Cl)c 3 offers o man. THURSDAY, APAIL 3, 1873. Spring is here in earnest. They had fine sleighing at Canadensis on the 33: h clay of March. .,. . We are pleased to learn that Gen. Bur njtt's hurts are fast mending, and that he will Jyxui be around again. The pavements down town have been in a terrible condition all winter. The Town Council should see to them as soon as the streets are settled. Some of our "American citizens of Afri can decent" indulged themselves a little too freely with '"Tangle foot" on Saturday last They shouM'quit that. T it heaviest rain storm ot the season visited us on Saturday. The water fairly poured down part of the day, and with the wind, succeeded in getting up a goood spcci men of an cquinoxtial storm. The steamer will he out for practice on Saturday afternoon. Our side walks now are tolerably clean of, store boxes, barrels, crati.s. and such, but we presume by that time there will be enough left for kindling. We learn that a number of our j-oumr ladies and gentlemen, contemplate getting up a histroioniu exhibition soon, the proceeds of which are to be devoted to the purchase of a library for the Poenix Fire Co. This is a move in the right direction, and" we Lope it will be pushed to consumation. We bae talent here in that line worthy of pat ronage, and it would take but few exhibit ions, affording a vast amount of recreation to our citizens, to get up a very respectable library. Tho alarm of fire on Thursday evening, was caused by fire communicating through a defective flue to the woodwork of the build ing belonging to Esquire Edinger, on Mon roe street, and occupied by Mr. Win. Rin ker. The damage from water proved rather more serious than that from fire, but with out the water there would have been no bouse to talk about The "Pocono" was promptly on hand, and had water on the the building, through 1,00'J feet of hose in an incredibly shoi t time as soon as it was possible to lay the hose showing that in her the borough possesses a perfect gem. o- We have heard rumors of a scrimmage, which grew out of a settlement of financial m titers, at Sand Hill in this county, in which some knocking down, kicking, and pistol fchuoting was freely indulged in. We have the names of the parties and particulars, out of which a first class item might be made, but we fovbeir d ting so lor the present. A Jv suit it is said will grow out of the mat ter. Neighbors should not indulge in such past times, as besides present danger, there is generally a gallows at the end of the line marked by a pistol shot, and we don't want anything more of that kind in this county. Veronal. Samuel Melick, of Ncw-l.-urgh. N. V., pa id his old home, in this place, a brief visit on Saturday last 'Saitiiver" was looking well and his many f Vieuds here were glad to see him. Oar young friend, Josiah M. Bowden, who for some time past, has been in theeru- ploy of Mr. Reuben Miller, has established himself in the harness ami saddlery business at Asbury. Joiuh, besides Iteing an excel lent harness maker is a most worthy young man, and will prove an aquisition to his new home. We bespeak for him from the Asburyians, and the people surrounding, a warm welcome and liberal support. II. S. Wagner and M. II. Rhodes, have taken the stand recently occupied by L. T. Labar & (Jo., and stocked it heavily with groceries, provisions, crockery ware, &e., & That th.-y will do business there can be no doubt, for they are live men. Conner and Canuer announce their dissolu tion of co-partnership this week. Mr. Coir ner will carry on the butchering business al.:ic. L. T. Labar, who has just withdrawn from the dry goods and grocery business in thi place contemplates establishing himself in the farming Lusiuess in Nebraska during the present spring. We regret that we are to lose him here. We see, from all over the State, notices of subscriptions of money for the establishment of car shops, shovel factories, !oot aud shoe factories, &c, &c. an J the subscription.- are liberal too. Here in Stroudsburg, we take n ; interest in such things ; and yet it is j'jt this kind of cnterprize that dots the country with thirfty villages aud cities, and, by the consequent rise of property, makes the few dollars, musty for want of use, skip up into the thousands and even millions, by "which fortunes are counted in other parts. It is trua we have a woolen factory here; but it is non-paying, it is said, for want of vim on the part of its stockholders aud be cause of the kind of skill heretofore employed in its management As it now is, it appears to have n other use, that to stand as a ghost to drive other enterprizes to ot her parts. It ware far better either to raise a subscrip tion, buy the stock from its present owners,' and present the building, machinery and "rights, privileges and hereditaments," to a live company, or else take the building brick by