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STROUDSBURG, MONROE COUNTY, PA., SEPTEMBER 2, 1875.
VOL. 33.
NO. 14.
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LUiL1 JL1 i y
published by Theodore Schocli.
T! i!V i'i'i 1 "I" tlie voiir, ! dollars and littv
' . u pi 'i rl'-T-'''!.
N-', ,,-iii.t discontinued until all arrearages are
,v,.,.. t ili.' itin of tin' Editor.
- v i v'-rV:'::i-nts of one si!:ir of (ok'ht lines) or
. ', r ,!;'r,-.- i:i-i-. r:ior:s St ;"'. Kuril :id-lit ionul in
""i'm'vt .,'!!. l-oi'T ones in proportion.
M II .- - -
jon isti.vrix
ill-' AM. KIN PS,
vnicl in tl'' hiirhest 'y''' ,,f th" Art, and on the
,.,t reasonable term.
jyi. K. BHUCE JOHNSTONE,
Homoeopathic Physician,
KoidVnce: IV-njannii Dtiiitran, Cherry Valley,
y.oNKOE COUNTY TA.
Mar 17"). ly-
P U . i. I.t:VlS SvftS2.5i.Bl L I F,
Physician, Sargeoa and Accoucheur,
Saxi Cvt, Wayne Co., Pa.
All i'ae promptly jittcmled, to day or night.
Cliar-jes m.vlerate. 'iy '' ,,-t'"'
. 1 .11.. .i t;i ilvrMl. ;lllil if 1H1
It. A. I- PKCJK,
Siirgeon Wcullsl.
unonn-e tliat linvin y.i n tnrneil from TVnt.il
('nil.--'1 lie i f'i'lv prepared to make art itirial tectli in
liieiiMt li autit'ii'i ana lie-like manner, and to till d
Civ t aeeurdiiiii to (lie moi improved met'iod.
T, lii eira--t",l w itii'iut jiain, Ir-u de.;rel, liy tlie
!(.. ni' Nitrons iil'- Ia. v.iiieli isentinly liarniles.
I; irtiri.i-r"! ail kind- n-jily il.me. Ail work v. a ran led.
Cliur - - ;-'-:i-niiai'i '.
d;;i.-e .1. i. K- ll.-i's ii.-iv lrii-k Iniildini, M;iin strv-t,
Mr.-a ii'ii;-.'. I'a. An. -il '71-tf.
jy.i. i:. jisioivx,
Operaliaj and lueelianical Dentist,
Xtinoua.-e- t:ia! liavinu' re!i rn.nl fr.':i 1 utal Coll -u'e
), . 'i- iuilv pr. -pareil ' p-;-i'r:ii :'A op-Titioiis in Hi
(i, iit::l i: u" . in tie i!-.--t ea.-el'nl an.l sicillfnl manner.
T - ;!i i yii.i -ted iy the n.-e ni'f;i when ile-iivd. -Vil
..rk wirra'it "1- 'hares rea-"ii:'.'.'!e.
ii i..... in I! !! e-011 s !nc!i ii.uatin, over Miniwru
-Ur.iii'l- ni:.
r.i.
April 'To. ly.
7 i'nr.siciAX.
O:ii?o nearly opposite Williauis' Drug Store.
li- ii-n -e. formerly o r.ipi ' l l.y K. K. V.'olf, coi ner
S.u-.ili and V,";it.i.n -;.".vt.-, S'.ron i!nu;, l'a.
Mareh 2 1 -7"... f.
jR. HO'tTiRU l.VTTK15SO.,
Piysiim, Sarean and Accoucheur,
Oi'iian l lieshlonce. Main street, Strtils
I'itr,', Pa., in t!ie buililin. formerly occupied
liv lr. S.-ip. I'roJiipt attention given tocill.s.
f V to ! u. m.
e hours 1 " -i p. v.i.
0 " S p. in.
April lS7-J-ly.
D
U. GLO. IV. J ACJvSOX
PilVSirilN, SlTiuEON AND AlTKLTKLL'S.
In the hl oiTiee !f Dr. A. Ta eves Jackson,
reiJenee, corner of Sarah and Franklin htrec-t.
