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VOL. 29.
STROUJJSBUKG, MONROE COUNTY, PA., AUGUST 17, 1871.
NO. 17.
Published by Theodore Schoclu
TEIOf 5 Two itolI.ir. a year in advance and if not
panl befoie the en.t f t!ie ye;ir, two dollars and fifty
'emit will be charged.
So n:er clisconiiiiiicd until all arrearages are paid,
ttreot at Hp lI,,n ol the Kditor.
rxjTA lvertiscinents of one square of (eight line?) or
rs one or three insertions $1 50. Eac.li additional
ne"iliii, 5" cents. Longer ones in proportion.
JOB PRIXTIXG,
OF ALL KINDS,
Executed in the liishest stylo of the Art, and on the
iihk-1 reasonable terms.
DR. J.LANTZ,
Surgeon anil Mechanical Dentist,
tillhas his office on Main Street, in the second
Hry of lr. S. Walton's brick building, neatly oppo-
tint lV eisliuen veais constant practice and the moat
f'rnet and careful attention to all matters pertaining
to Ins proft'SMon, that he is lullynDie to perlorm all
operations in the dental line in the most careful, taste
ful and skillful manner.
Special attention given to saving the Natural Teeth ;
!. t the insertion of Artificial Teeth on Rubber,
ti ld. Silver or rontiimous Gums, and perlect fits in
ail ces insured.
Most persons know the great folly and danger ol en
trusting their work to the inexperienced, or to those
liring at a distance. April 13, IS71. ly
DR. N. L. PECK,
Surgeon Dentist,
Announces that ha vinjr just returned from
Dental Collcgs, he is fully prepared to make
nriificial teeth in the most beautiful and life
like manner, and lo fill decayed teeth ac
cording to the most improved method.
Teeth extracted without pain, when de-.
ired, by the use of Nitruus Oxide Gas,
which is entirely harmless. Repairing of
all kinds neatly done. All work warranted.
Charges reasonable.
Office in J. J. Keller's new Rrick build
in;:, Main Si reel, Stroudsburg, Fa.
February '23, 1571. Gin.
jyi. gko. w.jack"son
Physician, Surgeon & ccoucher.
Office, next to Smith's store, residence
Krepgey's Hotel.
EAST STROUDSBURG, Pa.
June 3, 1670. tf.
Dit. c. o. iiofimi.ix, 3i. i.
Would respectfully announce to the
public that he has removed his office from
Oakland to Canadensis. Monroe County, Fa.
Trusting that many years of consecutive
practice of Medicine and Surgery will be a
MifiVient inmuaiitec for the public confidence.
Fcbruarv '2o, ISTU. tf.
J ASICS IS. W4LT(.V,
Attorney ;it Iaiv,
Office in second story of new buildinir, near
ly opposite the Washington Hotel, Main st.
Stroudsburir, Fa.
January F5, 170. tf.
HOLM ES. Jit.
. Attorney a( L:nv,
STROUDSBURG, PA.
Office, on Main Street, 5 doors above the
Stroudsbur; House, and opposite fluster's
clothing store.
(-Business of all kinds attended to with
promptness and fidelity.
May G, 1 869. if.
IOVT you know lliut J. II.
J McCarly is the only Undertaker in
Stroudsburg who understands his business!
If not. attend a Funeral managed by any
other Undertaker in town, and you will see
the proof of the fact. Sept. 16, '67
REV. EDWARD A. WILSON'S (of Wil-liam-burgb,
N. Y.) Recipe for CON
SUMPTION and ASTHMA carefully com
pounded at
HOLLINSHEAD'S DRUG STORE.
07" Medicines Fresh'and Pure.
Nov. 21. 1SG7. W. HOLLINSHEAD.
K
r KLLEllS V LLLE HOTEL.
The undersigned having purchased tlie
above veil known and popular Hotel Proper
ty, would respectfully iuibriii the travelling
public that he has ixfurnihed and fitted up
the Hotel in the best style. A handsome
Rar. with choice Liquors and Segars, iwjlitc
attendants and moderate charsres.
i. J. VAN COTT,
Sep. 20, 1870. tf.
Proprietor.
KOCKAFKLLOW,
DEALER IN
Kcady-JIade 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.
May 6, 18G9. tf.
