(EIjc Scffcvsonian.--
THUESDAY, DECEMBER 18,1873.
CHRISTMAS.
Th season of the holidays is upon us
the days of rdipious and secular festivity.
when all, according to creed and means, should
and will give themselves up to merriment
and cencral enjoyment. Thursday uext will
be Christina?, and we cannot but rejoice
with the happy hearts who will on that day
make the welkin ring with "merry Christ
mas," and wishes of the best of cheer to all.
Who among us, of mature years, can fail
to remember the joys of the Christmas days
that have pone ? Who forgets the day when
his or her own childhood heart was made
"happy by the little mementos which parents
and friends, in response to wishes of good
cheer, bestowed upon him ? . There are no
recollections which bring to mind so brilliant
a crop of unalloyed pleasures, as those which
cling around Christmas and its antecedents.
And yet how apt are we elder ones to forget;
how apt are we to meet the aavancesoi
childhood now, but following in our own
younger footsteps, with rebuff, or with cold,
premeditated unconsciousness; as though in
these days it were shere folley for childhood
to do as childhood did in our days that are
past and gone. We should be young again
on Christmas day, jut as we were young in
the past; and to meet j'oung hearts we
pa
should recall young feelings, and by our every
vrr. strive to the utmost to make
younif hearts feel happy as we felt.
But it is not to young hearts alone that
our efforts should be turned. There are old
hearts that need the greetings of the day,
bestowed in all heartfulness, to make them
feel happy and content. There are the
inQrtu an 1 the poor who should be made to
feel that Christmas is a clay of enjoyment
for ail. To these too should our attention
be riven, and for these the hearts and well
load-d boards of the possessors of plenty
should be made to supply the feast which i
to break the fast which, in a great measure,
in ail times hug so snugly around the de
nerving poor. That is not a proper enjoy
ment of the day which contents itself with
setting down solely for its owu pleasure it is
sc!S-;hness, and selfishness too which is un
worthy of existence on a day which gave
birth tooue whose coming proclaimed peace
oa earth and good will, towards all men. We
shall sorrowfully fail to perform our part, i!
amid our own pleasures we fail to remeni
ber those for whom it is our duty to care
Our feast of fat things will be all the better
if seasoned with the consciousness that we
have in the right performance of duty cat
our bread unon the waters. Let us think of
these things.
The history of Christmas day is probably
known to all, and yet it will not, perhaps, be
amiss to take a casual glance at its ante
djuts. The feast of Christ's birth, which
the day professedly commemorates, was not,
according to maoy critics, celebrated until
about the 4th century. This will appear
fcss Grange, when it is remembered that the
cin'y Christian usage was to celebrate the
death rather than the birth of remarkable
persons. The death of the martyr Stephen,
and the massacre of the innoeents at Bethle
hem had long been celebrated before, in oppo
sition to the doctrine of the Manichaeans
respecting the birth of the Savior, a feast
was established in memory of this event.
Somewhere about the 5th century it was
ordered to be celebrated forever, by the
Western Church, on the d;iy of the old
Roman feast of the birth of the Sun, the
2oth of Decemlier, though no certain in
formation of the precise day of Christ's birth
existed. From the Gospel of St. Luke, it
was known that Christ was born during the
night, and, hen-e, divine service wa3 per
form" 1 during the night of December 24th
2.rjth, from which circumstance Christmas is
called, in German, WeiyhMckten, that is
holy or consecrated night. This night ob
servance of the feast is still in vogue among
a portion of the Catholic and Episcopal
churches, in Europe as well as in this coun
try.
In the eastern churches Christinas was
celebrated on the 6th of January, and the
feasts of the martyr Stephen and the evan
gelist St. John were united with it, thus
forming a religious festival of three day's
continuance. In the ecclesitical year this
festival gives name to a period extending
from the first Sunday in Advent to the feast
of Epiphany on January Oth.
