UL TP T! i . . ' . . . .. 1 JtlJla Hi in JH H Dtootco to politics, Citcvature, Agriculture, Science, illovalitn, one ctteral Intelligence. K HI 1 I A :: : a 1SL 7 :V' 1 M 1 . VX A XI - VOL. 31. Mtwgc rnblishcil by Theodore Schoch TrifS-To i!'ll:rs ve.tr lti'ad vanne and if not !l,t llltlc,'ie,, , y h.jxt (JivoniimiPil until all arrearage aic paid, ..... -.t thp nnii'Mi of tlie Editor. n-V.lve:ti.'Mnet of ne square of (eight lines) or i nei!i. 50 ceaIS- Longer "llcs proportion PIMXTIXG OF ALL KINDS, frtci'tilia I l.e lushest style of the Art, and on the r rn:-l reasonable terms. WILLIAM S. REES, Surveyor, Conveyancer and Real Estate Agent. Firm?, Timber Lands and Town Lets FOR SALE. OJice next door above S. Rees' news Depot and M door below tbe Comer Store. March 20, 1373-tf. DR. J.LANTZ, Surgeon and Mechanical Dentist, Snl ha l.i nfTh-e on M.iin street, in the second to rv'nf Lr. S. Wal'on's brick 1uii.:imi. neuily opposite tlt if.i i.i.-btirg H iiise, :i itcl he fl. titers himself trutt by fr'i'ft'n e.irs riistaiit pr:rtwe and the most earnest an J cucnil attentiiiii to all mutters ; rt.miing to hi a -,.fi"..!i:i. tUat he is fully able to rfui m ail opera ti'.iisia Hie dental line ia the most careful, tasteful 1 skil.f'il maniier. s; e m! iitteution given to savingthe Natural Teeth; t c.'., l" Hie i'er'iin of AiUficial leeth on Itnbber, r, S.iver. or Coutinuuu.s Oums, and perfect fits in r.,i r.iS' s itistneil. M.it liersons know the great fully and darger ol en nis'ir i; tin ir work to the incxeneoced, or to those Ir.ir-: -t diMam-e. April 2, 1ST I. I y. jyi. J. ii. siil'lIj, PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON. 0!I3ce 1st door above Stroudsburg House, r?idence 1st door above Pot Office. Orfi.-e hour from 9 to 12 A. M., from 3 to 5 and 7 to 9 P. M. May 3 '73-ly D R. GLO. W. JACKSOX PHYSICIAN, SURGEON & ACCOUCHER. j I Tn tli old ofTice of Dr. A. Beeves J ackson, j ruidence, corner of Sarah and Franklin street. ! STROUDSBURG, PA. Au-uet 8, IST'J-tt: I) R. EI. J. PATTERSON, 0PER1TI3G AND MECHANICAL DEMIST, t Having located in F.ist Strondsburg, Pa., an- munce that he i now prepared to insert arti j ti:ial teeth in the most beautiful and life-like I wanner. Also, great attention given to filling sua preserving the natural tectlt. lecth ex tracted without pain by ue of Nitrous Oxide Ua. All other work incident to the profession Jo.Ta ia the most skillful and approved stvle. j All work attended to promptly and warranted. i 'barges rcvi50 liable. Patronage of the public j uiiciteJ. 0."5ce in A. W. Loder's new building, op- t t - T.v.-. f. i J i Analomink House, East Stroudsburg, I Pi. July 11, 1873 ly. j FiR. .. L.. PECK, :J Annoances l!nth;ivinj just returnrd from ! Dental Collets, he is fully prepared to make ar? : Sc:al teetli in the mo5i beautiful and Iile- ' I i. - . l f I : i i . .1 iu? ina:i:ier. ana 10 uu uec.iyea iein ac : forJinj to the most i-n proved method. TeUi ex'ract"d witho.it pain, when de I ife.J, by the nee of Nitrwus Oxide Gjf, l'a;ch i ntirlv hirmlfs. R.fiairinr of ? . " t o - 1 kinds nt-atly done. All work warranted. ' Cliar-jes rensanable. I in J. d. Keller' new Brick build- (u;, Mi.i S re-t, Stroudsbur, Pa. I au3i-lf , t - j! Times u. walton, W Attorney at Lair, j, O.iua in the building formerly occupied 'J" U.trson, and opiwsite the Strouds ' tui-g IJa!1k. Main street, StroaJsburg, Pa. jaa 13-tf I MERICAX HOTEL. 1 he .ubicriber would inform the public that lie ha leased the house formally kept by Jacob m ::ht, in the Borough of Stroudsburg, Pa., snd baring repainted and refurnished the same, !' prepared to entertain nil who may patronize . ;r5a- Itw the aim of the proprietor, to furn- ia u;frior accommodation at moderate rates I nd will ?pare no pains to promote the com- fort of the guests. A liberal share of public patronage solicited. Am 17, '72-tf. D. L. PISLE. HONESDALE, PA Most central location of any Hotel in town. R. W. KIPLE k SON, 19 M. am street. Proprietors. 3 January 9, 73. ly. T A f K .4. W a X X A IIOLSC. J OprOSITE Til E DEPOT, East Stroudsburg, Pa. B. J. VAN COTT, Proprietor. The bar contains the choiest Liquors and Jj TABLE is KMnnliftfl with tlip hKt the market Ci.rd. Ciiarg!"