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Towanda daily review. [volume] (Towanda, Pa.) 1879-1921, 1881-11-23

Tomorrow will be Thanksgiving and the
ladies of the BENEVOLENT Association hope to
receive contributions sufficient to enable them
to throw little sunshine into the homes of
the poor and unfortunate; those who from
sickness or other unavoidable circumstances
are unable to help themselves. "The poor
ye have always with you and may do them
good whensover ye will.' Let the collcc-
ton to be taken at the union service in
the Presbyterian church Thursday morning
be a generous one.
Towanda daily review. [volume] (Towanda, Pa.) 1879-1921, 1881-11-23

A union thanksgiving service will be held
in the Presbyterian church at 10 80 tO-mor-
row. Rev. j. S. STEWART, d. D.. will de-
liver the discourse. The collection will he in
aid of the Ladies Benevolent Association. Go
prepared to give literally and cheerfulY'
You will hear good sermon.
Towanda daily review. [volume] (Towanda, Pa.) 1879-1921, 1881-11-23

west within few wseks is causing con-
siderable alarm there The afflicted terri
tory now reaches from Dubuque, Ia, to
Bismark, D. T., in some places the dis
ease being epidemic. There are one hun
dred cases in Stearns county, Minnesota,
where the neglect Of the authorities and
the ignorance of the people has invited
it's spread. The proper sanitary steps
are now being taken in the infected dis
tricts.
Henry J. Spencer, rep, was yesterday
elected to congress in the Providence, r.
1. district, to fill vacancy caused by death
of Aldrich.
Towanda daily review. [volume] (Towanda, Pa.) 1879-1921, 1881-11-23

A runaway horse caused some excitement
and made things lively on Main street yester-
day. The animal brought up all right safe
and sound, in the Elwell House barn.
Not bad place to stop, as mine host KEEL
LOGG provides the very best accommodations
for both man and beast.
Towanda daily review. [volume] (Towanda, Pa.) 1879-1921, 1881-11-23

peanut stand which ought to have been ex-
tinguished without calling out the depart
ment. But little damage was done. The fire
was caused by emptying ashes containing live
Goals too near the building.
Towanda daily review. [volume] (Towanda, Pa.) 1879-1921, 1881-11-23

w. B. DODGE lost valuable English hunt.
ing dog last Sunday. some young men from
North Towanda having enticed the animal
away. Learning where the dog was confined
yesterday Mr.. d. went and brought his canine
home.
Towanda daily review. [volume] (Towanda, Pa.) 1879-1921, 1881-11-23

Thursday, being legal holiday, the Post
Office will only be open for the transaction of
business from $50 to and II 80 a. M, to 12 =
80 p. m, and from 8 80 to 6 80 p. m.
Towanda daily review. [volume] (Towanda, Pa.) 1879-1921, 1881-11-23

All the barber shops in town will close at
noon tomorrow and no work will be done in
them the balance of the day.
Towanda daily review. [volume] (Towanda, Pa.) 1879-1921, 1881-11-23

The county commissioners and auditors
elect visited the poor house yesterday for the
purpose of inspecting the establishment.
Towanda daily review. [volume] (Towanda, Pa.) 1879-1921, 1881-11-23

FOR SALE-Two covered buggies, single har-
ness saddle and bride, cutter, and lot of farming
utensils. Apply to JOHN w. MIX. Cfice, Mer.
cur Block, Towanda, Pa
Towanda daily review. [volume] (Towanda, Pa.) 1879-1921, 1881-11-23

Don't fail to 60 to JOHN SULLIvAN's on
Bridge street, for the best five cent cigar.
Towanda daily review. [volume] (Towanda, Pa.) 1879-1921, 1881-11-23

We do not think we are disclosing any Sc
cret in saying that we yesterday saw forty
fine turkeys which HUMPHREY Brothers &
TRACY had selected for their workmen for
Thanksgiving dinners. This firm have made
practice Of supplying each man in their en-
ploy who is the head of family, with a
Thanksgiving turkey, for several years past.
Towanda daily review. [volume] (Towanda, Pa.) 1879-1921, 1881-11-23

Express agent DODGE shipped between
eight and nine tons of poultry on Monday
night and over four tons last evening.
Towanda daily review. [volume] (Towanda, Pa.) 1879-1921, 1881-11-23

