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Volume XTII-Ne. 184.
LANCASTER, PA., TUESDAY, APRIL 5. 1881
Price Twe Owts.
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WAXAXAKEBfS, ADVERTISEMENT.
NEW THINGS FOR SPRING 1881
AT
JOHN WANAMAKEE'S,
THIRTEENTH AND MARKET AND CHESTNUT STREETS. PHILADELPHIA.
In value and variety exceeding any Mail Stere in Philadelphia.
We have done eur.best every Spring te have ready the best and largest assortment of goods for personal wear and house use. It is an easy thing te say that with ex
perience gained since last season, this spring shall be an imprevement-rthat it shall be the very best yet. Come and see hew great the contrast for the ibetter a single year
can make. OurwhoIe stock for this spring is, we believe, the very best that we have evei gathered for our customers, and in carefulness of selection and excellence of ma
terials and variety of uses, is net matched anywhere else en this side of the Atlantic.
Every railroad te Philadelphia will bring you within a few squares of the store, and if time for shopping is limited or if it is net wc can save you in purchasing,
time as well as money.
JUST frem: PARIS.
Parisian conceits in laces, received from our
resident buyer.
Persian point lace. Tli" Inundation of IJre IJre
ten net is half covered with neglige chuin with
solid figures of embroidery interspersed. Twe
patterns only. In one. the embroidery 1j
quite subordinate, 3-incii, $5 a yard ; in the
ether, it is the principal feature, 4-liich, $3.
Spanish lace, ter parasols and dresi-a te
match. Tim combinations received are blaclc-and-tardlnal,
and old-geld-and black.
JOHN WANAMAKER.
Second -circle, south from centre.
ALSO FROM PARIS.
Kllk tlc'.iu.cmbreldeiud with silk aud sold.
and bordered with taee which is ale embroi
dered with silk and geld : $7.
Cellar and cuHs of white Rutin embroidered
with cold and trimmed with point d'Alencen,
$7.
Received, also from the same source, a gen
eral assortment of laces and nets. These de
no' call ler mention or themselves, because
they donet add te er'1 variety ; but thci have
the effect te lower prices. When wc gain, yen
Cain ; for we de net care te make mere than
an average profit.
.lOn.V WANAMAKER.
Nine counters southwest from centre.
DRESS-GOODS.
Shepherd's plaid, black-and-white, brown
and-whltn, gray-and-whltc, at 37 cents for 23
inch, all-wool, will please many.
JUUN H'AAiJUKIill.
Third circle southeast of centre.
DEBEIGE3,
Everybody knows, arc staple goods. One
leeks at novelties and buys staples. Staple
means something that almost everybody buys.
W bat everybody buys is certain te be a geed
thing somehow- The way dcbelges are geed is
this: the money gees all for use and none for
show; or rather none for that kind of show
which limits use.
Why last spring wc bought In one let $10,000
worth ei deueiges, and have been buying In
debciges ever since. And new wc have mere
debeiges than you will leek at. all browns and
grays ; and nearly all new. The prices are all
the'way from 25 cents for 22-inch te SI. 10 for
4G-inch. A particularly geed quality is CO cents
ler 13-inch.
JOUN WAVAMAKEH.
Second circle, south from centre.
GINGHAMS.
In cotton dress goods, there s no such staple
as ginghams, Se tar as the appearance Is con
cerned, there's range enough In the American
at 15 cents ; but It fineness et fabric is re
garded, you will buy the scotch at 31 cnts.
The two make up nearly half the stock et the
eotten dress goods counters.
JOUN VUXAMAKKB.
Fourth circle, northeast Irem centre.
BLACK DRESS GOODS.
New things in black dress goods of almost
all sorts are ready.
Silk grcnedincs came some time age ; new
the wool and silk and wool grenadines are
here ; and the variety is greater than wc ever
had before, greater than anybody ever had, se
fares we knew.
New armurcs, plain and figured, are notable,
especially the latter. Among them arc ar
murcs with small figures and plaids, that can
te seen only when looked at in certain ways.
The draping of a dress et these would appear
te be partly plain and partly figured or plain.
The figures or plaids seem -te have no exist
ence at all. Yeu can't find them except by ac
cident. JOUN WANAMAKER.
Next outer circle. Chestnut Street entrance.
SATEENS, ETC.
Telle d' Alsace is a similar fabric te Scotch
gingham, but of softer finish, ami printed ; "0
cents. Sateen is even finer, and the warp is
thrown upon the suriacc se successfully as te
leave it as smooth as satin, which indeed it
much resembles. This also is printed in ex
quisite designs, and the printing is the mere
successful, because the surface is se smooth.
The bequetsquarc-i (nobody else has them
yet, se-far as wu knew) appear te have been a
Parisian afterthought. Tliev arc et s.itcun anil
arc used as garniture et sateen dresses. No
thing in cotton printing, probably, was ever
anything like se rich before.
JOHN WANAMAKER.
Fourth circle, Thirteenth-street entrance.
Thirteenth St. Market te Chestnut Sts.
Philadelphia.
BVUKS AND STATIONERY.