brick, aud timber by timber, and the luachiuerv, and hide them in some out of the way place where they would never more be seen or ltead of. Then possibly some thing might b done to make our staid '"burgh" hum with manufacturing industry. auci business prosperity. The majority in favor of license it is said, in this State foots up some 30,000. But the :nd is not yet. The Constitutional Conven tion has decided to give the people, in one of the proposed amendments, an opportun ity of voting for direct prohibition of the sale of ardeut spirits and its admixtures, as a beverage. The "beautiful" snow, about which poets have sang bo sweetly, and other folks swore so terribly during the past winter, has about lenarted. The blue birds and robbins are now singing, the grass begins to grow green, and green peas, young onions, new potatoes. early cabbage and hanging on the gates, are among the things soon to be looked for. Well, let'em come. San ford's Engines. We always feel a pride when reading o the success of Stroudsburg manufactures, iu papers published abroad. But when such notices appear over the signatures of practi cal men, and papers which are noted for rejecting everything not strictly in the line of truth and untility, it adds greatly to our pleasure, and to the pride with which we cu! them for the benefit of our readers. The following which we cut from the columns o the "Albany Cultivator and Country Gentle men" is worthy of perusal, not merely as an evidence of the skill of one of our esteemed Stroudsburg manufacturers, but, also, as a means of opening the eyes, and setting in motion the thought of our Agricultural friend in the direction from whence can beobtaine an important labor saving machine to assist them in their hard work and render it com partivcly easy. Every farmer should read it. Dairy Steam Engines. I would say to "E. B." p. 13G, thatG. SanfordofStrouds burg, Penn., manufactures steam engines for dairy and other purposes, of two, three and four horse-power, and larger. I have ha his three horse-power boiler and engine iu operation for the last two years in my dairy It works very practically and satisfactorily We drive four barrel churns with it, and wi.I drive six or eight it necessary. It wi drive a circular or drag saw. The first one I saw in use was a two horse-nower. I saw where they had used it with both the circu lar and drag saw, and the lady had done a her washing, with a Doty washing machine with the engine, using it herself for hot washing and churning. It is capable of driv ing a farm mill for grinding the feed, aud will drive a Wheeler or Emery threshing and cleaner. I have the boiler and engine bolted on a couple of plank about G feet long and 4 inches thick, and the planks bolted together, so that it can be moved anywhere without detaching the pipes connecting the boiler and engine. 1 paid for mine, two years ago this spring, about $325. We heat all our water for dairy purposes ; it will boil a barrel of water in ten or twelve minutrs, and it will cook a hogshead full of pumpkins in about thirty minutes. PETER MULKS, Tompkihs County, N. Y. Mr. Sanford does not confine himself to steam engines only but is prepared, with the best of machinery to meet all demands for work in his line -requiring mechanical or inventive skill in its accomplishment First of April. For a twelve month, we have no doubt, our citizens will hold in remembrance the events of Tuesday. Sonfe with delight, others with fear, and trembling, and others again, who have no interest in the past, or settlements for the future, without "caring a straw." Cut the day made its annual return, and with its coming brought its changes. Residen ces and places of business were changed, farms were-bought and Fold, and cither paid for, or loaded with bonds and mortgages, as subject" for future thought and worriment. Bill, and notes, and mortgages, and judgments, became due and payable on that day, and were either met, or furnished means by which the pocket? of Sheriff and Constables, Justices of the Peace or Countyhouse men were and are to made ple thoric with greenbacks. Landlord with writs of ''hocus eompcllut" in their hands, were assid uous in their scarchings for delinquent tenants, while those Fame tenants were engaged in all kinds of feats of high agility to avoid being seen by those who were so anxious for a sight of them. Rats, bed bugs, mice and other harm less insects, that had enjoyed life comfortbly and securely for a twelve-month, were shaken up and routed out, like their biped fellow crea tures to seek a home elsewhere, to make room for the new stock coming in. Oh, it was a ga la day to some. A gala day to others. Hut the moves were happy, and even the prettiest girl in town thought it "tho nice." But it was not the moves, and the landlords and tenants alone that were so busy. The mo ney shaver, too, was