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Scuoici to polite, Citcratuvc, Agriculture, 0cicncc, ilTovalitij, ana (general Sutdliaauc,
VOL. 29.
Published by Theodore Schochi
tERMS-Two dollars a yeurin advance and ifnot
p aid be fare the en.l of the year, two dollars and fifty
rent will be charged.
.Nopioprilis:onUnueJ until all arrearages are paid,
t tcf pt .it the of.tiou ot the Editor.
ICAlireriiscmetits of one square of (eight linen) or
en, one or tlir;c mei:i.ns 91 50. Each additional
nrtmi, 50 cent. Longer ones in proportion.
JOH PRIXTIXG,
OF ALL KINDS,
Etecuted m the lushest style of the Art, and en the
most reasonable terms.
DR. J.LANTZ,
Surgeon anil Mechanical Dentist,
Still has office on Main Street, in the second
lory of Dr. S. Walton' brick, building, neailr oppo
site the Stroudsburg House, and lie flatter!)' himself
that hv ei-tui-t ii years constant practire and the most
rarnr-l and rairiul attention lo all matters pertaining
m bis profession, that he is fully able to perform alt
pcrlins in the dental line in the most careful, tacte
dl dtid ikillt'li manner.
jip.-ci.il attention ?iven to sarin- the Natural Teeth ;
alio, to the insertion of Artificial Teeth on Rubber,
Cld. Silw or Continuous Gums, and pertert its la
all caies insured.
Most persons know the great folly and danger of en
irgstinj their work to the inexperienced, orlo those
lifing st a Ui-unce. April 13, 1871. ly
DR. N. L. PECK,
Surgeon. Dentist,
Announces tint having just returned from
Dental Collegs, he id fully prepared to make
artificial teeth in the most beautiful and life
like manner, and lo fill decayed teeth ac
cording to the most i-nprcved method.
Teeth exfracted without pain, when de
sired", by the use of Nitrous Oxide Gas,
which is entirely h.irmles. Repairing of
all kinds neatly done. All work warranted.
Chires reasonable.
Office in J. G. Keller' new Brick build-.
lag. Main Street, Stroudsburg, Pa.
au 31-tf
DTI. C. O. IIOFFJIAX, 31. .
Would respectfully announce to the
public that lie has removed his office from
OAland to (.'ana lensis, Monroe County, Pa.
Trusting tliat many years of consecutive
practice of Medicine and Surgery "will le a
wScient guarantee for the public confidence.
February Jj. 1S70. tf.
J auks ii. ualtox,
Atlorncj at Law,
Office in the building formerly occupied
by L. M. Bnrson, and opposite the Strouds
burjr Hank. Main street, troudburg, l'a.
jau 1.1-tf
S HOLMES, Jiu
Attorn ey at Liu,
STROUDSBURG, PA.
Office, on Main Street, 5 doors above the
Stroudfburj IIous, and opposite Ruster'a
clothing store.
OBusiness of all kinds attended to with
promptness and fidplily.
May 0, 1609. tf.
PLASTER!
fresh ground Nova Scotia PLASTER,
at Stokes' Mills. HEMLOCK BOARDS.
FENCING, SIILNGI.ES, LATH, PA
LING, and POSTS, cheap.
FLOUR and FEED con&tantly on hand.
Wi 1 exchange Lumber and Plaster br
Grain or piv the highest market price.
BLACKSMITH SHOP just opened by
C. Stone, an experienced workman.
Public trade solicited.
X. S. WYCKOFF.
Stokes' Mills, Pa., April 20, 1S71.'
4 ROCKAFELLOW,
A i
DEALER IN
Readjr-Uadc Clothing, Gents Fur
nishing Goods, Hats & Caps,
Hoots & Shoes, &c.
EAST STROUDSBURG, PA.
(Near tile Depot.)
The public are invited to call and exam
ine foods. Prices moderate.
M.y 6, 19. tf.
