l)c 3ctfcvsouian.
THURSDAY, M ARBH. 13. 1873.
!:: nit JDliia m. E. Conference.
Tho following named Minsters have been
appointed for this place and vicinity:
Stroud.sburg, J. F. Chaplain.
East Stroudburg, R. H. Sanderlin.
Delaware Water Gap. H. F. Isctt.
Cherry Valley, F. M. Brady, J. Richards,
Tannersville, L. B. Hoffman ; one to b
supplied.
Monroe, J. rastorfield.
Tobvhanna, T. W. Maclary. ;
, Tho Steamer
Saturday last.
va3 out for practice on
Go to Phillips' for fruit candies and oys
ters, prices lower than before the fire.
Several snow .storms vi.-sited us since our
last issue.
for Sale. Two new seven Octave
Fionas, for sale, at . the Washington Hotel.
Dec. 19 '72-tf.
Go to Phillips rosturant and confectionary
for rood cigars and tobacco, opposite the M.
E. Church.
We heard the first blue bird of the reason
yesterday. Now look out for green peas,
fee, kz.
31. L. Phillips' has the largest and best
stock of French and American candies in
town. Try them.
Tho Hon. John R. Storm returned to his
home on Saturday last. lie appears to
stand his Congressional labors well.
Don't forget that 31. L. Phillips has just
opened his place of business up town, oppo
site the 31. E. Church.
31. n. t oolhausli, Sljsn Sainer.
To all those who want .Sign Painting done,
call soon for I expect to leave on or about the
f:r. t of April next.
Co to 31. L. Phillip., rcsturant andcon
fectionary for oysters, the largest and best in
town. Only $1 per hundred.
Drs. Keller and Patterson are home from
Medic d College at Phi!ah'lphia to spend
their vacation.
Dr. Samuel Foulke, we understand con
templates locating at Mountain Home, for
the practice of hi-? profession.
Lzg RnOKE.v The Hon. C. Burnett,
while walking up town, on Wednesday of
last week, slipped on the ice at Miller's cor
ner, an d broke the small lone of one of his
lsrs. His hurt was attended to by Doctors
Miller and Soip, and we are pleased at be
ing able to announce, that he is doing a?
we!' as can be expected.
Ti: : entertainment gotten up ly the young
foiks of our borough, at Williams's Hali,
cam3 o:T on Tuesday evening, with a spiiit
r.t:d a vim that was really surprising. The
house was crowded, so that many were
t'.trnel away from the doors, because even
tt:;ni!ng room could not be obtained. The
plays were exceedingly well placed upon the
stage and performed, and the whole thing
reflected great credit on all concerned. We
understand that the performance is to be
repeated on Saturday evening next, 15th
insr.
Crist Mill Burned. The Grit Mill,
belonging to 3Ir. A. J. Shoemaker, in Mid
dle SiuithSclJ town.-diip, was destroyed by
fire, on Tuesday of last week. It is not
known how the fire started, but when dis
covered, it had gained such headway that
nothing was saved. The mill was nearly
new, and was valued, separately from the
grain on hand, at $7,000, on which there
is an insurance of $2,000 in the 3Ionroe
Mutual. We sincerely regret this loss
which falls so heavily upon our young friend
but we are pleased to learn that, with
characteristic energy he is going to rebuild
at once.
Friend Sciiocii. In looking over the
Monroe Democrat of last week, I find an
article headed Local Option : In the first
section of which the writer states, that our
jail is empty, and is informed has been so
for a long time, our court of quarter sessions,
have very few trials, and those of minor
grade, &e.
Now for information I would like to ask
this temperance man, whether in his opinion
this state of things is found in the securing
of public housos an I the intcmperanee
conscucnt thereon, or in spite of it.
A Temperaoce Man.
The Temperance Executive Committee arc
making arrangements for lectures' at the
following places:
At Shawnee, Thursday Eve. 13th inst. '
At Paradise, Friday Eve. 14th inst.
At Water Gap, Saturday Eve. 15th inst. '
At Brodhe 'dsville, Monday Eve, 17th inst
At Middle SmithSeld, Tuesday Eve. 18th. .
At Cherry Valley, Wednesday Eve. 19th.
Et East Stroudsburg, Thursday Eve. L'Olh.
