The Jeffersonian. (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, October 08, 1874, Image 2

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THURSDAY, CCT03EH 8, 157-:
K Hi'ST 11 1a2.HA rY A C 3 Z I X A T I X S .
JL'DOi: OF THE SUI'P.r.Mi: COTTvT.
EDWARD M- PAXSON, riiiladclhia.
l r f. n : ?r a N t - i ! v v. k n on ,
AimiUll (I. OLMSTED, Potter county.
at: r iron c.lnkual.
HAUBISON ALLEN, Wat ren county.
SKCIIKTAHY OF IXTr.UXAL AFFAIRS,
ROBERT B. REATH. Schuylkill county.
X. Election Tuesdav, November :ird.""a
NOTICE.
Owing to the unwillingness of some of the
candidates to pay their bills afit-r the election
i over, it id herehy Kesotvcd hy the under
signed that from the date of the issue of this
pa;or, all persons advertising their Cards as
candidates for any othce and having election
ticket printed, -.v III he required to p:iy for the
sarae in advance.
TIIEO. PCIIOC1T.
.Tefiersonian.
A. O. GKBBNWALD,
pub. Democrat.
TC3 21 SOt'Tf 2.
Our neighbor of the Democrat devoted a
column of his paper last week to a notice of
us nr.d the truths we uttered the week bc
f it; in reference to the troubles in the South
iTii Urates lately in rebellion. It is evident
from the ground he take.s lliat while he vas
in Europe for the purpose of avoiding the
draft or ming himself with theoloeae lore, we
d hot, know whkh, nor does it make any
difference, the friends he left behind hiui
failed to keep hiui adi.-eu of what was pass
ing in this coot. try. It is further evident
that since hh- return homo he has not cared
to so pe-.t himself on the matters which tran
sjelred during his ab.ser.ee as to enable hiui to
sq-.eak without fiction, to use a mild term,
concerning them. We do not, therefore, feel
like holding him to a strict accountability for
all he utters in the article under considera
tion even though we kfcow he dealt in what
he de.-ired to be facts rather than in what he
h new Lo be true. Though he started out with
the expressed intention to show that what
we .aid about the South was false, we are
ati.-.led, as must be every one who read his
article, that instead of proving that what We
said was untrue, he has only worked himself
into the folly of displaying a lamentable
amount of ignorance.
With the second and third paragraphs of
hi-! a; tide we have no disposition to cavil.
They are mere suppositions founded on un
meaning if 's and and's. And yet the South
did not surrender, because of conversion from
the error of their ways, and with humble cou
trifiou step into the paths which lead to
o'r.eui -nee to the laws, and to an earnest do
si.v t.j .set about, honestly, to repair the evii
whirh they had inflicted upon the country.
Theirs was the mere cry f.r relief without re
)c! stance, and a giving up of the conflict only
to dissolve the Union, in stuboruness, they had
honestly accepted the situation and submitted
like men to their fate and to the results of
the war they had forced upon the country,
in the plenitude of it's mercy the Govern
ment would have permitted the leaders of
the rebellion to become again leaders in shap
ing the march of the States from the chaos
which their wickedness had brought about,
to that prosperity and peace which it is the
wish of every true lover of his country that
all should enjoy. Rut the end of the war
and the proclamation of peace found them
unreconstructed rebels still, and while they
continued pandeilng to their spirit of rebel
lion the North spued out its hords of vam
pires who, making use of their opportunity,
inflicted the evils under which the South
now groans. Can this state of the case be
truthfully gainsaid? Assuredly not for it
has become history. With what face then
can the troubles of the South be laid to any
other cause than the war, and to the acts oi
those Democratic leaders, now so lauded, and
who were leaders of the cohorts of rebellion.
There never was an effort made to interfere
with their influence over the freed men or
their rights to vote. Nor was an attempt
made to pass a single reconstruction act, un
til it was seen that unless this was done the
grandest of all the results of the war, the
striking of the shackles from the limbs
of the slave, would prove a nullity.
The old masters by their deeds proved that
they could not. forget the relation of master
and slave, and their cruel conduct towards
the latter convinced the government that it
was its duty to leach thcui the lesson.
