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VOL. 2.
STROUDSBURG, MONRQE COUNTY, PA., FEBRUARY 7, IS67.
NO. 46
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Published by Theodore Schoch.
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STROUDSBURG, PA.
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QT An additional bounty of 100 and of
$50 procured for Soldiers in the late War,
FfiEE OF EXTRA CIIAEGE. Q
August 2, 1S66.
DR A.REEVES JACKSON,
PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON,
Begs leave to announce that, in order to
prevent disappointment, he will hereafter de
vote THURSDAY and SA TURD A Y ot
each week exclusively to Consultations
and Surgical Operations at hi? office.
Parties from a distance who desire to con
sult him, can do so, therefore, on those days.
Stroudsburg, May 31, 166G.-tf.
- Furniture! Furniture!
McCartj's Hew Furniture Store,
77REI1ER'S NEW BUILDING, two
doors below the Post-office, Strouds
burg, Pa. He is sellhTg his Furniture 10
percent, less than Easton or Washington
prices, to say nothing about freight or break
age. May 17, 18G6.-tf.
DINING-ROOM FURNITURE in Wal
nut, Oak and White Ash, Extension
Tables, any size you wish, at McCARTY'S
new Ware-Rooms. May 17, 1860.-tf.
IF YOU WANT A GOOD PARLOR
Suit in Rose, Mahogany or Walnut,
McCARTY has it. May 17, 1566,-tf:
IF YOU WANT A GOOD MELODEON,
from one of the best makers in the Uni
ted States, t-oliJ Rosewood Case, warranted
5 years, call at McCARTY'S, he would es
pecially invite all who are good judge ot
Music to come and test them. He will sell
you from any maker you wish, $10 less than
those who sell on commission. The reason
is he buys for cash and sells for the same,
with less than one-half the usual per centsge
that agents want. J. H. McCARTY.
May 17, I56G.-tf.
NDERT A KING IN ALL ITS BRAN
ches. Particular attention will be given to this
branch of the subscriber's business. He will
always study to please and consult the
wants and wishes of those who e mploy him.
From the number of years experience he has
bad 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 50 to 75 fini-hed Coffins al
ways on hand. Trimmings to suit the best
ilearse in the country. Funerals attended
it one hour's notice. J. 11. McCARTY.
May 17, lS06.-tf.
Saddle and Harness
Manufactory.
The undersigned respectfully informs
the citizens of Stroudsburg, and surroun
ding country, that he has commenced the
above business in Fowler's building, on
Elizabeth street, and is fully prepared to
furnish any article in his line of business,
at short notice. On hand at all times, a
Jarge 6tock of
Harness, Whips, Trunks, Yalices, Car
pet Bags, Horse-Blankets, Bells,
Skates, Oil Cloths, fc
Carriage Trimming promptly attended
to... JOHN O. SAYLOR.
Stroudsburg, Dec. 14, 180-5.
Gothic Hall Drug Store.
William I2oI!inhc.id,
Wholesale and Retail Druggist.
STROUDSBURG, Pa.
Constantly on hand and lor
sale cheap for cash, a fresh sup
rdv of Druirs. Medicines, Paints,
Oil. Glass. Puttv, Varnish, Ker
osene Oil, Perfumery and Fancy Goods;
also
Sasli, blinds and Doors.
Pure Wines and Liquors for Medicinal
purpose.
P. S. Physicians Prescriptions care
fully compounded.
Stroudsburg, July 7, 1801.
TIN SHOP !
The undersigned begs leave to inform bis
friends and the public generally, that he has
flow opened a TIN SHOP, on Main street,
pear the Stroudsburg Mills, opposite Troch
Walton's, formerly R. S. Staples' Store,
.where he is prepared to manufacture and
pell at wholesale and retail, all kinds of
Tin, Copper and Sheet Iron-Ware.
ALSO,
Stoves, Stov; lipe and Elbows.
