Pittston Gazette and Susquehanna Anthracite Journal

              AND SUSQUEHANNA ANTHRACITE JOURNAL. «* 3 • r : .,. »C • ' ".?'•'{ f '■ li'r **~ "* if 1 •{'••:D ',l ■' . .« «, '? ■ • . •■: ( • . h j ll ■ ,*' • .' • ]. : . —■— —— - iff 09 I ♦ il * '* - ■ . - . 31 Uinfeltj Snmlrti tn ffi&t littratnn, tlji ffltrrootilt, Miring, 3pjtwtt nnii %irufonDI Sntfrita of 1lif ftrantq, SnHfrattion, Iratmtnt, Sollnnr fStr tare, PITTSTON, PA., FRIDAY, JUNE 13, 1856. WHOLE NUMBER 301. . ,1! i. , ' m- i ' |;.•'»{D *D C; ' i VOLUME 6.-NUMBER 31. •  ■ 7.TT—" 1 7 1 **— 1 • • "But there was onethinjD [ noticed about old Jupe—whenever the bears siretqlied her out into a airing, she always loit her appetite for the remainder of thai day.— Well, old Jupa and I were dowfl there, and we had. been doing pretty much wl at I hare been telling you, when one day the bean spun her out rather longer, thin u*u. al, and she got cut ao badly that we had to reat during the whole of ihn evening. 1 was aorry (or old Jupe, but didn't care much about having to »top myself, lor I was tire(l and wanted rest, having seen hard times thai week. hear anything until it was too late to give any help." But for those on the log it was no joke ; for they were already out in the stream, and going dowo it with • smart current. Cije JJittstoit (Sajcttf, justness Carte. C£|oite $#2- and placed my rifle in the water, lashing it to the log. Iftben threw away fny hat and crawled as far a* I could toward the amall end, easing myself into the water leaving nothing out but my head, and hold, ing on with both hands by a small limb— another minute and the oanoe grated aa it run upon the log. The Irigens looked about and spoke to esoh other, but could see n6thing; they thenealled their oompao* ions by name, but there was no answer. They were now very much distressed, and alt got upon the log, and began to walk about and examine it. York paper oontaining ■ copy ol the ad-.' vertisement, the history of which has been given above. The Quaker looked at it with imperturable gravity, and said— * "Yea, L see thou art in luok : but ay AND Susquehanna Anthracite Journal. PUBLISHKD WBBKHr BY O«or(0 ruolxwt. J.*ki:D*»wBrUk R.Ui't, .« d«r S.alA ./ Citrk i Surt—up SUir«. JOB PRINTING AND RULING. ww; manufacturing all kind* of Haled Work, luch h Check Roll., Pny awl TUa. Holla, Milling AUlrarta, and lodeed ever) thing belonging to that class of work, nearly all of which ho* hitherto been sent io the clly. e can rule paper In all manner of way*, with both thu bine and red IInet, and do the printing aa required. Wo hope to have It borne in mind by iltoae needing such Jobs. V\e believe we have produced the Aral and ouly work of thia description ever executed In Northern Pennsylvania. The machines for this kind of work are expensive; and we tru»t ihose having it to do will give us a trial. Anything In the sine of It hi nk wort or printing we have fully prepared ourselves to execute, we trust, to the satisfaction of all. We have had a steady practical experlenco In our Mai-, nesa for nearly twelve years—and irour work does not give satisfaction wo will be answerable for It. W« are determined to spare neither efforts or expense to make our printing facilities adequate to the demands of th« rapidly growing business of this valley. , BLANKS! BUNKS! .!»• jwewnuf. •• nf» Bow t«7 abated to. halftbeaUT Called -fo.tr/" now a dayat Tho -Stanzaa," and "-Splca," and "Od.i" an .oouf b To pot every lorer of rhym. In a hof, " They now halloed manfully for help, and those on shore seeing flow it was, told them to Itod on, and that they might find the boat aifd take (hem off. demand is a small one, and I think I must. insist on payment before thou ootneat in possession of thy large estate." The constable now came into the pra*D enoe of the parties. The awindler waa particularly astonished at the appearance of that functionary, who immediately be* gsn to execute his part ol the drama, "What," exclaimed the rogue in an' angry tone, "you surely have notsuedT' Tin -O.rtVr. k Joim«4" U publi,h,d^e,I fr'rldar at t'wu kanuB. Two Dollar, and i-'unti will be charged If not paid within Aaddiagu*theold k.a.with tb.1* May." Thore'. on. "ilghi'.g far wing, to .uer o'.r the aaa," And MBaak 1n Hut dlatant clime* ;'® '!' Wlthrtal..«-thlahlw«bowaw»fc.,4be •D After llylag away oo «ucb a epn», . «.!