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VOL. 27.
STROUDSBU11G, MONROE COUNT.Y, PA., AUG. G, ISC8.
NO. 19.
Published by Theodore Sclioch.
TEIUia-T o doilftts .1 yc;if ill atluic'c -ntnl if nt
paid before thee ml oft lie year, two UolhusanU litfv
t. wilifte rtlargnl.
No (liscontintiril unlit allarrcaiarsarc paiJ,
wjrop i the option of tlic Editor.
. IfcPAdvertiacinciitsof one sin:irenf(cigl.t lino lor
leti.oncor three insertions $1 :0. Each additional
Itiacrtion, j(J units. Longer owes in prooilion.
JOB l'UlTIC,
OF ALL KINDS.
Jtiecutcd in the higlir-sl style of the Ait.andonthe
niOMt ic.iaoii ilile terms.
jii. ii. coomjai caa,
and Ornamental Painter
i
' SHOP ON MAIN STREET,
Opposite Woolen Mills, .
STKOUDSUUIIG, lA.,
Respectfully announces to the citizens of
Stmaudsburg and vicinity that he is prepared
-attend to all who may favor him with
their patronage, in a prompt and workman'
like manner.
CHAIRS, FURNITURE, &c, painted
and repaired.
PICTURE FRAMES of all kinds con
etantly on hand or supplied to order.
June II, 1608. ly.
Drs. JACKSON & BIDLACK,
rilYSICUNS AND SUIHiEOXS.
TiRS. JACKSON & BIDLACK, arc
A-J prepared to attend promptly to all calls
of a Professional character. OJJicc Op
posite the Stroudsburg Bank.
April 25, lSG7.-tf.
JDK. lSTiTTTli
Stirgeon Dentist,
Onlcc on Main Street, opposite Judge
Stokes' residence, Stcovdsm ro, Pa.
OCT Teeth extracted without pain.J)
August I, 1SG7.
.A. Card.
The undersigned Las opened an office for
the purchase and sale of Real Estate, in
Fowler's Building, on Main street. Parties
having Farms, M.i!L, Hotels or other proper
ty for sale will find it to tlcir advantage to
call on me. I hive no agents. Parties
mast sec me personally.
GEO. L. WALKER,
Real Estate Agent, Stroudsburg, Pa.
S. IIOL.1ILS, Jr.
ATTORNEY-AT-LAW, AND GENERAL
CLAIM AGENT.
STROUDSBURG, PA.
Office, one dtor hclow Fiory's Tin tShnji.
All claims against the Government prosed
cuted with dispatch at reduced rates.
QT" An additional bounty of $100 and of
$50 procured for Soldiers in the laic War,
FBEK or EXTItA CHARGE. .JQ
August 2, l&GG.
.A. Card.
Dr. A. REEVES JACKSOX,
Physician and Surgeon,
BEGS TO ANNOUNCE THAT IIAV
ing returned from Europe, he is now
prcpired to resume the active duties of his
profession. In order to prevent disapjoint
mcnt to persons living t a distance who
may wish to consult him ho will be found
at his office every THURSDAY cud SAT
URDAY for ' consultation and the perform
ance of Surgical operations.
Dec. 12, HG7.-1 jr.
VIU. W. rAVL. J. D. HOAR.
. CHABLES W. DEAN,
WITH
VM. W. PAUL CO.
Manufacturers and Wholesale Dealers in
BOOTS & SHOES.
WAREHOUSE,
fi23 Market 6t, & 614 Commerce St
.eLvo Sixth, North fide,
MlLADELl'JIIA.
Mardi 10, IbCd tf.
Itch.! Iteli! Itch!
SCEATCHJSATCH! SCRATCH!
niriTOUEi-irjsiTrjiiVsitifiiia'MonTaEAT.
