1 tf s. I n'Uijjij.imiLi, Dcuoieu to politics, Citcroturc, Agriculture, Science, illovulihj, auj aural JntcIIiqciicc. i; VOL. 31. STPvOUDSBLFRG, MONROE COUNTY, PA., AUGUST 7, 1873. NO. 13. - iui-i Tir-rrmriiun n if mi .. - t- I t- I f 1 h I Pnblishrd by Theodore Sclioch. Ti?l -T-vo I !! ir : yccirln advance and if nut pi I tcf t1 the fiat of Hie ye;tr, two dollar? mijU fifty :eiits will b! chin ne I. i vi ).; tti;iu? I tt.itil II rrearajes are paid, icpt "i" o. ii'in ol i he EJitor. iLA Ivcriiseiiioiits of mm j'j'iare of (eight lino?) or es,iic lie tlir-ti! ni-eiti i:) $1 5i). Each roUliUoiml niJrti ;i, V i-e;il.. Lou cr ones in propni lion. JOZS J'KIX'nSG, OF ALT. KINDS, Eieented in t!ie hiuliest style of the Art, and on the most ie;iso:i.ihIe terms. WILLIAM S. REES, Surveyor, Conveyancer and Real Estate Agent. Farms, Timber Lands and Tovn Lets FOR SALE. Office next door above S. Pecs' news Depot ami "J1 ilHr below the Corner Store. March LM, is7.;-tf. DR. J. LANTZ, Surgeon aiul Mechanical Dentist, Still Ins Ins orfice mi Mini Street, in the m-coik! ftrv f Or. S. W.ilM.i's hiK'k liiil! l!!iLT, neiulv oipo- fiic t!ic Strou. Slimi: House, and fce fl.iltf is l:l:ii.-tlf that lV el'iit'tu yens eoiil;tal practice and liu; ino.-t niPt an t careful :ilti'nM n to .ill ma'.ter naming l In profession. Hint lie i f illy ible to priforin nil nper alums i:i the cienlal line in the Hioft i-.u etui, t.;s'.e an 1 skii.V'i! in. inner. S.ier.i-ii Hitciiiioii ivcn to saving the itifa' Teeth ; also, to the I'iM'illoii f Arlihiditl feet h n llul)tcr, 0 ilil. Silver or Coiitmu.jiis Gums, and porlect tils In Mil c-es iniiied. M st pf rsons !i;i:i-.v the jjreul ttV.y and dancer id cn- 1 nisi iii' Uielr wink Ui lilt iiicxj.i'iei! eil, or In iliuse living iit it .!isi.iii'-e. Apr;! 13, I f T I . 1 y jrU. J. IS. SHISJ,, PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON. ( t'Xice 1st door above Stroudsburg House, resilience 1st door above Post (Mfice. Oilice hours l'u:a 0 to 12 A. M., from " to 5 I 7 to r. m. Mar '7.Vlv. it. c;i-:o. w. jacksox PHYSICIAN, SURGEON & ACCOUCHER. II n the old office of Dr. A. l!covc Jackson, residence, corner of Sarah r.nd Franklin .-.trect. 1 STROUDSBURG, PA. 1 Aujuft 8, IS72-tf. JK. II. J. IMITEILSOS, I OPLRimG AD SCniASIfAL DEMIST, 1 I Having located in Ea?t Stroiul-hnrp-, Da., an I imiinees that he is now ji-jari-il to ir.ert arti lieial teeth in the mo-t lieautifnl sjikI life-like manner. Also, great attention riven to filling si nd preserving llie natural teeth. Teeth ex- Uraeted without .iin y nse of Nitrons Oxide i tas. All otlier work ineident to the profession i !ie in the nnt skillful and approved Myle. ; All work attended to iromptly and warmiited. .i'liares reasonable. I'atronagc of the public 'lieited. Oflice in A. W. Tyoder's new l.v.ildincr, op- ioite Analoniink House, Kast Strondsburg, a. July 11, 1H7:) ly. i i- I Announces lli it liavinjr just returned frcm Dental Collets, he is fully prepared to make artificial teetli in the most beautiful and Ii!e- ike manner, and io fiii decayed teeth ac cording to the most i-n proved method. Teeih cxtract-'d without pain, when de iired, by the use of Nitrous Oxide Gas, which is entirely lnrm'ess. Repairing; ot H kind neatly done. All work warranted. Charges re isnnaMe. Offic! in J. (I. Ke'ler'ri new Rrick Luild n. Main S reet, SlrouJsbur, l'a. t V 31-tf 5tami:s ff. WALTOX, 0 Atlornoy al faw, t OHii-e in the Ltiillirs formerly ocuptcl hy I. M. Iinr-oti, an 1 oppnsit.; tho .'trotida Iwirg Uank, Main street,' .Strou Jlur, Pa. is jan i::-tf A 31 1: IUV A. I The fiubscriiier would inform the public that lie has leased ih hoc. e formally kept by Jacob Ke ht, in the IJoronh of Stroud.