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VOL. 2C.
STROUDSBURG, MONROE COUNTY, PA., AUGUST 15, IS67.
NO. 21,
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Published by Theodore Schoch.
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JOB PKIXTIXG,
OF-ALL KINDS,
Executed in the highest style of the Art.andontbe
most reasonable terms.
GEOUGE 1a. WALKER,
A large number of Farms wanted.
Residence at John Kern's, Main street,
Stroudsburg, Pa. fr June 27, 1SG7.
c. is. ki:ll2:i:,
.DEALER IN
Boots, Shoes, Leather,
AND FINDINGS,
STROUDSBURG, Pa.
March 23, 1SG7.
J. Ii. WYCKOFF,
WITH
HUSZ & WULF,
COMMISSION DEALERS IN
JBuUcr, Effffs, and Country
Produce,
No. 2")0 Washington Street,
Between Robinson L Murry streets.
March 21. lS67-ly. New-York.
s. hollies, jr.
ATTORNEY-AT-LAW, AND GENERAL
CLAIM AGENT.
STROUDSBURG, PA,
Office xcith S. S. Drehcr, Esq.
All claims against the Gavernment prose
cuted with dispatch at reduced rates.
An additional bounty of $100 and of
SoU procured for Soldiers in the late ar,
free of extra charge.
August 2, 1SGG.
Furniture! Furniture!
McCarty's flew Furniture Store,
DREIIER'S NEW BUILDING, two
doors below the Post-office, Strouds
kurg, Pa. lie is selling his Furniture 10
per cent, less than Easton or Washington
prices. to say nothing about freight or break
age. May 17, lSGG.-tf.
IF YOU WANT A GOOD MELODEON,
from one of the best makers in the Uni
ted States, t-olid Rosewood Case, warranted
5 years, call at McC ARTY'S, he would es
pecially invite all who are good judges ot
.Music to come and test them. He will sell
jou 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 tha none-half the sual per ccntage
that agents want. J. II. McCARTx".
May 17, I6GG.-tf.
UNDERTAKING 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 wiches of. those who employ him.
From the number of years experience he has
iad 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 00 to 75 finished ColSns al
ways on hand. Trimmings to suit the best
Hearse in the country. Funerals attended
at one hour's notice. J. II. McCARTY.
May 17, lSGG.-tf.
MT. VERNON HOTEL,
M. & T. P. WATSON, Proprietors,
tfo.'s 117 & 119 North SECOND Street,
(Between Arch and Race,)
PHILADELPHIA, PA.
Close proximity to the business center of
the city, excellent accommodation, ana care
ful attentlen to the comfort and wants of
quests are charscteristics of the Mount Ver
non. The House has been thoroughly ren
erated and new-furnished. The patronage
of the public is respectfully solicited.
October 11, lS86.-lf.
Saddle and Harness
Manufactory.
The undersigned respectfully" informs
the citizens ot 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
large stock of
Harness, Whips, Trunks, Valices, Car
pet Bags, Morse-Blankets, Bells,
Skates, Oil Cloths, c.
Carriage Trimming promptly attended
to. JOHN O. SAYLOlt.
Stroudsburg, Dec. 14, 18G5.
Gothic Mali tihv Stoic
William ElolliiislicacI,
Wholesale and Kelail Druggist.
STROUDSBURG, Pa.
Constantly on" hand and ior
sale cheap for cash, a fresh sup
ply of Drugs, Medicines, Paints,
Oil, Glass, Puttv. Varnish, Ker
osene Oil, Perfumery and Fancy Goods;
also
Sa&h, blinds and Doors.
Pure Wines and Liquors for Medicinal
purpose.
P. S. Physicians Prescriptions care
fully compounded.
Stroudsburg, July 7, 18G4.
" Drs. JACKSON & BIDLACX,
PHYSICIANS AND SURMONS.
DRS. JACKSON & BIDLACK, are
prepared to attend promptly to all calls
pf a Professional character. OJice Op
posite the Stroudslur" Bank
April 2-3, 1667.-tf.
