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Ije Jcfifcvsonian.
THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 12, 1874.
the tibliisemy sight's jlt
i:ils:i:. Oar Democratic brethren held a jollifica
lion pow wow over the recent election on
Thurs lay evening last. A torch light proccs
mou, a meeting at the Court House and
speeches were in the programme. But it
did'nt work smoothly and was not what it
should have been. Our neighbor of the
Democrat, brought the weight of his energy
;md inventive genius to t he work, but the
machinery was new, and the managers had
grown rusty for want of experience. They
uid'nt know, how exactly, and there was clash
here, crash there and confusion all over.
We felt sorry over the procession part of the
programme, and we thought what folly for
Jhubos to attempt to walk before they had
Hearned to creep. But it could not be helped,
because you see it is only the Republican
party which has had occasion to practice such
tilings for long, long years. What a pity that
the Democrats attempted the thing alone.
What a pity they did not think of us, and
come to us, and learn of us just how to do it as
it should be done. We have often perform
ed kin lly ofhees for them and it would hive
June our heart good to have added this one
also to the long list.
t was tin? Ji'jffrsoriitin which cracked the
Representative nut and made their way plain
.this fall. It was the Jcjfcrsoaiaa which laid
nhrt lines by which they secured, that perfect
pattern of a candidate for Congress. Tom
dl no Frank D. Collins. It was the.
..J' jJ'rrsoniiin which on a hundred and oneocca
mods saved the party from itself and its horde
io: political butchers who would have cut its
throat long ago in this county if left to their
d -sires, and it is the Jcjf:ronuin, that would
have engineered its glorification to success.
But, no! they thought to "go it alone," and,
bah ! what a failure. It made our heart
;ache to see the Falstuflian proportions of our
genial friend Amandus Orcvus at the head,
with t.irch light in band, and he followed by
!Kiier:!T Shaffer, and he by Billy Down, and
he by our good nutured friend Swarty who
bro'-.ght up the rear of the procession. And
this was all of it, if we cut out the raft of
boys who followed the heavy body to enjoy
lbo fun and xret a sight at the wh ile of the
sdiow. In a professional capacity the Strouds
burg Curact band was out. They discoursed
uio.it excellent music as they always do.
They were with the proces.-ion, but not of it.
After inarching about a while, the torch light
with Amandus Orevus. and the Sheriff, and
Billy, and S warty and the band and the boys
betook themselves to the Court House, when
the earnest work of contemplating the vic
f.iry began.
Arrived at the Court House a meeting was
onrsnized by the appointment of Mr. Chair
man Jacohy, as President, Robert R. Depue
.and several others Vice Presidents, and
Pinion Fried, Esq., asSecretar. The Court
1 louse was tolerably well filled, the boys con
stituting the greater portion of the assembly,
.).-ejhei were then in order and responses
v,ere made to calls on Col. Burnett, Hon. J.
.1. Storm, Chas. S. Detrick ond John F.
Dt'iukhousc. A call was made on Billy
Down to lead in prayer, but Bill could not
be cajoled iuto the foolishness, and the essence
of grace was denied to the meeting. The
speeches of the speakers were characteristic
of each. Gen. Burnett contented himself
with mere congratultatious over the result.
ll's Hasn't in the campaign and felt but little
iiiiter.?.-4 in it. Congressman Storm led off in
a suiilar strain, but soon fell into a criticism
jf the administration and an expose of its
sius. lie was duiub as a bell without a clap
per as to his owu ilule peccadillos while in
Congress, and was particularly reticent on
the subject of the tlhiz p&y swindle." Dr.
Dcu kk, as usual emptied is budget of dry
waggeries, and was so perfectly obtuse that
when he finished neither himself, nor any
nnc el.se who heard him, knew what he had
ietu talking about. lawyer Drinkbouse
vra truly en rampant, and if his remarks were
not Eighty they were nothing. Several other
prominent politicians were present and were
called upon, but they failed to respond. The
I 'and filled the instersticcs between the
speeches with choice selections from their
musical portfolio, which proved the only re
deeming feature of the meeting. After the
bellows'were through blowing, on motion, of
Gen. Burnett, the meeting adjourned with
three hearty cheers for the victories. Thete
were jriven with a solemnity which forcibly
i cuiineJ us of the good old Hymn :
"Hark from the tuuls a doleful sound,
Ye saints attend tlie cry," c.
