Pittston Gazette

              I. RICHART, Proprietor.; *£» u RDAID Tivijir—7= Thk Guerti is one of the best „ , th» rountv. l0lu' P»P"9 in 0 PUBLIC&TION i evei v Tl.urs. ilie bcsHwndU, , 1: i- *1 w iy- i lt« jitd-ti-' EULK uiplly f lVip'-i nv. N « vS N Dr?h Mniri fit., • D' Oilli-f). -*1 0 per auQum. No i I 'd anmu the co-iuty. ADVERT ISlfiG R&TES: i.V bj. MD ,£r* - [»xptCr in th1 t« 51 b»oriptton price is only fcj so p«.r year Go-sip and Sland.'r arts u t its principal fe*tOT»«. State 11 mo | Jt (no | r. mo 11 D eat S W flofi IS , uO It is ntrictly a firnt-cta'S laimly flp{,ri AuU i!w best ad»en»i..g u „ It is on-of Ui.beHp.pw.jaitegt*u for K4U er»l nCw.«. »e" 4 00 9 8 »; oo lo 12 C* AO w. 25 40 ' 0 j tH» 40 C )»«*■■■«» Publishers. l r_v _-til suit  lis polit iu» Uncompromisingly JUpublicaa by1br!C'Cr"UDdaU,"edby "'reats; •NO. 48. PITTSTON, PA,, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 6, 1873. v.? lin $7 per year 111) uo NEW SERIES: VOL. 1.-N0.5, No well regulated family jhould t* without It It publishes the County Court proceedings reIS«"urKttVrt.,te;t0 "• «•««. ,ifhno d not exceeding tea hues, Sl- UNDAUNTED BY THREATS; UNINFLUENCED BY BRIBES. ices, $ Adve eta. per line for TERMS: $2.00 PER ANNUM. Lawyers and Justices. Livery Stables IPoetical. Do as Near Right as you Can. himself hoarse. Perceiving which lie took from hie pocket a box.of newly "invented C?ough candy," and after .p&ssingjt to the ladies, lie helped himself to the balance and tossed the pajtor tempted to save the booty by secretly passing it to the accomplice, still believed fo be unsuspected, who counted on being able to make off at the next plishments, and rehearse them to his wife by way of entertainment. - I.ike Solomon,he ought to search for knowledge and share his attainments with his household; bnt unlike Job's friends "He ought not to be the people and allow wisdom to die with ldm." of women whose perplexities as t$ their personal and domestic expenditures, and whose dismays at invariably asking for money just at the time when husbands and fathers are "hard up,'? no man can possibly appreciate. Willi some certain basis to reckon from, nine women out Of ten would develop an amount of thrift and economical lore that would astonish their mucli-enduring providers; and the talents which are now thrown away in inventing ex pedients for extracting money from the paternal or marital pocket, once turned to the judicious expenditure of that which was freely accorded, the reform that political economists and our own common-sense tell us is so loudly called for, would, without more ado, speedily effect itself. "Laughables. D. LAMB, ... " . . • Livery »nCl Exchange tables, Bear (lio i.» c. S. STALK "Excuse haste and a bad pen," said the little pig when lie broke out and ran. - ATTOlLXKY AT LAW A field for your muscle and brain ; And tnough clouds may often float e'er you, The world stretches widely before you, TITTSTOy, PA. stopping place UTII Kit LAND T\TE_W. LIVERY, J-* v , .. JivV 9f^5lwth O ppoi ((y Pen n'a- Cofrt-Co.% -offi e*, And often come tempest* and rain, He was in the midst of a high enco- out of the window The result was, that both, for a re&- "did the State some service." "Well, wife, you can't say I ever contracted bad habits." "J7orsirj you generally expand them."' Be fearless of utorms which e i rtake y forward through all 1 a man— mium of the new nostrouiy .more than lialf the eOicacy o£ wjiUjh Uu iasi^tdil depended on its tcing taken by suction, when a ■shrill whistle was heard) and almost immediately the coach son, WHO MAKES HOME HAPPY? f ,11 TICK OF THE PEACE, Good fortune will never forsake you He ought not t o consider the interests of the purse exclusively, as Judas, or sell his Savior for thirty pieces of silver ; but in the fear of the Lord, like Nimrod, be a mighty hunter after every good and perfect work, thug sealing with a glorious compact, the legal title to greatness anil perfection—A True Max ! Wvsi Pit' r and Warren Street*. FKAMv B. McCANNA, PROPRIETOR If you do as near right aD you car Each journal of the age teams with suggestions and observations relAtive to the elements necessary for a wellordered household, the Mecca over whose threshold the human family passes to defeat or victory. Accord- What quicker (iuick. word by can fee pronounced adding a syllable to? A g6fid assortment of single* ancT goufile Tarriages'and Horses. My turnouts ca"nnorD»e excened in Luzerne county Prices reasonable. Office in the Lehigh Valley Hotel. Jan 1 '73 Remember the will to.do rightly If used, will the evi I confound Live daily by conscience, that ni Khtly X iM II ARBS, T; CH.iNGE lJ PRIETOR. OP PRO Your sleep may be peaceful and sound stopped, while two faces, hideously Model wives formerly took a ''stitch iu time;" now, with the aid of sewing-machines*, they take one in no .t Law, an? Conveyancer, kenei presentee hems' ves, oil Qommiiisioner Tha underplgDed having purchased of Stephen Pricsbach. his .ivery and all oetgnxing. desires to intorm the that he witl 'ouCiOue the busine-s at the oleT stand, wliefe be enJ&woi Lot honegrv *hape. every pain At d life w f Parad I at each window Courts of Luzerne If you do as near rig ;ht as you can Sorry to trouble you," said the man ing to precept;ami interest, evej-y earnest. woman reads and ponders each proposed amendment to attractiveness and good order, seeking for a little of .the available perfections constituting a Happy Home. time- tt r*ppr»ite the Oathokt to nccomm late the piibtfa" Tft'e'1ofeii lulajmay s Xo higher edition of power and earthly happiness exists than a Happy Home and its attainment may be accomplished only by the united aud faithful co-operatioii of father, mother and children  There is a man who keeps a list of all tlie banks in the country, so as to be able to say that he keeps a bank-ac- ity. He design-* to add largely to the siock at on»'e, and do &»l in his row?, to Kive general . satisfaction". in the'way ofxurtil ling go\*JTi6iiie5aijd carriages tj his ' ' e with their shrewdest of tact, | back seat, "but business is business,' | and ours will soon be ovet if things go ww, two lai ke screams from the Cj. But justly and hon re your tame, never heed. v act count SKY AT LAW, Pittston, Sefit. 