Pittston Gazette

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Livery Stables Poetical. to give a good sensible idea a place in \ our mind ? the ladder and working up, when they may range themselves side by side with men at any business for which they are adapted, and meet defeat and success as men do, when it becomes no disgrace for a woman to work for her living, then the woman question will be in a fair way of amounting to something practical, and therefore worth consideration by the combined intelligence of the nation. "It's very little to you, Harry," softly pleaded his wife, "and a great deal to her." wretched purse9 of those who were poorer than I—Giles Liscomb's hard earned money, and the rent from poor Aunt Dorcas' house, and the little I feign would have taken from Mrs. Barbour's hoard, and much more besides.HCaugliables. Bird never flew so high but it had to come to earth for food. ;0 S. STARK, DLAMB, . Livery and Exchange Stables, near the L®. high Valley Depot, Pittston, Pa. Good rigs always on hand, and the public accommodated in the bed manner. |JuneS3,'7CMy For the Gazette. On one side of the street a lady is ATTORNEY Jan 11*73 AT LAW, PITTSTON, PA. The Lily—A Fragment. leisurely wending her way to a friend's. She is arrayed in fine apparel she never earned—jewelry she didn't pay for Mr. Melton bit his lips, BY XK10SSi, "There," he said, a little petulantly, "I might have known it would have ended like this if I tried to reason with Women can't be logical if they A guest, like a fish, hath a bad .odor the third day. ' TVTEW LIVERY, -L l Rear of Lehigh Valley Hotel, Pittston She bloom'd upon the river's crest— s. SUTHERLAND, A lily rich and rare, And Summer zephyrs wooed her, body's hired taste. On the opposite side another .lady is briskly going to business. She wears —her whole style, the result of some- "Oh, Minnie, when I saw that shinning barrier, I knew it divided us eternally, and it was made plain to me all of a sudden, how miserably I had failed In life. 'For what shall it profit a man if he gain the whole world and lose his own soul!' Temperance motto —Fight for the right and never get tight. JUSTICE OF THE PEACE, Opposite Penn'a Coal Co.'s*office, FRANK B. McCANNA, PROPRIETOR, For she was young and fair And silently around her you. try." For West Pittston Borough, Office, corner of Exeter and Warren Streets, The river fiew'd along. And solt and sweet above her "If this is the way you are feeling, Harry,I am afraid you will disapprove of what I ventured to do to-day. Mr. Liseombe was here to ask about the rent of your little store on Sixth avenue. It was for that lame brother of his, an honest, hard-worklngyoung shoemaker, who is very ambitious to go into business for himself. He has scraped together enough to pay nine hundred dollars the first year's rent." An Irishman calls his sweetheart honey because she is bee-loved. All business pertaining to his office promptly »' tended to. Collection* made, 4c. Jan 1 .3 A good assortment of single and double Carriages and good Horses. My turnouts cannot be excelled in Luzerne county Prices reasonable. Office in the l.ehigh Valley Hotel. Jan 1 '73 modestly a modest amount of dress which she has earned herself and don't make any fuss about it. Tha zephyrs sung their song. Woman is not a divinity—to be worshipped. She is not an angel—to be adored. She is not too good for work, nor too etherial to contend, nor too weak to be trusted, nor too delicate to be independent. Devotion to the sex does not consist in spoiling them, making of them useless dolls and lay figures for the parlor and beautiful statues vivauts for our friends to step Can a gentleman who sees a young lady home under an umbrella be fitly designated a rain-beau ? JOHN RICHARDS, The willows bent in shelter From the bapks about her head, 'Till the charming Summer evening* Like a pleasant dream had fled ; Still the lily, white and beautiful. Attorney at Law. and Conveyancer. T IVERY—CHANGE JU PRIETOR. OP PRO- Very strangely, we stop to admire the one and ignore the other. We wouldn't if we were sensible, but then we do. When, however, a streak of The undersigned bavin? purchased of Stephen Priesbach. his livery and all thereto belonging, desires to inform the oublic that he will ont.oue the business at the old stand, where he endeavor to accomm C late the public to the best of his ability. He designs to add largely to the stock at once, and do ail in his rowe. to give general satisfaction. in the way of furnishing good horsesaud carriages to his customers. "It seemed as if a great weight rested 011 my voice to utter a cry of despair, but I could not breathe even a whisper, and then I awoke. Oh,Minnie, thank God with me that it was only a dream!" Some women are angry when you tell them you love them. Others are angrier when you "don't. Commissioner 10 take testimony for the s vera! Courts of Luzerne ntv, bv appointment. lice on William street, opposite the Catholic roll, Pittston, i'a. Nov My Arose upon the tide Aud* the sunbeams sought her beauty As the tridegroom seeks his bride. good common sense comes over us, we calculate the price per yard of the velvet cloak ahead—the probable value of that fringe per foot—the number of "I wonder what causes my eyes to be so weak ?" said a fop to a gentleman. "They are in a weak place " replied the latter. P. KIDDER, And one by one tile willow leaves Fell softly from the tree, And glided on the river's crest, \ttobsey at law, JOSEPH SCUREMAN Pittston, Sept. 12.