1 T'TlT'Ij T 4 IV' kA-, -JL. 4 Qeuotcu to politics, Sitcrature, Agriculture, Science, illoraiiitj, aui cucral 3niclligcuce. VOL. 32. STROUDSBUKG, MONROE COUNTY, PA., MARCH 25, 1875. a. NO. 43. Publish by Theodore Schoclu T RWSlvo d d.ar-s a yp;;r in r.ivnnci :utd if not i tv '-iT en,i 1,1 t!l i'-srtUu dollars uul Jit'tv gf. v.i p j r u--Miti!ir.tl until r.H arrearages are ..ifvj! s't - cjt;.:i ..i tlH- l.dilnr. ' ' i A.iverti-'r.isnj. of j'i:irc .f (M-1it linos) rr lw one r idr-' ii-rti.'Us Si s ). ir.cli additional iu 'rt'lnn MCi- T-'-nvr o:..s in proportion. . JtJES Ill.TEXG Cr ALL KIDS, j.iae-d la the MV.K,t sfylu of iba Art, and on the 4s: jTorrt Third frirrct, PHILADELPHIA. 2eirKeJr.ee J rates, $1 75 per day.-YiSa HENRY SPAIIN, Prcp'r. J, IL SnyK'.r, Clerk. Nov. 'Jt", 1 S 74 .j 6m- DR. J. L, A N T Z SURGEON & MECHANICAL DENTIST. Siiil b:n Iiiioincc on Main st refit, i;i the ?cond story f"lr. S. Wain's brick building, iionrlv opjiosit- the ftroui"l'iir-r (ouso, a:id hi- llaicrs himself that by oi'h ten v3rs coistaitt prs.nice and the must earnest and cart' fid "tttiMilon to oil mutter jvrtainhr; to his pr fdnion. that ii fully a'o'm t- pert'orm :iil uporatious. la the dental. iae 'n iho most t-ar-;'ul and skillful uiun- ncr Ppechil nttr.tion civen t'j savin.' thn Natural Ti'oth ; Uo, to the jisorti-on oi .Artiiici::! loetu oa i:uM;r. kld. Silver. L'ontluucua (iu:a aud perfect fits in all Most niTs'iss fcno-r the rat folly and dancer of en trutini? tht'tiwork'to the iuexperiener-d. or t thoso liv jng t a di.staic-c. April 13, 1S74. tf. K. X l. PECK.. Surgeon 2cnt2st. Anaounce. that l.avia? Uist returned from rental r-oilf ja, hs L fully prepared to make artificial teeth in. the most ba till '1 and life-like manner, sad to f;;'. dc esred teth i:eirdi!i to the most inij-rovii method. teeth rxtiott-J without pr.iu, when tioi red, by the te of Nitron Oxide Gas. whirh iieutir. Iy harmless. JU-palrioe i ll kiadi ucitly dor.e. All work warantcl. Ciarces r'i.-.v.alihi. OTiep J. Q Keller's brici hjilcic-, arj street, frriadHbiirgPi. A.i. 31 '71 -tf. WEjLIAM s. uses, Surveyor, Ccnvoyancer and Sea Estate Agent. Fains, 'imber Lands and Town Lots FOR SALE. Office ; nearly- opposite American IToih-s r 2A dor below tiie Cor::tr Slcre. Marcli 20.1S73-ti. D R. IOWAUI) IaATTEItSCX, Paysicin, Surgeon and Accoucheur, OS.ce atl IleMienee, Main street, Strouds bnrtr. l'.Sn ths building formerly occupied tr Dr. Se:. I'rompt attention given toca.1!.-. ( 7 to 9 a. n. OHica hor-3 1 " 3 p. Jn. 1 6 " S p. r.i. AprLlC l7i-iy. raisRiK, surgegx and iicorcnEUS. In th'.:d ofnee of Dr. A. Tleeve Jackscn, residence corner of Sarah and Franklin Ktreet. SnROUDS3URG, PA. August 8 72-tf A 31 ELI I. CAN 5IOT5:i.. A The su scribc-r would inform the public that be has k sed the house formally kept by Jacob Knecht, i the Borongh of Stroudsb'ir- Pa., x tn a iiavi: ;rr'iii:ii..i jh-i - v. i... - - ia prepard to entertain all who may patronize him. ' It s ths s.im of the proprietor, to furn iih nupet.tr a.'comcjo'iatlor.s at moderate rates aid wiil ..pare no pain to promote the com fort oft!.- guest. A libril thare of public V&tronae. f.olicited. April 17. 72-tn D. L. riSLE. 7"TtS lESRSt5.V , AUCTIONEER, Real Estate Agent and Coihctor. The tind'rdn-d br; l?are to notify the public tbr.t b i. preoi-od to toil nt Bhort notics personal property of all kibi, as wall as iioa! Estai, at public or private 02e J Thomas Sicnsple's eld ftore stand, at tit trudsba s-, Ki. 17, 1S7J. ly. Attorney at 3,siv, One d or above the "Stroad-barg Ilonfe," S tro'idslurg, i. Collee'.inK proraipliy made October 11, I '61 4. IVLIZ ISOLDE, nOIIESDALE, ?A. Meet ceniral location of any Hotel in town. It. W. KIPLE & SOX, 1 C9 Main street. Proprietors. January;, 1S73. ly. ' OX'T-FOJSCET that