12;—if. JOSEPH SCTREMA.N'. I Arvl a-k of the Killer of Heaven on snioC)thlv. Just so.—When a man wants money or assistance, the world, as a rule is very obliging and indulgent, and—lets him want it. North T To !-8ve yourfnir mime ax A mi.ii, And *1! that you ask will be »i»en "Of course, gentlemen, you will spare, as f;rr as may be consistent with your disagreeable duty, the reelings of these,ladies," appealed the polite, passenger in the blandest manner. Like Mary of old, she would ever sit at the feet of Jesus, seeking the one thing needful which cannot be taken away from her, yet unlike Martha, willing to do the serving without be- THE HUMORS OF ADVERTISING. WlLls. ES-BARKK,PA Carriage -&-Harness Makers If you do a« near right as you can 44Where nought but love ELI AO-BR. manufacturer ol'li«ht und Draft Harness; of all k1rtdj». And dealer ttf WHIPS, ROBES, pLAD"K_ETS. BELIES. Ac Kepairitu? done, neatly and promptly* Opposite he;Lim« Kiln, Maia-at.Pitwioo. C'an answer love and render blisw secure Advertisers are adepts in ambiguity. A lady advertises her desire to obtain a .husband "with a Roman nose having Strong religious tendencies." " A spinster particularly fond of children*' informs the public that she "wishes for two o,r three, having none of her F. GAINES Actions Shew the Man. Woe unto the hand that rends the curtains of home-love away from the windows of human Life, leaving her apartments exposed and her walls desolate; for life is composed of "trifles light as air," and their imperishable influence will weigh heavily in the grand summing up in the final Judge- Why is Central Asia at present like spring, among the hens and Christmas in New-York? Because it is in its slaying, sleighing, and laying time, fts snow use to seek fur any other 0. No matter whether rich or poor Revenue, Our needs are kcown and the "Oh, certainly I they shall hot be attended to, and shall hot be required to feave their scats, unless their con - ing encumbered by the numerous responsibilities incident to her office. Company and JJYRON BRAGG Prow man a j»o«d or-evil-doe r- To God above each day We cannot hide one linle sin She desires to be more provident than Sarah, having her pantries always crowned with luxuries for angel's visits which are not "few and far be- Physicians and Dentists HARNESS MAKER On earth, e'en for h span, For co'fcnM 4jt'? ife and din S»w Or&& Mm *3? TIe"l_ijJDttDvlS f, friend indavfl T« all wflo htt( vwv, Jvo m*l!C *-ithat b»v«reecf. But *qon, ftEtsjt ltii» bpastful Jieart ** duct-renders it necessarv "And now, ladies,1' continued the robber, the barrel of his pistol glittering in the light of the coach lamp, o\Vn.", {somebody wants "a young man to look after a horse.of the Methodist persuasion a draper desires to meet with an assistant who would "take,an active and energetic interest in a small first-class trade, and in a quiet family and a Boston chemist advertises "thegentleman who left his stomach for analysis will piease call and get it, together with the result." S Hps hod English is not, however, confined to the advertising columns, or we should not read of the shooting of a wild cat "by a little boy five feet eight inches long or of a procession which was "very fine, and nearly two mites iu length, as was also the prayer of Mr. Perry, the chaplainnor should be much scandalized to note the fact, recently stated in some journal, that "a self-made man arrived in California twenty years ago with only one shirt to his back, and since then has contrived, by close application t/O business, to accumulate over ten mil- answer n William street. three doors above Main, wliere e ran akvavs ho found to do all kinds of Repair- I 11 g n his line of busines. Orders for new wnrii I olicited. Jan. 1, '73. In speaking of a local debating society,a country paper says, "Our town debating club is in full swing, and questions that have engrossed, the intellectual fiictionsof sages ever .since the flood, are beiug decided at the rate of two a Week." 1 _M BAKKKTT. tD 1). S , el . dentist tween ment. MAyMapi.ktqn opposite the First M "Y^TAGON MAKING, "be so good as to pass your purses, watches, and such other trinkets as may be accessible without much Like the widow of Sarepta, she would hail with gladness, the cask of sugar afid cruse of molasses which failed not during the season* Auburn, Pa., Dec. H, '72. K. Chtirt H ILKKS-liAKfeji,l?A N. J. SMITH, A practical Wagon-Maker of long experience, would callthe.at'enLiun ot the public to bin estabti-bmem on Main street, Pittnton. near the"*'tvfj?t Erra whVY£ hd constantly AN INSIDE VIEW OF FEMININE EXTRAVAGANCE. 