THE COLUMBIAN, BLOOMSBURQ, PA.
THE COLUMBIAN.
BLOOMSBURG, PA.
J. S. Williams & Son,
BLOOMSBURG PA
Public Sale Criers and
General Auctioneers.
Itr Fifteen yearn experience. Batlnfaet.lon
oarantoert. Bent return of any sale criers In
his section of the State. Write for terms and
dtes. We never disappoint our patrons.
Charles Harder ot Catawissa and
Miss Laura Farley of Danville
joined hands at Catawissa last even
ing. Rev. U. Myers, performed
the ceremony.
J. E. Hunting was thrown from
a Bloomsburg & Sullivan R. R. lo
comotive on Sunday and was quke
painfully injured on his arm and
face. The accident occurred at the
water tank while he was drawing
wa.er, and was caused by the en
gine being started before he had the
feed pipe disconnected.
The Carpet Mill ball team was
defeated three times last week.
Twice at Mt. Canuel on the Fourth
and again at Sunbury on Saturday.
The scores were 13-5, 9"8 and 4-2.
"Wandering Willie Setley" pitch
ed the second game for Mt. Carmel
and the boys touched him up for 10
hits. This was a ten inning con
test. Danny Brewer, colored, was
taken to the asylum at Danville on
Tuesday by Constable Miles Betz.
He had been confined in the jail
for some time past, but became
so violent that it was necessary to
remove him to the Asylum. Exces
sive rum drinking appears to be
the cause of his mental derange
ment. The young men of Kspy had
quite an elaborate display of fire
works on the river front Friday
night. A contribution was taken
up early in the evening, with which
a supply of sky rockets, Roman
candles and flower pots were pur
chased, and about eight thirty they
were set off, to the delight of the
populace.
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The Catawissa Car Shops will
start work on Monday. Several
good orders have been booked, and
the Company anticipates a pros
perous future. The plant will be
operated with soft coal, a large
supply of which has been pur
chased. The working force will be
limited for a week or two, after
which it will be increased and
every department run to its fullest
capacity.
Owing to the rainy weather in
this section. The farmers have
considerable trouble in harvesting
their wheat. In the low lands it is
almost impossible to use a binder
to cut off the grain as the ground is
so soft from the coutiuued rains.
Where the wheat has been cut and
shocked for a few days it has begun
to grow.
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F. P. Billmeyer and A. J. Will
iams, executors of Peter Billmeyer,
deceased, will sell on the premises
in Liberty township, Montour
county on Friday July 25th at two
o'clock in the afternoon, real estate
consisting of a farm of 130 acres,
improved with a large frame dwell
ing house, bank barn and other
outbuildings.
Robbers opened the safe iu Daniel
Knittle's office at Catawissa Friday
night, and enriched themselves to
the extent of about $40. They
secured the booty without the use
of any explosives, and opened the
safe by finding the combination.
The door of the safe was open when
Squire Knittle went to the office
Saturday morning.
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In noting the explosion at Joseph
Schain's store at Berwick last week
we neglected to mention the fact
that Jerry Kuukle was severely in
jured. He and a clerk were engag
ed repairing the acetylene gas gen
erator when the explosion occurred,
and he was carried a distance often
feet. His injuries are, a badly
burned face and arm. The clerk
also sustained a few burns.
At the Fourth of July celebra
tion at Pittsburg Judge Penny
packer and Robt. E. Pattison rode
side by side in the same carriage.
An exchange says it was an un
lsual sight but not one that any
Reoublican or Democrat will criti
cize. They divided the cheers of
:he multitude, and neither will
-eceive a vote more or less next
November on account of this.
There is a dance for almost every
week in Catawissa. Tuesday night's
menl was a diversion, gotten up by
in exclusive few who do not wish
to mix with the hoi polloi, wiio us
ually attend the open to all dances,
rhp occasion was an invitation at-
air attended bv the smartest of
:bf.'voiinr neoole from Bloomsburg,
Catawissa and one or two other
owns. Music was furnished by
HAVOC WIDESPREAD
Loss by Flood Unprecedented
In Western New York.
WATER HIGHER THAN EVER BEFORE.
Many Vlllaxra DnMinvoil and Crops
Itnlnrtl Staple nml Knrm Hnlld
lnita Swept Avn l)rllp
Wrecked ! the Score,
KOCIIESTEH. N. Y.. July 8. News
from tlus Hood uVviiHtntod districts in
tlilM Ht'ction of tlu state arc coming In
slowly. Iloports from Medina lmve
been received which show that the
cloiidlmrst did thousands of dollars
damage.