Lecturers have been secured, and Lec tures
will be given according to appointment, with
out fail. Come one, couic all, admission free
Tkmpeuanck Executive Coilmitteje.
Alexander II Stephens was elected to
Congie.-s lat week in I he Eighth. DiBtiii
ofGeorgii Tiie vute was small, there
bring no oj-puxt ion ,
ft is ..fated tint upward of 20.000 col
..red p.-.jde hive left (j.'oria f.,r M-Sis
'p"'. A'k i hm.h and Texas, wiihiij.the
pact uvu ye-is.
A Grand SIcIgn Elilc. j
On Thursday evening last, 7th inst., a
large sleighing party left this place for Mr.
Jacob Edinger's, near Tannersville. The
nartv numbering about fifteen couple. On
reaching our destination Vc found Mr. and
Mrs. E. ready to receive us with a cordial
welcome. found it. just, the place jto
have a good time as we anticipated. No
pains were spared, in behalf of Mr. - & Mrs.
E. in making our. visit a pleasant and happy
one, asVas'thc result.. At II o'clock' the
summons came to partake of some refresh
ments which was responded to by all without
hesitation. The supper was one thatjconld.
not be excelled as we had every thing that
heart could wish, and all partook very freely
of the luxuries spread before us. The party
ill left the table feeling ; that their wants
were well supplied. ' We found. some, parts
of the road in rather a bad condition, as the
snow had drifted somewhat'; .but under the
careful management of the reins ;of , Willie
and Georgie succeeded iu making our journey
safe, and without spilling us out, as is custo
mary. ; The party in every ? respect was
Complete success. - - - 31.
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THE I,5CAL. OPTION LAW.
., . . . .
Address to the Citizens cf Monroe County.
Gentlemen and tax-payers of Monroe. Coun
ty. On Friday, March 21st, 1373, an election
will be held in our county, to determine, wether
Hotels and Restaurants shall he licensed in-cur
county, or whether those Hotels and Kcs'.aor
ants must be closed up, and no license granted
for their continuance, whether spirituous
vinous and brewed liquors shall be kept' for
sale within the limits erf Monroe county, or
not. In order that oar good citizens may vote
undcrstandingly, a glimpse at the provision?
of the Local Option ' law, 33 published, will
show what it contain, and the propriety o
voting for or agiin-t it? provisions. The Com
mittec appointed at a meeting held February
2Sth, 1373, at Stroudsburg, do respectfully
solict a full attendance of the vote's of every
township and borough in our county, and that
every man may examine and from his own
opinion, and vote undcrstandingty on the
question, we submit the following:
1 This law, if carried into effect, would de
prive every Hotel keeper of the privilege o!
stlling liquors cf any kind whatever, as wel
malt as spiritous liquors, and would give w
exclusive privilege of such sales to druggists,
nor would it put them under any restrictions,
they could sell to any person calling for the
smie, all the per-on need to say would be that
he desired it for medical or mechanical purposes'
and he would Le furnbhed with any quai
he might de-nre to purchase, this 'would "put it
in the power of hard drinker, w ho cannct new
procure it at a well kept Hotel to buy of the
Druggists by the dimijohi), or jug full, and thi
would create more drunkards than now exist
under our present well guarded license law. It
would take the sales out of the Hotels, and
place it in the hands of, and at the disposal of
the Druggists, without compelling them to
give any security to the Court, as Landlord
must now do. It would r.ot make temperance
any stronger, nor half so strong cs it now is,
but it would caiise every Hotel in the - county
to close rp, ss they could not afford to keep
Hote ls opetl, if denied the right to sell liquor.
Now suppose all houses out of the Borough of
troud-burg to ele.se up, and discontinue the
busiuess, which they would le compelled to
do, how would the travelling public get alcng,
no fctabling for their horses, no meals, no bed
for themselves, should they call on private
houses, farms, mechanics, &.C., and seek ac
comruodations, they would find few places
where they could receive accommodations.