9 JJU.U. M. WILLIAMS pRecfclls i£iurtV4bftt£l*n, And thej; w* feel I'ejiWb t?i« «Cuai I, Tlie asHion sliwtD tlfu d»51i • \X* * ' • ' II igh, feAfiy. Df 01 da read vgWj, but, oh trouble." • The ladres came down handsomely, and were no further molested. One by one the rest got' out. The middle-aged gentleman's turn- came first. He submitted, wiih a winniug grace, and was robbed liked a very Chesterfield. ' ■My own affairs, like the sum I lost, are scarcely worth mentioning.'' The Quaker's turn came next: He quietly handed over his pocket-book arid "w atch/and when asked if he had. any other valuables,said "Nay," A Quaker's word is good, even among thieves; so after a hasty "good night" the jobber tjirust hist pis,tol Into his pocket and, with his two companions, one of whom had the reins of the leaders, was about starting. "Stop!" exclaimed the Quaker, in a tone more of command than ofrcqli^st. "Stop! What for?" returned the other, in evident surprise. "For at least twb tfira the reply, emphasized with a couple- of- Derringer's cocked and presented. "Help!" shouted the-roblDer. "Stop!" the Quaker exclaimed. " Aild if any one of rrfur sinful companions advance a step to thy relief, the spirit will surely move mu to blow thy brains out." The robber at the opposite window and the one at the leaders' head thought it a £fjod tifiieto leave. ./• ; "Now get in, friend," said-the Quaker, still covering his man, "and. take the middle seat, but first deliver up thy pistol." The other hesitated. "Thee had better not delay, I feel the spirit move in my forefinger.'.' The robber did as he was directed, and the Quaker took his place by bis side, giving the new-comer the middle seat: ' . - • D. ■ RGEON UEN'TI^T, Main Street. PitUton, Ft turning out the VERY BEST W\GONS, for both heftvA* an«i Ufcht work that ran be produced in the State. First class BUGGIES, CARRIAGES, and SLEIGHS, nre aJ.*o in his line of work.and special a *eHt-»ofl*iv«»n to the Siine. Like Dorcas, she would rejoicc to clothe her household with fashionable garments without touching the mqs- BY ANNIE''C1.YDE s recefitry i*trCv I suppose the most apparent vice of A down-east editor who has been keeping a record of big beets; announces at last that "the beet -that beat the beet that beat the other beet, is now beaten by a beet that. beats all the beets, jvliether "the ortglnal btet that the other beet, or the" beet that beat the that heat the other , .jo regard? none of itiorje [i thod of Exli acting'IVpill e is «iCDin« very  e u*e of Niirou* Oxtde C.'a*. ; safe and very pleastnt to inhale have beeu equiretv in overjy stance .•** C M W- Roo . s nith J. W. MvUgr, adjoining the Ca-h Store of Law A Campbell. Jan 1 "J us women nowadays is "extravagance." It is the "crying evil,','—or the one (hat is cried about, which amounts to much the same thing. . It is, without question, alarmingly prevalent, and increasing—a sin, and the REPAIRING of all kinds done promptly and subs antiaby. Jan i *73 . Timp jDMj\j£Ui§ir-wojth to all r They cheer us on the brink ot woo, But mook wrfwo f.*41. Like Miriam, she longs to "Answer every man according to his folly" with loud-sounding timbrel in triumphant ter's store, lay oy t' perfect! Its res ILLIAMS & HUNTER, The smoothest tongue oft wins the day Though we do all we can Of good, to prove in every way 'Tis actions »how„the ip^n. procession J. N, lttC4j3, 555 Carriage Builder^ She aspires to a "Church in licr house," from which, witli prophetess Anna, she would not depart day or night" until hex jewels were gathered in and forever saved. She °would adorn her walls with jiaintings as exquisite as Foligno's Virgin, or handle the sculpturing chisel, with the skilKof *DC-apova. With the talents of poets, she would address Jehorall in apostrophes, as Job,or rehearse the conversationof liomeo aud Juliet .bymoonlight, as Shnkspeare. She would sweep the keys'of song with Mozart aud soothe the savage heart with her celestial notes, and yet what avails it all to make "a heaven to go to heaven In Does the wife, the mother'have all to perform in this labor of love, this' "feast of reason and flow of soul?'' Ts she alone to maintain "Order, which is Heaven's first law," without the cooperation of other members of the fami ly? She may patiently follow the monstrous ro'und of domestic responsibility year after year, picking up the stitches of opportunity wherever lost, '■straightening the distorted and levelling impassable mountains. "Dj'op by drop, the water wears the firmest rock away," so with he or she who alone weathers the breakers of general confusion and disorder. Individual influence extends from the Alpha "to the Omega of human lifeLlienee each member of the-family holds vital relations to every other member of said family, and woe to him or her who barters for ease, the golden opportuni-' AND The mean'est Heart will say at times parentof sins. Yet, having admitted this, I am not about to turn my track npon my sex. Let no man hug himself with an in- beet." PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON, Ofn»?e in Cottayp between Levy's Glothlng Stcre aud Jtosidenoe of R_ B. Ciiiltu:.. 1 GENERAL BLACKSMITHS, Exeter.St.