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Dcuotcb to politics, fitcroture, agriculture, Sricnrc, iHoralitn, nuo cncval Sntcllig
cncc.
VOL. 2G.
Published by Theodore Schoch.
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:t. w ill be charged. ' 3
No paper discontinued until all arrearages arc paid,
iirept at the option of the Dditor.
. IC7AUertiseuieuts of one .-qimreof (eigl.t lines) or
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i. uertion, 50 cents. Longer ones in proportion.
JOI5 l-SfcS.VriXG,
Of ALL KINDS,
Executed inthe tiigliest style of the Ail.andonthe
no.t reason lble terms.
C..B. kklt.ki:,
DEALER, IN
Boots, Shoes, Leather,
AND FLDIXGS,
STROUDSBURG, Pa.
March 29, 1S67.
' S. HOLMES, Jr.
ATTORNEY-AT-LAW, AND GENERAL
CLAIM AGENT.
STROUDSBURG, PA.
Office icith S. tf. Drcher, Esq.
All claims against the Government prose
cuted with dispatch at reduced rates.
OCT" An additional bounty of .$100 and of
50 procured for Soldiers in the late War,
T8KK OF EXTRA CHARGE.
August 2, 18G0.
Furniture ! 'Furniture !
McCarly's flew Furniture Store, S
TTT?FnPT?'S YPW TtlTfTTiTVn .'J
JL doors below the Post-office Strouds-
urg, Pa. lie is selling his Furniture 10
r rent, loss than Easton or Wnshinrrtnn
prices, to say nothing about' freight or break-
ge. LIay 7, lccc-tr.
IF YOU WANT A GOOD MELODEON,
from one of the best makers in the Uni
ted States, tolid 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. lie 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. 11. McCARTY.
May 17, ISGO.-tf."
UNDERTAKING IN ALL ITS BRAN
ches. Particular attention will be given to this
branch of the subscriber's business. lie will
always study to please and consult the
wants and wishes of those who i-mploy him.
From the number of years experience he has j
iad in this branch of business he cannot and j
will not not be excelled either in city or j
country. Prices one-third less than is usual- J
ly charged, from 50 to 75 finished Coffins al- 1
ways on nana. 1 rimmings 10 sun me uesi
Hearse in the country. Funerals attended
at one hour's notice. J. 11. McCARTY.
May 17, lSGG.-tf.
MT. VERNON HOTEL,
M. &. T. P. WATSON, Proprietors,
Nos lir & 119 North SECOND Street,
(Between Arch and Rice,)
PHILADELPHIA, PA.
Close proximity to the business center of
the city, excellent accommodations, and care
ful attentien to the comfort and wants of
guests are characteristics of the Mount Ver
non. The House his been thorough iy ren
ovated and new-furnished. The patronage
of the public is respectfully solicited.
October 11, lSQ3.-:f.
LOOK THIS WAY !
READ ! HEAD !
Chas. Schaefer & Co.
FRENCH fc GERMAN
STEA3I DYlSir ESTABLISHMENT
EASTON, PENN'A.
Will dye Woolen, Silk and Cotten
Goods of Every Description, in any
Color desired.
Orders can be left with II. S. Wagxer,
STROUDSBURG, Pa
June 21, lSGG.-lyr.
Saddle and Harness
Manufactory.
The uudcrsijrncd respectfully informs
4ho citizens of .Stroudsburg, and surroun-
ing country, that he has commenced the
above business in Fowler's building, on
Elirnhoth Ktrr-nr nnrl i "f.illv rrorToA t.r
fnrn.sl, ,nVart;,l, in U linn nf l.ninr
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iar"C HOCK OI
e
Harness, Whips, Trvnlcs, Valices, Car
pet Bays, llorse-lilnnhets, Bells
Skates, Oil Cloths, tc.
?Crriagc Trimming promptly attended
to. JOHN O. SAYLOll.
Strwdsburg, Dec. 14, 1803.
Cleiliic "Hall Drug Store.
IVilliaszi II olliiashcac!,
Wholesale and Retail Druggist
STROUDSUUJIG, 1'a.
