v I 5JWPE1R KO WT AN Btvoltb to politics, fitcroturc, gticnlturc, Science, iHovalitji, tmo encrni Sntrtligcurc. ' t VOL. 29. STROUDSBURG, MONROE COUNTY, PA., JULY 27, 1871. NO. 14. Published by Theodore Sclicch. TERMS Two dollars a ycartn advance Rnd ifnot paid before the end of the year, two dollars mid fifty cents will be chnrced. o paper discontinued until all arrearages are paid, except ;r, trie option ot the Editor. 17 Advertisements of one square of (eight line?) or ess. one or three insertions SI 50. Bach additional neiun, 5' cent. Longer ones in proportion. JO!? PlftlXTINGiV OF ALL KINDS, Executed in the hiehryt style of the Art, And on the mos-i reasonable terms. DR. J.LANTZ, feurgeon and Mechanical Dentist, Still has his office on Main Street, in the second story of lr. S. Walton's brick building, nearly oppo site the Siroudsburg House, and tie flatters himself that by eighteen years constant practice and the mos.t earnest and carei'ol atteniion to all malters pertaining lo his profesMon, that he is fully able to perforin ail operations in the dental hue in the most careful, taste tul and skillful manner. Special attention given to saving the Natural Teeth ; also, to the insertion of Artificial Teeth on Rubber, G ld, Silver or Continuous Gums, and perlect fits in all ca.es insured. Most persons know the great fully and danger ol en trusting their worktotiic inexperienced, or to thot-e Jiving at a distance. April 13, 1371.-ly " DR7N7 lTpEOkT- " Surgeon Dentist, Announces ti) it having' just returned from Dental Co! legs, lie is fully prepared to make iirtificial teeth in the most beautiful and life like manner, and lo fili decayed teeth ac cording to the most itiprcved method. - Teeth extracted without pain, when de fired, by the use of Nitrous Oxide Gas, which is entirely harmless. Repairing; of a I kinds neatly done. All work warranted. Clinr;res reasonable. Office in J. G. Keller's new Brick build ing. Main Street, Stroudsburg, Pa. February 2.1, 1871. Cm. jyiTG eoTuT jackson Physician, Surgeon & ccoucher. Office, next to Smith's store, residence Kre?gey's Hotel. EAST STROUDSBURG, Pa. June 3, 1S70. tf. Dlt. C. . UOFIMIAX, 3J. I. Would respectfully announce to the public that he has removed his office from Oakland to Canadensis, Monroe County, Pa. Trusting that many years of consecutive practice of Medicine and Surgery will be a suiurient sruarantee for the public confidence. February Uo, 1870- ttl- T.i i:s siTvizi ov ; O Attorney at Law, ( ).Ti:e in second story of new bulldins, near ly opposite the Washington Hotel, Main st. Stmudsbtirg, Pa. Jau'.nrv l i, J 87. tf. Q HOLMES, Jrt, lO. Attorney at 3L.av, STROUDSBURG, PA. Office, on Main Street, 5 doors above the StrouJrburj House, and opposite Ruster's cl ahingr store. OrBusine.-rS of ail kinds attended to with promptness and fideiily. May C, 1509. tf. y it know flint J. II. J McCai irty is the only Undertaker in Siroudsburg who understands his business? If not, attend a Fiineral managed by any other Undertaker m town, arid you will see the pro of ih fact. fSept. 16.'67 3 EV. EDWARD A. WILSON'S (of Wil S , ham -burgh, N. Y.) Recipe for CON SUMPTION and ASTHMA carefully com pounded at EOLLINSHEAD'S DRUG STORE. Medicines Fresh and Pure. Nov. 21. Ib07. W. HOIXINSHRAD. K '"KLLKKSVILLE liOTLL. The u!ider.-i,'.'ii"d having purchrt-ed the :iUvc well knuwn and jipuFar Hotel I'roper ty. would respect fully iul'orn: the travelling public that he has refurnished and tit ted up he lintel in the best tftyle. A handsome liar, with choice Liquors and Segars, polite attendants and moderate charges. B. J. VAN COTT, vp. 2:i, 1n7(J. tf. Proprietor. 1. E0C OCKAFLLLOW, I DEALER IN Readj-Hadc Clothing, Gents Fur nishing Goods, Hats & Caps, Boots & Shoes, &c. EAST STROUDSBURG, PA. (Near the Depot.) The public are invited to call and exam ine goods. Prices moderate. Way 6, 1869. tf. Fresh ground Nova Scotia PLASTER, at Stokes'' Mills. HEMLOCK BOARDS, FENCING, SHINGLES, LATH, PA LING, and POSTS, cheap. FLOUR and FEED constantly on band. Wid exchange Lumber and Plaster for Grain or pay the highest market price. BLACKSMITH SHOP just opened by C Stone, an experienced workman. Public trade solicited. N. S. WYCKOFF. Stokes' Mills, Pa April 20, 1871. THE STROUDSBURG Passenger R, W. Co. 7 per cent. Bonds. Interest payable in January and April. For sale at the Monroe County Wank. v i , TIIOS. A. BELL, March 16; IcTl. Tnasunr. MONROE - COUNTY BANK! STKOUDSBllKG, PA. ON THE FIRST OF APRIL, 1871, THIS BAJSTIv will commence paying Interest on DAILY DEPOSITS, at the rate of Four lcr Cent . SUBJECT