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VOL. 30.
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Pu'jIisIunI bj Theodore Sclioc'i
:, TE!l'tS f $' li!I.irs a ye.iriri advance nnd if not
j-i I !if.itc.ihe en I of Hie ye;rr, t wo dollars aad fifty
vcnt.4 w iii be churned.
,, N i lici ititiiie I until all arrearages are paid,
cxc.eoX i: th ortioji t the Editor.
, 'Cj.V lvertise:nents of one square of (eight lines) or
jjs.. oiie or tli r?e insertions $1 50. Ear.h additional
ri :i liou, il cent.?. Longer ones in proportion.
OF ALL KINDS,
Executed in the liistiest style of the Art, and on the
most ie.ton i()le terms.
D R J L ANT Z, 1
Surgeon ami Mechanical Dentist,
Still h i his nfRre n Mun Street, in the second
story "I" Or. S. Walton's iirirk biiiidiner, neaily oppo
ite tli S'.rou Isttuis; House, and Ue ll.uters'hitnself
that by ciiiiitecii years constant prartn-e and the most
earnest tit I c-.ik-Iii! altenti n to nil matter pertaining
to his irof."sion, thai he i fully able to perform ll
Mjieratious in the deiit.il line in the inoft e.ireful, tasle
I'll aiii skillt'il manner.
S,it-i il attriiLiou given to a vin the X itura' Teeth ;
mUo. to the i'lM-rtion of Artificial r eel II on Kt!ter,
O ilJ. Silver or Continuous Gions, and peiie t fits In
all o.i.es insured.
M 'st persons kno the great folly mid danger l en
l rti -t their work to the inexperienced, or to those
living at a distance. April 13, 1871. ly
D
it. c.i:. w. jacksox
PHYSICIAN, SURGEON & ACCOUCHER.
In the olJ office of Dr. A. Tteeves Jackson,
residence in WyckotT's building.
STROUDSBURG, PA.
August 8, lS72-tf.
nQK. II. J. PATTERSOX,
OPERATING AND MLdlAMCAL DENTIST,
Having located in East Stroudsburg, l'a., an
nounces that lie is now prepared to insert arti
ficial teeth in the most beautiful :uid life-like
manner. Also, great attetiiio:i given to filling
and preserving the natural teeth. Teeth ex
tracted without pain by use of Nitrous Oiide
Cia. All oilier 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. W. Loder's new building, op-
1o.-ite Analomink House, Kast Stroudsburg,
a. July 11, 1S72 ly.
DR. N. L. PECK,
Surgeon Dentist,
Announces tint having- just returned from
Dental Collets, he is folly prepared to make
artificial teeth in the most beautiful and Iile
I ike manner, and lo fili dccaveJ teeth ac
cording to the most i oprcved method.
Teeii: extracted wstho.it piin, when dc
ireJ, by the use of Nitrous Oxi.Je Gs,
which is entirely In rm I ess. Repairing o
nil kinds neatly done. All work warranted.
Charges reasonable.
Office in J. G. Keller's new Brick build
inr, Mai.i Srcet, Stroudsburg-, Pa.
uug 01-lf
Dli. C. O. IIOlTJi lX, .11. .
Would respoct fully announce to the
I:tM'i(i tint ho has removed his office, from
Oakland to Canadensis, Monroe County, Pa.
Trusting tint many years of consecutive
ir.i-tiee of Miflicino and SurirerN will bea
sufiHe.Jt gujr.inrce tor the yublk-confidence.
Tcbruarv 'i:. 1.S70. tt".
EI. W.l!iTO.,
Aliornoy ill Z,av,
OJicn in the building formerly occupied
hv L. M. lursMi, and oprHjsite the Stnmds
"b'urg Hant, Main trect, iftrou'lsburg, Pa,
jau ?,-tt'
-rririai: not si:,
H0NE3DALE, PA.
Most central location of any Hotel in town.
R. W. KIPLE & SOX,
lf,0 Main street Proprietors.
January 9, 187 3. ly.
IACKAIVAX.I'A SIOI'SE.
J OPPOSITE TilK DEPOT,
East StrouJ.-burg, Pa.