* West.Pitts ton. Sweet words of sympathy, AtoCf promise much,'while planniug^erTmes, During the late American "war a man out West, iu a small gathering of friends, was urging upon their minds the importance of enlisting. "Go, my brave friends," said he; "fight for To work us misery IAIN ST., PITTSTON, PA ;u* not tis IvMde/ii ian«ue W* trust when, pale a*d wan, ' 'We'g?to sftek'ttelp' frCjnt the'etrtfi.g,' For actions show, tiio man. . C ward sense of lo.'ty superiority, and 1 to 3 p. m quietly shoulder aHthe peccadilloes of society upon that frailty wlmse name is Woman. Women are not angels, as a rule; I am afraid, under tiie present constitution of things, very lew of them will ever become saints; out I am not yet prepared to admit that the best definition which can be given of the female of the human species is, an extravagant animal. On the contrary, the fact is that woman has a capacity for economy which man does not possess. The very conditions of her existence acenstom her to an attention to details which few men do or ought to acquire, and it is the items which make up the aggregate2, the cents that run away with the dollars, the little foxes that spoil the vines. If her genius has heretofore been directed rather to the foster- Our facilities for business are complete, and our experience en alios us to bnild Wagons and Car riages of all kinds in a manner not to be surpassed by any in the business. PAINTING and f ill AIMING done in the very best manner, and always tosuit the owner." PhrTlcfftar attention given uD Repairing and all kinds of Ulacksniithing. j) 31. WILLIAMS, . -T r,r I-I. ,."i ' Have Courage to Say No, your country—die fbrit-if it be necessary ; for it is sweet to die fot your uative land." "But," said one, "if it is sweet to die for your-Country, why don't you go ?" This was a poser, and for a moment disconcerted him ; but, rallying, he declared that he, as "an individual, "waslnot fond of sweet things." Physician and Surgeon, Jan 1, lb73. You're 4to:day on liie s joy ruey 4; Alone on the highway Of life.; You'll meet with a thousand 4emptatkHDe. Each -day with evil ts rile. ---- * The world is a stage of excitement, jsvhej-^er,youj;o; _ Buf if you a»D tempted-m vu-nkne*s? -~ Have courage, my boy, to saj No. lions." Experience r f  gton in IT. S. Army years as Sur An English theatrical paper, after announcing a forthcoming benefit performance, went on : " Of course every one will be there, and for the edification of those who are absent, a •s lef Roados' Drug i?tore will meet Contractors and Builders Main s et, opposite Odd Fellows JJ II. PRICE, S T A 111 ]} U I L D E R, Hotels and Restaurants full report will be found in our next paper." The following advertisements are collected from Irish papers : "One pound reward. Lost, a cameo brooch, E. D1. SINCLAIR. SALOON .ind RKSTAl'RANT OWling Alley in rear. Bar supx Office on Franklin Stree A humorous young man was driving a horse, which was in the habit of stopping at every house along the roadside. Passing a country tavern, where were collected together some dozen countrymen, the beast, as usual WILKES-BARRE, PENN'A. The syren's sweet songs may allure ycu ; Beware of her cunning and art, never you see her approaching. d -with N. B —I mak# ihi* a specialty and' Car pen ters and Contrac tors will find it:o their advantage trt cmitTs trrme. thtif en«n?tT.gTv l^ist* Jan 1 Be grarded and haste to depart. representing Venus and on r any description of stair. Decked out in their.tinsel and show the Drumcondra road, about 10o'clock on Tuesday evening." Advertisement of a wine merchant: "Theadvertiser, having made an advantageous purchase, offers for sale, on very low terms, about six dozen of prime port wine, latfly-theproperfy-of-a gentle- gWAN HOTEL PXTTSTON, PA TMPOKT L\T TO BClLUOltS You may he invited to f.iitf.r D ran opposite the door, and stopped, iu spite of the young man, who applied his whip with all his mite to drive fhe vicious horse on; the men on the poroli commenced a hearty laugh ; and if he would sell that horse. C lately purchased tJ*e ilo the Swan Hotel, in the horc now prepared to meet the for a first-class hotel. The undersigned hereby give? notice that  is operating very excellent Stone Quarry in the Borough of Pi (talon, and that lie is prepared to furnish Building Stone ot all kinds.and tC» take contracts for Walls and Excavations,and warrant* to do all his work in a first class manner. STONE QUARAY. Have course, my boy, to yaj* No. Thfi.bright ruby wine iflflybd offc-red— Ko ma ter*hfw tempting it tyte, CHA3 SCilRANK from poison tfiat stings like an adder, -My boy, have the courage to flee. The gambling halls are below Dou, Their lights how they dance to and fro, O QUAG A HOUSE, Alihe Lit ing than the extermination of these net 1011 little foxes, it is because been improperly educated, and for this her male accusers are, at least partially, responsible. The error lies in this, that she is never taught the commercial value of money. A female child iD turned from the nursery into the school-room, and from the schoolroom is educated into the parlor. She has nothing to do with the earning of man 40 years of age, full in the body, F1TTST0N.PA PitUton, AprH IS, 1872. WAL BOND, Oregon If you should be tempted to enter, tiirice,-tere you go. and with a high bouquet." The two following emanated from a well known tie i having thoroughly furnished in h a fir*t-ela»8 lio fcl, the patrouDJing public i* respectfully a^ke;d. d on the European r TOllN TRKFFISON; tf Butcher anil IDe*lerin Meat Markerts "Yes," said the young man, "but I cannot recommend himf he once belonged to a butcher, and he stops whenever he hears any calves-blat." Iu courage alone lies your safety When you a lotfg journey begin, And trust in a Heavenly Father,• Who will keep you unspotted from sin, Temptations will go on increas»rTg livery stable keeper: 4'To be sold cheap, a splendid gray horse, calcula- Mta'.fc or Lunch at all hours, J »n 1 J. T. CROFUT MEATS OF ALli KlKDS, ted for a charger, or would carry a w KM HOUSE, Main street. Pittston, Pa. Hi* Market always contains the fullest supply of ]• re&h Meats, including all kinds in their sea^u. Jan. 1, 73. lady with a switch tail." "To be sold cheap, a mail phaeton, the property of a gentleman with a moveable h,£ad, as good as new." "Ten shillings reward. Lost, by a gentleman, a white terrier dog, except the head, which is blaek. The crowd retired to the bar in si- lence. A. M \V£3T PITTST05, KF.FORDS, FKOP'R. But if you are true to your pianhood, H ffH bosC H si,y -*°.