VTEVAHD CBOIVK
STATIONERY,
NEW BOOKS
AND MAGAZINES,
AT
L. M. Jb LYNN'S,
Ne. 43 WEST KING STREET.
TU.ANK UOUKS.
JOM BAER'S SONS,
IS and 17 NORTH WJEEN STREET,
LANCASTER, PA.,
Rave ter sale, at the Lewest Prices,
BLANK BOOKS,
Comprising Day Beeks, Ledgers, Cash Beeks,
Sales Beeks. Bill Beeks. Minute Beeks, Re
ceipt Beeks, Memorandums, Copying Beeks,
Pass Boekss, Invoice Beeks, &c.
WRITING PAPERS.
foolscap. Letter, Nete, Bill, Sermon, Counting
Heuse, Drawing Papers, Papcterics, &c.
ENVELOPES AND STATIONERY et all
kinds, Wholesale and Retail.
FAMILY AND TEACHERS' BIBLES,
Prayer Beeks, Devotional Beeks, Sunday
school Music Beeks, Sunday-school
Libraries, Commentaries. Ac.
SLEIGHS, JtC.
Carriages! Carriages!
AT
EDGERLEY & CO.'S,
FractlcalTarrlagc Builders,
Market Street, Bear or Central Market I louses,
Lancaster, Pa..
We have en hand a Large Assortment et
BUGGIES AND CARRIAGES,
Which we offer at the:
VERY LOWEST PRICES.
All work warrantee:, uive ns a call;
JW-Bepalring promptly attended te.
One set of workmen especially employed for
bat purpose. fji26-ttd&w
WANAMAKERS
PARASOLS.
Twenty-flve silk parasol cover, embroid
ered in China with silver and geld, in quaint
and rather characteristic, but net extreme,
Cidncse designs, with wide borders and varie
gated silk lining, have been imported and put
en neat frames, with variety of sticks.
Fifteen of the twenty five have come te us.
They are in our collection of novelties, at $12.'
c shall have pleasure in showing you every
parasol wc ha e.
JOHN WANAMAKER.
Round counter. Chestnut Street entrance.
HOSE.
Perhaps you will admire. In passing, the con
siderable display of new heisery in the Arcade,
before you enter the store from 'Chestnut
street.
There are 500 ether styles wlthh,i,whlch there
Isn't room te show in the Arcade.
JOHN WAJTAMAKBP..
Outer circle, Chestnut-street entrance.
SHIRTS.
Gentlemen can see at aglanec 100 new French
Pcnang shirtings. Shirts made te measure,
Si.50 ; cut at the counter by a cutter who has
no superior.
JOHN WANAMAKER.
Oval counter, west of Chestnut street en
trance. CxVRPETS.
We ought net te emit carpets ; but it Is tee
late te say anything mere than the general
fact that we have one et the largest, and some
say the very choicest, collections of carpets
in the city.
JOHN WANAMAKER.
Northern gallery.
DRESSES AND CLOAKS.
Silk dresses et our own styles, net te be
found elsewhere till they are copied, at $15, $17
and $18 ; and cloth dresses at $10 te $ 0.
Misses' and children's dtcsseset flannel and
cloth ; new. AUe debeige dresses, net new, at
less thun lulf of last season's price; viz: $3 and
$4-
Ladies' and children's spring wraps also in
great variety.
JOnN WANAMAKER.
Southeast corner or building.
LINENS.
J list received a large quantity et Irish shirt
ing linens: uncommonly satisfactery: 2S te
75 cents, tome remnants at three quarters
value.
Sheeting and pillow linens of many makers.
Neiitc.it you plea-c, 100-inch sheeting at $1,
and 45 inch pillow at 4) cents.
A certain three-quarter napkin at $3 a dozen
hiis been compared witli one considered a bar
gain elsewhere at a higher price.
JOUN WANAMAKER.
City Hall Square entrance.
COTTON-AND-WOOL DRESS-GOODS.
Here arc three cotton-and-wool dress cloths
et single widths In browns and grays.
lialcrne cloth, like alpaca, but heavier, 11
cents.
Cashmere beige, in appearance somewhat
like the $1 melange described above; plain, 15
cents ; twilled, IS cents.
JOHN WANAMAKER.
Third circle, cast from centre.
HOSE.
Twenty-live styles et English half and three
quarter hose ; plai, striped open-work cotton;
plain, striped and embroidered and open-work
lile, 30 te 78 cents. These, taken together
with the German hosiery, which we have late
ly spoken of, etceeil in vanety any children's
hosiery stock anywhere.
JOHN WANAMAKER.
Outer circle, Chestnut-street entrance.
CORSETS.
The Jfarget corset for stout figures, very
long and with wide band at the bottom, which
wc have bi-en out et for some time, is new
here, $2. Wc have also a general assortment
of French, Ucimannnd American corsets.
JOUN WANAMAKER.
Southwest corner et building.
CARPETS.
HIGHEST CASH PRICE 1VIL1. BE
PAID FOB EXTRA KICK
' CARPET RAGS.
Carpets made te order at short notice and
satisfaction guaranteed.
Rare chances In Carpets te reduce stock et
6,000 Yards Brussels Carpets,
AT AND BELOW COST.