We could have done better than that over
our defeat, and we are sorry for the failure on
jur pleasant neighbor's account.
Republican freemen of Monroe county, it
1-ecouies our painful duty to announce to you
the heart rending intelligence that "we have
A. .1 'I . 1 .1 T
met me enemy anu we are tneirs. it is
true that we have Maine, and Vermont, and
Rhode Island, and Michigan, and Nebraska,
and Minnesota, and Iowa, and Wisconsin, and
Kansas, but New York aud Pennsylvania
and all the rest have gone decidedly to the
bad. Our States would make a neat little
pyramid, but the other states would make
one so overwhelmingly larger that we feel
no inclination to go into the building business.
Well, a.s "what can't be cured must be en
dured," let us make up our minds to the
philosophical task of throwing politics to the
"derotiition pow wows," and, until a better
day dawns for us, consent quietly to take our
places in tue racks of the honorable minority
We have no fears of always remaining there
Democracy iti its eagerness cannot fail to
kick up some rusty which will place usasain
in the van of the army of progress and re
form, Jft Uea,ten but not conquered be
the watchword.
SSf" Notwithstanding "the wreck of mat
ter and crush of worlds," in a political sense,
by which we are surrounded, we cannot help
congratulating the Republicans of Luzerne,
over their grand triumph achieved in the
election of the Hon. Winthrop W. Ketcham
to Congress. Mr. K., is emphatically a self
made mau, havidg made his way from a poor
boyhood, without friends, to the position of
a gentleman of culture, an honest man in
whom people of all parties have confidence
and a representative man of all that is good
and uoble. The Congress of the natiou will
be honored by his presence, and his imme
diate constituents will find in him a represen
tative upon whom they can depend to cham
pion their interests and maintain the credit
of the district. The election of Mr. Kcchaiu
stands forth as a bright oasis amid the great
desert of defeat, and will prove food for re
joicing among Republicans all over the coun
try. There is hardly a man in the nation
more extensively or Letter kuown, and cer
tainly none whose antecedents are so truly
praiseworthy.
Jta? We did'nt turn our paper into a
zoological hand bill last week. As a genera!
thing we are opposed to printing rude pictures
of roosters, coons aud disappointed men, and
we see no occasion for doing it, particularly
this fall. Nor did we borrow our neighbors
"gentleman chicken" as we thought of doing,
The fact is it proved our neighbors turn to
go into the pictorial, and pyramid and big
figure business, aud he laid hold of the privi
lege right lustily. While he was shouting,
crowing, and heading processions with torch
light in hand and playing "Big Ingin" gen
erally, we were quietly enduring the pressure
of that overwhelming "tidal wave," the
coming of which has engaged the prophetic
powers of Democracy's leaders for so many
years. It caught us at last, aud consequent
ly, we can see nothing in the recent elections
either particularly interesting or important
We don't like their results, and hence
" When the wild winds with ccateUss roar
Invade our peaceful home
V.V11 hie us awhile to Canaans happy shore
Where Democratic victories cannot come not
much'v.
Our neighbor over the way is happy
and makes a great bluster over three or four
majority against us in the borough. Why
the Republicans have carried the borough by
fifty times that majority and did'nt make a
fuss over it either. Why there's nothing in
that result of course there isn't. Its only
of a piece with all the rest. Amandus acts
as foolish as a coj' maiden on the occasion of
a first visit from her "lover," as though he
never felt such a feeling before. If the vic
tory had been ours you would have seen no
rca'Qii for such outrages upon the proprieties
of life.