- As streams from a rivulet flow e has been thoroughly renovated, re in nil respects, the t.urban lloiel in the always t»een regarded by khtful sojour»4ng- p.iu-e, uitd Two Irishmen engaged in peddling packages of linen, bought anold mule to aid in carrying their bundles. Each would ride awhile or "ride and fie," as the saying is. One day as the Irishman who was on foot, got close to the heels of his mule ship, when lie received a kick on one of his shins. To be revenged he picked up a scone, and hurried it at the mule, but by accident struck his companion on the back of the head. Seeing what he had done he stopped am? began- 10 groan and rub his shin. The one on the mule turned and asked : rahte su WEST PITTSTON The driver,'who was frightened out of his wits, now set forward at a rapid rate. The lively gentleman soon recovered his vivacity. He was especially facetious on the Quaker's prow- money. To acquire or accumulate is never set before her as any possible object in life. ller part it simply to spend . She is required tokeep no account and render no reckoning, aijd passes her lit'- in blissful ignorance, as to . whether her yearly disbursements amount to a hundred or a thousand dollars. Men do not make business confidences, to their daughters nor to their wives as often, as they should. To them the whole world of trade is a terra incognita, and their ideas about it are as vague and extravagant as those o.f the ancients concerning the fabled land of Cathay. If, under such circumstances, they "occasionally pitch their tones too high, and enter ufion a course of outlay which is actually ruinous, who.is most to blame? The relieving of women from all. responsibility or accountability in money matters "may be .well meant, but it is certainly mistaken. Our Eug- Select iieading. that tiis best etforts MEAT MARKET. ties for usefulness To be brought to," &c. To these Irish advertisements may be added an English one, which was the subject of a hnmorods atticle in the Saturday Review, some four or live years since: i who desire .to secure a , , . , , , mtM. remDr Th«» roo.rm 1 he undersigned having opened a Market on r n™*C• w«* «*• »«** °f i of ilie Lackawanna 8- s,,therland. will keep it at all times weil sup .veilooks Ens»t and I w'tfl 'he very best of all kinds of moa ve nCD carriage ex- adapted to 1 he season. aiid invite the patronage o lenan inc. Carriages the publie. We are determined that what we he! u idi'd at reasonable s',a" the very best. A QUAKER DETECTIVE. Poets becoming inspired while coin- We were five passengers in all—two ladies on the hack seat, anil a middleaged gentlemen and aQuaket on the middle, and myself in the front. miemorating the holy attributes of the "Child-sister" and truly, blessings through that home where a dutiful, affectionate and intelligent daughter bears with heavenly sway, the home duties, and -as a stall'of holy promise, buoys up the mother-heart so often burdened and wearied by over-taxa- i'i!t-toil L'»-pC. ■■£ Railroad, anDi 01 ess. "You're a rum Quaker, you are. Why, y«n wo«h~*i-eeiM." "I'm not a Shaking Quaker, if that's j.t Within BRACK.A HOliCOMii. Vr'«-»t PiiistoB, Apri: J8 what thee means." "Of the 'Hickory,' or rather the 'Old Hickory's stripe,' I should say," retorted the lively man. But the Quaker relapsing into his usual monosyllables, the conversation flagged. Sooner tlian welexpected the coach stopped whera we were to have suppe»"iurd n*change of-horses.; • W« had deferred a distribution of our effects until we should reach the place as the dim light of the coach lamp would have rendered the process somewhat difficult. "To be sold, an Erard grand piano, the property of a lady, about to travel in a walnut wood ease with carved legs."—Price Current, London. n 1 "3 Tlie two ladies might iiave been mother and daughter, aunt arid niece, governess and charge, or might have sustained any other relationship which made it proper for two ladies to travel together unattended. JOHN UECIlTflOLD'S W EATING IIOTTSK QHA11LES HARDING, VGER 15HKR SALOON, (Butcher and Meat Dealer, tion. Children who are charitably in- Seneca Store, (Successor to P. M. Sutton), BANKER'S BUILDING, RAILROAD STREET. clined, towards each others deficiencies mid exude ideas anil only lead by precept and exam ple, are brighteners of home atmospheres and polishers for WELL DONE. "What's the matter?" "The cratur's kieken nie," was-tlie JAI.N" STREET, PITT8TOS The middle aged gentleman was sprightly and talkative. He soon struck up an acquaintance ladies, tojvaink whom inihis zeal to do he ;?Afi&!CA&Wid titfe-'ji^Ufeable—bowing and smiling and chatting over his shoulder in a way painfull}- sdggestive at this time of life, of a "crick" in the back. He was evidently a gay tlothario.An exchange paper describes an amusing ■encounter in a railroad car, in which a lady came off more than 4 Am^ri Herring, Pickled Tongue fan Cheese, Sausage*, Ham er. Refreshments