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TTn3 COLUMBIAN
COLOMBIA DEMOCIUT.mil Or TI1K N0HT1I AMDOOMIU
, man cossoudatbi).)
.A,t..iTwU,"0,l''K1 ''.v.r. cnr' IwnWo In advance, or
oliiIlnift,l"),vl'nri Atlcr "10 xplrniloii of itio year,
S.bo will l)o charged. To fcnbscrlbers out of tho
:J.",1,liV.i"u J1'"!1? '.iro ,J. I"'r ' e;ir "trlctly in advance
"IJ.Mlf not paid In adviinco and J3.00 It payment
bo dol.iied beyond tho soar
.xup.veriin.nniiuiio i. except ut theoptloiiof llio
Fiibllsiicr, until nil nirearagcs nro paid, but long
continue I credits after tlio expiration of tlio Urst
y. nr will not bo given.
All papers sent out of ihoS'n o, or to distant post
onuses, mint bo paid for In advance, unless a rcspon
mum person In Columbia conuty assumes to nay tlio
subscription duo on ilomnhd.
ros l'AHIS Is no longer exacted from subscribers In
tlio county.
JOB FEIKTTITSTG-.
The Jobbing Department of tlio Coi.cmiiian Is a cry
complo'o, nnd our Job Printing will compare favor
nbly wl; lit hat of 'ho lare cities. Allwork done Oh
demand, neatly nud su, moderate prices.
Columbia County Official Directory.
President .ImljfC William Elucll.
Associate Judges-Irani lierr, Isaac S. Jlonroo.
lTotnnnotarv, Ac II. Kra .k Znrr.
Itosrlster A Iteeordcr Williamson 11, Jacoby.
District Attorney lot n M. Clnik.
.sherirt Mlehacf (Irow r.
surio nr Isaac Hewitt.
Treasurer Jolm snider.
commissioners William Lawlon, John Herner,
John Hut.
Commissioners' Clerk -William Kilckbaum.
Auditors (t. J. Camp' 1 , K. E. smith, lUUd Yost,
coroner Charles (i.M.irph .
Jury Commissioners lacob II. Fritz, William It.
Utt.
countv superintendent Wl Ham II. snvdor.
lltoum l'oor District-Directors (. I. Eht.Hcotf,
Win. Kramer, liloomsli irg and Thomas crcvelliig,
riooit, o. 1'. Lnt, Secretary.
Bloomsburg Official Directory.
. Bloomsburg Hanking company John . Funslfcu,
Treslden-, 11.11. tiro z, ( ashler.
. Firs' Na lonal Hank Charles It. l'axlon, ""resident
J. P. Tusttn, Cashier.
Columbia Countv MU'tial SaIntr Fund and Loan
Assncl,iMon-i:. II. Lln'i", Presldcni, C. W. Miller,
Secretary.
Iiloonisburg liiilldlngpndSaMng Fund Association
n m. reaeoch, rresment,.!. 11. uomson, secreinry.
HIoomsbiirgMiiMial Savins Fund Assoela Ion J,
j. uruncr, rreMueni , u. u. iiarkiey, secretary.
CIIUltCH DIRKCTOKY.
n(ni3T cnciicn.
Itev.J. I'.Tus'ln, (Supply.)
H'Uiday .serrlccs-l )i .1. in. and OJtf p. m.
Sllllrl.lv School 0 n. m.
l'ravcr Meetlng-Iivcrj Wednesday evening at Cf
l 'UCU.
Soa.s free. Tho public aro lnPcd to attend.
ST. MATTHEW'S LUTIIEllAN CI1CHC1I.
Minis cr Dev. J. VcCron.
Suii'lay Services Mjtf a. m. and 0fp. in.
Sunday School Da. in.
i'ra er.Mco lng-Ewry Wednesday evening at t)s
Seats free. NonowH rented. All nro welcome.
ritKSRVTKHIAS CHCIICII.
Mlnls'er-ltev. Stuart MDiliell.
Sunday Services lo,v a. 1.1. nud tx p. m.
SUllilav School ') n. in.
l'rn cr JIco lug livery Wednesday evening nt ay
ri'rlrwLv
Bea.Hfrce. Ko ihjws rented. Strangers welcome,
METHODIST El'ISCOrAt. CHUKCIt.
Presiding Flder Dev. : . S. ltucMnsham.
Minister Dev. J. II. Mctiarrah.
.-iinday Sen Ices v4 and 6 tn. ,
huiid.it school i X). tn.
Dlblo Class Kvcrv Monday otenlngat i o'clock.
tuuiiK .tiuii.s rrater .tieo.uig-L.very luesuuy
evening a' o; o'clock.
General Prayer Meeting Every Thursday evening
7 o'clock,
unroii tiLii ciirncit.
Corner of Third and Iron streets.
I'astor Dev. T. V. llorfmelcr.
itetldenco East street, opp. Third street.
Sunday Senlccs luj a. in. and 7 p. in.
Sunday School 3 p. m.
Prayer Meeting Saturday, 7 p. m.
All uro lnt lied Thcru is alwavs room.
Sen Ices every Sunday nlternoon at 2 o'clock at
tieuer 3 euurcn, indion totvnshtp.
ST. PAUL'S CHUKCU.
Rector-Itcv. John llotvltt.
Sunday Sertlces 1m a. in., 0 p. m.
Sunday School 0 0. 111.
First Sunday In the month. Holv Communion.
Services preparatory to Communion on Friday
ctfum uciuio my m. Biiuiiay in eaeu iiioniu.
I'etvs rented: but evenhodv welcome.
Persons desiring tocuu'ult the Hector on religious
111:1' icrs ttui 111111 111111 111, uio parsonage uu i.ociv
btreet.
KVAMIEUCinCliCKCIt.
Presiding Elder Iter. A. L. Keener.
Mlnl-ter-Itev. J. A. Irvine.
sund.iv Sen lee a p. 111., In the Iron Street Church.
l'ra er Meeting Etery Sabbath at3 p. m.
All unlimited. Allure welcome.
Tu.oojfsfiUK "dikkct OUY
SCHOOL OltDIiKS, blank, just printeil nnd
neatly bound In small hooks 011 hand and
for salo at Ihu Columuian onice. Feb. I'J, lb7S-tf
1)LANK OIJUDS, 011 Vareln.i.'iit anil Linen
ID l'aper, common and for Admlnls 1 ators, Execu
fuis and trustees, for balo che pat tho columuian
u nice.
MAKIUAGK CEHTIKICATKS.in.t printed
nml tor sale at the coluuiiian Olllce. Mlnls
i the (iospel and Justices should supply thein
selves with tucso necessary articles.
