SIjc 3ctfcvsonian. THURSDAY, JUNE 25, 1874. gsT'Tlie Republicans of Maine have renominated Nelson Dingley for Governor, by acclamation. The resolutions of the Convention declare it to be a "high and solemn duty" for the country to return to a ef ecie basis at the earliest practicable day ; approve of the President's veto of the currency bill ; and express the belief that judicious liquor laws are superior to any plan of license or, local option, and their maintenance is a duty owed to the people. $3?" At a meeting of temperance men held at Harrisburg recently it was determined by a majority that a convention to nominate a State ticket be called, to take place on the 12th of August. Thb action was strongly opposed by several prominent men, who held the view that no positive good could be obtained in that . way, while a separate ticket would in all probability increase the strength of the Democrats in the Legislature from whom as a class no favors could be expected. - . EaT'In Vermont, last week, the Republi cans opened the campaign by nominating Asahol Parker for Governor, Lyman B. Hinckley for Lieutenant-Governor, and John A. Peck for Treasurer. The resolu tions fully reaffirm the principles of the Republican party. They declare further that a currency redeemable in coin is an cft-rcpeatcd doctrine of the party, and is the only safe course for the honor of the nation and the welfare of the people. They also earnestly thank the President for his uteadfast adherence to and support of this principle by the exercise of the veto power. ST" The Philadelphia North American ures the renouiination of Surveyor General Rcath, whose office, under the new constitu tion, will be merged at the November elec tion in the office of Secretary of Internal Affairs, making it necessary to nominate some one for that position. The American truly says : "His administration of his present duties has been conducted in a manner which has reflected great credit upon himself, and has given satisfaction to all whose affairs have brought them in contact with him. An earnest Republican from the first and a gal lant soldier during the entire rebellion, his political and military record throughly second the claim be has upon the people of the State." Hon. A. G. Curtin was serenaded in Franklin on the evening of the 18th inst., and made a patriotic speech in response. James McAndrevt, a young breakman, was erushed to death at Scranton on the 19 inst. The J unior Order of American Mechan ic will have a parade in Easton on the 4th of July. First warning of the season. An Erie boy, playing with fire-crackers, had his left eye put out Judge Orvis has announced to Clearfield jurors that they must come promptly to time, or be fined $25 and costs. ErariTr bull-frogs were captured by two Weisenburg gentlemen, one day last week, near New Tripoli, Lehigh county. - - A case to test the ownership ofja tin buck ct was lately tried in Union, S. C. Value of the bucket, 50 cents; costs of court, $15. A Milwaukee policeman recently ran a mile in two minutes and twenty seconds under the impression that a burglar was after him. Superintendent Wickersham says the State of Pennsylvania has furnished $9, 000,000 for school purposes during the past year. A COLT with seven perfectly-formed hoofs was foaled in Barton township, Mifflin county, Pa., recently. On account of its difficulty in walking it was killed. The Farmers' Friend, the official organ of the Patrons of Husbandry in Pennsyl vania, publishes a list of two hundred and eighty-three granges in Pennsylvania. Five members of the Fire Department in Williauisport, Pa., having been arrested on suspicion of arson, have confessed to burn ing $1,000,000 worth of property since 1871. m There is a goose of a hen in Springfield, Ohio, who laid her eggs up in an apple tree, and when last heard from was sitting on a bough, not comprehending that her eggs went to grass as fast as the laid them. Lafayette Leonard, Leonard Hollow, Bradford county, got for the week ending Saturday, May 30, 2,353 pounds of milk from ten cows and three two-year old heifers. The best five cows gave 1,000 fis, milk. What granger can beat it? A prominent gentleman of Yardlyville, Bucks count', ia a note to the Intellegencer, says: "Bucks county will harvest more bushels of wheat this summer than has ever been gathered at one harvest in this county, The wheat is of good size, even over the fields, and is ripening nicely from the lower Hades up to the heads." Grass, in tbesame county, looks very fine, and many farmers have commenced mowing their meadows. The corn gives tvery promise of a good crop. Personal. Dr. M. B. Vanbuskirk, of Genoa, Cayuga co., N. Y. has been spending aweek or two among his friends in this place and vicinity. He is a son of James Vanbus kirk, of Stroud township. 