FT! iTrnrn i n ja "J" jujmih il h mBBsnsMBEsn Scuotcu to politics, fitcraturc, Agriculture, Science, iilornlitij, curt (Bcncral Intelligence. VOL. 30. STROUDSBURGr, MONROE COUNTY, PA., NOVEMBER 21, 1872. NO. 29. Published by Theodore Schocht TEittf -To J.ilUrsn yearin advance and if not ai I before the en 1 of the year, two dollars and fifty f nts will be charged. No ii ter lisconiinue I until all arrearages are paid, excrpt l He option l the K.litor. iC7A I v;ri demerits of one square of (eight linen) or M,i:td or thrpe insertions $1 5t). Bach addiUotial b;iIijii, 5" cent. Longer ones in proportion. JOB PHINTIXG, OF ALL KINDS, CtKCUled In Hie liiahest style of the Art, and on the most reasonable terms. DR. J. LANTZ, Surgeon ami Mechanical Dentist, Still has his office on Main Street, in the second try of Dr. S. Walton's brick building, nearly oppo site the Stroudsrwrj House, arid Ue flillcrs'hlint.elf that hy eighteen years constant practice and the inot anient an I careful altenti:n to nil matters pertaining t his prof,siin, that he is fully able to perforin all Iteration in the dental line lit the most careful, taste fil and skillful manner. ipcinal attention iven to savins the Natural Teeth ; ). to the insertion f Artificial Teeth on Rubber, ColJ. Silver or Continuous Gums, and pcrtect fits In ail ca-es insured. Most persons know the great folly and dangur of en trusting their woik to the mexptrieiired, or to those living at a ilistauce. April 13, 1671. ly D u. gko. xr. j icKsox PHYSICIAN, SURGEON & ACCOUCHER. In the old office of Dr. A. Reeves Jackson, residence in Wyckoff's building. STROUDSBURG, PA. Anffust 8, lb7-J-tt: JJi. 11. J. I'AITCKSOX, OPERATING AND MECIIAMQL DEMIST, lilting located in East Stroudsburg, Fa., an nounce that he is now prepared to insert arti fcial teeth in the most beautiful and life-like manner. Also, great attention given to filling And preserving the natural teeth. Teeth ex tracted without pain by use of Nitrous Oxide G.. All other work incident to the profession done in tlie most skillful and approved style. All work attended to promptly and warranted. Charges reasonable. Patronage of the public solicited. Office in A. V. Ixider's new building, op posite Analotnink House, East .Stroudsburg, K July 11, 1872 ly. ' DR. N. L. PECK, Surgeon Dentist, Announces ih it h-ivin? just returned from Dental Collgs, he is fully prppnred to make rt i tictn.1 teeth in the inosi beautiful and lite like mi nner, and to till decayed teeth ac cording to the mot in proved method. Teeih extracted without uiin, when de sired, by the use of Nitrous Oxide Gas, which i entirely ha miles.. Repairing of H kiids neatly done. AH work warranted. Charge reasonable. Office in J. (i. Keller' new Brick build in. Mail S reet, Strotidsbur";, la. utf 31-tf WouM respect lull' announce to the Eublie thnt he lias removed his office from iiklaui to Canadensis, Monroe County, Pa. Trusting tli-it many years of consecutive practice of Medicine and .Surgery will be a fScicnt guarantee for the public confideucc. February 25, 1870. tf. JAMES IS. vVALTO., Attorney at I-nw, 0,Tie in the building formerly occupied ny L. M. Burson, and opposite the Strouds aurg Dank, .Main street, Stroud.-burg, l'a. jan l.J-tf LACK l"4VA..l HOUSE. OPPOSITE T11K DEPOT, East Srroudburg, Pa. B. J. VAX COTT, Proprietor. The bar contains the choiest Liquor and the table is supplied with the best the market afford. Charges, moderate. may 3 1872-tf. WfATSOWS T T 55ounl Vernon Blouse, 117 and 119 North Second St. ABOVE ARCir, PHILADELPHIA. May 30, 1672- ly. KELLERSVILLE HOTEL. The undersigned having purchased the ibovc well known and popular Hotel Proper ty, would respectfully inform the traveling public that he has refurnished and fitted up the Hotel in the best ftyle. A handsome liar, with choice Liquor and Segars, polite attendants and moderate charges. CHARLES MANAL, Oct 1 9 1 87 1 . tf. j Proprietor. JAIlTOA'SVlLY'i: IIOTEI-. This old established Hotel, having recently ehinged hands, and been throughly overhauled nd repaired, will reopen, for the reception of of guests on Tuesdav, May 27th. The public will always tind this house a de irable place of resort. "Every department will be managed in the best possible manner. The table will he supplied with the best the Market affords, und comtoisures will always find none lot the best wines and liquors at the bar. Good stabling beloning to the Hotel, will be fonnd at all times under the care of careful and "bliging attandauts. may 23, 1872. ANTHONY II. ROEMER. Found out why people go to McCarty's to m their furniture, because he buys it at the Ware Rooms of Ijee & Co. and sells it at n advance of only tirmty-tico ami tuo 1nth per cent. Or in other words, Rocking Chairs that he buys of Ioe k Co. (through iho runners he don't have) for 4,50 lie sells fbf $-5,00. Pays him to bmf some d Ftr itw "LEE k CO. Stroudsburg, Aug. 18, 1870. tf. CAN YOU TEII WIJV IT IS th tt wheo any one corner to Strouds burg to buy Purniture, they always inquire 'or AlcCartjj Purr.iture Store! Seit. 26 Oysters. THE OYSTER TRADE OF NEW YORK. The Brooklyn Eagle says the oyster trade of New York and Brooklyn has assumed, in the past ten years, a very important place on the list of our in dustries, especially as the interior of the country has been opened by railroads, and the delicious member of the family of crustacsc finds its way to distant Omaha and the far West. Thirty years ago oysters were unknown in the northern part of this State, but now that beauties of Buffalo and their admirers can sit uown to a festive supper of fresh saddle-rock on the half shell. The rapid intercommunica tion with inland cities, which had been developed in the last quarter of a century, has given a great impulse exportation, and statistics from reliable sources show that many millions of dollors worth of oysters are yearly sent from this port alone. For instance, the average retail trade per week of Fulton Market requires 250,000 oysters, and one establishment is called upon to supply Irom 1,000 to 1,500 cus tomers daily. The wholesale department packs and exports 100,000 weekly, and gives employment to a large number of men. The yearly returns fiora the home mar ket amounts to 1,000,000 per annum, and from other localities to about S1,000,000. The trade gives emplomcnt to 2,500 men in New York city, and to 200 iu Brooklyn. There are 750 oyster saloons in the metropolis, and 10J in the City of Churches. Ou the North and East rivers about 50 6cows are employed receiving oysters from the vessels arriving from the various bays, aud from these boats about 309,000 oysters are daily shipped through' out the country. Five hundred sailing vessels are employed iu this vicinity, which number iucludes everything be tween a sail boat to a schooner of 150 tons. An army corps of 5,000 men are engaged in plautiog and bringing to mar ket, who earn on an average from $3 to 1 per day. In fact, it may be salely estimated that about 10,000 men, directly or indirectly marking a living in the oyster trad of the two cities. Many of the wealthiest Knickerbocker families were oystermcn and of the present day many a bluff, rugged looking man engaged in this business has a bank account that more preteutious people, liviug in a browu stone hous. might well envy. The localities where the natives are raised are South Bay, Princess Bay, East river, and about 20 harbors through the Sound. The Summer oysters, with which the general public is nut familiar, is imported from the beds in the York and James rivers, Virginia, in the Winter, and plant ed mostly iu Princess Bay, a few miles distant from the city. Transplanted from their native waters, these Southern oysters, when placed here, become clear of spawn from the change, which makes them a wholesome edible during the Summer months. This change, however, could not be effected with the native ; that is, by removing it from one portion of the vicinity to another, but the same trans formation takes place by planting New York oysters in Southern waters. The Saddle Ptock is at present the prime favorite with the public and the origin of the name is as follows :" Thirty years ago a bed was found in the East river at a place known as Saddle llock, and the bivalves which grew about this rock were natural growth oysters, and were found to be superior to anything in the Eist river. The oysters were named after the rock. An old negro named Henry Seott first brought them to Fulton Market, but for many years the beds have become extinct, and now all large oysters are call ed Saddle Hocks. When the indigenous oystT gave out, foreign bivalves were planted in the eld beds, but the products have never been so fine as those of the natural growth. The peculiarity is a thin, fine hhell, with luscious flavored body. The largest upeecimens from the East river measure six inches but the ordinary average is from three to four inches. The qualities are varied and consequently the prices range from SI to 310 per hundred, and at one establishment a famous kind of extraordinary delicious flavor and large size sold for a dollar apiece. The Blue Point oyster which ha maintained for half a century a high re putation for fine sweet meat, is mostly of native growth aud has a rich saline flavor. On account of its delicacy it is mostly used raw, and an order for ''half a dozen Blue Points on the half shell," shows the customer to be a judge of art of good liv ing. This species is raised mostly at the Great South Bay, and is the -'Knickerbocker" of oysters. It was esteemed in colonial days, and held the sceptre until the Saddle Rock came to market. Twenty years ago Blue Points were a large oyster, but the great decSand within the past twenty years lias prevented their attain ing to a full growth, and the bed has, in a measure, deteriorated. Those most esteemed are from two to two and a half inches iu size, and cost 8100 to $2.50 per bushel. The Rockaway is planted principally in the South Bay, and in several places in the Sound, it is a very firm, delicate oyster, and costs about three dollars per hundred, wholesale prices. There are a dozen little bays in the harbor, after which the diflerent varieties of the llockaway are named. Among them may be men tioned Flatland," "Millereek" "oin derbeds' Brokerboilcr," Eastern Shoes etc. 