Pittston Gazette

              E A D THIS! The f»azjsTtje in one of the be 1MTTST0N GAZETTE Tho PiTTatow Gailtte is published eveiy T d»y morning by ricHART, Space I D ""D I :1 ,n" I 6 n'° 1 1 •T"Dr the county It in read by the heat families in the county. It id always promptly issued Us artistic neatness is uusurpussel by any paper In the State. JtH subscription price is only {1.50 per y«*ar. It is strictly a.first-clans family piper. And the best advertising medium in the county It is one of the best papers in the State Tor gen eral news. Its politics—Uncompromisingly Republican. No well regulated family should be without it. It publishes the County Court proceedings. In fact everything of Interest to the genera reader will be found in its columrs. Send on your subscriptions, and d.in'ttry to Itv without 'I'M* Objure another week. On* uvelllli Colon'" J 4 (Hi * 8 00 $ lid 00$ 18 00 r 'h •• b C*D 10 w 10 £h ,,n ™ f, u r " 12 00 lHOil 26 00 . 40 00 oStuIni " »5tl° M "" 401,0 'r'°(Kt o££ i»lf " D» 00 SO 00 70 00 On« Column 40.10, 40 0o|- 70 00, MO «) BuHlnosa Card-, five tine* or I«rh, $7 per y*mr, over five and not exceeding tea lines, flz per VOL. XXIV—NO. 25. FITTSTON, PA., THURSDAY AUGUST 28, 1873. WHOLE NO. 1,221. AdminlHtratora' and A»»lgne«»' No" ''"dVertiring Id Local Column, 80 ots. per line for each insertion. DEVOTED TO THE COAL INTERESTS, POLITICS, NEWS, LITERATURE, AGRICULTURE, AND GENERAL INTELLIGENCE. Business Cards. Business Cards. Poetry. CARRIER PIGEONS WHAT HAPPENED TO A DANBURY Lawyers and Justices. Lively. Redding inyitations T3RICK YARD. JD J08EPII P. SCHOOLEY. ODE TO A TATER BUG. The carrier pigeons which are to be used on the Graphic balloon voyage are of the Antwerp tpye, and were imported to Itivercllff, near Stratlord, Conn., by Mr. O. S* Ifubbell, in the spring and fall of 1870. He paid $600 for the first half dozen pair, and $000 for second half dozen. The fine bird called "Ariel" cost $100. This bird won the great "international prize," and is considered the best of his breed in the world. These pigeons always return to their home in Ilivercliff, no matter how great the distance may be at which they are tossed up from that place. The lirst time they were tossed up after their arrival in this country they were gone several days, and some of them a week, returning greatly exhausted. Mr. Hubbell attributes the length of their first absence to attempt to return to their old haunts, but findthe Atlantic had had.to be crossed, returned to their new home, after having traversed the coast, probably as far as the Bay 9f Fundy. GIRL Dlamb, • Livery and Rxe.ia «;e 8table», near the Lehigh Valley Depot. ft'ittHto ,Pa. Good riga mlwayw on hand, aud the public ac Dmmodated in the teal manner. | June iS.'70-ly A retired clergyman sends us an account of a little affair that happened in his place. It appeared that there was a young woman, a fine spirited girl, engaged at a wash-tub opposite an open door. Jtftt behind her was a young man, as is generally the case, and in the yard .was an old buck that was allowed the freedom of the premises which is not always the cas?, we are glad to say. Well, this buck came to the door and looked in, and the young man, going c!ose behind the young woman pointed his finger straight at the buck, and the old fellow recognizing at once the pressing character of this mute invitation, put down his head and dashed forward, and the miserable man stepped to one side and lied, and the young woman, all unconscious of the arrangement received the shock without warning, and passed over the tub, and the air for an instant appeared to be full of slippers and wet clothes and soap and hot water anil suds. And the next minute that goat came flying out of that door at a dreadful speed, bald the whole length of his spine, and with a wild look in his eye. And for an houraf-. terwards he stood bnck of the barn scratching his chin and trying to recall all the circumstances In the unfortunate affair.