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STROUDSBURG, MONROE COUNTY, PA., DECEMBER 10, 1874.
NO. 29.
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t iriiilMUr a voar iu advance and if not
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lmsror ones in proportion.
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JOIS 1EIIXT1X2
OF AIL KIN OS,
the hisjitt stylu of the Art, and on the
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HENRY SPAIIX, Prop'r.
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DR. J.LANTZ,
rRGONT & MECHANICAL DENTIST.
Mi iifuv on .Main sireci. in mr si-conu Mr
ii .us:- a:nl K- Il.ili-rs iiiinseii iu.ii oy rinii-
r r,,nM:int iirai tico and the nu.t rarn'.-t aiid
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. j-; tal lino in the mos-t careful and skillful man
ii!i"n invert to saving the Natural Toc-th ;
' ' .i. , in. -i :i..;i f Artificial lcetti on Kcblicr,
lv;;r- r ( ontiiiU'jus Gum-, and perfect tits in all
.. p 'r .ns know th great fully and danger of rn-
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'-."'.fail xinds u-utlvd.jue. All work waranted
,. t ;. K. !! -r's new brick building. Main street,
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WILLIAM S. REES,
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Sirveyor, uonveyancer anu
Real Estate Agent.
DAIRY PRODUCTS.
HOW BUTTER AND CHEESE ARE TtRnrrjTiT
TO MARKET NIGHT SCENES IT THE
DEPOTS.
1T25, Timber Lands and Town
FOR SALE.
Lots
i? next uoor above S. Recs' news Depot
i:l floor tlie Corner .Store.
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U. SiOUAKD 1MTTEIISOX,
P:y3!.::an, Surgeon and Accoucheur,
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riin.i t attention eiven to calls.
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JACKS OX
nmm. surgeon and aicuiciieit..
l-i ;':e U olHce of Dr. A. Keevef Jackson,
ii-'ii ?, c rner of Sarah and Franklin street.
STROUDSBURG, PA.
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T .5 s iVf ri'ier would inform the public that
'i ! :i- .;l th-? house formally kept by Jacob
in the Pioroiih
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.'::iv:nL' rc-;:i i :itetl and refurnished thesarne,
prtjp.irei to entertrtin all who may patronize
a. It is the aim of the proprietor, to furn
;;erior aiTumtnodations at moderate rates
1 ure no pain to promote the com
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'!'. s. : ifitcd.
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H0NE3DALE, PA.
-'5t central locution ot any Hotel in town.
K. V,'. KIPLE & .SOX,
street. Proprietors.
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Office. Kresgeville, Pa.
."''MioiK in German and English. Iisg-al husl
or all kiad olicitjd and full Batistaetion guaran
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Attornvy at Iav,
5 "ne door above the "Stroudburg IIoiiFe,"
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22, 1874. '
W". KMWAKD A. WILSON'S (of
y illiunisbiirrr. V V A Pp,.inP for fON-
''MI'TIOX aud ASTHMA carefully
'iirided at
SOLLINSHEAD'S DRUG STORE.
SJ Mrdiciht fresh and pure.
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-V,'U want any thing in the Furniture or
-i',,:'1,nral linp. th:t M,.('artvA- Mons in the
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10 Place to get it.
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'X'KAFELLOW,
DEALER IN
taj3Hhde Clothins:. Cents Fiir-
DishiS -!oods, Ha(s & Cays,
Boots & S!ioes,&c.
ST STROUDSBURG,
(Near the Depot.)
The trade in butter and cheese in New
York at this season of the year is one of
immense magnitude, and give employment
to a large number ot men, both by day and
night. Fresh butter especially, beincr an
article of a perishable nature, is required
in me market during market hours; and
consequently preparations have to be made
tor transporting it during the night, as the
heat of the day is often too great to admit
of its being carried through the city with
out damage. That class of butter, how
ever, which is packed for shipping or for
storage during the winter does not require
such prompt removal, as precautions are
taken generally during the packing to
prevent jt from being readily affected by
the changes of temperature. A reporter
of the Tribune recently visited the rail
road depots in the vicinity of Xew York
for the purpose of ascertaining the means
employed to get the butter and cheese
early into the markets of the city.
