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STROUDSBURG, MONROE COUNTY, PA., NOVEMBER 4, 1875.
NO. 23.
v!i,,e(l by ineouorc sicuucu.
i ' - :M n.K"ina.dnil if tint
!
TrVn'f tlic 'year, two dollar and fifty
,IiH, tinned until all arrearage arc
rr m .option of (ho Witur.
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:.A,lv.Tt.MM. s. i., ,.-..,, n.Muional in-
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,.,. r i . ...... in t.rn:.4.rtiiili.
JOE! J'suvnxG
.. hi. uivns.
I , .he highest Mvl. f the Art, and on the
,;v,-i!t.l in r..:,soiiahl term.
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J. k. BKUCK JOIINSTONK,
I' "DVnrc."rin.n
li.lcnec: Iienjamin Diinm, Cherry Valley,
MoXPtOK COUNTY PA.
Mar :5' 1S7;'-1-
kit. A-
faysician, Surgsoa and Accoucheur,
Saxd Cut, Wayxk Co., Pa.
ul ca5t,s promptly attended, to day or nj?!.t.
moderate. May l.iio-tf.
I)
b... l.i-b:ck.
SHI"?COIl UCIlllMJ.
..... i..,:.,.r in.t r.tnrncsl from TVntal
.)Xuy ,.r,rl to make urtiuciat teeth in
, . alrinuifu anJlii'-hk'- wanner, and. to fill de
' , . ..,. . . .mlin ' t.. the most improved method.
( '" ' . . :...... ..a!., u 'i.'ii fit-sired, hr the
tti extra1 n"i " '""" i : , ,' - ,
.. , j'-.j m-k;.-Ii u otitiri' v Manillas
.f V t. I!H IX M" 1 1 in, ....... .
l'.'Airiii" ."all kind neatly done. All work warauted.
r!rir'-K JVJ'"'.'i''4!'. . J..S..V 1...-.1.1!nr Main strict
,,:,1V , irra f Au-,'. 31 '71-tf.
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;i. S. L. FOl'i'ftE?
physician.
O.ii-: n:ar!y oposiic Wiiliaius' Drus Store.
f.niiT'v "lvi'd hy K. WIf, corner
. ', V iu i 'Vil:i.it str.'.-!NMr.Hdburjj, I'a-
TMl. SIOWAItSJ IMTIKKSOX,
V
Paysioiin, Sarson and Accoucheur,
nnni?rl?nce, Main street, 8trond
Iv.ir. in the br.iMin.sr formerly occupied
b - fr. .S'ip. lVnit attention given to calls.
( 7 t 0 a. m.
OTi;? hours 1 " :i p. m.
( G " S p. hi.
A;.ril 1'. I.s74-ly.
jyi. w. j.icksox
PilVSifMN, SL'PiGCOX AND Al'LISi CIILIR.
In ;!ie cil otric:- of Dr. A. Koeves Jackson,
ro-iJ. !! -e, corner of Sarah and Franklin street.
STROUDSBURG, PA. -
Auu' Ht S,'72-tf
lTTiLso.v ii:jiisoa,
AUCTIONEER,
Rrxl Estate Agent and Collector.
T'n '!n-lri;nd "-- l.avp to notify the public tliat
li i- pr-t..ir.--1 t -U at slnirt ii!ic; R-rsonal f.roirty
'.r I:: ii N. a-i w?ll a It -al KtaU, at jitil.lif or private
o"j ;t Tii:n.i Steinple's oi l tr tanl, at Kat
U'.iira. I'a. !". 17, 1S74. ly.
DVVID S. LRK,
Allorey at Iaiv,
Oi:3 floor a'xve tlie "Strondslnirg Honsc,'
S.ro i !-i:ir, l'a.
('iu"c:i':t jr'mptlv made.
:jS,-r -11, 1S7-1.
A'-,.-', 7'A,-7 .SVw. PHILADELPHIA.