—tf. Far, far unto the sea, pennyweights of gold in the eardrops —the sum the husband probably paid for the whole thing—and whether he didn't likely over draw his bank aci count to pay his last milliner's bill. The walking exhibitor don't come in for even a thought, and might be a steam automaton for all we care for it. in and admire. "But I raised the rent to twelve hundred." "Thank God ! indeed, Harry!" she answered. Uffice in Law Bnildint, North Fmnklin Street W1LKES-BABRE, PA. Carriage & Harness Makers Until like fingers The willow branches hung Around the blooming lily, So beautiful and young. This is too true to be ridiculous but not too ridiculous to be true. We all know men who boast of their daughters as they do of their mansion, their furniture, their statues, paintings and other articles of vertu. The uselessness, the unfitness for practical life, the emptiness, the silly clap-trap superficiality of the daughters of wealth aud luxury, are proverbial. Men of brains and no means, shun them. Men of means and no brains endure them. Society winks at the game of match and catch and posterity suffers in consequence. "I know you did, Harry; but I knew—at least I supposed—you would be willing to do a charitable action for one who was so piteously afflicted by Providence, so I told Mrs. Liseombe that poor Jiles could have it for the former rent of nine hundred." Rev. Samuel Hearn, when dying, comforted his wife, saying, "Peace sweetheart, that God who feedeth the ravens will not starve the Hearns." Ha;ch 30,187 Mi * AGER. manufacturer of light and -Li Draft Harness, of all kinds, and dealer in AMERICAN HUMORISTS—THEIR PRECARIOUS FAME Q F. GAINES, WHIPS, ROBES, BLANKETS, BELLS. Ac. Repairing done neatly and promptly. opposite he Lime Kiln, Main St.. Pittston. J? 7,*70-ly. And like a laughing maiden The lily raided her hesd, 'Till the zephyrs, and the sunbeams, And the willow leaves had fled ; Then the frost-king came and kill'd her In the silence of the night, And in hie iron armor Stole the lily out of sight. We enjoy having a new name to admire and after a little while we enjoy equally its depreciation and denunciation. We all seem willing to lift a person to a certain height, and we relish seeing him there as long aa we can delude ourselves with the notion that we aided to put him in the position. Hearing others extol him, we grow envious and cynical: fall to piercing him w ith arrows of satire, and are delighted when he is down, never to rise again. Assessor of Internal Revenue, Pleasures waste the spirits more than pain ; therefore the latter can be endured longer ai d in greater degree han the former. Agent for the Schaghticoke Powder Company and Real Estate, near Eagle Hotel, Main street, Pittston, Pa. Jan 11873 gYRON BRAGG Physicians and Dentists HARNESS MAKER, This prejudice against women's working for pay is something mysterious. We all have it. Itmustbethe result of an abnormal condition ofSociety, because it isn't right. Everybody admits that. How it came about is as explainable as the epizootic. "Then you did a foolish thing," said Mr. Melton, risiug and beginning to pace the room in evident annoyance— "a very foolish and ill-considered thing, indeed. I must send my clerk around to Liscomb's the first thing in the morning. I can't afford to make a present of three hundred dollars a year to Jiles Liscombe.just because he is a cripple. I pay my taxes, I contribute to the charity fund of the church, and I can't and won't do any more." A Scotch lady has this year destroyed $5,000 worth of wine in her cellar on principle, but a great many persons with no principle at all have destroyed more than that. on William street, three doors above Main, where he can always be found to do all kinds of Repairing in his hue ot busines. Orders for new worn solicited. Jan- 1, '73. t m- Barrett, d d. s., tf . DENTIST 131 North Franklin Street, opposite tlie First M Yet the willow o'er the rirer Bends and weeps the lily white, And 'tis said ihe zephyrs o'er her Sigh, in silence of the night; Bat ne'er again upon the flood Shall th* beauteous flower bloom, For the troit-lting In hi* armor. Stole the lil / to hi. tomb. E. Church WAGON MAKING, N. J. SMITH, Jan 1 W1LKES-BARRE, PA A practical Wagon-Maker .of long experience, would respectfully csll the attention ol the public to his establishment on Main ►treet, Pittston,near the "West End Hotel," where he is constantly turning out the VERY BEST WAGONS, for both heavy and light work that can he produced la the State. First-class BUGGIES, CARRIAGES, and SLEIGHS, are also in his line of work,and special attention given to the stme. In a Florida young ladies' seminary, the thoughts of the inmates are taken from dress by putting the girls in uniform—dark green for winter, and pink for summer. DR. C. M. WILLIAMS, SURGEON DENTIST, When we chaps want to escort a lady to the opera we don't go dow/i to Lace, Trimmings & Co., and ask one of their lady clerks to honor us with her company. If we have an evening 011 our hands, we don't care to visit Lock Stitch & Bro., though we may find a higher class of conversationalists and a rare intelligence among the busy operators of that enterprising firm. But both of these would certainly be a sensible thing to do. Miss Astrakham wouldn't think our taste very good, to be sure, nor would Madam Sablest honor us at her next little buzz; still one might exist, possibly, and not be wholly miserable thereafter. And then it isn't the fault of the women, perhaps, after all, any more than that of the men. There is a tendency to debar females from work even appropriate for tliem. There