Hq family should be without this valua
tit medicine, for .a 4.1e first appearance of
the disorder en Uic writt, between le fin'
gcra, a 6Hgb4.plicalion of the Oint
ment v ill. cure it, &ni prevcut lie Lciag ta
ken by ether.
Warranted .to U;e alkbfactioa or money
rcrund.c5.
Ujoparcil and sdid, wholesale and tc'tail,
W. IIOLUKSIIEAII,
fctroudaburg, Oct. J33, 'G7. Druggist.
'if. LAST', DENTIST.
Has permanently located hiin-
l&iil in urouaeLurg, an imuu
his office next oVxk l Dr. S.
, i . -i i
-Walton, where he is fully prepared to treat
fthe nafewal teeth, aud also to insert incorrup
tible artificial teeth ou pivot aud plate, in tiC
latest and most improved manner. Most
persons know the danger and fol ly of trust
mg their work to the ignorant as well us
. the traveling dentist. It matters not how
much experience a person may have, he is
liable to have some failures out of a number
4i cases, and if the dentist lives at a distance
jjl is frequently put oir until it is too late to
jve the tooth or teeth as it mav bo, ot.he r
'ine the inconvenience aud trouble of going
p.ftr. Hence the necessity of obtaining the
services of a dentist near home. All work
fcvausrited.
&',ivudsburg, March 27, 18G2.
DViVt rouuirr
ycu want any thing i
or Orv-ioientiil lino that-
i i r. i t it ii
llial win ii
it the Furniture
McCarty. in the
t5lrcct,-b;rtHuIs-
Vf is l.u !icc to ct'it. tSct. 20
The Drowning of Mr. Albert L. Northrop.
I he following graphic account of the
drowning of Mr. Albert L. Northrop,
whose death we noticed hist week, has
been kindly furnished us by an eye wit
ness :
The sad circumstances attending the
death of Albert L. Northrop, were as fol
lows: Ou Wednesday last, July 22d, a
company of friends was formed to visit
"the falls" called "Juckhi!l falls."
The company cousistcd of the following
persons: -Albert L. Northrop, the de
ceased, his mother 3Irs. Northrop, Mrs.
Edward Palcn his sister, Mrs. Kufus
Palen, her eistcr Miss Allen, Howard,
Frank, and Ida Northrop, Rev. Mr.
String, and Rev. J. Mason and two daugh
ters. This company. of which tho de
ceased seemed to be the leader, started
from Canadensis about 11 o'clock, A.M.,
taking with them provisions, designing to
dine at the fall?, and spend the after
noon. The party arrived at the falls about 12
o'clock, and after s pendinp; some time in
admirinrr the romautic beauties of the
place, preparations were made to dine.
linncr being over, Albert took tho fish
ing line, which had been brought by his
brother the only fishing line iu the
company and crossing the pile of drift
wood, which intervened betwecu, and
wading the creek, he walked along the
ledge of the rock, near to the edge of the
falls, where he stood fishing for about
five minutes. In elevating his line to
throw it out, the hook caught in the rock
immediately above the falls I suppose
about twelve feet from where he stood,
lie ascended tolooscu the hook, taking
hold on the rock, or moss cn the rock,
an exceedingly hazardous undertaking of
the danger of which he had been warned.
Iu descending the rock, as he reached
the place where he had becu standing, he
missed hi.s foothold his face being very
pale and fc!', or rather slidwith great
force into the water uo person being
near hiui but tho lad, his brother How
ard, lie struggled with his hands vio
lently having hold, for au instant, of
the fishing rod. the other cud being held
by Howard. This broke instantly. JIc
then seized Howard's foot, of which he
saddculy let go. His body, then, was
drawn rapidly toward the falls, as though
by some resistless power, when he sud
denly turned upon his back, aud threw
up his arms, his face appearing very much
flushed, and suddenly and rapily sank
beneath the flood uor rising again un-!
til he wa3 brought up. by the hook iu the
hands of Mr. George Price, who recoved
the body, from a raft constructed for the
purpose, about one hour and twenty min
utes after he fell into the water. Efforts
were immediately made to rcsuscitafc him,
but the vital spark had fled.
