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VOL. 31.
Published by Theodore Schoch,
,.(- T-o.ill4r!iiye;rin advance and if not
aK,"f i-e'hft rn X of lhc er' two doll,lriin1 fifty
rP11,s rt ' ).'rh e o'i'i uTu e l until all arrearages are paid,
V' i ..t tho o tioit "t the Editor.
,xcf .,rl'e -.tif nts .if one square of (eight lines) or
1 o't U'R in'ei-lions SI 5"- Each adtlltiounl
- is-iu-'n. 50 rrais. Longer ones in proportion.
JO I? IMClVriSG,"
OF ALL KINDS,
"WILLIAM S. REES"
Surveyor, Conveyancer and
Real Estate Agent.
Farni3, Timber Lands and Town Lots
FOR SALE.
Ollue next door above S. Roes' news Depot
,n l ",1 door below the Corner Store.
iiirJli 20. lS73-tf.
drTx lantz,
ureon ami Mechanical Dentist,
!,! hi !.is nTye a M.iin Street, in the second
v , ,'y '.if !r. S. W-dMii's iiru-k hml.ting, neaily ppo-
' ''"le S:V.H.!.btii8 House, and tie 0. liters himself
..',' ',v- ri; iit-cii Vfais foiiUnl pritdire and the ranft
. . 's: .ii! . n otn I -itttvr.i n to all maMers pertaining
t , ti s .v( f."-l ii, tliiH lie is f:l!!y atile to ptrfirm : 1 1
j.,-r'i'!i I' th? " the m;st careful, tanle-
1 ., .i l i -.(: !" I in.tniifr.
'si r' u a-.:m'i m given to tann the N.ttural Teeth ;
','' l if lu'i'tii iii of Ail lticUl rertti on Uulber,
i; . I. s ;vr .ir i'.iiiuiiu.iui tiu:iis arid pertert nis in
: jr'-i '" the ?re it folly and danser ! en-
r fieii w.i' to tiie' inexperienced, or to ilios-c
.in'
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M. .1. IS. SCSI LI.,
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PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON.
I (dire 1M. door above Stroudsburg House,
re-Mtnoe 1st door above fust Office.
(;Tu c hours from 9 to 1- A. M., Irom 6 to o
xivi 7 to 9 r. M. May 3 '73-ly
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. e;i:t. w. JACKSOX
i PHYSICIAN. SURGEON & ACCOUCHER.
In die old ofl'ce of Dr. A. Reeves Jackson,
re iJfin e, corner of Sarah and Franklin street.
STROUDSBURG, PA.
yyt. i. J. ieAirc.so.,
0FLR.mG AND MECHANICAL DENTIST,
Having located in Eat Stroudsburg, Pa., an
ii 7'irsct s th it he is no-.r prepared to insert arti
'ivial rv!ii in t!i? ruo-t beautiful and life-like
Mtnner. A !. rc.it attention given to fillinqr
3 i i pre-. rvin the natural teeth. Teeth ex-trh-te-J
u-1 ; :t pain lv use of Xitrot; ()xic
'ij-. All i i!;er work incident to the profession
Jne in the i:iost -.killi'iil and approved yle.
Ail .vurk attended to jromptly and warranted.
'nr. r:4'.nab!e. I'atronaee of the public
.II'-i tel.
"oi e in A. W. Luder's new buildinj. on-
v;.
o'te An tlomink llou.-e. East Strondiburir.
July 11. 173 ly.
Dn. . i.. rix ii.
itist.
Aniounc"s ih it hi vin? just returned from
Deiita! Colleirs. he is fullv Drenared to make
jirtmcial teetlt in th most beautiful and life-
i'ie
manner, and to fill decayed teeth ac-
HCnrJin to the rno-t i npr&ved method.
IVeiii exfract' d witliout pain, when de
;ri, l,y tie ue of Nitrous Oxide Uas,
y'Viiich s entirely liirmtess. Repairing of
I kt.i.Js n-atly Hone. All work warratited.