is a dislike on the part of almost everyone to have his sister or cousin or intimate friend admit, first the necessity for labor, second the unwillingness of friends to support them without labor. Main Street. Pittston. Pa A slight retrospect will prove the truth of the statement. We can easily recall the wide popularity Doesticks (Mortimer Thompson) gained as a humorist. His Damphool was in everybody's mouth, and in many persons' character. His sketches were laughed at immoderately. He came from Detroit, Mich., to New York and the Tribune, and scintillated for a year or two. Then he was pronounced wearisome, and ere long he sank out of sight. He wrote for the weekly story-papers, but he lost his attraction, and recently went to Minneapolis, Minn., to assist in editing a daily. Among the many imprOTements recently introduced in his practice, lie regards none of more importance than hismtthod of Extracting Teeth without pain, which he Is doing very successfully every day by the use of Nitrous Oxide lias. It is perfectly safe and Tery pleasant to inhale Its result, have been entirely satisfactory in every instance. C. M.W. REPAIRING of all kinds done promptly and subsiantialiy. Jan i '73 Published by Request. In Praiie of Woman The following neat toast was proposed at a recent dinnerin New York: "The ladies—Their eyes kindle the only flame against which there is no insurance." "yyiLLIAMS & HUNTER, [The following effusion is quite ingeniously construcied, and to get the author's true meaning the reader must skip every other line Read the first and third, second and fourth lines ot each verse ] Minnie listened in silence; to her it seemed as if some strange transformation had come unexpectedly over the world-spirit temperament of the man she called husband. Rooms with J. W. Miller, adjoiping the Ca?h Store of C. Law A CamiDbell. -Ian 1 '7i Carriage Builders, Happy that man may pass his life Who', free from matrimonial chains, Who is directed by his wife Ii sure to suffer for his pains. J N. RICE, A Georgia negro was overpaid $100 on a check by a bank, and he returned the money. The local paper says this is another evidence that the race can neper be civilized. A Kansas man dropped a little note to a neighbor's wife, inviting her to meet him under the pale silver moon. The husband got the note first, and kept the appointment. Two doctors have been at work on the Kansas man, in whom they fouud a rjch lead mine. PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON, Office in Cottage between Levy's Clothing Store and Residence of R. B. Cutler. AND So soon as the labor of woman does not deprive her of the Society for which she is fitted intellectually, so soon as work is loved for work's sake, and not regarded as appropriate for menials only, so soon as men can see the worth of woman's work, so soon as it will not reflect upon us to have our sisters engaged in some respectable calling, then, and not till then will woman's independence begin, herself respect increase, and her self reliance become something to be proud of; and an added consciousness that she is a useful as well as an ornamental adjwnctof the social economy will ob- GENERAL BLACKSMITHS, What tongue is able to unfold The lalsehoods that in woman dwell. The worth in woman you behold Is almost imperceptible. Presently she rose up. MAIN ST., PITTSTON, PA "I will put little Mary to bed,'' she said, quietly, and stole away up stairs, with the other children following her. Office hours, 1 to 3 p. m Exeter St., West Pittston. July C, ISTl-ly Our facilities for business are complete, and our experience enables us to build Wagons and Carriages of all kinds in a manner not to be surpassed by any in the business. PAINTING and TRIMMING done in the rery best manner, and always tosuit the owner. Particular attention given to Repairing and all kinds of Blacksmithing. 31. WILLIAMS, Adam could find no solid peace When Eve was given him for a mate. Till fie beheld a woman's face Adam was in a happy state. "Papa isn't nice to-nier! t," said Johnny, as he took his spelling-book to the nursery table. ''Mamma, what makes him so cross?" Now see what harm our prejudices are doing to many. Here is a lady entirely dependent upon somebody for her food and clothiug. She has no particular claim upon them, but she must live and move and have her being, which means, sit at a first-class table, wear just as good clothes as any in "her set," and have pin money enough to do as they do. She don't like to be dependent, she groans in spirit every day, she's miserably blue over it sometimes. But, dear me, what can she do ? She can't face employment, or they would reap her out of "her set." Her moral courage is as great as the general run, perhaps, but it's a little too big a sacrifice to make, and so she keeps defending and feeding her unhappiness with what it grows on. She don't admire work any how, never did, for that matter, and as it isn't fashionable for women of position to labor, she concludes to continue a useless incumbrance until something turns up. Physician and Surgeon, (From Wales. Experience of years as Sur Artemus Ward followed. From a humble local reporter on a Cleveland (O.) journal he rose to more than national reputation. His phrases were quoted by the people, and his lectures drew crowds. He suffered an eclipse. He went to England because, as it was said, his jokes were all known here. He died, and the encomiums that had been suspended were revived over his gton in U. S.Army.) Jan 1, 1873, For in the female race appear Hypocrisy, deceit and