Some say that Christmas was always cele
brated in the church, but the odds as to the
truth of this are with those who fix the
4th ccutury as the time of the commence
ment of the feast. That it has been cele
brated for some fifteen centuries is evidence
sufficient both of its antiquity as a Christian
feast and of the worthiness of its observ
ance. In Europe it is celebrated religiously
by the adherents to the Roman and Greek
Catholic churches, and by the church of
England, anl nearly all the Protestant
churches, those of Calviuistic predilections
being, probably, the only exceptions. Iu
the Catholic churches three masses are per
formedone at midnight, one t daybreak,
and one during the morning. In both the
Greek and Roman churches the manger, the
holy family, &c are represented at large,
and some convents, in Rome, chiefly the
Franciscans, used to be famous for attracting
numbers of people by such exhibitions. In
the Catholic churches the officium pastorim
is also "nuns, in which a chorus of children
respond to the Priest, and in some of the
""man Protestant churches sermons are
delivered on Christmas eve for the benefit of
the children, wha attend, each carrying a
little taper or wax light in the hand.
In the United States Christmas is but
little obaerrtt fehwady, by the Cath
olics, Episccpa'ans and Lutherans, though
other denominations are relaxing the austeri
ty with which they formerly viewed its ob
servance, and are crawling nearer to the
mark by making it a day of Sabbath School
and other semi-religious festivities. In the
churches named the auditorium is . taste
fully trimmed with evergreens, andthe
wholo service is rendered doubly impressive
by its fullness, richness, and the great care
which is bestowed upon it
The cu3tom of making presents on Christ
mas is derived from an old heathen usage,
practiced at the feast of the birth of the
Sun. or in Opmmnv. on the occasion of
some feast peculiar to that country, at
least the Ruprecht seems to have had that
origin but it ha3 become consecrated by
ages, and as it contributes a great deal to
make this festival interesting to families it
should rule 'til the end of time. This cus
torn prevails most in the north of Germany,
where it pervades all classes and relations of
society.
C"-On the 4th inst. the Hon. Charles
Albright, Congressman at large introduced
the following bill, which was read twice and
referred to the committee on Post Office and
Post Roads, in the House of Representa
tives.
A BILL relating to the free transmission by
mail of newspapers and periodicals.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of
Kearcseu latives of the United tutcs of
America in Congress assembled, That the
publishers of newspapers and periodicals
may send to each other from their respective
offices of publication, free of postage, one
copy of each publication ; and may also Fend
to each actual subscriber, inclosed iu their
publication)", bills and receipts for the same.
free of postage. The publishers of weekly
newspapers may send to each actual subscri
ber within the county where their papers are
printed aud publi&hcd, one copy thereof, free
of nostage.
Sec. 2. That all laws and parts of laws
inconsistent with the provisions or the fore
going section be, and the same are hereby',
repealed.
Marshal Bazaine was found guilty
of treason, in surrendering his army and the
city of Mctz to the Prussians, by the French
tribunal at Versailles last week. The deci
sion of the Court was unanimous, and the
Marshal was sentenced to be degraded from
his rank ar d then shot. The Court, how
ever, united in a recommendation for mercy
addressed to the President McMahon has
since commuted the sentence to twenty years
seclusion, or imprisonment, without official
degradation. Bazaine is one of the greatest
of the French generals, and his real offence
was that he exhibited greater devotion to
Louis Napoleon than to the nation itself.
He had little faith in the war after the
Emperor surrendered at Sedan. His con
viction is generally regarded as just by
Frenchmen, and as a sacrifice to popular
clamor by people of other nations.
The Constitutional Election.
The Election in this county, on Tuesday,
passed oil very quietly. I he turn-out was
small, and a light vote was cast. .The indica
tions, however, are that a large majority has
been given for the New Constitution. The
returns as received are as follows:
FOR. AGAINST.
Stroudsburg, 193 It
Stroud, 144 1
East Stroudsburg, 80 1
Barrett, 97 3
Coolbaugh, SI tnaj
Hamilton, 140 18
Pocono, 140 14
Chcstnuthill, 147 10
Tobyhanna, 44
tejyTHE four Wilmington bank-robbers
were on Monday sentenced by Chief-Justice
vjiipiu u pay a uue or me COSCS OI
prosecution, to stand in the pillory one hour,
to be whipped with forty lashes, and to un
dergo an imprisonment of ten years. The
sentence, as far as the whipping and pillory
ing was concerned, was carried out on Wed
nesday, 10th inst., at New Castle. The
"show" was public aud was witnessed by a
large crowd of people. The prisoners were
guarded by two hundred armed men. The
day was spent as a holiday by the people of
the town.
