Scuotcb to Politics, Citctatuvc, Agriculture, Science, illoralitij, nub cncrol Sntdligcucc.
VOL. SO.
STMIOUD3BURG, MONROE COUNTY, PA., JANUARY 30, 1873.
NO. 38,
Published by Tlieod ore Schoch.
TSUMS -Two .loli-irs a yeirin advance nd if not
p:tM nei'ireine mill or me year, two dollars and fifty
cents will be ch:irp:.
No ier lisco iiiniie J until all arrearages are paid,
except xl the nrtitti o the Elitor.
iCr A. Ueriiscments of me square of (eight lines) or
one or mre lllet i fis 9 1 oil.. Kae.tl lilUltlollal
Hinrtiuiv, 59 cents. Longer ones in proportion.
jorc IMU.ITIKU,
or AU KINDS,
iieirtcd in "hc tostaet-t siv'e of the Art, and on the
most r4saatI terms.
DE. J.LANTZ,
Surgeon arul Mechanical Dentist,
Still h:s Ins office n Main Street, in the recotid
tory f Ur. S. Wiiltoa's Strict bniiiliuc, ncittlv op
Mlc'the strouclslmrg House, and lie tf..UTs'luniK(f
that I'f eijUlfen yeitis runsUut ra-Ui-e Jid tK nnut
irnet and careful avtcntt. n to nil matters pertaining
t his proffision, llial le i fully able to perform ( I
operations u l he dental line in the inoftoateful, t-utie-f
ijt an lkilitil manner.
S;n:(-i;il attention given to saving the Natura' Tectlj ;
l, to t'ne iiieriiii of Artificial Teeth on Rubber,
i..U, Silver or I'-tiitiuuuus Gums, and pertect ftls 1m
.all ca.es insured.
Most persons know ihc great f-dly and danger ot en
trusting their work to the inexperienced, or to those
living at a tiislamre. April 13, 1871. I v
D
K. GEO.'W. JACIiSOX
PHYSICIAN, SURGEON & ACCOUCHER.
In the old office of Dr. A. Reeves Jackton,
residence in Wyckoff 's building.
STROUDSBURG, PA.
Jiuuiist 8, 1872-tf.
OPERATING AM MCHAMCAL DEMIST,
H iving located in East Stroudsburg, Pa., an
notuvces that he is now prepared to insert arti
ici a I 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 v( Nitrous Oxide
i Jaw." AH other work incident to the profession
done in the most skillful and approved style.
All work attended to promptly and warranted.
Charges reasonable. Patronage of the public
solicited.
Office in A. XV. Loder's new building, op
posite Analomink House, East JStrotidsburg,
1'a.l July 11, 1872 ly.
DR. N. L. PECK,
Surgeon Dentist,
Announces ih it having just returned from
Dental Co!Iegs, he is fully prepared lo make
artificial teetu in the most beautiful and liie
1 ike manner, and 10 fili decayed teeth ac
cording to the tnot i-nprcved melhoJ.
TVeili ex'ract -d without pain, when dc
eireJ, by the use of Nitrous Oxide Gas,
which is entirely harmless-. Repairing ol
all kinds neatly done. All work warranted.
Charges reasonable.
Office in J. CI. Keller's new Brick build
ing. Main S'reet, Stroudsburg, Pa.
auj31-if
DR. C. O. IIOFFJIAX, M. U.
Would respectfully announce to the
public that he has removed his office from
UaUan 1 to Canadensis, Monroe County, Pa.
Trusting that many years of consecutive
practice of -Medicine and -Surgery will Lc a
s tffieient guarantee for the public confidence.
February 25, 1870. tf.
Ja.izes u; WALTO,
Atlorney at Law,
Office in the. building formerly, occupied
by L. M. IJurson, and opposite the St muds
ill rg Dank, Main street, Stroud.sburg, Pa.
jan!3-tf.
Jiiee isorsE,
HONESDALE, PA.
Must central location of any Hotel in town.
11. XV. KIPLE A: SON,
Main .street. Proprietors.