IS
BIOGRAPHY
OF
JUDGE II. W. WILLIAMS.
TriE following biographical sketch of
our candidate for Supreme Judge has
been carefully prepared, and was deliver
ed at a public meeting held in Pittsburg
a few days since by C. B. M. Smith, Esq.
It will be a gratification to every Uniop
roter to have the pleasure of supporting
such an able and pure minded gentleman.
Read the biography:
Mr. Smith was received with raptur
ous applause, and proceeded to deliver
the following biographical sketch of our
candidate. He said:
44 I come here to-night, my fellow-citizens,
to perform what is to me a pleasant
duty to joiu with you in giving our ad
herence to the platform of principles
adopted by the great Union Republican
party of this State, at the Convention
lately held in Williamsport, and in mani
festing our satisfaction and pleasure in
the nomination by that Convention, of
our fellow-citizen, Hon. Henry' W. Wil
liams, as a candidate for election to the
highest judicial position of this Common
wealth. " While I shall express my cordial ap
proval of the principles enunciated in
that wise, moderate and patriotic creed of
political faith, which breathes, in every
line, a love for freedom and human rights,
and mixed with no demand for vengeance,
by saying that I would hardly add to, or
detract, one word therefrom, 1 shall leave
its discussion to those able gentlemen
who may follow, and devote .the brief
time allotted me upon this occasion in
speaking of the personal moral character
of our candidate; and it is, perhaps, fit
ting that I should do this, as 1 have
known Judge Williams longer, and more
intimately, than any person in this house.
" My acquaintance with liinr commenc
ed in College in 1S33, as class mate, and
since that time I have studied with him,
taught with him, and practiced in my
profession with, and under him. I have
known, him as student, as teacher, as law
yer and as Judge; and what is more, du
ring all time I have known him as an in
timate personal friend.
" I have known him more thoroughly
than I have ever known any other living
man, not excepting my own brother, and
I say here to-niht, in the presence, of
this large audience, that, even were I so
disposed, I could truthfully speak no ill
of him.
"Judge Williams 13 of the good old rev
olutionary Whig stock, which achieved
our national independence in 177G, and
from his ancestors he has inherited a
steady love of liberty, independence, free
dom and national union, which has been
strcngthtned by the great events of these
later times. He was born iu the beauti
ful valley of the Connecticut a State
which has ;iven bir,th such men a3
Henry Baldwin, Walter Forward, Gar
rick Mallory and William Strong and
is now in the prime of vigor and man
hood. From the people and of them, he
has been mainly the architect of his own
fortune. His father, a well-to do-farmer,
held with most New England fathers of
that day, that it was better for boy3 to
help themselves than to be dependent
upon the paternal savings, and after hav
ing furnished his son with the means of
acquiring an education, he sent him forth
from the paternal home at an early age,
to make his way in the world and fight
the battle of life unaided, save by his own
energy and taleuts.
" In college Judge Williams gave pro
mise of his future success. 'He became
at once one of the most popular men of
his class, loved and respected by all for
his correct deportment, his kind and
social disposition, his high sense of honor,
his great regard for truth, his strict in
tegrity, and for his entire freedom from
envy and jealousy. He immediately took
high rank as a scholar, especially as a
speaker, a writer, a debator, a logician
and a metaphysician, which rank he
maintained and increased during his col
legiate course. He graduated at Amherst
College, Massachusetts, in the summer of
1837, and so proud has his alma mater
been of this one of her favorite sons that
she sometimes since honored herself by
bestowing upon him the honorary degree
of Doctor of Laws. After spending the
intervening time in teaching, he com
menced reading law in the office of ex
Chief Justice Lowrie, of this city, in the
spring of 1839, and was admitted to the
bar of this county in May, 1841. He
practiced his profession with increasing
success from the time of his admission to
the bar, as a partner with his preceptor,
until the latter was appointed Judge of
the District Court of this county and then
with the late William M. Shinn, until
elevated for the first time to his present
position in the fall of 1851.
