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VOL. 33.
STROUDSBURG, MONROE COUNTY, PA., SEFTEMBER 23, 1875.
NO. 17.
r
Li!i.wi hv Theodore Schoch.
- . i .ti.r jrrar In advance and if not
Tr1 i f tli: vear.two dollars and fifty
f .rT..ntiniil until nil
,..,.rr .
arrearages arc
i ". , ..r one ,ii;in' of fenrht lnieOor
'' A' 'ViV.-n' ins.Tti.-ii Si --. I" additional in
,,. on-jT j n.T..r ,,,- in riM)rllii.
rtioii. "''" 1 :
JO 22 IMtl-XTIXG
OF ALL KINDS,
... . ...!.. rt Slul oil the
co-in-' , ri.:ls,,ii;i1K' terms.
,U. r, imucK joiinstone,
I)
Homoeopathic Physician,
Li-lence: Iicnjamin Dungan, Cherry Valley,
moNKOE COL NT l r.V.
Lv 1S7--..-1J.
v - - M J A Am
physician, ourgeou auu ftuuvu.,
Svo Ci'T, Wayne Co., Pa.
VI riiM-omiulv attended, to day or night.
;Xi;;ir. n.HK-ratc. May V-tf.
D
lt.X.lPUtii,
,. st!i:it havi.iu' jnf r.-turn.-l from IVntal
,.m.. -l i.. niii!.-!. artificial teeth II)
t ' : '. v.tir.t'l aii'.l lif likf maimer, and M till de-
S ' ' 1 1 ' i . - ... t iniitriiv.fl lnftlHwl.
'v'""! h'-'vtr'i'-tM with-mt pain, w h. n d.-,i r.-d l.v tli
1 , V it r.f.l- I'll it;u. ! ..- -.
.,.iiri:i.'"' kill'!- ii-an, . -
iV K.-il.-r' new l.rick l.uildiiiK, Main street,
k.,r.i,l-..;irc. I .1. '
J)
it. S. I FOMiKK,
PHYSICIAN.
Lj li ,, ,.;,rly opposite Williams' Drug Store.
p -i l ii. -. f.n:i-rlv h-cii:i-tl i- II L. "olf, ti.riH-r
-iri'i m l U'.tlinit vir'.'.-ts Siroiillur, l'a.
'm.ii. ii j-., i ;.". if.
1 . 1 1 W .4 R B 1 ATT i: U S O X ,
PaysicUn, Sarg;e3ii and Accoucheur,
Olliiv a-i l Ile.-Menco, Main street, Stroiuls
i p, in tin- imililin" formerlv occuiie(l
L.v ft'r. ri'ip. 'lWnipt attention given to calls,
f 7 t 9 a. n.
) ."we
hours J 1 " : P- m.
( (J " S p. in.
i-ril 1. l7-i-ly.
D
'1. (iCO. W. J itKSOX
riivsinw, srscEox axd accoitheur.
Id tlie oM oiiice of Dr. A. lleeves .Tack.son,
rt'-ulm e, coriu-r of Sarah ami Tranklin rcet.
STROUDSBURG, PA.
Aiiir'H V7i-tf
7ILNO.V I'iilttSOX,
AUCTIONEER,
Real Estate Agent and Collector.
T'i.- nn lr-i-.'ii"l ' ! lnv to imtify tli" pnMic tliat
1j i- r j. ir.-l at -li.irt noti. e iMrw.nal irnTty
.f :t;i kia N. a- wfll U'al KM:U-, at piiltlu- or private
. ;ii T!i":na St-:upl'" oM str tanl, at Kut
i -'.;, la. 17, 1S74. ly.
AU011103 at Law,
One .lor alwve the "Stroudsbtirg House,"
'S'iU'l'liurg. l'a.
t'ollectioiw protuptlv made.
)!.!. er 2, 1S71.
iV
HONESDALE, PA.
!M.t central location ot any Hotel in to'.vn.
II. W. KIPLK A- SON,
! '0 Main street. Proprietors.