January , 173. 13-.
-Ij OProsITK T1IK DKPOT,
33a st Srroudsburg, Pa.
13. J. VAX COTT, Proprietor.
The Bin contains the choiest Liquors and
the table is supplied with the best the market
affords. Charges moderate. may 3 1872-tf.
? T SSount Vci
jiUUUl ? CI IlUil
117 and 119 Korth Second St.
AEOVK ARCH,
PHILADELPHIA.
May 30, 1672- ly.
B
AKTOXSV1ZJLI2 IIOTEI.
litnged hands, and been throughly ovcrliaulcd
nd repaired, will reopen, for the reception of
of quests on Tuesday, May 27th.
The public will always find this house a de
sirable place of resort. "Every department will
lc managed in the best possible .manner. The
'ble will be supplied with the best the Market
affords, and comioisures will always find none
iutthe best wines and liquors at the bar.
Good stabling beloning to the Hotel, will be
fmd at all times under the care of careful and
obliging attandants.
23, 1872. ANTHONY II. KOEMKK.
Found out wh3r people go to McCarty's to
?fct their fumiture, !jecauK5 he buys it at the
Ware ltoouis of Ixe & Co. and sells it at
n Kdvance of only tiw.nty-tiro ami tico
t'hfh jirr ant. Or in other words, Rocking
Chairs that he buys of Jx3e & Co. (through
the runners he don' t have) for $4,&0-he sells
for $5,50. Pays him to buy ome foof Fur
"'tun. LKE & CO.
Stroudsburg, Aug. 18, 1870. tf.
c
AX YOU TELL WHY IT IS
that when any one comes tobtrotids-
"rp to buy Furniture, they always inquire
fcrMeCartys Furniture Store! 6eot. 26
Inaugural Address of ' Gov. Hartranft
Gentlemen of the Senate and Iloaee of
Representatives,, and Fellow citizens :
Permit me, through you, to tender my
heartfelt thanks to the people of this
Commonwealth for their partiality in
selecting me as their Chief Magistrate.
In obedience to law I have appeared
before you to pledge mj fidelity to the
Constitution. Its obligations and the re
pponsibilities it imposes are, I hope, fully
realized. In the administration of pub
lie aftairs it is my ' earnest prayer that I
may be guided ; by Divine wisdom; and
that, all tny actious may reflect the pco
ple8 will.
My predecessor presented in his annual
messa-ie his recommendation?, and much
valuable information, so fully and so well
that it appears unnecessary . to enter into
details. My views are in accord with the
geueral policy of the State administration
for the past lew years, ulthough I believe
some changes might be for the public
good, and to these I shall briefly allude.
Having been closely connected with the
finances of the State since lSO'o", I speak
knowingly when I s.iy that the reveuues
have been faithfully collected : extrava
gant appropriations have been avoided :
tazction has been equalized by the repeal
of the most burdensome taxes; and by
strict ecouomy aud good management
ihc public debt has been largely reduced
The poiicr of paying off the entire in
debtedoess of the State is, I believe, fully
iudotsed by the tax-payers, and it shail
be my aim to adhere to that policy.
The public debt, however, decreasing
while the revenues are increasing, itoc
curs to me that a further reduction of the
latter should be made during the current
session of the Legislature, The increase
in the value of bur real estate and the
products of our manufactories, the steady
development of our resources, and the ex
pansioo o our railway system, are rapid
ly enriching our people. If we measure
the aggregate of our wealth and its growth
upon the basis of the late census, we can
readily understand how a lighter tax ioi
posed upon tbe present taxed property
will meet all our necessities in the future,
provide an ample fund for the liquidation
of our debt, and give a decided impulse
to the useful enterprises thus relieved.
I sincerely trust, however, that in any at
tempt to lessen the burdens of taxation,
the Legislature will exercise a wise dis
tretion, and properly discriminate in fa
vor of our industtial interests.
