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EJcuotci, ta politics, Citcraturc, Agriculture, Science, morality, nni cueral 3utdligcurc.
VOL 33.
STROUDSBURG, MONROE COUNTY, PA., AUGUST 5, 1875.
NO. 10.
IM 'j I i shed hy Theodore Schoch.
Tl.M,T1r1).lotlirt ayesr in adranee-and If n..t
aid t!'" eudof the yuar two doUa ndfinr
f'in'y w',,,tJf ,Jr,UsNintinapl until all arrearages are
f i aJ..j,t at the option of Hi' Kditor.
"''-. tiverti-'cnieiin of on.: square of (cisht line) or
i?n -r tlift.- imertion SI 5i. Kach additional in
,rt'i...i. .' n'"- t ,,"r "" prI""-ti.u.
JOIl IMlIXTIXfi
or AM. KISIW,
K ilfU in the liii;1i't styli of the Art, and on the
D ni.,i reasonable tfrmt.
U. IMHTK JOHNSTONE,
Homoeopathic Physician,
j;.i,kncc: ttenjamin Dung.in, Chcrrj Valley,
MONMIOK COUNTY PA.
m.v is, i "" 1 y-
It. A. LKWIS KIRKIIUT,
Phyiician, Surgeon and Accoucheur,
.Saxj Cut, Wayne Co., Pa.
tIS&'ftZ&L j
siihiu "rnihi. j
i
lM navin; itist roturn-l from ivnial J
i h'i f""r pfp11"'"' l' "-" artificial t eth n ij
Hi - mMt :--aiitifu'l and lif-liV.' manner, and to till d v.
rji t s-ili a-vonlmr l- Uie m-ei improves miiiwi. j
T th 'iTi inl without pjin. wh-n dein-d, hy tha '
..f iir.-n iid- . which is entirely hartafe. I
i: ...iritijl -dl kind's n-atly don. Alt work warantod.
hr; r-anM.. j
' (A..C.3I Ti-tf. j
I)'
tit. i:. HItOM ,
Operating and Mechanical Dentist,
Vnn'in' tliit hin j rtrti"l from IMitaHVU !
h- i f illy pr-pir ti t- p-:rt'riu all op-rationn in the
d-nll lin '. ia th i t ar-ful and .Uillfnl maiinr. j
T th extrai to.1 hy tli.' u- f 4 wh-n d5ired. All (
w.rk wirrnt-l. i "har. r-aua!.lf. j
in llni-hi.or Uri k buiMint, over Slmtw!!' j
ir, i:.t Str-.u l.l.iiri, Ta. April ., '7.. ly. ;
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u. s. i. pori.Ki:,
I'll VS H'I AN.
O H v nrlv oN.,mU. Williams Dn..; Store. I
ly op jui
r. "il-n'-n, fir:n-rle omij.il by 1. t.. Wlf, rorner
uih Wlaat tr s-t M rudiiii rg, la.
1)
K. IIOWAKD IMTTi:KSI,
P.iyiiciin, Sarjean and Accoucheur,
0,foVe anl Ue-iilence, Mrtiii street, Stroud-;
1'iirtr. t's-. ' tlio iMiitillns furinerlv nviiiel
lv r. S -i j. rruiujt attention sjiren toc-iIU. ;
( 7 t . m. ;
,Tice hwti rr - 1 : j. in. j
( li " j. iii.
April lt 1ST4-Iy.
D
u. .i:o. lr. j.ic'kso.
nisinw, si'Rtinox d AiTiirriu:in.
In the iM oflitv ( I)r. A. llceve J.iekn,
fe.i.l.-e, rorm r of Snili ami Franklin rdrect.
STROUDSBURG, PA.
7"iiaSo ri:iitso,
AUCTIONEER,
Ral Estate Agent and Collector.
Tli 'in'iTi m-d h- lave to notify the public that
h i pr--pir.-J ( (!! at short noti'-' -Trtiial prjrty
r nil kind. w-ll a. It"al Kstat", at pulilU- r fTivato
jt Th'mas Sti-mplVn old toretand. at Ka.t
nnl'iari. Vs.. fe.'. 17, H74. ly.
D
ivin s. 1.1:1:.
lllorncy u1 Iiiv,
line tloor alo e tit c ".Strond'bttrg IIotio,
SiroiuNliiir, Pa.
t Vl lection promptly inaIe.
eto!wr L-J, IS74.
HONESDALE, PA.
Most central location ot any Hotel in town.