A large quantity of fresh butter is
brought to the city by the Xew Jersey
Midland Railroad, the trains arrving late
at night twice every week. The butter is
brought from the following stations along
that line ; Stockholm, Ogdensburg, Frank
lin, Hamburg, IVckertown, Quarryville,
Union ville, West Town, Johnson's, State
Hill, Circleville, Bullville, Thomson's and
kPine Rush ; four of these stations, Decker
town, Union ville, West Town, and Pine
Bush, supplying the largest quantities.
All the butter coming by this route is
consiixned to various airents in this citv,
the largest quantity, however, being taken
by four principal commission merchants.
Each station is numbered, such as Stock
holm, 7 ; Unionville, 17, and so on ; and
the pails containing the butter, therefore,
not only have the consignee's nam?, but
the number of the station whence it was
shipped. A manifest is sent on ahead to
the freight agent at Jersey City, who from
it makes out his bills and the receipts,
which the carmen have to sign. He also
makes out a form showing at a glance the
number of pails consigned to each person
and the stations from which they may be
sent. With this form he checks off the
delivery of the butter, and should any be
missing, he can see at a glance at what
station the mistake has been made, for
when the butter is loaded at the shipping
stations the car doors are locked and con
not :'guin be opened until the train has
reached Jerse' City.
On the night of the reporter's visit over
30,000 pounds of fresh butter arrived. Long
before the train mad-j it.s appearance the
carmen were present with their heavy
trucks to remove the consignments; and as
soon as the freight agent had his bills made
out, the work of delivery began, the trucks
being backed up to the car doors to
receive the freight. The name of the
consignee was first called out, after which
the pails of butter intended for him were
sorted from the freight iu the various cars.
As the packages were delivered to the
carmen, the number on the pail was called
out by the assistant, while the freight
agent personally checked off the delivery
on the form before mentioned. When the
truck was loaded the pails were counted
and had to agree with the record which
had been kept, or the error was rectified
on the spot. As one truck became loaded
it was moved out of the way for the next,
and the same 'Ian of operations was adopt
ed, the loaded truck hastening off to the
ferry-house for the purpose of crossing to
Xew York. During this hurry accidents
will occasionally happen, and one occurred
in the following way : A carmen, whose
truck was nearly loaded, being anxious to
get out of the way of his co-laborer, began
to fasten his ropes to the cart-rungs so as
to secure his load. He had already 48
pails, weighing over two tons, on his truck,
and he desired to get the other two on so
as to make 50, which he considered a load.
It was very dark, and the oidy light lie
could obtain was from a lantern hanging
inside the car. While tightening the rode,
at the same time keeping time with a song,
one of the pails of butter fell over, and the
lid, not being properly secured, fell out,
the contents, 100 pounds of soft butter,
being spilled with a dull spla-sh on the
ground between the tracks. The song
ceased, and a look of agony passed over the
carman's face, made visible by the dim light
of the lantern. "What shall T. do now ?"
was his inquiry, as the thought of having
to pay for the butter flashed on his mind.
"Pick it up," suggested another carman.
"That is all very well," ejaculated the first ;
"but how that isoft stuff is to be picked up
I should like to know !" "I'll show you,"
said Xo. 2, as lie leaped from his truck.