Supposing he could swim, his falling
into the water did not, at first, occasion
so much alarm; but seeing hiui in dau
gcr the Rev. Mr. Mason sprang from
wl ere he was stauding, opposite the falls,
called the Lev. Mr. String, and seizing a
piece of plank, pushed it with alibis
power towards Albert. This the current
carried down the stream. lie then seiz
ed a branch of a dry tree, and rushed in
to the flood, hoping to reach him with it;
but before he could get near him, being
nearly drowned himself iu the effort, Al
bert sunk to rise no more, until found by
Mr. Pierce as before stated. Every ef
fort was made to save hiui that could be
made under the appalling circumstances.
The scene of excitement and conster
nation on the occasion, can neither be
imagined nor described. As to the cause
of his suddeu sinking, after his falling
into the water for so sudden was it, that
not more than three minutes elapsed from
the time of his standing on the bant, or
rock, and his being buried beneath the
food it is difficult, certainly, to dctcr
ruiuc. It has been supposed by his friends
that he was seized with " vertigo' while
eDgaged in diseutangliug his line, as on
the last Sabbath evening,, previous to
the drowuing, he was compelled to leave
the services in the church ou this ac
count, and on the next day complained of
a similar attack. This may have been
the immediate cause. It is also supposed
that the htron
under eddying current, J
formed by the falling water from the falls,
the water being very dccp,.drew him ra
pidly uudcr. It may be that both these
causes comninea to proaacc tins saa, re
sult. I can only say, it was dark myste
rious Providence, which Dono can more
deeply regret than those who were com
pelled to witness the last sad scene.
THE FUNERAL.
The funeral of Albert L. Northrop, re
cently drowed at u Ruckhill falls," took
place from the residence of his father,
Mr. George W. Northrop, Esq., at Cana
densis, on Tuesday last, July JdSth, at 2
o'clock, P.M.
The funeral services, which were of a
deeply interesting character, were cou
ductcd'by Rev. Messrs. Masou, P.E., Me
Comas, and String the foucral sermon
was preached by the Rev. Mr. Mason
from John xi. 23, 20, aud eloquent ad
dresses were made by Rev. Mr. McCouias,
the former, and Rev. Mr. String, the pre
sent pastor. The funeral sermon was accom
panied by a memoir of the deceased, aud
a detailed account of the circumstances
attcuditig his suddcu and lamented death.
The funeral hti vices were concluded sit
tho grave by the reading of the buiial
service of the McthodLt E. Church by
lUv Mr MiiiOiJ, and the ervke
oi tl
it
order of Good Templars," of which or
der the deceased was an active member,
by the chaplain, Rev. Mr. String, and
the siuging of tjic beautiful hymn,
" We arc waiting at the Iiiver,"
which was a favorite hymn of the deceas
ed. Rusincss throughout the entire re
gion of country was suspended, and the
people, by scores and hundreds, Gathered
together to pay tho last tribute of respect
to the departed, who was justly beloved
by all who knew him. The coffin, or bu
rial casket, a most beautiful piece of
workmanship made by Mr. E. S. Earlv.
of Philadelphia, was surmounted bv a
silver plate bearing an inscription of tho
name and age of the deceased.
Seldom has such a funeral service been
witnessed the services, tho singing, the
order and arrangement, the tearful grief,
not only of the bereaved family, but
of the lanrc concourse of svmDathiziorr
friends, formed au occasiou not soon to bo
forgotten by those who were present.
.The interment took place in the burial
round at Cauadcusis, near the Methodist
E. Church.
" I heard a voice from heaven, paying
unto roc, Write, From henceforth, bless
ed arc the dead who die in the Lord:
Even, so sailh the Spirit, for they rest
from their labours." 31.