From Cliurchvllle come reports that
Muck creek is the highest ever known,
even In spring freshets; Is out of its
channel and causing great damage to
growing crops along Its lianlis. Hun
dreds of acres of peas, corn, lienns and
potatoes, sugar beets and the other
crops are under water and ruined. The
dam at Byron Is reported broken, and
the creek Is still rising at n great rate.
Iloneoye reports six bridges. Includ
ing an Iron structure on Mill creek,
washed away and heavy damage to
crops. The total fall of rain at that
point Saturday was 2.K2 Inches.
I.eroy reports that the water in Ont
ka creek attained the highest point In
years, but crops escaped much dam
age. lVnn Ynn says that many thousands
of dollars damage has been done to
residences nlong the course of the
creek flowing through llanimondsport,
and cattle were rescued from Hooded
pasture land with great dilliculty.
Mount Morris reports the (lenesee at
that point easily two feet higher than
the best previous record at any time of
the year. It broke through its banks
east of the village and has ruined thou
sands of dollars' worth of crops on the
fertile flats below here. Many fine
farms have been entirely ruined by
the swift current washing them Into
dee) gorges and carrying away the
soil. Hams have been washed away
and cattle drowned. The loss to farm
ers Is extremely heavy.
At Williamson lightning struck the
residence of I'liul Van I'ruyiilngham,
and the baseboard of n bedstead In
which his two daughters were sleeping
was demolished.. Neither of the occu
pants of the bed was seriously Injured.
Isaac Van Pee Roegh's evaporator was
struck by lightning and demolished.
Undoubtedly other damage was done
tn this section which as yet has not
been reported.
West. Rush reports great damage
from the cloudburst. The (ienesee riv
er and Iloneoye crock are out of their
banks, and the entire valley Is under
water. The crops of the lowlands are
n total loss.
Nunda reports the greatest flood In
the history of that section. The state
footbridge over KIshiquii creek has
been washed away, and the town is in
darkness. Largo fields of growing
crops have been washed away, ground
and all. Daltou has also suffered great
ly. Tortageville, I'iko, I.amont, Hose
berg, Fillmore and many other towns
have been under water since Sunday
morning.
The tracks of the Pennsylvania are
washed away, and n new roadbed will
have to be laid at many places before
trains can be moved.
l'ike reports the loss of a large iron
bridge, the postotlice building. Towers'
store and opera house, a meat market,
cheese factory, drug store, two dwell
ing houses and the village warehouse.
At I.amout the milldam has gone out,
wushlng away a bridge. Large num
bers of dead cattle were seen flouting
down the river during the day.
Mlddlcport reports all dams swept
away In Johnson's creek, with damage
of hundreds of thousands of dollars,
and all business Is at a standstill. The
crop damage Is also considerable. Five
bridges in the town are gone.
31 oh link Valley Vnder Water,
UTICA, N. Y July 8.-The Mohawk
river has risen above Its banks from
Koine eastward, and water now covers
thousands of acres of heavy grass
ready to harvest and all the bottom
lands devoted to mixed fanning. In
some places in the Mohawk valley
fanners have lost nearly all the crops
of this year. They will be covered with
dirt and del iris and thus spoiled.
Jennie Morrlnon Sentenced.
EL DOUAIK), Kan., July 0.-.Tess!e
Morrison, convicted June 2M of murder
in the second degree for killing Mrs.
Olln Castle at the hitter's home here
in June, 11MKI, by cutting her throat
with a razor, has been sentenced to
twenty-five years In the penitentiary.
A motion for a new trial wns over
ruled. Miss Morrison, who has gone
through three trials, took the sentence
with little show of demonstration.
The case will be appealed.
Cinld lleeln Lowers Worlil'a lleeord.
NFW YOKK. July 7. On a track
that was lightning fast and before a
crowd of 2.",KH persons F. t McLe
wee & Co.'s Suburban winner, Gold
Heels, favorite in the betting at III to
10, galloped home an easy winner in
the Krlghton handicap at the lirlgh
ton Bench race track. He not only
lowered Jack Points' record of 2:1)4 3-5,
made In l!)iK, but established a new
world's record for a circular track.
The time was li:0:i 4-5.
Tlt" Wliu AuiiIii.