1 -m- If you wish to spend a pleasant evening, go to the Church festival at East Strouds burg, to-night and to-morrow night Take your friends and lots of "stamps." They de serve a liberal patronage from our citizens. - Mrs. Cameron, wife of Hon. Simon Cameron, died at Harrisburg, on Friday last. She was a lady of superior attainment, and highly esteemed by all classes of Society for her many virtues, and had a large circle of friends throughout the State. -o- Tue Reading Eagle says that, so far as that city is concerned, the cry of "hard times" is a farce. The business outlook, it says, is highly encouraging, there being plenty of money and a brisk trade. The wool hat manufactories are again working. Governor Hartranft is suffering from a bite from a dog, received aixmt a week ago. The bite was quite a severe one, and the wound demanded being cauterized. Its loca tion is in one of his ankles, just above the heel. Otherwise the Governor enjoys ex cellent health. Attention is directed to the Mercantile Appraisers list, inserted in to-day's Jeffer SOMAN. Dealers will save cost by paying their tax on or before the first of July next, as the law requires the County Treasurer to sue all remaiuing unpaid after the first day of Ju'v. A word to the wise is sufficient. The Fire Company responded to the alarm of fire on Saturday evening last, in a lively manner. Svcn minutes from the time the alarm was given they had on ten pounds of steam. The alarm was caused by the burn ing of a pile of shavings, but the prompt manner in which the Phoenix "Boj's" respon ded showed the efficiency of our fire depart ment. All parents are cautioned against allow ing their children to indulge in the danger ous practice of fircing off fire-works, as they will be held responsible for the damage re sulting therefrom. Shop-keepers should not sell their fire-works until the 4th of July, which day will afford sufficent time for young America to fire off his patriotism. Unless the parents see to this matter, the ordiance relating to the subject, vill be strictly enforced. A Parson's Disappointment. Saturday, June 13, was a delightful day. A gentle breeze ruffled the luxuriant foliage of the trees that throw their welcome shade so bountifully over the road leading to Smithfield, and the sky, a little clouded, male it just such a day as an au-Ciw-t young man would select,' to take a hand some and accomplished little "brunette" out riding. No belter route could have been selected for a pleasure drive, by two roman tic lovers, for all along the road " Are the roses and crimson flower That crown the Tirgiu brow of June while from the lofty bough " Tiiejr hv;r the golden robin'i song," and for a change, they can admire " The "chip-inonk," chirping his mellow tune." Together they start, and as the horse jogs slowly along, they engage in a pleasant chat An occasional "funny" story, told by the handsome chaperon , provokes a merry, ring ing laugh from the fair companion by his side, which is caught up by the feathered songsters and warbled in their sweetest notes, as if they, too, knew the u Hippy heart, light and free," that was passing. To the passer-by, they looked like a bridal party on their way to the Parson's, where the "knot" is to be tied, only to be broken by an Indiana divorce or a broomstick. He has donned his best. A fine "cady" decks his head, covered with curley locks. Black "kids." cover his deli cate hand, and a spotless linen duster gives his diguified form a decide "cool" appear ance. She was attired in her neatest robes, face all suffused with blushes or apparently so to unacquainted, for a rosey tint always graces her handsome face how could the passer-by think otherwise, than that they were, or soon would be, a happy couple rid ing down matrimonial's turbulent stream together. She wa3 simply " A dream of poetry that may not be Written or told !" Now it happens, a Parson, an acquaintance of the gentleman, resides beside the road along which they were so pleasantly journey ing. When 6ome distance from his residence they saw him seated upon the porch with his family grouped around him, and for aught I know, preparing his sermon for the coming sabbath. The couple saw that he was "clothed in linen white as snow," and proposed making a call. No sooner had the proposition been made, than they noticed the Reverend gentleman and family disperse and enter the house. Driving up to the gate he alighted from his carriage and assisted his fair consort to the grassy carpet beneath. Upon entering the house, they were ushered into the best parlor by the Parson, all smiles anicourtesies. But what a change. A suit of fine black has taken the place of the white linen. They