AMONG THE MAILS. A correspoudeot of the Geneseo Re jnddican; ho has evidently "been there," ill us praphicaHy describes his experience m deputy postmaster : I vras sworn in and entered upon the duties of the office on the first day of July 18 . Yes, I wis sworn into the office, and, for fear one oath wo'Id not answer the puprose, I swore in the office every day for a year ; at the end of which time I h:id become so profane that T swore my tc!f out of office without any difficulty. I shall never fargot the first day'd expe rience. It was as hot as an attic slecpiug ruoru, and the office was about as large. Mails were in from Slangville, Talk town, IJIowon Valley, Lip Creek, Gab Hill, Uuzzing Flats, Crackfield, and Shouting Hollow. Mails in from the East, Yest, North and South. ' '' Way-mails, side mails, catch mails, and through-mails all slung to you like bun dies of wheat, when you can't mow them away half as fast as they are slung. stood in the midst of that mountain o mail matter, so helpless and dumbfounded I diJ'ut know what (lie matter was was as weak and limber a , the linipsiest bag in the . pile. I actually did not know myself from the sides of sole leather that lay aboutme. - -! 1 Tor ten tnlnnHtes the mail wcut East and West ; in fouttecn they went North and South; and already a half dozen sorrel whiskered, raccoon capped stage-driver3 were shouting "mails!" "hurry up there !" "d d slow, this morning!" and I heard one shimlly shambly, grass fed director sav to another: '. guess the new deputy is a better hand on sorting tutors than he .is letters !" I knew I wasn't much of a sorter that d iy, nor much of a fighter any day, but I did sorter want to get at that miserable skinful of reviletnent, and show him my proficiency as distributing clerk, but 1 was otherwise engaged. , Frantically I seized the mail key, and the first thing I attempted to do with it was to wind up the clock. Finally I sue ceeded in getting the mail bags open, and nil emptied into a huge box in the center of the office. As near as I could guess, there must have; been about fourteen bushels of unas sorted mail-matter. If it had been about fourteen bushels of beans to be handpicked, the task would cot have seemed more formidable. t?!jgville letters went to the right, Talk town letters went to the left, Blowon Val ley weut over the right shoulder, Lip CreeU.went over the left. Gap Hill went obli-juely to the left, Crackfield weut di rectly over the head, and Shouting Hollow Let.tcen the legs ; the space directly in ir.ntbeiog reserved for liottleford. I vras a little particular at first not to rt ilie any mistakes, but the grumbling of ileise waiting for their letters, and the thcuting of the drivers without, warned u.e that my time was nearly up. So I just threw them aroacd like dealing whist, guve each a fair proportion, reserving the Lipgest pile for Bottleford. Then I stuffed the mail-bags, and jerked them out of the office-door, and the hurry and impatience of those miserable drivers vanished as soon as they got possession ol them. One, the noisiest of the lot, the cue who had made the undignified and tatered comparison as a -sorter, actually hung around for half an hour, staring at nje through the window, and laughing at my perplexitcs. lie 6aid he would have me reported at headquarters. 'I made up my mind that if I ever got a chance I would report at his headquarters, and hind, too: for a matter of that. .The stage-drivers disposed of, a more formidable and impossible task presented itself. Three hundred aud fifty letter boxes to he hunted up, each with the owner's La ice, la'a fine hand, written on its up per margin. . My boss, the P. 31., told me I must find them out myself, then I would always, remember whcie they were. . : "lie was a man who had far more con fidence in his judgment than I had in my memory. I recollect (and very surprising it is that I doy when I was first