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VOL. 32.
STROUDSBURG, MONROE COUNTY, Pi., MAY 20, 1875.
NO. 51.
PuMished by Theodore Schoch.
Tkrms Two ilollars a year in alvane ami if not
paid (L-forf th-; om of the year, two dollars anl fiftv
cirits will I"-? clianro!.
tt" ." jriir lNrrntinn'tl until all arre:iraj are
paid, oxi'tt :t tli o)ii(.!i of the Editor.
So' Advcrtisnionts of oiih siiar of (cirlt linos) or
.. on.- it tliive iiK'-rtitiiis SI '). En Hi additional in-m-tioti,
O'-nts. Lonjr oni's in proportion.
JOK I'EtlXTIXG
OK AM, KINDS,
Uxooiitod in tin; highest style of the Art, and on the
must re:tsii:iM tonus.
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11. 11. BRUCE JOHNSTONE,
Homoeopathic Physician,
Ke.-idcnte: I'.cnjamin Duncan, Cherry Valley,
MONROE COUNTY PA.
May 13, lS7o. ly.
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II. A. LEWIS KIRKIIl'Fr
Physician, Surgeon and Accoucheur,
Sand Cut, Wayne Co., Pa.
All eases promptly attended, to day or night.
Charges moderate. May 1, '7o-tf.
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r. x. i l'CCBi.
Surgeon Dentist.
Annonnciis tli nt having jut returned from Pental
"olIi-grt, lie is fully prepared to make artificial teeth in
t In.- int ht-.nitiii.l ami life-like inmiiiT, and to till de-o.-sy.-d
t eth accord in- to the most improved method.
Teeth extracted without pain, when desired, hv the
u-e of Nitrons Oxide lias, which, is entirely harmless.
l("pairiii'Tof all kinds neatly done. All work warantotl.
'Uinjps reasonable.
.!).: .1. i. Keller's new brick building. Main street,
Si riucNbur, l'a. iAinj. 31 '71-tf.
Operating and Mechanical Dentist,
Anuoiin"is thpt havim; returned from I Vntal College
lr- is i'u i ly prepared to perform all operations in the
dviital line, in the must careful and skillful manner.
Teeth extracted 'y the use of gas when desired. All
work warranted, liarues reasonable.
OiTiee in Hutchison's bik-k building, over Shot well's
More, K.it Mioiiiisbiirff, l'a. April T2, ''. ly.
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PHYSICIAN.
0ncc near opposite Williams' Drug Store.
n-siden-e, formerly occupied by K. L. 'Wolf, corner
?rah and Walnut streets, ;i rondsbur, l'a.
Viari.ii 2", 1. tf.
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HOW.tlll) IMTTCKSOX,
Pjysicim, Surgeon and Accoucheur,
Oflicc and lle.idence, Main treet, Strouds
hur, Pa., in the building formerly occupied
by Jr. S jip. Prompt attention given to call.
( 7 to 0 a. m.
O.Tice hours
1 II o .. ...
( G "8 p. m.
April IC, lS74-ly.
-l X I. III.
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R. GCO. Yi JACiiSO.
rilYSirilX, SURGEON AND Al'CUTCIIEUR.
In the old oliiee of Dr. A. Reeves Jackson,
residence, corner of Sarah and Franklin street.
STROUDSBURG, PA.
Aunt S,'72-tf
AUCTIONEER,
Real Estate Agent and Collector.
The un lcri'.'iieil lieg leave to notify the public that
h i tireji.ired to ell at short iK-tice personal proi.-Tty
f a!! kiis, as wiii as Ileal Iltst.-, at pulilie or private
o:!i-e at Thomas fte:nrIe's old tore stand, at liist
Hr'uds!)iirg, l'a. l'ec. 1", 1S71. ly.
Attorney nt Law,
One door above the ".Stroudburg Ilouf-e,'
Sirotidrbtirg, l'a.
Collection promptly made.
October 22, 1874.
JSIL: SIOCSS2,
HONESDALE, PA.
