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JEFPERSONIAN.
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Dcuotcii to politics, itcraturc, Agriculture, Science, iHovnlitij, ano (Scticral Intelligence.
VOL. 31.
STROUDSBURG, MONROE COUNTY, PA., OCTOBER 2, 1873.
NO. 21.
r-nilislicil !)' Thedre Scliotli,
ijt.i ,!lr yari dranee nI if not
' j'tf mJ f ike year, two dollar and fifty
rr" ,ci itimie I aiuall arrearages are paid
.-'tin. .ir.ti'u nt te Eititr.
' V ? V I ? i lien'" of one iare of (eight line) or
llue mrrii5 91 . tarn additiuual
jlcenl. awcsin proportion.
or ALL KINDS,
in the Uihettyle of tb Art, and oath
,ntfft re-toaable terms.
WILIjIAM s. rees,
Surveyor, Conveyancer and
Eeal Estate Agent.
.Ml1 '
Farms,
Timber Lauds and Town
Lots
ii FOR SALE.
; Office next !r alove S. Kecs' news Depot
I j,n, -j.l ,IiKr below the Corner Store,
i March 2i , l.S7:Mf.
DR. J.LANTZ,
burgeon am! Mechanical Dentist,
Shi I Iu In olfire on Main Street, in the sennit
fi nv "I tr. J- Walton's brick building, neaily rii
!ir liit" s:riiilslMi5 Jtmise, sud he fl.Oler liiinrlf
I rut !v n-i!ui'H y'' ;iil4Ht prllre and tlie iimrt
ri.is-t 4.1 1 i.iii'l -tMfiill n lo .til mailer prrlahiing
M h: pri:f.-i"n, thai he i fully Mr to perform ll
.inn us in I he ''e nt a I line in I he inot cairful, tanlc
j 'll u: I Kil.!'ll manner.
;i llYI4l jitr.n pin ,iveii to savin; Ihe N itum' Teeth ;
nC'j. in t!ic iu'TH'mi ol Arl i.'it-ial feel h nn Kuliher.
O-ilJ. Silver ur ('i.iliiui'Mi titim, and perlei t lils In
all rtr i:i'i''J-
.i: tiei-iii K;vi.v the if real folly and il.ipRcr f en
(nii ine tlieh- v"ik lotlic liitXc-riiired. orlo llue
Imiis Injure. April 13, I ST I ly
1)
It.
13.
PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON.
;:'iiv l.-i i! 'or iilmve .Stroudsbiirg House,
rt-iJi net- Ki door alove Post Oflice.
-c lio:ir from 9 to 1'2 A. M., from to o
and 7 io 0 1-. m. Mar " '7.1-1 j
:u,!
(;s:o. w J.tcaisox
PHYSICIAN, SURGEON & ACCOUCHER,
In tlie il ofiire of Dr. A. Reeves Jackson,
re-i(ioiicr, i-orncr of fsirah and Franklin utreet.
STROUDSBURG, PA. ;
"fR. si. J. I'A'rrKiiso.v,
CPi-SlUMJ AaD SErnAMfAL DEMIST,
llirijijj tti.-teil in l'a-t Stroutlsljitrp, Pa., an
ii) iiifc llisl Ije i iio'.t proparetl to insert aiti
Iku! ti-etii in Ui jaost bcauiiful and life-like
iu liincr. AUo, urcat attention given to tilling
.-.ill rc(Tvi;i the natural teeth. Teeth ex
tr.i w it'.omt pain lv use of Nitrous Oxide
.'.. All utlier work im-ident to the profe-ion
i )i:e in t ie n:ont ikiliful and approved .sfvle.
A!! work attcndetl to promptly and warranted.
(Jiiariv rc.iKonaljIe. Patronage of the public
ficili'-ileJ.
):lj.-- in A. W. Ioder's new huildin?,
op-
po-i!e Anjlomiuk.
J louse, Eat Stroudihur,
Julr 11, 1S73 lr.
D
ft. .. 5.. I'KCK,
Buxton Oentlsl.