K. W. KII'LK A- SON,
K.I M .tin street. I 'roirietors.
January '., 1S71 ly.
MCKCIIAIVTS' IIOt'MK,
&. iir
Xorth Tim, l Sstrct, PHILADELPHIA.
teT Reduced rates, $1 7-j jer daj."feJ
IIKNUV SPAHN, Trop'r.
L. U. JSnvdeii. Clerk.
Nor. 2f., 1874. 6tn.
WILLIAM S. REES,
Surveyor, Conveyancer and
Real Estate Agent.
Farms, Timber Lands and Town Lots
FOR SALE.
Ofliie mrarly cppoitt American IIouck
and '2d l.r Ik-Iow the Corner .Store.
March 20, 187:tf.
DR. J. LANTZ,
SURGEON & MECHANICAL DENTIST.
fctill ha his oflioe ou Main .street, in the wiond story
Or. . Walton's bri k buildinT, nearlv oprKrite the
nMm,b.ir- Hoijw. and he tlaters hiniiw lf that br ei-h-years
ironMaut .ra'U. and th mom earneat atd
eareiui attention to all mtVr pertaining to Ida pro
UTay'' ln f'" to perforw all operation
iMr nUl ,ine in ,Lc ""t t ,trt'ful a,,1 killfl in
KpfH il attention civen to ?-avin the Natural Teeth ;
IMA '"'"i"" "f Altitioial Teoth on ICuhber.
""a, filrcr, or Continuous tiums, and ierf-:t fits in all
raAe insured.
Mot jHtrsons know the er.yit follv and danger of eo
"Winfthcr work.to the ioexffrie'no-d. or to tko i v
,nS at a diatane. April 13, 1X74. if.
nv '.1 you kiiou' that J. If.
. V' "cCai ty Sons arc the only Under
'itcr.s in Stroudsburg who understands their
jusinf3sj, ? If not, attend a Funeral managed
'y ariyotW Undertaker in town, and rau
'lUectho proof of the fact.
J I;'Vi-tf
R. MAINONE,
Maker, Tuner, Regulator and Repairer
Pianos, Organs and Melodeons.
Parties residing in Stroudburg aud vicinity, wi-li-ln
their Instrument thoroughly tuned, regulated and
repaired at a raott rea-tonaltle prior, will pla leava
their order at the JefTersoDian Office.
Those wi-thlng to pun-ba llano or othr in.it ru-iu.'iii-
will find it to their adrautage to call ou me. Hav
inif had a practicle experience of oer twenty-aix
cars in the musical line, I am pnpored to furnish
the latent and uxl improved instrtinieut at the lowest
ixeniltlc price. I liae locatel myself permanently
here and solid vour favors.
HENRY D. BUSK
(Succeaaor to II. F. & II. D. RuIi)
DEALER IN
DRY GOODS & XOTIOXS,
Shawls, Cloths and Cassimeres,
1 J,KS, DKLANKS, CALICOES,
AND
Dress Goods Generally,
White GooJs FlannelSi Trimmings, and
IIOSIKUV,
AM IX SUdllT
The nsual stock of a mil tijipointed
DRY GOOD AND NOTION STORE.
The stock w.i. nut purchased at
Auction or Bankrupt Sales
luf " hc l V" eati.faetory to ,
purchasers, ami warranted as to quality.
CALL axi r.r..
II. I). 1MISH.
StronI.!.iirs. April 30, 1ST I. tf.
Vilim REDUCED
AT THE
oniBr Store! AiVtX i,noui,(T,nc,it
'iTO THE PUBLIC.
THE !
CHEAPEST GOODS I
j
IN TOWN,
fireat liar;:tins are now offered in
FANCY DRESS GOODS,
ALPACAS, YKM'KTKKNS,
CLOTHS,
CASSIMKPJvS, FLANNKLS, Ac,
! all of which have been marked ilown to
PANIC PRICES.
(iood all new and rijrht in ftyle, but
marked down to meet the time. We itiTitc
all to call and tce for theniNelvc. Terms
Ca.h.
C. K. AXDRi: A Co.
dee-It f Main St., Strondnhurg, Pa.
0. H. Dreher. E. B. Drehcr
pi-i cents:
DRUG STORE,
(2 doors weft of the "JefTernonian OfRce,")
ELIZA DKT II STREET,
StroiiUbur, la.,
DREHER & BRO.,
DKAITJtS IS
I)riiR, 31 e! I cine, Irrf'unirry
nnd Toilet Articles.
Paints,
OILS, VAKNISIIIvS, (JLAPS Jt PUTTY.
