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VOL. 25.
STROUDSBURG, MONROE COUNTY, PA., DECEMBER G, IS6G.
NO. 2S.
Published by Theodore Schoch.
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most reasonable terms.
S. filOIflES, JK.,
ATTORNEY-AT-LAW, AND GENERAL
CLAIM AGENT.
STROUDSBURG, PA.
Qicc tcit It S. S. Drcher, Esq.
am ciamis uyainoi iuu uuvu liiwciii yivw
tuted with dispatch at reduced rates.
ju- . uu,a uu.jr w. .
$50 procured for Soldiers m the late ar,
riEC OF EXTRA CHARGE.
. August 2, 1660.
DR A. REEVES JACKSON,
PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON,
Begs leav'e to announce that, in order to
prevent disappointment, he will hereafter de
vote THURSDAY and SATURDAY ot
each week exclusively to Consultations
and Scroical Operations at his office.
Parties from a distance who desire to con
sult him, can do so, therefore, on those days.
Stroudsburg, May 31, ieC0.-tf.
Furniture ! Furniture .!
McCarty's flew Furniture' Store,
DREHER'S NEW BUILDING, two
doora below the Post-office, Strouds
burg, Pa. He is selling his Furniture 10
per cent, less than Easton or Washington
prices, to say nothing about freight or break-
age. l"ay 'f aoo.-u.
LNING-ROOM FURNITURE in Wal
nut, Oak and White Ash, Extension
Tables, any size you wish, at MCCARTY'S
new Ware-Rooms. Moy 1 lSGG.-tf.
IF YOU WANT A GOOD PARLOR
Suit in Rose, Mahogany or Walnut,
McCARTY has it, May 17, 166G.-tf
IF YOU WANT A GOOD MELODEON,
from one cf the best makers in the Uni
ted States, solid Rosewood Case, warranted
5 years, call at McCARTY'S, he would es
pecially invite all who arc good judges ot
Music to come and test them. lie will sell
you from any maker you wish, 610 less than
those who sell on commission. lhe reason
ii he buys for cash and sells fur the same,
with less thin one-half the usual per centage
that agents want. J. II. McCARTV.
May 17, I&Cfl.-tf.
NDERTAKING IN ALL ITS BRAN
ches.
Particular attention will be gien to this
branch of the subscriber's business. He will
always study to please and consult the
wants and wishes of those who employ him.
From the number of years experience he has
had in this branch of business he cannot and
will not not be excelled either in city or
country. Prices one-third less than is usual
ly charged, from .10 to 75 finihei Coffins al
ways on hand. Trimmings to suit the Lest
Hearse in the country. Funerals attended
at one hour's notice. J. II. McCARTY.
May 17, 16G6.-tf.
Saddle and Harness
Manufactory.
The undersigned respectfully informs
lhe citizens of Stroudsburg, and surroun
ding country, that be has commenced the
above business in Fowler's building, on
Elizabeth street, and is fully prepared to
furnish any article in bis line of business,
at short notice. On band at all times, a
large stock of
Jlarncss, Whips, Trunks, Yaliccs, Car
pet Mays, Horse Blankets, Bdhf
Skates, Oil Cloths, Ce.
Carriage Trimming promptly attended
to. JOHN O. SAYLOlt.
fitroudsbnrg, Dec. 14, ISO").
Gothic Hall Qms Store.
Will in in Il(llirs!icj(l,
Wholesale aud Retail
Druggist.
STROUDSBURG, Pa.
Constantly on hand and for
sale cheap for cash, a fresh sup
ply of Drugs, Medicines, Paints,
Oil, Glass, Putty, Varnish, Ker
osene Oil, Perfumery and Fancy Goods;
also
Sasli, MiiicN asiil Doors.
Pure Wines and Liquors for Medicinal
purpose.
P. S. Physicians Prescriptions care
fully compounded.
Stroudsburg, July 7, 18CL
TIN SHOP !
The undersigned begs leave to inform his
friends and the public generally, thai he has
now opened a TIN SHOP, on Main street,
near the Stroudsburg Mills, opposite Troch
& Walton's, formerly R. S, Staples' rftore,
where he is prepared to manufacture and
ell at wholesale and retail, all kinds of
Tin, Copper and Sheet Iron-Ware.
ALSO,
Stoves, Stove Iitc and Elbows.
Old and second hand Stoves bought and
pold, at cash rates.
