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Ocuotcir ta politics, literature, Agriculture, Science, iHoralitn, nub encrat 3ntclUgcncc.
VOL. 26.
STROUDSBURG, MONROE COUNTY, PA., SEPTEMBER 5, 18C7.
NO. 24.
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Published by Theodore Schoclu
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OF ALL KINDS,
Bieented in the highest style of the Arl.andontbc
most reasonable terms.
GEORGE Ij. WALKER,
A large number of Farms wanted.
Residence at John Kern's, Main street,
Stroudsburg, Pa. June 27, 18G7.
UK. I). I). SMITH,
Surgeon Dentist,
Office on Main Street, opposite Judge
Stokes1 residence, Sfroudsbcrg, Pa.
07" Teeth extracted without pain.Q
August 1, 1S67.
C. V. SHIP, M. D.,
Physician and Surgeon,
Has removed his office and residence to
the building, lately occupied by Wm. Davis,
Esq., on Main-stroet. Devoting all his time
to his profession he will be prepared to an
swer all calls, either day or night, when not
professionally engaged, with promptness.
0 Charges reasonable. JQ
Stroudsburg, April 11, 1867,-tf.
DR. A. H. SEEM,
DENTIST,
WILL be pleased to see all who wish
to have their Dentistry done in a
proper and careful manner, beautiful sets of
artificial leeth made on Gold, Silver, or Rub
ber Plates as persons may desire. Teeth
carefully extracted without pain, if desired.
The public are invited to give him a call at
the office formerly occupied by Dr. Seip,
next door to the Indian Queen Hotel. All
work warranted. April 25, '67.
S. E!OL,.lIE, Jr.
ATTORNEY-AT-LAW, AND GENERAL
CLAIM AGENT.
STROUDSBURG, PA.
Office with S. S. Dreher, Esq.
All claims against the Government prose
cuted with dispatch at reduced rates.
(ftr An additional bounty of 100 and of
$50 procured for Soldiers in the late War,
FREE OF EXTRA CHARGE. Q
August 2, 19GG.
MT. VERNON HOTEL,
M. &. T. P. WATSON, Proprietors.
No.'s 117 & 119 North SECOND Street,
(Between Arch and Race,)
PHILADELPHIA, PA.
Clcse proximity to the business center of
the city, excellent accommodation, and care
ful attentien to the comfort and wa: ts of
quests are charscteristics of the Mount Ver
non. The House has been thorough iy ren
ovated and new-furnished. The patronage
f the public is respectfully solicited.
October 11, 13GG.-lf.
GlKT JIST EMI, DO
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MR LIEBE LEIT!
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STROUDSBURG, PA.,
PARTNERSHIP DISSOLUTION.
A DRUG STORE,
AND
A Xcir and Cheap Stock of Goods.
PETER S. WILLIAMS, of the firm of DE
TRICK &. WILLIAMS, having, sold out his
entire interest in said firm, the business will
will hereafter be carried on bv
. C. S. DETRICK & CO.,
at the old Stand as heretorore, a few doors
below the Stroudsburg Bank.
Their Stock consist of a large and varied
assortment of
Drugs, Medicines, Watches, Clocks and
Jewelry, Fancy and Toilet Articles,
PaintsT Oils, Glass, Window
Sash, Blinds, Doors, Var
nishes and Brushes
tf all kinds.
Call stud !c Convinced.
Mr. PETERS. WILLIAMS, Jeweler and
former Partner of the firm, has been engaged
by the new business firm, Charles S. Det
rick & Co , to superintend the Clock, Watch
and Jewelry Business.
m: A INCH STOKE
IS
East Stroudsburg, Pa.,
For the convenience of the inhabitants of
East Stroudsburg and vicinity, the firm
have also opened a Branch Store near the
Depot, where everything in their line of
business, together with BOOTS &, SHOES,
NOTIONS, &c, will at all times be found
in full assortment, for inspection and pur
chase by customers. They have also on
hand a fine stock of
. PURE WINES cc LIQUORS,
of the very best brands, which they offer to
Hotel keepers and others, at prices unusual-
jy reasonable. Drop m and see.
C S. DETRICK. S. S. DETRICK.
July 25, 1867.
MtRRITT W. Griswold
"J In the Court of
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I of Sept. Term,
Onvut FacrOa". j 1866, No. 3.