Professor Agassiz, the great nat
uralist, died at Cambridge, Massachusetts,
on Sunday eveniug, from the effects of an
attack of paralysis. He had been ill only a
week, and is cut down in the prime of a use
ful life. Ex-Judge Nelson, of the Supreme
Court, died en Sunday at Coopertown, New
York, in his 81st year. He sat 28 years on
the Supreme bench, with marked ability and
reputation.
We have heard a laugh or two over the
plan adopted by one of our borough over
seers, to make those depending upon the
borough for fuel save the expense of cartage.
His plan is, instead of hauling coal to the
door of the applicant, to require the appli
cant to bring his basket or wheel barrow,
and carry his coal home. This is a saving
plan theoretically, but how about its practi
cability? Does not the plan, in a measure,
account for the fact that other coal piles grow
less without ostensible reason? People some
times fail to sec the point of carrying thing9
a great ways, when they can get them for
the same price, nearer home. In this case
somebody is subjected to double 'taxation,
and some body else is led into temptation
taxed first in the regular order, and then in
the cost of the coal stolen from him because
of the overseers plan and tempted because
of the refusal of the overseer to deliver the
coal where it is needed: Poor taxes are
cheerfully paid to aid "the poor, and not to
purchase material and hold it subject to such
restrictions as may tempt the poor to depredate
upou the property of their better off neigh
bors. There is but little room for hughter
under such an arrangement.
.
Do not throw away money, without con
sidering the fact, that we have put down all
the prices so very low, for mens' and boys'
clothing, that it is quite impossible to buy
as cheaply anywhere as at the Empire Cloth
ing House. Oomeandtestit. Simon Fried,
Maia street, Stroudsborg, Pa.
The Constitution was adopted by aft over
whelming majority, -estimated as high as
150,000.
.
t- No paper w ill be issued from this
Office next week. v
Business is reviving in nearly every
quarter. -
Gents' if you wish a nice fine white shirt,
call at Fried s.
Do not run in debt to the shoemaker ; it
is unpleasant to bo unable to say your sole
is your own.
The warm spring like weather of the past
few days, has made the little sparrows doubly
happy as they twitter from brancn to orancn
.
'Beautiful mud" has been flowing
through our streets for the past week, and
sieignsnavc peen assigncu suuiuji-i 4ua.11.Gio.
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Farmers visiting btroudsburg during
Court week, and desirous of purchasing
clothing, will save money, by calling at
1? ned s store.
A NEW trial has been refused in the case
of W. E. Udderzook for the murder of W.
S. Goss, and Judge Butler, on Saturday,
sentenced the accused to be haDged.
Would it not be well for the Town Coun
nil to look after the street crossings ? For
several days past pedestrians have been com
pelled to "wade through mud, ancle deep.
Samuel Hoffman is erecting a large three
story frame building on Franklin street, and
A. I. Labar, is putting up a two 6tory brick
in the rear of his variety store on Main
street
The smoking of cigarett's is getting to be
quite a passion among the young ladies of
our borough. Three of them were indulg
ing the luxury on our streets a few evenings
since.
Coal oil is advertised by the Honesdale
merchants, at 5 cents per quart, and in Oi
City at 70 cents per barrel. The people of
this borough, are glad to get it at 8 cents
per quart.
A Grand Donation. On New Year's
day,afternoon and evening, (January 1st,)
at the Hamilton Lutherau Parsonage, for
the benefit of Rev. J. R. Focht The
public in general is cordially invited to
attend.
We have heard rumors that the body of
James Rooney, the missing man was found
floating in Brodhead's creek, near his resi
dence, last Thursday, but have thus far
been unable to verify the truth of the
rumor.
Why dju't those "gentlemen" who loaf
before a certain tobacco store carry spittoons
with them? Ladies do not like to have
their dresses soiled by those dirty beasts. It
is worth while for the proprietors of that
establishment to clear those fellows out.