Call and satlsty yourself. Alse, Ingrain, Bag
and Chain Carpets in almost endless variety .at
H. S. SHIRK'S
CARPET TTAT.T.
203 WEST KINO STBEET,
LANCASTER PA.
itARPETB, COAL., &c.
PHILIP SCHUM, SON & CO.,
MANUFACTORY,
Ne. 130 SOUTH WATEB STREET,
Lancaster, Pa.,
Well-known Manufacturers of Genuine
LANCASTER QUILTS,
COUNTERPANES,
COVERLETS,
BLANKETS,
CARPETS.
CARPET CIIAIN,
STOCKING YARN, 4c.
CUSTOM RAU CARPETS A SPECIALTY.
LANCASTER FANCY
DYEING ESTABLISHMENT.
Dress Goods Dyed either in the piece or in
Garments; also, all kinds of silks. Ribbons,
Feathers and woolen Goods Dyed. Gen
tlemcn's Coats, Overcoats, Pants, Vests, ftc.
Dyed or Scoured ; also, Indigo Blue Dyeing
done. All orders or goods lelt with ns will receive
prompt attention.
CASH PAID FOR SEWED
CARPET RAGS.
COAL. GOAL.
Ceal et the best quality put np expressly ler
family use, and at the lowest market rates.
TRY A SAMPLE TON.
YARD 150 tOUTH WATER STREET.
22-lvdRSl PHILIP SCIIUM, SON & CO
"TO INVENTORS.
W. H. BABCOCK,
Attorney-at-Law, et Washington, D. C, form
rty an examiner In U.S. Patent Office, offers
his services as solicitor before the U. S. and
Foreign Patent Offices. Careful work at fair
prices. W as associate et Mr. Jacob Stauffer. el
Lancaster, until the lattcr'a death. .
H0-3tEUtw
ABVEBTIBEMENT.
SCOTCH GINGHAMS.
Mere Scotch zephyr ginghams arc in te-flav.
but net nil by any means. Our prise is 31
cents ; 40 Is the New Yerk price.
New, don't suppose that such a difference as
that means anything whatbvtr In the ging
hams. It does net. It means simply that we
buy of the makers, anil save one profit.
JOHN WANAMAKER.
Fourth circle, Thirteenth Strectentrance.
DOMESTIC GINGHAMS.
If you would rather buy a coarser or heavier
gingham, that leeks J iiRt as well a little way
etr, at 15 cents, the Madras zenhvrs. et Ameri
can make, are what you want. They are last
colors tee.
Then the Zanzibars, at 18 cents, are alltlle
heavier and closer woven. The me 'est Chev
iot plaids at 15 cents and secrsnekers at 15 and
18 cents are here also.
JOHN WANAMAKER.
Four th circle north from center.
LADIES' CLOTHS.
An entire counter Is devoted te the ladles'
cloth ler dresses. There's nothing new In
them but the colors, plain and illuminated.
New ladles' cloths are here. It I useless te sav
mere of these laverite stuffs.
JOHN WANAMAKER.
Third circle south from centre.
MEDIUM WOOLEN DRESS-GOODS.
There arc three notable woolen dress fabrics
at$l.
Melange pin checks, of five colors. The warp
Is ornunilerm light shade in each; the woei
Is of alternate clusters of threads, three or four
being light and the next three or tour having
twisted with fhem a thread of darker shade.
Woolen sateens of eight colors, mere or less
mixed In carding. The sateen effect is pro
duced by heavy warped threads thrown al
most wholly en the surface ; they Jump three
or tour of the fine warn threads and nass
under only one. The warp scarcely comes te
nes te
age.
; dif
. This
me lace at an, as you can e iy me seivaj
creise uasninere or mieen plain colors
fers from ordinary cashmere in the twill
is, proeauiy, no ectt-r moneys worth than the i
ethers; but almost exactly the same has just
been offered ns at wholesale for a llltle mere
money than weare selling it at.
JOUN WANAMAKER.
Third circle south of centre.
SILKS.
Heavy rich damasse silks of all colors, $2.75;
last season's $5 and $S goods ; arc new selling in
prcterawce te the latest novelties, ofceur.se en
account of richness and price. Plain silks of
the same colors te combine with them.
The following are just received from our
buyer resident in Paris :
Pongees, richly embroidered by hand, witn
sprays of flowers and with birds. The prices
et these ready te-day are $28 te $30 per piece of
4J yards. Mere are coming.
New designs in French foulards, $2.
Bayadere embre stripes. Here's one, ler ex
ample; garnet embre into geld alternating
with geld embre into bronze ; stripes halt a:;
inch wide and no interval between.
Chequered damasscs. Gorgeeng with
coler: variety of designs, the only feature
common te them all being the arrangement in
squares, net unlike a chequer-beard. $2 te
$4.75.
JOHN WANAMAKER.
Next outer circle Chestnut st. entrance.
HOSIERY.
Misses and boys French ribbed hose at 40 te
55 cents, according te size ; 0 te 8 inch ; is
said te be selling elsewhere at 65 te 80 cents.
Cardinals, navy blue and ecru.