Foreign Attachment.
July 19th, lG7. The Plaintiff enters a
rule for the Prothonotary to assess damages
on the judgment in thia case.
Plaintiff claims judgment in tho Supreme :
ourt of the State ct New York for!20.C3,
with interest thereon, from May 12ih, 1666.
The Prothonotary will assess the Plaintiff'
damages ou Saturday, the 21st day of Sep
tember, A. D. 16G7, at 2 o'clock, p. u , at
his office in Stroudsburg
. 1CM TIIOS. M. McILHANEY.
July 25, 1S67.-6L1 prothonotary.
LIST OF PRIZES
TO BE DRAWN AT THE
Grand Gift -Distribution Enterprise
OF THE
Phoenix Fire Eng. Co., io. 2,
AT
Stroudsburg, Friday, Oct 4th, 1867.
$SG0 in Greenbacks to be drawn.
One Gift, Greenbacks, . .
$500 00
35-00
25 00
100 00
100 00
it
Parlor btove, . . . ,
Silver-Plated Castor, .
Sett Carpenter's Tools, .
Ladies' Gold Watch, .
Mclodeon, . . . .
Bbl. Wheat Flour. . .
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150 00
18 00
Ten setts silver-plated Tea-spoons, 50 00
One sett Cottage Furniture, . . 100 00
Twenty Gifts, Greenbacks, (&$5 100 00
One sett Chairs, 15 00
44 Uureau, ......
" Sett Ladies' Furs, . . .
" Camp Chair,
Five Breakfast Shawls, (al$5,
Ten fine Razors, 81.50, . .
Four Photograph Albums, $5,
One Bilver-plated harness, . .
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30 00
4 00
25 00
15 00
20 00
65 00
Ten setts silver-plated Fork?, $8, 80 00
Three setts Table Knives, ($4, 12 00
One Cutting Box, 16 00
One year's sub., Monroe Democrat, 2 00
Ten Gifts, Greenbacks, $10, . 100 00
One Gents Trunk, . . . . 15 00
One Album (200 pictures), . . 15 00
One Sewing Machine ( W. Sc G. 85 00
Ten Pantaloon Patterns, (;S6, .
One Buffalo Kobe,
One Box Segars,
Two Counting-House Rulers,
51.50,
Three Paper Weights, (a;S2, . .
Two Gents' Canes, ?5, . .
Two Balmoral Skirts, (rt,S5, . .
One Pr. Boots, made to order, .
One Violin, . . . . . . .
One year's sub., Jeffersouian, . .
Six Pr. Ladies' Kid Gloves, (Tr2,
CO 00
25 00
5 00
3 00
G 00
10 00
10 00
14 00
25 00
2 00
12 00
One Coffee-Mil!, 3 00
" Settee, 12 00
" Egg Beater 1 50
" Seven Shooter (my friend), 22 00
" Cradle, 12 00
Five Pr. Gents' Kidd Gloves, (.$2, 10 00
One Ladies' Work-Box, ... 7 00
Five Napkin Rings, (gS1.25, . C 25
One Pr. Rose Blankets, . . . 12 00
ix Dres3 Patterns, (5 86, . . 36 00
Oneycarssub., Fasten D. Express, 6 00
One Sett Ivory Tea Knives, . 12 00
One Cook Stove, complete, No. 8, 45 00
Ten Gilt Vases, (5 $2.50, . . . 25 00
Three Spice Boxes, (S,53, . . 0 00
Uue Plough, . . . . . . . 20 00
One Suit Clothes, made to order, 50 00
One Ice Pitcher IS 00
One Gift, Greenbacks, . .
40 00
30 00
35 00
15 O0
1C 00
15 00
Three Plated Castors, ($10,
One Tea Sett,
Five Coal Oil Lamps, $3, .
One Riding Bridle, . . .
One Large Looking-GIass,
Five Ladies' Portemonnaies, $2, 10 00
One History of the late War, . 10 00
Fur pr. Ladies' Gaiters, (56, 24 00
Three Meerschaum Pipes, t?$10, 30 00
One Marble Top Table, ... 40 00
Three 51b Bales Lynchburg Tobac
co, "f?-31 per lb, 15 00
One Silk Hat, 7 00
Six Gifts, Greenbacks, $$10 . CO 00
Due Buggy Wagon,
... 250 00
One Horse-Power Threshing Ma
chine, . . ; . '. . . . 200 00
One Silver Hunting Amr. Watch,
valued at 75 00
Three Gifts, S20 Greenbacks, . CO 00
No. of Prizes, 205
No. of Tickets, 5,0Q0
Price of Tickets, .... One Dollar.