Khirj-.- re i-'onnble.
J 0:5c- in J. G. Keller's new Brick build
Mai.) S'reet, Stroudsburg, Pa.
I O.n v in the buiMing formerly occupied
;".v ! M. Hnr-o;i. anl optiosite the h'trotids-
I'J:'K liutifc. Main street, istroudsbarg, Pa.
I 1 he si;b(-nher voulrJ inform the public that
je his leased the l,iite formally kept bv Jacob
I Kne.'ht. ir. the Ikron:k of StroudKburg, Pa.,
jnd havir.n- repiiiiited and refurnished the name,
, prepared to entertain all who may patronize
It i, the ait, of the ve oiwietor, to furn
mi fiiiperior aeeyinruoditioKs at modente rates
J and will fpare no paitis to promote the cotn
pn of guexts. A liberal share of public
1 fat-r.n.12o solic-ited.
Mpril 17,'72-lf. JIL.PISLE.
H0NE3DALE, PA.
!lfr,
I V' u:tin street. Proprietors.
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I URnr4vA not si:
; J OPPOSITE THE DEPOT,
Eat tStroudifburg, Pa,
I R. J. VAN COTT, Proprietor.
I The bar contains the choiest Liquor and
f? VBL i18 ""I'plied with- the best the market
J' -ras- vJawjcs Ejoderate. may 3 1872-tf.
I sos "
I M Mount Vernon House,
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I 117 and 119 North Second St.
ABOVE ARCH,
PHILADELPHIA.
May 30, l72 ly.
I EV. EDWARD A. WILSON'S (of VVil-P-nln
v rsU! N- Y-) cipe for CON
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HOLLINSHEAD'S DRUG STORE.
Cr frdicints Fresh and Pure.
21. 17 . j w HOLLLNSIIE D.
THE MONROE COUNTY
Co-Operative Life Insurance
COMPANY.
STROUDSBURG, PENNSYLVANIA.
Limit 5,000 Members.
CHARTER PERPETUAL.
Any person of 6ound body and mind, of
either sex, not less than fifteen nor more
than sixty-five years of ngp, 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 ag $3 00
" 40 to 50 " 5 00
" 50 to 60 ' 10 00
60 to G.3 " 20 00
And one dollar for Tolicy.
No other charges will be made at any
time, excepting one dollar and ten cents for
each member who dies.
The advantages of ih'.s COMPANY over
the ordinary Life Insurance Companies are,
that the foes are so small that the man of
moderate means can secure a "competency
to his family at a trifling ccst, and payable
at such long intervals, and such small sums,
that no Pfrson can be inconvenienced by
them. Tin's company cannot fail; no
panics can affect it. Person- holding cer
tificates of membership in this Company,
are sure in ca.e 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, II. R. Biesecker,
M. F. Coolbaugh, Wm. Fine,
Kindarus Shupp, J. II. Fetherman,
C. D. Brodhead, Peter Gruver,
E. B. Dreher.
R. S. STAPLES, Pres'l.
M. A. De L. Van Hcrn, Sec'y.
March 6, 1873 tf.
.MONROE COUNTY
3Iu(ual Fire Insurance Company.
STROUrSBURG, PA.
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CHARTER PERPETUAL.
The By-Laws of this Company, and the
regulations governing insurance have, re
cently been very materially changed, pla
cing it upon a basis equal to that of any
Fire Insurance Company in the Slate.
Important among these changes are the
following, viz :
Policies, instead of being perpetual, are
issued fur five years.
All property is classified and the rate of
premium is fixed according to the risk of
the property.
Premium notes are taken, and all as
sessments are made on the notes.
Property is ins-ured for not more than
two thirds of its actual casli value, and the
full amount of insurance paid in case of loss,
provided the loss be equal to the amount of
insurance.
"Annual assessments" only are made, ex
cept in cases of heavy loss, and where a
special assessment is necessary.
The Company is 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.