A Wife Whipper Mobbed by Women.
from (lit Miltmukie "Wisconsin, July 25.
Last evening one Mr. Downer preferred
a charge of assault, with intent to kill,
against a number of his neighbors.
Downer wa3 a sorry-looking object his
looks giving the truth to the assertion
that he had suffered some hard usage.
His clothes were torn, and thoroughly
soaked with water; his face was scratch
ed, and he held in his hand bundles of
his hair and whiskers, which he said had
been pulled out.
He was sitting iu his house, down on
the beach, quietly, doiug nothing at all
to break, the peace, when, who should
come in, but all the womcu that lived
about there, aud, before he said a word,
they assailed him with clubs, sticks, guns
and brickbats, and beat him to a jelly.
He knew all the women, and he wanted
them arrested and punished.
A well known citizen came in, and told
the story in a manner which did not add
much to the credit of Downer.
The gentleman had been on the beach
fur au evening prcmcuadc, when his at
tention was attracted by loud cries which
came from a knot oi bhanhes some dis
tance away. Upon going to them he
found that Downer was indulging iu his
usual amusement, whipping his wife, and
the woman, suffering from the blows, was
uttcnujr most hcart-rcudiuz cries. The
geutletuan, well aware of the danger of
interfering between husband aud wife,
when quarreling, nevertheless was about
to lutcrferc, whcu his attention was called
to the actions of a woman, who looked as
though she had the strength of a young
Sauisou io h;r limbs. Sho ran from
shauty lo shaufy calling out the women,
who suddenly responded, and it did not
seem lo be more than ten seconds before
a dozcu were assembled, each armed wilh
a mop, a broom, a fire shovel, or a pairtf
tones.
The band marched directly to the house
from whence came the cries, and, without
the ceremony of knocking, entered.
There wa3 a sound of voices, as if some
body were ordcriug somebody else" out of
the house in very coarse language,, sadly
mixed up with oaths. Then there was a
general onslaught upon the wifc-whippei
Mops that had been soaked in dirty wa
ter swabbed his face; blows from brooms
came thick and fast upon his head. The
astonished wife-whippcr dropped the sub
ject of his blows and looked to his ovrs
safety. He struck at one of the women
with his fist, and thus brought up the rear
guard of fire shovels and tongs. On his
head came the blows thick and fast.
He grappled with one of the women.
The rest immediately dropped their weap
ons and grappled with him. Strong they
were, their uniou perfect, and their cause
just. They fairly scratched Downer up
on the floor, and scratched him up again.
1 hey left the imprints of their nails upon
Lis lace, ana nnnas, ana neck, ihcy
ntfllcd out his hair. Resist "he tried to.
and hands, and neck. Th
- but he was a child in the hands of the
strong-armed women-, and he soon found
it out. Cowed, beaten, demolished, ho
bellowed like a mad bull, aud begged
that they would not kill him.
A pai ley followed a truce they call
it in war times. The prostrate, thor
oughly cowed individual was told that
his abuse of his wife -a poor, sickly
woman had grown to be a nuisance
which could no longer be submitted to.
They had complained of him, but . his
wife refused to appear against him, and
he had gone unpunished. If he would
promise never to strike his wife again
they would let him go; if not, they would
punish him until there was not a breath
of life left iu his body.
Downer was ready for anything; he
was already the worst whipped man to be
found. Ho promised promised faith
fully as a man could proruiso but they
brought a cross, and in ado turn swear.
II
rebelled at this; but tho upraised
mops, and brooms, and shovels, and the
clanking pair of tongs, brought him to
his senses, and never did man take au
oath more earnestly.
A FJ
FJiiiitnriL' wheel
made iu the year
'17 OS, and
iu ;'ood pi enervation, was re
vtuiiy lojj ni j.uucu. icr, j a , lor ten
cent i.
. it a I.. ii r . a .
Gov. Sermour Photographed.
