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STROUDSBUKG, MONROE COUNTY, PA., DECEMBER 9. 1875.
NO. 28.
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ftrTpd fcr Theodore Schoch.
'n ar
vear.two dollars aud fifty
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si until all arrearass are
l " .nisi-'"'"1 i.- r,.'. .d.litional in-
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joii
l.t tvl of th Art, and on the
ni'js.
..aviuabl. terms.
Homcsopatbic Physician,
,,tri: Benjamin DunSm, Cherry Valley,
MOSCOE COCSTY PA.
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iao,Sarg33a and Accoucheur,
Piysic
.Sand Cut, Wayne Co., Pa.
h- attended, to day or night.
promj)
mmlrrate,
May lo, o-ti.
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..'l wu'KUt "".i", wii.;a dv.red, by the
li-.l- i.vt, wlivii U entir.-ly harmless.
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bric build: n?. Main street,
An;. 31 '71-tf.
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PIIY.-ICIAN.
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?iy n. L. Wolf, corner
, siroaijjurj, l'a.
pijiiciin. Sirj233 and Accoucheur,
Ov?anl i:de:K-e. Main street, Striuls
in UnuWn i-M-aierly occupied
'i'r. S;i:. rro-M'1 -iier.tion given tocIIs.
( 7 to 3 a. m.
See lu.ir ' 1 " 3 J. ni.
( 0 " S p. in.
April 1$ 174-ly.
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M. GEO. '. JACK30.'
a-ir.." tiv
SL'SGEDS and
AIT
CDEUR.
Ir. A. lleeves Jackson,
liiJ(,iicf, ojrni'
of Saraii and i'rar.klia street.
STR0UD3BURG,
PA.
AUCTIONEER,
PwialEitita Ajent ar.d Collector.
!'jv it notify the public that
1 l i '-!; ':i rt notice p;rso:ial property
z z-i it;al i'.-itdi?, ai public or privaie
'Ai st-.r stand
! Tec. 17, 1S7
at Eat !
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niTirj s. lee,
Uj Aliort?y at L.a.v,
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'.':! door aVive
i-Vircr. Pa.
j.Drupti;
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'Ill LA DELPHI A.
Krr.eJjcci rates.
1 Vi per day.Sa
HENKY SI'AILV, Prop'r.
WILLIAM S. RSE3,
Surveyor, Conveyancer and
peal Estate Agent.
Timber Land3 and Town Lot3
FOR SALE.
rc mn rl v Am.,.. 4 - t
I DR. J. LAN TZ,
r"n '
fzvy & MEHHAVTHAT. nFMTTCT
tJ;?T : a" 1 h,; lil!;;rs ndf that bv cigb-
?:ofi!, ; -i pra:M.-e an.J thu if n't Mrnost ail
" a. tl,lt .
iiL.i. . . .
im a i Innftfr i.:
V""'iM.' to p.Tt-.riii op-rations
ut- .n ;i,e nioit ca.-eful and skillful niau-
9 ."..A. 5f.-
V "y'"r"Zlven to
ssvin-; tb" Natural Teth;
fl;- :..,!r;i Uuuuu,,u$ 'u,tiN aud perfect fits in all
J i lln OI Arnr.,... t I rj.ii
-wri '".rr lr ?" sanr of
! lM mcxpi lenewl, or to those liv-
- ' April 13, 174. tf.
jmm an v y
Hazier and painter,
M0NUOE STREET,
? ?p0Sille Kautz'e Blacksmith Shop,
The
&TROC088VRO, Pa.
!0f"tl,ec i iea VV0U,1 respeci fully in.
,h4t is P? n S,,-o.idsb.,risM,nd vicinity
o! );-r H PreP""ed io do all ki.Mls
fro,"Mlvni I"', (ilazin? Painting,
?i!lUD ' U, ti.'0rt l,ol,ce. ond i't he
faK H lly n hi,,,J a fine htock ol
" P'icI "ft f al1 ricrip.ionS and ,t
leir,1tlvfi f- pa,rotiage .f the public
May 16, 1872.
lit fcl s s a R 4 f M
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PorM thus Office.