StogJell Stokes,
J. Depue LeBar,
Richard S. Staples,
Silas L. Drake.
Chas. 1). Brodhead,
Jacob Knecht,
John Edinger.
Francis Hsgerman,
Jacob Stoufier,
Theodore Schoch,
Thos. W. Rhodes,
Robert Boys,
William Wallace.
STOGDELL STOKES, JVesV.
E. B. Da r her, Secretary and Treasurer.
SURVEYORS.
For Monroe County:
Silas L. Drake, Thos. W. Rhodes,
William Gilbert, J. Depue LeBar,
Geo. G. Shafer, Jacob Sfouffer.
For Wa3'ne County:
F. A. Oppelt, Jos. L. Miller.
For Pike County:
Samuel Detrick.
For Northampton County:
Richard Camden.
For Carbon County:
Samuel Ziegenfus.
OCT" The Managers meet regularly at
the Secretary's Office in Stroudt-burg, on
the first Tuesday of each month, at 2
o'clock P. M.J May 15,73-tf
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1A1 YOU TELL WHY IT IS
that when any one corns toStroud
burg to buy Furniture, they always inquire
for McCartya Furniture Store! Sent. 26
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LANKS OF ALL KINDS for Sale it
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STROUDSBURG, MONROE
Mountain Home, Monroe Co., Pa
Feb. 9th, 1874.
Editor Jefferson ian Dear Sir
i
Thinkiog that perhaps a short sketch of
the history of this particular portion of
our county would prove interesting to the
many readers of your valuable Journal, I
will endeavor to give a brief outline of
ita rise, progress and present condition.
In the summer of 1848,, Adam Utt,
E?q , at that time a resident of Stroud
township, in this county, not feeling satis
fied with his worldly prospects, and being
of rather an industrious turn of mind
came to the conclusion .that perhaps he
could better his condition and improve
his prospects by a residence in some other
portion of this country. ActiDg upoD
this idea, he gathered his family together,
and they took up their line of march for
the wild woods of what was then known
as Paradise Township, cutting their road
through the woods as they went. Select
ing a suitable spot of ground, they im
mediately set about making soma improve
ments such as cleariug a small piece of
ground and erecting thereon a shanty to
protect them from the inclemency of the
weather during the approaching winter
At that time this whole country was cov
ered with an abundance of timber of near
ly every variety and in which was to be
found an abundance of game, such as
bears, deer, wolves, panthers, foxes, &s.
The streams that came coursing down the i
mountain pidlcs aud through the valleys,
were literally filled with trout, and these
first settlers subsisted principally from
the products of the immense forests by i
which they were surrounded, and from
the speckled beauties taken from the !
streams. During the summer season thej
were engaged in peeling bark and in mak
ing staves, in which all hands, both male
and female, would take an active part.
These were taken to Paradise Valley, a
distance of about five miles, where they
were exchanged for the common neces
saries of life. In those days, there can
be but little doubt but what the Enquire
lived a happy life for there was none to
aioiest mm or to interiere with any ar
rangements or plans he saw proper to
make and put in execution. lie could
stand on the top of the mountain where
he then lived, and, stretching out his
band over the vast expanse of eounty sur
rounding him, could truly say with one
'of more ancient times.
I am monarch of all I survey,
My rights there is none to dispute.
From the centre all round to the creeks,
I am lord of the fowl and the brute.
Pait of the brute creatiou, however, it
appears did not seem to acknowledge or
to recognize their subjection to the E
quire, for one night at about the mid
uight hour he was awakened from a sound
sleep by what ha supposed, and which,
on farther investigation proved to be, thej
pillow rising up under his head, for upon
lighting a candle and investigating the
matter, he found a huge rattlesnake coiled
up under Lis pillow. The old gentleman
thereupou came to the conclusion that
that part of his subjects, at least, were
getting rather intimate, and cultivating
too much of an acquaintance, and not be
ing possessed of a very great anxiety to
become more intimate with them, he con
cluded to move his quarters, which be
accordin-ly did, and took up his abode
int the valley on the spot now occupied by
him.