Fresh ground Nova Scotia PLASTER,
nt Stokes' Mills. HEMLOCK BOARDS,
FENCING, SHINGLES, LATH, PA
LING, and POSTS, cheap.
FLOUR and FEED constantly on hand.
Will exchange Lumber and Plaster for
Grain or pay the highest market price.
t BLACKSMITH SHOP just opened by
C. Stone, an experienced workman.
Public trade solicited.
N. S. WVCKOFP.
Mokes' Mills, pd., April 20, 1S71.
THE STROUDSBURG
Passenger R. W. Co.
7 per cent. Bonds.
Interest payable in January and April.
I'or sale
Bank.
at the Monroe
County
March 1G: 171.
Til OS.
V. BELL,
. Treasurer.
UOXROE C0W1T
STKOUDSBlKi;, PA.
ON THE FIRST OF APRIL, 1671,
THIS BAJSTIs:
will commence paying Interest on
DAILY DEPOSITS,
t ft r
al lne ral 01
Four Icr 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 ofCost tor Depositors.
DRAFTS
FOR SALE ON
England and Ireland.
All deposits in this Bank arc secured by
Bond, with sccuricty 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,
Watchmaker & Jeweler,
MAIN ST, STOUDSBURG, PA.
Located in corner building, third door be
low the Jeffersnniati office. Room handsome
'y fitted up, and heavily stocked with the fi
nest assortment of
Clocks, Watches, Jewelry, Jewelers No
tions, &c,
ever ofiVred in this section of counltjr.
A full assortment of Spectacles, of the
best quality, and suited to all ages, always
on sale.
Silver-ware, and Silver Plated ware, al
ways on hand at manufacturers prices.
0C?R;Pa'rmg neatly executed, and char
ges extremely moderate. Calls from the
public respectfully soliciied.
Suie Agent for the celebrated Diamond
Spectacles.
November 5th, 1SG3 ly.
NEW STORE
--.and:-
MEW .GOODS
T
REDUCED PRICKS !
DARIUS DREHER, begs leave to an
nounce to his friends and and to the pub
lic generally, that he has just received a
general assortment of
Dry Goods, Amotions, Dress Trimmings,
AND
MIL L IXKli Y GOODS
conpisting, in part of the following1 desirable
articles, viz. :
Calicoes,
Loicns,
French Clilntzs,
Children's Dress Goods,
WorJsed Edgings,
Parasols, Zephers,
Shetland Wools,
Shetland Wool Shaicls,
Delaines,
Muslins,
White Dress Goods,
Insert tugs,
Lady's and Children's Saclcs
Flannel and Cloth,
Lady's, Misses and Men's Hoes,
Gloves and Collars,
Mourning Goods, .
Shroudings, t'C, oc,
Goods shown with pleasure. ' Quicks
sales and small profits" at the old and well
known Millinery Stand of F. A. DREHER.
The Millinery business will be carried on
as usual by Mrs. Dreiier.
Patronage respectly solicited.
DARIUS DREIIER.
April 26, 18GG.
NEW FIRM.
The undersigned baring formed a co-partnership,
under the firm name of Burt & Her
zg, for the purpose of carrying on the Brew
ing business, at East Stroudsburffi Pa.,
would respectfully inform the public that
iney win be able, all limes, 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 Stroudsburg, Pa. Dec. 1, 1870.
AN YOU TJCr.L. WHY IT IS
that when any one comes to Stroudsburg-
to buy Furniture, they always inquier
tor McCarty3 Furniture Store! Seut. 2G.
artimeus Willard, one of the early
settlers of Egrcmont, Mass., was a ready
wit, a keen satirist, and a natural poet.
He was one day at Lenox during session
of Country Court, and the lawyers there
were much diverted with his political
effusions aDd sallies of wit. One of the
lawyers said to him, f Come, Bafty, and
take dinner with us; it sha'nt cost yoa
anything." He consented, and ac
companied the lawyers. Ouo said to him,
-Marty, we want you to ask a blessinr?."
Iiarty, who made no pretension to religion,
said, "Well, if I do I hope you will be
have as men should on such an occasion.
and not make a mock of it ; and I want
some one to return thanks." One was
accordingly appointed. All stood up
around the table, and liarty began thus :
Lord of the climes,
Haste on the times
When death makes lawyers civil :
Lord, stop their clack,
And send them back
Unto their father devil.
