Ml iUIii1Ii n Wis f U L JLJLJJ 1j Scuotci ta politics, Citcratuvc, Agriculture, Science, iiloralitij, aui cncral 3ntd!igcucc. 32. STROUDSBUEG, MONROE COUNTY, PA., SEPTEMBER 17, 1874. NO. 17. . l'.i ir Theodore Schoch. iJ , ,,,.rs , vc:ir in advance and if not e'v in''! i ',f ;'e:,r' two d,J,lars aijd fiftJ' ..) r Ov . 1 t I -ill rrnr4(TAa i T"i .n'lli'l'i ' ,.-... ...i.i:.: l r!i -!!!! .: ... 1 Sit jiucvr 1'-'S in proportion Eacli additional in- jOSj'pBIXTJXC OF AI L KIS1W, , ,,; rur-t st vie f tlio Art, and on the I '"'e " ? ..."..l.li term. r-w- - fi, in' 1- ' J T) B. J- l. iN 1 t, iTTn ft T TT?TTITC,Tn Main street, in the second story l,r:,-k hiiildinp, ncarlv ojipoMte the ..i h,. .Inters himself that hy cip;h- :-',r: V practice aud the most earnest and ("j'iil matters pertairunc to his pro- ' y ('.it J v ii Mi! to periorm an ,-ji-mi wiu ' I I iu the most careful aud skillful mail- ,:,nirivMi to savin? the Natural Teeth; fX Artitieial Teeth on Uuhber " ' ,r Caiitiuiu.us Gums, and perfcet fits in all ' r,.un. . , fojr anj daneer of en- T'-.rk the inexperienced, or to thoso liy- 0 ii.j.patti:usox, tflTM AND MECHANICAL DENTIST, ...ill .l : A. !.'! i-V-t tr-niJOi:rs. Pa. announces that Tier. ANo. creataUentie.ii as. lie to ut- li.-;;iil new huildinc, oppite Anah 7Voi the Advance." THE ONEIDA COMMUNITY. 11 V J. II. DUUFJEE. : " r'i i i pr..Tviiijilie natural teeth. Ti-etl :! -.'.i,, lv the u f Ntmu! t)sidc tia iVi.l nt 'to th- pr-.f.-s-i-n done in th .,,i'n.nir.ivr.i tv!e. All work attendivj t " ' ITs'i'-'nti. r'larges rea nablo. Fat in "WILLIAM S. REES, jrveyor, Conveyancer and Real Estate Agent. is, Timb-sr Lands and Town Lots to tli at h:l ho . i.i".T I'-' i': .i: ; jit returnel f.-om Pental i d to mr.ke artifleiAl tf;eth in :i1 lif.'-like manner, ana to nil fle- i -1 the most itnprovfd niethol. :h.e;t paiii. v hen tes;r.xi, Dy tne V. l'.li-ll IS CIIUP'IT IIUI :ill-s. 3 neatly done. All work waranted. T.i i", K.'li'r'? new br-ct buildine. Main street, .1. Aug. ;u '71-tf. rou tell vhy it is that when any ourj to oily i uniuuir, r.riv's rurniturc store: FOR SALE. it v. '.lj:r above S. Kees' news :.! i .1 r It-'-jw the Corner .Store. ::h i; -i. 1 -To-if. Depot Iu our last letter to the Advance we promised in our next to give something of au account of the Oneida Community. As we sit down to write we can only think of the woman (I won't say lady) who was coaxed into a class mcetiug against her wishes, and being somewhat out of - humor when the class leader came and asked the usual question, as to how she felt, she said, "Feel and see if you want to know." If people would know all about them they must go and see. On arriving at the Oneida station, on the X. Y. Central Hit., at the crossing of the Midland KR., we had to wait thirty minutes for the train to take us to the Com munity, four miles south. While waiting we made sure of our dinner. On airiving there, about 12 o'clock, noon, we found them located on the fertile lands of the Oneida Valley, which had once set apart by the State of New York as an Indian Reservation, and there is a remnant of the Oneida tribe still living on the outskirts. Near the center of these reservations stands the community buildings, surrounded by a domain of (i4w acres of orchards, vinevards, meadows, pasturage, woodland, &c. The railroad passes a mile through their lands. From the Midland station it is but a few rods to their buildings, where guides are furnished if desired for making the tour of the place. The central building is of brick, with stone trimmings, and con sists of a center and two wings, with a tow er at each end. It is 188 feet long by 70 broad, and has an extension of 10O feet in the rear, with Mansard roof; has three stories above the basement. The towers are four stories in height. The entire building is heated by steam, and hot and cold water is conveyed to all parts of it, with bath rooms to each story. In this building we were directed to the office, and feelimr ouite at home as if in a hotel, we B.KOUARD PATTERSOX, Pijsiciin, Surgeon and Accoucheur, i;an--Hir to Geo. W. freip.) ri!eM'i!i ?:rft. Strr.uflnirg, Pa., in Dr. arah street, next Prompt Rttenlic.n ns b-j . ! Ji:i:r. re!i;'!H't; ;a.I ;icw ratt-tirr: house. Apr'! 10 1ST My. to 0 a. 2 i. m. m. in. 'IKim, SITaitOX AND AlTGl'CHiXR. 1 Ac oM on f .f Dr. A. fteeves Jack.