TO CHECK AT SIGHT. Accounts rendered, and interest credited monthly. SEVEN PER CENT INTEREST PAID on permanent deposits, as heretofore. Checks on all parts of the Country COLLECTED Free ol Cost for Depositors. DRAFTS FOR SALE ON England and Ireland. All deposits in this Bank are secured by Bond, with securiety to Thos. M. Mcllha ney, Trustee, in trust for Depositors, which bond is recorded in the proper office. THOS. A. BELL, Cashier. March 10, 1871. ly. p S. WILLIAMS, W atchrnaker & Jeweler, MAIN-ST, STOUDSBURG, PA. Located in corner building, third door be low the Jefferson ian office. Room handsome iy fitted up, and heavily slocked with the fi nest assortment of Clocks, Watches, Jewelry, Jewelers No tions, &c, ever offered in this section of countt. A full assortment of Spectacles, of the best quality, and suiied to all ages, always on sale. Silver-ware, and Silver Plated ware, al ways on hand at manufacturers prices. 0O"Repairing neatly executed, and char ges extremely moderate. Calls from the public respectfully solicited. November 5th, 1863 ly. MONROE COUNTY Work: 3Iain St., Strondshurg, Fa. The subscriber would respectfully inform the public that be is. .till at his old stand where he will furnish at short notice GRAVE STONES, MONUMENTS, &c. &c, of the best material and workmanship and at as reasonable rates as they can be purchased at any other cstaohshuient in the country. J. K. ERDMAN. Mach 0, '71.-4 m. THERE WERE SOLD IN THE YEAR70 8,841 OF Blatchley's Cucumber TRADE fg MARK WOOD PUMPS, Measuring 213,500 feet in lenglith.or sufficieut in the aggregate for A WELL OVER 40 MILES DEEP, Simple in Construction Easy in Opera tion Giving no Taste to the Water Durable Reliable and Cheap, These Pumps fue their own best recommendation. For sale bjr Dealers in Hardware nnJ Agricull.al Implements. Plumbers, Pump Makers. 4lc, thiough out the country. Circulars, &c, furniobed upon ap plication by mail or othei wie, Single Pumps forwarded lo parties in towns where I have no agents upon teceipt ol the regular retail price. In buying, be careful that your Pump bears my trade mark as above, as I guarantee no other. CHAS. G. B LATCH LEY, Manufr, Office and Wareroom, 624 & 626 Filbert Street, Philadelphia. March 2, 187). 6m. NEW FIRM. The undersigned having formed a co-partnership, under the firm name of Burt &, Her zog, for the purpose of carrying on the Brew ing business, at East Stroudsburg, Pa., would respectfully inform the public that they will be able, all times, to furnish to or der, a pure article of ALE at short notice. Their stock of material be ing the best the City affords, none but the purest and best malt liquors will be permit ted to leave their establishment. They re spectfully solicit the patronage of the pub lic. JOHN BURT, JACOB F. HERZOG. East Stroudfcburg, Pa. Dec. 1, 1670. Kissing. Any fool may face a cannon Anybody wear a crown But a man must win a woman, If he'd have her for his own. "Would you have golden apple, You must find the tree and shake it If the thing is worth the having . And you want a kiss, why take it. "Who would burn upon a desert, With a forest smiling by ? "Who would give his sunny Summer For a bleak and Wintry sky ? Oh 1 I tell you there is music, And you cannot, cannot break it ; For the sweetest part of loving Is to want a kiss, and take it. Death of the Double-Headed Baby One Head Outlives the Other. From the Boston Post, July 19. We mentioned in our columns, yester day, the presence in Boston of a most re markable child, the offspring of Joseph and Ann E. Finley. It presented the remarkable as well as unprecedented phenomenon of two heads, four arms and two legs, and all upon a single body. The girl for such was its sex died last even ing at No. G Bowdoin street. The first half or head breathed its last at five, and the second shortly after eight o'clock. The many thousands in the Western or Middle States who have seen this marve lous eccentricity of nature, will learn its early death with regreat. The child or children, as it would seem proper to al lude to the phenomenon had enjoyed excellent health from her birth, nine months ago, until within two weeks, at which time one exhibited signs of illness. This, however, was but temporary. It recovered, and was bright and playful. Since reaching Boston, a few days since, the other or the other half was taken sick and died yesterday afternoon, as al ready stated. The two portions of the body were so Intimately connected that the death of one rendered that of the oth er inevitable. The spectacle was equally novel, strange and unparalleled. Upon