A correspondent of The Hartford Ev
inj posf, writing from Utica, N. Y., the
home of Horatio Seymour, gives his im
pressions of that ccntlcman in a lonir let
ter, from which wc extract the following:
They call Seymour up here iudiffcrcnt
ly "Oration Seymour." 'Rash Seymour
and "old Jelly fish." The Sevmour citv
residence is a lead colored brick house,
with wide, double-chimneyed gables.
Here, when ho wishes to catch a new
fish, or spring a coup d'etat upon any
body Seymour act the part of the intrigu
ing host by giving a dinner. Attacking
the man's belly, ho forks him in the con
science alter awhile, and tho assaasina-
Uou is complete. Whcu a blacker con
spiracy is to be broached, tho conspira
tors bio to Pccrfield, or hide thcmsclrcs
iu Ragg'g Hotel, the liquor interests,
the railroad ring. The caual people, arc
all represented. They make the slate
and tap the rosy, and tho Democratic
masses of the Stato never say "Nay A
clammy dictator of the wills and ballots
oi the democratic party, he has never
raised his eyes from the contemplation of
his own fortunes. Lovely children, socie
ty, woman, have no joys to him. His ed
ucation began and ceased when they put
a "slate" into his hand. Ilia deport
ment, street manners, courtesy, or what
ever it may be called, is no implanted
amiability, but only a part of his politi
cal restraint, connected like a lesson to
take him to the head of the class. His
nature is too feeble to make him eminent
even in insincerity Stronir men ?o on
and carry the flag of conservatism,
make enemies by their earnestness.
cj o
and
but
Mr. Seymour only waits. In all this
time of action he is at Dccrficld writing a
r..ii f i t
T c.uutu,u ,ut. )
disagreed, or served his destiny, behold !
from his ambush or placid, philosophio
statcman comes ' to gather the sheaves of
other men. His convictions arc n7: his
power of decision is nihil. His speeches
arc notable for their Iago-likc tact to
awaken discontent and promote public
infidelity, while they suggest no relief,
" " usauv.iui.vo uaiu siuuiuiuu. '
- - .
lor the plain reasou that Mr. Seymour
has no opinion whatever, lie is a timid
lawyer, who gave up the profession be
cause be had neither nimble or profound
qualities to give him abiding place among
his competitors, nor moral courage to give
nerve for the fair conflicts of wit aud edu
cation. He quitted the bar as a sick
man quits a jarring chamber, not from
any delicacy of "orgauization, but from
sheer want of pluck and conscious in
aptitude. He is intensely selfish, very
stealthy, earnest for power, reckless of
fame, lfc worked like a beaver for his
nomination, as everybody in Utica knows,
and he declined it before it was offered
to him. Asa President, he will narrow and
belittle the dcttiny of the country, tuck
1c to the chanticleer vanity of the rebel
chivalry, make car Northern character
contemptible cgaiu, monumentalize the
rebellion, and carry us into the last ditch
of dishonor. He will be bully-ragged by
his advisers, give Rill Tweed and Tote
Swccuey all the Indian contracts, and
make mighty recollection of the conquer
ing armies mightier -by the importance
and drivel of his succession.
While our soldiers were chasing the
defeated Rebels from the fields of Gettys
burg, on the 4th ol July lbGX Horatio
Seymour was making a upcceh in Ncw-
lork, and threatening the loyal people of
the North with mobs and revolutions.
This is an extract from his address :
"Da you not create revolution when
you Ray that your persons may be right-
fuhy seized, your property confiscate, your
homes entered ? Arc you not exposing
yourselves, your own interests, to as great
a peril as that with which you threaten
us 7 Remember this : hat the llvody,
and treasonable, and revolutionary doc
trine of jiublic necessity can Le adopted bj
a mob a$ vctll as bv a government."
Applause.