enjoyed a social chat for a few moments, when the couple arose to take their departure. Then his smiles disappeared and in a sharp, but rather pleasant manner, in quired, "can I do anything for you to-day?" The young man replied, "no, being out on a pleasure drive, I thought I would stop for a moment and see how you were getting along. ' ' Seeing that he had been disappointed in his expectations of a " V" or an " X," he bade the couple good-day, vowing that the next time a gaudily attired couple called, he would know the errand they were on before hechang ed his garments. No doubt the young man would have been happy to have had the call result as the Parson expected, for who would'nt? But then, "you can't always almost sometimes tell," whether $he "would or she would'nt." The ride was a pleasant one, however, and they returned home late in the evening with nothing serious occurring to mar their pleasure, only the loss of a fan and a little disappointment to the patrons of the "boouet stand at Phoenix Hall. Ihe excuse for being late was given, accepted, and everything passed off as " Merry as a marriage hell." Young man, never call on a country Parson unless you mean business. DeM. What We beard and Saw within the Week. "Jersey" is a fiue field for the dental pro fession. One of our rising "tooth extrac tors" expects to migrate thither at no dis tant da', if his frequent visits are anjr indica tion of "coming events casting their shadows before." "Music hath charms to soothe the savage breast," split a cabbage or heal the wounded heart of a love sick mosquito, but a blind man playing an accordeon won't draw passengers into the "bus" worth a cent Tableaux. Scene parlur elegantly furnish ed, gentleman a some time dealer in matri monial fruit baskets, ' sitting at the window, hair curled and moustache waxed ala Napoleon. Three ladies, two occupying chairs some distance from gentleman and one sitting at the piano singing her sweetest song. The masculine effect was a little too far in the back ground to make the scene a pleasing one, girls. Surround the thorn with roses, and the effect would be splendid. Above all, preserve silence, in that, consists the beauty of a tableaux. An occasional cough can't be helped, especially if ice are passing. Who ever heard of a few clouds being the excuse for putting off a ride until "the beautiful" falls, especially when the day has been set by the gallant youth him self. Fie. "Our" table at the select entertainment in Phoenix Hall, was surroun ded with a pleasant pirty and "did you mean it "Inkey," made the buttons fly from laughter. Since the "rose-buds" victory, somebody wears a more pleasant smile than he was wont to do on former occasions. We intend having our hair cut "cocoanut" fashion to prevent hair pulling. Since the arrival of Miss G., there is a happy trio. Sometimes they are so deeply interested in literature that they fail to notice a fellow when he passes by. Our prayers have been answered ; the fan has been found, and oh, "when shall we three meet again. We admire the literary taste of the "trio." I would I were a Byron, or any other "poick" so that "I could write in rhyme and metre. Yes I do, Than the sylvan notes far sweeter, Yes I would, Then I'd hare the girls all crying For my matchless Terse, defying All the world to match my lying, 'Bout lore and love-eick sighing, 1 would." Hark, I hear a rustling in the leaves behind me! Lead pencils and fence rails defend me ! It is a blacksnake, looking with a cur ious eye, as if to see what I have written, or suggest another itern.. I arise to slay him but he suddenly takes lite departure, I hope to join his counterpart iu the realms of dark ness. On the rocks a more pleasant scene, mi in i iti iiii came in view, lne olonae and Drunette, the latter from the city of Brotherly love, cosily seated beneath the frendly shade of the old oak, plunging deep into the romance of a favorite novel, or perhaps the "book of all books," for it was last Sabbath. It was a scene such as we could gaze upon with admiration, and with the poet axclaim : "Fairest and loveliest of criated things, By our great Author in the image formed Of his celestial glory, and dsigutid To bs man's solace." That pious cat is not a polite cat. Im mense Cookie and his cheroots. "Oh, where, oh, where, has my little bird gone,' was the cry last Sunday. On his way home, last Saturday night, our dear, good, kind friend "Swarty" was overtaken by a friend on horseback. "Swarty" being some what fatigued told his friend that the engine had run over hi3 foot and he could scarcely walk, whereupon his friend dismounted and left "Swarty" ride his noble steed home, where he dismounted and hobbled into the house and is now doing quite well. It is needless to