xv i e n vou want any thing in the Furniture or Ornamental line that McCarty & Sons in the Odd-Fellows' Hall, Main street, Stroudsburg, Pa., is .he place to get it. , Junel,'74-tf "roxnr linow tisut J. ii. I J McCarty Sous are the only Under takers in Stroudsburg w ho understands their business ? If not. attend a Funeral managed by any ot,her Undertaker in town, and you will f,ec the proof of the fact. June lH.'74-tf itv"i:LLO DEALER IN" Ready-Made Cicthiag, Gents Tr.r nishing Goods, Hats & Caps, Boots & Shoes, &c. HAST STROUDSBURG, PA. (Near the Depot.) The public aro invited to call nnd examine fr-c'Je. J'ricts modvr.ite. My 6,'CO-tf To-nrnsMp OScers Elected at ths lata Spring- Elections. Barrett Assessor, Townscnd Prleo ; Ciii.stallc, Allen Price ; Ju.sticcd of the Peace, J. 31. Cuvlton, Labar Louis ; Super visors, Ambrose Price, Edward Price; Judge of Election, Malilon Price ; Overseers of the Poor, Ileary Sholer, Joha E. Stright; School Directors, Jacob Price, Joseph II. Stright, Davis . Bush, William Y. .Sues ; Inspectors of Election, Otto" Sholer, Ed ward M. Ca:;e; Auditor, Edward V. Palcn ; Town Clerk, William F. Stri-ht. CilESTXUTiiiLii Constable, An: and us Shupp ; Supervisor?, Andrew Smith, Frederick Sigim, John Snyder, Abraham Mcngle ; School Directors, Jacob J. Green- amo"er, Simon Snyder ; Assessor, Peter J. Shafer ; Judge of Election, Timothy Krcsgc ; Auditor, George 31. Evcritt ; Overseers of Poor, James Kresge, James Smith ; In-t-pectors, Simon Shupp, William Scarf jss. jr. Cooi.BAunii Justice of the Peace. Ern Tiiee ; Constable, (.-. W. Transue ; Over seers of Poor, I. S. Case, L. T. Smith ; Supervisors, C. W. Transue, C. Kresge ; School Directors for three rears, II. A. Harper, Josiah Dowling ; School Director two years, Jacob Sansenhaugh ; Auditor. James Dowilng ; Judge of Election, Hiram Yarner ; Inspectors cf Election, Henry Coispton, D. G. Callahan ; As'cssors. John Ccmpton ; Town Cler!:, II. A. Harper. Ei.duei) Justice of the Peace. James lltmeg ; Ct unstable, Levi D. Frable , Judge cf Election, Sydney Smith : Assessor, Jacob Correll ; Auditor, "l. P. Schaflbr ; School Directors, Benjamin Smith. Solomon Frable; Supervisors, Timothy Correll, Paul Bar ge r ; Inspectors, Keuben Christman, Joseph A. Larger ; Overseers of Poor, Nelson Ik-lffiefinger, Joseph Englc-r ; Town Ckrl;, Israel Barrer. East Stuoudsbcrg Chief Burgess, Philip Lyons ; Town Council, John Burt. John Fenncr, Joseph M. Crystrd, Milton l'etter, Henry Teeter, Frederick Brotzman ; Justice of Peace, Miles L. Hutchinson ; Const OiC, .-remi.ih llanev Theodore Y. Hoffman ; Auditor, Horace B. Hitchcock :; years, G. II. Shotwcll 2 year3 ; Schccl Director?, David 3Iillcr l years, Samuel Detrick '.l years, Theodore Y. Hoffman 3 years, Frank Brown 1 year ; Overseers of Poor, Robert Brown, Charles E. Durfee, John Chambers, Jacob Herzcg ; Judge of Election, George 3Iount ; Inspec tors, Daniel Stenrples, Levi Smith. Hamilton Constable, C. B. Sbafcr ; Overseers of Poor, John S. Ilufford, Jacob Cressman ; Inspectors of Election Milton Heller, T. 31. Shafer ; Judge of Election, A. R. licller ; Auditor, S. SLch ; School Director?. John S. jlanifleld, Jacob II. Fctherman ; Assror, S. S. Brewer, Su pervisors, Andrew Ruth, Simon Storm, A. J. Bittenbendcr, Abraham Butts ; Town Clerk. Jacob II. Fctherman. Jackson Constable, Thomas Frar.tz : School Directors, J. P. Smith, Abraham Neuhart ; Inspector?, M. B. Woodling, Abraham Butts ; Oversecrn. Jo.'cph Frantz, John Hay ; Judge, Peter R. Storm ; Su pervisors, James B. Heller, Fred. Doll ; Asse ssor, Amandus Possinger ; Town Clerk, J. B. Hauser ; Au-uiter, Joseph Frantz. 