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The New Bloomfield, Pa. times. (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1877-188?, 1877-10-16
Select Poetry.
A BuTTERCuP.

A little yellow buttercup
Stood laughing in the sun
The grass all green around 1t,
The summer just begun
Its saucy little head abrim
With happiness and fun.
Near by-grown old, and gone to seed,
A Adandelion grew
To right and left with every breeze
His snowy tresses flew,
He shook his hoary head and said:
"I've some advice for you.
DON'T think, because you're yellow now,
That golden days will last
was as gay as you are, once,
But now my youth is past,
This day will be my last to bloom;
= The hours are going fast.
"Perhaps your fun may last week,
But then you'll have to die.'
The dandelon ceas ed to speak,
A breeze that capered by
Snatched all the white hair from his head,
And waited it on high.
His yellow neighbor first looked sad,
Then cheering up, he said
Z" If ones to live in fear of death,
One might as well be dead"
The little buttercup laughed on,
And waved his golden head.
The New Bloomfield, Pa. times. (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1877-188?, 1877-10-16
Joe somewhat; he at last comprehended

Joe somewhat; he at last comprehended
1t.
"My God Mark, have mercy" he
groaned think Of my poor wife. Re
verse the engine or we are lost ~
:" do think of your wife, and that
nerves me to go to my death smiling
and joyously, because you go along with
me-" returned this fend. More
steam, more steam, If we do blow up.
What care Y'
He turned to the coal-tender. There
was n flash in his face, q report rang out
and he tottered, and dropped down
among the wheels. Something hot
spurted upward-blood-an the train
jolted.
A woman clambered down from among
the coal. 1t was Jennie, pale as death,
revolver in hand.
"You, Jennie ?" moaned poor Joe
cor is it fancyP"
'' It Is /, Joe. distrusted that man,
you remember, and before the train left
1 armed myself and sprang on to the
last car. You made such speed that /
have been all this time getting here; /
wasn't used to running along the roofs,
you know, and leaping from one car to
another; but here / am, and Just in
time, joe"
God bless you, darling but fear il
is too late. Where is my watch 2"
That villain took it with him when
he dropped under the VIII cells. What is
to be done 2"
We must go on just the way we are
going now. If we can't reach Apsley
Junction before the express we are lost "
And SO they still tore on through the
murky night, plunging deathward with
every second, Jennie looking steadily
ahead.
:" see lantern, Joe."
A lantern !" he cried, trying to rise
1T is the switchman at Apsley juno
ton !"
AT the same instant both heard the
weird and ominous scream of whistle.
1t is the express approaching at the
other endp shouted Joe, with the sud
den energy of despair. IF we have
two minutes in our favor we are saved |
What is the color of the lantern, Jenny,
darling"
Red, and he waves it up and down.
He is running across the track ~
Sound the whistle four times ~
screamed Joe. " 1t is the signal to
switch us offl''
She knew how. Three shrieking
blasts and a long concluded wall. The
watchman had set his lanturn down.
One minute! Over the rails they jump
ed and were safe on the siding With q
rusty groan the watchman closed the
switch. A flash and yell, and express
No. so had safely passed Both trains
were secure. Two minutes!
" Kiss me, Joe--no danger now," she
whispered.
He caught her just in time, for she
had tainted. Already he had reversed
the engine, and the train was standing
still. The old switchman, with his
lantern, came hobbling over.
g You whistled in the nick of time, .
he croaked, tremulously. There was
only two minutes between you and
eternity, my man"
Two minutes" said Joe, "and a
woman's loving heart!"
And that was true.
Sharp County record., 1877-09-14