The next moment carman Xo. 2 grasped
about 20 pounds of the butter with his not
over- clean hands, and dashed it back into
the pail, repeating the operation several
times until about i8 pounds of the butter,
dMitly mingled with dirt, had been placed
back into the pail. He then smoothed
over the top with his hands, and telling his
companion to fasten on the na sum, xneie
no one will find that out." Having com
.1 to oofiation. the second carman
. . . 1 j - 1 . stt - Itlf tillll2
life? -Bm-Aj
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, .J I'Qblic are invited ta -nll and examine
s IViof. mod. rate. May fi.'-tf
Having com-
to operation, tne se
1 h s horse to clean on
with his tongue, and the animal seemed to
enjoy the unexpected delicacy.
The full pails having been removed from
the cars, the empty ones, about to be re--rA
tn tbp farmers, were next placed on
v. th train, the nails occupying as much
iv. v. j 4 - .-, ...
kklcc rmrtr as full. These pails having
been thoroughly cleansed at the farm or
dairy, will be again filled with butter, and
in a week's time will once more be doing
duty in the Xew York market. It is
stated that butter pails have been repeatedly
used during a whole season, but the farmers
often lose a great amount of money through
the misappropriation of pails.
THE NEW YORK AND OSWEGO RAILROAD.
The regular butter and cheese train on
this line arrives once each week, although
occasional cars will come on to Jersey City
attached to other trains. On these oc
casional cars between midnight and day
light, at the time of the reporter's visit,
about 3,500 pounds of cheese and 10,000
pounds of butter from Deruyter, Otsclic,
Xorth Xorval, Eaton, &e., were brought
on, and were removed by the consignees'
trucks to the city. As these removals we 'e
made about the same time that the peach
and fruit dealers were removing their con
signments from the cars of the Pennsylva
ma and Xew Jersey railroads, the amount
of confusion caused by the presence of so
many bulky vehicles was very jrrcat. The
arrival of the regular weekly butter and
cheese train, comin? as it does during the
night, and carrying on an average about
300,000 pounds V butter and "200,000
pounds of cheese, causes a repetition of the
scene previously described, only upon
much larirer scale, as more trucks have to
be employed to remove the freight from
the cars of the city. When the train
arrives early enough to allow the freight
to be got out of the way before the peach
train is ready to be unloaded, very little
confusion arises except from some mishap
or accident ; but when all the trains are be
ing unloaded at once, and each driver is
anxious to get to the ferry first in order to
obtain the best opportunities for crossing
the river, the danger attending the worli
is exciting, thowru it is tar trom Demg
agreeable to strangers who may be call
there on business. Early passenger trains
also arrive at a time when the drivers are
most anxious to reach the ferry, and the
position of flagman becomes therefore any
thing except a mere sinecure. The break
ing of wheels while crossing the tracks, or
the interlocking of vehicles, is not the
greatest, by far, of the dangers to which
the drivers and horses are exposed under
such circumstances.
About 15,000 pounds of butter are
brought daily to this city from Chicago and
the Far West over the Pittsburg and
Western Railroad, and, on arrival, proves
to be as sweet rrrvd fresh as on the dav of
shipment. This railroad company is the
owner of patent refrigerator cars, in which
the butter is kept in as good condition dur
ing the time of transit, as when deposited
at the starting point. The agents in this
city to whom the Chicago butter is consigned
assert that a market is readily found in
Xew York for it, and that in time the
Western men will be able to compete with
farmers nearer by, as the cost of transpor
tation will be offset by the differnce in the
market rates V est and Last.
THE ERIE RAILROAD.
The largest quantity of butter and cheese
that reaches the city comes over the Erie
Railroad, and is brought from the extreme
western part of Xew York, and from almost
every other State that has connecting lines
with the Erie Railroad. During the busy
season the Compay have employed about
forty cars for the cheese trade alone, aud
from seven to ten cars for the transporta
tion of butter. At the time of the report
er's visit there were on the cheese train
nearly 1,000,000 pounds of cheese, and
over 200,000 pounds of butter. After this
class of freight has been loaded into the
cars, neither the cheese nor butter breaks
bulk until the cars reach the city, the Com
pany having had large floats constructed
upon which they can transport ten cars at
a time across the Xorth River, so that there
is no necessity of handling the freight more
than once, and that at the place of delivery,
Pier Xo. 31, Xorth River. All the but
ter and cheese carred by this line is
consigned to agents, who are informed by
telegraph or mail when they may expect
their consignments; and trucks may be
seen passing under the covered way of the
pier, and leaving soon after with full loads
of this class of produce. The regulations
of the pier prevent any disorder or confusion,
and the large supply is more easily disposed
of than the smaller loads on the less import
ant routes.