In every part of this Commonwealth
are found lieh deposits of miuerals. To
make thetn available aud productive
should be our earnest aim, and shall re
ceive a large share of my attention. It
can alone be done by the intelligent em
plojment of labor and capital. This is
an object of immense iuteiest, andean
best be subserved by first providing the
highest possible knowledge of the charac
ter and location of the most valuable
minerals. Labor cau be made invit'iDg
by making it remunerative. Its profits
must depeud largely upon the measure of
protection afforded by Congress to our
home industiics. a qucstiou which may
safely be committed to our Representa
tives in the Xatioual Legislature.
Capital is the water for the wheel, and
should be abundant, aud the rates of in
tcrest should be easy for active and whole
some enterprise, and whatever legislation
w ill best serve this end should receive
general support. Money will always re
ceive the highest rates, the security be
iog the same; and for that reason it now
gravitates to neighboring States, where
the legal rates s:re lets than our own. If
we cannot remove our restrictions, and
make money as free as aoy other com
modity, at least let us permit the same
rate as allowed by other States, aud there
by retaiu it withiu our borders.
It will be my pleasure, as it is my du
ty, to have a watchlul care over the school
system of our State. Xo part of our gov
eromeotal policy should command the
employment of more wisdom than that
which is to promote the instruction of
our youth. It is a source of pride and
satisfaction that our people contribute so
freely to an object so worthy as our
schools, and the report of the supcriutend
ent of common schools must convince
every reader ol the happy results accru
iog from the judicious management of
our educational system. Rut while the
doors of our schools are opened wide to
every one. it is sad to think that there
are seventy five thousand children in the
State who do not, whether prevented by
the necessities of their parents, or other
wise, attend aod receive the blessed piivi
leges of these schools. This is a matter
of grave import, and exacts of us all, pco
pie and Legislature alike, earnest and
thoughtful consideration.
Io this connection, let me say a word iu
regard to a subject that has olten engag
ed my thoughts, and to which I invoke
"the attention of our law makers. Xo part
of our system of education has secured so
universal commendation as that which is
embraced in ihe circle of instruction of
those who were made orphans by the
casualties of war. The helpless condition
of these little oues touchiugly appealed
to the hearts of our people, aod the re
ipoose was the establishment of the or
phans' schools that are now the pride of
our State. Rut in resecuiog these chil
dren from destitution, aod providing (or
their education until they had attained
the age of 16 years, have we filled the
measure of our duty to them?
Thrown out into the world to do battle
with life's trials at an age peculiarly dan
gerous to youth, does not common hu
manity require that the State should
maintain its guardianship of these chil
dren until their habits are somewhat
settled and. they have acquired the
ability to earn their own livelihood ?
The establishment of industrious schools,
wherein useful trades may be taught,
seems to promise the easiest and best
solution of this problem.
It is highly important that in times of
insurcctiou and riot there should be at
command a good and efficient force of
militia to assist the civil power to protect
property and maintain its authority. To
create such a force it seems absolutely ne
tessary that the State must extend its aid
iu a more substantial way to those who
enlist iu her service. The fines for the
non peiformauce of militiaduty are obnox
ious to many of our best citizens, and
yield at best but a slender income, and
that, too, 00 a wrong basis, for property
and not the individual should be taxed.
The military should be well distributed
throughout the State, and the number of
companies limited, and within the limit,
to make them efficient, every company
accepted, when found to be up to the pro
per standard of oumbers, drill aod discip
line, should receive directly from the pub
lic treasury at least 500 per anuum.
The fire aud the life insurance com
panies are making an effort to secure uni
form legislation in all the States, and the
States having a lanze home interest in
insurance have been the first to adopt
that principle. To impose heavy fees aud ,
taxes upon insurauce companies iucor
porated io other States, and doing bust
ness in this, reacts upon the home com
panies by reason of the reciprocal laws of
those States. If it is deemed desirable
to. protect and foster the home iusurance
interest, already too long neglected, let
uniform laws be enacted. To me it seems
this interest is of sufficicut importance to
warrant the temporary loss of a portion of
the revenue now received from the for
eign companies. The revenue from our
own companies will increase by reason of
their enlarged business, aod we will thus
be compensated for such temporary loss
The necessity for immediate action on
the part of our people to insure the sue
cess of the Centenuial Exhibitions must
be realized by every thinking man. Its
failure will be to our lasting shame its
success must redound to the honor and
permaneut benefit of the Commonwealth.
