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STROUDSBURG, MONROE COU?TY, PA., NOVEMBER 25, 1375.
NO. 26.
H-'od I5V Theodore Schocb.
4'"!,, ., -v-.' in advance snd if not
J TV'l ;.f ti'u"ycar, two dollars and fifty
i,:;i.M-!!V-J:i!!?5)!U!(, ntnalj arrearages arc
f ' st ih" ,.!s,an- '"f 'ei?htlinesor
1- A r::":;i. ;i' 1 5.). Kadi additional in-
-.-""!"-r: ,.. s -r: in proportion.
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,.r .M.I. KIN!S
, i ; , ', -i tvle of the Art, and on the
r 1 lV;::rUntoral,
II. k- '
TTamcoopatliic Physician,
.c- Ij;ij:imln D;msin, Cherry Valley,
i M.'Nf-F- COl'NTY r.V.
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Jiysician,Sarffsoa and Accoucheur,
j Sand Cct, Wayxk Co., Pa.
J promptly attended, to day or night
Life'1 illK'
T-v O . !.
I , ,.;!' hist r.--irn:d frovi Pentxl
.fr 1 ' 11 -.-'i - i I. rt-,ic artificial te-th ia
( l ' !p v"'.' :ni i i V.-;i:.. wanner, and to fili de
" , , t!.v. , .,t improved r.v.-th.Ki.
p-'''. wii.'ii d-sircl, by tiii
-". ,',.'.Vi'."ii.iN 'a is entirely l.ar:nlc.
: -V, .'.,'u nrailydoii-j. Ail wq: warameu.
W--: ' ,- i . ..,r h-ick i'liil ini-r. Mam str??t,
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- physician.
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n.'.v:!.- tviwnto WiilirBs' irus Store, j
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-,:..Vis. StroiiJ:arJC, Pa.
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jb,,.:,n a"T2on and Accoucheur,
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J. :. i':-.,:i!..t a:ti.-:i:j.n given to call, j
7 a. in.
lib .'-i ii.ii-.' l .t.ti? At is.LciILLUt
J ; ..!! ciliff -: Dr. A. Il.-eves Jackson,
fc !vn ,..!!.! oi Sjr-.h an-.l Frankiir. street.
STR0UDS3URG, PA.
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'ijj AvuL Hud uji13uLo'i.
, 1 .vc t n-e. :fT the public that
:; -i m ; p-Toii;..! uroi.;rtv j
: I". -;.. !.. l:;t.. at public or private
:.:.,) -' -M -t r. f-tand. at Fast
It,.. 17, 1S74. lv.
m Jl - T'y T- I- w .
rI':e l'.or :i?v.ve the "Strond.sburg House,"
S :!-'. ;rj. I'a.
- ' S:frr, PHILADELPHIA.
I ii:: :c 1 l ate-. , ;i per dm . tlia
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IIKXRV .STAIIX, Prop'r.
-'s 1-71. r.nj.
VILLIAM S. REES,
I'-rveycr, Conveyancer and
Keal Estate Ag-ent.
0-2s. Timber Lands and Town Lot3
j FOR SALE.
X'o'm n""ir!-v f'PI'0''-' American Ilotaes
I i .1 cv.r Wow the Corner .Store.
eti -j'i. 7;;; r
D R. J.LANTZ,
-ME0M & MECHANICAL DENTIST.
lr v "v'l'r l!!.1 fi:.' :l'n. -'t, in Thf second story
.W ,.t .
builJiug. nearly opposite the
if, v.;.' ;-iM-:ui1 '" Hater, himself that bv cigh
r'i! ri !,". !'ra''; !;:" aad the most tarnst and
f?-'-'ii ;., .' ,.' .r' !1'a:i.-rs p-rtaininaf tohisj.ro-:hM-vai'i'i.l'
:;i-!-f a!-1" l" l!-r:orifi ail one rations
r ': mot careiui ana f-kUiful nian-
1' t,7'-!! !':"!' "l.";v,-ii to s-uifw xatllral Teeth;
tf.i v.,-., I!,7:,i"u "f Artificial Teeth on Jtubber.