Jaa:urv '., 1ST.'. 1 v.
413 & -115
Xrtk Third Ssfrrrt, PHILADELPHIA.
Z& Jietluced rates, 1 To jer Jay.jia
HKMIY SPAI1X, Prop'r.
I. M S.nvi.kk. Clerk.
Nov. 2t, 1874. f.ui.
WILLIAM S. REES,
Surveyor, Conveyancer and
Heal Estate Agent.
Farms, Timber Lands and Town Lots
FOR SALE.
IW.. . . IT
j ""'.c iiieany ppjiosite American jjouw
-"ft - l d .or below the Corner Store,
-larcli 211, 187:Hf.
DR. J. L A N T Z,
SURGEON & MECHANICAL DENTIST.
J' li t. his ofliee on Mnin street, in the second utory
1,1 s-Wall. iii's brick building, nearlv opposite the
r.i,i,iS!ir Mouse, and he Haters hims if t hat by eih
, '""'"i-slaiit practh-e. and tin- must earnest and
' !r' 1 ' I attention to all matters peri ai 11 in to his pro
I "j !!. l!i.it he is fully able ft p. iforul all oXT:itioiis
'' ! l ''l"iit;il line in the mo.-.t careful and -skillful nian-
:e-i
I'-'iMl a! lent ion given to saving the Natural Teeth;
I,'",'; '!!,""' inseniori of Artificial Teeth 011 RublK-r.
f'v',r, or Coiitiuiious liums, and perfect fits in all
MiMn-f-d.
- "M . rsoiis know the preat folly and d inger r.f en
r'iM;uiii, ir work to the iuexperieiieiil, or to t lios- liv
ai a '1'staiiee. " April 13, 1874. tf.
E. MAINONE,
adsr, Tuner, Regulator and Repairer
OF
toflSi Organs and Melodeons.
j,,,,' ;1".'s 'si'ling in St roudsbu r and vicinity, wish
I'istniiueiits thomughlv tum.-d. regulaU-d and
tli'-'irT iHl a n"'st reasonable price, will please leave
yiu . ut ,he Jcllersouian (Irticc.
n',,i''-i1! ,,nK 10 l,,r, ll-s I'ianos or other inst-ru-;.,
hd ittotheiradvantaaetocallon me. Jlav-
f-ar''ir 1 ,,riU:,i,:"? f xl rience of over twciity-fdx
U; j' "' inu.sicul line, 1 uu prcMrcl to furnL-b
f.-jT'i. ai,f) m"st improved in:tr.itnr.nts atfhelowf st
t,,l ' ,jI'r!''fv 1 liav loeute1 mjsclf nermar.cr.tly
""1 solid youruvors.
SOMETHING NEW I
A SHOE 'MANUFACTORY.
Tho unlrinol would n'spo-tfiil1 v vr notice that
they have ctalIiMi! at Williams' lf iil hniMinir, cor
ner of Uwrje und Monroe trtt'ts, .Stroudsburi;, l'a., a
SHOE MANUFACTORY,
for tho malting of all kinds of Lady' and GontlciiH'iis
and C'liildren's Itoots and Allocs ami 1'i'pcrs. l'articu
lar attention paid to
CUSTOM WORK.
Persons liavins deformed feet, bunions or corni, or
children with weak ankles, or crooked limits, can have
here of first class materials and at reasonable prices
Shoes made to suit their cases.
llavin-z had a larae experience in New York wo feel
confident that we can suit customers as to qualities and
price, uli of our pls Ixith for general and sjK-cial sale
are warranted tile as represented 1 'lease cive us a
call, examine our poods ami materials consisting of
Surges, kI:'7'' rreneli. Mat and French t'alf Kid, lnf
Krafneil. Hrush and rehiihxl tit Monn-eo, French and
American Calf and Kip Skins, all of which will be
eheerfullr shown to those who may call. Intending to
make a first rat wearing article w have nothing to
Cvnrel, cither in stock or make from the public, but
would iuvite their closest scrutiny.
JulyVT.Vtf II. K. t'KOMMETT A CO.
