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Btvoitb to Politics, literature; Agriculture, Science,' iHoraliin, anb general Sntcllig
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VOL. 30.
STROUJJSBURG, MONROE COUNTY, PA., JULY 11, 1872.
NO. 10.
published by Theodore Schoch.
TRRHS-Two (I o U.i r 8 a ye.irin advance and if not
.,j8ff.iethe end of lite year, two dollars and fifty
't. uill be charted.
prxr Jicontinued until all arrearage are paid,
Kept A'.lhe nation ot the Editor.
;7 Advertisements of one viare of (eight line) or
. o.ie or thr-e inerlions $1 50. Each additional
atrli'Hi, 50 cent. Lonjer ones in proportion.
JOB PRINTING,
or ALL KINDS, .
IieftiieJ in the hi$het style of the Art, and on the
mosl reasonable terms.
Valuable Property
FOR S.ALIE!.
f-x-L I he subscribers otfer for sale.
j r licii'cir resilience in cirouusuurg.
5 l ft The Lot has a front of 1 ft
MsSa'in Main Street, with a depth of
5l tort.
The buildings consist-of a convenient dwell
in? house, store house, barn and other out
building.
There is an abundance of choice apples,
pear, plums, grape? and small fruits, with
ftrellent water. " -
Mr 10, "72. 1 A. M. & R. STOKES.
I
AtK.iWA..A 131)1 SB:.
J OWtJSITE THE DEPOT,
East Stroudsburg, Pa.
B. J. VAX COTT, Proprietor.
The n vr contains the choie.t Liquors and
theHM.E i supplied with the best the market
ifiink Charge- moderate. may 3 1872-tf.
DR.J.L ANT Z, i
Surgeon ami Mechanical Dentist,
Millhi ln "(Tict n Miin strM-t, in llie second
;.ry -f Dr. ?. W lrn k bii'.ulmp. nraily uppn-
!lf Mroii Mmi Uoiie. and tie fl.Ursliimelf
that ly tijtitren year ronMint practice and the mot
rR"t ami c . refill attriili.-n to all niaUcrs pertaining
ta hit rrfMon. that he is fully able to perform ail
rraliam in th dental hue in liie inoi careful, taste
fil nd i!lMl manner.
Sjh-i-mI attention jiven to sarin- ttie Natural Teeth ;
tu the insertion of Artificial Teeth on Rubber,
;.!d. Si!r or Continuous Gums, and perfect fits In
ill ra-e !nurcd.
Most prrs ui know the great folly and d.ineer rl en
tntitiie their worktotiie inexperienced, or to those
liftnj, ; a tlttatice. April 13, 1671. ly
Dr. y. o. iorm.4, Ja. .
Would respectfully announce to the
public that he ha removed his office from
(klaii i to Canadensis, Monroe County, Ph.
Trusting that many years of consecutive
practice of Medicine and Surgery will be a
lafScicnt guarantee for the public confidence.
February !'.", 1S70. tf.
Geo. "W. Jackson.
Amzi LeBar.
Drs. JAl'KSOX' & LcBAR
msinns, simeons i utgituers,
Stroudsburg and K'ist Strvudsburg,
DR. GEO. W. JACKSON,
Stroudsburg,
la th old offiee of Ir. A. llecve Jackeon
".evidence in WyckofF JluiJding.
DR. A. LeBAR,
East Stroudsburg,
titr next dor to Smith's Store. Residence
it Mi K. Heller k.
fch. 9'72-tf
DR. N. L. PECK,
Surgeon Deiitist,
Announce tint having just returned from
Ini'al College, he is fully prepared to make
artificial terth in the fnot beautiful and life
like manner, and lo fili decayed teeth ac
crlin to the mot improved method.
Teeth ex'ractd without pain, when lc
ired, by the use of Nitrous Oxide Gas,
which is entirely harmless. Repairing of
ail kinds neatly done. All work warranted.
Clurje reasonable.
Office in J. (J. Keller' new Brick build
Maia S'reet, Stroudeburj, I'a.
auj31-tf
JAMES II. 11 A ITOY,
Aflurnej sit Iar,
OHio in the building formerly occupied
"J L M. I5ursf)ii, and opjosite the Strouds
nrj I5nnk, Main ttrcet, Stroud.sburg, l'a.
jan i:;-tf
KELLERSVILLE HOTEL.