Festival and SurrER. A festival to aid
in paying the Salary of the Rev. L. B. Hoff
man, pastor in charge of Fowlers appoint
ment, will be held at the house of John
Ransberry, in Stroud township, Monroe Co.,
on New Year's night. The public are invi
ted to attend.
We are pleased to learn that Mr. Jacob
StoufTer, a prominent citizen of our county,
residing at Tannersville, and who has been a
sufferer for some weeks from a painful illness
is gradually but surely recovering. We hope
soon to see him among us attending to busi
ness again.
Stock is being rapidly worked in, in the re
cently nearly completed extension of the
"Elk Horn" tannery at East Stroudsburg.
When completed and in full operation this
tannery will turn out as much leather as
any other in the State, with one or two
exceptions.
Work under the new firm, iu the Merritt
Tannery up town has been commenced in
earnest It is rumored that a large addition
will at once be made to the working force,
and the fiuishing of leather for market will
be vigorously pushed forward. This is good
news indeed.
Mr. Lewis Spear a former mail contrac
tor, and for several years a resident of this
borough, has removed with his family to
upper Mount Bethel, Northampton county.
Mr. S. and family, were social and peaceable
citizens, and we regret that they have cast
their lines in other places.
Two feminies, antieand niece, had a most
beautiful fight, iu Guinea street, on Satur
day last Complimentary epithets were
freely exchanged, and stones flew at a tre
mendous rate. The results, we learn were
not serious, though awfully disgracef uL The
strong arm of the law was invoked by the
Aunt
.
VERY pleasing and profitable Christmas
exercises will te held in the basement of
the Presbyterian Church of Stroudsburg, at
10 o clock, A. M., the 25th of this month.
The public are invited to attend. Many
choice Christmas Carols (interesting to both
the young aud old), will be sung by members
of the Sunday School and others.
Outt Presbyterian and Lutheran friends
are each enjoying a series of sociables this
winter, which thus far have proved a very
pleasant evening s entertainment to those
who attend. Refreshments and social chut
are the inducements for attendance, and the
raising of means for church purposes are the
objects. W e are pleased to learn that they
are well and profitably attended.
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Dedication. -The Union Church at
Palmer Swamp,' Monroe county. Pa., will
be dedicated to the service of Almighty God,
on Thursday, January 1st, 1874 Clergy
man of several different denominations have
been invited and are expected to be present,
and services will commence at 10 a, m., and
at 2 J and 7 P. M. George LaBar, the cen
tenarian of Monroe County, will also be
present A general invitation 13 hereby ex
tended to all to be present on this important
occasion. By order of the .
COMMITTEE.
Augustus Carmer's cow took a notion
to investigate the contents of Mr. Wm. D.
Walton's celler a few days ago. Stepping
on the celler door it gave way under her
weight wheu she pitched, headformost, into
the, to her, unknown depths. When dis
covered she was quietly feasting upon the
cabbage Mr. Walton had stored away for
winter use. She was got out without much
trouble.
Reading Entertainment. Mis Helen
Gallegher of PhillipsburgNew Jersey," will
give a Reading Entertainment, in the Presby
terian Cimrch of Stroudsburg, on Wednes
day evening, the 31st of this month.' Music
appropriate to the place and occasion will
also form a mrt of the exercises. Juiss
Gallagher has given great satisfaction to
audiences in Pardee Hall, at Lafayette College
and elsewhere, and the people of our
borough and the surrounding communities
will do well to ivail themselves of this oppor
tunity of hearing her.
We saw in a garden down town, a few
days ago, a white lilac bush which was leav
ing out as brightly as in the balmy days of
spring. This looked like anything but the
snow covered earth, which should prevail at
this season, and gave rise to wonders on the
part of the superstitions as to what direful
calamity was prognosticated by the remark
able occurrence. We would much prefer a
season of snow clad hills and roads and jing
ling bclls.but if we cannot hare these we see
no objection to leaf covered lilac bushes and
and sweet scented flowers, only they look
queer at this time of the jrear.