Announce tint h vin? just returned from
Dental Coilejjs, he is folly prepared to make
irnncial teeth in the moil beautiful and Iife
lik manner, and to fill decayed teelh ac
eor'J nj to tlie mo.-t i-uproved method.
Teeth exfractrd without pain, when de
nred, by the use of Nitrous Oxide Gas,
waich i entirely harmles. Rrpairiaf of
I kiwrfd n-atlr done. All work warranted.
C!nr reionable. . ,
OfSce in J. G. Keller's new Brick build
in. Mai i S'reet, Stroudsburg, Pa. .
uj3l-tf
J"
51. WAirox,
llloraeyat Law,
O.Tr-3 in the building formerly fccuUHl
by i,. M. 1J urson. and opponte the Stronds-h-.irjr
J'atik, Main street. Stroudsburg, Pa.
13-tf
A
I lie subscrilier would inform the public that
Hf hi.- h-aed the houw formally kept by Jacob
Km.rlit, n the Borough of Stroudshurg, l'a.,
""'J having repainted and refurnished the same,
i pn j'urc-d to entertain all who may patronize
It is t!ir aim of the proprietor, to furn
ih ii'ipcrior aeroinmodations at mrxlerate rates
nd will pare no pains to promote the com
lort of the tiet. A liberal share of public
patmnac solicited.
April 17, '72-tf. D. L. PISLE.
K
i PLC sjoisi:
HONESDALE, PA.
M-j.-t central locution ot any Hotel in town.
R. W. KIPLE & SOX,
;freet. Proprietors.
IS73. ly.
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fTasu-irv '.K
At'K.lW A II OI Si:.
4 I'l'pdSITK THE DFPflT.
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East Stroudsburg, Pa. '
R. J. VAN C0TT, Proprietor.
The CAP rvmtniria tlio flmittft T nrra anI
MUTABLE is SM'lllIill with 1 1 t ! ma i-lr
pwa' -iiarges moderate.
.15- J II
may 3 1872-tf.
rATSO'S
3Iouul Vernon House,
117 and 119 North Second St.
ABOVE ARCH,
PHILADELPHIA.
May 30, lb72- ly.
KfcV. EDWARD A. WILSON'S(of Wil.
ham-burgh, N. Y.) Recipe for CON
SUMPTION and ASTHMA carefullv com-
piiuJed at .
UOLLINSHEAD'S DRUG STORE.
t 'r-,iuaea rrcsn ana rare.
MONROE COUNTY
Ulutual Fire Insurance Company
STROUrSBURG, PA.
CHARTER PERPETUAL.
The By-Liws of this Company, and the
regulations governinrr insurance have, re
cently been very materially changed, pla
cing ii Upon n nifijs equal lo that of any
fire insurance Uompany in the Slate.
Important amon thcj-e chanjrea are the
tol lowing, viz
Policies, instead of beinrr Dcroetual. are
issued tor nve years.
.... '."((vi i 9 i,iuroiiicu Oliu IIIC Ul
All nrnnrrt I ia l.i f....l ...I . f
premium is hxrd nccordin to the rick of
the proper! v.
Premium notes arc taken, and all as
sesstnonts are made on the notes.
Property h injured for not more than
two thirds of its actuil cash value, and the
full amount of insurance oaid in case of los.a.
rovi led ihe !os bo equal to the amount of
I - -
in.imnce.
"Annual assessments only arc made, ex
cept in cases of heavy 'os, and where a
sfieciftl assessment is necesjry.
'J'hc Company i therefore prepared to in
sure property upon terms much more desira
ble i hmi under the old system.
Applications may be made to any of the
Managers, Purveyors, or Secretary.
MANAGERS.
StojJel! Stokes, .
J. Depue I.eB.ir,
Riclurd i. Staples,
Si5a. L. Drake,
Chas. I). Hrodhcad,
Jacob Knecht,
John Edinger.
Francis Hagerman,
Jiidb Stouffer,
Theo-.'ore Schoch,
Thos. W. Rhodes,
Robert B.iyt
William allace.