Don't let this band
Infest our land,
Nor let these liars conquer ;
Oh, let this club
Of Beelzebub
Insult our land no longer !
They are bad, indeed,
As the thistle weed,
Which clokes our fertile mowing ;
Compare them nigh
To the Hessian fly,
Which kills our wheat when growing.
Come, sudden death,
And cramp their breath.
Refine them well with brimstone ;
And let them there
To hell repair,
And turn the devil's grin'stone.
They ate but little dinner that day,
and the one appointed to return thanks
arose, turned on his heel and left.
Daddy's Boy. '
In a certain small town on the Mis
sissippi lived a man who made horsetrad
ing a business, lie bought up horses for
city market, and was considered pretty
good ou a trade. One day a long, lean,
queer, green looking specimen of the Wes
tern country, arrived at the dock with a
boat load of horses, lie inquired for the
horse jockey.
"Daddy sent me down with some
horses," he said, in a half-idiotic tone.
"Who's he V
"Daddy."
"What do you want for your horses ?"
"Daddy said you you could set yonr
price," was the reply.
"Let me go down and look at your
horses," said Urown, and accordingly they
were soon at the boat.
Urown examined the horses, and named
the price he would give for this one and
that, and the country bumpkin made no
objections, although some of the offers
were not more than one half the real
value of the animal. One of the by-stand-ers
gently suggested to the countryman
that he was being cheated, but he return-
ed
"Daddy said Urown would set the price
himself," and so Urown had it all his own
way.
At last they came to an animal which
did not look much superior to the rest.
"I must have more for that animal," he
said ; "daddy says he can run some.
"Run !" said Urown, "that
.t,
nag can't
luu nui ui u iuui,.
"Daddy says so, and daddy knows."
"Why, I've got one up to the stable
that can beat it all hollow."
"Guess not," said the fellow. "Let's
try em.
on 'im.
I'll bet the boat load of horses
Urown smiled.
"I'll stake five thousand dollars against
your boat load," said Urown, winking to
the crowd, and "these men," selecting
two, "shall hold the stakes."
Urown's five thousand was entrusted to
one, and the other went on board the
horse boat.
One of the crowd started to remonstrate
with the poor idiotic fellow, but he only
responded :
"Golly ! dad told me he could run some
and daddy ought to lose 'em if he was
such a tarnal fool as to tell me that when
he couldn't."
Urown's slick racer was brought down,
and Urown mounted him. The country
man led out his animal and climbed ou
his back, looking as uncouth and awk
ward as the horse he proposed to Tide.
The word was given, and they started,
amid laughter of the crowd. At first
Urown was ahead, and it looked as though
the poor .fellow was to be badly beaten,
when his horse suddenly plunged for
ward, and the jockey was left far behind.
Such going had not been seen in those
parts for a long time, and poor Urown was
crestfallen, as the cheers of the bystand
ers fell on his ears.
"I'll take the spoudulix," said the coun
tryman, riding up ; "dad was right. The
anermal can get around a little.
Urown tried to say it was all a joke,
but the fellow would have his money.
"I guess 1 won't trade to-day," he said,
as he put it in his old rough leather pocket-book.
"I'll go back to daddy."
"In vain Urown tried to induce him to
trade, but he pushed off his boat, resolute
ly saying: "I'd better go back and tell
daddy."
Urown was completely "sold," for he
knew at once that the green countryman
was shrewder than people imagined him,
and just came there purposely to win his
money from him. Next time be didn't
ridicule a horse that "daddy Eaid could .
run some
K0RN.
BY JOSH BILLINGS.
Korn is a serial, and i am glad of it.
It got its name from Series, a primitiff
woman, and in her day, the goddess ov
cats and sich like.
Korn iz sumtimcs called maize, and it
grows in sum parts ov the Western coun
try, very aniazenly.
I have seen it out tharc 18 foot hi (i
don't mean the aktual korn itself, but tree
on which it grows )
Korn haz ears, but never haz but one
ear, which is as deff as an adder.
Injun meal iz made out ov korn, and
korn dodgers iz made out ov injun meal,
and korn-dodgers are the tuffest chunks,
ov the bread, purswashun, known tew man.
Korn-dodgers are made ov water, with
injun meal mixt into it, and then baked
on a hard board, in the presence ov a hot
fire.
