I)C 3c(Fci'6onian.
THURSDAY, JUNE 11, 1874.
Civil RSjrSits Hill.
The Senate of the United States, on the
nit., passed the much talked of Civil
KIghts Bill. With due deference to the rev
erned Siegnoirs composing that body we
cannot but believe that they had better have
left that job undone. Observation has satis
lied us that the enforcing of Civil Rights up
on the negro by the penalties and terrors of
law is not by any manner of means the best
way to secure him in the enjoyment of those
rights or to secure that unity among the peo
sle which alone can tell in the securing of
safetv and neacc to the country. We would
not appear as an alarmist, but we cannot
phut our eyes to the fact that society is by
far a better conservator of its own usages and
rules than any average Congressman even
though he claims membership of so august a
body as the United States iSeuate itself.
And after all it will resolve itself in the end
Lack again to what the usages of Society
decree, aud the law will be but another added
to the many that now lie on our statute books
dishonored and ignored, a disgrace to those
w ho gave it being. We have said that this
will be its ultimate end. We hope, however
that it has already found its end, and that
the wisdom of the House of Representatives
will exhibit itself in letting this foul job of
the Senate severely alone. At best it is but
a bit of buncomb a bid for a popularity
which can hardly prove available for the end
desired.
In respect for the rights of our colored
fcllcw-citizen we yield in nothing to no man.
Though never in the pirtizan sense of the
term an abolitionist we have never been a
pro-slaveryite, but have always mourned
the injuries he has suffered, and never, when
opportunity offered failed to contribute of our
means and with our pen for the alleviation of
his distresses. Ia the view taken by this civil
rights bill, we can see nothing but rank in-j-istiec
to the class it is pretended to alleviate,
and the prccurser of evils infinitely greater
than those it is prcteuded it will eradicate.
It treats what should be known and felt to
be the man as the mere infant, aud compels
him to walk in leading strings, when he
should be permitted to choose his manner of
locomotion as best suited him. It is unjust
ti the manhood of the colored man to place
him in this portion, and it is equally unjust
to society at large that lie should thus be
forced upon it. It would be infinitely better
if our learned law givers would reflect that
society is prepared to extend the equal hand
to the new comer just so soon as he is pre
pared to be so saluted.
That the day will come when color and
caste will cease to stand as barriers on the
road to social progress we believe to be just
as certain as that the heavens and the earth
exist, but this thing will not be brought about
I y arbitrary acts of legislation. Whenever
the colored man is fitted by habit for the promo
tion desiredthen and not till then will the day
of his exodus from his present condition begin.
That this is a veritable truth can be seen iu
the every day experience of the country.
Take the case of Fred. Douglas, and men of
hi-i stamp as instances. In whatever part
of the country their steps may lead them,
they are received and treated with every pos
sible measure of respect. They are sought
after as most worthy ciu'zens of a great nation,
they are received into the most refined circles,
Mi l the honors heaped upon them are only
limited by the bounds which their own inate
modesty has erected around them. Rut that
the average colored man is not a Fred Doug
las is proven by the every day experience of
all who come in contact with the race, and
it is just and proper that he be treated as he
;s until he avails himself of the advantages
for bettering himself in this respect which
;ire so abundantly set before him. The fact
is that even the colored man himself has
a.ked for no law such as this one under con
sideration and to force it upon him is but to
force a temptation in his way which will re
tard rather than promote his progression.
We have already experienced the baneful
effects of such legislation growing out of the
acts already passed in the same direction.
