15 Feb 1877
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Newspaper
Columbia County Republican
Location
Bloomsburg, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Feb 15, 1877
Page
1
The notice details quarterly payable advertising rates and terms. It lists annual costs, minimums, and special charges for advertisers. It notes penalties for late payment and outlines duties of administrators and auditors related to the directory.
Brown publisher and proprietor directs that all communications be addressed to him.
A historical listing details Columbia County officials including President J Ser liam Elwell Prothonotary Frank Zarr District Attorney John M Clack Sheriff J W Hoffman Surveyor Isaac Dewitt Treasurer H W Mereynolds Commissioners BE Sands John Herner Silas McHenry Clerk William Krickbaum Coroner Charles G Murphey County superintendent Wm I Snyder and related district directors and staff.
Toomaburg Banking Company lists officers including John A. Fmiston as president and oil market cashier Griz. Paxton is noted as president with others in local savings and mutual associations such as County Mutual Savings and Home Association. Names include HW Littl, WW Moller, and J F Brower with secretaries listed.
Notices describe various church prayer meetings and worship times. Methodist and Baptist congregations hold midweek services, Wednesday prayer at 7, and Sunday gatherings. locations include Oak Museum area and Crucis General Prayer. Attendance invited. pews available.
A fragmented directory shows multiple names and offices for lawyers physicians and surgeons in Bloomsburg and Catawissa. Entries include Be. Lette Robt B Little K H and RR Little Attys at Law, W M Rebeck physician, J U Rutter physician, W H Abbott attorney, Knotts Knorr Bittenbender Funk Wall er attorneys, and office addresses in Columbian Building and surrounding blocks.
Hazy testimonial advertisement touts Swayne's Wild Cherry Compound and pills as a universal remedy for coughs pains headaches and consumption. Letters claim dramatic recoveries from severe coughs night sweats and throat issues with endorsements from engineers and physicians. It lists locations including Philadelphia Ridge Road and Reading and promises no charge for medical advice.
In autumn 1817 a hunter helps a wounded traveller then robs him. Twenty years later banker Stephen Edwards faces ruin after a blackmailer named Philip Sydney exacts a payment. The two meet again. Sydney reveals his true identity, forgives the banker, and both seek redemption through rebuilding their lives.
In St. Geniere on the Upper St. Lawrence a starving siege by Indians ends when a young French boy uses skates and rope to run to the British fort twenty miles away. He braves arrows and darkness, guiding a rescue through a frozen river to deliver aid and save the town.
A lecturer laments uneven rewards between genius and quackery and notes wealth’s persistence amid poverty. He contrasts honest labor with fame-seeking adventurers, cites Massachusetts as puzzling with shifting fortunes, and foresees westward migration filling exhausted eastern lands.
The piece contrasts caution in legal practice with dangers of haste. A lawyer warns against rushing, urging steadiness, attention to clients, and the cost of inadvertence. Anecdotes show calm officials prevailing in committees while impulsive haste hurts decisive outcomes. A physician emphasizes sleep for health and temper, and James Payor advocates leaving for a new region to seek farming opportunity and self sufficiency.
Norwegian fishermen use a water telescope or tube three to four fathoms long to spot fish depth of ten to fifteen fathoms. By peering through the tube they see schools clearly and can haul nets in large quantities, a method also used by navy and coastal vessels.
The article extols Russian coachmen trained from childhood and famed for rapid carriage drives across dangerous roads. It notes Russia's vast 11 000 mile expanse, 7 000 000 square miles, and primitive roads with dangerous bridges and rivers. It cautions about harsh travel tolls and questions national profits from tobacco and alcohol taxes totaling 39 million and 100 million respectively.
The passage discusses national vanity among nations, noting American pride as typical yet not unique. It contrasts English, French, and German national sentiment with other European peoples, suggesting rational pride is common and not peculiar to the United States.
A dialogue extols virtues of a good heart and neighborly kindness as central to contentment. A master links practical ethics to inner sincerity guiding action. The piece transitions to a meditation on pleasure, urging present enjoyment of near and simple joys over chasing distant luxuries.
The piece argues idleness is not pleasure and true rest comes from balancing mental and physical labor. It contends that fatigue followed by restorative sleep renews strength and sharpens both body and mind, awakening greater vigor.
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