A FULL ASSORTMENT
iL OF
HOME MADE CHAIRS
Always on hand at
SAMUEL S. LEE'S
New Cabinet Shop,
Franklin Street Stroudsburg, Penn'a
In rear of Stroudsburg Bank.
April 671 ly.
REV. EDWARD A. WILSON'Sfof Wil-hom-burgh,
N. Y.) Recipe for CON
SUMPTION and ASTHMA carefully com
pounded at
HOLLINSHEAD'S DRUG STORE. -
(7 Medicines Fresh and Pure.
Xr. 21. 1867. W. HOLLINSHEAD.
DOVT you know lliat J. II.
McCarty id the only Undertaker in
Slroudsburg who understands his business!
If not, attend a Funeral managed by any
'her Undertaker in town, and yow will see
the proof of the fact. Sept. 16,67.
DOiVT FOCICET tliut when
you -want any thing in the Furniture
Ornamental line that McCarty, in the
Odd-Fellows' Hall, Main Street, Streuds
mrg, Pa., is jthe place to get it. Sept. 20
piOVT FOOL YOUR MOSEY
"- way for worthless articles of Fur ui
re, but go to McCarfy's, and you will get
well pcid for it. Sept. 26, '67.
John's Wife.
BY ROBERT ORE.
A young woman stood with her hand on her
broom.
And, looking around the little room,
"Nothing but toil forever," she said,
'From early morn till the light hath fled. :
If you were only a merchant, now,
We need not live by sweat of our brow."
Working away, spoke shoemaker John.
"We ne'er see well what we're standing on."
A lady stood by her husband's chair,
And quietly passed her hand through his hair.
"Yon never have time for me now," she said,
And a tear-drop fell on the low-beat head ;
"If we were only rich, my dear,
With nothing to do, from year to year,
But amuse each'other. Ohdear me! -What
a happy woman I should be !"
Looking up from his ledger, spoke merchant
John,
"We ne'er see well what we're standing on."
A stately form, in velvet dressed ;
A diamond gleaming on her breast ; ' '
Nothing but toiling for fashion," she said,
"Till I sometimes wish that I were dead.
If I might cast this wealth aside,
And be once more the poor man's bride."
Fr m his easy chair spoke Gentleman John,
"We ne'er sec well what we're standing on."
ABRAHAM LINCOLN.
LECTURE DELIVERED BY HORACE GREE
LEY, AT Tn E HORTICULTURAL II ALL,
PHILADELPHIA, NOV. 16, 1871.
Ladies and Gentlemen : Xo doubt I
shall weary you with a portion of my lec
ture, yet I really hope those who will be
so patient as to follow me to the end will
find themselves rewarded for their trust
in me, for I have heard so much said of
Mr. Lincoln, which seems to me discrim
inating: that I have put down my recollec
tions of hiui, interspersed with what I
have learned from other sources, with an
earnest hope that I shall be able to give
a judicious accouut of the man, and one
which fair minded men of all sects, creeds
and parties will recognize as at my rate
imbued with a spirit of candor. This
was my reason for writing of Mr. Lin
coln. I have known him for the last twenty
years of his life, and I have formed opin
ions definite and clear with regard to him,
which seem to me to not be expressed by
the accounts I have heard, so I have
committed to paper the thoughts that oc
cur to me. Biography has degenerated
with eulogy. It makes of its subjects;
in the language of the poet. "That fault
less monster none over saw." Under this
idea Richard the Third becomes a hu
mane and sagacious Prince, slightly carv
ed in the spine, perhaps; and Ilenry the
Eighth is do longer the arbitrary monarch
we once knew him, but a model husband
and exemplary family mau.
There have been many biographies of
Lincoln written. Perhaps forty or fifty
full fledged volumes have been inflicted
npon a much endearing public, yet the
man, Abraham Lincoln, is not pictured as
I know him. I wish to show you the
man as he appeared to me, and then he j
will be shown to you as by no means the '
angel some have made him. I shall pass
rapidly over what may be turmed as the
"rail splitting" era of his life, giving only
a brief description of those early events.