There was no force available to llne the
height and cover to ever so little extent
the wounded lying on and behind it from
the Bashi- -Bazouks, who too certainly
were prowling in the vicinity, and ever
coming nearer and nearer. An attempt
had, indeed, been made to get together
a detachment of infantry for this pur-
pose, and bugler, at the Generals
order, perSistently sounded the assem-
bly,, bur the result was merely to gather
a handful of Stragglers from half a dozen
different regiments; and although but a
company was wanted, that trivial
strength could not be collected, so the
General, his staff, and his escort took up
for the time a kind of informal forepoSt
duty, and there we waited till the pale,
calm moon rose and poured the sheen
of her white radiance over the battle
field. While it was yet dark there had
been no cessation of the firing, both ar
tillary and muSketry, and now that heav-
en- was holding candle to he'll, the fire
waxed warmer and briSker Up from
out of it, with broken tramp, came de-
tachment, silent, jaded, powder-grimed,
There could not have been a company
all told; a Lieutenant marched at its
head, and it was the remnant, so far as
could be gathered, the sole remnant, of
one ofthe finest tregiments of the Thirty
second Division that had crossed the
Sharp County record., 1877-09-14
Burdened with BriC.a-BraC.

An English BarOnet, named Sir VIII
liam Gregory WeIby, has discovered
that one may indeed have too much Of
good thing. He is the head of an an
ciont family in Lincolnshire, where his
ancestors served as High Sheritfs as
long ago as the reign Of Richard II. and
Henry VII, and he owns, among other
places, a seat called Denton Hall. At
Denton Hall ne finds himself plagued
with an accumulation of heirlOoms, -
chiefly bequeathed by Gregory Gregory,
of ofHarlaxton, long ago, to his heir-at-Iaw
They consist Of tapestries, furniture,
plate, and other valuables, and such is
the bulk of them that they have to be
packed into all sorts of places, and
watched and cared for at a great eX-
pense. The tapestries, in particular,
are a great burden to him. They are
Gobelins, many Of them twenty-siX feet
long and twelve feet wide, and it is one
mans work for year to pack, unpack,
and look after them. Then there is q
small silver mine OF plate, including an
epergne which weighs 6j8 ounces, and
solid silver chandler weighing 1892
ounces. Driven beside himself at last
by this enlbarrGS de rjcbeSSeS, Sir Will
liam Gregory Welby has got bill
brought into Parliament to allow him
to dispose of such Of them as he does
not need. 1t has passed the Lords and
is now before the Commons, and as Sir
Williams wife was a maid Of honor Of
the Queen and is an old friend Of her
Majesty, it is supposed that Windsor
Castle will bid for good many Of the
Gobelins. The collectors are in a great
state Of mind over the prospective drag
ging forth to the light Of such treas
ure of INTERCHANGEABLE York World.
Sharp County record., 1877-09-14
A New Hampshire Love Affair.

In Nashua, N. H., thing has hap
penod not wholly new under the sun.
A Young man of Nashua fell in love with
a Girl who disliked him. He gave her
RING worth so on condition that she
would keep pcompanywith himfora week,
supposing that be could win her afec-
tions in that time-which sets in pleas
ant light the Arcadian customs Of the
Granite State. He failed, however, and
then hired her pa his true love ag.in-
the+ime~for 8eI Illon+h and -for a silk
dress worth S35, throwing in another
ring before the expiration of that time,
only to find that he was turned Off with
contempt when the contract came to an
end. This curious lover was then gull
ty of the inexpressible meanness Of de-
manding back the rings and dress,
which the girl refused to give him. The
story is full of queer suggeS
tions. 1t is evident that the young lady
made a pretty fair discount in the re-
tail price of her company for week
when it was sought by wholesale for a
month; and the question naturally
arises whether the SuitOr might
not have secured her forever on
liberal terms by offering a good round
sum. 1t is obvious that he stopped his
commercial operations at a point where
it is usual for people in the fashionable
world to begin theirs. Before marriage,
politenesS, attention and good humOr on
the part Of young gentlemen are things
prescribed by good breeding, andthOugh
lovers should give presents and girls
overflow with affection during the court
inc era, every ring as well as every kiss
is looked upon, in accordance with a
wholesome social fiction, as a SpOnta-
neous expression Of love. 1t is only
when the marriage settlements come to
be discussed that the financial basis on
on which the New Hampshire lover con-
Quoted his suit is reached. If a girl of
an acquisitive turn could get all the
iewelry and silk dresses she wanted
without sacrificing her freedom or her
good name, why should she rush into
matrimony? As for the young man,
unless he was prepared to rival Jacob
of old, he should have abandoned his
enterprise after the outlay for the first
gold ring. If he could make no impress
sion in week he ought to have known
that nothing but siege Of several years
would prove effective. .-NeU York WOrJd
Sharp County record., 1877-09-14
Effects OF Imagination.