pride, Truth, darling cf a heart sincere, In woman never can re.ide. * Orders left at Roade6' Drug Store will meet prompt attention. Contractors and Builders "Hush, Johnny," said Mrs. Melton, whose wifely loyalty admitted of no questions, "papa Is tired." The other evening a young man of a bordering town went over on the Queen's side to see his lady love, and knowing that her parent did Hot entertain a very high opinion of him, he asked the daughter as soon as he got in the house, "where thatold sport of her father was?" Just then he felt something strike him in the rear just as if a barn-door had slammed back against him—and then he knew where the "old sport" was. For about 15 seconds that young man thought that the young lady had a spile driver for a parent. The young man has a girl on thissidaof the river now. We wont furnish any "moral." Office, 125 Main stre et, opposite Odd Fellows Pittston. Sep. 5, '72. J_£ H. PRICE, They're always studying to employ Their time in malice and in lies, Their leisure hours in Tirtuou. joy, To spend ne'er in their thoughts arise. Hotels and Restaurants STAIR BUILDER, Johnny was not altogether satisfied with this version of affairs, but he fell back on "words of six syllables," without asking any more questions, and Minnie returned down stairs, took up her needle work, and quietly seated herself by the shaded gas-burner, as she saw that Harry lay on the sofa with a newspaper over his face, apparent lj* asleep. Office on Franklin Stretf! EM. SINCLAIR, . SALOON and RESTAURANT. WILKES-BARRE, PENN'A, \Viih Bowling Alley in rear. Bar supplied with the lDest of Liquors, Sarsaoarilla, Mineral Water, and ail other refreshing summer beverages. Op- N. B.—I make thi« a specialty and Carpenters and Contractors will find it ;o their advantage to send their orders to me, thuC» ensuring a firstelasijob for any description of stair. Jan 1 1S73 TMPOKTANT TO BUILDORS Destruction to those men, I say. Who make the fair their chief delifht, tain Who no regard to woman pay. "WHAT SHALL IT PROFIT." posite the Post-Office Jan 1 '7: Keep reason always in their sight "Nasby" (Locke) rose to fame immediately after the war; had his culmination and decline. You seldom see his badly spelled screeds now, though he lectures with pecuniary profit; edits the Toledo Blade, and is worth $250,000. grave, gWAN HOTJi'L, H. H. P. Select Reading. The clock had just struck six from its place on the black marble mantle of the pretty little dining-room, where a fresh boquet of roses exhaled perfume as if each seperate pink blossom had been a crucible of sweetness, and a noisy cry of "Mamma, he's coming! Papa's coming !" filled the house, from three or four rosy mouths. The undersigned has lately purchased the Hotel property known .*.s the Swan Hotel, in the borough of Pit'iston, and is now prepared to meet the demands of the public for a nrnt-elass hotel. PITTSTON, PA STONE QUARAY, A WOMAN'S RIGHT. The undersigned hereby gives notice that ha is operating a very excellent Stone Quarry in the Borough of Putston, and that he is prepared to furnish Building Stone of all kinds, and to take contracts for Walls and Excavations,and warrant' to do all his work In a first class manner. Once or twice as the clock ticked softly in the stillness, and the indistinct hum from the first street below, floated in through the half open window, Minnie let the work lull to her lap, and unconsciously drifted away with the tide of grave and troubled thoughts which seemed to eddy around her heart. Jan 1 73. CHAS SCHRANK BEX. Jr. PRATT, A. M fAQUAGA HOUSK, V-' At the L. & B. Junction, PITTSTON, PA., Conducted ou the European plan WM. BOND, Oregon. He who lives without an occupation or business mustgive the world a good reason for it. She who engages in any business or occupation by means of which money is earned, must likewise render unto the world a good excuse therefor. Orphens C. Kerr (Robert H. Newell) was highly commended for his clever satires on the Army of the Potomac in a New York weekly, but became invisible with the return of peace. He is attached at present to the staff of the World, and does the "Social Studies" in the Sunday issue. Pittaton, April 18,1872. The undersigned having thoroughly furnished and refitted it :is a a fir»t-class Hotel, the patronage of the traveling public is respectfully asked. Meat Markerts Minnie Melton, the most eager child of them all, ran to the door and stood there, smiling and lovely, with the little ones clinging round her skirts,to welcome the father's coming foots a, TOHN TREFFISON, t " Butcher and Dealer in A somewhat conceited clergyman, who was more celebrated for the length of his sermons than for their eloquence, once asked Archdeacon Hale what he thought of one just preached. Jan 1 '73 Meals or Lunch at ail hours J. T. CROFUT, Luzerne house, WEST PITTSTOX. MEATS OF ALL KINDS, They were making money, the firm of Melton & Chislale—she had lieaid people say so, time and again. She had been congratulated on the success of her husband's business, and had smiled back a pleasant response. Main street, Pittston, Pa. His Market alwaysoontains the fullest supply of Fresh Meats, including all kinds in their season. Jan. 1, 73. There is a law of Society. Society rigorously enforces this law. Society is a good ruler, but a bad legislator. Can work for Women be made popular—or fashionable, rather? That's a conundrum which most of us give up. A. M. JEFFORDS, PROP'R. the beau ideal of wifely pride and happiness.Mark Twain (Samuel L. Clemens) was brought to the surface by the 'Slumping Frog," and