13. J. VAN COTT, Proprietor.
The BAR contains the choiest Liquors and
the table i supplied with the best the market
iflbrdi. Charges moderate.
"1T7' ATS OX'S
f T
Mount Vcrncn EIohsc,
117 and 119 North Second St.
ABOVE ARCH,
PHILADELPHIA.
May 30, 1572- ly.
g.4RTO.SVIIXn HOTEL.
Thi old established Hotel, having recent W
hanged hands, and been thronghlv overhauled
and repaired, will reopen, for the reception of
of guests on Tuesday, May 27th.
The public will alwars find this house a le-j-irable
place of reaort. Every department will
he w-ge4 in the let iossible manner. I he
table will b? supplied with the bt the Market
ffords, aud comiof sure will always find none
hot the best wines aud liquors at the bar.
Good stabling beloning to the Hotel, will be
found at all times under the care of carefuj and
obliging a ttan4ats, 1T nMl,.rr.,
way 23, 1872, ANTHONY H. BO EM Ell.
Found out why people go to McCarty to
cet their furniture, Lecaui-c he buys it at the
M'are Rooms of Lee & Co. z A sells it at
an advance of only lirriity-(v:o and fico
vintkper crt. Or in other word. RrKiking
fMtairs that he buys of Lee & Co. (through
the runners he don't have) for $4,50 he sells
for $5, 50. I 'ay him to buy v W W
pifure. LLL V CO.
Stroudsbyrg, Aug. 18, 1870. tf.
BLANK LEASES
For Salo at this Office.
"Probabilities."
The probabilities of the recurrence of
the various convulsions of nature are be
in ir reduced to a science certainly,
though slowly. Some volcanic eruptious
are louod to be absolutely periodical, data
are being; collected wherelroin to collect
the yawning of earthquakes, and even the
seemingly iutractalle simoons of the
Southern Oceau arc being organized into
a system. All nature is found to be the
servaut of law. aud the student fiads here
in a clew to the ultimate mastery of all
furies.
The late terrible storm has stimulated
inquiry respecting similar freaks of cli
mate in Miuucsota. but there are no rec
ords or recollections furnishing any par
allel whatever.
Records have beeo kept at Fort Snell
ing for Blty years, but, although several
colJ terms have been registered, nothing
approaching the severity ofour last storm
has ever been experienced. A singular
fact observed in regard to extremes ol
climates iu this State is their recurrence
at tegular periods of about eight years
In rainfall it is very marked. Our "old
settlers" remember the great flood of
151, when the Mississippi reached the
highest Mage ever known. Precisely
eight years alter the high tide of '5l
came, when the maximum waa reached
on the od of May, and two bridges and a
large number of logs were swept down
the Mississippi. Again, eight years later,
we had the flood ol 167, which carried
blty million feet of logs over the falls,
aud carried off almost every bridge, dam
aud null on the fcauk River.
The periods of drought and extremely
low water occur regularly at almost equal
intervals between those of high water
Thus, iu lbGo and 'GG (the latter kuowo
as grasshopper year); again in 1&U3 aud
'04 the severest drought ever known, and
navigation to St. Paul almost eutirely
suspended ; again in 1871 extreme low
water prevailed, and crops bably injured
by drought.
Thee phenomena occur with the regu
larity of ocean waves. At regular per-
tods co!L.e seasons of uuuual rainfall ;
aud, like the tenth wave, oue is marked
high above all the others, and recurs with
regularity of day aud uight. There is a
rhythm iu all the forces of nature, and
we must keep step or suffer the conse
quences.
None of these things happen by chance,
but all of them by rule. We have learn
ed the laws which govern the ocean, tides,
so that we know, cot otily ichen to expect
them, but also which ones will be strong
and which onns weak. It is not too much
to' suppose that, with the rapidly iDcrcas
ing means of observation, and the deep
iuterest taken by goverumeuts aod scien
fists everywhere in the laws of climate,
we may yet leatu to calculate with cer
tainty and for for years in advaoce, what
years will be dry or wet; ichen we may
expect yeais of storm and cold ; in ichat
years, iodecd, we may plant corn and
beans, and when, instead, we may put our
nust in wheat and outs, that require less
summer heat to mature ; what years to
cut our Jogs on imnll brooks with certain
ly of driving t'letu out. aud ichen we may
liricare of trusting ail our lugs . iu the
booois of the Mississippi.
