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Towanda daily review. [volume] (Towanda, Pa.) 1879-1921, 1881-02-23

Having sold my retail Furniture and Un-
taking business, known as the Bridge Street
Furniture Store to L. B. Pierce | would re-
spectfully recommend those III need Of goods
III his line to call on him at the old stand.
| also wish to inform those indebted to me
that it will be necessary to settle the accounts
soon. 4. Z. HICKS.
January /, 1881.
Towanda daily review. [volume] (Towanda, Pa.) 1879-1921, 1881-02-23

Works Co. was a schedule Of the location Of
the hydrants ready for use.
Councilman Holcomb offered the following
resolution:
WHEREAS, The Towanda Water Works
has notified the Council that twenty-siX hy-
drantS Of their works are completed and
ready for use for supplying water for fire
purposes, therefore
ResOlyed, That fer the purpose of testing
the efficiency Of said hydrant for the purpose
above mentioned, the Burgess and Council be
and they are here by required to examine and
test the same on Il day to be named by the
Engineer in Chief Of the Fire Department,
and that said Chief Engineer shall on the oc-
casion call TO his assistance the several fire
companies Of the Borough to aid in such test,
with proper hose &C., for the accomplish
ment Of the same. Also that the citizens of
the Borough be invited to be present and
witness such test.
The resolution was adopted and the Council
adjourned.
Adjourned.
j. KINGSBURY, Secretary.
Towanda daily review. [volume] (Towanda, Pa.) 1879-1921, 1881-02-23

KNIGHTS or UONOR.-The fee for initia-
ton in Crystal Lodge of this place is now five
dollars. On and after March 7th next it is to
be raised to ten dollars. Persons desiring to
unite with this excellent organization, will do
well to take advantage Of the present low fee.
Application for membership, and full infor-
nation may be obta ned from George Redge-
way on Bridge Street, or from any member
of the Lodge. The Lodge now has seventy
five members. Sick benefits So per week.
Death benefits 81 900.
Towanda daily review. [volume] (Towanda, Pa.) 1879-1921, 1881-02-23
WAN rs.

Under this hedd zoe ,CW insert FREE, notices of
situations or help l00nted.
Wanted, by an Industrious boy IA years old.
place to d0 chores for his board while at
tending school. Enquire at this office.
n good timer is in want of a job is sober,
steady, and Il good workman and understands
the hardware trade and can make himself
useful as Il salesmap. Address q. Ii. s., Tow
anda, Pa. Post otficev60X SIG.
Towanda daily review. [volume] (Towanda, Pa.) 1879-1921, 1881-02-23

Prof. S. +. ACKLEY will hold musical
convention at the N. L. Church in Asylum,
commencing Tuesday evening the 22d inst
and closing with a concert on Friday evening
the 25th. All are cordially invited to attend.
Towanda daily review. [volume] (Towanda, Pa.) 1879-1921, 1881-02-23

Mails arrive and depart at the Towanda
Postoffice as follows.
ARRIVE.
Phila. n. Y. and Eastern States. 400 A. M.
DushOre LapOrte &c.............9.30 s.
l.. V. way mail from the North. 1000 I"
Sheshequln &c,.. Hoo Z"
New Era &c Tues. Thur and Sat. ''
Asylum &c Mon. Wed. and Fri. -
Troy Burlington 90 p. NJ.
LeRaysville Rome &c............ FE
Closed mail from Erie e n CIR RS 2.30
l.. " way mail from the South. .4.30 g
canton &c...... 900 :"
DdIclay 1000. ............. .O.3U "
CPs'd mail firm Elmira & Erie II R10.40 g
DEPART.
Canton MonroetOn &c......... 300 A. NJ
l.. " way mail South ..........9.15 :.
CPsdm,l Elmira Erie 81 n CIR R10.O0
Troy Burlington &c...........10.00
Sneshequin &c. .12.00 NJ.
barclay ..................... ..1.00 p. M.
New Era Tues Thur and Sat-. = g
Asylum Mon Wed and Fri...... g 8.
LeRaySVile Rome &c........... - {"
DuShOre &c... .2.45 g
=. Y. way mail North. .3.45
4 Y Phil and Eastarn States.... .7.45
Office open from 100 A. NJ. 40 p. NJ.
Money Order office open from 500 A. NJ. to
I 90 P. NJ.
Office open Sundays from 900 to 1000 A. NJ
l.. POWELL. L. M.
Towanda daily review. [volume] (Towanda, Pa.) 1879-1921, 1881-02-23
j. KINGSBURY, Secretary.
Adjourned.

