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Towanda daily review. [volume] (Towanda, Pa.) 1879-1921, 1881-05-18
ADDITIONAL LOCAL.
Personal.

Mrs. BURNS has returned from her pleas
ant visit in Washington.
Z. j. CLEVELAND, Esq, of Canton, has
been in town for day or two.
Mrs. G. r. MACFARLANE entertained a
company of friends last evening.
Mrs. EUGENE GREGG has gone to Hornells-
vile, N. Y, for visit of few weeks.
Judge and Mrs. INGHAM were the guests
of Mrs. G.. II. WATKINS during their stay IN
town on Monday and Tuesday.
Capt. NEWTON LANDoN, of Canton, Co. l.,
18th Reg, has resigned and an election has
been ordered to fill the vacancy.
ED. MERCUR and several other WilkesB
re gentlemen propose making a trip from
that city to Hazleton on bicycles May 80.
T. G. JOHNSON, CHARLIE FELTON, and S.
S. KIRBY have creditably passed the pre-
liminary examination and been enrolled as
students at law.
JERRE G.. KINGSBURY has taken situa-
ton in the LaFrance Fire Engine Co.'s man
ufactory, Elmira, and goes there this morn
ing. He is an excellent machinst and one of
the most exemplary young men in Towanda.
Mr. DAVIS, advertising agent for BACHELOR
& DORIS circus, is as courteous and affable
gentleman as we have often met. If he is
the representative of the personnel of the eX-
ibitors, the show is certainly great improve
ment on most circuses in the country.
Mr.. w. C. TOWNSEND, formerly general
manager of the S. L. & S. r. r, Il Coal Co.,
was in town yesterday, on his way to Phila-
dephia to attend the annual meeting of the
stockholders of the company. He now has
charge of the sale of Loyal Sock coal in
Buffalo.
Misses LAMENT and WIGHTMAN of this
place have engaged in the millinery business
atStevensylle. The young ladies understand
their profession in all its details, and are
moreover possessed of peculiar taste, SO that
the ladies Of Eastern Bradford are fortunate
in having them in their midst.
Towanda daily review. [volume] (Towanda, Pa.) 1879-1921, 1881-05-18

HAMMO S!-A good one for 99c.
Mexican Grass Hammocks, 81 10 to 50, at G.
p. Welles' Crockery Store.
Towanda daily review. [volume] (Towanda, Pa.) 1879-1921, 1881-05-18

GEO b. NEAL has taken contract to
make fifty small tables for use in the poor
house, and made a wager that he will put
them up in two weeks unaided by any one.
Towanda daily review. [volume] (Towanda, Pa.) 1879-1921, 1881-05-18

IMPORTANT TO TRAvELERs.-Specidl M
ducements are offered you by the BURLING-
TON ROUTE. 1t will pay you to read their
advertisement to be found elsewhere in this
SSue.
Towanda daily review. [volume] (Towanda, Pa.) 1879-1921, 1881-05-18

MAJORS CEMFNT Mends Crockery,
Glassware, Sc. Colorless, Best Made. Only
15c per pottle. For sale by c. p. Weles.
Towanda daily review. [volume] (Towanda, Pa.) 1879-1921, 1881-05-18

You can always get good ice cream at C.
S. FITCH'S. Don't you forget it.
Towanda daily review. [volume] (Towanda, Pa.) 1879-1921, 1881-05-18

