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VOL. 30.
Published by Theodore Schoch.
TElK-'-1"'0 oH" " JT:rin advance nnd If not
niilsrf ircthe enl of the year, two dollars nnd fifty
5M ill be charged.
N ):if(r Jiscontinued until all arrearages are pad,
xcept a'. Hie nation o( the Editor.
C7Alriiscme!tsof one iare of (eight lines) or
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jtf'riinii, 30 cents. Longer ones in proportion. "
JOB PltlftTlKG,
or ALL KINDS, '
tieutd in the highest style of the Art, and onlh
most reasonable terms.
Valuable Property ;
foe sle:
The subscribers offer , for sale,
their residence in Stroudsburg.
The Jt has a front of 145 ft.
on Maiu JStreet, with a depth of
The buililins 'consist of a convenient dwell
ing hoUMe store hou.se, Lara and other out
buiUing. .
There is an abundance of choice apples,
pMr. plums, grapes ail jmall fruit, with
excellent water. '
16, '72.1 A. M. & K. STOKKS,
t"aC K i W A X X A HOt'S 12.
J OTPOSITE THE HEPOT,
Kast Stroudsburg, Ia.
B. J. VAN COTT, Proprietor,
TIic bat. oor.iaJn the cholot Ltauors ant!
tlie Tr.i.n supplied with lh; bt the market
iftoT& Vhargv niuderatc. may 3 1872-tf.
d rTj. lantz,
Surgeon ami Mechanical Deutist,
snll h is hi :Tite on Main Street,' in the second
f.sry f Dr. S. Walton's brick, buiiding. nearly oppo
itf the S;rou.l!iif5 Htnite, and be flatters himself
tiut by enhten years constant practice and the inot
fnt and r.arrful attention to all matters pertaining
( his profusion, that lie is fully able to M-rfinn all
Mraliani in the dental line in llis moyt careful, tatte
isl ind skillful inaciier.
Jfirciil attentinn given to savins; the Natural Teeth ;
s!i. to tha insertion of Artificial Teeth nn Rubber,
C iid. Silver or roiitiiuiuus Gums, and perfect fits In
ill tas insured.
Most persons Know the great fully and danprr of eu
tni;inj; their work to the inexprrieiiced. or to those
lifin; at a distance. April 13, 1871. ly
JU. II. J. I'ATTEKSOIY,
OPERATING iND MECIIAMfAL DEMIST,
Hiving located in East Stroudiibiirp,' Ta., an
nounces that lie is now prepared to insert arti
Scial teeth in the uuvt beautiful and life-like
insnncr. Also, great attention pircn U filling
sad preserving the natural teeth. Teeth ex
trsrted wiilunit pain by use of Nitrous Oxide
Ga. All other work incident to the profession
done in the most skillful and approved style.
All work attended to promptly and warranted,
'harden reasonable. Patronage of the public
elicited.
Office in A. W. Ixder's new building, op
fwitt Analomink House, East Stroudnburg,
July 11, 1S72 ly.
DR. N. Li. PECK,
Surgeon Dentist,
Announces ihit hsvin? just returned from
Dental Colleg-s, he i fully prepared to make
sriificial te?tli in the mo-l beautiful and lile
Hka manner, and lo fill decayed teeth ac
curdinj to the most in proved method.
Tre'h exfractfd without pain, when de
;reJ, by tlic use of Nitrous Oxide Uh,
which is. entirely harmless. Repairing; of
l kimJij neatly done. All work warranted.
Charges re'ontble.
OfBcr in J. (I. Keller' new Brick build
'"f. Mai . S roet, Ntroiidsburjr, Pa.
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u'tM ri'jMf tfully annonneo
to the
I'm'.'Iic tint Ik
1.
i:s reni'ivea ins oiiiee iroin
0;'l!m 1 1 C.tiKi l-u.M.s. MoitnMj County, Pa.
Trij'tiiii tint man.v years of consecutive
ira'-ri-'e of .Medicine and Surpery will be a
fulfii itit gu.iruntco fiir the public confidence.