'I he Shrewsbury oyster is the emperor of the bivalve world, and is very expensive, costing from $1 50 to S3 50 per hundred wholesale. It is grown in the Shrews bury river, where many are natural, and many are planted from the seed, which will average 2,500 to the basket bushel. By lying about two years, two hundred will fill the basket. -The seed costs as high as from 40 to 50 cents per bushel for planiting. The greater portion of the seed is caught in Tarparn Bay, North River, and are planted in varioas bays and creek around New York, but never attain to that flavor and delicacy that ap pertain to those raised on the Shrewsbury river. The great desiderta in oyster? are urmness and flavor. Some waters will produce the one, but not the other. The finest oysters, however, are those taken off their natural beds, and it is estimated that two generations are required to ac climate oysters taken from neighboring waters. The crop has been unusally good and plentiful this year, but the demand for shipment has been so great that last year's prices have been maintained. In addi tion, an extensive trade has sprung up with Europe, which gives additional em ployment and promises to attain no in considerable proportions, as the Ameri can oyster is greatly esteemed from the purity of its flavor and the absence of the harsh, coppery tasts which characterizes the British oyster. Shipping is yearly becoming more ex tensive, aud Baltimore though ahead at present has a powerful ritual in the metropolis, as all roads lead to it like those of the ancient world to Rome. In October the shipping to Europe and Cali fornia commences, and latterly tubs in stead of sealed cans are used. In shipping to St. Louis, Cincinnati aud other places within a distance of a thous and miles, oysters are shipped in cold weather in kegs protected by gunny bags, but in Summer the kegs are placed in litgcr vessels and the space packed with ice and sawdust. So expert has experi ence rendered the shipper that oysters seldom spoil, and the Western purchaser may rpjoice in a comparatively fresh and wholesome article. Some very absurd statements have been made regarding the extent of the oyster trade by writers of more expensive imagination than acquain tance with facts. The foregoing state ments have been received from a reliable source, and are sufficient to show that the trade may be ranked as one of the most important in our home industries. THE DOOM OF RATS. Have Yon Got Them? Kill Them Thr83 Ways of Doing Hie Fearful Deed. First old French plan, followed in Paris by men who make it a special business. They take a deep tub with water on the bottom and a little elevation in the mid dle, like an island, on which is only place for just one rat to sit. The top is cover ed, and has a large balance valve, open ing downward. Oo the middle of this valve, a piece of fried pork or cheese is placed, aud when the rat walks on it to get the cheese the valve goes down, drops the rat into the water, and moves back in position. A road is made from at rat hole to the top of the tub by means of pieces of board rubbed with cheese, so as to make the walk attractive for the rats. In the course of a night some ten, twen ty or even more rats may go down, and if the island was not there they would be found most all alive in the morning quietly swimming round, but the provision of the little island save the trouble of killing them, because their egotistic instinct for preservation causes them to fight for the ex clusive possession of the island, on which, in the morning, the strongest rat is found in solitary possession, all the others being killed and drowned around him. Second, a plan invented by one of our friends. The floor near the rat hole is covered with a thin layer of moist caus tic potassa. When the rats walk on this it makes their feet, sore ; these they lick with their tougues, which makes their mouths sore ; and the result is that they shun this locality, not alone, but appear to tell all the rats in the neighborhood about it, and eventually the house is en tirely abandoned by them, notwithstand ing the houses around may be full of rats. Third, the Dutch method. This