Our December Courts will commence their
session on Monday next Wc do not mean to
dun anybody, but would say that money is
getting somewhat scarce with us, and that
we still have a few of those beautifully printed
receipts with which to graciously meet the
advances of those indebted to us. They are
not exactly chromo's in the artistic sense,
but they are better than chromo's in the
sense that they paint a picture of happiness
on the heart, which can only be experienced
by those who carry in the pocket book a
receipt for the printer's demands in full. The
Court, which will draw crowds to town, wu
afford opportunity to all to try whether we
speak that which we know, or not. The
latch 'string is always hanging out, and a
hearty welcome is always ready within.
A whole battalion of young chaps, loaf
ers, dead beats, &c, with an occasional
sprinkling of those who are more respect
able, assemble every Sabbath evening about
the entrance to the different churches in
time to see the audience retire, the rascals
forming a double file, extending from the
street on either side of the walk. Every
lady must run the gauntlet with down-cast
eyes or be stared out of countenance by
those brazen-faced pups who go there for no
good. No young lady should allow one of
those ruffians to accompany her home from
church, and her good name is liable to suffer
if she does. If those fellows don't respect
a lady enough to take her to church he
should not be permitted to sneak around
after church is out acting as if ashamed of
be
For the Jeffersonmn.J
The funeral of Mrs. Mary A. LaBar, whose
death was noticed in the Jeffeksonian laat
week, took place at the Hamilton Church, on
1 uesaay, tne ytn insu liie services were
jointly conducted by the Eev. J. R. Focht, and
the Rev. W. II. Dinsmore. It wa3 most high
ly appropriate that the services should have
been in that old church, where the deceaRed
worshipped in her youth, and was born again
of the Holy Spirit, several years ago. A large
number of relatives, early associates and friends
from different places, were . present. Being a
member of the Presbyterian Church of Strouds
burg, at the time of her death, it devolved
opon the pastor of that Congregation to preach
the Pcrmon. And all who were intimately
acquainted with the departed one, felt that the
text was especially appropriate: "Blessed are
the dead which die in the Lord." The speak
er testified to her joyful and earnest christian
life, during her two years sojourn in Strouds
burg. By her gifts, works and example, she
aided both Church and Sunday School to pro
mote the Kingdom of God. The poor will
cherish in memory her kind words and gener
ous deed for their comfort. May the grace of
Jesus fill the riven heart of the bereaved hus
band and a (lord the needed consolation to the
aged parents and other weeping friends.
On that beauliful hill, over-Jooking mot
charming landscapes, we buried the precious
dust to await the resurrection morning, when
Jesus will raise it up and fashion it, "like
unto Ilia glorious body."
A FEW soldier overcoats can be purchased
cheap at the Empire Clothing House.
The New York Staats Ztituny doea
not like the Kclection of Wood, as the
Democratic standard bearer. It is Demo
cratic, but that it a little too mueh. It
ays :
Ihe election of Wood as their leader is
disgraceful, not only because he is a for
mal defender of tha "grab," but is above
all a man who represents everything with
which Democracy should not be tdeoti
fid. We do not say too much when we
affirm that be inaugurated the Kysttm 01
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corruption 10 mis city, whicn Tweed
brought to perfection. It requires a good
aharo of blindness to - select Wood at the
very moment when Tweed was aeut to
the penitentiary. The Democratic Coo
gressional caucus have fully proved to
the people of the United States, that io
electing, a Republican Congress, the
(the people) ehoa the lesxer of the two
evils. The Democratic minority, led by
Wood, is destined to contempt at Wash
iugfon, because it is deapiaed and mis
trusted everywhere. . :
At Carboodale, HI . on Saturday John
M. Brush, an old and eateemad army tele,
grapher, while registering bis name at the
Planters' Hotel, accidentally spilled some
ink on tha register. This provoked the
aager of the clerk aud tha proprietor,
resulting in the latter instantly killing
Brush. . , .