Have you Deen TO 1lGuS confectionery SIoic
and tried some of that celebrated Wyoming
county Ice Cream? We have and unhesita-
tingy pronounce it the best we have ever
eaten. Call and get some.
Good girl wanted. Inquire of Mrs. o. c.
Post, 1ork Avenue.
SEED POTATOEs.-I have several choice
varieties of early seed potatoes for sale.
f. w. HALE.
For SALE CHEAP.-A "Good Morning"
Range, a foot turning lathe, and foot jig
saw. n. L. HICKS.
The next session of the Northern District
Convention of Good Templars will be held at
Milan, May 31st and June 1st.
P. MCNERNEY, Dist. Sec.
CREDIT TO WHOM CREDIT IS DUE.-A
notice having appeared in the last ArguS to
the effect that the plumbing at the poor house
was done by Mr.. TATE, Commissioner
HURST makes a correction in the following
card:
plumbing at poor house was done un-
der the direction of Edward Williams, of
Towanda, and those employed by him, and is
entirely satisfactory so far.
j. w. HURST, Commissioner.
If the plumbing at the poor house reflects
credit upon any one, Mr.. WILLIAMS, who had
the contract, is entitled to it, and it is hardly
fair in our cotemporary to cheat him out of it..
Our popular artist G. II. WOOD, is gaining
a reputation for excellence of work which is
making Towanda famous. He received the
following flattering letter on Saturday from
delighted customer:
CAMDEN, n. Y, May 18th, 1881.
Mr.. GEO. I'll. WOOD:
My Dear Sir-The picture arrived this
morning, and was paid for and taken in less
than two seconds after it was opened. 1t is
without doubt the finest picture of any kind
liz town; in fact, the finest | ever saw at any
price.
| cannot compliment you sufficiently for
your talent, aud assure you that you will
never regret the labor bestowed on this piece
of work; it will be productive of other SINH
lar work from this section and to no small
amount. | have no doubt that by putting it
on exhibition in window | could secure you
hundreds of dollars worth of work. | have
compared it with former one of same subject
made by you at $15 l think, and this is very
much finer.
My wife. who is daughter of the subject,
is perfectly carried away; you may consider
her under obligations to you. Again thank
ing you, | remain, Yours, &c.
A. G. WOODRUFF.
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Don't fail to go to JOHN SULLIvAN's, OIL
Bridge street, for the best five cent cegar.
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Wanted-A good farm hand for the season.
w. j. Delpeuch, Shcshequin.
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Have you been to Titus confectionery store
and tried some of that celebrated Wyoming
county Ice Cream? We have and unhesita-
tingly pronounce it the best we have ever
eaten. Call and get some.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1881-12-15
The Railway Lines in Arkansas.

The New Orleans Times Democrat
has a correspondent at Little Rock,
who writes TO that paper concerning
the new lines of railway building in
Arkansas as follows:
The st. Louis and Iron Mountain
Company is building two important
Dranches-one from Guidon, south
Of Little Rock, via Camden, Ark,
(now completed to the latter place.
through North Louisiana, to a point
on the New Orleans Pacific; the other
from Knobel, north Of Little Rock,
via Forrest City and Pine Bluff, West
Carroll, Richland parishes, ETC., il
Louisiana, to Alexandria, on the New
Orleans Pacific. These are said to be
the objective points of the two
branches; but they may stop short oil
them in the interest of st, Louis.
The ParamOre Narrow Gauge, from
Carlo, H., to Texarkana, will tap &
fine section of country III Eastern and
Southern Arkansas; the Little Rock
Mississippi River and Texas Railway
from Arkansas City, via Monticello
and Camden, to Texarkana; the Kan.
sas City, Springfield, Mo, and Mem
phis Road, entering the State il
Northeast Arkansas and running di.
! agonalIy across to Memphis.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1881-12-15
Marvin. the RignmiSt.

Richmond CVa.) State: 'How is
Marvin, the bigamist, getting along
at the peniten,iary, uow?' asked re-
potter of tho superintendent Of that
institution, recently.
Gle Is g, ting Oh pretty vel, and
is working in the Shoe depart
meut."
Does he seem to have much to say
now, and does he stammer and limp
like he did during the trial ?"
''No; he walks a well as any body,
now, but does not have much to say.
A few days ago newspaper man
from Alexandria visited theopeniten-
tiary and endeavOred to get up an in
terview with Marvin. lie said, 4 don't
want to have any thing more TO dc
with newspaper reporters and would
not re interviewed worth a cent"
Glow is Marvin's appearance now,
as compared 10 that Of a few months
ago?"
'"The guard who has Marvin under
charge says he is not so bad "a he was
when he first entered the penitentiary
He wants it 10 know that he is not al
old man yet, by any means"
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1881-12-15
Immigration to Arkansas.