JOHN WANAMAKER.
Outer circle, Chestnut Street entrance.
DOMESTIC CALICOES.
Chintz of indigo-blue ground with white
polka dots of various sizes and ether little fig
ures net unlike the dots of the American
make, at 10 cents, is a great favorite.
Calicoes In general arc 8 cents ; but Heme
patterns are 5, simply because they are net
liked se well.
JOHN WANAMAKER. ,
Fourth circle, nert'ijast freui centre.
JOHN WANAMAKER.
IRON
rKON BITTEKS.
IRON BITTERS!
A TRUE TONIO.
IRON BITTERS are highly rcoemniendcd ter all diseases requiring a certain and effi
cient tonic; especially
INDIGESTION, DYSPEPSIA, INTERMITTENT FEVERS, WANT OP APPE
TITE, LOSS OP STRENGTH, LACK OF ENERGY, &c.
It enriches the Uloed, strengthens the muscle, and gives new life te the nerves. It acts
nfc,? $ en c dcsve organs, removing all dyspeptic symptoms, such as Tasting the
feed. Bitching, Htatxn th Stomach. Heartburn, et. The only Jren Preparation that will
net Dlackeu the teeth or give headache. Sold by all druggists. Write ler the ABC Boek, 32
pp. of useful and amusing readingsent frte.
BROWN CHEMICAL COMPANY,
i2" BALTIMORE, MD.
Fer Sale at Cochran's Drug Stere, 137 and 139 North Queen street, Lancaster. :
NOTICE.
A TTENTION, HOUSEKEEPERS I
MOVING! MOVING! MOVING!
Personal attention given te all kind of MOYINGS this Spring.
BEST OF CARE AND REASONABLE PRICES.
-Ltave orders ler day and date et moving, or address te
J. C. HOUGHTON,
CARE
M. A. HOUGHTON,
Ne. 25 NORTH QUEEN STREET, LANCASTER, PA.
HOTELS.
MISI1LEB HOUSK,
(formerly Clarenden.)
113 and 115 SOUTH EIGHTH STREET ( below
Chestnut), PHILADELPHIA, Pa.
On the European plan. Meals at all hours, at
moderate rates. Reems, sue., 75c and 91 per
day. Hetel open all night.
AUKL M1SHLER & CO., Prep's,
Formerly or the Mlshler Heuse, Reading, Pa.
Habrt Stbwabt, Supt.,
, JFermerly of the St. Clair, Atlantic City.
WANAMAKEB'S ABTEBTISEMEMT.
BOUQUET SQUARES.
The bouquet squares of sateen are a late
thought from that wonderful city where every
body vies with everyhedy as te who shall pro
duce tlmlate-t new thing. Nobedv has them
here or in New Yerk, se far as we knew. We
sheuld'nthave them ourselves for some weeks
yet. but for our buyer resident in Paris,
whescduty it is te send us promptly every
thing new. Since their arrival, especially,
sateens are rising in favor.
At the risk of being tiresome, let us rCDeat :
Our sateens are mostly small figured ; though
we have about 60 styles of large figured. There
arc also plain colored sateens et the color of
the ground of every stvle we have, ler combi
nation with the Ugnrcd. The bouquet squares
also tee combination with the figurcd,'theugh
in a different way, are each less than a yard,
and consist et a plain ground with wide bor
der et darker shade, and wit!: a large bouquet
in two corners diagonally opposite. The ac
companying fashion plates show hew they
are draped. One docs net easily believe that
these bouquets are cotton prints ; but they
arc.
JOHN WANAMAKER.
Fourth circle, Thirteenth Street entrance.
CHECKS.
Black-and-white, blue-white, green-and-white.
and various mix-colored checks In three
sizes, all quite small ; fabric either wool, or
cotton-and-wool, as yen may prefer, at 75
cents.
When wool and cotton and-wool are at the
same price, you probably expect te find a dif
ference in the appearance of the goods t
make even the difference in material.
tfiiHN WANAMAKER.
Second circle, east from centra.
CHECKS AGAIN.
The same checks in sllk-andwoel ; but the
silk has nothing te de with the checks. Three
solitary heavy silk threads et brizht color
two checks apart, cress three ether iust such
threads et the same bright color ; and there's
a coppery plaid ever tne checks ! or blue ! or
another color ! It Is like a delicate veil ever a
lady's lace; doesn't hurt the faee a bit some
times. $i.w.
JOHN WANAMAKER.
Third circle, southeast from the centre.
A PLAID.
A new woolen plaid or very quiet though
marked effect, lias a figure about three inches
square. The peculiarity of it is, perhaps, that
you don't knew exactly where tue figure be
gins, or comes te an end ; and the colors are
no mere pronounced n,an the figure. Frem
the double medcatv of lenn and color, comes
the quietcll'cct et the whole. l.te. '
.IOU.N WANAMAKER,
Third circle, south of centre.
FURNITURE.
A clue te the character ei our itirniturc
without seeing it. T.ike, for example, a bed
room suite et three pieces.