SOMETHING NEW !
SHOE MANUFACTORY.
Tho undersigned would respectfully piTe notice that
they have cstallished at Williains If all buiklin?, cor
ner of George aud Monroe streets, iJtroudsburj, Ta., a
SHOE MANUFACTORY,
for the wakln? of all kinds of Lady's and Gentleniens
and Children's Boots and Shoes and Uppers. Particu
lar attcutiou paid to
CUSTOM WORK.
Tcrsons hiivinfc deforniod feet, bunions or corns, or
children with weak ankles, or crooked limbs, cau have
here of first class materials and at reasonable prices
Shois niadti to suit their cases.
Ilavins? had a lar?9 experience In New York wo feel
coniideiit that we can suit customers as to qualities aud
pric. all of our goods both for general and special sale
ar warranted to bo as represented Please give us a
call, examine our goods and materials consisting of
Surges, glaztl French, Mat and French Calf Kid, Ions:
grained. P.rush and Pebbled Joat Morocco, French and
American Calf and Kip Skins, all of which will be
cheerfully hhown to those who may call. Intending to
uiakii a first rate wearing article we have nothing to
conceal, either in stock or make from the public, but
would invite their closest scrutiny.
July S, 'To-tf R. E. CIIOMMETT A CO.
FAIU1 FOll SALE.
The undariicned offers at private sale, his Farm, sit
uate in Hamilton township, Monroe County, Pa., near
Koss.iril.ivill?, aud 6 niil.-s from Stroudaburj, Couuty
scat uf Monroe, containing
75 Acres,
about C Acres Timber Land, the balance Improved land
lime stone soil, in a Uiii statsuf cultivation. The iml
proveuients ar; a i
Frame House,
containing nine rooms; Barn 32 by 40 jwU' S 5 Si
f-.;e; Waiin Sh-d, lM-pen IS by 30 fect.feI3
with Carriage House attached, and all other necessary
o'li-biiildijics; a never falling wll of water near the
dwttllinf. There is an excellent Orchard of
Choice Fruit Trees
on tiis farm, consisting of Apple, Peach, Cherry, Plum,
Pranks, Crab-apple, several vari- ti-s. Grapes, standard
and dwarf ChiTries, ic. ; a Lime Kiln, ami one of the
lwst stone quarriss in the valloy. The Kiln has capa
city enough to t:iru out one hundred and fifty bush
el of li tn-- per day.
Tiie crops and stock can be bought with the Farm.
Hero is a good chance for a bargain.
PLTEil W. SHAFEU.
r.issarJsvi'.l?, July 1, 1ST5. tf.
LEANDER EMERY,
SlASfFACTURKB AUD LEA I. Lit IX ALL iUNTS OF
Carrinffs and Eazzics, Two-scatcd Carriages
for Livery stables and private Families,
Platform Nprin Wagons,
of the latest style and for all kinds of use, kept on hand
or made to oder.
SISGLE-SEATED OASSIAGES,
I 5 3 ?t
3 3;
! with top or without top, all styles.
i
j Delivery and Express Wagons,
J of di.T;-rcnt stylts, shipped to order. All work warrant
i ed in every particular for one year. I will innke to nr
i drr a;iy style of Carriai; or light Bugy that maybe
(wanted. None but first class work leaves my shop. I
ui-i only first i lj.es stock and employ first rl"a.s work
j men, and feci confident that I can give entire satisfue
I tion to all who may purchase my work. All orders bv
iiiail sfcil rec-ive Dromnt att'iition. lloriing that I
iar be abl to furni-.li the citizens of troudsburz and
vicinity with any thimj that they may want in my line.
Address ail orders to
LKANDEP. EMEHV,
Marengo, Calhoun County, Michigan.
April 12, 1573. ly.
G. II. Dreher. E. B. Dreher
(2 doors west of the "JefTersonian Ofllce,")
ELIZABETH STREET,
Stroudsburg, Ia.,
DREHER & BRO.,
DEALERS IN
XJruvjs, 3Xcdiclncg, Perfumery
and Toilet Articles.
Paints,
OILS, VARNISHES, GLASS k PUTTY.
