The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1880-01-22


correspondence must be handed in not
later than Wednesday noon to insure
insertion in the current issue.
Revival meetings in the NJ. E.
church this week.
Best table syrup in town at Nor
gester's. Give it trial.
-Mince meat, Cranberries, Hickory
nuts, Oranges and Lemons at Nor
gester's.
IL you want to buy furniture
cheap call on Bowers before purchas-
ing elsewhere.
Company H dance at Maginnis'
hall tomorrow (Friday) evening, for
the benefit of Capt. Schnning's watch.
Tickets 80 cents. All are invited.
The Supervisors are doing a good
thing by putting hand rails at the
places where the sidewalks cross gull
leys at different points about town.
The stock that I have on hand
now I will sell at old prices, but the
next bills l may have to raise the
prices. Call in next door to the
bakery.
Ben. Dill had his right hand
thumb nearly sawed off at Ely's saw
mill on Saturday afternoon last. He
will have II stiff thumb, which will
10 l. tlo, ,n tl,,,,,h
Township election OF Feb. 18th
We are prepared to print township
tickets in large or small quantities
on short notice. Make your nOmina
tions and send the tickets to THE
ADVOCATE Office.
That splendid organ sold by D, s.
Andrus &c Co., Williamsport, Pa, foI
S75.0O-cash-w stops, solid wal
nut case and 5 feet % inches high, is
sold now for $4,000 with one more
stop and the grand organ knee swell
additional. Write them. Terms easy
on long time also.
The Musical journal, published by
d. S. Andrus & Co., Williamsport, has
been received for January. Besides
miscellaneous selections the present
number contains the words and music
for angels Called Thee Little Dar-
ling" and Hearth and Home" be,
sides q transcription of the song and
chorus Fairy Footsteps Gently Fal-
ling" Price 60 cents year, single
copies 6 cents.
The Ridgway School Directors
will cover themselvs with large
amount of glory and also add to thC
decent appearance Of that portion o
the village in which is situated the
Graded School building, by building
a new fence in place of the tumble.
down structure which now embraces
three sides of the school grounds.
And, gentlemen, when you build
make it of iron, and your glory will be
complete.
In the last issue of the BrookvillC
Graphic Democrat, w. G. Clark re-
tires from that paper and Mr.. Horn,
formerly of the Jc6ersonian, takes his
place. The paper can now blow on
its own Horn. Mr. Clark in his fare
well address 1--WE have often thought
that country editors farewell address
might be compared to Washington
farewell address to the Continental
army, although it is just possible that
the comparison may be far fetched
says he started the Graphic in 1876
with ten dollars borrowed capital,
which he paid back, and that he now
retires with twenty-five cents in his
pocket and a due bill for a second
hand sewing machine. My son es,
chew ambition.
Readers of standard books will be
pleased to notice the great progress of
"The Literary Revolution" which is
being pushed by the AMERICAN Book
EXCHANGE, New York. Among theiI
books just issued, or nearly ready, are
very neat edition of the Koran OF
Mohammed, complete, 35 cents; Ma.
caulay's England in three volumes,
Sl.5O; Milton's Poetical Works, com
plete, 80 cents; in the Aeme Libroyy
Of BiOgrdohy, II volumes formerly
published at 1925 each now brought
into one volume, for so cents; in
Modern Classics, Vicar of Wakefield,
Rasselas, Piccilola, Paul and Virginia,
and Undine, all in one volume, 80 cts
nicely illustrated green ebony bound
uolumes of Arabian Night, Robinson
Crusoe, Pilgrims Progress, Baron
Munchausen and Gulliver's Travels
each 80 cents, and a book of humo1
and wisdom by the Author of Spar
rowgrass papers; all in good and
some in large type, and well and
handsomely bound in cloth. Descrip-
tive catalogues will be sent free on
request.