The undersigned having iurchas'd the
We well ktnwn and popular Hotel I'rojjer
. would resjxvtfully inform the traveling
ptblie that he ban refurnishctl and fitted up
ie JIotf-1 in the lct ftylc. A handsome
"r, with choice JJijuors and Segars, polite
'Mcndant! and moderate charges.
CHAKLES MAXAL,
JJrtj 0 7l. tf. lVoprietor.
l ittid out why piplc go to McCarty's
f't t!i-ir J'urniture, because he buvs it at t
to
the
"wcKiH.uie-of 1ax& Co. and sells it at
"J advance of only ttri-niy-tirn and ttr
lr f. t)r other word-s IW-kin?
"hairs that he buys of Jc & Co. (through
the ruiuiei u. auM-t have) for $4,5U he sells
".r 'ih l'oys u'm to bw so)))" gool ir-
j.ej; & co.
'JW'Urg. Aug. IS, J70. tf.
fresh ground Nova Scotia PLASTER,
t Stoke Mills. HKMLOCK BOARDS,
EXCI.G, SHINGLES, LATH, PA
W.NG. ai,d POSTS, cheap.
'LOUR and FEED constantly on hand.
)') exchttnge JiUinUer and Plaster for
r'n or P-y the highest market price.
BLACKSMITH SHOP just opened by
Stone, an experienced workman.
Public trade solicited.
, N. S. VVV'CKOFF.
ctW Mills, Pj., April 20, 1871.
E V. EDWARD A. WI LSON'S (of Wil-
ylTr,lnmburgb, N. Y.) Recipe for CON.
yilPTIONaiid ASTHMA carefully com
Punded at
HOLUNSHEAD'S DRUG STORE.
Medicines Fresh and Pure.
ov.21, 1567.J W. IIOLLINSHEAD.
NASBY.
Mr. Nasby at Home-The Corners Final
ly Brought to the Spport of Mr. Gree
ley. ..- ,
CoxFEDniT X Roads,
(wich is io the Stait ur Kentucky,)
I hed a severe time ut it at the Cor
peri gcttto our people to consent to tak-
n the great and good Horris Greely to
lueu oaizums, ana erubraciu uv him the
same ez tho he hed bin Urecfc inrido-A
Ilffoman, or sum sich man wich they lied
bin more familjar with. It took four
Java uv persistent swearin afore I cood
convince them thct I hed eny iiee uv sud
porain a man'wich thej hed heerd me de
nounce ez the vilest Ablishen despot on
erth a thousand times. Alas ! they don't
Know me lull eiastisity uv the Demokratic
minu.
l waucu u mecuon ana give em an ac
count uv my stewardship at Cincinnati.
1 commenst my remarks by sayiug thet
i went to Cincinnati with a. view uv nom
matin that sterltn patriot, Judge Davis,
who, tho in offia ez a Renublikin. hezen't
enufl epublikinism about him to hurt
him, or that other sterlin patriot, Charles
rraacis Auam?, tne son ot John Ouincy
Adams, wich hein't anything uv the
Ad atns about him but the name. It wuz
a gaiherin uv the people, not an offis-
holders convenshun ; and thet wuz what
wuz the matter with us. Not one uv the
delegates had a government posishen, and
not one uv us lied any chance uv gittin
one under Grant. "Grant be d d," was
the cry in chorus. ''Give us anybody
else.
T r i . t t , , .
i coniest, mo, i wuz somewnat diap-
pinted. The convenshun hed throwd off
on Adams and Davis, and nominated
Greeley.
Mlaog him !" shouted the people. "I
kin lick any man in a minute who auks
me to vote for him !" shouted Kernel
McPeUer
I paid no attenshun to these compli
ments, '
"I hed no idea uv supportin him, and
wuz glad uv his nominashuo only ez I
bleeved he would draw off enuff Republi
kio votes to enable us to elect a sound
Constitushonel Demokrat "
"Thet's what we want a sound Con
stitushnel Demokrat !" shouted Kernel
McPelter, late uv the Couledrit servis.
"But I hev notist that the great ma
jority uv the Demokratic papers -(I kin
read my brethren aud hev thet advantage
over 3oo) insist on adoptin him at our
convcnhuu, and if so lie is our candidate."