around, arid looking for the next victim upon whom to fasten his death dealing cent per cent., or the victims who had been fleeced and was expected with his last dollar to meet the letter of the bond. The Banker was busy too handing out the Green backs which had accumulated, or looking out for the fortuna;e ones who had spondulicks left over to place on deposit. Butchers were busy too paying for their bull beef, and look ing around for the stock for another season. Furniture men, stove and tin men, dry goods men and business men generally, were busy, in providing and sending out the things needful, to lit up, and make comfortable, homes for those who, during the bitter cold of Winter, had taken each other for better or for worser. All was commotion and business. But then it was 1st of April and who wan afraid, even though many did get fooled. We had almost forgotten to say that even the "galls" were off the streets. All had gone to the moving to have a jolly good time to feast, to dince and to sing, "we won't go home till morning," and to, well as the person will be called in to settle the matter soon, perhaps, we won't sav anythire more about it. but rest J easy until another first of April arrive. Early potatoes are plenty at Dardanellc, Ark., at 3.50 a barrel. A bill incorporating the Pike County Saving Bank has passed both houses ol the Pennsylvania Legislature. The spotted fever has broken out . . W 1 1 . anioug the Sioux loaians arounu run Sully. A poor family in Pittsburg lately bought five camel's hair shawls at 300U apiece. They wanted garments that woui.i be warm and comlortable, and did Dot care lor show. Those who want to find out what size ylove they need, may do as follows : Take a tape and measure your hand around the knuckle?. The number of inches and quarters of an inch is exactly the size of a glove, j hat is if it measure! five and throe quarter inches around you want ylove Wo. D. A darkey returning from church, was asked to cive an account of the sermon 'Well, sah, do sermon was upou de uiira cle ob de loabes nod fishes. De minister ed how dere was seveu thousand loabes and five thousand fishes divided between de twelve postles." "Well, what miracle was there about that?'' "Why, gab. de miracle was dat dey didn't bust Dais my perception ob de circumsances." We find the following receipt to kil a town, floating around in our exchanges ami we submit it to our local readers fur onsideration, whether or Dot it applie to Stroudsburg : "lo kill a town, underrate every present mid prospective enterprise, speak ill of the churches and schools, tell every body the hotels are 'bad.' withhold the patronage from Your mei chants and i tradesmen, and buy your goods ar uroceries at some other place ; and by al means go to the city for your millinery and such like ; and if you are in business reluse to advertise. In Utica, as in some other places, there is a liquor store, and on the flour above it is the office of a doctor. Just over the tront window of "the beverage shop th doctor has placed the lollowing sign Me who deals out poison deals out death." Temperance people as they went by grinned at this awful warning, and the man of fluids below was naturally indignant at (his libel upon the quality of his refreshments. It turns out, how ever, that the doctor meant no insinuation airanst the Quality of his neighbor's - merchandise. He is a healer of the herl and root school, and his sign was merely intended for a hit at the regulars who prescribe arsenic and the like. Perhai he uuconsciouly placed his sign where it would do the most good. It is not often that man and wife live together a married life of sixty consecutive years. litis has happened in jNewbury V t., and the persons are Mr. and Mrs Hawes Johnson, who were married March 14, 1813, and on the 14th inst. they had a diamond wedding, with many friendly reelings irom numerous visitors, and many gifts, including (for him) a cosri) family Bible and i for her) a pair of gold bowed spectacles. For the least, the table used was one used for dining iu 1801 by the members of the ermont Legislature The observance of the happy day wa tit t concluded by the singing ol severa ancieut hymns and tunes. Five persons were present who altogether were 4 Hi years old. A husband in Salem, Mass., recently overheard a neighbor remark with sympathy that he was henpecked. Ol course, he would have been less or mote than man if he had quietly submitted to this scandalous imputation, and he forth with took strong measures to prove it tirouodlessness. He rushed home; he hurled a bootjack at his wife ; he reduced to fragments two of her best dresses ; an as a conclusive climax he smoked his pipe io the parlor, with his feet on the table in a basket of artificial flowers. It is now generally admitted by the people of Salem that this gentleman is n t henpecked