STROUD SBURGr, PA.
Auc:u-t S,'7'J-tf
AUCTIONEER,
R?al Estate Agent and Collector.
Th ii;i l 'rL'i! ! l-r.vo t i notify tlie pnilie that
h i- prei.ir.") to II at -lert nulii-e personal pruporty
of ill kind, a- well a Ileal H-tute, at jmlilie or private
hale.
Oili,- st Th onas St..mpl.;'.s ol 1 ton stand, at Kast
ft rim i-lnir ;, D-v. 17, 1ST. ly.
Attorney at LaTV,
nc door ahove the "Stroud-hnrg llue"
Ssrouilsieirr, I'a.
Collections prompt!-.' made.
October 22, 1S7 4.
K
HONESDALE, PA.
Most central location of any Hotel in town.
11. W. KIPLK & FOX,
JoO Mam street. Proprietors.
January 0, 1373. ly.
Mekciia.vts' iioiss:,
413 & .115
Xortk Third Street, PHILADELPHIA.
fcir Hcduced rates, .1 75 per day. -'(Da
T , HKXnr SPA11N, Prop'r.
L P. Sxydkr, Clerk,
-vov. lit;, .S74.--0ni.
WILLIAM S. REES,
Surveyor, Conveyancer and
Real Estate Agent.
Farms, Timber Lands and Tovn Lots
FOR SALE.
, -,lre nienrly oj)oi:e American Iloues
an.t 2.! ,Jllt.r r.lW 1,e Corner ,slorc.
March 2, H7;i-tf.
D P. J. L A N T Z,
SURGEON & MECHANICAL DENTIST.
f.f )p o!!l'1' ' Main si reet, in the .second story
,v.tr , a ,"l!' lr:ek Iniildirijr, neiirlv opposite the
l. f ,i v """1'" 1 tm l he iiaters l.ims. if that hvi-i-h-
ur.;,!'U '''!:;-oit practice ynd the most earn-.-st and
: 1 1 i
f s-l " ''' matters pcrliiiiiiiiii to his
lu ll! i , " 'Hy al.le to perforin all oier:it
o .i.-nui i,lu. :., 1C Jl(jst car,.,ui .Uld atiliful li
s pro-
ions
inan-
KU.,"t': jlt' ot;.:i criv n to n?viiv tl.o Natural IVHh;
(;;,i s!, "; "'-''itioii of Artilicial Teeth on I'ul.her,
ta.s" i ,', Mi'il ' r 1 ' u u va-" 1 ' 11 l"-s "J I. fect tit in all
trusth'i !Tlr'"", k""w tw f at f'M ln-.T of cn
lii" -T -T w,,rlc.t' tin- inex iei ien ed , or to t ho li v-
-Ha distance. 1 Aprii 13, W74.-tf.
J)? ywu. Ii?lv (liait J. II.
talc ' fc'arfy fc Sous are the only Under
fcifira in Strnudsbunr who understands their
-incvs ! irI10t aj a y.dnerd managed
. d'y other Undertaker in town, and you
'Juno 16. 71-tf
SOMETHING NEW !
A SHOE HAKUFACTOKY.
The undeisi-.'niil would resjMvt fully (jire notice that
they have cstaMi-hcd at Williams' Mail huildin, cur
lier of (ieore and Monroe streets, St roiidshurg, i'a., a
SHOE MANUFACTORY,
for the making of all kinds of Lady's r.nd Cyntlemens
and ('hildren's its and Shoes and Ijipers. Particu
lar attention paid to
CUSTOM WORK.
T'enmns havinj; defornnil fetd, hiinionsor corns, or
children with weak ankles, or crooked limhs, can have
here of first class materials and at reasonable prices
Shoes made to suit their cases.
Having had a larje oxjiorienoe in New York wo feci
confident that wo can suit customers as to )iialitic and
price, all of onrjroods IkUi for;enera! and special sala
arc warranto! to le as represented 1'lease fjive us a
call, examine our iroods and materials consisting of
Surges, irlazetl French. Mat and l-'reiieh Calf K id, lon'
grained, lirush and 1'obhhHl (ioat Mormro, l"rcnch and
American Calf and Kip Skins, all cf which will be
cheerfully shown to those ho may call, intemlini; to
make a first rate wearing article wc have nothing; to
conceal, cither in stock or make from the public, but
woul 1 invite their closest serutinv.