The cycles of temperature coincide
nearly with tl ose of rainfall in occur
icncc and duration, but they fall a little
later. The extreme of cold happens some
what later than the extreme of drought.
The winters of 1H55-0 7 are remembered
as the coldest ever known io Minnesota
previous to the present. Again, in 18G3.
ery severe cold whs experienced. The
first eleven days of that year were almost
duplicated by the lat eleven in Decern
ber, 1 872. Rut the great storm of Jan
uary 7, 8 and '.), 1S73, is quite without
parallel. This is the great tide wave of
the cych. Probably its like will not be
seen again within eigltt periods of eight
years each that, is, till 11)37.
There is no science more exact io the
long run than that of the probabilities.
A betting man, who has mastered it, i
as certain of a fortune as he is to sq tun
di-r it tiotoutly and ruiuously when rc
quired.
Applying what we have seen in resard
to these elimatic periods in Minnesota,
what are the probabilities? 1
1. For a series of six or seven years
next to come, of mild aud moderate win
ters, hut let all beware ol recklessly tempt
ing the storms ol lb0 aud 181.
2. That for a couple of years we may
have eeasous of average rainfall, gradaul
ly increasing till 1875, when lumbermen
will do well to leave surplus logs in lakes
of very safe booms, and that, thereulter,
the seaon will grow dryer until in 1878
or 1879. when steam boatmen may find
it advisable to abandon the upper river
trade . to those who have not studied
chaoses -Jliniteajjolt's Tribune.
A young bat impecunious widow in
Lnneaster makes no secrect of her feel
ings towards a rich bachelor who owns a
larye farm in the vicinity.' She says hc
loves the ground he walks on, aud per
fectly adore the house be lives io.
- At a wood chopping in Jefferson, Fay
ette county, a few days ago, it was proposed
to take a vote on Local Option The
vote among the males resulted in a tie.
while the female vote was cast solid
against license, many of the fair tex vot
iog io direct onpotitiou to their liege
lords.
STROUDSBURG, MONROE
The Indian Agents and Traders.
The Indian has no means of knowing
how much in value or how many presents
of any particular kind the Government,
the "Great Father" as he terms it, has
sent him. For knowledge on this point
he must accept the statemeut The goods
sent by the Government .are generally
those which would most please an Indian's
fancy. The Indian trader usually keeps
roods of a similar character. The trader
is most frequently a particular friend of
the agent, often associated with him in
business, and in many instances holds his
position of trade at the instance of the
agent. They are always located near
each other. The trader is usually present
at the distribution of annuities. If the
agent, instead of distributing to the In
dians all ol the ooods intended for them
by the Government, only distributes one
half and retains the other half, who is to
be the wiser ? Not the Iudian, defraud
cd though he may be, for he is ignorant
of how much is coming to him. The
word of the aent is his guide. lie may
complain a little, express some disap
poinfment at the limited amount of pre
ents. aod intimate that the "Great Path
er" has dealt out the annuities with a
sparin-r band ; but the aeut explains it
by referring to some depredations which
he knows the tribe to have been guilty of
in times past ; or il he is not aware of
any particular instance of guilt, he charges
them generally with having committed
such acts, knowing one cau scarcely go
amiss iu accusing a tribe of occasionally
slaying a white man, aud ends up his
charges by inlorming them that the
Great Father," leaiuiog of these little
irregularities io their conduct, and being
pained greatly thereat, felt compelled to
reduee their allowance of blankets, sugar,
coffee, etc., when at the same time the
missing portion of said allowance is sale
ly secured in the store house of the a:ent
near by. Well, but how can he enrich
himself in this manner t it may asked.
Hy simply, and uusecn by the Indians,
transferring the unissued portion of the
annuities from his government storehouse
to the trading establishment of his frieud
the trader. There the boxes are unpack
ed and their con'euts pprcad out for a bar
fer with the Indians, i he latter, in grati
fying their wants, are forced to purchase
from the trader at prices which are scores
of times the value of the article offered
I have seen ludians dispose of buffalo
robes to traders, which were worth from
fi'teeu to twenty dollars each, aod get iu
return only ten to tweuty cups of brown
stigir. entire value of which did not ex
ceed two or three dollars.