— DariSieryNeu's. s. STAKK, Hfeving greatly enlarged his facilities for bustne**, calls the attention of the public to his old and well known yard on the plank road, half a mile below l'itt*ton, where the public ma at all times be accommodated with the best of bick and receive estimates for bofldlqfa. Jan I *73 Composed while picking them oif— 0. Howe Greene, 'ton of Old Paris Greene. You nasty, little streaked bugger, There won't be scarce a tater dug or To be had for cash or lawin*. If you keep up your cussed chawiu* ! The sweetness ol the Early Kose I* wasted on your pesky nose ; Tha "desert air" Is where you prune To barren stems each Early June. attoknky AT LAW, EZCTa-R-A-AriEID Jan 1 1873 PITTSTON, PA Livery— change of PRIKTOR. v . The undersigned having purcha-ed of StepheD Driesbach. his livery and all thereto belonging, desires to Inlorin the publio that he wilt MDnlmtn» tiie business al the old stand, where he enJeATor to noc'omm »l«te the pabMo to the best of his Rbl'" ity. lie designs to add largely to the stook at once, and do ail in his powe. to give general satisfaction, in the way of furnishing good horses una carriages to hi. SCUREMAN PRO- q SUTHERLAND, Justice of tiik peace, For Went lDitt»ton Borough, Office, corner of Exeter and Warren Streets. D11 business pertaining to his office promptly at tended to. Collections Blade, *o. J»n 1 73 AND THE WYOMING VALLEY IPrinted PAPER MILL. IX THE BEST STYLES, PITTSTON, TA. JOHN RICHARDS, At the lowest price* I C. F. C0 0. B. Rommel, MannfactJ • turer Ktraw Print, Munllla, Waterproof Blasting, White Tea. and Printed Manilla wrapping Papers. Also Paper Bags and Flour Sacks. April lo, tf  Could Parson Goodrich, from his grave. Behold the seedlings now, he gave To cheer mankind with good, rich tatera, He'd wact to pay what debt of Natur's A second time—lie snugly snug Beyond your reach, you buggerly bug I Pegasus, whoa ! whoa ! stop your tuggln' I must dismount, and—back to "buggin." Plttetoo, Sept. 12,—tf. Hamplea %enl ty mail free of charge, Attorney at Law, and Conveyancer. Commissioner Contractors and Builders JOHN It. NAGLE ACQ. to inkti testimony torttie »s»er»l Court* or Luurnn °wflli'llni'street, opposite the Catholic Cburch, l'itrtton, I'a. . rD.W Arch street. Philadelphia. Stationers and Engraver*. j^ILLIARDS! BILLIARDS ! TT H. PRICE, STAIlt BUILDEIt, mm 6in -Q Yv. SCIIOONOVER, The underpinned having opened a first-class BILLIARD ROOM in that line largo room In the Ba*ement of his new building on Main atieei, ad- Joining the People's Savings HanK. nnd furnished it with every adornment, and FOUK NEW BILLIARD TABLES. hopes the lovers of the game may find it a pleasant place of resort. No liquor sold, hut tempcrance beverages, and the best brands of cigars, always on hand. GEOUGE SMITH, Prop'r. Pittston. April 10. 1873.  /1 V. KIDDER, * attorney at law, Office on Franklin 8irte;, BUTCHER, Select Reading. N B —I make lhl« a specialty and Carpent.ra'and Contractor* will find It :o their an vantage to wndtlwlr order* to me, Uuia ennuringa flr»t-elHM joh for any deecrlption of stair.-' Jan 1 1*73 WILKES-BARRE, FENN'A. «nd dealer in Fresh and Salt Meat**, Hams Ac.. Customers supplied by peddlers. Msrket at coiner of Exeter and Warien street, West PltUton. June 19, 1873. Office in Uw Bollding, North Franklin 8tr««i DICKENS' "EDWIN DROOD." WILKES-BARRE, PA. H H. P. Hpringfield papers revive tlie story of the young mnii in Urattleboro', Vermont, who is "finishing" Dickens' story, "The Mystery of Edwin Drood." The Union, in fuct, on Saturday, devoted nearly eight columns to the matter, and asserts that the work is not only nearly completed, but that a new novel by Dickens is to be forthcoming from the same source, "an amanuensis, a medium, if you will, but an unprofessional one, and a person who knew nothing whatever about spiritualism until this strange experience befell him ; who has no theories to advance or proselytes to make, and who cares not a flg apparently whether spiritualism stand or fall." lie is described as a good-looking man, a machinist, not far from thirty years of age, a native of Boston, with no training whatever for literary work. The Union writer proceeds to give a long history of the way in which he came to undertake the work, follows it up witli extracts from several chapters of the forth-coming volume, and coneiutiea with the following: Mvrh 31), 1871-J}* 4 BUCHLEY'S IIKIPROWED 5 I CUCUMBER WOOD PUMP. Tasteless, Durable, Efficient /MM c* and clieap. The Iwst Pump for the least money. Attention 1s