! moderate. may 3 1872-tf. ii - ' ' r a - -k . m ATSOX'S Mount Vernon House, 117 and 119 North Second St. ABOVE ARCH, .. PHILADELPHIA. Ma7 SO, 1872- ly. EV.EUWARn A Wir.SftN'Sf'nfWil. SpVtilam'!bur?h. N Y0 Recipe for CON- UlrTION and ASTHMA C,.1I onm. Wed at HOLLINSHEAD'S DRUG STORE. -O" Medicines Fresh and Pure. 21. j w H0LLTN8IIEAD. ENTER MARCH. Arrayed in dusty, rusty drab, With rusty, dusty beard an J hair, Here comes old March, red as a crab And rugged as a bear. As chisel cold his nose is sharp, Than fishing-hooks his nails are sharper ; Cracked is his voice like frozen harp Touched by a fleshless harper. Oh, weary are his fickle ways ! To-day benign, to-morrow bitter; In pleasant mood he seldom stays, The testy old hair-ppitter. The only birds his praise that ping Are cawing crows and geese that gabble ; To call him the first month of spring Is naught but idle babble. His footsteps ever followed are By parching drought and dusty breezes, By watery eyes and dire catarrh, And stunning coughs and sneezes. Delusive March ! speed on speed on, Make way for better months a-coming That blooming flowers will bring anon, . "With bees about them humming. THE LOVER'S KNOT. Tying her bonnet under her chin, he tied her golden ringlets in r But not along in the silken snare Did she catch her loe!y floating hair, For tyine her bonnet under her chin, She lied a young man's heart within. CHARLES SUMNER. Sudden Death of the Massachusetts Statesman. Washington. D. 0., March 11 Sena tor Suumoer passed a quiet night under a subcutaneous injection of morphine. This morning he was sleeping under the effects of it without material change. Surgeon General Rarncs and Doctors Johnson and Lincoln were at that hour in consultation at the residence of the Senator. Yesterday, in the Senate, he had a slight attack affecting the nerves of the heart, but when he returned home he was sufficiently well to entertain two friends at dinner, at the close of which he made alluion to the condition of his heart, and between nine and ten o'clock he was taken so sick as to require the at tendance of a phjsieian, and in an hour thereafter he had a second attack of his old diseaso nsuralia of the heart. Sev eral of his nearest personal friends were seat for and remained with him during the ni-ht. Senator Schurz, in leaving Mr. Sum ner's room at half past twelve, took him hitn by the hand and asked, "do you know ma," Mr. Sumner replied, "jes, but I cannot see you ." At nce Senator Sumner fell into an easy slumber, which encouraged some of his friends to lelierc that he was somewhat better, but a con sultation of phytieians helJ about that hour did not establish any reason for such impression. At 12:45 Mr. Sumner was fast failing. In addition to the physicians, Senator Schurz and Representatives Pierce, (Ieor;e F. and E. R. Hoar were with hini. The parlors and halls of his man sion were filled with anxious friends. At oDe o'clock he was unconscious and growing cold. At half past one he did not seem to fluff r any pain, being uodet the influence of strong opiates, but his extremities were very cold and the physieiaus did not think their natural warmth could fee rc stored. Immense numbers of anxious vi?itors, including a great many colored people, called at his residenc. At ten minutes before three o'clock the Senator expired calmly and without a fitruggle. During the last two hours of Mr. Sum ner's iilncs, his intellect seemed to be much clearer, and be was perfectly con ecious to the last. This condition was doubtless the result of his recovery from the effects of the morphine which had been freely administered to him this morn ing. Ilia sufferings towards the last seemed to be intense, and he several times exclaimed, 'I want quiet. I in tired." He recognized friends who came into the room. Due of the last to whom he spoke was ex Attorney General Hoar, of Mas sachusctts. to whom be said "Take care of my Civil Rights bill." About a quar tcr before three he was attacked by a flight spasm, in whieh he died. Around his ted at the time, were ex Attorney Getcral Hoar. Dr. V. P. Johnson, of this city, Majur Perley Pooro, George T Downing and James Wormlcy. Other friends who had been with the dying Senator throughout the drty, had left just previous, not anticipating that his death would be