Some mighf Fay we could give you meals, but
we have no stabling for your team, eoiiic would
say we cannot furnith beds, others would say
we cannot accommodate you in any manner
others again would say we will not be bothered
with furnishing accommodations, our business
will not afford it. In the Borough of Strouds
burg there might possibly be two or. three
houses kept for the accommodation of men
attending Court, but the?e being denied license-
to Fell liquor would neccssairly have to double
their charges. Thoy are now keeping jurors
and witnesses at $1.2- per day they would, as
temperance houses, have to charge $3.00 per
day under the Local Option law. This would
compel Jurors who now get $1.50 per day to
pay $l.o0 out of their pocket every day, and
yet by law they are comje!Ied to attend a
jurors and witnesses bui.much worse would
be the condition of the traveller out of Strouds
burg, who could not be accommodated at any
price, as he could then find no hotels to stop
at. Now take into consideration our bark and
lumber teams who are constantly out, especial
ly during the winter season, and must nearly
all stay from home at least one night, and
then generally go in companies of six to twelve
or more, they would find no fires to warm at
on the way, no stabling for teams, no meals
and beds for themselves, we can sec no other
way for such travelers than for them to carry
their own victuals with them, also their feed,
buckets, 5Lc, and to lay out in the cold with
their teams all night, houseless, and stableless.
Our hotels are now generally well kept, with
plenty of every accommodation for man and
beast.
2-Now lest usexamine this matter in a financial
point of view. The licenses paid into the .State
and national Treasuries amount, for Monroe
county alone, to say $0000.00 for Hotels and
" A I .
ivesiurani licenses, me tax of 7o cents to
$1,50 pe-r gallon for all liquors brought into our
county and sold here, with the porter, ale' and
lager, at $1.50 per barrel runs up to at least
oj.wu,UU making together, the sum of
Sob.OCO.OO. This smount on the adoption of
Hie local law, would cease to flow into our
national and State Treisuries, and would have
to be supplied by direct taxation on our tax
payers, who now groan under heavy taxation.
which would be more than double in this case.
It would cause our good citizens to pay double
the amount of taxes they now pay", double for
travelling bills, when they could get any accom
modations at all, and deprive them of Hotel
accommodations entirely.
This law would reduce the value of Hotel
property at least to half Sta present value,
which now is at least $150,000,00, say the value
of this property under local option $z2 "),000,00.
This law would operate very unjustly ui on
a worthy class of men, who now keep orderly
1 and well reguletcd huue, and would utterly
ruin, a large. numberwho own nothing .but
their houses and furnishing goods with a email
lot of ground, and it.would create another class
of persons with the whole monopoly of liquor
selling, I mean the druggists, who might sell
it by the bucket fulL-with'onf any restriction,
nor could thyv be stopped by the court. There
would be tvyo topers than to one now, as, there
is no legal restriction placed upon druggists ;
in other word it ould be robbing iVter to
pay Paul, taking away the business from about
Ut weight prsonv and passing it in tKe halids
of four clMrrent persons; druggists, who'would
afford no accommodations but to vend to custo
mers" bad liquor in the shape of the various
kinds of "bitters, now fold by tln-m,' and -admixture
oflaudnnm and bad whiskey, and bad
whiskey iiv.itelC - -r-rz--4--;
3 Every Temperance man who voles on
the 2l8t'in's'tarif against license, from that time
finds his vote. recorded in favor oA the-sitlc of
all kinds of poor liquor, without any. restric
tions or reservations; he virtually takes away
from the well regulated Hotel, keeps his vested
rights under the-state and national govern
ment,; wherein, he : ha always been placed
under bonds with sufficient security in a large
sum, to keep a good hotel, with a large num
ber of statutory safe guards- tlvrown around
him to compel his good order, and he further
takes from him' the one half of his value in
eatbles and hands over his right to druggists,
who are under no responsibility whatever and
who mav sell to minors, drunkards and on
Snndav, and vet the law will not reach him
This would indeed make the tetotaller a friend
bv record to' the use of bad whiskey and he
would froni'that time be considered an inter-
medlc-r and . strife creator, a despoilcr of some
mens estates, and the good order, peace and
graltude of the county the raiser of taxation,
the destroyer of public accommodations for
travellers and soioumers. in fact the whole
community would suffer by this mans vote
4 It is belcived that the local option law is
unconstntional and would at any rate last not
over one year, yet it would in that time disar-
ange matters to a great extent, and would in the
end be pronounced unconstitutional as was the
case with an act passed some years ago. We
therefore, are of opinion, that the man who
attends the polls and votes for license is the
mot wise, well meaning and patriotic of the
two, and trust that all may consider, their own
interest in pocket and all financial matters, as
well their own accommodations, when from,
home. '
By order of the
COMMITTEE.