enpeeiaily Invited to lilatch[ LU J lej'sPutented improved Biackel and New Drop Creek Valve, which can be withdrswn with- W out removing the pump or dis-6 tui bliiK the Joints. Also, the Z Cooper Chamber, which never t-« tracks or scales, any will outlast and other. For sale by dealers ever* where. Send for catalogue and price list. CH AS. 0. BLATCHLLY, Msnurr, Nov21'72-yl 506 Commerce st., Philadelphia. piPOKTANT TO BUJLDORS J. J, MERRIAM, Physicians and Dentists 8T0NE QUARAY. PORTRAIT PAINTER, 1 \R. C. M. WILLIAMS, DENTIST, No. 7 North Muin Htreet, The undersigned hereby given notice that hi is operating • very eiceilent Stone (Quarry in the Borough of Pittaton, and that he is prepared to furnish Building Btone of all kinds, and to take contract* for Willi and Excavation*,and warrant' to do all his work in a first class manner. WM. BOM), Oregon. LIFE SIZE PORTRAITS We liuve never supposed that lagerbeer had much poetical inspiration in it—now we know that it hasn't. At Greensport Penn., there Is an independent Order German Social Society, tlm principal business of which seems to be to consume beer. Its worthy President llerr Zeinsch, being about to leave the town, his fellow-drinkers met to bid him farewell. A poem was recited in which Zemsch was assured that lie would always have "A place in our memories »o dear, and in our stomachs for beer," and also " Fond remembrance, a hearty-good cheer, In u full, foaming glass of good beer!" The conclusion of the poem has the pure muzzy malt flavor. "Farewell, Zemsch, a word which must be, And has been—A word which makes us linger ; Yet, Zemseb, we say—Farewell!" ON CANVASS Photograph* painted in Oil or Wntea color*, or retouched with India Ink. PITTSTON, Piltston, April 18,1872. All wo'k warranted Aug 7 '73 Meat Markets Studio adjoining the Cash Store of Law & Campell. Mar lHt'72-ly g A. CAMPBELL, Homeopathic Physician and WKBT 1'ITTSTON MEAT MARKET. W""" JOHN J. MILLER, Surgeon. The underaigned having opened a Market on Exeter atreet, in West Pltuton, near the office of 8. Sutherland, will keep it at all times well aoppHed with the very best of all kinds of meat adapted to the season, and invite the patronage ol the public. We are determintd that what we .ell ahall be tiie very best. BRACJS , H01(C0MB. West Pittston, April 18-Hm. SHIPPER AND DEAI.EK I.N 'S STEAM TAAOC CAN YOU AFFORD IT? Residence, Exeter 8treet, Weat Pj»Jf Foundry of Wisner A Strong. Orders left alt ine cjfflce or Be filacer, Hilleia. and Barnes »Jlt also meet prompt attention. Graduate of J*"®"®" Medical College and practitloner n .Iersey city Brooklyn. Mew York, and Scranton la. "evJJK thoroughly versed in the allopathici practice the Doctor claims to be able to discern the relative ad- of two system# . Aprl7-73yi OYSTERS, FISH Can you aft'ord to work hard all day and read, stydy, or court the vagaries of society all night, thus wasting your vitality, exhausting your nervous system, and bringing on a premature disease, decay and Old age? Aad GENERAL PRODUCE. Also, Early Fruits and Vegetables from the South. MONIES & PUGHE, QHARLES HARDING, Butcher and Meat Dealer, 316 SOUTH WATER AND 317 S. FRONT ST., PHILADELPHIA. MA NWA CTVJtXItS Hotels and Restaurants Gvster* in Cans, Tubs, and in the Shell, Foreign and'Domextic FruiU. Canaed Fruits. Vegetables, Ac., carefully put tip for Country Trade. 13meh73 1y C1UCKEUS, »K1D WlluLkSALI DkAlJtlUi IV ILL IIF.'IM or CAKES, Can you afford to eat hastily, and then rush to study, or business, withdrawing the nervous energy from the digestive system to the brain and muscles, and thus inducing dyspepsia, and in a few years, at most, to scourage, and haunt, aud make you miserable for years or for life ? ST. CHARLES HOTEL. A. DAY, Proprietor. Having taken charge of this well known establishment hi "Went End,' in the Borough of Pittaton, it will be my aim to keep a rtrst-cia*a houae, and to accommodate the traveling public as well as steady boarders in the best manner, janeltf-73 (Successor to P. M. Sutton), BANKER'S BUILDING, RAIL- CONFECTIONERY, 8CRANTON, PA. ROAD STREET PILGRIM'S IMPROVED SASH BALANCE. For the Best In the Market Call Here. EM. SINCLAIR, . SALOON and KK8TAUUANT, Wi.h Bowling Alley in reir, Har Hupplled with the bent of Liquors. Bursa