Although JAMES MCCABE has taken up his
residence in Pittston he still maintains the
position he has so long occupied in our busi-
ness community and his store corner of Main
and Bridge street continues to be headquar.
ters for everything in lhe Family Grocery
line, and if you are in need of anything this
morning to complete your Thanksgiving din
ner, you will consult your pecuniary interest
and be sure of getting the freshest, purest
goods by ordering from him. Those who
have used it say the mnce meat he sells is bet
ter and cheaper than the home-prepared arti-
Gle. Try some of it for your thanksgiving
dinner.
Towanda daily review. [volume] (Towanda, Pa.) 1879-1921, 1881-11-23

DO. HoLLON and w. L. MARTIN are
building an addition to N. G. ELsBREE's
large farm barn in North Towanda.
Towanda daily review. [volume] (Towanda, Pa.) 1879-1921, 1881-11-23

AS ED AYERS, one of ahe Troy stage pro.
prietors, was driving towards Burlington on
Monday morning, one of the wagon springs
broke and the horses becoming frightened
and unmanageabe, the stage was upset. Mr..
AYERS was quite badly bruised, the wagon
demoralized and two sewing machines, which
comprised portion of the load, broken
The loss falls heavily on Mr.. A., who is a
poor man.
Towanda daily review. [volume] (Towanda, Pa.) 1879-1921, 1881-11-23

Wanted, place to do general house work, by a
experienced girl. Apply at +. G. Kromer's.
Towanda daily review. [volume] (Towanda, Pa.) 1879-1921, 1881-11-23

The "senate" Saloon is not only supplied with
the best oysters in the market, bnt on the lunch
counter may always be found everything the ap-
petite Graves. Under Chamberlin's jewelry store.
Towanda daily review. [volume] (Towanda, Pa.) 1879-1921, 1881-11-23

A good girl wanted place to do general house
work Enuquir at this office.
Towanda daily review. [volume] (Towanda, Pa.) 1879-1921, 1881-11-23

Fresh candies manufactured every day at
FITCH'S.
Towanda daily review. [volume] (Towanda, Pa.) 1879-1921, 1881-11-23

The fire alarm last evening was caused by
a slight confagration at the Bridge street
Towanda daily review. [volume] (Towanda, Pa.) 1879-1921, 1881-11-23
G.. III. WOOD & CO..
ga L E OF VALU ABLE
OREAL ESTATE.

"a IL IL VI n IL " "A ID IL T.
OREAL ESTATE.
The undersigned will offer for
sale the balance of the Real Es-
tate of G. F. Mason, which he
holds as Trustee, on
Thursday, Dec. 1st, 81, at pm.
On the premises described.
Lot No. S, containing S acres
lot No. E, containing S acres lot
No,7, containing S acres, lot No.
II, containg q acres and 26
perches. Those lots all front on
Main street, and are on the west
side. Also the following build
ing lots on the east side of Main
street; Lots No. ~, 48, 4o and
III, all front on Main street and
are 40 feet front, and from 100
to 40 feet deep. Lot No. Sc
faces Centre street; has 50 feet
front and from 90 to 100 feet
deep. Lot No. 7o faces Centre
street and has SO feet front and
$50 feet depth. No. las is a
part of a lot facing both Creek
and Centre streets. Lots No.
148 and one $50 face Centre st.
and are SO feet front and 15o it..
deep. Lots No. 141 and 142 face
Creek staeet, These two lots
are in triangular shape and
erch are SO feet wide. Lot No.
IS is corner lot facing Centre
street and has house thereon.
Any of the above property can
be purchased at private sale by
applying to the Trustee or to-
Hon. Joseph Powell, VIM. M.
Mallory, Esq, or Col. ]. F.
Means, members of the Advisory
Committee.
TERMS OF SALE.-One~
third at time of sale E; one-third in
Six months; and the remainder
in one year, with intrest from
day of sale. H. L. SCOTT,
Nov. 9th, 1881. Zynstee.
Towanda daily review. [volume] (Towanda, Pa.) 1879-1921, 1881-11-23
ADMISSION

&S@ No extra charge for Reserved Seats.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1881-05-27
Common Sense in Advertising.