July S, '75-tf li. 11 lllOMMCTT A CO.
farOoiTsale.
The nndersimsl oners at jirivate sale, bis Farm, sit
uate in Hamilton township, Monroe County, l'a., nr
ltossardsville, and 5 miles from Stroudsburj;, County
seat .if Monroe, containing
75 Acres,
nixitit f, Acres Timber T.ar.d, the halanec improved land
li'ne stone soil, in a hi.-jh state of cultivation. The iin
piovcnients aie a J?
Frame House, &$Jut
coiit-.ii ion nine rooms; 1'arn 'M l y !o 1 iiij
tee; Wajjiin SlusS, l'i-p.jl IS hy : Yet ,tS5?i5s
with Carriage lions,- atlai icni, and all other iieccssary
oiit-b'iildiie.'s; a n-jver falliiitr well of wat-r near the
dwvliiiijj. Theiv is an excellent Orchard of
Choice Fruit Trees
on the farm, consisting cf Apple, reach. Cherry, T'lnm,
l'rtim s. Crali-yppb.'. sevend varieties, ; rapes, .standard
and dwarf Cherrie-, Ac. ; a l.i'.n.i ivi'n. and one of the
bet st. ni'' (inn i.es in the valley. The Kiln liny capa
city enough to turn out one hundred and tifty bush
els of lime per day.
The crops and stock can be bought with the Farm.
lleivj is apiod chance for a bar-rain.
l'KTKi: W. SIIA1-T.R.
ltossardsville, July 1, 1-7.-.. tf.
AT THE
THE
CHEAPEST GOODS
IN TOWN.
Great bargains are now offered in
FANCY DRESS GOODS,
ALPACAS, VELVETEENS,
C L O T H S,
CASSLMEKES, FLANNELS, &c,
all of which have been marked down to
PANIC PRICES.
floods all new and right in tylc but
marked down to meet the times. We invite
all to call and see for themselves. Terms
Cash.
C. 11. ANDRE & Co.
dcc-4tf Main St., Strondsbnrg, Pa.
G. H. Dreher.
3PIICE
(2 doors west of the "JefTcrsonian Office,")
ELIZABETH STIiEET,
NiroiHlslmrg, Pa.,
DREHER & BRO.,
IJEALF.1CS IN
Drills, Medicines, Perfumery
aiitl Toilet Articles.
Paints,
OILS, VAKXISIIKS, GLASS & PUTTY.
Abdominal Supporters and Shoulder
Draces.
Seeley's
Hard KLrlSi:iC. TItlrS.SX:.S Also
Bitter's
TRUSSES OF VARIOUS PATTERNS.
Lamps and Lanterns Burning
and Lubricating Oils.
Physicians' lVcseriptions carefully Com
ponnded. N. D. The hi d test Cash price paid for
OIL of WTNTERG REEN.
Uiay-ltf.
biXnkdeeds
For sale at this Ofiice.
0 o rn b r S t o r o I
E. B. Dreher
&EEAT
TIIUOUGIIOUT
MONROE COUNTY,
ABOUT THE
Lare:e Assbrtmem
OF
And Extremely Lov Prices
AT
SIMON FRIED'S.
THE
Mammoth Retailer
OF
Meu's, lhy$ & Children's
Gents Furnishina Goods.
Trunks & Valises,
Umbrellas, &c.
Ex Ira AnuGimcciKicnt
TO THE PUBLIC.
I order to have more
room to display my large
stock of C-lotiiifig, Gents'
Fsmnshin Ooods and
Trunks and Valises, I have
concluded to ejnit the Boot
& Shoe business. I there
fore oiler and will sell my
stock of Boots & Shoes at
and helovt cost.
SIMM FINED,
April 15, 1875.
Ajreni.