Mot central location ot any Hotel in town.
R. W. KIPLE & SON,
lr0 Main street.
January 0, 1S73.-
Proprietors
Iv.
ArERC'IIAVrS' HOUSE,
JL 113 & 415
Xorth Third Street, PHI LAD EL PULL
SOT. Reduced rates, $1 75 per day.-tia
HENRY SPAHN, Prop'r.
L R. Snvdkr, Clerk.
Nov. liG, JS74. Cui.
WILLIAM S. REES,
Surveyor, Conveyancer and
Real Estate Agent.
Farias Timber Lands and Town Lots
FOR SALE.
Office menrly opposite American IIouch
nd 2d door below the Corner Store.
March 20, lS73-tf.
DR. J. LANTZ,
SURGEON & MECHANICAL DENTIST.
1ia.s hi office on la?n street, in the se:ond story
'f rr. S. Walton's l.riek building, nearlv opjx.r.ite the
'rondshnrg House, and he Haters himself that by eigh
teen years constant praetiee and the mwt rarnwt and
'Veful attention to all nuitt-r. pertaiiiinK to hi pro-'"-wion,
tht he is fuUv able to perform all operations
'n tlie li,tHl line in the most careful aud skillful mun
Br. epecial attention given to saving the Natural Teeth;
ai-o. to the in"rtion tf Artificial Teeth ou UublH-r.
'"Id, Silver, or Continuous Gums, and perfect fits iu all
fs,,s insured.
Most persons know the great folly and danger of ;n
'fusting their work to theinexperieneed, or to those liv
'"g at a distance. April 13, 1H74. tf.
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OX'T you Kno' mat J.
jIefni tv Sons are the only Under-
Icers in Stroudsburg who understands their
Wsiuess ? If not, attend a Funeral managed
VaDy other Undertaker iu town, and you
sec the proof of the fact.
Juue l?,71-tf
R. MAINONE,
Maker, Tuner, Regulator and Repairer
OF
Pianos, Organs and Melodeons.
Tarties rosidin: iii Stroudsbunr and vicinity, witdi
n thoir Instruments thoroughly tuned, rcjiulated and
r ):iirel at a most reasonable price, will please leave
their order at the .I;tt".rs..iii:iti itK.-
Those u ishimr to purchase Pianos or other instru
ment will find ittotheiradvantaiietocallonnic. Hav-
"'K "" practiele experience of over twenty-six
years in th muienl line, I am preporod to furnish
the latest and most improved instruments at the lowest
possil.le prices. I have located nivself permanently
here and solid vour favors.
HENRY D. BUSH
(Successor to 11. F. & II. D. Ctish)
DEALER IN
DRY GOODS & NOTIONS,
Shawls, Cloths and Cassimeres,
SILKS, DELANES, CALICOES,
AND
Dress Goods Generally,
White Goods, Flannels, Trimmings, and
HOSIERY,
AN I) IX SHOUT
The vaual $toc7: of a iccll appointed
DRY GOOD AND NOTION STORE-
The stock was not purchased at
Auction or Bankrupt Sales
but will be sold at prices satisfactory to
purchaser?, and warrautcd as to quality.
CALL AND SEE.
II. D. RUSH.
Stroudsbur:, April 30, 1874. tf.
PRICES REDUCED
AT THE
orner
THE
CHEAPEST GOODS
IN TOWN.
Great bargains are now oAl-red in
FANCY DRESS GOODS,
ALPACAS, VELVETEENS,
CLOTI-IS,
CASSIMERES, FLANNELS, Ac,
all of which have been marked down to
PANIC PRICES.
Goods all new and right in ntyle, but
marked down to meet the times. We invite
all to call and peo for themselves. Terms
Cash.
C. n. ANDRE & Co.
dec-4tf Main St., Stroudaburg, Pa.