: The Local Option supplement, which
missed the House finally on Mondiy niihi
ol last week, was signed by the Governor
n Ihursuaj; t-cveral amendments were
urole in the House, which were concurred
in by the Senate on Wednesday." On a
test vote the Senate stood 18 to 11 As
it was amended, the supplementary bill
provides lor holding elections in all the
cities and counties (except Philadelphia)
on the Hist of March, and provides for
counting the vote of boroughs and cities
which have already held their elections.
The county of Allegheny, which wis ex
cej'tcd in the original bill, is uow includ
ed. The vote in the city ol Philadelphia
?s to I c taken on the question of license
on the second Tuesday of October, at
the time of the general election. Eight
days noiiee of the election is required.
None of the provisions of the supplement
i avc any sj eeiul application to Monroe
county.
It i.i not generally known, perhnr s, 1 1 . a
i be United Slates baa become the leading
cheese producing" country of the world,
and further, that this cuprernany has been
achieved within a few vcars. Twenty
years ago we scut abroad about one mil
lin of pounds of cheese annually. Id
172 sixty million of pounds of Ameri
can cheese were shipped from our shores
I en years ago Lngland and Holland wert
fa if o us the world over fix the superiority
ol their cheeses, rsow the epicures ot
Europe prefer the products of American
ch ese presses to "Stilton," "Chedder,"
and the once favorite brands of Holland.
I his'wiil be sad news to our free traders.
and one more argument for them in prov
ing the pertinacity of our countrymen in
striving by all honorable means to turn
the balance of tiaJe iu their favor.
These warm' friends of iviropean enter
prise can still point to the American con
sumjitiou of foreign wins, silks and
Womaa Workers.
The new census of the United States
hovrs that, to a greater or less extent,
women have managed to creep into all
kinds of employment. There are in the
Unite! Stites 21 women dentists, 07
female clergymen, 515 female physicians
and surgeon, 'i'.l women gunsmiths. G
lemale barbers, 2 female hostlers, 11) (J
letnalc draymen. 7 female sextons; ll)
canal women, 4 female gus stokers, 7
feuide gunpowder makers, 4S female
stock herders, 2 female professional bun
ters and trappers, and, strangest of all
Hi female ship riggers and I lemale pilot
Who says that tho women arc not coming
to the front? By the time the next
census is taken we shall probably have
some fern ile : judges, anil,.' perhaps, a
senator or two.
r HarrisbuTg, March. 6.' , . :(
After a trial of two days, the cao of
(jeorge U hvans eamo to . a speedv
determination in the Dauphin county
court this inoming. the jury returning n
verdict ui. I -Hi UUU in favor of the State:
This is understood to be ten per cent, orf
the amoHnt actually collected ; by Kvans.
who however, hud claimed a commission
on the amounts previously collected. The
jury did not find that Hvans hid com
milted an embezzlement under -the law
which was passed to procure his appoint
ment as State Agent. :. .
A valuable iron ore deposit has just
been disu..veril on the Illuo Mountain
some distance west of Slatington. ' This
vein, it is said, has a thickness of at let
twenty feet. A gentleman connected with
the (hi rbon Iron ejo has been at the idace
and examined tho ore, and he pronounces
it 004. Jtlanch Vhunc Democrat.
For the Jeflersonmn J . . . ....
Who shall sell the Liquor.
Mr. Editor: An article appeared in
yoor paper ol March 6th called an Address
to the ministers ol the gospel vt Monroe
county, whiehjror. egotism and , mis-state
menta exceeds, aoythinj: or U19 Kinu mat
has been published to an intemgeni ?om
munitv" formany allay and "is only excell
eel fur.,iuccwiiteocy by this- Loeal- Optoo
Law itself, if this article was gotten up
latino minislcrs. in the ..ciuoiug iithe
Cortnnittee jwould have' us believer' Irt
their vauify they no doubt thought they
had gotten up an excellent article that it
would not do to hide its briliianey undei
ra bushel which' would" he the cause were
it sent to the ministers alone but the
citizens of Monroe must see it Grst, by 'at!