;u-' r '"l"""" 'u::is, and pcrfwt fit.1 in all
tf "Li:. iCi';'.K;1:'r ?r-a? folly and danger of ..
ii- a; i ' K '! "'e'' i'iejjei-j.e.il, or to thost Ifr-
Anill 13, ISM. tf.
L H ffc . .
GLA2IER AND PAINTER,
MOXKOE STREET,
'.'ii,eUcnvrfcisned Wwu,d respectfully in
d ho ' lzf ns r Slroudsburg nnd vicinity
. 18 now iullv nr.,, ! -t n i.:..
r.,
ritOLDsBCRO, IA.
w.. "V. Wluzincr and Paintin".
'IIUV 1 fchort n"l'ce, and that he
i'Ptr'Uun!r'"!'lanl,y 0,1 har)d a fif,e tock of
L Prier""' f a" ,let,cr'P,in8 and at
eariiem"'8, f 'ie Pa,roage of the public.
BUNK MORTGAGE
Fsa!. at this Office
Of vli.i.i:- - 1 " !'
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SOMETHING NEW !
A SHOE MNUFACTORY.
Tlis nndorsijrncd would respectfully trive notice that
they have esUMi'lied at Williams' Hall building, cor
ner of George and Monroe streets, Slroudsburg, Pa., a
SHOE MANUFACTORY,
for the making of all kinds of Lady's and Gentlcnicns
and Children's Hoots and hos and Uppers. l"artlcu
lar attention paid to
CUSTOM WORK.
lVrsoiu having deforniod fet, hunionsor corn"., or
children with weak ankles, or crooked limbs, csu have
here of first class, materials and at reasonable prices
Shoos m;tlo to suit their cases.
Ilavinz hfid a lar.e experience in New York tve feel
confident that we can suit customers as to qualities and
price, all of our Roods both for jroneral and special sale
ar warranted to be as represented Please pive us a
rail, examine our goods and materials consisting of
Surges, glazed French, Mat and French Calf Kid, Ions
grained, liruh and Pebbled Uoat Morocco, French and
American Calf and Kip Skins, all of which will be
cheerfully shown to those who may call. Intending to
make a first rate wearing article "we have nothing to
conceal, either in stock or make from tha public, but
would invito their closest serutinv.
July J, '7o-:f It. F. CKOMMETT & CO.
FAIL! mi SALE.
The undersigned offers at private sale, hi3 Farm, sit
uate in Hamilton townbip, Monroe County, l'a., near
P.ossar.lsville, aiid miles tVuru Stroudsburg, County
seat of Moaroe, containing
75 Acres,
about G Acres Tir.jber Land, the balance improved landf
lime stor.c soil, in a lii'h st;Ue of cultivation. The iuu
lrovenients are a.
t i -r-r
r rame nouse. ?. sia
containing nine rooms; Parn .".2 bv 40 ifsiwXli"?
fee; Waco a hed, Pig-pen IS by .".n feet.&LSfVSa
witu I arnage House att'ictico, ana ail other necessary
wt-VHUlding: a never falling well of wnter near the
dwelling. Thero is an excellent Jrcbard of
Choice Fruit Trees
on the farm, ronsi'siing C Apjde, Peach, Cherry, Plum.
Prunes. Criib-apple, s.-ver.il varieties, (irapf-s, standard
and dwarf ( !.er; :es, ,tc. ; a Lime Kiln, and one of the
best stone quarries in the valley. The Kila has capa
city enough to turn o:;t one hundred nr.d fifty bush
els ol linre pr-r day.
Th; crops and stock can be buifjht with the Farm.
Here is a g l chance for a bargain.
PLTLP. W. SHAFFR.
.ssardsvine, July 1, Ts7'). tf.
SlNDER emery,
:nxiTAiTt'r.r.r. and iiKALr.c ix all hints of
farri?.gcs and Eugirs, Two-scalrd farriajes
for Livery stables and private Tamilies,
Flatfcrm Spring Wagons,
of the latest styljond for all kinds of use, kept on hand
or made to oder.
SISGLE-SEATED 0AEEIAGE3,
with top or without top, all styles.