universally advertised by his extremely ludicrous "Innocents Abroad." As the funny man on the Galaxy he was pronounced such a failure that he retired from his department in confusion and panic. His "Roughing It" is wholly inferior to his other book, though it has sold largely. The public are wearying of him a little, and he must arouse himself if he cares for his laurels. The house has been thoroughly renovated, re paired and furnished and is in all respects, the largest und most desirable suburban Hotel in the Wyoming Valley. It has always been regarded by oity people as a delightful sojouri.lug place, and the proprietor assures all that Ins best efforts will be put forth to make it the most delightful place to be found for all who desire to secure a quiet and delightful summer resort. The rooms are large and very pleasant. The hotel is situated at the West Depot of the Lackawanna 4 Bloomsburg Railroad, and overlooks East and West Pittston, and guests have no earriage expenses lo pay in arriving or departing. Carriages for the use oi'guests wii1 he provided at reasonable charges. The Luzerne Post-Office is kept within a few yards of the Hotel. Jan 1 '73 "Why Harry," she said, as he cr.me up the steps, with a kiss of little :iin, and a chuck under the chin of Johnny, and a word of greeting to them all, "what makes you look so grave ?" "Well, sir," replied the brusque doctor, "I liked one pas*r\ge extremely well." PITTSTON Without departing one iota from that proper veneration for the female sex, which of itself is the grand dividing line between civilization and barbarism, I cannot but raise an opposing voice to the extren: e to which this law Wouldn't it help matters a little if «very mother required her daughterto learn to do something about a house, for instance? Not to learn it theoretically, as some do, and then boast of It, but become proficient by constant practice. There is so much variety about household duties, that I really think that no young lady brought up to a perfect familiarity with all its details, need learn anything else in the way of work, to secure herself against misfortune, should it come, or against dependence, were she brought to that. MEAT MARKET. Old Uncle Darwin Field, when he had made his week's visit in the city two years ago, had contemplated Harry Melton's luxurious home with grave wistfulness, and said to her : "Remember, Minnie, my girl, that riches have wings, and don't git too much sot on sich things." "Indeed, doctor. Pardon me for asking you which passage you refer to?" The undersigned having opened a Market on Exeter street, lr West Pittston, near the office of 8. Sutherland, will keep it at all times well supplied with the very best of all kinds of meat adapted to the season, and invite the patronage of the public. We are determined that what we sell shall be the very best. "Nothing, child, only I' want my dinner." tired and "Well, my dear sir," replied the arch-deacon, "the passage I refer to was that from the pulpit to the vestry."So long as the world turns there must be grades of Society, but Caste is contemptible. Conditions of men must var3-. Refinement and culture, especially in our own country, may exist as well in the homes of the humble as in the mansions of the great. Society, then, if wise, should not enact a law which can be obeyed by one class without effort, while the other cannot obey without suffering for it. is carried The dinner was ready—a pair of brown little chickens, with a Parisienne soup first, and a bread pudding afterward, for Minnie Melton was as notable a housekeeper as any in the land. BRACE ft HOI-COMB. Went Pittston, April 18-3m. TOHN BECIITHOLD'S O EA'LTNG- HOUSE « AND LAGER BEER SALOON, QHARLES HARDING, She had thought theold man interfering, almost impertinent at the time; now his words came to her like a halfforgotten prophecy. A servant girl of not strong intellect, who lived with a lady in the neighnorhood of Paisley, one day surprised her mistress by giving up her place. Bret Harte conquered attention by his extraordinary tales in the Overland and grew celebrated by his trifle, "The Heathen Chinee." Cities and publications bid for him, and Boston and the Atlantic carried him off. Since then he has been stifled almost. We have had no really clever thing from him, according to the critics, who consider his reign at an end. Butcher and Meat Dealer, But Harry Melton's face did not soften in its rigid lines as the meal progressed to a close. Opposiie Seneca Store. MAIN STREET, PITTSTOJi, Pickied Holland Herring, Pickled Tongue, European and American Cheese, Haulage*, Ham and a variety ol olher Refreshment* and He?- [June 29-71 (Successor to P. M. Sutton), The lady inquired the cause, and found it was the fertile sonrce of dissension between mistress and maidservant—a lad. BANKER'S BUILDING, RAILROAD STREET. If these be distasteful, as they are to many, let the piano be mastered instead of being used as an occasional entertainer; or a language learned so effectually that the learner may become the teacher if need be; or if artistically inclined, let painting be learned instead of played with. Teaching the younger members of a family is especially the province of the older, and if carried to a proper extent, is the best school of the future teacher. "Can it be possible," she thought, as her sad eyes gazed out into the starfirmament of a summer night, "that he, too, has caught the worst infection of money making—that he is growing avaricious, and mean, and graspdag? Oh! no, no; Harry never coald he that!" Minnie was helping her youngest child to its little plate of pudding, when a servant came softly in and whispered something to her. erageH, For the Best in the Market Call Here. J UNCTION SALOON Pittston, Nov. 14 '72—ly "And who is that lad?" inquired the mistress. Miscellaneous What I want to get at is this : why may not the lady of refinement and culture and intelligence and accomplishments, enter upon any respectable and appropriate employment, sufficiently remunerative to make her independent of others? That is, provided she has no just claims upon those who are perfectly able and willing to provide her with all her tastes de- ROOMS, LIME.