DELAWARE AND LACKAWANNA RAILROAD.
There arc two classes of butter and
cheese trains on the Delaware, Lackawanna
and Western Railroad one for way freight.
Th farmers along the milk district of
Sussex county employ the latter train, and
send daily to market about 15,000 pounds
of butter, which is delivered at the milk
depot in the rear of the passenger depot at
Iloboken. The delivery of this freight
generally takes place between 5 and 7
o'clock a. in., an agent having special charge
of the work. The butter is packed in pails
varying from 10 to 120 pounds weight
each, and is generally consigned to small
dealers in this city and Brooklyn, who
..mi.liw pxriressmeu to remove it from the
depot. Between the hours mentioned,
a long line of express wagons is daily seen at
the depot waiting for the delivery of the
freight, and, as only two can receive I reign t
at the same time, the process of delivery
appears to le tedious. It is understood,
however, that the business with Sussex
county is yet in its infancy. The through
express freight is brought from all parts of
the country along which the Delaware,
Lackawanna and Western Railroad passes,
and is consigned to large dealers who re-
through a special express agency. The
freight is transported across the Xorth
River to Pier Xo. 1, where the express
wagons receive it and subsequently convey
it to the consignees. Xo general average
can be ascertained of the amount thus
carried, as the Railroad Company keep no
record, the freight being carried in chartered
cars containing other express matter
MASKED BURGLARS' WORK.
An Old Man's Hoardings of Years Stolen
The Victim Left Bound and Gagged.
For many years there has lived iu Mon-
roetown, Pa., an eccentric old man named
Isaac Castor. He is a shoemaker and
lives alone in a little house in an out of the
way spot, lie is over sixty years old, ana
In addition to the above specified sources for years has hoarded his earnings, using
from which butter and cheese are received, only enough money to procure the bare
a large quantity is brought to this city from necessities of life. His income has never
various points by means of propellers, been large, but its accumulation for over a
steamers, sloops, &c. As private dealers Quarter of century amounted to a sung ht-
and grocers generally purchase the butter
and cheese thus brought to market, there
are no accurate means of ascertaining or
even estimating the supply thus furnished.
A small quaniity of both commodities is
brought by other railroads, but not ot such
sufficient amount as to warrant any special
tie competency. He always caned several
hundred dollars in his pantaloon pockets,
which fact was generally known, and it has
been the standing wonder here for years
that he had never been robbed.
On a Monday morning it was noticed
that the old shoemaker's shop was not
The President and the Horse Dealer.
reference thereto. The small supplies are nn(inof nfl llsUal. and that there was no stir
generally consigned to special agents, and about tie house This was so remarkable
are carried by the railroads as ordinary nn nmi,pnfl1 that, two or three citizens
freight, whereas in milk producing districts wcnt to j,j3 house and broke open the door.
pecial contract rates are generally charged Ti10Y foun(i Castor bouud tightly in a chair,
to regular shippers, the various roads seek- so tiat iie couij not use his hands or feet,
stranger ;
ing to monopolize as much as possible the
carrying trade ot each particular district.
BUTTER AND CHEESE FOR EXPORTATION.