and.Jtev- jJune 29-71 reply. For the teevfin'tbe Markef Call Here "Be jabers," said the other, "he's did that same thing on the back of me head." i Pitt-ton. Not. 14 '7? -'-ly Eternity conqueror J UNCTION SALOON Miscellaneous - be on duly'*11' • "Ttrrosetlrelr worH-from-att ihaVi Iw, P'. ice high within their aonitl circle Virtue s fair and raaiant bow." " "Sometimes I feel like throwing those tobacco-chewing fellows out of the window," said a conductor of a "through" sleeping-car, not long ago. "We go to a great deal of expense getting up these cars, and just to head off these fellows we put a big. spittoon in every section, but it don't do one particle of good. Whenever they can choose between a new velvet carpet ijnd a spittoon, they're sure to make for tlie carpet! • I was tickled enough the other day. One of these cliewers was at it, and getting tired of his own side of the car, he took to spitting in .pd fhe ladv in the opposite LIME — IOHJH HASLAM, at Swan Hoten»Pitt«ton- supplies-the best quality ot ( I.ime for building purposes, at lowest prices. Orevery attention pa:'d to ders deliverea when desired. |June 26 1870-ly ' A MPBKg ttCOFR~''. .. ■! . - , A 'Trm—* _ f i | ||| i T i 11 ano* Manufacturer 0! alj Uinds of Furniture Sell* ""C ~ . 'j ■ cL I rl57othCr cheap. Near the Store o-f L. Ackley & Co., Main rexpeeKaliy iufortns the puh'.ic n.%t he has re' "treet. Pitlston June *23, 1870-1} moved w xi dCvDr— to ClaruV lDr«weiry, up town —~—~~"1 whcte lie wiit-euntume t» sfcii ■-- ' T AMES DAVIS & CO., KRESH A.Nt»-SALT-p\*»EiKS, f) with KhiCshsbe.wiU*apply tb.fsr peopigjof-Pittfiioi. and vicioi y,. ; and Bai k bnnghtwr tha best prices. Near U JfTOliESAKK ASP" RETAIL, J E. Patterson 4 Co.'s Planing Mil!, on tiieesTinl, npr.n tha shorten nuiic®._Slo«s will In- serveil a Pittston Pa. Jan 1 1873 si: hours. Particular :iitentwvn cr!d to all orders  Those nisNng anything In pCV line will »leaiw T lD A T9 WR * . - pivm»»oir Sept 16 IS71»V I ACM* .LAISM)** 4ft tS*' No man can be wise on an empty stomach.—George Elliott. . To know how to wait is the secrel of success.—D. Maistrev L. U D• C II It OOM8 . By GEuttSE M. IA'LL. ' ' I TV as now necessary, however, that Husband and Father! Names it should be attended to at once, as our eN er va'uut* by loving uuliwhdy i ng.afjoviai.companion liad an- lect*^n- hat mission in the connounccd his intention of leaving us at cuai't-utl^s °fa happy home claims he, point. He proposed a postpone- hose perseverance, frugality and enwhich he of- terPriseD has founded the institution and maji}thined itsfeacrvdness forages? \\-t"T)bauTttur-'; i^iicftire9 of Costl/'type may be up-reareda7fu" —-- i'j" 'i""1'- ances of art be drafted for adornment, still hungry and longing aspirations may throng their firesides and drag out existence miserably there. The countless hoards of India's fertile islands, or Golconda's fabled gems cannot crown the home-life without love. A true husband needs mere than wealth, than talent or political fame to yield a salutary'infinerrce* at* 'hotne and secure satisfactory earthly happi- Tlie Quaker wore the uniform of his Music is the food of love—lieef and mutton that of matrimony. gpnprDl» lish friends are wiser. With them, a ■W, iliHI cotn a parliamentarian would ic it by doing, to simply "yTO?'' anil "nays." As for myself, I inafce i*-an [rule of th« KDad to be merely a looker on and listener. [mnnv '"Of. -woman's expenses are looked fairly in the face, and she is taught thus to Lies are hiltless sword»r which cut the hands that wield thenv. . ment D7 fered'tA gp aiu.  "X#y.*urjrca u£&Zr' • ' approach to abruptness,his hand the other's ami, "business before pleasure, and for business thfire is no time like tlie present. look at them herself. Allowance is What Columbus did.—A notion crossed him and he crossed air ocean. | made for them in marriage settlements towives and pin money. to daughters. *i liTnhi'ii1 iiiniYif) hr°'^e *ier own private purse, hasaeertijin stated suTy? v proportionate to her husband's means, J plaeed at her disposal for the expenses : of the family. From this she is expected to pay the servants and settle the bills of "the butcher, the baker, and the candlestick-maker." Of her disbursments she keeps an exact account, and one would think must, bysheer force of experience, acquire in. the course of time, no matter how dense her natural stupidity, some idea of the relation between income and TAX N* EES AXD CURRIERS A man's first care should be to avoid llio reproaches of his own heart £ Jiis next, to escape the centures of the ■ ■ • • Towards evening I was aroused from one of those reveries into which, a young man, without being a poet or a, lover, will sometimes fall, "by air-abrupt query from the talkative gentle- "\yill thee be good enough to search the- prisoner?'* he s«id to the men, still keeping his haiid, in a friendly way, upon the passenger's arm. the alsie, ss seat I egan to gather up he nally lie got so near that she^coulirn' stand it any longer." .r'-'j-ts. Fl- world. TONSORIAL AETIST / ;» tm 11 When' Jonah's fellow passengers cbettUijiii overboard,they evidently Grocers, Sakers and Flour rjpuh .. MOITSTEAM MILL. fasetionabub hair-dresser, P1TTSTOX PENX'a Main f-treot Pltt»tai,', ctewrpiie -Firai National r * pprp ppAiipSQ Bank- -ftUarp razors is his I" FPtOPR IETORS. motto. Give him a call. [Jan. 1 1873. man "Are you armed, sir ?" "I am not," I answered, astonished, no doubt, visibly at the questiom. f" Mister," said she, "where do you live when you are at home?" "With my wife." - "I)o you keep house?" regarded him loss. pront nor I did so, but not one of the stolen articles could be found. The first exfclataatiori of a belle on enteTing the cathedral at Milan wis, "Oh, what a church to get married in!" t .. eie of F mtst quality Family Flour. T7-VVCTi»VT' Atirniru v * u n *d o! various kinds, and dealers in MARBLL 1 ARP, iiy. All Flour and Feed sold by us, l\ . i. All promptly g. J. BARBER, PROr'R. Opposite the First National Bank, "I am sorry to hear it," he replied; "for before reaching our next stopping place it will he several hour?