is said to be used successfully in Holland. A number of rats are left to themselves in a very large trap or cage, with no food whatever ; theircraving hunger will cause them to fight, and the weakest will be eaten by the strongest. After a short time the fight is renewed, aud the next weakest is the victim, and so it goes till one strong rat is left. When this has eaten the last remains of any of the others it is let loose. The animal has now ac quired such a taste for rat flesh that he is the terror of ratnom, going around seeking what rat he may devour. In an incredibly short time the premises are abandoned by all other rata, which will not come back before the canniabal rat has lelt or died. Reports from difierent parts of Dutch ess county, New York, show that the chickens are affected with a disease sim ilar to the epizootic. At Rhinebeck thirty in one lot died on Tuesday, and twenty in another lot. In some instances the head swells to double the natural sizo Inside View of Mormonism. The Denver, Colorado, Tribune of Octo ber 12, says : Mrs. Stenhouse began her lecture with a brief sketch of the origin of the doctrine which gave rise to the polygamic evil, and its effects upon the women of Utah and elsewhere. She was in Switzerland at the time, and it was her mission to break it to the sisters there. She felt as if she was bringing a blight, upon every home and pointing a poignard at the breast of every woman in the land. She then described the practical working of the system in Utah, quoting from Brig ham Young himself to prove the deep, unutterable and universal unhappiuess caused by it. The murmurs and tears of the women were uuheeded. They were commanded to round up their shoulders and bear the burden, or expect a com plete and lasting divorce Those who complied were promised rule as kings' and queens in heaven ; those who did not were to be damned. The torrib'c male dictions of Young meant something. They knew that he would not ruthlessly apply his doctrine of blood atonement, if necessary, and many a man and woman had for their opposition been buried in quiet graves where they would rest until the day when they should meet their mur derer, not as a judge, but as a trembling culprit. So little were woman respected iu Utah that elders had said "We think no more of marrying a wife than of buy ing a cow." But there were no wives in Utah ; they were nothing but slaves Mrs. Stenhouse then gave a new and startling statement of the attitude and ex pectation of the Mormons during the great rebellion. They gloried iu the car nage, and predicted that the males would be killed, except a very small remnant, and that then they would take the Gen tile women as their spoil. They applied a passage of Scripture to that anticipated result, and believed that seven women would lay hold of one man and say we will eat our own bread, &c , only let us be called by thy name to take away our reproach. Her picture of the plural wives, their louely, comfortless, and some times destitute condition, was touching and coustituted a strong argument against the infamous practice. Brigham Young was denounced as a stern, implacable ty rant, and his conduct toward his wife, Harriett Cook, cited as proof. This young, high spirited woman had aspired to the position of Sultana, as having borne the Prophet the first son under the new sys tem, but Young had steadily ignored her pretensions. One day the child was pun ished by her and stigmatized as a bas tard. The sting was not intended for the boy, but for his father, who was within hearing. He came forward and said, 'Harriet, that is the last bastard you shall ever have." And for a quarter of a cen tury she has been a husbandlcss wife. Other instances of a similar character were narrated. The fearful practice had its female supporters, of whom Eliza Snow was chief. She had recently published a letter purporting to come from a country women, in which the degrading vice is praised a.s beneficial to the temper anJ character of women. Mrs. S. knew of one wife who went insane when her hus band took another to his home, and when he died, soon after, she ran out of her hovel aud with curses and manical rav ings threw stones at his coffin. The Union PaciSo Railroad came, and then Young gave women the suffrage, not that they might emancipate themselves, but be cnuse the ciphers should magnify him, the only figures recognized of value The horrors of the Endowment House were then exposed, and a story told of Orson Pratt, which, for its perfect telling and the world af woe it reveals, ought to be published verbatim as a tract, and sown broadcast over the world wherever the disciples of polvgamy seek to make converts. Beans. Charles D. Warner, in cne of his pleasant essays, speaking of beans and their moral and aesthetic influence on humanity, says : ''Not