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VOL. 2C.
Published by Theodore Sclioch.
TERMS Two dollars a year in advance and if not
paid bof re the end ofthe yeatr, two dollars and fitly
ct. will be charged.
No paper discontinued until all arrearages a re pnid,
cicept .-it the option of the Editor.
fCA lvertiscinents of one squareof (eight lineslor
les, one or three insertions $ I 50. Each additional
insertion, 50 cents. Longer ones in proportion.
JOB PRI2VT3NG,
OF ALL KINDS,
Eiecuted inthe highest style of the Arl.andonthe
most reasontble terms.
C. B. KBLLGR,
DEALER IN
Boots, Shoes, Leather,
AND FINDINGS,
STROUDSBURG, Pa.
March 29, 18G7.
S. ROL1IES, JR.,
ATTORNEY-AT-LAW, AND GENERAL
CLAIM AGENT.
. STROUDSBURG, PA.
Office tcilh S. S. Drcher, Esq.
All claims against the Government prose
cuted with dispatch at reduced rates.
(7 An additional bounty of $100 and of
$50 procured for Soldiers in the late War,
FHEK OF EXTRA CHARGE. Q
August 2, I860.
DR. A. REEVES JACKSON,
PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON,
Begs leave to announce that, in order to
prevent disappointment, he will hereafter de
vote THURSDAY and SATURDAY 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, 180G.-tf.
F urnitur e ! Furniture !
McCarty's New Furniture Store,
DREHER'8 NEW BUILDING, two
doors 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. May 17, lSGS.-tf.
IF YOU WANT A GOOD MELODEON,
from one of 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 are good judges 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 thin one-half the usual per centage
that agents want. J. II. McCARTV.
May 17, ISGG.-tf.
NDERTAKING IN ALL ITS BRAN
ches. Particular attention will be giten 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 50 to 75 finished Coffins -always
on hand. Trimmings to suit the best
Hearse in the country. Funerals attended
it one hour's notice. J. 11. McCARTY.
May 17, ISGG.-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. Oa hand at all times, a
large stock of
Harness, Whins, Trunks, Yalices, Car-
pet Bags, Horse-Blankets, Bells,
Skates, Oil Cloths, d'C
Carriage Trimming promptly attended
to. JOHN O. SAYLOR.
Stroudsburg, Pec. 14, 1805.
Gothic flail Drag Store.
William Honiiisliead,
Wholesale and Retail Druggist
STROUDSBURG, Pa.
Constantly on band and for
sale cheap for cash, a fresh sup
ply of Drugs, Medicines, Paints,
Oil, Glass, Putty, V armsh, Ker
osene Oil, Perfumery and Fancy Goods;
also
.Sash, l! in (Is and Doors.
Pure Wines and Liquors for Medicinal
purpose.
P. fe. x-hysicians Prescriptions care
fully compounded.
Stroudsburg, July 7, 18G4.
TIN SHOP !
The undersigned begs leave to inform his
friend and the public generally, that he has
now opened a TIN SHOP, on Main street,
near the Stroudsburg Mills, opposite Troch
& Walton's, formerly It. S. Staples' Store,
where he ia prepared to manufacture and
sell at wholesale and retail, all kinds of
Tia, Copper and Sheet Iron-Ware
ALSO,
-etoves, Stove Sip and Elbows.
Old and second hand Stoves bought and
sold, at cash rates.
CASH paid fr Old Lead, Conner and
Brass. r
(&- Roofing, Spouting and Repairing
promptly attended to and warranted to give
atisfaction. Call and see for yourselves
WILLIAM KElSEIt!
stroudsburg, .Dec. 6, 1S65.
T
P YOU wavt a nnnn dadd
f, uit n Rose, Mahogany or Walnut
McCARTY has it. . May 17, ISGG.-tf
BLANK LEASES
For Sale at this Office.
f
NEW STORE
mtTgoods
REDUCED PRICES!
DARIUS DREIIER, begs leave to
an-
nounce to his friends and and to the pub
lic generally, that he has just received a
general assortment of
Dry Goods, Notions, Dress Trimmings,
AND
MILLINERY GOODS
consisting, in part of the following desirable
articles, viz. :
Calicoes,
Laurns, .
French Cliintzs,
Children's Dress Goods,
Worked Edgings,
Parasols, Ziphers,
Shetland Wools,
Shetland Wool Shaicls,
Delaines,
JIu si ins,
White Dress Goods,
Insert ings,
Lady's and Cliildrcn's Sachs
Flannel and Cloth,
Lady's, Misses and Men's Hoes,
Gloves and Collars,
Mourning Goods,
Shroudings, dc, d'C.