A model advertisement is designed TO
satisfy the rational demand of prob
able customer TO know what he has got
to SELL The successful advertiser, there
observes three rules: First, he aims TO
furnish the information which the public
wants; Second,hc aims TO reach that part
of the public whose wants he is prepared
to satisfy; and, Third, he endeavors to
make his information as easy of acquisi-
ton by the public as possible.
The commonest and handiest thing in
the American family is the newspaper,
and as nearly all shopping proceeds from
the family, from it,needs, its intelligence
its tastes, its fashions, il follows that the
thoughtful and successful advertiser APP
proaches thel family by this means. He
does not waste his money and his time
in loading his advertising gun and shoot
ing it off sky-ward in the street, at all
creation, on the chance that some will
ing customer may be going that way,and
may be brought down; on the contrary,
he takes account of the advertising am
unition which he has on hand, and loads
and points his gun, through the columns
Of some reputable newspaper,at the game
he wants to hit.
Besides knowing that newspapers are
the best means of advertising, and how
to pick out the best newspapers for his
purpose, the successful advertiser fully
appreciates the importance of persistent
advertising. Mr.. Bryant used to say that
the great influence of the press depends,
for one thing, upon its power of itera-
tion. Presenting the same subject in
many forms, it finally wins attention and
acquiescence. Used in this thorough and
systematic way, the advertising columns
of the newspapers are as useful and es-
sential to the merchant, as means of
telling the public what he has to sell, as
the clerks behind the counter are to
show his goods when the people come
to examine them.--Neao York Evening
| Post.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1881-05-27
A Mystery About Artemus Ward.

Among the mysteries of his life, and
they are many, none was greater than
that involving the total disappearance
of his property at the time of his death.
Mr.. Maxtield, his administrator, who
knew much of his affairs, says that while
he did not have so much money as was
generally supposed, yet, being in his
room in Waterford, one day, just before
his departure for England and while he
was arranging business affairs. $50 that,
as Charles said, ''if anything should hap
pen, mother will be all right" he saw a
pile of notes on the table amounting to
about twelve thousand dollars, which he
thought was all the money Charles had.
He had valuable gold watch and chain.
The chain was of solid gold, present
from the California miners, very heavy,
though plainly wrought, and worth sew
eral hundred dollars. He had also a di-
amond pin of considerable value, and
two diamond rings. Besides, his last
season in London was very successful;
for some six weeks he netted three hun
dred dollars a night, He was also liber-
ally paid for his contributions to "Punch. y
But of all this his mother never received
a cent, and not so much as a single relic.
Previous to his death he had cleared the
old homestead of debt, and had willed to
his mother a small property at Yonkers,
l. n. Y. What became Of the rest?-
| ScriGRer tor Man.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1881-05-27

A writer in a scientific journal com
bats the popular notion that night air is
injurious to the health We never sup
posed it was, unless the dog should break
loose while the Young man was loung
ing at The front gate.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1881-05-27
The "BOss" System Among Esquimaux Dogs

There is always one bully in every
team, who gets all the choice bits that
are stolen by the others, and generally
manages to keep fat, nomatter how short
they are of provisions He waits for the
others to make the raid, and then stands
on the outside to take it away from
them. These bulies are in several grades.
There is the chief, of whom all are afraid,
and then there is the next in rank, of
whom all are afraid but the chief; a
third, of whom all are afraid but two,
and so on down. Sometimes the food is
cut into small pieces and thrown out
upon the ice for all to help themselves,
and then there is rough and tumble
fight, and snarling and growing, as if q
whole cage of hyenas had broken loose
But here the bulles have no advantage
indeed, the advantage is with the small
lively fellows that slip in and get til,
meat while the others are fighting Whel
a dog manages to steal piece of meal
he has lively time of it, for soCn every
other dog in camp is after him, and h,
has to eat it on the run, if at all, heade,
off at every turn 10y one of the bulles
and whining and choking at the SAM
time 1t certainly is one of the mos
comica exhibitions ever witnessed
From "1mOng the Esq'ti0,aur aoit
Schaodtka," Scribner for May.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1881-05-27
Fate of a Giraffe.
now 1T AND A TRICK MULE WITHDREW
FROM THE NATIONAL SHOW.

FRON TIE NATIONAL SHOW.
The Tribune says: One morning when
the show opened, the ring master laid be-
fore the animals letter from the giraffe,
who said that in consequence of the
treatment he had received he felt COM
PEELED to leave the show. Before the ex-
citement over this announcement had
subsided, the ring master said he had
letter from one of the trick mules who
also withdrew from the show. AT this
there was little squirming among the
snakes, and one, a copperhead, spoke up:
'Looks as though the show was break
ing up" and fellow who had been
kicked out once and crept in again un-
der the canvas, and was wanting to be
appointed scene shifter, said: SITS a
cold day for this show when it gets left
by that noble animal, the giraffe; to say
nothing of the trick mule" The show,
however, went on, and the giraffe and
the trick mule went away and waited for
the manager to send for them. After
many days, curiosity as to what would
become of the circus gave way to solici-
tude for the giraffe and trick mule.
A committee being sent out learned
that the trick mule had hired out on the
tow path, but that the giraffe, having
never done anything useful, sought EN-
ployment in vain until village engine
company utilized him as a fire escape
in which position he was able to do fol
others what he never could do Tor him
self--let them down easy
Moral-No one animal, or even two
can break up whole show.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1881-05-27