-burir, Da., ad having repainted and refurnislied the same, it prepared to entertain nil who may patronize lam. Jt is the aim of the proprietor, to f;ini uh superior accommodations at moderate rates rud will spare no pains to promote the cotn f.wt of the guests. A liberal tdiare of jmblic fatronae wdieited. Ajril 17, '72-tf D. L. DISLD. ,,0l"RB3 -; H0NE3DALE, PA. Ilost central location pt any Hotel ::i tovrn. f t It. W. KIPLI k SON, ity Main s-tfflct. Proprietors. iuary y, 1873. ly. " " A f K A IV A X . A E f O 1 1 . JJ OPPOSITE T1IK LKI OT, f Kast Stroudsburg, Pa. I IJ. J. VAN COTT, Proprietor. The bar contain the cholest Lbpiors and ( 9 table ii supplied with t!ilest the market f rdn. Charges moderate. f mar 3 l72-tf. rA'rsos 31ount Vtrnoja House, I 117 and U9 K"orth Second St. V- I A510VK AltCTf, PHILADELPHIA. !iay 30, 1672- ly. EV. KDWARD AwiLSON'S(of Wii L Iurnsburb, N. Y.) Reci;v for CON OPTION and ASTHMA carefully com nded at HOLLINSHEAD'3 DRUG STORE. Medicine Fresh and Pure. A 2i. 1657. W. HOLLINSIIEAI). MONltUE COUNTY Mutual Fire Insurance Company. STROUrSBURG, PA. ssjaiisiajD aim. CHARTER PERPETUAL. The By-Liws of this Company, and the regulations governing; insurance have, re cently been very materially changed, pla cing it upon a b isis equal to I hat of any Fire Insurance Company in the State. Important amon-j thee changes arc the following', via : Policies, instead of being perpetual, are i.-Mied for five years. All properly i. classified and the rate of premium is fixed according to the risk of the ptoperty. Premium notes are taken, and all as sessments are made on the notes. Property is injured for not more than two thirds of its actml cash value, and the full amount of insurance paid in case of loss, provided the Io.es be equal to the amount of itiMi ra nee. "Annual assessments'' only are made, tx rept in cases of heavy !os, and where a sjieciil assessment is nfce.-sj ry. The Company i.s therefore prepared to in sure property upon terms much more desira ble than under the old system. Applications may be made to any of the Managers, Surveyors, or Secretary. MANAGERS. StojJel! Stkes, Jicob Knecht, J. Depne I.eBar, John Edinger. Iliclurd S. Staples, Francis Ilagerman, Sila.s L. Drake, Jacob iStoulfer, Chas. D. Urodhead, Theodore Schoch, Robert Boys, Thos. W. Rhodes, William Wallace. STOGDELL STOKES. PresU. E. B. Dr eh tit, Secretary and Treasurer. SURVEYORS. For Monroe County: Silas L. Drake, Tims. W. Rhodes, William Gilhr-rf, J. Depne LeBar, Geo. G. Shafer, Jacob Sfoufl'er. For Wayne County: F. A. Oppslt, Jos. It. Miller. For Pike County : Samuel Detrick. For Northampton County: Ritliard Camder. For Carbon County: Samuel Ziegcnfus. The Managers meet regularly at the Secretary's Office in Stroudsburg, on the first Tuesday cf each month, at 2 o'clock P. M.J May 15,73-tf GOOD NEWS! NEW FIRM AND SEW GOODS? WAGS & till would announce to the public, that they have taken the stand lately occupied by L. T. Labar t Co., and lilted and stocked it with choice lines, of Groceries, Provisions, Crockery ware, &c. Every tiriide in store has been selected v. ith the greatest rare, and they can assure custo mer, that no matter at what price wild, every thir. puichnsed of them will prove to be of the best fjiiality. It is the design to keep a complete assort ment in each line, so that all tastes may be suited. Whether in want of heavy or fine Groceries or Provisions, Crockery Ware, and Glassware, Tobaccoes or what not. This will be found to be the place to call." A speciality with them will be a No. 1 brand of St. Louis Mills Flour which stands at the head of the lit every where. Call and examine goods. Prices marked down to the Juwct living figure. SASH, POOES AND BLINDS Constantly on hand. ALSO; Ou hand and for sale a euperitr lot of Ctilir.g Lath, Hemlock Boards and Scant ling, Matched Flooring, and Whits . Pins of all kinds. H. S. WAGNER. M. H. RHODES. April I'.J, 187.'