" As a lawyer, Judge Williams was a
cautious, safe, honest and reliable coun
sellor, and an earnest, eloquent and gene
rally successful advocate. He endeavored
to keep his clients out of the law instead
of getting them in, but wheu in, with a
good cause, all his energies and abilities
were bent to bringing matters to a favor
able issue. His dealings with his clients
were ever characterized by justice and
faithfulness. While he would never
knowingly take a bad case for the Bake of
the fee, he uever gave up a good one be
cause his client was unable to" pav him.
His intercourse with his professional , before him, and prompt to decide accord
brethren wa3 always kind, courteous and ling to the well established rules of law
nonoraDie, never resorting to wnat is
uai
termed ' snap practice
tajrc over his opponent
to gam an advan-
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Had he remain -
ed at the bar, few would have met with
greater success in that most difficult la
borisus and honorable profession.
" At a large and respectable Convcn-
tlnn rf f ri nhl Wrilrr nnrfw nf l-ila onnnlir
,m f t J ,Q-i T
held on the 4th of June, 18ol, Judge
....... . . .
William thec .young in years and in his
uiuicssiuu, uuu Tiiuuut juuiciai exueriviuu uucsuuu ub uaue oi clearness auu
r . i- i wt ,
ence, wunout solicitation on uis part, was
nominated by acclamation for the respon-
sible position which he now holds, and
I j . . . i , r
that party with the Hon. Walter Forward, to be faithful interpretations of constitu-L, utur Pf.1, c ProP'
u j- j r u i m. t i f.i j i A . . erty, whether the owner is willing or not,
as the candidate for President Judge of the I tions and laws as they are. He is not a'anj occupy it for school purDoscs The
District Court, and lion. William Injudicial law-makcr, many of whom, to thedam fm SUCPU tJk of
M I 1 11 rrk ft a t ha 4n ml nl 1 1 e jM I 'rnci rlnn t I crrt rT rT flirt nrntace inn hiirn hn f n i . t ' V 7
ia e r..,., r n ii.
&c. His opponent at the election in the
fall was Judse Shalcr. a lawver of emi
nent ability and learning, who added to
his other qualification for the position
an experience of several years upon the
bench, to which the Democratic party
sought again to elevate him. The result
of the election showed that the action of
the Convention in nominating Judge
Williams, without a dissenting voice, was
pecuniarily acceptable to the people. He
ran ahead of his ticket in the ward in
which he lived, in ' the old Democratic
Third Ward,' and in the county, beating
ms able opponent -,-4D, while Judge
Forward's majority over Judge Hepburn
was only 1,228 and Judge M'Clurc's
over James S. Craft only 1,117.
" So well, faithfully, impartially and
satisfactorily did Judge Williams dis
charge the duties of his office, and so
learned, upright and useful a Judge did
he prove himself to be, in the estimation
of allYnen, that at the end of I113 first ju
dicial term of ten years, iu 1SG1, he was
nominated by acclamation by the then
two great parties of the country, and was
re-elected without opposition from any
quarter. Such renewed evidence of pop
ularity and appreciation in one's own
neighborhood and among men of all par
ties, are very rare, and most clearly fore
shadow the very best flattering vote which
the Judge will receive from the people of
this county on the second Tuesday of
Octobr next.
"Judge Williams' manner and bearing
are always pleasing. In social intercourse,
he is the life of the circle in which he
mingles. Cheerful, lively and witty,
never by look or word, intentionally,
wounding the feeling, or speaking ill of
any one, he makes friends of all. His
extensive reading, the largo information
upou all subjects, makes his society
sought lor by the learned and scientific.
In history, in classics, and in the natural
and metaphysical icicnccs, there are few
more thorough and extensive students
than Judge Williams.