February S70. tf. -
J MLS JB. WALTOV,
itloriK'j al Ia',
OHice in the building formerly occupied
.r b M. Bur-on, and opposite the Strouds
kurjrBank. .Main street, Stroudburir, 1'a.
Jan 13-tf
KELLERSVILLE HOTEL.
Jlie undersijrned bavin": purchased the
!nve well known and opular Hotel 1'roper-f-
would resHftfullv ioforni the traveling
PWh- that he has refurnished and fitted up
,h llofcl in the best style. A. handsome
br. with choice Liquor 'and Sojrars, polite
Pendants aud inofh-rate charge.'
Oct 10 j?7K tf. I Proprietor.
4 IM OAS V 1 1AAI II OTEL.
Thi
llU filii Cil.l . 1.,1 If. i .l 1 f
rocentlr
lafltls fltirl Ksj t h v-. iv rK I v nir.klinii aA
'" repaired, will reotHju, for the reception of
'West. o Tuesday, Mav 27th.
ir t Ptl,lin Wli! ;,'wa.VK'n,ld t,l5ii ouse de
"We i,fJesort Every department will
nn?2,.j i tIi lH.-st pr.w.iijl.s r.innner. The
fi V ""I'pl'ed with the best the Market
I ' tt,,d cuiiniiurea will ahvnvs hnd none
;.u,eH;st wine and liquor at tlie bar.
j ' ' "V,I tlllUUklUT Uf MAU'vU
"(k1 htiil.Iinsr beh.ninv tn iHp II.u-L will W
at all time under the preof careful and
ol.li
r r.',, iK7-.. a'nti u x y n. p.oem eii.
.Sotint Vi'inoii House,
117 and 119 North Second St.
A ROVE AnCJI.
PH3LADELPKIA.
. 172- ly.
M
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JKV. EDWARD A. VILSO.VS(of Wil
Pouidi "d AST"MA carefully com-
fiOLLINSHEAD'S DRUO STORE.
Fresh and Pure.
V. HOLLINSIIEAD.
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' WHITHER?
Standing, alonc at the window
I gaze on the crowded street,
Watch, for a moment, the ocean
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f Vhich ebbs, and flow, at my feet :
The wonderful ocean of Being, - " r
Whose waves, in their restless flow,
Seem to dash out & song of defiance, -
On the stones of the pavement below.
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Anon, and a passionate outcry
Of
agny hoarse .with despair,' . ? ,
Seems to rise from the surging billows,
And then dies away on the air, , . , ,
A face is turned upward, a moment,1. '
Deatli"-white with hunger and pain ; '.
'Tis gone swept away and forever ,.
Our wonder and pity are Vain : , .
Another; another;" another ii i .- t j .
A child, with a skelton face ; 1" ; ' p
A man whose looks are of Murder ; 11 '" 'l
" A lady, in jewels and lace. ' ' "'
The billows surge onward, forever, . ; , s
In the streets of the city below ; .
Kavli forehead impressed with it signet
Of heeil lessncsss crime, or of woe. .
Standing thus, gating and thinking, '
How strangely unreal it seems I ' '
Like the dim and shadowy visions,
The phantoms that come in our dreams.
These eager and restless faces, , ; .
These forms that go hurrying by ; tion
Whence come they J what are they f w ques
, And vhitherf Oh, ; whither? we cry.
The problem of Being how vainly
To solve the enigma we try I
We are who shall tell us whence came we ?
And are tee .'Tyand whither ? we cry.
All things in existence have purpose, ! '
But existence, that only, has none : '
We live, we love and we perish ;
For what ? is the question, when done.
" e ask the stern Tast for its moral ;
Its records we eagerly scan ; . , . .
From the clouds of a thousand ages .
No answer is given to man.
Say, is it Oh can it b, merely
To pant neath the burdens of life,
To long for the unkown, forever, '
To weary of nfceless strife ? " " ' 1
At last, of the sun, and his shining, :
To sicken, and then to grow old, ;
To fade, like the leave of the forest,
In the autumn, pallid and cold?.