A large quantity of butter and cheese is
exported from this port for use in other
countries, but statistics show that there are
other sources of supply which to a great
extent exclude American butter and cheese
from foreign markets. This disadvantage
in trade also arises from the abuses practiced
by those engaged in the American butter
and cheese trade. In the first place there
is very little good butter produced that is
not actually required for home consump
tion, aud in many cases the butter which is
packed for exportation is simply that which
will not find a ready sale at home. This
fact has been discovered from the entries
at the Custom-house, the exporters rating
the butter sent abroad at a price so far
below the market price as to lead to inqui
ries which resulted as above stated. A
want of a proper system of handling has
also tended to deteriorate butter or cheese
after it has been packed at the dairies. The
packages are first carried to the railroad in
farmers' wagons, often-times in the middle
of the day and under a broiling sun. The
railroad transportation usually takes place
at night, but sometimes during the day, on
and a handkerchief tied tightly over his
mouth. He was hastily released, and as
soon as lie could recover sumcienuy irom
his excitement and alarm he told substanti
ally the follwing story :
About an hour before daylight he was
awakened by a man who stood by the side
of his bed. Castor sprang up, but was
stopped by the man, who put a pistol to
his head and told him to be still or he
would blow his brains out. Another man,
with a lantern, was going about the room
searching every hole and corner. The old
shoemaker at nrst tnougnt tne men were
negroes, but afterward discovered that they
were white men with blackened faces. The
one man rifled the pockets of his pantaloons,
which contained nearly 500, but not be
ing able to find money that they evidently
believed was secreted about the room, the
robbers told the old man that he must tell
them where he hid his money or they
wTould kill him. Castor assured them that
he had no more money ; that his pantaloons
pockets contained all he had in the world.
and he begged them to leave him some of
that, as he was keeping it to pay his fu
neral expenses when he died. The burg-
i v -
lars, failing to force the old man into re
vealing the whereabouts of the rest of his
which latter occasions the packages are probable treasure, aud daylight being near,
mingled with other freight, the butter made their victim get out of bed. They
especially absorbing whatever vapors may then bound him to the chair and gagged
exhale therefrom. From the railroad the him, and took their departure. They had
packages are transported under the heat of effected an entrance into the house through
the sun to various warehouses, some of a back window. Castor said that he could
which, being underground, do not permit
of the proper appliances for ventilation.
Many of these are also used as storehouses
for other classes of goods. It matters little
what may be the nature of the other ar
ticles stored with the butter, should anv
not be able to recognize the robbers, lie
could not distinguish their features, and
their voices were strange to him. The
general impression is that they are parties
living in the neighborhood, as no strangers
have been seen about the place. Ihere is
deteriorating atmosphere be created, both not the slightest suspicion, however, as to
butter and cheese will absorb it. no matter
how securely the' may apparently be pack-
eu. Alter lying, pernaps lor uays, in tnese
warehouses, the products are again carted
through the streets, of course in the day
time, to the vessels where the packages are
stowed away in the hold, that being the
more economical plan of transportation. It
is needless to speak of the disadvantages
that must arise to so sensitive an article as
butter or cheese from the close atmosphere
of a vessel's hold, filled with all sorts of
freight. Part of these disadvantages might
certainly be remedied by the establishment
of properly ventilated and regulated re
ceiving houses, or storehouses, for butter
and cheese intended for transportation.
Such storehouses should be built at the
who thev may be. Castor says that the
robbers took every dollar he had in the
world.
Among the enterprising citizens who
contributed to the St. Louis State fair was
Mr. Dillon, who is a dealer in Xorman
horses. Mr. Dillon has recently imported
a number of these animate from Europe,
and had a "six-in-hand" attached to a pon
derous vehicle on the fair grounds Driv
ing around the course, the horse fancier
met old Sam Buckmaster, of Illinois, and
induced him to accept a seat in the cara
van. They drove several times around the
track, and were the observed of all obser
vers, but finally Mr. Buckmaster, seeing
two gentlemen approaching, said : "Ihere
comes the President ; I must get out and
meet him."
'The President 1" exclaimed Dillon ;
"why, that is just the man I want to see.