This is one of the many ways agents
aud traders have of amassing sudden
wealth. 1 have known the head chiefs
of a tribe to rise iu a couucil in the pre
sence ol other chiefs aud of officers of the
army, and accuse his aeut, then present,
of these or similar dishonest practices.
It is to be wondered at that the position
of trader among the Indians is greatly
sought after by men determiuiog to be
come rich, but not 'articular as to the
manner of doing so 1 Or is it to be won
dercd at that army officers, who are often
made aware of the injustice done the Iu
diao, yet are powerless to prevent it, aod
who trace many of our difficulties with
the Indians to these causes, should urge
the abolishment of a system which has
proven itself so fruitful io fraud and dis
honest dealing toward those whose in
terest it should be their duty to protect.
"Life on the iYu '," ly General G.
A. Cunler in March Galaxy.
Killing Willows.
On swampy Ian J is sometimes a heavy
growth of willow, aud the task of remov
ing the bushes is one of no small mani
tule. Some have a theory of cutting
at certain periods of the moon chaDges.
others while the sap is dormaut, and still
others the girding or strapping process.
Of the latter method, which is attended
with no small amount of labor, a writer
io the Rural Southern, says : Don't cut
down the willows. If you da, you will
see trouble for the uext ten or tweuty
years with sprouts to cut down five or
six times a year. Let them stand until
spring, and when they are io full bloom,
cut the bark about four feet from the
grouod, strip the bark down to the root,
and let it alone. They will die, root and
branch, io the course of the year, and
never put forth a sprout. I have follow
ed this plan for twenty years, aod know
it to be buccessful. Ohio Farmer.
' J. P. Lesley, Esq., has submitted to
Governor Hartranft, iu response to inqui
ries from Ihe latter, estimates for a new
geological eurvey of the State. He gives
$47,000 as the cost for the first year, and
a lew thousand less for subsequent years.
He proposes to prosecute the work at the
rate ol five or ten counties a year, giving
the results of each year's survey to the
people, as soon as completed.
Eugene Rrown hid himself in the en
trance of the Odd Fellow's lodge room at
West Hebron (Washington Co ) last week
Fiiday night, with the intention of spy
ing out the secrets of the order. Relore
the exercises were opened he was dis
covered and was immediately initiated in
to the mysteries ol the "descent of man"
down three Cights of stair. -Rrown says
the ceremony w-a very ''touching."
The Freeport New Era ays there is a
man residing in Armstrong county who
has fire eons be calls them all John.
COUNTY, PA., MARCH
Listen.
Do you wish to do something towards
making your home happy X Do you de
sire that your brothers and sisters should
be glad to have you with them, and that
you should always be a welcome companion
to your parents or yourchildren ? Do you
want to have your society coveted every
where, and to feel, the while, that you
are doing good s well as giving pleasure?
Won Id vou like. to help people to think
well, and to have them save their best
thoughts for you ? Would it please you
to eet all the cood you can out of the peo
pie you know 1
If so. learn to listen.
Rut first learo what lUtetting is for it
is not merply the exercise of the sene of
hearing. The stupidest of us all can keep
ears open and mouth shut. To listen
properly means to make other people talk
properly. That is a social definition, il
it is not a Webstetian one. The good
listener is a cause of talking in others,
and by a proper exercise of this valuable
and too scarce :ift, makes the diffident say
what they think, and the verbose thiuk
what they say For the greatest talkers
are careful when they tiu i they have a
good listener. They know that they may
not often be so fortunate, and they talk
their best. The adept in listening may
sometimes hear more prosiug than he
likes, but if he be skillful this will uot
often happen. When it is impossible to
set anything interesting or useful out of
a man, he need be listened to no longer
Every one of sense will agree to that
Rut it is astonishing how many goods
things some very unpromising persons
will say if they be properly aod cooscien
tiously listened to. :
To be sore it is very hard for some per
sons to listen. They have a gift for talk
ing. and they like to exercise it. Rut
these are the very persons who should do
a ereat deal of listening. They know
what a luxury it i9 to talk, and they should
give their friends and families a chance
to learn the art Resides, like farmers,
they will often find much advantage iu a
rotation pf crops. A seasoo of listening
is often a most excellent preparative for
a season of talk. ;
It is effeo supp osed that if a man ha
anything good to say, he will say it, but
this is not necessarily the case. A'ery of
ten he never says it, because no one will
give him a chance. He don't want to
waste his speech on fools, and the smart
folks want him to cooteut himself with
hearing what they have to say. This
happens not in connection with very
good things, perhaps, bul with things
that might lead to very good things
every day and every hour, in thousands
of families all over the land to say uoth
inp of society.