STOGDELL STOKES. Pres't.
Dreker, Secretary and Treasurer.
E. B.
SURVEYORS.
For Monroe County:
Silas to Ural:-, Thos. W. Rhodes
William Gilbert, J. Depue LeBar,
Geo. G. ShatVr, Jacob Sfouffer.
For Wayne County:
F. A. Oppclt, Jos Ifc Miller.
For Pike County :
Samuel Dtrick.
For Northampton County:
Richard Camden.
For Carbon County:
Samuel Ziegcnfus.
Ci7The Managers meet regularly at
the Secretary's Office in Stroudsbury, on
the first Tuesday7 of each month, at 2
o'clock P.-M.j
May 15,73-tf
GOOD NEWS!
KEW FIR3I 1XD MZW GOODS?
TVAfiKER & RHODES
t ..-
would announce to the public, that they haTe
taken the Ftand lately occupied by L.T. Labar
& Co., and . titled and blocked it with choice
lines, of
Groceries,
Provisions,
Crockery ware, &c.
Every article in store lias leen selected with
the greatest care, and they can assure cunto
merf, that no matter at what price Bold, every
thing purchased of them will prove to be of
the best quality. . .
It i the design to keep a complete assort
ment in each line, o that all tastes may be
united.
Whether in want of heavy or fine
Groceries or Provisions, Crockery Ware,
; and Glassware, Tobaccoes
or what not This will be found to bo 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 list every
where. Cull and examine goods. Prices
marked down to the lowest living figure.
: SASH, DOORS AND BLINDS
Constantly on hand. .
ALSO:
On hand sod. for sale a superior lot of
Ceiling Lath, Heialock Boards and Scant
ling, Matched Flooring, and White
-' '-' ! 5 Pine of all kinds.
IL S. WAG NEK.
April 10, 1873-tf.
M. II. RHODES.
BLANK DEEDS
For sale at this Office
J OB PRINTING, of all kinds neatly ex
ecuted at this ofEee,
t5s-?"
0. H. Dreher. E. B. Dreher
nppiCEisrix:
DRUG STORE,
(2 doors west of the "Jeffersonian Office,")
ELIZABETH STREET,
Sf i-Qudsburgr, Pa.,
DREHER & BRO.,
DEALERS IS '
Drup, Medicines, I'errunicry
and Toilet Articles.
Paints,
OILS, VARNISHES, GLASS & PUTTY.
Abdominal Snpporters and Shonlder
Braces.
Seeley's
iiard III illicit TUi ssrs- iKo
Hitter's
TRUSSES OF VARIOUS PATTERNS.
t .
-""Jb"3 ijauiciua-Durmng
and Lubricating Oils.
Pliy sicians' Prescriptions carefully fVmi-
pounded.
N. R. The hiche.st Cash rrie naiil for
f1TF.f UrIVTL,llf!ll,PV "
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THE MONROE COUNTY
Co-Operative " Life Insurance
COMPANY..
STROUDSBURG, PENNSYLVANIA.
Limit 5,000 Members.
CHARTER PERPETUAL.
Any person of sound body and mind, of
eiihcr sex, not less than fifteen nor mor
than sixty. five years of ace. and not enga
ged in any occupation, exceedingly danger
ous to life, may become a member of this
Company, by paying an admission fee, as
follows:
From 15 to 40 years of age
40 to 50
" 50 to tiO
" 60 to 6"
$3 00
5 00
10 00
20 00
And ore dollar for Policy.
No other charges will be made at any
time, excepting one dollar and ten cents for
each member who die?.
The advantages of this COMPANY over
the ordinary Life Insurance Companies are,
that the fees are so small that the man of
moderate means can secure a competency
to his family at a trifling cost, and payable
at such long intervals, and such small sums,
that no person can be inconvenienced by
them. This company cannot fail; no
panics can affect it. Persons holding cer
tificates of membership in this Company,
are sure in case of death that their families
or heirs will get as many dollars as there
are members in the Company.