FAUJI FOR SALE.
The undersi jiidl offers at private sale, his Farm, sit
uate in Hamilton township. Monroe County, l'a,, near
lSosoardsville, and 6 miles from Stroudshurg, County
seat of Monroe, containing
75 Acres,
aliout C Acres Timber Lml, the balance improved landf
l in a lii'Ii state of cultivation. The im.
proveiiients ar a
Frame House,
i. ... . iv-...,.... xi. .-i n is hv :to fiwf s'1-"-'
..itl. t .i .r.. II. ,l t 'ii'lii'il ;mit iillifi- K'i'i'Hsu rv
out-buildings; a nover fullin? well of water near tho
dwelling. There is an excellent In-hard of
Choice Fruit Trees
on the farm, consist ini; of Appl., IVaeh, ("lierry, I'luni.
Prunes, Crab-apple, several varietie-. tirajM-s. standard
and dwarf Cherries, .te.; a l.ime Kiln, and one of the
In'st stone quarries in the valley. The Kiln lias capa
city enough to turn out one hundred and fifty hush
cl"of lime per day.
The crors and 5Rk k can be bought with the Farm.
lb-re is a ol chance lor a bargain.
i'i;n;n w.siiaffk.
P.osardsville, July 1, 173. tf.
PRICES UEDICED
AT THE
orner
THE
CHEAPEST GOODS
IN TOWN.
Great bargains are now offered in
FANCY DRESS GOODS,
ALPACAS, VELVETEENS,
OLOTI-IS,
CASSIMEHES, ELANNELS, &c,
all of which have been marked down to
PANIC PEICES.
Goods all new and rtht in ftvle, but
marked down to meet the timer:. AVe invite
all to call and see for themselvex. Terms
Cash.
C. II. ANDRE & Co.
dec-itf Main St., Stroudsbtirg, Pa.
G. H. Drehsr. E. B. Dreher
M-icEisris:
(2 doors west of the "JefTersonian Office,")
ELIZABETH STltEET,
StroudMlMir?, Pa.,
DREHER & BRO.,
DEALERS IS
Iru?rs, Medicines, Ierliiniery
and Toilet Articles.
Paints,
OILS, VARNISHES, CLASS & PUTTY.
Abdominal Supporters and Shoulder
Braces.
Seeley's
Hard IlUIIKEEl TKUSSKS Also
Bitter's
TJlUSSi:S OF VARIOUS PATTERNS.
Lamps and Lanterns Burning
and Lubricating Oils.
Physicians Prescriptions carefully Com-
1 1
iK)unueu. .
Thc hishost Cash price paid for
OIL of' WINTERG KEEN.
uiay-4tt.
BLANK DEEDS
For sale at this Office.
Store!
GREAT
COMMOTION
J
THROUGHOUT
MONROE COUNTY,
ABOUT THE
Large Assortment
OF
J
And Extremely Low Prices
AT
SIMON FRIEDA
THE
Mammoth Retailer
OF
Jlcif s, Boj's iV Children's
Gents' Furnishing Good
Trunks & Valises,
Umbrellas, &c.
VMid AiHiouiiccmcnt
TO THE PUBLIC.
In order to have more
roo&it to display my large
stock of Clothing, Gents'
V u r n i s h i i g G o o d s and
Trnnksand Valises, I have
concluded to quit tlie Boot
& Shoe business. I there
fore offer and will sell my
stock of Boots & Shoes at
and below cost.
mm fried,
April 15, 1875. Asc,1-
LEANDER EMERY,
MAXl FA(Tt KEII AND Df.ALKK IN ALL KINDS OF
farriajres and Bnggits, Two-scatcd Carriages
for Livrry stables and private Families,
Platform Spring Wagons,
of tlie latfft Htj-leant! for all Vlnl.of uso, kcj.t on hand
or made to oltr.
SINGLE-SEATED CAEEIAGES,
with top or without top, all styles.