Well, the mob heard him, and a few
days afterwards his "friends" were burn
ing orphan asylums, murdering inoffensive
persons, and filling New-York with the
horrors of riot, arson, and assassiantion.
Our progenitors did not regard low
ncck dresses with bo much favor as their
"moro refined" desccndauU of to-day.
In proof wc may cite an old law on the
statute book of the Kcystono State, as
follows: "That if any whito female, of
ten years or upwards, should appear in
auy public street, lane, highway, or
church, court house, tavern, ball room,
theatre, or auy placo of public resort,
with uaked shoulders, (i. o., low-ncekcd
dresses,) being ablo to purchase necessary
clothing, shall forfeit and pay a fiuo not
Uuss than one uor more than two hund
red dollars."
A good story is told ot the Pendleton
escort. Pat Clcary was delegated to lay
in commissary supplies for the escort.
He accordingly purchased 15 barrels of
of whisky, 100 kegs of lager, beer, aud
six pounds of crackers. Tho bills were
rendered to Dick Cox, the cashier, for
inspection and payment. Dick, in scan
ning the accounts, remarked: "Fifteen
barrels whisky all right; one hundred
barrels beer all right; six pounds crack
ers thunder and Mara, Pat why the
devil didu't you get more whisky and less
crackers
LLo l'oim Grant and Colfax. CIuVj
The. Lynchjrur and Hangmfr of tho Ad
ams Express Robbers.
From The Cincinnati Gazette, July 27.
The final scene in the tragedy at Sey
mour has been enacted. The last of the
express robbers have fallen into the hands
Of a liMiancc Committer!. Tim stnrv nf
me last attempt robbery is still fresh iu
tuc memories oi our reader?, and the tor
riblc judgment meted out to Ellets. Hose
berry, and TJliftoa will not have been for
gotten. I hey were bauged on Monday
1 A t 1 -
j.isi oniy a wecic ago to-day. Two days
before Ellets was writing letters to friends
in Seymour from the Ninth st. Station
House, in this city, tellicg them to be in
no tear, lor he was well and would soon re
join them ; asking them "to smoke their
best cigars on his account," and "to be
lieve no news which they might hear."
The three were taken on Monday from
this city, and borne to Seymour, arriving
there at about 10 o'clock Monday night
All was silent at the depot when tho train
halted. There was no hint of the tragedy
soon to be enacted. After the transfer
0f n3
freight, train sped on toward
Rrowns-town, but it had not proceeded
lar bciorc it was signaled by a red hsht.
and, in obedience to the summons. thr
train stopped. At once it was surround
by a body of two hundred men, a detach
ment wcut at once to the express car,
where the three outlaws were sitting.
There were only two pairs of handcuffs,
Roscberry being bouud with one pair,
and Ellets and Clifton fastcucd together
with the other. Iu silence, without
words or noise, the stern, self-appointed
executioners seized, first Roscberry, who
bound as he was, could make no resist
ance, threw him from the car, and gave
him in charge of the members of the
ivwu,u
Committee outside. With Ellet3 and
Clifton the work was more difficult, for
':wvu. tYllU UU UlllA MIX
i ... .11. l.;, f. l l i -
unfettered
band, made fearful resistance, fighting,
as one expresses it, "like tigers." In a
few minntcs the train was again on its
way. So quickly, so noiselessly had the
work becu accomplished that sleeping
passengers were not even aroused from
their slumbers. Ellets and Roscberry
aud Chftou were hurried away. Only a
few moments later their bodies were dausr-
ling, in the black darkness of the night,
from limbs in the midst of the forests.
No one was near to witness their last
struggling ,no one to offer eveu the short
est prayer. Uut tho cud was not yet.