What our neighbor snys further in this re
lation, with the light of this statement of
facts before us becomes Lo?h and nonsence.
In the reconstruction and read minion of the
rebellious states, the government could only
treat with those whom it found in authority.
The leading rebels refused to assume author
ity, and the reigns of power were left to float
into ike hands of whom could be found to
hold them. The "submission of the South"
of which our neighbor speaks has hardly yet
began, and in the interim, from the proclaim
ing of peace to this day, those who should
have submitted nine years ago and taken the
control of a Hairs into their own hands have
suffered strangers to the manor to hold their
places, to exercicc their inrluenco, to superin
duce poverty by means of inordinate taxa
tion, a-e, and to rob them. They once held
the preventative for all this evil in their own
Another Excursion to New York in the
interest of the Phoenix Fire Company will
come off on Thursday and Friday, October
loth and lGth. Ticket $2.2o, for sale at Peter
S. Wiiliams' Jewelry Store.
The members of Monroe Council, O. TJ.
A. M., will celebrate their annual anniver
sary by a parade and supper on the 12th
inst. The Beethoven Cornet Rand has been
engaged for the occasion.
Mn. Samuel, Melicic, wife and daughter
cf Newburgh, N. Y., former Stroudsburgers,
have been having an enjoyable time visiting
friends and relatives in town and neighbor
hood hereabouts, where, of course, they
found a genial welcome. We were pleased
to learn that they were all enjoying good
health.
hands
evil;
cam
They yet hold the remedy. Rut the
which have been growing for nine years
wiped
out ill
day
Nor
oca;
their arm
1
;1'
s were destroved and thev
la their hearts they entertained
bitterness which led to rebellion, and
to this day the leaders, who from the nucleus
of Democracy South, have greater love for
'"the lost eau.se" than for the Union which
flourishes so marvellously upon its ruin. It
is to this very spirit, yet possessed and so
sedulously nurtured, and pampered toby the
Northern Democracy, more than to any other
cause that the South is indebted for ail the
troubles with which it is now so grievously
afflicted.
Iu the third paragraph our neighbor says,
i 'In-tead of keeping up the w;nr, they sub
mitted patiently and sincerely to the govern
ment against which they had revolted." How
is the truth in relation to this assertion?
Their very first act of submission, and pa
tience and sincerity, was the brutal assassina
tion of President L'meoln, a friend who .had
their true interests at heart, by the very
founder &f Southern Ku-Klu&isiu, J. Wilkes
Booth. It is yet a reproach against the
Southern leaders that no tangible disavowal
and condemnation of this damnable act has
ever yet received from them official publicity.
Again they exhibited the evidences of their
submissive patience and sincerity by forming
emigrant societies and making other prepara
tions to abandon their miserable dupes of fol
lowers and the government which they failed
to destroy, and take up their abodes ia
Mexico and other countries South. They
knew their just deserts, and feared the halter
and the hangmans work would he meeteJ
out to them as their well deserved reward for
their treachery. Knowing their own hearts,
and wickedness of their acts, they could not
bring themselves to believe that the govern
incut was earnest ia its expressed desire that
they should remain and assist in building up
again what they had so wickedly labored to
jiull down. The emigration scheme was put
iu force by the few, but the many remained
only to nurse their sorrows over their failure
and to mourn the fate of their lost cause, in
the laud of their birth. The few who did go
soon discovered their error and speedily re
turned to join their mourning brethren.
Again they exhibited the evidence of their
submission, patience and sincerity by refus
ing to c-xerei.Mj the right of suffrage and to
hold uSice, thus virtually inviting into their
midst the very carpet-baggers, scailawags
and plunderers of whom they now so bitterly
complain. We admit that the South has
been heavily and grievously robbed by these
plunderers, but we submit that the blame for
it all lies solely and wholly with themselves.
If iustead of sitting sulkily by and nursing
their di.-appointment, caused by their failure
revolution a mean for wiping them out. An
lioncrt tubmi.len to law, and a determina
tion to apply the remc ly under the law, is
what alone can start the bail which must be
kept rolling on and rolling on until the last
ve-tage of corruption is crushed out cf their
high places. The Government cannot inter
fere save to secure a republican form of
government and to secure obedience to law.