Goods shown with pleasure. "Quicks
6ales and small profits" at the old and well
known Millinery Stand of F. A. DREIIER.
The Millinery business will be carried on
as usual by Mrs. Dreher.
Patronage respectly solicited.
DARIUS DREHER.
April 2G, 1SG0.
TnCSIEXDGlS EXfiTEMEKT !
Death to High Prices!
Up Town in a Blaze !
METZGAR &, STORM, respectfully in
form the public that the days of imposition
prices have gone by in Stroudsburg, for the
proof of which they invite their friends, from
both town and county, to call at their new
Store, on Elizabeth Street, in Stroudsburg,
one door below the Indian Queen Hotel, ex
amine thair goods and learn how low they
sell thern.
We have DRY GOODsS in almost endless
variety,
CIcths, Cassiracres and Vesting.?,
Calicoes, Detains and Muslins,
Trimmings and KotiGns,
and everything in that line.
We have GROCERIES and PROVISO
SIONS,
SUGARS, COFFEES, TEAS,
SPICES, FISH, PORK,
and a full assortment in that line.
We have Crockery Ware, Wooden Ware,
Willow Ware, Hardware, a general assort
ment.
TOBACCO of all kinds,
BOOTS AND SHOES, and in fact al
most everything that can be called for in a
completely stocked Store.
Call and see for yourselves. We take
pleasure in showing goods without price,
and can sell you calicoes from 12 cents to
2o cents per yard, and everything else pro
portionately low.
We feel duly thankful for the many evi
dences oi already received appreciation of
our efforts to knock down war prices, and
can assure the public that there is still room
for a few more evidences of the same sort.
Don't forget the place and give us a call.
J. P. METZGAR,
March 29. 1SGG. JEROME STORM.
Good iVcws for the Slillion.
The subscriber . hastens to lay the import
ant intelligence before the public, that he
hag added largely to his already large stock
of fashionable and seasonable
Cloths, Cassimcres, Vesting?, &Ci
which he will make up to order on short no
tice, in a manner satisfactory to all. His
shelves, literally groan beneath the
Kcady Made Clothing
with which they are loaded.
Coatsf Overcoats, Pants and Vests
made of the best material, and in the most
fashionable manner, at prices to suit all.
Hats arid Cap,
IJools and Shoes,
&c. &c. &c.
and indeed every thing with which he has
heretofore supplied the public, will be found
ready for inspection and bale at prices which
defy competition.
Thankful for favors heretofore received he
hopes to merit a continuance of public favor
at the old btand.
NICHOLAS RUSTER.
Siroudaburg, .Dec. 8, 16G5.
LOOK THISWAY !
i!EAD ! READ !
Chas. Schaefer & Co.
FRENCH & GERMAN
STEAM DYIXt; ESTABLISHMENT.
EASTON. PENN'A.
,7ii dye Woolen,
Silk and Cotten
Goods of Every Description, in any
Uolor desired.
Orders can be
left with II. S. VAOjrE,;She could get arouud most anything.
i. i Thft .irth turns nnon its aria, making
STROUDSBURG
,
June 21, 160G.-lyr
Money Wanted.
rnillESUECKIUEKKESPECTFUL
Itr rnrtiiflstfl nil nerhons indebted to
J I i
him to pay up without delay. The money
due him is absolutely wanted. A word .
to the wise, &c.
Feb. 21. '07.1 NICHOLAS RUSTER.
C COMMON CHAIRS of all kinds, Cane ,
Flag and Wood Seats; Dining, Bar-
Rom ceCha orithou; bowels of he earth the temperature be
Cushions, Rocking-chair, of every descrip- s warm, and it grows warmer as you
tion at McCARTY S Ware-Rooms.
May 17, 16GG.-tf.
STROUDSBURG, MONROE
Things that don't Hitch Together Some
how. FROM THE PENNSYLVANIA GERMAN.
Landlord.
Ten dollars for a cask of beer!
What can the brewer mean 1
If things go so, 1 greatly fear
We'll all be ruined clean.
Customer.
Five cents for such a thimblefull.
And that more foam than beer!
The landlord squeezes me too tujh't,
He goes too far tjiat's clear.
'Brewer.
Barley gets dearer every day,
And now it s sixty, cents;
What can the farmers be about 1
Where can I find the pence?
Farmer.