JUSTICES and Constables' Ew Hills for sale
at tho Colcmiiian olllce. They contain tho cor
rected fees as established by the last Act of the leg.
Islaturoupon the subject. Every Justice and Con
stable should havo one.
T7"EN1)UE NOTES just printed and for kiIu
f en
cheap at tho Coi.um iiian onlce.
CI.OTIIINO,&C.
VVID LOWKNHEUO, Merchant Tailor
.Uu St., aboto Central Hotel.
HOOTS AND SHOES.
HENRY KLEIM, Manafacturer and dealer
In boots and blioes, groceries, etc., Main St.,
tast Dioomsburg.
1 M. KNOItlt, Dealer in Hoots ami Shoes,
Ci . latest and best styles, corner .Main andMarket
streets, In tho old post ofnee.
CLOCKS. WATCHES, 40.
llQel.
E.SAVA(!E, Dealer in Clocks, AVatches
and Jewelry, Muln St., Just below the Central
MILLINE11Y & FANCY GOODS.
MERCHANTS ANDGHOCEItS.
II
C. 1IOWEI!, Hats and Cups, !0ots and
Shoes, Matn street, above Court House.
SII. MILLEK .t SON, dealers in
4 Goods, groceries, queensware, flour,
bhoes, notions, etc., Main street.
Dry
salt,
1'IiOFESSIOXAL CAHDS.
1,1 11. HvELEI!, Attorney at Law. Rooms in
ll Exehungo Block, Sd IToor, Illoomsburg, Pa. os
DR. WM. M. EtEIlER, Surgeon and Plivsi
cian. omco S. E. corner Dock audMaiket
T R. EVANS, M. R
Siirucnn and I'll vsl
t . clan, north side
of Main stieet, aboteJ. K.
Eycr's,
II. McKELVY, M. P., Surgeon and I'hj
blcljn,noitlibldo.Maln street, below Maiket.
J.
II. ROIIISON, Attonievat-Law. Ollice
Hi Ilartman's building, Main street.
SAMUEL JACOIIY, Marble and Ilrown
Stone Works, East llloomsburg, Derwlck road.
H
ROSENSTOCIC, Photographer, over
, Clark k Wolf's Store, Main tti eet.
D
R. II. C. HOWER, Surgeon Dentisl, -Main
bt., above tn court House.
J 11. MAIZE, Mammoth Grocery, fineGro
. cerles, Fruits, Nuts, l'rovlslous, ie., Main and
ccutio streets.
MISCELLANEOUS.
IS. KUIIN, dealer ii. Meet, Tallow, etc.,
, Ctntro street, I etween Second and 1 lib d.
T
THOMAS WEIIIl, Confectionery and llaker.
wholesale ana rciau, i-.xcuango niuct.
W. COR1CLL, Furniture Rooms, ihrec
1 stary brick, Main street, west of Market st.
G
CATAWISSA.
M. II, AUIiOTT, Altorncy-at-Law, Main
street.
BE. IMLLMAN, Merchant Tailor, Secoml
, street, Dobbins' building.
M. L
KYKKLY,
ATTOHNUY.AT-LAW,
Catawlssa, Pa.
collections promptly made nud remitted. Ofilco
oppojltu Catawlssa Deposit Dank. Om-is
SAVE MONEY
by sending J4.75 for any II Magazlno and Tub Wkek.
lv Twui'S'K (regular price 0), or js 7s for tho Maga
zlno and Tim StMi.WniaY Triui'me (ugular rileo
13). Address TiETItIHUNE, New York.
is1
TOTICE,
I ran this date the Hlooinsiuirg lias co npany win
put In fenleo pipes at Iliht cost and turuuu aim sei
The, company hut e on Iwud a lot of gas tar suited
for nuliiili k K-ots, and 1 ests or other thcUra plated
underground. . . ,
I'rico 10 tents per gallon or I'UO j!0, 1!lti
Oct.lf.'JWf ' ' Nrtl
YULOAN IRON Ar01lKS
DANVILLE, MONTOUU COUNTY, I'A.
"VTT"
1I.LIAM II. LAW. Manufacturer ol
YtrOUgUl 1IUI1 IlllUKCB, iiwino. uBwwwt,
FlreVroof Hulldlngs, WiougCllron lloorfog, llooillug
11 r- . : . ,.
llollrrs, Gasholder,
in ltoonntr. ltofatlluir
Frames, Flooilug nud Dous, Faim ijutea unn f euo.
n (lso WrouuCt iron Piping, bucks Mid all kinds
ng, alo Wrought Iron Piping,
... S..,.ii. t-ft,L. KeliMUS 1
K SuiilU WOfk, tc Kvptilu jmiuipiiy atwaueu to
N. B.-DrawUgl and Kstlnttes tuppUtd.
ov. 1., im-u
OltANOUVILLK DIHECTOItY,
AD. IIKitUINO, Carpenter and builder,
, Main street below Pine.
HUCK 1I0KN.
MO. & W. II. SHOKMAKKK, Denlers In
a Dry Goods, Groceries and General Mcrcban-
HUSINEfeS cAims.
A. L. TUHXKK,
ltcsidetico on Market Street ona door below
T). .1. Waller's.
Ofilco over Klelm's Drug store, nrilee hours from
1 to 4 p. m. for treatment of diseases of tho Eye, Ear
nnd Throat.
All calls night or day promptly attended to.
Apr.2J'75-tr
, C. RUTTER,
PHYSICIAN A SUItOEON,
omce, North Market street,
Mnr.57,'74-y
llloomsburg, Ta.
TR. II. F. GARDNER,
PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON,
nLooMsnuito, ta.
oniceabovo J. Schuyler 4 Son's Hardware Store.
Apr.23'75-tf
Q O. HARK LEY,
ATTORNEY-AT-LAW,
onice Main Street, llrower's Building, Second Mnry,
ituoins 4 anu 0, uci. ID, lb.
OAMUEL KNOItlij
A T T 0 II N E Y'-A T-L A W,
IlLOOMSHima, TA.
omor, Ilartman's Block, corner Main and Market
Streets Oct. 8, '75
"R.
E. ORVIS,
ATTOHN E V- AT-LA W.
ofeice Doom No. 1, ' Columbian" Building.
Sept. 18,1675.
MILLER,
ATTOHNEY-AT-LAW
Olllce In Brower's building, second floor, room No.
1. Bloomsburg, Pa. Julyl,73 y
c.i!-
& W.J.UUCKALEW,
ATTOIINKYS-AT-LAW,
Bloomsburg, Fa.
Oince on Main Street, first door below Court House.
Mar.o,'74-y
R.p-
it J. JI. CLARK,
ATTOUNEYS-AT-LAW,
Bloomsburg, Pa.