To lie down, at last, with hands folded ; , ,
So grateful the grave-resl to find ; . . '
Bequeathing to others the garment
Of labor that we leave behind? ,
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Is it merely to plow' new furrows "r; -,. ... -
In the ocean of Time, f-r graves?
It i merely to strew it, forever,''
With wrecks, fr the hungry waves? ' li
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Or, is Being itself a delusion? . - ?
Have Matter, Existence a cause? . , ,
Do we dream that we live, and dream only ?
. Bewildered and battled, we pause. - v- i
As circles are seen, in the water, '"'''' ' '
To vanwh, when wide they are grown,
Ottr questions grow vague, when we struggle
To reach, and to grasp the unknown. ;
Our life is a strange hidden pathway ; . - 1
..'Ti" midnight, from birth to the grave,
Xo str to illumine the heaven, i . :
No gleam of the light which we crave."
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Like children, afraid of the darkness.
In a ftarful, shadowy land, ' , ,
A realm full of (error, we wander;
'Mid phantom we shuddering stand. .
We grope in the blackness; we tremble; r r
We stretch out our hands, like the blind ;
We feel lor a form alas, only
A terrible void do we find !
A cry, full of anguish, we utter, -Of
dread, uncontrollable woe; , .
We wake, standing still at the window, ;
While the crowd hurries onward below.
Above the strange murmur now rise '
'An utterance solemn and clear:- '
"Poor mortal, how weak is thy vision!
Blind mortal, how dull is thine ear !
7
" These voices, that seem so discordant : , i
These wailings that trouble thine ear,
Are strains of a harmony,- perfect ; .i .
How if it thou failest to licar?
" Ask not the stern Past for its moral ! '
The page you so eagerly scan,
Is but part of a record, eternal
One point of an infinite plan. ,
" Canst thou understand what the angels
Desire to fathom in vain? . '
Or grasp that which needcth an endless -Duration,
io render it plain ?
No longer, then, seek to unravel .,,.-
The scheme in eternity laid; ,
Enorfglv, to believe the Creator , .
Will csre ior the world He hath made. . '
"Be patient then, Mortal, be patient ; '
Thy doubts ami thy questionings cease; .
Repose from tftf struggles, arid calmly ' !
Await the glad time of release."
The voice dies-away into tilence, , . i
But the wave, in their ceaseless flow,
Still ech-, "Be patient," "Be patient,"
As they break ou the pavement below. . i
, i --M. C. M.
Some, idea of the immense exodm of
people from the. United States to Europe
this reason may be had from the fact the
number of cabin passengers who have left
this- season for Europe is estimated at op-
ward of 50,000,. tie inaj'onfj of wbo
were ladies
TSTROUDSBURGMbW
THE PENNSYLVANIA GERMANS.
A lady of Philadelphia, who has spent
considerable time lu Irlendly intercourse
and association with the German inhabit
ants of Lancaster county,; has recently
published a scrtoes of essays' on their life
ana manners through the house of J1L
Ltppmcott & Co. ' While the work is in
some respects rather superficial: it is on
the wholo a graphic picture of country
life in" our German countie's. " The
author's experience has mostly been among
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wjuBBica iu reiigton wim tiie iien
nooites .and Dunkards, " who abound lo
Lancaster, Lebanon and 'Dauphin coun
ties, and are also lound in considerable
numbers in Montgomery and lucks.The
pith of the book., is contained, iu the fol
lowing sketch, which we copy from a late
issue oi tiie.irt6mej k 4rrf Tfiii1
i ;Tbe language spoken by these primi
tive Christians, who inhabit the county
of Lancaster in Pennsylvania, is a dialect
or the uerman, although they srenerallv
designate both it and themselves as Dutch.
tnr the native German who works with
them on the farm they cherish a feeling
of contempt. With certain grim recol
lections of lunkee tin ' peddlers,, who
swarmed over the country some fifty or
sixty years ago, the term Yankee is used
by them as traditional synonym for cheat.