one end of the body reposed the head of the dead infant, upon the other that of the live one with its eyes still bright and curious and its lungs in full breathing or der. All that medical aid could ac complish was done, but it was found un availing. The child died in the presence of its parents The corps presents the ap pearance of two infants asleep. Apparent ly they escaped the ordinary suffering in cident to death, for the countenances h::d the expression of repose. The disposition of the body is not determined upon. Several of our physicians were desirous last evening of having it opened fore xa mination. It is doubtful if the parents consent. They reside in Monroe county, Ohio, and live upon a farm. They have other child ren, but none have exhibited any un usual developments. Nor can this ex traordinary departure from the laws of nature be accounted for. In Philadel phia, where all the medical Solons under took to solve the problem, nothing what ever was brought to light. The child was looked upon with amuzement and in terest, but all attempts to account for its existence were futile." It is regarded as more of a curiosity than the Siamcs twins, and most certainly the spectacle was more pleasurable to the eye. The child was shortly to have been exhited tothe public, and would doubtless here, as elsewhere have attracted throngs of visitors. The parents were especially devoted tothe lit tle marvel, and tbeir sorrow is grieveous. Sixty Thousand Dollars Offered for a Race Horse and Refused. The horse Longfellow, owned by Mr. John Harper, of Lexington, Ky., seems to have taken the starch out of some of the boasted champions of the east, at the Long Branch races last week. But un expected and decisive as was his perform ance, the nabobs were still more astonish ed at the refusal by the owner of an offer of G0,000 for the winning horse, made by Mr. D. W. Smith, the owner of Lady Thorn. The fact that in his race with Preakncss and IlelmbolJ, the best exist ing descendants of Lexington, and the im ported stallion Australia, the Kentucky horse went away from them "as if they were tied to a post," completely broke tbeir heats in the first mile and a half, and did the last quarter in little more than an exercise canter, then winning by several lengths, goes far to justify the opinion expressed that he is the superior of any horse in the country, lie is de scribed as the finest looking horse on the turf, tall, rangy and symmetrical, stand ing several inches above his sire, the suc cessful imported horse "Leamington," and closely resembling the old English racer, Flying Dutchman, who won more Derbys than any horse ever started. Long fellow has never been pushed to tho top of his speed throughout an entire race, and the public is the therefore ignor ant of his actual capabilities. No doubt is entertained by those who have seen him run that he can come very close to 1.40. A married lady who was in the, habit of spending most of her time in the so ciety of her neighbors, happened one day to be taken ill, and sent her nnsuana in , great haste for a pbvsician. The hus- ( band ran a short distance, and then re turned, exclaiming, "My dear, where shall I Cud you when I conic Lack V Summer Management of Hogs. If hogs are furnished with a good pas ture, with a variety of greases, a good sup ply of cool, runniug water, both to drink, and to bathe in, and a moderate supply of grain in some form, the are in warm weather in their natural element, and are then in the best condition toward off dis ease and rapid and profitable growth. Many good swin breeders prefer not to give their hogs any grain during the Summer months leaving them to depend entirely upon grass. But my experience is, that there is no season of the year when it pays better to feed grain to my hogs. It then takes much less grain to put them in market condition, and it al so takes much less time, enabling the far mer to market his hogs early, before bad weather, and before the glut in the mark et, and the decline in prices that usually occur early in Winter. Spring pigs which are designed for fat tening should in this latitude see the light the last of March or the first of April to enable them to attain sufficient growth to be made profitable. There is no pro fit in tho feeding and growth of a little pig, or a young one ; the advantages aris ing from the gain made where there is age enough to eat more and cheaper food. The farmer who raises pigs for roasters or to cut up into quarters to sell like Iambs, does not use his stock to the best advan tage. If his feed is limited