Lewest prices :
Ash, weed tops $26
Anether style, walnut or nsh, marble
such as arc in every lurnimre store ; common
weed and common work. We keep also a
small assortment of '-cottage" or painted sets.
lowest prices in first-class work :
Walnut, weed tops $47.
Same style in mahogany 50.
of a plain style, but proper for some rooms in
any house, no matter hew rich. .
Lowet prices in elegant werk:
M.tplcer walnut. Tciuiessee marble teps.l 85
Lewest price iu luxurious werk:
Walnut, Tennessee marble tops $123
Same style in mahesany 135
A very chaste and noble style, perfection et
work :
Maple, weed tops $165
tame In mahogany 173
We have very large assortments both below
$100, and between $100 nnii 200. At higher
prices there is no higher quality ; only mere
costly decoration.
JOHN WANAMAKER.
The western gallery.
BITTEltS.
RON BITTEKS.
SURE APPETISER.
OF -
OilOCEKIES.
PURE WINES AND L.I&UORS
FOB
Melicinal Purposes, Fresh Groceries and Pere
Spices at - RIAtf WALT'S,
NO. 205 WEST KIN STREET.
fcbl9-lyd
1 RAIN SPECULATION
VT In large or small amounts. 925 or 920,000
Write W. T. SOULE & CO.. Commission Mer
chants, 130 La Salle street, Chicago, 111., for cii
' ni&f-iyd
Lancaster Intelligencer.
TUESDAY EVENING, AFBIL 5, 1881.
AGRICULTURE.
MEETING OF THE COCNTr SOCIETY.
Crep Reports Fair or Ne Fair' hew We
Are Poisoned "The cutaipa Tree
Subjects far Discussion
at Next Meetiuir,
&c, &c.
The Lancaster County Agricultural and
Horticultural society held a state! meeting
in their room in city hall yesterday after
noon. The reading of the minutes of last meet
ing was en motion dispensed with.
The following members and visitors
were present :
Messrs. Jes. P. Witmer. president. Par
adise ; 31. D. Kendig, secretary. Cress
well ; Dr. Wm. Cem n ten. citv : Jehn C.
Linville, Gap ; Henry 31. Eu-jle, 3Iar:ctta;
S. P. Eby, city ; Henry Kurtz, 3Ieuut
Jey ; Frank R. Diffendcrfler, city ; J. 31.
Johnsten, city ; Jehn II. Landis, 3Iillers
ville ; Dr. C. A. Greene, city ; C. A. Gasr,
city ; Jehnsen Miller, Warwick ; W. W.
Griest, city ; C. L. Hunsccker, Manheim ;
W. H. Biesius, Druniore ; Jehn Iluber,
Pequea ; Israel L. Lnndis, 3Iaaheim ;
Cyrus Nefl; 3Ianer ; J. Heffman Hershey.
SaLinua ; I. G. Arneld, Drumoxe ; 3Ir.
liuckw.ilter.
Jehn J. 3Ioere, of Druniore township,
was proposed fur membership and elected.
T 1 "W . ....
rresiaeiit w uraer said no hud withm a
few days received a note from J. B. Lichtv
in which he says, if the society holds a
fair next fall, he willguaraulue a profit of
8150 te $200 from the the publication of
the premium list. Dr. Greei e had recently
said that he would guaiautce $500 prel.t
te the society if the lair was run en a plan
suggested by him.. Piesidcnt Witraer
added that if it was the iut.aticn of the
society te held a fair, new veuld be the
proper time te take action.
Dr. Greene said he had no doubt that
:r i. i
ii jjiuiupi. unu proper cneris were maac
the society could give a fair that would of
he profitable te itself and a credit te the
county, and new is the time te commence
making arrangements. Farmers want
five or six months in which te prepare
some of their exhibits. The names of
proposed exhibitors should be sccuicd and
published widely. There are many in
dustiial interests that will be only tee
glad te have an opportunity of displaying
their manufactuics te the public. While
he had no desire te have any control of
the fair, aira thought it would be much
better for the society te have entire con
trol of it, he would stand by the offer he
had made en a former occasion, aud for
feit $500 if the fair proved unsuccessful,
if run en the plan suggested by him. It
should embrace live stock of all varieties,
farm produce of all kinds, manufactures
and machinery of all kinds, fruits of every
varicts, and liberal inducements should be
held out te all industrial interests te
exhibit the besf of their several products.
The fair should be widely advertised, and
talked up and written up for mouths in
advance, aud it would certainly prove
successful.
II. 3L Engle said if a few men a& lib
eral as Dr. Greene were te take held of the
matter, the fair could undoubted! v be
made a success. He did net think, hnv
evcr, it should be conducted under indi
vidual auspices. The society Mumld at
once take held of the matter and pi'sli it
forward instead of holding it back. The
first thing te be done is te secure proper
grounds A committee for the purpose
should be at once appointed. Ample space
should be secured ; experience has shown
that the Northern market house is net the
place te held a county fair. What has
been done can ba done acain ; wc have had
geed fairs in years geno by, and we can
have them again ; farming is net
geiug backwards but forward ; ether
counties held geed fairs annually and there
is no geed leasen why Lancaster county
should be behind them. There is no rea
son for being cast down simply because
our last fair, held at the wrong time and
place, had proved a failure.