31 1 ddle S:j itkfiklu Justice cf Peace. John Clark ; Constable, Horace H. Yan auken ; Suj-crvbors, Wiiliam Vrmauken, Barney J)ecker, Overseers of Poor, E. (J. 3!osicr, John Ovcrneld ; School Directors, Mile Ovcrfield, Henry Bush ; Assessor, J. II. Place ; Auditor, James Place ; Clerk, J. 31. Elleuberger ; Treasurer, Adam Over field ; Jud .'e of the Election, John A. Cool- baugh ; Inspectors, Luther Decker, 31. II. Dimniick. Piuce Supervisors, Jeremiah Sees, Leonard Lesoine ; School Directors, Perry Price, Galcmon Snow ; Judge cf Election. Joseph Price ; Inspectors of Election, Lewis Long, John Hill; Town Clerk, Samuel Postcn ; Assessor, William Detrick ; Over seers of Poor, Jeremiah Posten, Isaac Peters ; Auditor, Lewis S. Price ; Constable, Galcmon Snow ; Justice of the Peace, Jeremiah Sees. Pocono Auditor, John II. Lesh ; As Ksnr. John Allerrar : Constable, Tomas E. Shively ; School Directors, Adi-on Henry, - - j " t ' ' Michael Kistlcr: Judge of Flection, Jacob Learn ; Town Clerk, Simon Labar ; Inspec tors, Hiram SehhTer, James Harps ; Super visors, Samuel Sebring, William Transue ; Overseers of the Poor, John II. Lesh, George Lcssig. Polk Constable, Jacob Scrfass; Su pervisors, Reuben Ilaney, Cornelius Dotter; Auditor, Jacob Boycr ; Judge of Flection, Fianicl Ilaney ; School Directors, Nathan Serfius, George Anglemoycr ; Assessor, 1'. S. Hawk; Overseers of Poor, Stephen Zeigeufuss, John Kuukle ; Inspectors, Reuben Everkt, J. Berlin. 1 Paradise Auditor. S. P. Smith -Town Clerk, V. B. Tecl ; Assessor, James Heller ; School Directors, Win. Storm, Francis Brown ; Overscesrs, James Henry, George Wagner ; Judge of Election, Charles llilgert; Inspectors, V. L. 3Iiller, John L. 3Iiller ; Constable, Samuel llilgert; Supervisors, Barnet Jletzgar, Jacob CofTman. Boss Justice of the Peace, William Smith ; Constable Jacob Ncwhart ; Auditors, Daniel Andrew, Philip Bemel ; Overseers of the Poor, Levi Busk irk, Joseph Krcrge ; Supervisors, Joseph Gctz, Henry Aitemcse ; School Directors, Levi Xewhart, Henry Altemosc; Inspectors, John 21 issou, Thomas Kernel ; Assessor, Josiah Gctz; Judge of Election, Elias 3Iixsell S.MiTiirniLr) Constable, A. J. Albert; Sujiervisors, 11. Bush, J. 31. Hoffman, TheodoreBrutzman Joseph Snyder ; Over seers of Poor, T. Casebcer, T. Bush ; School Directors. David Smith, Amiel Bush; Auditor, I. R. Transue ; Town Clerk, F. Labar ; Judge of Election, Wm. Yv'eiss ; Inspectors, A. Y. Ilolfman, D. Frederick; Justices of the Peace, Edward Yctter, Abraham Fcnuer ; Assessor, D. A. Bush. Stroud Justice of the Peace, Silas L. Drake: Constable. William Mosteller ; School Directors, Jacob 31illcr, William Fine ; Assessor, George 3Iarvin ; Overseers of Poor, Charles Sv.ink, Geo. B. Bard ; Inspectors, 31athias Shafer, Charles llalht ; Judge cf Election, Amzi Coolbaugh ; Auditor, Jacob J. Angle; Town Clerk, Henrv Kansburv ; Supervisors, George Phillips, Abraham Rhodes, Edward Lee. BouoL'cit or STROUDSTSrUG Chief Burgess, Theodore Schoch ; Town Council, John Edinger, Darius Dreher, Reuben 31ii!er, Charles U. Warnick, Garret G. Ramsey, Wilson Dreher ; School Directors, Stroud Burson, William H. G arris ; Over seers of Poor, Peter H. Robcsn, Reuben Thomas; Judge cf Election, John Kt:rn ; Inspectors, Jacob II. Butts, Samuel Hod man ; Auditor, B. S. Jacoby; Assessor, Michael R. Brown ; Constable, Edward Fisher. Touyitanva Constable, William Shif xer:Supervkor,S. G. Eschcubach, Thomas Winter, AViiiiam Hay ; Assessor, Franklin P. Bh..kesle ; Judge of Election, Robert V."arn:,s, Inspector.'