April 10,74 y
Ofilco In Ent s Building.
A. CltfeVELlXO 8MITU.
nEUVKT KWINd SMITH.
A.
CREVELING SMITH & SON,
ATTOIINEYS-AT-LAW,
llloomsburg, Pn.
S7TAU business entrusted to our care will reelcve
prompt attention. julyl,'7J y
P.. It. LITTLE.
ROU'T. R. LITTLE.
II. & R. It. LITTLE,
A 1 lull.")!.! S-A l -1.A tt ,
Bloomsburg, Pa.
rwnuelness before the tr. s. PatentOfflce attended
to. onice In the Columbian Building. ly 33
ROCK WAY & ELWELL,
A X TU It x 15 1 SS-A l-iJ A W,
Colfmbian BenniKO, Bloomsburg, pn.
Members of the United Stales Law Association.
Collections made In nnv part of America.
Agents ior continental 1 ire insurance uompany or
Newlork. Assets neurlv Ji.ooo.ooo. Hie best In tho
country. Send for descriptive pamphlet. tf
HA11MAN & I1ASSERT.
FOUNDERS, MACHINISTS,
AND
IRON-SMITHS.
East Street, below Eail Road,
BLOOMSBUG, PA.
We resrect fully call nubile attention to the follow
ing facts that : They manufacture Urst class
MINE CAR WHEELS AND AXLES
and all Kinds of Conl Breaker Castings. They also
make all kinds of car. Machine. Brldgo and other
eastings used by contractors generally. 1 hey also
manufacture
HEATING AND COOK STOVES,
and aro prepared to furnish all kinds of repairs, such
as iiraies, uus, i-ue jincx. aireicuers, &e. iney
keep constantly on hand
PLOWS AND PLOW POINTS.
Largo Iron Kettles. Farmers' Bolts. Sled Soles, Wag
on Boxes, cellar Grates, sc. They are also prepared
to furnish
Saw and Grist Mill Machinery,
ilmf ling, Pullej 's, Ac. 1 hey pay special attention to
Repairing Tlireshing Machines
Deapei'S, tc.
The Proprietors are both practical mechanics. Try
them.
Dec. 3,1675-cm
READ THIS NOTICE!
Ifnvlnr- enrrnirert In the CtOtlllne DuMnesfl the
undersigned tukes pleasure In announilug to the
nubhc that he will halo In a few days a splendid
slock of
READY MADE CLOTHING
AND
GENTLEMEN'S' FURNISHING GOODS
OVERCOATS,
1
CAPES,
SHIRTS,
GLOVES,
HATS,
CAPSr
and all other goods belonging to a Urst claw
CLOTHING ESTABLISHMENT,
Ah 1i laiint rlillfrt-il tn mafcfl larcru tiruUta. to nay
a lienvy leiu, lie nui udoia lo belt al tho wry Urnest
Vr.11 will h mi i t v I iv it.
Btort'luitioUd W-tJiilct buliaiuir. Main Street
telow U&lUt, 1 (iuur wuili U 1, W.Uttrtuiiiu9blocJc
M, C. EMTTAIN.
It, U4U HLOOMIiBUIlO. A
BLOOMSBURG TANNERY,
a. a. nvnmxa
RESPECTFULLY announces to tlie public
that ho lias reopened
SNYDER'S TANNERY,
'tiii'w (oM stand) Bloomsburg, Pn., nt tho
Forks of tho Espy andl.lght Street
roads, where uu descriptions or
lrnthrr will bn tnndn In tho most
substantial and workmanlike manner, nnd sold at
prices to suit tho times. 'I ho highest price In cash
will at all limes bu paid for
G II E E N
II I D ES
cf everj-dcscrlptlon In the country
ronage Is respectfully solicited.
Bloomsburg. Oct. 1, 1S75-
The public pat-
KEYSTONE CAEITOtE WORKS1
4S3&
HLOOMSRURG. PENN'A.
A S. CUOSSLEY lias on liaiul anil for sale
XX. cheaper thnn tho cheapest, for cash, or w ill
exchange for old Wagons on reasonable terms,
CARRIAGES,
BUGGIES,
AND
WAGONP
of every description both plain nnd fancy.
Portable Top Buggies, opt-n Buggies, Plain nnd
Fancy l'latforin Spring Wagons nil of the latest fettlo
and made of good material and fully warranted.
(live me n call liefure purchasing elsewhere, as I can
not bo undersold. I claim that 1 make tho best wag
ons for the lenst money.
Inlndo pnlntlng, trimming nnd repair old work
at tho shortest notice, old borings welded nnd war
ranted to stand or no pay. I will exchange n porta
lock, pine, ash, linn hickory and poplar to lied
cdnt my shop by tho llrst of February, 1S73.
dale orders taken nnd McKclvy, NcnlACo's
ble top uuggy lornny Kinuoi lumoer, s'lcuiisiieii
I'uniiti
3. Iron
's for re-
palrl as cash. A. S. CUOSSLEY.
Oct. s, 1S75.
CARRIAGE
MANUFA Cr 0 11 Y
BLOOMSBUItO, TA.
M. C. SL'OAN & BROTHER
AVE on liaml ami for sale at tlio most
reasonable rates a splendid stock of
CARRIAGES, HUCSGIES,
and every description of Wagons both PLAIN nnd
FANCY,
Warranted to bo made of the best and most durable
All work sent out from the establishment will bo
found tn be of the liltrhest class and sure to clve per
maeci a s. and uv mo most exrenencea woriimeu.
fect satisfaction. They hate alsoallneassortmentof
SLEIGHS
of all the newest nnd most fashionable styles well
and carefully mado anil of the best material.
An Insneetton of their work Is asked as it Is be
lieved that none superior can be found In the coun
try. Oct. 8, ISTS-tt.
MISCELLANEOUS.
c.
M.
BROWN,
Dealer In
BOOTS AND SHOES ToivANDA BOOTS a specialty.
ltepalrlng (lone at bhort nonce, cnoer iironn s no
te!, Bloomsburg. Oct. 8,'75-ly
QENTRAL HOTEL,
A i 1 It S i-U bAOQ
HOUSE,
OCt. 8,'75ly
JOHN LAYCOCK, Frop'r.
DRINKER, GUN and LOCKSMITH.
sewing
,ving Machines and Machinery cf nil kinds re-
palied. Oi KitA HciSE Building, Bloomsburg, Fa.
uci i,io ly
JXCHANGE HOTEL,
Opposite tlio Court House,
BLOOMSBUItO, FA.
The Lahobet and Best in nil respects In the county
W
, B. KOONS.
l'roprletor.