Abdominal Supporters and Shoulder
Braces.
Seeley's
Hard Itl IIIJi:U TRl'SiSKX Also
Ritter's
TRUSSES OF VARIOUS PATTERNS.
Lamps and Lanterns Burning
and Lubricating Oils.
Phyician.s' PrefriptionM carefull' Com
pounded. N. ft Th hiirhfhl Uasli rriee paid for
OILof W I NTER t R KEN.
.iay-4if.
GEEAT
COMiAIOTIOlS
TIIUOUGHOUT
MONROE COUNTY,
ABOUT THE
Large Assortment
OF
CLOTHIiJS,
And Extremely Low Prices
AT
SIMON FRIED'S,
THE
Mammoth Retailer
OF
Mcif s, Boy's & Children's
CJi:0'T-HMl$
' - 1
Qcnts1 Furnishing Qoods,
Trunks & Valises,
Umbrellas, &c.
Iii onler to have more
room to display my large
stock of Clothing, Gents'
rumishins Goods and
Trunks and Valises, I have
concluded to quit the Boot
& Shoe business. I there
fore offer and will sell my
stock of Hoots & Shoes at
aud below cost.
SM0i IKIED,
April 15, 1875. AnU
LEANDER EMERY,
HlM TltTl RFK AM LE il.EK IN A 1.1. KIrS Of
farriaifs and Bu?girs, Two-sfatfd farriar
for Livrry stables and private Familirs,
Platform Spring Wafonn,
of the latent at vie anl for all kiiulo of tiie, ket u hand
or made to ler.
SINGLE-SEATED CARRIAGES,
with top or wlthotit top, all styles.
Delivery and Express Wagons,
of different atylen, ahlpped to order. ..KM work warrant
ed in every nartirnlar for one year. I will make to or
der any alyleof Carriage or lijtht Ku'gy that raiy le
wanted. None Ihii firM eljs work learew nir almp. I
u- only fi rit clas tock and employ firt la! work-m-n.
and feel confident that I can gire entire sali-tfar-tion
to all who may purchase my work. All order hy
mail thall receive prompt attt ntion. Hoping that I
may tie ahle to furnish the citi.enn of StromUhur; and
vicinity It h n v tliinjf that they mar want in any line.
AddrcM all onlers to
I.KANMIU KM Kit V,
Marengo, Talhouu t'oiimv, Michigan.
April 2-M I v.
UNDERTAKING.
McCAItTV A (OS'S have on hand IhelarjreM and heM
w.-- A - aa.-wirtnient of
zYs Mf-
5 uuu
,1
f TRIMMINGS
10 be found outside of eit hen-it vf New York or Philadel-
phia), and will make this lrju h or I heir liisincs.t a
fpetiality.
COFFINS and CASKETS
of any .hapeor style, ran he funii.-lied at one hour'.
noiiw for hhipment, at a i rtarxt! ot oue-iiiiro u-inan
any shoS In htroiid.-lmrjr. In DO ca.e will they rharf:
more bttun lm per cent, above actual i-oM.
i:.llUAI,MI.
ati-r'ffd to in any p::rt of the County the shortf-ft
p-iic J:ouie. JuficlfTi-t
A Model Dun.
The followiuj' dun is the best detidodlv
that we have ever read. The man who
would refuse to pay up after perusing such
an epi.stle would deserve to be kicked into
a tan-vat by a jassax, or talked to deatli by
a scolding wife. It was issued by a gentle
man doing business at Fountain, jdiunesota,
to his. delinquent debtors, and is commend
ed to the attention of thousands of business
men who are situated as he is :
My Dkak Sir : I want to ask you a
plain question, in all kindness and sincerity,
aud I would like to have you answer it
honestly and candidly, not in two or three
years or months, but now, this week ! Sup
posing you were as poor as Job's turkey,
and had invested two or three thousand
dollars in an enterprise which you designed
to make an exclusively cash business ; sup
posing, as a matter of accommodation and
good nature, you had trusted it out all over
the country, from h 11 to Jericho ; sup
jiosing you had kept adding to your means,
and still "putting it on the books for a few
days," until your funds were played out,
like old Fot's prayer meeting ; supposing
you had claims coming against you in the
hands of business men who had accommo
dated you in good faith, and needed their
money ; supposing you had some pride in
you. aud meant to be square toed and punc
usil, and hated to sec a man whom you owed
when you didn't have the legal-tender in
your trowsers to pay his just and lawful de
mands, worse than you would to see an lu
jun or the Devil ; and supposing thosj
whom you had accommodated felt perfectly
easy and contented ; ''shied the track" when
you went to see them, and told the wife of
their bosom, "Not at home," or came into
town and left without paying even a part ;
supjKising they held your money, aud waited
patiently for wheat to come up five or six
dollars a hundred what would you do ?