No restrictions are placed upon traveling
or residence. ;
Applications for insurance, or informa
tion, may be made to the Directors or Secre
tary, at Stroudsburg, Pa. .
DIRECTORS.
R. S. Staples, 11. R. fiiesecker,
M. F. Coolbaugh, Wm. Fine,
Kindarus Shupp, J. H. Fetherman,
C. D. Brodhead, Peter Gruver,
E. B. Dreher.
R. S. STAPLES, Pres't.
JAMES CARR, Sec'y.
March G, 1873-tf.
The Empire Drug Store!!!
(Removed to Fowler's building.)
I have recently bought the Stock
of Drurs in Nicholas flutter's buil
ding, formerly owned by M.-F.
Evans, and have added a larse
supply of
NEW GOODS,
PURE DRUGS AND MEDICINES,
different brands of pure
WHITE LEAD and other PAINTS,
Pare SPICES, ground and unground,
Linseed Oil, raw and boiled, Japan Dryer,
' Vnrnishe, Window Glass, French and
American Putty, Patent Medicines,
Fruil Jars, pure Wines and Li
quors for medical purposes,
Rye Whiskey. 7 years old,
and will keep on hand
'- a good supply of
Horse &l Cattle Powder,
Professor Myers Horse Lin-
iment,' East India Oil, Shoulder
Braces and Supporters, Lumps and
, . Fixtures, and every thing usually kept
IN A DRUG STOIiEU!
I have the assistance of (C. S. Detrick,
who has had 15 years experience in reading
MeJicines and dispensing Drugs,) and
Samuel Williams who has been in the
business
Physicians Prefcriptions carefully com
pounded from the purest material, Physi
cians ordee for Drugs and Medicines care
full filled, from selected stock at reasonable
prices. :
AW orders by Stage or otherwise, will be
promptly atiented to. Give me a call and
satisfy yourselves
' PETER WILLIAMS.
Stroudeburg, Pa. July 2i,73 -6ai.
THE BABY SHOW TO VISITORS.
It is an odd fact no baby ever did, ant
no baby ever will, behave iu company
The mother always brings it into the par
lor wnere the visitor is, dressed in its
clean dress, and its father and its aunt
come in smiling at the same time. After
the visitor has kissed the baby and taken
it on her lap, aud declared it is the dear
est lilt le one she ever saw, the baby's
mother and she begin to talk. Each
talks about her own ' baby as fast as she
can rattle, and both talk at once appar
einiy wunoui caring wliat the other is
xayiog. In the midst of the conversation
uie buoy "throws up on the visitor s
dress aud is 6uddeuly handed to its
mother.
The visitor smiles a sickly smile, and
says it makes no difference ; but she is
mad. The conversation is resumed, but
presently the father winks furiously at
the mother, and frowns, and clears, his
throat, and makes mysterious signals at
the side ol the chair with his hand. The
mother looks down aud perceives some of
the baby s undergarments are slipping off,
and she snatches-up that infant, aud flies
from the room. When she returns, the
child cries to tro toils father; and no
sooner is it settled on his knee th in it be
trays au irresistible yearning to go to its
auut; after which it cries furiously be
cause its mother won't take it.
Then the auut gets a piece of paper to
quiet it, and wheu its hauds have acquir
ed sufficient stickiness, it reaches over and
mauls the visitor's bonnet. Then its
mother tries to show off its accomolish
lucuis , out it, utterly re i uses to make a
display ; it is as stupid as an owl. It
won't sa "mamma" or "papa" but it pays
no attcntiou to him. He tries ajraiu aud
again, getting madder all the time, aud
. I m. - r .
dreadfully afraid the visitor will think
his child is dull.
At last he grabs the child by the arm
and shakes it, and yells. "Why don't
you say papa, as 1 tell you V Then the
child screams like a back yard full of cats.
The more the mother soothes it, the
louder it gets, until, at last the father ex
claims, "Gimme that brat I" and picks it
up aud dashes out of the room, and is
heard spanking it in the entry. Then
the visitor goes home looking at her dress,
and deciding that the end of that infant
will be the gallows, if its characteristics
are allowed to developed fully as it grows
up.
