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Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1877-09-26
DWELLING HOUSES,

4 GOOD FRAME BANK BARN,
Wagon Shed, Corn Crib, Spring House, and
other ouibuildings.
TERMS OF SALE.--Ten per ceptum of
the price for which the farm is sold to be
paid cash when the same is stricken down /;
fifteen per centum additional when the sale
is confirmed by the Court, one-half of the
whole ON the lst Of April, 1878; aud the
balance, being oie-fourth OF the whole, on
the LIST OF April, 1879. These tao last pay
ments to be secured by Judgment bonds,
and to bear interest from date OF contirIna-
tiUD.
ROBERT McMEEN,
Assignee OF John ". Sartain.
Sept. l, 1877.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1877-09-26

ATTENTION "A grand re- union of
the honora.ly discharged members Of
the Junia,a Scouts will be held at the
Jacobs House, Mrfilntown, on Thurs
day, October IL, 1877, at 10 o'clock
a ii. Prospect of reorganization.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1877-09-26
DWELLING HOUSE,

Log Stable, aud other outbmdin-s and
three Lime Kilns. This property j. very
pleasantly situated, being about one mile
distant from church, store and school, and
is located about one mic north OF East
Salem, and about miles north of Thomp-
sontown station of =. h r., and about Il
miles south of McAlistervile.
The land Is OF the best quality OF lime
stone flint. There Is large limestone
quarry, and an abundance of limestone 10
keep the three kilns now erected on il, run
ming for many years.
CONDITIONS OF SALE.-Ten per cent
of the purchase money 10 be paid when the
property is stricken down /; fifteen per cent.
when the sale is confirmed by the Court I;
fifty per cent of the whole on the first day
of April, 1878. and the balance. being one
fourth of the whole, on the first day OF
April, 1879. These two last payments to
be secured by Judgment bond, and to bear
interest from the day of sale. Deed to be
executed TO the purchaser and possession
given on the first of April, 1873.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1877-09-26

'Tis place shall ever remember,
Should i've TO be fiity years old
Twas the home Of us all in our childhood,
And We prize it, yes higher than gold.
Address all orders to F. W. Helmicl, pub
Usher, No. 80 West Fourth ST., Cincinnati,
Ohio.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1877-09-26
100 ACR 4 s.

more or less. This is valuable Farm, in
fine state of cultivation, situated convent
emily TO store. church and school, and 81
miles from rhompscntown station, p. r. r.,
is well waiered by never-iailing Spring,
ha, iiir
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1877-09-26

Also, at the same time and place will be
sold the following personal property: One
secretary. | ciock, bedstead, cook stove.
brass kettle, crooks, / cart, hokey plow
| barrel.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1877-09-26

s.DEAR OLD HOMESTEAD "-Ts the
title of very fine new song, BY Miss ANNA
G. iIrLrs. This song has taken a strong
hold on the popular fancy. No doubt there
are thousands who never forget the s. Dear
Old Homestead where 50 MANY happy
hours were spent in joytulness and glee,
during their childhood days. Price 40
cents, with splendid hthograph of coun-
try Homestead.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1877-09-26
ROBERT MoyEEN.

Assignee of John B.nner and wife.
Sept IL, 1877
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1877-09-26

of county horses, on Wednesday, which
was trotted by JuRiafd Mad, entered by &
NJ. Diven; gray horse named Frank, en-
tered by I. J. Midiagh, and mare named
Roam Mare, entered by David Sieber. The
race WAS won by JuRala Maid, her best
heat being y
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1877-09-26
THRIFTY ORCHARDS,

which yield choice fruits in abundance, and
has thereon erected two comfortable and
.I..-t,. II
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1877-11-01
Conference with Sitting Bull.