put upon the EicltipUcatiou-table, that solid square table as constructed in the days of Daboll and Willett. I remember how dim, how uncertain, how unintelligible its twelve ranks of figures looked, beginning with 1 and ending with 14 I. Just eo that parallelogram of hollow squares looked. to me at that moment. It teemed as if eaeh individual owner was gazing with bloodthirsty eyes upon hi number, and unless he received a letter he would go for the deputy. Io a fit of depje ration,' I seized a large package of letters. Alonzo Plummer was the first name. "Where was Alonzo' Flummer's box ? II th name had been written on it in letter? cs biga horseshoes, I could not have seen it. I slammed it into the nearest box. I did so with all the rest. Kvery box Lad a letter as far as they vent, and then I raised the elide. A rush was made for the opening ' No. 9, No. 77, No. 50, No. 60, No. 102, $r JNtf 210 if you please : Any thins for Storkerf Any thing forBilgerT No. 319, No. 175; Any thing for Shellgrave? Any thing for Fickletop ? Aud so it weut, every mouth belching forth a number or a name. I shoved out the letters indiscriminately and impartial ly without regard to age, sex, nationality, color, or previous condition. Everybody got letters, but, not one in fifty got their own. . .., ... "Here, Sam," says one, "is a letter for you in my box." "Yes, and here is one for you in mine !" "What's this doing in my box?" says another. 'Ah, yes, excuse me a slight mistake; belongs to Mr. liangs." "Uaugs, did you say 7 I just asked, and you said there was nothing for Bangs." With my pencil I marked on it the number of box from which I had taken it, and handed it out, remarking, in a tone of injured innocence, that it was a mistake of the render, and not of mine. "What is that nasty Folly Ives's letter doin'in my box V screamed a rural swain ess on the right of attacking column. "Mistook your name." Madame thought it was politeness, v Hut the greatest pest of all was-the school-children. An soon as school was over, there was one wild race for the post office. They began to inquire as soon as they came within shoutingdistance.They would inquire" for themselves and then for everybody that lived within five miles of them. "'Any thing for any of the Murphys ?" yells a little freckle faced, yellow topped, potato mound, with nationality so strongly developed that you could smell is. "Anything for Jane Murphy?" No. "Anything for Aun Murphy?" No. "Anything for Tom Murphy?" No, nor for Fat Murphy, nor Dennis Murphy, uor Fete Murphy, nor for any Murphy dead, living, unborn, native or forcigh-born, uaturalizcd or otherwise. male or female. Why created He them ? The Murphy family disposed of, the Fitz Geralds, and Fitz Patrick, and Fitz Moonys were thrown at me until I caught them myself. I had Fitz chronic, and I could tell every day when they were "coming on. ' : Children came to the office to iuquire for letters, so young that they hadn't strength to carry home the weekly Trib lane, and who didn't know the difference between a letter and a door-plate. Not weekly, nor semi-weekly, nor. daily but hourly, but as often as they could think of it. 1 have often sepn them hang around the outside, waiting for their hour to come and inquire for letters. Great strapping girls came every day for weeks and months, who had the mea sles oftener than they had a letter, but they might have come to see the deputy, which was better than the measles, if not quite so good as receiving a letter. One man came every day for three weeks, and made a terrible rumpus every time he came about the carelessness and inefficiency of the mail service. At last iiis important letter arrived, and it prjved to be a pateDt medicine almanac of last year, but he had got fifteen or twenty dol iars' worth of labor and information out of me for nothing, and he was accordingly satii-fied. I like an inquiring mind. It shows re search