. Old and second hand Stoves bought and
sold, at cash rates.
CASH paid fur Old Lead, Copper and
Brass.
0- Roofing, Spouting and Repairing
promptly attended to and warranted to give
satisfaction. Call and 6ee for yourseUea.
WILLIAM KEISER.
Stroudsburg, Dec. 8, 1865.
COMMON CHAIRS of all kinds, Cane
Flag and Wood Seats; Dining, Bar
Room and Office Chairs, with or without
Cushions, Rocking-Chairs of every descrip
tion at McCARTY'S Ware-Rooms.
May 17, l60.-tf,
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PROCEEDINGS OF THE CONVENTION
OF SABBATH-SCHOOLS.
Pursuant to public notice, the friends
of the Sabbath-School cause, of Pike and
Monroe counties, met in contention at
the Reformed Dutch church ot Bushkill,
on Wednesday, January 23d, at 2 o'clock
P. M.
The contention being opened with devo
tional exercise, the Rev. C. E. Van Allen
was elected President, A. G. Hull, Sec
retary, and G. W. Peters, Assistant Sec
retary. After some remarks by Revs.
Messrs. Litts, Garretson and Van Allem
the meeting adjourned until 7 o'clock
P.-M.
Evening Session, opened by Ret. Mr.
Garretson with an address, urging parents
to become more interested in Sabbath
Schools, and appealing to teachers to be
come awake to the great responsibility of
the noble work. After which the Rev.
Mr. MoWillianis made some practical re
marks, showing the duty of parents and
teachers to sustain the Superintendent in
his efforts to make the school more effi
cient. On motion, the contention adjourned
to Thursday, at 10 o'clock A. M.
Thursday Morning Session-Contention
opened with devotional exercise, conduc
ted by Ret. Mr. Garretson.
On motion, a committee of three,
composed of Wm. F. Peters, Ret. A. Mc
Williatas, and A. G. Hull, was appointed
to prepare business for the contention,
who reported the following questions for
discussion :
1st. How can teachers become more
efficient?
2nd. Is it practicable to keep our coun
try schools open through the winter?
3rd. Object lessons, black-board ex
ercises, &o. ?
4th. What can be done to increase the
Sabbath-school interest in our counties?
First, By makicg existing schools
more efficient:
Second, By extending and organizing
Sabbath-schools where there are none.
5th. Question Drawer?
0th. Evening Addreis to Sabbath
school scholars?
The committee recommended that the
time be limited to thirty minutes for dis
cussing each question, and five minutes
to each speaker.
The first question "How can our
teachers become more efficient?" was
then taken up and discussed by setcral
members present, who recommended more
thorough preparation of the lesson, more
earnest prayer, the teachers adapting
themselves to the different scholars by
cultivating a pleasant and friendly feel
ing toward the members of their class,
and becoming acquainted with each indi
vidual by visiting them at their homes, &c.
The secoud question " Is it practica
ble to keep our country schools upon thro'
the winter?" was next taken up and
elicited several stiriug remarks, all
agreeing that the custom of closiog our
country schools during the winter is not
only a useless habit, but very wrong,
the speakers differing somewhat as to up
on whom the greatest responsibility iu
keeping open the school devolved, but
agreeing that parents, teachers, and offi
cers, are all severally responsible for the
continuance of the school. In winter,
we have our belt secular schools, why
should we not hate the best Sabbath
schools then? -
The object of the Sabbath-schools, is the
conversion of the scholars; then, why
close it during the winter, which is most
blest as the season of re vitals?
The experience of all the members pres
ent was that it was not the fault of the
scholars that the schools close, but that
the fault, is with teachers, officers, and
parents. Some of the members gate, as
their experience, that they formerly
thought the schools could not be kept
open, but on a fair trial they hate found
no difficulty in continuing them.
On motion, adjourned to 2 o'clock P.M.
Afternoon Session The convention
opened by devotional exercises, conducted
by the President.