A Chicago Times special from the Sitting
Bull Commission, Fort Worth, Northwest
Territory, via Fort Benton, the 21st, says the
commission has met Sitting Bull and utterly
failed to obtain any satisfaction or terms Of
settlement from him.
After detailing the difficulties through
which the commission passed before reach
ing the Indian band, and the reluctance of
the Indians in yielding to the persuasions of
the Canadians and allowing an interview to
take place, they fearing some trap was about
to be sprung on them, he describes Sitting
Bull as a swarthy, black-haired, beardless,
blue blooded savage, with an air of judicial
gravity and intelligence. He continually
fears t%reachery on the part of the Ameri-
cans, and distrusts his own tribe when they
are near. He refused to shake hands with
the Commissioners, and said he wanted
them to get out in full view, and not behind
the tables. They complied, and General
Terry addressed them, stating the object of
the visit, namely, that the President wished
hostilities to cease forever, for the sake of
all parties. If the Indians would return,
and refrain from hostile acts against the
United States Government, a free pardon
would be given for all past acts, no attempt
would be made to punish them, and the
past would be forgotten. This the President
promised. He went on to say that all the
other hostile Indians had now surrendered
to United States authorities, and had re-
ce.ved no punishment whatever, but had
been received as friends. They had re-
ceived, or would receive, the proceeds of
the sale Of their horses and arms, had been
provided with cows, and otherwise received
honorable and Just treatment. The same
terms were offered Sitting Bulls people.
The savage warrior smiled broadly at the
mention of surrender. The speech pro-
rejected. The council broke up, and the
Commissioners turned their faces home.
ward.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1877-11-01
A Thoughtful Husband.
fElmira Gazette.l

If he had confined himself to his
legitimate quill-driving duties, there
would have been no occasion for him to
be strutting around with his left
hand in a sling, a patch on his nose, and
an absurd old gum shoe on one foot.
He was, however, only another victim
to that egotistical opinion of all men,
that they can do anything better than a
woman. He went home the other day
and found his wife putting up peaches
in those old-fashioned tin cans that close
with sealing-wax. She had an apron
on, and two or three little blotches of
sealing-wax ornamented the floor, while
the cat under the table was licking a
piece the size of a postage-stamp with
assiduity.
"See here, Maria" he said, "youI
cripple Yourself with that hot wax di-
rectly;" but as she made no answer, he
continued oracularly, Women never
have any mechanical genius, anyway.
If there is a way of doing anything
wrong they are sure to try it,"
edo you think you can do any bet
ter" she observed, with some acidity.
"Why, of course / can"
"Well. here, just distinguish your
self, thenw
So he sat down. She handed him a
fresh can, Just out of the hot water.
He took it in his hand and dropped it as
though it had been a streak of light
ming; while he stuck his finger in his
mouth and looked sudden death at her
because he could not swear. She gave
him a towel to hold the next one with,
and he took it on his knee, lighting the
sealing-wax stick, and commenced prob
ing around the top, but the bottom
burned his knee, and he jerked, bringing
the burning wax across the back of his
left hand. Then he jumped up and
howled, dropped the can, which emptied
a spoonful Of burning preserves into his
slipper. This made him frantic, and he
went dancing about the kitchen like an
inebriated dervish, waving the burning
wax until a drop took him on the nose.
In his anger he kicked the offending can
through the window, scattering its con-
tents over the dog, who rushed into the
street bowling and raising an alarm of
mad dog, which occupied the attention
of all the people within three squares.
Then he submitted to be laid on the sofa,
and plastered with -four and sweet oil
until he looked like a badly prepared
scarecrow. He is willing to make an
affidavit the size of a barn-door that he
will let the women be just as awkward as
they choose.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1877-11-01

TWICE a year, say the astronomers,
when the sun is in Virgo and Libra and
the moon is near her full in the opposite
quarter of the sky, the latter rises neal
sunset for a number of nights in sue
cession. The first of these oon we
have had the present season, and it was
the "harvest moon" which an unclouded
sky gave us plenty of opportunity to en-
joy. The second begins its nightly
rounds in a couple of weeks, and is
called the "hunter's moon," because it
used to indicate to the aboriginal dwell
ers upon this soil the opening of the
chase. The harvest moon ushers in with
full orbed beauty the autumnal season.
The hunters moon marks another transit
tionand announces another genial period
of the year, the Indian summer, which
begins about the first of next month,
and is Natures last festival in this lati-
tude before banking up for winter.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1877-11-01
The price of Chromos has Just been greatly
The Late.t Fa.hion for Ladies'.