Constantly on hand and for
sde cheap for cash, a fresh sup
ply of Drugs, Medicines, Paints,
i Oil, Glass, Putty, Varnish, Ker-
eajOil, Peifumcry and Fancy Goods;
also
Sash, MtntK and lioors.
Pure Wines and Liquors for 3icdicinal
purpose.
S. Physicians Prescriptions carc
jfully compounded.
Stroudsburg, July 7, 1801.
Drs. JACKSON & BIDLACK,
PUYSK'IAXS AM si iu;eoxs.
I JACKSON & BIDLACK,
Prepared tii ntlfn nrnm rf lir In nil ..II.
are
r i, . iv on tuns
,oi a lrotessional character. Office Op
nosite the Siroudsbur-r Bank
April 20, 1867.-tf.
BLANK LEASES
for Sate at this Office.
m
Borough Bounty Account.
Account of Thomas M. Jlcllhanry, Trea
surer of Bounty Fund oj the Borough
of Stroudsbury, as prepared and pub
lished by Borowjh Auditors, under Act
of Assembly oj A pril 11, 1S6G.
Draft ordered September 5, 18G4 :
DR. .
To proceeds of note discounted
, at Stroudsburg Bank, Aug. 3,
1SG1 11812 00
Amount of 25 subscriptions of
G7 persons, .
1G75 00
13437 00
CR.
By counterfeit bill, 5 00
By following payment
made by order of Draft
Committee:
George Fable for bounty
to John Deer, 300 00
Premiums for procuring
enlistment, viz.:
John F. Barry,
A. J. Cool baugh,
He nry Sergeant,
Hercoles Sergeant,
William Sergeant,
Robert R. Miiler,
William Oeppling,
10 00
40 00
10 00
10 00
10 00
10 00
20 00
20 00
.10 00
10 00
10 00
10 00
10 00
10 00
10 00
10 00
20 00
25 00
25 00
Martin Hcubner,
Charles J. Kemmerer,
Samuel A. Houser,
John Clekler,
1 ?eo- C' Armitage,
!,arlcs J,aPlcs'
I orge A. Houser,
j Edwin Staples,
George Shackelton,
George B. Armitag,
George Fabel, amt. ad
van'd to John D. Smith,
Do. to David Huntsman,
Theodore Schoch, printing, 19 0(1
Sealy Drake,
10 00
Wm. Davis, for payment
made to Joseph Stametz,
Linford Marsh, expenses,
William Davis, telegrams,
John De Young, printing,
Linford Marsh, expensed
to and from Philadel
phia, 10 00
5 00
2 05
5 00
33 03
10 00
75 00
14 50
' Linford Martdi, services,
! W. S. Flory, for muster-
. Kautz & Huntsman, liv
! cry.
; Thos. M. Mclihaney, ex-
penses and services at
Easton, 10 76
Jobn Widmer, 20 00
Geo. Fabte, services, 30 00
Christian Heller, rent, 3 00
M. B. Postcns, 5 00
A. R. Jackson, 5 00
Revenue Stamps, 61
Daniel Pugh, bounty, 400 00
Sydenham Staple?, " 400 00
Linford Marsh, for "
to G vols., 2100 00
Robert Huston, for "
to 23 vols., C031 00
Robert Huston, expenses, 120 00
" " cervices, 45 00
" bounty to
4 vol., 40 00
-10902 63
Bal. in hands of Treas
urer applied to note in
Stroudsburg Bank,
2534 37
13467 00
Draft of February 15, 1SG5:
DR.
To proceeds of note discounted
at Stroudsburg Bjnk, Aug. 3,
1865, 4921 G7
Do. Au;. 11, 1665, 3937 33
Proceeds of note discounted in fa
vor of Linford Marsh, 3920 00
Do. do. . do. 3430 00
Amt. 25 subscription of 103 per
sons. Or 2575 00
Samuel Moore's subscription, 13 00
Total,
CR.
By Revenue Stamps,
J. E. W. Miller, horse hire,
Geo. Knauss.
18797 00
6 G3
G 00
10 00
25
James Schoch, posting bills,
Theodore Schoch, printing, 2
! John Dc Young, 5
00
00
i V ai. JvaUIZ, JlorSC liirC, IZ UU
! r i T' !