The finest building lot in Towanda borough
corner of Poplar and Second streets, between
the residence Of Hon. L. O. Goodrich and
E. Walker, will be sold cheap. Apply to o..
d Kinney.
Towanda daily review. [volume] (Towanda, Pa.) 1879-1921, 1881-02-23
Council Proceedings.

COUNCIL CHAMBERS, Feb. 10, 1881.
The regular monthly meeting of the Coun-
Gil adjourned Feb. 7 for want of quorum, to
be convened subject to a call of the Burgess,
was held this evening. Members present, w.
Ii. Jones, Burgess, Alger, IIocomb, Kings
bury, Keeler, Montanye, Parsels Rahm.
The minutes of the last monthly and special
meetings were read and approved.
The committee appointed at the regular
January session to examine and report on the
Davenport claim for damages resulting from
u fall from side walk, asked and obtained
further time to investigate the case.
On motion of Councilman Montanye the
Treasurer was authorized to accept the terms
of compromise offered by II. 7. June in be-
half of the Episcopal Church, to wit by the
payment of $25, which is to be in full forsid
walk bill of 1877.
At special meeting held Jan. IS, resolu-
ton was adopted requiring G. A. Dayton &
Co. to take measures to abate Il nuisance re-
sulting from generating steam at their mill in
the first ward, by burning buckwhcat hulls.
AS no efforts have been made by the owners
of the property to abate the nuisance, Coun-
Gilman Parsels moved that the Burgess be di-
rectcd to serve notice on Messrs. Dayton &
Kuykendall, that unless the nuisance is abatcd
at once, legal proceedings will be instituted
against them. After some informal remarks
by Messrs. Parsels, Holcomb and others in
which it appeared that the fuel used was det-
rimental to the comfort of citizens in that Vi
entity, and had Il tendency to greatly reduce
the value of their property, the motion of
Mr.. Parscls was unanimously adopted.
Bills amounting to 1911 II were examined
and approved by the Finance Committee and
the Secretary directed to draw orders on the
Towanda daily review. [volume] (Towanda, Pa.) 1879-1921, 1881-02-23

Don't fail to go to JOHN SUILIvAN's, on
Bridge street, for the best five cent cegar.
Towanda daily review. [volume] (Towanda, Pa.) 1879-1921, 1881-02-23

Fresh oysters, of the best quality, at Jor-
dams meat market every day.
Towanda daily review. [volume] (Towanda, Pa.) 1879-1921, 1881-02-23

Every article in the new grocery store of
Swarts & Gordon is fresh and new. Remem-
bcr this when in need of groceries.
Towanda daily review. [volume] (Towanda, Pa.) 1879-1921, 1881-02-23

Teas and coffees of the best grades, fresh
and pure at Swarts e Gordon's.
Towanda daily review. [volume] (Towanda, Pa.) 1879-1921, 1881-02-23

FRESH OYSTERS, received daily and for
sale by the quart or gallon. A. Nj. TITUS.
Towanda daily review. [volume] (Towanda, Pa.) 1879-1921, 1881-02-23

Gas Co.'S bill for Jan. 1881 SSS G5
q. A. Burns, Police, Jan. 1891, 81 co
q. w. OlmmOck, Police, Jan. 20 90
Fire Department, JAN, 80 ~
Lookup, stOYe and broom, 10 As
Lumber, s GS
Streets, labor and repairing tools, II 5S
Justice loungS bill of costs III full, rs 10
Three Judges of election. Is 90
Six Inspectors of election. Is 90
Six Clerks of election, Is 90
Rent of election rooms 1St and 3rd w. 10 90
Miscellaneous, so
Total, $311 "a
The following communication was received
from the President of the Water Works:
To The Honorable Burgess and Council Of
the Borough Of T0,oanda.
You are hereby respectfully informed that
the Towanda Water Works now have twenty
six (26) hydrants erected and ready for use
The Company will cheerfulIy give instruc-
ton in the use and operation Of the said hy-
drants to the Fire Department or whoever
you may direct, whenever you may desire.
TOwANDA WATER WORKS.
BY S. l.. WILEY, Prest.
Towanda, Pa, Feb 10, 1881. s.
Accompanying the lette" from the Water
Towanda daily review. [volume] (Towanda, Pa.) 1879-1921, 1881-02-23

Mails arrive and depart at the Towanda
Postoffice as follows.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1881-01-12
DECOMPOSING MEAT.