3Ir. Kurtz favored holding another fair.
There are plenty of farmers in the county
who own plenty of superior stock and who
grew supciier products, and they have
sufficient county pride te exhibit them if
proper inducements are held out te them.
31r. Witnier said that if ear farmers had
felt an interest in exhibiting their products
there was plenty of room for them in the
Neitheni market last fall, where they
could have shown everything except live
stock and heavy machinery, and yet the
market' house was net half "filled with ex
hibits. 3Ir. Eby said we used te have geed fairs
before the war, but after the troops took
possession of the fair grounds, pulled down
the shedding and fences and burned the
timber the society collapsed. These fairs
were made successful by liberal subscrip
tions from the hotel keepers and ether
business men, who subscribed from $5 te
$50 each te promote the fairs. Unless the
business men of Lancaster come forward
and pledge themselves for an amount suf
ficient te meet all prebable expenses lie
would oppose holding another fair.
Dr. Greene made a motion that a com
mittee of three or mere be appointed by
the president te canvass the city for sub
scriptiens, te call especially upon business
men, mechanics, manufacturers and men
of wealth, aud solicit their assistence and
support ; Jthe committee te rjpert te next
meeting.
Mr. Euglc moved, te amend by making
it a part of the duty of the er tnmittee te
leek arennd for suitable grounds en which
te held the fair.
The amendment was accepted and the
motion as amended was adopted.
The chair appointed Dr. C. A. Greene,
H. 31. Engle and Henry Kurtz said com
mittee ; but 3Iessrs. Engle arid Kurtz
both declined, en the ground that the
committee should be resident of Lancas
ter. The chair then substituted the
names of"-Wm. 3IcCemscy and Dr. Wm.
Compten.
Dr. Compten positively declined. He
expected te be very busily eugaged in
another matter for seme months, and
would net have any time te devote te the
interests of a fair. Besides, he was op
posed te holding one, and prophesied that
the society would run itself $2,500 in debt
if it held one. He had been mixed up in
ene fair, and he wished te wash his hands
all connection. with another. If, however,
the society resolves te held a fair he will
de all he can te make it a success. '
3Ir. Hunsccker spoke of the success of
the old time fairs, and had no doubt that
sufficient funds could be collected te
make the next one a success.
As Dr. Compten positively lefuscd te
serve en the committee, the chair substi
tuted the name of Israel L. Landis.
Crep Reports.
Henry Kurtz said the condition of the
crops in the vicinity of 3Ieuut Jey was
rather discouraging ; the wheat leeks
sickly and is getting wen-e under the ac
tien of bad weather ; clever and timothy
is in general a failure ; many farmers
have plowed up their grass fiehU aud will
plant them in corn or ether crops.
II. 31. Engle said that the condition of
the crops had changed, but little since
last month ; it is tee seen as yet for
farmers te begin te creak ; there are
plenty of chances yet for a geed crop of
wheat if the season should net
prove unfavorable ; much of the
gras3 is, of course, frozen out, but
what is left may make a pretty geed yield.
As te fruits he believed all the peach buds
in his neighborhood had been killed ; he
bad examined great numbers of them and
all were dead ; apricots 'and ether tender
fruits have also been killed ; apples are
Tint: initir-Afl lint fitt fhw tx n rkflF .!,
a full crop cannot be expected ; pears
stand severe cold without injury and a
geed crop may be expected. He bad been
astonished te find that several half-hardy
varieties of grapes and raspberries, which
had in former winters, much milder than
last winter, been killed, were new unin
jured. The rainfall for the past month
was one of the heaviest be had ever no
ticed, being C inches.
S. P. Eby said he had a small peach
orchard en high ground near 3IeuntvilIe
that did net appear te have been injured
by the winter ; he had examiucd a ureat
many of the buds aud feuud that while
they were brown outside they weie green
and healthy looking within.
J. C. Linville, of Salisbury said that the
wheat in his neighborhood had been well
manured, looked pretty well, but all the
rest looked bad much worse than when
the snow first melted ; it had beeu much
injured by the recent frosts and rains.
The result teaches one geed Icssep : if
we expect te grew geed crops of winter
wheat wc must manure them well. Rasp
bci'rics, blackbeiries, and ether small
fruits appear te be uninjured ; the peach
uiuls are all Killed but the weed is unin
jured. His grass appears te be nearly all
killed and he will plow up the fields and
put in Hungarian grass aud ether crops
for fodder. lie asked if any of the mem
ber had had any experience iu sewing peas
ns a substitute for grass. '
Mr. Engle answered that he had sewn
peas with eats, and found thorn te de very
well as green fodder, and he had no doubt
they would de well dried.
31. D. Kendig mentioned as a peculiar
circumstance the fact that he had a 3Iar
seilles rose, a variety that florists say
will net stand the winter which he had
kept outside for several winters in succes.
sten, and notwithstanding the severity of
the past wi liter, the stock was net frozen.