CAS JI paid for Old Lead, Copper and
07- Roofing, Spouting and Repairing
promptly attended to und warranted lo rr'wp.
satisfaction. Cull and tee for yourselve
WILLIAM REISER!
Mroudslurg, J9ec. 8, 1665.
R
ECEIVED this day a e nler.did assort-
went of HOUSEHOLD FURNITURK.
August 2, lbOO.
BLANK MORTGAGES..
For sale at this Office
FT
HOW I CAME TO GET MARRIED.
BY JEW PETER.
It may be funnr. but I've ?ot a rib and
a baby. Sbadows departed ovster stew
!l1M,l:.,i 1 ,
u,uUUJ j ujtija, cigar uoxes, ooot jacks,
abandoned sbirts buttons, whist and do
minoes. Shadows present boon nkirr.
band boxes, jraitcrs. lonjr stockings littln
-n . " b wv.u0o, uttio ,
wuiow chairs, cradles, pap, paregoric,
hive s
yrup, etc. I'll just tell you how I
caught it.
I always was the darndesf, tca-custered
bashful fellow you ever did see ; it was
kinder in my line to be taken with the
shakes every time I saw a iral aDnronch-
jng, -ana L a cross the street any time
I ralhcr tnan face one, not because I didn't
i,kc the critters, for if I was behind
feDce locjk:n ' , n , , T
fence looking through a knot hole I could
not look at one long enough.
Well, my sister Libby gave a party one
night ; I grayed away from home because
I was too bashful to face the music. I
hung around the house whistlinz "Old
I Dan Tucker," dancing to keep coy feet
Iwarm, and watching the beads bob up
ana down behind the curtain, and wish
ing the thundering party would break up
so that I could go to my room. I smok
ed a bunch of cigars and it was getting
late and very uncomfortable, I concluded
to climb up the door post. No quicker
said than dene, and I was soon snugly in
bed.
Now, says I, let her np ! Dance until
your wind gives out ! and cudding under
the quilts, Morpheus grasped me. I was
dreaming of soft-shelled crabs, stewed
tripe, and having a good time, when some
one knocked at the door and waked me up.
I lay low. Lap, rap, rap. Then I beard
a whispering, and I knew there was a
whole raft of gals outside.
Rap, Rap.
Then Lib. sang oat :
"Jack, are you in there ?"
"Yes, I am."
Then came a roar of laughter.
"Let us in V
"I won't; can't you let a fellow alone?"
"Are you abed V
"Yes, I am."
"Get up."
"I won't."
Then came another laugh. Dy thun
der I bejran to jret riled.
'Get oat, you pctticoatcd scarecrows,
can't you get a beau without hauling a
fellow out of bed ? I won't go home with
you, so you may clear out."
Then throwing my boots at the door, I
felt better. Dut presently, oh ! moral
buttons, I heard a still small voice very
much like sister Lib's and it said :
"Jack, you'll have to get up, for all the
girls' things are in there !"
"Oh, Lord ! what a pickle. Think of
mo in bed, all covered with shawls, muffs,
bonnets and cloaks, and twenty girls out
side waiting to get them. Had I stopped
to think, I should have fainted. As it
was, I rolled out among the bonnet wire
and ribbon in a hurry.
Smash went the millinery in every di
rection. I had to dress in the dark for
there was a crack in the door and the
way I tumbled about was death to straw
bats. I opened the door and found my
self right among the girls.
"Oh, my leghorn," cries one "my
dear, darling velvet," crie? another ; and
they pitched in they pulled me this way
and that, boxed my ears, and one bright
eyed little piece, Sal her name
was, dut arm around my neck, and kissed
me on the lips. Human nature could not
stand that, and I gave her as good as she
sent. It was the first time I had ever
had a taste, and it was powerful good. I
believe I could have kissed that gal from
Julius Ciesar to Fourth of July.
"Jack," says she, "we are sorry to dis
turb you, but won't you Fee me home ?"
"Yes, I will," said I.
And I did, too, and had another smack
at the gate.
After that we took to turtle-doving,
and both of us sighing like a barrel of
new cider when we were away from each
other.