"Judge Williams' moral and religious
character is beyond reproach. Tempe
rate and chaste in all things, truthful in
his words, and honest and upright in all
dealings, neither by word nor by act does
he ever offend public decency, or bring
the cause of sound and moral true reli
gion into reproach. Religious without
Pharisceism or bigotry, while he selects
and cherishes his own church connections,
in which he has ever been a consistent,
active and lc'ading professor.he cheerfully,
and as a matter of principle, concedes
the right of judging and determining
for themselves to all other men. No one
ever heard him denounce any man, or
any sect differing with him upon theo
logical dogmas.
"In politics, Judge Williams was at
the first a Whig of the Clay and Webster
school holding with the former that pro
tection to some extent was necessary to
encourage and foster the industrial of
Pennsylvania, and with the latter that
there was no object in our politics eo
much to be constantly kept in mind and
maintained, iu every eveut, as the perpet
ual union of these. States. When the ex
igencies of the times gave birth to the
Republican party, his far-seeing patriot
ism, and his long cherished love of the
Union, led him to cast his votes and give
his influence, so far as it was consistent
with his official station, in favor of the
principles and candidates of that party.
During the rebellion he, supported the
Government andVhe armies of the Union
by every means in his power, upholding
the credit and authority of the former,
and encouraging by constant faith the
glorious success of the latter. Those in
timate with him will not readily forget
his nergetic utterance against treason
and traitors, and the strong and emphatic
manner with which he was wont to de
clare that the Union must and should, at
all hazards, be preserved. While no
partisan or ultraist in politics, ho is iu-fa-vor
of improvement and reform when the
changes of the time and wants of the peo
ple demand them.
44 The judicial position which Judge
Williams has held for over fifteen years
is as important and responsible as any in
the State. It has been adorned by some
of the best legal minds, and it is not say
ing too much of him to say that he has
prored himself, iu every respect, the
equal of any of them. During the time
that he has been upon the bench he has
probably tried as mauy and as import
ant commercial, land and constitutional
cases as any other judge of his years iui
the State, and as a commercial and con
stitutional lawyer and judge, he has no
superior upon the bench. Quick to see
the real point iq the caiug presented
iaiauu e buowu uiuibcii a
, ana evidence, he has shown nimseir a
sound, clear and practical Judge, whose' -A . J .. , . .
, . .' , . . , , n ' , land suggestions relative to the recent
; decisions and opinions have been as sel-! m , . t. c , , , . . .
wuu. ,yt.. uj , oujmciuc u' - . -
those of any other Judge of any interior
Court in the Stte. These opinions, many
of which have found place in our legal
I Tpnfirt 9ra tminil in? lnrTrl sTniuilinng!
i-'i.,' Pt, i r ,r,
i of the law of the case before him. They
i
always possess the merit of adhesion to
: Drevuy. lie never wanaers irom tne
j poiut involved, and never seeks to inject
j his own notion of law or ethics into the
i r . i . i v t i !
a:.i i i: ,i i.:Jvate property are to be assessed by
gnci or tne proiession we nave out a ju-
dical law expounder, leaving the making
of the laws to those whose business it is.
In his charges to the jury, he lays down
the law of the case with great clearness
and leaves all questions ot fact fairly to
their determination
" Judge Williams is emphatically an
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. . i . i i i r i i
i nil i v v nr fir nv inrorosr t rnm I
or Dy interest, Jrom
what he believes to be the iusticc of the
cause before him. So well is his stern
integrity as a Judge understood in this
community, that no counsel or suitor ever
undertook to influence him in the decis
ion of a cause pending before him, save
by legal argument.
" J udge Williams is a Christian gen-j
tlcmcn, a ripe scholar, a sound and well-
read lawyer, and a just Judge, to whom I
the celebrated lines of the opening of the!
third ode of Horace will apply with asi
much force and truth as to any other i
man :
4 Justum ac tenacem propositi virum,
Nen civium ardor prava jubentium,
Non vultus instantis tyranni,
Alente quatit solida.'