he had bet ter reduce the number of months and feed more and longer than to cut short by slaughtering too young. Pork when young and tender is lighter according to the same bulk than when older and more matured. This fact must not be lost sight of, for what seemeth to be, is not. It would be well enough to work off a lot of late pigs in this way if it were not desir able to winter tbem. But for a system or practice, killing light pigs because they will sell is not good sense nor good econ omy. The gain and consequent profit on a pig after he will weigh two hundred pounds or over is more than at any time before that weight is made hence the farmer who disposes of his pigs when they have reached the avoirdupois of fifty or one hundred pounds is not wise. . We say, then, start the pig3 early in the spring. How to make them grow the fastest is the next thing to consider. If the sows are not required to produce another litter the same year it would be best to let the pigs suck so long as the mother will con tinue to give milk, and feed them at the same time. If this is practised the sow must be fed all she will eat of succulent food, of which barley makes best, with a regular allowance of shelled corn. The pigs would grow, faster if they could go into a pen where the sow could not follow, with a regular allowance of shelled corn. The pigs would grow fatter if they could go into a pen where the sow could not follow, and be fed milk mixed with wheat middlings. We should advise removing pigs from the mother at the end of three months and confining them for a few days in a pen until weaned, when they ought to be allowed to go out upon the ground and lie in the sun. We have a fancy they will do better if the sunshine can fall upon them. If confined on a plank floor they will often get stiff iu their legs; and then they do not have the healthful influence of the grouud and a chance to doctor themselves, following the prescrip tions of instinct and getting their medi cines from the labratory of uature. Hogs are blessed with a good digestion, and can eat often, digesting their food rapidly. When young they ought to be fed every two hour?, eating their mess up clean. They should never be fed ; this is one of the most injurious things which can be done, as it makes them poddy and weakness the appetite. Charcoal should always be accessible, and if it is they will eat a considerable quantity. Sulphur is a good corrective, while washing in soap suds at least once in two weeks is highly beneficial. . The washing is better than a day's feeding to promote growth and hcalthfulncss. Fermentation of feed should not go on more than twelve hours to have it palatable and healthy. Beyond that point there is danger of putrefica tion, and of its becoming alcoholic, which is no better for swine than man. Keep the pen clean and free from foul odors; give a pig a chance to be clean and he will be. He may lie in the mud, but that is a choice of evils, and here he mani fests more wisdom than many humans, for piggy chooses the least, preferring the coating ot mud and its cooling effects to the bitting of the flics, which the mud keeps off. Heavy, or hot feed like corn and buckwheat, arc not food for young pigs. Too fine feed will not do either, but there must be a mixture of hue and course. It is just as importaut to keep the bowels active and healthy as the stomachs, and coarse food such as brau is required to do it. The food, when ground, should be of the consistency of drink, or so that it may be drank. Pigs often become stiff or fouudered from eating to much grain, and when thus affected they are worthless, as they will grow less rather than more, and I never knew one to recover. When pigs are confined in a pen or close yard a bask et of weeds from the garden will be a treat for them. American Stock Jour nal. Two rustics carae into a village tele graph office to send a dispatch. As they left the office the gong of an adjacent hotel sounded for tea. Where-upon one of the pair went into the air several feet, exclaiming, "By Jerusalem ! there it goes, Jim Useful Information. To lay a square acre of ground : Measure 20D leet on each side, and you will have a sqaare acre'to an inch. An acre contains 4,810 square rods. A square mile contains CIO acres. In length a mile is 5,280 feet, or 1,700 yards. A fathom is six feet. A league is three miles. A Sabbath-dav's iournev is 1.155 vards this is eighteen yards less than two- tmrus ot a mile. A day's journey i3 33 J miles. A cubit is 2 feet. A band, (horse measure)' is 4 inches. A palm is 3 inches. A space is 