Take the election troubles in Philadelphia,
and the jostlings and bickerings all over the
country as examples, and we have examples
most glaring to show that such legislation is
calculated to promote anything but the good
intended. The workings of these acts devel
oped the fact that there were bold bad men
amoug the negroes as well as among the
whites, and that instead of taking hold of their
advantages in a spirit of joyous humility,
they were determined to be content only witl
humilty on the part of their white neighbors
and to force through blood and insult that
which would have been much better and
surely secured through concession and peace
Our own town experience is but farther evi
dence ot the justice ot tins view. In our
own midst we have colored citizens, male and
female, who command the respect and warm
esteem of their white brethren, but how is
it with others the large majority. We have
no desire to answer the question. It is too
apparent to be gainsaid that they are not
making use of their privileges and opportuni
ties, and that all the acts of Congress that
could be passed between now and the day o
judgment would avail to make them worthy
of social equality with their white brethren
or even to sit at the same hotel table, ride in
the same cars, or attend the same school
And where lies the fault? Certainly not in
the white man's prejudices, but truly in the
black man's ostracising of every means for his
improvement and consequent advancement
To secure a different result we need no addi
tions to our already overstock of legal lore,
and more especially such an addition as the
present, clothed with an ambiguity that is
already leading to most spirited discussion as
to its true meaning.
Congress wili show wisdom if it conclude
to leave the colored man to the tender mer
cies of the social law for his advancement.
He will then the sooner learn that on his
own good behavior depends his promotion to
equality. The same tests which govern the
white man's.advance are the proper tests to
be applied to the colored man. And the
idea is just.
omd torn.
President Grant's views as to the Finan
cial question aud the difficulties surrounding
its solution, as promulgated in his memoranda
written in reply to a request from Senator
Jones of Nevada, for an expression of his
views, have iu them the ring of the truo
metal. It was not to be expected, nor did
the President expect, that Ills' views would
meet the concurrence of the many shades of
opiniou held by Congressmen on the subject,
and yet the people of the country, in over
whelming majority would rejoice most hear
tily if these same views were incorporated in
a bill and be speedily made a law of the land.
The President from h'13 point of look out
sees the dangers of the case and its demands
most plainly. With the accumen of an
enlightened statesman, and a profound finan
cier he sees that the first duty of Congress is
to see to the redemption of the pledges made
to the couutry, when reason was sought for
the issuance of the millions of paper money
required to meet its pressing needs in its day
of greatest trial, lie sees, too, the cause of
all our present financial troubles growing out
of overtrading because of an overstock of
cheap,
irre leesua'
e paper money, wine
nothing but the decree of law that it- should
be a legal tender for the payment of debts
bctweeu the people prevented from sinkiug
nearly to the level value of the old continen
tal currency long ago, and hence his views
that the legal tender clause should be
repealed the currency issue be redeemed in
com the whole bustuess ot the country be
forced to to a specie has:?, aud a free system
of banking be etaMirhed.
i.ne l reaiiieus uyci uji. mat mc.-.v.
things should all Lc done on the spur of the
ut he suggests that preparation
be made at once, and u satisfied th it if the
egal tender clause be repealed to take effect
on July 1st of uext year, all contracts made
after that day for wages, sales, &c., would
be estimated in coin, and would correct our
notions or vaiue. men the specie dollar
would be the only measure of equivalents,
and when the debts were aftewards paid in
currency, instead of calling the paper dollar
a dollar and quoting gold at so much prem
ium, this financial iioiion would be done away
with, and the transaction be truly spokeu of
as the paper dollar at so much discount.
: would greatly aid ia bringing
gold and currency noarer together at par.
Iu furtherance of his views the President
would like to see a provision of law which
would fix the 1st of July 1876, as the day
when the national currencv would begia to
be redeemed in coin, and when ail currency so
redeemed should be cancelled and never, re-
ssued. He would further provide that no
bills, whether of National Ranks or of the
United States, returnr-d to the Treasury to
be exchanged should be replaced by bills of
a less denomination than ten dollars, and that
in one year after resumption all bills of less
than five dollars, and in two years all bills of
ess than ten dollars should be withdrawn
Tom circulation. This he is satisfied would
give strength to the country against time of
depression resulting from war, failure of
crops or any other cause by keeping a large
supply of the precious metals iu the hands
of the people, while with all smaller transac
tions conducted in coin, many millions of it
would be kept in constant use, and thus, of
course, prevented from leaving the country.
The President reasons correctly when he
states that undoubtedly a j ocrcr currency will
always drive the better cut of circulation,
and that with paper as a legal tender, and
at a discount, gold and silver become articles
of merchandise as much as wheat or corn.