Located iu our metropolis, which is fast
moving to the front of the manufacturing
cities of the world, affording an oppor
tunity to display the piolucts and resour
ces of our State, and opening to foreigners
new channels of information as to our
character and enterprses, it certainly is
the imperative duty of every citizen who
loves his State to lend his countenance
aud support to this great exhibition. The
diguity and good name of the Common
wealth are at stake. Let us not forfeit
these by a lack of public spirit, or by mis
taken ecouomy. Any proper plan the
Legislature may see fit to adopt to aid this
national ; undertaking shall receive the
hearty concurrence of the Executive.
The subject of constitutional reform is
now occupying a large share of public
attention. Opinions are various as to its
propriety or necessity, as the views of
men are conservative or progressive.
There is now, however, in session in Phil
adclphia a convention of respectable and
honorable gentlemen, fresh from the peo
pie, and authorized by them to revise the
Constitution. To these gentlemen we
confidently refer these questions of con
stitutional reform, in the belief that out
of their combined integrity and wisdom
will spring such measures as will best con
duce to our safety, happiness aod pros
perity.
There is one paramount and growing
evil, however, to which, by my oath as
your Executive aud my sense of duty as
a citizen, I am constrained to ask your
serious attention. I allude to special le
gislation or the abuse of legislative pow
er, to further particular local and private
ends to the exclusion of public business.
I cannot condemn this evil in language
too strong, and it seems but the part of
common sense that some positive restric
tion be put upon legislation that will
conffne it to public objects, and make its
enactments uniform and geueral.
There is another subject to which I
may be permitted to advert, because it
concerns one of my most important func
tions. I refer to the pardoning power.
The exercise of this power rests excul
sively within the discretion aod con
science of the Executive ; and when we
consider the importunities of the friends
of a coudemned man, aud their natural
inclination to use every influence to ob
fain a pardon, it must be conceded that
tliis power is a trying and dangerous one
with which to invest any individual.
Aoy provisiou that would relievo the con
science and divide the responsibility of
the exercise of this power must surely
commend itsolf to good senso of our
people.
. There is a popular demand, too, that
the sinking fund, containing bonds that
represent the proceeds of the sale of the
public works, and which are applicable
alone to the payment of the public debt,
shall be kept sacred for the purpose to
which it is dedicated, and that the safe
guards of this fund shall be made so
strong as to protect it from every en
croachment, however ingeniously planned
or powerfully supported. To this de
mand the Constitutional Convention will
doubtless respond ; and for myself I may
be permitted to say that no legislation iru
pairing to security of this fund, or chang
iog its character, ever can receive my
sanction. ' .
In view of the prospect that the Legis
lature will, after this season, be divested
of its power to legislate for special objects,
a popular apprehension is prevailing that
interested parties will push their schemes
at this juncture, and make extraordinary
efforts to control legislation. I deem it
my duty lo impress upon the Legislature
the necessity of examining with more
than ordinary care every measure sub
mitted for their consideration.
Too much praise cannot be accorded to
the honorable and humane gentlemen who
constitute the Roard of Public Charities
for their valuable services, gratuitously
bestowed, in supervising the manifold and
important public trusts the State has con
fided to their care. I take great pleasure
io inviting the attention of the Legisla
ture to the suggestions and work of this
excellent board, and shall unite in any
plan that will help these gentlemeu to
accomplish their beneficeut designs.
