Pittston Gazette

              J OH FBINT1XU AND KtrLlXC;. TEKHS OF PUBLICATION• •  Tho dilllTk JuMHSG Or A IMTK* » » D:* Gazsttb is published every Thursday if .ToMiinA M f Ma M. HiC-nx l'. u«r I ivit hin 3 County. Term vvo llaii'i 1 six •p.s. j.* [lajri I* V'inl x months, one year, ?: tor Coltiin three mos. ,$18 Piu11}'li !C■!.*, l'» nonths,$&D; one year, £ Orders. Jlnttd-liBiJx, Ti. k.'f, C«r.l.« v. One-half Column, one mo., $13» three mos.,$30; six nths, $50; one year, $70. Ruled an.l Hound vrork of nif kind. done 10 order •lumn, one month, $30; three months, $40; DEVOTED TO TI B COAL INTERESTS, TOLITICS, NEWS, LITERATURE, AGRICULTURE, AND GENERAL INTELLIGENCE. in the ne»tefct and t»*« manner, »nJ I" "r,l,'r A full line of Justices' and Constable* BMi.k*. C«■ six months, $70; one year, $120, gather with License Applications and Bonds, Solos, Auditors' and Administrators' Notices, $3 each. All Communications of limited or individual interest, 20 cents per lino. Notices of Marriages and Deaths ree; notices accompanying the same, 20 cts. per line VOL. XXI.—NO. 21. PITTS rON, PA., THURSDAY, AUGUST.18, 1870. WHOLE NO. 1,06-5. Deeds, Contracts, Time and Pay Roll*, Ae .hc slantlyon hand. ATTORNEYS AT LAW GROCERIES, &c MISCELLANEOUS frtctt I'ortni. velvet carpets, luxurious lounges, Dr. .Stewart suggests that any wellauthenticated facts concerning this matter should he reported, "in order that some reliable statistics may he collected therefrom, which will determine finally this matter;" hut in our opinion the question may he much more readily decided in the laboratory of the chemist. There are so many ways in which lead may be introduced into the human system that it would be difficult, in most eases, to trace the poison to its source. In the mean time, those of our Western friends who have any doubts about the matter, may, if they like, collect their rain-water from roofs not covered with white-lead paint. For our own part, we think lead pipes far more likely to be dangerous than painted roofs. flirts and £"ancic$. ®hings Wise ami ©thcnriSf. (P STARK, ATTORNEY AT LAW, PITTSTON, rESN'A /"I W. CARR-—Dealer in Dry Goods, V, Groceries, Flour, Feed, Fish, Pork anil Provisions generally. Agent for tlie Groat American Tea Company. Main St., Pittston, Pa. [Aug 11, '70-ly OF. GAINES, • Assessor of Internal Revenue, near Kagle Ho tel, Pittston. June 23, '70-ly and gorgeous mirrors? Shall it be a sin unpardonable to take a glass of ale or beer; and none whatever to rob or impoverish the Lord's treasury ? Shall this fine lady of fashion squander her one thousand or fifteen hundred dollars upon an Indiasliawl,andgouurebuked; whilst vonder hod-carrier shall be denounced Two Girls. —A Constantinople paper gives quotations of female slaves. A negro woman, in good health, brings about $400; a Circassian girl of twelve, $1,000; and of sixteen, $4,000. —Young folks grow most when in lovi It increases their sighs wonderfully. Aug. 10,'05. JOHN TIG 11E.—Dealer in Groceries, Provisions, Flour, Feeii, Fish, Pork, Ilams, Ha's, Caps, Hoots and Shoes, Wood and Willow Ware, Ac. Corner Main and Charles Streets, Pittston, Pa. August 11,1870-ly CI. A. CHAPMAN, • Civil Engineer and Land Surveyor. Office with Paman A- Games, Pittston, Pa. All nlono in (ho grand otDl room Mid siikon curtains ami splendid gloom, —Our pussy licking her saucer of milk, says she can tell what the lap of luxury is. H, PAINTER, A girl in her beanty sfgl ho softened light of tho C ndelier —John and Jane were not married after all; for John wooed, but Jane would not. ATTORNEY AT LAW Daman & caines Agents for th That si Missing her diamonds, seeks tho tears i In hor wistful ey —There is nothing new under the sun. China started life insurance three thousand years ajro. Office opposite Minors' Savings Bank. MAIN ST PITTS TON, PA. [May 0, 18G9tf. Rusinosa promptly attended etc JOHN S. COSGROVE. Dealer in Groceries, Provisions, Flour, Feed. Pork, Fish and Meats. Also, Crockery, Wood and Willow Ware. Satisfaction guaranted to every customer. Below th* Trostleing, Main St., Pittston, Pa. [Aug 11, *70-ly iticoke Powder Company. D Hotel, Slain street, Pitted Jane 26,18"0-ly. because ol' indulging in his and Keal Estate, n ton. All air Where hardtv a rav of hy the eastlo wal rlight fali; whisky —"Mother," said Johnny, running into the house on Friday afternoon, when the thumier was Hounding heavily, 0- E. WBIOUf, D. C. UARKINOTON, 1X7 RIGHT & HARRINGTON, » » ATTORNEYS AT LAW, Lime.—john iiaslam, at g*an Hotel, Pittston. supplies the best quality of Lime for building purposes, at lowest priees. Orders delivered when desired. June 2f», 1870-1 y A girl is erouehing in drca.l The truth is, we are afloat and adrift in fegard to this whole question of teniae m no u. 1 look around, on Sundays, in almost all our churches— the once plaiu Methodist, but now no longer 40, not even excepted. And what do I behold from thepulpitor readLug-depk, standing face to face with the (Congregation ? Instead, of a house of God, embracing people of all classes and conditions—all intermingled as upon a common footing before our Lord and master—I see a gaylyattired crowd, seated upou luxurious cushions, as in a theatre, for the exhibition, regularly as spring and autumn shall come round, of the latest and most prevailing fashions; and the/joorare nowhere 1 ' They simply stay at home, because they cannot afTord to dress for church ; and so the Devil holds high carnival ! They cannot endure the contrast of their thread-bare habiliments with those of their more fashionable or wealthy —Tliere are three Mormou meeting houses in MapsaehuHctts—one in Boston. " it's Sliodare not bog of (ho churlish wight Ouardingthe portsl In livery Wight, Even a mist of bread. rain, for dun.'t you liwtf tiw jhhhjw J. E. PERKINS, GROCERAND PKOVISI ON DEALER, gohw WILKES-BARRE, PA. OflSc# on Main St., above Z. Bennett's Store. Will practice in Courts of Luzerno County and