His position, by inference, that an irredeem
able paper currency fosters speculation is as
true as that he exists, and as speculation has
always been the bane of true financial pros
perity, the sooner that reason assumes sway
ia the halls of Congress and is displayed
in seconding the sound views expressed in
the President's memoranda, the sooner will
real prosperity, and financial stability dawn
upon the country and the days of a steady
onward progress begin for us.
We would like to pursue the theme fur
ther, but want of room compels us to desist.
Iu conclusion permit us to say that it matter
not what Congress may do in the premises,
the people will undoubtedly thank President
Grant for the wise financial hints which he
has thus felt impelled to throw out both to
them and their representatives. Congress
will do well to pay heed to him.
Kvcry thing goes fast there, and it is more
than probable that the blame for the whole
of the deplorable evil lies in the fact that the
spirit of the city goads on its fathers and
mothers to rush so rapidly that they are left
little or no time to give to the preservation
of the virtue of the daughters. And right
here is the point for the application of the
remedy. Can't the spirit of the city give the
parents, time to consider the evil and then if
it is not abated arrest the fathers and moth
ers of the falling ones, and puuish them
severely for their more than criminal neglect
towards their offspring? Without doubt the
"dram mere" have among themscaley speci
mens of humanity, but in the main they are
useful members of society, and we see no rea
son why the class should be held responsible
for an evil which lies wholly with the settled
inhabitant the father aud, more especially,
the mother of the tender sprite which promi
ses to become an angel of darkness.
It is not. only Readiug to which these re
marks will apply. There are other places,
and Stroudsburg is not far from the line,
where the same evil runs rampant. A new
face here becomes an amazing taking object
almost every where, and if we would counter
act the evil influence of this state of thing3
we must go back to the days and the fashion
of less street racing and gadding at unseason
able hours, and a less promiscuous com
mingling of the sexes in youth. Even volup
tuous France can teach us a lesson in this re
spect. Whether in Paris or in the Depart
ments, chaneronage is the rule, and you
never sec a 3'oung lady uutil she is married
hieing hither and yon, unattanded by parent
or friend of mature years.
Years of heartbroken misery may be saved
by a little parental reflection over and atten
tion to this matter now in season. There
is altogether too much gadding to suppose for
a moment that all or even a majority of the
roving 'oung ladies of the land can pass to
womanhood unscathed by its attendant evils
fcSTThc Hon. Daniel M. Vanauken, is a
candidate for the President Judgeship of the
Pike and Wavne District. If Daniel should
happen to reach the goal of his ambition,
and did not "cut a better figure" on the
bench than he did in the Halls of Congress,
the people will have abundant reason to ex
claim "God save the Common wealth," and
the District too.
J&3'o you won't, friend AmasdusOreyus.
Woman's rights, especially such a subject as
the one in question, is a thing that can only be
successfully crusaded by your "hefty" scribe
and the fusle-man in the "oily" districts of
Pennsylvania, a non-resident, who sways such
a powerful influence in the political arena at
Washington in behalf of his democratic sister
in democratic Monroe.
T Wc confers some little pride at the ap
earance of the JefkC&soxiax in iLa present
i , l Tt U f..l
new. clear ana ciean uress. .muugu u
equal to its cotemporaries in its old dress al
ways plainly readable, wc still thought some
thine ousrht to be done, and we did it. Rea
der how do you like our appearance?
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Summer has come ia earnest.
Hard oh tiic Daughters.
A Reading paper is crying out loudly in
behalf of the preservation of the virtue o
the fair daughters of that city. It deplores
the ruin of girls of that city by unprinciple
drummers and proposes the following remedy
of the crying evil : Let these scandalous an
marauding drummers be arrested, andlockeii
up every time they are caught following or
inducing young girls that arc strange to them
to promenade or visit any place, no matter
where. Once locked up, half of them can
not get bail, and then they can be jailed and
put out of the way until they have sense
enough to behave themselves on our public
streets.