pari lie, Mineral Water, nod ell other refreshing beverages. Opposite the Post-Office. I OWANIIOTEL, nttftoDi Not. 14 "72— ly Fully Equal to Weights and ALEX. JAM1ESON. B. F. COOLBAUQII. F. COOLBAUGII & CO., Is This a New Planet T To the Editor nf the X. Y. Tribune Grocers, Bakers and Flour Box Frames and at one Fourth the Cost. "I £amo to Brattleboro expecting to find this decidedly posthumous work h bubble which could be easily blown away. After two days' careful and aottu-wluit critical examination, I go away, f confess, 11 good iiqy.1 puzzled. I reject, in the first place, as Mt im]Do8sibiIity —as every one would do after thoroughly investigating the matter—the theory that this manuscript was written by the young man, .Mr. A. He says lie lias never read the first volume, and I care not whether lie has or 110, being fully convinced that he is not capable of writing so much as one page of the second volume. This, of course, is no disparagement ; for how many men are capable «f«dolng what Dickens left undone? I aui driven, then, to accept one of the two .conclusions. Either some man of genius k using this individual as a gobetweeai, in order to place an extraordinary work before tho public in an extraordinary way, or the hacfc js, as it professes to be, dictated by lDickC*«»£ himself from tho other world. The one supposition is scarcely more astounding than the ether. If there is in Vermont a man, heretofore unheard of, who is able to write &s Dickens wrote, he surely liaa no cause I# resort to any such device as this. If, on the other hand, Charles Dickens himself, 'though dead, yet speaketh,' what shall we next expect? It is but fair to say that, with the fullest opportunity for investigation, I found not the least evidence or any hand of fraud, while the name of the 'amanuensis,' were I allowed to give it, would dispel any suggestion of that kind from the minds of every citizen of this place who knows him." SEAMAN & CO., Sir: In my letter of April 30, printed in your issue of May 2, I gave harmonic indications of "a possible unknown planet or Meteoric belt," about 7-2U, or .200 of the earth's mean distance from the sun. On June 19, Messrs. De La ltue, Stewart, and Leowy communicated to the Royal Society evideaces that there is a tendency iu the sun spots "to change alternately from the north or positive from the south, or negative hemisphere, and visft versa.'1 *nd "that the two outbreaks arc at oj)po»it£ end* of the sanu diameterTil one phenomena point to such a disturbing iuiiuence as I anticipated, revolving around the sun in 9. of about two solar rotations. Can you afford to live 011 rich or highly seasoned food, eat champagne suppers, because an artificial appetite is thus gratified, rendering gout dyspepsia, apoplexy, in the middle oflife, almost u certainty ? W H 0 L E S A L E G IIOC Ell8, Thin In one of the most Important and convenient substitutes ever yet invented to raise and lower *Da*h,and works with all the ease and safety claimed for the pulley* u«ed in bo* frames. 'I here I* no hitch or sudden drop of the sash. but it morel by a balance and stoj s whenever the pret-aure on th#* sash or cord cessM. They are readily adapted to any window, nod may be introduced at a trifling co*t. The undersigned hare purchased the exclusive right to use this balance, and wil! soon manufacture new frameH, with the addition of thia improvement, and supply customers with the castings to put in old frames. The operation of this Balance may be seen at our mill, and we invite all to call and *ee it. It is so practical and so cheap that it must lake the place, in nine eases out cf ten, of the old balance pulley*. liwiTT, HILEMAN A EBERT, Excelsior Planing Mill. Commission Merchants, NOS. 42 £ 44 MURRAY STREET, NEW YOKR. Wholesale Packers and Dealers Id P1TTST0N, PA OYSTERS The tindernigm-d has lately purchased the Ho el property known as the Swan Hotel, in the borough of Pitmton, and is now Drepared to meet the Public for . tg'AKK. Kobt. Bowman, ;am'l J. lierry. ji.t Jan 1 73 J. A. Winner. Franklin Whitney. Fish, Prultn, Vegetnblen and Country Produce Generally. Can you afford to commit suicide through the indulgence of appetite and passion, adopting the fool's motto, " A short life and a merry one?" The mott steam mill, PiTTSTON. PENN'A, No. 333 South Front Street, -yyillTE HORSE HOTEL. GRIER A FARRER, PROPRIETORS. Manufacturers of Fineafc quality Family Hour. Chop and Feed of various kinds, and dealers in Grain generally. All Flour and Feed sold by us, warranted an repretented. All orders promptly filled. 