" With such a candidate and in a cause
so worthy, our own and the other coun
ties of the western part of the State will
vie with Philadelphia and her sister coun
ties of the east in raising the banner of
Freedom and the Union still higher, and
inuagurating a campaign for free princi
ples and a united, peaceful and prosper
ous country, which shall culminate in the
glorious victories of 1SG8, under the lead
ership of a Thomas, a Sheridan, a Sher
man, or a Grant.
Annoying and Laughable Accident-A
Young Lady FaUs Throuh a Baggy.
One of those annoying yet ludicrous
accideuts which will happen in the best
of families occurred on Sunday not over a
thousand .miles from Chicago. A dry
goods clerk had an engagement to take
his lady love out buggy riding. Early in
the morning, he appeared befor her
father's door with one of those spider-like
vehicles which are probably constructed
with a view of ascertaining hoto light a
buggy can be made and at the same time
be serviceable.
The lady is sweet sixteen, beautiful,
and a little bit of what is termed "fast."
She is full of life, fun and frolic, and is
decidedly combonpoint. As the young
gentleman drove up, his lady-love was
standing on the top step at the front door
with her venerable father, who had his
gold specs elevated on his forehead, in
order to get a distant view of his future
son-in-law.
. Adonis jumped out of the buggy, pre
paratory to assisting the young lady in,
but she suddenly took one of those strange
freaks to which the dear sex are all sub
ject. The buggy was Btanding.about.four
feet from the steps, -and considerably bo
low the 3tep upon which stood the young
lady. She probably wanted to convince
her lover that she was not clumsy if she
was fat, and thought this would bc a
good time to show her agility. Be that
as it may, she gave a jump and landed in
the centre of the buggy. If she had
stopped there aH would have been well ;
but alas ! the thin boards of the bottom of
the buggy, unable to stand the pressure,
gave way, and the young lady continued
her descent.
There was a piercing scream ; a plung
ing horse with a young man holding to
him; a bundle of muslin in the buggy, and
two little traitcr boots pointing to within
six inches of the ground under it. Pater
familias rushed to the rescue and detach
ed the horse from the buggy. He theu
got up on one side, and the young man
on the other, and they attempted to raise
tho young lady up. 4 O, stop, stop ! you
are killing me," she cried.
The boards had broken in the centre,
and the long, sharp splinters exteuded
downwards, aud when they attempted to
raise tho young lady oat of her pre
dicament these sharp splinters would
catch. Did you ever see a wire mouse-i
trap 7 If not,- go and get one, stick yeur
Linger through the entrance tunuel aud
try to pull it out. You will then under
stand the sad fix that our young' lady was
in on Sunday morning.
The old man comprehended the situa
tion in a moment, lie told tho young
man to get down and break the splinters
off. Y'oung lady screamed 44 O, don't,
and young man didn't. At this stage of
the proceeding a practical neighbor come
up with a hatchet, and the young lady,
was soon extricated from her unpleasant
situation, and soon disappeared behind
the front door.
We don't know whether tho young
lady sustained any serious injury or not,
and we are not roin to ask anv Questions
cannot be turned a hair's breadth by VrcUVe"DtCDdct L-JI bc Pre
. J '. inir nffir-pr ll is .1 nwiMl tr draw n it of
of that youi man. CJiicago Republican-
To School Directors and Teachers.
The County Superintendent deems it
. ,. , . ffliiowiii!? comments
jbeen published in both the county papers,
T. ' , . , ..f-A i
The explanations were not published at
the tiino for want of space.
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i lore experienced in securing eligible sites
rnp B.n ;, r r , f
IOT SCIIOOI rinilninT lloruro nl rtrrmnrrc
wcro freqUentlT opposed to the location
r i. V .
ot school houses near their l
nouses near their premises:
such exorbitant prices were demanded by
some that the proper sites could not be
tv.,.i 'n,; o-f: ii .1
J wui v.. -- " cctuuu aiiutvg lilt; M'UUUl
yate " t are tQ bfl MaeMcd b vfew.
nU by the Court of Common
Plea8F1anaw0U3J t0 road proceedings in
the Quarter sessions.
Sections, 2, 3, 4, and 5, relate to the
establishment of Teachers' Institutes.