He grew up on the outskirts of civiliza
tion, where he listened first to the stump
speech of the orator and the sermon of
an occasional minister as a source of in
struction. He did not attend school, for the good
reason that there were none in his vicin
ity. No one would deny that lie was,
when he grew up manhood, a kind neigh
bor and excellent man. Surprise was of
ten expressed when a roan of moderate
education was selected to fill a responsible
position. Few who saw him in after life
would have suspected that his knowledge
was less than that of college graduates
by whom be was surrounded.
Of course his knowledge was different
from theirs, but had he lived to be 70
years of age he would have compared fa
vorably with Ilenry Clay in the after
years of bis private life. The scenes by
which he was surrounded in his early lile
were calculated to develop the best ele
ments of his character. That trip down
the Ohio and Misssssippi in a flatboat
might be looked upon as his diploma, as
good as any sheepskin of the collage grad
uate. In 1834, when 25 years of age, he
was elected to the Legislature, and was
re elected in 1836 and 1833
; The speaker then traced Mr. Lincoln's
political career up to the time of his elec
tion as President. His success was due
to his early and long continued, 'self
sacrificing devotion to the cause of his
party, lo this respect there was a strik
ing similarity between him and Henry
Clay. President Lincoln learned the art
of logic in that best of all schools the
American political stump. There were
faults and vices in our political system of
election eering, but the stump brought
the people face to face with their en
thusiasm. r
There never was yet a stirring political
canvass that did not leave the people bet
ter informed on political affairs then it
found them. It served the placo of the
French coup d'etat. It was the conser
vator of our -liberties. Lincoln was one
of those who, in a speech on the stump,
could do his cause more good and less
harm than most men of his time. His
speech at the Cooper Institute, in I8C0,
STROUDSBURG, MONROE COUNTY, PA., NOVEMBER
was one of the best addresses ever deliv
ered in this country. For the object
sought to be obtained it was unsurpassed.
The speaker had first made the acquaint
ance ol the subject of the lecture in 1848,
when in Congress, where he was looked
upon as a man of ability and fairness j but
if each member of the House had voted
to select who among them would be like
ly to become a President, five of the hun
dred would hardly have thought of vot
ing for Mr. Lincoln. Iu the enunciation
of the principles of the irrepressible con
flict he was at least six months ahead of
Mr. Seward. His position on this ques
tion was clear and definite, and not to be
gainsayed. In the light of the events of
the last decade, we could appreciate hi
sentiments. :.
We know now that his ideas on the
question of an irrepressible conflict were
most corret. It had to come as a natural
result.
The Senatorial contest between Lin
coln and Douglas was one of the most
characteristic and one of the best in the
political history of our country. Here
was an honest difference of opinion, and
each party selected its most trusted lead
er, and the questions were discussed be
fore the people. Douglas was elected,
though on the popular vote Lincoln was
ahead of him. lJcside, he did not expend
any money in the canvass, while Douglas
used nearly $80,000.
Some regarded the result a defeat to
Mr. Lincoln, but it really was a victory.
It served to render him more popular not
only in his own State, but in the country
at large and resulted finally in his election
as President; and then came the journey
to Washington on the eve of secession
and civil war. There was no doubt
that there was a plot to assassinate
him in Baltimore. These plots were to
be expected by men who assumed promin
ence in political affairs during times of
great turbulence.
But, in the language of "Jalin?," as
rendered by Shakespear :
. "Cowards die many times before their
deaths ;
The valiant never taste death but
once.
The language of the fust inaugural ad
dress was clear and concise, and contain
ed language that it would have been well
for the South if it had heeded, allhoujjh,
in the goodness pf his heart, he was slow
to believe that theSouth meant war.
JIany could not comprehend how it was
that the precious early hours of the con
flict were squandered The reason was
that our commander-in-chief did not be
lieve it would be necessary to fire more
than blank cartridge.