LONDON, July O. S. Titus of the
T'nlon Bout club, New York, who won
his preliminary heat with Louis Sclioles
nf Toronto In the IHamond Sculls, yes
terday beat W. J. Fields of Exeter,
Oxford, easily by three lengths; time.
Din. I"s. The betting Is now even mon
ey 011 Titus' chance of winning the tro-
phy.
THE PRESIDENT'S VACATION.
Rooarvrlt'a Stay at Oynter Hay la For
Heat and Iteerrntlnn.
OYRTEH KAY, N. Y., July 7.-In dls
cussing the president's stay at Oyster
Kay Secretary Oortelyou today said
that there seemed to be considerable
misapprehension as to some features
of it. He stated that there would be
no elaborate office established and that
the only clerical force maintained
would consist of two stenographers.
Arrangements have about been con
cluded for the tise of two rooms in the
bank building for olliee purposes, and It
will be there that the president will
transact most of his business when be
comes into town.
Roth the president and his secretary
have planned to make their brief holi
days ns restful as possible and to that
end will transact In Oyster Kay only
the most immediate public business.
Everything rise will be transmitted to
Washington for attention there, eilher
by the regular White House force or, In
eases where other action Is required, by
the various departments.
The people "of Oyster Kay seem to
resent the presence of secret service
men, as they believe that the president
is perfectly safe from bodily harm.
The strictest surveillance is main
tained, however, despite these protestations.
Trealilrnl at rittalinrar.
PITTSBURG, July 5.-Half n mil
lion persons greeted President Theo
dore Koosevclt in Pittsburg yesterday.
They came not only from Pittsburg
and Allegheny, but from the scores of
industrial towns within J(K miles of
the city. It was the distinguished
guest's first visit to Pittsburg ns presi
dent, and his welcome was uiost en
thusiastic. From the Union station to
the speakers' stand In Schenley park,
nearly four miles nwny, it was one
continuous cheer.
A WEDDING AT LENOX.
Slnnne-rie Id Niilliil of Keitnl Mng
nltteenre,
LENOX, Mass., July ft. In pictur
esque Trinity Episcopal church, sur
rounded with lavish floral decorations
and under sunny skies, Miss Leila
Yanderbilt Slo.mc, third daughter of
Mr. and Mri. William Iiouglas Sloane
of New Y rk and Lenox, and Mr.
William Kradhurst Osgood Field ot
New York were married here yester
day. The assembly of guests, the acoouter
meuts of the ceremony, the value of
the wedding gifts and the wealth and
social prominence of all interested par
ties made the event the most magnifi
cent of its kind that ever took place In
the Kerkshire country. More than 2(10
guests, Including representatives of the
most wealthy New York families, were
present. The church was most elab
orately decorated.
Kev. Dr. David II. Oreer of St. Bnr
tholomew's church, New Y'ork, offici
ated, assisted by Kev. Harold Arrow
smith, rector of Trinity church.
Pone'a Jubilee Kept.
ROME, July 7. All the members of
the American college at Kome, includ
ing Kev. Dr. Thomas Kennedy, rector
of the college, and Fathers McCnte,
McCourt and Mullln of Philadelphia,
were present last evening at the fetes
held at the Vatican In celebration of
the pope's Jubilee In honor of the twenty-fourth
anniversary of his corona
tion. t'hmnlierlnln Hurt.
LONDON, July 8.-WI1II0 Colonial
Secretary Chamberlain was driving in
u hansom along Whitehall yesterday
the vehicle collided with a post at the
foot of the Canadian coronation arch.
Mr. Chambevlain was thrown forward,
and his forehead was knocked against
a window of the cab. The window
was shattered.
FINANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL.
rioaiiinr Stock Qnotatlona.
Money on call firm at 4 per cent.
Prime mercantile paper, iViio per cent.
Sterling exchange barely steudy, with ac
tual business in bankers' bills ut $4.87
4.88 (or demand and nt J4.Rrfi4.nr for 60
days. Pouted rutes. 4.8fi4.K6V4 and $4.88
(fii.SH. Commercial bills, 4.84-V4.85. Bar
silver, !i2c. Mexlcnn dollars, 42c. Gov
ernment bonds steady. State bonds In
active. Railroad bonds irregular. Closing
prices:
Atchison 8974
C.,C.,C.,& St. L.10,-,',4
Chen. & Ohio... 4:14
People's Goh....101
Del. & lluiiHon.lTC
Krle 3i7f,
Lead 21 '
Louis. & Nash. .141
Maiihattnn Con 1.12
Ontario & "West. S2
Pacific Mall .... 41V4
Reading 6ti
Rock Island ,...1M
St. Paul 17734
Sugar Uellnery.,128
Texas Paclflo .. 4374
T'nlon Pacific ..l(l
Wabash pref. .. Hi
West. Union .... 874
Missouri l'ac....lluv
N. Y. Central...ir,ii;i
Slew York Murketa.
