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VOL. 30.
STROUJJSBURG, MONROE COUNTY, PA., JUNE 13, 1872.
NO. 7.
Published by Theodore Schoch.
TERMS -Two JIUrs h year in advance and if not
, i Dci.'re me enu hit: u uuiiHrsnnu hut
Jent will be charged.
v,t :,iier.li:onttniied Until all arrearages are paid,
k cent t tfe option ol the Editor.
ttf V Ireriisemcnts or one ?nunre of (eight tines) or
;v,oie or three inertlons $1 3. Bach aiMillotittl
Wrtioii,40 cents. Longer ones in proportion.
OB P II I ft Tift G,
6fr ALL KINDS,
r',fiileJ in Ihe WflhentMyie of" the Art, and on the
most reasonable terms.
Valuable Property
JOE SALE.;
The subscribers offer for rale,
their residence in Stroudsburg.
The Lot has a front of 145 ft
n Main Street, with a depth of
250 left. m '
The building consist of a convenient dwell
In; house, storehouse, barn and "other out
buildings
There is an abundance of choice apples,
pear., plums, grapes and small fruits, with
excellent water.
May 16, 72.J A. M. & I. STOKES.
i
ACKAW A.WA norsi:.
J OWOSITE THE DEPOT,
East Stroudsburg, Pa.
B. J. VAN COTT, Proprietor.
The tun contain the choiest Liquors and
die table is supplied with the best t lie market
aJ:rJ. Charges moderate. may 3 lS72-tf.
DR. J. LA NT Z,
Surgeon ami Mechanical Dentist,
Still h is his office on Min Street, in the second
i ') -f Dr. S. Walton's brick building, neatly oppo
se the Siriud!iirg Hone, and be fl. liters' himself
ni'. tijr f!;ii:etu ye ns -iiUut pi-ai-tiee and the init
tv.iH-i xn J coffin I Mllenii.-n to alt mailers pertaining
: I,. iiiiifi"iini. lliat lie is fully able to perfiinn nil
- --:i.iu? in t.'ie iletii.il line la lite uiol careful, tte
i ,: .inj siil!'il m.inner.
fin-rial ulu-ulMii given to sa vina the Natural Teeth ;
hi, tn ttie liiMTlinn of Artificial Terlh on llubber,
tjnii. Silver or I'uiiiiauous Gums, and perlect (its In
rc liL-ured.
W-t ptTMins know Uie great folly and danger ol en
ir.i:itts their work to the inexperienced, or to iliose
i:mi; l ilit-nce. April 13, I6T1. ly
Dn. c. o. iiofkmiax, 31. i. -Would
respectfully announce to the
luii'ie that he has removed his office from
(l Hand to Canadensis, Monroe County, Pa.
Trn-iing that liiaiij' years of consecutive
j ustice of Medicine and Surgery will le a
.vificlent iruarantce for the public confidence.
lVI.ru.try !'.", 1S70. tf.
Gee. 7i. Jick3on.
Anzi LeBar.
JACKSON & LcBAR
I'l J.
FDYSIHAS, SURGEONS & Al'COCCHERS,
Slrouihlmrg and Kutt StromhLurg,
DR. GEO. W. JACKSON,
Stroudsburg,
it the old office of Dr. A. lieeves Jackson
Ilesidenee in Wvikoffs Jui I Jinr.
DR. A. LeBAR,
East Stroudsburg,
'fGi-e next-door to Smith's Store. Iloidcnce
tlMw K. Heller's,
f'eb. 3 '7-2-t t
DR. N. L. PECK,
Surgeon Dentist,
Annomtcos tit it ha vinjr just returned from
Denial CoJIejjs, lie id fully prepared to make
unincial teeth in the mo4 beautiful and lite
lie uiaitiier, and to fili decayed teeth ac
Cirditij to the niot iniprcved method.
TefUi exfractd without pain, when dc-w-A,
hy the use of Nitruus Oxiile Gas,
"Inch i entirely ninnies. Repairing; of
1 kindd neatly done. All work warranted,
t-barzes reasonable.
Office in J. U. Keller's new Brick build
lai. Main S'reeL, StrouJtburo;, Pa.
uj3l-tf
T 131 US II. W4IiTO.,
J Atlorncy sil Jnv,
OTi'-e in the building formerly occupied
)' 1 M. Hurson, and opposite the Stroud
a'S !atik. Main treet, Stroudsburg, Pa.
br
iar;
Jan 13-tf
KELLERSVILLE HOTEL.