and progress. I is a spirit of reaching out for some ting by which to draw tfself higher, and it gets hold of a soft thing when it grabs a deputy post masters. He gets more civil answers out of him in one minute than he can blast out of all the railway conductors io Christendom, and he gets it for nothing, which is wrong. If the government would charge a far thing for every no that U given in ansvrer to the inquiry, "Is there anytioj: in the cSce for me V it would pay off the national debt ia sir weeks ; and, another great advantage it would be, their deputies would not be required to no so much which would give people of ordinary rnmds and women a chance to" display ;t i -' J A New Way to Cook Meat. A good way to cook meat is to seal it in a vessel hermetically tii:ht. Cooked thus a long time in its own juices, it is rendered very tender, and has a ' peculiar appetizing flavor. Taka an earthen jar that will stand heat, with tight fitting cover. If beef is to be the dish for din ner, cut it in convenient pieces, lay the ru ia the jar, rub each piece with salt and pepper,anda little lutpp of Bugar, and put in a little water; then lay on a piece or uncic buttered paper, and press down the cover If yOU think it will allow any steam to escape, mix shorts or rye meal witu water to a paste ; press strips of this all around the edge of the cover. Bake in a moderate'oven four or five hours ac cording to the tenderness of meat! Chick en or turkeys are excellent cooked in this way. The, toughest meat is rendered ten der by this proeess ; and nooe of the nu trious matter is wasted, as io many of the forms of cooking. , - . ' .THE ORIGINAL, , H O WE SEWING MAC II IKE, IMPEOYED. The Simplest, The Most Complete, The Handsomest, The Best ill the Market. Its Simplicity, Durability, Ease of Opera tion, Perfection in Mechanical construction. Lightness and Beauty in Style and Finish, and adaptation to a large range of .work, delight and satisfy everybody, and challenge the World. " LOOK AT THE IMPROVEMENTS. A New and Improved Drop Feed. A New and Improved Tension. A New and Improved Hemmer. A New and Improved Feller. ..' A New and Improved liraider. A New and Improved Cordcr. A New and Improved Head and Lifter. A'New and Improved Tuck Marker. A New and Improved Binder. . ' " A New and Improved Quilter.' A New and Improved UufUer. IT MAKES THE Elastic lock Stitch i ' WHICH WILL NOT UNRAVEL. 3- Its Simplicity enables any one to be come proficient.' - ' i An earnest invitation is extended to those about to purchase a Sewing Machine, to call,' examine, and be convinced. FOR SALE BY DAB1US-DKEIIER, Agent, STFtOUDSlJUUG, PA. 1 aug 17 tf G. H. Dreher. E. B. Dreher (2 doors west of the "JefTersonian Office,") ELIZABETH STREET, Slromisburcr, Ia., DREHER & BRO., DKALERS IX Drnsrs, Tiffodicines, I'crfumcry and Toilet Articles. I3 a i rils, OILS, VAKXISIIES, GLASS & PUTTY. Abdominal Supporters and Shoulder Braces. , v Seeley'3; i . Hard ItriJUKR TRt'SSES Also : ' - Hitter's " TRUSSES OF VARIOUS PATTERNS. Lamps and Lanterns Burning and Lubricating Oils. j Physicians'. . Prescription; carefully. Com ponndou. N. JJ. The Inchest Cash price paid for OIL of WINTEKGREEN. , may 4-tf. LEWIS T. LA BAR & to. DEALERS IN Dry Goods, Yankee JCulions, Groceries, . ... Frovisions, Flour and Feed, Fish and Salt, Uoot and onoes, Hardware, Wooden UTtre, . i . CrocJcery, ' . Brushes t Brooms, Kerosene, and, in short, almos everything you can think of or ask for; all of which are of fered at smash down prices, at the old stand, on Main-street, between the Bank and the Jcjferscnian office. ; : The public are inv;tcd to call. LEWIS T. LA BAR & CO. j February 1G, 1871. 