ayor's Courts of Carbondale. Corner of Main and Pino streets, Pittston, dosires to thank the public for past liberal patronage, and requests a coutinuance of the same. The best qualities of COFFEE, TEA, SUGAR, HAMS, FLOUR, FEED, and all other goods belonging to his line constantly on hand. Prices down to the lowest li»ing figure. J. E. P. Dumb, « Lirery and ExchangS Stables, near Lehigh Valley Depot. Good Rigs always on hand, and tho public accommodated in the best mantffcr. Pittston, June Sid, 1*70-1 v. •—The Portland vltfrcrtM/1 suggests ttr:it the fishes tamper with tho-Attantfcr j«a-bfc-s, which may account for the doubtful odor of Home of the war rumors. —Here ffoimepitMph frorfi n Milwaukee • ' 4 s-vy cavalier come? riding along Carelessly humming an amorous song- Will he toss her a silver crown ? No. llis thought? are Ailed with liis new love's face, As ho hurries past tho familiar plane, And canters on to the town. "Aero li«f th# IjoJy oC Petor ftrwc, Consultations in German and English. D C. Harrington, Notary Public. Feb. 4.1804. Who froju.eaypj Sweitz r koacn JAMES DAVIS & CO., Tannners and Curriers. Hides Rnd Bark bought at the best prices. Near J. E. Patterson A Co-'s Plan ing Mill, on the canal. rittston, June 23,1870-1y. Mile. 'Lafour Is the prettiest woman in Paris, and her photographs sell by the thousands at two francs', while Eugenie's are slow at one franc. ' A a 4 ei;DloJeCJ. Ot such is the kingdom ol iloftven Ho finished sjx platters oomineaceil ffVf u C SUTHERLAND, O* JUSTICE OF THE PEACE, FOB WEST PITTSTON BOROUGH. Office corner of Exeter and Warren Streets. All business pertaining to his office promptly atl ended to—Collections made, Ac. May SO, 18»-ly. June 1«, 70-Iy. Proverbs by Josh Billings. —"t)h, mamma, .1 .•fr'kml AIL&a Jlrovvn what is duw ? sDl*c stays jttfs the moisture imbibed by plants during the lright« of thesummer months. uKuiuua, dear (lew is the condensation of aqueous vapor by a body which has radiated it* atomic portion of caloric below the fdmospboritf temperature." gUMGARDNER A RADER, '•Oli for a morsel of food r' one groana: " If he but loved mo!"-the other m«a»s— She comes from a race of earls. Forgiving our onemys lies the same refreshing effect upon our souls rz it dur. tew confess our sins. Dealers In dry goods, groceries, provisions, flour, T HOFFMAN, fj . Manufacturer of Hoots and Shoes. Large stock of Ready-made Work constantly on hand. Mending promptly attended to. Main St!, Pittston. near Store ofL. Ackley h Co. June 23, l.s70-ly The beggar outside is not starving alone: Father in Heaven, who lovoiH Thine own, Pity these hungry girls. The other day the lightning ran down a rod into the ground ; and, leaping up through the surface, struck dead an estimable lady. The sad occurrence was due to the fact that the end of the lightningrod did hot penetrate the earth for a sufficient distance. The end should never be less than five feet below the surface of the ground. Good breeding iz the art ov avoiding familiarity, and at the same tftne making the company feel satisfied with yeu and pleased with tliemsclfs. FEED, MEAL, BOOTS, SHOES, HATS Temperance Defined in the Light of Scripture. PHYSICIANS. Andrew ruoff, Dealer in Furniture of all kindp, AND CArS, 4c., Ac. JJLAKELY HALL, 3IAIK BTBKKT. PITTSTON. Apr. 28, lCTO. UNDERTAKER, and Manufacturer of all kinds of Furniture. Sells cheap. Near the Store of L. Ackley A Co., Main street, Ptttston. June 23,1870-ty BY REV. W. II. COOPER, D. P Te* be happy, take things just az they cum, and then let them go just az they —When a Scotch minister told his neighbor that lie hnCl pr£S?heCI twoTjiorirs and 4 half the day bcfor#, the neighbor said', "why, minister, were you not tired to death?" "Aw, nae," said he, " T was fresh as a rose; hut It would have done your heart good to see how tired the congregation was." CBEltTST AND DRUGGIST, The word "temperance" is not a synonym, though commonly soused, for total abstinence from that which stupefies or O 1 C. cum M AIM 8TR*ET, 17,1869.-6m PITTSTON, PA. Brick yard. J09EPH P. 8CHOOLEY, having recently greatly enlarged his facilities for business, calls the attention of the public to his old and well known Yard on the plank road, half a mile below Pittston, where the fDubiic may at all times be accommodated with the De.«t of brick ami receive estimates for buildings. It takes a great deal of money to make a man rich, but it dont take but little —Writers of experience in Nature strongly recommend the use of mosquito curtains in tropical regionsas a precaution against malaria. They "sift" the air, and besides tend surprisingly to keep its temperature within them uniform. H. JONES, intoxicates. JJR. P. J. O'MALLEY, AT CENTRE MARKET, Nor is the word "intemperance" the equivalent of drunkenness; the latter signifies a condition engendered .by the abuse of ardcri: spirits. The one is a generic, the other a specific expression. neighbor, virtew Formerly Resident Surgeon and Physician of St. Vincents Hospital, NEW YORK. ' Cttiee—Main street, opposite Miners' Savings Hank, Pittston, Pa. Residence on William St. Aug. 20, 'f,8—3m.