The vocabulary in common use is an odd
mixture of the .dialects of South Ger
many, brought from the region of the up
per Rhine,: including Switzerland, with
an infusion of broken English. In their
religion, they are a branch of the Men-
nonitcs, in plainness .and simplicity of
speech and raiment resembling, the So
ciety of Friends, although not attaching
so much importance to the inner teach
ings of the Spirit in the stillness of the
soul. Their meeting house is a low brick
building, with no . sign of ornament to
minister to the "lust of the eye or the
pride of life." The men, with broad
brimmed hats and Quaker-like garments,
sit on benches on " one side of the house,
and the women, in prim hats and black
sun-bonnets, are ranged on the other.
The' services, which are conducted in
"Dutch." consist of prayer and exhorta
tion, and a kind of rude unmusical chant
by the congregation. A pause of about
five minutes is allowed for private prayer.
The preachers are-not paid, and are chos
en by lot from a number of candidates
previously " named by the people, both
men and women. The ministers are not
expected to : take part in ' public affairs,
but the least rigid of the members usual
ly vote at elections, and are' allowed to
hold such offices as school-director 1 and
supervisor of roads,-but- not to be mem
bers-of; the Legislature. -They cannot
bring uit against any one, nor hold judg
ment bonds; They do not take? oaths,
nor deal in spirituous liquors. If one of
the members is disowned by the church,
the other members of his own family are
not allowed to cat aUtbe same table with
him; and his wife withdraws from him. -Theyj;retain
the ordinances -of baptism
and the Lord's Supper, together with the
ancient feet-washing, and the "greeting
of one another with a holy kiss.". . (
On Sunday , morning, huge ark-like
wagons, ; covered with yellow,, oil-cloth,
may be seen moving toward the hoise of
the member, whose turu.it is to. entertain
the meeting, which seems in some places
to be held in private dwellings, instead of
a separate meeting house. ; Great, have
becu the 'preparations, beforehand won
derful the whitewashing, the scrubbing,
the polishing of tin and brass to make
ready for the occasion. Theyouug moth
ers do not stay at ? home, but hriog their
babies wiih them. After the services,
the congregation remain to dinner. Dean
soup was formerly the principal dish, but
the well-to-do farmers of the present day
are no longer content with so rustic a
diet.
The greatest festive occasion, or the one
which ealls the larges number of T persons
to cat and drink together, is the funeral.
When a death ocours, the neighbors take
possession of? the house,-j relieving the
family from all labor and, care. Some of
them put the' rooms in orders for the re
ception of company, after ' the inevitable
neglect in the progress of a fatal disease.
Others repair to the kitchen,' and help to
bake great store of bread, pies and rusks.
Two young men and two young women
it upi together. over night to watch in a
room adjoining that of the dead. When
the funeral takes place ou Sunday, an im
mense concourse of people is assembled.
There is sometimes as many as three hun
dred carriages in attendance. , The ser
vices are usually in the German language.
An invitation is given to the company to
return , to the house and eat after the
funeral.' The tables are sometimes set in
the barn, or large wapon house, and the
guests succeed one another uu til all are
done. , The peighbors , wait upou the
table. The entertainment generally con
sists of cold meat, bread, and butter, ap
ple sauce and pickles, pies and rusks', and
sometimes stewed chickens,' mashed pota
toes, cheese, and coffee invariably.. ; 7
The weddings are of even a still more,
primitive character. On one occasiou,
the writer of the volume was invited to
see the bride leave home. Tho groom
arrived at the house about Bix o'clock in
the moroiog, having previously break
fasted a ud ridden four miles. A? he oo
doubt fed and harnessed his own horse,
besides dressing for the grand? occasion,
he must have taken an early start on the
frosfy October morning. The bride wore
purple tnoussclioe do laiue and a blue
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bonnet. The bridegroom was a mechanic
The party was composed of four couples
who rode to Lancaster in buggies, where
two pairs were married by a minister!