There are those who so seldom have a
chance to speak to interested cars, that
they gradually withdraw themselves into
themselves, where, not generally finding
moch, they intellectually pine away.
To be sure, we should not Jail to be
come good talkers, if we can ; but do
what we may. we can only make one talk
er of ourselves, whereas, by proper listen
iog, we may make a dozen talkers of oth
er people. Scriler's Monthly.
Last summer the daughter of Mr. Cor
nelius Winne, of Roiceville, upon her re
turn from the Mountain House, and wait
ing at the station of West Hurley for the
cars, left her carpet bag for a few mo
ments upon the platform, and upon her
return it was missing. Search was im
mediately made, but of no avail. The
valise or carpet bag contained ladies wear
ing apparel with a very costly dress.
Four or five months have iuterveued since
the occurrence, and the loss was but sel
dom thought of. Last week Mr. Winne
and daughter attended a dance at West
Hurley, and while dancing iu the same
set, Miss Winne informed her father that
a lady then dancing was wearing the dress
which was in the valise stolen from her.
He called at her residence the next morn
ing with his daughter, who identified the
the dress, which with the contents was
restored. The mother oflered Mr. Winne
$50 to quite the niHtter. as she and her
family are of wealth and respectability.
Kingston Press.
Among the curious developments in
settling the estate of Mr. Greeley, is the
fact that young raoderbilt owed him
$50,000. Ilis father, the Commodore,
has; bestowed $5,000 each, on Mr Gree
ley's daughters, with the promise of
more which means, we judge, lhat he
proposes to deduct the $50,000 from A'an
dcrbilt junior's share in his estate, and
pay the debt.
:
Pedford county chickens seems to be
omniverous. A "rooster" was disembow
eled there recently, and, among other
articles io the iuventory of his commis
sary department were a nickel half dime,
two pennies, aud a large hog tooth Tbnt
gizzard was marve'ously like a boy's
pocket.
.
An Iowa editor thinks he is in luck
Last fall he made a bet with a beautiful
yound lady, by the terms of which she,
if Grant wait elected, was to kiss hi in once
a mouth during his four years' term ol
office. She has already begvn to pay up.
N II The Leautiful young bdy is uot
his wife.
.
Delaware and Maryland basket makers
are already actively at work, anticipating
a great demand when the peach season
opeca.
6, 1873.
A Racy Document.
Here is the way they do things in the
Idaho Legislature. The document bears
as its title : "Report of the Committee
nu Education on Council bill No US, re
latiug to the taxatiou of dogs iu Oueida
County."
Mr. Presid nt : Your Committee ou
Education, to whom was relerred Council
bill No 3, relating to t lie taxation ol
dogs iu Oueida County, have bad the
same under consideration, aud report
that in their opiuion the bill should pas
with certain amendments, the reasons for
which arc herein set forth, alsa the
character of said amendments
First. That the stump tail dogs should
be exempt from the provisions of this act.
lor good reasons: It is ennceeded by
scientific men that a stump tail dog when
under full headway of locomotion is tin
able to skillfully (urn a corner. Icing
minus the tail which serves, as a rudder
to a ship, to enable the craft to steer safely
into the desired haven. This fact, with
out elaboration, should appeal directly to
the sympathies of the members of this
council, that the deficiency of this beauti
lul extenuation of the vertebral column
should be considered a fair offset to the
burden ol taxatiou placed upon the heds
of more fortunate dogs All suggestions
to exempt sun dogs, sooner dogs or other
select breeds of dogs from the provisions
of this bill should be promptly repudiat
ed as impeitiueut. unless it can be cleariy
demonstrated, by ihe genealogy of such
breeds, that the original type existed in
such a condition us to justify the in
fereoce that, iu accordance with the
theory of Darwinism, said breeds are ap
proaching that social aud physical con li
lion as will ulititnately result in their
having control of the ballot box.