, 1 1 r, .i 1 i 1 in
iuciuiuii uucaaiu, uuaiu. L K'vJ
j JIJU.il.lJlUM.S,tAUICOJ"C, UJ
T 11......
UUtlVU) CiUCUDtO
to Philadelphia, 25 00
Daniel Peters, do. 43 47
Counterfeit money, 29 00
James A. Pauli, expenses, 10 00
Daniel Peters, do. 57 80
E. A. Barnet, services, 20 00
Win. Fine, expenses, 23 28
Linford Marsh, 03 GO
" " 27 days a 3 81 00
Sydenham Walton, expen
ses to EasLun, 5 50
Daniel Peters, bounty to 1
vol.
300 00
James B. Rsy,
Geo. Ray,
Sanford llain??,
5 men a 510
11 " a 515
do.
do.
do.
150 00
150 00
150 00
2550 00
5065 00
5170 00
1485 00
510 00
1080 00
11
3
1
2
470
a 495
a 510
a 5 10
4
4
-517633 63
1163 17
Bal. paid A. J. Lantz,
18797 00
Examined, passed and allowed this 2nd
day of May, 16G7.
- . . awm itv a w rr y- t
JOS.
DANIEL BROWN,
N, j:"-
Samuel S. Dreher, Treasurer of Bounty Fund
in Account with the Borough of Sttouds-
burg. for the Drait of Feb. 1, 16G4.
DR.
To amt. of subscriptions
of 97 men a 25, 2125 00
Proceeds of note discoua-
STROUDSBURG, MONROE COUNTY, PA., JUNE
ted at Siroudsburg
Bank, 9343 33
Amt. ree'ed of Charles -
Ilebbard, advance on
10 recruits transferred
to Coolbaugh tsp., 150 00
Amt. of tax ree'ed from
Geo. II. Miller, col'or, 5722 5G
Int. on note of S. J. Hol-
linsitead, 7 40
-18,143 33
CR.
By bounty to 1 recruit, 300 00
44 44 44 JQ tt
put in by Drehcr &
WyckofI, G000 00
Bounty to 6 recruits put
in bv Linford Marsh. 1857 85
S. J.'IIolIinshead, expen
ses to Washington, 43 00
Dreher & Wyckoff, ex
penses, Telegrams and stamps,
S. J. Hollinshead's ex
penses to Easton,
A. J. Lantz, -do.
228
7
3G
00
90
8
Theodore Schoch, printing, 15 00
J. Wyckoff, expenses to
Harrieburg, 21 25
-3,497 11
Paid into Bank on the note of the
citizens of the borough of Strouds
burg. to viz. :
18G4, July 10th, 90G1 22
Sept. 15th, 20 00
" " 19th, ' 522 56
18GG, Aug. 8th, 57 49
-9,661 27
18,487 11
Examined, passed and allowed this 18th
day of May, 1867.
JOS. T. WALTON, )
DANIEL BROWN, $
Auditors.
Charles D. Brodhcad, Treasurer of Bounty
Tax in Account with the Boroueh of
Stroudsburg.
DR.
To amt. of Taxes ree'd
I'm Wayne G. Drake,
Collector of Bounly
Taxes, 11G5 00
Amt. tf Taxes received
from Samuel Recs,
Collector, $2652 11
3317 11
CR.
By following payments to wit:
Ami. paid on note in
Bank, 1716 13
Amt. paid on Bonds and
Interests, 2100 93
3817 11
Examined, passed and allowed this 16th
day oi May, 1SG7.
JOS T. WALTON, )
DANIEL BROWN, C Aud,lors-
Account of Frederick Keiser, Treasurer of
Bounty Tax for the year 1804, in Account
with the Borough of Stroudsburg.
DR.
To amt. of Duplicate for
16G1, 897 4G
Amt. of Bounty Taxes re
ceived from Wayne G.
Drake, Collector, 4018 83
J
Amt ofBorough Taxes re-
ceived from
and applied to Bounty
purposes
582
00
S3 10S 89
CR.
