THE 4 JDcuotcir to politics, literature, Agriculture, Science, ittoralitg, ana eueral Sfnteitigence. VOL.24. STROUDSBURG, MONROE COUNTY, PA FEBRUARY 15, 1866. NO. te JEFFERSONTAN. Published by Theodore Schoch. ! Assignee's er.3-T-.vo dollars a year in ailvanre-and if no , O Wid befirc the end of the ye:u, tw o dollars and fitfy Whereas, Jerome B. NojapSrdisSnued until all arrearages are paid, 'xceptjuthe option ofihej Editor linMP JUAdvcrtiseinciits of one square of (eigl.t lines) or fesertien, 50 cents. Longer ones in proportion. SE, E, one or three insertions au. t.arn :iuuiuunai JOB PRINTING, Execute in the Inchest rtvle of the Art. and onthe mu5trcaSor.Hbie terms. fiftSTITITi WATER. The astonishing success which hag alten- tfed this invaluable medicine proves it to be the most perfect remeriv ever dis covered No language can convey ;tn adequate idea ! Ihc undersigned appointed by the Or of the immediate and almost miraculous phans' Court of Monroe, Auditor to re- change which it occasions to the debilitated J t. a J a T : T anu Miduercu tyfcifin. in juci, m sianus un- rivalled as a remedy for the permanent cure of DiAUErns. iMPomxrv. t.oss of AiTTsntT.Art WEncr, physical prostration-, isdioes- , TIO.V, SOX UKTKXTIOX, Or IXCOXTINPNCK or vms mriTATiox, ixVlamation ..r ulcer- atio.v or the bladder and kidneys, dis- eases or the pnosTRATi: gland, stone in the bladder, calculus, gravel, or brick- vvst deposit, and ail Diseases or Aflections of the Bladder and Kidneys, and Dropsical Swellings existing in Men, Women, or Chil- dre- j for Ihosn Dix:tr.s Pec.KSiar t, let is :i ov:rci;t Sli-m- i ;iV- These Irregularities are the cause of ire - quently recurring disease, and through ne - elect the seeds of more rave and danger-! 6 ... , fc ou maladies are the resuii : and as month . after month passes without an criort being marie to assist nature, the difficulty becomes chronic, the patient uraduallv loses her ap- petite, the bowels arc constipated, night, sweats come on, and consumption finally ends her career. , 1 For sale by all Druggists. Price, $1. ! W. H. GREGG & CO.. proprietors. j Drcher, Esq., in the Borough of Strouds AI ORGAN & ALLEN, jburg, when and where all parties interes- General Agents, No. 46 Cliff street, N. . tedvc rcqn&5tci to attendj or they will February 1, IbJb-bm. j fcc debarred from CQming for their distrib. "T7 " 7 I p S utive shares of said" fund. issiportaiif to fiven'soav. ; s. holmes, jr.f Auditor. ' loi it t 10 -ior?" The subscribers woulAinfbrm the public ; very respectfu ly, that they are carrying on j &5 Sloot &Shoc Bi:f?i:sess : .at their old stand, one door above the 1 Express Ofiice, on Elizabeth St., Strouds- burg, Pa., where, they will be happy to: jvait on ineir 01a cusiners, ana as many ; iw ones as enn msure it convenient to call. t Jtlifv have dn hand a jrood arrortment of h v.,tt.c- e. Mir."c liuuio ojiio, .mm. misses' and childrens wear, Ofrum over Shoesand Sandals for men, youth; S misses. A ceneral assortment of La?tsjafc IU 0 clock 111 the lorenoou, wheu and Nwils. Pincers, Punclics, Eyeiettsand Jiiye-;t0 lettVlSetts, Pegs and Peg-Cutters, .Shoe Ilam- metis, Crimping Boards and .Screws, also, niiicmand binding skins, a good articie of lm. TT . 11 . TT I. A T .. J m I- T. "C n Trt Tanipico uooi morocco, xr FreniSi Calfskins, Lusting lanHpico uoouua.K-uu il anu ail Kinds 01 ShoeiSaker to Is, Ink Powder and Shoe' BlackViag, and Frank Millers water-proof oil bhlickmg. All ot which they oiicr lor cale atiall advance upon cost. Give us a! m "ie waiter 01 mc ccouni 01 uie m call noTciiar"-es for showinn-foods. - niiutratorof thel-Istatool John Smith, P. S.-SBouis and Shoes made to order and ; warrant- ClifARLES WATERS &. SON. , StroudsbunSUan. 