0. H. Dreher. E. B. Dreher
pi-iceints:
(2 doors west of the "Jefiersonian Office,")
ELIZABETH STREET,
Stroudsbur, Pa.,
DREHER & BRO.,
DEALERS IX
Drugs, Medicines, Perfumery
and Toilet Articles.
IPaints,
OILS, VARNISHES, GLASS & PUTTY.
Abdominal Supporters and Shoulder
Braces.
Seeley's
Hard iti itne;n ttivshiis aim
Bitter's
TRUSSES OF VARIOUS PATTERNS.
Lamps and Lanterns Burning
and Lubricating Oils.
Physicians' Prescriptions carefully Com
pounded.
N. U. Tho hia-hest Cash price raid for
OIL of WINTE1UJREEN.
may-ltf.
Store!
Priestly Politics.
The New Y'ork Times is doing a plain
duty in a clear and forcible way in constant
ly calling attention to the political designs
of the Roman Church in this country, a
task which we, have also endeavored to
fulfill. There is, however, so general and
just a fear of even seeming to interfere
with religious liberty and the right of every
man to hold and profess whatever faith he
prefers that there is some reluctance upon
the part of many good people to favor the
discussion. Rut in the interest of tho
very religious liberty to which they are
devoted, such persons should watch careful
ly the conduct of priestly politics. Do they
think the Roman Church friendly to re
ligious freedom or to the careful separation
of church and state ? If not, they should
understand that the aim and hope of the
Roman Church as a political power is the
control of the government, and when that
should be achieved, the union of church
and state would follow. There may be
a very great difference of opinion whether
under any probable circumstances that
control could be obtained ; but there is no
doubt that it is sought, and sought with
great ingenuity, subtlety, and influence.
The objective point, as we have often
shown, is the public schools, but that is not
the only one. In Ohio, as has been for
merly stated iu these columns, an attempt
was made to repeal the prohibition of
sectarian grants to schools, and both in
Ohio and in New York an effort is making
to introduce the Roman worship into the
jails and hospitals. This is done, as usual,
under plea of that religious liberty which
the Pope curses, and which the Roman
part- would at once destro' could it get
the chance. The bill presented in the New
York Legislature by Mr. M'Cowan provides
that every prisoner or inmate of a public
institution of confinement shall have the
ministrations of clergymen of such churches
as they may elect, and that in institions for
children they shall be deemed to belong to
the church to which their parents are at
tached, and all religious exercises except by
such clergymen are forbidden. The last
provision, of course, abolishes all the
chaplaincies in public institutions.
As the vast mass of the inmates of penal
institutions, except in the rural districts,
belong to the Roman Church, the chief
religious instruction would thus be under
the care and according to the rule of that
Church. The difficulty is, however,
: l .1 i . tp it i i-
uuauiuauic. ii mere ue any reiigious
service or assistance of any kind whatever
in public institutions, it should be determin
ed by the choice of the convict or inmate,
as there is no state church. Rat it is not
a matter of majorities. The fact that the
greater number of convicts in a State-prison
are Roman Catholics would be a very
inadequate reason for compiling a Methodist
or Raptist or Hebrew to attend the Roman
mass. And the rule is, of course, as im
pcrativc and reasonable the other way. It
is true that the class of people who fill the
prisons is not usually very careful of its
religious instruction ; and very few of them,
unless they have been brought up in the
Roman Church, have any knowledge of the
difference of sects or any choice among them.
Except for the peculiar tactics of the Roman
Church there would have been no question
and no difficulty, for the inmates would
have been content with the ministrations of
a clergyman of any denomination. Rut
when the question is raised, the point is to
insist upon the. equal right of choice for all,
and to take care that the whole religious
control does not fall into the hands of the
Roman clergy.