"We'll ee him "
"Ilold I" said I quickly, "no good
Demokrat kin bolt a regular nominashun,
and after all Horn's is not the wust one
we kiu hev. Our motto wuz 'Principles,
not Men.' We carried it out to the let
ter. We adopted principles ; and ez for
men wc come cz uear nothin ez possible
under the circumstances. Troo, he is a
high protective tariff man, wich ' don't
sute Elder Pennibacker, but the Elder
must remember that the versateel. Ilor
ris is willin, ef we will support him, to
treat that isboo cz one to be settled by
the people elsewhere. He wux an op
pressor uv the South Kernel McPelter
wood say. Troo, he wuz at times, and
then agin - at times he wuzn't. ., I
hev wacht the great and good Greeley
closely for many , years. There ain't no
question that I now remember uv (except
slavery and the price uv the Noo York
Weel fy. Triboon,) that he ain't been on
both sides uv a dozen times. Like the
intoxicated iudivijuel who coodeot git in
bed coz the room. wuz whirlin round, and
who determined, finally, to lay still and
wate till the bed come rood to him, all
that eny question hez to do is to stay still
and JTorris is certain to come round to it.
He bleeved slavery wuz unconstitusbnel
and yet was for payin the nigger owners
for the nigger. He defended John
Brown's raid and opposed secesshuo.
Then immejiately thereafter he favored
succession, then insisted on war agin us
for secedio, then urged the Federal hire
lins on to Richmond ; then tried to patch
up a peace with us. He hez bin a Radi
cal and a Conservative , a Fourierite and
a believer in bran bread. He opposed
Taylor and supported him ; he supported
Linkin and opposed bim ; in short be hez
bin ou all sides uv all questions one
side to-day and other to morrow, and very
frekently both at the same time. In short
I don't know uv nothiu that he hezen't
bin, and can't imagine notbin that be
ain't extremely likely to be. I read his
rekord yesterday, aud wuz wuss tore up
in my mind than ez tbo I bed bin on a
drunk for a week. I never knowd more
confusin or intoxicatin readin."
'But," said Deekin Pogram, "are we
Dimocrats to be compelled to vote for
sich a bundle uv contradicshuns ?"
"My aged friend," I replied, blandly,
"wood yoo like to receve from me the tri
flin sum uv one hundred and eighty dol
lars, which I owe you Y Wood Bascom ?
Wood" .....
From every iodivijuel in that awjence
there came up like the roar uv a torrent,
"Yes!"'
On the question uv payin my debts the
people at the Coruers are singlerly yoo
nanimous. "My biethrin, the way to my liquidatin
is Post Offis, and Post Offis only. Ef I
wuz in my old place now okkupied by
that disgustio nigger, Lubbock, you wood
hev at least a chance for yoor money. Ef
that great and' good Greeley is elected
that nijjer goes out and 1 jo in. Pollock I
goes out of the Collector's Offis, and in
goes isaicer Uavitt or Kerne McPelter
Watkins, the nigger Assessor, wouldn't
De anowea to Hold his place a minit, and
that saint Deekin Pogram, or that other
saint iiiaer Pennibacker wood be
jitly installed, and "
imme
"Hear I hear '"-irona Isaker Gavitt,
rwaer : rennmacker, McPelter and Pc
gram Kernel McPelter earnestly lickin
i , i
a mQ woo inauigea in later.
"in snort, my brethnn, we want the
offisis. We hev bin eaten grass, like
Nebscbadnezzer, since 1860 (with the
excepshun of Johnson's blessed years.)
ana Prtaroahs lean kme ain't nothing to
us. Wc hunger and thirst for em. Uv
course 1 d ruther git my place back agio
unuer uricKinnae, but ruther then not
hev it I'd take it from Wendell Phillips
uisseir. : ji ureeiey is necessary to gettn
them I go for Greeley. He may shift ez
last ez he pleases, I kin follow him. Put
that post orfis in front uv me. and ef he
kin emit taster than I kin, I hev over
estimated my power- in that line. And
we shel git the offisis under him. He
will insist upon qualificashens strenuous
ly, but he hez his own standard. He be
leeves that them as admires Horris Gree
ley are ex emsho fit for any place under
any government, and them who don't
am t wuth a d n for anything. I am
talented at admitin such men, I am."
Pogram, Pennibacker, McPelter, and
isaker Gavitt wuz entirely convinced,
but there was still murmering among the
others.