Wrhcn you kant drive a 10 penny nail
into them, with a sledge hammer, they
are scd, bi good judges to be well done,
and are reddy tew be chawed upon.
They will keep 5 years, in a damp
place, and not grow tender, and a dog hit
with one of them will yell for a week, and
then crawl under the bum, and mutter
for two days more.
I hav knawed two hours miself on one
side of a korn-doder without producing
enny result.
They git the name dodger from the'
immcgiate necessity ov doding, if one iz
hove horizontally at yu in anger.
It iz for better tew be smote bi a 3 year
old steer, than a korn-dodger that iz on
ly 3 hours old.
Korn was first discovered by the injun3,
but wharc they found it i don't kno, and
i don't know as I care.
Wbiskee (noble whiskce), iz made out
ov korn, and wbiskee iz one ov the great
est blessings known to man.
We never should hav bio able tew fill
our State prizons with energetick men,
and our poor-houses with good eaters, if
it want for noble wbiskee.
We never should hav had enny temper
ance sons of society, nor prize fitcs, nor
good murders, nor phatt aldermen, nor
whiskce rings, nor nor nothing, if it want
for blessed wbiskee.
If it want for korn, how could enny
boddy git korncd ?
And if it want for gitting korncd, what
would life be worth ?
We should all slink down to the level
ov the brute3 if it want for gitting korncd
The brutes don't git korncd, they hain't
got enny reason nor soal.
We often hear ov "drunlcen unites,"
this is a compliment paid tew oxen which
don't bclog tew them.
Koan also haz kurnels, and kurncls arc
often korned, so are brigadecr-ginerals.
Johnny kake is made out ov korn, so 13
j hasty puddin.
Hasty puddin and milk is quick tew
eat.
All you hav got to do iz to gap and
swallo, and that is the last ov the puddin.
Korn waz familiar to antiquity. Joseph
waz sent down into Egypt alter sutn korn,
but his brothers didn't want him to go, so
they took pity on him and pitted him in
a pit.
When his brothers got back hum, and
were asked wharc Joseph waz they didu't
acknowledge the korn, but lied sum.
It has been proved that it iz wicked
lew lie about korn, or enny ov the other
vegetables.
Tharc is this difference between lieing
and saging wood, it iz cazier to lie,
especially in the shade.
Korn haz got one thing that noboddy
else haz got, and that iz a kob.
This kob runs thru the middle ov the
korn, and iz az phull ov korn az Job was
ov biles.
I alwus feel sorry when I think ov Job,
and wonder how he managed tew set down
in a chair.
Knowing how tew set down square on
a bile without hurting the chair, iz one
ov the lost arts.
Job was a card, he had more pashunce
and biles tew the square inch than iz
usual.
One hundred and twenty five akers ov
korn tew the bushel iz konsidercd a good
krop, but I have seen more.
I hav seen korn sold for 10 cents a
bushel, and in sum parts ov the Western
country it iz so much that there ain't no
law against stealing it.
In konclushun, if yu want tew git a
sure krop ov korn, and a good price for
the krop, feed about 4 quarts ov it to a
shanghi rooster, then murder the rooster
immejiutely and sell him for 17 cents a
pound, krop and all. New York Weekly.
A gentleman who was very zealous on
the subject of horse, but not according
to knowledge, bought a mare at an auc
tion, and rode her home.
"Well, Cassar" said be to his sable
coachman, "what do you thind of her ?
She cost me five hundred dollars."
"Dunno, master."
"Yes, but what do you think ?"
"Well, massa, it makes me tiuk of what
the preacher said yesterday something
about his money is soon parted, I deisre
mcmber de fust part."
While passing a house in Virginia, two
drummers observed a very peculiar chim
ney, unfinished, and it uttracting their
attention they a&kcd a flaxen haired ur
chin standing near the house if it "draw-
ed well." The aforesaid urchin replied :
"Yes. it draws tho attention of all the
fools that pass this road.
IIotv to Manage Kerosene Lamps.
Our cars arc every day paiued by ac
counts of kerosene lamps exploding and
killing, or scarring for life, men women
or children. A simple knowledge of the
inflammable nature of the fluid would
probably put a stop to nearly all the ac
cidents. As the oil burns down in the
lamps, a highly inflammable g:is gathers
over surface, and as the oil decreases the
gas increases Wheu the oil is nearly
consumed, a slight jar will often inflame
the gas and an explosion is sure, dealing
death and destruction. A bombshell is
not more to be dreaded. Now if the lamp
is not allowed to burn more than halfway
down, such accidents are impossible.