Oct. s,'7o-ly
BROAYN'S HOTEL,
BLOOMSBUIVG, FA.,
B. STOHNER, Pionrietor.
Accommodations First CInbs-tl.S5tol.r.O pcrday,
R ESTAUR A NT ATTACH ED.
Largo, Airy Sample Rooms on 1st Floor,
A yooil stable in rear of Hotel.
Biooinsbuig, Oct. s, lS75-tf,
TTEHTC
Persons Ii
ORS TO THE COLUMBIAN.
Indebted to the underslirned for subpcrlD-
tlou to the (.on iiuMN ale heieby Informed thatlhey
may ut any time utile the accounts due by them to
mo n it It K. E. Orvls, Esq., at room No. 1, Columbian
bttildluL'. Afur February couit. tho extra nttv
cents per year will In all can s bo added.
rcrsuiis ottin uiTounia ior auteiusiug anil jou
woikaie Ir.foriiied that settlement must bu made,
by pat incut or i.ote, within todays, or they will bu
luceu in me iiunus oi u jusiice ior immeuiaie coi
ectlon. II. L. DIEFFENIIACH
R' L. Users Is no longer authorized to collect for
the colum uian or to receive money for me.
Dec U'.'.o-ii.
QENTISTRY.
ii. t.. nutt u.11, uu.tliai,
Iiospcctfully offers his professional sendees to tho
ladles and gentlemen of Bloomsburg and vicinity.
Helsprepaied to attend to all tho various operations
In the line of his profession, and Is provided with the
latest Improved 1'okck lain Tkkth, which will bu in
serted on gold plating, bluer nnd rubber base to
look as wen as mo natural teeiii. Teem extracted
by all the new nnd most approved methods, nnd all
operations on thotcith carefully and properly at
tended to.
onice a lew aoors aoovo mo court uouse. same
side. Oct. b ;
T7I J. THORNTON
would nnnounco totho cltlzensof Blooms-
LuVl- and vicinity that he has lust received a full and
complete assortment of
WALL I'APEIt, WINDOW SHADES,
MXTl'KBS, CORPS, TASSCLS,
and all other goods In his lino of business All the
newest and most unproved patterns of the day nro
always to be found in his establishment,. Main btreet,
below Market. oct. s.'75
7REAS BROWN'S INSURANCE AGEN
CY,
Exchange Hotel, Bloomsburg, Pa,
Capital,
.litna, ins ro., oi nanioru, louncciicui
UM rpool, London und (Hobo
Hoyalof I.Hcrpool
l.iineunshiro
Flro Association, I hlladelphla
Aiiurlcin of Philadelphia
Atlas of Hartford
Wyoming, of Wilkes Barre
Farmers Mutual of Danville
Daiiillle Mutual
Home, New York
March S6,'H-y
U.NHUlOO
Cl,IHM,0'0
13 OO.UUO
10,000, 00
3,100,0110
1,100 mm
61 0,000
2.11,(100
1,000,000
75,010
(1,010,000
tei.sw.wo
FORTUNE
Of 1100,1X0, IfcO. lK1, t!,0". tS5,C0, J2O,(0O. I6,0'0'
with other smulUrkuus arepuld lu the Wyoming
Lottery, hlcli Is conducted b sworn commissioners
and duly lcgallr.cu by the Wjomlng U'glslatuie.
tegular draw lugs icth and But Ii of each inonthaurlng
theyear. 'llcl-i ts ll incli. t. r 15, for ko. cncu.
1m Willi fud Infui milieu mailed free,
Al LK.N Ii CO., 7 Nassau ST., Maw Yost,
Sep. 1T,-ui,
LANK NOTES,w!tli or without eituiptio
for ule H ttt ccLvtoiLX onice.
r-r.'- osfirT
BLOOMSBUllG, PA., FRIDAY, JANUARY 7. 1876.
Poetical.
CAUUIEU'S ANNUAL AWDKKSS.
Tears for tlio year that's ilcml
Bniitcs for the one that's born,
Hlficl: inidiiight hcaid tho mourner's tread
Hut joy camo to its with tho morn.
A thousand pleasant memories cling
About tlio year just passed, and bring
Kindly rcgrct.s to keep ulivo
Our borrow for old 'Seventy five.
Yet now with wistful eyes wo gazo
Into tho future's unknown days
Whilst bright Hope cheers us with the thought
That grief nnd pain shall bo as naught.
That happiness shall be our lot
Whether in palace or in cot
And caro and joy shall never mix
To spoil our lives in 'Seventy six.
Ono hundred years ago ! Ilow brief
A time it secuis, 'tis scarce a leaf
On History's pago and yet has brought
More wealth nnd power than those who
fought
Their country battles then, had deemed
Within the possible, so hopeless seemed
The unequal struggle with tho foo
Only ono hundred years ago.
Forciuost among the powers of earth
This nation stands whose stormy birth
A contury has Muiled upon.
Only a hundred years havo flown.
And now her liundretli natal day
Has come at last, and who shall say
A prouder day has o'er been known
To sons of sires who scorned a throne.
In tho same city whence there came
The Declaration's words of flamo
Which fired the hearts of those true men
Valiant alike with sword and pen,
Aro stately structures where are stored
Rich offerings from the nation's hoard
Of wealth gained in tho century
When thirty millions grew from three.
Oh ! greatest victor- gained by man
Since first to govern ho began,
The people rule and have dono so
Since just a hundred years ago.
Tho times are hard and growing worse
There's little money iu the purso
And in tho houses of the poor
Grim want is everat the door.
Wo all have waited patiently
For thoso days of prosperity
Republicans have pionftsed long
Their promises not worth a song.
The sheriff does tho business now
The pittanco earned with sweaty brow,
Goes only to increase his foes
And fill our penitentiaries.
Wo hope in this Centennial year
For better times, but greatly fear
Thoy'll never como until the hour
Republicans go out of, powor. .
If they should go we could rcjoico
And join to swell the nations voice,
Exulting in her liundretli year,
And face tho future without fear.
A Happy New Year to you all I
The Carrier wishes on his call
To friends of tho Columbian
Twelve months have passed since lie began
nis weekly route, through sun and rain
And now he greets you once again
On New Year's day and hopes to find
You've had him now nnd then in mind.
A gift of greenbacks great and small
Will please him much, so one and all
Lend him a helping hand to cheer
Him on his way another year.
Begin the glad New Year aright
Your duty always keep in sight
Be sure 'twill always bring you joy
Not to forget the Cabhieu Boy.
Original.
History of Columbia County.
NUMBER I.