so oon. Senator Schurz and Hon. Montgomery Rlair entered the room just at he bieathed his last, but Mr. Sum ner was then too near dissolution to re eogoize them. The only relative that Senator Sumner has, is a sister, wife of a physician in San Francisco, and to her the sad news was telegraphed immediate lyafterhisdeatb. Duringtheday the house was visited by a great number of mem bers of Loth Houses of Congress, . other prominent citizeas aud hundreds of color ed people, prominent amopg whom were Fred. Douglas. The sidewalk iu front of Mr. Sumner's residence was filled with anxious aud saddened friends at the time of his death, and when the sorrowful announceot was made, the grief of many, especially of the colored people, fouod veol ia heartfelt exclamattOD5 of grief STROUDSBURG, MONROE aud weeping. Sergeant at Arms French, of the Senate, wa3 sent for immediately. ana tUat omcial, in connection with cemmittee, will have charge of the funeral riM i i tuiiiugeuienis. j nougn, oi course, no time has yet been fixed therefor, the funeral ceremonies will take place in the Senate Chamber. Mr. Sumner's age at the time of his death, was sixty three years, two months and five diys. Senator Sumnrr had been solicitous for his health several days past, the earnest part he has taken in questions before the Senate having given him reason to pay special regard to tt, and he remarked last night r j t i iu a irienu, some nours oeiore no was attacked with the serious spasm whieh in a few hours culminated in his death, that he wanted to talk to him about his health; he was afraid he was working too hard. Senator Sumner, at about two o'clock yesterday afternoon, moved from his seat in the Senate Chamber to one beside Senator Sargent, and inquired of Mr. Sargent, who, like himself, and taken a prominent part in opposition to the Ceo tennial bill, whether he had received any anonymous insulting letters on the sub ject; adding that ha (Sumner) had received a number of such letters, and. packages of a more offensive character, both through the mail aud by express. He seemed considerably annoyed by these insults, and Mr. Sargent therefore turned the conversation to the resolutions of the Massachusetts Legislature, rescinding its censure of Mr. Sumner, and he expressed himself greatly pleased with this action. An hour or more afterwards, Mr. Sim ncr called Senator Ferry, of Connecticut, aside to to a seat on a sofa in the Senate Chamber, and talked with him, as he had frequently done before, in regard to their respective states of ill health, both result ing from affections of tbe spinal cord. He told Mr. Ferry that he had suffered so much from his heart the nisht previous that he bad sent for his physician to obtain some relief by an injection of morphine under the skin. He asked .Mr. Ferry's opinion of such hyperdcrmic injections, and from time to time complained of severe pain while they were talking Finally, a little before four o'clock, Mr Sumner took his hat and overcoat and weht home. His last words in the Sen ate Chamber having been uttered in this conversation with 31 r. Ferry. The apparent vigor manifested by Mr. Sum ner in his recent speeches on the Ccnteo nial bill excited considerable surprise, iu view of his long continued feebleness of health the past year, and many of his friends expressed their apprehtnsioo that he was overtaxing his strength in these effort?. It is regarded as a remarkale and fortunate coincidence that the resolution of the Massachusetts Legislature, rescind ing its vote of censure upon Mr. Sumner, should have been presented and read in the Senate before he left it on tho last day of his presence in the Chamber as a member of that body. Charles Sumner, Senator of the United States from Masachusetts, was born in Doston, Massachusetts, January 6, 1811. He was descended from Revolutionary stock, his grand-father having been a Ma jor ia the Continental army. He appears to have partly inherited his literary and scholastic tastes and tendencies from his father, who published an eulogy on Wash ington. "The Compass," a poem, recited beforo Harvard University, and delivered poems and addresses on various occasions Charles was graduated at Harvard Uni versity in 1830. He continued in pri