Now the question arises are the "drum
mers" wholly to blame in this matter? Men
are cot likely to "hook on" without a sign
and the truth is more than likely that if the
girls of Reading are ruined it is as much
their owu work and of their own seeking, as
of the "drummers." The lack of early edu
cation in the right direction has xrobably as
much and more to do with the evil, than
either of the girls or the drummers.
Reading is and always was a fast place.
Mr. Daniel Miller, an oia resident, u
this county, died in Stroud tsp., on lhurs-
day last Though iu humble lite the ucceascu
was possessed of many sterling virtues wmcu
drew to him a host of friends.
Torchlights and a host of ladies and
;ntlemen in front of the Engine house mak-
i . i a.. 1,1. Jtoa " tlif rsisfc
mg decorations ior uw; K
few evenings, gave evidence of the interest
the ladies have taken in the festival and their
determination to make it a success. Any
thing the ladies engage in is bound to win.
Mr. O. B. Gordon- will open a private
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school, for children, in the Ann street scnooi
house, on Mondav, June 20th. His terms are
one dollar per month, to be paid monthly, and
no deduction only for protracted illness, lie
solicits the patronage of all those who have
children to send to school.
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Lam! Sales.
Tho CountY Treasurer's Sale of seated
t t ill 1 . n too rwiL- rl
nnii anu unseaicu uums ni t
last Monday in the Court House and was
largely attended bv gentlemen irom an pans
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of our county and irom abroad. iue uiu:
woro better than thov have been for many
Y'JirS. 1 HO 11SI. Was HOI. Ut.l ii"V"n" ""
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howcYcr and the sale was aujourneu u .'1011-
day, the 22nd instant, at the Court House
Democrat.
A NEW business opened in this borough
with the commencement of the heated term,
which cannot but prove of great convenience
to our citizens. Wo allude of course to the
business of supplying families with ice by
regular daily delivery. The Palmer Brothers
were the first to begin the trade, and as they
supply a pure, clean article, gathered through
the winter with great care, they deserve to
be liberally patronized. We never knew un-
till now the luxury of the article.
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Interesting services were held in the
(Hicksite) Friends meeting house on Sunday
last. Samuel Leveick, a noted leader in the
society was the principal speaker on the oc
casion. His addresses are alwaj-s noted for
their plain, practical common sense, and his
coming is always an occasion of gratification
to the many who gather together to hear
him. Few men command greater respect or
closer attention, even though possessed 0
greater oratorical notoriety.
The Rev. Mr. Thayer of Scranton, UDiver-
salist, is endeavoring to prove to the satisfac
tion of the fast denizens of that city that the
hell of orthodox Christianity is not so bad
nlaco after all. As Parson Rrownlow once
said of a similar endeavor in 2iew Orleans
"we know of no p.ace beside on earth that it
is so necessary for the comfort of its inhabit
ants that the doctrine shall be clearly proven.
Neither the inner or outer lives of Scranton
ians comport with the idea of safety, in view
of the nrosncct of an eternity of " fire and
brimstone" hereafter for the wicked.
REPUBLICAN STATE CONVENTION. J
The Republicans of Pennsylvania will
hold a Stote Convention at Harrisburg, jit
noou, on Wednesday, August 10, 1S74,
or the purpose of nominating- candidates
or Lieutenant Governor, Auditor General,
Secretary of Internal Affairs and Judge of
the Supremo Court.
The representation ot tne several cuuuuw
in this convention will be based on me ap
portionment of Scnatorsand Representatives
made by the present Legislature, each Sena
torial and Representative District being
entitled to delegates equal in number to us
representation in the Legislature under
said apportionment.
RUSSELL x-iRRETT, v.naiiuiau.
Ezra Lukens,
John M'Cullough,
Secretaries.
Already city faces begin to make their
appearance here.
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Our boarding-house keepers begia to step
around spryly.
That Normal School, how about it? Is
any body moviug in the matter.
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Delicious strawberries and cream at the
Phcenis festival to-night. They will be served
by handsome young ladies, too.