Jouvellar. the Spanish Governor Gen
eral of Cuba, refused to deliver the
ViriMniua" to the United States, as re
quired by the protocol arranged by the
two overnments, and lor several oaya
last week there was a prospect of trouble.
tiled that if Sr.ain was unable to
euforce her authority in Cuba tha United
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States would have to attenu 10 ner own
;nirists The feeling in Havana was
intensely hostile, and active preparation
for fihtio; were bes:un. But on Satur
day wiser: counsel : prvailed, and the
Spanish bluster beyao to evaporate, it 1
now proposed on the part of the Cuban
.ffi.MU to pive us the 'Vircinius. as
required, and then to put in a claim for
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S1U0.0U0.UU0 damages: 1 his is any eay
wai of baekinsr out out of an ugly position,
Knf nra r,oA nnt rare ko Inn? as the lei? a I
simulations are complied with. . Although
naal preparations are still activa on our
part, aud a powerful force is. now reaoy
for sea, we presume there is now little
danger of open hostilities witn opaiu or
her turbulent colony.
This cat story is from the Oil Ciiy
Derrick: The cat lives io a respectable
fnriiilv ffhixc name we withhold for the
nake of the cat. The feline referred to
was considered, until lately, a moral aud
rennectiible nussv. but a new cook came
1 i
to the bouse, tince which the cat s morals
have 6adly degenerated Thia cat has
been known to take the key from the
cook a pocket at night, unloclc the paniry
door, build a tire, invite iu some menu
and fat them on the ?ond thiu" belong
iog to her mater. The time usually
selected by the cat tar tnese pranks is
o 1 -r- .t. r.tt. ll
Cttuuay eveoiDtr, aner ine 1013 aic un
ppn The antics of the animal are ful
ly vouched for by the cook, who i a
good looking, respectable girl, with sev
eral followers
Geore Francis Train is again delag
iog the public prints. Ooe of his latest
effusions is a letter to I weed, in whicl
he announces himself as the Bos'a friend
"You possess secrets against public men,"
says 1 ram, that in my hands will release
you and put them in your place. Will
vou speak ? If so, name the time that 1
can visit vou. 1 represent the coming
. - r - - - r-
revolutioo. Two millions of workingmen
will soon be clarooriDg lor bread. IJy
lust littler to yon was from the Bstile of
Lvons. France. You are the Gist victim
of the gigantic conspiracy to change our
form of government, .-ct quickly, lor
desperate men sometimes resort to
r
poison."
Jeff. Davis once concluded a speech on
slavury with a threat that, if the North
did not yield to the demands of the bouth
the States of that section would depart
like the ten tribes of Israel ," when John
P II ls. who died Iatey sprang to his feet,
and, in his magnificent voice, said : "And
what became of the ten tribe of Israel ?
Dispersed, scattered, lost ; and no one
knows what became of them ; but the Ark
of the Covenant of the living God re
maioed with the tribe of Judah."
A colored debating society io Trenton
Tennessee, has just debated the qucstiou
"Which is the most profit to man money
or education ?" One of the debaters
argued 'that if it had not been for educa
tion the world would not been half so
large as it is. This clincher was met.
however, by tha argument that "If it
wasn't for money, how you gwiue to ride
00 da k jars 1 It was at once decided
in favor of money.
A man whose morning dram had been
too much for him, in saddling his horse
got the saddle wrong end foremost ! Just
as he was about to mount, a neighbor
came up and called his attention to the
mistake. The horseman gazed for a
moment at the intruder, as if in deep
thought, and then said : "You let that
saddle alone. How do you know which
way I am going ? And he looked dag
gera at the officious neighor.
Nearly ten thousand suekers were
caught in the cove near Erwinna, in
Bucks county, last werk. One haul of
over five thousand was made bv Gilmer
& Co , on Monday, and over four thou
t;ind were caught by Riegel & Co., on
Thursday. The cove is a portion of the
Delaware, about one and a half miles in
length, quite narrow at the upper end and
not over one bundled yards wide at the
mouth The fish are nice and fat, and
find a ready market.
It is rather hard to hava nice facts dis
turbed by subsequent explanations In
Heading, Pa., a fw days a:o a man a life
was saved by the ball from a pistol ao
cidentally discharged entering a Bible
which he carried in his pocket. Every
body said. "See how the religious are
rewarded I" until it was discovered that
this devotee had stolen the sacred volume
and was on his way to pawn it for liquor.