1 1873 PHILADELPHIA L. B. PERRIN, Prop'r MARKET STREET, Wilkes-Barre, EVERY TOM FORT FOR MAN AND BEABT. Mar'-'7--'73 Can you afford to indulge iu fast living, dressing beyond your means driving livery horses, or keeping a horse yourself, when your income is not adequate to such expense ? J_£OLLENBACK dD ROWK., And uo pains spared to make all feel •* Our stabling is the largest and tuoet complete in the city. Dec.yrz Thomas maloney, Wholesale and Retail Dealer in GROCERIES AND PROVISIONS, Pitts ton, Ma? 22—tf T?LI AGER, manufacturer of light and Jlj Draft Harness, of all kinds, and dealer in CIVIL ENGINEERS gT. JAMES' HOTEL. Can you afford to smoke and chew tobacco, thus spending from five to i'venty.011 thirty dollars a month, injuring r°ur nervous system, and thereby transmitter "D children a weakened constitution, tUe,tt W invalids for life? STAPLE DRY GOODS, Salte, Meats, Flour, Fi»h »od WHIPS, BOBE8, BLANKETS, BELLS. to. Repairing done neatly and promptly. Oppoajte he Lime Kiln, Main St.. Piuston. JyJ.tO-ly. SURVEYORS, PIITSTON, PA. A few fiteps from L. A B. Junction. Thin in a firnt-clAefl hotel, bfts been recently renovated and fitted up, and farmers vili Una it to their advantage to atop there, it beii»K away from the railroad. GMd stabling  attached. Ci. M. TOMLINbON. Jan 1,7J—ly Hosiery, Glo?e», Notiom, 4c. F»rm Produce Receired. Store iu the upper part of the town, below the Depot. J»n 1 *73 Office No. 4 Boulli Main street, riTTBTON, PA JgAGLE DRUG STORK! Over C. H. Foster A Co'« (tore. One of the incidents of the demolition of Washington market was the following speech delivered from the top of a box: BUMGARDNER & RADER, Dealers in ESTABLISHED IN 1865. No. 33 N. Main St. PITTSTON, PA. A. KNAPP, M. D., Proprietor. Dealer in Foreign and Domestic Drugs & Chemicals, DYE STUFFS, (Opposite P. C. Go's offioe) Can you afford to burn out your nervous system and demoralize your whole character by the use of alcohol- Luzerne house, WEST PITTSTON Dry Goods, Groceries, Provisions, PitUton, May 20, 73 ly PITTSTON, Pa. A. M. JEFFORDS, PROP'R. The house has been thorough lyre novated, re paired and furnished, and Is in a.I respects, the Urgent und most desirable suburban Hotel In the Wyoming Valley. It has always been regarded by tity iieople as a delighlful sojourning place and the proprietor assures all that his best efforts will be put forth to make it the most delightful place to bo found, for all who desire to secure a quiet and dellghtfnl summer resort. The rooms •re large and very pleasaut. '1 he hotel is situated at the Went Pitt-ton Depot of the Lackawanna A Bloomsburg Railroad, and overlooks East and West Pittstou, and guests have no carriage expends 10 pay in arriving or departing. Carriages For the use of guests will be provided at reasonable charges. The Luzerne Post-Offlce is kept within a few yards of ttie Hotel. Flour, Feed, Meal, BOOTS, SHOES, HATS, CAPS, Ac., D' J am Mrs. Martha O'Donnell, the A, No. J. fat woman of Washington market, II came into this market weighing two hundred pounds, land now weigh three liuudred and fortyfive gounds. I have been hero fifteen years, having paid $18 a month, and have made $100,000, ami intend to make 3,100,000 more.' I havo a farm of ten acres on Long Island ; support a husband like a gentlemen and a family in luxury, and I give them fast horses and carriages with which to enjoy themselves. I have stood the most intense cold in winter without afire, ami the greatest heat in summer, and have never taken cold nor been over- Jan 1 '73. Main Street, Pittston, Pa. £1 W. FREEMAN, ic liquors? Can you afford to make money at the expense of your manhood, your morals, your just respectability and your integrity ? rpiiE JBWELEB, STRONG STEAM MILL PATENT MEDICINES, and PERFUMERY [Late of Pulsion, J Hi.VINO REMOVED TO Can you aflbrd even to gain the whole world, and thereby make of yourself a moral wreck? l?ittstonD "Pa. DAVID PATERSON, Prop'r Particular altention