One of the most dangerous poisons is
produced by the first stages of decom-
position in sausage and other meats. It
is difficult to understand how some peo-
pie can, as they do, have taste for
"gamey meat" but their number will be
diminished as the reports increase of
fatal cases of poisoning from the eating
of it.-Dr. Foote'S Health MOnthLy.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1881-01-12
A Modern Gretna Green.
(From the New York Tribune. ]

In the town of West Alexander.
Penn, twelve miles from the Ohio and
two miles from the West Virginia line.
lives magistrate who is reputed to
have married 1900 couples within two
with his wedding fees. His popularity
arises from the fact that the laws of
Pennsylvania do not require a marriage
license, while those Of the two neigh
boring states do. He will marry
couple without their leaving their car
riage, or he will allow them to remain
all night and take breakfast with him,
charging judiciously for board and
lodging. His regular charges for mar
rying a couple is S. He sometimes
has from three to five couples at time
awaiting to be made one, and all in a
hurry from fear lest those who pursue
will catch up in time to forbid the
banns. Sometimes an enraged father or
terrible big brother of the bride arrives
after the ceremony is over and proceeds
to vent his rage on the winds and make
dire threatenings, and even offer vio-
lence. In an emergency such as this
the magistrates son, who is his fathers
constable, lays the serious charge of
disorderly conduct against them. At
one time a relative in pursuit of a bride
was SO violent that it became impossible
for the constable to arrest him, when
the whole town rose en- masse and help
ed to put the offender in jail The place
is popularity known as g Hardscrabble,"
and when John T. Norris, detective of
Springfield, Ohio, from whom the Gin
cinnati Gazette gets the facts, inquired
the reason, he was told by an inhabit-
ant it was "because it was such hard
scrabble for runaway couples to get
there before the parents caught up"
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1881-01-12
Asiatic Cavalry Tactics.
from the Pail Mall Gazette.

A corresp ondent at Bucharest reports
the introduction into Europe of mode
of fighting which has hitherto been con-
fined to Asia. A squadron of Roumanian
cavalry showed the Prince at least
something not yet tried even in Ger
many. A body of cavalry gallops to-
ward the enemy, and then, instead OF
charging, halts suddenly and lies down,
horses and men together, the bodies of
the animals forming breastwork, from
behind which the men open fire.
Though the particular action on the oc-
casion of the princes inspection would
be of little use, for horses are far too ex-
pensive for breastwork, it is clear that
animals trained to ]ie down by word of
command would Suffer on the average
much less from the enemy's fire than
cavalry does now The most conspic.
uous loss, both of cavalry and artillery,
is always in horses; yet some of the
gunners who fought in Afghanistan
were trained to work the gums, in a
kneeling position, 70 halve the height
of target is to decrease very greatly
the chance of it's being hit; and besides,
the usual fences and walls in any
country are enough concealment fol
animals lying down, but not for the
same animal if standing. It is to be
hoped that the difficulty of making the
horses rise again is not great, otherwise
their previous doeiity might lead theii
riders into hot corner without muci
hope of getting out of it.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1881-01-12

All me- those terrible tongues Of oursl
Are we half aware of their mighty powers?
Do we ever trouble our heads at all
Where the jest may strike or the hint may fal
The latest clirp of that Sc little bird"
That spicy story, you must have heard "
we jerk away in our gossip rash,
ana somebody's glass, of course, goes smash.
What flames have been blasted and broken,
What pestilent sinks have been stirred
BY word in lightness spoken,
By only all idle word
A sneer-a shrug-a whisper low,
Ihey are poisoned shafts from an ambusned ow,
Shot by the coward, the fool, the knave;
Ihey pierce the mail of the great or brave.
vain is buckler of wisdom and pride
10 turn the pitiless point aside;
The lips may curl with a careless smile,
But the heart drips blood-drips blood the while
All me what hearts have been broken,
What rivers of blood been stirred,
By word in malice spoken,
By only bitter word!
A kindly word and tender tone
To only God is their virtue known!
They can lift from the dust the abject head,
They can turn foe to friend instead;
The heart close-barred with passion and pride
VIII ding at their knock its portals wide,
And the hate that blights and the scorn that sears
VIII melt in the fountain of childlka tears
What ice bound griefs have been broken,
What rivers of love been stirred,
By word in kindness spoken,
BY only gentle word
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1881-01-12
Trichinm.