Delivery and Express Wagons,
of ifl'rrent Ktvles, hhipnel toonler. All work warrant
ed in everv narticular lor one Tear. I will make to or
der any style of Carriajr'' hifht UujiRy that may le
h(m1 X.iiip Knt first i-lns work leav-s in v shoit. I
use only fiit chtsis stork and employ fit rfaw work
men, and feel confident that I tan kt entire hatisfae-
tion to all wno mav inrehao my worK. am oniers ry
mail shall receive prompt attention. Hoping that I
mav )e able to furnish the eitixens of Slrondslmrjr and
vii inity with anv thing that they may want in my line
AldreKsi all orders to
Lr..xii:n r.MKHY,
Marengo, Calhoun County, Michigan.
April 22, 1875. ly.
UNDERTAKING.
MtCARTY A PONS have on hand the largest and hct
assortment of
COFFINS
3
W TRIMMINGS
to befoiuidoiitMdeof cither city (New York or Philadel
phia), and will make tnu brancn or incir duiiic!
tpeciality.
COFFINS and CASKETS
of any shape or style, ean he furnished at one hour's
notice" fr himent, at a charge of one-third lo than
any tdioS in StroiidMlmrg. Ia no case will they charge
more han ten ieF cent. aooTe aetnal cotl.
UIMIIALDlIXCi
sttrclrd to in any p;irt ot the County tt the ihnrtrtt
nosoiblc noiK-e, JuncIS'-"
How they Live in California,
A letter from San Francisco to the Tri
bune, after remarking upon the California
Rank failure and the prodigal expenditure
of Ralston and other suddenly rich men,
says : This leads me to remark that not
even the prolifle soil and auspicious climate
of California can maintain on a large scale
or for a long time the all-pervading extra
vagance in expenditure which here obtains.
The whole scale of living is pitched too
high, while that of work is pitched too
low. There are too many diamonds, too
many 8300 gold watches, too many 8200
silk dresses, too many horses for which 8300
and upward have been paid. My meaning
may be more clear when I state that in an
extended tour from the Mexican boundary
to the British possessions, covering more
than 3,000 miles by land, I have seen less
than 50 white men in the fields at manual
labor. A few I have seen driving a reaper
or team, but the agricultural hand labor, in
field and garden, like a large share of the
in-door work, is done by the Chinese. At
the same time I have counted not less than
50 race-tracks, most of them with specta
tors' stands and appurtenances complete.
Nowhere are the women as expensively
dressed. Theatres thrive even in the little
towns. A liquor shop is the first place of
business established in any settlement, and
is generally the best fitted and patronized.
Those of San Francisco are the most showy
and costly in the country. The practice of
drinking seems to have fastened itself on
all classes. Xo one, I am told, can be elec
ted to any popular office who does not prac
tice the habit of promiscuous tippling. It
is said that one of Senator Jones's claims
to the gratitude of his constituents arises
from .his procuring the new twcntj--cent
coin to be minted, as this enables a gen
tleman to invite his friend to drink at the
minimum rate. I might add that the li
quors drank arc mostly from the East,
though much of them from abroad, singu
larly enough, the exellent native wines and
brandies beinsr neglected.
This is an indication of the waste and
prodigality of the country. There are
plenty of evidences on all sides of this same
indifference to thrift. A newspaper sells
it five cents in the streets of this city, but
it ten elsewhere in the State. Boot black-
ing is a "bit. uar conductors return tneir
tickets as chancre for 25 cents. A hack
rom steamer or depot to hotel is 82.50,
and woe be to the intrepid traveller who
ventures to insinuate that it is too much.
In practice, five and ten-cent pieces are
about as scarce as in Xew York, while of
julky half-dollars there is a glut. Collec
tions are made in stout canvas bags, and
one's pockets are loaded down with the
weighty, jingling metal. It is a partial
cure lor the desire to return to actual spcicc
avmcnts to be afflicted with the semi-bar
baric round disks of yellow and white me
tal, known to our old people as "double
cades" and silver dollars. No country can
be thoroughly prosperous in which there is
no small change. Yc ought to be able to
juy something for a penny. What is need
ed (not what is wanted) here is a sharper
competition and a closer economy in small
thuijrs. An infusion ot a hundred thous
and thrifty Germans or Scotch would bring
thm's down to a wholesome level, lime
will bring it about.