say that the engine did not run over his foot. A member of the Fire company wa3 prevented from attending the festival by an over-dose of "Sutton's beer." We pity him. Eve received one vote as the handsomest lady in town. Since then she has been mourning to know who cast it. We would advise her " To lament not, but patiently resign, "Whoever he has lost," even though it be SticJcem. A young lady wearing a light Swiss dress, should be careful in selecting material for a bustle. The Philadelphia Inquirer can be plainly seen through the airy fabric: Again, last Sunday night, the "Sleeping beauty" occu pied a reserved seat. And he spake unto her saying: "Why slcepcst thou, Eve?" She in bland and child like simplicity, re plied : " Because, my feller and I our lone watch kept, until the break of day." The white mice winked themselves to death. Poor "critters. "- John G., hasanaccom- plished horse. He can shake hands in Chesterfieldian style. Great things are ex pected from the "buff cochin's." Heart breaking season is here. Cupid i3 raising the very "old Nick" among the giddy ones. " Grecly" enjoyed a delightful sail on the Lake, last Sunday. Becoming that new hat and blue ribbon. Since the ex plosion, last Sunday, segars are safe. Buy your "smokers," youngman, and avoid ex plosions. Three young ladies on a soda water "bust" Monday evening and off to the Falls on Tuesday. How selfish. DURELL IMPEACHED. The House Judiciary Committee have reported a resolution to the effoct that Judge Durell ought to be impeached. It charges him specifically with malversation in the administration of the bankruptcy laws and the revolutionary proceedings known by the phrase "midnight order" which gave Kellogg and his friends posses sion of the State House. The petroleum bulla in the New York speculative market are having a hard time of it. Hardly one of them dreamed that prices could touch the present low figures, and nine out of ten of their number have, it is said, been wholly ruined. The Hollidaysburg Standard comes with the following yarn : "In the summer of 1873 Mr. R. G. Lindsay, of this borough, raised twelve pullets. They commenced to lay in the fall, and from November 1, 1873, until June 7, 1874, a period of seven months, they laid two thousand one hun dred and sixty eggs, or an average of one hundred and eighty each. Two of them hatched a brood of chickens each, in addi tion. Of the eggs ninety-two dozen were sold the balance were consumed by Mr. Lindsay's family." A red bug, not half as large as the pota to bug, says the Wayncsburg Republican, is beginning to make its appearance in the potato tops, and is a deadly foe to the Col orado bug. We are informed that these new bugs follow up the potato bug and finally drive them out by destroying their eggs. They can now occasionally be seen in the potatoes and should not be harmed, as by examination of eggs deposited by the old striped backs, it will be seen that the embryo has been extracted therefrom and only the shell of the egg is remaining. The London Times warns Europe that a mighty war is near at hand. Germany, France, Austria, Italy and Belgium have raised and equipped immense armies, and are still increasing their forces. The Times thinks Germany will commence the great conflict. It is sad, indeed, to know that the millions of men in enlightened Europe are willing to slaughter each other, without cause, at the bidding of heartless and ambitious despots. With the weapons in their hands, why do not the people of Europe rise against their merciless masters, and wipe monarchy from off their continent forever ? Massachusetts has a strange case of de praved youthful propensity in a four-year-old child, that, from its very cradle, has evinced a constant desire to bite, or rather gnaw, his fingers and hands, until an in dulgence in the appetite seems to be almost his only source of gratification. If left alone be would lie on his back for an, hour at a time, chewing his fingers and tearing out pieces of flesh and bone with the vora city of a savage animal. He has pursued this habit with such persistency as to re duce all the fingers of both hands to raw and bleeding stumps, while of the thumb of the left hand nothing whatever remains. His parents were first consins. Prof. Shem gives us, in the New York Mtlhodist, the following statistics of the re ligious bodies of the United States : "The returns are brought up to November, 1873. The Methodists of all branches, it appears, number 2,525,403 ; Baptists, 1,725,101; Presbyterians, 706,973 ; Disciples (Camp bellites) 500,000; Lutherans, 4S7,195 ; Congregationalists, 31S,005 ; Protestant Episcopalians, 247,643 ; Reformed Church (German), 132,195 ; United Brethren in Christ, 124,464 ; Evangelical Association (Albrechts), 