Always fill your lamps every morning;
then you never need tear an explosiou.
Half a tcaspbonful of salt added to the oil
of a lamp which holds a pint, will take
away the disagreeable odor sometimes ap
parent, and, it as said, prevent the forma
tion of a dangerous gas. It is a simple
remedy, easily applied. It is also assert
ed that the salt makes the oil last much
longer, but we have only hearsay concern
ing it. Kerosene is the best antidote for
a severe buru or sclad. Immerse the
wounded part in cold water for a mo
ment; dry with a soft cloth, taking care
not to rub at all. Then bathe in kero
sene, aud the terrible pain ceases. We
kuow not of the philosophy of the mat
ter, but we do kuow that it is the moot
efficacious remedy for severe burns or
scalds in the materia mcdica.
A YANKEE TRICK,
One of our peculiar sided, gaunt Yan
kees lately emigrated and settled down in
the West. He was the picture of a mean
man, but as he put himself to work in ear
nest to get his house to rights, the neigh
bors lent him a hand. After he had
everything fixed to to his notion, a thought
struck him that he had no chickens, and
he was powerfully foud of sucking raw
eggs. He was too honest to steal them,
and too mean to buy them.
At last a thought struck him he could
borrow. He went to a neighbor aud thus
accosted him :
"Wal I reckon you han't got an old
hen, nothin' yon'd lend me for a few
weeks, have you neighbor Y"
"I will lend you one with pleasure,"
replied the geutleman, picking out the
very finest in the coop.
The Yankee took the hen home, and
then went to another neighbor and bor
rowed a dozen of eggs. He then set the
hen, and iu due course of the time she
hatched out a dozou chickens.
The Yankee was again puzzled ; he
could return the hen, but how was he to
return the egirs 1 Another idea and
who ever saw a Yankee without one he
would keep the heu until she had laid a
dozen of eggs.
This he did aud then returned the hen
and eggs to their respective owners, re
marking as he did so
"Wal, I reckon I've. got as fine a dozen
of chickens as you ever laid your eyes ou,
and they didn't cost me a ceut nuther."
Fun at Home.
Don't be afraid of a little fun at home,
good people ! Don't shut up your house
lest the sua should fade your carpets ; and
your hearts, lest a hearty laugh should
shake down some of the musty old cob
webs there ! If you want to ruin your
sons, let them think that all mirth and
social enjoyment must be left on t!o
threshold whithoutwheu they come home
at night. When once a home is regarded
as only a place to cat, drink, and sleep in,
tho work is begun that ends iu gambliug
houses and reckless degradation. Young
people must have fun and relaxation some
where ; if they do not find it at their own
hearthstones, it will be sought at other, !
and perhaps less profitable places. There-
fore, let the fire burn brightly at utght.j
and make the homestead delightful with!
all those little arts that parents so per-!
fectly understand. Dou't repress the!
buoyant spirits of your childru ; half-an-hour
of merriment around the lamp and
fire-light of a home blots out tho re
membrance of many a care and aunoyance
during the day ; and the best safeguard j
they can take with them into the world ;
is the unseen influcuce of a bright little!
domestic circle.
neaving the Lead.
The steamer "Fanny" was coming
down the Upper Mississippi loaded with
pig led. As she was going over a choal
place, the pilot gave the signal to heave
the lead. The only man forward at tho
the time was a green Irishman.
"Is it to heave tho lead, your honor?
Where to?"
"Overboard, you blockhead !"
The Irishman snatched up one of tho
pigs of lead and threw it overboard ; the
mate, in endeavoring to prevent him, lost
his balance and fell iuto the river.
The captain, running to the edge of
the deck, asked : "Why dou't you heave
the lead, aud sing out how much water
there is ?"
'The lead is heaved, your honor," said
Pat, "and the mate's gouo down to see
how much water there is."
Quilpand his wife had a bit of conten
tion the other day. "I own that you have
more brilliancy limn 1," said the woniau,
"but I have the better judgment." "Yes,"
said Quip, "your choice in marrying shows
that !" Quilp was informed that he was a
brute.