3 feet. A barrel of flour weighs 100 pounds. A barrel of pork 200 pounds. A barrel of rice GOO pounds. A keg of powder 25 pouuds. A firkin of butter 56 pounds. A tub of butter 84 pounds. " BusuelMeasuke. The following are sold by weight per bushel : Wheat, beans, clover seed, GO pounds to the bushel. Corn, rye and flaxseed, 5G pounds. Buckwheat, 53 pounds. Barley, 43 pounds. Oats, 32 pounds. Bran, 20 pounds. Coarse salt, 85 pounds. A commercial bale of cotton is 400 pounds. A pack of wool, 240 pounds. A section of government land is G40 acres, or one mile square. A liquid tun is 252 gallous. A box 1G by 1GJ inches and 8 inches deep, contains a bushel. A box of lemons will average about 330 in number ; a box of oranges from 200 to 250. A case of preserved ginger contains 9 jars. A frail of dates weighs from 150 to 200 pounds. A drum of figs, 2, 4, and 8 pounds each. A cask of prunes, 1,300 to 1,800 pounds, averaging about 1,500 pounds. Currauts come in casks of from 2T5 to 300 pounds. Citron comes in small boxes of about 25 pounds each ; tare, 2 to 2J pounds. Peanuts are usually sent to market in sacks, containing about 2 bushels. Dried apples and peaches comes in barrels, generally from 150 to 225 pounds. Blackberries comes in barrels. A quintal of fish is 112 pounds. Virginia peanuts weigh 22 pounds to the bushel. Wilmington, do. 2G to 28 pounds. African, do. 32 pounds. American Grocer. A Traveler's Story. Between Cable Swamp and Line Creek, we saw a considerable crowd gathered near a drinking house, most of them seated and smoking. It was Saturday, and there had been a quarter race for a gallon of whisky. The first thing that I noticed on alighting was the singular position of one of the horses of the party. He was kneeling down and standing ou his hiuder feet, his head wedged in be tween the ends of two logs of the grocery, and he was stone dead, having evidently run directly against the building at full speed, causing the horse to partially fall. About five paces from the horse lay the rider, quite senseless, with a gash in his throat which might have let out a thous and lives. As I said most of the crowd were seated and smoking. " What is all this 7" I inquired. " What is the matter here." "Matter?" after awhile answered one in a drawling voice giving a good spit, and filling his mouth with a new cud. " Matter enough ; there has been a quarter race." " But how came this man and horse killed ?" I asked. " Well," answered the chewing and spittiug gentleman, " the man was con siderably in liquor, I reckon, and he ran his boss chuck agin the house aud that's the whole on it." " Has a doctor been sent for ?" inquir ed one of the party. " I reckon there ain't much use of doc tors here," replied auother of the crowd, " burnt brandy won't save either of them, man or boss." " Ha this man a wife or children ?" I inquired. " No children that I kuows on," answer ed a female who was sitting on the ground, but a short distance from the dead man, smoking composedly. " Ho has a wife then ?" I remarked. What will bo her feelings when she learns the fatal termination of this un fortunato race ?" " Yes," sighed unfortunate race. the female, " it was an Poor mau ! he lost the whiskey." 41 Do you happen to know his wife ? has she been informed of the untimely death of her husband 1" were my next inquiries. " Do I know her? Has she been in formed of his death ?" said tho woman. 44 Well, I reckon you ain't acquainted about these parts ; I am the uuloitunate widder." There is one advantage in being fat. A few nights ago a bulky lady in Bridge port, Connecticut, alarmed by the ap proach of burglars, leaped out of bed with such force that she shook the house from garret to cellar, awakening a male lodger who slept on the lower floor, and light ening away the burglars before they had time to secure anything. Boys and Girls. Boys and girls are not the same. They are born different, and show it while they are infants. The boy baby is restless and uneasy in his mother's arms. He is nev er still -except when asleep, and even then tumbles from side to side in his crib, with sudden flings of arms and legs When he grows beyond babyhood ho plays differently. Without ever being told of it, he instinctivelv tu doils, lays them aside in indifference, and ireeiy gives mem to whatever little girl will have them. He demands tops, and inarbles, and drums ; turns down chairs for horse?, lays hold of all the strings iu the hous3 for lines, wants all tho T;fl,. sticks made into whip3, mounts sofas and unves lour in nana; he asks for guns, and wauts you to tell