The Drawing will take place in the
Fair-house building of the Monroe Coun
ty Agricultural Society, on FRIDAY
AFTERNOON, OCTOBER 4th, 1867.
The drawing will be conducted by a Com
mittee chosen for that purpose by the
Ticket Holders. Persons holding'tickets
and unable to attend the drawing can,
by notifying any one of the Committee,
have their prizes forwarded, free of charge.
All tickets valueless at the distribution
unless prepaid. No prize paid unless the
ticket be presented. 1
REFERENCES:
Brown & Keller, Dreher & Bro., Jas.
A. Pauli, Nicholas Ruster, Joseph Wal
lace, R. S. Staples, Wm. Hollinshead,
Herrmann, La Bar& Co., C. S. Detrick &
Co., Fred. Fable, II. S. Wagner, C. D.
Brodhead, R. F. & II. D. Bush, Phillips
& Walton, C. Waters & Son, Lewis Dos
ter's Sons, Barnes &. Mcrritt, Florcy &
Bro., Robt. Huston, J. 11. McCarty, Je
rome B. Storm, Philip Miller & Son, J.
S. Williams & Co., It. Miller, M. L. Drake,
Jno. O. Saylor, Wallace & Gardner, Ack
erman & Herman, Robert Boys, W. T.
Baker, Jas. B. Morgan, Darius Dreher,
B. S. Mansfield, O. B. Keller. Dr. A. H.
Davis, Hon. S. C. Burnett, Hon. P. Gil
bert, S. S. Dreher, Wm. Davis, S. Holmes,
i -T li Ktfirm nrA 1 .Q T.aa Ivan pa
Common Pleas,' ' , , . , 1 '
of Monroe Co. Stroudsburg; 31. 35. Postens Moscow;
lion. V. xu. an Auiten, ur. r. jianiaay,
j Pinchot & Detrick, L. F. Barnes, Esq.,
Milford, Pa.
Committke: Jno. N. Stokes, P. S.
Williams, G. Sontheimer, A. C. Jansen,
T. C. Brown, Jas. J). Stocksdale and II.
S. Wagner.
JNO. N. STOKES, President.
A.C Jansex, ) Secrctaric8.
P. S. Williams, j
O. Sontlieimer, Treasurer.
For all information address P. S. Wil
liams or A. C. Janseo, Stroudsburg, Pa.
July 11,1867.
Scranton in 1867.
To the Jejfersonlan:
Thinking that perhaps a few remarks
on me past growth and present rank of
ccranton, among the cities of the country,
might not be amiss to the many readers
of the Jejfie'rsonian, I take this opportu
nity to give a few details as to .this most
flouriahing city of Northern or Eastern
Pennsylvania:
A century ago, where now stands a
city, teeming with busy thousands, all
eagerly engaged in wrenching from the
bowels of the earth a fortune which only
the " black diamond" in the hands of a
successful operator can give, was undis
turbed save by the stealthy step of the
native savage, or bounding steps of the
hunted deer. The settlers far distant
from the, at that time comparatively un
known, valleys, of the Lackawaxeu and
Wyoming regions, little dreamt of the
untold wealth contained under the smil
ing fields and sparkling rivulets of those
now historical parts of the country, a
source of wealth that is excelled nowhere
in the world. The first of these mines
were opened some twenty-five years ago,
and since that time millions of tons have
been extracted, and yet the production
is capable of being trebled. The celebra
ted Diamond vein which first begins to
be worked at Nanticokc, and has an ave
rage thickness of 28 feet, gradually de-
creases in size, 1111 at ocranion, a uisiance
of forty-eight miles, it is only eight feet
thick. The Lackawanna Iron and Coal
Company have almost exclusive control
of this valuable branch of the anthracite
coal, from which they extract an enor
mous quantity of coal some one mil
lion tons annually
The city of Scranton is a thriving
place of 4o,000 inhabitants, and is com
posed of Scranton proper, and what used
to be the borough of Hyde Park and Pro
vidence, and contains within its limits
six square miles. It is destined to be
one of the largest cities of -the country,
and now offers uncqualed inducements
to the laboring men ot all classes. ith
its numerous coal mines, machine shops,
and foundries, it gives the poor man an
opportunity to secure a competency,
which few would hesitate to avail them
selves of.