How She Takes the Train.
She comes down to the depot in an ex
press wagon, three hours before train
time. She insists on sitting on her trunk
out on the platform, to keep it from be
ing stoleu. Sdie picks up her reticule,
fan, parasol, lunch basket, small pot with
house plant in it, shawl, paper bag of
candy, boquet (she never travels without
one), small tumbler and next a veil, and
chases hysterically after every switch en
gine that goes by, under the impression
that it is her train. Her voice trembles
as she presents herself at the restaurant
and tries to buy a ticket, and she knocks
with the handle of her parasol at the door
of an old disued tool house in vain hopes
that the baggageman wilt come out and
check her trunk. She asks everybody in
the depot and ou the platform when her
train will start, and where it will stand,
and, looking straight at the great clock,
says: "What time is it now V Shesees,
with terror, , the baggage man shy her
trunk iuto a car where two men are smok
ing, instead of locking it up by itself in
a large, strong, browu car with "Had or
der, shops," chalked on the side, which
she has long ago determined to be the
baggage car, as the only sale one in sight.
Although the first at the depot; she sits
to the cud of her journey, in au agony of
apprehension that she has got on the
wrong train, aud will be landed at some
strange station, put in a close carriage,
drugged and murdered, and to every last
male passenger who walks'down the aisle
she stands up aud presents her ticket,
which she invarably carries in her hand.
She finally recognizes her waiting friends
ou the platform, leaves the car iu a burst
of gratitude, aud the train is ten miles
away before she remembers that her re
ticule, fan, parasol, lunch basket, ver
bena, shawl, candy, veil aud bouquet are
on the car scat where she left them, or
in the depot at Peoria, for the life of her
she cau't tell which.
A Lotion for the Ladies.
A Southern lady sends the following
receipe for glycerine lotion, to those who
persist in using dangerous cosmetics.
The paiu occasioned by suuburncd and
freckled skin, oftcu so troublesome, cao
be relieved, aud the shinning morning
face of youth restored, by the application
of glycerine lotion,' made thus: Take
one ounce of sweet almonds, or, of pis
tachio nuts, half a pint of elder or rose
water, aud cue ounce of pure glycerine;
grate the nuts, put the powder iu a little
bag of linen, aud squeeze it for several
minutes iu the rose water; then add the
glycerine and a little perfume. The b
tion may bo used by wetting the face with
it two or three times a day. This must
be a grateful appliance of the toilette
table lor a parched, rouch skin. It should
be allowed to dry thoroughly into the
skin, when, if it feels sticky or pasty, it
may be washed off with warm water.
Augusta, Ga , has shipped 230,SC9 wa
termelcnd this season.
How a Danbury Woman Managed.
A hot tempered Danbury woman who
finds considerable trouble in persuading
her husband to furnish kindlings, aud
then is obliged to do it herself, read in a
religious paper, Monday, of how a wife
induced a wicked husband to become one
of the most affectionate and hopeful of
men by being invariably calm and loving
with him. ! The story made a deep im
pression upon her, and when she started
a Ore that noon, she. put a pair of rub
bers among the wood. Then she tied a
handkerchief across her nose, and went
on with her work. When the husband
reached the gate, he paused, fetched a
sniff that made a hole in the atmosphere,
and then weut around to the back of the
house and fetched another sniff that had
an equally damaging effect ou the atmos
phere. He stared into the next yard and
up at his own house, and felt iu his pock
ets, aud was about to no around to the
front again, when his wife thrust her head
out of the window and said. "Why don't
you come in the house, you old fool ;
Come in and get your dinner, and let me
read an article to you from the Christian
Secretary, you old rip I Come in and
see how nice it is to get dinner with noth-
inj to burn but rubbers, yon whited
sepulchre! Come in here, I tell you, be
fore I lose my temper, and say what I
oughtn't to !" At this invitatiou he went
in. soinr uDon the stoon and to the door I
very slowly, but, on opening the door,
disappeared inside with marvelous sud
denness. The ncinhbors sav he was cut
ting wood all the afternoon, and thinking
of the religious press. Danbury News.'