Delivery snd Express Wagons,
of d":f reul style, shipped t'iord-r. All work warrant
ed in every partier.Iar :'.r one yi-ar. I will niaks to or
der any .style of Carriage or light Ruggy that may Im
want' d. .'ou.- ii-it first class work leaves my t-hop. I
us. only first cla .stxk an I employ first class work
men, and feel confident thai 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 he able t furnish the citizens of St rouds.hu rg and
vicinity with any thingthat they may want in my line.
Address all orders to
LKAXPF.R KM LP V,
Mr.rengo, Calhoun County, Michigan.
April 22, l?7j.ly.
G. H. Dreher.
E. B. Dreher
phce:
51
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(2 doors west of the "JeCersonian Office,")
ELIZABETH STREET,
&lroudsburg, Pa.,
DREHER & BRO,,
DEALERS IX
EJrt:sj, Medicines, I'crriimcry
unci Toilet Articles.
Paints,
OILS, VARNISHES, GLASS & PUTTY.
Abdominal Supporters and Shoulder
Braces.
Seeley's
Hard ISLIJj:ii Till SSKS Also
Hitter's
TRUSSES OF VARIOUS PATTERNS.
Lamps and Lanterns Burning
and Lubricating Oils.
Physicians' Prescriptions carefully Com
pounded. '
X B. The highest Cash price paid for
OIL of WI NTERGREEN.
may-4tf.
BL.A.TCI1L121''S
Improved ClCCMHJ-K
UVOO!PI'MP isthcacknow
5 ledged STANDAK1 of the
f.m.irLil bv ttoiitilar verdict.
the best pump for the least
.........i.- Attention is invited
o Blatciiley's Improved JJraeket, the I'rop
r" -sf3 'heck Valve, which inn ie witnurawn wnn-
3T?J ut disturbing the joints, and tlie copper
;' nl3 i .,- ...i. .ruirti uciib-a or rusts
s Sis a
frV'sh "id will last a life time. 1-or sale by Ucalers
i d t and the trade generally. I n order to be sure
I :AAy hat rou get lilatchlev's Pump, lie careful
&;'"i23 oid ee that it has my trade-mark as alwive.
I f you do uot k utw where to buy, descrip
tive circulars, together with the name and address of
thragent ncareht you, will be promptly furnished by
add'resbine. with stamp.
CIIAS. fi. ii LATCH LEY, Manufacturer,
500 Commerce ed., Philadelphia, Pa
March 4, 1875. 9ni. : '
Ci rr CCf Per Jayt home. Terms free. Ad
JplO i( l$)5Udres5G.StinsonACo.IPortland,Me,
February 4, 175. Iy.
rr TiT'imrnot"
TIic stagnation of trade has 'occii severely
felt by nil business men, and even that en
terprising class of fellow-creatures known
as "drummers," or traveling salesmen, de
spite their almost inexhaustible inventions
and resources, have been obliged occasion
ally to yield to the pressure of the times.
One of these gentlemen, who has re
cently returned from a trip for Thistle
Bros. & Co., Loston, did not show a very
large exhibition of orders to balance the
liberol expense account allowed him by the
firm ; and Mr. Thistle, after looking over
his return said :
"Mr. Hataplan, I am afraid you'do not
approach the dealer in the right way. I
used to be very successful iu this line.
Now, just suppose mo to be 3Ir. Biglev, of
Sellout, 111., and show me the way you in
troduce the house."
Accordingly Rataplan stepped out of the
counting room, and returned, hat in hand,
inquiring :
"Is Mr. Rifiler in ?"
"That's my name," said Mr. Thistle,
urbanely.
"My name in Rataplan, sir ; I represent
the house of Thistle 13ro3. & Co., of Bos
ton. (Thistle in his character of western
merchant, here arose and offered the sales
man a chair, and expressed a pleasure at
seeing him.) I am stopping with Over
charge at the Stickem House, and have a
fine unspoken lot of samples, which I should
like to show you ; I think I can offer you
some special advantages, etc."
And Mr. Rataplan delivered himself of
a neat speech in professional style.
"Very well, very well," said Thistle,
"I don't see but that you understand the
way to rot customers."
"Excuse me, Mr. Tnistle," said Rata
plan, "I am afraid you do not understand
the style of the Western merchants just
now. Suppose you change places with me
and repeat this rehearsal?"'