Cotton is thirty ccnts'a yard,
And "nothing seems to fall ;
The storekeepers are getting rich
The deril take them all !
Storekeeper.
Four dollars for just one day's work,
." At whitewashing oh, me !
The walls half smeared just look at them!
We all shall ruined be.
Workman.
Each week I twenty dollars earn,
And not a cent beside;
And have to pay the printer too;
Wo that I can't abide.
Editor.
Hard times, good people, don't you know,
Bear hardest down on me;
But, as St. Matthew counsels us,
Let's all right merry be;
Don't curse each other don't be cross
Fault-finding is but folly.
The world is round the world must spin
So spin away your trouble,
The sun shines brightly after rain.
With rainbows in life's bubble.
Easy Lessons in Geography.
The following amusing article i from
the Cincinnati Times:
THE EARTH.
The earth is an old subject we don't
know how old. Wise men have endeav
ored to ascertain its age ia various ways,
and succeeded very well, only differing
in their calculations a few thousand cen
turies or so.
We have several reasons for writing
upon the earth, the principal one being
the imperfect faculties afforded for get
ting upon any other planet to write. No
thing prevents our writing upon the sun
or moos, except the difficulty of getting
there.
The earth is the third planet in order
from the sun, and the largest within the
belt ofthe planefoids. We have wonder
ed, sometimes why the earth did not have
a belt all to herself, being the Champion
of the Universe?
The ancients looked upon the earth as
a, flat disc, swimming upon the water like
a piece of toast in a basin of milk. Once
upon a time a lot of adventurous young
ancients started out to find the jumping
off place, and continued on astraight line;
they were astonished to 2nd themselves
on the very spot whence they started.
They informed their parents of the cir
cumstance, aud they, after about a cen
tury of painful and laborious thought up
on the subject, came to the conclusion
that the earth must be round, " because
if it ain't," triumphantly asked an old an
cient, " hovr could the boys have gone
around it?" There was no getting a
round that, and the earth has been of a
spherical form ever since.
It is estimated that about two-thirds of
the snrface of the globe is covered with
water. Although millions of living crea
tures slake their thirst daily, the quantity
of water has not materially diminished
for centuries past, at least not siucc the
introduction of whiskey shops, which
prove a great saving of water, and are
therefore of immense benefit to naviga
tion. The greatest distance from the earth to
the sun is 00,000,000 of miles, and at
the least distance something over 94,000,
000 miles. A saving of 2,000,000 of
miles could be effected, if a railroad should
ever connect the two planets, by taking
the least distance. This would shorten
the time consumed in running and re
duce the expenses very materially. Any
railroad raau will tell you that.
The mean distance from the earth to
the sun is 05,000,000 miles, which is no
mean distance either, when you try to
walk it.
The earth moves round the sun from
west to cast, consuming 3G5 days and
six hour in every revolution, traveling
nights and Sundays. Joshua, it will be
remembered by some of our oldest citi
zens, once commanded the sun to stand
still, and he is standing still. It ain't ev
ery fool of a tlanet that can cet around
the sun. The earth docs it however.
r
. 7 Z ' . t
one revolution every twenty tour hours, ;
except in- Mexico there they have a rev- j
olution two or three times a day. The ;
earth and her axes were thick as peas to
frether at one time, but one (lav the earth
r r y
got down on her axis and turned on it.
It is the revolution of the earth that
makes oight and day to everybody but
printers and editors who work ou morn-
K is an uay wuu mem.
irmnn n rorr:iiii ilpntli infn inn
warm w your nui, cu u P,ul
thirty miles (as we are iutorweJ lyai
COUNTY, PA., MARCH
J gentleman who dug that distance one July
morning,; everyttiing is like a molten
iron at a white heat. There is a good
reason for believing that people who cheat
.the printer and who try to get into shows
without paying for it, are sent thirty
miles into the bowels of the earth when
they die.
The earth is not such a dismal place
to live upon as many try to make out.
So far as our knowledge extends and we
probably know as much about it as any
body it is far preferable to any of its sis
ter planets as a permanent residence. At
least, we are satisfied with it, and intend
to remain here so long as we are "on
earth."
Trade is a Little Dull.
We find the following spicy but truth
ful little sketch ia the Uostoa Commer
cial Bulletin. It forcibly illustrates the
fact that trade is a little dull," and also
that that portion ofthe community known
as " drummers," or commercial travelers,
despite their almost inexhaustible resour
ces and inventions, are often obliged to
yield to the pressure ofthe stagnant times.