LEANDER EMERY,
MAM FACTUItKU AM) 1KALF.R IN ALL KINDS OF
Carriages and Buggies, Two-seated Carriages
for Livery stables and private Families,
Platform Spring Wagons,
of tlie lati-st alyleand for till kimls of use, kejit tn hand
or luiulc to m1it.
SINGLE-SEATED OAEEIAGES,
with top or without top, all styles.
Delivery and Express Wagons,
of different stylos, shipped to order. All work warrant--d
in every iifirtienlar for one year. 1 will mako to or
der anv style of Carriage or li-rht Itucjiy that may !
wanted. Nonchut tir.st class work leaves my shop. I
ue only first elans Murk and employ first ehi.vi work
men, and feel confident that I ean give entire oatist'ae
tion to all who may purehawe my work. All order hy
mail pIimII r-eeive prompt attention. Hoping that I
mav he aide to furni.-h the eilicna of Ftrotidhhuri; and
vicinity with anv thin that they may want in my line.
Address all onierx to
LI-ANDi:n KMF.UV,
Marengo, Calhoun Count v, Michigan.
April 22, 1S7 . ly.
UNDERTAKING.
Mi CAItTV A SONS have on baud the largest and hc.-t
-c V7V assortment of
M&gfe COFFINS
and
W TRIMMINGS
lo he fou nd outside of eil her city (N w York or Philadel
phia), and will make thin hrunch i f their business u
speciality.
COFFINS and CASKETS
of any shape or style, can he furnished at one hour's
notice for shipment, at a charge of one-third less than
any slioS in iSiroiid.our. in no ease will they charge
more Mian ten per tiui, uuove aciuai cosi.
i:.lSIMI.3IIXG
attended to in anr l art uf the County tit the shortest
possible notice. ' f JumbS'Tl-t
DIFFERENT WAYS OF STEALING.
MOTir.UX TITLES OF TlllEVr.SEASY MODES
Oi' MAKING A FOilTL'NE.
BY UISIIOP CI.AUK, OF KlKiDS ISLAND.
There arc twenly-sovon names hy vhA
the vocation of a thief is designated. In
modern times vi'e have invented a new set
of titles such asrepudiator, defaulter, and
defalcator as descriptive of some of our
more popular modes of cheating. Give to
any vice a gentle name, and it is said to
lose half its grossncss. And so instead of
using the good old Saxon, which meant
something, even if it was coarse, we say of
one whojias rohbed the bank, that "there
Ls a dificit in his accounts," and of tlie man
who spends mo'.ey that, does not belong to
h jtn, that he is ''obliged to compromise with
his creditors." I do not think that there
is much gained by this. Carrion meat may
be called high, but it does not smell any
sweeter for that. If a man has robbed me,
I do not feel any better to be told that 'die
has appropriated my property to his own
use." Let us call a spade a spade, and a
rascal a rascal, and we shall know better
where we stand.
If I should enter in detail upon all the
various modes in which we arc now chea
ted, I could till all the forty columns of the
LrJjcr. As it is, I shall confine myself lo
a few, which are just now most prominent.
Highest in the scale of thieves; and al
together the most respectable, is the pro
fessional burglar, who calls his vocation by
no ficitious name, and is prepared to meet
the consequeikccs fairly and wjuarely, if he
happens to be caught. He has prubably
been trained to his business from childhood,
and as a matter of taste prefers it to any
other. A lawyer in Boston once asked the
captain of a band cf English burglars if,
with his skill as an accountant and other
accomplishments, he could not do better by
earning a living in some honest way ; to
which he rep-lied : "Certainly, sir ; was it
not upon the whole a paying business ? but
do you suppose that it is the pecuniary re
turn which makes it attractive to me ? by
no means ; it is the pleasure that I take
in bringing my wits to bear, so as to cir
cumvent the plans of others for the preses
vation of their property."