~ln the night, and we must pass over a portion of the road on which more than one robbery is reported to have be«t committed.""He must have got rid of them in the coach," the gay gentleman suggested, and immediately offered to go in search. d a.- repreF.fi "Yes." "What sort of a house is it?" "Very nice house." ness rnilOMAS M ALONEY, main street, pittston, pA. _L. Wholesale and Retail Dealer in Every variety of Marble Tombstones, MonO(i m.wM.'KTI.'C AVn iiii/ir mento of ttranite-or Marble,- Mantles of Marble Or (j 1 \« '\j I j i* J 1 Do AAII i i\(J\ Slate, all done up in the height of siyle, either Salt® Meats, Flour, Fi«hand plain or ornament*!- and at the lowest.prices. STAPLE DRV GOODS, J!™*Uont,a" 10 Hosiery, Gloves, Notions, Ac. He needs courteousness blended with firmness for the Right, in leading his family to the high grounds of Christianity , combining confidence and love with earnestness and wisdom in the development of their immortal A maiden lady, alluding to her youthful accomplishments, said that - went—»lono. A malicious individual present said: "Stop!" thundered the Quaker, tightening his grasp. "Do you spit about it, as you are spitting about this car?" "Yes, hi a Jam; I do as I please in The man turned pale and struggled to release .his !iytp. Iff"an Jristdnt one of the Derriugers was leveled at his outlay, Woman in this country is, in point of fact, a sort of cherished domestic pauper. She is not openly and sqar#- ly dealt with in these matters, as man deals with man. She is supported, of course. Her wants, when not too absurd, are supplied. By some tender hearted men her tears are staunched with greenbacks, but in all this she is, and, if at all sensitive, must feel, miserably dependent. Sheika pensioner, and little more. my own house." The ladies turned pale, but the stranger did his best to re-assure them. "Then, sir, I advise you to stay at home, for people who don't please to be decent ought never to be permitted to travel." "Yes,and you have been going alone ever since." Produce Bereaved. fc'tore in the upper part piTTSTON BYE HOUSE, ."Notthat I think tljere istheslightest danger at present," he resumed, '*only when one is ra&ponsible for the safety of the ladies, you know such a thing as a pistol in reach would add. niaterialv to one's confidence.'' : heart, minds the Depot PITTSTOif; PA 23S SOUTH MAIN "STREET, "Stir a hand or foot and you are a Far more delicate and imperative are his duties relative to his wife. lie owes consideration and respect to her whom he has chosen as a companion, and no delinquencies, intentional or non-intentional 0:1 her part-, will release him from those obligations incident to the position of her husband. "Fred," said a father to his son, "I hear that you and your wife quarrel and wrangle every day." "Whoever told vou that, father, is mistaken-. Me T' ' 7 and my wife have not spok&n for over a month.* dead m-an I'1 TOHN S COSGHOVE, tJ Dealer in PITTSTON, PEN.vi The Quaker must have been awfully excited so completely to forget both the Lmgimgd a'lvl principles, of hie persuasion.I never a fellow so taken down. He looked angry, but didn't care to say anything, and after that he spat out of the window." Groceries, Provisions,Flour, Feed, Por k, Fish and Meats. ferments of all k inds colored and scoured in thie best manner and without damage to the fabric. fcuJk* and all fine fabrics thoroughly understood, and cieanaed and scoured to entire satitfaeiloi. 1 he proprietor will not be responsible for good* left in his charge after two months 1 '"3. b.M ALEXANDER. A t f.ti-uon rockery. Wood «nd Willow Ware. Sa,tipguaranteed to every customer. Below the us". Main Street, "Your principles, my friend," addressing the Quaker, "I presume, are as much opposed to carrying as using carnal weapons?" In a recently published volume the typographical demoralization was-such that a page of "errata", was added. Among the corrections were the following : For 'Flesy brown noses.' read 'Freshly blown roses.' For 'Small ox in a lady's pocket,' read 'Smallpox in a lad3T's pocket.'. For 'Is the broom to mammy given,' read 'Is the boon to memory given.' Fur 'Ne'er to face a gander,' read 'Ne'er to fade again.' For 'The bison is iiq druuj,' read: 'The vision is no drum.' Jan 1 PITTSTON. PA Placing the other pistol in my hand with directions to fire at either of the two men that made asuspieious'inovement, he went toDwork on the Lothario, from whose pocket, in less Mine than it takes to tell it, he produced every item of the missing property, to the amazement .of the two ladies, who had begun in no measured terms to remonstrute against the shameful treatment the gentleman was receiving. Several Turkish gentlemen of rank are expected to arrive in New England soon, under orders of tlia Turkish Government, the mission being to inspect the guns now being made by the Winchesier Arms Company under contract with