--tf. c 1AN VOU TKM, WII V ST IS J that when anv nn cntnps to Stroud. j - biirj bo buy Farjjiture, they always inquire for McCartys Furniture Store! Seut. 26 B LANKS OF ALL KINDS f.r tale ct this Ofljce College Life at Lafayette. The recent Commencement at Lafay ette College, Kaston, drew to that place many visitors from abroad who had friends or relatives among the students. One of Ihesc, from West ChrEtrr, writes to the Local Ncics a budget of gossip about the College and its ways, from which we make some interesting extracts. The College grounds are situated north of the main portion of the town, on a high hill, and are reached by a series of stone steps and gradually ascending walks, protected by irou railings ; almost at the summit is a large granite monument, surmounlcd by a statute of a lile size soldier' in full unilorm, lately erected by the Alumni Association in memory of those ol their number who "died for the Union." We Grst reach at the top of the bill the vener able East College, used now as rooms fur students and tutors. Ou one side f this is the One new chapel, elegantly finished and furnished, and on the other ide is the large reading room au I lil.taty build ing ; thec two buildiugs arc joiued to the main building and add much to its ap pearance io front. There are on the large college grounds seven or eight build ings, commodious in size aud tasteful in appearance, aud surroundings for such of the professors as have families. There arc alro six hulls in which the students and tutors have their rooms, five of these stand on the north side of the college grouuds. The largest aud central one of the five is a very liue building of four stories, which was fiuished iu 1871. It was built by one of the former trustees, a gf ntlemau Darned 31cKeen, of Easton, and by hitn presented to the college ; it appropriately bears his name. There are also on the grounds, Jeoks' Physical Hall, a fine structure in which the philo sophical and chemical apparatus are kept, and experiments are performed, and the college observatory in which are a large telescope and the other necessary ap paratus. There remains, also, to be es peeially noticed the magniSceut Pardee building, built by A. Pardee, of Hazel ton, at a cost of $200,000, and which it is expected will cost nearly as much more to fiuUh, all of which iMr. Pardee has generously undei taken to bear. This building is five stories in height, with a wing ou cither side four stories h'gh The entire length of front in a straight line is two huudred and fifty six feet The material is the Trenton brown stone, with trimmings of light Ohio sand stone. It is to be heated throughout by steam. This building is to be used exclusively for recitation rooms, laboratories, lecture rooms and professor's studies ; none of the pupils will room in it. There were io the college at the close of the present year two hundred and forty six students, forty-two of whom graduated. The num ber entered for the next year promises to be much larger than it has been for a long time, and will probably considerably exceed one hundred. We ought tore mark that the classes are called by the year in which they graduate, thus the class of 187G graduates in June 1S7G. College life is, gcucrally speaking, very peculiar. The students are almost en tirely isolated, at least until their last year, from society and the bustle and roughing of the world. A few of them board and live in private families io Eas ton, some of them have rooms in the col lege aud board in private families, but the majority room iu the college and board iu clubs. Each of these clubs are composed of from fifteen to thirty young men, and has regular officers, one of whom is called commissary, whose duty it is to purchase the necessary provisions for the club. lie is allowed one half of his board ing for performing this work. These provisions are cooked generally by tome family living near the college grounds or iu some of the college buildings, and din ing room aud table furniture are provid ed by then). Jjoarding thus in clubs, we sru told, costs fiom$2 50 to 6150 per week. The students are expected to lur nish their rooms in the college building throughout, with tables, chairs, bedsteads, beddiug, &c., and to provide their own stoves. I heir luel is supplied them at cost price. The rooms in the East College are about 28 by iU iu size, and are gen erally occupied by two studcuts. In .Mc Keen Hall and several of the other build ings there is oue room about 12 by 20 with a small bed room on cither side, which ar raugeuieut is preferable but more expeo sive. It would probably shock the good mothers could they