result! Mr.,
Rice's house over here has one OF my
rods. The other day the lightning
struck his house, and glidcd Off in The
ground actually ashamed Of having
tried to tackle one OF my rods. Now,
personal---very., couldn't you drop mo in
little notice p'