Shortly after this a party of surveyors
and engineers came through this region
of country and laid out the present route
of the Delaware, Lackawanna and Wes
tern Railroad, and soon had a large num
ber of men at work grading and building
the road.
Mr. William S. Whitn, of Relvidere,
N. J., also came here about that time,
and after having taken up a large tract
of land, commenced the erection of an ex
tensive tannery. A number of houses,
for the employees of Mr. White were also
built, thus making quite a village. About
the same time Mr. Harrison Seb.ing also
located here and erected a saw mill a
short diftance below the tannery. Other
guttlers began to flock in and soon the
sound of the woodman's axe and the sharp
crack of the hunter's rifle could be heard
in all directions, and on every hand could
be seen the evidences of the thrift and
enterprise of the inhabitants. A Post
Office was established here which was
named White Tannery Post Office. A
Railroad Station was also established here
which the Company named Oakland Sta
tion, aud which gave rise to the name of
the village.
About the year 185G, Messrs George
G. Shafer and Martin 15. Rinehart, of
Hunterdon Co., N. J., located here, and
after having purchased the mill property
of Mr. Sebring, immediately entered into
a co partnership under the firm name of
Shafer & Reiohart, and commenced the
manufacture of lumber on an extensive
scale. They also purchased a larger tract
of land and commenced clearing up a
large farm. In the summer of 18G2 they
enlarged their mill, and put in a large
circular saw, and three smaller ones, in
addition to the gate saw, for the raanufac
ture of ceiling lath, palings, A:c , since
which time they are shipping about 225
ears of lumber, averaging about C000 feet
each, or about 1,350,000 feet annually.
This iucludes lumber in every variety
and embraces Hemlock, Spruce, Yellow
Pine, Oak, Chestnut, Cherry, Uass, Beech,
Birch, Maple, &c. They are also run
ning a very large shop with water power,
for making and repairing wagons, sleds,
uleih, &c , Bnd general Carpenter aud
COUNTY, PA., FEBRUARY 19, 1874.
Joiner work, which shop is supplied with
machinery of various kinds, such as saws,
(circular and board) Planer, Lathe, Bor
ing, and Rounding Machines, & , also,
Fan, Drill and Trip Hammer. In con
nection with all their other business, they
are running a farm containing about 125
acres of land, nearly all of which is in a
very high state of cultivation and from
whieh they realized, last year, about one
hundred tons of the best of clover and
timothy hay, also about one hundred and
twenty five bushels of wheat (from about
five acres), about three hundred bushels
of rye, and about two hundred bushels of
potatoes. They are furnishing constant
employment to about thirty men.
Messrs. Shafer & Rhinehart, foreseeing
the advantages of a residence in this place
in the future, and taking into considera
tion the advantages of location, salubrity
and healthfulness of climate, abundance
of water and many other advantages pecu
liar to this climate, concluded that in or
der to offer inducements to settlers they
would offer a portion of their grounds for
sale. They accordingly selected a suitable
piece of ground, very advantageously lo
cated, and cut it up in thirty three very
desirable building bts, with wide, hand
some streets running through between
them, a draft of which is Glcd in the Re
corder's Office at Stroudsburg. Twelve
of these lots have already been sold and
improved and splendid residences erected
on part of them, and others are being ne
gotiated for.
The tannery originally built by Mr.