Would you let your debts go, ''and smile
and be a villain," or would you sue every
mother's son of them that didn't pay you
if it were the last business you transacted
in town ?
If you were an honest man you'd do the
latter, and that's just what I'll be conqiell
ed to do shall do, if the Lord is God, or
there is a kiug in Israel !
I don't waut money to look at (I cau
earn enough for that); I don't want any to
salt down (I never could make it keep) ;
but out of several thousands trusted out, 1
humbly want a few hundreds, and I'll be
d d if I won't have it, or an execution re
turned nulla bona.
I have in addition to erecting an exjen
sive store in Fountain, been seduced into
investing over a thousaud dollars in a new
hall, which is an ornament as well as a
convenience to this town at large. As you
know, i was promised four hundred dollars,
cash, to assist me. Well, out of this little
four hundred I have received just twenty
six. 1 don't exiH'ct any more, and I don't
want it ! The hall is done ! It is mine,
and to let when the school house cannot be
had. Hut I want what is owed to inc. It
is a small amount to you : it 'means thous
ands of dollars to mo. I shall be home in
a few days to square up. Let "Doc," have
the money now, before I go. There is not
one of you, man or woman, from Christi
ana to Dublin, that he would not run his
head into the fire to serve, whether he ever
expected anything for it or not. (Jet his
receipts before 1 go home, and his soul will
rejoice. I love you myself, as a mother
lovcth her first-horn ; but I love to pay mv
debts Wtter than I love any man, woman,
or child on God Almighty's green earth ;
and by the Great Eternal and the I enten-
nial ot Congress, I propose to do it, it I
have to make cost for every man in Fill
more count. Now let's have the spond
ulicks, and see how sweet and pretty I can
smile upon you. Yours earnestly'.
C. S. Powkus,
Senior partner in the firm of U. S. PowEits
& Sons.
Acidity of the Stomach.
On this subject, Dr. Hall in his Journal
of Health, says :
"Acidity of stomach often arises from
that organ not being able to digest, to work
up the food eaten, to extract the nutriment
which it contains, hence two results : First,
the food decays, that is rots, becomes sour
and generates a sour gas, which is lelehed
up, cauniiig a burning or raw sensation, lo
cated apparently at the little hollow at the
bottom of the neck, or in that vicinity.
Sometimes an acid fluid is belched up, and
is so very sour occasionally as to take the
skin off some parts of the throat, mouth or
lips. Second, the food not being properly
worked up, do.-s not give out its nourish
ment, the system is not fed, aud consequent
ly becomes weak, the circulation becomes
feeble, the feet grow habitually cold ; the
person is easily chilled, and dreads going
out of doors ; is happiest when hugging the
fire, and takes cold so easily that the expres
sion is frequently used, 'the least thing in
the world gives me a cold." When such a
condition is reached the colds arc so fre
quently rqieatcd that before one is cured
another comes, and there is a perjetual
cough which the most unintelligent know
is the certain harbinger, the forerunner of
consumption of the lungs.
When jcrsons are troubled with indiges
tion, and one of its effects, acidity, the ad
vice given in nearly all cases is to take
something to correct the acidity, Mich as
cream of tarta, soda, saleratus, the lye of
wood ashes, and other alkalies. These
things correct the acidity, but the stomach
gets no power of a licttcr digestion, tho ef
fects as far as sensation is concerned are re-
I moved, but the stem coutinuej to he iiu-
properly nourished ; the man grows thinner
and weaker ; and with wasting of flesh and
strength there is diminished power of cir
culation ; the person becomes chilly, colds
are taken from slight causes aud at dimin
ishing intervals, and before he knows it he
has an annoying, hacking cough, which too
often "ends in a wasting, fatal disease.
When acidity follows eating, it is beciiu.se
there has been an error in the quantity or
quality of the food eaten ; the stomach could
not manage it. could not jierform the work
imposed upon it. The true remedy is to
eat less at each meal, until no acidity is jer
eeptible, or to change the quality of the
food ; and in a short time the stomach, in it
being overtaxed, gets time to rest, to recu
erate, to get strong, then it digests more
food and digests it better, with the inevita
ble result of a more vigorous constitution,
more power of endurance, more strength of
body and greater elasticity of mind, more
happiness and energy to grapple with life's
duties, which makes existence a pleasure."