11 (T o "n The undersigned takes this method of informing the public, that he still con tinues the above business in all its branches at his old Stand, on Franklin street. atrouUsburg, l'a., where he will be hap py io receive orders for work in his line, including general : . ' :..; Wheelwrighting, ; Blacksmith- .mg, Fainting,. Trimming, &c. His stock, of the best quality of seasoned lumber is large and very complete; and as nas a lull iorce ol first class workmen at all the brauches. he flatters ; ''himself that he is fully prepared to accomodate all who lavor him with orders, and guarao' ice cuiire sansiaction. ; Repairing promptly attended to -' W.M. HUNTSMAN. July 28,-1870. Cards, Bill Heads, Labels, &c, SEAT, CALM!' AND QUICK, ; Printed to Order at tho JEPFERSONIAN OFFICE, Main Street, Stroudsburg", Pa, fiAH Orders nroraKtlr filled. C.ir r.D fiflrrmorp, ' W JB. AVI Jofj Printing Notice! Notice!! - - To all Whom it may Concern 1 1 1 The undersigned, having gone into the Broom Business, would notify the public, most respectfully, that he is prepared, with the best and latest improved machinery, and the best quality of material, to manufacture Brooms, Whists, and Small Brooms for children, in a manner superior to any thing in that line ever offered for pall in Monroe County at wholesale and retail, a little below city prices. lie is also pre pared to furnish to order, at short notice Broom Machines, Handles, Wire &Twine all of the best, and warrntcd to give satisfac tion. The use of one of my Brooms will set tin the fact, beyond all dispute, that better can be obtained from me, than can be pro cured in the city. To the Farmers of Monroe County, he would say that they can now find a home market for all the broom Corn ihey can raise, and each farmer should strive to raise enough for his own use and have some left to fell. Those desiring seed to plant can nhvay find an abundance of the best quality of Seed by calling on the undersigned. The undersigned will, also, attend to SAW FILING at the shortest possible notice, and from his experience in this branch of business, he flatters himself that he cannot fail to give perfect satisfaction. : Before purchasing elsewhere, persons will mo6t certainly advance their interests by calling and examining my 6tock of Broom?. ( Country Produce taken in exchange. Don't forget the place, on Franklin Street, opposite Wm. Huntsman's Livery Stable. . A. It. CARMER, March 10, '71. tf. Aa,r extensive lot of STOVES of descriptions have been received at the store of the subscriber, in the borough of Stroudsburg. He has COOKING STOVES, & PARLOR STOVES of the latest improvements; and entire new styles, and considerablesaviugof fuel, which can be had at the lowest City prices. Also all kinds of Stove-I?ipe. A large assortment of TIN WARE of ev ery description, ' constantly on hand, which will be sold at wholesale and retail, as rea sonablc as can be had in the Cilv. All kinds of repairing done in the shortest, cheapest and best manner. Call and exam ine his stock belore you purchase elsewhere. Fpb. ll, CO. WM, S.FLORY.; Harness & Saddlery. - The above business has again been re sumed at the old stand, lately swept away by the late flood, near Daldwin's Hotel, in Stroudsburg-, where will be kept constantly on hand the best assortment of Harness, double and single. Saddles, Bridles, Coilors, and every other article usuaely furnished in this line of busniess. Work made to order on the shortest notice. A large assortment of Mountings and Saddlery Hard , , . . ware always on hand. Call and make your owr selection, and it will be furnished intyle ard price not to be excelled in this market. Strict attention paid to repairing and done in shortest notice. Call and examine JOHN O. SAYLOIt. Agent f..r PETER GRUVER. October 6, 1870. tf ( NOW IS THE TIME TO USE Yoiiatt'as Condi I ion Powder. In the Fall and Winter when your cown give but little milk this powder is sure to increase ".he quantity and improve the qual ity. For horses, it increases the appetite, promotes digestion, exhilerates the spirits, renders the coat soft and shining. For Hos one package in-your swill barrel will hasten