All around us the busy notes of prepara
tion is here for a proper celebration of the
elorious 4th of July. What, are we doing
about it? Let us begin to set the ball in
motion without delay. Remember that i
we ignore respect for our natal day we may
soon begin to grow careless as to the pre
servation of our precious privileges
kroner and close observance of the day in
the past would doubtless have prevented the
rebellion, and saved the millions of dollars
and the thousands of lives lost in its suppres-
Tiie Tom Collins Rase Rail Club will play
against the field, on the Fair Ground, next
Saturday. Game to be called at two o'clock.
Young men should visit the festival with
their fair companions and treat them with
the luscious fruit to be served there.
A man was tarred and feathered in
Carbondale on Friday night last for spread
ing insinuations against the wife of another.
And so the world moves.
Our streets were crowded with promenad
er3 during the several warm nights of the
past week. It made the town lively, and
evidence that our people were determined to
indulge a season of true enjoyment if the
heated term was upon us.
Stroudsburg, June 10, 1S74.
Charles McDaniels, Capt. Fort Allen B. B. C,
Dear Sir: I, on behalf of the Tom Col
lins IJase Ball CluY of Stroudsburg, hereby
challenge you to play a match game of base
ball at Kresirevillc. on June 20, 1874. Game
to be called at 2 o'clock p. m., sharp.
Howard W. Marsh, Capt.
Large Parsnip. Mr. Andrew Houck,
has brought us a parsnip, which for length,
lays over anything we have ever seen in the
parsnip line. It measures thirty-four inches
in length and part of the point of it was
broken off in pulling it out of the ground.
Who can beat it?
Stroudsburg and surroundings arrayed
iu their present summer garb is, just now,
a perfect picture of the beautiful in land
scape adornments, and of comfort in rea
enjoyments. The world over would be
searched in vain to find its equal in these re
spects. If you don't believe us come and
see how it is yourself.
Strawberry and Ice Cream Festival.-
To-night the Phoenix Fire Company will in
augurate the Festival season. Every ar
rangemcnt has been made to make this festi
val a success and we hope their most san
guine financial expectations may be realized.
The object for which it is gotten up, the pur
chase of a pair of horses for the compam, is
a most laudable one and deserves a libera
patronage from our citizens. The festiva
will continue to-morrow night, and we under
stand Saturday night. Among the novelties
a vote will be taken upon who is the most
handsome young lady and most handsome
young gentleman in town.
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Found Dcau.
J acob Schmolze, for a 1 ong time a c-.
this place and vicinity, was found lyin '- f
road dead, in Talmer township, near th'V"
ton Borough line, close by the Watrrf '
ny's Works, on the Tl,; . 0n,P-
hen fim,i 1
Ice Cream and Strawberry Festival.
The Ladie's church aid society of the East
Stroudsburg Methodist Episcopal Church,
will hold an ice cream and stawberry festival
in their hall on the following evenings,
namely Wednesday, Thursday and Friday,
June 24th, 25th, and 2Cth. A variety of
cfreshmcnts will be provided, and every pos
sible effort will be put forth to make the
entertainments pleasing and interesting. The
rooms will be decorated with flowers and
evergreens. Appropriate songs and speeches
will be given. By order of
Committee.
Yl'liat We lizard and Saw within
the Week.
Here we are. Who said we went to A tlantic
City to get our hair cut? 'Tis false, as the
curls she will wear when rusticating in our
midsL "Thou art so near and yet so
far," Tobyhanna. Fumpkin and milk col
ored young ladies (?) and a drummer, ever so
handsome, delight in rambles along the banks
of McMichael's creek. Wading the stream
and bathinsr are their festire sports. Where
is the "Mud Brigade ?" Four beautiful
young ladies, the pink of propriety and good
ness, whirling through the dizzy maze of a
waltz, is a scene such as two old bachelor,
only, could complacently gae upon. Ima
ine a young lady kneading dough for six hours
for the purpose of making six pies. The per
spiration falling from her marble brow in great
drops soon caused the douh to resemble paste,
but in the course of two or three hours more
labor, and the assistance of mother, the dear
little creature succeeded in getting them made
up in ship shape order. The mother was of a
different opinion, however, for shortly after,
the little occupants of a pig sty could be seen
using them as "teeth cutters." Too bad,
girls, that you should wait until ten o'clock
and after, for the naughty fellow to come, and
then be disappointed. But then the soothing
influence of confectionery sent from New York
and the cooling effect of the latest importation
of fans from the city of Brotherly Love, light
ens the stroke of disappointment. With
what rapturous delight "Greeley" must have
gazed upon the scene
41 A he stood concealed amid the brake,
To view his lady of the Lake."