One thing that specially attracts the
attention Of a person travelling through
Arkansas Is the immense tide of i'm
migration pouring into the State. The
st. Louis 81 Iron Mountain road and
the Memphis s. Little Rock, each bring
over a hundred new settlers every day
The other railways and steamboats,
bring a fair share, while the Little
Rock s. Fort Smith road is carrying
heavy trains full every day to settle on
the line of the road. There are now
three distinct German and Irish colo
mics near that road, and more coming.
Those coming by wagons at this sea-
son will add largely to the total.
The two railroads, Iron Mountain
and Little Rock and Fort Smith, have
been leading factors in this work.
They originally obtained immense
grants of land from the United States
government. They have published
large and handsome maps of their
lands and adjacent country, with
pamphlets and circulars illustrated
with photographic cuts and sketches,
and written in glowing words. These
are not only printed i'll English, but in
three foreign languages; and all dis
tributed in many parts of the United
States and Europe by the land depart
ments of each road. Similar agencies
are used by immigration bureaus, and
capitalists Interested in lands, mines
and manufactures. The result is seeI
in the immense immigration, bringing
/ increased capital, and developing ev
cry interest and all parts Of the State
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1881-12-15
Wbipplng i'm the Old Time School.

Boston Transcript: A public school
fifty wears ago was a very different af-
fair from what it is nowadays.
Upon my word, when L think of
the whipping that went on day after
dav in the old MAYHEM school | am
astonished at it. Yet with the variety
of corporal punishment so freely be-
towed there was mingled a sort Of
CHASTITY spOrtive element, a grim hui
NOR which did not always commend
itself to the perception of him who
received the flsgelIation. A merry
conceit, for instance, was that Of Mas
ter Ciough.
That ingenious person would direct
a culprit to stand upon the platform
near the desk, and, without bending
the knees, touch the floor with his
fingers. Then a smart flourish of the
rattan and a sudden blow would
cause the youth to involuntary resume
an upright position with diVerting
rapi,ity. 1t was really very amusing
! TO Master Clough). Sometimes an
offender would be asked by one of the
masters which instrument of torture
/ he would choose, the riding whip, the
! ruler, or the rattan. Whichever he
/ seemed to prefer was not the one used,
/ but one of the others would make
/ him smart. This little change would
! have a healthful moral influence upon
the scholar, teaching patience and res
/ ignation under disappointment.
! A pleasant illustration Ito the teach
err Of the irony of fate was shown in
another way. When the stock of rat
! tans ran low (and that was not seldom)
some victim of disgrace would be dis
patched for fresh supply, knowing
! that on his return he would feel the
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1881-12-15

The many valuable mineral springs
in Arkansas constitute mine OF
wealth. Few persons who have not
visited these resorts have any adequate
idea of the great number of people
who 60 there and are cured of many
diseases 20 which human flesh is heir
These mineral waters, in all sections
of the country, are not only becoming
great aids to medical science, but in
many cases superseding its necessity.
The chief health resorts are the Hot
Springs, in the central part of the
State, so long known, and the Eureka
Springs, in the northwestern. There
are several others Of fully as much
value which have not vet been fully
developed or advertised Nearly all
of these are situated in the Ozark OF
White river mountains.
l have visited many of these places
receiving much benefit; but can 81 eak
with more confidence of the Warm
Springs, in Randolph county, in the
northeast part of the State, 30 miles
west of the Iron Mountain railway
II is readily accessible by a good line
of hacks. The water is abundant
very soft and celebrating. There
arc ~ IiStihCt SPIN III al area vi
two acres. The most of them are
very largely impregnated with car
bolic acid gas, as shown by analysis
and contain also megnesia, lime, iron,
lithia, etc, in different combinations
and proportions. I know personally
of several cases of dyspepsia of severe
/ type and long standing, as also, kid
ney troubles and uterine and other fe
male diseases, promptly and fully
! cured there.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1881-12-15
StrlcflH Temnernte. Excenf-
= ttLAltlys NCp4'J = Abl4AS'J
On the sleeper Of an l.. +. &