By following payment made by Account
ant, to wit:
Amt paid in Bonds, 1623 75
" Bank, 890 00
44 44 44 on notc ef
citizens in Bank, 2363 30
Amt. of Interests on
Bonds, 621 84
5493 69
Examined, passed and allowed this 18th day
of May 1867.
JOS. T. WALTON, ) . ...
DANIEL BROWN, Aut,,tor
Indebtedness of thy Borough :
Outstanding Bonds, 21,795 00
PJ10ia DRUG STOKE.
DREHER & BROTHER,
(Opposite the " Jeflcrsonian" Office,)
KLIZAIJETII-STHEET,
STROUDSIWRG, PA.
Dealers in
DRUGS, MEDICINES, PERFUMERY,
WINES and LIQUORS for medi
cinal purposes, SASH,
DOORS and BLINDS.
' All kinds of
Painting Materials,
Lamps and Lanterns
ISurning and Lubricating Oils.
OT Physicians' Prescriptions carefully
compounded.
G. II. DREHER. E. B. DREHER.
October 4. I860.
DR. D. D. SMITH,
Surgeon Denti&t.
D. D. Smith, would respectfully in
Dr
form the inhabitants
of btroudsburrr and
vicinity, that he has permanently located
himself he.e, where he will bo happy
' II'.
wait upon all who may stand in need of
his professional services. Dr Smith hag;
recently removed from tho. civ where he'
has had a city and country practice ofjbook 1J1 tell.
nvnr twentv vears. vrhlfh li thinks v :n D was not long before I saw Joe look
enable him to do the most diffiult work
- . . .. .
iu his line of busiucss. leeth msertcd
from one to full sett, on all kinds of met -
tals used in flifi nrofession. and also most
particularly naru ruuncr. uive mm a
call and see his specimens. Teeth ex
tracted without pain.
June 7, ISGG.
, ,
P YOU WANT A BEAUTIFUL SUIT
of Enameled Furuiiure in Colors, just
I
step into McCARTY'S.
May 17. 1860.-tf
Ti I eCARTY is tlie onlv Furniture dealer
1VJ in Strou lfebnrg who has a License to
eell FURNITURE.
'August 2, 1?63.
Arrest of Bold Swindlers.
A party of swindlers who have for the
past year been operating in New Jersey
and New York, were arrested at Middle
town, Orange county, N. Y., recently.
For expert, bold faced swindling we think
they excel anything we have ever heard
of before. Their method of business is
as follows : they enter a county in which
they wish to practice their scoundrelism
a party of twelve or fifteen men, with wo
men and children, fine buggies and splen
did teams of horses, all in princely style,
having one man whose only business was
to pay the bills, another to superintend
the horses. The mode of proceeding is
the same nearly in all cases; They show a
beautiful model of Palmer's Hay Hake,
and propose to make the person an agent
and sell him a right for 8100. The per
son hesitates ; they then assure him he
cannot lose, as he will not be required to
pay any money until he shall have realiz
ed in profits $'200 from sales the whole
sale price of the rake to be $40, retail
$85. They give him a certificate of mem
bership acknowledging the receipt of
6100, with the name of Palmer printed,
and on the back what pretends to be an
agreement, but signed neither in writing
or printing, that no part of the 8100 shall
be paid until 8200 is relizcd in profits ;
also that until such tinio the order this
day given shall be null and void. Every
thing appearing so fair, they then ask the
victim to sign an order or receipt, merely
:to show Mr. Palmer that he is an anent
or member, which pretended paper is an
absolute promissory note to pay Palmer
S100 one year from date. If the man is
sharp enough to notice that the paper is
a promissory note, they tell him the'
agreement they make leaves it perfectly
safe as it cannot le collected. If, how
every, the man is not willing, they then
write on the end margin (for the note has
purposely a wide one) the condition that
the note Shall not be collected until $200
in profits has been realized. The man
thinks then he is safe, and signs. The
operators afterward tear off the marign,
leaving the note free of conditions. The
notes are then sold at a discount to an in
nocent purchaser.