-on, ''"?. rr.er of Sarah and Franklin street. STROUDSBURG, PA. oii. RKiyi:ii, it. PHYSICIAN AND ACCOUCHEUR, MOUNTAIN HOME. PA. f'-rca 2C,':4-fini tXLKinv ruiTF.i.. T.: 'ib-cnlir would inform the public that f kael the house formally kept by Jacob '. ln tne i;oronp;h of rtrouuaburg, l a., 5li.:vinjrciaiited and refurnished the same, '' Poured to entertain all who may patronize is the aim (if the proprietor, to furn ''''.'ri'jr accDitmimlations at moderate rates ffi '! s'':tre l! pains to promote the com f the -;esu. A liberal tshare of public 5 V72-tf. D. L. PISLE. Tr i f i V, : " KONESDALE, PA. -t central location ot any Hotel in town. Mf. R. W. KIPLK k SON, -Ham street. Proprietors. Attonicyai haw, '5 'C ill ., 1 M T O I F L V ' ounasng iormerijr occupiea ; -,i , uti'J opposite tne oiniuus- an ii ; Jluiu strteti Stroudsburg, Pa. Dev !'ri,T, ';"J1r 1.) ltecipc lor kaj 1) INWARD A. WILSON'S (of br C ST1IMA carefully LLIKSHEAD'S DRUG STORE. Mxlivine fresh and pure. h hi. 'uU ,,t 1IOLLINI1EA1). you kuun dial J. IE. Wt?ftty & luUS are the only Uuder-.'"tl-mi.lshnr. i i ......l. 11 lint uffin.l t....,.-. .1 ......... , n Wtaker in town, and you FORGET I hat wiicn ,7 ay thing in the Furniture or i;!,.1"! line that, HW'rt0A Sor, in thf 'l- is tV, i Main street, hstroudsburs, Jcetogetit. told the incumbent of our iutention of stop ping with them two or three days, lie said. We can keep you through the day, but not over night.'" '-Rut," said I, "what shall we do :" "You can get lodgings at Oneida Crossing, four miles away," said he. We tb.eu resolved to make the best of the seven or eight hours we had, and then take the train to Oswego. Tho gentleman see:nod very willing to answer readily all quest ions but on that of their marriage re lation, and tlsat, he said, was a complex marriage. A doctor, who had been to get bis dinner, joined us here, r.nd afterward said, what the d 1 complex marraige was he couldn't imagine. We told him it was inarrvin- the whole community. tioinir up a broad stair way we came into a roomy and elegant corridor, in which is a species of museum or cabinet of curiosities, com prising Russian pottery, a variety of shells, specimens of silk of their own manufacture, specimens of rare coins, medals, autogrphs, kc. From here we passed up into their large room, which they occupy as a sort of ehnpel. It is capable of seating several hundred people, with a raised platform. It is finely frescoed, and furnished with a large number of chairs. There are also a number of tables with a neat cloth, around which both sexes gather in groups to pass away their time as best pleases them. Their library has some ii.500 volumes of bond books. We asked our guide if they had meetings there every Sabbath, and were told that they had no more than on other days ; that they met there every evening, but that outsiders were not allowed to at tend. Here our guide directed us up to the tower and left us. Here we had a fine view of the community grounds and sur rounding country. Alandscapc of uncom mon beauty lay spread out before us. At one view we see the lawns with their neat ly trimmed paths, the flower gardens with their thousand brilliant colors. The dozens of rustic seats and arbors half hid in shady nooks, and beyond are the orchards, the vineyards, meadows aud winding stream. Directly west of the main building is an other one connected by an underground passage, built of brick and 70 feet long by a5 feet wide, which is used as a kitchen. The most of the cooking is done by steam and iabor-saving appliances. Directly above is the community dining room, with twelve tables affording seats for 123 persons, pro vided with a dumb waiter. The bakery is in an adjoining building connected by an iindcr-'round mssacre. A little way cast is c-v.. v.iMl.lm.r where, an assortment of goods had been formerly kept for them selves, their employees, and the people around there. A few rods south Is an academy building, two stories high, with a tower. Here is the recitation and child ren's Kchool-room ; also a chemical labra tory, where courses of instruction are given. There are in this building about eighty un der instruction. In another direction is the laundry, which has a steam boiler, washing and wringing machines, drying room, &c, where the weekly washing js