• *' Well. I have often told you I had seen' hard times, riow wan't here a predicament 1 On a leg with two Ingfttto, and float inn along at night down the Ohio. Wetl, atlre enough, there I was, and what did ! think of? Why, of everything in thia world ; it raily made me feel quite knotty, and what to do I didn't know. tlwf'i 11 'D• Jlaoonitnued ootll all arrearagea are ■■mmmmmmmm■■mmmwm a W, With uoihlng t. eat,the meantime. ,, iu, Another InaMe upon baiaft a "WW l* DD \ " To "ly to bi. tally tore', bower" i •• When liu kirawalliat the lady to who« h* rtfarrcd Don't own auch a thing, far (upon my word; In a 'yaller" brick hoaae in atory the third, Slie'i firing tHH very hour. , Mil Ir' ■ ' : One aafca but a "cave In aome foreal d.ll, A way from the cold world', itrife." Now, the wood. In due weather ar* all Very wall, But give hlaa a aix week'a "relay qDeH* Aid he'll moo "cave la" la hi. foreet cell. "The sun, I suppose was an hoiu high, and I was setting down under a big tree, nursing old Jupe, and Irvitu to xee if I couldn't set her upon her legs agin, when she raised up her nosQ and snuffli-d the air—then looked in my face and whined. As she did this, I saw the linir upon her back begin to rise. 1 knew that there was danger in the wind, and Irom what old Jupe had told me 1 thought the red skins were about. Tha Ingens were not so rife then as they had been ; it wai the fall before Squire Rolfe came out from the old State, but people had to keep a sharp look out, for they would oome down upon tl.e tetilcmrnis once in a while, and they weie mighty apt to carry off somebody 'a hair with them. '■When they earne to the end where I was, i sunk altogether, and it being the small end of the log, it began ti sink, and the Ingens soon went back. I then threw my head back, and put my mouth out, that 1 iriigrlt breathe, just as a crippled duck sometimes does ita bill. I made no noise, it was dark, they could not see me' and all went well. I heard them eay, thev must have killed him,'and then they they a hey | seemed very much distressed, wondered much at the whole affair, and neither could explain it After about fifteen minutes, they again stepped into their boat and pushed (ofT, I waited until 1 could hear nothing of them crawled on the log, and as I did not wish to run any further risk I sal there till day break. "Yea, 1 have," replied the Quaker, am) thee should be thankful that nothing wora« has happened to theo." PirTSTON, PA. t)1Voe-wU|i Jaaie* Halm, 8*}., u» Upp«r Pitt«lon O. R. GORMAN, M. D. Respectfully (enil«ri hi» Profwwional »er»ice« to the eitixon* or pituton «ml ticinity. Office in Ike Pott Office, PiUston. Amg.0, m50- 1 yD. " Wa had now floated fwe or three hundred yards, and I was sitting, as I told you bofore, straddled on the small end, and jeat as silent as a deer listening for the dogs, thinking bow the affair would terminate, when one of the Ingpns who wii still standing upon the log, stepped off one of the limbs to make room for his companion. His stepping cauaed the log to careen me into the water, and forgetting where I was, and what I about, I cried : 'Stop ! stop ! yWll turn me over.' "Come into (he house," said the debtor, finding himself fairly caught,"come in and I will pay you if J must," The following ItU of Bl«nk« rnnjr nlwuyt beftmnd «tou» ontee: Bud will be sokl upon the moM muonable lentil: NAMB8 0F BLANK*. Warrant*, Sum moras PromisHry Notes, JiidKmint Notes, Check Rolls, Time Roll*. Blank Doedi; Mortgages, 4*., *c. C.M. R1CIIART, The three went into the house together, and the slippery gentleman having ascertained the amount ol the bill, paid it id full. The tailor having signed the receipt, placed it in the hands of his late debtor, with feelings such as may be readily Imagined. The swindler look it, and lor the first time glanced at the items of whioh it was composed. He said nothing till he come to the last charge, which vaa for "Advertisingwhen h« broke forth— '■Halloo! what's this! For Advertising, That's an odd charge on • tailor's bill. You are cheating1 me." T"VR E 8HRLiP would mil tha attmrtdob of tha puhlje I)tn » B««r and Ira pro red plan of Inteftlng aitlflclm Toeik an Unit* F«r:h» bu*D. ThU to aupfcflor, to any article *a yet u»»d for temporary or difficult caaea—and taeKS purehnaed th« riffhlto ««• tto liO|»fOT«CfJg««U Percba. Partial or full »otliof teeth will b* Inaarfed on hit plan with n«»lbw. . "VIP" Once on Franklin street, Wllkesbarre, Pa. Sheriff Sales, Constable Sales, J udgrneut C*Dntraets, •• Learns, " Honda, Marriage Certificate#. Executions, Attachments, tiubpoeuaa. And be sick enough of the life. Another one wants his to go And roam o'er the dark blue so*," Perhaps be don't think If ibero on * blow,"* Hint they'd both be sca-elck down below, SHARPS 8L OLIVER, COAL MERCHANTS. {)Jlce—\Vest 4 ide Main street, Pit talon C*T7)ir Gazette .i«ce, 'enklns* Block, D Pulsion, Nov. H. {8» -tf. t And a wretched pair they'd be. CARPENTERING & BUILDING. Another young man would like to d^e ' Oh !' said I to