The fact of the resolute political purpose
of the Roman Church is one of the most
evident and significant facts of the time,
and can not be too carefully considered by
every American. The one thing never to
be forgotten is that the purpose does not
depend upon popular whims and fancies
that it is not the purpose of a party which
may to-morrow differ and disband, or which
is at the mercy of private ambitions and
cabals. It is the design of one of the most
ancient and permanent and politically
unscrupulous of organizations, and is unac
companied with any personal or temporary
or occasional aims whatever. The attack
upon the American public-school system is
a wholly foreign movement. It begins in
Rome, and is the result of principles and a
policy which are utterly hostile to American
ideas and development. Its object is the
absolute control of the schools as a, means
of removing one of the chief obstacles to
the supremacy of Rome in America. Rome
never submits to a divided authority in
church or state, and the contest in (jlermany
is the necessary result of the presence and
perception of a great statesman. He com
prehends the character and design and
methods of Rome, and understands that it
is of necessity a power to be resisted to the
end. Iu this country, with other traditions
and a free popular government, the characte r
of the contest must be different, but it will
be as absolute and determined. The Roman
policy is distinct and consistent and thorough,
and will be pressed with unflagging vigor.
It must be encountered in the same wa',
and with firm reliance upon those American
painciples which Rome would subvert. Rut
above all, ecclesiastical Rome must not be
permitted to cloak political Rome, nor
must it be forgotten that Rome urges in
American the plea of religious equalit' and
freedom only to gain a position from which
it can overthrow them both. JIaivcrs
Now is the time to hunt a convenient
dark corner to carefully stow away stoves
pipes till falL when they will be again
ne3dcd and so easily found missing.
THE NEW ATTORNEY GENERAL.
IIECOHD OF TIIK LIFE OF , EX-JuDOE
PlEllREI'ONT HIS SERVICES TO. THE
COUNTRY HIS POLITICAL COURSE.
Edward Pierrepont was born in North
Haven, Conn., on March 4th, 1817. lie
entered Y'ale as a freshman in 1837, and
graduated with high honors, being fine of
the oration men of his class. During the
succeeding year he studid for the bar at the
New Haven law school, under the tutor
ship of Judges Gaggett and Hitchcock.
On being admitted to the bar he removed
to Columbia, Ohio, where ho began the
practice of his profession. Five years later,
in 181G, he removed to New York. Here
he continued in active practice, rapidly ac
quiring a reputation as an advocate which
promised to become one of the foremost in
the city. In 1S37 he was elected a judge
of the superior court to fill the vacancy
caused by the death of Chief Justice Oak
ley. Three years afterward he resigned
his judgeship. Up to the breaking out of
the war, he had always acted and voted
with the Democratic party, but without
takiug any part in political life. When
the news of the bombardment of Fort Sum
ter reached New York, he was one of the
first to rally to the support of the govern
ment. He was one of the most active in
the organization of the Union Defense com
mittee, of which John A. Dix, Hamilton,
Fish, A. T. Stewart, and other prominent
citizens were members. Judge Pierrepont
took a prominent part, and was one of the
principal organizers of the great Union de
monstration in Union square on April 2,
1SG1, on which oeeasiou he was also one
of the leading orators. Throughout the
administration of President Lincoln he was
one of that statesman's most zealous suit
porters, and in the prosecution of the war
for the Union he never wavered or doubted
that victory would in the end reward the
exertions of the north. In 1SG7 he was
engaged by the government to conduct the
prosecution, of John II. Surratt, indicted
for complicity in the murder of President
Lincoln. Throughout the celebrated trial
which followed, and which lasted from June
10 to August 10, Judge Pierrepont gave
his best efforts to the conduct of the case.
In the campaign of 1SG8 he was conspicu
ous as a warm friend aud supporter of Gen.
Grant, and contributed largely toward his
election. When the president assumed his
office in March, 1SG9, Judge Pierrepont
was appointed tmted States district-attorney
for the southern district of New Y'ork,
which office he resigned in May, 1870. In
the fall of the following year he was active
ly engaged in the war against the Tam
many ring, and at the mass meeting of Sep
tember 4th, at Cooper Institute, was ap
pointed one of the famous ';Committce of
Seventy." During the summer and autumn
of 1S72 when so many Republicans joined
hands with the Democracy, Judge Pierre
pont remained an earnest and unflinching
advocate of the ticket which was triumph
ant in the next November. Iu May, 1873,
he was tendered by the president the post
of minister to Russia, which he declined.