On the sleeper Of an l., +. Il w.
II recently, a traveller noticed an
old. white-headed gentlemen trying
to get in an Old linen buster. The
young and spry traveller rushed TO his
assistance, and in helping him with
his garment, noticed a gOOd-siZed
whisky flash protruding from one of
the inside pockets Of his coat. Being
of a waggish nature, he appropriated
the bottle, got the coat on the strang-
er, and then pulling out flask, said :
CIVIL you take drink p
The old man did not recognize the
bottle, and, drawing himself up, re-
marked, rather severely:
mo, sir; I never drink"
'ItWont hurt yOu," insisted the
wag cts the best"
young man" said the old gentle
man, intended for all in the car to
hear, Elf YOU persist in drinking
whisky YOU will be a ruined man at
forty. II is the curse of the land,
When l was a boy my mother died,
and the last thing she did was to call
me to her bedside and say: John
swear TO me that you will never touch
a drop of liquor >
Here the old mau clapped his hand
on his inside pocket, found it empty
and recognizing the bottle in the
hands of the other, he continued:
Except, my dear hey, an Occas.
iOnal sniftcr while travelling
And reaching for the flask he press
ed it to his lips, amid a howl Of
laughter, which shook the whole car
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1881-12-15

Our produce market still remains strong,
no change in quotations, and there is no in
dication of any decline in prices. Apples,
onions, potatoes, etc, are apt to rule at
present prices for some time. Business is
good in all departments.
The prices given below are those asked
by retail merchants for articles from the
stores. Job prices not given.
FLOUR-Fancy, $3.50; fancy patents,
1000
CORN MEALS City mill, $40 to $500;
C0RE-white and yellow, s3c 10 Soc.
HAY-Timothy, s12o@r25 p cwt.;
prairie, Sl.2j per cwt.
BRAN .2jd 30 q cwt,
FRUITS and NUTS-Lemons, q dozen,
Doc; oranges, zoe; bananas, 800 0,.; raisens
e H.. 25g De; pecans, Texas. pc: Ark. l5m
poe; peanuts, IO@ I5c; almonds, 10, 30c;
Brazil nuts, 2Jc; filberts, 2Oc; English wal
NUS. 2jc; apples, 65d Tfc e peck.
BUTTER-ChUice Western, zoe; fancy
dairy, 40c; creamery, 45@joc; oleomargar-
inc. in pEgs. Pea 33c. Country, IS a -.
EGGS-3uc - dOZ.
VARIOUS ARTICLES - Hominy, &c,
grits. &C.; oatmeal, &c; pickles-plain 5Gc,
mixed zoe z gallon; pigs feet, S2.5j
cracked wheat. Gc ~ ID.
BBAGE-I5W30c e. head.
fI-ll-Markerel. 81 s. UUu - II kits
white fish, $I.2o@1.0o per Kit; dried her
rings. see - box.
POULTRY - Chickens, $2.15 q doz;
ducks. S2.JJG2.75 e doz, turkeys, T5c@Sl.oO
each.
/ HEESE-Factory, 1Sc; cream, 25c.
MISS BEEF-SI0OO & bbl.
BACON and PORK-Mess pork, -;
sugar cured hams, Ijc; breakfast bacon,
| I5c: clear sides. i5c.
LARD-Half buckets, $l-5 20-fb buckets
| $3.50.
MOLASSES and SYRUP-Sugar house,
! zoe; syrup-Crowu. 7Ic: Jasper, $50;
/ Thompson Boquet, SI.15; new molasscs. SOC.
SUGAR-COmmun brown, 9W91zc; fair,
! 9I5M uI[c; yellow clarified, 1870 lie; hite
clarified, lie; 4 observation-disclosures,
! 11Ikc: grauulated, 12jzc.
COFFEE-Ordinary Rio, 1jc; prime to
! choice. lGW poe; old government. 33c.
RICE-Lousiana, SIC; Carolina. lea l2c.
MACCARONI-Ita!ia BIC; American,
/ 100 lac.
/ BEANS and PEAS-Navy beans, ne 2
/ II; green peas, De-; black-eyed peas, DC
/ z IL.
/ CRANBERRIES-6 = gallon.
DRIED FRUT1-peaches, peeled 2Ic,
unpeeled 1O01.1lc; apples. I0@12Jzc.
! GAME-Squirrels, $l25 4 uoz; rabbits,
/ $50 e doz
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1881-12-15