done amounting to some 400 pieces. We are now left to' go about the premises as our fancy leads, and we made our way to a building some 200 or 300 feet long, where we were met by an oldish gentleman who expressed some surprise that we had no at- tendant. lie then too us iulo iu iiin" department, where fruits of all kinds were put in cans for shipment, and told us how inauy car loads they then had orders for. They were then cauniug peas, a great many of which they purchase of the coun try people, as well as all other fruits for Here was a nine iuian 'i- steam power. They would pour in a basket peas aud the peas would come out one way and the dilapidated pods the other. The same steam engine runs other machinery for making boxes ; also running their rotarj' press for printing. Most of the type set ting is done by the females. In the print ing office we saw a number of young people of both 'sexes enjoying themselves more than being busy. J. II. Noys, the Brigham Young of the community, was away from home. Return to the parade grounds we saw much to interest us women stepping about from one building to another with their dresses at half mast, visitors coming and going, kc. A little way' off we saw a gen tleman with nine little ones, watching them as a hen would her brood. We asked him how that was, and he said that was his business to take care of those nine children, and that he had two or three women to help. He had a little three-wheeled car riage, and when the bell rung for tea he put them all on and wheeled them to the dinning-room. In another direction "we saw an older man with another group of of older boys ; also a female with a group of girls. On interviewing the females I told Smith that it seemed as .though they thought the great Chestor knew well how to make women so they would answer the purpose for which they were designed with out so much fuss and feathers as some thought necessary. How they would ap pear to dress them in the more modern fashion one couldn't tell, but certainly there is nothing very inviting or captivating in their present appearance. Their hair is cropped off short, their dress coming just below the knee, with pantalettes loose, and j feet looking small in comparison to troicser gentlemen. Old ladies are no exception, j whose gray hair and wrinkled faces tell of three-score years. There are other interests which we did not sec, of which they gave us a statement. Their forge, the trap works, the silk works and machine shop. The number of traps made and sold here in one year, where fur- bearing animals arc found, has exceeded JIOOjOOO, eight sizes, from the rat trap to that of the grizzly bear of the Bocky Moun tains. In the silk factory over one hun dred hands are employed, mostly young women from the neighboring villages. The" amount of silk goods manufactured iu 1870 was $170,750.84:. Their 3-early income, above all expenses, has been over 318.000. Rut we must draw our long letter to a close. Leaving this interesting community, after seven hours of industry, we met a man at the depot, where we had to wait for an hour, and could enquire more into their domestic life. He said that as a peo ple they would be very much missed if they were to go away. They seemed to them what the coal companies are to the people of Pennsylvania. He told us that lie had lived there by them for thirty years, and worked for them, and they were an honest, and just people, always endcavor iivr to do the risiht thing. He stated that at the evening meetings each male put his hand into a box and drew out a number of a room, and that room and its occupant were his for that night, so that his com panionship was a matter of chance rather than choice. There are 120 males and 1 11 females. There arc .'M children under 13 years of age, and 53 under 21. Every thing about them is in perfect tinier, of which neatness is but a feeble expression. Owcgo. Aug. 23, 1874. intcrence in the war, Russia would actively aid the North. The third book had within it copies of the sealed orders given to the Russian ad miral, who, as our readers will remember, brought his fleet into New York harbor during the war. The orders directed him to proceed at once, with his whole avail able force, to New 1'ork city, to remain at anchorage there for some time, and in the event of European