In March of last year, he addressed a. let
ter to Senator Sherman on the "Finances,"
a production which excited general atten
tion both at the time and since. As a
writer and a speaker upon this topic, he
has always advocated the resumption of
specie payment at the earliest practicable
moment.
In June, 1S71, Judge Pierrepont re
ceived the degree of .LL. I. from Colum
bia college, Washington. Two years later
the same distinction was conferred upon
him by Yale.
HUMAN ENDURANCE.
A Baby Injured Han Lives Two Months
on Raw Bear Meat.
Nevada papers bring us details of two
remarkable instances of human endurance.
The first is told of by tho Virginia Chroni
cle of April 22, as follows :
About fifty miles from Virginia City is
a little mountain value know as Gravelly
Valley. In February last, two hunters,
named M. II. Robinson and David Knox,
were in the neighborhood looking fur game.
They succeeded in killing a large cinnamon
bear which they dragged to the hut. On
the morning of February 15, when twelve
miles from camp, Robinson, in getting on
his horse, accidentally discharged his gun,
and the ball, an ounce iu weight, passed
through his right heel, shattering it to frag
ments. His ' companion enveloped the
wound in snow, and tied it up in a piece of
saddle-blanket, and they started immedia
tely for tho cabin. Upon their arrival,
Knox saw at once that it was necessary to
go for a physician. Kobinson was weak
from loss of blood, was utterely unable to
ride to the nearest settlement, a distance of
forty miles, and the nature of his injury
was such that he must surely die unless
medical assistance was procured. They
were sworn friends ; and Knox, after plac
ing the wounded man in a bunk, covering
him with a blanket and leaving him two
days provisions, bade him be of good cheer
until his return. He rode all that r.icrht
through a blinding storm, which set in soon
after his departure, and arrived in Lake
Valley soon after daylight. Having pro
cured the assistance of a physician, who
was well known to Robinson, they started
to return. As they ascended the steep side
of the mountain, the determined men soon
found that it was impossible to proceed
further. The snow was already four or
five feet deep, and was accumulating iu
great drifts.
The regrets they felt at Robinson's fate
were of uo avail, but all through the win
ter his untimely end was discussed by his
friends around their fire-sides. About ten
days ago, when the snow was pretty well
off the ground a part' of men tluwght it
their duty to go over into the deserted
valley, and bury his body. They arrived
at the door, of the cabin and were alighting
from their horses when a voice within was
beard joyfully to exclaim Well have you
fellows got here at last ?" and Robinson
came limping out upon a pair of crutches.
Noticing their surprise, be said : 'You all
thought 1 was dead, did you ? I am not,
but am as well as ever 1 was in my life,
except this leg." And so it proved.
He kept his wound dressed with snow,
aud when his ready provisions were ex
hausted dragged himself to the carcass of
the bear at the door of the cabin and cut
off a slice with his butcher, knife. Raw
bear-meat and water from a mountain stream
which ran near by was all the sustenance
he had for over seven weeks. This mea
gre diet, no doubt, kept his foot from mor
tifying. The fever subsided, the inflama
tion went down, and it soon began to heal.
AYith a wire which he tore off an old broom
he probed the wound and drew out several
pieces of the bone. lie then made a pair
of crutches and was able to get about with
out difficulty. lie considers the snow
storm a luck- thing, as his leg would pro
bably have been amputated had the physi
cian arrived.
THE BOARD OF PARDONS.
Rules Adopted for the Government cf
the Body.
IIarrishurg, May 7. The recent meet
ing of the Board of Pardons, the following
rules were adopted to regulate all applica
tions made to it :
First. The first Tuesday of each month
is appointed as the day whereon the board
shall convene to give a full hearinged in open
session to all applications for pardon.