He reported the young grass and clever in
his neighborhood as being a failure, some
of the farmers having sewn their fvM
three times without securing a setting of
grass, and would plow up the fields. He
further reported that there was last year
mere stall-fed cattle in Maner than ever
before, and most of them had been sold at
geed prices 5 and 5 J cents per pound anil
some ehoice cattle ac 6 cents. The stock
was fed with the object of securing mere
manure. About 40 per cent, of the tebac
co crop has been sold at geed prices, and
prices arc still maintained.
Mr. Linville, reported in behalf of
Daniel Smcycb, that while many varieties
of cherries had been injured by the severe
winter the " Lancaster cherry " had
weathered it uninjured.
Win. II. Brosius, of Drumerc, said that
some fields of wheat looked very well and
ethers very bad, the prospect foraciep
being below the average. The grass fields
are all very thin.
President AVitmer said that Paradise
township was about en a par with ethers
reported ; wheat does net leek se well as
when the snow first left ; grass in some
places is pretty well set ; a great many
cattle were stall-fed and disposed of, but
net at quite such geed prices as were men
tioned by Mr. Kendig ; tobacco gees off
slowly, some of the local buyers having
gene all the way te Juniata county for
leaf, while the bulk of the crop iu their
own township remains unsold.
Mr Eujile advised farmers te be net tee
hasty iu plowing down their young grass ;,
in may wttli . iavorable weather come up
thicker than they new expect, and with
the wild grasses may make a pretty fair
crop ; better let the grass grew till June
than cut off what tliere-is of it, and if it is
net a lull crop, plow down the stubbie
and sew Hungarian grass or millet, which
only require sixty days te mature. If you
determine, however, te grew eats, the
grass fields must at enca be plowed down.
Iren Pyrites n m Fertiliser.
Dr. Greene said he had a bushel or two
of a fertilizer which be would like te dis
tribute among farmers who will give it a
trial ; he will willingly give a quart or
two te all who apply. It is nothing mere
than iron pyrites, decomposed by long ex
posure te the atmosphere,and is composed
largely of sulphur aud alumina. It is net
only a geed fertilizer, especially for fruit
trees, but it is a sure preventive against
insect pests, lie has no interest in it
whatever, but having witnessed its valu
able effects he would like ethers te give it
a trial. .
Dr. Greene read the following essay :
Hew Vfe Are Pel-one:!.
Thousands of persons die every year
from poisons taken into the stomach. I
propose briefly te show in what manner it
is done, and also te show that thousands
of persons also suffer pains, some of them
almost indescribable, from the absorption
of poisons into the body. On the outside
of the body arc millions of little holes
called absorbents, which have the power
like a suction-pump of drawing into the
body almost anything that may come in
contact with the skin. Hence it is. a self
evident fact that under no consideration
should poisons of any kind behandled behandled
ner should they be taken into the ali,
mentary canal: The object of a man or
animal's stomach and intestines is te con
vert teod into bleed, and any foreign sub
stance in thc3c organs acts (like a splinter
in the flesh) irritautly. Hence they are
contra-indicated. Newspapers throughout
our commonwealth often publish receipts
and items en physiology that are truthless
and worthless and often exceedingly in
jurious. In a March number of the Phila
delphia Recerd sulphate of zinc and fox
glove (or digitalis) are called a sure
remedy for small pox, and yet both of
them are powerful poisons ; one grain of
foxglove, which is the l-483th part of an
ounce, has been knewu te produce vertigo,
extreme pains, dimness of vision, and a
reduction of the pulse from 80 te 40 beats
a minute. Iu the same issue was the fol
lowing receipt :
' A solution of oxalic acid is the best for
scouring and polishing copper. Finish
with whiting."
New as editors are neb chemists or phy
sicians, why will they in their reckless
manner give such statements te their
readers? The blacksmith' who never saw
our astronomical instruments, does net
force his c-iude conceptions of celestial
borders upon the people. Oxalic acid is
also a very dangerous poisons, and only a
few grains of it taken into the stomach
will produce disastrous symptoms and
death, and merely handling it may intro
duce into the system sufficient te
produce thousands of unnecessary
pains and aches. It should never be
found in your home ; it is as dangerous
as a rattlesnake.
COPPER CTEXSItS.
.Many farmers de a large amount of cook
ing for themselves and their at tie, poul
try, &c, In -copper and brass kettles.
Any of them when net used for a time
are lined with verdigris, called in the
books subacetate of copper, also oxide of
eepper, and it is soluble in water and is a
virulent poison. Brass kettle are made
from copper and zinc. Any acid will
always act upon metals. If yen stew
apples, cranberries, tomatoes or any fruit
or vegetable that is of an acid nature, the
acid eats or corrodes the copper or zinc
and forms usually acetate of copper or
zinc. Ne matter hew small the quantity
swallowed it is a foreign substance,as well
as poisonous and pralucas indigestion.
The acid of apples is called malic or serbic
acid, ana u it comes in contact with cop
per, zinc, lead or tin, will produce
malatate of copper, zinc, lead
and tin. The fermentation of
apples or cider, made from apples, pre-.
duces vinegar, which is dilute acetic acid,
and it will also produce the same chemical
changes if it has the opportunity, and the
results will be acetate of copper, acetate
of zinc, lead and tin. When the milk
become sour it produces lactic aeid which
will act iu the same manner as the two
acids, and form lactate of copper, lead,
zine and tin, and all of thesa inutaU are
poisonous, and every euc injures the health
of the individual who has eaten them in
his or her feed. Dyspepsia in seme of its
forms, paralysis, neuralgia and affection
of the organs of the body,are the sequences.