means; and judging1 from " the fact that
they no doubt thought their address Mould
convert .'more votes' airainst' licensing
Hotels, ttian the eloqence and expostula
tionsul their minivers: they no doubt
thought that auch'au excellent address
sentout ; to'thc citizens of the - county
through the medium ol our weekly paper?
would be read with pleasure and convic
tion and handed' around from father to
son. and from neighbor to neighbor until
through its gentle influence, licensing ol
Hotels would be amontr the things of the
past.' s-' ' ': -: '' '- "
Indeed it would in all probabilty be
known no more forever at least in Old
Liberty loving, time honored, Democratic
Monroe that has been living along in ppace
and quietness for over one hundred-years
under tbe old and time honored custom
of licensing the home of the traveler.
This 'Executive Com mi t tee say : The
Legislature of our State has given to the
people of each (louuty, the privilege ot
deciding for themselvse, whether litensrs
Jor the sale of liquor shall be granted in
their County or not, which tins Com
m ttcc must know is a mis stati meot, other
wise. they are very ignoraut of the law
The Legislature positively, declares, (see
St? 3 of. the law. thus: rrovided that
. i
nothhir contained in the provisions of this
act shall prevent the issuing ol license?
to Druggists, for the sale of liquors foi
medicinal and manufacturing purposes
Alter reading this provision will thi
'Committee have the effrontery to tell the
citizens of Monroe that thru have th
nrivilrae of deciding for themsclve.-
whether licenses hall or shall uot b
granted for the. sale of liquor in thcii
County? Do this committee- as the)
have -declared in their address to th
citizens , and . minis-ters of Monroe, wish
honestly and truthfully to have as much
light diffused among the people as po.-si
ble, in order that they may" vote intelli
geutly, and for the best interests of them
selves,., their neighbors and their County
it they do, tl.eu I am with them, bean
and hand, and. in order that our citizen
may vote intelligently, wo will be in by
informing them that, instead of the State-
Legislature giving ns the prioirie of vot
ing as to whether licenesc shall be granted
or not for the sale of liquor iu Monroe
county, it has only given us the pnvilcpi
ol voting on Friday the 21st day of March
1873. whether the hotel keepers ol
Monroe county who have been paying
the entire tax of the County to the State
sor years, shall continue to sell a portion
ol the liquor consumed in the County as
heret'dore, and still pay the CountyV
State tax, or, now mark ye, whether the
Druggists who I am informed pay seven
dollars each, for the privilege of selling
liquor, shall sell it a'l, and, the citizens
and farmers of Monroe, pay the State tax.
and loose their hotel homos.
Gentlemen ol the Executive Committee,
these arc the facts iu the case, this is the
question at issue, indeed the only question
the Legitlature has given you to decide.
Arc you willing that it should go before
the people in its true light ; as you have
declared that you wanted them to vote
iotbl'igeotly I hope you are willing,
and io kindue?!? I would say to you
temperance men generally, that as this
law now stands, you cauuot vote it con
sistontly with your tempeince principles,
indeed you have not even the al'adow ol
a temperance foundation to stand upon
uud I tell you. moreover, that the moment
you can cast you votes against the licens
iug of hotels for the sale of liqur. you vote
that the druggist shall sell it all, there
fore identify yourselves with the liquor
m i - i - . t
tramc which your committee nave so
much deprecated, and further as the law
ctands, you cannot vote at all without
committing yourselves, and I defy your
committee to refute my declaration.
Again, this Executive body says there
is nothing so opposed to the Church as
the dram-shop if this be truly ho, how
inconsistent their position in advising the
people to vote against licensing hotels
and in favor of the Druggists having the
eutirc sale of this commodity, . liquor,
where liquor can now be had from the
most of them and at any time, by the
dram, the bottle, or demijohn, and with
out any recipe, as a great many think is
the only way to obtain it. And if your
committee do not know these facts, I
would advise the temperance society to
obtain a new committee and notice those
violations of law that have beeu occuring
continuously for years.