This is a story from California If told
of any other country in the world, we'd
doubt it. A fine bay horse was found
tiuspeoed one morning recently from a
cherry tree by the neck and dead. He
had been left hitched to a branch of the
tree, which had growo so rapidly during
the night that it raised him off his feet
and hung him. And they don't thiok of
fencing in California.
The publio .debt was increased oviir
nine millions during the month ot Novetn
her, owing to tho falling off income under
the .effects vof the financial panic. The
greenback circulation was increased six
millions. The toul debt of the United
States, on the first of December, was S2
iou wz.VM, of which 5134.230.503 bears
00 interest.
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Mr. D. Aug. Vaaderveer. of PrK,l.l
N. J , has grown the ; past season 1700
barrels pf late potatoes.. From three quay
ten of a barrel of seed planted he raised
161 barrels, aud from two barrels of need
he raised 210 barrels. With ordinary
farm culture he has railed over one huo
dred barrels to the acre.
Pottiville, Pa., has 608 more females
thin males.
AllenfowR makes trattps r-av tJ-.i 7
j J ""-"i VJUM5ID1J8.
Berks county allows its priSOneri ,
cents worth of tobacco oer wpdU l3
Dr. Hall, for the murder of JoU n
land, was executed at Austin m ?
Saturday. . ' ,J.
Samuel Bechtel and Geo. L Lvt
DauDhin coutv. have Lpph J.vCrtf
coining five cent nickeli.
Number of hogs slaughtered in fj;
nati since November 1, 349 qqq . 'Btl8
fame time last year, 203,000. ' t!ls
I'ottsville will contribute a M,t
robber to the House of Uefuge i!1
person of a twelve year old girl." '
A Wisconsin man claims trt 1,... .
vented a machine with which waa. "''
1 1 1. . , . "UB laj
bugv wheels
can
be made i fii
minutes.
A court in Indiana recently give
damages to a pasneoger rho was pnt
a train for refusing to surrender his tici?
unless a scat was furnished him. 5
The number of brieka nsan-ifactcref
Pot (stow u during the pal year, ccnr.foj
10 me Maiflinems 01 mc parting enr,,,,,;!
in the business, was 3,021,000. T 1
A Swede at Pcnfield. ClearO.dl
9
ty. prances about on feet eTeutceaf.
1 ? I .t T 1- '"It-
enrs in lengtn. in nis cap, tirofes
come nih unto making a jard.
in ner county ior tne year eni
December 1. 1873 3 333 nV,la '
, - , uiur;i
ges, releases, etc., were recorJed-tV.
largest number placed on record in tM
county in one year.
Some base caluTiniator says :
Indians first called the place on irhicit
New York was buit Manahachtaniestfc j
The translation of which is "the jljl
where they all get drunk."
r
A long address, signed by Horace B:d-
ney and a Itrye number of other proij-t
neot and influential men of iVriunlraoii t
has been issued to the people if .i
State, urging them to make a united ef.'l
fort io favor of the New Constitution.
The number of pupils enrolled in t
public school of Norristown is l,73i);l ;
the averg8 attendance 1,537. There are '
673 pupils who were Dot absent daria-
tha month of November. ?
A young man io Scrantun has isij f
"Dearest, wilt thou be njioe ?" to tE
women, and four of them are suing hitiif
for it. The Lackawanna Valley has al l
ways been famous for its cuaiber c(j
mines.
T! 3 w:u . .if .. f
.1 neozoic n ict, iii 3 iieianuic j irr:5-'
urer of Clarke county, Ohio, liasba
eDtenced to one year's hard labor io tl t
penitentiary, and to pay costs of trial and
a fine of 5t0 U0U).
JFRY LIST, DEC. T. 1S13,
JUftY.
Barrett David UerxJer, John V YoUjct.
CheslnitlhUl, Win. Ftnner. "
'2ast Stroudsburg George Mann, Abral in
Gih, Michael Runsbernr.
Etdred M ich ael CI 2 ri sin: a n.
Hamilton Nathaniel Storm, Jarol) Sui
ter, Sr., V. II. Bittenbender, Levi. M. Slcr.e:,
Wra. Erdman, Anthony Kemnierer.