him stories of bears', and lions, and tigers, and is amused be yond measure at their leaping upon and eating up cows and oxen. The girl baby i3 gentle, even from the first, and looks quietly out of the blue eyes, cr laughing ly out of the black ones. She takes na turally to her dolls, and never wearies of dressing them and arranging the baby house ; she is gentle in her plays, and would be frightened with what would fill her brother with a paroxysm of delight ; she loves fairy tales, and will not laugh and ask some absured ijuestion about the Babes iu the Woods, but rather cries over tneir sorrows. Ihe sister will smooth pussy, and hold her lovinging in her lap, while the brother wants to see if the cat can jump ; and when she tries to get out of his undesirable company, will detain her by the leg or tail. And these pame divergencies of disposition and character perpetuate themselves as the boy or girl grows oiaer. 1 Here are exceptions, it is true ; some boys have all the tastes and gentleness of a feminine nature, and some girls have much that is masculine. We do not regret seing it in each. The gen tle boy will not make any the less noble man because there was so much that was girl like in his childhood ; nor will the girl that was, in her rudeness, often call ed a boy, be any the less, but, perhaps, all the more, a true and lovely woman. How to See Down a Well. It is not generally known, says the Lancaster (Pa.) Intcligcncer, how easy a matter it is to explore the bottom of a well, cistern, or pend of water, by the use of a common mirror. When the sun is shining brightly hold a mirror so that the collected rays of light will fall into the water. A bright spot will be sent at the bottom, so light as to show the smallest object plainly. By this means we have examined the bottoms cf well3 fifty feet deep, when half full or more of water. The smallest straw of other objects can perfectly Ecen from the surface. In the same way one can examine ponds, and i rivers, if the waters be somewhat clear and not agitated by winds or rapid motion. If a well or cistern be under cover, or shaled by a building so that the sun light will not fall near the opcuing, it is only necessary to employ two mirrors, us ing one to reflect the light to the open ing, and another to reflect it down into the water. Light may be thrown fifty feet or a hundred yards to the precise spot desirable, and then downward. We have used the mirror with success to re flect light around the bouse to a shaded well, and also to carry it from a south window through two rooms and then into a cistern under the north side of the house. Half a dozen reflections of light may be made, though each mirror di minishes the brilliancy of the light. Let any one net familiar with the method try it, and he will not only find it useful, but a very phasant experiment. It will per haps reveal a mass cf sediment at tho bottom of the well that has been little thought of, but which may have been a frightful source of disease by its deoay in the water. Likes and Dislikes. Can any one tell why we do not thor oughly like some people, who yet are very worthy folks, and with certain quali ties by no means to be dispised ? We think of these qualities, and we admire them ; we see our friends, and we dislike them. We are ignorant of the eanso why we do so much dislike them ; and, if we have any conscience or power of self-reproach, we take ourselves to task for our prejudice, and resolve not to give way to it again. Bat we never conquer the feel ing, and to the last remain conscious of a want, a something which wo cannot ex plain, yet which throws us off from any thing like real cordiality. It is negative throughout. A little more of something, and we should actively like them ; a lit tle more of something else, and we should as actively dislike them. As it is, the balance hangs so evenly, that we lose the positive in the almost, and are none tho happier for tho vagueness. Benjam iu Fraukliu left, iu 1701, to Boston and Philadelphia, each 1,01)0 )$5,000) to be loaned in small sums to me chanics, lie calculated the fund would reach, in one huudred years, over $650, 000, and gave directions as to the invest ment. The Boston Trailer says the Boston fund amounts to 142,003,90, and is well invested, but the Philadelphia fund is less than 50,000. A darkey, left in charge of a telegraph office while the operator went to dinner, heard some one "call" over the wires, and began shouting, 'l)o operator ius't he;e." The noise ceased. 1 1 1 1 -1 'i nr
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