"lou idiots," sed I sternly, "is Grant
a Itepublican (
"He is, he is."
"Hev yoo, ez Democrats, anything to
expect from him 1"
"We hevn't," they replied.
"Do you know the pekoolyarties uv the
great and good Horris 1 We know what
he is to-day ; we know what he wuz yes
terday, and such uv you ez kin read plain
print and write without running yoor
tongues out kin assertane' wat he wuz be
fore that. Wat be hez bin you knoo, but
wat he will be only the Almitv. who
knows all things, can tell, and no one but
hisself supposes be is uv sufficient ac
count to be made the subject uv prophecy.
We are very certin uv a Republikin cf
Grant. is elected we may hev a Repub
likin or a Dimokrat ef Greeley succeeds.
It is an even chance where he lites, with
the per cent, in our ' favor, for uv course
the Republicans will make fun uv him,
wich ez the only thing be never forgives.
Ez an uncertainity is better for us than a
certainty, rah for Greeley I"
They wuz convinst, and immejitely a
Greeley club wuz organized. In Cincin
nati I hed embarkt in a speculashun. I
hed twenty dollars left from the money I
hed borrowed uv Judge Davis' commit
tee, and I invested em in fifty white hats
uv an ancient pattern, expectin to sell em
to the Greeley club wich I intended to
;anize, at say fcl.50. - After the club
wuz organized l stated to em that the
uniform must be like' the dress ut our
beloved chief, a white hat and the left
pantaloons leg on the topuv the boot leg,
and that I hed sekoored white bats enuff
to supply the club. ' Here a difficulty
okknrred. In the entire party there
wuzn't a pair uv pantaloons wich wuzn't
worn on at least three inches above where
a boot top would be, and it being warm
weather tbe auience wuz all barefooted.
However they took the hats readily, and
I stashencd myself at a table to receive the
money for em. A profit uv fifty-five dol
lars wuzn't so bad. Alas, how bumau
hopes are blighted ! .Bascom saul he
would take them fiats, collect the money
for em, and credit me on account I and
be did it. I didn t get a dollar uv it.
I swallowed it as best I mite, for it
ain't no good to make a row about it.
No one in the Corners opposes Bascom
for he has all the Iikker there iz. But we
hed a jollificashun over the organizashun.
It was a cheerin site to see fifty men in
Greeley white hats drinkin the health uv
the great Horris in Bascom's new whisky.
It wuz a cheerin site to see the zeal wich
the admirers uv the white coated philoso
pher, all in white hats, went for such nig
gers ez they found in the street that nite.
don't despir uv seein niggers flogged
under them white hats.
Petroleum V. Nasby
(wich wuz Postmaster.) ,
A Chicago family were much surprised
the other day at the sudden appearance
of their cat, which was lost during tbe
catastrophe of the fire, and was supposed
to have been burned. Alter an eight
months' absence be had returned to his
old haunts, where a new house had been
built and an entire transformation takeu
place.
Tt is said nearly all tbe Williamsport
editors were robbed at Barnum a show
while in the city. One of them lost a
Barlow knife, another an empty "wallet,"
and auother a briar pipe. The 1 ill (?)
woman is suspected as the thief. So says
the Jersey Shore Herald man, whose loss,
we believe, was a pound of dog leg to
bacco and a brass rule.
A friend of curs, says "B. Dadd," who
worketh like an adder, estimates that not
less than 9,000,000,055,000.72 flies will
lose their lives by falling into molasses
and things this summer. If our readers
think this is a wild exaggeration, tbey
are at liberty to travel around and count
the flies.
Tom.
There is a picture for sale
in a neigh-
boring city with which there is connected
a curious story. On the back is scrawled,
"T. A., Obiit 1865."- The artist died by
his own hand, for a cause of suicide more
common than love, or religious mania, or
despair ; and as poor Tom was well known,
and near akin to many of our readers, the
history of his picture and himself seems
to iw worth telling.- As for the picture,
it is in execution nothing but a. crude,
strong dash or two of color; only a bit of
sandy beach, a dead woman washed
ashore, a man keeping watch over her,
and a bird, the solitary Iivinrr thinsr
in
the world, disappearing in the stormy
sky, leaving him alone with his dead.
uut mere, is the subtle something in it
which touches us, as do all great utter
ances of truth or human feeling ; it is one
of the inspired words, painted, or spoken,
or written, that are strong as love, or
grief, or death, and share their nature.