ZrJ'- iicuii'-e 1 rate-. :!1 To p"r day."XS3
IIKNliY SrA!IX, Trop'r.
L ii. SvviiKtt. Clci k.
Nov. IS74. .'"in.
WILLIAM S. REES,
Real Estate Agent.
Farms. Timber Lands and Town Lots
FOR SALE.
Offi.-e niearly rpOMte American Houcs
nd 21 door ielow the Corner Store.
Marcli lid, I87:i-tf.
DR.J.LANTZ,
SURGEON & MECHANICAL DENTIST.
om'" ,1:,!,i"fl'",0"n Main srvt, in tli scond utorr
s. A iiltoii's l.ri. k building, n-arlv of.j.silp th"
-"'nrf 1I .UM-. and Iip flat.-r liinsM-lf that by tili
n y..;ir. cmsiant j,r;l(.ti,.c alJ,j tu. m,wt tairnent and
. r -uii ;i!t..nt..ti to all mutton, j.r-rtinin to h in pro-
-v.n that l. i rly at.lc to perform all 4r:.lUm
:." r ta' liu" iu tl: ""J-t car,-fuI '! killtul nian-
ia! auoi.tj,,,, Kjv,. ,() vavi.; di Natural Teeth ;
; "7i """"i"" of Artiti. ial T; tli on RublK-r,
''-, : :lv. r or (.'ontiiiuuus Guin.s, aud iK ifcct fits iu all
M.K . rs.,ns know tlio pr.-at f .Ilv and danpor of rri
' tii.-i r work .to the iucxTincM. or to tliw lir
a. adiManc;.. A,,rii 1;)f H71. tf.
R. MAINONB,
Maker, Tuner, Regulator and Repairer
Pianos, Ops and Melodeons.
rriir i lnMr,1,'f"t thoroughly tun--d. n-nula't.-d a
thVir '''i a ""I"11 ".a.toi.BMo p'rieo, will i-leaae ki
" M'.uuMHir uiii VM'iuuy, wi.hii-
ond
k-a ve
ni Li. i n"1,".51 to I'r hnso I'iaiKM or otbor in.-lru-itiL'
,,i ltt'ioiradvantau'. toeallon me. Jlav-
V'-hMi.. ?i l,r:u',"'1, '"xperiHm-c'of over twenty-f.ix
ii,. h !' inisi..;d nn, privjn-d to furui.-h
l"Wi.l, "'""t '"'prov ed iuHtruinnti at the lowest
hi-ro aii ,iri'""!- 1 Itave tx:ated invself iMTinaiK-ittlr
" '"r favors.
tV Ictarty S: Sous arc the only Under
lu : S 1,1 tnm-isburg who understands their
IvT i If not' atte'l a Funeral managed
fay other Undertaker in town, and you
the proof of the fact.
pB lmNTJNG."o7a kinds neatly ex
ccutcd at this office.-
SOMETHING NEW !
A SHOE MANUFACTORY.
Thf nndori-nml would rcsjwtfallv jriTe notice that
thoy have cstalli-hi-l at Williams' ifall building, cor
ner of tioorgt; and Monro! slreots, Stroudsburg, I'a., a
SHOE MANUFACTORY,
for the niakin-j of all kind of Lady's and Gentlomns
and C'hildri'n's HmtH and Slioc.1 and Upi;r.i. I'articu
lar uttvution paid to - .
CUSTOM WORK.
Perni having deformod fact, bunions or corns, or
children with weak ankle, or crooked limlw, can have
licrc of first t-his materials and at reasonable prices
Shoes mntU to uit th-ir cafes.
Having hint a large exMTicnee in Xew York w feel
confident that we can suit customers asto qua I it ies and
price, all of our fcrMls Ujth for general and ."pecial sale
are warranted to be as represented liease give us a
cull, examine our poods and materials consisting of
Surges, plazed French, Mat and French I'alf Kid, lonsr
Kraincl. Hrush and lVbbbl (Joat Morocco, French anil
American Calf ami Kip .Skins, all of which will be
cheerfully shown to those who may call. Intending to
make a first rata wearing article we have nothingto
conceal, either in stock or make from the public, out
would invite their closest serutinv.