Those Emptyings.
Yon have probably noticed, says
the
wo
Danbury News, what a thoughtful
man your wite is. bhe never lorgets
anything, and when she goes down cellar
after an article she is sure to brinsr up
something beside that she may need.
She calls that "making her head save her
heels." Once in a while she may neglect
something, but that is because she has
so much on her mind she can't think ol
everything at once, and if some people
had as much to do and keep track of as
she has, there would be nothing dooe at
all. After she says this, it is time you
either left or busied yourself with some
thing else. We never knew a man who
continued the conversation to appear
satisfied afterwards. She exhibits this
thoughtfulness in many ways, but more
particularly some night when you have
just got to bed, and neglected to leave a
match near the lamp. Then she starts
up with the exclamation : 'I declare, I
forgot to set emptiogs to night, and there
isn't only bread enough for break fast."
So you get up, and skim around for a
match, and after securing a light accom
pany her to the kitchen, where you hold
the light while she goes through with the
operations required iu "setting empty
ings." And alter you have stood around
in your bare legs for ten minutes, hold
ing the lamp in one hand and frequently
slapping yourself with the other, you go
back to bed oppressed by the conscious
ness that in some ' way you are rcsponsi
ble for the whole trouble.
. Taking Down the Chivalry. .
: Ad' Atchison, . Kansas, paper relates the
story of a hulking six foot customer, who,
a few days ago, appeared on the street in
that city, causing the timid to trembles,
aod the Union loving to quake, by reason
of loud niou things on his part in relation
to the war. He was with Stonewall Jack
son ; had faced the cannon's mouth and
with his good right hand had used his sabre
and mowed down the Yankees, as the far
mer docs the grass. He had killed some
thing less than a thousand niggers, and
wasn't through yet. No. sir, he was "an
old-fashioned Democrat," and expected to
live long enough to plant many a "Yank"
yet. He became quite cuthusiahtic on
the subject, and would have been blow
ing to this moment probably had not a
slender-built mau, who once wore the
blue, come up at the time. The "uig
ger" slayer addressed his conversation to
him, and there is where he lost himself,
for the ex Uniou soldier turned aud or
dered him to iustantly clear out. This
he refused to do, whereupon the Star
Spangled Uauner advocate got hold of
the star and bar fellow by the collar, aud
immediately began using his foot, the toe
of which seriously disarranged the other's
coat tail.' A noise followed each applica
tion of leather, that sounded like the coin
ing to gether of two infuriated rams. The
Vnntnn killer remarked at every kick.
"All right, sir, all right; just
let go of
me and I'll co. He wcut.
A Pennsylvania newspaper makes meu
tion of a uew swindle practiced by men
who travel through the country in wa
guns, stopping farm houses aud vil
lages', and offering generously to exchange
ucw feathers Jor. old. They represent
that they waut old feathers to work up
into railway aud steamboat cushions
Theu they take away the old feathers,
promising soon to come back with the
new ones ; but tho poor featherless peo
pie wait in vain for their return. This a
pretty sort of plucking, indeed !
' P. T. Harnum has a giant horse that he
is keeping at his residence in Bridgeport,
preparatory toadding him to his uieuagerle.
The animal stands 20 feet in bis stocking,
and has completed but two thirds of its
urotb.
2
Scalped Alive.