The Bulletin says:
" One of these gentlemen who has re
cently returned from a trip for Thistle
Pros. & Co., of this city, did not show a
very large exhibit of orders to balance
the liberal expense account allowed him
by the firm, and Mr. Thistle, after having
looked over4iis returns, said:
" Mr. Rataplan, I am afraid you do not
approach the dealers in right the way. I
used to be very successful in this line.
Now just suppose me to be Mr. higher,
of Sellout, 111., and show mc the way you
introduce the house."
Accordingly llataplan stepped out of
the counting house and re entered, hat in
hand, inquiring, 41 is Mr. Higher in?"
" That is my name' said Thistle, ur
banely. " My name is Rataplan, sir; I repre
sent the house of Thistle Eros. & Co., of
lioston." Thistle, in his character of
Western merchant here rose, offered the
salesman a chair, and expressed his pleas
ure at seeing him.
" I am stopping with Overhang at the
Stickeni House, aud have a fine uubroken
lot of samples, which I should like to show
you; think we can offer you some special
advantages," &c. And Rataplan deliv
ered himself of a neat speech in profes
sional style.
" Very well, very well," raid Thistle;
" I don't see but that you understand the
way to get at customers."
" Excuse me, Mr. Thistle," said Tiatap
lan; " I am afraid you do not understand
the Western merchants just now; suppose
you exchange places with me and we re
peat this rehearsal."
" Certainly," paid Thistle, and picking
up his hat, be stepped out. Returning,
he found Rataplan with his chair tilted
back, hat cocked fiercely over his right
eye, his heels planted on Thistle's polish
ed desk, and a lighted cigar between his
teeth.'
Thistle looked a little staggered, but
nevertheless he commenced-
"Is Mr. Eigher in?"
" Yvs, he is," responded llataplan,
blowing a cloud of pure Connecticut into
Thistle's eyes, " Who in are you?"
" I represent the house of Thistle Eros.
&. Co.," said the astonished employer,
coughing about a quart of smoke from his
throat.
" The blaze3 you do, are you one of
that concern ?"
" No, 6ir, I am not," said Thistle.
" Well, its d d lucky for you that
you are not, for I've had two drummers
to one customer in my store for the last
two months, aud if I could get hold of one
of the blasted fools that send 'em out here
at this time, 1 m durned if I wouldn t
boot him clean out of the town of Sel
lout." " That'll do, that'll do, Mr. Rataplan,"
said Thistle: " I have no doubt you did
the best you could for the interest of the
house. Trade is a little dull!"
A Clergyman's Retort.
A witty clergyman had been lecturing
one evening iu a country villago, on the
subject of temperance, and as usual, after
the lecture, the pledge was passed arouud
for signatures.
"Pass it along that way," said the lec
turer, pointing to a gang of bloated and
red nosed loafers near - the door. "Pass
it along perhaps some of theso persons
would like to join our cause.'
"We don't bito a bare hook," gruflly
muttered one of the rummies.
"Well," replied the clergyman, "I be
lieve there is a kind offish called uck-
ers
that do not bite."
Two of 'em.
A young fellow, whose better-half had
presented him with a pair of bouncing
twins, attended church one Sunday.
During the discourse, the clergyman look
ed right at our innccent friend, and said,
iu a tone ol thrilliuge'oquence : ''Youug
man, you hav au important responsi
bility thrust upon you." The newly
fledged dad, supposiuj that the preacher
alluded to his peculiar home event, con
siderably startled the audience, by cx-
claiming :
t
"Yes, two of 'em."
A Georgian writes from Thouiasville ;
" I saw a sign in this vicinity, a few days
since, and. thought you might give it a
place in your columus :"
OLD CAIN 8EADE CIIAIU3
llH-EODEMT.
28, 18G7.
The Fallen.
-1 Few words of Compassion for the Un
Jortunate "Let Mini Who Has no Sin
Cast the First Sl07ic."