sometimes step with out warning into their boys' rooms, for they often what we put mildly in callitig untidy. lJoys won't hang up their clothes, make their beds, arrange their books or sweep out their dirt or cob webs iu a way to make their mothers happy, and then not uulretiucutly some of them will oversleep themselves, aud rush into the chapel, which they have to attend morning and afternoon, with very scant under clothing, covered by a screening over cartj miuus collar, heedless slippeis or may be stockiugless of course this is only once in a while, but such things do occur. We were very much pleased, however, with what we saw of college life iu spite of these drawbacks. There is an absurd prejudice abroad about the bad uess of college boys, which is not wonder ful vihen we thiuk of some of the wild scrapes we hear of their gettiug iuto, but which we thiuk unfounded. We should have to go far before we would find few er bad fellows amoug several hundred young men than among the students at Lafdyettc, aud there are uiaJe more hear ty, disinterested, permanent friendships among them than are found in a score of years in the business world. There is, we should say, less of class distinction in Lafayette than probably than in auy col lege in the Union, and we are glad to see it so, for such distinctions are absurd. You frequently se- there a freshman hav ing as many friends among the sopho mores and juniors and probibly even seniors, as among his own class. College men are notoriously irreverent, and we believe invariably have their nick names for the professors, some of which arc more amusing than complimentary. Lafayette is no exception to this rule and we find Dr. Cattell, the excellent President, fami liarly known among the boys as Hillie Cattell, or as some irreverent ones put it, l'iilie Cattle; Professor Collin is general ly known as Spookey. which nickname his father, the loved professor who died during the present year, bore before him: Dr. Porter. Professor of JJotany, is affec tionately called Hugs, and Prof. Mara!;, the famous PhilologNt, is known as Shanghai. Hobbic Youngtuan, PeiJy Moore, Joe Hardy, Davie King, Johnnie Meigs and Jellie Snyder are the familiar names among the boys for several of the professors aud tutors their last names are correct. Not one particle of disres pect is meant by such outlandish names, and the professors bearing them are among the most popular in the college, if indeed they are not the favori-ties. It must be suppc;scd that the professors know ol their nicknames, and an amusing story is told of Prof. Marsh's little five year old boy, in this connection. A student saw him playing ou the grouuds aud asked him who he was. "I'm little Shanghai," he replied. Dr. Cattell expects gentlemanly deportmeut Irom all the boys, and is fre rjuently feeling iu his remarks ou breach es of decorum. It is rich to see a boy rush out of his room with an overcoat buttoned up over an undershirt, and stock ingless feet in down trodden slippers, and start for the Chapel saying "Won't this make Hillie Cattell's heart bleed." THE PHANTOM ENGINE. Si ncc the completion of the Northern division of the 1). L. ct W, railroad, there have been a Dumber of accidents iu the immediate vicinity of Factory ville. There is a deep "fill" juat south of the depot, and engines, trains, and passengers have rolled down this embankment. These ac cidents have resulted iu tlie death of wo 1 T . meu ana passengers, ana Dut tew pass over this spot without shuddering as they look dowu hundreds of feet beloT. North of the depot is a sharp curve and a deep cut, through which the wind always whis ties with a long melancholy wail, as it the spirit of some one was suffering the agonies of mortal paiu. It has a peculiar sound, and it has been the theme of much comment and speculation iu that victinity and by the traveling public. It is even claimed by many that on the anniversary of one of the most fatal accidents a phan torn engine, traui ol cars, tilled with spir itual passengers are seen passing along tho rail with the speed of the wind, while ou