iiriaiivc illiua t niimmiutiil iu uic lien,
June 3d, 1874, dead.
lying on his face with his arms stroM,.,
on either side. He was found bv & boy T
was engaged in delivering grocerie fj
hou.se in Easton, between C and 7 o'clock i T
afternoon, and when found his body wJV
warm. Only about 20 minutes before ,
discovered, the boy, who found him u
1 ,lu Son
oui oci tne tame roaa. Loroppr Ti ti
held an inrpicst, whose verdict was that he
come to his death from natural causes
Mr. bchmolze was a native of Sand Y'
Germany, and came to this country foS
He was about CS years of age. Uja '
were taken to Craigs Meadow's and int!
in St. Pauls' Cemetery on Sunday iast
which occasion the Rev. II. Danielleliv'4
an appropriate discourse.
Mr. Schmolze left this place on the 20th a
May and went to Easton, and stopped 11 jj '
nett's Hotel, and remained tlu-re until the 30th'
when he paid his bill and left for Philadelphia'
He returned to Easton on the 2d instant acj
stopped again at Iiarnett's Hotel ; and the'next
day remarked to the land-lord that he wascv
ing to return to Stroudsburg.
About a year ago Mr. S. left this place wit,
the design of spending the remnant of his dav&
at the place of his birth in German. Cut an
absence of twenty odd years had fo altered
things in and around his old home that, on Li
arrival there he found himself a literal str n
ger in the place of his nativity and young man.
hood. He sickened at the thought and speed,
ily returned to this country, and, to the end
failed to recover from the despondency low
ing out of his sad disappointment.
We aie requested by the friends to ester.il
their thanks to the Kev. J. S. J. McC'onnell
Coroner Thomas, B. F. Reich, the undertaker'
and others of Easton, for many acts of kindness.
sion.
An Honored Student. Mr. J. B. Focht
a student of Pennsylvania College, and
nephew of Rev. Jos. R. Focht of Hamilton
township, this county, was awarded at the
close of the junior year the gold medal for be
ing the best latinist as well as general scholar-
hip of his class, of tweuty-two students. On
the 24th of March, the Graeff prize for the
best essay on a given subject in the senior
class, the subject for this year, was, "Teny
son's Idyl of the King" was awarded to him.
On Wednesday the 20th of May at the final
examination of the senior class he received
the first honor and valedictory of the same.
We wish him success in future.
The remains of Miss Mary Snyder, whose
mysterious disappearance from Easton, we
noticed in February last, were found caught
in some brush, in the Delaware river about
three miles below that place on Tuesday of
last week. The deceased was a most exemp
lar' young lady, and was a daughter of the
late Aaron Snyder, of Easton, and a niece of
Joseph Suyder, dee'd., who formerly occu
pied the stone manson house, at the upper
end of this borough as a hotel. Mental ab-
eration, induced by severe family affliction,
doubtless led to her melancholly end.
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Simon Fried, by direction of our Borough
Fathers, has removed a number of the un
sightly store boxes in front of his store, which
for a long time past has been an eye sore to
the traveling public, only to give place for a
lot of trunks. He has been making exten
sive alterations in his store, and we did hope
by so doing he would find room for his trunks
inside, but we have been disappointed
Move these Simon, and give your friends a
chance to get into your establishment to ex
amine your extensive and well selected stock
of goods. .
I -o;? llroke.