It lias been well known -to our readers
that John G. Frceze,has for some years been
preparing tho material for a History of
Columbia County. The completion of it
has been delayed by various causes not
necessary to mention. At tho request of tho
Publishers ol tho Columbian, ho has con
sented to submit to tho public through our
columns several of those chapters of tho
work which will bo most interesting to
our readers. Somo of them wero written
several years ago, and aro left unchanged,
that wo may see tho progress of events.
Others are brought down to date. As the
work is to be rc-edited for publication in
book form, Col, Freeze desires all persons in
possession of facts, Incidents, personal his
tory, topography &c., &c, to furnish tho
same to him for uso lit a subsequent publi
cation. And iu that, request wo heartily
join him.
Ens. Columbian.
CHAPTER I.
F.AI1I.Y HISTOltY.
It is hardly possible to write tho history of
any county lying within tho Forks of the
Susquehanna, without giving as an intro
duction to it,a bkctch,moro or less extended,
of tho celebrated valley in which it lies j
which from Fishingcrcek to tho upper cud
of what is now called Lackawanna Valley
was originally knuwn us Wyoming, or in
Indian, Maughwmiwume, signifying "largo
plains," A number of tribes inhabited tho
region now composing the counties lying on
the North and West Branch : but tho earli
est historical bands iu Columbia county seem
to have been the Shawauese, who had u vil
lage on the Huts below Blonmburg near tho
mouth of Fishingcreck, another at Catawis
sa, nrnr the bito of tlio present village, aud
also another near the mouth of Briarcreek
below Berwick, Tho Delawarcs wero also
settled within tho vulley, and with soma
others, were under the control of the Six Na
tions, and were ordered by them from point
to point, at will,
Tho Shawauese camo from tlio Carolina,
nnd kept moving north until by agreement
they were allowed tosettlu upon tho Basque
harun, about 1097. They wero a bravo and
warlike tribe, aud gave the Proprietary Gov
JllllllilWli
ernment n good deal of trouble. They were
quick to resent an injury, and qulto as quick
to accept one. Tho Delawarcs became sure-
tics for them, and seem to havo kept them
within bounds.
Over tho wholo country watered by the
Susquehanna, the Six Nafions claimed tho
rights of a conqueror, and from Shamokin
to Diahoga (Tioga) they reigned supreme, as
well also as between tho West Branch
and the Juniata, which had nlso been
assigned to tho Delawarcs and Shawauese
for hunting grounds.
In Pennsylvania the Susquehanna River
is known and distinguished by tho Aorth
Mranchaiul Weil liranch. The North Branch
however, which rises in Otsego county New
York, is the principal Btrcam, and originates
tho name ; tlio West Branch being but an
eflluent, rising in tho mountains of Clear
field county nnd the springs of Cambria,
and comrs to bo known as tho West Branch
of the Susquehanna, after it has attained
considerable size. It receives several lnrgo
streams before it pours its waters into tho
Susquehanna proper at Northumberland,
among which aro Mtincy Creek, Loyal Sock,
Lycoming, Pino Creek, nnd others of lesser
size; whereby, in a course of something over
two hundred miles among tho mountains of
the interior, its volume of water has been
swollen so as to equal that of tho North
Branch. Of the North Branch an eloquent
writer observes :
"Other Btreams have their beautiful points
and intervals, but the Susquehanna has
every form of beauty or sublimity that be
longs to rivers. We havo seen them all
Connecticut, Hudsmti, Delaware, Ohlo,Missi
ssippi, Mifsonri tliero is nothing like the
Susquehanna on this continent. Its peculiar
character depends upon its origin in the
New York meadows, its passage through the
magnificent Pennsylvania mountains, and
the richness of the valleys that lie between
those mountain. Every where its course is
deflected; it begins a wooded lake ; it winds
with the character of a limpid brook by mead
ows and over silver pebbles; it makes its
way through mountains ; it loiters restingly
by their base ; it sweeps in broad curves by
tho valleys. Its vast width in its mad spring
freshets, when swollen by the melted snows,
it rushes from the mountains with irresisti
ble force.sonietimes causing frightful inunda
tions, leaves, with its full, island after island
in its mid-channel, of the richest green and
most surpassing beauty; wbilo those passages
through tho mountains afford points of
scenery far finer than any one would believe
them to be from any description, if they
havo not seen them."
It is not generally admitted which valley
bears off tho palm of beauty. The deni
zens ot each aro strenuous in tho praise of
their own locality, and point with exulta
tion to many an historical spot Thecounties
properly included within The Forks of tho
Susquehanna should perhaps lie south of a
line, to bo drawn from the west lino of
Clinton county at the river, to tho point
where the North Branch strikes the Penn
sylvania line ; and would includo Clinton,
Lycoming, Bradford, Sullivan, Wyoming,
Luzerne, Columbia, Moutour, and North
umberland. No region of Pennsylvania has been writ
ten over with so much care and vim and
zest. The historian, the poet, and the ro
mancist havo labored to illustrate its valleys,
and to heighten, if possible, the charms of
its scenery. Comprising many rich aud
populous counties, to which, years ago, the
hardy settlers flocked for cheap lauds, the
pleasures of the chase, and tho fishing-rod,
its local history is peculiarly rich. A fierce
warfare raged between our own pcoplo for
the possession of its rich alluvial ; and at
last the Legislatures of tho several States
wero obliged to interfere to stop the filed.
Within its borders occurcd somo of tho most
bloody battles in which the whito and red
man contended for life and subsistence.
Fierce and protracted wero tho struggles ;
and wo find marks of them not only on their
very sites, but so tenacious was the hold of
tho Indian, that ho has indelibly stamped
his nomenclature upon almost every one of
tho btreams, the mountains, the passes, and
tho valleys.
Here no cockney has built his Londons,
Liverpool, or Manchester; no matter-of-fact
emigrant from "der faderland" has be
Rhined or be-Uhoned our most beautiful
river; nor havo the creeks and valleys to
play second fiddle tosoino European locality.
Their musical, aboriginal names still cling
to them, and will cling to them forever.
Hark to the music of a few of them : We
havo Vyalusing,Tuiikhaniiock,Lackawanna,
uyoniing, N.inticoke, Catawissa, Mahoning,
Shamokin, Chillisquaque, Mtincy, Loyal
Sock, Lycoming, Towanda, Kittaniug,
Slicshcquin, and many others.
Tho Indians seem to have called what is
now Towanda, Awamlfc; and perhaps
what is known as Pino Creek is a little easier
of pronunciation than the aboriginal
"Tiadaghton." So, also, what is known as
Mtincy Creek was, in tho natlvo dialect,
"Occohpocheny," and by somo of tho tribes
was called "Longeserango." The namo
Muucy was doubtless given by the whites as
easier of pronunciation, or because tho
tribes inhabiting the region were called tho
"Mouscys," or Wolf tribes.