the stilluess ot night raises the shrill shriek of men and women, as if again precipitating down the declivity. It pas ses iu a moment and then all is still again. We do not vouch for the above state ment, but there are those who will. Sneaking of the souuds iu the cut wc have heard it often, and several years ago we were deceived for a whole night by the illusionary souudofan approaching train. It was behiud time, ana latciug a position on the platform we waited its ar rival. Uutil three o'clock in the morn ing we stood waiting, and duriug those hours were deceived many times by the sound of the approaching train. lhosc familiar with the peculiar noio ot an ap proaching train know that it is hard to be deceived. There is the long roll as it moves on a straight Hue ; the short pulls as the engine labors up grade, and the quick click ! click ! as it turns arouud a short curve. That peculiar sound in the cut was never noticed until after the fatal accidents ; but since that time the low wailing, dying, groaning sound is nightly heard, but never in the daytime. We were assured by the agent that this sound has deceived hundreds of passengers. He informed us that many a time the invisible train has been heard so lain and distinctly by the passengers' that with one impulse they would leave the room aud rush for the platform, only to be dis appointed and deceived by this strange and mysterious sound. The proprietor of the hotel near the depot bears the same testimony, aud told us that frequently gues's hearing the sound would leave the supper table for fear of losing the "down train." All theee are facts ; but by what subtle, invisible influences these sounds, so remarkably imitating an engine and train of cars, we, in common with many who have heard them, arc unable to tell. iicrantun tStuidiii Free lrcs$. William Hurbach, keeper of a den of iniquity in Philadelphia, has been arrested for enticing two young girls from their homes iu Uciks county, and held in 500 bail. A woman at Roaring Hrach', Lycoming county, peeled two huudred cords o! hemlock Lark last seasou, and seventy, five this season. The Williauisport Bulletin says that "womcu who can peel two. hundied cords of barST iu a muIc scasou aro getting mighty ecaioo." SHEDS OVER SIDEWALKS. Public Streets Must be Kept Exclusive ly for the Use of the Public. A Judge of the Superior Court or New i oik city has decided, upon an applica tion for an injunction, ,hat sheds con structed over sidewalks are without any authority of law-that they cannot even be legalized by the Legi.,ture.13 m, one has or can have a right to occupy the public streets for private purposes. Even the !oug coutiuued practice iu this re-nrd does not give it the sauctiou of law. The party erecting the shed in this case was a grocer, and had a license to build from the Corporation ; but the owner of the build iog, which had giveu a lease of it fur i,ine years, conditioned that there should be no alteration without his consent, ob jected to the erection of the shed as a violation of the terms of the lease went on with the shed, aud the owner applied for au injunction. Iu deciding the case, the: Judge said : "No case that I cau find admits a power iu the Legislature to le galize the use of a public street for pri vate purposes. In the case before me the appropriation of a part of one of the public streets of the city is for an exclu sively private purpose. The defendant, and not the public will derive the bene fit and advautagc from the structure. He says it is needed to protect the goods in his store from injury by the sun ; but it Joes not appear that he does not intend to also use the side walk beneath it as a mart for the exhibition and sale of his goods. It cannot, therefore, be claimed that such use of the street is not incon sistent with the public u?c of the street, or that it is for a public purpose. The corporation, holding the streets in trust for the public, have exceeded their pow ers in attempting to authorize such ap propriation, aud the erection and coulinu ance of the structure comptaiued of, is iu my