inasmuch as be still survives witho.it scar. They must be hungry indeed in England. Food is so scarce, that the oddest propositions for its greater supply are made. We have already noticed Mr rratik JJuokland s plan lor raising lag numbers of eels in the ponds. Now Thr Foot Journal, in all seriousness, propo.e tunic soup, iuriies. we are told, are plentiful enough io the tropics aud cnuh: be captured by tens of thousands, while fully 250,(jno,UOO of eggs are annuallv sacrificed. It is also puggeseted that, t save the cost of carriage, the turtle fles should be prepared and tinned in Sout! America ; and a turtle soup manufactory on the Amazon is considered a not im probable establishment. Jay Gould wants 850.000,000 to ena ble him to retire iu comfort. lie is now reputed to be worth 82,000,000, but h will not be satisfied until he doubles that, when he will say to his soul, "Tak thy ease, eat drink aod be merry" Gould of course, lies when he professes all this Allow him to defraud all who come with in hi." cluthes in the stock market to gamble an f steal, until he secures th coveted 850.000,000, and hi avarice wil tempt him to graep for 8100 000,000 which, if gained, will only intensify hi appetite for more. e never yet behel a com emeu man who nas made more monej? getting the prime object of his life Succet-s to such a nature brings no com fort, no retd. no gratification. It merely adds to the fury of the passion which con utues it increasing the greed by whie it lives. Money is like all other limu lints the more you get the more you waut, aod Jay Uould is only a drunkard in this respect who will be consumed by his desires. Ever? cuiuoiunity has its Goulds. A Yankee grocer, being solicited to contribute to the building ol a new church. promptly subscribed his name to the pa per in the following manner "John Jones (the only place in town where you cau get eleven pounds of good sugar lor a dollar), twenty five cents." Convention Notes. On Friday afternoon the Constitutional Convention adiourned until the 15th of April, for the purpose of allowing mem bers to attend to rersonal and prolessiona msinpss. The rroceedings during the week were important, if not very interest - ing. On Tuesday the Convention did not sit, but the members atteuded the aunch of the "Iudiana " Wednesday was chiefly occupied with discussing the article i . rr a r . . on military service, ine cciiiuiuitB ic norted a provision holding all the citizens of the State as liable to militia duty, but this was strongly opposed by many mem bers. Various propositions were presented for the exemption of persons having re iiiousor consuieuiious scruples on the sub ject. An amendment by Mr. lJroomall,that no one having conscientious scruple? shall be compelled to bear arms," was re iected. Finally, an amendment proposed by Mr. Carter of Lancaster was added to the section, which wa3 then adopted. It provides that the Legislature may by law I'Tfiisn from uiilitarv service those who have conscientious scruples against .bear ing arms. It is surprising that' in -the State founded bv Pcnn there should be any opposition to the proposed exemp tion. On Thursday, the report of tin committee on judical sstem was suhmit ted bv Mr. Armstrong, the chairman It contains ol) sections. The courts o Common Picas remain as they no arc with an increase of judges. The Supreme Court consist of seven judges ; and there will be a Circuit Court of nine judges, to be intermediate between the others, with appellate jurisdiction The State is to be divided into six circuits, in which this court shall sit. Iu the counties it will have concurrent power with the Common Pleas, aud will try cases that cannot ot ought not to be tried in the latter. In Philadelphia the District Court nnd the Commou Pleas are consolidated and divid ed into four branches, each having three judges. The judges dow sitting are ull continued in office. The Nisi Prius Court is abolished. In Philadelphia one police justice, learned iu the law, is to be elect ed for every 30,000 inhabitants, to exer cise the jurisdiction now belonging to the aldermeu. The Supreme Judges are to be appointed by the Governor for 21 years, with the approval of the Senate : the Circuit Judges are to be elected b) the people of the State at large, for Hi vears ; aud others J udges arc to be elected by the people of their respective districts lor the term of ten years The office ol Associate Judge is abolished after the end of the terms of those now sitting The functions of the Register's Court are transferred to the Orphau's Court. Sev eral members of the committee dissented from different features of this report. The committee on "declaration of rights' submitted a report, as also did that on railroads and canals. The latter forbids all special legislation on the subject con cerned, annuals all free passes, and lays down stringent