the fattening process at (east 100 ner cent This powder has proved an excellent article for sheep. -?Be sure you' get the ": Genuine Youatt's Condition Powder, MANUFACTURED BY WILLS A.?I IIOLLIXSH12AI, All other is a counterfeit. See that the name of WM. HOLLINSHEAI) is on MCh package and buy no other. Warranted to give satisfiiction or the money refunded. iov. 1V09 WM. HOLLINSHEAD. UNDERTAKING. McCAUTV has on hand the largest and best assortment of COFFINS Ji and SP TlUMMINGs' to be found outside of either citv New YnrL or Philadelphia), and will make this branch of lih? business A SPECIA LIT V. COFFINS and CASKETS of any tir. , iyie. can be turnished at one hour notice for . shipment, at a chasqe or o.ne.thibd LE93 TIIAX ANV SHOP IN StROUDSBI'RO In no ease will he charge more than TEN PER CENT above actual cost. attended to in any p.irt of lh County at the bhotest possible notice. Sept. i6 ,'67 J MONROE COUNTY Mutual Fire Insurance Company, CHARTER PERPETUAL. Amount of Properly Intured 81,800,00 The rate of Insurance in this Company is one dollar for every thousand dollars in sured, after which payment no further char ges will be made, except to cover actual lost by fire that may tall upon members of the Company. The policies issued by this Company are perpetual, and afford the fullest security, with the largest economy and convenience, This company will not issue tanneries Distilleries or Cabinet Shops. Applications for Insurance may be made to either of the Managers, Surveyors or Sec. relary. MANAGERS J. Depue Labar, . Jacob Knccht, Richard S. Staples, John Edinger, Silas L. Drake, Francis Ilapennan, Charles D. Brodhead, Jacob Stotiffer, Robert Bovs, Theodore Schoch, William Wallace, Thomas W. Rhodes, Stogdell Slokes, : STOCiDELL STOKES, President. E. B. Dreher, Secretary end Treasurer. Silas L. Drake, Monroe co. Melchoir Spragle, " Peter Gilbert, Geo. G. Shater. Tho. W. Rhodes, " Surveyors. F. A. Oppelt, ayne co. J. H. Wells, Pike co. Rich'd Camden, Northampton, Sam'l Ziegenfus, Carbon. The stated meeting of the board of Managers lakes place at the Secretary a of fice, on the firt Tuesday of each month, at 2 o'olock P. M. SAMUEL HOOD, Wholesale and Rifail Dealer in COOK&PARLOIt STOVES, TIN & SHEET-IRON WARE, AND IN Jlclal House Furnishing Goods GENERALLY. Roofing aud Sponting done on Miort notiw, with the best material. ana at reasonable prices. His .toek of CM.k, Parlor and Office Stoves embraces all the best varieties known to the trade. CALL AXD SEE. btorc third luiMinr. above the 3Iethodist Church. Main street, .STKOUbSBUlKi, PA. August 4, 1ST0. tf. The ingredients that ujuuat. kuoaualis are published on every package, there- lore it is not a secret preparation, consequently nirsiciAxs prescribe it It is a certain cure for Scrofula, Syphilis in all its forms, Uhtuma tistn, Skin Diseases. Liver Com plaint and ail diseases of the UIood. ONE SCTTLS OP SOSADAUS will do more good than ten bottles of i ho Syrups of Sarsaparilla. THZ UNDERSIGNED PHYSICIANS liuvt used Rottadalis in their jractice for the past three years and frcelv endorso it ns a reliable Alterative and Blood Purifier. nit. T. C. rrOTT, of Baltimete. D. T. J. noYKIV, " DICK. W. OA H It. I)K. F. O. DAN N KLLY, DH.J. S. SPARKS, of NichoUsrilla, DH.Jj L. McCARTIIA, Columbia, Dlt. A. B. NOBLES, Edgecomh, N. C. USED AND ENDORSED BY J. B. FRENCH i SONS, Fall River, Mas. . F. XV. SMITH, Jack son, Mich A. F. WHEELEK.Lima. Ohio D. II ALL. Lima. Ohio. ' CRAVEN & CO., Oor.lonsville. V Our space will not llnr r tended remarks in relation to the virtues of ltosadalia. Tothe SleJical frolession we euarantee a viniA v.. tract superior to any they have ever Si in tho tre"npnt or diseased IllOOd : tmlta thoittlirtn.1 Rosadalis. and vou will hn rcttnr.il to health. Rosadalis Is sold by all Prucrists. price 9 1. 