18, 15G0. TtT'cj - W STORE CHEAP GOODS ! The undersigued respectfully informs, the public and his old customers, that he 1 his taken the btore itoom lormeriy oc cu pied by James A: Fauli, iu .trouds- r' nearly opposite the Methodist Epis- lr.irir noirlv nnnOSltP. ,op3 Church: 1 ; SCRATCH 2 SCRATCH ! SCRATCH ! His stock is composed of entirely New; Tf T Tf".p"h T Tt.pll Goods, laid in at reduced prices, and he. XbOX1 XtOll . Till sell them at small profits. j Try Hollinshead's Itch Ointment, a sure He has on baud a complete assortment ' curcfor tirat troublesome disease. War ct DRY GOODS, Cloths, Cassimcre. ntcd to cure, or the money refunded. Sutincts, and a full line of LADIES, $ot injurious. DRESS GOODS, Shalla De Laues, Prepared and sold at Amoors, Coatings, Calicoes, and a general , y. HOLLINSHEAD'S Drug Store. assortment of Ladies Dress lrimmings, and Yankee Notions. ions. ? s S5Si Tea and Bice. I . ALSO A good CERJES, such cs. and Svrups, Please give me a call, and see the: Important notice to Landlords and all goods aud prices. 'others in want of Butter aud Eggs, and all kiuds of, "OTyOTT1 T TTfcTiYYE? Q Country produce, taken iu exchange for JrUlbill XlL U JSS)&3 roods. JAMES B MORGAN. Stroudsburg, January 4, 186G. Saddle and Harness Manufactory. Th iinnVrfi;rnfid resnectfullv iuforms7e same quality can be jwrchased at in the cititens of Stroudsburg, and surroun- the cities. We also guarantee m every ding country, that he has commenced the' instance, our Liquors pure,and free from above business in Fowler's building, on ' all Drugs and compounds, and cordially Elizabeth street, and is fully prepared to invite Land Lords and all others in want furnish any article in his line of business, of anything in our line, to favor us with it short notice. On baud at all times, a a call, or, if more convenient, their orders, large stock of i which will always be met with prompt afc- rr lirJ. m 7 ir t . n,,r tentioo. and in either case jmrc Liquors Harness Whim, Trunks Vahce Car- at a t savivg ofm0neV. pet Bags, Horse-Blankets Dells, iay caJ1 attention to our Skates, Oil Uotlis, ac. iBaspbeury and Strawberry Syrups, Carriage Trimming promptly attended which for richness of flavor and taste, to. j cannot be surpassed. JOHN O. SAILOR. 8roud6burg, Dec. 14, 1865. Notice, Shaw and wife. of Hamilton Township, Monroe Co., Pa., have-made a voluntary assignment of their 7 t? utai uuu jiciauiiiii xj&uiiu, IU uiu SUUSCri- ber, for the benefit of his creditors; There- ! frim nil (linsn imlnlifml f- enl A Tn Irome B. Shaw, nrn monoid fn rrUn im. mediate navment to t bo snlisnririnr nnil , a,j th()Se iav; demarjds t th ;will present them immediately, duly au thenticated to the subscriber for settle ment. JEROME S. WILLIAMS, Assignee. Hamilton, Jan. 23, 1SG8. t Auditor's otice. fstafe Qf jn AS MET7G IR 7 ' I J'siaic J u u10 iuuisulk, aee a. port distribution of the funds in the , V T f r1 1 1 TT V 1 1 T i lianas oi unaries iionmanana uavia iye, I Administrators of the above named Estate, ...:n i- ' ;,lu.,m (U LIIU uuuljjj OJ IJIS ;muuiui- nicut. on Fridav. Februarv 16. 1866. at . i i. "r j i . V, V ' , ' Ul 0 .clok P "' Ut lh? Prothonotal7 s ; ff86 1,1 uisbur?f vrhcu and where j a" Pons interested and having claims ' agaiust Sam luiiu win present uie same, or be forever debarred from coming in for any share thereof. T1I0S. 31. McILHANEY, Jan. 18. 1SG6. Auditor jln the matter of the Account of the ! Administrator of the Estate of Lewis l Schrader, late of Stroud Tsp., dee'd. fn j - , . . . , ; J he iinriersmned Auditor appointed , , , , -T iv l int rr.hqn e Ciinrf nf IntirnA I'niinlT. 0 ni;lUr tr bution oi the funds in the hands of said Administrator, to and among '-nose eniitlcu llicreto, will attcnu to the duties of his appointment on Monday, the 19th day of February, I860, at 10 o'clock j in the forenoon, at the Office of S. S. i ; oirouusuuig, .jan. xc, jcuu. jJg Notice. Tu the matter of the Account of the Ad- miuislrator or Joseph bariieb, late ot l!o?8 Tsp., dee'd. The undersigned Audilor appoinied by t .lie Orphans' Curt of Monroe Countv. to 1 i: .t:ut,.: r ,i. rA : ,k . , ,. , , - . . . , I .lianas ot said Administrator, to and a- . ... . . . .,, .. 1 . . 