« Has Just recoived a large assortment of FIRE WORKS. He keeps constantly on hand And I do not know that we can blame the SaIf of the. Church—for such are oftentimes God's poor—in thus acting, "Did you come in a carriage?" queried the aristocratic sexton of one of our fashionable churches in New York, buttheother day. Answering in the negative, the visitor was requested to await the opportunity of mere pedestrians for a seat in the Lord's temple. It is the little things of this life that plague us. Musketeers are plenty, Elephants skarcs. Pittston, June 30,1870—ly —A boarding niws, deeming "eat" a word too vulgar for refined ears, defines it thus: " To insert nutritious pabulum into the denticulated orifice below the nasal protuberance, which, being masticated, peregrinates through the cartilaginous cavities of the larnynx, and is finally domiciliated in the receptacle for digestible particles." FRESH VEGETABLES INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC Experience lias the same effect on most folks that age lias on a goose; it makes them tuffer. GROCERIES, CRONK BEER. AC —Mr. Philp, an Englishman, who lives in Washington, writes that while in that city, on his last visit to America, "Mr. Dickens, during a conversation relative to the pulpit oratory of the United States, of which he had the highest opinion,  marked that he had always been a Unitarian, and that for many years he was a member of that society." WHOLESALE GROCERS. GARDEN FLOWERS and HOUSE PLANTS Mrs. E. M. Chumard tins resumed giving Instruction on the Piano Forte. A few more Pupils can bo received. Call at the house of J. Langford, Wyoming street, West Pittston, or address June 10 MRS. E. M. CHUMARD, Pittston, Pa. There are other and many "intemperate" habits and practices which one could desire to see suppressd, as well as drunkenness. Perhaps they are not of equal moral enormity; perhaps they do not entail an equal amount of shame and pain and sorrow ; perhaps they do not, save indirectly, shutout Heaven ! Still, there are other enormous and crying evils besides that which we have got into the habit of styling, as though pre-eminently so, "intemperance" which society would do well in addressing itself to the getting J A. WISJNER, • 42 A H Murray St, in groat variety. Give him a call A lazy man always works harder than a bizzy one—the hardest work i kno ov is to grunt—it iz harder to sit still and lite,flies than it is to get up and escape from them. Pittston, June 16th, '70-2m IiERT SEAMAN A CO., wuolmau srocxbs. NEW YORK DENTISTS DR J. M. BARRETT, DENTIST, ' Office at his residence on Franklin St. oppositotUo MethodistChurch, Willces-Barro, Ta., where ho may hereafter bo found at all hours. ELI AGER.—Manufacturer of liyhtand Draft Harness, of all kinds, and dealer in tADY, WARD & CO., WHIPS. ROBES, BLANKETS, BELIJB. Ac Now, is there no room here for the practice of temperance? IIow longsliull our (Christian women,, of easy circumstances, persist in excluding their poorer sisters from God's house, through this insane folly, nay, downright wickedness of Ostentatious display, where all should sit alike as penitent sinners before the Lord ? IIow long before they shall learn the lesson that all things may be lawful; but not expedient, and that we "have no right to wound the feelings of the weak, for whom Christ died ? (SUCCESSORS TO J. B. STARK A CO.) OLESALE A RETAIL DEALERS IN Repairing done neatly and promptly. Opposite the Lime Kiln, Main Street, Pittston. July 7,1870-ly. You will no tlx one thing, all good talkers are good listeners. _*—A gentleman was once traveling in Tennessee, aud was obliged to stop in. a farm-liouse for the night, owing to the scarcity of hotels. Diu-ing the progress of the evening meal, he observed an urchin tugging at a loaf of bread. At length the urchin cried out: "Granny, tliar's har on this'tpead," TbeoMImly remark t*d that it wa» a picoc of com silk. "Corn silk!" exclaimed hef "how eainc corn silk to have a nit on it? That'- what I want to know." If that boy's discrimination does not lead him- into a professorship some day or other, then there is no truth in prophecy. If i bad the privilege of making the Eleventh Commandment it would read- —The author of those highly colored works, "Ouida" and "Puck," is n Miss I-n Ramee—a lady whose father was a French officer. She lives with her mother at one of the large hotels in London, and frequently gives parties there. She is neither young nor is she favored by nature with the physical advantages which she lavishes on her heroines. The author of "Red as a Rose is She," etc., is also a lady—a Miss Broughton. •a, Provisions, Flour, Salt, Wood and Willow Waro, Dr. B. inserts Teeth on Gold amd Silver plate, Ac., and operates in all the branches of Dental Surgery,in the best mannor. A deduction from usual charges sufficient to cover oxpenses, allowod to persons who coma rein a distance. April 19 1860.—ly. PHOICR BUILDING LOTS IN WEST \J PITTSTON HiR SALE.—The subscriber offers several choice building lots, situate on Susquehanna and York avenues, West Pittston, for sale at desirable rates. Also a House i nd Lot on Parsonage  Pittston Borough, for salo. For farther information apply to T. FORD, Agent. Feb. 2-t-Gm t Side of Public Square, (Noa, 29 and 30,) owe no man WILKES-BARRE, FA, Some folks, as they grow older grow wiser; but most folks simply grostub- !A. Ghadt, JOHI M. Ward, I. M. Kibkixdall. rid of. -jO, ISGO-ly. Yes, there are crimes against God, the world, and fhe church, which our "temperance" advocates commit, and which should no more be tolerated in respectable Christian society than the vice of drunkenness. There are culpable extravagance and sinful waste of God-given means in the selfish gratification of other habits and propensities than this particular one of excessive indulgence in the use of malt, vinous, or alcoholic liquors. borner. JJR. C M. WILLIAMS, SURGEON DENTIST, MAIN STREET, PITTSTON, PA, People travel to learn ; most of thorn (before they start) should learn to travel. DSS & LAB AG II, VOIGT & SIMMONS, DEALERS IX COMMISSION MERCHANTS Among tho many improvements recently introduced in his practico, be regards none of more importance than his method of It dont take much to prove atruth. It iz only a lie that requires argumentative ability. and DEALERS in STOVES, TIN-WARE, WOODEN AND IIOLIXJW WAKE, Provisions, Flour, Batter, Cheese, Lard, 4e., 4c. EXTRACTING TEETH WITHOUT TAIN, which he is doing successfully every day, by the use of If ever reform was needed, I think it is needed here. The trouble is that the rage for dress on Sundays has become so universal it seems almost impossible to begin. Each apes and vies with the neighbor; and meanwhile the church runs to waste for lack of vital