The third question " Object lessons
black-board exercises, &c?" -was then
taken up.
Wm. F. Peters gate a few illustrations
showing what use can be made of it:
1st. By natural objects.
2nd. Texts, cards, maps, charts, &c.
3rd. Pictures, drawings, &c.
4th. Words, painting, parables, &c.
5tb. The black board.
Jesus the great Model Teacuer, used
object when His enemies tried to ensnare
Ilitu on the subject of tribute. He called
for an object A penny whose image
does it bear? Caesar's. Then render un
to Caesar the things which are Caesar's,
and unto God the things which are God's.
When the question arose among His
disciples, who should be greatest in the
kingdom ot Heaten, He took for His ob
ject0 a little child and with it rebuked
their ambition.
He referred to the lillies, tha flowers,
the neL &c. always adapting His Illus
trations to the various conditions of His
hearers.
So the Sabbath school teacher can ad
vantageously use many natural objects, or
illustrations, from every day life, to at
tract tne attention of his class, and sim-
i plify the great truths he wishes to im
press on his scholars. The black-board
is a new feature in the Sabbath-school.
But a few. years ago it was scarcely
inougnc or eten in our secular schools,
but now ctery common school must hate
one, and experience has proted that it
can te used witn as much profit in our
Sabbath-schools. With it, the Saperin-
i. .
tenaent can clinch home the great tuths
contained in the lessons, reaching the
mind, not only throagh the sense of
hearing, but, also, the sight. In all these
the teacher must remember that these
objects aro not the lesson to be taught,
but only means to attract the attention
and illustrate the great truths of the doc
trine he is teaching.
The next question (fourth) was then
taken up "What can be done to increase
the Sabbath-school interest in our coun
ties, first, by making existing schools
more efficient; Second, by extending and
organizing new schools where there are
none."
This question was discussed with much
interest. It was, in fact, the question of
the convention. ' Our existing schools are
far from being as efficient as they should.
One member stated, that the last census
report of the two countries showed nearly
ten thousand children of suitable age to
attend Sabbath shool. How many of
them are in Sabbath-school? Probably
not more than one-fourth of that number.
All felt the necessity of making greater
exertion, as Christians, to increase the ef
ficiency of our existing schools, and to
gather in these thousands of stray lambs
from the wilderness.
The subject of employing a Sabbath
school Missionary in the two counties, to
organize schools in neighborhoods where
they are needed, and aid existing feeble
schools, was ably and earnestly discussed,
and the conclusion arrived at embodied
in the following resolutions which were
unanimously adopted:
Resolved, That we consider the inte
rest of the Sabbath-school cause, in the
two counties (Monroe and Pike), demands
greater effort on the part of Christians to
make our existing schools more efficient,
and gather in many who do not now re
ceive religious instructions.
Resolved, That we believe a good ac
tive, Sabbbath school Missionary, to co
operate with us in organizing new schools,
and aiding and encouraging existing fee
ble schools, is much needed.
Resolved, That we take steps towards
employing such a Missionary, and call
upon the Sabbath schools, churches and
Christians, to aid, by their contributions,
in raising the necessary funds for his sup
port. Resolved, That a committee be appoin
ted to correspond with pastors and triends
of the Sabbath-school cause, in the coun
ties, and carry into effect the above Reso
lutions. On motion, the following persons were
appointed on the said committee:
Rev.C.E. Van Allen, Rev. Henry Seifertj
" II. Litts, J. II. Wallace,
" , Johns, Henry Beardley,
" G. S. Garretson, C. D. Broadhead,
" A. MoWilliams, Finley Bush.
The next exercise in order was the
" Question Drawer?"
The members of the Convention were
invited to write out any questions per
tainingto the Sabbath-school wo'rk, which
were collected and answered briefly by
experienced members.
A few of the most important with the
answers were as follows:
Q. Is it best to offer prizes in Sabbath-school?
A. No. Because it is inducing schol
ars from wrong motives, and generally be
gets jealously and ill-feeling, &c.