Our attention HAS recently been called to
the Raritan Mdteldssc Godkings, something
entirely new in the way of heavy, thick,
warm, wooden goods, especially adapted for
ladies' wearduring the cold weather now ap-
preaching. These goods are the handsomest,
and most stylish ever seen, and so far as
price is concerned, are a miracle of cheap
ness. They are intended for cloaks, sacques,
dolmans, circulars and jackets, for both
ladies and children, and are to be found at
all the leading dry good stores in the coun-
try. Be particular to ask for the Raritdn
GodkinGs and take no others.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1877-11-01


them in that, or in a globe with goldfish,
or even in a common dish. Then keep
close watch of them, and you'll see all
these wonders.
/ need not tell you anything about
the voice of this little neighbor in green,
for | am sure you've often heard it, in
the twilight, when everything else is
still. 1t must be admitted it is rather a
harsh voice, and in old times, when the
finest palaces were surrounded with frog
ponds, servants were kept stirring the
water by the hour to prevent the poor
little fellows from singing.
During the summer my little neighbor
is a great eater, devouring a host of in
/ sects, worms, and such things. And SO
anxious is he to have them perfectly
fresh, that he catches them alive and eats
| them at once. But in the fall he be-
comes melancholy and leaves offhis food.
And when the weather gets too cool for
his light coat Che has no fur or feather
o%vercoat, you know, he buries himself
snugly in the mud at the bottom of his
native pond, and goes to sleep for the
winter.
A pretty good nap, l should think.
He is often frozen, but he don't seem
to care for that. The first warm weather
of spring brings him out, lively and
bright as ever.
This little fellow is the edible" frog
that means he is eatable; and very nict
he is to eat, too. You would never laugh
at any one else after you had once eater
the delicate white meat that grows unde,
his green skin. 1t tastes like tende
young chicken, and l am sure / don't SCI
why a frog isn't as pleasant to eat as
horrid-looking lobster.
, The edible frog has a cousin-th
green tree-frog. Thisdainty little fello,
| is quite small, and lives on trees. Hi
5 coat is green, too, but it is a lighte
color. If he is not SO dignified as hi
. cousin, he is much more graceful.
Under his toes he has tiny sucker
E which enable him to hold on to the tret
no matter how smooth it may be, an
even on to the under side of a leaf. I
s match his lighter coat, his vest is whit
and he, too, spends his winters in asnu
/; mud-bed at the bottom of a pond.
i There is another little ~"batrachian
which looks like the frog, and that is til
toad. But he is not half as interesting
e in fact, he is a very unpleasant-lookin
r creature. And he is only a distal
t cousin, after all.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1877-11-01

My Little Neighbor in Green.-I have
a curic us little neighbor who always
wears a green coat, and has some droll
ways.
The coat is not plain green, either;
it is relieved by wavy black stripes, and
g~orgeously trimmed with three bands of
gold-color down the back. Then he has
a most dainty vest of gray green panta-
looms Every Tight, and a pair of gold
s~pectacles.
He is a very dignified person, and his
gold specs" make him look as wise as
an owl.
| said he was my neighbor, and he is;
for he lives in a pond not far off. Isup-
pose if you should see him sitting there
on the bank, some morning, you would
call him frog; but that isn't his "Sun-
day-go-to-meeting, scientific name. You
don't suppose the wise men who give
such hard names to all the little inne-
cent creatures in the world (names that
are always printed in italics, and you
"skip") have neglected u little green
friend, do you?
By no means! He belongs to the Ba-
trachian family. l wonder how he'dlike
tiff he knew it.
A droll thing about this little fellow
is, that when he was a baby he wasn't a
little frog, but a little fish. He had a
tail and gills, and swan around in the
water like other fish. He was called a
tadpole.
As he grew a wonderful change came
over him. In the first place, his gills
withered away. After a while, a pair of
legs burst out of his skin. They grew
quite long, and then another pair burst
out in front of the first ones, and he be-
came the possessor of a tongue. The
next thing that happened was, his long
tail shrank away, his lungs developed,
and at last he hoped out of the water a
perfect frog-batrachian, l mean.
If you think this too strange to be
true, you can see the whole thing for
yourself. Any time in the spring, 60 to
the nearestfrog-pond, where you will find
plenty of the eggs floating on the sur
face. Gather a few and put them in
water. If you have an aquarium, put
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1877-11-01
Vienna Rolls.