White at this place, was destroyed by
fire in the latter part of the year 1858,
and was rebuilt on a more extensive scale
in the following year. In the latter part
of the year 18C1, Mr. White sold all the
property owned by him in this county to
Loring Andrews, Esq , of New York, for
S100,000. Mr. Andrews took charge of
the property ou the first day of January
18G2, and immediately commenced the
erection of some substantial dwellings for
his employees, also a splendid residence
for himself at a cost of about SOO. He
also during the same year bum an adJi
tion of seventy five feet to the tannery
Mr Andrews, immediately upon taking
charge of this property, placed the entire
superintedence and management of it, iu
the charge of Mr. Charle3 W. Decker,
Esq ', than whom, a more genial, rhole
souled gentleman does not reside in our
county, and who still has the control and
management of the same. The present
capacity of the tannery is about 15,000
hide per year, which are purchaeed at a
cost of about 120,000. From these hides
they manufacture 30,000 sides, or about
600,000 pounds of an excellent quality of
sole leather, which is worth about 250,
000. In the manufacture of this leather
they consume anuually about 4500 cords
of bark. In connection with the tannery,
they also have a farm containing about
1G5 acres of laud in a good state of cultiva
tion, from wfeich they realize about 75
tons of hay, annually, besides rye, corn,
oats and potatoes in abundance. They
furnish constant employment to about 45
men.
In the winter of 1858-59, the in
habitants who then resided in this coun
try and in the northern portion of Price
Township, resolred, for various reasons,
that they woijld, if possible, sever their
connection with the remaining portions
of their respective townships, and there
fore appealed to court to be set off. by
themselves. The Court after mature
deliberation, granted permission . to hold
an election for the purpose of deciding
the matter, at which election a large ma
jority of the votes cast were found to be
in favor of the proposed new township.
The township was accordingly surveyed
off and named after the then presiding
Judge Barrett.
About the year 18G8, Messrs. Eiisha
Dunbar, Charles W. Decker and Jerome
Frantz, conceived the idea that perhaps
the manufacture of shoe peg9 would be a
profitable business. As there wa3 an
abundance of timber suited for that pur
pose near at hand, and, after revolving
and re revolving the matter in their
minds they resolved upon making a
desperate venture. Mr. Dunbar ac
cordingly embarked for the land of
wooden nutmegs to purchase the necessary
machinery, and ere many months had
rolled away there was a new thing under
the sun in this portion of country at least,
and that was a peg factory in full blast,
and far from being a failure it has far
exceeded the most sanguine expectations
of the enterprising proprietors. They
are now furnishing constant employment
to 19 men, boys aud girls in the manu
facture of shoe pegs and in making
barrels in which to ship them. They
manufacture from 80 to 200 bushels of
pegs per day, using principally white and
black birch for that purpose. Their
average expenses are about $40.00 per
day aud the pegs are worth, to them, 90
ceuts per bushel. .All the pegs manu
factured here are shipped, via New York,
direct to Bremen, Germany. So great is
the demand for these pegs, even in these
times of financial depression, that it has
been found necessary to double the force
employed iu their manufacture and to
run the factory night and day, which will
be done as soon as the necessary driers,
&e are put up, after which the average
will be about two hundred bushels every
twenty-four hours. In connection with
the peg factory there is also a button fac
tory which will shortly be in the full tide
of eucee&sful operation and which will
manufacture every MjU of button that
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can be made of wood.
The facilities for the shipment of all
the articles manufactured at this place
are very great. There are railroads
ruuniujr to the Peg Factory, Tannery and
Sawmill, all of which connect with the
D. L & W. R. R. at Oikland Station,
and on which cars belonjius to that com
pany are run.
The place contains about GOO inhabi
tants, among whom may be numbered
some of the most enterprising business
men our county affords. It also contains
three Stores, one Hotel, one Telegraph
Oifiee, one Express Office, two Magistrate
Office, three Physicians, one Church
(Methodist Episcopal), one Academy, oue
Post Office and one Lodsre of the Iodepen
dent Order of Odd Fellows numbering
about 170 members. This Lodge was
instituted in 18G9, and was called
Mountain Home Lodge. Shortly after
the institution of this Lodge the Post
Office was removed from the Store of
Messrs Shafer & Roinhart to the store of
Chailes W. Decker and Jeremiah Kresge,
the present iucumbent. appointed Pot
Master, and the name was changed from
Whites Tannery Post Office, which was
considered no longer appropriate, to that
of Mountain Home Post Office.