rules for the government, of corporations. The committee on Le gislature made a supplementary report, providing for a Senate of 50 members and a House of 150 members. Ou Fri day the subject of impeachment was dis cussed, anil the sectiou reported was adopted. The attendance was very thin, many of the members having already gone home. Bucks County lntcUiyencer. Counting New Greenbacks. Years of experience have made the counters who hare been longest employ ed marvelous'y expert aud almost in fallible, their fiogers parsing from one oote to another with the celerity and re gularity of some woudcrful machine The lady who sits nearest to the chief of the room, and who has come to be con sidered a sort of assistant to him, having sometimes performed his duties during his absence, has been engaged in the division ever since its organization io lhG2, and probably has uo rival in ac curacy and dexterity io counting. On many occasions she has counted filty thousand notes in one day. As the nomi nal hours of labor are from nine to three o'clock, and as at least half an hour must be deducted from this for necessary inter ruptions aud for lunch, the time occupied in counting these filty thousand notes was five and a half hours. This is at the rate of nine thousand and ninety notes every hour, one hundred and filty every minute. and two and a half every secoud ! Ihe lady informs us that it is no unusual feat lor her to "pick up" a bundle containing four thousand legal tender notes in tweu ty minutes ! We doubt whether this can be excelled. If any gentleman thinks it can, let him try the experiment of simply tapping his fioger on a table at the above rate, and we predict that at the end ol half an hour's trial he will change his mind. There are other ladies who are almost as rapid and accurated. They arc sometimes called upon, with others equal ly skillful from the redemption division which we shall visit presently), to visit other cities, when the Ireasury offices in those places are to be examined, an to assist in counting the government funds there. Through this division and under other hkillful fingers has passed every note, whether legal tender or fractional, which has been issued by the United States since a f . the Beginning ot the rebellion, every note which we have ever handed or seen, as well as ull the gold notes, and many millious of imperfect bonds and notes which were never put io circulation The total value of the money which had oeen counted in mis previously io me first fay of July, 1872. was, .according to the treasurers last auoual report, nearly two thousand nine hundred million dol lars, more than two hundred and tweu ty three millions of which consistad ol postal aod fractional currency. Just now. the counters hud full employment io counting new legal tender aud fractional ootes Scribner's lor April. Washington, March 24. Treasurer Spinner received to day two large boxes from rranklin. Peno , containing the charred remains of 8100,000 in United States notes ami hoods, national notes. Pacific Railroad bonds, &c , which Thom as J. Auderson, the Cashier of Lamber ton's Bank, at Franklin, attempted to de stroy by buring a short time ago, after which he blew out his brains with a pis tol. The notes are sent here for identi fication. ' Salt Williams, of New York, having been on a three days bender in New York, strolled into an intelligence office and asked "Is this an intelligence office?" 'Yes," said the keeper. "What's your Ice? inquired Salt; and upon being in formed he threw down a dollar bill "Well," asked the proprietor, "what in formation do you want I "I want you tell me, stuttered Salt, "where the de vil I've been for the last three days." Athley Falls, Conn., is a place of which little is known, but which is asserting its claim to distinction by having a cat weigh ing IB 3 4 pouuds. The yowl of this ani mal enlivens all South-Vos.tcm 31assa cuhsetts, as well as "the pig-iron corner of Connecuticut. Blooming Grove Park. The second annual report of the Sccre tarv ol Blooming Grove Park Association of Pike county, presents many interest ing facts concerning the propagation and acclimation of animals. It states : The Association is sound financially aod will have a balance of 8250,000, af ter having paid for its stocks, lands, im provements, and all other demands to pre sent date. The breeding park for deer 1)20 acres, has been wholly inclosed wttl a dC-T proof wire fence, 8 feet high, wit I posts tc.n feet apart ; and two rustic gate ways, 20 feft high, give entrance to an avenue now pable for wagons, from which a road diverges Iff Ihe game keep era lodge. This looy i It feet by -H leet. and was coa.pleted last summer In its vicinity the zoological collection i located for the present. It is only fh nucleus for something grander, but con tains bear, deer, cariboo, foxes, mink fancy