myself, • it is all over now—clean gone this time.' " How the Ingens looked, I don't know, for it was ko dark ! couldn't see their faces ; hut they must have been worse skeered than I wa«, f»r I knew who they were but they did not know who I Was. They kept muttering something very fajt, and ! thought they were going to quit the log and streak it, but after a lew minutes thev became silent, and began peeping towards where I Was, like a couple of turkeys lookirg for works. And then one said : "Don't yCJu see something V " 'Yes,' answered the other, 'dark lump, bear perhaps and then the one who first spoke, cried out 'who's there?' I didn't answer, but I growed small so fast, trying to tqtieeze myself out of sight, that my skin hung as loose as a b'g jacket. They kept peeping at me, and I heard one say : 'it's no bear, but a man j look at bis head." « Luteme county, Pa. «, tut,  HI. RBKRT. deairee to announce to tha public that he f» now prepared to take contracta for Building atd Furnishing Material! for Houaee and a.I other deacriptiona of buildinge at the moat reatmable figure. By nirangemenlt which he baa recently toncluded with lumbermen in the Stale of New York, he ie enabled to procure Billa of turner almoet ready to put together for any description of dwelling* whatever, at the ahorteat notice. He haa row ami will conatontly keep in hia employ 'Du Best of Workmen, and hopea to be able to give entire aatiefaction aa to hia work, and to accommodate to a greater extent than haa ever heretofore been done in thia Valley the deaire to have Houses aplendidly and auhatantially completed. Hii long experievct and general acnuaintance with the people of the plr.ee and vicinity, he truata, will be sufficient to aecurs fir him a reaaonalile share of the beat work required in thia neighborhood. Pittaton, Jan 18. 1850.  "When the roaea bloom in Spring,** J nit let him get sick, and heli change hia cry ( Hia "potting away" It "a* ta my •ye,* Of "dreamleaa aieepe" ha feta quit* thjr |'! "Well, as scon as old Jupe spoke to me I looked about, and seed five corning right nlong in the direction in which 1 \*as.— They were loaded, and I k no wed at once that they had been down upon the settlement*, and were now making their way to the river that they might gel over and get clear Although 1 saw them, 1 knew they had not seen me ; so I gathered up my things to start off, without that old Jupe who was so badly cut she couldn't follow. When 1 was ready, I looked for old Jupe —aha triad to get up. but couldn't—my eyes felt watery, lor I hinted to leave her, and I hadn't a minute to spare. But o!d Jupe was a sensible do-i ; yes, as 1 suid before, she was a nio tiling, fur without epi aking a word, ahe poked her nose under the leaves, as much at to say, cover me over and leuve me. 1 did j-o and aetling a tree between me and the Ingfins, 1 streaked it. You ouuIn to huvo sren me run, to know how fast a man can move when Indians aie after him. Wt.ll, arter streakinu it awhile, 1 thought it would nev cr do to go off that way, and know nothing about 'ein, so I began to haul in my horns and back a little. I got behind a tree, and kept a sharp lookout ; presently 1 seed 'em coining straight towards mo ; so I buckled off agin, and went for some dismnce ItKe a bear ttnough a brake, and then slopped and took a&l-i&d. I hafltu't been there long, before (seed ihem coming agin. The reason why I taw them so often was that 1 kept before them, knowing that th»Dy were making straight for the /iter. I wutched them nsrrowly, looked at 'em with both ayes w id -j open, and a.iw they didn't seem to have any notion ol mc, but were putting it down last and heavy that they might get across. It was now gelling dark, and 1 knew under coyer ot the night, as they did not suspect any body was near them, I could ke$p close enough to watch them wt;|iout their knowing it, and this 1 deiermined to do, th'nking that by poa-ildlity something might happeu to pay ma for my trouble. Oflfce in Dr. Dorr'a Drug Store, Main Street. • PITTSTON, Pa. December 17, IMS.  DR. J. A. HANK, "The sun was about to rise, when the log which I was upon washed up against the bank not far from where the Ohio empties into the Mississippi. I caught hold of some bushes, and pulled the log up alongside of the bank, unloosed my rifle, and got out. I had been ill the water so long that 1 was mighty weak and 1 was shrivele'd up, but ss 1 began to stir about 1 felt belter, and setting off 1 went back up the river to where I started upon the log. The first thing 1 seed upon gettin back' wa* old Jupe sitting on the bank waiting for me, at the very spot where the log slipped off. The thing wanted to lick me all over, she was so glad to see me. I was then right tired, so I flirted off home, and in about • week or two Jupe and I arrived there safe and sound, and that is the end of my story," It Itg't exactly the thing. * O, no," cooly returned the Quaker. " That is all right. 