.
People's Love of QuarreL
There is much truth in the following.
Perhaps sonic of our readers will recog
nize the likeness. Jf it is true more than
half of the ill-will which men aud women
manufacture tor mutual misery results from
the habit of emphasizing differences in an
offensive manner. It is just, as well to
know the cause and, if we can. remove it :
There are some persons who. seem to
make it their first object on forming a new
acpuaintance to discover the points of
antagonism that exist between them. They
will inquire what political part- or religious
sect he represents, or ask opinion ujoii
mooted question, and then proced by their
favorite arguments to controvert and dispute
his views. They hail the approach of a
friend to give him their testimony against
some of his cherished notions, to inform
him of recent facts that they have dis
covered and fresh proofs that they have
received, as to the correctness of their own
views and the fallacy of his. There may
be twenty subjects on which they could
harmonize, with him perfectly, and where
a mutual feeling cordially expressed would
unite them in bonds of sympathey ; but
they .prefer to seize upon a single point of
difFercuce, aud harp upon it until the grow
ing excitement and displeasure produces a
mutual alienarion of feeling, which at length
separates them. Such a course convinces
no one, helps no one, inspires no one ; on
the contrary, it nourishes an antagonism of
feeling which is by no means an essential ac
companiment of antagonistic views. It dis
plays a vanity aiuFegotism which are always
offensive ; it is directly opposed to the spirit
of freedom, which is as eager to accord the
right of free thought as to calm it ; it is,
moreover, the surest way to prejudice the
mind against the very views which are thus
unpleasantly into unwilling ears.
Upholding one s honest convictions is of
course a very different thing from dog
matism, egotism, or even vanity, aud men,
therefore, may well be charitable toward
those, of different creeds in religion, and
different parties in politics. Dctter always
to cultivate our sympathies and correspon
dences, than our dislikes and antagonisms,
and on ?uch points as mercy, justice, and
amiability, there is really no ground for
disagreemen t.
. . - .
Game Laws.
As there has been considerable discussion
in regard to the game laws we have been
requested to republish them.
Trout can be taken from April l to
August 15, but with hook and line only.
Set lines are prohibited in trout waters.
Fine $H.
Pass can le fished for, with honk and
line only, from duly 15 to March 1. Penalty
$25.
Pike can be fished for from July 1 to
March 1, with hook and line. If caught
or killed in any other way, the penalty is
$25 f ir cadi offense at any time of the
year.
In streams where trout and bass arc
found, nothing in the nature of a net of less
than three inches mesh can be thrown,
drawn or set. Penalty, $25.
Fishing with nets or seins of any kind
with less than ten inches mesh for any kind
offish is entirely prohibited from .June 15
to August H. Fine $100 and six months
imprisonment, at discretion of court.
A net or nets set across any of the canals,
rivulets or creeks is prohibited. Fine S'55.
Deer can be killed from September 1 to
December 1 . I ogs found chasing deer can
lx shot by any person.
Wild turkeys from October 1 to Jan
uary 1.
Pheasants from September 1 to Jan
uary 1.
Plover from August 1 to January 1.
Partridges from November 1 to Jan
uary 1.
Woodcock from July 4 to January 1.
Rabbits from Octoln r 1 to February 1.
Fox, gray and black squirrels from
September 1 to January 1.
Shooting or hunting on Sunday is punisha
ble by a fine from $10 to $25. Fishing on
Sunday is punishable under the act pro
hibiting worldly employment.
All inseetiverous birds arc protected by
law all the time under a penalty of $5 for
each bird killed. For robbing or. destroy
ing a nest, $10. The fine for killing any
game out of the above season ranges from
$5 to $50.
The Awcricfm Grocer declares that there
is scarcely a tingle clas of good put up
and sold in thbcountry whith is not short
of the wt ilit or measure cluiuud for it.
THE GRASSHOPPERS.
Reminiscences of a Sufferer.
A gentleman who has jilst returned from
Cheroke e county, Kansas, is full with re
markable rcmiuisceue.es of the grasshopriers
infesting that vicinity. He Will stand
around for an hour, relating the hairbreadth
escape ot the people whom tliC hoppeM
have completely over-run. and Who aro
leaving their houief and fleeing from tha
fearful scourge. 'I'he: tfateltir Is inclined
to think that many of the crimes attributed
to the James boys are to be traced to tho
hardened and dissolute grasshoppers, many
of whom, , lie .ftiys are arming with shot
guns and organizing a sort of home guard
for offensive and defensive purposes. Omj
of his credible stories is to the effect that,
a few weeks ago, a woman dug up a panful
of dirt in which to plant some flower seed.