fowls, &c. These are provided with proper shelter aod food. In a ravine short distance from the lodge, which stands in a pine grove, are the trout works. Our waters in other parts of the Park territory will provide an ample sup ply of fi-h with which to stock these works English pheasants have been iu troduced into the deer park successfully, but all efforts to bring English rabits xcross the Atlantic have failed. A ken nel of imported aud domestic dogs of the finest breed has been collected. Last December the officers of the Park sent Mr. Ramshottom. the trout culturist, to Maine, to procure the ova of "laud locked salmon," Sebec Lakes, for intro duction into our Paik waters. He was unsuccessful in obtaining ova, but pro cured eighteen grown specimens of live fish, whicli will be placed in our waters as soon as the ice opens, ' Our trout wa ters are all abundantly stocked. They have been but little fished the past sea son ; consquently theyabouud iu fish Last summer two of our members took from Taylor's Creek, in one day a string of 105 trout, which is not an unusual catch. At the same time the Shohola is noted for its fine fishing. The construction of the new club house, lat year, will prove most acceptable to members. It is 80 feet long, 36 feet wide, three and a halt stories high, with an ex tension 25 feet square. The frame tiui bers were cut from our own ground. This house will be open for occupation about June 1. Roads have been laid out and partly constructed in its vic-inity. and a croquet grouud prepared for the use oi the ladies, The Pension Laws Liberal Provisions. Washington, March 20. An act of tne lasi congress, npprovea iiarcn o. 1873, to revise, consolidate and amend the laws relating to pensions, generally enlarges and liberalizes the former acts. re enacting nearly all former provisions aud extending privileges: No items for granting pensions have been reduced or struck out. Among the new provisions iu this respect are the following : All persous who have lost a leg above the knee, aod are so- disabled thereby that they cannot use an artificial, shall be rated iu the secoud class, and receive $24 per mouth. All persons having lost t lie hearing of both ears, to receive 813 per month. Section 5 provides that the rate of S1K per month may be proportionately divid ed for any degree of disability established lor which the second section makes no provision. The old law provides for no rates between 88 and 818 Changes in the Pension Bureau. In the organization of the Pension Hureau important changes are made. The new law provides for the appointment by the l'resident of a Deputy LommisMouei- ol Pensisons with a salary of $2.5')0 per annum. Joseph Lockey has been ap pointed to this office. The etfiiency of the Bureau is incrcas ed by the provision for Hie appointment ol a duly qualified surgeon as medical re feree, with a salary of $2,500 per annum, who shall have charge of examinations aud revision of reports of examining surgeons and such other professional mat ter as may be referred to lrim by the commissioner. The Secretary of the Interior has appointed as such medical releree Dr. T. I Hood. He is also authorized to appoint such qualified surgeons, not exceeding four, as mav be required, who shall be borne upon the rolls us clerks of the fourth class, and to take the place of clerks already in the service, with a salary of $1,800 ech, per annum. These have not vet been ait pointed. The new law adds two years to ill A 'ifilif ati,w im.l.. ..k:..L ! M.uimnuii uu'ici nniuu pcUMOII claim? may be established. The fees for medical examination and cei tifiuates have been increased to two dollirs, exception in the w..,, i.. , wo 1)uar(1 uxaiuiuers, each mem her being entitled to reoeive only one Some of f fc$" members of Congress hd pocketed the S5t)00 back pay bonus are going to the Vieuffa Exposition with their amilies. being too conscientious to spend the money at home. Rumored Political Movements. . Hareisburo, March 28. A new poll-. tical movement is talked of. It is assert ed that the defeat of the McCIure i Regis try bill, at the request of a Republican caucus, is likely to introduce new leatures into the next campaign. Some Demo crats, Liberal Republicans and friends of the purity of elections allege that there' is now no hope ol aoy curative legislation under the present political control, and the movement has been discussed here with general favor by Liberals, Democrat and many regular Republicans, who sup ported both Urant and llartranlt, to dis card all distinctive political orgaoications for a State contest looking solely to the reorganization of our cities and State. It is suggested that at the proper time a" people's State Convention shall be call ed, solely on the issue ol State and muni cipal regeneration, and nrminate State" candidates and organize the State for the" election