DocToa Holmes advocates the employ
ment of auajsihetics as an aid in helping dy
ing persons easily through their fiual denou
mcut. In a lecture before the medical stud
ents he told them that he believed physicians
should get their patients through the final
scene as easily as if the dying were a mere
closing of the eyes in sleep. His. precise
language was :
"It remains for the physician to claim for
his art the right of procuring a painless pas
sage out of the world, so far as is practicable,
for the patient whom he can no longer keep
in it, and without doing violence to the pro
priety of the closing scene, to consiJcrer the
physical process as one which should be under
his exclusive control.
No, no, doctor none of that if you please.
The general impression is that the doctors do
too much towards helping folks out of the
world already, There is no reason why the
patient should not be allowed the forlorn
hope of weathering the last point afforded
by the doctor knocking under, or giving up
the case. No auocsthetics if you please for
us or any of curs.
Serenade. Last Tuesday night Beethov
en Band favored our new landlord, Mr.
Whitesell, with a serenade. Knowing the
weakness of the boys for segars, Mr. Poinsett,
the genial bar-tender, passed around a box of
luscioushavanas when the serenaders fired up
and started off.
After leaving Mr. Whitzell's, they marched
to East Stroudsburg, and there serenaded
Mr. J. II. Shotwell, who has recently re
turned from a wedding tour to the west.
After playing a few choice selections the
sereuaders were invited in when they partook
of refreshments served by the accomplished
bride and their smoking wants administered
to by the clever Mr. Shotwell himself. The
band was under the leadership of Mr. Thos.
Hayes, an able and thorough musician, who
takes more than ordinary interest in making
the organization a perfect one.
Some of our citizens hav e found out to their
great pleasure and profit, lhat the reading
room of the Young Men's Christian Associa
tion on Main street is a place of attractivness
where they can have the benefit of a well
lighted apartment, warmed and neatly furn
ished, and access to three daily papers, twen
ty-one weeklies and eight of the leading
monthlies. The rooms, we understand, are
open every evening except Sunday, and it
may not be generally kown that all our young
men and others, whether members of the As
sociation or not, are made perfectly welcome.
Such a place of resort will be, we trust, a
safeguard to many of the young who are in
danger from their associations in many places
elsewhere. We hope to see many more of
our citizens frequenting this cheerful reading
room.
Mr, Henry Whitesell, formerly pro
prietor of the Farmer's and Mechanic's Hotel,
of Erfston, took charge of the Stroudsburg
House on Thursday last. Mr. Whitesell
briugs with him the justly earned reputation
of being a very prince of good landlords,
and will, doubtless soon make the Strouds
burg House a favorite stopping place with
the traveling public. The bar has been
placed in charge of our young friend Mr.
Edward Poiosott, already well known here
as an attentive and courteous minister to the
wants of the thirsty, and the guests of the
house generally.
OCR out side is filled with election news.
We don't find much interest in it.
The Fenncrsville Band ia progressing finely
under the tuition of Prof. Moran.
PiiiL Gaulick's verses on "Beautiful"
and "what we heard aud saw," next week.
Now that the election has gone in let us
hear about the fat pork, the singing schools,
and news generally.
...
Ladie's cloaks and pasely shawls just
opened a large line at Rader's corner, Easton,
Pa. Nov. 12 St.
Queer how the elections went, wasn't it
We thought to whip and got whipped. It
was just there that the distinction without
the difference came in.
Farmers and others interested in produc
ing milk are invited to attend a meeting at
the Van Doran House, Washington, N. J.,
Friday, November 20th, at 11 o'clock, a. m.
November 12 2t.
The Democratic journals are filled with
nothing but crowinga over the result of the
recent elections. What folly. If they did
lick us there is no use that we can see of
making such a terrible fu3s over it.
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Cashmere, Mohairs, Alpacas, Silks and
dress goods that cannot be beaten at Rader's
corner, Easton, Pa. Nov. 12-3t.
The store of Mr. David Saylor at Saylors-
burg, this county, was burglariously entered
and robbed of dry goods, boots and shoes,
&c, to the amount of about $200, on Friday
evening last. The entrauce was effected
through the back door of the building. No
trace of the whereabouts of the burglars has
yet been obtained.
Cloths, Cassimers, Wool Blankets, Flan
nels, &e, the largest stock at Rader's corner,
Easton, Pa. Nov. 12 St.