'Twas at the close of a glorious summer
day the sun was setting behind a distant
hog pen the chickens were going to
roost the bullfrogs were commencing
their evening gong, the pollywogs in their
native mud-puddles were preparing them
selves for the shades of night, when Sal
and myself sat on an antiquated black log
listening to the music cf nature, such as
tree toads, grunting pigs, and roosters,
which was wafted to our ears by the gen
tle zephyrs sighing among the mullen
stalks. The last lingering rays of the set
ting sun glanced from the bright buttons
of a solitary horseman, and fehot from a
knot hole in the hog peg ull in Sal's face
dying her hair with an oragne-peel hue,
and showing off my threadbare coat to a
bad advautangc.
One of my arms was around Sal's waist
she was toying with my auburn locks
of jet blue- She was almost gone, and I
was' ditto. She looked like a grassbop-
fier dyiog with the hiccups, and I felt
ike a mudturtle choking to death with a
codfish ball.
;Sal," says I, in a voice as musical as
the notes of a dyiDg calf, "will jou have
me ?"
She turned her eyes heavenward, and
clasped me by the right hand, and with
a sigh' that broke her shoe strings, she
(8aid:
I "Yes, my dear Jack," and- she threw
i herself iu my lap, and I hugged her till
I broke my suspenders. We practised
jcvcry night for four weeks; how we would
walk into the room to be married, till we
got so we could walk as graceful as a coup
le of Muscovite ducks.
We were married and my troubles
ended.
THE REVEREND PRIZE FIGHTER.
The following racy sketcb we clip
from the New York Leader:
We were taking a walk in rather a bad :
part of London one day, when we heard I
an altercation going on, and among the '
voices we distinguished
an unimsiaiioie
. 1,1
Th t tC. ;;:; W.I, rZi:
llnwn Kiict nit V.. 1.1 I. I
if
. a.uwwi liuu
yuu neara it nail way un
1 J ?. i ir
the great
Pyramid of Cheops: and as
appeared to be in the minority
5 ?;
ped into the crowd to see what
cause of the row.
In the centre of a crowd of vagabonds,
of which a big drayman appeared to be
the leader, was a long, slabsided Yankee,
six feet two in bis boots, dressed in his
go-to-meeting clothes, with an awfully
stiff shiny hat on. The crowd seemed to
be very anxious to immolate him. while
.be was loud in his assertions of arrest if
they touched him. We inquired of our
countryman the cause of the tumult, and
he said he was walkiutr ouietlv alonr
wncn a drunken lellow ran against him
and tried to push him off the sidewalk,
and hndmg he couldn t do it he d struck
at him and pegged his hand to pieces on
hi3 umbrel'j aud that 'cause he'd done so,
they wanted to lick htm.
"If you. say you'll fight me and not
take the law of me, I'll knock your head
off," growled the big drayman.
" I'll take you up if you tech me,"
said Jonathan. " I'm a peaceable man,
and I want you to leave me alone."
We interfered, tried to pacify the rep
robates, and succeeded in some degree:
whereupon Jonathan said he couldn't
stay no longer, bid us good day and
tramped off forgetting his umbrella,
which was a fortunate occurrence for us.
We walked off, when as ill-luck would
have it, a young scoundrel, about eight
years old, having a natural antipathy to
clean pants, threw a handlul of mud up
on Dick's unwhisperablcs, to which Dick
responded with a pelt from his cane,
which made the young reptile howl mer
rily. In an instant we heard an awful im
precation, followed by "Hit him boy, will
you?" aud, turtiiuir we saw the big
drayman ou the keen jump for us, fol-
loweJbylhc crowd we had just left behind
us.
We were in for an awful pounding,
that was plain. Escape was impossible,
so we laced the music, ihey seemed to
be afraid of Dick's stick, and came on in
a half circle, preparing to make a grand
rush together. Just at this moment in
to the circle, to-our great astonishment,
came our long Connecticut friend.
Without waiting to be on the defen
sive, as the weaker party generally does,
he hit the big drayman on the nose with
such precision that he fell as if a steam
engine had struck him. Then he let out
right and left, and down went two more
blackguards.
Astonishment petrified us for a mo
ment, but a short and a spirited address
delivered to us by the descendant of the
Pilgrim Fathers in something like the fol
lowing words: "Go in, boys, and give
the infernal critter fits," accompanied by
the downfall of two more of the bold
Dritons, set us at work, and I cau assure
you we were very industrious for a short
space of time.
We did very well, but our efforts were
child's play compared with those of
Brother Jonathan. I never saw such
hitting in my life. He did bis work
most awkwardly, but most effectually.
His long arms flew about like those of an
insane windmill, but every time he let
out down went a man, aud if he was hit
fairly he didn't get up again in a hurry.