I have thus, given you an outline or
sketch of this place and as the article has
already grown beyond what it was intend
ed to be, I will close for the present,
trusting to resume the subject at some
future time. E. II. Heller.
What a Woman Can Do.
The most puzzled man in the United
States lives at Sandusky, Ohio. The
other day he waxed at once vindictive
and ingenious, aud resolved to protect
the sancity of his hearth and home by
acute stratagem. In pursuance of this
idea he miDgled arseuic in a bottle of
winj and placed it whore any burglar
would see it, and uu'.ess practical believers
in total abstinence, would drink there
from and surely die. . Now, the wife of
this intelligent Sanduskian is an orderly
woman, and when she found that bottle
of wine placed in a conspicuous position,
she said that that "was just like John ;
he never did have any neatness, and she
knew it when she married him." Then
she took the bottle and put it in the cel
lar with eight dozen other bottles, and
arranged them neatly in rows, and con
templated her work with innocent pride
Then she told her husband about it
Since he exhausted his vocabulary of pro
fanity he has been spending all his leisure
in looking at these bottles and trying to
recognize the one which he prepared for
the poor burglar, and uuless he can solve
the problem soon he expects a brain
fever.
Singing to Cows.
Cows arcsoeiable, and understand more
than we suppose. The way I came in
possession of this choico bit of knowledge,
Tim and I u;ed to sing to our cows. They
knew very quick when we changed from
one tune to -another. We have tried
them repeatedly. When we sang sober
church hymns, they would lop their ears
down, look serious, and chew their cud
very slowly, reminding me no irrever
ence meditated of nico old ladies in
church, listening to the words of the
preacher, yet all the time munching
cloves. Then we'd change to some quick
air, "Yankee Doodle" or the like, and
they would shake their heads, opeu their
eyes, and blink at us, as if to say, "Stop,
don't you know we are the deacon's cows?"
But when we would stop entirely, every
cow would turn her ear, as if asking us
to go on with our singing. If it was
pleasant, we generally sung together
through the entire milking. I love the
dear animals that add so much to our com
fort. Boys, will you not be kind to the
cows ?
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Shoeing Horses for Winter.
Mr. J. M. Clark, in the American
Farm Journal says : "I am no newspa
per correspondent, but simply a black
smith, having followed that vocation for
a livelihood for the past twelve years
consequently I have had a large experi
ewce in horse-shoeing. I will gire you
my mode for shoeing for winter use, hav
ing practiced it for the last eight years
with perfect success, and given entire
satifaetion, in every case. I put in a
small piece of firm cast steel, about half
an inch long in the centre of my heel
calks, and make them square pointed.
Give them a cold chisel temper, and have
a calk that will last all winter without
sharpening. I prefer them to the flat
calk for several reasons. They provent
the foot from slipping sideways, will not
ball as easily, nor as liable to iojure the
horse by calking ; the steel being in the
centre, and hardened, the iron wears away
and leaves the steel sharp."
Mrs. McCrum, of Kalamazoo, Mich ,
th happy mother of two little crumbs of
humanity, a boy and a girl, who are eight
inches long, and weih ono pouud twelve
ounces and one pound eight ounces re
spectively. The twins are bright and
lively, and promise to' bo a great addition
to Kalamazooloev.
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Wheat has heretofore been used very j
little, if any the brewing of beer.- Now
it is proposed to mix it with barley malt J
in the production of the favorite Teutonic '
fcerersjjs. j
NO. 40.
IWillHVIITIfJ "l.. I LtL- XL JUL I HJ
Clean Teetlr.
If you will only keep your teeth clean
they won't decay. The wonderful den
tifrices whieh are sold at fabulous prices
are greatly inferior to a simple mixture
of soap aud prepare! chalk, with a Irttls
something like orris root ; but the essen
tial articles are soap and chalk. The
druggist will prepare you enough lor a
quarter of a dollar to last a longtime.
When you go to bed, with a broad, soft
tooth brush, go through the mouth
thoroughly. II disposed to a bad mouth,
you may repeat the dose in the morning.