In the early part of I860, some enter
prising and influential men of this sec
tion, perceiving the -enlarged influence
which Scranton as a city would have on the
commercial interests of Pennsylvania, and
more especially this portion of the State,
sent a petition to the Legislature solicit
ing a city charier, which, being headed
by the names of the most powerful men of
this section, had no difficulty in procuring
a passage. The city government is vest
ed in a Mayor as the executive, and the
select and common councils as the legis
lative branch. The Select Council is the
law, all laws are made by them and ap
proved and executed by the Mayor, with
whom the majority of the councils are
decidedly at " swords points." Great im
provements "are now being made in the
principal streets by the introduction of
two street railways and the paving of the
streets, which will have the effect of ad
ding greatly to the appearance of the
city. I he greatest need now is the light
ing of the streets by gas, some
which should not be delayed. -
thing
Of the many institutions of Scranton,
the Delaware, Lackawanna & Western
Railroad is the most important and de
serves the most notice. For a careful,
judicious, and economical expenditure of
the company s money in times of panic
and dullness in trade, and an advanta
geous use of the same in times of pros
perity, the company are indebted to
John Brisbin, a gentleman of unques
tioned ability, sterling worth, and strict
est integrity, under whose administration
the company has advanced in wealth and
prosperity in a degree to which no pre
cedent is offered. The company control
an unbroken line of railroad communica
tion of some 150 miles in length, and
does an amount of business which is ex
ceeded by none in the country. Their road
is a marvel of engineering skill, winding
around the towering cliffs, across deep
ravines, and- through hills, while the
scenery must be seen to be appreciated.
The person who seeks after real pleasure
need not go to Sarotoga, Newport, or
Cape May to find it, but has only to take
the cars on the New Jersey Central from
New York, or the North Pennsylvania
from Philadelphia or any intermediate
point, and after a ride of four or five
hours on the Delaware, Lackawanna &
Western R. It., be set down in some
little nook along their line, where, with
the rod and fowling piece, he can capture
the finest trout, or 44 bag" the plumpest
game of any where in the State, and
44 rusticate" in the full sense of the word.
This company has the most commodious
and comfortable cars in the country, while
the employees are always courteous and
obliging. No where eUo can be found
larger or heavier locomotives nearly all
weighing from forty to sixty tons. They
have two commodious round houses, the
largest being used for fctowing the coal
burners, of which twenty-one can be
boused, while the smallest contain those
that burn wood. These, together with
the machine shops, cover a place equal in
size to the ground taken up by your town.
.In the upper part of the city is situa
ted the blast furnaces and rolling mills of
the Lackawanna Iron and Coal Company.
At the blast furnaces is what used to be
considered the largest ttationary engiue
in the world, the fly-wheel, of which is
nearly thirty-six feet in circumference.
Scranton is emphatically a growing city.
No less than 500 buildings were built
here last year, while it is-said that there
- are now in course of construction no less
than two thousand, with the people living
two or three families together where there
is hardly room for one. Three passenger
trains leave daily for New York and
Philadelphia, and two for Harrisburg and
Pittsburg. Those caverns or vast artifi
cial caves which have been excavated by
the patient industry of man, and which
undermines the country for miles around,
contain the lever which has shaken the
world as if by a convulsion that lever,
anthracite coal; the fulcrum, capital; the
motive power, man. Ihe importance
anthracite has attracted to itself as one
of the great cemmercial interests of the
country, is every where felt. In this sec
tion, where the wood is needed for build
ing purposcs,for the locomotivcs.for the ties
for the innumerable railroads that are be
ing built here, and for the mines, coal is
certainly a uoa-scnu, . ana Deing very
cheap is within the reach of all. The
miners buy no coal; their wives and chil
dren to go the vast colm heaps with ves
sels to gather and carry away all they
need. In the time of war, when wages
were much higher than they are now, the
miners literally coined money. I know of
ue man who, with his boy, made $10,000.