July , '7o-tf 11. Jl . KOMMETT A CO.
mm mn sale.
The undersigned offers at private sale, his Farm, sit
uate in Hamilton township, Monroe County, I'a., near
liossardsville, and ti miles from troudsbnrjr, County
seat of Monroe, containing
75 Acres,
r.lMut !"i Aeres Timocr Land, the balance improved land
lime stone soil, in a hih state of cultivation. The inil
proveiaents are a
Frame House,
eontaining nine rooms ; T.arn "2 bv 41) irvi
l.v; Wut;oti Shc!, Fig-in is bv 'Mi fect.g
with Carriage House r.tt:u hsl, and all other necessary
out-tniildiii'-'s; n never falling well of water near the
dwcliiisg. There is an excellent Orchard of
Choice Fruit Trees
n the farm, consisting of Appl Poach, Cherry, Plum,
Prunes, Crab-apple, several varieties, ti rapes, standard
and dwarf Chen ies, A.c.; a Lime Kiln, and one of the
best simie iiarri"S iu the valley. The Ki'n has capa
city enough to tarn out one hundred and fifty bush
els of lime pfr day.
The crops and stock can he bought with the Farm.
Here is a yood chance for a bargain.
PLTKK W. SIIAFEK.
lV-.sanlsvine, July 1, lSTe. tf.
LEANDER EMERY,
MAXfKACTCBr.lt AXT DCAI-Kn IX ALL KINKS OF
farringes ?.n;l ru?iifs, T'.vo-scatcil Carriages
for Livery stnbles and private Families,
rialfonn Spring Wagons,
of the latest style and for all kind of use, kept on hand
or made to odor.
SINGLE-SEATED CAEEIAGES,
with top or without top, all styles.
Delivery and Express Wagons,
of different styles, shipped to order. All work warrant
ed in every particular for one year. I will make to or
der any Myleof Carriage or light Huggy that may be.
wmi ted. None hut first class work leaves my shop. I
ue only first class stock and employ first class work
men, and feel confident that I can give entire satisfac
tion to all who may purchase my work. All orders by
mail shall receive prompt attention. Hoping that I
may Ik? able to furnish the citizens of Stroudsburg and
vicinity with any thing that they m:-y want in my line.
Address all orders to
LLANDLPt EMERY,
Marengo, Calhoun County, Michigan.
April 22, lS7."5.1y.
G. H. Dreher.
E. B. Dreher
T?I-ICEriX
(2 doors vret of the "Jeffersonian Office,")
: LIZ A li ET II STR E ET,
Stromltburg, I'a.,
DREHER & BRO.,
DEALERS IS
Drug, 7.IeIitincs, Perfumery
and Toilet Articles.
3?aints,
OILS, VARNISHES, GLASS & PUTTY.
Abdominal Supporters and Shoulder
Braces.
Seeley's
Hard KUIIHKIt TRUSSES Also
Hitter'
TRUSSES OF VARIOUS PATTERNS.
Lamps and Lanterns Burning
and Lubricating Oils.
Physicians' Prescriptions carefully Com
pounded. N. R. The highest. Cash price paid for
OIL of W1NTKRG KEEN,
may Itf
IILATCULHY'S
Inmrovrd Ct'CFMHEU
WOOL 1TM P istheacknow-h-lged
STANDARD of the
market, by iopular verdict,
the bet pump for the least
money. Attention is invited
o I?lat hley's Improved Praeket, the Drop
'heck Valve, which can be withdrawn witli
ut disturbing the joints, and the copper
hanjb.'r which never cracks, coales or rusts
nd will last a lifetime. J'oraIeby Dealers
m l the tradegenerally. In order to lie sur
hat you get Hlatchley's Pump, be careful
tnd se that it has my trade-mark as above.