Dr. Christian Fenzer has been talking
about trichin@ to Chicago Tribune re-
porter. The doctor said: "The first
case of trichina diagnosed was in 1855.
but nothing Like general knowledge
was obtained until about 1860. We
know that the hog gets the disease by
eating rats and mice, but we don't know
where the rats and mice get their supply
very probably from insects, but we
don't know just what insect. It has
been almost satisfactorily settled that all
carniverous animals are liable to the af-
lection, but it is also certain that ami
mails not of that class have been diseased
with trichin8. For instance, pike-fish
caught in the harbor of a Holland town
was discovered to have it's flesh impreg-
mated with trichina-the result. no
doubt, of the fish having eaten of the
Otfal thrown into the harbor." Nothing
has ever been discovered which will
counteract the effect of trichin@ OF kill
it after it has once found its way into the
muscles of a person. The only thing
for the patient to do is to take quinine
If he is at all feverish, and to strengthen
himself on wine of beer. If he is able
to stand the siege after the trichina has
found it's way into his muscles, all right;
if not, he dies. It is only in the stomach
that trichin@ breeds. The breeding is
what creates the pain of the stomach,
and it is while the little ones are scatter
ing through the muscles in search of a
permanent abode that the patients body
and limbs are filed with pain. After
the locations are finally reached the
patient RECEIVERS. AS an illustration of
the terrible havoc which small quanti-
ty of trichin@ could create, he referred
to the fact that once, in small European
town, one porker affected with trichina
caused the sickness of no less than $50
persons, of which number 100 died.
"You might not believe it, said the doc
tor, but if the flesh of every diseased
person were subjected to the microscope
it would be shown that one out of every
twenty persons are affected more or less
with trichin@. This is an evidence OF
the fact that what is generally called
rheumatism is often a slight attack Of
trichin8."
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1881-01-12
The TWO.FOLD CORD.

Slngy we fight against enormous odds
Dizziness, and Cowardice, and Fate, and Chance
ana the wild bowman, purblind Ignorance
AND Heaven with all its lazy brood of gods:
How, then, above the congregated clods,
Can one man rise, and out of clay advance
Alone, against the seepless countenance
OF that huge Argus-host that never mods?
so must we fall upon the fields of life,
And bleed, and die? Nay, rather let us twain
Marching abreast, against that army move
Each harm essing the other for the strife
You with my will for helmet, and my brain
For sword, while for bucklsr bear your love.
-Athents1sD,.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1881-01-12
The slightest dereIictiOn. even

it. The slightest dereliction,' even
though only the carelessness of mo-
ment on the part of wife, stamps her
forever with ignominy and pain while
the customs of society allow to man a
greater latitude in sighting, neglecting
and deceiving her whose happiness is in
his keeping. OF these customs "the
man of true genius will never lake adj
VANTAGE
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1881-01-12

HAND-PAINTED bags have become pop
ular, and for the street are attached to a
belt, underneath the cloak.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1881-01-12

A GOOD CHEST PROTECTOR.
Gentlemen who are going to take a
drive should not forget. that an eight
page newspaper spread over the chest is
the best chest protector that can be worn
in cold weather. Put it between the I'M
der and over-coat. Dr.. Foote'S Health
MOnthh
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1881-01-12
NUTRICIOUS FOOD.

An English writer on household econ
omy says that the wives of poor men
supply them with too much pork and
beans and second rate meat and pota-
toes, when they might give them pea
soup, with turnips, onions or carrots in
it, and a cheese pudding made from
minced cheese, with hominy or rice. with
a little milk.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1881-11-16
Charcoal and Lime.

These two articles play very i'm
portant part in the management Of
fowls, whether bred in a fancier's
yard or on farm. Charcoal should
be literally fed, for no one thing
is more conducive to health than
this. 1t should he broken il small
Jumps and put where the fowls can
get at it, and they will eat it with
great relish. We have seen it fed to
pigs, with the very best results and
those which were treated to it were
never troubled with disease or sick
ness, while neighbering ones were.
This helps to prove its value not
only for swine but for fowls. Where
the birds are kept in confinement,
it is a very good plan to keep a
trough in sheltered place, full Of
small bits of fresh charcoal, and the
fowls will soon learn to help them
selves.
The value of lime in the form oi
whitewash is we'll know, and those
who use it literally are the ones who
keep their flocks healthy and clean
ly. To render whitewash more eff
fective in dislodging, driving away
or destroying lice and other parasi-
tic nuisances, the addition of a little
carbolic acid is invaluable, for
scarcely anything else seems SO dis
tasteful to the vermin. Air Stacked
lime should be occasionally scat
tered over the floor of the chicken
house, to remove unpleasant and
unhealthy odors, while a little of it
should be scattered around the yard
and run. For material for egg
shells, oyster-shell lime is the best.
American Stockman.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1881-11-16
Walking Sticks.