. Jacob Bonser, Samuel Johnson ; School Directors, Thomas Winter, Iktcr S. Kinney; Overseers cf Poor, William ShiiTer, Samuel Hay ; Town Clerk, i Samuel S. Johnson : Auditor. Biakeslee. TrNKHANNocK CoiHtable, Geo. L. Altemose ; Jud-e of Election, Vincent 3Icrv:nc ; Inspectors of Election, Perry Altemcse, Steward Altemcsc ; Auditor, Irwin J. 3Ierwine ; Supervisors, Geo. W. 3Icrwine, Andrev Wrick ; Town Clerk, Jacob E. Altemosc ; School Director?, Peter 3Iervinc, Josej.h Bonser ; As.scSiOr, Geo. W. Mcrvinc ; Overseers of Poor, Geo. L. AltemocC, Jacob E. Altemose. lNi)E?E.ri:NT School District School Directors, Daniel Clark, Oliver Smith. THE SPRING- FLOODS. IMMENSE DESTRUCTION IN TIIE SUS QUEHANNA. Pittston Inundated and Thres Bridgas Carried A7ay Wilkssbarra . in Dan ger and ths Town in Total Darkness Stoppage cf Travel. A iLKi:si:Ar."Tl, Pa., .darcit 14. xne ice in the Susquehanna river became gorged above here between nine and ten o'clock h.t night, and the back water flooded Pittston and caiucd a great amount of dam age. The water w;is two feet higher th: n in 18C.", and ran over yard fences and Hooded houses in West Pittston. At L.'JO o'clock this morning the ic". began to break and move along this city, but a gorge was formed at the inland, a mile be low, and the river rose five feet in ten min utes, and kept coming up until the ice touched the bridge. Then it stopped, and remained stationary till daylight, and since then it has fallen over a foot. This morn ing the two wagon bridges at Pittston wore carried away, the railroad bridge have'ng "one earlv in the evening. The ice below the jrorge at the h-iund is not yet broken at all. The ice to-night stili remains stationary at this place, and there has been no percenti , , it j i . . t. , t ....... .... ble fall cf the water since, the afternoon. Tho cellars of houses on River street, are filled, and the gas works have a depth of several feet of water in them. The whole city is in darkixs . randies and lamps fur nishing the only light. Travel has been stopped between here and Kingston since last night, the fi:ns being entirely submer ged, and it being considered unsafe to cross the bridge. The three bridges which were swept away from Pittston are jammed in tho trortre three miles above here. At Nanticokc dam, eight miles below here, the iee began to move to-day, and the river was rleared for a mils abov- that point, but from there to ths inland gorge at the lower, end of Vvilkeslarro it is a3 solid as ever. Tiie weather h:vs been gradually growing colder, and everything vail freeze solid to night. This undoubtedly prevented the bridge at this place from being carried away. Should a gentle thaw follow the enormous mass of ice may go down -without further damage, but on the contrary, if the thaw be sudden the devastation will be all the ereatcr on account of the cold snap. the situation at 10.30 p. m. last NIGHT. The river is still stationary, and the weather is growing colder. The ice will ldly move further until it moderates. A portion of the city through which North Branch canal runs was Hooded by the lack water finding its way into it. The banks of the canal were overflowed and many cel lars filled, aud some planing mills and other business places were obliged to close up. The running cf the water through that sec tion has now stopped, owing to this freez ing weather. - The river at Pittston is clear of ice, but it remains very high, owing to the gorge above here. The Lackawanna and Blocmsburgiron railroad bridge, which was swept away at that place, cost 120, 000. The two wooden wagon bridges cost nearly ;"0.000 each. The Lehigh Valley Railroad, above and below Pittston, is cov ered in many places with great blocks cf ice and no trains run above Wilkcsbarre. As yet no lives have been lost," though some narrow escapes have been reported. THE RIVEPv FALLING AT V.'ILLIAMSrORT. VriLLiArdsroRT, Pa., 31 arch 17. The river is falling slowly. The iee commenced moving twenty miles below here, but gorged between 3Iilton and Lewisburg. No truble is anticipated. The North Branch is very hie.h and fears are entertained that the bridges at Northumberland