Lycoming was in Indian "Locomick;"
and "Stouehaugo" is by somo given as tho
Indian namo of Loyal Sock. It, as well as
Muncy, may have been known to different
tribes by different names; for Loyal Sock is
undoubtedly Indian, aud signifies "Middle
Fork" tho explanation being that it enters
the Susquehanna about midway between
Muncy Creek and Lycoming Creek. Tliero
Is reason iu this ; aud tho authority for it,
though mislaid, satisfies my mind,
Chillisquaque, "The Frozen Duck," is
named from tho legend of a beautiful squaw
having met an untimely death upon tho
banks of that quiet stream.
Nantieoke and Lackawanna are most cer
tainly Indian, and 1 am informed by a
Welshman that the roots of both words aro
certainly Welsh, Ho explains thoin to have
reference to streams of water, in his own
language, nnd their peculiarities answer ex
actly to those of tlio streams which they
hero designate, It in impossible to say if
the meaning of tho words iu both languages
is tho satuo ; but it is a Utile rcmarkable,that
in both, the words should havo reference to
water, rather than woods, fields, or moun
talus.
Born within the Forks of tho Susquehanna,
on'tho very hank and directly at tho mouth
of ono of its romantic tributaries, with the
tempest roar and sunny sparkles of both
streams tho most familiar bounds aud bights
of xay childhood, and tho peculiar, sweet
sounding Indian name of each in my young
cars, It Is no wonder that tho region watered
by "tho river of tlio winding shoro" should
bo to mo tho loveliest spot on earth, and
from which God grant that War, pestilence,
nnd famlno bo ever absent. And there is no
valley in tho world which, for beauty of
scenery, fertility of soil, salubrity of climate
and facility of access for tho mineral
wealth of its hills, tho moral health, hospl
tallty, and intelligence of its inhabitants
surpassess that lying in tho Forks of the
Susquehanna, in the good old commonwealth
of Pennsylvania,
But it is not only for the things mentioned
that this valley is celebrated, Its historical
associations and recollections arc fully worthy
of its high character in other respects.
Within that tenitory lies tlio beautiful
Valliy of Wyoming, the plain tale of the
masaero of whos-o citizens brings tears to
the eyes of the most careless reader, and
whoso charms and horrors have been painted
but not heightend, by tho magic pen of
Campbell. Here, too, the celebrated Van
Lam pen lollowcd tlio trail flt the Indians, or
suffered as a prisoner iu their cruel hands ; n
narrative of whose adventures, somo of them
occurring almost in sight of where I write
vould be more exciting than a romance. In
this charmed region, Captain Samuel Brady
performed many of his famous exploits, and
made his hairbreadth escapes. And no
greater name than his brightens tho nil of
Indian lighters.
Tho celebrated Montour family, which has
left its name indelibly on ono of our most
beatitifiil ranges of hills, lived, acte 1 and
died, and uro believed to bo buried in the
Valley of the Susquehanna. Kato Montour,
the Queen Esther of our histories, dashed
out the brains of the unhappy captives on
the "bloody rock" of Wyoming. And even
to this day the tint of the warm red blood
on the rough boulder remains to tell tho
damning deed; nor is there water enough
in the sweet heavens to wash it out.
Hero dwelt the Lenni Lenape, "the origi
nal people;" and the council-fires of Tatna
ncid, their most illustrious chieftain, wero
kindled in its forests. For many years an
nually on the first of May throughout Penn
sylvania, his festival was celebrated. In
Philadelphia, the members ef tho "Tamma
ny society walked the streets in procession,
their hats decorated with bucks' tails, and
upon reaching tho wigwam, had a talk,
smoked the "peace pipe," and performed In
dian dances. From him also tho celebrated
New York society took its name; and that an-
cientWigwam of tho unterrified yet blazes with
lighjs'to celebrateja victory ; or if the gloom
of defeat hangs over its party, liko the great
chieftain it honors, never surrenders Here.
too, in his early youth came Logan, the fa
mous chieftain and orntor of the Iroquois.
He has left a namo that can never be forgot
ten while eloquence and pathos are admired.
"Who is there to mourn for Logan ?" "Not
one," sayest thou, 0 old man eloquent ! Thou
art mistaken, mot disconsolate chieftain I
Who has not read of thy beloved Alvuretta,
and shed a tear over her sad nnd untimely
fate,adding to it a copious flood for tho great
grief that rent thy heart?
Would that I had a pen that could fitly
narrate tho story of tho Forks of tho Susque
hanna! How could a Cooper or an Irving
people its hills and valleys with ever-living
characters. Not one of the localities made
everlastingly famous by those magic writers
had half the natural beauties and adapta
tions to romance and song, which lie uncel
ebrated nnd almost unknown within tho
winding of this exquisitely beautiful stream.
What withering satire lies in the fights of
the Pennamites and Yankees over the Con
necticut surveys I What tragedy in tho his
tory of Kato Montour, the Canadian half-
breed, liberally educated, and mixing in the
best society of Philadelphia, and leading her
bloody warriors at tho massacro of Wyom
ing! What room for incident and adven
ture, not the imaginings of romance but tho
narratives of sober truth, in the lives of Van
Campen and of Brady I
For although thinly populated before the
Revolutionary war, that portion of the
Forks of the Susquehanna embraced within
the limits of Columbia county was by no
means destitute of a placo in its history. It
had its Fort Rice, located near the head wa
ters of tho Chillisquaque Fort Bosley, lo
cated at Washingtonvilie, on the Chillisqua
que McClure's fort, on tho flats below
Bloomsburg, where Douglas Hughes now
lives Fort Wheeler, three miles above
Bloomsburg, on Fishingcrcek Fort Jenkins
tiear Briar creek, about Jacob Hill's present
residence. Fort Freeland on Warrior's run,
Boone's Mills about seven miles distant
from the last and Fort Montgomery about
tho Lycoming county line. Each ot theso
forts has its local history, which will bo
spoken of iu its order; aud iu the meantime
any information as to the presont ownership
of their site, and of tho incidents of their
history, will be received most gratefully.
The valley must have been very thickly
populated by the Indians, for many remains of
Indian townsaro pointed out. Very extensivo
burial grounds are known to exist at several
places withiu the Forks. Curiositiesof various
kinds mounds, excavations and fortifica
tions, of undoubted Indian origin are found
in largo numbers. Through this valley ran
some of the most important and frequently
traveled "war-paths" known iu tho history
of the race Shall I trace them out for you
by existing roads and village? Tlio writer
has been over most of them, and you can
put your finger on tho "paths" on almost
any map.