The same party swindled New Jersey
farmers last year, out of some $40,000 or
$50,000, by selling what they represent
ed to be a remarkable Wine Plant, from
which an excellent article of valuable
wine could be produced at a trifling cost.
It was to prove a sure thing for the for
tunate possessor wherewith to realize a
speedy fortune. It is hardly necessary
to explain that this wonderful plant was
nothing but the common rhubarb or pie
plant. In Uurligton county, they bought
all in a large nuscry, and then resold
them in the immediate vicinity at fabul
ous sums. Their mode of operatiug was
precisely the same described in the Hay
Hake Swindle. They drove into a town
with four or five vry handsome teams,
accompanied by women represented as
their wives, and wherever possible secure
the services of vagabond residents of the
localities in which they intended to ope-'
rate, as guides or stoolpigeons. Filling
their wages with roots of the plant, and
taking with them a bottle of wine, they
would go the same day in different direc
tions among the farmers Their story,
unsupported, of the wonderful properties
of the newly discovered plant, of oourse,
did not secure many purcheccrs, but a
taste of wine, and the assuaance that no
money was required to be paid until the
purchaser had thoroughly tested the plant
and realized a hundred dollars on each,
hundred cents invested, usually proved
potent. Taking the purchaser's note pay
able at six months, they would dispose of
it at a large discount, urging necessity
for submitting to the sacrifico bv their
heavy expenses and want of funds. The
makers of the notes being well known and
rcpossible men, not much trouble was ex
perienced in disposing of their paper at a
small per ccntago off, and in this way it
is believed they obtained in two or three
months somewhere near $50,000.
Let our country readers give the above
a careful reading, and be prepared to re
ceive a visit from a section of this band
of villains. Driven to the wall on the
Hay ltakc they will probably turn up as
operators in some other patent confidence
game. Have them arrested as soon as
they appear, no matter under what dodge
they aro working. '
." . , ,
Master and Scholar.
"When I wasa boy," said an old man,
"we had a school-master who had au odd
way of teaching idle boys. One day he
called out to us :
"Doys, I must havo a closer attention
to your books. The first one of you that
j SCCi another boy idle, I wont you to in
tolurm WG anj A auenu to me caso.
. ll t L II il T. in .. . .
-- ill n n 1 1 f i . r v. . i i . 111 i . A . . .
Joe Williams, that I don't like. I'll
iiiuupin iu in j c c i j . iimie la
watch him, and if I sco hitu look of his
i off ook, and immediately I informed
ill.. .
i lllt' ,uasicr-
1 "Indeed," said he, "how did you know
he was idle ?"
"I
paw
him.
sa
id I.
"You did ; were your eyes on your book
when you saw him 1"'
I was
caught, and never watched for
luie Doys again.
K wc arc sufficiently watchful over our
own conduct, we shall have no timo t, n.l
fault with the conduct of others.
i
The Treasurer of the New York Hoard
of Exercise lies received one million dol
lara for liquor license eioce the let ut.
6, IS67.
What a Gentleman may do with his An Original Income Return.
. . Hands. The following is a copy of a return for
There is a vast deal of idleness in thc'Warilcd to au Assistant Assessor in th
South. A large number of our people ! 4 th U. S. Internal Revenue District of
are trvinir to live bv their wits: a lars;e
number aro only nominally engaged in
business, lounging and dawdling through
each week; a largo number are roaming
loose, waiting for something to turn up.
We doubt if one-half of our population
are engaged in real hard work. The ab-
j solute necessaries of life cost so little in a
; temperate climate, where land is abund
! ant and rich, and the population sparse,
! that it is not difficult to live on half work.
The production of the South, we doubt
nt, if all the muscle and brain in the
South were fully taxed and the labor,
properly directed, could be just about
doubled. ,
There are young men pretending to
practice law or physic; young men in
structing a hftlf-dozen pupils; young men
selling a few yards of ribbon per day;
young men who have no business -there
at college; young men " farming," all of
whom ought to be differently occupied.
There are young men clerking it in ho
tels and banking companies where there
is not full employment for them. There
are young ladies by scores engaged in
reading novels, or entertaing beaux.