1 have charged the cost of publishing the advertisement thot) hast just shown me." Another would "die and ba laid laa 4ell" Beneath nmu murmerlng rill," Now, In poetry's jingle, its alee to tell; But a nasty, wet place 1—to why not aa well Have a nice, dry grave en the bill» GEO. VV. OBI SW OLD, RESIDENT DENTIST. Here the swindler uttered e torrid oath, as be exclaimed— Oat door from Sweet fc Raynor, on Mala Street \jf Cash l.nld forol.l gold.  OARBONDAI.K. PA. One"lovea"—hew he loved—1"the glittering foam And the mad wavea' angry atrlte," Jnat take the joong gentaa who wrOU the pem*, Where the Mllowa dash and the aea-hirda roam,* A nd he'd give ail ha had 10 be aafely at home ; lla'd stay there the rest of bla lite. "IX) you mean to tell me that you caused the publication of that advertiser merit V' * T. A FEIRCE, M. D., Homoeopath*. PitipeicraN CMD Srt.«roN. Reai- Jence, Pr.inklt" Street, let door above Zlifl■Mn'i Hotel, Willtea Bnrte, Pa. " Truly I did," replied the Quaker, with the most pro*ol;ing cco'ness. March C4, !85C-i»7 (im ROBERT BAUR S o oli-Bindor V»rCA £«l( Ctmer of Pubfu and Mntn Strte Another young uh«art-biokenM call* on 1iis"ovn, To clioer hiiu with one sweet s»lie ;** Then he follow* it up in a lovesick tone. With liis"boeom pnn/~ ;w (if the truth wu known) It isn't Hie Hot#* Itial cause* his moan, But a »u|hTh bun donee of MbUo." "Then you told a lie in it," quickly Jt» torted the rogue. IDlOTUaE I'rumui.coinmoii, Gill,ami -Vaho&any,orna \ oa tilled ind plain, tnadelo ofder, of any «Ue. Job Wading ntvitly executed. V lurge 4ilt«eiiun of oMiDnon indflne pictures, jflbu la»»k la »ks,*Ctfctiojiery,Novels,fce..alwa?son hand. f*ue 17. 1853.  NOTICE " Convince me of that," said the Qua* ker, " and thou wilt find me ready to con-» fess the fault." THR SUBSCRIBKR b.g« leave to 'inform the inW.it nta qI 1'itlatoti and vicinity, that he ie st-ll currying on the buain 'ta of "You said ( should h;«r of something to my advantage if 1 would come here." " Thou art mistaken," answered the Quaker. "I only promised that thou shouldst hear ' something to advantage,' - and is it not to the advantage of n poor i tailor to collect an old debt ?" HOUSE BUILDING AND CARPENTERING „ in all it- 'lenurtincnts ; and th it he returns hi# MICHAEL B, BROWN, «inrere iha»k», lor the liberal ► nrnuregement It I7'T?n ft I /V71 T4TTOT? I tlroy hvr-i gi»«n him, hoping th.it they will Hill M CtUL/llA J\ 1 jTe him :i »htre or public patronage. By being Between the *t.Dre» of..ame» WeUh anil Jmue» llUn(;iuul in bu»ine«" an.l employing the be»l of Brown, Pine street, PitUton. Pa. I tradexmen he is determined an heretofore thai Illisfcilanji. ''When I heard him say so, it mado me so mad, and wished my head was under the Jrg, but then thought if it was I wouldn't be any better off than i was then so I straightened up ; I know'd they had aeen ine, and thought 'twan't worth while to play possum any longer. Well, when 1 straightened up he cried out agin 'Who's there V 'I am here,' said I, in hiCi own language. The moment I spoke he laugheii, Dud said to the other : 'he is a pale lace.' How A Quaker Collected A Debt. Near the close of the last century, a Quaker knight of the shears ana thimble, who exercised his avocation iu Philadelphia, was imposed upon by an adroit scoundrel, who contrived to get a suit ol clothes on credit, and afterwards eloped without paying for them. The Quaker was too poor to lose the debt, but.jike loa many'olhers of his "cloth," he had apparently no alternative. The account was placed on his book and soon forgotten. Some years afterwards, he was examining his old records of d«bt and credit, profit and loss, when his attention was attracted by this account, and the circumstance attending it came fresh to his mind. Suddenly an odd (bought way suggested to him. A PREDICAMENT.: ,Vj». ili, 1853, all jobs i'llruiti'il to hill CBrc. allill lie June in u substantial ami workmanship like ,manner, alio on as reasonable twrnM as possible. Please fivor hiin with a '*11. try Shop above Sieain Mill.' O'nrge strret. Window Frames of all «i»»» always on band. " If 1 catch you in the street," said the swindler, with an oalh, and in the deepest rage, " I'll give you such a cow- , hiding as will not leave breath ia your body." WASHINGTON Q. NUGENT, M. D. Floating Uowd the Ohio. Respectfully offers his services as physician an l .