"Certainly," said Thistle, and picking
up his hat he stepped out. Returning he
found Rataplan, with his chair tipped back,
hat cocked iierecly over his right eye, his
heels planted cu Thistle's polished desk,
and a lighted cigar between his teeth.
Thistle looked a little staggered, but
nevertheless commenced :
"Is Mr. Rigler in ?''
"Yes, he is." responded Rataplan, blow
inir a cloud of pure Connecticut smoke into
Thistles C3'es. "Who in are you?
"I represent the house of Thistle Pros.
& Co." said the astonished employer,
coughing out about a quart of sniuke from
lils throat.
"The blazes you do ! Arc you one of
that
concern
"No, sir, I am uot," said Mr. Thistle.
"Well, it's d d luckv vou are not, for
I've hud two drummers to one customer in
mv store the last two months, and if I
could get hold of one of the blasted fools
that sent 'e:n out at this time, I'm darned
if I wouldn't boot him clean out of the
town of Sellout."
"That'll do, Mr. Rataplan," said Thistle.
"I have no doubt you did the best you
could for the interest of the house. Trade
is a little dull."
Treating the Girls.
People have noticed that one of the
handsomest voung men in Burlington has
suddenly grown bald, and dissipation is
attributed as the cause. Ah, no ; he went
to a church sociable the other week, took
three charming girls out to the refresh
ment table, let them eat all they wanted,
and then found he had left his pocketbook
at home, and a dcat man that he had never
seen before at the cashier's desk. The
young man, with his face aflame, bent down
and said softly :
"I am ashamed to say I have no change
witu
"Hey !
shouted the cashier.
"I regret to say," the young man re
peated on a little louder key, "that I have
unfortunately come away without any
change to"
"Change two ?" chirped the deaf man,
"Oh, yes, I can change a five if you
want it."
"No," the young man explained in a
terrible penetrating whisper, for half a
dozen people were crowding up behing
him, impatient to pay their bills and get
away, "I don't want any change, be
cause" "Oh. don't want no change?" the deaf
man cried, gleefully. "Blecgcd to ye,
'bleeged to ye. Tain't often we get such
generous donations. Puss over your bill."
"No, no," the young man exclaimed,
"I have no funds"
"Oh, yes, plenty of fun," the deaf man
replied, growing tired of the converation,
and noticing the long line of people waiting
with money in their hands , "but I haven't
rot time to talk about it now. Please
settle and move on."
"But," the young man gasped out, "I
have no money"
"Go Monday ?" queried the deaf cash
ier. "I don't care when you go. You
must pay, and let these other people come
up.".
"I have no money !" the mortified young
man shouted, ready to sink into the earth,
while the people all around him, and
especially the three girls he had treated,
were giggling and chuckling audibly.
"Owe money ?" the cashier said. "Of
course you do ; 2.75."
"I can't pay !" the youth, screamed,
and by turning his pocket inside out and
yelling his poverty to the heavens, he
finally made the deaf roan understand.
Playin
And then he had to shriek his full name
three times, while his cars fairly rang with
the half-stifled laughter that was breaking
out around him ; and he had to sceam out
where lse worked, and roar when he would
pay, and he couldn't get the deaf man to
understand him until some of the church
members came up to SC3 what the uproar
was, and, recognizing their young friend,
made it all right with the easl ier. And
the young man went out into the night
and clubbed himself, and shred his locks
away until he was bald jis an egg.
Getting Married.
Ever' young girl, now-a-days, expects
to get a rich husband, and, therefore, rich
men ought to be abundant. In the coun
try we admit that girls are sometimes
brought up with an idea of work, and with
a suspicion that each may chance to win a
steady, sober, goodlooking, industrious
young man, who will he compelled to earn
by severe labor the subsistence of himself
and family. There are not so many
brought up with such ideas now, even in
this country, as there used to be ; but
there are some, and they, consequently,
learn how to become worthy helpmates to
such worthy partners. But in town it is
different. From the highest to the lowest
class in life the prevailing idea with all is
that marriage is to lift them at once above
all necessity for exertion, and even the
servant girl dresses and reasons as if she
entertained a romantic confidence in her
Cinderella-like destiny of marrying a prince,
or, at least, of being fallen in love with and
married by some wealthy gentleman if net
by some nobleman in disguise.