If you do not know where to buy, desert -
tive circulars, together with the name and aildress of
thf'agent nearest you, will be promptly furnished by
addressing, with stamp.
C1IAS. G. liLTCHLEY, Manufacturer,
5C Coiniuerec at., Philadelphia, Ta
March 4, lS73.-9in.
C1 C t OflAl'tf Dav at home. Terms free. Ad-
tpXcl w fcpaVydressO.Stin!onACo.)PortlandrMe
HI B It 2
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February 4. l$.ly:
Life among the Indians: Being ex
tracts from the Journal of Thomas C.
Battey.
Cth mo. lGth. Arrived at the Kiowa
camps ufter three days travel, with a small
party of Indians, who were sent to the
agency for me, and to obtain rations. The
distance about one hundred and fifty miles
north-west from the agency. They are
here making preparations for the great
medicine dance. The whole Kiowa tribe,
as well as nearly all the Apaches ; about
five hundred Comanches, besides several
Cheycnncs, Arapahoes and other Indians
being together, makes a very large encamp
ment. This is situated in a beautiful
broad valley, through which flows a fine
stream of clear water, nearly devoid of
alkali. It is called by the Kiowas, Ugwoo-o-poh
Rice Creek.
Had a talk with several of the heard men
of the tribe respecting the change in the in
tention of government as regards the release
of Satanta and Rig Tree. They cannot
comprehend why government should violate
its pledge to them in consequence of the
misdemeanors of the Modocs ; a tribe living
so remote from them that they did not
even know of their existence. It looks to
them as though Washington was very wil
ling to class them as enemies, while they
are doing all they can to prove their frieud
ly intentions. I informed them of my
writing to "Washington ; desiring them to
refrain from any hostile manifestations
until they should learn what Washington
would do when he reads my letter.
The warriors are busily angaged hauling
cotton wood trees for the medicine house,
accompanied by music and dancing.
17th. The music of the soldiers, who,
if I understand aright, are not allowed to
sleep during the erection of the medicine
bouse, continued through the night. "On
going out early this morning crowds of
Indians, old and young, were marching in
companies towards a grove of small cotton
wood trees, and, being invited to go along,
I accompanied them. Soon, several small
cotton-woods were cut down by the women,
ropes attached to them, several hands to a
rope making light work of the hauling,
lartieularly as it was made a frolic.
After breakfast the hauling of larger
trees was proceeded with. They were
drawn by horses, by means of ropes attcch
ed to the saddles. A young warrior aud
a girl rode upon the horses, several of
which were hitched to one tree, and draw
ing abreast, some of the riders beating
drums, and all singin
continued through the
This business
day, except for an
hour or two in the middle of the afternoon,
whm the old women the errand-mothers
of the tribe, had a dance. The music
consisted of singing and drumming, done
by several old women, who were seated
upon the ground in a circle. The dancers
old, grej-hcaded women from sixty to
eighty years of age, performed iu a circle
around them for some time, finally striking
off upon a waddling run, one behind an
other : they came back and doubling so as
to bring two together, threw their arms
around each others necks and trudged
around the circle for some time longer,
then sat down, while a young man circula
ted a pipe, from which each in turn took
two or three whiffs, and this ceremony
ended.
Gth mo. ISth, 1873. Work at the
medicine house drew to a close. The large
trees and brush were all hauled by the mid
dle of the forenoon. The putting up of the
long cotton-wood poles to support the cover
ing, was hard work. They were thirty
five or forty feet in length, grceu and
heavy, and required a great amount of
noisy talking, loud hallooing, and hard
lifting to get them to their places. This
being done, and the brush thrown over
them for a shade, the medicine house was
completed a little past noon.
The soldiers of the tribo then had a
frolic in and about it, running and jump
ing, striking and kicking, throwing one
another down, stripping and tearing the
clothes off each other. One tall Indian
clasped me around for a back-hold wrestle,
but though I did not attempt to throw him',
by exerting my little strength in the right
direction, he found it too nearly resembling
work to lay me on the ground, and so gave
it up. Before this frolic was over, a party
of ten or twelve warriors appeared, moving
a kind of shield to and fro before their
bodies, making iu some manner, (as I was
not near enough to see how it was done,)
a grating sound, not unlike the filing of a
mill saw.