On Tuesday eve. 2din.st.Mr. H. Oundt,
ot Lancaster, took the Kev. 3Ir. Kohler,
(Pastor of the Lutheran Church of Strouds-
burp: and at that time attending a meeting
of the Ministeriumof Pennsylvania at Lan
caster) out riding on the Columbia Pike.
The horse freightened at some object in the
way and turning around suddenly, Mr.
flundt wtus thrown out. He retained his
hold on the lines until they broke and then
Mr. JYoiuer, having no means or guidinj.
or restraining the lri-jrhtcned animal, jump
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c liuiii uujijjry anu in so uomg uruke
his leg about midway between the ankle
knee. Both bones were broken at three
places. Dr. Altee attended to his injuries
and he is now improving as rapidly aa the
nature of his accident will permit. The
horse and carruige escaped uninjured as al
so did Mr. Gundt, with the exception of a
icw Drmsos.
but Tobyhanna is too far, and seven weeks,
just to think of it. The "verdant" youth
is the pet of the ladies. He waltzes around
the saloon with so much grace and ease, you
1 - 1 1 j 1;
can scarcely see mm move. -v uazznug
arrav of beauty at the "fire laddies' " festival
to-night. Every !-ody will be there. Don't
forget your "squibs," !?T the ladies are fond
of strawberries and cream. A pocket bal
loon1
is a
The country felt a sense of relief when it wy
known that Secretary Richardson had beea
transplanted from the Treasury Department to
the Court of Claiais. Mr. Secretary wis un
doubtedly txemendaously honest, and to tLe
measure of his ability controlled his Iepart
ment, but it is also a noted fact that his man
agement was not a success that he va tre
mcnduously incompetent for the position, avi
that the result of his management was embar
rassment to the country's finances and the opi
ning of the treasury vaults to such scoundrel
a3 Sanborn and his rapacious coadjutors. Our
surprise is that he had not been transplanted
or, to use a more meaning expression, turned
out long ago. We know that some of our re
publican cotsmporaries deprecate this kind of
talk, and insist upoa it that becau.-e hewas?.
honest he ought not to be disgraced bv dismis
sal because of his iacompetency. Tut he?
about the Treasury and the honesty which will
look on and see it robbed through ignorance?
Was that deserving of no consideration ? Ar.i
what is the use of talking about civil service
reform, when the very head of a Department
is allowed to hold his position, a glaring speci
men of incompetency ? And what is the ck
truly ?
nice thing for a high-tcned moral
young man to exhibit in his Sunday school
class. But then some people "borrow the
livery of heaven to serve the devil in," and he
is one of the borrowers. John employs his
spare moments in learning his Buff Cochins
how to dance a "fisher's hornpipe," and his
white mice to wink "Yankee Doodle." The
"verdant" 6linging ice cream with as much
grace as a kangaroo. Shake him, Frank.
To hire two horses and a carriage and then
have her refuse takinc a ride is a fraud.
One day last week a young lady had a beauti
ful Maltese cat presented to her. It hails from
Hamilton. It is a pious cat, but she did not
inform us whether it was a "Thomas" or a
"Mariar"cat. It i3 to take the place in the
afiections of the fair owner, formerly occupied
by Hero, who, after a lingering illness with a
pain in the toes, left this sinful world to try
the realities of catdom. Young men, hichly
perfumed with musk, should be careful how
they hug their "sugar plums," for the strong
odor transmitted, is the frequent cause of the
"friends" of the fair one being very inquisi
tive. John fell, but not so gently as the
beautiful snow. He fell about one hundred
and ninety pounds worth, upon the spot where
a harmless inofiensive little bee inflicted a
painful but not dangerous wound, a short time
ago. A young ladycstimatcssixty marriage
able young ladies in our "burg." Jso wonder
there is so'few young men here. Sixty young
ladies, all handsome too, laying siege to eight
or ten marriageable young men is enough to
drive them all away Good-natured John,
courting the Modoc in front of Hess Bros.'
segar store. Eve " never told her love"' but
says she sorter likes &tcem-plasters. There
must have been a collision on the Red Line.