It is furthermore a fact well known
that the ruling ideas of a nation are often
crouched iu samiliar phrases, such a the
the following: "A negro lor dogs," "A
poor man for children." "A Dutchmau
for sauer kraut." &c . infinitum
Your committee would therlore suggest
by way ol admonition, that any attempt
to discriminate in legishitiuu against the
lavorite species ol property ol the "wards
of the natiou" might result in stirring up
a hornet's nest that nothing but the
preseuce of Sheridan's cavalry could con
trol. Other reasons might be adduced,
including the fondness of the great
Executive head of the natiou lor dogs,
but the delicacy of the subject is apparent.
Your committee would further suggest
that all that portion of the bill relating to
male and female dogs be' relerred to the
Committee on Mails and Mail Facilities;
and would furthermore represent, in the
classical language of oue of Idaho's most
popular sons, that "this is the dog
gon'dest" question your co-nmittee' has
yet had to investigate, aud would so re
commend.
A Lamb in Wolfs Clothes.
A few days since a person was brought
to the insane retreat in Hartford, Conn.,
by the Deputy Sheriff of Westport, under
the name of Patrick Holden The patient
was perfectly crazy, and was with difficul
ty kept uuder control. It was sooa dis
covered lhat the new arrival was a wo
man, and not a man, and quite a sensa
lion was created 'A Westport corres
pondeot of a New .York paper gives some
facts in relation to this curious case. He
says :
. "Some three years sicce a persou giv
ing his name as Patrick Holden came to
this dace and applied for a situation Mr
Moses Sherwood, a 1 irgc larm owot r, took
him into his employ. He proved to be "
valuable acquistion iu the larm iorce and
performed the duties required of him at
all times faithfully. He hoed, mowed,
and worked - with others in the fields,
drove the oxen, rode the horses, and it I
ways exhibited muscular strength, bold
uess and firmness traits Ind ulging to the
sterner sex and that softness, sensibility
and modesty characteristic of the temale
sex was never disccrnable.
"Duriug three years he boarded at the
houe of his employer, aud neither Mr
Sherwood nor any of his family or neigh
bora had ever suspected lhat he was she.
He was bright, intelligent, and soon be
came a favorite with the laJies, among
whom, when the day's work wa over, he
visited He was somewhat given to flirta
tion with the girls, and occasionally' in
dulged in the jdeasant pastime of sj atk
ing. His agreeable ways enabled him to
play the gallant to pei lection, and it
said he caused much fluttering among the
hearts of those who had eyes to conquest
In fact, he acted like any welljbebaved
fellow, until about the middle of January
last, when unmistakable sigus of a derang
ed mind showed themselves.
"Mrs. Sherwood was first to take note
of the change, aud so informed her hus
band. Neither, however, suspected thai
it was a womau toward whom they were
exercising sympathy. Uy kindness and
coaxing they succeed in ktcping the
unfortunate under control utiiil the U5th
when he became perlectly crazy, and was
conveyed to the teticat at Harford by
Deputy Sheriff Rul'us Cable. ttsitcd by
Mr. James Allen, where the true sex ol
the paticut was discovered The dis
closures made at tho retreat hive pro
duced the greatest excitement auung
iho-e here who thought they knew the
stranger best, and speculation U life as to
what may be the next local tciisatiou '
Pittsburgh Commercial.
NO. 43.
Selecting Corn for Seed.
Your older readers will re'uetnber the
cold summer of 1S1G when but very lit ,
tie com got lipe in the New England
States. A year or two afterward mj
farther obtained a very small kind of
eight rowed corn that was recommended
as sure to ripen. I do not know what
was its proper tiam, but remember it was
called in this vicinity "tucked corn " Ac
cording to the bpst of my recollection
the ears would average about six inche
in length It ripened early. He selected
for fceed the largest ears ; and the result
was, the car continually increased in
size and length, and froia eight rows he
got ten rows, then twelve, then fourteen,
and at last there beg mi to he a lew ears
with sixteen rows Rot a it gained io
size it was later in ripening and in fif
teen or twenty years we bad another
short summer and abuuJance of "pi
corn."