Let the oppressed people of the South act
within the law, and Work and vote for the
suppression of the evils which cuis-e them,
and none will be more rejoiced than the offi
cers cf thi government, over their redemption
from their present imouitous thralJom.
We have done with our neighbor and his
''brief history of reconstruction." As an
exercise of the imagination his account of
the causes of the troubles of our Southern
brethren may be called a success, but as a
setting forth oi historical facts i a relation
thereto, we regret to be compelled to say
that it lamentably lacks the ail-important
elements of truth. We cannot, however, for
bear congratulating him over his grand ef
fort. It was masterly in its way though the
wav wa-; a poor one.
Our neighbor of the L'aiocrat was
so tickled at the reception of a visit from an
unmistakable Democrat of the finest water
last week, that he could not contain himself,
but had to make his joy known through the
columns of his paper. This perfect prototype
of Democratic intelligence had once, some
eight years ago, got hold of a stray copy of
the JrJjF., from which he had learned divers
things then existing and transpiring, but
since then had lived in total ignorance of all
that was goiug on out side of his own dung
hill. Doubtless the old fellow, impressed
with the usual Democratic belief that there
was no truth in anything but the fictitious
periods of Democracy, has hardly yet made
up his mind that he is not annually casting
his ballots for Jackson for President. We
are pleased to learn, however, that there is
hope for his future. He has now subscribed
for the Monroe Democrat, and if he docs
not improve in knowledge of every day oc
currences with that bright light before him,
we suppose he will have to be given up as a
gone dog. The ease would be lameutable
were it not for the fact that it is not required
to knovr much to be a good Democrat in fol
lowing of our brilliant neighbor.
. r 1 r
The well-known Musical Journal oi
Chicago, The Sony Messenger, bens the
luontn wan a new iuc.i iw
. -.f'.U hnrrmiior' 1 '.irillsil . Wit Ii
Vcrdict
ESf 0. II. Myers, Esq., of Easton, was
nominated by acclamation for President
Judge in Northampton county by the
Democratic Convention on Thursday cf
last week.
Axd now clubs are trump among the
chestnut burs.
J ust received at Williams's Drug Store
one barrel of seven year old Bye Whiskey.
-o-
The season of rest to the gates is here.
But little time left for sewing.
The long winter evenings are at hand.
Just the time to subscribe for and read the
Jfjfeiisoxiax.
On Saturday last James A. Young, sold
his store stand at Tobyhanna Mills in this
County, to Jerome B. Shaw.
o
Just received at Williams' Drug store a
large lot of English Salted Potash, warran
ted good. Oct. S-lt.
We regret to be compelled to announce
that the Hon. James II. Walton's extreme
illness still continues, with little to encourage
hope for his speedy recovery.
The cool fall weather has had the effect of
thinning out our city visitors. They have
nearly all gone home, doubtless refreshed
and prepared to cudure the labors of another
business year. 3!ay they live to return
amontr us for ruanv seasons to come. We
shall certainly miss them from our streets.
o.
The Democratic Congrcssionol Conference
met at Wilkesbarrc yesterday. We have
not heard the result, but from general repu
tation of the Wilkesbarrc political sharpers
we fear the outside counties will be over
slaughed. But why hold the conference
outside of the district. We should think it
contained territory enough to afford room for
the girations of its own politicians. The
thing altogether looks anything but honest
Quite a number of our citizcus visited the
State fair at Eastou last week. They all
pronounce the fair iu every respect a com
plete success. - Several of them, unfortun
ately, cams ia range of the chevaliers T Indus
trie and were, consequently, relieved of their
nocket books and other valuables. There
4
was certainly not much fun in this.
Runaway". Ou Friday last, as Mr. Jos.
Matlack was riding in a carriage, accompan-
ed by Miss Sarah Down, au invalid, through
Bark street, his horse, cn passing the
Friends cemetery, became frightened and
ran away. Miss Down was thrown out and
suffered badly from bruises and fright, but
Mr. Matlack escaped with a few slight
scratches. The carriage was almost totally
wrecked.