judgmcut without authority of law. It is Better. Heller to wear a calico dress without trimming, if it be paid for, than to owe the shopkeeper for the most elegant silk, cut and trimmed in the most bewitching manner. Hetter to live in a log cabin, all your own, than a brown stone mausion beioog ing to somebody else. Hotter walk forever thau ruu into debt for a horse and carriage. Hetter to sit by the plaiu pine table, for which you paid three dollars ten years aso, thau to send home a new extension black walnut top, and promise to piy for it next week. Hetter to use the old cane seated chairs and faded two ply carpet, than tremble at the bills sent home from the upholsterer's for the most elegant parlor set ever made. Hetter to meet your business acquain tances with a free "don't owe you a cent" smile, than to dodge arouud the corner to escape a dun. Hetter to pay the street organ grinder two cents for music, if you must have it, than owe for a grand piano. Hetter to gaze upou the bare walls than pictures unpaid for. Hetter to eat thin soup from earthen waae, if you owe your butcher nothing, than to dine off lamb and roast beef, and know that it does not belong to you. Guinea Pig Pork. The guinea pig is extensively used in Peru as an article of food, not merely by the higher classes as a delicacy, but mainly by the poor, from its cheapness and abuudance. It is au cotirely her bivorous animal, and a clean feeder, be ing there chiefly maintained on green lucerne or trefoil, but it would doubtless thrive equally well on cabbage or lettuce leaves, and most sorts of green garden stuff in short, on the same food as tho rabbit, to which it has many points of similaiity. Its only similitude to the rat is that after the hair has been scaled off it presents an appearance not unlike what a lare rat might do if similaily treated minus the tail. For cooking it is uot skinned, but the hair being scalded off, it is split open aud cleaned, and is generally fried entire in a frying pan, or some times grilled over the coals. Thus prepared, it is savory and delicate, the flesh being white, succulent ami uutritious, very superior to the rabbit, and it makes a most excelleut dish. The cost of rearing and keeping them is next to nothing, aud their introduction into this country as an article of food would prove an inexpensive addition to our materials for the break fast or dinner table. . What She Could Do. The editor of the Portland Transcript t having asked a lady correspondent, who applied for a situation. "What could she do?" received the following com prehensive reply : "I can keep house on a secret ; drive u horse or a bargain ; tend a post office, a store, or n baby ; make a loaf of bread or a shirt ; sew on buttons, .Sec, or so forth ; mend stockings, milk a cow, wash, iron, baje, or brew is that enough lor a worn a u to uo t mtu x decipher the copy the puzzles you, re write the lyanusctit t plain aud true, or even if fortuue but play we fair, and my sphere poiuta the way of my duty there, tke the editor's scissors, his office, and chair. Satisfactory guarantee any day that I tan do and have all that I saw ! ( aud more too.") The $20,000,000 Land Dispute. The excitement created a few months ago about the possession of valuable coal buds in Schuylkill and Columbia coun ties has been renewed. A correspondent of the Carbon Democrat writiug from Shamokin under date of July 23, says : The sheriff of Northumberland county has been busy in serving some eighteeu writs of ejectment, covering some 8000 acres of coal lands of immense value, be ing a part of 10.300 acres lying partly in Schuylkill and Columbia counties, aud supposed to be worth some 820,000,000. The suits are con:meuced-by Hon. Francis Jordan, of Harrisburg, who holds these lands iu trust for parties liviug iu New oik, and is interested, also, as adminis trator of the Governor Geary. The deeds were recorded here iu April last. '1 he plaintiff claims to hold direct from thy Commonwealth, having paid for these huids. and thit the title has never bceu bst to them Tha Philadelphia aud Leading