may be damag ed by the bridges vhich are coming down. About one-half of Sunbury i3 in danger of being Hooded. A ERIDER. CARRIED AWAY AT DANVILLE. Danville, 3Iarchl7. The bridge over the Susquehanna, at this place has been carried off. The water is higher than in 16Go, and is still rising. There is a gorge between here and Sunbury and railroad communication is cut oiT. The Lackawan na and Bloomsburg and two highwa' bridees at Pittston and the highway bridge at Catawissa have gone. The bridges at Wilkcsbarre, Plymouth and Nanticokc are in danger. ACCOUNTS FltOM COLUMBIA. Columeta, Pa., March 17. The river U now (8 P. 31.) rising rapidly here. The ico is broken at Bainbridge, ten miles west of here, but has jammed again. Tho ice broke at Highspire at 7:30 P. 31. GREAT BEND AND XiNION' THREATENED. BiNOHAUTON, N. Y., 3Iarch 17. The ice gorge in the Susquehanna river at Hooper, eight miles west cf Binghamton, is over four miles long and twenty to thirty feet high. The valley is overflowed. The bridge at Union is in reit danger. The gorge of Great Bend is threatening the bridge. The weather is cool and the river an nig. THE LEHIGH RIVER OTEN. 31 aucii Chunk, 17. No danger is ap prehended on the Lehigh river. The warm weather of the past few das has removed au immense quantity of ice, and the chan nel is now open. HIGHSPIRE SAFE. Highspire Pa., 3Iarch IS. The. ice broke here at 7:30 P. 31., and the river fell four feet in an hour. The railroad (racks are all clear again. It is reported that the ice has gorged at Conewingo Falls, nine miles below here, which may back the water on us again. PITTSTON PERIL A LOSS OY 1,000,000. Sen anton, Pa., 31arch 17. A good many of the stores aud banks at Pittston were closed to-day, owing to the fart that bankers and merchants, redding on the net side of the Susquehanna have htm unable to cross the river fdneo the bridges were swoi't awav. Hundreds of acres 1 along the bed of the river are flooded from Camnbeli's Led io to Wilkcsbarre, a di3- taneo cf twelve mile?, and the spectacle presented by the flood of ice, studded here and there with immense rugged boulders of ice id awe-inspiring and grand. On each side cfthe river for miles a solid wall of ice glistens ia the sunlight to-day. The remnants cfthe three bridges whieh have been swept away have been caught in an ice-gorge four miles below Pittston, and are telescoped one into the other. West Pittston stands between two floods, one of which broke through a ravine at the base of the mountains at one o'clock this morn ing, catting off the flight of the inhabitants, who fought the mcunf.im for safety. The losses by the Hood and obstruction to rail road traRIc will not fall short of $1100, 000. The bridge at Wilkcsbarre cannot stand the pressure to-night. Already up ward of 0-0,000 of stock for a new bridge at Pittston has been subscribed. THE DELAWARE GORGE. Tiia Ice and Water Srccep Through Port Jervis Immense Destruction of property, But No L033 cf Life. Port Jervis, 3Iarch 17. At six o'clock this morni ug the town was startled by a shrill whistle, which had previously been agreed on as a signal, announcing that the ice had broken its barriers ten miles above, and was sweeping down upon the town, borne upon ten feet of water. The announce ment created immense excitement, and mea sures were immediately taken to avert the danger. The ice had started firm at 5:15 A. 31., and at 7 tho river hero had risen rapidly, aud King street was inundated. A large charge of nitro-glyceriue -was ex r.Ioded. and did err eat execution. At 0. A. 31. news was brought that the railroad bridge three miles above here had been carried away, and the greatest fears were entertained for the safety of the town, but at S:40 the gorge broke, and the ice began to move