The case is that of Henry c, Ersh-
man, residing near the boundary OF the
county, near Sweetwood, who is large
owner of irOn-ore lands, and the pos
SCISSOR Of considerable property. Up to
within several weeks ago he was hale
and hearty, and, Notwithstanding his
abundance of this worlds goods, he gen
erally wore one suit Of clothes during
the week and on Sunday. Severalweeks
ago he was startled because he imagined
that very foul smell either came from
his ears, or mouth, or the pores OF the
skin. He was greatly alarmed, and i'm
agined he was sinking into galloplng
consumption, and was gradually decay
inc. He was unable to sleep, became
haggard and emaciated, and even his
friends began to imagine that his end
was near at hand. He dressed HIM
self regularly, and was determined
to keep on his feet, He went
into the fields and in the
woods determined to fight down
the disease, but wherever he went the
same dreadful stencil and feeling came
DER him. Finally an old woodchopper
met him in the woods one day. The
woodsman had long talk with him, and
he stood quite close to examine him.
Then the woodsman asked the sick
man for his coat. It was examined.
The woodsman carried it away twenty
yards, and it was discovered that the
stencil followed. The coat was then
thoroughly examined and a dead mouse
was found in the lining. The mouse had
by some means gotten into the lining Of
his coat and died there, and its decay
inc remains caused the unpleasant
efiuyia, When this was made known
the sufferer gained courage, and as he
slowly realized what imagination had
done, he rallied and was soon on a IA
vorable road to the best Of health again.
-Readjng Po) Eagle.
Sharp County record., 1877-09-14
Black Hills Newspapers.

A Deadwood correspondent Writes,
I think the best idea of life and JmeN Ih
Dcadwood may be gained by a gi' nee
over if3 daily newspapers, which, by the
,yav. are slightly larger than sheet Oh
fooIscap and are delivered to any part
of the city ut SIS. per year, OF - per
month. the editor taking he canton u"
announce in his prospectus that ne eA- e.AI
poets every subscriber to "doWh WIN
rhe dust" and not offer " coon SKINS
scalps or watered bug juice, in. pay
ment. As he is here in Deadwood intend
inc TO "prospect through the murky
channels of literature solely for the
colors." The paper before US calls at
,ention to the opening Of new bank
ing-hOuse and the novel way IN Whlch
they do such things here IS indicated by
the EDITORS assurance that "the opening
of Brown g. Thum's new bank will be
celebrated tonight, and George Shingle
saws he will have~a corps Of attentive
walters to supply the wants OF gentlemen
who desire any thing in his line OF re-
freshments. and we do not speak wide
of the mark when we say ne can put
them up right A local notice in an
other part Of the paper tells US that
:, Bloom, on Lee Street, is in receipt OF
party vests, ties aud gloves, which will
be in demand foUF j. grand opening"
We are infOrme8 that on q toll-gate
house on the Bear Buttes Road is u SIGN
reading thus: FLOose pilgrims, free
packed pilgrims, five cents, and that
the "preyailingl color Of pantaloons
wore bv goId-mdA in the Hills is a shade
between a salt fckerel and Il Goldfish. -
There is every Symptom that Dead
woodis q fast tOvh for a local announce
ment saws: A" trs. Marquette, whose
husband poisonet himself on Monday
night, married Tuesday morning, be-
fore her dead husband was fairly cold.
This is only a prbof of the business-hke
character of so. le of the denizens Of
Deadwood.n An appeal for charity in
behalf of the poor is couched in the fol-
lowing ornate language: Miners, men
of wealth, you upon whom the Hills has
seen fit to lavish her richest treasure; !;
you to whom the earth has chosen to
empty her apron Of goId-did it ever oc-
cur to your mind that thousands more
deserving than Tou have been denied
these gifts, and have been reduced to
beggary, while they labored, struggled
and endured to procure them?"
Sharp County record., 1877-09-14