The Hon. Andrew Storm, of Northamp
ton county, a former resident of this county,
and one time au Associate Judge of our
courts, was ia this section visiting the many
warm friends he earned for himself by a life
of honor and usefulness when resident here.
All were pleased to take him heartily by the
hand, and to see the very slight change which
time has made in him. Judge Storm, to
our eye, looks as well and as young as he did
ten years ago, and we were glad to see this
indication that many years were to be added
to his honorable life. The Judge spent two
days with his friends iu town, during which
he visited the Court which was in session,
and, ou invitation of President Dreher occu
pied a seat cn the Bench his seat of the
years "Jang syne." While he was occupying
that position many "pleasant reminiscences
of old times floated through our memory,
and we could hardly make ourself believe
that nearly a fifth of a century had passed
since he left the Bench. May the Judge live
long in the land, and may his future visits
not prove so few and far between.
. -
On Saturday nitrht last the Store of
George B. Duke, at Kcllersviile, was,
broken into and robbed of goods amounting
to, as near as can be ascertained, about six
hundred dollars. The entrance to the
store was effected through the 2nd story
window by means of a ladder, which the
thieves found near the store. The thieves
first attempted to effect an entrance through
a back door by boring, but were baffled in
their efforts here, the auger striking a bolt,
when they abandoned this way of entrance
and used the ladder as above described.
Mr. Duke did not discover the robbery
until Sunday morning about 10 o'clock,
when lie casually entered the store for
some trifling thing.
On a hill near by, the scoundrels, it ap-
.1 IT 1 1
pears, assorted tneir piuuuerea goous,
taking off the marks and taking out the
boards around which the goods were
wrrpped. There to the number of 8 or 10
were left snugly piled up.
Two strangers who stopped that night
at the Kellersville Hotel, we learn, are the
suspucted parties.
.A.
At a regular meeting of Mountain Home
Lodge, No. C34, I. O. O. F., held in their Hall
on Saturday evening, October 3, 1S74, the fol
lowing preamble and resolutions were unani
mously adopted.
Whereas, Our friend and Brother, James
II. McCarty, by his frequent expressions of es
teem and respect, in the hand me donations
made by him to the Order in general, and to
this Lodge in particular, lias shown his love
and veneration for the principles of our be
loved Order. Therefore be it
Rezdced, let That we recognize in Brother
James II. McCarty a true Odd Fellow, one who
is imtlinching and steadfast in his veneration
for, and adherence to, the principles, objects
and purposes of our fraternity, and one who
has the welfare and beat interests of the Order
at heart.
Jie&olc-td, 2d That in looking upon his last
munificent gift to our Lodge, a beautiful mat,
appropriately and handsomely inscribed with
the initials of our Order and the number of
our Lodge, neatly and tastefully arranged a
round the word " Welcome", we can but feel
like saving from the inmost recesses of our
hearts God bless and prosper the giver, and
may the principles of the Order he so dearly
loves, and for whose prosperity and advance
ment he so faithfully labors, be the principles
that shall guide him through a long and useful
life here and prenarehim for a triumphant and
"lorioua entrance into the Grand Lodge above.
Resolced, 3d That this preamble and reso
lutions be spread upon the minutes of this
Lodge, that a copy of the same be presented
to Brother James II. McCarty, and that thev
be published in the papers of this County.
E. II. HELLER, Com.,
i 7 . i ....... T-ms , . f.,nv r.nvf. mnslfl.
eacit nuinoer ifluuuiom t
(medium and more difficult,) for chons,
DClCliea uiiu nui.. j
cult beimr just the kind of composition our
sim-ers need to study to keep up with the
c . i i..
times and secure their uesx amaiiam-iu.
The October number contains a Motette,
by Rheinberger, who stands m tne urst
rank cf living composers in ueiui-ny ,
a beautiful Sentence," by Dr. (deo F. Boot.
The furrier will require some study, but
l, !.,(-,, r-iri !,- son" ;if, sieht bv a hist
rate choir. The paper also contains articles
on '-Kichird Grant While c:s a Writer
on Musie;' by F. W. Root ; "A first rate
Talent for M'.?i" (a description of what
constitutes such), by W. S. B. Mathews ;
"The Lfjofa' (consonant element-in sing
itur), bv John Howard ; A Talk about Con
ventions, by Dr. Root ; Interesting Letters
from Munich, Bavaria, about the great
S:eim-erfest, and New York, about the Sea
son there ; several pages of Notes; Items
from Abroad, Reviews, &c. The editorial
department is wide awake for musical pro
gress, and wants to see a society for the
study of more advanced choral music
formed in every town of our land.