Iie urder.sijrnxl having purchased the
a"ne well known and jiopuhir Hotel Protr-lJ-
would resjK'ctfully inform the traveling
ribii.' that he has refurnished and fitted up
ib.telin the xt htyle. A haudome
Kith choice Liquors and Segars, polite
iidaiits aud moderate charges.
CIIAKLRS MAXAL,
Jk lOjSTl. tr. I JVoprietor.
l"uud out why jKxtjde go to McCarty's to
?r.1 tl'tir furniture, because he buys it at the
;re Kooms of Uc & C. aud sells it at
!? advaiMtJ of only tirrutif-tiro and tvo
cut. Or 111 ot her words, JWking
that he buvsof Jx;e & Co. (through
jJl'Jiit'rs he doil't have) for ?4,.l he k4Ik
'.r . H. Jnx Itiitt to bin xoHte f(tfd J'ur-
Zh(lr ' li:j: & co.
',:,Ju.j.sburg, Aug. IS, 1S7U. tf.
p iSsteeT
l'-4 srouad Nova Scotia PLASTER.
al flies' filiih,. HUM LOCK.- BOARDS.
flNG. .SIILXGLCS, LATH, PA
IJJJ. a, POS I'S. cheap.
f bOrjiLn.j FEKD constantly on hand,
exchange Lumljer and Plaster for
J'ai:i or :,y the highest market price.
W'AtJKSMITH SHOP j..st opened by
"1, ",Ufi' ttn experienced workman.
1 ulilie trale solicited.
o. , N. WVCKOFF.
'o- MinSi Pii f Apri, oa I87L
EV. EDWARD A: WILSON'S (of Wil
sr 'mdiurgh, N. Y.) Recie for CON-
t u -MP HON and ASTHMA carefully com
at
f HOLLINSHEAD'S DRUG STORE.
S.'J Medicine Fresh and Pure.
v -1. 1S'J7 J V. IIOLLINS11EAD.
AN ANGELIC VISITOR.
A Very Extraordinary Story. V
A lady In ludianapolis furnialiea the
Wftr, a paper published there, .with the
following cstraordioary narrative coocern
ine Lilette Bernard, a trirl nf Proust.
traction, "who was one of a car load of
orpnons, homeless children wjnt West
from New Yort by, the Children's Aid
Society there, to find homes. . My hus
husband had spoken to Mr,; Friedon, the
agent of , the Society, brother wf the - shoe
merchant in Washington street, to bring
him a little nurse girl with the next car
load he should conduct, to this West.
This was in the winter of 1864 5. Tht
spring, in April, he brought us Lisette,
stating that he knew nothing of her par
entage, and that he; selected her on ac
count of her r gentle disposition from a
number of favorites at the. Orphan Asy
lum on Randall's Island, uear New York,
where she had been for four years. :
"There was nothing remarkable about
her but very mild ways and dreary, weary
look from her deep set blue eyes. I no
ticed Lisette mauilest a peculiar and in
tense iutcrest whenever I played on the
piano selections lrom any of the old oper
as and masterpieces. At 6uch times I
would find her sitting iu the adjoining
room, utterly oblivious to everything but
the music, lrom the effects of which she
seemed to awakeu when spokeu to, and
would then rouse herself as if from sleep.
This absorption was the subject of fre
quent remark iu the family. One night
last November, at 2 o'clock, my husband
and I were Toused from our slumbers by
hearing the sweetest music, . coming ap
parently from our piano., .Oar bed room
was off the sitting room, all on the same
floor, and of course ... we were frightened.