When at last the war did come it was
accepted as a stern necessity. Much of
the strength of the Rebellion lay in the
belief of the people of the South that
nothing worse could happen than subjuga
tion to the Union. To prevent the con
tinuance of this feeling our government
ehould have welcomed every overture for
peace on the part of the South. Had it
accepted directly what it did indirectly,
it would have paralyzed thousands of arms
raised in frenzy against it. To this end
an interview should have been "ranted at
the earliest possible moment with A. II.
Stephens and others, as asked for.
On the question of the abolition of sla
very the President was slow to move, and
after all argument was over most people
would admit that in the controversy he
had the best side of the question. The 1
allegation that he would destroy slavery
when he believed it necessary to save the
Union, at the same time expressing the
opinion tnat tbe institution was wrong,
was hailed with joy by .the less radical
press of the country. Why, the speaker
was not able to understand. The Eman
cipation Proclamation was but the fulfill
ment of tbe first proposition. Mr. Lin
coin never took a step .backward, and,
when once putting his foot down, he made
sure that it was on solid ground.
His State papers, particularly those
communicated to Congress, were not great
ly admired ' by some.. : They lacked the
fire that electrified people, but scarcely a
more beautiful gem could be found than
bis celebrated speech at the dedication of
Gettysburg, Cemetery, which followed
the frigidoration of Kdward Everett. :
One of the points of his character was
shown in his letter to tbe committee
which called upon him in reference to the
emancipation of the slaves in Kentucky.
He was loth to offend the loyal white
people of the South, and in his letter he
expressed himself with great terseness,
and afforded a key to his character.
He was no Prophet Elisha or John the
Baptist, but a plain spoken, straight-forward,
honest man. No one ever approach
ed him and found any assumption of au
thority or manifestation of a spirit of dis
dain. -
His second inaugural and after history
was familiar to ail the people of the coun
ty and developed no new characteristics
simply developed those already mani
fest. The Lincoln of 1864 was the. Lin
coln of 1861, only with a character made
grander and larger by the troubles through
which he had passed.
In conclusion the lecturer spoke at
length of the lessons which the life of
such a man tausht the youth of our coun
try. It showed them what patient plod
ding industry, aided by honor' and integ
rity, might attain. Looking' back from
the mists of ten years apo wc saw in him
the providential leader who faithfully re
flected the sentiments o(' the masses."
Other men contributed - to th regenera
tion of the country, but, for tbe burden
laid upon him and the good wrought out
by him, Araham Lincoln was peculiarly
fitted. J
FACTS AND FANCIES.
'Wanted, by a boy, a situation in an
eating house., He is used to tho busi
ness." . , t ...
How may men always become four
handed ? By doubling their fists.
A lobster never comes ashore without
great risk of getting into hot water.
. When is a clock on the stairs danger
ous? When it runs down.
"Beware," said the potter to the clay,
and it became ware,
When a man's face turns as yellow as
a guinea he is said to have a rich com
plexion. There is a man in New York to proud
that he won't keep his own companv, for
fear of degrading himself.
An old lady made the following speech
at a woman's meeting the other day ; "I
demand equality for all the sexes."
A bachelor friend compares a shirt
button to life, because it so often hangs
by a thread.
Why is the figure 9 like a peacock 1
Because its nothing without its tail.
What man is most looked up to ? Ans.
The man in the moon.
What is that which he who has it on
does not wiah for, but he who has it would
not part with it for any money ? A bald
head.
What is it that goes up the hill and
down the hill, and yet moves 7 The road.
A rich man asked a poor person if he
had any idea of the advantages arising
from riches. "I believe they give a
rougue an advantage over an honest man"
was the answer.
Here is a landlord who owns about the
largest cottage we ever heard of:
"A cottage to let containing eight
rooms and an acre of land."
A boy in Oswego has performed a won
derful feat. He lighted a fire with kero
sene with the loss of only two pairs of
trousers and the skin of his legs. Most
boys in his place would have put their
parents to the cost of a funeral.
Facts should be put down in black and
white ; is another colored ink they might
appear ink-red iblc.