The late James Nyce. whose funeral
took place at Bushkill on the 2Sth ult., was
a native of the township of Lehman, and
well known by all the citizens of this and
adjacent townships. He was very genial
and sociable in his demeanor, and from him
we obtained much of that which has been
given in the Herald, under the caption
of "Local Reminiscences. He was about
74 years old. Milford Herald.
Proceedings In Court
IJf RELATION TO THE DEATH OF
IIOX. JAMES II. WALTON.
And now, November 4, 1S74, Mr. Holmes
called the attention of the Court to the death
of James II. Walton, a member the Bar of this
O'ountv, and offered the following Resolutions
seconded f l7: torm, and unanimously
adopted.
Whereas, in the inscrutable providence of
God it has pleased Him to call to the eternal
world an old and well known member of this
bar, Hon. James II. Walton.
And Whereas it is eminently fit and pro
per that we as a Court and Bar should testify
to our appreciation of the worth of the deceas
ed, and tender our condolence to his afflicted
family in the depth of their bereavement.
Therefore resolved, That we unite in bearing
testimony to the uniformly genial and pleasant
social qualities of our departed brother, and it
is our unanimous feeling that in this bereave
ment we have met with a loss in respect to the
social and professional amenities of life, not
easily to be supplied. And the deceased hav
ing held many positions of honor and trust
during his lifetime, we take great pleasure in
bearing testimony to the able and efficient man
ner in which he discharged hi3 varied and re
sponsible duties.
Resolved, That the afflicted family of our de
ceased brother have our heartiest sympathy,
and tenderest regard, coupled with the hope
that they may recognise this affliction as com
ing from a Father's hand, and may have in
this sad hour that divine consolation which
He alone can impart.
Resolved, That we attend the funeral of the
deceased in a body.
Resolved, That these resolutions be published
in the papers of the County and a copy sent to
to the family of the deceased.
Resolved, That out of respect for the memory
of the deceased we now adjourn.
From the Record.
THO. M. McILHANEY, Clerk.
Accidents. Last Friday
morning a
week aro while several men were at work
husking corn with a Philip's Patent Corn
Husker, for Mr. Charles E. Kistler, at
Sciota, one of the men, Chester Kulp, met
with quite a serious accident. Mr. Kulp
was feeding the machine at the time and
his left hand becoming entangled with the
corn stalks, was quickly drawn between the
rollers tearing off all the fingers close to
the hand. Drs. Drake and Hoffman were
immediately called and on examination
found it necessary to amputate all the fingers,
excepting the index finger, at the knuckle
joints. Although the hand was badly
bruised and lacerated the doctors hope of
saving it, together with a small portion of
the index finger.
On Thursday evening last, Adam A.
Singer, Esq., of Jackson Township, met
with quite a severe accident. He had been
to Stroudsburg and was returning home.
When within half a mile of his house be
stopped at neighbor's, near Detrick's store,
and as he was getting out of the wagon,
his horse made a sudden start, throwing
Mr. S. heavily to the ground fracturing
his thigh and inflicting severe internal m
juries.
The 'Squire will not be able to be out
for some time. All in the community
sympathize with him.
He is under the care of Drs. Drake and
Hoffman, and is doiug as well as can be
e xpected. Democrat.
The national debt statement shows a re
duction of 681,-134.50 in the total of the
debt during October, and a reduction of
4,20,470.34 since June 30. The total of
the debt h 2,200,957,102.08, of which
the six per cent, bonds are 1,182,183,
250, and the five per cent, bonds 538,
525,200 ; total bonded debt, 1,720,708,
450. Cash in the treasury, 159,011,
011.04, of which 90,089,241.45 is in coin;
certificates of deposit, 52,523,000 : coin
certificates, 22,079,600. Tlie excess of
interest due the United States by the Paci
fic Railroads is 18,828,143.37. Altoge
ther the statement is a conservative one,
and looks well.
The Election in Pennsylvania.
In this State the Democratic candidates
for Lieutenant-Governor, Auditor-General
and Secretary of Internal Affairs appear to
be elected by very small majorities.