There are all sorts of agencies, ten thou
sand shifts to live, no matter how, so that
it is not by manual labor. In a word, the
market of head-work is slutted in the
South, while the hammer, the plane, the
rrnwrw t.hfi lior thr ;it nro crvinn' for
stalwart arms to grasp them.
, , , j o
The idea is that a trade i3 not just the
thing for a youg man who considers him
self as good as auyboly. It is thought a
better thing to be a jack leg lawyer, or to
murder people with a doctor's diploma, or
to weigh butter, thau to build a house, or
make a sewing machine, or coustruct a
steam engine. The agent of somebody's
vetctables pills is thought a more eligible
match for your daughter than the man
who prints a newspaper or a book. So it
is a foolish and often fatal pride which
made thousands shrink from the mechanic
arts: and those very men who, by a hie
of houest industry, have secured a hi
position in the community, and a respect
able competence for their families, turn
their backs upon their occupations, and
trim their sons out for something that
will not soil their white hands.
" Farming" in the South 13 the most
prolific source of idleness, for we have
lew towns. In all directions you meet
not very handsomely dressed young gen
tlemen on horseback, who inform you that
they are " farming. It is a vague, float
ing term that means, perhaps, strictly,
that they live in the country, and may be
overlooking a hand apiece. They have a
traditional idea that the farmer must con
fine himself to head work. They sit on
the fence until an early dinner, watching
a one-horse plow, and come to court, read
the market reports in the Saturday's
Chronicle and artlessly think they be
long to the great agricultural fraternity
and rail at the frccdmen for being so
lazy. The first thing ycu know this
young fellow gets married, and Las to
borrow a clean shirt to go to the wedding.
We shall not prosper in the South un
til all these folks go to work, nor until la
bor with hands is properly estimated.
Charlottesville ( Ya.) Chronicle.
.
Honesty.
The. following anecdote of an Indian,
teaches a good lesson to some people that
are more enlightened.
Au Indian, being among his white
noighbors, asked for a little tobacco to
smoke , and one of them, having some
loose in his pocket, gave him a handful.
The day following, the InJian came back,
inquiring for the donor, saying he had
found a quarter of a dollar among the to
bacco. Deing told that it was given to
him, he might as well keep it, lie answer
ed pointiug to his breast, "I got a goo'd
man and a bad mail here, and the good
man say, ''it is not mine I must return
it to the owner." The bad man say,
Why, he gave it to you, aod it is your
own now." The good man say, ''That's
not right ; the tobacco is youcs, not the
money." The bad man say, "never mind,
you got it ; po buy some dram. The good
man
t.iv .n
bo, you must not do so."
So I don't know what to do, and think to
go to sleep; but the good and tho bad man
keep talking all night, and trouble me ;
and uow
good."
I briug the money back I feel
I'll Keep 'cm Awake.
Near Newark lived a pious family who
had adopted an orphan, who, ,by the
way, was rather underwittcd. lie had
imbibed strict views on religious matters,
however, and once asked' his adopted
mother if she didn't think it wronu for
i the old farmers to come to church and
fall asleep paying no better regard to the
1 sermon. She" replied she did. Accord-
, ingly before going to church the next
!j l.. ru. i i i. -.t
ouuuay, no UlICu 1113 TViekCM Willi an
pies. One baldheadcd old man who in
variably went to sleep during the sermon,
particularly' attracted his attention. See-
: iug him at last nodding, and giving his
j usual evidence of being in the " laud of
dreams," ho took tho astonished sleeper a
blow with an npple on the top of his bald
pate. Tho minister and aroused congre
gation at onco turned round and indig
nantly gazed at the boy, who merely
6aid to the preacher, as he took another
apple in his hauid, with a sober, honest
expression of countenance, " You preach,
I'll keep 'cm awake!"
NO. II.
i -'lassachuctts :
'Dear bir: Tn acknowledging the
receipt of the Hanks which you: were ao
kind as to leave at my residence, I have'
to say that, however much I may regret
the fact, it is nevertheless true, that my
financial standing does not, and from all
appearances will not, allow me to " assist
iu lubricating the whee'3 of the Govern
nient. I cannot refrain, however, fronr
tilling the blanks as requested.