The elevation of burglary to the ranks of
a mental science is somewhat novel, but the
the intellectual pre-eminence of the profes
sional robber may be justly disputed by the
accomplished swindler, who never breaks a
lock or strikes a blow or uses a tool. House
breaking requires only a certain amount of
mechanical skill, but to get possession of
another man's property by hood winking
him, or playing upon his feelings, it is ne
cessary that one should study something
more than the mysteries of iron bolts and
bars. Take, for instances, the mendicant
thief not one of the ragged regiment of
beggars who are always ready to pilfer
whatever is not to be had in other ways
but a well-dressed traveller, who has not
lost his wallet or had his pocket picked, cr
laded to collect a bill upon which he relied
to meet the expense of his journey. Xow
it is only by the exercise of considerable
ingenuity that any of these stale devices
can be made cffect'iovc.
A pleasing young man, with an inimit
able address, calls upon me in some such
distress, asks for a simple loan of ten or
twenty dollars to reach his home. "Now",
he adds, "I have been sufficiently familiar
with clergmen to "know how liable they
are to be imposed upon by such stories as
mine, and for this reason 1 would not like
to take the money without leaving in your
hands a few books which I brought with
me from home as security for the loan."
"What are the books ?" I inquired. He
then mentioned the titles of three or four
religious works of the highest character ly
ing at the hotel in his trunk, such as only
a very good man would be likely to read,
and the bait took. The youth kept his
books if he ever had them obtained the
loan, and that was the last I ever saw or
heard of him. This is a very ordinary
specimen of the ingenious deceits by which
the tribe of mendicant swindlers obtain a
living.
Cheating the government by evading the
payment of duties aud taxes, by smuggling,
and buying goods known to be smuggled,
and various other modes of fraud, is popu
larly regarded as a somewhat venial crime.
So lar as the abstract morality of the deed
is concerned, I do not see the difference be
tween putting my hand into the public
treasury and taking out a hundred dollars
that do not belong to me and abstracting
the same sum from my neighbor's pockets.
The derangement of certain branches of
trade, as well as the loss of revenue occa
sioned by this evil, have recently aroused
r.ublic attention, and the conviction of a few
conspicuous criminals may tend to abate
the liaud.
The rascalities of contractors have never
been exceeded or equalled in any former
veneration. One fat job is a fortune ; and
an easier way to make a fortune can hardly
be conceived. Only get the papers signed,
secure the money, and under-let the won.
at half ltrice, ami the thing is done. How
the work will be done, and with what -sort
of materials, is another matter.
"Of the numberless other ways in which
the communities are cheated the forma
tion of stock companies based upon a lis
sue of lies, where the little savings of hard
working men, and the patrimony of or
bhans and widows are systematically swal
lowed up railroad bonds floated for a while
by large dividends, paid with borrowed
money, by which honest people arc enticed
to invest their capital, and where it soon
kinks out ofsn.dit fbrcver ccrtihcatca is
sued by ex-governors, sensators and foreign
ministers to beguile the unwary into some
valueless scheme-
ill
tins
I have no
room to write.
This, however, is the conclusion of the
whole matter. Fraud is the crying sin of
tlie nation, in high places and in low places.
The irecdmen deposit th ir earnings in a
national savings bank, and their money is
filched from them. Yes place your funds
in the hands of a respectable citizen, and
suddenly he is off for parts unknown. You
buy a hundred shares of railroad stock,
guaranteed by the most saintly men, ami
secured by public lands, and find that it is
not worth a penny. You held a righteous
claim upon tlie government, and are ob
liged to sacrifice half the amount in order
to obtain the moiety.
How long shall this state, of things bo
allowed to continue?
The Harder cf Children in India.
There is, perhaps, no form of crime more
common in India than child murder. The
practice prevailed when first the province of
liengal passed into the hands of the British,
and it flourishes with scarce abated vigor
at the present day. Open at random the
"Decisions of the Xizainut Adawlut the
Supreme Court of Criminal Judicature
and at brief intervals will be found such
cases as these : In Ctittacka woman draws
a child aside, takes the silver bracelets from
her arms and flings the little victim into a
tank, on the surface of which the body is
found floating a lev da3-.s afterward. In
llehar a man strangb-l a boy 0 years old
for the sake of Ids silver bracelets and gold
earrings and throws the corpse in a sugar
plantation. At 3Ioorshedabad, Chamoo
robs a child aged 5 years, and drops her into
a deep and rapid part of the river. At
Benares a fellow entices a boy 12 years old
into his house, and there cuts his throat in
order to get possession of his silver
bracelets, while a friend looks on and
mildly expostulates, but neither seriously
interferes nor gives information to the
police. Another takes a neighbor's sou
into the fields under pretence of helping
him to fly a kite, and there strangles him
with his waistcloth, and strips him of the
trashy trinkets with which he was adorned.