*urjiiDn to the inhabitants of Pittston an I vicinity. Oifie at B Hall's Druz St.»ie. jtftPttHK-vc*;* — Paul B Oo jiltnl, M D., PUila. Vf n 0 W U , .Vorriatown, Pit , Messrs. W.-lls &. Bean. Pittston. riov. i.I H.i.Vly  "(Joine Liartli," said ail old hunter, "a ahcriti' always to be able to tell a ifood story, thut he may amuse a fellow when he is milking him shell out—let us see w11ftl you can do in that way." HENRY STEVENS " Nonsense, now," said the Quaker, " if thou really intendeat to do anything of that sort, we had betur step out lata the back yard, and finish the business at once." Pittston, April 18, 18ti, 3J3 '•rim* cri'iujjli," said Kariti, "Dviirn I am clt'Cl»d ; Imji at present I niuit knock about aud see U 1 can pick up a vole oi two." r D A. KESNEB'8 - LIVERY AND EXCHANGE. NEAH THIS POST OFFICE, SCR ANTON, PA. ftraiy at all limes tn accommodate toilh the bell of torses and vehicles. Scranlon, Feb. 24, I861-l».  "How could he tell that, Eaith, inquired another of the group ; "you say that it wan rising." "well) the reason he knowed me so noon was that he seed i didn't speak the real logon. Arter he had told the other t was a pale Tace, he turned to me and said ; what are you doing there V duwu straddle on the small end,' said I. When I said ihas. they burst into a loud laugh ; I myxell was in no laughing humor, it didn't seem to me like a Itugii but like a sort of clitickle, and one said to the other 'he is a pale face, a lean dog, steeping on a log ; we did catch him good ;' alter saying this they put their hands to their mouths and gave the War whoop. J tell you what, it was an awful sound, and then they told their companions On shore that a pale face whs on tho l. g with them, and to get the boat and come quivk. Those on shore answered them and ran laughing down the river looking for the boat, and keeping along with the log. t now found that I must co at the old work, and my bristles began lo rise. J. BOWXLEY 8L LEYSHON COAL MBHCHANTS— Oficl Corner of Main and Railroad Hlreets, ttstm, Pa. A»gust 18, 1850 -if  "The beat way to piok up votes, Earth, is to tell « good atory,'' replied an acquatn- The rogue was completely non-plussed at the coolness of the Quaker and stood speechless and almost petrified. " Now," said the Quaker good-tii* tUredly,-" let me give thee a piece of »d*- vice : whenever thou hast occasion to get a suit of clothes, thou hadst better not attempt to cheat the poor tailor, but pay him honestly, for then thy conscience will not disturb thee, and thy sleep will be sweet and refreshing. Farewell." DR. H. WENTZEL, GEO. W. BRAINBRD A Co. mm $ia§, 103 Murray, mu W«»t Strwt. N»wTo« Qr.o. W. Brainkrd, dahid belde! jau(t. a, i8ft0.-iy». ggpaw ibncc. Oor man P b.y mloian Wi)tJ£DD respectfully announce to the people of Pittaton and vicinity that after an xbunce af «®Cne month* he haa returned and per-3, mently located in the place. He wilt be Happy o wait upon any requiring bis professional servi- Thankful for past farors.he will endcav ir Kc merit a continuance of the same. OIBi;e, at Frederick Half's. it tat Cn, Feb, 17,1851 U  "Very well, then, Jack," aai'l Curih, add reusing the lai-l apeakrr, "make a ring and ftivo me lair play, and I will Irll our, and whether it may to got d or bad, I leave you all to judge. It ahail bo tho truth.— Tliat is, it iliall be something which haa happened to nte at laewiimt of my life. "Then whack away," eaid Jack, "and tell us of the time thai- you floated dawn the Ohio." "IH try an experiment" said he to himself ; "perhaps I may succeed in catching the rogue and getting my pay." He Immediately prepared a'i advertise meni, in substance as follows, that he inserted in the Philadelphia Gazette : JAMES L. SELF RIDGE, H/ko/«««/« Dttltr in TOBACCO, SNUFF AND CIGARS fNo 58 North Third St, 3 doors above Arch st, PHILADELPHIA.  CHARLES TILLMAN, FdthionabU Barber and Hair L rtMscr, "If J C , who was in Philadelphia about the month of , in the year——, will Send his address to the editor of this paper, he will hear something |o advantage. Printers in neighboring Stale* are requested to nopy." Jfcf* We copy from a pamphlet of "Tl» ties of the Acts and Resolutions ol the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, passed session of 1850," the following of local interest to the Noytli. C. R. GORMAN & Co., •'You all know 1 never spared an Ingen; no, there don't breathe one who can say I ever showed bim any favor. Well, I kept on before them until 1 got down the river bank. It was then quite dark, and growing more ao every minute, for a tog was rising from the surface of the water. I looked about to see it they had a boat there thinking if they had one, 1 would take it, and iet them get across as