FLOT'R Pull, but steady; Minnesota
patents, Mf4.1:; winter straights, $X7.VJ
4.10; winter extras, W.7M(3.si; winter pat
ents t4ti4.lt).
WlllOAT Quiet and easy because of
liquidation and more favorable eiop Mews;
September, 7JiVci7x7ic. ; December, 7nVu
'i!H-.c.
HVE Sternly; state, RSTHUc; c. 1. f., New
York, car lots; No. 2 western, 6uVjc, f. o.
b., alloat.
CHUN Opened firm with the west, then
eased off with wheat; September, 6t',viii
tije,
OATS Pull and weaker owing to liqui
dation; truck, white, Htuto, &7rulyc. ; track,
white, western, 67f tKlc.
POUK Firm; mess, UI.2.-ii20; family,
"LARD Firm.
Hl'TTKR Firm ; mate dulry, 17Vifi20V4c;
creamery, ls'i.ii ai MrO.
C11KICS1C Irregular; new, state, full
cream, small, colored, fancy, lU'il0i:ie. ;
small, white, l(VtiH)c. : bil ge, colored, UVi
4'M,o.; large, white, 9.,ti tie.
Sl'tiAH Raw Htea.ly; fair refining,
2 13-ltic. ; centrifugal, H6 test, 3 D-ltle. ; re
fined steady; crushed, D. lie; powdered,
Tl'RPKNTINK Pull at 47r 47e.
Rli'fci Firm; domeatlc, 4Vi,uii'o. ; Japan,
TAI j.OW Firm; city, 6c; country,
evmi'io.
HAY Steady; shipping, (iiHiO.'.c. ; good to
choice, 90fi 5c.
Live Stock Market.
CATTI.K Steady; choice, $7:15fi7.r.O;
prime, t6.7Wii7.15; good, tiifiO.SU; veui
calves, S70i7.uU.
IK HIS Active; cholco heavy, tS4j8.10;
mediums, $7.M)((7.W: heavy Yorkers, $7.7a
i7.M); light do.. 7.70(.7.70; pliis, 7.7Uti7.7B;
roughs, jifri7.rifl.
BHKKI' AND I.AMHS Slow; best weth
ers, 'l; culls mid cuininon, tl.Wu'i;
choice lambs, JUiii.fiO.
THE STATE kT A GLAN0E-
" Trol." Kretz, of Reading, spent
twenty-four hours hypnotized in a
grave, and was dug up smiling, to the
disgust of a mob of sightseers looking
for excitement.
A sad home coming was that of
John Moyer, ofShamokin, who re
turned from three years service in the
Philippines to learn forthe first time
that his father had died two yeats ago.
While a Northern Central freight
train was leaving Sunbury for Mt.
Carmel Monday, Teter Rockefeller
fell from the rear end. His head
struck against a sill and was crushed
so badly that he will die.
By the premature explosion of a
large cannon Murray H elder, of
Selinsgrove, a ten-year-old boy, was
fearfully burned Friday about his face
and one of his eyes was ruined.
Monday afternoon Edward Le
kicker, aged twenty, ol Lewisburg,
and John Gingrich, aged twenty-one,
ot Lebanon, both carpenters, fell from
the roof of the new St. Peter's Catho
lic church, a distance of forty feet,
and both were instantly killed.
After a spirited debate Monday
night the Shamokin School Board
resolved to abolish corporal punish
ment. Professor Joseph Howerth,
Superintendent ot Public Schools,
Sh'd that punishment made boys
vicious and ugly and that teachers
could reach students better through
the heart.
During a thunder storm on Mon
day lightning played a peculiar prank
on the farm of Walter Earnhart, at
Liberty Square. Five cows, a bull
and a heifer were inclosed in a field
in which there were no trees. The
cattle were widely separated but were
all instantly killed by one bolt of
lightning.
Rev. A. W. Lilly, D. I)., a re
tired Lutheran Minister, died Mon
day at his home in Mechanicsburg,
Pa. He was born at Turbotville,
Northumberland county, December
3, 1822. In 1855 he accepted the
call to Zion's Lutheran Church, of
York, Pa., where he remained for
forty-four years, retiring to Mechan
icsburg a few years ago.