These must be held. They must continue
in session at least ficc days. The County
lie is allowed to draw out of
v
"
the county treasury at the rate ot one
dollar for every three days spent by the
teachers in attendance at the Institute.
He may draw at least sixty dollars which
the law directs to be expended in procur
ing lecturers and instructors for the in
stitute, and in providing the necessary
apparatus, books, &.c , for carrying on its
works. These Institutes are to be called
by the County Superintendent or by the
properly authorized committee of teach
ers acting with him." We have such a
committee iu this county, and its mem
bers will please take immediate steps to
wards calling an institute by the middle
of October.
Section G relate! to the selection of
Text-Books with a view to entire unifor
mity in the County. The peculiar wants
of the people and the merits of, the books
already in use should govern such a com
mittee when appointed. Agents travel
ing in the interest of a particular house
should not be consulted on the merits of
their books.
Section 7, 8 and 9, provides for the
election of superintendents in boroughs
having over ten thousand inhabitants.
Section '11 and 12, legalizes the pro
visional certificate and authorizes the is
sue of a new grade of certificates, to be
called the Permanent Certificate, which
can neither be given nor taken away with
out the consent of the teachers themselves.
Blanks to meet this provision has been
received and will be f urnished on appli
cation. Teachers will take notice that section
11, above mentioned, adds History of the
United States and the Theory of Teach
ing to the branches already required.
These will be insisted upon in all cases
No teacher will he permitted. to teach
without such an examination. For text
book in History, Seavey's Goodrich's U
nited States will do; aud for the Theory
of Teaching, ' Wickersbam'a Method of
Instruction. These works must not only
be read but studied.
Sectiou 13, regulates the election of
County Superintendents.
J. B. STORM,
Co. Superintendent.
It is not generally known that
anion:
the most valuable mineral productions
of our State is nickel, the metal so large
ly used in the coinage of cents. Four
teen miles from Lrucaster aro tho Gap
mines and smelting
works. The mines
were
discovered many years aro, aud
abirut the. time of the revolutionary war
were worked for copper, but wero soon
abandoned, the crude machinery of that
period being ill adapted to working them
profitably. Two generations had passed
away, and the circumstance had been for
gotten, when about fifteen years ago tho
mines were re opened by a company of
capitalists from Philadelphia, since which
they have been steadily worked. They
were re opened with the view of obtain
ing copper, but tho ore was soon discov
ered to bc richer iu nickel, a more valu
able mincKil, and since then they have
been worked for that metal exclusively.
The introduction of nickel ceuts by the
government, and the war, which render
ed small chaugc so scarce, gave great im
petus to these works. The final workiug
of the nickel ore is done iu Camden. In
all about one hundred aud fifty men are
employed at the mines and
works.
smelting
Rancid Butter.
We cut from au exchange tho follow
ing recipe : To a pint of water add thirty
drops (about half a teaspoouful) of liquor
of chloride of lime. Wash in this two
mid a half pounds of rancid butter.
every particle of the butter has come in
contact with the water, let it stand an
hour or two, then wash the butter well
again in pure water. The butter is then
left without any odor, and has the sweet
ncss of fresh butter. These preparations
of lime havo nothing injurious in them.
Hero is a fact worth a year's subscription
to u paper." -Tenth Legion Democrat.
A lady trampled on a dog's tail the
other day, and tho animal bit her leg.
Tho blood did not flow, however, only
sawdust flew. He did not go deep enough
for blood. This is the most useful pur
pose we have .ever heard of a fako calf
serving
The Way to Speak to Boys.
Many years ago, a certain minister waf
going oue Sunday morning from hi
school room. He walked through a num
ber of streets, and as he turned the cor
ner, he saw assembled around a pump a
party of little boys who were playing afi
marbles. On seeing him approach, they
began to pick their marbles and run away
as fust as they could. One little fellow,
not having seen him as soon as the resf
could not accomplish this so soon, and
before he succeeded iu gathering up hi
marbles, the minister ha3 closed on hin
and placed his hand upon his shoulder.