There was something about the painter,
too, from the time ho was a boy, that set
him apart from other meu as one who had
a message given him to utter. After all,
God does give nowadays to certain men
special errands to their fellows: aud
whether it be to make them cry or laugh,
to call them to be heroes or saints, to
show the stupendous joke of misery or
comfort under life, or to explain fishes,
or, like Bezaleel, to be "filled with the
spirit of God in working with, iron and
brass,"; they carry about them the signs
of their commission as plain as the shin
ing on Moses's face when he came down
from the mountains with the tables of
stone. Even a3 a boy, Tom knew that
he had an errand. It might be but a
petty thiog, a picture to paint, or a
crayon sketch or two to finish, lint it
was his work, which no man could do but
himself. He caught: hints of it every
where in the glass of water flickering in
bis band, or the stone under his feet as
much as the song nobly sung or the life
of some other man greatly loved. It was
clear enough to him'j but flickering light
or 6ongs and loves of others would not
make it clear to the world. There were
times when the desire for its utterance
was so strong upon him that if he could
have accomplished his work he would
have been ready, shy, hearty, young fel
low as he was, to cry, "Lord, now let Thy
servant depart in peace." He did not
fall into the usual mistake of genius as
to the ease of delivering his message. He
had a slip shod dependance on winced
sus to carry him, or draughts from
Helicon to give him divine strength. Slow
and incessant work,'and unflinching integ
rity to his errand, he knew only would
carry hm safely to his jourey's end, and
he set out on his career most gallantly.
Uut lom was poor, aad lorn married:
married a woman who . thoroughly recog
nized him and his errand.' They lived in
a shabby little house in the suburbs of
New York, where their fiist baby was
born ; a house where the roof leaked, and
where - the floors were carpetless. But
going there, you found their talk furnish
ed with such high .and noble thoughts.
their daily lives so rich in love, so gay. in
jests and fancies, so sweet and admirable
in temper, that the background of want
seemed only meant to throw into relief
these sunshiny figures. Books, too, mu-
sic. nature, ana art meant so much more
to them then to'other men and women ;
they drew such strength and wealth out
of even the blades of grass at their gate
or the sunlight on their bare floor, that
one could not but envy the rich heritage
that they would bequeath to their boy.
It was about this tume this picture was
painted. Men found in it something of
a message from the gods struggling to be
head ; they looked curiously at Tom and
said, "Presently we shall have a great
But they did not buy
the picture. They did not buy any of
Tom's pictures.
As years went by this fact forced itself
closer and closer upon the painter. The
more he fixed his eyes upon the 6tars the
more bis empty pocket took life and gnaw
ed like a fox at his vitals. He and bis
wife could have always found food and
royal clothing for themselves in their con
sciousness of their great - work for man
kind, but for their boys they wanted
broadcloth, beef, and potatoes to equal
those of their neighbor's children across
the way. One day a picture auctioneer
offered Tom a place as "hack." "Give
up this Flemish accuracy and this peculiar
fancy which struggles through all your
work. You can dash me off two or three
bold studies a day ; something to catch
the public eye. Coarse as you please.
You need never put your name to them "
The wages offered were a competency.
It was an everyday transaction ; the man
had simply to make a choice between
poverty with his own work and wealth
without it. To Tom, however, it seemed
choice between God and Mammou. It
threatened to rench soul and body asun
der. But the children had their bands
upon bim. Should they not have their
share of the world's comfort, gentility,
style? Tom went iuto the road where all
hacks tramp together their treadmill
round which leads nowhere in life or death.
He had meant to be deaf and bliud if any
Voice summoned bitu out of it. But be
never beard again the heavenly Call. His
body id alive yet, goes about, with those
of his wife and children, well fed and
well to do. Their floors are carpeted
with cheap Brussels, and in their clothes
they follow the fashions scrupulously and
promptly. But Tom, finding this old pic
ture exposed for sale the other day,
scrawled on its back, "T. A. Obiit 18G5."
There are so many Toms in studios, in
newspaper offices, in the pulpit, that we
have thought it worth while to tell his
story. We do not know whether be ever
questions what the loss in bis choice has
been to himself, his children or the world;
but it may not be too late . for some of
them to pause in theirs, and ask them
selves, "Was this well done ?"