given to Physician's Prescriptions at all hours, day and night, July 17,187.1. SCRANTON, an»i having opened a Urge "took of Goods in hit line in the VALLEY HOUSE BLOCK, near the I). L. A: W. Depot, would call attention to his large assortment ot the finest The undersigned having purchased of Thomas Waddell the strong Hieam Mdl, ami HMUirwl the business of »aid establishment, he would respectfully give notice that he Mill be at all times prepared lo sell to the trade Can you afford to rob your mind to clothe your back with silks and satins, and gratify a mere love of display? PITTSTON LEATHER STORE A REMOVAL. Having removed to the basement under tha People's Savings lisnk, our customers and the public will find us there with atull stock of Leather of all kindM used by Shoemakers, and a general assortment of Shoe Finding*. Strict attention given to all orders by mail or otherwise American and Swiss Watches, & Jewolry C)f'all kinds & prices. Can you afford to be tricky, and tiierefore defraud your employer of the just service you owe him, even though you get your pay, thus making yourself a moral bankrupt ? Miscellaneous TIIE BEST OF FLOUR FEED, AC., pITTSTON DYE HOUSE, which can be produced. Having had a long and active experience in the Milling business, and being the owner and operatorof a Mill In the Cumxrland Volley, producing seventy-five barrels of flour per day, Irom the best wheat grown in the State, lie hopes to he able to »ell a superior flour and at as low a rale as the market will uftord. lie invites a resume of buslne«s with old friends, and a trial from the trade in general and of the latent patterns and most fashionable design*. Old Pittston customers, together witn the public in general, are requested to na'l and examine for themselves, feeling assured that they will find prices as low as at any other establishment to l»e found. Repairing a specialty and done by the most skillful hands. 238 SOUTH MAIN STREET, Pittston April 10,'73—tf llu.- erne ut). heated." PITTSTON, PENN'A SEMINARY, Later,-'The Philadelphia Press of Monday last lias this: "That promising young person who has been creating such an excitement as tlio medium' through whom Charles Dickens was completing 'Edwin Drooil,' has met the fate of most persons of this class—exposure. It turns out now, as it was sure to do from the start, that the 'ignorant mechanic,' as lie has been termed is a printer of some education and a good deal of reading, and that he is thoroughly acquainted with most of the master's works. Moreover, he is a thorough adventurar, and has been before detected in literary speculation, having some years ago written a new play from an old English one. This is not a serious crime now-a-days, when cleverly done, but the 'Edwin Drood' man performed it so bunglingly that he was detected without any trouble, and consequently was awarded a proper measure of odium. His last venture is likely to prove as unprofitable as his first." Garments of all Wind* colored and scoured in the best manner and without damage to the fabric. Hilks and all flue fabrics thoroughly understood, and cleansed and scoured to entire satisfaction. The proprietor will not be responsible for goods in his charge after two month*.. May 22—tf The Graphic advertises for and experienced seaman of good habit H to accompany Professor Wise, which moves the Inter-Ocean to say that if good habits mean temperance and frugality and an "early -to bed and early to rise" sort of man, we should suppose the exigencies of the occasion would supply him out of even the most indifferent material. However, if an "experienced seaman" should get drunk while the Professor was asleep, and run the balloon aground on a reef in the moon, we never should cease lamenting that a man of better habits had not been se- BIG SNAKE STORY Very truly, Ac., Pittston, Ian. 1, '73 DAVID PATERSON COMMERCIAL COLLECE, One of the largest schools of the kind in the Unite 1 States. Teaches common and higher English branches. OLACKSMITIIING A few days since while Joseph Selby was gathering raspberries he came to what he supposed to be a log, and being somewhat tired he sat down upon it to take a rest, when, much to his surprise, he commenced moving down the hill. He was so much frightened