They were face to face, the minrstcr of
God and the poor little ragged boy who'
had been caught in the act of playing
marbles on Sunday morning. And how
did the minister deal with the boy ? for
that is what I want you to observe.
He might have said to ihe boy, What
are you doing here ? You arc breaking
the Sabbath ! Don't you deserve to be
punished for breaking the command - of
God?" V
But he did nothing of the kind. He
simply said : 4,Have you found all youc
marbles V
"No ," said the little boy, "I have not."'
4,Then," said the minister, 'I will help
you to find them," whereupon he knelt
down and helped to look for the marbels,
and as he did so, remarked, 'I liked to
play marbles when a little boy, very much
and I think I can beat you, but I never
played marbles on Sunday.
The little boy's attention was arrested.
He liked his fiend's face, and began to
wonder who he was. The minister of
the Gospel said :
"I am going to a place where 1 thintV
you would like to be will you come with
me ?"
"Where do you live ?" asked the little
boy. 'Why, in such and such a place," was
the reply.
"Why, that is the minister's house," ex
claimed the boy, as if he did not suppose
that kind man and the minister of the
Gospel could bc one and the same per
son. 'Why," said the good man, "I am the
minister myself, and if you will come with
me I think I can do you some good."
Said the boy : "My hands are dirty; I
cannot go."
Said the minister, "Here is a pump
why wash ?"
Said the boy, "I am so small I can't
wash and pump at the same time."
Said the minister, "If you will wash I
will pump."
He at once set to work, and pump, and.
pumped and pumped ; and as he pumped
the little boy washed his hands and face
till they were quite clean.
Said the boy, "My hands are wringing
wet, and I do not know how to dry them."'
The minster pulled out of his pocket &
clean handerchief and offered it to the lit
tle boy.
Said the boy, "But it is clean."
"Yes," was the reply, "But it was made
to be dirtied."
The little boy dried his face and hands
with the handerchief, and then accom
panied the minister to the house of wor
ship. Twenty years after, the minister was
walkiug in the street of a large city,whea
a tall gentleman tapped him on the shoul
der, and looking iuto his face, said, "You.
don't remember me ?"
"No," said the minister, "I don't."
"Do you remember, twenty years ago,,
finding a little boy playing marbles around
a pump ? Do you remember that boy be
ing too dirty to go to school, and your
pumping for him, and your speaking:
kiudly to him, aud takiughim to school?""
4,Oh," said the minister, "I do remem
ber." 4,Sir," said the gentlefnan, "I was that
boy. I rose in business and became a
leading man. I have attained a good
position in society ; and on seeing you to
day in the street, I felt bound to come to
you, and say it is to your kindness and
Christian discretion that I owe, under
God, all I have attained and all that I am
at the present day."
Paper Boats.
A boat maker of Troy has lately con
structed ouc thirty feet loug, which weighs
but forty pounds and is in every respect
superior to boats made of wood. It i
thiu, lighter than a wooden boat, is ren
dered impervious to water by a coating of
oil aud other compounds, 'aud ;t claimed
to be more durable, and that it will stand
shocks that would destroy a wooden shell.
Such a boat cannot bo split or broken,
but if a hole be niadiu it by accident,
the perforation will be uo longer thau
the size of the object piercing- it and
could be easily mended ; it will not swell
nor crack, requires uo caulkiug or pitch
ing, and, above all, the cost is much lesa
thau a wooden boat.
To Dfstroy Roaches.
An observant friend who detests roach
es and who has tried many remedies with
out success, at last resorted to the follow
in" with entire success- It will be val
uable to house wives in a place smartly
infested with these pests:
" Take ten cents worth of pulverized
Prussiau blue, mix it with a little flour
anl sugar. Put the mixture on a pieco
f piper, and then lay tho paper on the
flotr where the roaches geuerally run.
Try it for a week, aud they will all di,sap.
pear. Prussian bluo contuius the po&ga
that ends their depredations."