83,149 ; Reformed Church (Dutch, 64,215 ; Universalists, 60,000 ; Unitarians, 30,000. A Death from Hydrophobia Terrible Fate of a Dog Trainer. A very sad case of death from hydro phobia occurred in Brooklyn on Tuesday. Francis Butler, a well known dog trainer and fancier, has had for many years a place of business in Peck Slip, in New York, and at Prospect and Bremen streets, in Brook lyn. About six weeks ago a gentleman brought a dog which was sick to his office, at Peck Slip, and stated that he desired to have it receive the best care. Mr. Butler, then determined to take the animal to his Brooklyn office, but before he started pro ceeded to administer a dose of medicine. The dog was held by a boy, and medicine was forced into its mouth ; but while Mr. Butler, with his hand in the dog's mouth, was endeavoring to make it swallow, the animal bit the thumb of his right hand so badly that the marks of six sharp teeth could be plainly seen. The wound soon healed, and Mr. Butler had almost forgot ten about it, until last Monday morning, when in his effort to swallow a cup of tea at his breakfast table he was seized with a violent paroxysm and convusive tremor, and to his surprise discovered that his muscles would not convey the drink to his mouth. In some alarm he turned to his wife and said: "Why how strange this is I can't get that tea to my lips. What can it mean ?" She thought of the bite of the dog immediately, and like a flash it came to her that her husband had hydrophobia, but she endeavored at the time to conceal her fears from him, and told him he was ner vous and needed rest. "I'll try another cup, then," he answered ; but in attempt ing to drink he was again convulsed. He then tried to eat an egg and some bread, but could not do so, and a few hours after wards he recognized symptoms of hydrop hobia, and realized his condition. He' then begged his friends to keep away from him and ran up and down stairs with a stick in his hands endeavoring to strike and bite every person who approached him. He tore the clothing from his body and clutch ing at his breast shrieked, "There are mad dogs here.,' Drs. Lorctz and Creamer were ealled in and w,cre obliged to tie him down, and finally succeeded in injecting morephine into his arm. This relieved his paroxysms. He lost the power of speech, then barked like a dog, while streams of foam poured from his mouth, and late on Tuesday night he died. He was 64 vears old and leaves a wife and nine children. Mr. But ler was a native of England, and his educa tion was ot a superior order. He was an accomplished linguist, and has been con nected with several educational institutions as a professor of languages. His know ledge of French and German is attested by a volume of which he was the author, He wrote a popular book entitled "Dog Train ing." He had no fear of hydrophobia, and often expressed the opinion that it was simply a nervous affection, and that the bite of a dog would not produce the disease unless tear supervened snd occasioned it. A terrible storm of wind and rain swept ovftr the southern portion of Fort Wayne county, Indiana, on Sunday afternoon, tear- ing up trees, demolishing iences ana Darns, besides destroying large quantities of wheat. No loss of life is reported. The best instance of pluky women to be noted is the walking tour of the Misses Ward, and a party of five American ladies, who are now journeying on foot through Germany. The ladies are accompanied by a lad of thirteen, and they are travelling with skecth books and a light haversack, picking up information and making an art tour of the German towns. Resting by the wavside. and with time to stop at noted places, it is an example which is worthy oil imitation. The Crane Iron Company, of Lehigh county, have stopped nineteen of their twenty-five mines, having enough ore now on hand to supply six furnaces one year six years at their present status of opera tions. The remaining six are kept in opera ation because the mines have to be kept clear of water anyhow, and the cost is not much greater to keep some of the men at work. The stoppage of these my-ies will take a monthly pay of over twenty thous add dollars out of the general circulation in the vicinity of the mines. Representative II. J. Jewett of Ohio has decided to accept the Presidency of the Erie Railway, and has gone home to ar range his business with that end in view. In the mean time the books of the Company are being examined, and before the new President assumes his duties he is to know the exact condition of the road in all its branches. The position of Congressman has been an irksome one to Mr. Jewett, whose private business has kept him much away from the House. As early as last January he decided to retire' from