Second. The board must be furnish with
proof that notice cf application for pardon
has been published once a week, for two.
consecutive weeks, in a newspaper printed
in the county or city in which conviction
was had, said proof to be made by the
affidavit of the publisher of the newspaper
that the publication had been made as re
quired by this rule
Third. Notice of the application must
have been given to the judge who tried the
cause and to the district attorney or at
torney who prosecuted, and proof of said
notice be furnished.
Fourth. Every application for pardon
must be accompanied with the following
papers, written in a clear and distinct
hand :
1. A certified copy of the whole record,
including docket entries, minutes of the
court, copy of indictment, pleas, and all
other papers on file relating to the case.
2. A brief statement of the reasons upon
which the application is based, setting forth
all the facts, will be required in every ap
plication ; the notes of evidence taken on
the trial ; letters from responsible persons
iu the community where the crime was
committed.
Fifth. No applications will be considered
if presented to any individual member of
the board.
Sixth. All applications and correspond
ence must be addressed to or filed with the
Recorder of the Board at Harrisburg, so
that the same may be prepared for presen
tation to the board at its next sessson ; and
no application will be heard or considered
unless the same and papers upon which
based have been filed at least ten days be
fore said sessions, and iu no instance will
this rule be relaxed.
Seventh. No application that has once
been rejected will again be placed upon the
record or heard by the board without the
consent of the board first obtained therefor,
and when submitted the second time, addi
tional reasons, petitions, and proof of notices
to judge, district attorney, and the public
must be furnished anew.
Eighth. No party will be permitted to
occupy more than fifteen minutes in the
oral discussion of any application unless by
the special request of the board.
John Latta, Lieutenant-Governor.
M. S. Quay, Secretary of the Common
wealth. Samuel E. Dimmick Attorney-General.
William McCaxdless, Secretary of
Internal Affairs.
A. Wilson Nokris, Recorder.
The constable of Cabot, Vt., went down
a trapdoor into a man's cellar for the pur
pose of putting an attachment upon some
potatoes. The man's wile shut down the
door, sat upon it, and would not lot the offi
cial out till he had made to her ';the most
solemn vow he ever promised to a woman"
not to put an attachment upon the vegeta
bles. As he was coming up she interviewed
him with the fire shovel, and he left the
house thinking that 'a slice of the day of
judgment" was after him.
The Buffalo (N. Y.) Courur says:
"While you are talking about this backward
spring, just remember that in the spring
of 1817 or '43, there was sleighing in most
places between Mohawk and St. Lawrence
on and after May 1."
"Lake Erie continue covered with ice as
far as the eye can reach," says the Buffalo
Courier of the 7th instant.
John Smith has been arrested in Buffalo
for wearing a clean shirt. Unfortunately
it belonged to another man.
The female3
Franklin.
are
crusauing
figain
in
A Pennsylvania Woman.
A correspondent of a Cincinnati paper"
tells rather an extravagant story of the ex
ploits of a widow of his acquaintance. It
runs thus. We dwell in a branch of the
beautiful Clinton Valley in Fayette county
Penn. Just to the cast of us are the Chcs
nut Ridge mountains, :.s rough and rocky
as mountains generally are. Well, upon
the top of the mountains dwells a widow,
yet in the prime of life, who is now wealthy,
and owns the best mountain farm in Fayette
county. Ycar3 ago, when quite young,
she married a young man who owned thi
farm and a team, and nothing more. Tho
land was uncleared, exceedingly rocky, and
full of ravines. In a few months after be
ing married the husband died, leaving his
wife nothing but this land, cabin and team.
Thrown upon her own resources, the widow
went to work felling timber, making cross
ties and hauling them to the railroad at
Conncllsville, distant ten miles, and all with
out the assistance of any one. This being
before tlic panicky times, she made money
sufficient to give her a good start in life.
Disliking to drive a team or attend t
horses, as soon as she considered herself
able she bird a driver, but continued mak
ing the cross-ties with her own hands, and
between .times amused herself with blasting
rocks and rolling them into the ravines
thus killing two birds with one stone, clear
ing the land and filling up the ravines.