In the afternoon, the happy mortals went
to Philadelphia for a few days',' and on
the evening of their return there was a
tpletidid 'reception or "home coming." '
The supper consisted of roast turkeysj
beef, stewed chickens, cakes, ' pies, 'and
coffee of course. ', "Raisin pie", is one of
the rare dainties ou such , festive occas
sions. , , w. ? , , !
, Another wedding 'took 'place in the
meeting house, one bitter Sunday morn
ing ; in December. ". The ' party , entered
through an adjoining brick dwelling, '.'one
room of which served as an anteroom;
where4 the sisters ' left their 'bounet.3 and
shawls. The--meeting house was crowd4
ed. sOn the left in front was a i plain of
muslin caps on the heads of the sisters.
Along the other side, the'Lats and over-i
coats of the brcthern were placed on
shelves and pegs. The building was en
tirely uopaioted, with whitewashed walls.
A small unpainted desk, before which was
a low table, two stoves, and half a dozen
hanging tin candlesticks, with the bcuches,
constituted the furniture of the apostolic
cathedral. After a plain spoken discourse
by the preacher, the marriage pair was
called upon to come forward. .- Upon this
the man and woman- rose from the body
of the 'congregation - on either side, and
coming out to the middle aisle, stood to
gether before the minister. They had
both good faces, though they had pas'sed
their early youth. The bride wore a
mode-colored alpaca and a black aprou,
and a plain clear 6tarched cap without
frill or border. ' The groom had on a
rather conspicuous dark green coat, cut
"shade-bellied" after I the manner of the
brethren. After putting the usuarques-:
tions, and directing them. to join hands,
the preacher prououueed them husband
and wife. This was followed by a short
prayer, when the wedded couple separa
ted, each again taking a place among the
congregation. The occasion was not with
out a certain homely pathos. Ou resum
ing his place in the desk, the preacher's
eyes were suffused, and ; pocket-handker
chiefs were visible on either side, "those
of the sisters white, of the brethren col
ored silk." The church docs not allow
wedding-parties, but' a few friends
may
gather at the house altar meeting.
The farming of the fertile limestone
district inhabited by the "Dutch" is en
tirely by tillage, and very laborious.' The
usual routine'is to' break up the sward
every five " years, and plant the ground
with corn. The nextyear it is sown with
oats, and ' in the mouth of August the
stubble - land is manured for , wheat.
Wheat and timothy are put. in - with a
drill, and in the ensuing Spring clover, is
sown upon the same ground.. When the
wheat is taken off in July the new grass
is growing, and will bo. ready to, mow ia
the next fourth Summer. In the fifth
year the sod forms arich pasture, and is
ready to be broken v. up again' in the Fall
for Indian , corn. -Potatoes are seldom
planted in large quantities t Ou a farm
of forty acres more than twenty will be
put with wheat. 'The' average yield of
this is twenty bushels, of corn about for
ty. W hen wheat and oats are in the barn
or stack' enormous' eight-horse thrashers
(steam thrashers have lately ' been intro
duced) are taken about the neighborhood
from farm to farm, and dispatch the whole
crop in a few days, completing before the
first of October what was once a job foij
the Winter. ' ''"' 1 " '
The Pennsylvania "Dutchman'' has no
extravagant enthusiasm on the subject of
education. lie fears . too much, of it for
his sons, as it may lead to laziness,. and
laziness with him Js a mortal sin. The
book market is not active. During the
Winter months the youug men usually go
to school, sometimes, with a little, reluc
tance, where , they learn .to, read, write,
with a touch oi arithmetic and geography.
They speak English at Bchool, and the
German dialect at home. ,
The "Dutch" housewife is - considered
as more than half the family.; -She milks
the tows, raises poultry, takes care of the
garden, which she ofteu digs herself, and
plants and hoes, with the - help ot her
daughters and her "maid," if she has one.
She does not iudeed .go in for vegetable
raising on a large scale, por has she ex
tensive ' beds of strawberries and other
small fruits ; nor does she plant a great
many peas and 'bean9, which . it is too
much trouble to "stick," Uut her gar?
den always shows a jolly array of cabbage
and "red beets," of onions and early po
tatoes, a plenty of cucumbers fpr Winter
pickles," and a geucrous store of string
beans and tomatoes.'1 A small farm often
sells at least two hundred dollars worth
of vegetables, which is sufficient to clothe
the whole family four or five times over.