"We will publish the official vote of the
State as soon as received. ' It will be
several days before the official count will
be announced in Philadelphia.
THE STATE LEGISLATURE.
There appears to bo no doubt that the
Legislature has been carried by the Demo
crats, who will accordingly elect the next
U. S. Senator, in place of John fccott. ne
latest reports are as follows :
Republicans. Democrats.
Senators. -27 23
Representatives,
91
110
133
118
15
118
Democratic majority,
President Judge.
The vote in the district is as follows
Waller.
2373
204
Crane.
Van. Auken.
Wayne.
Pike.
Total.
1703
40G
495
710
258S
2109
2109 1211
Plurality. 4GS
State Lunatic Hospital.
The annual report of the trustees and
superintendent of this institution, at Ilar
risburg, for the year 1874, has been prin
ted. The number of patients admitted dur
ing the year ending Sept. 30 was 149, and
the number discharged 177, leaving 3S0
remaining in the hospital. These numbers
were nearly equally divided between the
two sexes. Of the patients discharged 41
were restored, 31 improved, 77 were sta
tionary, and 28 died. Of those admitted
97 were sent by their friends, 38 by Direc
tors of the Poor, and 17 by the Courts.
The cost of public patients, which must be
paid by the counties from which they are
sent, is three dollars per week ; private
patients are charged from 3.50 to o per
week, according to the trouble and expense
incurred and the ability of the parties to pay
The privates receive just the same treat
ment as those who are supported by the
public authorities. It is the aim of the
trustees to accommodate the insane poor
in the first place, but there is a general un
willingness on the part of the local authori
ties to incur even the limited expense re
quired for public patients. It has been
found exceedingly difficult to impress upon
public officers the great necessity of prompt
treatment in the early stage3 of the dis
ease, and many cases are allowed to become
chronic because they can be kept more
cheaply at home The hospital affords to
pC0"'C of moderate circumstances an op
portunity of treatment which they could
not possibly obtain at a costly private es
tablishment, and in thu respect fulfils in
an important degree the object of its estab
lishment. The medical treatment afforded
is probably as intelligent and efficient as
can be had anywhere in the United States.
The pecuniary affairs of the institution are
in a rather straitened condition, as the year
closed with no balance in the treasury.
The receipts and expenditures for the year
amounted to 131,403.50, which makes an
average of nearly 333 for each inmate per
annum, a little over 6 per week for mainten
ance and treatment. Nearly 15,000 was
consumed for improvements and repairs,
and the superintendent reports that 20,
000 will be required for absolutely neces
sary repairs during the ensuing year. The
affairs of a great restorative institution like
this are of as great magnitude almost as
those of a town, while the peculiar condi
tion of the inmates requires the constant
employment of a large number of keepers
and servants. The details of the hospital
operations during the last year are fully
set forth in the report of Dr. Curwen, the
superintendent, who devotes the energies
of his life to the relief of this form of hu
man suffering.
Tender Appeal of a Travelin
The Scranton Revublican savs that one
of the latest, and doubtloss the most sensi
ble, devices yet seen on a traveling trunk
to insure its safe transmission at the hands
of the baggage-smashers appeared on a lid
of a large Saratoga which passed through
the D. L. & W. depot last week. The
trunk in question was a decidedly dilapida
ted, disjointed and creaky concern. Its sides
were gaping wide, the hinges were broken,
and it told a sad story of cruel treatment
somewhere. On the lid the following
legend was legibly inscribed in large charac
ters :
"I've been through the war. Gentlemen,
handle me carefully, as I am old."
The baggage-smashers gathered around
the old box and read the recommendation
carefully ; then reverently taking off their
hats, they took the venerable looking trunk
up tenderly, carried it to the baggage-car, and
stowed it away carefully, while the tears in
their eyes plainly showed their sorrow for
man's inhumanity to the old traveling
trunk, and told more eloquently than words
that even baggage-smashers have hearts
that can be touched by a tender appeal.