to have baked beans on Sunday is still, in some parts of New England, a fracture of the twelfth commandent. The bean figures largely in the economy of the old Bay State. It has its moral as well as its official uses. It is given to the inmates of the State prison at Charlestown, and is made a moral test of character. In the kitchen I have seen rows of convicts seated at the long tabe, sorting over the beans for neit day's dinner throwing away the black and imperfect ones. This is the first step toward awakening in these degraded be ings the distinction between good and bad When they have learned to sort out the had beans, they have taken one step in the formation of a moral character. S solicitous is this State of the morals of all her children." For the first time in the court annals of Maryland a man ha3 sued a woman for refusing to marry him. He lays his dam age at 83,000, and the woman now should keep her pramiso just to punish such a fool. Two men employed at one of our stove stores, was engaged recently in putting up a stove for a lady. During a heavy lift one of them told the othee to "spit on, his hands," when both were nonplus ed by the lady hastily exclaiming, ''O, don't do that; here U ' spittoon." Hints to Housekeepers. As a general rule it is most cconomi ca! to buy the best articles The price is, of course always a little higher, but a good article always spends the best. It is a sacrifice of money to buy poor flour, meat, sugar, molasses, cheese, butter, lard, etc , to say nothing of the injurious effect oo the health Butter that is made in September is best for winter use. Lard should be hard and white ; and that which is taken from a hog over a year old is the best. Rich cheese feels soft under the pres sure of the finger. That which is very strong is neither good nor healthy. To keep one that is cut, tie it up in a bag that will not admit flies, and hang it in a cool dry place. If mould appears on it wipe it off with a dry cloth. The best rice is large and has a clear fresh look. Old rice has sometimes lit tie black insects inside the kernel. The small white sago called pearl sago, is the best. The large brown kind has an ear thy taste. These articles and ground rice, tapioca, etc., should be kept covered. The select nutmages, prick them with a pin. If they are good and freh the oil will instantly spread around the punc ture. Keep coffee by itself, as its odor affects other articles. Keep your tea in a close can or cannis ter. Oranges and lemons keep best wrap ped close in a soil paper and laid in a drawer. When a cask of molasses, is bought, draw off a few quarts, else the fermenta tion produced by moving it will burst the cask. Bread and cake should be kept in a tin box Or stone jar. Soft soap should be kept in a dry place in a cellar, and should not be used till three months old. Bar soap should be cut into pieces of convenient size, and left where it will become dry. It is as well to keep it for several weeks before using, it goes fast when new. Cranberries will keep all winter in a firkin of water in a cellar. Salt codfish should be kept in a dry place the where oder of it will not affect the air of the house. Fish skin, for clean ing coffee, should be washed, dried and put in a paper bag. Sagacity of a Mare. A remarkable instance of the sagacity (is it not reason ?) of a horse has come to our notice. iur. don lMctcher, a .Nor wegian, owns an unbroken cayuse mare which runs in a pasture adjoing his house. The mare, which is very wild, has a young colt at her side. A few nights since, after Mr. Fletcher had retired, he was aroused by the mare coming to the window of his house, and by pawing. neighing and in every way possible try ing to get his attention. This continu ing for some time he got up and went out and drove her away, and returned again to bed ; but she immediately returned, and if possible increased her demonstra tions ; he again went out when the mare came up to him and rubbed her nose against him, though always before she had been very shy of allowing any one to come within reach of her, then ran on a few yards before him continuing her neighing ; then, as he did not follow her she returned to him rubbing ngainsthim in the most demonstrative manner. He attempted to drive her off, struck her with a stick, and followed her a few yards to frighten her away. As soon, however, as he turned toward the house, she re turned and tried in every way to prevent bim from doing so. He then remarked that her colt was not with her, a fact he had not noticed before, as it was quite dark. It occurred to him then to follow her, which he did. So soon as she saw he was doing so, she ran off before him, stoppiug every few yards, turning rouud to see that he was still following, then again running on keeping up her call ing, until she reached a distant