1110:1 g ttiose entuieu tncreto, win attend to 1 the duties of his appointment on Satur- day the 17th day of February, 18G6, at attend, or they will be debarred from L.omjn jn ror ti,cir distributive shares of li-l:.jd fund S. HOLMES, Jr., Auditor. SirnuilsKnrr. .Lin. 18. IST.fi. o' - -j Auditor's Notice. late of Eldred Township, dee'd. The undersigned Auditor appointed bv , nrnbsins' Court, of Monroe Countv. i to make distribution of the fund in the , J hands of said Administrator, to and a-I monv; tno.se eniuieu tnereio, win aitena ; to the duties of his appointment on Fri- day, the lGth day of February 1866, at 10 o'clock in the forenoon, at the Office ' 1 of S. S. Dreher, Esq., in the Borough of f btroudsburg, when and where all parties interested are required to attend, or they I distributive shares of said fuud. S. HOLMES. Jr.. Auditor. Stroudsburg, Jan. 18, 186G : Stroudsburg, Jan. 11th, 18bb LIQUOR STORE. at very low prices. The undersigned having recently open ed a LIQUOR. STORE in the room for- ' rucrly occupied by Mr. Bobt. It. Depuy, I Stroudsburg, are prepared to offer'' Li (quous, Wines, &c, at prices ranging from 25 cts. to 1 0U per gallon less than J. S. WIJJjIAMS, & CO. Stroudsburg, July 13, 1865: IE VAN WAY. To bless the stomache or the head Some one should lead the Van',- By the Right Way we would be led, And now have found the man 1 He brin2S for a11 the staffof life Ana Ale tlie modem Wine, , With oysters too, a shell so rife With comfort half divine ! Tobacco and Cigars to smoke, Or chew, as suits you best, Crackers and Cheese a friendly joke Which never yet distressed ! And Nuts and Cakes and Candies too, 1 gSr T : So cean and good and fresh and new He satisfies them all ! The bell of Goetz may tinkle not, u;s Mead may all be dried Yet on the selfsame mra.lrd snct xei on uie sen-same meauc spot . , ., Are better things supplied ! His clock still ticks, beside the door, . A elsc is cIianed and ncw . UJe ft, 'as patronized before A greater now is due ! The stomache has its daily needs Which Van can daily fill, If tojiis Way your footstep leads, A way that's open still ! His Bread 'tis said, has often stilled A soured " family jar;" Each stomache and each breast has filled With sweetness known afar ! 1 hcre bread 18 always nfft . '""-'"""""""fi ..0 The heart cannot be lifiht ! . ' I; inner strength is full and sweet, I'll bet an eagle here, The outer man will "round his beat' With pleasure and good cheer ! Now I have shown you which the Way, And Leader of the Van, ! 'Tis neither " narrow" nor too " broad" Nor "dangerous" to man ! f j But I can safely here affirm It is a "pleasant Way,u For I have tried it for myself And am prepared to say ! Then to this Wau vou know the place - :u. .j... 6 J1 nmo ,.un vmi will vnr wsk fill. j j 1 By II. C. Le-van-way ! Stroudsburg, Feb. 12, 1S66. TO ELLA. (on her eleventh birth-day.) Eleven years ago to-day Was a moct dreadful storm, The wind it blew, the snow it flew, 'Twas hard to keep us warm, And yet there came a little thing, All helpless, cold and bare, And cried could ask no other way For our protecting care ! We took it in eleven years Has been our constant care ; For her in heat or cold or storm No pain too great to bear : The little thing, we first took in, Is now a school-girl grown ; What had she not been taken in And not our kindness known ! Eleven years, and now we look That she, from day to day, Will think of what our toil has been And what she can repay : If we behold this effort now 'Twill be a joy to know The wind it blew, the snow it flew Eleven years, ago ! PAPA. Water Gap, Feb. 8, 1866. For Hie Jeffersonian. Mr. WHACKHAKMER'S LECTURES; NO. VIII. FRIDAY. Tremble in your frocks and breecheS Whilst I talk of spooks and witches.' Get a broomstick I'm no joker Heat a horse-shoe and a poker ; Tie the cat, light up the garret ; Grease the door, or I will scare it.' Stretch your eyes and mouth asunder, Windows shake but not with thunder I Stand alarmed with fear arid wonder! Why Friday is doomed