that he did not know for some time what was the propelling ]Dower, but when he recovered liimsolf he found that it was a monster snake oarrying him upon its baok. He supposed it was from fifty to sixty feet long and as thick as his body. He fell off during the journey, and the snake continued down into the hollow. This snake has been seen by various parties for several years past, mostly in the raspberry season, but nobody has enjoyed such an intimate acquaintance witii the monster as Mr. 8elby. We would advise everybody to be on tho lookout for this reptilian monster during the raspberry time. —ISurnesviUc Enter- Jan I'7: D. M ALEXANDER. MILLINERY. CLASSICS, MUSIC. PAINTING, FRENCH GERMAN, MILITARY TACTICS. Having again resumed the entire control of the Rlacksmtihing business at my old stand, in West Pittston, 1 deem it important to say that 1 have employed an JJEW BOOT AND SHOE SHOP —BT— ARRIVAL ! Educates Teachers, Graduates Ladies and gentle- men in five oourses of study. EXPERIENCED HORSE-SHOER, who will render his best services to all customers aud remedy CHARLES F. HERRMANN, lath# b*»ementof 8t«rk A Bliarkey'H new brief L_. ,J Vf..iD.......... Commercial College—book* taken diroetly from business eatabliHlimeDts ; Ave telegraphic instru m«ntx. building, Main atreel, P'ttaton Millinery and Fancy Coods Fall term opens Sept. 3. Send for a catalogue to Rev. P. Oopelund, A. M., or L.L. Hprsgue, Kingston, Fa. July 17—4t OVEHREACHl.NO, INTERFERING and Being well pi •' to do all kinds ot Boot and Shoe making ii .*!• .jsM manner, and hairing had ample experience In the work required.by all classes in Klttaton, I respectfully solicit a share of the public patronngs, guuranU-eing satisfaction '"rfVaIRINO neatly, promp(ly Hnd »ubM«ntUM. done, CtiA*-». I'• nr^K..siAnn. CORNS, IN ONE SHOEING. All work will bs done In the nealekt and beat manner. MRS- MARY J 8MITH, thankfnl Tor the liberal patronage hertofore enjoyed, has now the pleasure of announcing the receipt of a large and fresh a* rival of all kinda and latest styles of LARGE CULM BARROWS, wall made, for aale at the establishment. We do a general line of work and in vile the public to call upon ub for what they Deed in our line. We have had experience enough to know how to do work well, and our customers "hall have the benefit of it. JOSEl'li KLOTZ, Went Pittston, May S-73 JgOOK BINDING JOHN C. JEFFRIES, Pi Union. J»n. 113m MILLINERY AND FANCY GOOD , AIIt WORK TRIMMINGS, *c„ which «h« I* prepared to .el at the loweat prices. A full slock of ladies and childtena' AT THE"RECOUD OFTHETIMKS** BUJLDiSO Pabnc Square, cured To the Ladicn of Pittslon ami vicinity. Mrs. D. leave to inform lli« Ltniie# thai hhe nas now opened a place of bunineen on the W floor o! Mr. Lamb'a building. corner of Wain and Water street, where nho is prepared to do all kind* ol Fancy work.mieh at* HATH, "W ilkes-Barre, Rinds Book!, Magazines, and Blank Work of all VALLEY HOUSE. A mean business n»an in Phila. delphia always cuts down the salaries of his bald-headed clerics during the summer season. He says half their working hours are employed in striking out wildly for flies and other which alight on the bare place.—Norristown Herald. RIBBONS, EMBROIDERY, Ac., Ac., kinds, in the neatest and best manner, and at the lowest prices. WICS, BRAIDS, CURLS, Putt's, Frizzes, Chatellene, Toupee*. Switches Waiving or Crimping, or Natural (JomMugs made up wiili neatness and dispatch. The highest, price* paid for Combing* and Long Hair Work done up ai the lowest rates ; I'ivase give us h call and see for yourself .., April lo—Cm  together with every article belonging UD her trade. The ladies aie invited to call and make their hclections for the winter, as she is confident she can meet the expectations of all. $&■ Newspaper files and Music binding receives special attention. July 21 '73 8. M. NASH, PROI'RIETOK. I take pleasure in informing the public that I hare leased the well known Lackawanna Valley House, situate upon the corner of Lackawanna and Franklin avenues, immediately opposite the depot in thia city. ...... This houae aince the Are by which it was partially destroyed while under the administration of Mr. John Baldwin, ita former ieaaoe, ha* beeu enlarged, rebuilt with many modern