Q. Should non-professors be employ
ed as teachers ?
A. As far as possible teachers should
not Only be professors, but active, earnest
Christians. Where such can not be ob
tained we must take the best we can get,
and make the best of them and, at the
same time, try- to induce them to be
come Christians.
Q. Should not parents come with their
children to Sabbath school?
A. They certainly should, and, also,
become members of the adult Bible class.
Q. Whatsign is it when church mem
bers are never seen at the Sabbath
school? A "A screw loose" somewhere.
Q. Is it profitable to use question
beoks?
A. While a sound man can walk alone
a lame man needs a crutch. If teachers
cannot gfc along without them let them
use them; but if they will study their
lessons as they should, they will find
no need of them.
Q. How shall we awaken our sleepy
church member to work in Sabbath
school? A. Get one sleepy member to wake
up another. Say to Mr. A, there is Mr.
B asleep, won't you awaken him to work ?
A rubs his eyes and finds he is asleep
too, and must first wake up himself, and
then lie goes at B, so the two'aro awak
ened. Q. How can parents be induced to at
tend Sabbath-school?
A. Pastors should preach on the sub
ject, and Sabbath-school workers should
visit them and kindly invite the in to at
tend. k
Q. Is it practicable for teachers in
the country to visit their scholars at their
homes?
A. If teachers wish to succeed they
should do so, and if they desire to do so,
can visit their scholars whether in town
or country. -
Q. Should not parents and teach
ers sustain the Superintendent in carry
ing out the plans for making th$ school
more prosperous?
A. In choosing a Superintendent,. se
lect the best person you have and then sus
tain him. Do not expect perfection. If his
plans do not seem to you best do not tell
your children so, but go and advise with
him.
Q. Are Sabbath-school pic-ntfs de
sirable?
A. They arc if rightly conducted. A
pleasant day in the grove, with singing,
short addresses, and good things for the
inner man. will make the children happy,
connect pleasant associations with the
Sabbath-school, and have a good tendency
in general But they should be carefully
conducted, and never held out 'as an in
ducement for attendance, good conduct, &c.
Q. Is it necessary to have funds to
carry on Sabbath-schools? If so, who is
to supply the need, and how are they to
be raised?
A. All experienced Sabbath-school la
borers agree that funds are absolutely ne
cessary to sustain a Sabbath school, and
that its efficiency and worth are always in
proportion to the ambut of funds expend
ed. Too often the faithful few who do
the work must also bear the expenses,
while those whose children receive the
benefit neither work nor pay. One good
brother remarked that often parents, who
have five or six children-at Sabbath-school,
do not help to teach, and when a subscrip
tion is handed them, to raise funds for
books, papers, &c, will gite the trifling
sum of 25 or 50 cents. This he thought
was " contemptably mean." Surely those
who receive the benefit of a Sabbath-
school, should contribute toward its sup-
port; and if an interesting, profitable school
be desired, then gite liberally toward
maintaining it.
Q. hat inducement hate teachers
to labor in schools?
A. The comfort of an improving con
science; the joy experienced in doing
good; the privilege of working for Jesus;
the great satisfaction (if faithful) of see
ing their scholars brought to Jesus, in
this life; and in the life to come the pro
mise that, they " that be wise shall shine
as the brightness of the firmauent, and
they that turn many to rigtteousness as
the stars for ever and ever.
ith prayer adjourned to t o clock
P. M.
Evening Session. The meeting was
opened with devotional exercise led by
Rev. Mr. Litts.
The children's meeting was then ad
dressed by Wm. F. Peters and Rev. Mr.
Litts. The following Resolutions were
then unanimously adopted :
Resolved, That we tender our thanks
to the citizens of Bushkill'for their kind
and generous hospitality extended to us
during the session of this Contention.