Trains have been running very irregular for
the past few days. The dispatcher must be
the cause of it. We have been unable, un
til lately, to discover the beauties of nature
that abound in the romantic regions of the
"Bridge of Sighs." The children in one of
our public schools object to going to school in
the morning on account of the teacher bting
bo very cross. In the afternoon they like to
go, however, for, as they say, they have lots of
fun, the teacher sleeping all the time. The
teacher hearing of the reports they had made
to their parents, thought he would correct the
statement made by his pupils by way of an
explanation. He said to the mother of one of
the promising youths that he had been takii
soma of Dr. Walton's pills, and they made
him feel a little sleepy, and you know how it
is yourself. If you don't believe me why just
go anu asK the doctor. How terrible annoy
ing it must be to have the sister of your
"sweetness" keeping you company the whole
evening, when you have something sweet to
tell.
At a regular meeting of Monroe Council'
No. 90, O. of U. A. M., held June 9th, 1S71
the following preamble and resolutions were
adopted :
Wiiekea?, It has pleased Almighty God tc-
remove from our midst, after a long and pro
tracted illness, our friend and brother, Li
Councilor Robert F. Bush,
Jicsolred, That in the death of brother Tw.
we have lost a faithful a-5iu enk-ivnt brolner
and a respected citizen, who in all our inter
course with him has commended himself
our highest esteem and confidence, and whiis
submitting to the will of the Great Counselor
aboye, we will ever cherish his memory wiu
the fondest recollections.
Evolved, That we extend to the wmilj.
relatives and friends of our deceased brother
our heartfelt sympathies in this their bow t
bereavement.
Resolved. That as a mark cf respect for cr
late brother, our charter be draped in mean
ing for the space of three months.
Resolved. That we sond to the family P' -
deceased a copy of the above preamble k
resolutions; and also, have the same pub"
in the papers of our borough.
I heo. A. Pows,
James M. Postess. Com.
Revbex Milleu, J
The New Building Association La
The building association bill vhuhi
cd the last legislature, and has retvive
siimature of the trovernor. jrives the '-
ilege to loan money on any security t.:e
sociation may think desirable. 'tso.-
ii.. .1 j 1 v-i 1 : . l.i.!r"
me oia law, vuueu proiuuiis mi
monev excent unon real estate sa;''
mi 1 "II .1 CM.
inc new Dili contains tne ku.iiiiu 1-
Clause 1. Thev shall have the povor
franchise of loaning or advancing to
stockholders thereof the moneys acer.:-
ted from time to time aud the power s&
rights to secure the repayment
other condition upon which the loar
to bo made bv bond and mortgage, or ct-
. .-...t.. . ......It -. ...-.ir.il- -Hid rLt'C-1"
rmroh.iso nr rrrrt houses, and to -1I
vey lease or mortgage the same
pleasure, 10 tneir s-iockhuiui-i. v. k
for the benefit of their stockholders."'-"
manner : also that the premiums tat .
the said associations lor the p1'1"
1...,, nor be
usurious, and so, also, m case ti '
rtf:...,,.iimt.. iitiMpst bv oiIV
ing stockholders fur six month?, P'-J,
of principal premium and interest
deducting the premium paid r I'!,1, 0-
i v., i.v nriH.-vxv.-i-
morcim, ui;iy uu I'momu
. t. 1-iw.
mcir fcccuriiies accuiuin iv.- ,
Another feature in the t-m . r
1 .... iHl'l
lows new associations to uat a -i
$1,000,000, and allows the a-"2"1'..
place the par value of their share a
not exceeding 6550.
Edward Klotz was arrested
count
1
in t Hnmniir 11 ill. tillOOH
tVi. mnrilnf K'at. T-ciuibaeh.
J . " i : rho I"
age, who was memioneu n tU.;
-.1,'.
1 - . ,n UV
(ivv-ntvi" ;
counts oi me aiiau
c,t... .,fv.,i. t .-,;.-iii:n-h's eni-1
the son of a prominent hoteUM .
mit Hill, and it appears that sl '
attached to him from the deou'.
at
lair.