Yet another conducts a boy, aged nine, to
witness a religious procession, but passing
near a ditch suddenly throws him down,
partially strangles him, tears the silver
ornaments from his arms and feet, and
flings him into the ditch, which is fortunate
ly dry, and where he is found before life is
quite extinct. By the promise of a melon
Leela inveigles Debce Dee, seveu 3-cars of
age, from his father's house, brains him
with a hoe, and buries his turban aud
trinkets in a field, leaving the body where
it had fallen, and where it was fouud by
the anxious father.
This murderer, like the others, on beiug
charged wilh the crime, at once confessed
his guilt, but pleaded, as an cxteuuating
circumstance, that he was prompted by an
evil spirit. A woman holds a little girl
under water until she is drowned, the
temptation being a silver collar of the
weight of two rupees. Two women one
evening ask a child eight years old to come
to them to-morrow for some fruit, and when
she eagerly arrives one holds her while the
other passes a rope round her neck and
pul's it till the breath has fled. The body
was speedily found in the midst of some
tall p-as near the house, and the spoils
consisted of a silver collar weighing four
rupees.
A woman of Tipperah was engaged in
cooking her food, when, according to her
own account, a child not above six years
old came toddling up to her. Suddenly a
thick darkness enveloped her, and a voice
sounded in her ears bidding her strangle
her little visitor. Thereupon she seized
the child by the throat and the darkness
passed awa So she dug a hole in the
floor of her house and hid the body there
in, alter taking oil the lew valueless orna
ments. A girl, aged nine, herself recently
betrothed, drowns her playfellow in a shal
low watercourse, while a bov fourteen years
old leads in play a youthful companion to
the edge of a tank, smashes his skull with
a flint, possesses himself of the scanty
ornaments, and then lays the crime at the
door of a neighbor.
Similar cases might be quoted to any
extent, and the all resemble one another
in simplicity. Xo sooner is the child
missed than it is traced to the company of
it3 murderer, who straightway relates the
whole transaction and points out where the
ornaments have been buried. These usually
consist of very thin silver bracelets and
anklets, with possibly small gold rings on
the fingers and tiny pearls set as earrings,
the value ranging from two to ten rupees.
The trinkets, and sometimes the body, are
buried a few inches beneath the surface,
cither in the dry soil of a neighboring field,
usually the murderer's own plot of ground,
or in his hut, where its presence must.
inevitably bo discovered as soon as decern
position sets in. Bodies exposed in the
open fields or earcle.vdy thrown into the
nearest jungle arc quickly rendered unrecog
nizable by wild beasts and birds 01 prey ;
nor does the scanty clothing allord trust
worthy means of recognition. Pull Mali
Uazcttc.
Married people will have no difficulty in
getting along well if they always keep two
bears in the house bear and for-bear.
At a sale of merino sheep at Fresno,
Cab, recently, a single ram brought c"00,
and fifty ewes were sold at $ 10 each.
Cure for Fits.
For .1 Kit of Idleness. .Count the tick
ing of a clock. Do ths for one hour, and
you will he glad to pull off your coat the
next and work like a negro.
For a. Fit of Passion. Walk out in the
open air. You n'.iy speak your mind to
the winds without hurting any one or pro
claiming yourself a simpleton.
For Fits of lie lining. Look about for"
the halt and the blind aud visit the bed
ridden and the afllicted and deranged, and
they will make you n.diamod of co in plain" -ing
of your lighter afflictions.
For a Fit of Extravagance and Folly.
(lo to tlie workhouse and speak to the in
mates of a jail, t:nd you will be convinced
"Who makes his hetl of brier and thorn:
Must br conlont to lio forlorn."
For a 1'it of Ambition. (lo into :i
churchyard and read the gravestones.