piety and through love of show and of outward Main Street, Pittston, Pa. K. J. ROSS. J. I. LABAGH. eb. 1*. *69. JAPAN WARE Ac., Ac Listen to every man's opinions, disaagree with none but confide in yourown. This iz a kind ov flattery that wrongs no one. —The European war has seriously interfered with the petroleum trade, which had liecome one of the most important branches of our foreign commerce. Germany being the best market, and the oij being transported in German sliips'chiefly. JOBBING of all kiniU neatly, cheaply and promptly done. Agency for the celobrnted Monitor Coftoo Pot. Bailor Store Building, rtttston, Ta. NITROUS OXIDE GAS —Alas that there should .be so inanv HOTELS. It is perfoctlysafo and very pleanantto inhale. Its results have been ontirely satisfactory in ev- June 23, '70-ly He who won't believe anything he kan't understand, ant so wise az a mule — for they will kick at a thing they dont expect to reach. poor souls who in this world and that which is to come look forward to nothing that is substantially comfortably and satisfying ! Here, for instance, is a veritable descendant of St. Martha, who came into a neighbor's house in Buffalo a few days since, downcast, wearying with many cares ami, cumbered with much serving: HORSE HOTEL, ary instance 0. M. W Rooms with J. W. MILLER,adjoining the Cash Store of Chas. Law A Co. Pittston, May 1st 1884. rPHK PITTSTON I- COMPANY offer f ir & EL Mill A COAL We should not exaggerate or take a distorted view of men and things. We should always preserve a sober equilibrium. We can have no right to select a particular vice and make that the sole object of attack and condemnation, letting other vices escape "scot free." —A new method of testing one's sobriety is suggested by the New York Mail. If lie can distinctly pronounce "veterinary surgeon," he may consider himself sober as a judge. The test is infallible.MARKET STREET, WILKES-BARRE, PA. n and vieir i\ at Retail, to tho eititheir superior Coal from Good Stabling attached L. B. PERRIN, PKOI'Bikioe. BAKERIES. the Celt at the Shutea atfd Seueoa Mil at tluC followiug prices form Give me warm friends and bitter enemys about half and half He who an't got an enemy on arth, kant show a friend who will stick to him thru thick and thin. Oct. 23,'68, Grate or No. 1, $2 75 3 00 2 50 3 00 I think the rich must begin this reform, if it is to 1kD accomplished at all. They can afford to dress plainly in the house of Clod. If jewelry and plumes and costly robes must be worn, would that the day might come when their appropriate place shall be declared tlie theatre or opera-house, rather than the Christian church ! So long as the present shall be the mode, few will be found of sufficient moral courage to breast the tide. Who, oh ! who of her sex, in this day of redress of woman's wrongs, will inaugurate this QWAN HOTEL, O PITTSTON, PA. Tho undersigned has lately purchased tho Hotel property known as tho Swan Hotel, In tho horough of Pittston, and is now prepared to meet tho demands of the public for a first class Hotel Sept. 30,  "YTEW BAKERY.—McMurtric & Bro:, 11 have opened their New Bakery, nearly opposite the West End Hotel, Main Street. Fresh Broad, Rolls, Rusks and Cakes always on hand. Call and give us a trial and we guarantee to give you sweet bread and the Small Egg or, No. 2, Chestnut or No. 5, "So much to do! cleaning, working, Stove, Let drunkenness be condemned as it deserves; let it be frowned upon, abhorred, and shunned. But what I mean is, that the tobacco-chcircr, for example, is not the man' to denounce the inebriate! Thou that tcachest another, tcachext thou not thyself f Before the war thirty millions per annum were expended in New York City alone upon that worse than worthless weed, tobacco—five times what THE GOSI'EI, THEN COST THE NATION ! Why should we not inaugurate a total abstinence or anti-tobacco as well as a total abstinence liquor society ? Viewed as waste alone, to say nothing of vulgarity and filthiness, tobacco-chewing is a practice only a little less reprehensible than dram-drinking; and tobacco-smoking, even though extensively indulged in by ministers, is not a great deal better. Candidly, it ie not fair that society should be asked to vent all its righteous indignation upon the ruiu-shop and its supporters, while those who patronize cigars and "plug" and "honey-dew" (abominable misnomer!) are regarded as immaculate. —The negotiations between Italy and France for the withdrawal of the French troops from Italian soil, have been bro't to a satisfactory conclusion. The Italian Government has guaranteed the preservation of order in Rome—and the French troops have evacuated the city. It is asserted that his Holiness has been advised to take refuge in Malta—but it seems that he litis decided to stay in Rome. cooking, washing, sewing, and everything else! No rest ! never was, never will be for me!" CIIAS SCU RANK. worth of your money [Augll70-0et27 I have always bore it in mind that, just alDout in rasho that a person or individual iz proud and haughty, they arc FOREST HOUSE, New bakery. Tho undersigned would respectfully an nounce to .the public that ho has opened When desired coal will li cartage to the above pric Pitiston, Dee. 10, '68. lioliverod, adding only the K.N. FRISBIE,Pres't ignorant "Oil, yes," said the good woman she addressed, "there will be a rest one day for us all—a long rest." SCRANTOfl, PA. U. G, SCIIOOXMAKER. AX EXTENSIVE BAKERY IN PITTSTON adjoiningthc Butler House, where ho will be prepared at all times to supply families and parties with Bread Biscuit, Cakes and Ties, of all kind, on short notice. From an extensive experience in the bakery business they feel no hesitation in saying that he will be able to satisfy all as to the quality oflBread Jtc,. which heoffers. A share of patronage is rcspectful- The Cheapest Taper in the World i Before you undertake to change a man's polities or religeon be sure yu have got