vate the studies of college life for a year, and then entered the law school at Cam bridge, where he formed with his teacher, Judge Story, an intimate friendship which continued until the death of that eminent jurist. He was admitted to the bar in 1834, and was appointed reporter to the Circuit Court ; lectured to the Cambridge law school in 1835-'37, 1843; traveled in Europe in 1837 '40 and iu 1847 '8, and in 1851 succeeded Dan iel Webster us United States Senator. Though voting with the Whig party, he he took no active part in politics until 1845, when on the 4th of July he pro nouoced before tho municipal authorities of Boiton an oration on "The True Gran deur of Nations," in which, prompted by the menacing aspects of affairs between the Uoited States and Mexico, he do nounced the war system as the ordeal by battle still unwisely continued by 'interna tional law as the arbiter of justice between nations, and insisted that this system ought to give way to peaceful arbitration for the adjudication of international ques tions, as the private ordeal of battle had given way to such substitutes in tbe ad ministration of justice between indivi duals. His oration attracted unusual at tention, led to much controversy, and was widely circulated both in America and Europe, Riehard Coben pronouncing it to be "the Diost noble contribution made by any modern writer to the cause ofpeaco." II is first important speech in the Sen ate was upon the Fugitive Slave act, against which he argued that Congress had do power under the Constitution to legislate for the , rendition of fugitive slaves ; and that if it had, the act in many essential particulars conflicted with the Constitution, and was to cruel and ty ranical. In this speech Mr. Sumner laid down as a guide for political action, the well known formula that "freedom is na tionol and slavery sectional.'" In the debate on the repeal of the Missouri compromise and on the contest in Kansas, Mr. Sumner teak a very COUNTY, PA., MARCH prominent pnrt.. His last speech upon this topic, which was subsequently print ed under the title of "The Crime Against rr tt i . . rvansas, occupied two days in its cieliv ery, May 19 aud 20, 1S5G. Some pas seages in it greatly incensed the mem bers of Congress from South Carolina, one of whom, Frestou S. Brooks, on May 5 assaulted Mr. Sumner while writiuir at his desk in the Senate Chamber, and wun a guita percua cane strucK rum on the head till he fell to tho floor insensible rora the effects of this dastardly attack he never fully recovered. His Host dis tinguished and valuable services in the Senate were as Chuirman of the Commit tee on Foreign Affairs. His present term would have expired in the Senate on the 4th of March, 18i5, and he had been a continuous member of that body since 1851. Mr. Su tuner's contributions to the literature of statesmanship were numerous and widely known. A collection of his writings and addresses, in two volumes, was published in 1850 ; moro recent speeches and addreses in 1856, and his complete works, with a memoir of the author, have been since published by Lee & Shepard, of Boston. Pennsylvania Fish Report The report of Messrs, Reeder, Duffy and Hewitt, Fish Commisioners of this State, for the year 1873 has been subtait ted to the Legislature. It contains much interesting information in regard to existing fisheries aud the progress made in introducing new varieties to eur rivers The gradual disappearance of shad in the Delaware is fully discussed, that river having become much more depicted than the Susquenanna. ' The Commissioners say that not more than six usheiies on the Delaware afforded any profit last year, while nearly all the shore fisheries entailed actual loss cn their owuers. This is chiefly due to three causes the nse of "drift uets" in the lower part of the river ; the "close time" being too short aud not duly observed ; and the immense destruc tion of the young shad by fish baskets in the fall. From Trenton all the way down to the bay the river is literally fenced across at short intervals by the drift nets, so that it is almost impossible for the larger shad to escape. In some cases the nets, are staked or anchored for a time, by which they are made still more destructive. The