they could. I waa searching longer than 1 thought for, and didn't know bow the time passed, lor suddenly 1 heard them coming down to the river, at tlie very point where 1 was i was now akeered, and looked about to see if I could get out of the way bu there was no way of escape, either up or down the bank. I'm a gone oase, thought loused up at laat ; but just at that moment I saw a Jarge tog or tree, whioh had been lodged by some high freshet; for one end ol it atill rested on the bank, while the other extended out into the stream. PA., Agents for Tapscott's General Emigration and Foreiin Exchange. Persons residing in the country, and wishing to engage passage or aend money to their friends in any part of Europe may do so with safety by applyim a the Post-Office. Tapscott ft. Co'a. receipt willbe furniahd bv re f urn mail. | Pittston, Aug. 36, 1853. "Well, wall, aaid Earth, burning into • loud laugh, M will tell that, for 1 had almost forirat it; but Iiwaa iu a predicament wau't I t" (Opposite the Eagle Hotel,) PITTSTON, PA. OT Customers sllended to with the utmost ears and despatch. Public usiroungs respectfully solicited. Pittston, Apnl 14,1856. "Tell n« the dory and we thall then be able to judge,'.' Mid an oid bunler, who standing near, was leaning on hia rid*. The latter clause was inserted from a vague suspicion thai the rogue had taken up his abode in New York. Having instructed lii* editor not to disclose his name to the rogue it he should call, but !o request the latter to leave his address, the Quaker patiently awaited the result of his experiment. Ini short time he was informed by the printer that the individual alluded to in the advertisement, having arrived from New York, might be found at a given place In the city. The tailor lost no time in preparing a transcript of his ac count, not forgetting to charge interest from the time the debt was contracted— Taking a constable with him, who bore a legal prooess suited to the oeca»i Dn,ho soon arrived at the lodgings of the swindler. 17. An act cbangeing the place of holding eieotioos in the township of Clifr ford in Susquehanna county. Architecture, fXCHANQE ANO BANKING OFFICE. TBE subscribers have opened an office of de posit, discount and exchange, in this place, of Wyoming avenue, opposite the Wyoming House wo doors nnrthemt of Mr. Chase's store. MASON, MEYLBRT & Co. Seranton, May 18, 1855.  THOSE wanting anything designated abovr will please give the suhscribern call, who is prepared to make drawings for buildings, write specifications, «f-c. May be found byinquiring a t£o Eagle Hotel. GEO. W. LUNG. Pittston. January 2nd. IB54.  "Then I'm oft old man," said Earth, "Once upor, a time 1 had taken my old dog Jupiter, that you may have once heard me tell of-—old Jiipa waa a nice thing—1 had taken her 'long, and gone off on a bear hunt, had been absent two or three weeka, and had veotured very tar from home. ] waa a venturesome lad in those dajs, and never better satisfied than when alone in the wild wood*. 1 had worked my way down the lark formed by the emptying of the Cumberland into the Ohio river; and 1 had worried the beara right badly. 1: bad rare sport. Old Jupe was in good humor, and she and I were mighty loving, far ehe had fought tome good fighta which 1 can never forgit, and which made me love her like a new flint, and she loved me a« if 1 waa It bacon bene, (at J helped her out oC someof her difficulties, when it would have been a gone caae if 1. hadn't been present; 1 say difficulties, for I never aaw a dog au tired as *he waa. i do believe during some of tbcae fohtf that ( am «ow talking About 1 saw the bearahug tier until they stretohed Iter out.into a long string. Vet, I hove seen-'em squeeze her until she wan't larger than my arm, and at least niae or tab leet long; you might have wound her up into a ball, just as yeu would bavs dona a hank of y4en." t'Then they must have killed her," ie» marked one of the group. "You know nothing about it, don't interrupt me," said Earth. "Old Jupe WaVt ef that breed of doga at all, for when slie waa atretched out in a string, at even tangled up into a knot, I would ahoot the b»ar, draw her off one aide, throw a litile cold water over her, leave her, ar»4 go to butchering, in an hour, and RortMtHDSait would lake longer, aba would lifgin toeome together likeajointed enake, and presently aha Would taloh a yelp, and some striking it to me, shaped as ahC 57. An act to incorporate the Laoka-* wanna and Lanesboro' railroad company. " 'Como here,' said one of 'em, bec'Con ing to me. 