to be a hobgob lin to all eilly people I can't understand, unless it is because it was named origi nally after woman. As for myself I am altogether opposed to consecrating one seventh of my time to superstition ; and if enlightcudom is not going to give me that seventh along with the rest, I shall apply for a passport to Venus, J upiter or the moon. If a condemned criminal is to be hung it must be done on Friday. When this same criminal was married it was on another day. AH through his life he might have been careful to piok tip a pin with the head towards himand yet he is roped off the stage of life on Friday, He was always studying to be "lucky" , , , . , , , and yet he has a most unlucky end ! twenty years ago l Knew a iarmcr wuo menced on Friday. He is living yet and has a smaller farm to-day than he had thep ! In all the neighborhoods in which I have spent any time I have always heard of "spooking places." Of most of these pla ces stories are told which make the brain of the shallow-headed tingle with wonder. Apparitions with heads off and heads on! n, . t .. , , , Ghostly spectres in white, on horseback and on foot! Horrid wonders, yet never with thc skin of a nejiro or Indian ! 0, you sparking country lasses, think what is staked on you whilst your beaux are ,,; i. ' ,1. I, ,.ii t.., gaiiopmg Hume tnrougn tue btuau nuurs and the big hobgoblins ! Why I knew one such beaux to go six miles out of his way in order to shun a bridge of terror The poor fellow finally quit that spark - t , .... . mg ground entirely, choosing rather to nfAOlI 1tT TJ1..T T?wl..n inlmoA V. n Ti.Tnll..! nwijij niu iuu xnu-iu nnciu iiuanjr Tlinrriflil T lirtnn lin tt-;!! nMTir frtll tlin frequently went a mile and-a-half to the where below Easton, but his turn may Indian war that led to Bradoek's defeat farthercst fields of his farm, to strike a fur- come in with some other Lecture. -i "j This branch of thd report is row or two, by moonlight on Thursday! If you have yet a thinking mind - ! '""strated by a map, which is well worth fOTOo.t--l,.fl,0,nrn.i Reason to your thought be joined ;-3 studying and preserving. w,u.ufa, .v. .0. - N bhner sroon to "no if hlinrl " J-'ic report also 2ives an oxnoa t on of . j ""JIV 'V '" , - J ' "'J O J story to his children, for such stories have of liues in tlie several counties for the , i j i i . i j , x ! principal and iuterest due to the Gom been handed down too far already and I 1 1 ,., L t , J monwealth on account of unpatented want to see a veto. I saw a fellow the other day with his vest on wroug side out, I was curious to know the reason. He said it was the second day he had worn it , aving made the mistake when he Kot. up and it would only bring,bad luck to; change it before morning. I merely said Friday and passed on. A few days, agoJ,ucur b5' postponing uu uiu juuy wuum nub puiiuiu u visuur iu U 1...1 u :l finish the piece of work she had with her as the old lady said it was a sign she would not come again Friday. How many big creatures have been frightened out of what little seuse they had by that harmless little insect know'u as the death watch ! The little creature is merely calling his mate and the big creature trembles aud believes thc call is for him ! If a harmless little bird hap pens to dart in at the window or door and lights on a bed or chair there is trouble again. If a mirror gct3 broken, or a cat or dog act idiotic there is another "token!" The moon, to these weak-minded people, is a sort of half-deity. They do every thing by order of thc moon. When thc moon "points up" they go heads up ; if it points down they point down. From the shingles on their roof to thc cement on their cellar floor everything is done with the most nioonish exactness ! Fri day aud thc moon are powers these pecr ple would not question. They do not really like these powers ; they rather fear them, you could not hire them to sleep where the moon could shine on their face. They don't want to be blind ! I suppose when they