close time, which now extends from midnight on Saturday to midiight on Sunday, with certain excep tions, is declared to be insufficient ; and the Commissioners urge that it be made to begin six hours earlier. They say that the fish caught on Saturday evening are j generally spoiled before they can be sold. But of all causes of destruction the fish baskets are the worst. Walls or wings of stone are built in the river, by means of which all descending fish are made to pass through a basket or weir pl-iced at the point where they converge. Millions of young shad are stopped by these baskets, and are bruised so much that they rarely or never survive. They are of no use, and are thrown out by the bushel by the fishermen. There is now a law authorizing the destruction of these baskets, and the Commissioners hope that by another year not a hingle one will re main in oar rivers. Thus one of the most serious causes of loss will be removed, and until that is done all efforts to restore the hhad fisheries will be useless. But the greatest good effect is to be obtaiucd by artificial propagation. The Coru missioners have purchased" of Seth Green the right to ue Lis patent hatching boxes, similar to those employed by the government agent at Point Pleasant last summer. During 1873 over 3.000,0'JO voting shad were placed in tho Suque hanna, but owing to the failure of Xew Jersey to ast nothing was done in the Delaware beyond the woik at Point Pleasant. At this place nearly 1,000, 000 young shad were hatched and turned loose. As the shad miturrs in three years their return may be looked for in 187G. The Commissioners are confident that with proper management will be come cheap and abundant. During the : past year about 2000 black bass were transplanted, most of which were taketi from the Delaware, near Huston, and placed in the Lehiirh, the Susquehanna, aud the Juniata. The Delaware js now full of young bass. The Delaware is considered well puited for satuiou, and during the last three years over 5S,000 young fish have been placed in the river. They were frequently observed in the war , lastsummer. The habits of the salmon are like those of the shad they leave the oeean and resort to the rivers only fur the purpose of propagation. The Cum missioners have on hand about 100,000 young salmon trout, from Lake Ontario, which they propose placing in various rivers. They have taken no steps as yet toward the production of bruok trout, preferring to give attention to the more prolific varieties of fish. They have established a State hatchiug houxo near Marietta, jn Lancaster county, with a capacity of three millions of eggs at one time. The cost of the operations of the last year was ubout S12.000. It is up parent from the facts stutd that tho tttps in progress for the restoratiou of the fisheries have been effective, and that the money appropriated has been witelv expended. Two wedding fees of a thousand dolUri each, have just levn given in Western New York. That region must be the pastors' paradise. 19, 1874. A VETERAN LEGISLATOR. tiiurlow weed's discovery a letter FROM THE IIOX. S O TI1ROOP, A MEM BER OF THE ASSEMBLY IN 1818 RE MIXIiCENCES OF THE NOTED LEUISLA TORS OF THAT TIME. To the Editor nf the Tribune. Sin: Even at the risk . of wearying your readers in the pursuit of tho oldest surviving member of the New York Le iilature, I venture to ask for one more hearing. As anticipated in my last com itiunication, a Legislative "Rio Van Winkle" has "turned up !" The veteran, as will be seen by his cordial and kindly letter, has long been a resideut of a sis ter State : Stroudsbuiig, Pa. Feb 25, 1S74. My Old Friend : Happening to no tice in The Tribune of Feb. 21 a con troversy between yourself and E T Foote of New Haven,, as to the "oldest living members of the New-York Legislature," l thought I would correct you both by informing you will of what you readily re collect that in 1817 I was elected a mem ber of the Legislature from Chenango County, aud served in the session of 1818 My colleagues were Perez Randall of Nor wich aud Tilly Lynch of Sherburne, both now deceased. In your paper I know some of my "brilliant" effWts iude theirappear ance. I was then 2G or 27 vears of ue. being the youngest member of the