of a Reform Legislature. McClellan's Institute. In pursuance of our desire to giv? interest to the columns of the Jtcpnhlican and at the same time bring before the public all improvements and advance ments that take plare in our community, we called at the "McCIellan Institute," and were shown over ;he boilding and had the various dvantagcs and peculiari ties of the school explained to us by Pro fessor McCIellan and his able executive officer, Capt. J F dc Maziere. The school building is located on Union street, between Church and High streets, and was erceted many years ?gtwtfc a view to school purposes, and to which it is particularly well adapted. This build ing and the bi. 200 by ISO feet, was parchased and taken pc ssession of last fall by Prof. McCIeHao. The bailding is off brick, three stories high io front and four in ti e tear; 105 feet loug by about 40 feet wide, contaiDing 27 rooms, exclusive? ol the basement, in which is located the- play room, wash room, bath room, dining; i-.-i . , . room, Kiicneu, p3uray, uatery, launary, etc The first fluor contains the school room. recitation room, must? room, boys parlor and family pail ir. living rooms, etc. ; th third storv contains a number of sfndy nnd sleeping rooms for the more advanced tudents ; the library, a valuable adjunct to the institution, containing about COO well selected volumes : the private rooms of the family and a comfortably furnished! ed room and bath room where aoy of the students who may be taken sick are re moved and recive every auction a home could furnish, bit the present manage ment congratulates it.-eif upon not having ad any us-e for this rot.ui so far. The fourth story is the dormitory or slecpiog paitments of the students. Here each scholar is provided withva neat cottage bedstead, mattress, pillows and comforta ble covering, all exquisitely neat aud cleau, at the foot of each bedstead is a squire box containing such ai tides of wearing apparel etc.. as may be needed jor daily use Trunks are never brought info the rooms, but as soon as the ueedful it tides are t;iken out they are locked up in a taggage room adjoiuing the play room and access be had to them uj on ap plication. No access can be had to tbe leeping apartments except at the time assigned for retiring, unless by special permission. One of the principal teachers sleep in a room adjoining the dormitories aud retires and rises with the boys J he building is heated throughout by two of McGee's hot air furnaces, and the school room is furnished with R Patton's improved school furniture. (Jn the rear of the house a wide porch ruo3 the Tholo length of the secoud story, and on this' there are cases containing drawers for tho reception of such articles as the boys may desire during play or study hours. Otj the play ground is a very fioe gymnasium supplied with all the usnal appliances for athletic sports. Ou the top of the build ing is a promauade observatory, from which can be had one of the most leauti- lul outlooks over the country surround ing West Chester, to be obtained any where. This building has been long and favor ably known as au educational inMitution, I at . . having been ably conducted by ihe Misses Price. M isscs Evans aud others .is. a i-nnmr ladies' semiuary, and as such had a fiuo reputation. Under Professor McClcnna's administra tion, it has been eutirtly refurnished, renovated and opened as a boys' academy with every eiemcnt to insure satisfaction to those who patronize it. Wet Chester affords especial attrac tions to those who think of sending their children to school, on account of ease of access, health! ulnes ol locution and the great beauty of the town and surround ing country. The market is one of the best the couutry affords, aud all articles of cloth-' ing and general consumption can be purchased here upon most reasonable terms, and win e W art sii Hi(ifntltf remote from the temptations of the largo cities, the main lines of trurpl tn all parts of the Uuion are readily reached by several railroad traius daily. At the institution we found several" stuents from Cuba. New Mexico and Japan, in addition to those from different parts of the Uuion We wero introduced, to Messrs. Tiuki Tanimoto, Shingjiro Tokuuo aud K Soogano. of Jcddo, Japan, and were shown some of their printed literature. We became much interested in a work printed wrong side foremost in the Chinese character and which updat ed to treat on 'The rise and progress of. the gridiron" from the copiousness with which it was illustrated with engravings ot that useful article in various stages demoralization. The prorss which these youug centlemeu have made in the short time they have bea here, iu ac quing our language aud I teratura i a astonishing as it is crodilab'e to thse under whoe cre &uJ direction they have been placed.
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