But the principal article for keeping the
teeth clean is a toothpick a soft goosa
quill, which you must uso after eating,
no maticr though it is a piece of apple,
aud if convenient, after the pick use a
mouthful of water to rinse from betweeu
the teeth what the toohpick may havo
left. Dio Lewis in To Dny
With due gravity is this story fold hj
the veracious Huntingdon Journal : Sev
eral weeks ego a son of Benjamin Iscn
berg, E-q , of Porter township, hitel ed
up a spring wagon, iu the evening, and
drove over to Alexandria, a dUtaoce of
five miles, over a rough road, and at a
rapid rate, to church. About the time
church was out some ono discovered fivo
Cochin chickens, roosting on the stretch
ers of his wagon, apparently unconcerned.
They were faund to be .Mr. Ienberg's
liickcns beyond a doubt. There is sme
stick in those follows. We have never
heard of anything to surpass them except
Harrisburg Roosters.
Mrs Guyld, of Plum township, Ven
ango county, aged about eighty years,
died ou New Year's morning, alter s.ty
il!tfc?s of two weeks. Herself and hus
band, although living together up to the
time of hex1 death, bad not spoken to each
other for tcu years, except in au occa
sional quarrel. During her sickness Mr.
G. never spoke to her, although he show
ed signs of relenting after her death.
This peculiar and aped couple raised a
larjre family, all of whom are respected
and honored citizens".
Few business men are aware of tha
amount of spurious money, in circulation
or the facility with which it is pasecf.
Much of this counterfeit money is so well
executed as to defy detection except by
experts and even thes are puzzled to dis
criminate in many cases'. A careful ex
amination of the. geometrical lathework
through a magnifying glass, and a com
parison of this with genuine plates, is the
only safeguard by which ordinary busi
ness men can insure safety.
There is in the hands of the officers of
the Germantown National bank a promis
sory uote for SG00, drawn in 1815, for three
months which ran fifty three years before
beiog paid. The cote was discounted by
the bank, with a mortgage as collateral,
in April, 1816, and was renewed 212
times; 1,907 was paid as interest on the
note.
The enterprising widows of Chang and
Lng have still another opportunity for
money getting. If they will go about the
country for exhibition as the women who
sold the bodies of their husbands to the
doctors, there is a fortune ia store for
them.
Upon the farm of Isaac S. Landis, in
Landis's Valley, Itncastcr county, there
are straw berries in the greeu already.
Just before the late cold snap the phut
wBic i u oiootu, and now they arc full of
t. ' 1 t
bright green berries.
The Oil City Derrick saya : A Child
sadly deformed was born on tha South
Side-yesterday morning. The nose and
roof of the mouth was wanting, five fing
ers were on each haud aad six toes uu
each foot.
Baroum is putting up another tremen
dous hippidrome iu Now York, which tho
people iu the vicinity declare will be a
dangerous firetrap. It covers a whole
square, and is almost entirely of wood.
The total number of arrests made dur
ing the past month in Philadelphia were
2.885. The number of lodgers provided
for in the different fetation houses during
the same period were 5,147.
The wheat in Venango and Ciav?furd
counties is said to have been injured by
the frequent freezings and thawings of
this peculiar winter.
Think of it. In the reign of Edward
I. a sheep was sold for tweuty five cents,
aud au ox for two .dollars, while wheat
was only thirteen ceuts a bushel.
Codliver oil is being used with some
success for futteniug poultry. The graiu
given to tha chickens is soaked iu the oil
aud ihey like it. -
Roseutine and Moody, tried at Harris
burg for the killing ol the farmer B.st,
have beet found guilty of ruurder iu tho'
first dagree.
William Wauuer, aged thirty year?,
hanged himself in Reading on Saturday
last, in a stable. IL; was suhj-t to fj a
of melancholy.
Chicago takes good care of her poor.
During January 'o,10tt wprs" eipeudid
nd ?V5? f-u,i!ie lelitved.
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