Resolved, That we tender the thanks of
this Contention to our worthy friend and
Agent of the American Sunday-school
Uuien, Wm. F. Peters, for his earnest ef
forts in getting up this Contention, and
giving such valuable information upon
the subject of organizing Sabbath-schools,
and joyfully extend to him our sym
paty, and promise him our prayers, and
bid him God speed in the work which
he is engaged in.
Resolved, That the proceedings of this
Convention be published in the county
papers.
On motion, the Contention adjourned
with prayer, to meet again at the call of
the Committee.
Rev. CIIAS. E. VAN ALLEN,
A. G. Hull, President.
Secretary.
A number of the civil appointments
made by the President in the interest of
his "policy" hate been acted upon by tha
Senate, and a large proportion of them
hate been rejected. Among these mem
bers of the Bread-and-Butter brigade who
receited a discharge from further service
were William F. Johnson, Collector of
the Port of Philadelphia, Jeseph R- Flani
gen, Natal Officer, and John P. Kilgoro,
General Appraiser. These are the ojly
Philadelphia appointments so far acted
upon. Flaoigeu thinks that the Radicals
are goiug to make a cloan swoep of the
boards including even Bill Millward.
1. S. They have done it, Millward is
rejected.
The great hero and patriot, Garibaldi,
has writen a letter upon American affairs.
It is hardly necessary to say that he sym
pathies with the people in their struggle
against Executive reaction and usurpa
tion. He urges the President to come to
terms with Congress. The coutest now
goiug on in our country is of a character
similar to that which is agitating nearly
every Government in Europe.. ' It is the
old contest between the rights of the
masses and the privileges ot the few be
tween true republicanism and some form
of aristocracy.
A correspondent of tho Portland Star,
tells a story of and old lady who lived
semewhere west ot Norway, who sent her
husand to the barn to search for eggs;
he went, succeeded in finding a few, and
when returaiDg fell and broke his neck.
A little girl in passing by saw the mishap
and ran to tell the forlorn widow the
news. "O Lordy', said she, "I. wonder
whether the darued old fool sated the
eges."
Hog Killing How it is Done in an
Abattoir.
Those who hate only seen hogs killed
upon the farm, hato little idea how the
thing is done in slaughter houses. If
they hate bee a through the large slaugh
tering establishments at Cincinnati or
Chicago, they hate got agood insight in
to the bus;iess ; but to see the whole in
perfection, with all the modern improte
ments, let a person go to Communipaw,
New-Jersey, opposite the southern point
of the city, and witness the transforma
tion of live hogs into pork as if by mag
ic, at that place. We will not assert,
with some, that it is done up so scientifi
cally that "the operation is rather agree
able than otherswise," and each animal,
whether hog, bullock or. sheep, "awaits
with impatience his turn to be taken off;"
but if the extent of squeal expresses the
amount of suffering, it is here of short
duration, for long before the farmer's hogiareAn.W makino to sc,cure ifc
has uttered those short guttural notes in
dicating that he was on the point of cav
ing in, having led his assailants in several
furious charges about the yard, our hog
would hate been treated to a warn bath,
and scraped down in the moat approved
style by his humane and scientific mani
puators. Not only is the killing done
up in the most expeditious manner, but it
is claimed that the greatest ecoomy is us
ed that from a pig's snout to tho end of
his tail, all is saved "except the squeal,"
and that is only allowed to escape through
fear that "it would require a two cent
stamp upon it if retained."
Ihe building in which the killing is
done is 380x100 feet, with three projec
tions or wings, each 100x00 feet, and in
these wings the hogs are yarded and butch
ered, and the final operations of dress
ing are performed just as they reach the
main room. Most of the space is used,
for hanging up the hogs after kill
ingihe slides holding 7,000 of them ;
and Dy the time they are all full, the first
are ready to be stacked up, or passed
through the chute into the wagons below.