Amelia Grinnell. a vounr rirl
While
was workiug Jast
in Oshkosh, Wis
week in a shingle mill
, under a shaft which:
was going at
the rate of t wo linn.lroif
revolutions
per minute, her hair, whieh
was very long, caught in the knuckle
joint, and in an instant it was torn entire
ly from her head, taking with it all the
flesh and muscles on her head. "From
a line," says the local paper, "drawn
around from each eyebrow, her skull was
left white and bare, without a trace of
blood or flesh. The strangest part of the
accident is that she felt little or no pain,
declaring that when it was being torn off
all that she realized was a tickling sensT
tiou in her head. She coolly walked out
of the room and waited patiently for a
!?xy to take her home. Her only re
gret was the fright it would give her
mother. The scalp, with its beautiful
long locks of hair, was curled and
entwined around the shaft at the joint,
and when the mill was stopped it was
taken down, but no one had sufficient
presence of mind to place it upon her
head. It is. nearly perfect and the doc
tors have determined to tan it with the
hair on, so that if the girl recovers it
may be used as a wig. The case is one
of the most remarkable on record.'
Pugilism, which has declined, even
among the "fancy," who arc no longer
able to produce any but second class bruis
ers, promises a revival in the advent of
a new luminary, who calls himself Tom
Bitscuin. His own inventory of himself
is simply a young man of bone aud brawn,
science and endurance, who cao bid phy
sical defiance to any other expression of
humanity that the world contains. Per
haps all this alono would not be available,
but Tom has an uncle who is anxious to
invest hundreds of thousands of dollars in
his nephew's prowess. He will bet Tom
Allen ten thousand dollars that he can
"lick" him inside of eight rounds, and
fifty thousand dollars more that he can
whip Gallagher and McCoole at one and
the same time inside of twenty-four
rounds. Several oiher similar bets are
are added, and the formidable Bascum
modestly concludes by offering to bet ono
hundred thousand dollars that he can lay
out Allen, Gallagher, McCocl, Chambers
and Seddons, all at once, within thirty
minutes in a rounh and-tumble fiht.
3Ir. P. T. Harnum announces that if
a balloon does not cross the Atlantic this
Fall he will spend 350,000 if necessary
in having that experiment tried as early
as possible next year, provided one or
more aeronauts can be found in America
or Europe who will heartily make the at
tempt. He evidently does not intend to
make the experiment with a cheap bal
loon, for he says : "As at present ad
vised, I shall have the silk manufactured
in China, put together and prepared un
der the direction of scientific men in
London, an experimental ascension made
from the Sydenham Crystal Palace
grounds, then bring the balloon to Ameri
ca, and make the transatlantic tripe from
New York. I trust the public will be
lieve that if I put my hand to the plow I
shall not look back."
The following specimen of tomb stone
literature was copied from a stone iu Ox
ford, New Hampshire :
"To all my friends I bid adieu ;
A more sudden death you never knew ;
As I was leading the old mare to drink,.
She kicked, and killed me quicker n a wiuk.'
. .
The most apalling case of deafness,
outside of an asylum, was that of an old
lady who lives just across the street from
a navy yard. Tho other day they fired
a salute of tweuty one guns. The old lady
was observed to start and listen as the
last guu was fired, aud then shs exclaimed,
"Come iu 1"
Oregon has harvested her largest crop3.
No such prosperous season for the farmers
in all her history. The hay crop is double
last year, and the grain one third to one
half more. Good prices are promised,
and the Oregon farmers are p;iyi"g off
their debts and" growing rich.
Lake Tahce, Nevada, has a curiosity.
Half a mile from shore a tree stands per
pendicularly in eighty feet of water. It
projects ten feet above the surface, and n
fastened so firmly to the bottom that it
affords safe moorage to the largest craft
ou the lake.
A new style of swimming collar, mada
of iuflated rubber, and adapted to hold a
man's head above water, has just been
invented. It should be iu demand among
Congtessmeu who h.tvn't reluntled.
A merchant who has a class iu Suuuay
school asked : "what is solitude ?" anil
was visibly disturbed when a miserable
boy answered : "The store that don't
advertise." .
Allcntown's oldest inhabitant is Henry
Moll, aged seventy seven, a gunsmith by
trade, lie still works at the same bench
be has occupied for the last tilty years.
The president ot a western normal
school is named Hoss, and tht or-tti of a
rival school calU his a oue hos institu
tion. A happy couple, in North un ptou coun
ty, recently celebrated the sixty seventh
auu; -.'fciiiiry of their ioc. i