Scarcely a day passes but that he who
goes upon the streets will come in contact
with one or more of the abandoned class
of females, and whenever he docs the lip
is curled scornfully, a withering glance is
bestowed, and he passes by, like the Le
vitc, on the other side. It is perhaps,
well not to countenance them, not to speak
to them, but is it well to frown upon
them ? Ah, reader little do you know of
their past history ; little do you reek of
the struggle to maintain a proper stand
ing in society, which has torn their very
natures asunder, and left them but mere
wrecks, with but little or no principle' to
guide them ou life's stormy sea. Think
you that the gay laugh you sometimes
hear is the token of alight heart? If
you only knew one-half the wretchedness
that is hid beneath it, your eyes would
stream with pity, and instead of frowning
you would lend a helping hand to lift
them from their dcgredation, and assist
to place them once more upon a firm
foundation. "Let him who has no sin cist
the first stone." Were this doctrine fol
lowed" cut, few persons there would be
found who could hurl the stone of deri
sion at their first mis-steps, but when the
erring one was cliuging to Hope, and
striving to gain virtue's level they would
not continue to pelt them until at last dis
couraged, forsaken, and God only knows
how miserable, they sink beneath the ti
tle of public opinion, and are lost in the
maclstorm of despair. But so it is al
ways. Mankind are ever ready to con
demn sin in others, while, perhaps, a mote
is in their own eyes which will not allow
them to look inward and so discover their
own failings. A word, a look, may be
the means of reclaiming more than one of
these miserable beings, and why should
they be suffered to go at large without an
attempt to reclaim them ? T he iufiuence
is pernicious, their associations baneful,
and their lives full of wretchedness.
They are objects of pity rather than con
cmpt, and
As they go through the long, long day.
Unheeding the sun with its piercing ray;
Unheeding the scorn that their glances greet,
In the hard, cold eyes of all they meet;
Unheeding ah, no! for the passer-by
May often catch a quick drawn sigh,
That pleads like a voice for a little pity
Tromthe narrow hearts in the great wide c"ty.
Who cares ! who cares V
. Yes, who cares ? Not one of the busy
throng who so coldly pass .them by. Up
and down, to and Iro they wander, wear
ing out their miserable existence, and
vainly waiting for death to relieve them of
a heavy buaden. Are they not prfper sub
jects for charity ? Then have more feeling
and look more kindly upon the fallen ones,
for their hearts are sa weary, and their
paths so rugged. Think ofthe time when
she was a pure child in her mother's arm's
protected by her from all harm, but who
has been more sinned against than sin
ning, until she has become the being ehe
is. llcmember that while
''Men falsely woi, and falsely win
Pure women, pardon the petty sin
In them; they will feast and flatter
The girl that's lost in a trifling matter."
She may have gone, perchance, to some
den where she will change her name and
her life, or with a broken heart which
is never to be lightened with hope, has
sought the bosom of the silently flowing
river 'neath which she has hushed her
woe and blotted out her shame. "One
more unfortunate" tells the tale, the busy
throng moves on and the poor girl with
her sorrows is soon forgotten. A gentle
word, a pitying look might have"suvel,
withheld, and she has rashly sought des
truction to hide her fall. Curl cot your
lip3 so scornfully, nor bestow such a with
ering glance upen the poor creature that
is passingby. Her life is full of dark
spots which stand out in bold relief, and
stamp her avocation upon her face. Seek
rather to reclaim her, for by so doing,
when you are called from earthly things
you may have the conicsousness of know
ing that you have at least done your ut
most to practice the Golden Rule.
A Toothless Animal
A short time ago, at a school in New
ark, during a lesson on the animal king
dom, the teacher put the following ques
tion :
"Can any boy name to me an auimal of
the order endatata that is, a front tooth
toothless animal ?"
A boy whose face beamed with pleas
ure at the prospect of a giiod mark, ra
plied : "I can."
"Well, what is the aniunl ?"
"My graudmother !"
A French preacher was once descaut
iug from the pulpit with great eloquence
cn the beautiea of creation. "Whatever,"
said h, "comes form the hand of nature
is coiapletc ; she frouis everything per
fect." 'One of his congregation, very
much deformed, aud-having a large hump,
went up to him at the close of his dis
course, and aakeJ, "What thiuk ye of me,
holy father am I perfect?" To which
the preacher replied, 'very coolly, "Yes;
for a hump backed man, quite perfect."
A gentleman had cou 'erred u fkvor on
a friend, who was au undertaker. Says'
tho latter: "Erown, 1 am under great
obligations toyou, aud allow me to say that'
your kindness is keenly appreciated, and
I hope I may bo able to do you a good
turu so:ae day or other. If you ever(
waut a eoEn, call on me. 1 should no
happy to bury you or any of your fani.lv,
at ihoit notice, at greatly reduced tutes.'
NO. I.
A Sharpsr and his Victim.