a better one to offer him. 8. J. REF.D. July 22,18G9-ly HOUSE, 30 CENTS ! "Xot for me! not for liie!" was tin- reply. "Whenever I do (lie, there will lDo certain to be resurrection the very tirxt day. It would lie just my luck !" There are some folks in this world who spend their whole time hunting for righteousness, and haint got any time tew practise it. WILKESBARRE, PENN'A. THE WEEKLY PATRIOT Restaurant and Billiard Room m'eonnection with thefllotel. Busses free 10 and from all trains. (CONTAINING FORTY-EIGHT COLUMNS OF j matter. Political, Literary, Agricultural, Currant N't'ws, Ac., from the First of September, 1870, until the First ol January, 1871, lor Fifty Cents to single i-utD- seribers, $1.50 to elubs of ten, J8.00 to clubs of twenty, and $30,000 to clubs of or.e hundred (to one address), cash in advance. Address one -ho much needed by tiik Christ's) poor Bisters, now fashion-banished from the worship of his courts—by the introduction of a plain and simple Sunday garb for woman's use in the Lord's house? —There is a husband in Troy, who demands £1,000 from a rich farmer who kissed his wife. If the Trojan can onlv succeed in getting it, lie may set up in a good business with ins wife as capital. Poor old dear! Too bad ! ly solicited L. ELTERICH —In Tamaqua, the " Mountain City" of Pennsylvania, has resided for many years ail old colored individual, by occupation a barber, who was one day complaining of his sufferings from dyspepsia; and attributed his ailme nt to the fact of having no teeth, by which he was unable properly to masticate his food. Jan. 7,1869. T. B. HULL, Proprietor. Pittston July 6th, 1865 It takes an uncommon smart man to make money by tellin the truth now daze—it iz actualy an evidence of genius. wAiys n©irM„ TURKHANNOCK, PA. Wyoming Va ley Steam Bakery, B. F. MEYERS A CO.. Editors and Proprietors, Harrisburg, Pa Augll'70-Septl The good man iz like an oid fashioned Nu England clock—his soul iz the pendulum whose regular moshuns give life and grace tu his hands and face, thus showing the good works that are inside ov him. Lead Poison from Pipes and Roofs. —A reformed gambler was about to die and sent for a minister, when the following conversation occurred : "Pastor, you think I am near dearth?" ■ "I regret to say, I beHeve you arc." "Do you think, since I am converted, I will go t« Heaven?" "I do." "Do you expoet to get there too?" "Ye», I bedieve I will." "Well, we'll be angels, won't-we? And have wings to fly with?" "Yes, lam sore we'll be like the angels." - VWell, then," said the dying man, "I'll (xtjhe dollars I will beat you flying /" REED A PAYFAIR, Proprietors. SCIILAGER, MILLERS & BARNES, \VTYOMING FIIIE INSURANCE CO TT WILKE3-BARRE, PENNA. The extensive employment of lead, in the form of pipes, for the conduction of water in our modern houses, and in the construction of cooking utensils, renders the subject of lead-poisoning a matter of vital importance to all. The insidious nature of this poison; the fearful forms in which it manifests Itself; aiKi the great difficulty, if not impossibility, of counteracting its effects by medical treatment, render it one of the most terrible of mineral agents. C. J..K.SBD. J. 8. PATPAIB. April 21—tf Manufacturers and wholesale dealers in all kinds of Capital and Surplus, DIRECTORS. CIIAS. DORRANCE, L. D. SHOEMAKER, JOHN REICIIARD, 0. COLLINS, STEWART PIERCE, G. M. HARDING, CIIAS. A. MINER, TIIOS. FORD, A. MORSE, C. E. BUTLER, A*. C. LANING, R. C. SMITH. $170,000 JUNCTION HOTEL. J Opposite the L. 4 B. R. R. Depot, PITTSTOIT, LUZERNE CO., PA. Hav:ng leased the above Hotel for a term oC years mil thoroughly lurnlshod and refitted it, the patron- K« of the traveliog public ia solicited, Apr. 88,70 W. H. CORTRIGHT, Prop'r. This only way to trule enjqy anv tiling iz to be willing to quit it when the bell rings. ~Time iz like a fair wind—if we dont set our sails we looae the breeze forever. Rumor iz a vagrant without a home, and lives on what picks up. The lion and the lamb may possibly some time lie down in this world together for a fu min its, but wlieu the lion comes to git up the lamb will be missing. " Well, Simon," said a hy-s'tander) " why don't you get a set of false teeth ? They'wouldH cost you much.'*'. CRACKERS AND CAKES, "False teef!" exclaimed Simon ; "oh. no, sah! no you don't! Tik had jest all de teef I want in my Motif! !'& suffered more wid Se toofache den I ever did wid de 'spepsy, ait* f waS glad ei\Uf for to git slietof rrty teef! You ifbh't git no more teef into??!,!/ mouf— no, sah !" Plttston, Pa. QAMBRIAN HOTEL, Juno 2,1870- CK^CKEjjs TRAM MARK. CHARLES fDORRANCE, President. L. I). SHOEMAKER, V. President. R. C. Sunn, Secretary, TUOS.FORP, Agent, Pittston, Pa. There is an intemperance of dress, of conversation, and of carnal indulgence generally equally deserving of condemnation with this particular instance; but which society winks at, nay, even glories iu. A manifest injustice. For there is many a toper who struggles hard against lua besetting sin, -w ho Weeps and repents and mourns over the horrible thralldoin in which Satan holds him as with a grip of iron; whilst many a slanderer and libertine and covetous person, "whois an idolater," thinks no harm of and makes no effort to escape from his detestable main street, pittbton, (Oppo»it« E. Bevan A Co.,) GRIFFITH THOMAS, Pnor'B. /i4^T0N STEA& May lfith,'«7. —All accounts agree that Charles Dickens was as methodical and exact in the use of his time as the most plodding brisf-' ness man. This fact accounts for the great amonnt of work he was able to perform. His genius was no moi'e 'remark-1 able than his painstaking industry. WE. WHYTE, . GENERAL AGENT, The use of lead in the form of pipes is in most cases rendered innocuous by the formation of an insoluble deposit upon the inner surface of the pipe, due to tire action of the carbonic acid held in solution in most water upon the metal. The use of cooking utensils