The medicine house is situated nearly in
the centre of the encampment, is circular in
form, about sixty feet diameter, having its
entrance towards the cast. It is built by
erecting a forked post, twenty feet high,
perhaps, for a central support, while around
this, and at nearly equal distances, are
seventeen other forked posts, forming the
circumference of the building. These are
from twelve to fifteen feet in height and
all of cotton-wood. Small cotton-wood trees
arc tied on the outside of these with ropes
of raw hide, limbs and leaves all on them.
Outside of these, small cotton-wood trees
are placed in an upright position, thus
forming a wall of green trees and leaves
several feet in thickness, in the midst of
which many hundred spectators afterwards
found a cool retreat, where they could
observe what was going on without mak
ing themselves conspicuous.
Long cotton-wood pole extend from each
of the posts in the circumference to the cen
tral post, and then cotton-wood limbs are
laid across these, ioniiiuga shady root, one
third of the way to the centre. The cen
tral post is ornamented near the ground
with the robes of buffalo calves, their heads
up as if in the act of climbing it ; each of
the branches above the fork is ornamented
in a similar manner, with the addition of
shawls, calico, c., and covered at the top
with black muslin. Attached to the fork
is a bundle of cotton-wood and willow limbs,
a buffalo robe and horns, firmly bound
together, so as to form a rude image of a
buffalo, to which were hung strips of new
calico, muslin, strouding, feathers, shawls.
&c., of various lengths and qualities. The
longer aud more showy articles were near
the ends. This was placed in a position
to face the east.
The lodges of the encampment arc arrang
ed iu circles around the medicine house,
having their entrances towards it, the
nearest circle being some ten rods distant.
In the afternoon a party of about a dozen
warriors aud braves proceeded to the medi
cine house, followed by a large part of the
encampment. They were highly painted,
and wore shirts only, with' head dresses of
feathers, which extended down the back to
the ground, and were kept in their proper
places by means of an ornamented strap,
clasping the waist. Some of them had
long horns attached to their head-dresses,
were armed with lances and revolvers, and
carried a couple of long poles, mounted
from end to end with feathers, the one
white and the other black. They bore also
shields highly ornamented with paint,
feathers and hair.
They took their station upon the side
opposite the entrance, the musicians stand
ing behind them. Many old woman occu
pied a position to the right, and near the
entrance, who set up a tremulous shrieking,
the drums began to beat, and the dance
began, only the party above described
participating in it. Tlioy at first slowl3T
advanced toward the central post, followed
by the musicians, several of whom carried
a side of raw hide (dried,) which they beat
upon with sticks, making about as much
music as to beat upon the sole of an old shoe ;
while the drums, the voices of the women
and the rattling of pebbles in painted
instruments ot raw lade, nlled out the choir.
After slowly advancing nearly to central
post, they retired backwards, again ad
vanced a little further than before ; this
was done several times, until they crowded
upon the spectators, drew their revolvers,
held them up and dischcrged them in the
air. Soon after, the women rushed for
ward, with a shrieking yell, threw their
blankets violently upon the ground, snatch
ed them up with the same tremulous shriek
which had been produced before, and re
tired, which closed this part of the entertain
ment. The ornamented shields used on
this occasion, were afterward hung up with
the medicines.
Soon after followed the great buffalo
medicine. Ninety Indians men, women
and children disguised in buffalo robes,
(having the pates and horns on them,) in
imitation of buffaloes, collected upon the side
of a hill, just outside the camp. At the
proper signal, the great medicine chief
standing some distance to the left of the
entrance of the medicine house, holding
something in his baud that made a smoke
they came, in a long procession, took
several turns around the medicine house
before finding the entrance, when they
cautiously entered, nearly the whole popula
tion of the encampment standing about mid
way between the first circle of lodges and
the medicine house ; when the last buffalo
had entered, all these started upon the run
for the entrance, followed by a great many
on horseback.