Again, the Committee say : "the liquor
traffic fills the world with crime, pau
perisin, and death, nnd ask the ministers
help to destroy it in Monroe County, they
dodge this question ( of pauperism, crime
and death; in" Monore,1 biost beautifully
your" committee call upoti the ministers,
to' help destroy this traffic that is'produo
ing so much misery in the Wo r lit yet. do
nor. dare not, say that it is producing
crime.' pauperism, and death io Monroe
Old lionewt Monroe! oT whom Judge
liarret has said 'dier citizens arc among
the most orderly and law abiding, have
less crime among them, less drunkenness
and pauperism, than any county in the
State ol Pennsylvania, within my knowl
odgo" let us see how the Judge is coro
borated in his declaration by facts," which
are' known to all of us, or ' to maov of us
at least. ; ' '
East and West Stroudihurg, have a
population of between thro uud four
th ousand inhabitants and only two officers
are required to preserve onlr nun in
each Jlorough
Even upon a ga la day
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00 extra rfficenrare-ever Appointed, and
1 defay this executive committee to name
one single case of an individual.-the head
of a family, out ol this vast number, whose
family, are being supported by the 'own-I
ship, in consequences oi ins negieci oi
them through stronguntiKS. ; -jvgaiu.vur
county jsil is empty, JDtn Vuje to ten
months in the ear, it "docs not even af
ford a Jiving:, to-the-jailor and his frmily.
the jailor works at any work that may be
given" liirtf,?wlnlc; his'daughteirtikes wash
ing and irouiog to do. The daughter re
maikcd a few days ago, that she wiMicd
they would have a prisoner now and theu.
that they might have some coal furnished
them by the county, but this was nottlu-ir
good fortune, consequently they had to
furbish their own coal, does this look
like pauperism," crime and i deaths No, I
think not ! Agaioif you see an assemb
lage -ol the people ' of" -Monroe, say one
hundred, or 500 together and' look'-' at
sheir1 forms and faces. the average 'will
not show one twentieth, or five io 'one
hundred that have dissipation stampeJ up
n them.'- These ' being facts, aud the
committee being aware of them no dou bt.
it will be readily seen why they ''culled
upon the Ministers to help save the coun
y from the liquor traffic instead of ask
ing their help to save u from crime, pau
perisiu and death, they were not only eau
tious, but indeed wise, in not putting this
insult - upon the citizens of Monroe.
Again, the: committee say: "the liquor
traffic is sending more souls to hell than
the churches of Monroe are to heaven,"
this is an unwarranted assertion, and very
fooli.-h, yet, as some of our attorneys says;
the main point of law is to deny well, aud
insist upon proof. 1 therefore do so in
this e, and challenge t hem to the proof
uf this wild and fanatical assertion, and il
if were possible for the disemtodicd spirits
to those who have gone before us into
the other world, to u-turn to earth, and
report themselves to this executive body
aud it would prove their assertion true
I , think in view of our alsteniiousiics
and temperate hjbits, which by proof we
have establihed for ourselves beyond a
doubt, it would be little to the credit ol
our ministers' abilities to ?ave the souU
id' such that were going to hell, that did
uot use iutoxic iting drinks at all.
1 he law governing the sale of liquor
or. the license law as it now exists, is ad
mitted by all who understand its features
to be as far reaching and wholesome in
its provisions as any reasonable person
could desire, it con lines the liquor traffic
to men of sobriety pud; good moral char
icter, not only requiring them to furnish
testimony ot;12 citizens of good repute
as to ihe necessity of their establishments
and their fitness to conduct such business,
but to give bonds to the amouot of 500
to S1000, that they will in all respects
comply with the provisions of the law,
promiuent among the provisions -: ol
which, it is provided, that they shall not
sell to apprentices or miuors, nor to habi
tual drunkards, nor to any member of a
family if for-bidden by a parent. hubaod.
wile, or child ; Nor to sell or give it away
on the Sabbath d;y, nor upon any elec
tion day, from the opening until the clos
iug of the polls The violation ol all or
any of these provisions are fine and im
prisonment. That what I jiave written
may throw light on the question ol L teal
Option, and that the people may vote in
ttdlijiently is my ardent hope and de.-ire.
CoNSlTANCY.
A Peculiar Sect.