interference with the blockade, to put himself and his whole force at the command of the Cabinet at Wash ington, and promise abundant aud speedy reinforcements. While Governor Curtin started, dumb founded, at these unexpected proofs of Rus sia's steadfast fidelity to the Union cause, Gortschakotr said to him : "Perhaps you can appreciate now, sir, why the Emperor aud Empress sent their thanks to the peo ple who have honored the Grand Duke Alexis and not the government that has insulted him. We saved your country, and now your President insults our repre sentative. It is too much." Curtin quite agreed with him, and tho interview ended. Ch icarj't Trii u ue. South Carolina Officials. RUSSIA AND THE UNITED STATES. Her Influence in our Civil War. canning amusing to us that of fchclluig peas by Few people know how deeply indebted the United States is to Russia for services during the war. It has often been whis pered that Russian influence prevented the armed interference of France, aud perhaps England, in behalf of the South. We arc enabled to lay before our readers trust worthy information, never before published, in support of the truth of the rumor. When Governor Curtin, on the event of his return to this country, went, in his capa city as the minister to Russia, to take for mal leave of the Emperor, the latter closed the conversation, substantially in these words : "I wish, sir, that you would upon j our return express my hearty thanks to the American people for the reception they have given my sou, the Grand Duke Alexis." This, it will be remembered, was shortly after General Grant had refused to return Alexis' call, and the latter had left Wash ington in disgust. Governor Curtm no ticed the Emperor's failure to send thanks U the frovernment as well as the people. He supposed, however, that it was a slip of the tongue until the Empress bade him farwell in almost precisely the same words. "I shall be happy," said he, "to carry your Majesty's thanks to my ggvernmeut and people." "I sent my thanks, sir," the Em press retorted, "to the people, aud only to the people." Governor, Curtin afterward complained of the slight that had thus been publicly put upon the government he represented, lie was invited by Gortsc hakoff to a con- f.Tence on the sulnect. lliree books were brought in from the archives of the Foreign Office. The first contained an autograph letter from Napoleon III, asking Russia to ioiu with England and France in breaking uo the Federal blockade, and guaranteeing the independence of the Confederacy The letter asserted that England had al ready promised her co-operation, which was probably a lie.- ltie second uoot contained the Emperor's reply. He flatly declined ii.r t 11 the alliance proposed by Napoleon, aud cie- A correspondent of the New York Sim tells some stories about the negro officials of bouth Carolina which arc very amusing, but the fun mu3t be very serious to the residents of that unhappy State. Not long since a negro offender was brought before a negro Trial Justice. The prisoner's of fence was, in fact, no offence at all and it was out of malice that he was arrested. A whitp man a most respectable farmer had given him some cotton seed, and he had taken it without a thought but that the title was good. Rut another negro claimed the cotton seed and had darkey No. 1 ar rested for stealing. Ihe TrialJustice heard the testimony and sentenced the poor negro to ten days' imprisonment and twenty dol lars fine, although there was not a particle of testmony upon which he could reasona bly base a conviction. It happened the Circuit Court was in session and the Judge was informed that an innocent man was in jail, lie had the Justice betore Lnn in court and inquired for the testimony, which the law declares shall be reduced to writ in "I hain't got any," said the black Jus tice. "1 don't do no writin in my court I keeps it all in my head." "V hat testimony did you have against the man ?" demanded the Judge He could not give any. "Then why did you convict him ? ' the Judge asked. " 'Cause, sah, I noticed him close and he looked guilty." "You convicted him then on his looks and not on the evidence T "Yes, sah, he looked guilty and I found him guilty. Jhe black judicial officer was thereupon 'rivrTi rmio fiil-in r lir.w tr ernul ii't ln "court,, and