the Turkish authorities. The Turks are upon us! "PHOTOGRAPHS EXTRAOKDJ A NARY IiUJIGAltltfiER a UADER, ) lDca!ers in _ He should never, like Ahasuerus, selfishly expose his Vashti to the ridicule or censure of family and guests, or crush hersensibility bythevaulted heel of power. Unlike Nabal, who was inhospitable, penurious, "churlish and evil in all his doings," he should need 110 Abigail to smoothe over his forbidding exterior, or add sunshine to his beclouded atmosphere, but by Jourteousness and cheerfulness, give a new and glorified impetus to the finer emotions of the family circle and by his presence add brighter lustre to the pathway of life. Out of this view of the subject, one temedy, at least, naturally suggests i tself. It Is not, as some of our rarely wise reformers propose, to thrust indiscriminately every female fledgling out of the home nest into a wide, bleak world, there lo battle for a maintenance which all hei- previous training has unfitted her to acquire,but to grant her, in those cases where means exist (and It is such we are now considering), frankly and cheerfully a certain annual sum, upon the two conditions that she keep a strict account of its use —to be rendered up when called for— and tliatshe 7DiaAetC suffice. Then be firm. No cash account, no cash, and never any going in debt, at the risk of forfeiture of the whole. In other words, teach your daughters—and wifes, if need be— definite views of money matters,- and make them responsible. This' course would be an unspeakably relief to thousands Dry Goods Groceries Provisions, "Yes," was the response Flour, Feed, Meal AT C. B. TINKER'S, "Have the villains murdered any of their victims?" the elderly lady ner- BOOTS. SHOES, HATS,CAPS, 4c„ Opposite First National Bank, vously inquired J:1Q 1 ■Iain Street; PiTtsfon, fa. • PITJ6TOS,-PAj ~ . ttJuPFtj'fpr themselves wltli—wfth plundering Ihem?" added the younger in a timorous voice, "Decidedly the latter," the amiable jDOBERTSEAMAN & CO., The best Pictures warranted in every case  duplicates to any amouut taken nt the lowest rate* All Negatives preserved, so that copiej of all pip tures taken can beturnished at any time. Jnly 27,1871-ly -. . _ I W J[ 0 L E SALE GROCERS, The Cliicagoese are going to give a grand ball for the benefit of Mrs. O'Leary, who owned the cow that kicked the lamp that started the fife that burned the city. The cow that kicked out the old and kicked in the new city will be given an honored place in the ball room. All of Chicago and myriads of strangers from afar are expected to be ou hand to hear and see a cow ball. That cow and Mrs. O'Leary, too, bid fair to be iminortal- N03. 42 NEW YObK A 44 MURRAY STREET gentlwneTl Ir&steiredln give assurance; The Quaker, I need scarcely add, was no Quaker at all, but a shrewd detective, who had beeh sent oh track of a band of desperadoes, of whom, our middle-aged friend—who didn't look so middle-aged when his wig was off. —W&s the chief. The robbery had been adroitly planned. The leader of the-g*ng had taken passage in the coacb, and-after learning, as he supposed, our defenceless condition, had given the signal to his companions by throwing out the scrap of paper already mentioned. After the unexpected capture of the first robber, it was at- Robl. S J. A. Wisner, F ran kiln Whitney JyTEW ;QOOD3 ] "and we are none of us prepared to offer resistance in case of attack, so nothing worse than robbery can possibly befall us." im I J. H Jun 1 73 ink- Mints rtF-fra! One of the frnit dealers of* Portland caught anurchin stealing nuts, And proceeded to administer condign punishment. The boy begged to be released, because he had recently been vaccinated fresh from the cow, "What has that to do with it ?" shouted the infuriated fruit dealer. "She was a hooking cow and it got into my blood," was the whimpering reply. rjuii C; BRANDENBURG BAKERY, DULY CONSIDERED! Then, after blaming tliouglitfqssness in having unnecessarily introduced u disagreeable subject, the gentleman SOUTH MAIN STREET, riTTSXOX, PA Tlip undersigned having )u»t returned from tWp head of rimrket with one «.f the most extensile stocks of merchandise ever offerevi to the people of Luzerne CVuniy, worth! re*p«.etfuuy gnnounoe in « f«w word-, to their triends ,ji0 public In general, that their purehases have t*Den mA,ie Willi a view to the wants of the people, tht miner arid laborer, as well as the clean-handed gentleman Cjr lair lady. Groceries and Provisions, Fi0ur ami Feed in large supplies always on haiKj LAW & MCMILLAN. Fellows' Block, Korth Side. Unlike Pilate, he should bear the consequence of events originating from his own thoughtlessness or indecision, without censuring his dependents for that which they are unable to prevent. I'r' I pttodQlfB which has ) him, he U now making quite excelled himself in eflbrte to raise nded t the spirits of the company, and had succeeded so well by the time night had set in had quite- forgotten or only theij! fears to laugh at r- . ■, Our geneial eomp on fairly talked tyAi *UC;, BP**- , • • gtv*' *'*•' ■ to suj at fro f. AND EXCELLENT BREAD, [uhI C.i'aliatn). toucher with Cakes vrtrfW- wVo fiaicu- will Oe f$&9- leK"' Like David, he should sing psalms of rejoicing before the Lord, but unlike David, he ought not to covet his neighbor's wife, her beauty or accom- ized if «vi-ry U A mysteriously mystified mystification, most mysteriously mystified —A giri of the period. People speak of the sun's breaking out. Will they account for the spots on its face ? '7