Eagles Mere Excursion Thursday July 31st
To accommodate persons desiring
to visit the beautiful " Lake of the
Eagles " for a day at a moderate cost,
the Philadelphia & Reading Railway
will run special trains Thursday July
31st as follows: Leave Bloomsburg
6.30 a. M., Leave Catawissa 6.30
A. m., Leave Rupert 6.40 a. m ,
Leave Danville 6.57 a. m., and ar
rive at Eagles Mere 10.00 a. m.
Returning leave Eagles Mere 6.30
p. m. stopping at above named points.
Tickets will be sold at special rates
cf $1.50 for the round trip, good that
day only on special train in each
direction as noted above.
Sale of tickets will be limited to
seven hundred, for which number
ample accommodations will be pro
vided. 2t.
Tbe Winona Fire Company boys
inteud making their appearance a
feature of the centennial parade.
At a meeting held Tuesday evening
great enthusiasm in the matter was
displayed. Inasmuch as the com
pany is without uuiforms and the
condition of the treasury at the
time will not warrant a purchase,
it was decided to rent uniforms for
the occasion from a costume house
in Philadelphia. They will be of
colonial style, with the typical
white long hair wig and complete
in every way. With forty men
fitted out in this manner, headed
by the j ustly celebrated Catawissa
Military Band, they are certain to
make a beautilul showing. S. H.
Harman, G. Ed. Lewis and Will
iam Mortis are the committee on
uniforms.
Frank Shaffer pitched the after
noon game of ball on the Fourth for
Steelton. Steelton lost the game 7
to 1, but it was not due to Frank's
pitching, his work was perfectly
satisfactory. Dr. Aldinger played
in both games. That he made a fa
vorable impression is evident from
the following paragraph which was
included in the report of the games
in the Philadelphia papers. "The
afternoon game was replete with
brilliant plays. Dr. Aldinger, phys
ical director of the Bloomsburg Nor
mal, played first base for the bteel-
tou Y. M. C. A., and put up two
great games."
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Expectorating on the sidewalk is
an offensive habit that is prohibited
by ordinance in most well-regulated
tewns. The spirit of reform in this
direction lias not struck Bloomsburg
yet, though it is not because such
action is not needed. The habit is
not confined to the loafers who in
fest the street corners. On Sunday
evening a number of very nice young
men sat on a front porch on Main
street and cast their surplus saliva
on the pavement to such an extent
thai church goers on their way
home almost had to swim to get
through it.
If blossoms are any criterion,
chestnuts will be plentiful this fall.
New Summer Goods
Less Than Regular Prices.
Parasols
Have been selling at
$4.50 and $5,00 each.
A small lot only one of a
kind, reduced to $3.39
each.
3.95 Parasols
Reduced to 2.59
Another small lot of
different kinds and col
ors. Reduced just when
wanted.
The Old Liberty Bell.
Ono ol the Dearest Mementos ol tho Early
Days ol American Independence.
The Louisiana Purchase Exposi
tion management have determined to
take if possible, the old "Liberty Bell"
from Philadelphia to St. Louis lor ex
hibition at the World's Fair in 1902.
If the effort is successful it will be the
first visit to the territory west of the
Mississippi river of this sacred memento
of early days of American indepen-
dence-
A psychic influence is in the pro
phetic inscription of the bell "Pro
claim Liberty throuchout all the land
unto all the inhabitants thereof
Leviticus XXV 10," cast on it a quart
er of a century before it accomplished
its epochal task of calling the colonies
to the first public reading of the Dec
laration of Independence, six score
and six years ago. There is gratifica
tion to the morbid and a sentimental
hint at the mutability of things in the
crack which has parted the sounding
hp of Liberty Bell and silenced it for-,
ever. Persons who do not know ask
with surpassing interest how the bell
came by the crack, and are disappoint
ed to learn that it came, not in fire or
battle, but from the impact of its own
clapper on July 8, 1835, while tolling
the luneral of John Marshall. It was
cast in London in 1752, and it was
cracked by a blow of its own clapper
a month after it was hung in the state
house at Philadelphia. Pass & Stow,
Americans, recast it on the same model
and with the same main inscription.
The first recasting was unsatisfactory
and it was re cast again.