departed with a bow and ;Yes, sah." I asked the lawyer as to the other Chester county officials. He informed me that the county was represented in the Legislature by three members, all negroes. One of them was a preacher, whose peculiarity was that he would never take more for his vote than 10. He did not think it wrong to sell his vote, provided he did not exact an exorbitant price. Ten dollars he conceived to be the fair figure. "This thing of get tin 1 11111 r .if a hundred dollars lor a vote, he says, "is all wrong; ten dollars is as much as it is wof." The County Commissioners of Chester, 1 was told, were two ignorant negroes an one drunken Irishman. The juries in the courts are usually composed of four or five white men aud seven or eight negroes. As opening in the woods, covering an area of about half an acre, Mr. Chadwick, who went in search, came upon a sickening spectacle. The lopped horns of the oxen were clasped, and the exhausted animals, united compactly, stood face to face, wait ing for death, having apparently given up the struggle. It is supposed that while they were engaged in play their horns be came entangled ; failing to disconnect them selves, a terrible struggle of several days took place. The open space was literally torn up, as though it had been plowed with a sub-soil plow. When they were turned into the pasture they were large, fat, seveu- eet oxen, but now they had become so emaciated and famished that a person could almost clasp them round with his arms. lhev were perfectly docile when lound, but Mr. Chadwick could not untie the knot. Ihe horn 01 each was sunk into the other's head, and it was only by calling lelp, and sawing the horns off, that a separa tion could be effected. There were fester ing sores where the horns went in. Thus a mortal conflict, lasting eight days, had ueen going on between these oxen, who iu that time had not partaken of any susten ance, and perhaps had not been able to lie down. Their jaws had to be pried open, and gruel administered to them. Their heads had been united so closely that their faces were bare to the bone. It is possible the animals may live." UPPER DELAWARE NAVIGATION. clared that, iu the event of any European I went inquest cftheni. jurymen. the negroes all seem desirous to do right, but the trouble is their ignorance In matters of accounts involving written documents and figures, how is a negro to be of service as a j un man when he does not know a figure from an exclamation point ? Another difficulty experienced with them as jurymen is the constant effort requiret to keep them awake. In hot weather, under the soothing influences of testimony am argument, of which they understand noth ing, or at best but little, the African dis position to relapse into a doze is almost lr resistable. In the courts here the testimony and arguments are frequently interrupted by the judge ordering the sheriff to "wake up those iurymen." If the Judge has not had his dinner, or if, having it, it sits heavily on his stomach and he feels generally an noyed, he sometimes breaks out, after a short stock of patince is exhausted : "Mr Sheriff, wake up them niggers." Long Battle Between Oxen. The Augusta (Me.) Journal has the fol lowing account of a protracted battle be tween two oxen in that State : Mr. Cory don Chadwick and Mr. Sullivan Erskine have a pasture iu common at South China which they me for the pasturage of cattle lhcy have the present season bad sevcra yokes of cattle in the pasture. Mr. Chad wick aud Mr. Erskine have each an ox witl a lopped or crooked horn, the right horn of one and the left of the other having that peculiar formation. These oxc-n were turned loose into the common pasture, and it was between them on that spot that the pitched cattle of which we are to speak took pbce. For several days these cattle had been missing ; when the other cattle came up these were not among the number. How many days they had been missing be fore search Was instituted is not definite!' known, but becoming alarmed the owners The Delaware River to be Made Naviga ble to Port Jervis, New York. 3Iilfoki, Pa., Sept. G. It has for years been a wonder why the Delaware river, from Port Jervis, N. Y., to the famous Delaware Water Gap, Pa., has not been made navigable for a modern-sized steam-boat. It has now