part of the field, where she stopped at an old 'prospect hole." On coming up with her she again commenced rubbing against him, and drew his attention to the hole, where he soon discovered the colt. It appears it had slipped iuto it aud was un able to get out, and the marc had taken this method to obtain assistance. Beiug unable get it out alone. Mr. Fletcher went for some of his neighbors and with them returned. While they were taking the little fellow out, the mare manifested the most intense delight, and seemed al most beside herself with joy ; and after wards, when the men had got out of the hole, she came up to Mr. F., and placing her nose on his shoulder, gave every sign of gratitude that a human mother might under similar circumstances. Who will say that the horse docs not reason ? Virginia City Muntuuian. Hints to Young Mothers. The three requisites for babies are plen ty of sleep, plenty of food, plenty of flan nel. The saying that man is a bundle of habits is as true of babies as it is of grown children. If an infant is accustomed from its birth to sleep from six o'clock at( night until daylight, the habit of ear! sleep will be formed and the mother will have all her evenings to herself. If the baby sleeps all night, a 1ob?j morning nap will naturally come' about dinner time, after which the child, ex cept when very young, should be kept awawke until six o'clock. Preservance in this roUntine will soon result in secur ing quiet evenings for both the child ami its parent. Some mothers have a long season every" morning and every night in getting tho baby asleep. They rock them and sing to them till Morphen3 enfolds them. most children this is entirely unneces sary. An infant can be accustomed, by a few days training, to go to sleep itself for a morning nap as well as for a longer rest at night. A mother has duties to herself as well as to her offspring. While she should exercise a-constant care i a securing it utmost phisical Comfort, she should se cure rest and recreation for herself. In no other Way can she keep fresh in feed ing and buoyant in spirits. Nothing can1 be so wearing as the unceasing tencingof? a fretful baby. Every means should be employed to aid the child in taking care of itself and giving as little trouble as possible. It may lcaru in' babyhood to amn?e itself with toys or by watching movements go ing on around v. ' Fashion as well as good sense requires' infants' dresses to be made with long sleeves and high in the neck. Fashion requires childreu of all ages to be warm ly dressed. Flannel should encase tho whole body, with the exception of its head and hands. The fruitful cause of colic in infant is the nkedness of their neck and arms. Regularity in feeding is as important as either of the other requirements. Ba bies cry as often from overfed too fre quently as from hunger. Let the mother obey the dictates cf common sense in this manner and not force food into a baby's stomach for every little complaint it makes: Children of three or four years old need much more sleep than they usually have. For irritable and nervous child ren sleep is a specfiic, and it can be- secured to them only by the force of habits. Many light forms of disease may be cured by keeping a child in a uniform temperature and in quiet.-'tcur;iuJ of Chemistry. Pen-makers arc a bed' set. They make people steel pens- and then say they do write. There is a boy in St. Joseph, Mo., who wears shoes which are seventeen and a quarter snches long, and seventeen inches around the inatep. Worms don't havo much show in his neighborhood. The newspapers of the country are urg ed to warn advertisers that postmasters are forbidden by law to deliver letters addressed to initials or fieitious names, unless sent to the care of some responsi ble person. A Frcnchmau has discovered that the perfume of a magnificeut species of lilly botanically called Lilium Anratum, is so obnoxious to flies that they will not re main in a room where one of the flowers is placed. Why didn't somebody thiuk of this last summer 1 Fire proof furniture is the scientific an nouncement in Germany. It is said that a German chemist acting under a com mission from a fire insurance company, discovered that impreguatiou with a con centrated solution of rock salt renders all timber fire proof The salt, too, renders wood proof against dry rot aud the ravages of insects. One of the fashionable churches in New. York has adopted an expedient for attracting the curious of its congregation to church which, costing nothiug, might perhaps be adopted with profit elsewhere. At the rear of the church is kept hang ing a slate bearing upoa it a list of wed dings to be celebrated, which, it is found, proves effectual in increasing in attend ance of young ladies in divine service.
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