in the construction of which lead has been employed is, however, always extremely dangerous. The vegetable acid often used in cooking will, in most cases, act upon and carry away a portion of this material. A Dutchman's Insurance. —A young Miniusotian was. recently made the proud father of a bouncing, handsome baby boy. TUp little fellow's tongue was slightly tied; and "'needed a little cutting. Thofond " pap" remarked,''if it had been a girfl wouldn't have had it cut, in thGSf jimcx. I pay a regular Hotel License an J haTO comfortable coomodattens for both regular and transient boarders nd the trailing public. Bar lupplied with |Dest of ereragaa or all kind*. Cigar*, 4e. •ft. WK TRY TO PLEASE ALU G. T. June 30, l»T0-ly. A story is told of a German who had taken the precaution to insure the life of his wife for $5,(XX), and his stable for $900, believing the former might die and the latter be burnt, and he could not get along without some compensation tor the loss. Both policies had been taken from the same agent. In a few months after the stable had been insured it was destroyed by fire. Shmidt quietly notified the agent, and hinted to him that lie would expect the $900 at the earliest possible moment. The agent at once sent a carpenter to ascertain the cost of erecting a new stable of the same dimensions, having ascertained that the property had been insured for more than it was worth. The builder reported that he could replace the stable with new material for $500, but unfortunately there was an ordinance preventing the erection of frame buildings—the old stable having beeii of wood. He was asked to estimate the cost of a brick stable, and reported the amount at $750. The agent then notified Shmidt that he would build him a new brick stable in place of the old frame one, but Shmidt became very indignant at the proposition, saying: "I do not understand this insurance business. I pay you for nine hundred dollars, and when my shtable burn down you make me a new one. I not want a new shtable. I want nine hundred dollars."LICENSED LEGAL AUCTIONEER, By Appointment MONIES & PUGHE, *AJTUJTA CTVKKKH iTO WI0LSS1L1 Ml'JI] I!» ALL Il."nD5 0» For tho Borough* of East and West Pittston, ttio Townships of Pittston, Jenkins, Eiefer and Lackawanna. RESTAURANTS. AGENT FOR THE EM. 8INCLAIR, • Saloon and Restaurant, with Bowling Alley In car. Bar supplied with the best of Liquors, Sarsaarilla, Mineral Water, and all other refreshing Hum. it-r beteragcs. Neit door to Post Olflee. I'ittston, June 16, '70-6m. CRACKERS, CAKES, INMAN, NATIONAL AND ANCHOR LINE —A writer in a Dublin medical journal says, that many sworn teetotalers in Ireland have acquired the habit of intoxicating themselves with ether. The annual consumption of the liquid in the region about Belfast, is four thousand gallons. OF ATLANTIC STEAM8IIIPS. —A genial rector of a villago parish in Minnesota found it difficult to get his salary promptly. Latterly it was much behind. Going to one of bis delinquent parishioners in the hardware trade/lie looked overall his stock of eoik-serews very fastidiously, seeking a large one of peculiar strength and size. To the inquiry, " What do you want of such a thing, any how?" the answer came, "My dear sir, I want a cork-screw that can draw my salary!" CONFECTIONERY, Passago Tickets to and Irom Europe, and Drafts paya" bleat any Banking Eslablishment in Europe, at New York rates. Office at "WHYTFTS Sale and Sample Rooms," On West Side ot Main Street. August 11,1870-A pril 1,1871. 8CRANTON, PA. JOHN U. HORN, BREWERIES vice. I would state here, then, as a proposition for discus-ion, that the great law of temperance means this: The voluntarily abstaining from any indulgence or gratification, lawful in itself, for the sake of example, whensoever the indulgence is in danger of becoming a snare or an injury to the sold or bnrly of our neighbor. I connection with this subject a letter has been published, in some of the Western papers, from Dr. David Stewart, of Port Penn, Del., proposing the question whether lead poison may not be taken up by rainwater falling upon roofs covered with white-lead paint. MARKET STREET (opposite tho jail) WILKES-BARRB. Rand, howell & king, fScccBSGOBS to Smith Bros..] CELEBRATED XX AND XXXX ALES, WC. DANE, • WHOLESALE AND RETAIL TOBAC- —It is a fact not generally known, that English ladies—in comparison with their cousins on this side of the Atlantichave large hands and feet. Sixes is a size in gloves rarely sold by London shopkeeprs. But they also generally have better developed busts and limbs. CONIST Fish, Steaks, Chops, 4c. 4c. Old ani New Alos, incs, Liquors and Cigars of the choicest quality. Fob. 25 lS«9*-fi UNRIVALED CREAM ALES, Manufactured from Ami ?&alor in Impnrted nnd Pompptic SEGA US and SNUFF. Constantly on hand W. DEIGN AN, TIIE BEST OF MALT AND noPS. Families can be supplied with a Pure Healthy and Nutritious beverage. CHEWING and SMOKING TOBACCO, riPES AND SEGAR HOLDERS. istaurant and Saloon, two doors below O'Donnell's Dre. Tho bar supplied with tho best of Wines and rjuors, and Lager Boor constantly on hand. XX AND XXXX TORTER, This is the high ground of disinterested Christian philanthropy and self-denial ; and I take the position fearlessly, as one impregnable. Dr. Stewart states that, being employed in the investigation of these matters, he " found that the purest water dissolved lead pipe most rapidly, and was incapable of depositing on its surface the coating which rendered its use innocuous with other streams." We must confess to some surprise at this statement. It is a well-established fact that lead is insoluble in perfectly pure, that is to say, distilled wutor. If by purity, he means freedom from carbonic acid, we can readily imagine this to be the case. There lire other substances often present in water which would act with considerable energy upon lead when unprotected by the insoluble formation before alluded to.