pa. The gentleman made himself
agreeable. and, beingtalland handsome,
of course soon ngratiated himself with
the iron kings daughter. One day,
finding himself alone, he proposed there
and then. "HuSh." said the lady, "pa-
pa is asleep on the sofa and might hear
Won. Let us take stroll ON deck 81
am very sorry, said the lady, resuming
the conversation on deck, "But, Of
course, You did not knowwhen You uwere
talking to me below that | was engaged.
But | have sister ut home who is eX-
actlv like me, You would not know us
apart, and when we return home | will
introduce YOU to her" The introduc-
ton followed in due course, and the
marriage within six months. The court
ship all took place by proxy.-London
Letter.
Sharp County record., 1877-09-14
How Some British Girls Marry.

The richest heiress now on the en-
gagged list is Miss Crawshay, the
daughter of the Vulcan of the Hills in
South Wales. Her dowry is said to be
E5O0,0O0, and she is about to bestow
this with her hand and heart upon a
brietless barrister on the South Wales
circuit. I should be very happy to take
her sister upon the same terms, if I felt
inclined to marry-for money. These
irOnmaSter'S daughters have a very con-
siderate way Of selecting poor men for
their husbands, for Sir George Elliott's
daughter married one of the special cor
respondents of the Daily Ne1cS, and a
few days ago the heiress of a Durham
coIIiery proprietor boited with the ed
itor of a north country newspaper. It
is said of one of these ladies, perhaps it
would be cruel to say which-for the
maneuyer after all was innocent enough
that meeting a gentleman on board a
steamer which was engaged in laying
dcep-sea cable in the Atlantic, they very
naturally took to flirting on the quarter
deck. The lady was all alone with pa
Sharp County record., 1877-09-14
Scandal Denounced.

In the ReyeiJJe reporters wanderings
about town last night he heard a lady,
talking across the street to a neighbor,
thus deliver herself on the subject of
scandal: "Of all things | do hate in
this world it is a scandalizing woman.
Now, there's Mrs JingIetongue, that
every body knows isn't bit better than
she ought to be, and whose two
daughters cut up so shameful that no
decent woman ought to speak to them,
and whose husband gets drunk, and
they do say she owes for that grenadine
she puts on so many airs in over her
betters. II I was to say any mean
things about people like she does I would
pull my tongue out by the roots, the
nasty, scandalizing, stuck up old cat
dustin (NeU.) ReUejlJe.
Sharp County record., 1877-09-14
Sending Plants to Sleep With Ether,

Several members of the Partisan BiO1
logical Society have recently been en-.
gagged in a series of experiments which
seem to prove that every thing endowed
with life, whether animal, plant or fer
ment, is susceptible Of being brought
under the influence of anGStheticS; in
other words, may be sent to sleep. 1t
has been proved that the influence of
anMStheticS extends to all the animal
tissues, and last of all to the central
nervous system. Hence, it was argued,
plants having tissues must also be sub
ject to the influence of ether, etc. En-
perimentS have proved this to be the
case termination is arrested by an9s-
thetics. The water-creSs, for example,
within 30 hours. Ether
arrests termination in this plant, but
does not destroy that faculty. Itmerely
sends the plant to sleep, for termination
recOmmenceS as soon as the use of ether
is suspended, This capability of being
sent to sleep is not confined to plants;
it extends to ferments. Thus the
ferment of beer, what submitted for "a
hours to the influence of ether, becomes
perfectly dormant, but RECEIVERS activity
as soon as anmsthetic action is suspend
ed.-B0St0n Chemical Journal.
Sharp County record., 1877-09-14

"A man stood on a street corner in
Chicago one day this week, slowly and
deliberately tearing to pieces avery fair
looking pocketbook-frst pulling out
the partitions, then drawing out the lin
ings, and finally ripping the leather
across and tossing the whole wreck into
the street. "What'r you doing that
for?" exclaimed a friend, who came
along. "Well, III tell you" replied the
man, "the fact is, I've got tired carry
ing around something that's of no
earthly use to me whatever!"-Chicaq0
Journal.
Sharp County record., 1877-09-14
TO CORRESPONDENTS.