pears, ii wiz be said that the victim
was sustained or "kept alive" Tor two
or three weeks, as the case may be,
'-solely by the sfimulants," when. Ia
fact, if the same nOurishment and care
had been given without q drop of al
cohol, he would have convalesced
sooner and more perfectly, as l have
seen demonstrated a thousand times
during the last thirty years. Indeed,
if any one will take the trouble to cX-
anime and aHalyze carefully the rec
ords of LIie large General hospitals of
both Europe and A nerica, for the last
half-century, [ venture tue statement
that the ratio of mortality from gen
eral fevers aud acute diseases viii be
found to have increased, pari p0S1tS,
with the increase in the quantity of
alcoholic drinks consumed in their
treatment. A similar examination of
the vital statistics of different nations
and communities viii show close re-
latiOn between the relative mortality
for consumption, scrofula, appoplexv,
/ paralysis, and hepatic, cardic ana
venal droPsies and the amount ofalcO-
| holic drinks consumed by the people.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1881-12-15

first stroke of the rod. With what IN
genious refinement of torture the yic~
tim was thus made to fiud the weapon
that should wound him!
There was another clever diversion
of oar kind hearted masters which in
summer, when, the days We're long,
occasionally broke the nnonOtOny OF
schoOlbOy life. Sometimes, Of a sultrv
July afternoon, tired scholar. over
come by the heat, would find the
sound of voices in the room grow
fainter and fainter, his head would
drop, and finally sink upon his desk.
and1he would quickly be in the land
of dreaming. Then it was that tue
master, seizIng his rattan aud stealth
/ lily yet jOyfully stridIHg ac-Oss the
/ row of desks, would give the sleeping
/ wretch such rOusing Whack a. TO as
! ton5sh and coHfOUnd as well as sud-
/ denly awake him.
confess that these diver ions of the
/ pedagogue were not without their at
traction for us who looked oil and
saw the comical coutortions Of thc
| BOYS whose fortune it was at the mo.
! meat to be under discipline. Tho
face that our turn might come mex
did not prevent us finding what en-.
tertainment we might in what our
master evidently enjoyed. None of III
had yet read the maxims of the cyni
cal La Rochefoucauld, but we realized
that under certain circumstance
there Is something in the misfortune
of our friends that gives Us certain
SORT of satisfaction.
Those were indeed DAYS when fog
ging was administered in no hOmeO
phathic doses, but with a most heroi
fuliillness Of practice. l once made
careful estimate Of my own eXperienc
in that way, and came to the conclus
ion that had averaged about a whip
ping and a half day during my con
nectiOn with the Mayhem school. o
course we became somewhat Injured t
! This rough treatment. 1t was eonsid
cred the proper thing to suffer wit
+ Spartan firmness, and he who, Will
laid across the masters knee, cOul
t calmly make cOmical and derisiv
J., faces from his ignOminiOus pOsitiO
7 ! for the entertainment Of his assoc
. ates. without having his attention di
f verted into other parts Of his BODY
was accounted a brave fellow. The
Y there was a superstitiOus belief thu
i by laying ones eyelash i'll the han
y that was about to be feruled, the az
n cursed wood as to he shattered 0
60 coming in contact with the magi
t hair, but mover saw one shattered.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1881-12-15
NC tome of I.etroIeum.