I wanted to get hold of a man that is a
good iudge of horseflesh. Which is the
President ?"
"The gentleman in dark clothes carry
ing the umbrella," replied Sam.
"Hallo !" cried Dillon to the
"come here ; I want to see you.
The gentleman with the umbrella ap
proached smilingly and shook Diilon by
the hand, supposing that he was some ac
quaintance of other times.
"What do 3ou think of my team ?" said
Dillon.
"They do very well," said the man in
dark clothes.
"Jump in and let me show you their
pace. Bring your friends along." shouted
Dillon, heartly.
"You must excuse me. I don't want to
be conspicuous," said the stranger.
"Conspicuous ?" remarked Dillon. "Get
in here and let me give you a ride behind
these horses."'
"Xo no," cried he of the umbrella ;
"I must be going."
"Why don't you get iu ? I won't eat
you !" said the horse fancier.
At this the stranger and the friend
turned abruptly away, and were lost in the
crowd.
"Well," exclaimed Dillon to Buckmas
ter, who stood by dumbfounded, "Just to
think that the president of a one-horse
Missouri fair refused to ride behind my
team. What a sop he must be."
"President of the fair !" Buckmaster
shouted in amazement ; "don't you know
who that was ?''
"Xo," replied Diilon ; "you told me he
was the Presideut."
"So he is thr President, rejoined Buck
master, "but not of the fair. Why, sure
ly vou knew him ?
"I'll e hanged if I did," Dillon said.
"I was sure he was president of this fair."
"Oh, this is too much !" cried Sam.
"Why, that was the President of the Uni
ted States !"
Dillon grew very red , in the face,
and slowly gasped forth : "Was that
Grant?"
"Certainly, it was Gen. Grant."
Dillon caught up his reins, dropped his
whip and exclaimed, "Oh I
Odd Ants.
Upward of a thousand different species
of ants have been described by entomolo
gists, and yet it is by no means supposed
that the whole family have been enumera
ted. Xew species are from time to time
turning up in different parts of the world,
and, as they are all wonderfully intelligent,
and addicted to the strangest habits, we
may expect to be entertained with new and
curious stories about the race as long as
life shall last. Dr. Gideon Lincccum, of
Long Points, Tex., has been cultivating the
water's edge, thereby removing the neces- abauaintancc of a species of sweet-scented
sity lor carting these products to ana tro
through the city, the transportation to the
vessel being carried on by means of tugs,
barges, &e. As the special butter and
cheese cars of certain railroads are conveyed
across the Xorth River in floats to the city
freight depots, the same plan could be
adopted with regard to the warehouses, and
the products could be stored at once, with
out the necessity of extra handling. This
would also prevent the evil of packages be
ing knocked about on the exposed piers,
perhaps, for days, as is now often the case.
As the continual handling of cheese in
boxes often causes damage, the value and
quality is thereby reduced ; and in addition to
the saving of labor, any change in this direc
tion must prove of advantage. Tribune.
The Xew York Evening Post has been
following up an investigation into the ulti
mate end of the mail bags. It appears that
the Xew York Post Office makes a month
ly requisition of 5.000 bags to supply the
place of those that have disappeared. As
the contract price of the canvas bags is 57
cents, this amouuts to a monthly loss by
carelessness or dishonesty' of 82.850, no
small figure, considering the character of hi.s yard, discovered one day a quantity
the materitu and the absolute want ot atair
means of accounting for them. But the
authority we have quoted has ascertained
where some of them went. It seems that
Congressmen are in the habit of tillim
these bags with public documents aud until
ing them from Washington to their homes,
where they are left through carelessness or
ignorance. J here is a reason why Con
gressmen should not return these sacks.
The only person mentioned in Scripture
who "kept the bag" was Judas, and, as the
sacred narrative candidly puts it, "Judas
was a thief.
A saddening
ants which live in his vicinity Each indi
vidual ant seems to be a vial or vase ot pre
cious perfumery, sweet as the attar of roses.