Battle Creek is Michigan in the head
quarters of one of the most peculiar re
ligious sects to be found in this country
It is called the Seventh Day Ad veoti.-ts.
and it members differ from the denomina
tion generally kuown as Advcntists, jn
looking for the second coming of Christ
soon, without assuming to fix on any par
ticulir time for his appearance. They
constitute a large and wealthy portion of
the inhabitants of li.itllc Crick, where
ihey arc greatly rpspectcd for their stiict
integrity, their exactitude in their ileal
ings, and their devi-u', corscicntious ad
hereucc to the principles of religion and
morality. ' They occupy a distinct quar ,
tjr of the city known as the Advent Set
tlemeni, w!;!'di is distinguished for the
scrupulous cleaiiJ'ncss which prevails
cvery-where. "1 nbJ arc strict hygienists,
and an extensive water cure, which at
tracts visitors from all parts 0! i.!: Uuitcd
States, forms one of their enterprises..
They have a huge publihing house where
denominational books, tracts, perirtJicals
and the like are printed, employing fifty
hands. . The mot feingular thing about
them, however, is the fact that all of the
practical, money getting members of this
denomination in Uattle Creek are under
the absolute domination oT a woman
named White, who prolesses to receive
revelations, aud is regarded as the in
spired medium of supernat ural commuoi
cations. There is nut one ol these Ad
ventists who does not place impl cit faith
in the revelations of Mrs. White, aud
they uuhesitatiogly pbey her directions
in all things both spiritual and temporal
Should tdie. require one or more members
of the church to remove from the, city, or
to give up a profitable business, the io
junction is acted on without a murmur
The Seventh Day Advcntists observe Sa
turd ay as their Sabbath, which begins on
Friday evening at sunset and lasts until
the same hour on Saturday. On. Sun lay
their workshops, and places of business
are alive with activity, and such amuse
ments as they indulge , in are apparently
enjoyed with,uusual zest on that day.,.."
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The official vote of Susquennauna coun
fy shows, a majority , ot 1SH2 against, li
censes, I he, vote for liccusa . was 1380.
agaiuit license 3222.
A Kentucky liquor deiler advertises
whiskey "that will cut a hair without bo.
iog strapped ; , ..
; - v -" ,
Death oouies - sometimes' in a curiou
snane. A vouth in .Mi lord M.aJ
killed by a barrel of shoe heels which fell
upon him.
Manistee, Michigan,1 which' was de
stroyed in the great fires of October, 1871
has now "moro aod better buildings than
it had before'.
Facts and Fancies. " -The
Q-ieen of Shcba's palace is the
latest archaeological discovery announced.
Lynching matinees in Nevada are call
ed'perf'ormauccs by the stringed band."
Our country, it is said, has had but
onXidack eyed-.President. That was
General Harrison.
The vote "on" the Local Option ques
tion, so far as received from twenty seen
couuties ot this State, shows a majority
of about eight thousand votes again-t li
cense." An unselS-h suicide in Atchison Kan
sas, Irving (j uinar by name. left the auto
graphic injunction, "Don t make any fuss
over me, but chuck me into a hole."
'"A'farmer now in Illinois, who thirteen
years ago sold a load of potatoes in Midn;
and oy snort measure mie twenty Lyy
bushels out of twenty four, has just scut.
his old cuctmuer $1.:'J, to return the dis
honcst;gaiD,! with interest at ten percent.
This touching tribute to the lite Mr.
Grafton, " of Unifiii, Ga., is from the
Rejiatcr of that place: "lie was a fio
uiau in all respects ; he was owin-' us
seven dollats on that hist game of seven -up;
butwc will throw that in toward hi
headstone "
The I lus.ian Government owns onr
half of all the d.iily papers rubiMied in
that couulry ; and it has recently pur.
chased a controlling interc.-t in M.
KathofT's famous Moscow Gnzttte, a jour
nal which is said to have a larger circu a
tion than that of all thp other llu.-sia:
political newspapers together.
A correspondent of the Country Cnu
t lemon has four I o -cs thut c. -utr;o . tI
the habit of cub l:i;ng. He p:iii,ti d the
wood wink of the stable v-'.'-h
1 u;e j ei i ,
leum aud was .a mux d ly the m i-( 0i
the animals over the mim-II mmi tatde, bat
rejoiced that in this case it cUceied a
cure.