Abdominal Supporters and Shoulder
Braces.
Seeley's
Hard KVIiDCR TSirSSKS Also
Hitter's
TRUSSES OF VARIOUS PATTERNS.
Lamps and Lanterns Burning
and Lubricating Oils.
Physicians' Prescriptions carefully Coin
poutih'd. N JJ. The liiphst Ciifh price paid for
OIL of W1NTERG R EEN.
ijiay-4tf.
Improved CUCUMKEH
WM) Pl'M P is the acknow
Ufdnvd STAMiAlU of the
market, by popular verdict,
the best pump for the lea.t
money. Attention islnvitea
.o Blat' liley's Improvwl Bracket, the Jrop
( heck Valve, which can be withdrawn with
I nit disturbing the joints, aud the coppT
! diamher which never cracks, wales or rusts
, ind will last a life time. For sale by Jealers
and the trade jfcuerally. In order to ue sure
tit -it voo irfkL Hl:it. hh'v'8 PuillD. bt careful
2Hiid see that it has uiy trade-mark as alioye.
'"ir.,.,. Hnm.t L-nriw it hero to buy. descrtp
tive circulars, together with the name and aildrcss of
thejatrent nearest you, will be promptly furnished by
addrcssinff, with stamp.
MAS. (J. BLATCIILEY, Mannfatturer,
606 Comnierca et., Philadelphia, Pa
March 4, 1875. 9ui.
ClKulCOn ler Day at home
Terras free. Ad-
d rt G . Sti nson A Co., Portland , Me.
Wk P BP, 5
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Februry 4, IS7P.
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MOODY AND SANKEY.
rillLADEPIIIA,
iO, 1875.
Mi'. Editor:
The meetings conducted by Messrs.
Moody and Sankey began in Philadelphia
on Sunday, November 21st. Although the
press has given full reports, to the extent
of several columns daily, a letter giving
sonic information in regard to the move
ment, may not be uninteresting to your
readers.
Your readers are already familiar with the
extensive preparations made preparatory to
their coming. During the first week numer
ous chauges were rendered necessary, and
many improvements were made. A tele
graph was put in, connecting the chief
usher's stand at the platform with the plat
form of the assistant usher in front of the
Hall. The wire also connects with a wire
leading to the Central Station.
100 police are on duty each evening, and
cn Suuday and Thanksgiving-day ISO police
were on duty about the building. A corps
of ushers, some 70 in number, each even
ing have been very efficient, and there has
been on no occasion more confusion than
there is on an an ordinary occasion iu a
larire church congregation. A Iarg3 choir,
several hundred in numbers, have excited
the admiration of the audience by their
thoroughly trained and powerful chorus, as
well as by the sweetness of their songs. The
class of Christian workers, 300 in number,
are entering heartily into the work of the
inquiry rooms.
The opening morning was a cold, winter
morning, the rain pouring in torrents for
an hour before the opening of the service.
At 8 o'clock, when the doors were closed,
there were from eight to nine thousand
persons in the audience. In the afternoon,
at 4 o'clock, a damp, disgreeable day, an
hour beh re the time of beginning the ser
vice, the Hull was packed, there being fully
twelve thousand people in the audience,
and it is estimated twenty thousand persons
were turned away unable to obtain admit
tance. The morning prayer-meeting, from
8 to y o'clock, was opened in The Cham--bers
Presbyterian Church, accommodating
some two thousand people, but after three
days the number in attendance was so groat
that it had to be moved to the Hall. The
first morning iu the Hall some six thous
and persons were present. On Thanksgiv
ing evening the service was announced for
7 o'clock. At 2 o'clock the people began
to gather about the building, and by 5 o'
clock thousands were waiting to obtain ad
mission. At u' o'clock the houjc was crowd
ed, fully twelve thousand persons being pre
sent, and the doors were closed, shutting
out most of the ministers, a large part of
the choir, and many representatives of the
press. On last Sunday the 8 o'clock ser
vice was for Christian workers, admitted
by tickets, which were given free to those
applying for them. By noon, Saturday,
ail the tickets were given out, and many
were thus preveutcd from attending. This
sermon to Christians was the most impres
sive Mr. Moody had so far given. It was
on "Love and Sympathy," and many times
during the sermon there was hardly a per
son iu the vast audience who was not alfec
ted to tears. This service closed the special
sermons to Christians. For a week he
preached, talked to, and exhorted Chris
tians to more consecration and earnestness,
and the result of the first week's work will
be felt during the continuance of the meet
ings. Sunday afternoon tho services for the
impenitent were begun. At 'J o'clock, an
hour before the time of service, the doors
were closed, shutting in eleven or twelve
thousand women (no men being admitted),
and shutting out large numbers who vain
ly sought admittance. Such an assemblage
was never before in this country gathered
under one roof, and the sight of so vast an
audience of women, as in rows they stretch
ed i'rom side to side to the back end of the
Hall was a scene hard to picture. Mr.