The doors from our room .to the sitting
room and parlor were all open the gas
by our bed side burning dimly, but the
parlor was detk. We lay a i moment list
ening to the J erfact concord of sounds from
the piano, which wc perceived was under
the fiugers of a masters baud.,. The music
was frum Handel one of his grand and
majestic movements, and not one that I
had played on that piano, and I bad not
the noies in the bouse. The playing
ccaied a moment or two, and soon began
with o;ie of Li.-zt's fantasias, . one. so difii
cult of execution that none but the high,
est professors of art ever attempted it. -I
had heard it the summer before at Cros
by's in Chicago, but had never tried it
myself.. . 31 r,. J. and I hastily dressed
ourselves, for by this time we supposed
same of our friuds hab taken the : novel
method of serenaniug us but who was
the performer that toughed the -instrument
with a skill possessed ;. by pone of
my acquaintances, was the puzzling ques
tion. , a
We passed- noiselessly - to the parlor
floor ; the light from our room by a reflec
tion made everything iu 'the parlor visi
ble. You may imagine our surprise when
I tell you that the performer at the piano
was no other than Lisette, dressed in her
gayest suit, with her abundance of hair
put up iu a style I never saw before on
any one, but very neat aud tasty. Her
face was from us. and Mr. J. mentioned
to tne to keep t silence,' lighted the gas,
aud we both went to Lisette's side just as
she concluded the fantasia: Her eyes
were closed, and her face, usually pale,
was now deadly white. At the same time
Lisette, turning her head toward me, and
bowing politely, said in a lady like voice
not uuuatural to her "That was Lizt's
own favorite when I saw him ; beautiful,
isn't it? But here is something I like
better," and turning to the piano, her
eyes still closed, she gave with ezqnisite
skill one of Uach's Counter Fugus, which
is perhaps the most difficult of all com
positions to render, but when - well de
livered, as this was, carried the hearer
from earth to heaven. If I could render
a Counter Fogue, as a magiciau I would
be content. I was so absorbed iu her
theme that I forgot who was the fiue per
former. ; As it closed, Lisette rose gracefully, and
bowing said : "That is sufficient for this
child to night, she must now rest. Please,
kind . friends, do not waken her in the
morning; I will rouse her at the proper
lime," and bowing again with a womanly
grace Lisette had never attained, she pass
ed to her room. . v
"The uext tnorninz Lisette. usually an
early riser, slept till 10 o'clock. Wq said
nothing to her of what we had witnessed,
nor told it to any one else that day. On
the second night after we were awakened
about the same hour by a similar perform
nnce in the parlor. We went in again.
The pieces played were all clasic, mostly
from Handel one or twj from JJeelhoveu
and their execution perfect ; only one
of which bad ever been played in her
hearing. 'Between each each, she made
remarks'and critisisms as naturally as if
she were some accomplished performer
presiding at the piano, and not. our little
nurse girl. As she closed the perform
auee she astouished us more than ever by
saying: 'Cood friends, I much th-mk
you for your kinkness to this child ; I am
her mother, and I am training her un
consciously to herself. Please do not tell
her of this practice, for I fear she will
not long remain with you, as she is very
delieate," and bowed herself out as before.
"These performances, being repeated
every alternate night affer, became some
what annoying, especially since Lszotie
seemed to be declining rnpidly. 1 he
pbfclciau pcewilcd Lu- her, but never
seemed . to understand ; her case He
witnessed the musical performances. He
said shew as undoubtedly asleep the
whole time at the piano.- .On one occa
sion she turned to him and said : ''?'' ; :
,.';0h, doctor I I see you don't under
stand this, Lisette is not before you ex
cept in body. I am her mother. I can
use her body. My name is Therse Ber
nard... I was reared in Lorraine, married
in Pari3. I taught music : in Paris it
was my grand passion.. :My husband died
on board ship as wd came to America. I
died in New York a few months after
ward.; '1 have watched Lisette ever since
-you need not givo .her medicine she
will soon be with me and Louis." .
"She lingered till January last and died
a painless death. It was a gradual fading
awaj.'y Her performances ceased in De-
cember. After her death Mr. J,' wrote
to the asylum whence she came to know
what the record showed concerning her.
The answer, so far as applicable, is as fol
lows :
"Bernard Lisette was entered January
20, 1SG1, from Bleekcr. street tenement
house. ; Supposed to be four years old ;
mother died of starvation, said to be a
French music teacher. Lisette sent to
Indianapolis April, 18G5. :, '
"She never- touched the piano when
awake,1 but. said she would like to learn
to play it. Nordied she with two excep
tions, play any pieces that were played in
our house by any person.'.'
THINGS ABOUT HOME.
From the Philadelphia North American.