When I-say the miner, I refer to a class
of men who are comparatively as high
above the laborer as the merchant is
above the mechanic or farmer. They go
into the mines early in the day and work
till noon, for which they get so much
per ton, making from five to six dollars
per day, while the laborer works all day
and earns only from S1.50 to 2 per day.
If a person wishes to explore the mines
he has only to go to some of the numer
ous ones which are scattered through the
valley, and to engage an old hand to act
as guide one who can explain the "system-thoroughly.
II (Vis furnished with
an old tarpaulin and India-rubber coat to
keep off the wet which you are sure to
find. He is also furnished with a little
lamp which holds about a pint, and which
is the most necessary thing. He then
steps upon a sort of scaffold and is ready
for his journey of some two hundred feet
into the bowels of the earth. It would
seem as if he was going to hold court
with his Satanic Majesty; and the im
pression is rather deepened when the
scores of dark beings cluster around him
at the bottom, anxious for news from the
outer world. As he walks along he sees
nothihg but blackness; black coal and
still blacker darkness, relieved by the
faint glow of the lamp for a short distance
around, while the shadows seem to clus
ter in the corners blacker than ever. The
miner is compelled to get in all sorts of
positions to get at the coal, which by
former explosions has become cracked
and seamed with fisurcs large enough to
contain a dozen men. The coal is de
tached from the main body by the use of
blasting powder, which some, times de
taches masses .weighing from twenty to
thirty tons. These blasts some times
jar the earth so as to cause the falling in
of the roof of the mines; they also fall oc
casionally from not being supported
enougti by artificial means, when, if there
are any miners in the minc3, great suffer
ing ensues from hunger and thirst, and if
not secured soon they perish from the
combined effects of tmffocation and star
vation. These instancesre very rare in
this country ; but about twenty years ago
the mines under Carbondale, a city
fourteen miles north of Scranton, fell in,
burying some one hundred and fifty men.
A person known to your correspondent,
together with a boy, made their exit
through an air hole on their hands and
knees, which they had no sooner done,
when it caved in also. One man after
remaining there three days dug out with
his hands through the loose dirt, wearing
his finger nails completely off. There
are white rats in the mine, which, it is
said, always leave parts of the mines
where there is any danger of a " cave in,
this sign is accepted by the minors as a
warning that that place is no longer safe,
and they leave immediately. It is related
of a miner that had made a sort of pet of
one of them, that one noon as the men
were eating their dinner in one of the
chambers, it was observed that all the
rats kft very suddenly,- the men went
away immediately with the exception of
one who said " he did not believe in such
sigus," this rat returned and jumped on
his knees and then ran away aud then re
turned and jumped on the miner again ;
this so impressed him that he went out
of the chamber, which he had no sooner
done when the roof fell in with a crash.
The most dangerous enemy of the mi
ner is the nre damp, winch is the most
prevalent in very wet or very dry weath-
er, ana nas caused the loss ot innumera
ble lives, and yet nothing has been found
to reider it totally harmless, while Sir
Humphrey Davis's safety lamp is only a
partial preventive. This fire damp ap
pears like a very fine mist; it a man were
to stay in a chamber filled with it, he
would feel the saoie as if affected with
chloroform and finally die, while if he
went in it with a lamp ho would be blown
to atoms. An instance of this. kiuu hap
pened some four or five years ago when
about forty men and boys were blown out
of the mouth of a mineyiud quite a num
ber killed.
In the morning before the miners are
allow el to uter the mines, the reviewer,
generally au old aud experienced uiiucr,
takes the safety lamp, in which the flame
is protected by a strong but fine wire
gauze. The presence of fire-damp is in
dicated by blue sparks flying off from the
lamp, when the miner must, either by
holding the lamp near the ground or un
der his coat, prevent an explosion of the
fire-damp. If the damp is not very thick
he conducts the miners through the en
trance and into the chambers where there
is no danger, but otherwise they must
not enter until it is clear.
Ihe noisy shouts of the urchins that
drive the mule3 used in drawing the cars
from the 41 chambers" to the foot of the
" slope the noisy clatter of the descend
ing car, and trie dull rumbl'msr of thi
noiso of the blast through the galleries of
tne mine, an conspire to render it as near
an approach to Plato s Hades as can be
imagined, and the explorer is glad to be
hoisted out of the dull and dreary depth,
and feel that he is yet an inhabitant of
the earth, and once more beholds the sun,
which is very welcome after being ao long
buried in the bowels of the earth.