That is why so many young men fear
to marry. The young women they meet
are all so imbued with notions of marriage
so utterly incompatible with the ordinary
relations of life in their station ; they are
eo wholly inexperienced in the economy
of the household ; they have been taught,
or have taught themselves, such a "noble
disdain" for all kinds of family industry ;
they have acquired such expectations of
lady-like ease and elegance in the matri
monial connection, that to wed any one of
them is to secure a life lease of domestic
unhappiness, and purchase wretchedness,
poverty and despair.
All tills is wrong and should be amend
ed. Such fallacies do not become a sensible
people. Our grandfathers and mothers
had more wisdom than this. The present
age is much too fast a one iu this respect.
Let us sober down a little. Let every
young woman be taught ideas of life and
expectations in marriage suitable to condi
tion, and she will not be so often disap
pointed. Should she be fortunate and
wed above that condition, she may readily
learn the new duties becoming to it, and
will not have been injured by having pos
sessed herself of those fitting a station
below. Let her anticipate always a mar
riage with one in the humbler walks of
life and then should she happen to do
better her good fortune will be more
delightful.
Alas ! the Poor Indian.
A citizen of Los Angeles, California,
tells the following story of wrongs to the
Indians. He writes the United States
Indian commissioner :
I am astonished and disgusted at the
course of the government toward the
Temccula Indians. That poor people once
owned this entire country, and have been
driven back, back, back, until they finally
settled in a cone of the San Bernardino
mountains, where they and everybody
thought they were out of the way of civili
zation. But one Frenchman and two Scotch
men came to America and bought sheep,
and in searching for a pasture for their
herds they discovered that the land occu
pied by these poor Indians would make
good grazing ground for them. They have
secured from the government of America
a title to land occupied by these poor, help
less creatures, and have secured the officers
of the government as aids to drive two
thousand poor women and children out of
their little cabins and away from their lit
tle crops and orchards, where they have
lived for thirty or forty years; Now, at
the beginning of winter, they are forced to
leave everything and go out into the winter
storm3 without a shelter and without food.
Thc agent Is exceedingly anxioti3 to do
something for the Indians, but the neces
sary instructions of the department, for
want of authority of Congress, arc such that
he is helpless. If this land really does be
long to the Frenchman and Scotchmen,
which is doubted by some, a few thousand
dollars, if it could have been secured of
Congress according to the recommendations
of the commissioner of Indian affair, would
have purchased it, and these Indians would
have supported themselves comfortably on
it, and never have been a charge to the
government. They are not savages, but
civilized, kind and friendly. But they are
driven away for the benefit of a few sheep.
I shall not be surprised if they become very
savage and do much harm and cost the
government a hundredfold more than the
sheep and land will ever bring.
I write as an impartial man, have no
particular love for the Indians, having
fought them for twenty years in Texas, but
I know whereof I speak. These poor In
dians have been shamefully treated by the
government and some of the citizens.
Can you not go to the department and
get some aid for them ? The cheapest
thing that can be clone is to buy land and
give it to thero. A half township would
accommodate them all.
SOME ONE TO LOVE.
Perhaps one of the most positive proofs
that we have of the soul's independence of
the body is our great need of something to
love. Were we animals, creatures doomed
to perish after a few brief years of life in
this world, that which contents the brute
would also content us. To cat and sleep
well, to have an easy time of it, would bo
enough. As it is, we many have all these
things, and health to enjoy them, and vet
be utterly wretched. Neither can mental
food satisfv us. 'Some one to love !' is our
heart's cry. When the atmosphere of ten
derness is about us, we rejoice ; when the
people arc harsh or unkind, we suffer. We
begin life wishing to love all people, and
beliving that they love us. Experience
hardens us. Our dear ones grow lower but
as long as reason lasts, we must love some
one, we must at least imagine that some
one loves us. The parents, sisters, and
brothers that cherished friend whom we
promise to cherish until death parts us
these come into our lives and fill them up.