The effect of this panic- will not be Iast
. i . i. i
ing. jy mercurial temperament auu in
tense devotion to. ''luck" will soon restore
former conditions. The Emperor Napoleon
was wont to direct the savings of his sub
jects into rents by jelously keeping foreign
loans from the raris JJourse. It one had
his arbitrary power he might with advan
tage tax gold and silver mining speculation
out of existence and supply in tneir sccau
something more stable, (rovernmcnts,
State bonds, and the like, arc scarce here,
and besides they pay but five or six per
cent, interest on their cost, and these hanan
ciers want 10 to 25. What must happen
to a country where money commands one
to two per cent, per month iutercst ? Far
mers, merchants and miners all over are
paying such rates. It needs a panic oc
casionally to convince men that they arc
out of proper range.
Speech of a Mississippi Editor.
At a reception to an excursion party of
Mississippi editors, at Jiultalo, . l.iast
week, Mr. S. II. Stackhouse, of the Haxcl
hurst Gnnahan. made the following reply
to the address of welcome : "When the
Queen of Shcaba visited old man Solomon s
dominions m the ancient time, new over
his hills and dales in his li-rhtniug railroad
trains, sailed over his rrcat lakes iu his. big
steamers, rode upon his keel boats as they
plowed his canals, examined critically his
farms and machine shops, she finally made
bor wav to his headquarters and formerly
interviewed the thrifty old autocrat of all
lm .W mid in that interview candor
.hv
onncriviiimil her to acknowledge that
1-
thouirh she had heard much of his great
ness and magnificence, yet the half had not
been told her. So it is with us, fellow
ritixons of Buffalo, in reference to this
tremendous country you have got. Wc
..ivo I1..111I si PTpnt deal about you. We
Alt V
have read much concerning you in your
bir newspapers, of your thrift, your push
your genius, enterprise, wealth, progress
and irrcpressibility. But uow since we
have traversed a considerable scope of your
grand domain, wc are, like the Queen o
Sheba, forced to acknowledge that the hal
b.is not been told us. . We are not goini
into any Avar with you fellows. If we had
knowli how confounded numerous you
wcrc what vast resources you had what
a nation of git up and jitters you are we
should never have been guilty of the
absurdity of tryiug to whip you in the first
place. Now that we have seen for ourselves,
and got ton some sort of an icca of the mag
nitude of the job of cleaning you out, wc
consider that auother war on our f-ide
would be preposterous and ridiculous, and
we arc for peace. Yes, fellow citizens of
Buffalo, we are here in the intcst of peace
Hod like peace. In the glowing langu
age of the inspired psalmist, u Peace hath
her victories no less renowned than war."
Wc believe in peace. . We are quite ready
to be harmonized. And I am glad to be
able to say that everywhere we have been
in the North and West we have met a cor
dial welcome and kindly greeting. Nobody
has made faces at us. We have felt 0. K.
all the time. The railroads have dead
headed us and given us the finest drawing
room 'cars to sleep in. The hotels reduced
their rates, and sonic of them didn't have
the heart to charsre us all. Wc have been
well fed at all your eating institutions where
we have stopped. In some place they
wined us and they dined us, rode us out
in carriages and showed us the sights,
mades pecchestous. serenaded us with their
brass bands, ete., etc Wc have had just
a splendid time of it. The ladies ((Jod
bless 'em, always) have smiled upon us, and
the men have sometimes even gone to the
extent of asking us to take a drink. That
last is the capstone to the climax of re
conciliation. Hear, hear ! The true
road to a Mississippi editor's heart is to
invite him to take a drink with you. If
that don't harmonize hiin if that don't
capture him if that don't bring peace to
the land and save the country, nothing else
on earth will."
The Harm the Innocent Old Lady Did.