Railroad Company claims these lands by tax title, and also by what U known "as the Grant title, commencing over twenty years after the Morris title" The plaintiff alleges that the tax title is good for nothing, and that the Supreme Court has already declared the Grant title to be a fraud. The railroad company re corded a mortgage to the Fidelity Insur ance, Trust and Safe Deposit Company of Philadelphia, in trust for the benefit of Hritish capitalists in this couutry, July 7, 1871, for $25,000,000. Mr. Jordau, with Judge Shiptuan, made a survey of these lands in May last, and caused several dwellings to be erected and leased. The railroad company sent a large body of men, who surrounded, upset, and burned up the houses and took forcible possessiou, creating quite au ex citement. Creole Women. The Creole woman is prettier than the French woman. There is a climatic in fluence iu America which refines features aud gives delicacy to the complexion. This is especially the case iu Louisiana, where finely formed womea are often found to be the descendants of ignoble looking ancestors. The light olive tint of the womau seems to have been painted over a ground color of blushing lake, and this pinkish crcaminess of the skin savc3 it from dullness aud sallowncss. In a word, there is something of that trans parency for which paiuters are always seeking. She inherits from her mother over the sea the physical characteristic of round limbs and delicate extremities', with a figure something slighter another effect of climate, also that seuse of art with which people are born, but can never entirely acquire. From the same source come her coquetry and her grace of speech and action, but modified. She docs not wear crude colors or awry shapes ; uor does she express herself with unseemly gesture or discordant tones. Her dress is rather sombre than gay, and her car riage simple and conventional for they all walk alike. Smoothness and graceful propriety are hers. In a word there is an abseuce of angels in her general con duct. "Louisiana Creoles" bj Albert Anodes, in August Galaxy. Plcasantvillc, Venango county, i? shak eu to its social center by a matrimonial sensation, wherein a florist, son of a min ister, seems to be the offending party Nine years ago he married a young lady of good family, who was a faithful aud loving wife to him. In conducting his business correspondence, the floiist made the acquaintance of a young lady in Har rison county, W. V., and became smitten, with her. Ho tried to induce his wife to sigu a paper siguifying her wish to be divorced, without letting her know the uature of the document. Very seusibly she refused. Her signature was forged, however, a decree procured in a Wiscon sin Court, through the aid of New Yorks divorce shyters, and a marriage between the West Virgiuia lady and the mau of plauts and flowers, duly consummated. Wife No. 2 was kept in Erie, the hus band dividing his time between her and No. 1, uevcr haviug told the latter plaiu ly that the divorce had been procured Thus matters stood still until within a few days past, when a grand explosion took place. The injured wife has placed her case in the bauds of a lawyer, and the recreant husbaud has "made hitasclf scarce." The Lewisburg Chronicle says : There is a lady living in Lewisburg ninety two years of age, enjoys excellent health, and tends her garden every fair day a pur suit she thoroughly understands, as her large uumbcr of growing plants abund antly proves. She is also a great reader, having quite recently, read the OKI Testa ment through io "four weeks" time a job which some of her children havo been at for sixty years, aud perhaps are uot through yet. There is a little railroad at Uayou Sara, Louisiana, that ruus to .Wood ville ou a very uncertain schedule. A stranger came iu the other day aud inquired how often the steam cars made trips to the country. Tha paity interrogated said 'Tri-weekly." -What do you lueau by tri weekly ?" The answer wus, "It goea up one week aud tries to coa.o down the uext."
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