He was everywhere at once. A big
fellow had seized Dick's stick,' and was
intent on spoiling his beauty, when the
Yankee came swooping arouud and down
he went and stayed down.
Two fellow were pressing their hum
ble servant disagreeably hard, when I
heard the Connecticut slogan, " Give the i
cruicra ui. auu away muj neui, uuu
knocked down by the fall of tho other.
He was knocking them around like nine
pins, street sweeper rolling over otnui-
bus cad, and pickpocket over both, when !
a cry or " I'oiice! was raised, and our
opponents vanished like magic."
Jonathan picked up his "umbrcl," and
we turned down the next street. Whcu
we had' reached a respectable distance
from the scene of action -Dick stopped
short and said very coolly: 4 Look here,
are you John lleeuan, or ain't you?"
Jonathan grinned, but deuied the soft
impeachment.
44 Who are you, then?" said Dick.
" You've bceu in the same business, I
know.
No one but a professional could
hit as savagely as you did
mi T . I. 1
J. lien J onaiuau aucr euuiu iiesuaiiou,
acknowledged with a pious drawl that
he had been a prize-fighter once, but
srrace had beerruiven to convert him to !
the Methodist persuasion ; that his pro- L
lessiou had kept mm irom rcsponuing 10
the overtures of tho big druyman, but
when be pame back and rawtwo gentle
men going to be licked for taking his
pan, "ie ivu-u. uwu, uu. mui uuu ,
. .i . i i " l ;
impeuea mm 10 ine uaiuo, wuicu was
very wrong, said he, piously; 44 but, ad- j
... ti -i ii i '
ded he witn a loiiy grin, mo oia Auam
rising again, uidn i wc givo lucm ms;
t ll I. il .
A Race for a Husband.
About the fourth of a century ago there
Jived in Gloucester county, New Jersey,
an old widower, named I'eter, who was
an odd compound of whim and caprice
his circumstauccs were not affluent, nor
yet indigent, but was considered "com
fortable." At no great distance from his
farm resided a buxom widow, about four
feet in height, and it was said that her al
titude was the true guage of the circum
ference of her waist.
In the same direction, though farther
from tho rQ?rlnnn ef l'nln .nnt1.
! - w.ww. v wwv J. llltu uuuiuti
-i mi. ' . . i
ii.uww, uaium xtiiivij. jl hcoc itiuics y ere
competitors for the favored regard of the
. : .1
lviuuwcr.
Peter's mind
was Ions
undc-
should
i ?ouU ,h ' Hh!ibV lhcn 4"-
tiana
, " V ' ",v"fc luue
"more of her.'
a o f lief 1-t.fr ..mam mm 1: i. x
was
He at last hit upon an expedient to
bring the affair to a conclusion he wrote
a billet to each, purporting that hj had
also sent for her competitor, aud was re
solved to marry the one who should first
arrive at his house ; a lad was despatch-
ea wun tne pair ot billets, and hrst de
livered the oue to Amcy, whose residence
was most remote froai that of the love
sick swain. She immediately ordered
her fleetest horse to be saddled, while she
arrayed herself in her best attire. By
lucky chance a horse stood saddled at the
r ii i" ii 1
irate of (;lLristiann. who w.nsi rnndr lrps!oil
r. . ' VI
iu pay a visit 10 a neiguDer, wnen tne:
.
mflSIPtlffPr rliMiroroil Tfor'a 1-iillnf
quickly mounted her courser, but no soon
er had -she got into the road that led to
Peter's house, and cast her eyes jn a di
rection toward Amey's residence, than she
saw her rival rushing after with the swift
ness of the wind ; and away wcut Chris-
w V UVitl VIVM - i. hrt.t,i
tiana and Amey, whipping for dear life,
with their bounnets gracefully hanging
on their backs. Doth ladies being eqaul
ly mounted, Christiana preserved the
lead, and after a race of a mile and a quar
ter, she bounced into Peter's door, cx-
claiming
"Well, here I am, Peter I got here
first I"
The old gentleman expressed his hap
piness by a phlegmatic, "Alas, a day !"
A Lesson of Trost.fl
Some time ago a boy was discovered in
the street, evidently bright and intelli
gent, but sick. A man, who had the feel
ing of kindness strongly developed, went
to ask him what he was doing there.
"Waiting for God to come for me," he
said.