— JOHN IIASLAM, at Swan Hotel, Plttston. supplies tbe best quality ot Lime for building purposes, at lowest prices. Orders delivered when desired. (June 26 1870-ly "Very well," said Mrs. Melton, carelessly; "give her the other bundle. Harry, can you let me have five dollars?""Oh, he's a nice lad ; a lad that sits in kirk, just foment me." By GEO RUE M. LULL. Meals at all hour-, and every attention paid to calls. Opposite the new Depot, at Upper Piusten. Pittston, June 20, "72-tApr 1,'73. The work lay unheeded in her lap, she had no heart to sew now. John Hay came home from Europe, wrote "Little Breeches" and "Jim Bludsoe," and was made the theme of countless paragraphs. His admirable book, "Castilian Days," gave him reputation among the cultivated, but they are the few. He is doing fine strong work on the Tribune, but he is slipping out of the public eve. "And when does he intend that he and you should be married ?" A NDREW RUOFF, XX Dealer in Furniture oi all kinds, JJESTAURANT-RKMOYAL "What for?" Up to the present moment Miuciie Melton's life had been one of uninterrupted smoothness and sunshine. "I dinna ken." "Are you sure that he intends to marry you at all?" UNDERTAKER, and Manufacturer of all kinds of Furniture. Hells cheap. Near the .Store of L. Ackley 4 Co.. Main street, Pittston. June *23, 1870-ly Mrs. Melton looked a little surprised. It was a question he was not in the habit of asking. James Fairbrothcr When every child is impressed with the idea that he or she is expected to perform some special work in the household economy, is assigned to the superintendence of some of its departments for the proper fulfilling of the duties of which it is wholly responsible, an important step in the formation of that child's character is taken. As years advance, more and more responsibilities should be placed upon children : at maturity the whole burden of house-keeking should rest upon the shoulders of the daughter, or if more than one, upon each in turn for a period of years. "I dare say he does, mem." "Have you had much of each other's company?" respectfully informs the public that he has re moved next door to Clark's Ilrewery, up town where |,e will continue t« sell "To pay Mrs. Barber for sewing." Could it be that the shadows,so long withheld that she had learned to doubt their actual existence, so far as she was concerned, were coming at last ? FRESH AND SALT OYSTERS. with which he will supply the people of Pittston and vicinity, JAMES DAVIS & CO., mnnd "Minnie, that woman charges you too much," he said sharply. TAXNERS AND CURRIERS Y u and I know that she can't do this now, and hold a position in Society. All will praise a lady who makes a heroic effort to sustain herself—call her a heroine—admire her pluck—encourage her in her undertaking—but she has without the pale of intimacy with her former associates. They meet her with the same smile— the same kiss—but not with the same feeling. She and they bow down to different shrines—hers is duty—theirs, —inclination. There is now no longer any unanimity of thought and feeling and tastes. She is a friend, but not so particularly so as aforetime. There is not so much haste to introduce her to a visitor—not that eagerness to have a stranger friend know her—she is dayby day getting further removed from her former status—by and by she is dropped."Not yet." WHOLESALE AND RETAIL, upon the shortest notice. Stews will be served ai all hours. Particnlar attention paid to all orders Those wishing anything in my line will please give me a call. Sept. 16. l87My JTide« and Baik bought at th» best prices. Near J. E. Patterson * Co. s Planing Mill, on the canal, Pittston, Pa. Jan 1 1873 "I do pay her a little more than Jane Callahau charges, but you must remember, dear, she is a widow with six little children." Even Joaquin Miller, the poet of the Sierras, has almost had his day. His songs are pronounced monotonous, and his genius a manufactured article."When did you last converse with him?" Suddenly Harry Melton started from his slumbers, and sat upright, gazing with a bewildered air around the room. "Deed, wo hae nae conversed ava yet." JACOB PAISER, Grocers, Bakers and Flour tonsorial artist "I'm not bound to support her and her children." "Then how should you suppose that he is going to marry you ?" rpiE MOTT STEAM MILL, X PITTSTON, PENN'A GRIER 4 FARRER, PROPRIETORS. "Minnie, wife, are you there?" he said, in a strange, husky tone. "I am here, Harry." "Thank God! Thea it was only a We await, at this moment, another coming man—somebody to put up and pull down. He will be along anon. The question is: Do our humorists and literary lights decline, or de we declare them exhausted because they are such, or because we are merely fickle ? Main street Pittston, opposite First National Hank. Good workmen and sharp razors is his motto. Give him a call. [Jan. 1. 