The next spring I was toM that- a far
em keeper at Haverhill. .this State.-raise!
the season before a sural! kind of Canada
corn that got thoroughly ripe before the
frost, and was advised to try it I have
planted this corn ever since ; thjt is,
some thirty five or forty "ye.irs I have
taker, care, however, toavo.d my father
mistake, an I have greatly iucreised thd
size of the ears without materially leogth
ening the period ot growth. For the
first few years I picked the earliest ear
lor seed, takiug them bef re cutting the
corn. Hut the growth, although larger
than at Grf, was too small, and irnpeued
so early I concluded to pmSf by my
fither's experience, and obtained a larger
kind without making it much less.
Any farmer, il he i. a keen observer,
will have noticed that the large and late
ears always have a large cob, which is in
dicati'd by a large stem when broken off
at hulking For the purpose of increas
ing the size. I stopped picking my seed irj
the field, and seccted the largest ears that
hail a small stem. II I found a large ear
with a small stem, and especil!y if the
stem was wilted and tough to break,
which indicated early mituring, I saved
it for seed lo this wy I soon perceived
an increase of size, and fe:iing 'hat in es
caping Seylla I should run on Charybdis,
as my lather did, I eomureuced picking;
my seed in the field Rut noticing that
my com continued to ripen considerably
e.irlier than my neighhois'. I ventured to
try the ex; eriment of making it still
larger Consequently, for a levy years
p.ist. I have selected seed at hukiug. and
sived for seed handsome ears, having ten
or twelve rows, with the indispensably
small stems . At first I found but few
ears of this kiud, but they hive become
so numerous that this year 1 have saved
only twelve rowed ears, aud probably
shall not venture lo go beyond this, al
though I find now and theu an ear with
fourteen, and, this year, wilh sixteen rows.
This shows what cau be done by select
ing seed com. I have no doubt but any
other grain can be improved io the sauid
way. Cor. The Penjife.
The President, it i understood, will
renominate every member of his present
Cabinet uext week, and the Senate, as
usual, will confirm them The Ma-sa-chusetts
Legislature will elect a succcs
sor to Mr. Wilson on the 11th ult . and
if Mr. R ojtweli is elected hn will resigu
by the first of A j i il. -
A merchant inTopeka, Kansas, has be
come insane through griel caused by the
the simultaneous los of his wile, book,
keeper and about SI50 iu cash.
A Minnesota mother gave a man who
saved her boy's life ten cents, ;md cordial
ly invited him to "call at her house aud
hear her play on the piano."
A Luncaster county rat rriof with the
chickens every night, balancing herself
on a perch among the low!s, and seem
ingly quite contented with her resting
place
Phillis Gray, a colored woman, nged
115 years, died recenrly near lofton,
Ky. She lived near Charleston during
ihe Revolution, aud never saw Washing"
ton.
A servant girl in Pittahurg, Pcno , has
sued her employer for 77 weeks' wages
at $3 per week She says she began her
work Jan. 1st, ls5s, and has ucver re
ceived a cent in remuneration
An Iudiauapolis man who .aid SI 00,
000 or some land on Wedne-lay, and
sold the same for SlhG, 000 on Thursday,
thought he had done euough business for
the week.
An importer of Cambridge City. In .,
telegraphed on the 28th ult. to h: ageut
iu Aberdeen. Scotland, gut an answer,
telegraphed further explanation-, and re
reived a secoud answer, all iu less than
four hours
A man attempted to kteal a locomotive
at Knoxville, Term . last week, but only
rau it luto a train of coal-cars, smashing
the head light. He thru reversed tho
engine, ram it back to thfdiqot, aud leU
it iu its dilapidated -o'1i:iuo
The newspapers down K.it have dis
covered a family in Olltown, Me, in
which there are. fouHeeu children, !1
boys, the oldest of whom arc but seven
years of age There are four stts ol twius
aud two sets ol tr'jV.vts.