Afterward come the children, frail helpless
babies who need our care so much, and
friends to whom we are not kin, yet who
grow dear to u.-:-. Some have many loved
ones and some but one. God help those
who have none though they are generally
to blame for their empty heartedncss ; fi.r
kindness will win love. They arc always
wretched, they often show their craving for
something to love by cherishing some dumb
animal a dog, a kitten, a parrot perhaps,
on which they lavish caresses, which better
spent would have bound some human heart
to theirs. Pride or morbid sensitiveness
may have been at the bottom of their lone
liness, and these pots of theirs fill the ach
ing void a little. Some one to love ? It
is the cry of the human soul, the note to
which even heart responds, the bond which
will bind us all together in the other world !
where mourners thall reiirn forever.
OVER-DRESSED WOMEN.
I am convinced, . says a newspaper cor
respondent, that there will come a time
when man will rise and assert his prefer
ence for plainly dressed women. He is just
now ground into the dust with the tyranny
of over dress. It annoys him to think that
the soul-harrowing skirits and sense-withering
bonnets are sent out by the importers
to be exhibited, and that the goddess who
nightly gathers her laurels from mankiud
is only touting for a dry goods firm.
Plainly dressed does not mean shabbily
or inelegantly dressed ; by no means. It
means, 1 think, appropriately dressed. It
is opposed to too-much and too-often dress
ed. A richly attired lady is one of the
abiding incentives to virtue and respect. A
tawdry and flashily dressed woman is a
standing menace to respectability.
And here let me sav that tlie church has
attempted this advertising business. I am
told by a New York milliner that those
peerless ladies who appear in the sanctuary
ever Sunday in new bonnets have them
supplied regularly ami gratuitously by up
town houses. Tlie ladies recompense the
houses by mentioning the names of their
firms when their bonnets are admired.
How shocked these dear creatures would
be if their beloved pastor should appear in
his pulpit on Sunday with a placard on his
breast inviting his congregation to buy their
underclothing of Jones and Jobson.
ADVICETOGIRLS.
Somebody gives the following advice to
young girls. It is worth volumes of fic
tion and sentimentalism : Men who are
wrrth having want women for wives. A
bundle of gew-gaws, bounded with a string
of flaps and quivers, sprinkled with cologne
and set in a carmine saucer this is is no
help for a man who expects to raise a family
of boys on bread and meat.
The piano and lace fabrics are good in
their places, and so arc the frills and tin
sels ; but 3ou cannot make a dinner out of
the former, nor a bed blanket out .of the
latter, and awful as such an idea may seem
to you, both the dinner and bed blanket
are necessary to domestic happiness. Life
has its realities as well as fancies, but jou
make it all decoration, remembering the
tassels and curtains, but forgetting the bed
stead. Suppose a man of good sense and
good prospects to be looking for a wife,
what chance would 3011 have to be chosen ?
You may catch him or you may trip him,
but how much better to make it an object
for him to catch 3011. Render yourself
worth catching, and 3011 will not need a
shrewd mother to help 3-ou find u market.
ODE ToluTUMN.
The grasshopper creaks in the lean
gloom, And the bumble bee bumblcth the
live-loner day. "But where have they gone
with the bran new broom? And what has
been -done to the buzz saw's plaj" ?
Oh, it's little he thinks of the cold minee
pic, And it's little he reeks of the raw ice
cream, For, the dying year with its tremu
lous sigh Shall waken the lingering loon
from his dream.
O, list 1 For the cricket now far and
near, Shrilfully singeth his roundelay, And
the negligent noodle his noisy cheer, And
where the doodlebug eats the hay.
Oh, the buzz saw so busily buzzes the
stick, And bumbling the bumble bee bum
blcth his tune ; While the crickets crick
in gly down at the creek, And the noodle
calls noisily out, 'It is noon I'.
The dog fennel sighs, 'She is here ' she
is here !' And the smart-weed sa3s dream
ily, 'Give us a rest !' The hop vine speaks
tenderly, 'Give us a beer,' And the jimson
weed hollers, t)h, pull down your vest.'
Beating a Sewing Machine Agent;
They tell of a widow, of Leesport, Pa.,
who got the best heaven bless her !
of a sewing machine agent. Her husband
some time previous to his death rrI
purchased a machine, promising to pay for
it in monthly instalments. He had paid;
nearly the entire sum when lie died, and
the widow was unable to make up the
balance. The agent called f jr the machine,
and the widow demanded a portion of the
money that had been paid. This was re
fused in a surly way. Then the widow
locked the doord of the house, putting the
key in her pocket, and told the agent he
could have the machine when he returned
the money, and not before. 'She took
hold of him," says the account, ''and a
severe and prolonged tussle ensued, a
while the children streamed and cried.