Subscription to the Mewn.fr is SI. 00
per annum. The Root & Song Music
Co. publishes it.
&
Young rdens's Christian Association.
We presume that all our readers will be
interested in hearing that a permanent or
ganization of the Young Men's Christian
Association has been formed in Strouds
burg, and that a reading room connected
with the same, will soon be thrown open
to the public.
The organization was completed on the
IStli, of Sept. by the election of President,
Secretary, Treasurer and a board of Mana
gers. These officials have since that time
been busily cntracred in securing rooms for
the Association to meet, in purchasing
furniture, and making the necessary ar-
rancements jbr commencing operation at
once. They have rented the upper story of
James Fdimrer's new building, have pur
chased a carpet, table, lamps, chairs &c, and
design holding a treneral meeting of the
Association in their rooms on Friday even
ing of this week, the 9th, inst
All members of the Association are
earnestly requested to be in attendance,
and also all those who propose joining, are
invited to be present at this first general
meeting of the Association.
The board of managers are happy to an
nounce that they have found such a liberal
feeling prevailing the public on this sub
ject, that the amount of money necessary
to accomplish what ha- been done, has
already been paid into the l.uds of the
Treasurer, and that there is still enough
more subscribed to pay for six mouths' rent
of the building.
Under this favorable condition of things
there can be no doubt, as to the future suc
cess of the undertaking in a financial point
of view.
That a reading room has been much
needed in our town, all will be ready to ad
mit. Now that the want is about to be
supplied we trust that every one will lend
a helping hand in word and deed to en
courage the enterprise and make it a sue
cess, iu every way.
The regular monthly meeting of the As
sociation will be held on the third Friday
of each month, which will come on the
10th. of the present month..
The meeting on the 0th in? t., is for the
purpose of making arrangements to open
the hall to the public on the regular meet-
in
which Sheriff did not pay over
for Plrf., S3-i:.;)l.
The Shcrili acknowledged Deed to
William S. Kecs lor property oi dosiau .v.; y undaav ni-d.t
loi "
Ice formed in some parts of v
shire Sunday night. ,cHsn,
e was a whit-? P.- . ...
There
T.sltoo :md Isaac N. LaRue for S5."),j
Robert Bovs for Melchoir Spraglc's lot in
Stroudsburg for 81000.
Order of sale was granted to sell Real
Estate of Morris Evans, dee'd, in Stroud tsp.
Jacob Altemoso in Chestnuthill. Frank
Culverson, in Stroudsburg. Theodore
Riuker in Paradise. J. F. Reuhlmaii in
Poet; no.
Guardians appointed 'William F. Bush,
children of i I. U. Coleman. George Snyder
for childe.n of Jonas Murphy. Michael
Ransberry, for children of John Rans-berry.
George IB Dreher for children of Edwin
L. Kern.
Auditors appointed M. A. D. L. an
Horn, Etate of Joseph Ileckimtn dee'd.
David S. Lee, Chas. Sansanbach. Assignee,
Estate.
Thus. M. Mcllhanoy Estate of Levi
Frantz, dee'd
do do Elizabeth Buskirk.
Jo do Tool and Remel.
do do Money in Court
from sale of Jesse Drake's Estate.
C. A. Holmes, Estate of Jacob Traiuc.
Court adjourned to Wednesday. Nov. 4,
isn.
Just received a large stock of White Lead
and Linseed Oil for the fall trade. Prices of
Oil and Load reduced. Ojt. 8-1 1
1 ne apric crop of Warren t-j.,,,
big to be profitable. '1' i tv.