We have great cause for thankfulness,
my fellow citizens. When we contem
plate the happy and prosperous coudition
of our country. Recuperating rapidly
from the ravages and waste of our great
civil war, she is moving forward to a new
era of progress and development. And
in this march to a higher destiny in which
all the States are uuited, Pennsylvania
should have a place in the .van, a posi
tion to which she is entitled by the intel
ligence and character of her citizens, the
magnitude of her resources, the extent of
her industrial interests, and the grand re
cord of her patriotism. To rnaiutaio thi
position for our proud old Commonwealth
will be the sonstaut endeavor of yonr
Executive, and to strengthen his arm and
enlarge his understanding, he asks the
support and counsel of all good citizens,
and humbly implores the aid and guid
ance of Uitn who is the Supreme Ruler
Upon the conclusion of the address
there followed cheers, the enthusiasm of
which bespoke the feelings of those as
sembled.
Advice to the Girls.
We have charity for fast girls. We
have often found them geocrous aod
warm hearted, and are fully reay to be
lieve that their disreagard for conven
tionalies is often the bolduess of innocence
For example, iu some families the chain
ber of the sister is the. resort of the bro
ther iu the first place ; then the cousin
who is almost a brother, and then of the
brother's intimate friend, who is treated
as one of the family. When this free
style of living is transferred from the
shadow of the family to the apartmeuts
of a crowded hotel or boardiug house, it
gives occasion for much free speaking
and lree thinking for a style of judg
meut that olteu does the yound girl great
injustice.
We have said that out Americans had
their faults. The want of conventional
limits of propriety between the sexes is
one of them. The young French girl is
kept secluded, and never suffered to see a
gentleman uuwatched. In Ameriea, from
early childhood, little giils and boys grow
up together and. on the whole, it is best
they should. Rut, in order that this
liberty should produce good effects,
parents and guradiaus should incessantly
teach certain limits of propriety. There
are certain places, times and modes of iu
tercourse that are proper places, times
and modes. There are certain other
places, times and modes that are itu
proper, aud it ought to be a part of the
early traiuing of every girl to teach her
this. Every approach on the part of a
young girl to any personal familiarity
with a young man, such as she might
most innocently take with another girl,
exposes her to misconstruction which it
was the duty of her mother to prevcut
by timely warming.
A favorite author has said that such
personal advances, ou the part of women,
were "immoralities of mauner," even
where the intention was innocent. So
girls, take care respect yourselves re
spect your sex, and do not give the enemy
cause to speak reproachfully. Listen all
of you, to whate a man says. It is out
of some old fashioned Father's Legacy or
some such antiquated book. lie says:
"A fine woman has a power over us which
she very little dreams, but a little too
near acquaintance often dissolves the
illusion and converts the angel iuto a very
ordinary girl "
Let a mother tell you, girls, that
mothers, when they send their good into
the great world and its temptations, hope
much for them from the influence of good
women.
Did you ever think of this when you
tell young men that you dote 00 smoking ;
when you urge wine upon them at parties '(
Some mother, some sister, may wish that
you would lead her son or brother to
nobler, purer conceptions of life. Ought
not some higher motive to govern your
intercourse with the young men of your
acquaintance than merely the desire to
fasten their admiration on yourself to
please them at any and every hazard ?
Ha sure that a young man who is pleased
through his lower nature, because you
encourage his indolent and self indulgent
habits, and take part with bis least elevat
ed impulses, will think of you by and by
only as a part of something unworthy,
which his better self will eeek to out
grow. Mrs. II. IS. Stowe.
The Recent Terrible Snow-Storm in the
North-West.
The snow storm which fell upon the in
habitants of Miouesota and other north
western portions of our country week be
lore last, was the most terribly severe one
ever remembered. The papers from that
section of country are filled with heart
rending details of the destruction of lile
caused thereby. A despatch from St.
Paul, dated January 15th, says :
Reports received today iucrease the
deaths by the late storm, as follosvs : Thir
teen in the vicinity of Lake Iliusley, six
miles from Lake Crystal ; six school chil
dren, who had been attending school be
tween Fort Ridgway and Heaver Falls ; a
man named Wolverton, across the river
from Maokato. Five more cases are re
ported from Alexandria, making "I'l in
all.
A despatch from Falls reports seven
more bodies found, and estimates that
within a radius of twenty five miles the
victims will reach fifty. A Germau
named Ludicker, of Hastings, and his
team perished a few miles from this city.