The widow threw the agent over the hot
kitchen stove, and finally succeded in set
ting him dov, ii on the top of it, and held
him while he begged piteously for merey,
'For God's sake, let me go, and I'll pay 3011
back cverv cent vour husband paid me.'
Being satisfied that he was severely seorch-j
ed. bhe pulled him off the stove, but held?
on to him until he had paid back every
cent of the instalments, and then she gave
him two minutes' lime to take the ma
chine and clear out with it."
MELLOW SOIL AROUND TREES.
Unless the surface of the ground is
mulched around young trees over an area
of six to ten feet in diameter, the ground
should be kept clvan and mejlow. Every?
farmer knows that a hill of corn or pota
toes will not amount to much unless culti
vated, and vet, there are many who will
neglect to give tlie same care to a tree which
is worth a hundred hills of cither of the
former. Iu rich soil, trees may grow rapid
ly without cultivation, and no amount of
grass or weeds will rutard them ; but there
are other things beside growth to be looked:
after. If the weeds and grass are allowed?
to wrow up around the stems of r.pplcj
peach or quince trees, the bark will be
come soft near their base bv being shaded,
and thereby be in a suitable condition for
the-recepition of the eggs which will even
tually become peach or apple borers. Take
any dozen of young apple trees in the sec
tions where the apple-borer is abundant,
and allow a portion to be choked with weeds
and the remained well cultivated, and then
watch the result. From our own exper
ience, we believe that the chances arc nine
to one in favor of these cultivated being
exempted from this pest.
In Haste to Marry.
In Russia Poland lately it was given
out and believed by all that the czar had
sold six thousand of the unmarried women
of the province to an Arabian prince, and
that agents were at hand to select them
and take them away. The effect was
instantaneous. The girls did not run away
or attempt to conceal themselves, but their
fear of the Turkish harem was so trrcat that
they laid their hands indiscriminately on
the 3oung men and made them marr3 them.
Candidates for matrimony were so nu
merous that the process was continuous,
and from press of business many couples
had to be put off till the following day
before their aspirations could be satisfied.
Neither courtship, inclination, nor prudence,
were given am consideration in the matter.
All that each girl wanted was a husband,
and she was ready to seize upon the firsfe
single man that came within reach to meet
the emergency. To such an extent did
this go that at last the authorities had to
interfere to save the 3-ouug ladies from that
repcutance which the world sa3s follows
lias 13 marriage.
To Make Minee Pie.
Hash five pounds beef with three pounds'
of apples ; one-third pound chopped raisins,
add three tablespoons spice, and cook three
minutes ; add three tablespoons cinnamon",
and stir three times ; add mace and pep
per and caraway and clove, and coriuder
and dried gooseberries, and salt and citron,
and keep tasting till 3011 arc sure it is riht",
then set the pan ia a chair and add one
quart boiled cider, one teacup vinegar, two
dozen prunes without the stones, a gill of
white brandy if you can get it, a wine-glass-of
rosewater, and four pulverized nutmegs;
next add two cups of butter and one cup
salt ; cook fifteen minutes. Taste and put
the spoon back ; if you have anything else
in the house you would like to put in 301;
can do so, only exercise discretion, iu all
3our experiments ; bake in the oven and
set awav in the cellar till vour mother-in-law
comes a visiting. Detroit Free Jress.
Two or three months ago a Delrolter
started to build him a house, and as lie had
always heard his wife 'jawing around' about,
the lack of closets in houses' he determined
to give her an agreeable surprise. She
went up with him a da or two ago, and
he pointed out eleven different closetts to
her and asked : 'Now what do 3011 sa3r ?
'Well,' she replied, after another look,
around, 'if there was another closet off the?
hall I'd be willing to live and die here !'
"There may be such a thim? as love at
first sight," remarked a Detroit girl, as sho
twisted a "tri2 arouud the
curliusr iron.
"but I dou't believe in it. There's Fred,
I saw him a hundred times before I loved
him. In fact, I shouldn't have fallen irt
love when I did, if his father hadn't eivea
him that house and lot."' v
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