Thus, by industry, economy and persever
ance, she, in a very few years, amassed a
considerable fortune, cleared seventy-five
acres of rough land, filling up and leveling
over ravines, and fitting them flr agricul
tural purposes. It was indeed an interest
ing sight to see her sitting on top of a rock,
with a drill in one hand and a sledge in the.
other, piercing the very heart cf the rock
aud blowing it to atoms, and afterward rol
ling it piece by piece into the ravine. This
lady has now a grand house, luxuriously
furnished ; a first-class piano, from which
she brings forth the sweetest music, and
fifty thousand in the bank. She has had
scores of offers, but she refuses them all,
preferring to pass the remainder of her life
in single blessedness rather than undergo
the pangs of burying another husband.
Objections to Education.
The San Antonio (Texas) Herald ten
this story : Some years ago some emi
grants from Ohio and Illinois settled in a
little town in this State, and soon began to
agitate for the erection of a schooihou.se:
and the employment of a teacher. A town
meeting was called to consider the proposi
tion, and one of the Northerners made a
neat little speech, telling of the blessing
which education had brought with it to
Ohio and Illinois. When he had sat down
an old man in the corner arose, gave the
customary hitch to his corduroys" pushed
back his hat a trifle, and answered thus :
"Stranger, up in yer Ohio State you've,
got a big penitentiary full of people, h'anint
yer t Well, yer ve got lamm' up
th:
'ip in yer Illinois State ycr've got a big
penitentiary full of people ; ycr've got larnii?
there. But I've lived here thiity-scvcu
years in peace and happiness. I've raised
nine doys and tew gals, and I sleep perfectly
sound o' night, 'cos I ain't 'fraid any of
my boys '11 go to the penitentiary for lbr-
ntiary
gin
ir-trL .... A 1 . .. . ' .
ius nicy can i nunc ot cm
nune of
write ! Sensation in the audience and
sympathy manifested. Another of the
new-comers then spoke, arguing in favor of
education ; and then a tall, Tank native,
stood up and made this speech : "Sec
here, mister, nin't you that 'ere machine
man?" "Yes," said he, "I did sell some
machines here last year." "Wa'al, when;
wheat got ripe, all the people went to
Neighbor Johnson's to see how yer mowiu'
machine would operate. We got the tar
nel thing into the field, and Neighbor John
son he hitched his young filly into the
shafts. She allers was a fractious critter,
and the first thing we knowed she give :t
flounce and caught Neighbor Johnson's
L J i ill "s leg an' cut it clean orf ! Manifest
sensation. Then, mister, in just about
two weeks yer pardner came round peddiin'
wooden legs, and Neighbor Johnson had
to buy one of them "ere thing?. Nice
eddieated people you are ! You understand
it, you do ! Fust you sell the machines,
and then yer pardner he furnishes wooden
legs! lias ended the matter, and
nn
school-master will be welcomed
village for some time to come.
ui tln.t
A rural assessor
lately asked a woman
she had and. doubt in-
how ln.-mv -Ii!i L-..iw wl.
her word, proceeded to count them. She
took him to the bee hive, kicked it over,
and invited him to count the bees. Thcv
counted the marks on hi person :-.nd caf
culatcd the number of insects therefrom.
The tailors of St. Louis trash those of
their patrons who do not pay their bills.
And this niut be stopped. What, other
wise, is to become of tlve very structure of
society Jlochet,'r lh,n. and Chtouidc,
Tho Witkesbarre policeman, Reibseumor,
who was shot by the lawless Councils oil
Thursday, died Friday morning.
Many potato bugs are found twelve to
fifteen inches below the ground, in Ches
ter county.
Ex-Mayor Loft us, ofScranton, tried at
Wilkesbarre for perjury, was acquitted.
.
The p.olice of Philadelphia made 2,G0O
arrests during the month of April.
There are G.2S2
pupils in the pubhe
j s:-hool3 of Reading.