Upon entering the medicine house, the
buffalo were found lying down, huddled to
gether around the central post, heads either
towards it or directly fromit. The great
medicine chief daintcd white, wearing a buf
falo robe and fur head-dress, stood opposite
and facing the entrance, holding .in his"
hands something similar to the squirt gun
of our bohood days, lie was accompanied
by two old men, also wrapped in buffalo
robes. After some fifteen or twenty
minutes' of silence,' the two old men advanc
ed and commenced an examination of the
buffalo, feeling them, punching them, and
talking to them, occasionally holding up a
small stick, apparently pulled out of the
side of a buffalo, and addressing a few
words to the medicine chief, who would
step forward and squirt a small quantity
of the contents of his guu into the hair of
the animal ; one of the other men would
then make a short speech, holding up the
stick to view, and concluded by placing it
upon the buffalo from which it was first
taken. Hereupon the wild tremulous
shrieking of the women filled the air. This
was repeated several times, and finally
at a signal from the medicine chief, the
ceremony ended.
A THRILLINfTsiTUATION.
MIDNIGHT RAID ON THE OXFORD IRON
COMPANY S OFFICE SANGUINARY STRUG
GLE WITH A GANG OF MASKED 11URG
LARS A IJRAVE WATCHMAN AND HIS
FAITHFUL DOG "MAJOR" ONE OF THE
BURGLARS SHOT THROUGH THE HEART
AND ANOTHER MORTALLY WOUNDED.
The office of the Oxford Iron company
at Oxford, N. J., on the Delaware, Lack
awanna fc Western railroad, was the thea
tre of a most thrilling affair shortly after
12 o'clock on Saturday moruing last be
tween tho watchman, Mr. Win. Searing,
and a gang of masked burglars, who broko
in for the purpose of plundering the estab
lishment. At twelve o'clock Searing went
into the basement for some kindlings, and
on his return to the office was startled by
the appearance of a man in mask advanc
ing towards him from the desk and another
coming in his direction from' the middle
ofHcc. ' ' .
It was a moment of supreme excitement.
With wonderful presence of mind the watch
man dropped his basket, and drawing his
revolver fired upon the burglar in front of
him, sending a bullet whistling through his
heart. The ruffian rolled xipon the floor,
and a moment later was a rigid corpse
bathed in blood. This brilliant coup dr.
mata on the part of Searing enraged the
burglars, of whom there were three still to
be disposed of, and iu rushing into the mid
dle of the room to escape the one approach
ing him near the cellar door, he was seized
by a third, at whom he fired, and who, it
is expected, is mortally wounded, as the
bloody trail left in his path testifies to the
efficiency of the watchman's shot. . At his
juncture another of the gang dealt the
brave watchman a blow of a club with
which he felled him to the ground, when
they proceeded to manacle him. The strug
gle was most intense. Searing's cries for
help brought to his assistance the store dog
Major, and then calling as if to' a compan
ion "Come on, Gray, but don't shoot," the
desperadoes became alarmed and fled
through the office window, which was sub
sequently found covered with blood.
A few minutes later and Messrs. Gray,
Fred. Fowler W. II. Scranton, attracted
by the watchman's cries, came upon the
scene. The thieves had fled, however,
leaving their dead companion behind them.
Searing had a handcuff on one hand and a
severe bruise on the head, where one of the
ruffians had struck him.
Upon the mask being removed from the
burglar's face it revealed a countenance of
the most brutal type. The ruffian seemed
about twenty-five years of age, had a well
knit frame, and was evidently about six
feet high. On his person was found a
quantity of nitro-glyccrinc, cartridges and
other burglarious ammunition such as pro
fessional burglars employ in their nefarious
work.