"What do you mean V said the gentle
man, touched by the pathetic tone of the
answer, and Hie. condition of the boy, in
whose eye and flushed face he saw the
evidence of fever.
"God sent for mother, and father, and
little brother," said he, "and took them
away up in the sky ; and mother told me
when she sick, that God would care for
me. I have no home, noboby to give me
anything, and so I came out here, and
have been looking so long in tho sky for
God to come and take care of me, as moth-
cr said ho would, lie will come, won t
he ? Mother never told a lie."
"Yes, my lad," said the gentleman,
overcome with emotion, "lie has sent
nic to take care of you."
lou should have seen his eyes flash,
and the smile of triumph break over his
face, ps be said :
"Mother never told a lie, sir; but you
have been so long on the way."
What a lesson of trust, and how this
incident shows the effect of never deciev
ing children with talcs.
Tho Ax.
The other day I was holding a man by
the hand a baud as firm iu its outer tex
ture as leather, aud his sunburnt face as
inflexible as parchment; he was pouring
forth a tirade of contempt on those who
complain that they can get nothing to do,
as an excuse for becoming idle loafers.
Said I : "Jeff, what do you work at,
you look hearty and happy j what do you
do r
"Why," said he, "I bought me an ax
three years ago that cost me two dollars.
That was all tho money I had. I went
to chopping wood by the cord. I have
done nothing else, and have earned moro
than $000 ; drank no grog, paid no doc
tor, and have bought me a little farm in
the Hoosier State, and shall be married.
next week to a girl who has earned $-i00'
since she was eighteen. My old ax I shall
keep in the drawer, and buy me a new
one to cut my wood with."
After I left him I thought
to
myself ;
that "ax and no
grog l lhcy are twn;nn f. a i4rtrtm nr ,un ...n hv a looking
thinrs that make a man in this world. '
now. small a capital inai ax now sure
of success with tho motto "no grog 1' Aud
tbcu a farm, and a wife the best of all.-
Our little four-year old Carrie went
with her aunt to a revival meeting. Tho
preacher was very earnest in his delivery,
and she was very mufch interested. "Mo-
ther,' said she ,when she came home,
44 I have heard such a smart minister
be stamped and pounded aud made such
a noise! and by-aud-by he got so mad ho
came out tho pulpit and shook his fits at
the folks, and there wasn't anybody dared
to yo vj) ana jujju mmi
A newspaper correspondent, describing
the cutume of a belle ot a recent ball, says:
ft c ti ... .. . ! .
" 1U1S3 ii-, wun-mat i truuLJuuiicu 10 us-
tentatjoa jn dregg which j, 6Q pecu!iar ,0 her
sex wa8 attireJ ,n a gtmpie white Jnce co,
Iar fastcneij with a neat pearl button oli-
. . r .
taire." A "si
imple attire," truly, if that was
'
all or it.
Profit and Loss.
Western candidate for ConTpes
A
who had
a large and well-stocked farm.
was annoyed at tho almost nightly dis
appearance from his premises of a num
ber of hogs. A vigilant watch enabled
him to detect the thief, who'proved to be
a neigiibor, and a warm political friend
of the candidate one, in fact, upon whose
assistance he greatly relied in the coming
canvass. He disliked to lose his support,
and he disliked more the idea of losing
bis hogs; so made up his mind 10 be
frank with the thief, and try to save in
more senses than one, his bacon. He
went at once to his neighbor, told him
what he had ascertained:
. ..' r--- -
5 & .ThETi
W11, not 0n I jt say nothing of the past, but
whca t ki in the fa r .J '
I . . . ' J
ceuanve Darrclsol as good pork as 1 make
The fellow reflected a moment, replied:
" Well, 'Squire, that's a fair proposition,
any how and seeing as it's you, I'll do it;
; iut I
vow 1 believe that 1 shall lose pork
by the operation
Advice to Young; Hen.
A cotemporary says:
A young lady, the other day, in the
course of a lecture (after the manner of
Miss
Ansa A. Uickmson), said: " cet
1 married young men, and be quick about
! . P ' v 'i1 auuut
lit too. Don't
wait for the millenium.
(hoping that the girls may turn to angels.
utjuie iuu u use juurtcu Willi one 01
them.
A pretty thing you'd be along
side an angel, wouldn't you j-ou brute?
Don't wait another day, but right now,
this very night, ask some nice, industri
ous girl to go into partnership with you.