The daughters are allowed at times' to'go
out and -husk, corn. "It was, a pretty
sight which I saw one Fall day," says the
writer "a father with four sons and
daughters' husking in the field.' 'We do
it all ourselves,' said he."
In tha Winter mornings the wife, per
haps, goes out to milk in the stable with
a lantern, while her daughters get break
fast. Jy eight o'clock the . house i is
"swept and garuished,"'and the motherly
hands are' ready for several hours' sewing
before dinner, - laying by 'huge piles of
shirts for the hot. weather. 4 Not ranch
work is pat upon the garment's of the
family, nor the sewing machine been' in
general use until ' recently,' although a
a seamstress or tailorcss is sometimes call
J: is .
ed in.. - At tha Spring cleaniug-the labors-
of the women folks areiucrcased by
whitewashing , the picket fences Soap
making comes iu March, before the care
of the garden begins to press. J Here suc
cess is so ',. uncertain that it is deemed a
matter ' of luck' and 'chance". The soap
must . always be stirred in 'one direction,
and a sassafras stick 4 is thought T to "pos
sess sovereign : virtues for 'the process:--
A smart housekeeper -cao make!a barrel
of soap-in the morning and go a visaing
in the afternoon. .-V 1 jcij
.s During the harvest ';seasoa the house
hold labors nro frightful but tho Jbroiling
and bakin-g in the hot weather are cheer
fully done for the raenfolks, who are swel
tering in torrid fields aud stiflling Jbarns;
Four. meals are the rulesat this, timend
"a piece" 'is sent out, ;as early "a's nine
o'clock in 'the morning!' A'"DQfch" g'irj
thinks nothing of ' making fifty ."pies in a
week, and with a pie' at every meal they
are sure to com to a. good market. j
- Apple-butter," as a' sauced made of ap
ples boiled in cider is called,' has been a
great ordinance with the robust Germans,
though falling off in late years, on account
of the scarcity of fruit.. Two bushels and
a half of cut apples are enough for a bar
rel of cider. In a few hours the apples
will be all in great . copper kettles,, and
then you are obliged to stir for dear life,
until, on taking out a little on a dish,'you
find the cider no longer collcots round
the edges, but "all forms a simple mass.-
The work is then done;1 and you have 'on-;
ly to dip it out into earthen vessels, andj
when cold, store it in the garret, with'the
hard soap and bags of dried apples and
cherries,', perhaps with ..the hams i . and
shoulders, that are there wailing Jbr."tba
good time coming." The. writer speaks
of a specimen of apple butter preserved
iu the Lancaster Museum," wjuch dates
from the time of, the Revolution, a pro;
digy as - wooderful as the blood of St,
Januarius, at Naples'. ' ; : " -" ' ;
" The whole impression of the book; of
which the author's name is not given
though it is evidently from the pen of u
womau, is that of: a., sequestered -rural
landscape, remotely surrouuded with the
turmoil and heat of moderu civilization,'
but free from all vital contact with its in-j
fiuence. The entrance which it opens to
the primitive. homes of those simple peo-
pie is like leaving the reeking'purlieus
of the city for " the rude and wholesome
freshecss of the. mountain'" forest.'. ' ; I
A Woman in a Turkish Bath.'
; . M. II. D., the sprightly lady correspon-k
dent of the Missouri Republican, has been
taking a Turkish bath in New. York, aud
don't, like jit.- Here's what she. says of it:'
We have divested of every stitch of
.our clothing. our rings aud. bracelets lock-!
ed up, our back hair taken off, pur own
'special possession of seventy-five or a hu'n-i
dred hairs rdade into little hirsute pill
and impaled with a'hair piu.'Tliat was
the only token of civilization "we boasted.;
The procession formed. " At tho door we
were handed a miuatqre sheet and a lit '
tie bit of sponge wet Jwith cold water.