A young woman in China, accused of
1 -a
murder, upon evidence extracted by tor
ture from a girl, has been sentenced to
death by cutting to pieces. The mode is
is as follows, and it will be seen that the
wildest North American Indian never in
vented torture so fiendish : The prisoner
is tied to a cross, and the operation begins
by flaying the face, cutting off the breast,
excising the muscles, nipping off the fingers
and toes, and finally disembowling the
wretched victim. Some of the "every
day" punishments arc crushing the fingers
and ankles between boards, striking the
lips until jellied, scalding with hot water,
inserting red hot snikes. cutting the tn,Un
Achilles, burying the body up to the knees
in 1 lino n i
uiu prisoner is iorccu to
swallow large draughts of water. nd mat
ing the criminal kneel on a mixture of
powuered glass, sand and salt until the
knees are excoriated.
Cherry trees are in full bloom in Potte-town.
Base Ball.
All summer loner the antique cx-mem-
bers of the old Stroudsburg Base Ball Club
have been criticising the conduct and play
of, the Tom Collins club. On pleasant
eveninjrs the veteran base ballists might be
seen congregated in the neighborhood of
Rustcr's Block, or a little farther dow-n
town near the "Hemlock Tree" recounting
"our" wonderful victories, and recalling
such miraculous catches, astonishing hits,
and marvelous throws; as the youth of the
present 'Generation never dreamed of. "Say,
Dory, do vou remember that hit, Ad. made
up to Milford I My ! didnt that Dan go, n
it had'ut hit Trinity Church steeple it
would have struck so near Liverpool it
would have floated ashore." Of course the
Collins boys did'nt believe all these yarns
and expressed as much, whereupon "ye
antiques would w indignant and declare
that if we had our old nine here now we
would just tear you up." By degrees these
street corner discussions worked the
patriarchs up to the requisite pitch and
they declared they could and would "warm
these young upstarts." The day was set
last Friday but about Thursday they be
gan to show symptoms ot backing out,
"could'nt get the nine together" they said.
"Pete" declared he had a lot of watches
which needed to be fixed "like time," and
he must labor. The tall Benjamin, of the
tribe of Jacob, had worked so hard in
running the Democratic part to victory in
the borough that he could not trust his
redal extremities in a came of ball."
"Horry" was up at the stone quarry, and
the game had evidently slumped through
The Collins lads were disappointed, having
set their hearts on making it hot for the
old timers. On Friday morning the wiry,
little ex-catcher of the old nine stepped
briskly into the room where the Capt. of
the "Plaid Stockings was sitting and asked,
with a smile "Do you fellows want to play
ball this afternoon"? "Yes Sir" promptly
answered Capt. "All right, will play you,"
quoth the veteran and started off, smiling
more than ever. Ihe uoinns oainst ue
thought him he saw something crafty in
that smile, and hailed its wearer. I s:n-,
you've doubtless heard the statement that
a certain class ot aters, run deep, now you
hav'nt been and engaged Capt. Ioder and
his Scranton hirelings, have you ?" "Pooh !
No. Loder is suffering from fits of
melancholy and is under the care of a
physician who fears he has become a con
firmed hypochondriac." After dinner the
aged candidates for base ball honors, asscm
bled, and though there were a couple of
absentees, they started for the r air Ground,
marching two and tvro, followed by an
admiring crowd of little boys, in which our
colored population wra? largely represented
Un arriving at tneir aestiuation, trie
absentees were still waatrng,. and one of
them said something about the "Bells
aringing for Sarah," arvi they'd. cu2ht to
keep their promises sl it tie better- The
gentle "Buffalo," knight of the razor and
lather brush, was nominated umpire, a?d
the game began. The playing of the
veterans, the marvelons agility with which
thev dodged all swift balls, the magnificent
manner in winch they strtrcit 33tr ccgara
description. The' began to get violent
and the umpire gathered up a bat and
began to edire towards the ieuce. Ih
farther they fell behing the more wroth t?jey
waxed. "Doi y" especially was vehement,
our worthy Dist. Atty. alone maintained
his habitual calmness and dignity, dark
ness finally put an end to the game with
out bloodshed. Score 41 to 14 iu faror cf
the Collins.