! fl-J-; - 1
In iiIiii. trtt- nf 1 .J ..I i
To which a cool-headed philosopher
responds:
Don't do it, young men, until you
know whether the flowers will be natural
posies or artificial parodies, made by a
milliner, and fastened upon the love of a
bonnet for which, as well as for the flow
ers, a modest little bill will be sent to
jou.
Hindoo Loom.
Nothing cau be more rude, or, in ap
pearance, less calculated for delicate mau
ufacture, than the loom of the Hindoo
weaver, which he sets up in the morning
under a tree, before his door, andtakes
down at sunset. It consists merely of
two rollers, resting on four stakes driven
into ground, and sticks which cross the
warp. These arc supported at each end,
the one by cross ties to the tree, under
the shade of which the loom is erected;
and the other by two cords fastened to
the foot of the weaver ; thus enable him
to separate the threads of the warp, for
the purpose of crossing it with the wool.
For the greater convenience, he digs
a hole in the ground to put his legs in.
He uses a piece of wood or stick, or al
most anything that comes to hand, for a
shuttle; and yet with such rude instru
ments as these, the Hindoo weaver pro
duces stuffs so fine, that when spread on
the grass, they iute.rccpt none of its col
ors. The Idler.
The idle man is an annoyance a nui
sance. He is of benefit to nobody, lie
is an intruder in the busy thoroughfare
of every-day life. He stands in our path,
and we push him contemptuously aside?
He is of no advantage to any body. He
anuoys busy men. He makes them un
happy. He is a cipher iu society. He
may have an income to Eupport him in
idleness, or he may 44 sponge" on his
good-naturcJ friends. Rutin cither case
he is despised. Young man do some
thing in this busy, bustling wide-awake
world! Move about for the benefit of
mankind, if not for yourself. Do not be
idle. Minutes are too precious to be
squandered thoughtlessly. Every man
and every woman, however exalted or
however humble, can do good in this
short life, if so inclined; therefore do not
bo idle.
Application of Knowledge.
A very valuable pocket-knife was once
dropped into a twenty-feet well, half full
of water, 44 How shall we get it out?
Shall we have to draw the water from the
veUr Tho wrher rroposcd (o
use a
strong horse shoo magnet, near by, sus
pended by a cord. 44 But we can t see
cVirrn in Iniror iln mnrrnnt sn n.1 to ttlUch
.j. tn;fe Throw the sun's rays down
i.. .wr It
.done, the knife rendered visible from the
"us?. was ilia stv-uuu ........ -
top
of tho well, tho
masrnet
came into
contact, and the knite
brou;
ht up all
being accomplished in a minute of time.
"
Not Fast Enough.
In a trial, at Buffalo, of an action drought
by a livery stable keeper ngaintt a man who
hired a horse and chiise of him. and smash
ed up tho latter most essentially and the f-r-
inor somewhat. Tom. Hallensack was call-
cd as y
Mr.
witneas. "Do you know this horse,
itnessl" ''Yen, sir: I owned him
formerly." Yhai's your business 1 4I
urn an undertaker." For what reason did
you sell hun!'' "Why, the truth is, that
h'i wus too b!ow for my business, and I let
him go to a livery stable manl"
"Oh, aunty, make Freddy behave him
self. Every time I happen to hit him on
the head with the mallet ho bursts right
out crying aud makes a noise,
stand it so I wou V
and I won t
From lhe N. y. Ti ihunc
DECLINE .IN PSICZS.
A comparison cf t';e provL-ioa market
for the three monthsjust passd!, with its
condition during the same crioi !;ist year,
will show a diSerence decided 7 iu fiver
of the downward ten jency lii. year. Leef
cattle have declined f.i!y Cents per
pound net; during the corr"esi;o:iding soasory
last year, the decline ri.-ac.icd only $ of i
cent. The market is already overstocked,
and under on average arrival of jOO head
per w eek in excels of the receipts or.o year
ago, the stock can.-iot be 1 educed. Prices
are 1 cent per pound luwer than last year,
and the tendency is slill downward. Holder
are anxious tu realize at once, in order lo
avoid expensive keeping.
Sheep have declined about 1 cent per
pound, live weigh', in three m.-mths, and ara
now 2 cents below the prica of last year.
The receipts are about 1,C00 head psr week
in excess of the arrivals last" Fall, and under
the influence of heavy ttocks, prices mrt-6
go still lower.