House, and am now 84 God save the mark ! I have not had the pleasure of reading your interesting letter of reminiscences of the xMcw-lork Legislature, aud would be pleased to have you send me a copy, if in print I have written you this missive for the sake of historical accuracy, and not from aoy personal ambition for no toriety. I removed to this county some even years since, from llonesdale, Wayne County, and was shortly afterward ap pointed one of the Judges of Monroe County, from which you will perceive I still retain my ancient political predilcc- t -ii i . .. . nous. i win simply aaa tliat it gives tie some pleasure to assist yon in unhorsing your rival (Foote) in his ambitious pre tension! to distinction m longevity. Your old Cheaangi friend, S G. Throop. The Hon. Thurlow Weed. Losing sight for many years of this old friend, I assumed that he had journeyed to "that far country from whose bourne no traveler return?." I remember Simon Gager Throop, uot only as a member of the Legislature of 1818, but as a rising mem ber of the Chenango tar, residing at Ox ord, with Jamoj Clapp and Henry Van- derlyn as professional cotemperaties, all young men of remarkable ability. Clapp and Throop were popularad vocatcs, Van derljn sententious and epigrammatic. Oue of the "brilliant efforts" referred to by Mr. Throop was his stirring and eloquent apostrophe in the Assembly to the por trait of Washington suspended behind the Speaker's chair, invoking the spirit of "the Father of his Couutry" to impart his wisdom and patriotism for their guid ance in reference to the impurtaut mcas ures then under eonsideratioa. That apostrophe I doubt not is remembered by my friend and neighbor, Judge Michael Ulshoeffcr, wh( wan also a member of the Assembly in 18 IS, and with whom I of ten gossip about men and things in the oldeu time. I remember also ia the Assembly of 1820, when Mr Ulshocffer, then youth ful and handsome, had mado an animated speech upon the impeachment or Judge Van Ness, EMsha Williams in reply, after complimenting "his eloquent young friend fron New-York," added, that "when Time with its mellowing influences shall have touched and tinged his graceful whiskers and clipped the wings of his J exuberant imagination, he will learn, if not to construe more charitably, at least to accept less readily unproveu accusa tions against eminent citizcus." The Mr. Randall rcferrred to as a col league of Mr. Throop was also one of my cherished friends, and father of Samuel 8. Randall, so long and usefully counec ted with our publie schools. The letter of Dr. Eli.il T. Foote, in yes terday's Tribune, freshens old legislative memories. The Assembly of 1820 was indeek distinguished by tne presence of i an unsually large number of eminent men I doubt wheiber before or since as many truly . gifted men have Lceu seen and heard iu that hall I have a distinct re niemberance of the impewhrnr-nt trial of Jud;re William W. Van Ness. I lis j tened, as Dr. T. did, with admiring inter j est to Thomas Addis Emmett, of whose character and eloquence I entertained a high opinion. But I was much more in tensely Interested by the close and logical argument and the impressive eloquence of the reply from an advocate till then unkown to me. That advocate was John Duer, whose fine person, courtly manner, clear voice, aud distinct enunciatiou took the House by surprise, charming its at tention from the beginning to the end oi his great speech. Mr. Duer took his poi tion near the north firejlice, leaning his shoulders during mot of (he time against a map suspended on the wall His gesti culatiou was quiet but effective Able as was the effort . of Mr. Emmett, I then thought uad think yet that the speech of Mr. Duer was still more abl and cer tainly more telling: T. W A'eio York, March, 5, 1874. Somerset couuty inches Ui"b nod has a eat eighteen fourteen VEcighia p'uad3 NO. 44. M!aujBni aa i imiii?itwmij,t iihijwj. jwu .uum, tarn The Wheat Trade. Old Davis, or Ossipca the wll known shingle and clapboard autocr.it of thirty years ago had a dog named Watch. Tho dog had become old and a nuisance. Davis had threatened often to kill the brute, and had as often relented. One day Sim Brown, the Concord peddler, drove up to DavisJ store, but Davis did not want to buy anything. 