Improvements, painted, frescoed, and entirely refurnished with new furniture of the beat quality. The improved cooking and dining room arrannemenlH which have been introduced will, I can aafely »av, make thi» hotel equal in ail respects to any hotel in this State. Spacious Sample ltoom" can be procured at any time by parlies desiring them. ' . There la now in course of construction a large addition comprising two stories over the four adjoining Stores on Lackawanna aventtn, upon the completion ot which the Lackawanna alley House will be the largest and moat commodious hold in this city. it will be inp constant endeavor, as it was while proprietor of the Wyoming llouso far the la«t seven years, by undivided attention to the wants of the publio to merit a fair share ot custom. In connection with the hotel will be found a liar and Billiard Room inferior to none In the United States. Very truly yours Aug. 7*73 S. M. NASH. Hornnton, l'a. MAIN STREET, neariy opposite the Eagle Bo tel. f~i ARDEN TRIHJK.—Early Garden \JT Truc(t and farm Produce will be furniahed reinilurly to Market Km during th»««a»on by the noderniKned from hUKHrdeoa al the Read of the Valley. Early VejetaMe Plant, In variety nf the most thrifty quality. J. B. CAKPKN'i ER. Pltthton, Oct, 27,1870 M.J.8. prim MOUNTAIN SPJUNC ROQT AND CRONK BEER. jyjILLINERY ! "Woadsworth," said Chas. Lamb, "one day told me that he considered Bhakespeare overrated. 'There is,' said lie, 'an immensity of trick in all Shakespeure wrote, and people are taken by it. Now, if I had a mind I could write'exactly like .Shakespeare.' 'So you see,' proceeded Charles Lamb quietly, it was only the mind that was wanting." The grasshoppers are conimi tting great ravages in New Hampshire. In East Concord whole fields of oats have been so damaged that they will be mowed over simply for fodder. Beans and other crops have suffered in like manner. One man says that after the grasshoppers had eaten up his hop vines, they actually gathered on the ground around the poles and tried to push them over. Wendell Phim.ips says if you put two American babies, of the masculine gender in their cradles, in the same room, one will immediately say ",Mr. Speaker," and the other will call him to order. . Decker & Fell, irWtI -r.'1'he U»der»l«!ied hu the ple««ui« loannounce to I s old co.f.Tnera and the public Db*t he he. rC- «nmVd kia»lr.w*H for the .e»son «t hi. old ■'«DC. 1° S?KvkH, from whinh he will send out to-hi a inert* lu the various localities, thevt-ry c" t of /HONK Cn.| ROOT HKEK, made from Hprinj; wKlrr. Thankful lor liberal petr"n*Se benaon, he hopen to merit tn© name juf-" J£EY STONE MARBLE YARD Have ju»t received an entire new stock of Millinery and Fancy Goods at No. 37 Main street,where a shard ot tlie public patronage is solicited and all oidem filled to the entire satisfaction of the nubile.B. J. BARBER. PROP-R. Opposite the Klrtt'Natlonnl B»nk, MAIN H'l'KKET, MTTSTOS^PA Plttaton, April 10 '7't if Evory variety of Marble Tombstone", Monuincuts of Granite or Marble, Mantles of Marble or Hlnte, all done up 111 tlie heWM of siyle, either plain or ornamental and a' th« lowest prices. Plumbers ' Stone s, Jlc. iJou t lall to |{lve IIIi a call. Jan 1'73 Ax Indiana man .who shot another, and afterwards repented wrote to his victim that if he would only get well he would give him $10,000. The wouiulded man said ho was willing to get WM P. 8IIARP jypLLINKKY ! MILLINERY ! T .'AMS I IIAMS ! * are selling the celebrated Blowers' Hams— /ne hotter in the market, at very low figures to ./De trade. Dealers will pleane make a note of this. Also fine Shoulders, Lurd.&e. Call iind see our /Stoek ACKLhY ft CO. r Jui MRS. ELLEN E IIYNES, Second Door below the Central Kxpress Office, Ik you let the cat out of tlio bag never try to cram it back again; it only makes mutters worse. Has just received a full stock of Fashionable Millinery Goods, Ribbon*, Trimmings, Ac., and the ladies uro requested to call and make their selections. Jftn 11873 ON THE RAVINE LIME.—JOHN IIASLAM, at Swan Hotel, Pittston, snpplies the best quality made for building purposes, at lowest prtoe* Orders delivered wheu desired. LJune 2CJ-lyl870. At a Kansas courting match the victorious couple sat up 49 hours. well at any pnee rDe 19