SrnouDSBUita.
. The Diligent Woman.
She riseth in the morning betimes, and
as the lark smgeth to his mate, so she
maketh a joyful noise in all her house.
She maketh up her bed, and beateth
the pillows thereof : and like as an eagle
stirreth up the feathers, and spread out
the sheets, and layeth the blankets apart.
fane layeth her hand to the washtub,
rubbeth upon the board, making clean
the fine linen ; her hands take fast hold
of the wringer, and by turning the crank
the water thereof is pressed out.
fehe clothes her family with pure gar
ments, when she has made them smooth
with a hot iron and by reason thereof her
husband is made comely when he sitteth
among the chief men, or walkcth in the
market places.
bhe kneadeth up her dough and bak-
eth a goodly cake for her household, and
to every one she giveth a piece of bread
aud butter of kine.
She provideth her dinner in due sea
son, and supper faileth not when the good
man returneth at the end of the day,
weary with his labors and the strife of
men.
She looketh well to the ways of her
household, and scorneth the idle woman
with her delicate hands; who lieth in bed
and calleth a servant.
Giving the Devil his Dne.
There is a point in the following anec
dote. A pastoY was making a call upon
an old lady, who made it a habitual rule
never to speak ill of another, and had ob
served it so closely that she always justi
fied those whoshchad beard evil spoken of.
Before the old lady made her appearance
in the parlor, her several children were
speaking of this peculiarity of their moth
er, and one of them playfully added :
"Mother has such a habit of speaking
well of everybody, that I believe if'Satan
himself were the subject of conversation,
mother would find out some virtue or
good quality even in him." Of course
this remark elicited some smiling and
merriment at the originality of the idea,
in the midst of which the old lady enter
ed the room, and on being told what had
just been said, she immediately and in
voluntary replied : "Well, my children,
I wish we all had Satan's industry and'
perseverance.
m,
MedicaL
"Dr. Kalahum, d'ye think my darter
will get well 7" "Well, if she don't get
no wuss, and does not git sum better, she
may possibly git over it. You see she's af
flicted with a concatenation of the meta
carpial fiummix, which extends from the
nebocis to the inferior lobe of the ante
rior revolution of the occuput. Nothin'
kin help her but calomel and persimmons
taken jintly both together a spoonful,
more or less, according to the symptoms,
every o.ther day oft and on. Them will
eventooally put her out of pain into a
sweat, and restore a healthy action of the
minor pedals, and reduce the encylopedia
of the neuralgic diaphragm, immediately
under the let t side ot the right eve.
"Lor a mercy I
thunk it!"
such larniu"! who'd
The wiU of the Drunkard.
I die a wretched sinner, and leave to the
world a worthless reputition, a wicked ex
ample, and a memory only fit to perish.
I leave to my parents sorrw and bitter
ness of soul all the days of their lives.
I leaye to my Irothers and sisters
shamo and grief, and reproach of their
acquaintances.
I leave to my wife n widowed and bro;
ken heart, and a life of lonely struggling
and suffering.
I leave to my children a tainted name, a
ruined position, a pitiful ignorance, and
the mortifying recollection of a father
who by his lifo disgraced humanity, and
at his premature death joined the great
company of ihoso who aro never to enter
tho kingdom of God.
"There's our Jeremiah," said Mr. S ,
"he went off to get his living by his wits."
"Well, did ho succeed f" inquired his
friend, "No," said thd old man, tappiug
bis forehead, "he failed for want of capi
tal." A little boy having askod his mother
what a "blood relation'1 meant, being told
it meant near relations, said, "Then moth
er you must be the bloodiest relation I've
got.'
Affecting Sketch.
In a cemetery near Seville is a very
beautiful though simple marble cross, on
which is engraved these lines in Spanish;'
I believe in God ;
44 I hope for God ;
44 I love.God."
It is the grave of a poor boy, the only'
son of a widow. He wa3 not exactly an
idiot, but what people call a "natural."
Good, simple, humble, every one loredl
him ; but no one could teach him any
thing. His intelligence was in some way
at fault. He could remember nothing.