The N. Y. Times indulges in the ob
jected anecdote. t . -
"A few evenings since wwile a party
of gentlemen were dining at an up-town
mansion, tho host, who is a prominent
merchant, was called from the table at
the request of a young man who said he
had pressing busifless. The man called
himself the son of well known Boston
merchant with whom our New-York
friend dealt largely, and added that h
was ou his way to Washington with sis
mother and other ladies, but had been on
business to Brooklyn, and in coming over
the Fulton ferry had his pocket picked of
hi3 railroad tickets and money. Re
membering the New York merchant's
name as among his father's correspond
ents, he made bold to state his case, aad
ask the loan of forty or fifty dollars, jusk
enough to get to Washington. The New
Yorker not only assented, but forced tho
stranger to take a hundred dollars instead
fifty, and would have made it five hund
red if that amount had been in his pock
et. On relation the incident at tho tabl
he was greeted with such well-understood
phrases as 'done brown,' 'sold,' cet., ac
companied by 'nod and becks and wreath-,
ed smiles' of the most provoking kind.
lie was sure that all wa3 right; but next
day, merely in order to silence his tor
mentors, he telegraphed to the alleged
father of the 'nice young , raaa,' asking
what time his sou left Boston The an
swer was that the true young man bail
not been out of Boston for a month."
The Origin of "Yankee Doodle."
Mr. Bryant, who is writing from
Spaia
to the Evening Post, in his last letter
has the following ia relation to the origin
of " Yankee Doodle :"
I have mentioned the Basques, and I
have an incident to relate which connects
thcia, curiously enough, with oar own,
country. Seme time since, when Mr.
Perry, Secretary of the American Lega
tion at Madrid, was in one of the Bas
que provinces, he heard a band p!ayin-
meir ou national airs. The Basques
have preserved whatever is peculiar to
them their language, their customs, and.
many of their political rights, from the
earliest period in which they are known,
to history. Their national music is claim
ed to be of the same antiquity. After
the band had played several otherVira, it
struck up "Yankee Doodle' the very
tune, in every note, which is so familiar
to American ears. Mr. Perry immediately
claimed it as our national air. "It is one
of our old tune," said a gentleman to
whom he spoie, "and I can convince you
cf the fact. For hundreds of years it has
been a popular air among us." The gen
tleman afterwards made good hi3 asser
tion by showing Mr. Perry a manuscript
of great antiquity which contained the
identical musical notes of "Yankee Doo
dle." Once upon a time, Lyman Beccherr
and Ilosea Ballou met to compare Cal
vinism and Universalism, and each came
armed with textual missiles. After sev
eral 2postolic blows from each," shrewdly
parried by the other, Dr. Beecher opened
to the ninth psalm and read : "The wick
ed shall be turned into hell and all the
nations that forget God." "There, sirr
the wicked arc in hell ; get them out if
you can : llosca liallou, calm as a sum
mer morning, pointing to the twelfth chap
ter of John's Revelation, read: "Death
and hell delivered up the dead which.
were in thsm." "There, said Father
Ballou, "they are out ; get theui ia agaia.
it you can !"
Ho7,r to Cleanse a Cist3m.
A simple tiring I have accidentally;.
Iccrned, and, if not generally known,
ought to-be, relatiag to stagnant odorous
water in cisterns. Many persons know
how annoyiug this sometimes becomes.
After frequent cleauin-j aad other experi
ments, all to no permanent utility, I was
advised to put, say, two pounds caustio
soda in tho water, and it purified it in a
few hour?. Since tht?n whea I tried
what is called concentrated lye I had quite
a good rasult. One or both of these arti
cles can be obtaiued at any druggist's.
Exchange.
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Th3 IMcst Iaependent Mm
There is no man more independent thaa
the owner of a well cultivated farm. Ha
is less beholden to popular sentiment thaa
any other calling, 'lie has always a euro
support before him without consulting
the opinions or relying upoa the custom
of any one. There is a constant market
for all the surplus he can produce, and he
obtains for it the current prieo without
any one demanding to know of him hi
religious or political faith.
Among the new devices ofthe day ara
paper pantaletts for ladies. The Lewis
towa Journal says that a company :ha
been organized at Mechanic Falls, called
the Ferlong Paper Pantalett -Company, to
manufacture borders to l;uie drawers
and childeru's pantalet's a ornamental
appurtenance to be buttoned t. tha gar
ment, which may be readily replaced
whan soiled. If such inventions ns these
can put a stop to the great waste of time,
S:o , now made in embroidery, the more
of them the Letter.
A Wisconsin woman lately tried to col
lect five thousand dollars of life insurance
money on a log of wood, which sho hil
placed iu a colSn and buried as hr bua
baud, tut tho trick was liiicovtreJ,
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