Charles Sumner's es?- t- l. .
appraised and valued at Si i '
-
Mayor Gaston, of B,.st.:i.
the Democratic norn'mati-...,' ;"' V' '''''
of Massachusetts. '" vc;
The amount of coal ann;! -J'..
the vicinity of Man eh Cbr,
trom oou tons in i) nimn-i.' '''
Tho Lehigh county fair. h.,i
A'.'.,
i,. . "
20.00!) tieoT !( ivfir,. .... h,t
A. 1 . . 1- .
iowi sa.vj v.ceK, was a ureat
2opIe wore
Thursday.
u::,v. '
The State Fair, which closed a five days
exhibition at Easton on Friday last, was
pronounced, by all who visited it a complete
success. Iu the departments of horses and
cattle it is said not to have come up to the
standards of preceding Fairs, but even in
these respects the word failure would not
apply, as the specimens of both horses and
cattle were large in numbers, and par
ticularly fine in uualltv. In all the other
The Lebanon Xetcs says th.
of the season fell on the" m,,i';;,
the northern border cf L,
Wednesdnv.
O !! ...
A Reading lady churned m, , r c
poodle, the other d.y. but J, v''1
the cause of the butter
Iv, emptied the contents of tlii.v, J.
the swnl till). 5 ho inn..' ..;n v "
r--' ..,u: iiVi
John I'unleavy was sl.'.t ail 'v. j
ing a drunken brawl in the :-al .,!, ,' j f '
Jones, at Plymouth. pa.. -n 'tI-v-u
nitrht. Jones and thre: :tl',-ri l-v'T
the shooting. """
One of the rinaimr reeks, "vn f .1
. -i . r 1' 1 1 ' "' '"'-"t I'j!)
ana two ieer wiue, mis ix-esi sl,!;.
Montgomery county to Phila.li'iiu
the Centennial Commission. T!.f 'r'"-r
said to give forth a swt-ct vruA
struck with a hammer. 'u'a
Crosslugvillt', Crawford
1 ,1 4-.M 1 bov when on v three vcars l j 1 ,
departments there was a iud display, and . .. 11 1.'.-
1 . 1 i- r . ., . a t ua'jet bv 1km rm it s;o 1
such a variety and perieetioii of get up a- - , . - , -, ' '" .'-T:r:;-
" 1 ... ...1. .: J lie could rtmemr-jr ir.-.m t w, !-.-.. ,,. r..
to mate it a snow worm going a uie.o. . -
-u- i t f.' , , ,. i,, .... verses in tho lestameur by h,. ;.
ways to see. e have yet to see, or neai v r,-.
i. ,1 a 4. ' , 1 1: 1 ti,:.,i. i r, peaieu j 1 01:1 n ree 10 Lv t'-; ; H
ol fhr ti r.t viiliir who ijltl lot tiiltli. tiiC 1 !
J cnttrch recorus - or-od
of, the first visitor who elid not think the
exhibition really splendid to use the
popular mode of expression.
Not the leat-'t interesting of the curiosities
present were our veteran representatives
of Monroe County longevity, Mr. George
Labar, and hh equally interesting daugh
ter. Duly anth
show that Mr. Labar has reached the ripe
old age of 112 years, and is. undoubtedly
the oldest man in the State and Tnion,
the centenarian occupied a largo arm chair
and was clad in a heavy overcoat. A slouch
hat covered his head almost to his eyes.
Ho seemed indifferent to the curiosity of
the hundreds who stood and surveyed him
from head to foot. When addressed and
saluted he would return the compliment
but without exhibiting much animation.
His appearance indicated that he is about
eighty years old. During a portion of the
time lie was at the fair he smoked an old
clay pipe. In removing the tobacco from
his pocket his hands showed remarkable
steadiness. By the centenarian's side
were a number of large apples, grown ou a
tree which he planteel when he turned his
one hundredth year. A contribution box
also occupied a position near him. In it a
considerable amount of money was deposited
during the day f.-r the support of the aged
man in his declining years. A well execu
ted photograph of Mr. Labar also sold well.
A sprightly daughter cf the centenarian ac
companied him. She is just seventy-three
and has a family of three sons and three'
daughters, some of whom are old enough to
be grand parents. ller old.-t brother is
eighty-eight years of age. Whoa Mr. La
bar was thirteen he says he held General
Washington's horse. He relates many
thrilling incidents of the revolution.