1873. FASHIONABLE HAIR-DRESSER, "No, Harry, but— "Ou," replied the simple girl, "he's been lang lookin' at me, and I think he'll soon be speakin'." * "Pay her for what she has done," he said, tossing her a five dollar bill ungraciously across the table, "but don't give her any more. Jane Callahan sews cheaper." Blanufacturers of Finest quality Family Flour, Chop and Feed of various kinds, an 1 dealers in Grain generally. All Flour and Feed sold by us warr anted as represented. All orders promptly' fillei1' Jan11873 MARBLE YARD. dream. A Nelson street man was charged by his wife to bring home her bonnet Saturday night, but he became so  bued with liquor that he fell on the street and bursted tha cover of the band-box, and the hat rolled out on the walk. He grabbed for it at once, as also did a playful dog, and for a time it was difficult to determine which would get the hat. They finally divided it, the man going one way with one string and a few straws, and the dog another with the balance. When he got home he extended his share of the victory to the wretched woman and burst forth in unfeigned admiration : "It was the goldarndest dog to (hie) hold on I ever see, Marier, (hie) an if I hadn't bin perfectly sober (hie) he'd a had the hull—(hie) the whole on it. S. J. BARBER, PROP'R. Opposite tl\e First National Bank, MAIN STREET, PITTSTON, PA. "Come here, and I will tell you, wife. Here, close to my side. Heavens !" he muttered,beneath his breath, as he passed his hand uneasily over his wet forehead, "how real it seems yet! Where are the children ?" It is this foolish method of relieving the daughter of all care, of administering to her wants and expecting nothing in return but gratitude, of affording her access to every source of enjoyment, and removing from her as much as possible, the vexations of self help and self reliance, that is poisoning the Society of the present day. THOMAS MALONEY, Wholesale and Retail Dealer in GROCERIES AND PROVISIONS, Salts, Meats, Flour, Fish and STAPLE DRY GOODS, Hosiery, Gloves, Notions, 4c. Mrs. Melton made no further remonstrance, but obeyed in silence. Every variety of Marble Tombstones. Monuents of branue or Marble, Mantles of Marble or suite, all done up in tha height of style, either plain or ornamental, and at th« lowest prices I lumbers' Stones, 4c. Don't fail to give us a c*"- Jan 1 '73 TEN FOLLIES. "Charley Miller is coming here this evening," she said a few minutes afterward, "to get Johnny's old suit of clothes. Mrs. Miller was so thankful when I told her she could hsive them—" To think that the more a man eats the fatter and stronger he will become. "Up stairs. Mary ;and Minnie are asleep, and Johnny is at his lessons." To imagine every hour taken from sleep is an hour gained. Farm Produce Received. Store in the upper part of the town, below the Depot. Jan I 73 PITTSTON, PA. pITTSTON DYE HOUSE, "I have had the strangest medley of a dream you ever heard," he went on. "I think it must have been intended for a warning to me. It seemed to me as if I were dead. You and the children with me, and yet not with me, that was the strangest part of it all. You seemed to stand afar off, in beautiful green meadows, all misty with the sunshine that was around you, and the children were getting flowers at your feet—flowers such as 1 have never seen in any mortal garden, and there were many others there, and the air was full of music, whose strains I could faintly hear. And as I was hastening toward you my footsteps were stopped by a wall—a wall built of shining pieces of gold, with a sentinel standing beyond, in white, glittering raiment, with a sword whose brightness dazzled my eyes. 238 SOUTH MAIN STREET, To act on the presumption that the smallest room is large enough to sleep TOHN S. COSGROVE, fJ Denier ia r Groceries, Feed, Pork, (Basement), PITTSTON, PENN'A, This "dropping" is what hurts. If my reader has ever been bold enough to defy Society in the way I have mentioned, she will know just what it means to be dropped. True, she falls into another sphere, but even companionship in misery is not so delectable as the adage would have it. "She Qjiu't have them," interrupted Mr. Melton. "Jones tells me he gets half price for anything of that sort at a store in Chatam street. He gave me the card, and I shall tell them to come up here and take away all our old clothes. We must economize, Minnie."What wonder it is that young ladies consider work a burden, nay, even a disgrace, when they are so taught from infancy, and see the whole onus of household labor put into the hands of hirelings. Not only pernicious in its mornl effects, is such a system, but preeminently so in a physical sense. Labor is the natural stimulus of healthful life. Without it our lives become an aimless sham. We must have work to do as we must have air to breathe. All are given capacities for work, diyine injunction sanctions it, example proves its necessity. The great workers are the great thinkers, attesting the fact that work is the proper aliment for the mind, the safeguard of the thoughts. h»r^r.n0n^f a'J co,oreCl and scoured in the best manner and without damaea to the fuhHn Silk, and all fine fabrics thoroughly underwood and cleansed and scoured to entire satisfaction Ibe proprietor will not be responsible for goods left in his charge after two months. K Jaa1'73- DM ALEXANDER. To eat without an appetite, or continue to eat after it lias been satisfied, merely to gratify the taste. Fish and Meats. Also, Crockery, Wood and Willow Ware. Satisfaction guaranteed to every customer. Below the Trepthnjr. Main Street, Jan 1 '7C To conclude that if exercise is