become a matter of fact that several prominent capitalists in Milford are to at once carry into effect the long-talked of enterprise. Viewers have already passed up and down the proposed route, and are of the opinion that a channel could be opened for considerable less than fclOO.OOO, alter applying the $10,000 appropriated by the State of Pennsylvania. In 180D an attempt was made to have a steamer ply between Easton, Pa., and Bcl-vidc-re, N. J., a distance of twelve miles. A boat was built and launched into the river at the former place, but had scarcely got under headway when its boiler burst, killing several and wounding many who were on board. The enterprise was then abandoned, and until the present time has occasioned little thought or attention. It is believed that the route from the Gap to Port Jervis could be successfully accomplish ed, for the simple reason that the rifts are not so numerous, while the grade is much less. The route is intended principally for the accommodation of New York, Philadelphia and Brooklyn people, who yearly spend the summer months at the numerous retreats along this romantic stream. The distance between the proposed points of navigation is fbrty-onc miles via the river, and the grade from three to four feet to the mile. The route would be one of the grand est in the world, and would undoubtedly be extensively patronized. Along this portion of the Delaware are the following celebrated resorts : First, Milford, a lovely halmet of some twelve hundred inhabitants. It is near this plate that Joseph Jefferson, of '-Rip Van Winkle" lame, has so often taken immense quantities of speckled trout. Below Milford lies the beautiful little town of Dingnum's. The High Falls are situated in the moun tains a mile away. The next attraction is the Delaware Water Gap, the head of the proposed steam boat navigation. IT WASN'T A JOKE. Governor Ilartranfi's son has entered Lafayette College. Northumberland schools will take no' boys that use tobacco. Apples are rolling in the New Castle market at twenty-five cents per bushel.' One hundred men were discharged from the Eric shops at Susquehanna last Satur day. There have been 120,000 visitors to the Philadelphia Zoological Garden since tho first of July. The 3Ia-or of Reading has sued two; men for slander, they having circulated bad storic3 about him. The furnace at South Easton, which has been undergoing repairs, will be completed and blown in the course of a few days.' You can buy out California this year if. you happen to have the trifling sum of SUOOjUOO.OOO about you. That's Us valua-" tion. A pair of twin sisters, living in South Bethlehem, gave birth to twins on Satur day night. The four youngsters were born' about the same hour. The decrease in coal shipped from the Lehigh region this year, as compared with same time last year, by way of the New Jersey Central route, is 27GJ3S tons. A greenhorn sat a long time very atten tively musing upon a cane' bottom chair." At length he said.-'I wonder what fellow took the trouble to find all them are holes and put straws around cm '? A grape vine on the farm of Franklin Smith, in Salisbury, Lehigh county, has grown the present season fbrtjMwo feet. Beans grown on the same property, aro from twenty-two to twenty-four inches in length. Great excitement has resulted at War minster, Bucks county, from the elope ment of a beautiful white girl, aged eigh-, teen years, named Annie Thompson, and' respectably connected, with a negro called1 Joe Palmer. The affair has stricken down the parents with grief. Of the Democratic candidate for Auditor General the Grcensburg Tn'Lune and Jfer aid says : "Mr. Temple, of Greene cdiinty b another strange nomination, and not such as the people had a right to expect. He has uo record except that which he kept while acting as Prothonotary of Greene county." There was to be a marriage in a French village, and all the guests were punctual, but the bridegroom could not be found. He was discovered at last up a tree, but would not come down till the future father-" in-law conveyed to him a farm that had been promised. Much protestation and many tears, but he was firm. Finally the papers were sigued, and down he came. Commend us to Mrs. Hurt el, of Rals-' ton, Pa. She caught a thief in her bed room last week, collared him, and