come to die they will want to be burried when the moon points up, so they will have a hope of coming up too. An enemy might be put uuder when it points down. Now you sec friends, this 13 a little too much "point" for Mr. Whackhamnier. He would have considered himself a fool it he had not learned, loug ago, that every effect must follow a cause. If he had stopped at a seemiug effect with out hunting after a cause, he would have been a fool, just like those whom this Lecture hits! But he didn't make such a stop. He can remember very distinctly of half a dozeu occasions when Friday at tempted to block up his path, at night, but he never left the ground until he had found out the cause that tried to over power hirn with effect I So' strongly was this purpose fixed in his mind that when merely a boy, he dreamed one night that a ghostly apparition stood before his bed Mr. Ghost into nowhere ? From this cir cumstance he was called Whackhammer. Now, you old folks, I am just going to insist my protest against your telling chil Resolvin- to "do or die " he drew up his, ' " ." lb c 1 , . " 1 - ,nu our suPP,,e; ot beef, and liesoivin to or nc drew up 1 wa8 aceordlngly go sty led 1.1 the charter with tryscheneh to poistfu oiif pork it fist and as he chanced to be facing the wilich convoyed it t0 Penn, and which is sectns as if we will be compelled uexl wall he whacked away, striking the the foundation of all the land titles of tho summer, to live ouwhcat, coin and' vc-e- wall, waking himself up and knocking State. tables. Bread is called the staff of life"' dren those marvelous wonders which you cession agreed upon in Jimg.aml by U- . . , . 7 , j . , .. Ham Penn, proprietory and Governor of never tried to understand or explain for' , . ' . , . , . r the province of Pennsylvania, and those yourselves. Children take superstition ,yho are lhc adventures tin d purchasers in in far more readily than it can' be taken the same province, tho 11th of July. out again. We will not dispute the Fri-' 1681," These are ancient documents of day question with you but we do want v,crJ great interesi. Proud remarks of . , . . , ... the "conditions, that they "In part may yon to let us teach tho chnldren hotter , , , ' J. K J J be regarded as an essay towards a con- things. Superstition is to be expected st;tutiotl 0f government, according to the among the benighted heathen, but iri our powers granted Penn by charter." land, and in GUI' day, it should be hooted Next follows a highly interesting ac out Of ev6ry sane mind and all civilized couut of the various purchases of lands society. It was the uncultiyated imagin- 1ade from th. Itfdinns, by which it is r , , ; . c . , 1 shown that, " in a period of one hundred ation of the dark ages that first bred and tw0 yearSj tho ltitle of the Indians to these ovils which lighter ages have nour- au the lauds within the limits of .Penu ishe.d and perpetuated, even down to tho sylvania was extinguished and the Cbiri- tithe of Mr. Whackhamtiier. If he can stop these follies from going ally farther he is going to do it. If space would per- ' -k r n rt i i-i. jnnt he would like to say a word just here iu two wiwi x un-wow, ,uo lives some- ICHABOD W H AC K II AM MER. f Somewhere, Feb. 12, 1-8GG. ZZZ ivjiruiii xnJifeUjKVJSXUit-UJSflJSJt- AL. The report of Surveyor General Barr, aocumenu or more than usual interest It shows that the -recepts for ,anfj3 durug that porlion of Mr. Barr's official term which had ex- ru l . j pired when the report was drawn up (on- two years and seven months), exceeded thirteen thousand seven hundred and mnety-four dollars and ninety-eight cents the rcceil)ts from the samc source darn the preceeding nine years, or three full terms. Thc to(al sum put into the Treas- !,u,y by tl,e Land Department in these ; a,a u "7. u,u l a ;imi1 under one hundred aud fifty thousand i l i. j0jj2 ars. fPl. 1. . 