A Jew, on seeing a prodigiously fine
ham, remarked ; "Thou almost persuad
ed me to be a Christian."
"Never mix your drinks," is held to
be a good rule with topers, and is not at
all bad one for milkmen to observe.
A Music Dealer in an eastern town an
nounces in bis window a sentimental song,
"Thou hast loved me and left me for twenty-five
cent."
"You seem to walk more erect than
usual, my friend." "Yes. I have been
straitened by circumstances."
A butcher bov savs he has often heard
of the ore-quarters of the globe, but has
never neara any person say anything about
the foW-quarters.
A youngster, whilst perusing a chap
ter in Genesis, turning to his mother, in
quired if the people in those days used
to do sums on the ground. It was dis
covered that he had been readinr the nas
o r
sage, "And the sons of men multiplied
upon ttoe iJTTe ot the earth."
A Milesian born the last dav of the
year felicitates himself on the narrow ese
cape from not being born at all 'B jab
ers," says he, "and if it had not been till
tne next day, what would have become
of me ?"
"Susie," said a mother : to her little
daughter of five summers, "what would
you do without your mother 1" "I would
put on just such a dress as I plased, every
day," was the prompt reply.
A man courting a young woman was
interrogated as to his occupation. "I am
a paper hanger on a large scale," he re
plied. He married tho girl and turned
out to be a bill stacker.
A newly married roan complains of the
high price of "ducks." He says his wife
recently paid for three of them a duck
of a bonnett, a duck of a dress, and a duck
duck of a parasol.' He says such deal
ings in poultry will ruin him.
The latest euphuism for red hair is
Canandaigoa color; being as every New
York railroad traveller knows, a little
beyond Auburn.
The Mayor of Delphia, Indiana, has
proclaimed that no persons are to be out
after nine o'clock, except on legitimate
business. - Evidently an attempt to in
crease legitimate business.
A span for the International Bridge
223 feet iu length, has just been finished
at the works of the Phoenix Iron Com
pany at Phocnixville, Pa. The strain sheet
for the span was calculated and. arranged
by Miss S. Emma Price, who is connect
ed with the engineers' department of
the company..
An individual who was puzzled to know
where all 'the Smiths come from, has at
last solved the mystery. At Waterbury,
Conn., on a long brick factory, appears a
sign inscribed :" Smith Manufacturing
Company.
i
f Struggle on to victory. ' Never give
up, when you areright. A frown is only a
muscular contraction, and can't last long.
A laugh of derision is but . tbe modified
barking of a cur. If you c$n be laughed
out of the good or the good put of you,
you are weaker in intellect than the fool,
whose argument is a huffaw, and whose
logic is a neer.
30, 1871.
Among the Shakers.
So many people are visiting the Shak
ers and telling what they saw there, that
we know our readers will be pleased to
read again Artemus Ward's visit in the
same direction. Artemus tells the story
of his visit as follows :
"Mr. Shaker," sed I, "you see before
you a Babe of the Woods, so to speak,
and he axes a shelter of you."
"Yay," sed the Shaker, and he led the
way into the house, anuther bein' sent to
put my horse and wagon under kiver.
A solum female, Iookiu somewhat like
a last year's bean pole stuck into a long
mealbag, cum in an axed me was I a
thirst and did I hunger? To which I
assurted, "a few." She went orf, and I
endeavared to open a conversation with
the old man.
"Elder, I spect ?" sed I. -
"Yay," he sed.
"Health's good, I reckon ?"
"Yay."
"What's the wages uv a Elder, when
he understands his bizoess or do you
devote your sarvices gratooitinus V
"lav.
"Stormy night, sir."
"Yay."
"If the storm continues there'll be a
mess underfoot, hay ?"
"Yay."
"It's onpleasant when there's a mess
underfoot ?"
"Yay."
"If I may be so bold, kind sir, what's
the price of that pccooler kind wesket
you wear includin' triuimins ?"
"Yay."