'Cau't I sell you a clock ? I've pot 'em as cheap as dirt, and real good one.' 4I haven't got tho money. Drat the money ! I'll take a fair ex change of anything.' Davis scratched hU head, whereat Brown continued : 'Come, we'll have a' trade somehow, lou'vegot to have one of my clocks. What have you got to exchange for it 7 'I've got nothing but a watch.' 'Eh ! a watch ?" cried the peddler brightening up. 'What kind of a watch ?' 'Tain't, of course, a very good one, or I wouldn't want to trade it off." 'What kind of cases?' 'I can't say much for the cases, but the insides are in good order, and it run well. It'll lot you know when eatin' timo comes, sartin.' ' How'll you trade ?' 'I ll give my watch for ono of jour clocks, and call it a bargain without auy ifs and ands.' 'Done V said Brown, and he selected a steeple topped Connecticut clock, and brought it into the store. 'There's your clock aud a good one.. Now where's yowp watch ? Davis went to the door, and whistled and called' Watch ! Watch ! Heie old fellow, you're wanted !' The wretched old dog came in with a bound. 'That's the 'watch,' Brown. You'll find his in'ards perfect, and he can run like Saacho, and when it comes meal time il he don't let you know it, I'm-mi.-taken in him.' The peddler gasped and staggered, and he said something not quite proper to ears polite ; but he did not back down. He ouly said as he hitched the dog to the axle tree of his" wagon, and prepared to drive off : 'Somebody'M pay me for that clock be fore night.' And I opine that there are hundreds of people to day in that section of New Hampshire who have a firm belief that they helped to pay old Brown for the clock. Legal Fence.- A ease involving the question, "What is a sufficient fence to afford protection against live "stock ?" was recently tried belore Judge Elwell, in Wyoming coun ty. The plaintiff sought to recover dam ages alleged to have been done his corn crop in 1870 by the stock of the defend' ant. The Judo iu charging the jury made the following remarks : It is a max im of law that every man must so usa' and take care of his owu as not to injure his neighbor's. At common law the owner of the cattle was liable for the damage done although the brad had not been fenced. This was understood to be tho law of tha States until a decision of ihe Supreme Courts, iu which t he Act of Assembly was construed to change the common law. By this decision, if the owner of improved land bus no feneesr around it, he connot recover for injuries done by roving cattle. In a decision by Judge Addison, seventy five years since, it was held that if fence, though not law ful, be what is called neighborly, and sufficient to restrain ordinary cattle that trespass will lie for injury by ti e cattle of another. This view is substantially correct. If, therefore, the fence was ueh as farmers f practical knowledge and ex perience would consider a sufficient pro tection against ordinary cattle, theu the plaintiff would be entitled tj recover, though the fence was not of any given height, or composed of any particular material. Rochester Democrat : A favorite song of the temperance ladies out West is, "shall we gather at the river?" aud tha response ot the saloon keeper in every in stance is, "By all means. Start now." The woman's inovemeut has brought out the poets. There is. one specimen which cbucludes : When thus whiskey war t3 over We'll all g( t drunk again. The Brooklyn Aryus man's attempt is in this way : Ohio's ransom speeds a pice la daily growing surer, Since woman's dulcet voice essayed The praise of Avqua Pura. Proud State 1 a pitying nation prays For some assuring token ; Thy nose bleached to its native hue Thv whh-kv vessel's broken. Rev. Thomas K. Beecher tniuks ks that religion suffers about as much as the It- quor business by the sidewalk prayer meetings "The f penally bad feature," says Mr. Beecher. "is tha piostituiiorj tf pnyer ; Disking of it a sidewalk pastime." Aud then he asks how the following would do as an additonal stanza to Mont gomery's hymn : "Prayer is the Buckeye woman's dodge To Btop the ruro-ehop door. Tbey hear pr&ytr and rua ay, And nevrr rtrink pi trore."
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