— Among these we may mention the nitrate of ammonia, which is often present in rain-water, though never in such quantity, we think, as to exert a toxical effect. —Little drops of rain brighten the meadows. Little acts of kindness brighten the world. The payments are coming more prompt- MINERAL WATER, SODA WATER, BARSArA- RILLA, &c. BOTTLED ALE AND PORTER. UNION BREWERY, Pittston, HOTELS, STORES AND DEALERS SUPPLIED AT snORT NOTICE, BY CIGARS, TOBACCO, ETC. July 21,1870-Aptil 1,1871. —The "glorious uncertainty of the law" is an old proverb. I recently had a new rendering from ex-United States Senator Xesmitli, of Oregon, who said speaking of the Supreme Court of the United States, " They have the last (jucxa at the case." M. W. D. March 28,'Gtt-tfJ. W. 0. DANE, Main Street, Pittston, Pa. —The New York Oommcrckil estimates that the Yankee is one-half grit and onehalf gas; the Englishman two-thirds bluster and one-third beer; the German two parte vinegar and-cabbage and two parts needle gun, and the Frenchman all fight. ALLACE'S DINING SALOON Juno 30, 'TO—ly The Apostle Paul, who was 110 man of one idea, teaches this in various places in his Epistles. "All things are lawful unto me," lie sayB ; "hut all things are not expedient. All things are lawful for me; but I will not be brought under the power of any." He believes in the great law of Christian expediency as a governing principle. From love toward a weak brother, he would not do that which it was perfectly, lawful for him to do. If meat were offered in sacrifice to idols, he would not touch it; nay, further, fie would not cat meat at all, if thereby he should oll'end the conscience of that brother or cause him to ofTend. And so in regard to the use of wine, or any other gratification of the fleshly appetite ; not of one thing in particular, but of any and everything in general. His rule is that we arc not to use our liberty, if a stumbling-block to them that arc weak. AND RESTAURANT. Meals at all hours. Beverages of all kinds. Xext door to Plttston Co-operative Store. « HUGHES' , - : ' : MAKING N.J. SMITH, Proprietors of —A city correspondent contributes this to our juvenalia: WM. WALLACE, Prop'r PITTSTON BREWERY A practical VC agon-Maker of long experience, would respectfully call tho attention of tho public to his establishment on Main street, Pittston. neartlie "West End Hotel," where he is constantly turning out thai Mttatofi, Juno 16, TO-ly. Are prepaaed to furnish their patrons with all ttei* The agent reasoned with Shmidt, but all to no purpose. When the stable was about finished, Shmidt went to consult a lawyer, thinking that he could still get the amount of the policy, besides having the new stable. My little boy, six years old, and my little girl, eight, were looking at the clouds 0110 beautiful summer evening, watching their fantastic shapes, when the boy exclaimed, "Oh, Minnie! I see a dog in the sky!" " Well, "Willie,"' replied the sister, " it must be a sky-terrier!" MEAT MABKETS. famous brands of VERY BEST WAGONS, for both heavy and light work, that cau bo produced in the State. First class —"Aunt, why do you sit out the long sermons of that abbe?" said the niece. "My dear," replied aunt, "they accustom me to eternity." ALE, PORTER, &C. TEW MEAT MARKET. 1 The undersigned has fitted up a convenient and •essible Meat Market in the Room formerly occu;d M a Bar-Room, in the "Butler House" Build-5 where lit will k**y a constant supply of the best Mi nts of all kinds suitablo to the season. A share public patronage is respectfully solicited. JOHN TREFFISON. Orders received at Messrs. Gregory A Snover, Scranton, or at their ofllce in Pittston, will recoivo prompt attention. r They have full and complete arrangements made for the CARRIAGES, BUGGIES, and SLEIGHS are also in his line of work, and special attention civen to the same. B The lawyer, however, informed him that the company had a right to make good the loss by buildiug a new stable, and expressed surprise at the idea of bringing suit against them. —The mark Napoleon aims at—Bismark. What Blsmark means—Bis, jytd to take the Nap oft"of the French throne. MANUFACTURE OF ALE, REPAIRING of all kinds dono promptly and substantially.l'ittston, June 16,1870-ly. •ittson, May 6, 1869. thequality of whi h will be unsurpassed. Send in your orders. Dec. 17—lm —In Sympathy.—"That charming woman and myself are in sympathy with each other." "How so, my dear fellow "Well, I hate her husband and she hates —" Names arc things," was the trisyllabic remark of a celebrated British statesman. Even so"in Maryland. Lawyer was a candidate for the Legislature, On an election tour through the northern portion of Hartford county he stopped at the house of an old fanner, who aslced him what he was. The lawyer, riot knowing the farmer's politics, and wishing to be on the safe side, answered, after a moment's hesitation, that he was a "Democratic Republican." "A what?" "A Democratic Republican," repeated the legal gentleman. " Well, sir," said the man of the soil, slowly, " I am very fond of turkey, very ; but 1 don't like turkey buzzard."—Harper't Magazine. HTTSTON MEAT MARKET The Mott Steam Mill, "But," said Shmidt, " 1 insure for nine hundred dollar, and dis fellar nut up dem shtable for seven hundred and fifty—I do not understand the insurance business." PETER SEIBEL. t the Pittston Meat Market, opposite the Bank,dei to inform the public that they are as heretofore ■plying their numerous customers with the best of FRESn BEEF, PORK, MUTTON, LAMB, all other seasonable meats. 