The police arrangements on tho grounds
were first class, but in a crowd of -1''K:0.
the number estimated as being present on
Thursday, it could not be expected that
even policemen could secure perfect order
and comfort for all present. A marked
feature of the fair was the absence of ali
gambling appliances and gamblers from the
grounds. The jurisdiction of the society
did not, however, extend out side of the
enclosure,, and here and throughout the
town wheels of fortune, swet-clotlis, thimble
riggers, pick-pockets and confidence men in
great superabundance plied their nefarious
trades. There is hardly a section of coun
try within a hundred miles of tho fair
grounds but what sends forth its wail over
pecket-books and other valuables appropria
ted by these despicable vampires. Fortius
phase in the fairs surroundings v;e do not
for a moment preteuted to held the State
Agricultural Society accountable. On the
contrary we contend, with every show of
justice, that the moral responsibility for all
losses and crimes of tins character rests with
the authorities of E aston, who, having in
vited Uie holding of the fair at that place,
and being well aware of its evil following,
should have provided a sufficient skilled
police force to have protected the thous
ands who gave their time and means for
the success of the fair, and added thous
ands to the coffers of Easton landlords and
merchants. Easton had experience with
State 'fairs, and the borough authorities
should have shown a commendable pride
for its own good name by having the place
so guarded by experienced policemen that
every professional chr valit r could have been
pointed out on his entrance into the town,
and thus the public warned to take care of
itself.
We hope the next State Fair will bo as
successful in the protection afforded its visi
tors as it is sure to be as the exponent vi'
me mecnameai and agricultural skill of the
people of the State.
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now five years e'U,
and is iu simple interest iu urlrhma";-
Mr. Latta. the Demvrati-; en 11.1
Lieutenant Governor of e.-n :i-vlv:;
not much cf a fiitud to the firr." r.
he was a member of the L- '.M, :
a till to tax ali
months old at ten cent per
fdled to tret the bill tL
limited its work u to bi,: .,-.v
reduced the rate to five ce:
and this bid j as-ed. It is. v. .1
farmers will Mrpport a man
public act was an attempt
unjust tax upon them.
Latta, tho shocrj-iaxer cf the :
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:ie diilieuk 10.-5 m Lou;.-
at least temporally settk-d by
tion ot an agreement oetweeii
and 3!eEnry faction1? relative
ing board for the a; pi
Two of the five members 1
Hearts, two "Conservative?
to be the Director of the Mi
man who possess'-"; the (.o-di
parties. If this arr:.:: : ::t
in good faith, a? it o
throw a heavy revs .?:.-!" ;'.!;ry
ture violators of the peaee.
election, no matr-r how it
do rauek t-o pacify angry f; -J:
the trouble, ::s fact, seer::- ;
from a fear on the part efti
th v would not he allowed to
the other side from a want
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Court Proceedings.
Tho apj;licatiou for County Bridge in
Paradise township near Henry Bush's ap
proved by the Grand Jury.
Com. vs. Cnarles Bossard Charley-keeps
a hotel at Bossardsviile, in this county, and
not regarding the law forbidding the selhrnr
of liquors on Sunday d'ul during the jest
summer sell some medicine and liquors to
some persons, among others to Peter A.
Felker. Au ''unpleasantness arose between
Bossard and Felker. and thereupon Felker
made information. Whether the Common
wealth made out her case or not, the Jury
considered Charley a little guilty but
acquitted him,' and directed Peter and
Charles to pay the costs between them.
Lee for Com. Davis and llolmos for deft.
Com. vs. John Merwinc Judge Mer
wine was indicted for .selling liquor to per
sons of intemperate habits and, when drunk.
When called to plead his Attorney moved
to quash the indictment and tho count
charging him with furnishing liquors to
men of intemperate habits. The Dist. At
torney having omitted to insert the words
i;as a beverage." The jury acquitted the
Judge, but directed him to pay the costs.
Lee and Storm for Com. Holmes for deft.
Com. vs. Peter S. Bogart Peter was
charged by Mary B. Hanna-s with being
the father of a ''little recponsipility" the
held in her arm:?, which Peter rfiyhty
denied, but finally owned up, and plead
guilty. The Court .sentenced him to pay
a fine of $3, lying in Expenses 830, 75
cts. per week until the child arrives at the
age of four years, and 50 cents per week
for three years thereafter.