Feeling is a much slower sri t! an
siht - If a man bad an ;irm long enough
to reach the sun, and were to touch th it
body with the tip of hi linger, he would
never find out whether it were hot nr et.!d,
as he would be dead before the sriisatiou
arrived at headqQa lers, w hich would re
quire oue honored yens.
The Moon a Dead World.
Among the illusions swej-d away by
modern science w;s the pie:s.int laio-y
that the moon was a habitable globe, like
the'earth, its surface diversified with sca-s
I ike-', c intinents, and isl.nls and varied
forms of veget ition Tbeol ,'gi ins and
suvanla gravely di.-eusse 1 thu prohabities
of its being inhabited by a race id' sen
tient beings, with forms an 1 faculties I ke
our own. and even propounded schemes
for opening communication wi h them,
in cue they existed. One of tl;c.-e wjs
to construct on the broad hig'i binds ui
Asia a series of geometrical figures on- :i
scale so gigantic as to be visible from our
planetary neighbor, on the supposition
that moon people would recognize the
object, and immediately construct similar
figures in reply! F.xtravagtnt and as
sured as it may appear in lh? bght of
modern men from making f.o!s of them
selves, stood iu the way i f a jfu il experi
ment ; I ut the discustivti was kept up ut
iutervals, until i: wa- oi covcic 1 that if
there were people in toe i:;o.; 1! ey in-i.-t
be able to live with u' bre it'dug, or cit
ing or drinking. Then it ccaxd.
There can be no lila without air.
Beautiful to the eye of the di-tiot "V-t-r-ver.
the moo 1 is as-pulc a:-ilo'b a
world of death and silence No vegeta
tion clothes its v;isf plains of st"ny de
solation, traversed by u: !)tious. crevice?,
broken by enormous peak- that ii?e like
gigantic t ouiSsf .:.? in:o sju;j ; m lovely
forms of cloud float iu the blackne-3 of
its sky. There daytime is only night
lighted by a ray less sun. 'iiote is dj
rosy dawn in the morning, no twiJ gbt iu
the evening. The nights are pitch dark.
In daytime ihe solar beams are lost against
the jagged ridges, the sharp points on ths
rocks, or the steep side's of j rvf und
abysses ; and the eye .-ccs only gn t .''.:a
shapes rclicvdd against fantastic .-!; i l- ws
black as ink, with none oi tint pl-K.nt
gradation and diffu-iou of light, none of
the subtile blending of light an 1 s-hadow.
which makes the charm of a tcr: c-.-tn.il
.'ndscirc. There is no color, nothing
but tii?'"! white an! black. The rocks
reflect passtVb.'v the light of the sjn ; th.J
craters and abysses remain wra; p; 1 in
sdiade ; fantastic peaks rio" 'i0 I hi:;to.u4
in their glacial cemetery ; tn& "firs ap
pear like spots in the hlack'.ic-s of .-pave'.
The moon is a dead worU ; slio has jtQ
attnostphere.
Up to January, 172, the New V.oik
Central Park has cost the city twelve aa I
a half million dollars ; but since the ftirk
was commenced, the taxable jrcperty iu
three wards in the immediate neighbor
hood of the park has increase! in valua
tion from twenty six million to nearly one
hundred and eighty-six milliou dollars.
The coinage of the Phil adelj hia mint
during the mouth of January amounted ,
to two million six hundred and fifty-eight'
thousand seveu hundred an 1 thirty etg'al
dollars and sixty eight cents.
. : , .. MAimu:n.
On the 9th inst. by Rev. C. Decker, Mr.
Wm. Christiuan and Miss Lydia Fiautz.beth
of Monroe Co.
On the 11th inst. by Rev. C. Rocker, M
Knovh Rarlib, and Miss Diaua Rarlils l'oth
of Monroes Co
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In I'ocouo,' on the 5th inst. Fredviek hossv
aged 79 years and 3 months.
Iu Polk, on February 14, Mor.voo Alti
mose, son of Jacob Altituosc, ajed 1 ycaj
2 months and 24 ilay.i ,
On February 23, Esther KliaaMh, daugh
ter of Reuben Kresge, age 5 years 1 1 months
and 10 days.
In EIdred,'Marcli4, 1S73, John Melch,
Fiautz, agoi 11 years 6 months and la days-
On March 5 1S73, Ashor, infant child of
John Fravcl, aged 5 months and lti '