I pawsed a min't, and then, thinkin I'd
be fascshm with him and see how that
would go, I slapt him on the shoulder,
burst into a hearty larf, and told him
that "as a yayer he hed no liven ekel."
He jumped up as if bilin' water had
been squirted into his ears, groaned, rolled
his eyes up tords the selin, an sed : .
"You're a man of sin !" and he walkt
out of the room.
Directly thare cum in two young
Shakeresses, as putty and slick lookin'
gals as I ever met. It is troo they was
drest in meal bags like the old one I'd
met previsly, and their shiny, 6ilky hair
was hid from sight by long white caps,
sich as I spose female Josts wear ; but
their eyes sparkled like diamonds, their
cheks was like roses and they was char
miu cnuff to make a man thro stuns at
his gradmother, if they axed him to.
They commenst clearin away the dishes,
castin shy glances at me all the time.
I got excited. I forgot Betsy Jane in
my raptur, and scz I :
"My pretty dears, how air you?"
"We air well," they solemnly sed.
"Where is the old man ?" sed I in a
soft voice.
"Of whom dost thou speak Brother
Uriah ?"
"I mean that gay and festive cuss who
calls me a man of sin. Shouldn't wonder
if his name wasn't Uriah."
"He has retired."
"Well, my pretty dear," sez I, "let's
have sorne"fum. Lets play puss in the
corner. What say you ?"
"Air you a Shaker," they asked.
"Well my pretty dears, I havn' arrayed
my proud form in a long weskit yet, but
il they was all like you perhaps I'd jine
'cm. As it is, I am a Shaker grotem
porary." They was full of fun. I seed that at
first, only they was a little skeerj. I tawt
'em puss iu the corner, and such like
plasc, and we had a nice time, keepin'
quiet of course, so the old moo shouln't
bear. When-we broke up, ees I :
"3Iy pretly dears, ear I go you have
no objections, have you, to a innercent
kiss at partin'."
"Yay," they sed, and I yayed.
How to Get Along.
Do not stop to tell stories in business
hours.
If you have a place of business, be
found there when wanted, or in business
hours.
No man can get rich by lounging in
stores and saloons.
Never "fool" in business matters.
Have order, system, regularity, libera
lity, promptness.
Do not meddle with business you do
not understand.
Never buy an article you do not need
simply because it is cheaf and the man
who sells will take it out in trade.
Trade is money.
Endeavor to avoid hard words and
personalties.
Do not kick every stone in tho path.
More miles can be made in a day by go
ing steadily on than stopping.
Pay as you go.
A man of honor respects his word as
he does his bond.
Aid, but never beg.
Help others when you can, but never
give what you caunot afford to; simply
because it is fashionable.
, Learn to say "no." On necessity of
snapping it out dog-fashion, but say it
firmly and respectfully.
Have but few confidants, and the fewer
the better. ; , .
Use your own brains rather than tho30
of others.
, ; Learn to think and act for yourself.
Be vigilant. .
Keep ahead rather than behind the
timesj- . : " -
i What would this world be without wo
men ? A perfect blank, like a sheet of
paper, not even ruled.
32.
Hiiinmim iHii'iiii pin i
Condition of Chicago.
It is estimated, upon what may be re
garded as good authority, that the Sro
covered over 2,000 acres in the heart of
the city, over twenty thousand buildings
were destroyed, and nicety three thou
sand persons dispossessed of their homes ;
ninety thousand buildings are left send
ing, fifty thousand people have lefVthe
city, and two hundred and eighty thousand
remain. Five grain elevators were burn
ed, with one million six hundred thous
and bushels ot grain ; eleven elevators
remaiu uninjured, containing five million
bushels of grain. One half of the entire
pork product was burned with the same
proportion of flour. Eighty thousand
tons of coal were consumed, and about the
same amount is on hand. Fifty millioa
feet of lumber were burned, and two hun
dred and forty million feet remain un
harmed nearly one quarter enough to
rebuild the waste places. The stock of
leather was reduced one quarter, the
value of that burned being about 595,000.