BRUTAL TREATMENT OF A WIFR
A Man Chains His Wife to a Heavy
Weight and Burns Her Mouth with a
Poker to Prevent Her Dringing.
2Voi the Pitt.iLurgh Leader, Thursday.'
Last night one of the Mayor's patrol
had his attention drawn to a bare beaded,
lightly draped woman, who had a heavy
chain padlocked to her neck, aud a large
metal weight, weighing fully thirty
pounds, attached thereto. Thinking she
was an escaped lunatic he at once took her
intocustody and lodged her in the lock-up.
She gave her name as Eliza Martin, and
stated while thty were relieviug her of
her bonds that the chain and weight had
been placed on her by her husband, and
that his cruel treatment had been such that
she left home with the intention of drown
ing herself. She was metoo Market street
by a couple of young men who dissuaded
her from the rash act, and she was, when
captured, wandering about the streets in
an almost exhausted condition.
This morning Mayor Blackmore insti
tuted an investigation, and there she in
formed him that her busbaud's uame is
Arthur Martin ; that he had been in the
habit of treating her in the way that was
seen the night before. She also said that
on last Friday be had deliberately heated
a poker red hot, and burned her with it,
and that his object in doing so was to pre
vent her from drinking liquor. The wo
man's appearance was miserable in the
extreme, and if her statements are cor
rect, wo have here a sample nf cruelty in
our midst hardly second to that practiced
by the most savage barbarians. Martin
was arrested this morning.
His statement is briefly this : lie is a
drayman for S. P. Shriver & Co., and
with bis earnings supports a family in
cluding himself, wife and eiht children,
at his house on Seventh avenue, near the
foot of Prospect street. For a long time
back Mrs. Martin has been so addicted to
drinking that she has not only been per
fectly useless in taking care of her child
ren, but has made away with considerable
of his money, and brought reproach on
his good name. In order to stop this be
concluded to take the law iuto his own
hands, and in order to do 60 effectively,
purchased a chain and secured her to a
bed every morning before going to his la
bors. It did not appear to work well,
however, for nearly every time she man
aged to break away, and would be absent
when he returned to dinner in short,
would not be at home again until he would
send the chirdren skirmishing around the
neighborhood for her, when she was
generally picked up in some out of thc
way place in an intoxicated condition.
He bad applied this treatment for several
days back, we don't know how long, and
he will not state the length of time. But
last eveuinghe broke loose, and was
locked up. He says the injury on her
mouth was occassioued by a fall; though
in relation to his burning her on the
mouth with a poker be is reticent.
A hearing was given the prisoner this
morning, and the information having
been read to him, he acknowledged he
had chained her, aud detailed the reasons
he bad for doiog'so as given abov.e.
He attempted to justify himself because
of the trouble the intemperate habits of
his wife had given him, and described at
some length how she stole money from
his clothes wherewith to satisfy her crav
ings for liquor. No longer ago than Mon
day he says he missed a tcu dollar note
from his pocket book. When asked whe
ther he had burned ber mouth with a
poker, he equivocated and 6aid he did not
remember of having done so. The Mayor
held him in 81,000 hail to answer a charge
of aggravated assault and battery, and at
last accounts he was in search of the re
quisite hondsmen.
The chain with which ho secured her
is heavy enough to hold a dozen women.
It is just long enough when doubled, as
he was in the habit ot rigging it, and be
ing attached to her neck, and the weight
to hold her ia a very uncomfortable stoop
ing posture while sitting down. The out
rago in thm binding her, was one that
not even the serious cause which he al
leges can excuse, and it is more than like
ly that justice will make such an example
of bim that similar inclined individuals
will adopt some'other method of family
dicipline.
Emigration : German emigration to
this couutry increases so rapidly that the
German Parliament is ularmcd at tbe
threatened depopulation of tho Father
land. In one district of 50,000 inhabit
ants, 1,500 emigrated this epiing, and
they still continue to leave at the rate of
about 200 a week. The young go, leav
ing the old and infirm at home to shift
for themselves or be supported by charity,
aud the Laudwehr is lading half its meu.
The blame for this bad state of things is
laid at the door of the Emigration Agen
cies and some parties would have them
suppressed.
"All Hands Below.'