The Detroit Free Press says : She lives
down on Baker street, and she has a daugh
ter about eighteen years old. The old lady
retains all her simplicity and innocence, and
she dosen't go two cents on style. The
other evening, when a "splendid catch"
called to escort the daughter to the opera,
the mother wouldn't take the hint to keep
still, ami wouldn't help carry out the
daughter's idea that they had wealth.
While helping her daughter get ready she
asked :
"Marry, arc you going to wear the shoes
with one heel off", or the pair with holes in
cm
9"
Mary didn't seem to hear, and the mother
inquired : "Are you going to wear that
dollar gold chain and that washed locket,
or will you wear the diamond father bought
at the hardware store ?"
Mary winked at her, and the young man
lushed, but the old lady went on : "Are
you jroino: to wear Mrs. Brown's shawl, or
will you wear mine T
Mary bustled around tlie room, and the
mother said : "Be careful of your dress,
Mary ; you know its the only one you've
got, and you can t have another until the
mortgage on this place is lifted."
Mary remarked to her escort that it
iromiscd to be a beautiful evening, and as
she buttoned her glove her mother asked :
Those arc Mrs. Hardy's gloves, ain't the ?
She's been a good neighbor to us, and I
don't know how you would manage to go
anywhere if she didn't live near us."
Mary was hurrying to get out ot the
room, when the mother raised ner voice
once more asked : "Did you run into Mrs.
Jewett's and borrow her bracelet and fan ?
Yes, I sec you did. Well, now you look
real stylish, and I hope you 11 have a good
time."
3Iary sits by her window in the pale
moonlight and sighs for the splendid young
man to come and beau her around some
more, but he hasn't been seen up that way
since that night. The old lady, too, says
that he seemed like a nice 3'oung man, and
she hopes he hasn't been killed by the street
cars.
TERRIBLE TRAGEDY.
A Father,s Dreadful Work.
Aununx, N. Y., Sept. in. A terrible
tragedy occured in the town of Venice, in
this county, yesterday. At about six A.
M. Harrison Andrews, an old man 50
years of age, went to the sleeping room of
his son, aged 10 years, who was asleep, and
dealt him two murderous Mows with a
. . WW .
hacthc(. The second blow crushed through
the skull and probably injured the brain.
He then aroused his two daughters, and
shot one of them through tho adbomen
with a revolver, inflicting a severe though
not necessarily fatal wound. The girls
escaped from the house and aroused the
neighbors. Andrews then poured a omantity
of oil on the carpet and set fire to the house,
and ended bv counniting suicide, shooting
himself through the head. The neighbors
extinguished the fire, and procured medical
attendane for the wounded. The son will
hardly recover. No motive for the atrocious
deed is known. Andrews had a violet
and ungovernable temper.
Dr. Ilollinbach recently extracted from
Lthe head of William Collis, Mt, Carincl,
Schuylkill county, two bullets which were
lodged there ten years ago, when Loins,
who was on his wav West with several
hundred dollars, was attacked and robbed
by two men, near Perryville, sho twice in
the head, pounded wun .stones, stripped
and covered ui) for dead with brush 111 a
small ravine. The bullets have remainei
in his head ever since, and were found im
bedded in the skull above the tempora
bone, where they were flattened out. They
weighed about an eighth of an ounce each
and were located about n inch apart
Collii is doing WelL
Wooden Shoes for Farmers.
A n6vel enterprise has recently been
started by E. W. Shippen, of Meadvillo.
Pa., in the manufacture of wooden shoes
for the use of farmers ami others' compel
led to be out of doors: Most of t'h'c machi
nery is the result of his own mechanical
ingenuity, costing several thousand dollars';
and capable of turning out hundreds of
pairs per day. Wooden shoes are well
adapted for the use of farmers about the
barn yards ; or driving in the cows iti t'ne
morning when the" grass is wet ; also, wo
men in the garden, milking yard, scrubbing
or at the wash tub. Not that we suppose
that they will supersede leather shoes wlier
persons do much walking, but to be used
as a person does a pair of overalls of eonr--mon
clothing, thus saving their better ones?
and having dry feet. Parties who are now
using them inform us they give entire satis
faction, are easily slipped on and 6ff. and thtr
first feeling of awkwardness fs soon over
come. Practical Farmer.