Through a passage to a room,')wheta wej
dropped our sheets" and euteied a vapor
H1UI. tlUUICU : US'ULLCUllJ. ! II Lil, ,1U l lit
steam Iv thought I should suffocate, It
poured up, aud." iu and , down, through
holes till it was dreadful.' The use of the
wet eponge, I imrp ascertained,, was to
put on the top of your head tov prevent
"coup di efeam,'.' or some such dire com.
plaint. ... Ipey. , wouldu t 1st .me out, and
the temperaturc:got worse, aud worse, aud ;
1 berrau tor thiok ot my- mother-aud an
obituary notice in the t)MWcart,. when
we were ' prououueed cooked "enough)
and lei out, into 'a' room in '.which' was a
anatomy and physiology wero heated to
boiling point.- ' This water 'was like ice;
It seut the blood rushing.! my hollow
head (I'm i convinced ' I-have.'.no brain)
and my hcart:came ker.flop up and went
kcr-chuocb dowu. - 1 uiadc upuiy miud
this was the worst of it, - and tried to be
resigned. I had been soaked vand scrub-,
bed in the vapor room till'I.was sacrificed
I stood por? the brink- and watched iciy
companions splashing, through the 'infer
nal tank. f One of 'em, to, expedite her
own release, caught at my jink le,; away
went my soapy, slippery foot . from under
me, and in I went for a second time.
Iliiw very near an end was the. happy
connection between M." 11." Bfaud the St:
Louis 'KrpM'ctm. s 'r,.-';-"' '
''At the next stage ' of this truly awful
experience wc received' th'e'l'shower:
I had now become couviuced that I never
should see home or frieuds again. In a
calm despair I walked - nuder a solid cob:
umo of water that nearly-broke my back,'
and juJt ihere I. got, mad. That fat at
tendant hasn't yet recovered sufficiently
to make a complaint, and when the thin
wonan went before Judge J)owling, that,
gciitleuiau said it was ji .conspiracy, that
no woman of ray size) unaided could do
much damage.1. '-Heboid the woman to go
home and say nothing about if. for' she'd'
evidently been dreadfully druuk'and un:
dertaken to walk through a carpet clean
ing machiue. 'And that's the first aud
last Russian bath take.' ; " ;
. ' .'T .! "4
, 51000 reward is ., offered for Freddie
Lcib, carried vff by Italian musicians or
gypais from Quiney, IU., June 20th, 18(1,
lie is now G years old, stoutly built, dim
ples io checks aud ' chiu, dark blue eyes
and dark brown hair.
mighty tank of cold water, through .which
you rau.s't wade t or'swim as you could. -
Crcsar'8 ghost ! 'I flew through it. '': My
NO. 13.
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-Englisn and American Girls.
fr The following remarks, by au'English'
mah, contrasting the ItiduVtrious habits of
Euglish and American 'girls and women;
are worthy the" '.attentive consideration of
parents" ad daughters. How few Ameri
can mothers, cspetlaMy of cities and vil
lageseompare favorably with the Wealthy,
titled ladies- mentioned i- - -!i
"I. can assure you hat; having lived id
diflerent,; castles and manor . bouses of
Great Dritan, and; being accustomed to
the industrious habits of duchesses and
pountesses, 1 was utterly astonished at the
idleness of Aiue'rican ladies. -,'No English
woman of rank, (witK the exception of a
few "parveoues'j'from ihe Queen dowtf
ward, wpuld 7 remain foVone hoar un
employed,' or in V rocking chaif; unless?
-seriously ill. They'almost all, with har
dly an -exception, copy the business of
their husbands, fathers, or brothers ; at
tend minutely to the wants of the poor
around them, and "then take part in their
amusements, and sympathise with their
sorrows ; visit aud superintend the schools,
work in their owngardens ; see to their
household 'concerns j-think about tberr
visitors j Hook .-over: the-, weekly account,'
not only of domestic expenses, but often?
those of the farm and estate; manage
penny clubs in tonjunction with the work
ing classes, to .-help-, them'; to keep then-
6eives ; and with all these occupations, by
early hours,, they keep up their acquain
tance with the . literature and politics of
the H day, and. cultivate the accomplish
ments of music and drawing, and besides
often acquire some knowledge of scientific
pursuits. ,? . ..