A brilliant idea: Jones has got an
idea. lie suspects that Newfoundland
was so called because of the Newiound-
land dogs that inhabit that country. No
body but Jones would have made so start,
ling a discovery.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1881-05-27

When it comes to descending n lad
der the bravest of MS generally back
down.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1881-05-27

To wait until you are down on your
bed with disease you may not get over
for months, is the height of folly, when
you might be easily cured during the
early symptoms by using Parkers Gin
ger Tonic. 1t costs only trife, can
never do any harm, and possesses cura-
tive properties in the highest degree.
We have known the palest, sickliest
looking men, women and children be
come the rosiest and healthiest, from the
timely use of this pure family medicine.
See advertisement in other column,-OG
SerNer.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1881-05-27
POetical.
TIE PLANTING OF THE APPLE TREE.
by wlLLr,u CULLEN BRYANT.


Come, Ice us plant the apple tree,
Cleave the tough greensward with the spade
Wide let It's hollow bed be made;
There gently lay tho roots, and there
Slft the dark mould with kindly care,
And press It DER them tendcrly
AS round the sleeping infants feet
We softly fold the cradle.shect,
so plant we the apple tree,
what plant we In this apple tree2
Buds, which the breath Of summer days
Shalt lengthen into leafy sprays;
Boughs. where the thrust, with crimson breas
Shall haunt and sing, ana hide her nest
We plant upon the sunny lea
A shadow for the nOont lde hour,
a shelter from the summer shower
When we plant the apple tree.
what plant we in this apple tree?
Sweets for q hundred llOwcry springs
10 load the Mly-wlnd's restless wlgns
When, from the orchard row, he pOur5
Its fragrance through oar open doors;
A world Of blossoms for the bee,
Flowers for the sick girl's silent room,
For the glad infant sprigs of bloom,
We plant with the apple tree.
What plant we in this apple trce2
Fruits that shan swell In sunny June,
Aud roddcn in the August noor,
And drop, when gentle airs come by,
That fan the blue september sky;
While children come, with cries Of glec,
And seek them where the fragrant grass
Betrays their bed TO those who pass,
At the foot OF the apple tree.
And when, above this apple tree,
The Winter stars are glitterlng bright,
And - inds go bowling through the night
Girs, whose eyes ocrllow with mrth,
Shall peel It's trllt by cottagc-hearth,
And guests In prouder homes shall see,
Heaped with the grape of Cntra's vine,
And golden orange Of the ltue,
The fruit OF the apple tree.
The fruitage Of this apple tree,
Winds, and our flag Of stripe and star,
Shall bear to coasts that lie afar,
Where men shall wonder at the view,
And ask in what fair groves they grew;
And sojourners beyond the sea
Shall think of childhood careless day,
And long, long hours OF summer play,
In the shade Of the apple tree.
Each year shall give this apple tree
A broader flush OF roseate bloom,
deeper maze OF verdurous gloom,
And loosen, when the frost-couds lower,
The crisp brown levaes IN thicker shower
The years Shall come and pass, but we
Shall hear no longer, where we lie,
The summer song, the Autumn's sigh,
In the bough OF the apple tree.
And time shall waste this apple tree.
On, when It's aged branches throw
Thin shadows on the ground below,
Shall fraud and force and iron will
Cypress the weak and helpless stlll?
What shall the task OF mercy be,
Amid the cares, the strfes, the tears
OF those we leave when length Of years
Is wasting this little apple tree?
"Who planted this old apple tree %
The children OF that distant day
Thus to SON e aged man shall say;
And, gazing on It's mossy stem,
The gray-halred man shall answer them
"a poet Of the land was he,
Born In the rude but good old times;
'Tis said he made some quaint old rhymes
on planting the apple tree
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1881-05-27

"My mother was afflicted for long
time with neuralgia and dull, heavy,
inactive condition of the whole system;
headache, nervous prostration, and was
almost helpless. No physicians or medi-
cines did her. any good. Three months
ago she began to use Hop Bitters, with
such good effect that she seems and
feels young again, although over 20
years old. We think there is no other
medicine fit to use in the family. "A
lady in Providence, II. I.-Jomnal.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1881-05-27

Life in the market; "Isnt that beau
tiiul color" said the fish dealer, rs he
cnt into largo salmon. Eyes" said
Flotsam; 81 suppose he is blushirg at the
extravagant price he is getting for him
self
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1881-06-09

NO. 135.
JEFF DaviS's Capture.