She put the pan under the Stofre iufd iunl
out to see a neighbor. Upon her return,
after an hour's absence, she found sotou
thousand bushels of grasshoppers gcucratod
by the heat, literally eating her out of lmuso
and home. They first attacked the green
shades on the windows and then a grevil
painted dust jviti. A gnvn Irish servant
girl, asleep in one of the rooms, was th.i
next victim, and not a vestige of her win
left. The stove and stovepijie followed,
and then the house torn down so thev could
got at the chimney. Doards, joists, V-ams,
plaster, clothing, nails, hinges, door knobs
plates, tinware, everything, in fa?.t, tho
house contained, was eaten up,- Sttd when
she arrived within a mile of t Ire' house she
saw two of the largest hoppers sitting up
on end and playing mumhlc-pvg with the
carving knife, for which should hare the
cellar. The way the matter leaked out ffj.i
on a suit brought against the insurance
company, which refused to pay the jKilicvt
on the ground that the building was riot
destroyed by fire; but the court rendered
a verdict for the plaintiff, as she had pfOTed
that the grasshoppers were generated by
the fire in the stove. Isaccmcvrth Timet.
A Flying Insect.
In all the allusions in your pajn'r to the
jiotato bug the Colorado beetle says a
Trif'Utir correspondent, I have not wen It
stated that those insects fly in great num
bers like the grasshoppers of the West.' It
is a fact, and I know not why they cannot
swarm over the whole country. In tho
summer of 1S(7 I resided at Belvidere,
111., having charge of a church. In pur
suance of my duties I called oil a tanner
named Froom, who lived alut two miles
north of that city, and found 31 rs. Froom
in great trepidation, caused by the arrival
of a vast army of these bugs. Hearing
the hum of their wings, she went to the
door and saw what she tool to be an im
mense swarm of bees. She seized a tin pan
ami began to drum uihm it vigorously to
alight. It did alight, covering the ground,
the house, the barns, the fences, and fruit
trees. There were millions of them. When
she saw the nature and extent of her Mwarm
she was disgusted and refused to furnish
hives for them. They did not seem to like
her potatcs or her want of hospitality, and
left the next morning for letter foraging
grounds in the neighborhood of Chicago.
Utilizing the Potato Bug.
The New York Shipping Lit says :
'Who will care for Russia now, or ('hum
either ? We can snap our fingers at both.
Spanish Ily is at a discount his "occupa
tion's gone." A friend of ours. living in
New Jersey, where the potato bug has re
cently set his foot down, gathered about a
quart of these intruders, and after killing
them and drying them by heat, powdered
them and tried their virtue on a horse.
He made a blister plaster in the usual war
and applied it to the skin, and the result
was that a blister was produced upon the
animal as quickly and thoroughly as that
caused by a fly Mister. Who knows but
this pest has been sent to bless us instead
of plague us ? There is plenty for him to
eat and enough left for all humanity, aud
instead of paying a $1.50 per xund for the
imported, we may have them fre.-di for the
gathering. The creature, here-;tlouts t
least, is shajnvl and looks like a large sized
castor beaii and is not very unlike a China
fly, without wing. By all means let u
make him pay for his coming, if possible,
and perhaps his visits may become 1cm fre
quent." Short Weights.
The Legislative Committee which is now
investigating the conduct of the Reading
Railroad and Beading Coal and Iron Com
pany, with a view to breaking their char
ter, was last week enlivened by a contest as
to the legal "weights delivered. The re
tail dealers of Philadelphia charged Presi
dent tiowen with delivering short weight,
and proved that in two years business ho
was short 21 tons. Gowcti turned the
tables by getting friends all over the city
to buy from the retail dealers, and to get
publie weighers to weigh the coal thus
bought directly after delivery. In all cast's
save one, the weight was short, and he then
showed that the retailers cheated the con
summers of Philadelphia at the rate of
about a million of dollars a year ! In this
way he offset, the 21 tons. A legal ton is
2.240 pounds, and u special act of the le
gislature applying to Philadelphia allow
redress to the buyer when i-horter weight
is given.
If they get so that they can make glass
elastic t!ie saloou-kecpcrs around the coun
try will keep one big gUi mi the counter
for folks to hi: each oth?r with.