"There nevcrwas such a tima nmon; hos!"
The receipts are not extravagantly lare,
but the demand is extremely limited. Hith
erto, at this season of the year, lirge export
were made; this year cargoes that vrcro
sent out earlyjn tho .Summer are now re
turned from Europe 'and thrown back upoa
the shippers. A decline cf -Ih cents per lb.
live weight, his sent the prico fully G cent
below what it wti.s last year, v.';en the re
ceipts wore 5,000 loss per week than they
now are, and an active export demand af
forded a ready market to holders. Prices
then, between the middle of Aujust end tho
13th of November, advanced 2 cents per
p.und. The present hih price cf corn s
lurcing heavy supplies of hogs cn the mar
ket, and it is believed prices will experienco
a ttill further decline, and force holders tj
sell at heavy sacriGces.
Pork has tumbled from 633 to 822 per
barrel, and is now $10 53 Lcl vv the price
of same time last year. The marker is very
unsettled, and is doomed to slill further re
ductions. Lard is 12 to 1-1 cents per pound lower
than at this time last year. Shipments ara
returned frou England, and large supplies
are coining in fri-ci the West.- Prices have
gone down 0 cents during the past threo
months, and must go stili lower.
Cereals have advanced. Flour, under an
advance of "2 per tarrc!, is now 81 hieher
than it was a year ago. The market, how
ever, is unsteady, and prices are looking
downward.
Corn has gone up 3. cer.t3 per bushel in
three monihs, and is now 31 cents higher
than it was in November last year. Unless
all reports of a ful! crop prove to hive been
false, speculators must yield and prices fall
much below the present quoti lions.
The price of butter has declined 5 cents
during the three manths just ended. It is
now 10 cents below last year's market, and
the full supply and free receipts must force
it still lower. Lst year, during the same
period, butter advanced fuJIv 13 cents per
pound.
Coal has declined ncar'y $.2 per ton in
three month?, and is now below last
year's prices. The products of the mines
have been unusually large, end there are no
fears that holders will ever again realise
the enormous war prices, which for two
Winters effectually put out the fires 011
hearths of the poor.
The things we cat ere daily become less
costly in the markets. The decline is not
eo perceptible at the stalls and shops of re
tailers, and to the actual consumer at the
hotels and boarding-houses it is wholly un
known. The fu'l ripply of provisions in the
country, pressing upon the crowded stores
bouses in the city, must effectually break
down all speculation, and frcD down the
prices to conunicrs, in order ta induce more
rapid consumption of the p'riohabia articles
of food. Finally, in the course cf time, tha
decline will reach the people who buy to eat,,
and the good old days wi;l return wherei.i
the laborer was able to s-it !on tj a hearty
supper, without first balancing i;rcoun's be
tween his appetite and his diy's cirning,
so as not 10 leave the latter iu debt, to the.
former.
Questions for Easc-Eall Hen to Answer
A " conscientious reader" of the Troy
I Times, having been invited to join abase
ball club, and wishing to fully understand
the situation before going into the same,,
propounds the following pertinent ques
tions. Flayers of good moral character
are expected to answer:
Is it right for one person to make a
44 base" proposal to another ?
If a fellow gets hit iu tho " centre,"
with a swift ball, is his breath allowed to
take a 44 short stop?"
If a fellow exjects bis dulcinea pres
ent, and she doosn't come, caa tho poor
fellow bo " put out" about it?
In the case office fight, would a play
er be allowed to use a trick 4S bat?"
How much beer will
a base-ball club hold?
th
pitc
her"
of
If a player has 44 struck ont" for-boms
with the girl., docs the scorer put it dowu
on the slate?
Suppose a player acci-.lently hits one of
the " dear little ducks" who witness tho
game,
would it uot be a
fowl ball?"
AFitTair.
A dandy is a thing iu pantaloons with
a body and two arms, head without brains,
tight boots, a cauo aud white handker
chief, two brooches, and a n'ug on his lit
tle fiuger. A coquette is a young lady
with more beauty than sense
complishment thau learning,
, moro ao
with more
charms of person than graces of mind,
moro admirers than friends, and more
fools than wise men for he attendants.
i 1 1 - -
' If you want to get -a favor of a msn,
feed him. A man, like a horse, caunot La
managed until be has a bit in his mouth.
What did Lor do w
n his wife wa
turned into a pill
ono.
ir of
salt? (Jot a fresh