'The Shamokiu Patli" began at the place
now called Suitbury, and continued up the
West Branch by the mouth of Warrior Run
aud an Indian town there located; thence
through the gap in Muncy hills to tho town
of Muucy,where the public road now passes.
"Tlio Wyoming Path" left Muncy on tho
West Branch, ran up Glado Run, thenoe
through a gap on tho hills to Fishing Creek,
which empties into tho North Branch at
Blooiusburg,twcnty milcsabove tho junction ;
crossed the creek, paBscd into (now) l.uzerno
county through tho Ncscopeck gap, and uj
tho North Branch to Wyoming,
"The Wyalusing Path" was traced up tho
Muncy Creek, near where the Berwick turn'
pike crosses, then to Dushorc, thence to Wy
aluslng Creek and to the flats above.
"The Shethequlu Path" ran up Bouser's
Run, thence to Lycoming Creek, near tho
mouth of Mill Creek, thence up Lycoming
to the Beaver Dams, thence down Towanda
Creek o Sheshcquln flats.
'The Fishing Creek Paffi" Matted on tho
flats near Bloomsburg, on the North Branch
up Fishing Creek by Orangcvlhc to near
Long Pond ; thence across to Tuukbnnuock
THK COLUMBIAN, VOL. X, NO.
COLUMBIA DKMOCHAT, VOL. XL, NO. 41
Creek. It was on this very path that Van
Campen, the most prominent Indian fighter
on tho 'North Branch, was captured, nnd
within tlirco miles of whero I write,
Several other less important paths led into
tlicsegreat thorouglifares,and nro well known
In their neighborhood.
Such aro tho materials for a history of
Tho Forks of tho Susquehanna. In detached
pieces and from other points of view it has
been written ; but there is the more interest
ing one of personal narrative, which it seems
is lost for ever. The many books
and narratives which havo been written
provo the eagerness with which tho public
desired to know whatever was remembered
of the different localities which, by love and
war, have been mado famous.
Some day justice will bo dono to our most
beautiful river; somo day an Englishman or
a German, an Italian or a Rnssian,will trav
el along its "winding shore" nnd eclebrnto
its beauties; aftfr which our countrymen
will awaken to its romance, nnd consent to
admire its valleys nnd love it hills. From
the lako In which it rises, to tho bay Into
which it discharges its water, it is tho most
beautiful stream on the continent; tho histo
ry of the people who lived upon its banks is
the most mournful and romantic; the ad
ventures of its heroes the most thrilling and
exciting; and tho most worthy of that an
cient race who roamed through its forests.
Home IMitration.
Tliero is a popular fallacy that, without
tho ndvantago of good schools, educations
cannot bo obtained. But let it be remem
bered that many great and good men and
women aro self-educated. Education, as we
understand the very comprehensive term, is
not merely the highest development of the
intellectual faculties, an acquaintance with
tho arts and sciences. . "Train up a child in
the way ho should go," is the divine injunc
tion. The moral as well as tho intellectual
must be regarded. Impressions traced upon
hearing and mind iu childhood aro rarely
obliterated, but remain with us through life,
strengthening and deepening with our years,
exerting an evil or a salutary influcnco over
all our actions. How important, therefore,
that only the best influences bo brought to
bear upon the youthful mind. What has
the great and good Watts expressed with re
gard to this same education of youth ?
"Their future character as social and moral
beings will be greatly influenced by the man
ner in which they are taught from an early
period to regulato their emotions, by di
recting them to adequate and worthy objects,
and controlling them by great principles of
wisdom and virtue."
Children naturally regard their parents as
their superiors, and readily accept and im
bibe their views; and it would appear to
thcmtheCireatGiver had entrusted them with
tho important responsibility of moulding the
useful and susceptible mind. Particularly
is it the duty of mothers to attend tothe mo
ral and intpllcctu.il development of their
children. It is to bo lamented that as a
class they arc not better fitted to conduct tho
education of their own offspring. Do Stael
said, "If you will insure tho happiness of
France, instruct tho mothers of the French
people." And the noble expression is nllko
applicable to our own nation. If we would
adopt such a plan, what a glorious improve
ment tliero would be in tho affairs of our
land ; what a diminution of vice !
There are tho-e among us, young men and
women with whom adverse fortune has dealt
roughly whose aspirations havo been fetter
ed and oppressed by the galling chains of
adversity who would gladly accept oppor
tunities for instruction ; whose hearts cravo
the priceless boon of education ; but their
rcspectivo occupations, engrossing tho whole
of their time during the day, do not permit
them tho leisure to improve themselves as
they desire to do.
A Fooled Darlier.
iV joke was perpetrated on ono of the best
artists in one of our barber-shops tlio other
day, which disgusted the young man very
much, and made any quantity of sport for
his associates.
Tho men were all busy at work when a
young man entered the shop, took his seat
in the corner, pulled out a paper, and began
to read while waiting.
Ho held the paper up before his face iu
such a manner that the barber could not see
it, and therefore when ho had finished his
job, be sharply ejaculated "Next 1"
No responso from tho man behind the
newspaper.
"Shave, sir?" came next iu a still louder
tone of voice.
Then raising his voice rather impatiently,
as ho was a barber whose chair had never
been slighted before, he shouted :
"Want something done, sir ?"
All was quiet, and the man read on a
though he wero ten miles from any disturb-
ng queries.
"That man's a deaf mute," said one of
tho artist's fellow-workers. "I know him
well he wants a shave, but don't know it
s his turn."
Thereupon tho young man left his chair,
stepped across tho room, and touched the
quiet man ou the shoulder. Ho glanced up,
when tho barber began a pantomime perfor
mance, intended to represent the operation
of shaving, and then pointed persuasively
toward his chair.
"No thank you," said the mute, "I'm
only waiting for a friend."
Tho look of unadulterated, unmistakable
and unspeakable disgust on that barber's
faco as ho went back to his chair was pain
ful to witness.
Tub Old Red Cent.-As the old "red
cent" has now passed out of use, and, except
rarcly,out of sight, liko the 'old oaken buck
et," its history is a matter of sufficient inter'
est for preservation, Tho cent was first pro'
posed by Robert Morris, tlio great financier
of tho Revolution, and was named by Jefler
sou two years later. It began to niako Its
appearance from the mint in 17'J2. It boro
tlio head of Washington on ono side, nnd
thirteen links ou tlio other. Tho Frcncl
Revolution soon created u rago for French
ideas in Ameilca, which put on tho cent, in
stead of tho head of Washington, tho head
of the Itoddeas of Liberty a French Liber
ty, with neck thrust forward und flowing
locks. Tho chulu on tho reverse bldo was
displaced by tho ulivo wreuth of pence, but
the French Liberty was short lived, and so
was her portrait on our cent. The next fig
ure or head that succeeded this tho ttaid
clafsic damo with a llllet around her huir
camo Into fashion about thirty or forty years
ago, aim Her nnely chiselled Grecian feat
urcs have been slightly altered by tho lapso
oi time,
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Tho Size of tountrics.