A separate building contains tho thou
sands of hogs to be drawn from as want
ed. They are driven in squads of about
200 up some back steps into a pen. From
this they are hoisted up by . a hind leg,
the sticking being done while suspen Jed,
so that the blood shall run out quickly.
After bleeding to death they are dropped
into a tank of hot water, regulated to the
right temperature by steam pipes and a
cold water tap. When suffci.ently scald
ed, they are floated upon a set of iron fin
gers, or rack, in one end of the tank, and
a lever or brake tips them upon the raised
bench, where quick hands aud scrap
ing implements soon remove the bristles.
From this they arc slipped upon a sus
pended hook, the upper end of which is
connected with a wheel running upon a
nearly circular track overhead, and when
everythinge is complete, a sort of lever,
suspended from another track running
nearly the length -of the building, lifts
the hog from the hook and transfers him
into any desired slide or frame, where a
push shoves him to his place at the f urth
er ead.
We will now go minutely through the
operation of killing, as the Dutchman did
when asked who killed in that establish
ment : "I kills myself there," was the re
ply. We will here remark that it takes
quite a gang of men to run such a ma
chide expeditously, and only those killed
can turn out two well-dressed hogs per
minute from each of the stands or .bench
es, as we hate repeatedly seen them
do. This, in fact, is the average, and with
gangs at each of the benches, 720 hogs
can be run off per hour. They are not
all in use at present.
It takes 30 men and boys to make up
a full working gang at each bench or form,
employed as follows : Two men or boys
to keep the pens supplied with hogs ;
three to slip a rope around a hind leg and
hoist them up by means of pulley wheel ;
one to stick them ; two to work them oter
with sticks and hooks, in the water; two
to tip them out when scalded ; ten to pull,
haul and scrape them ; five upon each
side of the bench, armed with fingers.
scrapers somewhat like the bottom off
an old-lashioocd round iron canaiesucK
knives, and the end of a. cold water
pipe to wash them off with. The hog is
set upon a moment by the first pair, then
rolled over to the second, and so passed
down the inclined form, and by the time
he reaches the lower end is ready for the
gambrel by which he is strungHip. Oue
man inserts the gambrel, and attaches him
to a clswip or hook upon the track, where
he is seized by tho man with a long knife,
one stroke of which downward, aud an
other upward, makes the opening for the
removal of the offal. Two or three more
slight cuts inside, and the "inwards" are
thrown upon a bench for the four clean
ers and riddlcrs to take charge of, the
liver and heart going in another direction.
One man now plays the hose upon the
carcass to wash off the blood, another
gives the finishing scrape with a knife,
while two men are kept at work transfer
ring them from the suspended track to the
slides or frames, and pushing them back
in their pices, all faciug in one direction.
A full set will haye about 25 hogs un
der way at once, between those suspended
for sticking and the washed off animal.
The whole thing moves like clock-work,
and no idlers are tolerated, as they would
cause ajar or hitch in the work. Every
thing is carried on with so much neat
ness, and there is such' a finished look to
the carcasses, when dressed, that the most
fastidious pork-eaters could interpose no
odiections on the point of cleanliness
Besides, the operations are all open to in
spection and criticism.
The aul and cleaner portions of the
fat are tried out separately in the larga
steam taqks for what is called No. alardr
while the other is kept by itself and graded
according to quality, tha poorest being
sold for a eheap grease. The "pluck'
Uiat is, heart, liver and lights, are thrown
into the tanks for the little grease they
contain, the residue going to the m2nuro
heap. Here is a waste of what should
go toward feeding the poor, in some shape;
a hog's liver really being little inferior to
that of a bullock. Indeed, many farmers
throw away the latter and retain the for
mer. The small intestines are saved for
sausage casings, while the blool gooi to
waste, falling into the water below, and
is carried off by tho tide. This will in
time be sated for its chemical and ferti
lizinz oroDerties. In fact nrrn-Amnt'
At present the work is all dona bt hand
labor, but machinery, is being erected, so
that the heaviest portions, viz., hoisting
the hogs for sticking and tipping them
out of the scalding tank, can be done by
steam power. This will save the labor ot
three or four men.