A new "jimmy" was found under the
safe in tho office, and. later in the day the
dead bursrlar's overcoat and gloves, with
some money and the photographs of two
children were found, but nothing to lead to
identification in the way of writing. The
path taken by the decamping desperadoes
was clearly in the daylight for a distance
of half a mile by the heavy trail of blood
marked by the bleeding burglar, and at the
foot of a tree where he changed his cloth
ing and left them behind him there was a
large pool of blood. It is expected that he
could not live many hours later. Along
the railroad was discovered a valise contain
ing a complete set of burglar's tools, show
ing that the men were professional "cracks."
They entered the office in their stocking
feet, and doubtless calculated on overpower
ing the watchman and then Tifling the safe
of its contents.
On Saturday a jury was engaged ex
amining the office, and telegrams were sent
in all directions that it was thought the
thieves would take. Searing, the watch
man, was the hero of the hour, and is to
day perhaps the the most popular man in
Oxford.
A Situation.
A story is told of a clothing' merchant,
on Chatham street, New York, who kept a
very open store and drove a thriving trade,
the natural consequence being that he waxed
wealthy and indolent. He finally conclud
ed to get an assistant to take his place on
the sidewalk to "run in" customers, while
he himself would enjoy his otium cum dig
within the store. Having advertised for a
suitable clerk, be awaited applications' deter
mined that he would engaged none but a
good talker, who would be sure to promote
his interests.
Several unsuccessful applicants were dis
missed, when a smart-looking Americanized
Jaw came along aud applied for the situa
tion.. The "boss" was detcrimed not to
engage the fellowwithout proof of his thor
ough capability and sharpness. Hence the
following dialogue :
"Look here, you man ! I told you some
dings. I vill gone up do street und valk
me back dis shop yust like I vas coundry
mans, unt of you can make me buy a cost
by 'ou I vill hire yoit right' away quick !"
"All right," said the. young man, ;go
ahead, and if I don't sell you a coat I won't
ask the situation."
The proprietor proceeded a short dis
tance up the street, then sauntered back
toward the shop, where the young nian was
on the alert for him:
"Hi ! look here ! Doa't you want some
clothes to-day ?"
"No, I don't want me noting," returned
the "boss."
"But stop inside, aud let mo show you
what an elegant stock we have," said the
"spider to the fly," catching him by the
arm and forcing him into the store.
After considerable palaver, the clerk ex
pectant got down a coat, cn the merits of
which he expatiated at length,, and finally
offered it to the "countryman" a,t 30, re
marked that it was "dirt cheap !
"Dirty dollar ? My kracious I vouldn't
give you dwenty. But I don't vant de
coat anyvays !
"You had better take it, my friend, you
don t get a bargain like this every day.
"No, I don't vant it. I gone me out
Good day."
"Hold on ; don't be in such a hurry,'
answered the anxious clerk. "See, here,
now, the boss has been out all day, and I
haven't sold a dollar's worth. I want to
have some thing to show to him when he
comes back, so take thecoat at $23 ; that
is just what it cost. I don't make a cent
on it. but take it along."
"Young man, don'd I told you three,
four couple of dimes dat I don't vant de
coat. ?"
"Well, take it at $20; I'll lose money on
it, but I; want to make one sale. Anyif.-ri'
before the boss" come in'; Take it at tH).;'
"Veil, I don't vant de coat, but I'll givo
you fifteen tollar, and not one cent more."
"Oh, my friend, I couldn't do it ! Why
that coat cost $2C ; yet sooner than uo
make a sale I let you have it for 18, and
stand the loss."
"No, I don't vant it anyvays. It ainM
vurt no more as fifteen tollar, but I vouldn't
gif a cent more' so help me kracious."
Here the counterfeit rustic turned to oe:
part pleased to think that he had got the
best of the young clerk ; but that individual
was equal to the cnicrgcnc'. Knowing
that he must sell the garment to secure his
place, he seized the parting boss, say in r ;
"Well, 1'il tell you how it is. The v$t
who keeps this place is ah uncle of mine,
and as he is a mean old cuss, I want to
burst him ! Here, take the coat at 815."