Greece is about tho size of Vermont.
Palcstlno Is ono-fourth tho sizo of New
York.
Hlndoostan is more th.m a hundred times
ns large as Palestine.
The great desert of Africa has nearly tho
present dimension of tho United States.
The Red Sea would reach from Washing
ton to Colorado, and it is three times as wido
as lako Ontario.
The English Channel is nearly as large as
Lake Superior and Lako Huron Is as largo
as thuSca of Azof.
Tho Mediterranean, If placed across North
America, would make a sea of navigation
from San Diego to Baltimore.
The Caspian Sea would stretch from New
York 'to St. Augustine, and is as wido os
from New York to Rochester.
Great Britain and Ireland ara about as
largo as New Mexico, but not as largo as
Iowa and Nebraska. They nro less than
Hew York, Pennsylvania and Ohio.
Madagascar is ns large as New Hampshire,,
Massachusetts, Vermont, Connecticut, New
Y'ork, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Virginia
and North Carolina all put together.
The Gulf of Mexico is about ten times
tho sizo of Lake Superior, and about nslargo
as the Sea of Kamschatka, Bay of Bengal, ns
China Sea or Japan Sea. Lako Ontario
would go in cither of them more than fifty
times.
The following bodies of water nro nearly
equal in size: German Ocean, Black Sea and
Y'ellow Sea. Hudson's Bay is rather larger
than tho Baltic, Adriatic half, Persian Gulf
nud JEgcad Sea aro about half as large, and
somewhat larger than Lade Superior.
A Departed Race of Pigmies. Hay
wood, in his history of Tennessee, tells of a
race of pigmies which existed hundreds of
years ago in tho neighborhood of McMin
villo and Sparta, where their cemeteries are
yet to bo found, though many of them have
been torn up by the plow of tho industrious
farmer of tho present day. On tho 3d of
October a party of gentlemen at tho request
of Professor Henry, of the Smithsonian In
stitute, left Nashville for Sparta, to procuro
specimens of the skeletons of this departed
race for exhibition in tho collection at
Washington. Several days were devoted to
the search. Tho first three yielded no re
sults beyond the discovery of somo twenty
empty graves ; but on Thursday, the Tth,be-
sido the grave out of which Haywood ob
tained a skeleton during his roiearchcs.werp
secured the bones of a pigmy. One of tho
graves had as a head-stone a limestono rock,
thing unusual. By this particular mark
i presumed tho bones must liavo been
that of a noted person of tho race.
Near by the grave were found some speci
mens of ancient pottery of strange design.
The body, which, from tho position in
hich the bones were found, must havo
been interred in a sitting position, was, as
shown bv tho skeleton, about twenty-six
nches in height. The thighs, arm,rib3,and
n fact, all the bones, wero small, tho full
set of teeth showing, at tho same time, that
they must have belonged to an adult. Tho
h-bones wero a little larger than a man's
fore-finger, tho other bones being in pro
portionate size. Tho first of these graves
ere discovered in 1S20, and wero found by
the early settlers to average 22J inches long
11 inches wido and 12 inches deep. They
ere, iu all cases, formed of sandstone rock,
hich is found, not in the valleys where tho
graves aro located, but on the top of the
mountains. From all that could be learned
this race of people must havo lived at least
three ur four centuries ago.
NiniiT in Venice. Charles DudlcyWar-
ner, writing from Venice to the Hartford
Cutrant, says the Venetians turn the day
into night. The theaters and concerts never
begin till 1) o'clock in tho evening, and aro
not out till 12 ; and, of course, sunperfat tho
restaurant) wont bo over beforo ono or two
clock. If you aro invited to a regular re
ception and go at 11, you will find no ono
there except the hostess. Guests will begin
to arrive at half past 11 ; most, however, do
not come until twelve, and tea will bo serv
ed between 1 nnd 2. If it is a ball you must
not go before 12. The German will begin
at 2 and end perhaps when the bronze fig
ures on the clock tower in the Piazza aro
striking 7, and tho pigeons of St. Mark's
are beginning to look for early corn. Tho
advantage of this is two-fold. In the first
ilace. you can go to bed early in the even-
ng, get up at midnight, and dress and go to
the bull and be in it refreshed condition to
enjoy it. In tho second place, you can sleep
11 tho next day, and as you havo nothimr
halevcr to do, in tho garish daylight, this
is a gain. Ul course the Americans do every
thing that they undertake much better than
anyone cW. If it is tho adoption of a for
eign fashion, they speedily leavo tho for
eigners behind, their medoration uuder an
ec'.i; sc. Thus the fivhlonablo colony of
Americans in Florenco puts the old conserv
atism of ihe city to the blush. If a leader
fit gives a ball, it does not begin till next
day. That is, the guests do not como till 3
or 4 o'clock in tho morning, and the Ger
man begins at "in tho morning, nnd ends
towards night. Of course it is necessary to
keep the windows boarded up ngainst tho
daylight. It is this sort of thing that makes
Americans so respected abroad.
FAbiiiONH fob. Ginu. For every day
and school wear for girls, a fashion journal
says, there is nothing moroapproprinta thnu
tho comfortable, kilt suit. This consists of
tho wnrm kilt skirt with deep plaits that cov
er the girl's limbs with three thicknesses of
the material, u simple basquo buttoned be
hind, and a loose btylish sack that may bo
mado or the dress material wadded, or clso
of heavy yet boft cloth. Tho kilt skirt reach
es half way between tho knees and ankles.
It mutt be hemmed or else faced about threo
inches from tho bottom. Tho plaits aro
pressed flatly, and to keep them in place per
manently, it Is well to sew ono or moro rows
of tape around and underneath tho skirt,
tacking each plult to tho tapes. Tho basquo
may have a separate vest set iu, but it is
more usual to merely outline this vest by
trimming, nnd instead of darts to uso tho
Gabrlclle bide fur ms that pass into tho shoul
der. It is customary to nuike the entire btilt
of dark cashmere (giccn, brown or nnvy
blue), with a flannel lined or wadded cash
mere rack. If tho colors shown uro very
dark and they y.iufct bo dark iu order to bo
stylish the sack will bo appropriate with
other dresses, A mere cirding of silk cr of
the casbmeie on tho edges . ill be feuftlclcut
trimming.
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