In vain the poor mother put him first
at school, and then to a trade ; he could
not learn. At last, in despair," she took
him to a neighboring moncstsry and im
plored the abbot, who was a most charit
able holy man, to take him as a lay broth-'
er. Touched by her grief, the abbot con-'
sented, and the boy entered the conrent
There all possible pains were tuksn with
him by the good monks to give hisn at
least some ideas of religion, but he could
remember nothing but these three sen
tences. Still, he was so patient, so labor
ious, and so good, that the community
decided to keep him.
When he had finished his hard out-of-
door work instead of coming in to rest, her
wouia gostraignt to the Church, and there
remain on his knees for hours. "Uut what
does he do V exclaimed one of the novices.
"He does not know how to pray, neither
understands the office, nor the eeremoniea
of the Church." They therefore hid
themselves in a side chapel, close to where
he came. Devoutedly. kneeling, with his
hands clasped, his eyes fastened on tho-
tabernacle, he did nothing but repeat
over and over agaiov"I believe in God, I
hope for God ; I love God." One day
he was missing. They went to hia cell
and found him dead on the straw.witl
his hands joined, and an expression of the '
same lnenable peace and joy they had
remarked on his face when in the Church.
They buried him in this quiet cemetery.
and the abftt caused these words to be
aven on the cross. Soon a lily was-
seen flowering by the grave, wheron one
had sown it, the grave was opened, and
the root of the flower was found ia the
heart of the orpan boy. From "Impres
sions oj Spam" by Lady Herbert,
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A soldier of the West, during the late
war, being ott duty, was engaged bzm
andlord to dig a patch of potatoes, ouf
condition that he should be furnished
with a bottle of whiskey to begin with.
The landlord accordingly took him to the
field, showed him the patch, and left him
a full bottle of his favorite bev-erage.
About an hour afterward the landlord
went to see how the "son of Mars pro
gressed in his business of farming. lie?
found, him holding to an old stump, un
able to stand without it, his bottle lying:
empty at his feet, and no potatoes dug.
feing quite exasperated, the landlord ex
claimed ;
"Hallow ! you scoundrel ! Is this the
way you dig my potatoes for me ?
"11a I says the soldier, lapping his.
tongue, staggering half around, squinting;
and hiccuping. "if you want your rota-
toes dug fetch 'em on for I'll be hang
ed if l'ai going to run around the lot af-
er em.
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A Mystery Explained.
Rev. Mr. , of Lawrence, Mass.,
a bachelor. Noticing early in the sea
is
son, that one ot his members, a marneil
ady, was not at a meeting fcr several
Sabbaths, he called to ask the reason.
s her reply was somewhat . evasive, he
surmised that she "had nothing to wear,"
and said, "you are waiting for your Spring-
bonnet 1 suppose. Weeks passed, and
still she did not make her appearance.
Ic therefore thought he would call again.
pproachiog the house, he saw her sit
ting at the open window, and blandly re
marked, "I haven't seen you at church
yet; hasn t that bonnet come ? ues,
sir," she archly replied "Shall I show
it to you? "If yoa please' answered
the wondering pastor. Holding up a wee
bit of a baby, she said, blushiug, "This i
the spring bonnet I was waiting for j did
I do right V
A Yankee gentleman, escorting a Brit
ish friend to view the different objects of
attraction in the vicinity of Boston,
brought him to Bunker Hill. They stood
looking at the splendid .monument, when
the Yankee said, "This is the place where
Warren fell."
"Ah !" replied the Englishman, evidnt
ly not posted up in local historical mat
ters ; "Did it hurt him much I"
The native looked at him. "Hurt
him !"said he ; 'He was killed, sir"
"Ah 1 he was, ch V said the stranger,
still cyciug the monument, and comput
ing its height in his own mind, layer by
layer. "Well, I think he would hays
been, to fall so far."
One day Eddie asked, Mamma, did
God make pussy ? "Yes,' said his moth
er, 'but go and bring me some wood !'
lie started off a few steps, aud theu com
ing back and looking through the half
open door, asked in a hesitating voice.
H h how did he let her d d down?
A Western editor has placed over hi
marriages a cut representing a large trap,
sprung, with this motto: "The trapdowi
another ninuy-hammer caughti"
4Ma said a promising youth of four or
five summers, 4if all people are made of
dust, aiu't colored. m? of cwl UupI V