slowly down the river. The Bar rett bridge was swept away, and about three hundred houses in Port Jervis pro per, between the railway aud river, were ' more or less damaged by water, many of them being filled to the second story. Ow ing to the ample warning given by the au thorities no lives were lost. All the large shops cfthe Erie Railway Company had more or less water in them, but no great damage was done. Thirty blocks of ground were under water. The scenes on the river bank were interesting and novel. The ice is piled on the shore in many places thirty feet high, and in pieces weighing thirty tons. About twenty small houses and shanties nave oeeu torn to pieces. rcur of the five spans, in all Gl- feet, of the Delaware Railroad bridge arc gone, leav ing one span on the New York side. The bridge cost S 100.000, and was finished in tiie spring of 1S72. Chief Engineer Chanute proposed to pass trains over cn a tempo ran structure in a week or ten days. A ferry will be established to-morrow for transporting passengers. The debris of two bridges caught fast on Vannoy's Is land, three miles below, thus saving the tower of the suspension bridge. The dam age to the Barrett Bride Company is about 615,000, and the other losses in the village are about -0.000 more, river now o ing down, and the danger is over. About twenty-five small frame buildings nearest the river iu Port Jervis are totally wreck ed. No lives were lost. The Erie Rail road Company announces from New York that there wiil be no detention of trains, the Company having concluded a tempor ary lease cfthe Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad. Two spans of the iron bridge have lodged in a bend at Beaverkill, three miles below this place. They will be removed as soon as the weather allows. The other span passed 3lilford. The Erie Railway Company has con tracted with a firm at Paterson, N. J., for the rebuilding of the bridge at Port Jervis, to cost 570.000. Gain in Pigs. By an experiment reported by J. W. Zig ler, of Laportc County, Iud., it appears that he fed 193 bushels (70 pounnds each) of corn on the ear to 32 hotrs, that they ate it un in 25 days ; that it was fed in au eight acre lot, and that at tho beginning the pigs weighed 0,420 pounds, and when killed 8,750, showing a gain of 2,330 pounds, or at the rate of one pound of pork from four and three-fifths pounds of shelled corn. The com was worth 35 cents per pu-hcl. aud the hogs sold tor an advance r.wr first value of $107 SO, 1eaiog 310 2h' a:, the profit, or realizing 5(1 cents for the corn when fi'd, instead of 35 edits, the m .rkt t value, lit a r-eeond experiment 15 hogs were fed 100 bushels of old shelled corn, on the floor of a close pen, iu 42 days, and gained 1,770 pounds, or one pound of pork trrii I iron fit enrri. In t!i t:rsf. ii'if bushel made 121- pounds of pork, and in 1 ' the second ic;. The worst storm of this whiter set in at Omaha, Neb., during Wednesday night. Snow fell to the depth of seven or tight inches, and drifted badly. "What makes you look so glum, Tom ?" "Oh, I had to endure a sad trial to my feelings." "What on earth was it ?" "Why, I had to tie on a pretty girl's bonnet with i h?r mother lokinjj at A Vagilant Wife. Pitman's wood pile has suffered a good deal lately from the ravages of th'.evrp, tho old gentleman, the other day, loaded his gun with coarse salt, and expressed his determination to bombard the first man who should be observed to haunt the timber. On Wednesday he attended court, and as lie did not expect to reach home until late in the evening, 3Irs. Pitman felt it her duty to keep an eye on the woodpile. But Pit man returned about dusk, and aa he walked through the yard he thought he might an well carry iu enough wood to last all night. He had just