In the year 1850 the national census
gave the entire products of tnanufac
lures, mining and fisheries in the United
States only Sl,0H.10G,G16. In 1870 the
single State of Pennsylvania produced in
manufactures ' alone, exclusive of mines
and fisheries, 8725,fJl,42L If the ag
gregate of the mining were included, the
return would, no doubt, eqnal the "whole
product of the Republic in 1850." Such
a growth in : twenty years is auiazinir
Should our increase ! in the- current
decade be in the same rations in the last,"
the aggregate for Pennsylvania in 1880
will.be nearly $2,000,000,000' or con
siderable more than the entire product of
the nation,in' 18G0. Our progress; thns
seems to'rise every 'twenty years to an
equality: with that of the nation at the be
ginning of the period. !: " ' :;
People often talk of the resources' of
Pennsylvania for industrial pursuits in a
general sort of way, without any attempt
to ' measure her natural progress or
capacity. We present these considerations
merely to enable our readers to form some
estimate of the real state of the case,, and
of the vast and overshadowing importance
of ' industrial pursuits to this Common
wealth. It is the possession of the native
resources iu soch exhaustless abundance
that does this for us. No one has yet
attempted to gauge the ultimate capacity
of the State, and our own efforts iu that
liue have merely served to arouse the
latent energies of the people, and afford
them some vague' idea of a boundless
future. It is but a very few years since
the mining interest of Schuylkill fancied
that its destiny depended altogether on
the New York market. And now the
intelligent people of that region begin to
sec that if the coal is so 'valuable to New
York and New England for industrial
purposes it can be made much more so
here at home.
Complaint has been made that the mines
produce more coal than the markets re
quire ; but now the operators begin . to see
that they can create vast homemarkets by
means of industrial enterprises , Irou is
scarce and high, and we can market all
we can make, so that the future lies bright
ahead.,' Let us produce twice as . much
iron as wc do now, and, the impulse will
be felt by every branch of industry iu the
old Commonwealth. All this lies within
our reach ; but we must do it lor ourselves
and depend upon no contingencies and no
outside aid. From the. coal that we ex
port steam power is extracted. Vheu we
sell it to others' and neglect, to make
adequate use of it ourselves, we take from
our treasures the gre-it leverage of in
dustry, aud receive for it money that af
fords us but a poor , compensation. As it
lies in the coal depots it offers to us the
mcaus of increasing wealth, industry,
power, commerce, it we ouly avail our-,
selves of the opportunity. .Aud the fact
that the mines produce . more coal than
the consumption warrants, appears to tell
agaiust ourselves, siu'ce we are essentially
an industriouo people; aud having the
coal here in such quantities, aud so cheap,
it is our own fault if we do not rise to the
capacity of the mines and apply the whole
surplus to the production of judstry.; It
is uot to Philadelphia alotio that we apply
this lesson, lor our city goes ahead last
enough. But every part of the State is
in the same situation. Coal and iron are
available at all points, aud iudustry should
there be developed.
Many branches of business are seriously
embarrassed by the enormously high price,
es o f i ro u . Aud yet Pennsylvania h as with,
iu her own area the mcaus of supplying
her own needs aud a large part of the
uatiou. We may say, iu fact, that the
iron industry id the State is capable ol
iudtfiuite expansion, and that with its
enormous a ivatages, it ought to be able
to make a bolJ effort-, for the couiiol of
tie general field.. We have beet) misrep
leVcn'ed- as' depcadeufs on , government
bounties, whc.u the ca,-e has teen far
utLciwico. Ibid is not a community of
waiters on Providence.' Judge Kelley
truly said in Congress that Pennsylvania
could go on under any tariff that any
other State could stand. Hitherto we
have contended for the interests of the
nation. Let us now look to our own in
terests, . Our present opportunity is a grand one,
and ought not to be suffered to pass with,
out our profiting by it. This is Pennsyl
vania's great chance, and the spirit ot her
people, should rise, to it. It is, not for
large cities only, It affects all parts alike
The smallest hamlet within reach of coal,
iron, lumber or railroads may do some
thing, and the larger towns in proportion.
Local coal depots should be distributed
far and wide over the whole Common
wealth on the most liberal scale, so as to
foster and stimulate industry. The home
market can be made to consume all the
coal that can be produced and. sent, to
market. Philadelphia is doing her beet
to expand her own consumption ; now
let the interior do the same. Manufac
tures of all kinds ought to be established
in . the.( coal: regions, but especially - the
iron manufacture, -. Give the miners
steady employment all, the year through
at fair wages, aud there will be no strikes.