Oae of the most saddest cases reported,
an 1 oue illustrating the fearful nature-of
the storm, came from Xew Ulm, on Turs
day r. i. ; a man whose wife was sick
started for Xew Ulm lor a doctor, leav
ing her alone at home Xo doctor would
venture out in the storm, but one promis
ed to go next day. The man started
back, aud was frozen to death when half
way home. Xext day when the doctor
reached the house he found the woman
had given birth to a child aud both had
lrozeu to death.
A commercial traveler in this city, who
was caught in the storm, near Xew Ulm.
and witnessed its terrible severity, gives
it as his opinion that it has resulted iu
greater loss of life, and greater damage
to the State than did the Sioux massacre
of
Aouther despatch from Winona, bear
ing the same date, says :
The body of a man frozen to death was
picked up in a garden on the south side
of the river at Medalia on Thursday. lie
evideutly lo.st himself, was overcome by
exhaustion aud cold and Had dowu and
died.
A despatch from Lincoln station, on
the St. Paul aud Sioux City road, on
Sunday, says: Mr. R. Kirk started for
the timber to procure a load of wood His
cattle were frozen, but he was missing.
Later Mr. Kirk was found near
Garden City, aloug the Sioux City road,
on Saturday dead.
The number frozen west of Mankato
foots up twenty six, as follows : Lake
Crystal, 2 ; Medalia, 5 ; St. James, 10 ;
Mountain Like, 2; Windom3; Heron
Lake aud Worthington, 3 These are
given as reliable. All the above named
points report a number of persons still
missing.
A report was received at Mankato, on
Monday night, from Miunesi ti Falls,
which says that eleven persons had been
found frozen to death. Seven persons
three women, two men and children
were found in a sleigh, dead.
A report from Redwood Falls says six
persons were frozen to death, as far as
heard from, in that neighberhood.
A party consisting of four person? a
man, wife, child and nephew started
from Redwood to go to Marshall on Tues
d.iy, but when within a mile and a half
of Marshall they were overtaken by the
storm ami lost their way. The nephew
froze to death. On Wednesday rftoruoou
ihe child died in its mother's arms. On
Mondav morning, wheh found, the man's
legs and aims were badly frozen, aod the
woman had noc hand frozen.
Counterfeit Greenbacks.
There are now in circulation two sets
of counterfeit five dollar United States
notes The first of these bogus green
backs is poorly engraved on tolerably
good paper, and purports to be Xo US 12
The statue of "America," on the left
hand side of the note, is faintly and badly
executed, as is also the medallion por
trait in" the lower rit;ht hand corner
The line engraving on the back is iu
distinct, and the curved lines weak and
wavering. The second counterfeit is
badly printed on wretched p-per, is
numbered 31,720, and the engraving is
exceedingly coarse and scratchy. Peter
son's Detector so describes them.
Home Gardening.
The following condensed system of
gardening is recommended by a contem
porary for the study of ladies: ''Make
your bed in the morning; sew buttons on
your busbaud s shut; do not rake any
grievances ; protect the voung ami tender
branches of your family ; plant a smile 'iff
good temper on your face, and carefully
root all angry feelings, and expect a trood
crop of happiness."
FELONS.
A bone felon is a bad thing, and there
are numerous so called remedies lor ft
Doubtless an application which is sue
cessful in one case may, from some un
known cause, fail in another. An ex
change says that a sure cure is dry rock
salt, pounded and mixed with spirits of
turpentine. Put the mixture in a cloth,
and wrap around the part affected, and
change when it gets dry. This is said to
kill the folon in twenty lour hours.
Stokes Convicted.
Contrary to all expectation the Xew
York jury in Stokes-Fisk case has declar
ed that murder is murder. It may be ad
mitted that Fisk was one of the worst of
men, ns he doubtless was, but that gave
to Stokes no license to lie in wait for him
as a cowardly asassin. in order to shook
him dowu in satisfaction of his private
resentments This is what Stokes did,
and, although it is clearly murder in the
first, degree, and nothing else, the general
expectation was that the jury would
obstinately "disagree." or find a verdict
of manslaughter of soaie inferior grade.