They will tell you the end of ambition.
The grave will soon be your bedchauib.-r,
the earth your pillow, corruption your fin
ther, and the worm your mother aud sister;
For all Fits of Doubt, Perplexity and
l;ear. Whether they respect tile body or
the mind ; whether they are a load (o the
shoulders, the head, or the heart, the fol
lowing is a radical cure, which may be re
lied on, for we have it from the(Jreat
Physician : "Cast thy burden on the Lord,
and he will sustain thee."
For a Fit of Despondency. Look on 'the
good things (Jod lias given you in (his
world, and to those which he has promised
his followers in the next. He who goes
into his garden to look for cobwebs and
spiders no doubt will find them ; while her
who looks for a flower may return into his
house with one blooming in his bosom.
A President Not Generally Konwn.
A Michigan paper tells the following
story : A Front street saloon keeper is a
great historical scholar, ami will argue for
hours on issues, events and men of past
celebrity. Old Preston was aVare of this,
and he dropped into the place one warm
day and said : "By cracky, Jim, but this
is warm ! I haven't been so warm since
old Gen. Cass was President of the Cnited
States." "What !" said Jim, "Gen. Cass
never was President of the United States."
"Yrhy, yes he was," replied Preston, with
well feigned astonishment. "I'll bet you
the drinks for the house he wasn't." said
the excited proprietor. "Done," answered
the old man, and he drew forth his pocket
book, unfolded a page of the Coiifrt'asfonal
(jloo or l!"vifc-t, and proceeded to read
that President Taylor, having died on Sa
turday, and A'ice-President Fillmore not
being at Washington, the president of the
benate, General Cass, became President of
the United States until the following Man-
lay, pending Fillmore's inauguration.
When the old man had finished reading.
he looked around and said : "Come up,
boys. Must excuse ignorance, you know."
Then he rambled out, while .Jim rammed
the bottles back on the shelf, soused the
tumblers in the rinse, and, as he wined up
the counter, remarked : "I have seen a
good many mean men in my time, but for
a first-class fraud old Preston can take the
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money.
To Keep a House from Jumpim
Fences. Take a good strong leather head-
halter, have the straps of good width ; at
tach a rope-shank to it by t ing one end of
the shank into the ring under the iaws :
round the body wnere the harness saddle
bears place a wide, substantial sircingle, and
fasten moderately tight ; take the loose end
of the halter-shank and pass it between tlie
tor legs around the girth, and draw his
head down about fifteen inches below a
level. It will, whan placed in this Posi
tion, be impossible for him to jumn any
fence ; he can graze at will, or lie down,
and cannot injure himself in the least which
he would otherwise do probably if a yoke
was put on him.
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A ballooning accident, somewhat similar
to that which befell Donaldson and his com
panion, though with a more fortunate end
ing, occurred near Doncaster, England, re
cently. The an-onaut having ascended just
before a terrific storm broke over the dis
trict, was carried into the storm clouJ, and
was unable to rise above it. He then at
tempted to descend, but tho balloon was
struck by lightning, and torn to pieces, and
the aeronaut, falling from a considerable
height, wat seriously, but not fatally in
jured. This case appears to give additional
evidence that a ballon is unmanageable in a
severe storm, and should act as a further
warning to aeronauts to consult the weather
carefully before attempting an ascension.
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In Africa the birth of twins is common
ly regarded as an evil omen. No one, ex
cept the twins themselves and their near
est relatives, is allowed to enter the hut in
which they first saw the light. The child
ren, and even the utensils of the hut are
not permitted to be used by any one else.
The mother is not allowed to talk to any
one not belonging to her own family, if
the children both live t Li 1 the end of
the sixth year, it is supposed that Naturo
has accommodated to their existence, und
they are thenceforth admitted to associa
tion with their follows. Some civilized
husbands arc savages enough to entertain
African opinions, and to regard twins with
an unfavorable eye.
I. Fields, a resident of Berkley, Berks
county, has a hen of the bantam species
which is eighteen years old. During her
lifetime she has hatched and raised over
three hundred young chicken:-, including
fifteen thus seatan.
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