The work of tho Committee wa3 still not
accomplished. Three of the party en
gaged in the outrage were vet at lar-rc.
and until the same wild justice had been
meted out to them as to Lllcts, lloscbcr
ry. and Clifton, the Committee could not
cease its labors. A description of Moore,
Speaks, and Jcrrell had been sent out in
all directions. On Friday afternoon
these three men were found in Mantoon,
Illinois, whither they had fled immediate
ly after the attempted robbery. All were
at work on a farm, and were arrested by
the Sheriff of the place. They were
placed in charge cf a special officer from
Seymour, and on Saturday rut on the
traiu bound for Iudunapolis. Agaiu, as.
the train reached Seymour, all was quite.
No confusion, uo noise, no armed com
mittee, no threats of lynch law on any
side. It was thought best that tho Dris-
oners should be taken to Rrownstown in
a wagon, and accordingly at about mid
night the three prisoners and their guard
started off. -At about 2 o'clock vestcrdav
morning the wagon was stopped in the
midst of the great dreary forest. The
three were taken from the custody of the
officers aud without the forms of law. were
bidden to prepare for death. Questions
were asked about different outrages which
had been committed iu the vicinity, but
no answers were returned. Then the
woods witnessed once more the terrible
retribution extended to truilty men bv
men, who had for years been held in a
bondago of abject fear. Again the morn-
ng light revealed these ghastly corpses
hanging from the limbs.
The four-legged Tennessee child has
been scientifically examined by Drs. Jo
seph Jones and Paul F. Eve, Professors
m the Nashville Medical University.
They report that the head and trunk of
tho child arc those of a healthy, well
developed infant of five weeks ; while the
lower portion of its body is divided into
the members of two distinct individuals.
Xhcy think that tho lower portion of the
spiual column is cleft, and that there are
two pclvio arches supporting tho four
limbs, which are situated upon tho same
plane, and closo their report with the ex
pression that, in its curious manifestation
of the powers ot nature in abnormal pro
ductions, this interesting living monstro
sity exceeds the Siamcso Twins. Io
Wheeling, W. Ya., they havo a calf with
eight legs, one head, two bodies, and three
cars.
Tho following mixture is recommend
ed for house flics : Half a spoonful of
black pepper iu powder, ouc tcaspoonful
of cream, aud a tcaspoonful of sugar ;
mix them well together, and place them
iu a room whero the flics arc troublesomo
and they will soon disappear. It won t
cost much to try it.
There aro three trees on tho farm of
Levi Prizcr io Chester Co , Pcnn. which
mcasuro respectively oO feet S inches;
28 feet, aud 1G feet I) iuehea iu circum
ference, at the dustauco oi two feet Iroui
the "round.
Wheat nil a luchcl at Fort Scott
Grasshopper Plague in Kansas aud Iowa.
A letter to the Chicago Republican,"
from Muscatine, Iowa, says:
" In the last three or four years, tnd
grasshoppers have traveled from New
31cxico and Utah, destroying vegetation
and crops, to the Dcs Moiucs river, tho
skirmish line of tho graud army being'
now established on the'banks of the Mis
sissippi. If you take down the ' map,
and run an air line from Chicago to the'
point joining Utah and New Mexico, it
will be on the line of march of the "grass
hopper" army, from where their ravage
were fi rat noted to this place. A ralo
laid on the line will cover their probablo"
area of destruction till they shall fmos
been drowned in the lakes.
"Their ravages in Kansas two years
ago were fearful. Last year they corn
tmtted great destruction in Ncbrasla
and in Southwestern Iowa, but were not
as numerous as they had been in Kansas.
1 his year they have done their chief bad
work in the counties west of thc-Dca
Moines to above Fort Dodge, and extcnd
ing southwardly to the Missouri river.
In that parallelogram there have becu
more grasshoppers, this year, than ten-
men could count, were each man to live"
to be as old as Methuselah. In some
places they have devoured whole ficlds'af
had been burned. Yast extents of grass
and weeds have been consumed by them.
Lut lrom all accounts, L judge tuey have
not anywhere iu Iowa gobbled up every
thing' as they did ia not a few local
ities in Kentucky."