70 breako II branch for deien-
sive purposes, as Crusoe did On find
ing himself on an unknown island
would be one of the first acts OF
primitive man. A rude support ol
this kind would soon be followed by
the pilgrim's-staff familiar to US il
pictures of the patriarchs and from
these early slaves down to the GOLD
headed cane Of our modern dandy
what variety of walking stick:
have been produced, according tt
the fashion and fancy Of the time
When, in 1900, footmen attending
gentlemen were forbidden to carry
swords, those guarrelsome weapons
were usually replaced by a porter's
staff, with a large silver handle, as
it was then described. Thirty years
later, gentlemen of fashion began 10
discard their swords. and to carry
large oak sticks with great heads
and ugly faces casved thereon. Be-
fore very long, competition arose
between long and short walking
sticks, some gentlen-~n liking them
as long as leaping pc. :, as a satirist
of the day tells us; while others
preferred a yard of vari.ishcd cane
'scraped taper, bound at one end
with a wax thread, and tipt at the
other, WITH 4 neat turned ivory
band as big as silver penny. y
Chambers journal.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1881-11-16
The Men Who Succeed.

The great difference among men
of all callings is the energy of char
acter or want of it. Given the same
amount of learning and integrity,
and the same opportunities, and en-.
ergy will make one man a conqueror
The want of it will see the other man
a failure.
Dead-beats are all men without
force. They had as good chance
as any of their companions. Others
went ahead and carried off the pri-
zes, while they were lying by the
wayside dispirited and respondent
1t takes nerve, vim, perseverance,
patient continuance in well-doing to
win a great prize. And the young
man who goes into a profession
without this pluck and force will
not earn salt to his porridge. He
will drag through life with the help
of friends, getting some credit with
them for being a well-meaning man,
in delicate health and unlucky.
The real trouble is that he lacks en-
ergy.
This is just as true of the minister
as of the lawyer or the physician
Piety is not enough, and piety with
much learning is not enough. All
the Greek and Hebrew in the world
will not qualify man for usefulness
in the ministry. 1t wants push
stamina, vigor, courage, resolution,
will, determination-in one word
energy. If the youth knows a little
Greek, he knows what en- crgos meal :,
and without it DIR. PARIS knowledge
of Greek will not help him to use
fulness or success in the pulpit.-N
Y Obseyrcr.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1881-11-16
Properly Fights of Divorced Women.

A Philadelphian, from whom his
wife had been divorced, seems to
have imagined that by leaving town
he could avoid paying the allow
ance that the Court ordered given to
the wife for her support. His opin-
ion may have been strengthened by
the fact that in similar cases Penn
sylvania courts have never seized
the husbands property for the pay
ment of the allowance. The Su-
preme Court disappointed him,
however, by following the English
practice and granting an order of Sc
questrian on which the absentee's
properiy could be seized and held
until the order of Court had been
obeyed. The decision is to be hail
ed with satisfaction, for so many
tricks to avoid supporting wives
divorcing unworthy husbands have
been winked at that the women in
such cases has generally been DOOM
ed to dismal looking, whereas ac-
cording to law and equity she is en-
titled to sufficient support.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1881-11-16
Dancing and its Effects.

This is what the Journal Of Edaca
ton says about dancing and its con.
sequent effects. A great deal car
be said about dancing; for instance
the chief of police of New York city
says that three-fourths Of the aban-
doned girls there wereruined by dane
ing Young ladies allow gentlemer
privileges in dancing, which taken
under any other circumstances
would be considered as improper
1t requires neither brains nor good
morals to be a good dancer As the
love of one increases the love OF the
other decreases. How many Of the
best men and women are skilliuI
dancers? III ancient times the sex
danced separately. Alcohol is the
spirit of beverage. So sex is the
spirit of the dance; take it away
and let the sex dance separately
and dancing would 90 out of fash
ion very soon. Parlor dancing is
dangerous. i'ippling leads to
drunkenness and parlor dancing
leads to ungodly balls. Tipping
and dancing SOW to the wind and
both reap the whirlwind. Put
dancing in the crucible, apply the
acids, weigh it. and the verdict OF
reason, morality and religion is,
Weighed in the balance and found
yautipr.p