Congress, and at that time sent his resignation to Gov. Allen, who returned it with the re quest that it be withheld until the close of the present session. The Northern and Southern Methodists, having lately entered into bonds of frater nity at Louisville, according to the old fash ioned habit of Methodism, "the next thing in order is to shake hands all around." This is proposed to be done at an Interna tional Camp Meeting at Round Lake, com mencing on the 8th of July. There are expected to be present Bishops Kavanaugh, Pierce, Dogget and Wightman, of the Church South ; with Dr. McFerrin, Mis sionary Secretary ; Bishops James, Simp son, Peck, Ames, Haven, Foster, Andrews and Scott, of the Northern Church ; Bishop Richardson, of Canada, Bishop .Miles and others of the Colored Methodist Episcopal Church ; Bishop Campbell, of the African Methodst Episcopal Church, and Bishop Clinton, of the Zion Church. Concerning the renewed reports of deaths from the somewhat mysterious disease, trichina spiralis, here is the very best of authority lor stating that the pork eaten, and to which the painful and dangerous disease is directly traceable, was eaten in a raw state. Flesh of swine infested by the parasites that work their way from the human stomach to the muscles with such frightful effects can be rendered inocuous by a thorough boiling, roasting or frying. Applications of intense heat of any kind, a perfect seething, renders pork as safe an article of food as beef, veal or mutton. It is in the raw pork only that the dangerous trichina maintain their greatly-to-be-dreaded vitality. Properly prepared for the table, there is no danger to be apprehended from hams and shoulders ; but raw pork, even in the tempting form of bologna sauages and toothsome slices of choice Westphalia, should be avoided. Wearing Out of Soils. It is common to hear people in the far west boast that they can take crop after crop from their virgin soils for several suc cessive years without impairing the general fertility thereof. This is regarded as some thing which could not occur in any other part of the world. It is, however, clear that this representation has been over drawn. Only in the bottoms, such as that of the Muskingum, and Scioto, in Ohio, is there any great degree of permanence in this cropping, and this chiefly from the fact that fertilizing agents are brought down from the high lands about them. In the flat lands the stability of the great richness is little more than in the lands of the older States. In Ohio especially, land once of superior quality for corn and wheat, have become so run down that they are given over to sheep walks, as being the only sure thing at least the surest return that can be made from the land. We can do nearly as much here in the east. We have known land near Philadel phio which has been under culture for per haps a hundred years, produce corn six successive years in fair quantity, with no artificial aid but a little "shovelings," which means rich earth scraped together here and there and put in the hills when the corn is planted. The fact is, land is pretty much the same all the world over in its adaptation to certain crops. When things are forced to grow in land not well suited to their growth they soon fail, even when well cared for ; but when they find their natural element no great amount of artificial aid is required to keep the land in good condition for years. Even in the - older countries of Europe, where land has been in cultivation for a thousand years, has this principle been found to hold good. Experiments have been made with some of the cereals first selecting land known to be favorable to some special thing, and then by manuring an nually lightly with material also known to be favorable to the plant. Crop afW crop has been taken for twenty years, and the last has been as crood as the first. Yet with all these facts we often read of tne question being discussed, "Will soils wear out?" We believe there is no such thing in nature. Some of the elements will of course be much diminished, and will need an occasional replenishing ; but we would not suppose our digestive organs had worn out because wee fpl h neither, in any sensible light can we sup- r"""11""1 weurouii. Uermartfoicn Tele graph. A Carlisle hen deposits egoTTTr" shells. Wlth Thirteen strawberries grown ncar prana filled a pint cup. . "on. Geo. W. WoodwarTb. history of ayne county. e A Lebanon man has one thou rcls of eggs on storage. A Chicago preacher has i imf -root i account of the wickedness of his conre In Madison county, Ky., the other d lav. successful attempt at suicide. A. man who is the father of forty children has been discovpiwl i-."0!15 - " . . I I f V county. He ought to be pensioned. . A Berks county