'Iiev arc also dealing In HIDES SHEEP SKINS, 1FURH,for which they will at all times pay the PERIODICALS, STATIONERY, ETC WII. WHYTE, • Sole Agent for Fairchild's Gold Pens (first prize at Paris Exposition, 1807.) Dr. Stewart thinks that " perhaps the proportion of carbonic acid that is always present in rain-water may insure the carbonate of lead in the white paint against the solvent power of the water, or any acid that would otherwise' react upon it;" but it should be remembered that the doctor's experiments with metallic lead pipes prove nothing as to white-lead; and, moreover, that the act ion of a solvent upon carbonate of lead, prepared in the form of paint and ground in oil, is very different from the action of a solvent upon the dry, pulverulent pigment, or upon lead in a metallic state. The oil-paint is much less likely to be dissolved ; and we have little doubt that the gradual disappearance of paint from exposed surfaces is due rather to mechanical abrasion than to chemical solution. In this case, the injurious substances carried off would precipitate in the reservoir as sediment, and not remain in the PITTSTON, PENN'A. GRIER & FARRER, Propr'a Finding that he could not compel the payment by law, he became disgusted with the insurance business altogether. Calling upon the agent,Shmidt said : " Mr. Agent, I want you to stop dem insurance on mine frow. I do not pay any more monisli dat way ; I not understand this insurance business." him too." BOOKSELLER AND STATIONER —On a gate post in front of a farm house out West is a sign reading, "No life insurance or sewing machines wanted here." HIGHEST MARKET PRICES IN CASH, irlng them along. P. 8. ittsten, Nov. 1,1866—tf. Dealer in Fo-eign and Domestic Newspapers, Magazines, School Books, Blank Books, Stationery of all kinds; Fishing Tacklo, Pocket Cutlery, 1'oeki.trhooks, Guns, Pistols, Revolvers, Ac.; Finest Ilrands of Foreign and Domestic Cigars, Tobacco, Snuti', 4c.; Briar and Meerschaum Pipes. Manufacturers of Finest Quality Fnmily Flour Chop and Feed of various kinds, nnd dealers in Grain generally, All Flour nnd Feed sold by us, warranted There is an intemperance of fanaticism, blind and bigoted, of which many are guilty who are not aware of it. I speak more particularly of that narrowness of view which would limit temperance to the abstaining from the use of vinous, ardent, or malt liquors. I protest against such a misappropriation of the word and such a misapprehension of the idea of lEMOVAL OF THE LACKAWAN b NA MEAT MARKET. as represented. All orders promptly filled Pittston, Dec. 10,1808.—ly. —His Bed.—A Bohemian who wits obliged to camp out the other evening, when asked where he slept, remarked that he occupied a bed. "Indeed," ejaculated a brother B.; "1 thought you had to rough it on the outside." "Well," No. 1 replied, "I slept on an onion bed." BASE BALL EMPORIUM "Agent (surprised.) "Why, Mr. Shmidt, you are doing a very foolish thing. You have paid considerable on this iDolicy already, and if your wife should die you will get $o,000." Tho proprietors of the Also, Agent for Anchor, National and Inmnn Linos of Ocean Steamers. Sight Drafts for one pound nnd upwards on England, Ireland, Scotland and Wales. Pittston, June U3, 1870-tf. The Strong Steam Mill, LACKAWANNA MEAT MARKET es pleasure in informing his many friends and tho lie generally, especially the citizens of UPPER PITTSTON AND CHURCH HILL, A/I" cDOUGALL'S ±»J- CENTRAL BOOK AND MUSIC STORE, Opposite Cooper's Hall, Keeps constantly on hand a good assortment of Books, Music, and Stationery of all kinds. SLATES, PENCILS, PAPER, SCHOOL BOOKS, BLANK BOOKS, MEMORANDUMS, Ac. The buslnoss wlil roeelvo careful attention anil THOMAS WADDELL, Prop'r., " Yaw, dat isli vat you tell me now," said Shmidt. " Veil I pays you oil my shtable you say I get nine hundred dollar if it burns down. So it was burnt and you not give me minemonish. You say, ' O, dat was an old frame shtable; isli not word anydings; I make you a brick shtable,' and you 110 pay me my nine hundred dollar. Veil mine frow dies, den you say to me, 'O, she vash an old Dutch woman; she not word anydings; 1 get you anew English wife!' And so I lose mine five thousand dollars. You not fool Shmidt again. I not understand dis insurance business." it hejhas recency removed his Meat Market.to PER PITTSTON, (near the Depot) being the only Meat Market in this section, he rs himself that he can accommodnte his custohettor, more expeditiously ar.d with greater sat.ion than they can be furnished at any other Manufactures the best of FLOUR, FEED, MEAL, AC., AC., —When a man becomes "corned" it is perfectly right that his wife should pull his ears. temperance —An English clergyman is said to have preached and printed twenty-three sermons about Gideon. And sells to the trade Are we to be chained down and restricted in one particular direction, and left at lDerfect liberty in every other? Am I, for instance, inexorably forbidden, by popular clamor, to keep a bottle of wine in my house, even in case of weakness or infirmity; and allowed an unlimitedly froc scope in the matter of marble man- AT T H E L0 WEST PRICE S —" It's a great comfort to be left alone," said an Irish lover, "especially when yer swateheart is wid ye." its direct from the shop Is always more fresh ice than those which is carried around in the is and handled over until it becomes strong and table. At this shop the people may always find meats of every description and at prices calcuto draw customers. —An English invention is a hollow iron "curbstone," through which tele- Orders filled with tho utmost care and dispatch Pittston, June 30, 1870—ly graphic wires can be conducted To Hotel Keepers, —It will be a surprise to some persons to learn that the mean temperature of July, 18G8, was SO 94 degrees, nearly one-third of a degree above that of last month. every addition wiil be promptly made to tho stoeli which tho wants of the community may call for. T'" patronge of the publio is respectfully solicited. Pittsaon, April 18,1867, Applications and bondsforTAVERN LICENSE for sale at the PITTSTON GAZETTE OFFICE —" Solaced in durance vile by (lie radiant smiles of connubial love." Translation—His Wife went to see him in jail,' where he was sent for stealing. j&T GIVE ME A CALL. JACOB 1UTTEL, r.Pittstoc,. Feb. 10,1870-3oa. water