Newspaper Power.
"Thirty years ago," sayst Wilccs Sjirier
"the Senators ruled America ; to day iti
ruicu Dy tuc editors." It adds: "Thcnr
is a class of men among bankers and mer
chants and lawyers who effect a conde
scension toward the iournalist which - ia
intensely amusing. The writer for the
newspaper appears to their blinking eyes'
a kind of literary adventurer, who is to
be tolerated for his genius, but not to
be trusted in business. They arc ignor
ant that he sells their goods, furnishes
all their facts, and presents them gratui
tously with opinions. They do not-
now, as Jay Cooke docs, that the news
papers of America hold two thousand mil
lions of national bonds. They do not
know, as Edwin M. Stanton kuows, that
the newspapers of America sent five hun
dred thousand men to the war. They do
not kuow that the newspapers or Ameri
ca will nominate the Prcsidenty, deter
mine, the election, dictate the legislatioa
of Congress, and decide whether Andrew
Joh nson is tojbo iaipcached. Newspapers
lead them by the nose wherever they go;
but they do not feci tho pressure, which
is tho reason why wc give this special,
tweak." .
Bridal Tests.
How thankful our well-educated' young
ladies of this day must fool that they do not
live among such a half-civilized people a
the Ncstoriuns must be, from the following
account of oao of their wedding customs:
After the marriage ceremony has beciv
performed, the wedding party is taken in
wagons from the church to the house of tho
bridegroom's parents. When the second""
wagon, in which the bride is seated alone.
reaches the gate opening into tho yard iu
which the house is situated, it is halted, and?
the bridegroom's mother comes to meet it.
with a baby and three suits of baby clothe
in her arms. She throws the child and tho
clothes into the arms of the bride, who is re--quired
to undress and dress the baby three
times in the presence of her mothcr-in-Iawv
who watches every movement as only a
mother-in-law can watch a daughter-in-law.
If the newly-made bride does not perform
the operation to the satisfaction of her severe
judge, she is considered unfit for her new
position, the wagon is turned around, and
she is taken back home for further instruc
tion, and the poor bridegroom is compelled
to live in single blessedness until his wi fa-
is educated up to the proper standard.
The Borer in Peach Tree3.
A writer in the Southern Planle says :
"I onco heard of a lady whoso husband had'
plantede a peach orchard wilh a view of
making brandy. -She feared that he might
become a drunkard and determined to kill
his trees. To effect this, she secretly potacdj
scalding water around the roots, and to her'
great surprise the trees did not die, but pro
duced an extra crop of peaches. Tho scald
ing water killed the worms, but was not
ufficient to kill the trees. At first I adopted
this practice very cautiously, but now without
tear I pursue it. . Early each spring, I scrapo
around the trees with a lar?e knifo ou tho
morning of washing-day. When the wash
ing is done, I take a bucket full of boiling
suds fhto the orchard, and dash the tree.
just where the trunks join tho ground. In-
this way thousands of Jittlo worms a re scald
ed to death. Lastly, I apply unleached-'
aehca to the trees.' After an experience of
several years,'! confidently recommend thia
practico Prayer is a haven to tho shipwrecked
mariner, an anchor to them that aro link
ing in the waves, a staff to the limbs that,
totter, a mtno of jowcls to the poor, a se
curity to tho rich, a healer of diseases,
and a guardian a health. Prayer at onco
secures tho contiuuanco of our blessings,
and dissipates the cloud of our calamities,
O blessed prayer ! thou art the unwearied),
conqueror of human woes, the firm foun
dation of human h-ppiucaa, tho sourco o(.
ever-cuduring joy, tho mother of philoso
phy. The . man who can pray truly;
though langishing io cxtrcmest tudigcoco,
is richer than all beside, whilst tho wretch
who ucver bowed the knee, though proud
ly routed a) monarch of nations, is of all
men luoiit diatitutc.
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