Considering all the surroundings of the
case, this jury has discharged its duty to
merit stroug approbation.
He was sentenced to be hung on Fri
day, the 28th day of February next.
Death of Napoleon.
London', Jan. 9 1:30 p. m Xapo
leon died at Chiselhurst at forty-five'
minutes past ten o'clock this morning.
The ex Emperor's death was caused by'
embolism, aud it was so sudden that the
last sacrament of the Roman Catholic
Church could not be administered, the
priest arriving after the Emperor had
expired.
This story is told of a father who was
one evening teaching his little boy to
recite his Suuday school lesson. It was
from the fourteenth chaper of Matthew;
wherein is related the parable of a mali
cious individual who went about sowing;'
tares. "What U a tare? Tell me, my
son, what a tare is." asked the auxious
parent. "You had 'em I" "Johnny, what'
do you mean V asked the father, open
ing his eyes rather wide. "What, last
week, when you didn't come home io
three days," said Johuny, "I heard moth
er tell Aunt Susan you were on a tare."
Johnny was immediately sent to bed.
Papas are romantic, it must be confers
ed. One of thena in Daveport, Iowa, with
three marriageable daughters, has posted
the following notice over his bell pullV
"Wood, SG a cord; coal, 30 cents a
bushel ; gas dear and bad. Parties stay
ing alter 1) o'clock wiU please settle
quarterly. X R A reduction made
alter engagrments and the full amount
added to the marriage portion." Rut
there are a great many lovers ardent
enough to dispene with a vulgar coal
fire altogether, aud who would be per
fectly willing to carry 00 the courting in.
the back yard with the thermometer at f,
if unable to pay papa's prices.
Lad ies who are annoyed by the soiled
paper collars of the men folks, who usually
leave them lying around loose, or tuck
them behind the looking glas-, bureau,,
or trunk, will be pleased to learn thraS
those soiled collars make superb lighters.
A strip one quarter of an iuch wide, one
half the length of the collar, cau be carried
into half a dozen rooms and light the gas,
or a lamp, in each room, thus saving time
and matches, and converting those cast off
articles into cotnethiug useful.
From a summary of affairs in Texas-,
published io the Houston Union, it ap
pears that during the last two y6ar two.
thousand free schools have been put in
operatiou, over six huudred miles of rail
road have been constructed, and the im
migration has beeu larger than auy six
preceding years. Pubiic and private
enterprises have flourished, and a large
amount of capital ,has been invested iu
the State.
The sharpest so far this month is the
Troy girl who makes her unsuspecting
lather the daily bearer of sweet missives
to a clerk in bis office, who has been for
bidden to visit his employer's house She
pins the letter in the old man's cloak, aud
wheu he reaches the office and throws off
the garment the clerk gets it aud responds
by the same carrier.
P. T. Rarnuni, in a speech in Xew
York the other night, said that he was
used to being burned out, and that he
was "enabled to invest another half
million of dollars without disturbing his
bunk accuuut or injuring the prospects of
bis children inheriting a fortune they
never earned.
The annual sale by auction of the pews
in Rev. Henry Ward Reecher's church,
Hrooklyu, took place recently. The total
amount of rent aud premium, was SS0,
230, an increase of 8350 from last year.
Thirty of the pews sold for 300 and up
wards each.
A gentleman at Lancaster, Pa has a
horse that takes his children to school
in the morning, retiming home driverless,
aud at night returns lor them in the same'
way, rubbing his nose against the window
paue to indicate his presence.
Michigan farmers drive into town with
red hot stoves iu the rear end of their
sleighs.
A WeMern pie eater eat sixteen pies
in seventeen minutes.
A Minnesota beau at a party lent his
girl his false teeth to crack uuti.
A Xew Albany, lud , man is the proud
possessor of 12 sous aud 15 dauhters.
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