A story is told of a parrot who had
always lived on board a ship, but who
escaped at one of the Southern ports and
took refuge in a church. Soon afterwards
tbe congregation assembled aad tho
minister began preaching o them ia St
regular red hot fashion, saying that there
was no virtue in them; that every one of
them would go to hell unles9 thev -peedily
repented. Just as he spoke the senteacc,
outspoke the parrot from his hiding place.
"All handd below !"
To say that "ail hands" were startled
would be but a mild way cf putting it.
The peculiar voice, from its unknown
source, had much more effect upon them
than the parson's voice ever had. Ho
waited a moment, and then, a sh&do or
two paler, he repeated tbe warning.
'All hands below 1" rgain rang out
from somewhere.
The preacher started from his pulpit,
and looked anxiously around, inquired if
anybody had spoken.
"All hands below I" was the only reply,
at which the entire panic-stricken congre
gation got up, and a moment after they
all bolted for the doors, the preacher try
ing his best to be first, and during all the
time the mischievous bird kept up his
yelling :
"All hands below I"
There was an old woman there who
was lame, and could not net out so fast
as the rest, and in a very short time Was
left entirely alone. Just as she was about
to bobble out the parrot flew down, and
alighting on her shoulder again ysllad ia
her ear :
"All hands below !"
"No, no, Mister Devil," shrieked the
old woman, "you can't mean me. I don't
belong here ; I go to the other church
across the way !"
KEEPING CREAM.
Next in importance to having milk per
fectly pure and sweet, and free from all
animal'odors, comes the matter of keep
ing the cream after it is taken off tho
milk there is with the cream at the time
it is set in the cream jar, the better. A
great deal of carelessness is shown ia this
matter, for be it known that milk makes
cheese, while the cream only makes but
ter, and the more milk there is in tho
cream at churning time, the more
cheesy.flavorcd will be the butter,
and therefore the mere likely to spoil af
terwards unlesa excessivoly salted. Real
ly pure, good butter requires very little
salt, while butter as ordinarily made will
soon spoil unless well salted, or kept cov
ered in brine.
Secondly, the cream jar must be of tho
very best quality of stone ware ; thick
glass would be still better; and it must
have a cover that will exclude all dust
and insects.
Thirdly, the cream jar should be kept
in a place where no noxious odors or gases
can be absorbed when tho jar ia open to
add more cream, and also wher the tem
perature can be kett cool and eouable.
say at about CO deg., aad lastly, the cream
is to be made into butter as soon a9 it just
begins to sour, and when the jar is emp
tied it is to be thoroughly cleaned and
scalded in boilinrr water before bein"
used. Boston Journal of Chenistry,
A few "weeks ago the communitv was
shocked by a lad in the New York Housa
of Refuge murdering one of the keepers.
ine evidence elicited on tbe trial of this
boy for murder discloses a state of affairs
that makes the blocd curdle. The un
fortunate boys, some of parents addicted
to intemperance and vice in evsrv form-
children of the streets whoa the refugo
is to make honest and humane citizens,
are punished in the most cruel manner
for trivial boyish offenses. Tying-up by
tne thumbs, severe Hoggings and brutal
kickinss are daily, uav. bonrlr nenr.
rencea in the New York House of Refuge.
And this harsh and brutal treatment of
friendless boys, in need of moral suasion
as no other human beings are, as related
on the witness stand by the keepers in a
cool matter-of-fact way that would be
astounding were it not revolting. The
Keeper. Calvert, who was st&bbed tr
death by the lad now on trial for his life.
goaded bis young assassin to fury by kick
ing aad cuffing him for the heiuous offenso
of hallooing to a comrade if he wanted
any tobacco. Notably the resort for tho
young ruffians of tbe street and the haver
ior tne unruly lads not disposed to yield
io parental authority, tbe Houses ot Re
fuge should be the lust institutions in tha
land to resort to brute force for the train
ing of their inmates. Tho New York
House of liefuL-e sadly needs a different
set of men from those who now cuff, kick,
beat aud torture the poor ignorant boys,
who need nothing so much as kind ami
considerate treatment to make them "ood
and useful men.
An Indiana justice compels bis grocer
to make oath to the correct measurement
of the keroueoe sold to bis honor. The
beauty of this arrangement is that the fca
for taking the affidavit exactly ofLets the
charge for tho oil.
The fruit crop of llliois promises to le
immense.
Tho Wisconsin apple crop is not pro
mising well.
Wheat iu the southern part of Illinois
is mostly cut and yieds well.
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