Moody preached from John, 3d chapter,
7th verse, "Ye must ba born again." It
was his first sermon here to those out of
Christ, and h was an earnest and effective
sermon on regeneration, the necessity for a
new birth. He refuted the various cx-
cuses, answered the false
reasoning,
and
then boldly stated he could uot reason out
regeneration, that it was a revelation, and
one could only understand it by accepting
the new birth as a God-given gift, a new
creation. The sermon was full of beauti
ful imagery, touching incidents, pathos, and
eloquence, and yet a statement of facts none
could question, put in a terse, blunt way,
that would make a lasting impression. Mr.
Sankey never sang with more sweetness,
and as the soft notes of tho Ninety aud
Nine passed from row to row, pencrating
in their fullue-s and sweetness every corner
of the vast audience room, multitudes wept,
scarcely knowing why. Mr. Moody reques
ted those not Christians wishing to be
prayed for to rise. Fully five hundred ac
cepted the invitation. Those who arose were
requested to go to the inquiry rooms be
fore the audience was dismissed, and a wave
of people moved toward them from all parts
of the house. In the inquiry rooms Messrs.
Moody and Sankey, assisted by ministers
and Christian workers, were engaged in
pointing inquirers to Christ and many who
went in weeping penetents went away re
joicing in a sense of pardoned sins.
At 7i o'clock the service was for men
only aud at that hour an audience of ten
thousand men, mostly 3'oung men was as
sembled. Mr. Moody repeated the sermon
of the afternoon with iucreased earnestness
and power.
He carried with him the hearts of the
listeners, and a more attentive anJ fjuiet
audience never sat listening to the Gospel.
Mr. Sankey ?ang the "Prodigal child" and
other most impressive pieces. "When the
invitation was given for those not Chris
tians wishing to be prayed for toarisa hun
dreds stood up, and subsequently went into
the inquiry rooms. A nine o'clock meet
ing fir young men has boen held every
evening in the Arch Street M. E. Church,
and the house has been full. So many re
quests for prayer are presented every even
ing that all who wish canuot be heard, and
large numbers, as many as forty in an even
ing, of those out of Christ have stood up
to be prayed for. These arc afterwards
talked with privately, uud many have been
hopefully converted.
A marked feature of these meetings has
been the familiarity with the Scriptures of
those taking part in the meetings. Many
touching incidents have occurred, and some
marked cases of conversion have taken place.
For the purpose of keeping this meeting
for young men, a father's meeting has been
opened at the same hour in the Tabernacle
Presbyterian Church, Broad aud Peuu
Square, which has been well attended.
A women's meeting, conducted by the
ladies, is held each morning from 0 to 10
o'clock.
Monday morning prayer-meeting was
given to requests for prayer and reports of
the work. Some fifty or more requests
were presented, embracing a large number
of all classes and conditions of people.
This morning at least 100 requests were
presented and to morrow's list embraces
full twice as many. Glowing reports were
brought iu from all the meetings, as well
as by pastors from their churches and from
the neighboring towns.
On Thursday next a special meeting has
been arranged lor 3 o'clock to accommodate
elderly persons from a distancs and those
unable to attend the night service. On
next Sunday morning a meeting for Chris
tian workers will be held at S A. M., a
meeting at 4 for women uot Christians, ad
mittance by ticket, and 7.30 o'clock a meet
ing for thos'3 unaccustomed to attending
church, admittance also by ticket.