"I have some little property, and a?-"
though not enumerated in the printed1
sheet, will you allow me, if for nothing
else than my own gratification, to place
them in my assets:
'One little bay mare named "
(sound and kind in all harness, standi
without tying, and cats anything-,) and of-'
but littie value.
"A buggy, not yet paid for, though."
good for several years. (It is now repair
ing) "1 have also- a dog, five cats, and two
pigs, and the sexes of the latter are equal
ly represented.
"Judging from the past, -I am free to
say, that if I keep the pigs through the
summer, I shall be obliged to call upon,
the Uuited States to assist me. I do not
know how in the world I do get along,
and am happy only when I know that a
ricl1 wan cannot enter the kingdom of
lieaen.
"My clothes are all second-hand, and
my boots are about gone. Xo tailor has
made me a suit for years; and since the
publishing of Income Returns was com
menced, my credit has been sadly shak
en. Dut, being poor, I yet hope and,
strive, and work, and wish, and, bettet
than all, I am happy. Find the man who"
pays his twenty thousand income, then
come and visit me, and judge yourself of
"life among the lowly," and which is the
happier.
"When my boy grows up, I hope he
may excel his father in financial utility,,
of which no one who knows me doubts.
h and that you, 3Ir. , may JivV lone-
enougu to visit lnui
for many years to
collect his income tax
Yours, &c.,
(Signed)
Singular Accident.
On Friday of last week, a large boarding-house
at Mahanoy Planes, belonging-,
to the Uoston and 3Iahanoy Coal Compa
ny, which was built over a mine, suddenly
suuk into the earth to a depth of seventy
feet or more, by the caving in f the roof
of the nr.nebolow. The occupants of the
house saw the back building sinking and
male their escape. The cavity left in.
the earth is thirty or forty yards in diam
eter. The roof of the house has been
reached by digging, and S300 in money
and some of the furniture taken out
through a hole made for the purpose.
The building took fire from the upsetting
of a stove, and it was found necessary la
tum on a stream of water to extinguish
the flames. Most of the furniture is bad
ly broken, and the house is said to be a
complete wrock, - Carbon Democrat.
May loth. '
A Derks county paper tells the follow
ing authentic snake story: One day
week before last, the family of Mr. Dex
ter, residing near the deep cut on the
Reading & Columbia Railroad, in Spring:
township, were attracted to the yard by
the screamiug of a cat, when they found
her engaged in a desperate combat with.
a monster black snake, measuring be
twecu five and six feet in length and five
and a half inches iu circumference. Af
ter a desperate aud exciting contest his
suakeship caved in and laid prostrate be
fore the victorious cat who contiued th&
work of destruction until the life of the
enemy became extinct.
iQ i mm t
The Pennsylvania State Temperance
Union is about to begin its work of unit
ing all religious and temperance organi
zations in caruest and perpetual efforts'for
tho general practice of total abstinence;
from all intoxicating drinks. The State
has becu divided iuto three departments,
iu each of which a traveling agent is to be
cmploycd. William Nickolson, Esq., of'
Philadelphia, has becu appointed Resi
dent Secretary for tho whole State.
James Dlack, Esq., of Lancaster, is the.
President.
How Smith took It
Smith was a sanctimonious deacon, and
kept in hi:-house a small boarding school
for boys. At the table he was in the
habit of seizing whatever his appetito
craved and filling his plate, which was
before him, while standing to say "grace."
One d ay one of the urchins slily removed
his chair during this ceremony, iu due
course of time, the deacon, plate in hand,,
all went to tho floor. He rose and re
marked: "Go ahead, boys, I want no
dinner; what's left is not worth a d n."
Tho first public school iu Jlhode Island
was established iu Newport, by a vote of
the town, iu Angust, 1G10. Perhaps thia
was the first coiumou school, in the mod
ern sense of the term, established in the
world. Hartford established a common
school in 1642, and similar schools were1
established in Massachusetts in 1G17.
The parish schools of Scotland were not
established until 1090. And though the
Prussian system of education dates back
as far as 1717, it was not carried iatc
ccmpUcte tSVct until 1S?'J.
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