There is at present, in refund num-
bers, 25,000,000 barrels of crude pc
troleum stored in iren tanks in the oil
regions of Pennsylvania. It is an in
land lake Of oil that may be describ-
ed as having reached its highest ebh,
inasinuch as indications now point
Enthusiastically to a falling off in the
daily production of the wells and a
consequent decline in the amount
tanked. Not the least striking feature
of the oil regions are the clusters OF
these enormous iron reservoirs, located
on hill and in valley, and whose con-
suNction keeps actively employed
great workshops and an army of mel
in Pittsburg, Titusville, Oil City, and
elsewhere. The oil held by the 1,SO(
tanks dotting the oil regions would
fill to the depth of ten feet square
reservoir or lake measuring 3,747 feet
pagl WAY
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1881-12-15
The Way our Ancestors Roasted a
ffnRsf.

Who. after reading the following
will not admit that the world has i'm
proved? The most cIuel and brutal,
I'm this age, would turn in horror from
the unnecessary CIT el y Of torturing a
poor creature rs our ancestors did
with grave cOmplacency, as If uR-
aware of the suffering they caused.
Read, and wonder!
Take goose, or some such lively
creature, pull eft all her feathers, ex-
cept those of the head aud neck
then make a fire around her, not too
Close, so hat the smoke NAV MT choke
her, and that the fire may not burn
her too soon. Within the circle of the
ire, let there be small cups and pots
fBll of alter, wherein salt and honey
are mingled; and let there be, also,
chargers full of sodden apples, cut in
small pieces. The goose must be lard
ed aud lasted over with butter, to
make her the better tasting, and, also,
that she may roast better. Put IRE
about her. but do not make too much
haste, " en-. as YOU see, she begins TO
roast. For by walking about, and ny
ing here and there, being rOoped IN by
the fire. that stops her way out the
unscared goose Is kept in. She VIII
fall to. and drink the water 10 quench
her thirst and cool her heart, and all
her body, and the apple sauce will
cleanse her. When she wasteth, and
consumes inwardly, always wet her
head with a SPENCE; and when you
begin to see her stumble, her heart
wants moisture, and she Is roasted
enough. Take her UP and set her on
the table, and she viii CRY IS YOU cut
Off any part from her, aud will bc
/ lmOst eaten up before she is de al.
1t is mighty pleasant 10 behold"-
| Memphis Free Trader.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1881-12-15

indianapolis journal; Postal say
ings banks exist in Germany, Swift
erland and England, so that our gov
eminent does not enter upon an IN
tried experiment if they are tried here.
The object is to encourage habits of
thrift and economy by providing for
the people absolutely safe repositories
for small sums. There is no country
where this is more needed than our
own. Americans are VIGOROUSLY pro-
digal. \ foolish notion obtains that
il Is mean to be saving. Hence we
nave, as people, actually never learn
ed the art of saving small sums In
part this is due 70 the fact that there
Lave been no small and absolutely
safe securities drawing interest. Then
there were no savings banks, save dur
ing short time when institutions
under that name, managed frequent
w by scouudrels, swindled the poor
and laughed in their faces when
charged with it.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1881-12-15
LOVES MINISTRY.
,BY MRS. c. NJ. cUsHMAN.


! sit alone in the orchards shade,
Decking robe for my little maid.
Faster and faster the needle flies,
Tracing the dantiest brOideries.
Gods beautiful world, around, above,
Is filled with the ministry Of love.
The birds and breezes, blossoms and bee,
Live for each other unselhshly.
Phoebe, atilt on the locust Dough,
Is all too busy TO heed me new.
-Four little nestlings. crying for food
Had ever mother such hungry broodI
one OF Gods sparrOWs, singing for me,
Voices his faith in sweet melody.
Winds gently whisper OF coming bliss,
Till apple bough bends and daisies kiss.
In feathery beauty, the golden rod
Beckons the bee with royal nod.
Kind Mother Earth on her tawny breast,
Has taken the Graded grain to rest.
Ny hands lie empty, my work is done
But my heart enfsids thee, little one.
CONGRATULATED.