Give the operators a regular trade for all
the coal they can produce aud send to
market, and there will be no more talk, of
suspension. But it is uot to New York
or New Euglaud that we must look for
the increase; it U to the home region
to Pennsylvania herself, whose vast future
has now been so clearly demonstrated.
To this eaod let all concerned go to work
earnestly aud do something.
A Chair-making Village.
The principal business in the town of
Gardner, Mass, is that of the manufacture
of cane und wood seat chairs, and not only
are the most of the inhabitants, both old
and young either directly or indirectly en
gaged in this business, but work is furnish
ed to hundreds of people, in braiding the
cane, for fifteen or twenty miles around.
There are fifteen firms who prosecute this
busiuess, who turn out on an average all
the way from three hundred, to twelve
hundred chairs each per day. The lar
gest factories eniplay from two hunared
to three hundred operatives, while the
smaller ones have from one hundred to
one hundred and fifty ; and, at the present
time, not less than six thousand chairs
per day are made in this village.
I The workmen employed in these fac
tories represent many nations,' amongst
which are Americans, Freuch, Irish, aud
a liberal sprinkling of negroes. ' They
work both by the piece and day, and earn
from SI. 50 to 85 per day. . Business all
through the summer has been brisk, and
all the different factories have been run
ning to their full capacity. Ou entering
one of these large establishments, the
visitor .if made quickly aware of the
magnitude of the business when he sees
spread 'out before hitu thousands upon
thousands of feet of lumber in the stock
rooms, the, huge piles of bottoms, backs,
rounds,' etc., uniformly arranged, assorted
and sized, and hears the clatter of all
kinds of machinery ; he no longer won
ders where the immense quantities of
chairs which are required to meet the
demands of the trade come from. Card
uer is the oldest chair manufacturing
town in the country, the business having
first first been started there sixty years
ago, in a little shop, where only one or
two hands were employed. The pioneers
in this now large and yearly increasing
business were Elijah Brick, a man by the
name of Minot, and Levi Heywood the
last named gentleman being still engaged
in the business.
More than 81,500,000 are invested in
the business now, and it can be said with
truth that it is the sole dependence of
the inhabitants. There arc at least one
thousand different kinds of chairs made,
from the cheapest to the most costly. The
stock worked up is oak, maple, and birch,
which comes mostly from Vermont, while
the black waluut comes from the West.
The rattau from which the cane is made
is imported from Java, and manufactured
into cane ready for use at Fitehburg and
Reading, and costs to the manufacturer
about fifty seven cents to the thousand
feet. There are engaged in the different
factories not less than ten steam engines,'
which furnish the motivepower for pro
pelting the saws, lathes, etc., aud such a
degree of perfection has been arrived at
that the nicest' accuracy in joints," sizes,
and the gene'ral 'make1 up can be always
counted uponl' The chairs find a market
all over the world, large quantities of them
being shipped to California, South Ameri
ca and Cuba. A new company h is re
cently been organized in the dace. By
their improved method of fastening the
cane the strands arc all strained equally
and every end securely fastened, so that
each sustaius its due proportion of the
weight, and the seat is thereby rendered
much more durblo than ordiuary scats.
Instead of the present method of braid
ing the cane by hand, this company have
commenced the weaving of it by looms,
similar to that of' cloth; several hand
looms arc now in operation, and the sue
cess of the enterprise has been so wonder
ful that machinery is now being built to
operate them by steam power. The prcs
cut producing capacity of the company is
from 400 to .500 seats per day ; but the
production will be greatly augmented by
these improvements Uosluii Cum Ad
Ctrl itr.
Surprise Parties.'
The following from an exchange upon
that foolish and impertinent folly, a
"Surprise party," we commend to our
readers :
"A lady correspondent who lives in an
adjacent town, was recently the victim of
a surpise party, and relates her experience
as follows : I have never imposed oaany
of my friends or neighbors by attending
a surprise party, and as long as I remain
sane 1 never will. But I have been the
unwilling recipient of one of those social
nuisances dubbed a silver wedding.