AGRICULTURAL.
Care of Horses' Legs.
Few men who handle horses give pro
per attention to the foct and legs. Espe
cially i.s this the case on the farms.
Much time is spent ofa morning rubbing,
brushing and smoothing the hair on the
sides aud hips, but at uo time are the feet
examined and properly cared for .Now,
be it known, that in this six thousand
years old world of ours the feet need more
care than the body. They need ten times
as much for in one respect they are al
most the eutire horse. All the grooming
that can be done won't avail anything, if
the horse is forced to stand where his feet
will be filthy. In this case tho feet will
become disordered, and then the legs will
get badly out of fix, aud with bad feet
bad legs there is not much else of the
horse fit for anything. Stable prisons
generally, are terribly severe on the feet
aud legs of horses, and unless these build
ings can afford a dry room, where a horse
can walk around, lie down or roll over,
they are not half so healthy and comfort
able to the horse as the pasture, and
should be avoided by all good hostlers in
the country.
Putty and Paint.
However much these two articles may
be used to hide deficiencies and cover up
faults by dishonest tradesmen, in the far
mer's hands they may be made to do ex
cellent service. Possibly the wagon, the
plows, and borrows, that have been in ac
tive employment during the summer,
have had their seams or cracks opened by
the sun's heat. Now is the time to stop
those scams or cracks with putty and a
touch of paiut, before the fall rains soak
in and commence to rot the wood. Re
peated swelling and shrinking do serious
injury to all wooden implements, and
now, while they are well shrunk, is tho
time to look after them and prevent the
swelling which will occur if damp or wet
is allowed to penetrate. Forks, shovels,
axes, and all tool3 with wooden handles
should be rubbed with lincseed oil while
dry. They will have their elasticity pre
served, and their durability and apper
ance improved thereby.
Offensive Breath.
From six to ten drops of the concen
trated solution of chloride of soda in a
wine glass full of pure spring water, tak
eu immediately after ablutions of the
morning arc completed, will sweet the
breath, by disinfecting the stomach,
which, far from being injured, will be
benefitted by the medicine. If necessary,
this may be repeated in the middle of tho
day. In some cases the odor arising from
carious teeth is combined with that of tho
stomach. If the mouth is well riused
with a tea spoonful of the solution of the
I chloride in a tumbler of water, the bad
odor of teeth will be removed.
Sand Compost.
A German agricultural paper rceom
meuds tho application ofa kind of sand
compost upon mossy meadows as highly
successful. Saud, or sandy soil, is piled
up, and daily watered with the liquid of
stable drains or siuks. To prevent tho
escape of ammonia, a sprinkling of gyp
sum is applied. This compost is to be
worked over, and after four to five weeks
it is fit for use. The writer claims that
tho heavy sand smothers the moss, while
the fertilizers promote the growth of tho
grass, and he refers to his favorable re
sults as proof.
Corn.
The claim that the maize or Indian
corn plant is indigenous to the soil of the
New World, has lately been contested,
and recent investigations of certain
Chinese records are cited to prove that it
was cultivated in China prior to tho dis
covery of America. Chinese authors
maintain that it came originally from
countries west of that country long before
the first arrival of the Portuguese, ia
1517.
Clover Cure.
The extract of red clover spread on
linen, or soft, thin leather, is said to bo
an excellent remedy for cancerous ulcers.
It is highly recommended in ill condi
tioned ulcers of every kind, aud deep,
ragged edged and otherwise badly condi
tioned burns. It possesses a peculiar
soothing property, au efficacious deter
gent, and promotes a healthful granula
tion. Tha Original Poach.
The peach was originally a poisoned
almond. Its fleshy parts were used to
poisou arrows, and the fruit was for this
purpose introduced into Persia. Tho
transplantation and cultivation, however,
not only removed its poisonous qualities,
but produced the delicious fruit we now
eujow.
Remedy for Lice.
A correspondent states that for some
seven years his chickens have been kept
free from lice by strewing small brauches
or sprays of cedcr about the heuery. Pre
vious to the use of this simple remedy,
they were badly infested. No white
washing or other means to expel vermin
have becu used.
A witty writer says: "Lawyers and
clients remind me of tho two rows of peo
ple at a fire ; ouc passing along full
buckets, and the other ctupty ones."