To one quart of lour add two teaspoons
ougkly, put in a little salt, and rub a table
spoonful of lard or butter through the flour;
use enough sweet milk for a soft dough, no ]
out and cut with q round cutter; fold over
like a turnover, wetting the edges with
milk to make them adhere; wash over with
milk to give them a gloss, place in pan SO
they will not touch each other, and bake
fifteen or twenty minutes. They are de-
licinus.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1877-11-01
EIraA.

The Chicago Museum caught fire, at six
O'Clock, a few mornings since, and the por-
ton containing the thester wa completely
Quilted. Chaplin and Cores liquor establish
ment, beneath, was damaged by the water
used, and the museum animals all died from
suffocation. John R. Walsh is the proprie-
tor, and Tony Denier lessee of the museum
and theater, the loss of which is estimated
at $4,000 or $4,000. Chaplin & Gore esti-
mate their loss at $4,000. These are re-
garded as outside figures. The insurance
on all the property injured is two or three
times the amount of loss. The theater is the
first built after the great fire.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1877-11-01

PREMATURE loss of the hair, which is so
common nowadays, may be entirely pre-
vented by the use of BURNETT's COCAINE.
1t has been used in thousands of cases
where the hair was coming out in handsful.
and has never failed to arrest its decay and
to promote a healthy and vigorous growth
It is at the same time unrivaled as q
dressing for the hair, A single application
will render it soft and glossy for several
days.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1877-11-01

two dollars. The murderers sought to de-
stroy all trace of their crime by burning the
bodies of their victims. Intense excitement
prevailed iu the neighborhood and two
tramps were arrested IN suspicion of having
committed the deed.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1877-11-01
Awful CoIliery Explosion near elias
cow, Scotland.

LONDON, Oct. 22.-An explosion has oc-
CURED in the ~colliery at High Blantyre, near
Glasgow. Four hundred men were in the
mine. A large number were killed.
A Glasgow dispatch SAYS the most intense
excitement prevails over the colliery explo-
sion. Exploring miners are ~endeavoring to
get at the miners, but have little hopes of
rescuing any. The bottom of the pit is said
to be full of dead bodies.
GLASGOW, Oct. PA special train sent
to bring the injured of the colliery explo.
sion to the Glasgow Infrmary has returned,
no one having been got out alive. Twenty
dead bodies have been recovered. II is
feared the entire four hundred in the col
liery when the explosion occurred nave per-
ished.
GLASGOW, Oct. 22.-The latest particulars
from High Blantyre show that two hundred
and thirty-three men descended into the
mines this morning. None of these, except
one, who was working neal the shaft at the
time of the explosion, has been rescued up
to a late hour this evening. Very little hope
of rescuing the men is entertained, as the
explosion occurred at nine o'clock in the
morning, and the exploring parties had to
relinquish their efforts in one pit ct four in
the afternoon, because of the poisonous
gases at the bottom of the shaft Of the other
pit, the coIliery comprising two pits, with
Communication between them. A faint
knocking has been heard, but SO far, it has
been impossible to reach the bottom of the
shaft.
[LATER.l
GLASGOW, Oct. 22.-Explorers have re-
sumed operation at the first pit. They
report forty corpses lying at the foot of the
shaft.
The shaft at the bottom of which knock.
ing was heard is rapidly collapsing, and ex.
plorers, consequently, are attempting to
reopen communication from the other mine,
They have penetrated about half a mile, but
have still one hundred and fifty fathoms to
clear. SO they can not possibly reach the
men who are supposed to be imprisoned
before morning. 1t is feared that by that
time few, if any, will remain alive.
LONDON October 23.-The work of ex.
ploring the e%olliery at High Blantyre, in
which the explosion occurred yesterday,
proceeded throughout the night. Four mi.
ners were discovered alive about eleven
o'clock, but in so exhausted a condition
that one died before morning, and another
is hopelessly Frustrated. Mining experts
say all the men in the pits persisted, but
even If any are alive now, no rescue party
can reach them in less than eight or ten days.
The work of bringing up the dead was
resumed this morning. The bodies are
fearfully burned and mangled. The e1.
plosien wal Of terrific violence.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1877-11-01

MRS. MILLS was asked the other day
how she managed to get along SO nicely
with Mr.. Mills, and frankly replied:
"Oh, l feed him well. When a woman
marries, her happiness for a little while
depends upon the state of her husbands
heart; after that it's pretty much &C
cording to the state of the stomach"
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1877-11-01
Truth and FalsehoOd.-