Readers of Jefferson Davis's ''The Rise and
Fall of the Confederate Government" soon
10 be published led by curiosity will natural
lv turn first to the chapter in which the rehe,
President describes his own capture. The
New York Herald has made some extracts
from advanced sheets of the book. and among
others prints this story. After some prelimi-
naries in which Mr., Davis explains how he
happened TO be in his wife's tent that night.
when the plan was that he should travel alone
with only a small party, he says;
Nothing occurred to rouse me until Just
before dawn, when my coachman, a free col
ored man. who faithfully clung to our for
tunes. came and told me there was firing over
the branch, just be hind our encampment. |
stepped out of my wife's tent and saw some
horsemen, whom immediately recognized as
cavalry deploying around the encampment |
turned back and told my wife these were not
the expected marauders. but regular troopers.
She implored NE to leave her at once hes
itated, frcm unwillingness TO do so. and lost
few precious moments before yielding to
her opportunity. NY horse and arms were
near the road on which expected to leave,
and down which the cavalry approached. it
was, therefore, impossible TO reach them.
was compelled to start in the opposite direc-
tion. As it was quite dark in the tent. !
picked up what was supposed to be my "rag-
Lana waterproof, light overcoat, without
sleeves; il was subsequent, found to be my
wite's, soyery like my own as to be mistaken
for it; as | started, my wife thoughtfnlly
threw over my head and shoulders a shawl.
had gone perhaps fifteen or twenty yards
when trooper galloped up and ordered me
to halt and surrender Ia which gave def
ant answer; and. dropping the shawl and rag
Ian from my shoulders, advanced towards
him. He levelled his carhinc at me, but l
expected if he fired he would miss me. and
my intention was in that event to putmv hand
under his foot, tumble him off on the other
side, spring into his saddle and attempt to
escape. NV wife, who had been watching,
when she saw the soldier aim his carbine at
me, ran forward and threw her arms about
me. Success depended on instantaneous ac-
ton, and recognizing that the opportunity
had been lost, turned back; and the morn
ing being damp and chilly, passed to fire
beyond the tent
1t is matter of very little consequence
whether Mr. Davis attempted to escape in
woman's clothes or not but it is a matter in
which the people Of this country have taken
good deal of curious interest. The story
Mr.. Davis now tells as far as it relates to
rhat occurred, is probably measurably accur-
ate his explanation of why it occurred will
be accepted or not each individual reader
may feel inclined Providence Press.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1881-06-09
Gave Himself Away.

Gus White, a Galveston Ethop, needed
money, but did not have any. He tried to
negotiate loan Of few dollars from Discon-
solate Jones, who is a barber, offering his
note, but DiscoDsolate told him that he shaves
chins, not notes Gus went out, got a pistol
and returned "Disconsolate Jones, glib me
two dollars and dc pistol is yours "G'way,
niggar: hits agin de law to tote pistils."
'.But you needs pistol when you goes home
at nights TO keep the robbers off, "De man
what totes pistil am plum coward" "IIits
wuf $40. but yer can have it for g." "G'way
niggar." Strange to say, that very night, on
his way home, Disconsolate Jones was attack
ed by an unknown man, who garroted, kicked
and maulcd him until he was certainly a very
disconsola;e person, and fed in the darkness
without uttering word. Next morning be-
fore Gus was up, he was called on by Dis.
consolate Jones. who told him the story Of
his woes, and then said .'Whar's dat pistil
you wanted TO sell me yesterday for 81 2"
.'Hits agin the law to tote weapons" Nebber
mind, amt gwine 10 be beat to def for g."
Nobody but plum coward totes pistols. but
you can hab it for s4.' Disconsolate paid
over the money and took the pistol. As soon
as he got the pistol he examined it. put it in
his pocket, and then carelessly picking up a
chair he whacked Gus White at fearful rate.
s'Dah," said the breathless Disconsolate, TAX
ing back his money; "de mex time you wants
TO sell pistil, don't try to wrestle wid de
niggar what put hair oil on yer head, or you
will give yourself away by the smell. I'll jus
keep dis yer pistil to pay me for my work and
loss oh time wrestling wild you las night in
de dark"