All ''mmunications for this paper -hOuldue
accompanied by the name of the author, not
nt'y~S'llly republication, but M evidence Of
good faith on the port of fbc writer Write
ohlN ON one side Of the paper BE particularly
careful IN giving names and dates, tu have
all letters on figures plain and distinct
Sharp County record., 1877-09-14

WITHIN two years 5000 London chill
dren have been taught to swim by the
Health Society.
Sharp County record., 1877-09-14

The census gave Paris, in 1876, 1885,
8O6 inhabitants. The number by De-
cember, 1877, will reach two millions.
The next census will be in 1880.
Sharp County record., 1877-09-14

Yet happy were they, pitiable as was
their plight, in comparison with their
fellows who had Uttered the battlefield,
and had been left behind in RadisoyO.
The fate of the former we knew from
what we had ourselves seen; of the lat
ter, it was told to us by scared messen-
gers that the Bashi-BazOuks had in the
dead of night worked round our left
flank, and had fallen upon them and
butchered them in their helplessness.
, 1877-12-11
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v@eLd Elm 3ufaa!" rief bic GrcfnD =
rSlt bds nidt Gbance Sud bier gu tretIen
untermess! Gerao' bah id an Sud
seoadt, ba lab i'd Sud fOmmen."
u3ufaI = pber Bug bes 9erSens,
nenn's mie gu. piait, 6%ermanee," ernie
berte Blanca unb erbpb ben Singer. -
rSu meibt, mie's beibt I'M Seutiden: bic
eolen Seelen finoen iid, gu @aller nno gu
2anbe."
Sic CAB ibr einen i6pelterll6en aub
unb ~liiterte ibr etwas in oas DIR, NOR
auf 5ermance bas Slut perrdtberild in
bic @ansen ities. Damn parote tie ibr
Yfero uno gribte our6 cine 9raeible Sez
ipe9uns Der 5ano uno Geisen oes appfes.
"A viszontatasig," rief tie bell uno
iprengte oappn in Der Hidtun9 na6 gfez
met Bpprao.
% lieber liiber edat," iprad Ser
nance sdrtlid, uwie sladli6 bin i'd, bab
i'd Sid bab."
G5ort'esnng rolqt.)
, 1877-12-11
Sic w0dentlide Yreb fit 1878.
Sic Jamilien= unc DEMONSTRATING BON
NennSplnauten

Sic Jamilien= umn Misunderstanding bon
Yenniplpauien.
Seoin9ureen 81 .5O idbrl 9otqelo oorausbe5ablt
$3.50 ldbrl., poltoelo oordushejabtt.
$50 jdbrl., ~l,oItqelo oorousbejablt.
Die gSeeflg Nreff pirb oas fir Teniliploanien
Ieii, loas peilnl nluaniel bent SdnDe lit Iolio, tibtig
lno reid al Queqer.
S%eionoere Ginribtungen fir 1878.
1. Spn. .Spbn 2S. Jornep 9ebt oirier berbit
fir tie YrtR III oas Wu4laro uuo miro in europa
Inler europdiItes Oepartement perpdlten. Seiie
Nusltelum9sbr BON paris weroen Die belten unb in.
boltrelbiten iein, ipelde in iraeno c net 3eittna Der
Yer. Staaten oeroffsntii6t iperoen.
2. Tim Die WSelt. Wr. De 9. @anopIpb
q int nlto cine @njahl Vriefe y rottentiibfn, 10 lhs
iulate Der Ser. staeten auf oer 9an3en eroe ent=
balteit.
8; Mr: 20. .9S. 0ebin miro cine Mniapt gttis
tel lieIern iiber ielne Helle i'm Soinmer 1877 5u otn
Seuer= Nnbetern in Sieu-yaer TO uuo iibsr Die st1uin,n
Der oerihutteteil MjtefensS
T. Or. u. Sbeltpn @afen5ie bat oas litera'
rllfs Department Der WeetlD NreE unter ieiitsr
s Dr. 7bpmas Meeban bic tefte gutoritGt
in ben Der. staaten = bat Das Nderbau % partner
ililter I'D. Gieies lna6t Die 0Seeflp YreR our
3 aus: 3sitnna oes 5armers, bic obne 1Ieibsn 1T.
g.. MGrfte.-VoaItdnoiae Sinanj. urp banoels=
beribte nit @inf9luB hes Geloess, Die Srubt, 9aurl=
ipoqe, oes 6ornoi, bs uno bes anseneinen Mart es Der
Yer. Staten nit elmer ipD)entliden Rlno Id)au iiber
Die europ0iiden Mdrfte.
Mnoere Observation-Disclosures tperoet an9efiinoi9t,
iobalp lie einseri6tet Iinb.
GIub-S~ eSingungen.
5 Gremplare, ! Sabr, 9otsclo bora usbei abIt. 81 90
10 @rempiare. Sabr, qohaeIo porausbeiablt.. 10 90
20 @remplar, l Sabr, G~'oiteelo oorou sbejablt. "a 90
80 Gremplars. l Sabr, 9oitseto porausbejablt ..35 90
80 0remplare, l Sobr, poitseto porausbe jablt. 81 90
Den 6riinoern opn Clubs bon 5ebn oper mebr piro
elm @rtras@remplar ee9eben.
probe' ylun,lnern iperben allen 4ppfifanten unent.
geltlid 3u9ebift.
Nae Nnpelfun9et, Gbefs ooer ppItofice- Mnlpeiiuns
gen lolten jablbar aen1ad,t peroen an Die Sroer bon
s. 8. Nenin, IT,, 5dabmeiiter.
The Weekly Press
iutro ieben Samffag herDffentfidbt bon Der
Yrek G%pmpagnic, ltmitirt.
Ode S%tebenter mnb G%besfnutftr.,
Sm2Ono.i a.ip philadelphia.
, 1877-12-11
NerlnmAt!