'Come quick helore the others come ; 1 want your hair.' " 70. An act authorizing the Auditor General lo examine the account of Wii-» lard Jackson* ENGINEERING AND SURVEYING. David Schooley. TXTtMJLD respectfully annonuco to the public that ha W still oonllnuee tha praclica of the above profession. In All Its tDragoli«Di, and holds himself In readiness at all tlmet-iu »u#«d to any business In UDe Una 9f Survtying,En%i*eerin%, Ettimalinf! & Drafting Bring provided with a full and complete «et of Instruments, and having had ample esperlence, he (l ittera hlms«U capaMe of giving « uif luviiyn lu a, y and «y«ry C*yivl ■ enWiit* calling. oSo* frith R.I) LAOOH. Odd PeHowt* Building. , _ DOWN TOWN Grocery and Provision Store. S SUTHERLAND, dealer hi Groceries . Provi«ions, Flour, Peed, etc., in E. C. Clark'* building nearly opposite tho «« Key, Hons Stor«i»Main it., l'ittston, Pa. Ooodi sold for ready pa* only, and at «- jt/emely low prises. " Small profit# and quick •aleg," in the qDotto by wblel) I am determined to succeed. " What did be mean by that I" sail one, who with the icost fixed attention bad been standing by, eagerly devouring all that Earth had been telling. 75. An act for payment ol the clalna of Colt and Brobst.  91. A supplement to sn act, entitled 'An act to incorporate the Lackawanna and Bloomsburg railroad company," ap, proved the 5th day of April A. D., 1852. " When he called me to him to let him have my bair, 1 couldn't a; anil it may/ but throwing up my rifle, blazed away; he jumjied up like a buck and, fell splash in ihe water- My rifle made a mighty pretty noise, and 1 heard the the report roiling away for guiles up and down the river. 93. An act for laying out a State road through parts of Luzerne, Carbon and Schuylkill counties. PittStOO; Fob. D*69, "Said I to roysell, 'I'll git upon thife, for it is too dark thiy can't see me, and I can keep • bright lookout upon their movements ; so 1 atepped on it, and crawled along to the far end. 1 found that the log was floating, and getting as near the small end as 1 could I straddled it, putting my legs in the water to steady me, and laid my rifle across my lap. 'Oh, that it would but fi Dat off*,' aaid I, but it wouldn't. The Quaker rang the bell, and when the servant appeared, requested him to in form the gentleman of whom he was in search that a friend wished to speak with him at ihe doDr. The man obeyed the summons, and soon both debtor and creditor were looking each other in the face. 138. A further supplement to an act -paaazd the 11th ol March, 1826, entitled "An act authorizing the Qovernor to in. ha yd en, brothers, IVfUQLEtf ALe dealers in Buttons, Combs, 8u»pe»ders W Threads, Embroideries, Fapcy Goods, Watches, AND PLATED WARE, Gold Pens, "ishlng Tackle, fcc., fcc. Merchant* and Peddlara supplied on liberal terms. Wm. Huytfen, ( 1 Tracy Haydan, John Haydan. j *1 Ceo. Haydcn. Maw MiBMd. Pa-, Nov.*, IBM.  BUTLER HOUSE, PITTSTON, LUZERNE COUNTY, Pa IJBNRY STARK, Proprietor. Aprtl 1, 1M«.  "As soon as I fired, the logms on the bank also screamed the war-whoop, and the fellow on the log cried oat to ,em to bring bis gun. I jumped up Mnd crawled lo him ; he gathered up a limb and stood his ground. The first thing 1 knowed he come down on me all in a heap, breaking the old limb into a dozen pieces over niy head and shoulders ; it was a good thing lor me that the limb wan't sound. corporate the Lackawanna and Susquehanna railroad company." EA OLE HO TEL , 149. An act to Authorize the Delaware, Lackawanna and Western railroad Plttston, Pa. HUFFOftD & POLEN, P*Qfraj«C*i. Pulsion. Jan. 18, 1-656. "How doat thou do V kindly inquired the Quaker. " Perhaps thou dost uot know me;" company to borrow money. Mectwnlcat Engineering SPECIFICATION Plant anil Eatimatea for Steam Engine.. Boilers and Machinery of •very dwription will be made with diapaich on application to : GEORGE D- WEST, , . Coajulting Mechanical Eofineer, , ; at the Pituton Foundry. f ituton, Luzerne Co.. Pa. •• lata SCKANTON HOUSE, 216. A further supplement to an aot to establish a ferry over the Susquehann* at or near Ulster, in Bradford county, Soranton, Pa. I. ,nov O.K. KRESSLER. PIW*iktor. N. B.