Contrary to the popular impression,
the bell did not ring at Philadelphia
on July 4, 1776 after the passage of
the Declaration of Independence. Its
service to American Independence
was that it called the colonists to a
public meeting at the state house on
July 8. 1776, at which the Declaration
of Independence was first proclaimed.
If Liberty Bell goes to St. Louis It
will be the sixth journey which the
bell has taken. The bell's first journey
was from Philadelphia to Allentown in
1777, to save it from falling into the
hands of the British, when the Ameri
cans evacuated Philadelphia. The
other tour journeys of the bell have
been to American expositions: To
New Orleans, on the east bank of the
Mississippi river, in 1885; to Chicago
in 1893; to Atlanta in 1895; and to
Charleston in 1901.
For the meeting of the Young
People's Chsistian Union Society
of the Presbyterian church the
Lackawanna Railroad will sell ex
cursion tockets to Tacoma, Wash.;
Portland, Ore.; Seattle, Wash.;
Vancouver or Victoria, B. C. at the
very low rate of $70.30 for the
round trip. Tickets will be sold
July 10th to 20th, inclusive, and
will be good for continuous passage
to the first Colorado, Wyoming,
Montana or Assiuiboia point, west
of which points stopovers will be
allowed at pleasure up to Sept. 10.
The final limit for return will be
September 15th. t
A certain gay young Lothario
of Berwick, is said to have recently
fled from his native heath,' to parts
nnkuown, because he was guilty of
committing the terrible crime of
being found out. He must have
some pride left, or he would have
stayed at home and faced the music.
Wash Dress
Goods
These goods we have
bought at special prices
and are all ot this sea
son styles. 18c. Dimi
ties and Swisses at 12
1-2 cents a yard.
25 Pieces
Batiste 6J4c. yd.
wide goods, new pat
terns and all colors.
Have been selling at 8
and 10c yd. This lot 6
I-2c. a yard.
Centennial Envelopes,
The Centennial envelopes are here
and are in great Jemand. They ar
rived on Monday and nearly half of
them are sold already. The envelopes
contain half tone cuts of the Town
Hall, High School, Court House,
and Normal School, representing the
town, county and state. The words
" Centennial Celebration of the found
ing of Bloomsburg, Pa. August 2S
and 29, 1902 " also appear. At the
upper kit corner is a small space for
a business card. This is an excellent
way to advertise the celebration, and
everybody who writes letters can helj
the cause along by using them.
They cost about the same as ordi
nary envelopes. Any printing office
or dealer who desires to handle theru
can procure them at the Columbia;
Okfice at the. wholesale price. They
are now on sale at Bidleman's and J.
W. Moyer's, where they can be
bought by the pack or in smaller
quantities. This office will not sell
less than 250, and a small charge is
made for printing the business card on
the corner, if wanted. The pric
without printing is $2 75 a thousand,
$1.38 for 500, 70 cents for 250
Printed, $3. 50 a thousand, 1.80 for
50c, 1. 00 for 250. Get your order
in now. 2t-
Increase in Circulation.
The large increase of circulation
ol the local newspapers goes far to
show that the intelligent farmer is
waking up to the value of the local
periodicals. The farmer can't af
ford to be without one or two of the
local papers. It is his paper which
points out the condition of affairs in
the business world. It is the paper
that points out to him the swindlers
that are coming to fleece him out of
as much as possible. It is the
newspaper that posts him in regard
to the things which are of the great
est importance to him financially.
No farmer, no matter where he
lives or what are his circumstances
can afford to go without his local
newspaper. And it is to his inter
est to boom that paper in every
way, for it is his friend and it's
prosperity is his gain. Exchange.
A Pitohfork Swindle-
A gang of swindlers are reported to
be victimizing the farmers of nearby
counties with a scheme that it seems
no sane person would entertain for a
moment. The salesmen as they claim
to be, approach a man with the prop
osition that he shall become their
agent for a patent pitch fork. He is
presented with a sample for his good
looks and signs an agreement to sell
pitchforks to his neighbors. The
agreement proves to be a judgment
note and the poor man finds himself
impaled on the "pitchfork that the oth
er fellow was using. The slippery
gentlemen have made some good
hauls, their profits ranging from $7$
to $450 per fork.
Give the peddlers the cold shake.
They pay no taxes, and have no
interest in your community. They
are ten times more likely to cheat
you than a merchant who is located
and has a reputation to sustain.
And again, merchants should take
their own advice to heart, and buy
at home, instead of sending out of
town for everything they need that
they do not happen to keep in their
own shop.
Schwarz's orchestra.