Jackson George Setzcr, Joseph Einkcr.
M. S.niihiclJ Saiauel C. Stn:nk, Lti
Detrick, Amos Scheonover.
Paradise James 11. Sebring.
Poccno Samuel Dalley, Samuel f-hick.
Price Pern' Price.
Poes Jacob Fcllcncer.
Stroud George Philips.
PETIT JURORS.
FIIiST WEEK.
Barrett W. R. St right.
Chestnuthill Charles Hufsmith, Ptter J.f
Shafcr, Jacob Bond, Isaac Kctienboch, Abulf
Storm, Charles Everett. I
Coolbaugh John I'ossir.ger, John Callagl:r ;
JZast Stroudsburg Vashi2igton (Jro.s, Jancif
Morsrnn, Samuel llinkel, Wm. F. Bash. I
Eldred Joseph Fehr, George E. Doder.ilor.1
Hamilton Manasseh Fethernian, Joins
Haney, Walter Barry, Daniel Shoemaker. ; .
Jackson John Werkheiser, James B. Heller. f
M. Smithficld Case Smith, Rudolphs
Schoonover, Philip M. Pc'.ers, Martin Place, t
Paradise Eobcrt LeBar.
Pocono Depuy Bush, Jerome M. II;!!tV
Lewis Belli, Franklin Shifler. j
Polk John Dorshinicr. j
Ross John Andrew, Valentine Iloirer.;
Daniel Andrew. f
Smithjield Frederick Transue, Jhru
Dctrich, Herman Kurtz, Theodore Hok',
Samuel I). Bush, Henry Myers, Abnhrf
Myers, Abraha2a Newhart, Jc.e A. Grave. V
&roucl Jerome Brewer. John Mnr.-'.i. f
Stroudsburg Peter Williams, Taeo. SclwcV.
Linford Marsh.
Tobvhanna James Delong. v
SECOXI WEEK. ?
ChesinulKUl Samuel Miller, Charh I." : .
Haney, Wm. Shnpp, Reuben Shnpp. I
Coolbaugh Joseph Wilton. Wm. Case.
East Stroudsburg Jacob Herzog.
Eldred Charles Roth. r
Hamilton Geonrc Metzrar. Eueene MirA '
J. G. KirkhofT. f
Jackson Samuel Rinehart. Jonas B. MUIa r
James Steen. f
M. SmithReld'SlcyRe DotrirV Samuel DeeH
er, Wm. Schoonover, Philip G. LaBar. i
i-araaise .Manion irantz. t
Pocono Reuben Plotts. Thomas ShivtlvJ
W. Giersch, Morris Henry.
SmiihUeld Davil ? v J"rti n
LaBar, Jacob Keber, John McEwing,IaEr
Transue.
Stroud Robert SwinV Hearer V,. Ei.rU
Henry R. Ransherry, Charles Kinnev.
cxrouasourg .Lewis Myers.
Tunkhannock Peter Merwine.
married" j
On Thursday Dep. 4th t. thf hou?eoft-'
bride, by Rev. J. II. Frita, Richard Thorn ;
L.utz, ot Luzerne county, and Miss ;u
Margaret Trible, of Middle Smithfield, t !
Monroe county. Pa. t
On Dec. 1 3th. bv Rpt. Robt. Pitts. M'
J. Wilson Vancrorden and Miss EuiOiaM
Middaugh, both of Delaware tsp., lv
county, ta.
At 1 amaqua, Pa., on the 1 1th inst ry Vs
Rev. Mr. Byer, M. Christian Oeschwio
and Miss Catharine Hoffaker, both cf t
stroudsburg, ra.
Special ISTotice.
Estey Cottage Organs. (
The styles are beautiful, adapted w
requirements and tastes," with prices ss'
able to all classes of purchasers.
We call special attention to the Ti-0"
mana and the woudertul Vox
Every instrument fully warranted.
-Send for an illustrated catalogue
tainingTull description cf Organs.
J.-Y. SIGAFUS,.
Dec. 5.'72-tf.l 1 , !' Stroudsburg.
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