50 per bottle. AddrebS US. CLEMENTS A CD. ;' Manufacturing Chtmit!, Baltimokjc, H i. july 2071 ty. BLANKS OF ALL KINDS for Safe hi this Office, i ii-.r (I I h h?j&:pih$&L EOSADALIS A 3L GO TO J. D. McCARif'S, ODD-FELLOWS' HALL, MAIN ST STIiO UD SB UR C, PA ., and Buy your FKRXITUUE, CARPETS, OIL-CLOTHS, RUGS, WISDOW SHADES, CURTAILS & FlXTUucs TABLE CLOTHS, 4c., and eive At Least Two Profits As McCarly buys, direct from the mam.r .v. v-eu Vwv ue can sellj0 MORE FURNITURE, OF A BETTER QUALITY, AND FOR LESS MOSEy than you can buy at letail either in cit country, and every article i warranted toll as represented. Septus. Ayer's Sarsaparilla I.t widt lv known, as one of ihr m,t tircrtual rcmp.Iii-j. ev r diroriTfd fa fleaniiig fv tcm r.ntl TuirilVi'ij.r- Il l . Wv'v4 ! blood. It'liil mtruiMir virtue?, and sustained bv its n inarkal)!e curc. f?o mtl.l as to be'safe and In-neficial to chiMreii, and yet so sean iiM,r us to etrectu.-iUy jnirjre out" the great cor rutiu:is of the blwxl, sm h a the'Jrrofiilmw and syphilitic contamination. Impm-itu j. or licases that have lurked in th? fvstei for years. ?oon yield to th:. powtWiif anu tlote, and disappear. Ileiiec it wonderful cures, many of which a:e publrelf kfwwn, of Scrofula, and all seruSulous" lscn?es' Ulcers, Irruptions, and enmtive diJ onlers of the skin. Tumors, JJIotchcs, lioils, Pimples, Pustules, Sores, St. Anthony's Fire, Uose or lrysine las Tetter, Salt Kliemu s-all lieiliL Uilljrworin, anj internal Ul eerations of the Uterus, Stomach, and Liver. It also cures other com plaint?, to which it would not seem cji(.(i ally adapted. s:ich as Dropsy, I)yfpci sia. Fits, Neuralgia, Heart Disease, Female Weakness, Debility, and Leucorrhea, when they are inaV.jf. sta tions of the scrofulons pdi-ons. It i an excellent restorer if l:sahh and strength in the Srinir. Vy reiTcwiiej tl-.c appctiri! and vbm of llie liVestive or;;in it dis.ijMN s the lepiesiu;l and listlo l.nt Z'ir of tlie season. Even when- nodisnrdrr .ipjM'.-irs. iK'oj.M' U-rfer. ami live In.'T. for rlennsiii; i!h- I1hkI. TJ:e systcin iuovs on wuh renewed vitir and a licw le;;se of PREPARE!) R Y Dr. J.C.AYER di CO., Lowell, Mass., Vrttciirat ami Analytical Chrtnit. SOLI) r.Y ALL DKUUUIsTS KVEKYWHEUE. sept 21-ly Itcla! Itch! Itch! SCRATCH! SCRATCH! SCRATCE! USE IIOLLIXSIiEAD'S ITCH & S.1LT RKLT.H OMTILM. No Family should be without this alua. ble medicine, for on the fiM appearance of the disorder on the wrisls, betweeu the fin. per, &c, a slight application of the Oint ment will care it, and prevent its bfinjU. ken by others. Warranted to give satisfaction or monrj refunded. Prepared and j-old. wholesale and retail, by W. HOLLINSHEAD, Stroudsburg, Oct. 31. '07. l)ru?gi.t. Ayer's air v igor, For restoring to Gray Hair its natural Vitality and Color. wlik-h is J lionltliy, . I a a '.1.-:' S-WAS caTor. with the H or uray ha , WSl0 t Us engintl qloxs and freshness of youth. 1" ii:iir is thkkeneil, falling hair rln'it and b:ltliiesa often, though "t iil:l.v- ctiretl l.y its uo. Xotliinsr nt'n the h:tir where the folHt-lM aw stroyed. or tho glaiuls atrojhil :in tleoaved; but siuh as reni;ii ran l saved by this application, am! late.l into activity, so that a in growth of liair is prc-vIuccX InstcS't of fouling tho hair with a pasty i ment, it will keep it clean and xn. Its occasional use will prevent the l:ir from turning r.y or falling oih conseijuontly prevent baldness. J-ji'1 restoration of vitality it gives to tno scalp nrrcsts and prevents the lorm:t tion of landntii; which is often so un cleanly and ohensivo. Fveo from tW deleterious substances which m" same ptvpar.it ions dangerous and in.!'1 rious to tho hair, tho Vigor can benefit but not liana 'it. If.wan1' merely f.r. a II A 111 1)HKSS1N' nolh:n; td-io bo Aymd so dcMni1' Containing neither ,il nor dyo, it 'lK's not soil whito cambric ftnd yot i low on tljo hair, giving U o1' iu-tr:, and a gratefiirivvimVA Prepared by Dr. J. C. Ayer & Co.,, I'ractic.il Miitl Analj tll CheiuM : LOYLL, MASS. sept 21-ly