placed the fourth stick upon his arm when an explosion occurred, and tho same instant he felt as if a million red hot darning needles were dancing up and down his legs. He had heard from 31 rs. Pitman. He yelled with pain, and dropping tho wood, most of it upon his toes, he fell to the ground. Just as he did so he saw 31 rs. Pitman standing iu tho kitchen doorway with a firearm at '-parade rest" aud content-dating her victory and her victim with serenity. Pitman's first thought was that she had suddenly been animated by au in sane but judicious desire to realize upon hi life insurance policy. But when he scream ed to her, she drooped her artillery and flew to the scene with expressions of alarm and grief at the discovery that she had perfora ted Pitman. She called the servant girl, and as they carried him into the house, she explained that she had mistook hint for a thief, and then she apologized. Pitman said it was all very -well to apologize, but what good wa3 that to a man with two quarts of salt and a half a pound of gun wads in his legs. Zdrs. Pitman insisted that he oughu't to mind a little salt, it would do him good. She urged that salt was better than anything else lbr rreserviw meat, and that his legs would probably be alive aud well and prancing around the uni verse when the rest of him was dead ami spoiled. That made him mad, and after snlilting up his gun with the axe, he went to bed, and he hain't spoken to 31 rs. Pit man since ; but he has hinted gloomily to the doctor if a divorce can be had he will obtain one. Cooked Food for E3U3. Put two or more quarts of water in a ket tle, add one largo seed pepper, or two small ones, then put the kettle over tho fire. When tho water bolls, stir iu coarse ground Indian meal, until you make a thick mush. Let it cook an hour or more. Feed hot. Horseradish chopped fine and stirred into the mush has been found to produce good results. Four weeks ago we com menced feeding our hens mush as prepared iu the above directions, and for result we are getting from five to ten eggs per day ; whereas, previous to feeding, we had not had eggs for a long ti:n-. We hear a great deal of complaint from other people about not getting eggs. To all such we would warmly recommend cooked food, lid hot. Boiled appleskins. seasoned with red poppers, or b died potatoes, seasoned with horseradish are gcod for feed ; much better than un cooked corn. Corn, when fed by itself, has a tendency to fatten hens, instead of producing the more profitable egglaying. Dot, in Ohio Farimr. Pat's Advantas:. An Irishman went into a butcher's shop and asked : ''Have you any sheep's head, mashter V' "Oh, yes,M.was the reply. Pat, after a deal -of higgling, bought one, tnd then wished to know how to make it ready. The shopman began to tell him, but Pat, net being blessed with a good memory, asked him to "write it down on a piece of paper" and mcun time Lid down his purcluKM at the shop door. A dog, seeing a good chance, seized the. head and bolted down the itrce!,. I at immediately gave chasp, bawling at the t ip of his voire: "Corn yfci ... uiv oin.v i' C l..iV4 A iO.MCl 1J but after a stifi run he had to give in dead beat, when he cou-ohd himself with th remark : "Niv t moiud ; he hadn't got the resate how to make it ready.'' Eekc Carey, a Jamestown pilgrim, who j h:.s gone up and down the earth, a wi.U c lower, for two Ion'' weeks. ) ,t w,fl- nm. ' , , , , ; , . t , . , t seed Ins aching heart by taking another t vale. 'I hero is to be nothings in the new spring styles. Poor relatives will b cut the same as lasrvear. The bonded debt of tho city of Erie is only $1,1 82.G0o The floating debt wSlCS,. 00O. The modest maiden and tho broken lc fhould kep a( home.
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