shook him up so industriously that his hat fell off. Out of his hat fell her pockctbook which he had secreted. The brave lady in picking up her pockctbook was incautious enough to let go of her thief, who did not wait to recover his hat nor to make even" the most limited inquiry as to what direc-" tion he should take. Coming to an I happened to call at MagruJer's the other morning, on my way down town, and as I knew them well, 1 entered the side door without knocking. I was shocked to find Mr. Magruder prostrate on the floor, while Mrs. Magruder sat on his chest, and rumbled among his hair, as she bumped his head on the boards, and scolded him vigor ously. They rose when 1 came in, and Magruder, as he wiped the blood from his nose, tried to pretend that it was only a joke. But Mrs. Magruder interrupted him : "Joke ? Joke ? I should think not ! L should not ! 1 was giving him a dressing down. He wanted to have family prayers before breakfast, and I was determined to have them afterward, and as he threw the Bible at me, and hit Mary Jane with the hymn book, 1 soused down on him. It 1 can't rule this house, 1 11 know the reason why. Pick up them Scriptures and have prayers, louhear me, .Magruder. Its more trouble regulatin' the piety of this family than riinnin' a sawmill. Mary Jane, give 'pa that hymn book." m Bonny Kate advertises in the Atchison Champion for her husband who is plainly not a Petruchio : "Lost, strayed, or stolen! An individual whom I, in an urgent mo ment of loneliness, was thoughtless enough to adopt as my husband ! He is a good looking and feeble individual, not know ing enough, however, to .come in when it rains, unless gome good-looking girl offers him the shelter of the umbrella. Answers to the name of Jim. Was last seen in the company of Julia Harris, walking with his arm around her waist, looking more like a fool, if jiossible, than ever. Anybody who will catch the poor fellow and bring him b;vk, so that I can chastise him for run ning away, will be invited to stay to tea by Kate E. Smith," The fortunitous Democratic nominee for' Auditor General, Justus Tcniple not a Temple of Justice; is a lawyer of vast pro fundity, and has been so regarded by all acute jurists who have been thrown in con-" tact with him. As a proof of his standing as such in Greene county and here alone' is he known we relate the following colloquy which actually took place in the Greene county Court House, between this "Justice,' and His Honor, the late Judge Gihnore : It was a case in which "Justice" had brought his client into Court feet fdrc- most or an action "wrong brought" and as a matter of course the case would be' ejected head foremost from the Court. In: an infautile effort on the part of "Justice"' to save his client, he piteously iuquired, "What', then, may it please your Honor, will my client do." The Judge, who had for some moments been thus tortured, look' ing out over the head of "Justice" Temple, glancing a look over the audience with an eye like a wounded pauther," and his teeth clenched and lips parted, exclaimed, " H'Ay, , get tt-a lawyer y Uhiontoicn SV dard. The correspondent of the Middletown Mercury furnishes that paper the following item : "There are no finer grass farms in the world than those in the southwestern part of Wayne County, Pa." The townships of Sterling, Salem, Canaan, and others, are' almost one continuous extent of meadow and mountain grass land. Thousands of tons are raised annually.- During the fall and winter months the turr-pikes leading to Scranton from that section of country are filled with wagons carting hay to that city, the markets of that place being stocked almost entirely with Wayne county grass. There is laud in Pike county, lying just the same as these fine farms, but which is either covered with a shaggy growth of: pcrub oak or is sparsely timbered and con sidered of no value, which is natuarl grass laud, and could be transformed into first class grazing farm with very little expense. The natives cannot see it, however, and dig year in and year out among rocks and stumps to raise barely enough rye and buck wheat to buy the winter's groceries, when they might iu a few years become in dependent by turning their farms into wh.it nature destined them to be.'
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