man caught an eel in stream near Sheridan two feet Cmp a in length and weighing five pounds. ' 68 Seventeen "Duchess of Onw" year old heifters, belonging to A. J. ander, of Woodford, West Virginia -, recently uieu. xney cost nineteen thou sand dollars. A total of 15,493 baskets of strawVr,.,- were shipped from Ramsey's, in Jjcrn county, N. J., on Tuesday night. A of that place picked four hundred of the baskets in five hours. Some cremations : The number of deaths resulting from the sale and use nf an ..i terated article of coal oil, amounts to two thousand annually, in all the States and Territories. The dry goods imports at the port of New York for the week ending last .Satur day amounted to 81,256,120, against SS77.. 305 for the corresponding week last rear Too much foreign finery. A Columbia fisherman caught at the dam breast that place, with hook and line eighty-one rock fish, which, when cleaned! weighed forty-four pounds. Rock fish are said to be the most difficult to catch with a hook. Letters from Saguenav, Canada, say that there is much distress in that district. Since the snow disappeared, incessant rain has fidlen, no grain has been sown and farmers have been obliged to eat their seel grain. Cattle are dying in all directions f.,r want of food. A newspaper man who has been in Wash ington for some months, thus sums up in pairs the noted men men of the House: The ablest lawyers are General Butler and E. Rockwood Hoar, of 3Iassachusetti ; the most elegant speakers areTremaine, of New York, and Lamar, of Mississippi ; the ixcii est economists are Holman, of Indiana, and Willard, of Vermont ; the most attentive to the business of the House, are Sessions, of New York, and Wilson, of Iowa ; the wit tiest are Cox, of New York, and Phelps, of New J ersey ; the most rapid speakers are Ward, of Illinois, and Skanks, of In diana ; the most technical are S;im Randall, of Pennsylvania, and George F. Hoar, of Massachusetts ; the most sedate and digni fied are Horace Maynard, of Tennessee, and Ellis E. Roberts, cf New York ; the readiest and most versatile are J. A. Gar field, of Ohio, and J. B. Beck, of Kentucky; the most dignified are Poland, of Vermont, and (apparently) Buffington, of Massa chusests ; the most dramatically oratorical are Kelley, of Pennsylvania, and Williams, of Wisconsin ; the most forcible and earnest speakers are Gov. J. R. Hawley, of Con necticut, and W. P. Frye, of Maine ; the coolest and one of them the stiffest are Fernando Wood, of New York, and Stark weather, of Connecticut ; the most influen tial non-talkers are William H. Barnum. of Connecticut, and Philetus Sawyer, of "Wis consin ; the most generous men are Kel logg, of Connecticut, and Souddcr, of New Jersey ; the most "everything" is the ac complished fcpeaker of the House. BALL00NACY. An Experimenter in Aeronautics Comes b Uriel at AllentowD Dangling Amon? Treetops and Spoiling Chimneys A Great Fall and Fatal Injuries. From the Reading Eagle, June '20. A Mr. Pearce, a patent medicine and steel pen vender, well-known in this city, met with a sad, and it is supposed a fatal accident, while attempting to make a bal loon ascension at Allentown yesterday. The particulars of the sad affair are as full's: Pearce being somewhat of a roving reckless sort of a. genus homo, conceived the wca that he could make a successful balloon ascension, and no sooner was the thought conceived, than he attempted to carry k out, notwithstanding the remonstrances of his friends. A small balloon was purchased and immediately after noon yesterday taken to the fair ground and the work of inflating commenced. After all being in readiness his recklessness was further shown in r-! attempting the ascension without bafoor bar, but shortly before four o'clock he t:ea the guy ropes and the net twines together, seated himself upon the same and shouted. "Let her went !" As before stated. balloon was entirely too small for IVaree weight, and the consequence was that rose to the height of about sixty f-. commenced dangling around the buiJ!!V in the neighborhood, chimneys and tret tops. At this point the excitement becaaj intense among the large crowd gather together to witness the ascension ; shouted, women screamed and fainted, I I 11 several in the multitude,' inJu ,,t"ijv.' severely, and it is supposed others M- -tuter uangnng arounu iox , v'tv"'" completely lost all control of both and the balloon, and leaving his hd 'Jj. he fell headforemost to the earth. -e of his ribs were broken, both nw .g broken below the knees, besides f115. internal injuries frora which itisif1" ho can recover chimmeys were knocked down t l"" confused aeronaut, who still clutehei oa J the ropes, the bricks of which 'lic.
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