Crush it between the figures and it yields
a fragrance of exquisite quality. These
ants are extremely scarce, but no doubt the
day will come when they will be cultivated,
as the Orientals cultivate gardens of roses,
for the rare odors they distill. Imagine a
bouquet of these sweet-scented ants im
paled on separate pins aud emitting deli
cious aromas with everv contortion. Seien
tists are t-ing to prove that the lower or
ders of animals do not ache from stabs and
wounds, and they tell us that insects will
tranquilly feed when transfixed with a bod
kin ; therefore, we might refresh the dainty
sense of smell with a nosegay of bleeding
and quivering ants without suffering any
twinges of conscience.
But this treatment of the ants would be
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no worse than that which the various
species unscrupulously accord to each other
v e are indebted again to ir. Jjincccum
for the details of a wholesale slaughter of
one tribe bv another, which occurred un
der his observation. A colony of the small
est species of black ants, which dwelt in
of
sirup that had lweu spilled on the ground
and immediately swarmed out and began
carrying it totheir magazine. The vessel
in which they transported it was the little
sack in the abdomen. But they had not
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long been engaged in tne work, betore a
larger species of black ants learned what
they were about and liogau to rifle them
on their way limewaid. The big black
butchers would seize the little fellows toil
iif :iliiiii uniliT tlu-ir liiinli'iw :nul Litiru
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open their abdomen, draw out the full
sacks and swallow them, iheu, easting
aside the mutilated carcass, each would
seize upon another and repeat the. murde
ous operation. Ihe bloody brigands great-
prospect. tt. liouis pa
pers estimate that there are twenty-five ly outnumbered their helpless victims, and,
thousand people out of employment in that when the ruthless massacre was over, the
city who are competent, and would work peaceful, populous colony was entirely ex
I coivc the freight direct I rum the Company it they had a cli.-inee. terminated. L-hteago iriovuc
How He Started Out.
Henry J. Raymond, member of Con
gress, Liicutenant-tjrover ot the btate of
Xew l ork, but better known as the found
er and the editor of the Xew York Times,
was the son of a poor farmer. At the age
of twenty he graduated at the University
of Vermont. His father wanted him to
go to work on the farm. But young Ray
mond had no inclination for farming. He
felt if he could get a start in Xew York,
city, that he had the habits of industry and
the brains which would enable him to do
well.
Moved by his eon's earnestness, the
father raised three hundred dollars by
mortgaging the farm, and with that sum
the future iournalist went to the citv-
There he studied law, taught school, wrote
for the newspapers, and was the first per
son, it is said, to write regular letters from
Xew York to the country journals.
Horace Greeley, about that time, started
the Xew York Tribune, and being acqain
ted with Raymond, invited him to do his
writing iu the office. For some months be
wrote at his borrowed desk, wheu, receiv
ing a liberal offer to teach school in the
South, he determined to accept it.
Thanking Mr. Greeley for his many
courtesies, he informed him of his intended
departure.
"I don't think," said the kind-hearted
editor, who, like Raymond, was then
struggling for bread and a position, "there's
any particular use of your going 'way down
there, Henry. You ought to do as well
here, Xew York's a better place for you.
How much are you to get for teaching ?"
"Ten dollars a week, and I can't earn
as much here."
"O, well, youM better stay. Write for
the Tribune ; I'll give you eight dollars a
week."
A child was born in Moore county,
Kentucky, last week, having a doublt
forked tongue, six fingers on each hand
and six toes on each foot, besides other de
formities too numerous to mention.
Rev. hu S. Glendenning, on tr id be
fore the Jersey City Presbytery, has been
acquitted on all the charges made against
him in connection with the Mary Pomerov
tragedy.
The wheels of trade. During- the- past
eleven months of this year the- ntuler of
freight cars entering or passing through
Indianapolis was 6574l7, an average of
59,772 ear? per month.
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