Truth and Falseh0Od.-"Willie, why
were you gone 30 long for the water?'
asked the teacher of a little boy.
"We spilled it, and had to go back
and fill the bucket again" was The reply;
but the bright noble face was a shade
less bright, less noble than usual, and
the eyes dropped beneath the teachers
gaze.
The teacher crossed the room and
stood by another, who had been Willie's
companion.
FREDDY, were you not gone for the
water longer than necessary
For an instant Freddy's eyes were
fixed on the floor, and his face wore a
| troubled look. But it wa only for an
instant-he looked frankly up to his
teachers face.
eyes, ma'am," he bravely answered
1--WE met little Harry Braden and stopped
to play with him, and then we spilled
the water and had to go back"
Little friends, what was the difference
in the answers of the two boys? Neither
of them told anything that was moi
strictly true. Which of them do you
think the teacher trusted more fully
after that? And which was the happier
of the two?
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1877-11-01

THE average duration of life is esti
mated at thirty three. and ne-half
years.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1877-11-01

AN English lady and two servants
ran up a bill of five hundred and eighty
dollars in a Chicago hotel, and then paid
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1877-11-01
Weighing the Thanksgiving Turkey

Weighing the Thanksgiving Turkey.
"Here, sirl Please take this bird
around to Albro's, and see how much it
weighs"
The idea! What would the folks over
the way say, to see the professor walk
ing out with a big turkey under his arm :?
That was the way the thing presented
itself to the good-natured college-student
acting as a private tutor in the family.
But Mrs. Simpson, the portly and prac-
teal housewife, had no such idea of the
fitness of things.
1t was the day before Thanksgiving,
and the farmer who had agreed to sup
ply her with a turkey had brought it,
but had not weighed it, and, of course,
they could not agree on its weight, all
of which ended in the startling propo-
sition with which we began.
swell, if you amt the laziestman-!
Just as though it was going to hurt you
any to take this bird down to- the corner
and backW she went on, as she saw me
looking, apparently, for a hole to crawl
into, but in reality for the broom,
which, when 1 found, l made use of in
putting into execution a plan l had
formed for weighing the turkey at home.
hung the broom-handle to the gas
jet by a wire loop, and slid it along in
the loop until it balanced. By this
time all were curious to see what l was
about.
l then fixed a wire to the turkeys feet,
and hooked it SO that it would slide on
the broom-handle. Next / got a fat
iron and fixed it in the same way
When the broom was nicely balanced, ]
hung the turkey on the broom end
of the stick, two inches from the
balancing loop. Then l hung the fat,
iron on the other side, and showed il
along until it balanced the turkey
Next | measured the distances of the
turkey and fat-iron from tie balancing
loop, and found that the turkey hung
two inches and the flat-iron eight inches
from the balancing loop. That vas all
l had found the weight of the turkey
and told them: Twenty-four pounds.
"Do you s'pose Pm going to believe
all that ~tomfoolery? It doesn't weigh
more'n twenty, l know. Here, Maggie
take this out and ask Albro to weigh il
for YOU"
"rm blamed if he hasn't hit it about
right" said the farmer who had bought
the turkey. GLOW did you find outT
"Well, you see," said 1, "the f~lat-iror
has a figure 6 on it; that shows it weighs
six pounds. Now, if the turkey had no
weighed more than the fat-iron, they
would have balanced each other at tn,
same distance from the balancing loop
but the turkey was heavier, SO l had t.
move the lat-iron out further. At tn,
same distance from the loop as the tur
key 1.-TWO inches) the iat-iron pulled 81,
pounds weight, and at every addition o
that distance it would pull six pound
more. Thus, at four inches it pullet
twelve pounds; at six inches, eighteen
pounds; and at eight inches, twenty-fou
pounds. At that distance it inst bal
anced the turkey, thus proving that i
weighed -"
"Well, Maggie, what does Albro say +?
"Twenty-four poun', num-" replie'
Maggie, coming in.
"Well, / give up" said Mrs. Simpson
and she did; and SO do It'll mex
time.-G. M. Shav, 81. Nicholas for NJ
Uember.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1877-11-01

RALPH WALDO EMERSON is seventy
six years old.