NerI0n0f!
Gin eneraiid,er mann pner cine bran In ieeem
Gpmntp, nm Sic Nsentur fir ,pei Der %pppnldr'
tfen Nnblitatipnem i'm 2ance au iiberneDren:
Bier Der ld,pnffen Gbrpmos ga BET ~ SOL
iencs) erbGlt iener Gubieribent. Die bette Gems
bination, meld,e ie Msenten ansebrten tpurne,
mnb Bic libcralffcn @cbinsunsen fir Subferts
benton. lnierc idbDns @ublifaticnen, siesaite
Wrdmien unb sroRe committeeman teller nms
iHuffrfrte Girtulare unc Benin9mnsen..
g. y. II. E. @eaein. SeraMsseber.
4m21no. ala S%dniomffr.. Nbtlaoeipbtd.
, 1877-12-11
81

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Ellen Czesneck" antwprtete eS surild
unc bic Barteien trafen auf chamber unp
ihattelten ii1 bic 9dnoe.
Dlit freunolidem 5priden slitt Sian>
cas- 8lid ppn benz lt%rablenoen IntllBe
Sermanee's su benz ibres 8esleiters ber>
iber. = rGute, sludlide D(eni6en ibr. "
eadte iie, erwdrmt BON Der Slldleligteit,
bic wie elm beller, warmer Sdeln aus
ibren Wlienen berpprbrah.
, 1877-12-11
M9enten
National Life Insurance Co.,

Der Yer. ct b. u.
Sisie Gpmpo9nie ,puroe i'm Sabre 1868 unter eine1n
pom s pn9reB a%enebmiaten SreibrieIe s%esriinoet. Sic
be9innt jebt cine enerailbe Notwithstanding unb 1T
frei BON ieoer Yerbinoun9 nit anoeren Gnmpagnien.-
Sbr Sapital lit in ben 6Gnosl gutter Manner.-Sbre
&apitalanlagen iino iider; lie leiitet unalpeifelbaite
Siherbeit ibren 4~olicensSnbaberu nebit ~nieoriaen ge=
Man penbe lih ait .. e. HusscQ,
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y alsiu>S Aefielsoorf.
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Bfllebtes Urobe=UQd,et.

Ghtbalteno BON rs bis 1876 ilnpprtlrte Isr,ieruuas.
Stloer. Sur TerjierunS bon 5DpIermaasen, scrap.
Yihern etc.
0urd Die qoit %oeriaupt, @oitsslp be3ablt, mad, GIN.
pfan9 BON 25 Gents.
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