This settled the business. The proprie
tor" SaAV that this was too valuable a sides
man to let slip, and so engaged him at once;
and he may be seen every da standing iu
front of the shop, urging innocent country
men to buy clothes which are "yust de fit,"
sacrificial paices.
Preservative Povrer of Limo.
The Scientific American tells us that
M. Lostal, Railway Contractor, of Fcrminy,'
has communicated to the Society of Mineral
Industry, at St. Etiennc, France, the 'tit'-.
suits of his observations on the effect of
lime in preserving wood, and his method of
applying it. He piles the planks in a tank,
and puts over all a layer of quick-lime, whicTi
is gradually slacked Avith water. Timber for
mines requires about a week to become
thoroughly impregnated, and other wood
more or less time, according to its thick
ness. The wood acquires remarkable cof
sistcnee and .hardness,, and, it is said, will
never rot. Hood has been prepared in tins
manner for several miles, so that the plan
will shortly be tested on a considerable
scale. Beechvood has been prepared ii
this way for hammers and 6th'er tools for
several iron works", and it is said to become'
as hard as oak without its elasticity or tough
ness, and to last much longer than when
undrepared. It has long been known that
wood set m lime or mortar is preserved
from decay, but no systematic plan for its
preservation has until now been attempted;
1 he experience which most of us have
had with whitewash on farm buildings and
fences, leads U3 to believe there may
be something in this" idea.' We have known
wood annually whitewashed to last much
longer than some that has been carefully
painted, tarred, or otherwise cared for. In
deed as regards tar, there is often no bet
ter way, snort of actual burning, to hasten'
the destruction o wood.' It is used be-
cause it keeps out water, and so far it is ii
benefit ; but it is heat as well as water that
hastens decomposition, and the dark color
of the tar absorbs heat to an extraordinary
degree. Wc can lay our hands' on a white
washed fence in summer time with a com
fortable fecliug : but to put one's hand on
a tarred post in the full sun', is a sure pre
cursor of an unseemingly dance, with per -'
haps some hastily expressed sentiment con-'
ceruiug it. Of course, the hotter the cli
mate, the more rapidly the dark color has
tens doca- and it is more likely to aid
above ground than beneath. A post dark
painted, or tarred on the part beneath tho
ground, will therefore decay faster than oim
not so colored, but not so fast as one fully
exposed to a heated atmosphere. It is not,
perhaps, that there is much' preservative
power in the lime itself So much as in it
light color!"
During the war a Georgian started to
Marietta with some chickens for sale. He
met a squad of soldiers and they bought
all his chickens but one rooster. Ho insist
ed they should take him, but they were
out of money, and couldn't buy.
The old man said he hated to go on to
town with only one chicken,' and was great-
ly puzrlcd about it.
At last one of the soldiers said :
"Old man, I'll play you' a game of seven'"
up for him."
"Agreed," says the old man.
They played a long and spirited game.
At hist the soldier won. The old man'
wrung the rooster's" neck and tossed him at
the soldier's feet, and mounted his swab
tailed pony and started home. After get
ting some two hundred yards he suddenly
stopped, turned round, aud rode back and
said :
"You played a far game, and won the
rooster farby, but I'd like to know what in
h 1 you put up agin that rooster."
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Here is one of the latest :
Dear Rag Baby thou ha.t petered,
IVlallen wind did make the hollow
The people just 6at dow n upon thee,
And busted thy inflated' bmt'el.
Gone to meet the Southern Confederacy.
Tho New York Commerical perpetrates"
the following on tho Ohio returns :
Put nway his little fog-horn
Let his toy balloon collapse,'
While Sam Cary murmer, ''Dog-eone"
T ilden and them other chaps."
Gone to meet Nasby out in the swamp.
At Pittsburg a piano is on exhibition;
which is valued at 10,000, and another
which was made in, London a hundred
years ago.
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