Such is the end of a hog, and so many
of them find their latter end in this and
other establishments of leas note (nearly
10,500 at this place the past week), that
there would be danger of the race becom
ing extinct but from their prolificness,
quick growth and early maturity. About
700,000 live hogs were brought to and
mostly slaughtered in the vicinity of New
York city durina the past year, and witb
such an establishment as just described,
added to those previously in operation, we
may expect a still larger number the pro
sent year. Tribune.
A Marriage Ceremony.
A jolly fellow, somewhere in Iillinoiar
having been appointed a justice of tho
peace, was called upon to perform a mar
riage ceremony, and thus relaters how
he managed if :
Having been appointed to the desira
able "posish" of justice of the peace, I
was accosted on the 5th day of July, by
a sleek looking young man, and in slivery
tones requested to proceed to a neighbor
ing hotel, as he wished to enter into tha
holy bonds of matrimony. Here wa3 a
"squelcher." I had never done anything
of the kind, and had no books or forms;
yet I was determined to do things up
strong and in a legal manner, so I pro
ceeded to the hotel, bearing in my arms
a copy of the Revised Statutes, one ditto
Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, ono
copy large sized Bible, a small cupy of the
Creeds and Articles of Faith of the Con
gregational Church, one copy of Pope's
Essay on Maa, and a sectional part of the
Map where the victim lived. Having
placed a table in the middle of the room
and seated myself behind it, I, in trump
et tones, called the case. With that the
young man' and woman with great alac-
rity, stepped up before me. Having
sworn them on the dictionary, to answer
well and truly all the questions I was to
ask, I proceeded. I told the young man,
that being an entire stranger, I should
have to ask him to give bail for the cost3.
Having beard this so frequently in court
I thought it indispensable. He answered
if I meant the fee for performing the cer
emony he would deposit it then and there.
As I did not exactly know what I was do
ing, I magnanimously waived that por
tion of the ceremony. I then told him it
would be necessary to give bail to keep
the peacer This he said he was willing,
to do when he arrived at home, and I
then waived Jiiat point also.
Having established to my satisfaction
that they wanted to get married, and that
they were old enough to enter in that
blessed state I proceeded to tie the knot.
I asked him if he was willing to take that
woman to be his wife. He said he was.
I told him I did not require hasta in the
answer that he might reflect a few min
utes if he wished. I told him she looked
like a fine girl, and I had no doubt she
was, but if the sequel proved that he had
been taken in, I did not want to be held
responsible. I said he must lore, honor
and obey her as long as she lived. He
must not be "snappy" around tho house,
nor spit tobacco juice on the floor; all of
which he promised faithfully to heed.
"Now," said I to her, "you hear what
he says. Do you accept the invitation to
become his wile will you be lenient to
wards his faults and cherish his virtues
will you never be guilty of throwing fur
niture at his head for slight offences, and
will you get three meals a day without
grumbling?" She said she would. I ask
ed them if they believed in the command
ments, and they said yes. Having read
the creed and articles of fairh, a afore
said, I taid.to the man, tako her, she is
yours, I cannot withhold my consent. I
said to the girl, when safe in the arms ef
your liege lord you can defy the scdtU
and jeers of th3 world. I then read a lit
tle from the Essay on Man, iucluding that
passage "Man wants but little here below,
but wauts that littla long." As a final to
the scene, I delivered the following ex
ordium, "Go in peace, siu uo more."
The geuerous groom having placed a
lifiy ceut check in my unwilling palm, I
bade the happy pair a final adieu.
Heavy Shipments of "Fodder."
From the let of the present year to this
time, there has been brought from tho
West by tho Empire Freight Company,
end shipped over L. R. R. to Nevr York,
1,247,052 pounds of dressed lics, aii
168,628 pounds of thtcja.
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