1st 2nd 7A 4th 5th iit 7th 8fh
T&iaT
41
14
Tom Collins 9 5 3 114 i 2
Stroudsburs 1003260 2
It is rumored tlat Bob Davis's "Coons"
will bo the next victims of the '-'patriarchs."
Profitable Business for Women.
One of the most profitable as well as in
teresting kinds of business for women is the
care of bees. In a recent agricultural re
port it is stated that one lady bought four
hives for 510, and in five years she was of
fered $ 1,500 for her stock, and refused it
as not enongh. In addition to this in
crease in her capital, in one of these five
years she sold 22 hives and 430 pounds cf
honey.
It is stated that in five years one man,
from six colonies of bees to start with,
cleared 8,000 pounds of honey and 45
colonies. When properly instructed, al
most any woman in the city, as easily as in
the country, can manage bees and make
more profit than in any other method de
manding so little time and labor. But in
modes cordinarily practiced, few can make
any great profit in this employment. It is
hoped a time will be trained to some em
ployment by which she can secure to her
self an independent home and means to
support a family, in case she does not mar
ry, or is left a widow, with herself and
family to support.
A Question.
Oh, why are the streets so crowded, mother,
And where do the people go ?
The circtiR is not in town to-dav.
Nor any other show.
See how they hurry along, mother I
There are men and women, too.
Can't you tell me where they are going, mother
Or what are they going to do?
The Answer.
Be still, my child, and listen;
They are going to the well-filled store
Of Simon Fried, the Clothier,
Where they can get much more,
- In these hard times, for their money,
Than anywhere else around.
In no place in our county
Ca n a better Ftock be found.
The President's action in restoring th
daughter of Jackson, Ellsworth's murderer,
to her situation in the Treasury Depart
ment, at the request of Mosby, has aroused
mucn uniavorabie eonimet.
Ninety-one millions cf postal cards were
sold during the past year. Washed pos
tage stamps to the value of five per cent
of all the stumps sold were used, entnilim.
upon the government a loss of 1,000,000.
The Altoona Mirror tells a story about a
dog that was walled up in a buildin" for
six years, without food or drink, and was
tunc wncn released from durance.
in m. l i
40 deer so far tbw season.
The winter grain in some .-,.
Northern Chester count v 5 .;' ,.n8&f
low
A ninciecn-pouna pike was r-, i
in
of Greenville."
The entire Republican ticket I i
in Wayne County, included two
of the Legislature.
Twentv-one new
dwclliiisrs 1.
ornftrnl in Mwhniiw-vl.m.... rv , ft
ii
we
county, this year.
- - -..'.yiM mill l
The November semi-annual dividend
the Philadelphia national banL J,
nvprnco nt sit rtor enrt au
v u.aa Will.
Joseph L. Gardner, of Porter'
Pike county, caught 223 eels at that t I
a few days ago, at one haul. v
A California man has raised six tons f
cabbages on three acres of land, an.uT
4,000 gold for the crop. got
During a thunder storm at OL-lrn.im
Friday morning Alexander Muhtw.v
struck by lightning and killed.
Where are the hogs and the fitting Cor.
fields of this country, that we 1;(
importing lard ? The other day a Lrifa
steamer brought from Liverpool live tierce
of this commodity.
A man residing in the northern portion
of Cambria county, George Mack by nume
is the happy possessor of a wth-f
chicken, and another that spurts two st
of wings.
The Honesdale Citizen says Attorney
General S. E. Dimmick has brought suit
against 125 corporations ihroiidn.ut tlie
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, fur the re
covery of the bonus on charters.
A German chemist has succeeded in
making a first-rate brandy out of ?awdiH
What chance will the tc inj erance move
ment have when a man can take a rip
and go out and get drunk with a fti,CtJ
rail ?
An apple tree near Muncy is one hund
red years old, the trunk of which measures
eleven feet and seven inches i:i uiaaieter.
It still bears fruit, but h laii:;i'. Thirty
years ago its usual annual vivid was sev
enty bushels.