1 i f t 1. ( xuu lutjurs coiuains me act oi vsiciiio- Iv of iMnv At I Hfi-t fhrptinfr tlio nntrr i . iands It .ljso C0IltaiIig tr,s act of March 19, 1858, defining the terms on which ! patents shall be issued to the owners of ; such lands, a he distribution of these 'Li i ,.,i au.- t i . i i duty under the law, at the same time that it will admonish them of the risk they the patenting of I tuuii lanus. The Surveyor-General says ; "Present indications point to a decline iu the ordinary business of the Land Of fice. Should this be the case, and the Surveyor General be enabled to employ j the greater part of his clerical force in making out the lists required by the act already quoted, these might be completed in the course of a few years. The entry of these liues in the several comities would bring defaulting land owners to a realizing sense of their obligations to thc Commonwealth, and probably result in thc payment of at least a million dollars iuto the State Treasury within a compar atively brief period thereafter. This De partment has no additional legislation to suggest, as it is believed that the act of May 20, 18G4, will in time accomplish a lull settlement of all arrearges for lands." Alter disposiug of the ordinary busi ness of the Department, the report pro ceeds "to recount certaru interesting facts which, whilst they belong to general his tory, yet have a particular connection with the lands of Pennsylvania." From these we learn that by the terms of thc charter from Charles II, dated March 4, 1GS1, the title to all the lands within the charter limits of Pennsylvania, v. as ves ted in ilham Pcnu and his heirs and assigns. William Penn was the son and heir of a distinguished Admiral in the British Navy, who, at his death, left claims a gainst the Crown amounting to 10,000. It was in liquidation of these claims that the grant was made. I'cun's first con ncctiou with America was as a trustee of the proprietor of West Jersey. The province of New Jersey was divided into East and West Jersey. In 1075 Lord Berkeley transferred the western half to John Fenwick, in trust for Edward Byl linge, both "of thc people called Qua kers." Becoming embarrassed. Byl linge transferred his interest to trustees, for the benefit of his creditors, and Penn became one of the trustees. Subsequen tly, as Proud the historian states, he and eleven other persous became the proprie tors of East Jersey. He also, in 1682, purchased from the Duke of York "the three lower couutieson Delaware," which now constitute the State of Delaware. It is popularly supposed that Pennsy lvania was so named by her founder in honor of himself, but this is an error. Penn wished to call the province New Wales, but the king, with most excellent taste, and to do honor to the memory of Admiral Penn, the father of William, in 'The charter is given at length in thc report, together with the" proclamation of the e King "to thc inhabitants and plan - is of Pennsylvania," announcing the ter rrant to Penn, and the "conditions or con- I t? ID . 'Ia .1 tit -v-k 1 nnr Afl m n llinra l li.ii.ni'fili'iinin niwl it ' 1. a . a fit monwealth became possessed of the owji- ershipof all the vacant lands within the Siiit1e' The wide extent of one of the last of these purchases. Avhich took away from thc abof. - e3 a ticIr faJ " grounds in the province, occasioned tho the leading tacts connected with the' boundary coutrovesiGS between Pennsyl vania and her neighbors, Marvland and"' ' Virginia, which resulted first in the run- ning of Mason and Dixoo's line to the I west end of Maryland, and subsequent,! ' in its extension to what is now the south- western corner of this State. In respect' ii. li i it- . ... , c . w u e xuaryiana dispute, it is shown that Lord Baltimore claimed up to the lati- tudc of Philadelphia, Bedford and Somer-- set,- above that of York and Chambers- burg, and not much short of that of Lan- custer city, whilst Penn claimed down to the region of 'Annapolis, below Baltimore, Frederick, Hagerstown and Cumberland. Virginia laid claims to Pittsburg and all that part of our State