—A carriage will boln readlnCMto convey gueili K) thl» hotiM.oo the arrival of Ik* puaunear train *t the Railroad Depot. tg«JDt. »3. IBMrlj ? " Wall, down to the water they all ,c*ma, and stood within fifteen or twenty feet «f ms. • It's all over now,' thought 1 j ' if discovejed, 1 am used up as fine as salt!; if 1 ain't there's no bad taste in a rough 'simmon.' Well, thera they ttood in a good hu-nor, laughing and talking, about 1 hardly know what, lor I couldn't catoh many of their word*. At last 1 heard one of them say in Shawnee i • W here is the canoe ? : Step on the log and find it.' "1 believe t have not had the pleasure of yaur acquaintance," politely answered the other." "His blow staggered me, but 1 soon rose up, and seising my rifle with both hands brought him a aide wipe with the barrel. As I did, he aliped off the log in the water ; I then hit him another liok. and stooping quickly down sejjted hint by the head as he itied to crawl up on the log. I was now upon the log, and hn in the water, so 1 had him at a disadvantage. ''Well, 1 kept him bobbing his head under{ wheal first did it. the bubble* c»me up just like you were filling a bottle with water: you know alter a bottle is full, it won t bubble; well 1 kept bobbing bis head under until he would not bubble, so i eonoluded he was full of #»ter, and then let him go j down to tb# bottom, and 1 never. s*ed. him arty mora. "All was now quiet, (or both Ingeoa had sunk, and 1 was now master of the. log; but I had yet another struggle to make, lot 1 heard tho /ngens on tbn shorn push off their boat, and seed the water splsah as they darted toward me. It was too late lo lo»d, and then I could not kill bat one; that wouldn't do—no, the only hop* was to hide j so I took out a *trin| 219. An act to incorporate the Wya. ming coal and iron company. "Dost thou remember purchasing a suit of clothes several years ago of a poor tailor, and forgetting to pay tor tbeml" asked the Quaker. 229. A supplement to an act relating to hawkers, and pedlars in the countiea of Lehigh, Dauphin, Sullivan, Wyoming and Bucks, approved April 30th, A. D. 1854. white swan HOTEl » | By Baldwin A Brady. 'rtrtfiB ROPE for Shaft*, Slope*, Plana#, 108 HACE STREKT, PHILADELPHIA, PENltfA. 5Sffi»i5°lSr5SH?i'Di?8?I2 b"1™' WYOMING BOTEL, „ w. _J ' "?™™ ™ " 0BOEOE D. west, Vo. 939, Qrunwck street, near Dume H the Pittaton poundrj. NgW YORK, *yp«'18Ml J«*T ts-1?w- «L .AtirWECTIQKARV GRIFFITH HOUSE, STORE1 Port Griffith, Lu»«.#. Co., P. ri THE undersigned informs the citizens of M I C H A E k P ft I Ltt I (M. Proprietor. JsmjSBmfc.'jTSto 0ll|thtto iarth,r«fld'Joii an*D sew rnt fe ras&sis? y£ tt SSL fUllTwhere he "ill tlvrtr* be founJfrewJr M« arc cmmwoM. «nd the proprietor wiH And ? Yea, who III rfMWVUnii lit" ntt-m-ri rltli Dnr*i n ,uare no effort# to make lDU g*««t* coinfortnVle. aay*»he.wafl t f Yon Might Ware hung a. . BrCA»! OH**#, Pie*, and all kind* of Confeo His Bar I* attpplied with excellent liquor*, *»d arnw cut Hlw ta* •winning limb, *n4 (he •"? ,tM Vwr, temon Beer, 3*w- jJ* table wit!. an abundance .1the be.t the nUK woutd ha*e chawnl H the balance of the ROing t 9^St?Sr'?}nifr?!2& *nd *Ct*»',Boer- ietn'^ZLinff Attached • ;i; thrown Her a bear, head; ™ it. xnKr * * * jWr If ASH aUWing MiOHABL FHLL3IN, and atie *«1dn't tou«h the me«, but draw "O, no," aaid the man, blushing slightly ; ''you must be mistaken in the person. It cannot be me you wish to find."- "Ah! JotM I I know thee very well.— !Thou art the vary man I wish to see. Thou bast Cm, at thia vary moment, the waistcoat I made for thee. Thou must acknowledge it waa of good stuff and well made, or it Could not have lasted thee so long." " 0| yea," aaid the man, appearing suddenly to recollect himself, "J do remember no# the circumstances to which you allude—yes, yea, yes, yes;' 1 had intended to call and settle that little bill before leaving Philadelphir, and you may depend on my doing so. 1 have come here to taka possession of a large amount of property wbioh has fallen to me by will. See here ia the advertisement whioh apprised me of my goad fortune." Jg«i* h? bwd«4 the Quaker § JNew 255. An act to incorporate the (North Branch iron and ooal company. 262. An ttct to regulate the time of holding the several courts of the couctjr ol Montour. •• ' Hold my fun/ replied om of 'am, and pasting it to one of hie friende, be •tepped upon the log and began 10 walk right to where I waa. Now didn't I aquat low and feel mean 1 But hueh 5 he hadn't got faf before another must jump to, to help him find the boat. Thie laet had only walked a few steps, when vlipppd, and ipla«fa it oame fight river with the two Ingenfc They oeld on, tbovfh they got a little wet, ~ firm thing 1 koow'd tha log waa Cit into the atream with all three of It waa elaming at first, add gat pushed off. Thoae on ahora loUd laugh, mad they wouldn't I M ■ "■ tsi )r 101 265. An aot authorizing the Canal Commissioners to examine *tba claim of C Campbell, Simpaon it Co,, for the wolk !£ done on the North Branoh division of tlw tr Pennaylvania oanal. 272. An aot relating to the HoUw, «r back coal company. 272. An act to regulate the sale of fa« ionoaiing liquor*. 1 -«* o.v 285. An aot to incorporate the Coneol. idated ooal company. 280. Aot to authorize the payment . the olaim of Wjllard Jaokaon, of Wjromi