good for the health, the more violent and exhaustive it is, the more good is done. PITTSTON, PA BUM GARDNER & RADER, JDealers in Photographs extraordj NARY Why, again, must it be a disgrace, in a modified form, for a lady to work for pay f I know ladies right on the very peakedest peak of the peak of Society, who will put their servants to shame in kitchen work—but not for pay. Others will do miracles of sewing machine work for themselves or friends—but not for pay. Others still will stand behind the counter at a "ladies' fair" and use all manner of wheedling tricks to catch a customer —but not for pay. Still others will even assume the roll of the beggar, and don't disdain to extend an eager palm for pence to help along a favorite missionary hobby. To commit an act which is felt in itself to be prejudicial, hoping that somehow or other it may be done in your case with perfect impunity. Dry Goods, Groceries, Provisions, "But Mrs. Miller is so poor." Flour, Feed. Meal, BOOTS. SHOES, HATS, CAPS, 4c., AT C. B. TINKER'S, "So shall we be if we go on in this reckless way. I tell you, Minnie, I'vo been thinking very seriously over the matter to-day. I have lost eighteen hundred dollars through Corbet's failure, and I can't afford to keep half the paupers in New-York. There's old Aunt Dorcas living free at the farm. I don't know why I should support Aunt Dorcas. Mortimer offered me three hundred a year for the place yesterday and I shall write to tell the old lady to turn out." The ruts once assembled in a large cellar to devise some method of safety in getting the bait from a steel trap which lay near, having seen numbers of and relatives snatched from them by its merciless jaws. Af* ter many long speeches and proposals of many elaborate but fruitless plans, a happy wit, standing erect, said: Jan 1 '73. Main Street, Pitteton, Pa. Opposite First National Bank, PITTSTON, PA. To argue that whatever remedy causes one to feel immediately better, is "good for the system," without regard to more ulterior effects. pjOBERT SEAMAN & CO., The best Pictures warranted in every case and duplicates toany amounttaken at the lowest rates. All Negatives preserved, so that copies cf all pictures taken can belurnished at any time. WHOLESALE GROCERS, NOS. 42 ft 44 MURRAY STREET, NEW YOhK. Jnly 27,1871-ly To advise another to take a remedy which you have tried yourself, without special inquiry whether all the conditions are alike. Robt. Seaman, » am I J. Berry, ji. . Jan 1 73 J. A. Wisner, Franklin Whitney. JJEW GOODS! rpHE BRAN DEN BU KG BAKERY, THE WANTS OF THE PEOPLE "It is my opinion that if with one paw we can keep down the spring, we can safely take the food from the trap with the other."' SOUTH MAIN STREET, DULY CONSIDERED! The woman question of to-day is unpopular only by reason of its inconsistency. Ambition overtops reason. The reformers begin at the wrong end. We are to believe that woman may be President, Senator, Judge, before she has served her apprenticeship in the lower ranks of life. When it is popular for women to enter upon professions, and other occupations as men do, by beginning at the lowest round of "'Let me pass,'I cried, 'let me go to them,' and I pointed eagerly to the green meadows where you were. An instance of throwing one's self about was witnessed a few evenings ago at a party, in the case of a young lady who, when asked to sing, first tossed her head and then pitched her PITTS TON, PA C.STOFT, Proprietor, Thankful (or trie liberal patronage which ha, thus far hern extended to him, he ia now maUini renewed efforts to furnish g The undersigned having )ust returned from the head of market with one of the most extensive stocks Of merchandise ever offered to the neonle of Luzerne Coumy, would respectfully ann^.JC,e in a few words, to their friends and I ho public jn ueneial, that their purchases have been ma.ie with a view to the wants of the people, tht miner and laborer, aD well as the clean-handed Kent It-man or i?IriB?yi ®roctr'es and Provisions, and Feed in large supplies alwavs on hand „LAW 4 MCMillan Pitta**. JM l U?3. t WS' B'°Ck' 1C0nh Sld«- "Harry, she Is eighty years old, and very poor. Surely you would not—" "Never!' the sentinel answered. 'This wa II divides them from you forever, the wall yourself have built up in youx short-sighted avarice and greed!' All the rats squealed assent. Then they were startled by a faint voice, and a poor rat, with only three legs, limpiug into the ring, stood up to speak. LARGE AND EXCELLENT BREAD, (Wheat, Rye and Graham), together with Cakes and Pies o! every description. No pains will be spared to give entire satisfaction to all. His team will continue to supply his customeis on the road and tike orders from lamiliea. Parties supplied St short notice. j»n j D79 Where's the difference? must; the other need not. dum and tweedledee. '—Pay. One Tweedle- "Now, Minnie, you are talking like a woman, and a very silly one at that. Suppose she lives to be ninety, am I to keep on loselng tlie renton the farm just because she has taken a foolish notion that she caj.i't live any where else?" voice. Youthful aspirations are mostly illusions. We don't believe it when we are young, but we discover it as weapproach middle age. "My friends, I have tried the method you propose, and you see the result. Now let me suggest a plan to escape the trap—Let it alone." How singular it is that prejudice is so much stronger than good sense. Have you not often felt your inability "And then I knew that the gold pieces of which the wall was built were those I hi»d saved from the