south of the Kiski miuetas River and west of the Chcsnut ridge ; whilst Pennsylvania clanncd a part of what is now iu Western Virginia. I he contension in this region was anry I and lonr continued. the histnrv nf iK J. 1 1 - 1 ' . , in aosoroinuiy Huerestjn''. Connecticut too laid claim to a part of thc soil of the old Keystone, and a com-7 panyof her settiers-cstablished and main-, tained themselves almost in the heart of the State. They were thc settlers at Wy oming, the beautiful valley around which hangs so much of romance, and within' wiiich was enacted so much of stern and terrible reality. This settlement led-to civil war, tt?e Pennsylvania sellers, baclr I ed by the Provincial Government, takin up arms against the Connecticut settlers,' who defended themselves with great spir it. This part of the report alio is of great interest. A history of the "Pennsylvania Popu lation qompany" and the "Holland Land Company," and of the squabbles and law suits that grew out of their purchase and. attempted settlement of large bodies of land iu the northwestern quarter of the State, is given in the report. The Surreyor-Gcueral concludes with thc remark that as his official term will soon expire, this would seem to be a very appropriate time for him earnestly to re-1 peat the recommendation made in a pre-" vious report, that thc unreasonable sum fixed in the bond which the Survevor-' General is required to give be reduced to' thc amount of the boud given by the' Auditor General. BEEF AND PORK IN DAITGER. The ravages of thc cattle disease in Europe still continue with a severitv which seems lo know a little abatement; The number of cattle slaughtered after be ing attacked by the plague or in order to' prevent thc iufcctiou spreading is im- mense, and there seems to be no means of contending successfully with the infection: Beef is, therefore, in Europe, a danger-' ous food, and to render the trouble worse' with meat eaters a disease has broken out among the hogs in Germany, which bid3 fair to put a stop to the eating of pork. It i3 called by the Germans ' tryschencn." The trichina is a small insectwhich, by some means, gets into the body of 'the hog and seems to propagate there at an amazing rate. This iuseet is so small that it cannot be perceived by the naked eye, and requires a microscopic examina tion to detect it. Killing the hog will not deprive these insects of life, and they withstand the action of strong chemicals: Boiling heat of two hundred rvnd twelve degrees will kill them, but it must pene trate to thc interior parts of the meat. They have been found alive iu the inte rior parts of boiled ham, although some were killed at the surface Smoked a'rrd dried pork nourish aud protect them. In sausages, frequently made up of pork nearly raw, they flourish, and they have occasioned many deaths, the symtoms be ing like those of cholera morbus. It waa reported recently that a yonni: lady had died at Chicago from trichina, the iusccta being detected in her body after death. This matter is very serious, and if it does not cause alarm it should lead to precau-. lion. Iieally it seems that the poeple of this couutry are in danger of bein- put .ti-.. ... . upuu a vegeiaoic diet: with the rinder- but.there are many who would rathnr tr.ivl el without a staff, stcppin-r forward with' 1 sturdy strides, in consequence of tho strengthening use of meat. They may not bo so independent hereafter, and may have to take up tho staff with their coun trymen out of precaution and Tor self-defense. Philadelphia Inquirer. A piece of ice was exhibited in Pro'vi denco recently which was placed in stofo fourteen years ago. It was as fresh and pure as when firat cut. A young lady at Chesterfield, Morgan gan county, Ohio, was recently shot dead, by the accidental cxplosiou of a gun, ?ust as she was kissing her lover to"bid !im gooa oye. lajjL : f There are ninc thousand shoem&fcere M New York City. - ,.H rjf
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