I would as seen have a copperhead snake
in my house as a brass-or copper utensil for
cooking purposes. If they are sceuicd ever
se clean, the acid will act upon them even
mere readily. It is a common occurrence,
when pickles become a little changed in
the spring, te put pickles and vinegar in a
copper or brass kettle and boil them for a
time and they come out much improved
in appearance, and handsomely greened.
This bi iiiht color is acitate of cop yer. Tin
vessels also leso their lustre by long expo
sure, and forms a poison called oxide of tin.
Lead pi; es have been u-seil for mauy years
te convey drinking water : if it stands ,
for some time iu the pipe the oxide of lead
is formed and any ene drinking it is poi
soned. The quail and partridge in the cold win
ter months cat poison berric3, and in this
way they contaminate their flesh and in
jure the health of the one who eats it.
Acetic acid is distilled vinegar. If you
take eue pint of acetie acid and seven pints
of water, and uuite together, yen have
eight pints of vinegar.
SOAP.
Seme soap makers, regardless of the
consequences, tike the tallow or fat of
diseased animals and make them into
soap. The unchanged virus is absorbed
into the bidy while being used for wash
ing purposes. If you cook lemons in a
brass or copper kettle the acid of the fruit,
called citric, will act upon the metals in
the same m inner and form citrate of cop
per, zinc, &c.
HAIR BRUSHES.
Many persons use the hair brush of
another individual, or the barber uses
upon a hundred or a thousand heads the
same brush. If any of his patrons have
tetter, eczema, syphilis or ether skin dis
ease, it can be readily conveyed te any one
whose head is briskly rubbed with it. In
the above and many ether ways are poi
sons conveyed into the body, and the
victim of the virus may suffer all hs life
from the effects, i have brought for in
spection some of these poisons, and te
show hew small a quantity of copper will
by the laws of affinity make itself known.
I propeso te add et.e drop of a solu
tion of nitrate of copper te eue hundred
drops et water, and then add ene drop of
aqua ammonia te the colorless liquid, and
it will at once become beautifully biue. I
will couclude by saying that there is a
friend of mine in this city who lias ever
100 tumors en his body occasioned by his
handling paints.
At the close of his essay Dr. Greene
made a number of chemical experiments
with the poisons referred te in the essay.
3Ir. Engle said it was news te him that
the souring of milch in tin cans produced
a poisonous acid, aud yet there seemed te
be no doubt it would de se.
Iu answer te questions, Dr. Greene said
that tin was a less dangerous metal te be
brought in contact with feed than zinc,
brass or copper. Iren vessels may be safely
used as cooking utensils, as when iron
taken iu proper proportions is net injur
ious ; but people usually get enough of it
in the feed cooked in iron vcssls, without
taking it as a medicine.
3Ir. Linville believed there was great
daugcr of beiug poisoned by the use of
milk kept in tiu pans, aud thought dairy
men made a great mistake in substituting
tin cans for the old-iashieued earthen
crocks. If vessels of puie block tin were
used and were kept scrupulously clean
there might net be much danger iu using
them, but unfortunately, the se-called
tinware contained a large proportion of
lead which is much mere readily decom
posed by acids than tin aud is also a much
mere virulent poison He also spoke of
the danger of poison from beiiiug apple
butter in copper-kettles ; and yet he and
everybody else uses copper-kettles for
this purpose. As people will have apple
butter, he advised that the kettle be
scoured scrupulously clean ; that the
cider be immediately put into and heated
as seen as possible, and that all the apple
butter be removed from the kettle before
it cools, as the decomposition of the cop
per and the. formation of the poison gees
en much mere rapidly when the acid of
the apple-buttcr is cold than when it is
het.
The Colelpa Spistesa.
3Ir. Engle rend an interesting article en
the Catalpa spisiesa tree, wherein the
writer, 3Ir. Douglass, pays it a deserved
cemplimci t as being eue of the most val
uable of trees. It is mere durable than the
locust, makes an elegant shade tree, grows
rapidly, and can be easy grown as far
north as latitude 45. He urged farmers
te secure seeds or young trees which could
be get from Illinois nurseries, and per
haps elsewhere, at trifling expense.
Baslneps ler Next Meetlaa.
The following questions were proposed
for discussion at next meeting :
" What is the best way te repair worn
out lauds ?" Referred te Dr. Greene.
' Is land improved by lying many years
in grass ?" Referred te C. L. Hunsccker.
What de farmers "keep dogs for ?"
Referred te Wm. H. Brosius.
" What is a geed substitute for a geed
hay crop ?" Referred te Levi S. Reiat.
Adjourned.
m
If some enterprising Tel low would new cor
ner the market en Dr. Bull' Cough Syrup he
could make lib fortune : for there are thou
sands who would rather pay double the retail
price than be without thi valuable remedy.
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