Isaac and I knew as well as anybody that
we had been married twenty five years,
but we didn't wish to celebrate the event
for numerous reasons. We didn't wish
to beg for presents." Our house is not
large enough to ' accommodate all we
would 'wish to invite on such an occasion,
and we could not bring ourselves to slight
any ;and not being partial to large parties,
judge of our consternation when we were
overwhelmed by a mob consisting of some
of our friends aud, many who were not
our friends or even acquaintances, Tom,
Dick, and the dragon, auy one who could
be induced to sign their names to a paper,
and pay their money, to help buy a tea
set, uuder the promise of comiug to our
house and haviug a gay time, just as. they
would have paid for going to any place of
public amusement. The presents, were
nice, indeed, but I shall never use them,
and for them we are put under obligations
to a class of people whose acquaintance
we did not desire. They rummaged and
ransacked the house from garret to cellar,
looked iu my closets and bureau drawers,
and even counted the blaukets on my own
and my servants' beds," smashed my pet
cast, wore holes in my sitting room carpet
by dancing on it, and have made capital
for gossip out of may household arrange
ments generally: There were even peo
ple preseut to whom I was not introduced.
We have always been independent ; re
tained our old friends and made few new
ones. Now I am expected to call on Mrs.
this, that and the other, and to speak to
their husbands aud brothers when meet
them on the street, for their names are
on that popcr which accompanied our
silver among the list of donors.- I put
down my veil, hoping one of these new
friends, who is somewhat intoxicated, will
not recoguize me, and as 1 get past, hear
him say,- "Proud . old vixen wish I had
the dollar I throwed away, on her silver
tea set ! I have lost my independance
and self-respect, and am quite miserable
under all this obligation, which I look
upon the whole affair as an unwarrantable
piece of interference, for which I shall
never pardon the idle busybodies who,
for the want of - something better for
excitement, set it on foot.
A FEMALE FORGER.
From the Rochester Demo. & Chronicle, May 6.
The police authorities were very ac
tive on Thursdhy last in pursuit of a for
ger. Although aware at that time of the
attempt to capture the criminal and its
failure, the newspapers kept silent in or
der not to give warming to the party
wanted. The history of the case is brie
fly this : A certain Mrs. Loomis, of Mar
shall, Mich., left her home recently, and
took up her residence temporarily in Syra
cuse. While there she drew a check on
the Onondaga bank for S1J00, forging
the signature of her. husband, who is a
gentleman well known. It is th suppr
sitiou that she, obtained in. the same way
other sums at different places, securing
altogether between 82,000 and 53,000.
She came to this city from Sycracusc, and
to this place Deputy Sheriff D. 11. Smiley,
of Marshall traced her. She was wanted
at home to answer to the charge of adul
tery in addition to her forgeries. Sheriff
Smiley came here with an officer of the
Onoudaga bank, and asked Chief Sher
mau's assistance in arresting the culprit,
who was supposed to be staying at a cer
tain house on Oak street. The chief
cheerfully accorded the necessary aid, and
the suspected locality was surrounded on
Thursday evening. The clue which led
the officers all through their pursuit was
a queer one. Mrs. Loomis had directed
parties in Marshall -to ship a sewing ma
chainc belodging to her to the house re
ferred to in this cily, and it was natural
ly inferred that she herself was stopping
there. When the officers knocked at
the door admittance was refused and for
uier suspicious were strongly confirmed
for a moment. Entrauce was insisted
upon, aud the house was thoroughly
searched, but without avail. The bird
had flown. The only resource left was to
fall back on the sewing machine trial.
Itsecus that Mrs. Loomis had taken her
departure, directing that useful article to
bo shipped after her to Tioga, Pa. Sheriff
smiley followed at once to that pulce, and
a dispatch received from him on Sunday
announces that ho succeeded iu arresting
the adventuress. A requisition from the
Governor has been forwarded, and Mrs.
Loomis will be taken to Marshall to an
swer for her crimes.
The highest span bridge of tho United
States is said to be ou the Walkill Valley
Railroad, New Yoik, over the ltondout
Creek at ltondale. The height is 150
feet. There arc three iron spaus and two
wooden ones, the entire length of the
bridge being 1)88 feet ; 100 tous of iron
were uitd iu the coustructiou, and oyer
100,000 feet of limber.
Memoir of a Dos;.
On Saturday, Napoleon, John Wilson's
old circus dog, died in this city,' at the
advanced age of twenty-three years.