"The late Marchioness of Landsowne
was so well acquainted with her cottagers
in her neignborhood that she used to visit
and look'at'ther corpses of the dead, bc'
cause she found that her doing so soothed
and comforted. 'tho bereaved. Lady
Landsowne'a .- only - daughter used one
hundred guineas (given her by her father-in-law,
Lord Suflolk, to buy a bracelet
to build pig styes, with his permission, aC
her . husband's : little country residence.
.She educates her own children without
assistance,. teaching the boys Latin, and
the girls all "the usual branches of educa
tion. The lateDuchess. of .Bedford, I
accidentally discovered when on a visit' to'
Woburn, had for thirty years Of her mar
ried' lifVriseri af 'si o'clock summer aal
winter, lit her own fire, made some tea
for the duke and herselfand then, as he
wrote.lus own letters of busibess; sbe
copied them, and they came' dowri to a
large party of - guests at ten o'clock, to
dispense breakfast, without sayiag one
word, of theirj .matutinal avocations ; so
that you might have, been a' visitor in the
house without fiuding oufi.that the duke
or duchess had transacted' the necessary
business" of the day, before, perhaps, you
had risen !' .1 rather "mention those that
are gone to t'hefr reward than write of
women'that are still ' among us ; but you
may believeme -when I'say that I ana
constantly "among ' those who live such
lives of energy .'and usefulness, but they
so employ-themselves without ostentation
or an idea that they are doiug more thaa
! their simple duty"
AWedding; in a Storm.
-A recent "Tetter - from Con cord f.,
states the following ''Yesterday afternoon
the most terrific tempest occurred in the
city that has been for' known years, last
ing three or four hours with but little
interruption;. , Itf the 'very hardest p:rt
of the tempest, alt five o'clocka wedding
was to (jome.uff muSt. Paul's church.
Taking advantage' of a slight lull, tho
wcddiugparty assembled., in the church.
Iu the midst of the ceremony came a vivid
flash, accompanied by a' roar of thunder.
Some 1 say 2 the church" was struck with
lightning, but if so', oVonc' felt the shock,
but' a good sized - hole" wot "mid 9' in the
roof, directly over the seat of the organist,
who, as he playeds the wedding mareh,
was visited' by more tnau 'the droppings
of the sanctuary. the' rain poured right
dowa asT through a taoel on his head.
As the ceremony-rooeluded, and the
bridal party was leaving thg chancel, there
came a, 'lift in the clouds,' the sun for a
foment shone out jn . dazzling brilliaucy,
and coming, . through the richly stained
glass, encircled the head of the bride."
f 1
r; Love at First Sight '
'ftMrs; Fitch; that was, is a daughter of
the lord bishop of England, is thirty yeara
old,' and is handsome and wealthy. Mrs.
Fitch had had threer husbands, and all f
them had died.!.! She waa a spiritualist
and a medium, and it was revealed to her
that if shewould come east from .Cali
forniashe would fiud auotber mau. Ou
her jourucy she "stopped , at Omaha and
was there takeu ill, aud, calling upon Dr.
Payne)' she became acquainted with th
doctor's a assistant, named M..L. Stautou.
Briefly) MrStauton wm that mau. She
had no sooner looked upon' him than she
knew thaf she -hadmet her destiuy for
the fourth time; It was leap year. Sho
proposed, after a brief courtship, aud he,
ufter thinking the' matter over, accepted
he f. There was.a large 'weddiug, and
the parties eame.ou to New York. "Wo
eommeud 'Mr,' Sta'utoq's 'example to the
youu'g ten of Omaha," 'says the Omaha
JjVc i Good j but then, Mr, Stanton may
live some years, and it is a little rough to
expect all the other fellows to remain
Hoggle during that period.