It is stated that the small-pox is prevail
ing to an alarming extent in t!it; sVisuvl-
kill county mining region, and tin: it i;,f
the most imligrur.jt typv.. A nu-.t;:.vr f
miners have fallen victims to the loath
some disease.
The total lumber shipments frm Wi'liams
.port and points in that vi initv to the end
of October, lST.'J, were 21 1 .1: I . f.,,t
The decrease for the Year
1S73 is 5,140,735 f.-et.
ts compared with
"Hard times" are driving ninny of the
poor people of Danville to stealing. The
farmers in that viciiitty cornplain cf the
frequent 'ic-predations on t'aeir corn, cab
bage,, potatoes, te, Sec.
An old lady in Bridgeport who deeply
enjoys this tie! fghtful weather, hpe the
Government will not do anything t-i "Teal
the Indians "because they rai:
us any more Indian summer,"
4,
l:vo
old lady.
A ICcadTng hunter refuvr.ed fn ."!
week's gunning in Bedford cuUv with
one wild turkey, cue eo"U, on-: l-.'.rre l '::i.k
duck, two long-billed snipe, three Fool
cock, fourteen pheasants, twei t vx vi'.d
pigeons and twenty-eight gray Ninim-k
The burglar's plan of binding and pa
ging bank cashiers and forcing them to pvo
up the keys of the vaalts may he easily
frustrated. Many bank? arc now fcrni-lml
with keys which may K taken apart and
the pieces intrusted at night to s.verJ per
sons. In Oxford, Chesittr connfv, en Jta'r-
e'en, six boV erected a "dad-fliU in the
middle of the stn:?t. On MK;by r.iorn
ing the children of Mr. Abraham V.hiti.ir.:i
were playing about the trap, wl-n it
crushing the life out of cue. a 1 y oi l-'
years.
J. T. Sharpless, of Kd-.-mont. Vsi
county,-raised this sens-n two hundr( .'.aal
sixty-five bushels of potatoes from tw
five-eighths acres of irround. The '
heavily manured on the sod two vc
and afterwards thirty bushels of llnw w iv
applied to the acre.
The rats of llolvoko, Mas., an' inord:-
nately large, hungry, and aud.icioiis. l'
one night they ate forty dollars' worth i t
shoes in the store of a dealer, and the r. xu
they showed even greater vonu-ity ha
harness shop. Chinese emigration i-iau.J
be encouraged.
No Rain for Five Years.
The tract of country known as thoNato
Range Valley is probably one of the most
curious that Lower California can t" n.
It is there the immense deposits of lt'2X
were discovered something over a ye:
' 3D1-
and at the time the whole central J "n l"
the basin was covered with a white doro?.
breaking away in some places in largo s J
reels, in others resomhlmg tue w-"1'
the ocean, and in still others stretching;
out for miles in one unbroken level, h
which the sun reflected its rays win
glare almost unendurable. Rut one oHM
most singular features in conneytu'ii 1
this section was the absence of rain er Ma
ture ; the days were ever sumu Y '
the nights without dew and ge:u-r0
warm. ...
For innr. th.-m five years U IS -lKl
i. .. ...I. , .1 . . i ".. .1,.m-. has t,vn
i hum; nnu ciaiiu to miu, i" ; ,v- i,
... ...I,.- tin.V t'10
no rain mere, uniu some moun--- . -spell
was broken. Suddcnlly, l
scarce any warning, raia conuiioneea
. . - 1 It" Wilt I
and unceasingly, unaceompaMAi
i,v wilt'
but a thorough I v drenching ram
l'or
or three days it remained pleasant,
when
suddenly a water spout was seen
its way through the valley, it jfiLe
zigzag course across the upper c:
lake, striking the range of hills oa ta;
sidvj, and coursing rapidlya'c.1.., ,
11 111 111. .ill 111 l'lll V ' I 11 1 . L V'
,1., 1 ,. .-ii-.- SO;ll 111'-"
tlurlw
water, which poured from thorn m
volume and spread itself out upon
the
pread itseu "i ani
torn. Ina short time t wa - anttbe?
denizens of the place now look K,r
season of five years.
iriKQ county nunters fcave ,