Dogs die daily that. deserve no particular
mention, but Napoleon merits as fair a
share of honorable reference as any dog
that ever lived or died in tjjis city. One
fact alone will prove it. fie accomplish
ed in' his lifetime more than thousands of
men do in theirs ; he saved three persens
from drowing at the risk of losiug his
own' life. Napoleon knew all about the
circus, and was never belter pleased than
when witnessing or participating in tho
sports of the sawdust areua. When he
reached the years of doghood, he became
subject to fits, resulting from precipita
tion of blood to his over-wrought brain.
He became . his own physician, and in
stead of .resorting; as men similiarly af
flicted sometimes do, to stimulating drinks,
which aggravate their mahrdj, he tried
cold water. : fw
Whenever he felt an attack coming on,
Napolean would start for a bucket of wa
ter, or a trough, plunge his head into the
water, and hold it there as long as he
could hold his breath. This generally
had the effect which he desired. As age
advanced he become deaf and blind, and
his limbs were stiff and almost useless.
The last attack killed him. Napoloon
was a "traveled" dog. He came to this
city from New Orleans when but a youth,
and soon engaged with Wilson's circus.
With that he visited nearly every coun
ty and town in the State and on the coast.
He also visited Australia, and China, aud
became a favorite of men Wherever he
went, for he was honest and true. Yes
terday Napoleon was buried on a hill at
the corner oi Powell and Sacramento,
streets, in the presence of a very large
company of men who had known and re
spected him. A gentleman read a sketch
of his life, and when they all went away
fresh flowers and .wreaths lay on Napo
leon's grave. San Francisco Bulletin.
A Singular Story.
A young ladvy says the Louisville
Ledger, who gives her name as Duca
Thorpe, arrived' in this city lately on the
steamer Sandy from some port down the
river. She comes on a very strange
mission, and tells a most remarkable story.
She, says that when an irifaut she was
stolen irom her parents in Galeno, HI ,
by a Dr. L., of Louisville, and adopted
into his family, and always, until about
two weeks ago, passed for his daughter
and believed she was his child. But
some two weeks ago Mrs. L. died. The
day before she died she revealed to Miss
Thorpe her true name and full history,
relating to her the full details of how she
was stolen from her parents and why she
was stolen. -A reward of 81,000 bad been
offered by her father, the" dying woman
stated, for the discovery and return of
the lost infant, but the parents died with
out ever hearing of their child.
The dying woman also' stated to Miss
Thorpe that she had wealthy and highly
respectable relatives at'. Louisville, and ic
is in search of these, she states, that she
is now visting this city. Her story is a
most singular and romantic one, and
would afford material for a first-class sensa
tion novel. At present we are not at
liberty to state the name of the family
wity which Miss' Thorpe is stopping, but
in a few days we' hope to be permitted to.
publish the full history of her remarkable
life.
Patent Right Notes."
( The following Act was passed by tho
last Legislature, for the protection of per
sons dealing with patent right agents :
That whenever any promissory note or
other negotiable instrument shall be giv
en, the consideration for which shall con
sist iu whole or in part of the rignt to
make, use or vend auy patent iuventiou
or inventions, claimed to be patented, the
word "given for a patent right," shall be
prominently and legibly written or priut
ed on the face of the note or instrument,
above the signature thereto; and such
note or instrument, iu the hauds of any
purchaser or holder, shall be subject to
the same defenses as in the hands of the
original owner or holder.
2. If any persou shall take, sell or trans
fer any promissory note or negotiable in
strument, not having the words, "given
for a patent right," written or priuted
legibly aud promiucntly on the face of
such note or instrument, to cousist iu
whole or in part of the right, to make,
use or vend any patent inventicn or in
venitons claimed to be patented, every
such persou or persons shall be deemed
guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon cou
viction thereof, shall be fined iu any sum
not exceeding live hundred dollars, or im
prisoned in the couuty jail not exceeding
sixty days, or both, in' the discretion of
the court.
3, All acts or parts of acts inconsistent
herewith are hereby repealed.
The young man in St. Louis who read
that dry copperas put into a bed of auts
would cause them to leave, put some iuto
his mother in law's bed to seo if sha
would go. He said she was there at last
accounts.
lliiam Perkins, ot Walden, Vermont, is
puffed. up by the possession of a cat that
is of a blue black color, with fur from
three to six inches loug, a mane six in
ches long, and tail as long uud large us
that of a fox.
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