The First Finger Rin
t3'
An amusing mvth is told of the drftrirs
of the finger ring. When Jove' r'elehsvd
Prometheus from the bonds by which' he
hail been confined he condemued him, as a
sort of penance perhaps somewhat! after'
the fashion of a modern ticket-of-leave, to
wear upon his finger as a ring a link of the
iron chain that had bound him to the Cau
casian rock, in which was set a fragment of
that rock itself. In this way, so fable' goes r
the custom of the finger ring originated.
There is every reason to believe that this
use of the engraved stone began with the"
Greeks, and from them was copied by thehr
servile imitators, the Roman's. It is every
way a convenient and a natural one, and
our grandfathers' custom of wealing their
seals at the fob, as it was called, or hang
ing from the side jxtckct, was a recurrence
to old Assyrian usages, which did not long
hold its ground.
Some time ago a farmer living near Mil
lerstown purchased one hundred grains of
a pccular brand of wheat which had been
imported from Egypt, having been grown
in the valley of the Nile, and for which5 he
paid one dollar at the rate of ouc cent per
grain. This year he planted the grains six
inches apart, and the yield has been even
more prodigious than was expected. From
these one hundred grains of wheat he ha
harvested eleven hundred caf s, for which
he readily found a market at one dollar
per car. Thus from an investment of one
dollar he makes a profit of eleven hundred
dol
:ars in a single year.
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A man in a neighboring county who Wtshctl
to write a history of his family, was uuable Ut
obtain the necessary materials ; but when
ho got nominated for Congress" the' opposi
tion papers furnished him a complete his
tory of the same for six generations" back
and didn't charge him a cent-. But he say.?
he doesn't believe his great-grcat-great-
grandmother was burned for' being a whrch,
and that uis great-rre'at-grandfather was
langed for stealing a sheep, as stated iu the
papers. Xorristoicn Herald.
John Thompson, of Pottstown, a fev
days ago, noticed -something that seemed to
be a fine string moving upon the ground.
On attempting to' pick it up, it parted at
the point touched, and was found to con
sist of a number of very small worms, nob
more than a .quarter of an inch long. On
clo?er examination he discovered tba5 the
string was composed of myriads of these
it tic worms, that were clinging to each
other while on the march. And now he'
wants to know to what species they belong,
and where they came from.
A Pottstown woman had her foffune'
told bo a gipsy wonar. ami offered m pay
ment a twenty dollar bill, flic gipsy went
to a neighboring hotel to gent it changed,
o o c?
and did not come back until a warrant had
lecn issued for her arrest, when sin; re
funded the money to aro3J a suit.
The Tamaqua Item makes the following
announcement : "Jjansheld, on the line' of
the New Jersey Central Railroad, about six
miles east of this city, comes to the front
with a baby born Saturday afternoon, live
ly, healthy, and in all respects perfect,- awf
weighing thmtven ounces . Mr. af Mrs.
Fred. Wagner, formcrcly of this city, are
the prowd and happy parents."
An old woman in Bridgeport who has-
pasted nearly five thousand medical reeixs
m a book during tlie past forty years, ha
never been sick a day in her life, and she
is growing discouraged. Souk people are'
born to ill luck, she says.
TYo months ago-a Hyde Park womair"
fell
from a
chair, and has jwst tiled from
iinuries then received. Those vw attach
a moral to everything can now tagiir a cru
sade against the dangerous practice ofsitj
ting in chairs.
A man in Schuylkill county got a "eof--fin
notice," the other day, with the ' com
mand to "go to h , out of this," and ho
immediately stavted Jov the Democratic
Convention at Erie.-
A rich ami foolish widower in Melbourne
advertised for a wife, ami tle first person
he met by appointment was his own silly
young daughter.
A "pretty young girl" was arrested in
Reading on a charge of fast driving and
running over a little boy, breaking hislt-g.
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