The greater portion of the stocks of
groceries, dry goods, boots and shoe
were burned up, with more than one half
the ready made clothing, but the quanti
ties destroyed were scarcely equal to three
weeks' supply, and are being rapidly re
placed. About ten per cent, of the cur
rency was burned. A careful average of
these larger items with smaller one
shows, that the city ha3 suffered a loss of
not less than twenty, nor more than
twenty-five per cent, on hr total asset?,
real and personal. The terrible personal
experiences, published in the Eastern
papers are stated, almost without excep
tion, to be fabrications. The backs are
all in full operation.
A Funny Divorce Case.
TheRockford(IU.) Gazette of the 12th
ult., says : A strange scene was witness
ed in Justice Baker's court the other
morning. Johanna Freiberg had com
plained of Joseph Freiberg for disorderly
conduct in abusing her. Johanna stat
ed her case, when Joseph next did "pro
ceed to explain." lie said he "went
home to his frau." The court stopped
him, and remarked that Johanna was not
his wife. "Vat?" cried the astonished
man. "Johanna not ray wife ! Veil, deu
I'd like to know !" His Honor remarked
that Johanna had got a divorce. "Oh,
no I" replied Joseph ; "she tries it, but
she no do it." The court produced tho
official decree of divorce, dated in Novem
ber last, absolutely divorcing Johanna
from Joseph Freiberg. "Mine Gott ! U
dat so ?" said Joseph. "Am I free from
dat woman ? And here I've been stay
ing mit her and didn't know it. Veil,
dat ish goot. Mine Gott ! llarr.ih !" It
appears that this is really a fact that
tlohanna had sued for a divorced, and yet
continued living with Freiberg. When
the day came on which ho was summon
ed to appear in court hi3 wife told him
not to go, ana he did not ; and thus a di
vorce was decreed by default. Since
then they have been liviog together as
man and wife, the same as before. Last
week, however, Joseph got on a spree, as
he does occasionally, and went home and
misued Johanna, and the result was the
arrangement before Squire Baker, when
the above scene transpired. The divorc
ed husband was fined two dollars and
costs for disorderly conduct toward hia
late spouse.
What Cider Did for Bellinger.
A Chicago letter gives the following :
One roovo building that remains, an oasis
in a bleak and black Sahara, is a small,
whito, wooden cottage on Lincoln place.
A policeman named Bellinger lived here,
lie hauled up the sidewalk, raked up tha
leaves and burnt them, hewed down the
fence and carried it into the house. Tho
fire advanced and gave battle. It flung
torches into his porch, it hurled them
through the windows, it began and kept
up a hot bombardment of flaming shot
upon the roof. Ho met it at every point,
with hands and boots, with water and wet
blankets, and finally as the last wave of
fire enveloped the building in a sirocco
and whirled through the crackling trco
tops and gyrated madly over tho adjacent
walls and wavered and whirled over the
smoking roof, Belliuger cast his pail int-.
his cistern and it was dry. Tho blankets
were on fire. Then the Bellinger genius
rose triumphant. He assaulted his cider
barrels, and little by little, emptied their
conteuts on tho roof. It was a coup de
guerre. It give him victory. His blan
kets were scorched, his hands blistered,
his boots distorted, und his cider spilled ;
but his house was saved. And Bellinger
has cone to takini: boarders.
The Reason for a Fly's Death.
Guest "How came this dead Cy in
my soup ?" Waiter "In that, air, I
have no positive idea how the poor thing
came to its death. Perhaps it had not
taken any food for a long time, dashed
upon the soup, ate too much of it, and
contracted an inflammation of the stomach
that brought on death. The fly must
have a very wcik constitution, for when
I served the soip it was dancing merrily
upon the surface. Perhaps and the ide.i
presents itself only at this moment it
endeavored to swallow too large a piece of
vegetable. This remaining fast in hi
throat caused a choking in the windpipe.
This is the only reason I could give for
the death of this insect." .
Savnnnah, Ga., has 200 houses in
process of erection.
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