Commonwealth vs. Isaiah Keller Isaiah
had bought a farm of Francis E. Snyder
in. Hamilton, took possession and was to
make payment on the first of April last. Be
fore that time he came to the conclusion not
to take the farm, disposed of this property,
and moved to Allentown. Snyder had him
arrested for fraudulently selling his pro
perty. The Jury found Keller not guilty
but directed him to pay the cost. Lee and
Storm for Com. and Holmes for defendant.
Philip McClusky vs. Jacob Staufi'er
Suit to recover the payment of two orders
given by A. II. Parr upon Isaac Stauffer.
Verdict for Plff., $52.71. Storm for Plff.,
Burnett for defendant.
Com. vs. Peter M. Ace Peter was
chared by H. T. Quick with throwing
down Lis tences on his farm in Smithfield
tsp. Verdict, not guilty, and II. T. Quick
to pay the cost. Lee for Com. and Holmes
tor defendant.
uicmae luntner vs. 1 eter Merwme- Hay is is $10 per ton in Eih,. ,.! tl
7 erwino nad bow Kintner's pro- city has been paying 825 r-er ton for ti w
perty and a surplus remained in his hands I for horse beddin -
r t r e'
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.'V. s"V: -v;a:ni'-h
" e learn that the wages for common
laborers has been reduced to ono dollar per
day in the companies' works at Scraaton.
An Elkhart county, Ind., man has just
finished sawing 150,000 feet of black wal
nut lumber, taken oil' forty acres of land.
Thomas C. Mahcr, of Blairsville, hav
ing raised a cucumber forty inches lone;
now aspires to be chief of the Department
of Agriculture.
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tried at the la
ludicrous circumstance . e ci: rr.
the drawing of a a:;el of jar. ;
sider by a similarity of r.anf
had been drawn as a jiuvr.
seat in tho jury box. He wa:
to leave arid make roeiu t:r
juryman, which h did. an i se
on tlie steps near the j
no doubt that he was
same, only there was :
the other place. He sat th
during the whole trial. a
the case followed the : :
On the same jury was a m .a ;
who not being very -. :1 ;a-.
the rule of the cotut thought
came he had a right t g. h
did, and remained here m-ti: a
constable counted the juivmc:
and finding la: had twelve,
course everthl;iLr was rt ;:u!ar
could not Krree. When they e:;ni'' 'a; v
in the morning, the V.'i:bur man J!" ':!'i:i'
t.-ek his seat widi them and the '-'-' v
dischvirged. Perhaps it would never :
been found out that thirteen taen s.i- ';
this jury had not the thirteenth ra.m j.
his j ay as well as his feiho.v jaivrs. rni--course
the money wouldn't p arour.o.
is undoubtedly the first ease a r0'
where the constitution was ei;t hno. k'
Ulster county sb.ould certainly nr..:
head . Hoi: elu n t Freest i n .
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A Curious Bird's Nest.
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There is a bird in New Guinea,
the mogapodius, which, iu the .-n:e (u e
and the manner of hatching theia, rais.
considered extraordinary. R 's ,u t. "l'"1'
than one of our ordinary fowls, eat its
are three inches long by two r.n l a'-":'('1
diameter. It does not attempt t l
them. A colony of birds lay tt'x.r
togetlicr in a large r.K'ttnd, in tho -
part of the year, from September 'j'Vj
and leave them to be hatched eut
sun. The mound is made of
n-.v1 ,.,,.1 ctn.l-a loaves. WlUCll .
by their decay, increase the h;
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feet high and about sixty feet 111
ference at the !nic. The vou:i
come out at a hole in the top. " , ''Ir
birds wait ou the trees around u
chicks are hatched, and then each K'-
her own brood. How each know i. v ,
is a mystery. The eggs are. umc
by the native, but not by the lM ev
A native of Cape York ventar
into a nest for eggs, "." , ,V the h'r
exiiloriug the hidden riches'- ;j
inounti, tne upp'r pm r rrJ, y
smothered. Ho was after war ' ; t .
the very act of digging ban-.' .
bird's nest.