The work is assuming proportions far
beyond the expectations of the most san
guine, and we arc iu the midst of a great
revival which we hope will sweep over ail
the land. The class of people at the meet
ings yesterday afternoon and evening was
largely those unaccustomed to church go
ing, and the impression made was on this
account the more marked. The meetings
for this week will be the same as last week,
with the exception of the morning, which
on and after Thursday will be at 12 o clock
instead of 8 o'clock, and as soon as Mr.
Moody has recovered from the fatigue of
his exhausting work in Brooklyn he will
begin an afternoon service. Excursions
are arranged for from different parts of the
State, and ministers are coming in in large
numbers to attend the meetings.
No service is held on Saturdays except
the meeting at 12 o'clock. T. K. C.
A Bewitched Woman.
Talking about witch stories, wc have seen
nothing to equal the following, condensed
from the Mcchanicsburg Journal :
Several weeks ago, a Mrs. Ncsbit, living
with her husband, in "Warrington township,
York count', on the farm of Wm. Ross,
Esq., discovered in an old hut adjoining
the house, and also in their house, the face
of a human being, with large eyes, like
balls of fire, moving around from room to
room Shortly after, she was stricken with
rheumatism, so badly that she could not
r ;st in a y position. Suddenly the rheuma
tism left, and nightly the strange image visi
ted her in bed, and she could then discover
in it a naked human being with the same
eyes. The form would snatch her with
the bed clothes and throw her on the floor,
causing her to faint or go into convulsions.
These strange actions soon became noised
abroad, and one night recently almost the
entire neighborhood gathered to witness
the apparition. The house was crowded,
many persons being unable to get in. The
lights were all put out and the woman re
tired to rest, with her child in the cradle
beside her. About ten o'clock the ghost
made its appearance. Although the lady
said she could sec a human form, those in
the room could only see two largo balls of
fire approaching the bed where the lady
was. The lady fainted, and several gentle
men going to her assistance, the balls of
fire moved away from her aud grasped the
child in the cradle, but it was also released
by the persons standing by, and tho balls
disappeared, leaving all very much frigh
tened. There is living in the neighbor
hood an old gentleman named Dr. Gcnsler,
who is famous in his neighborhood for his
many cures in witchcraft. He pronounced
tho lady bewitched and gave her the fol
lowing directions to be implicitly followed :
That the next night at a certain hour she
was to take a tickle, heat it red hot and
pass it several times down over her arm as
close as possible without burning herself
while he was going over a formula. The
directions were followed to the letter and
a cure effected. She was also instructed,
should any person ask for anything, noth
ing of any description should be given. The
day following, as expected by the doctor, a
woman appeared with her arm burned the
entire length and asked for lard to grease
her burn, but it was refused. A pin was
then asked for, but she was ordered away
and told that nothing would be given her,
which had the effect of starting her off.
The lady was then interrogated and said
that several weeks ago this same woman
came to her house in the evening aud re
quested a night's lodging, but it was re
fused )cr. SI19 then rernarked to Mrs.
Ncsbitt, "how would you like it if you would
net be allowed to rest ?" Mrs. N. replied
she did not know and shortly after that
she was afilictcd as above stated.
Don't Worry.
To retain cr recover health,
persons
should be relieved from all anxiety concern
ing disease. The rnird lias power over the
body, for a person to think he has a disease
will often produce that disease. This we
sec effected
wnc
n the mind i.s intensclv
concentrated on the disease of another. It
is found in the hospitals that surgeons and
physicians who make a specialty of certain
diseases are liable to dh of them them
selves, and the mental strain ii so great
that sometimes people die of diseases which
they have only in imagination. We have
seen a person seasick in anticipation of a
voyage ere reaching the vessel. We have
known persons to die of imaginary cancer
in the stomach when they had no cancer
or any mortal disease. A blindfolded man,
slightly pricked in the arm, has fainted and
died from believing that lie was bleeding
to death. Therefore, well persons, to re
main so, should b:; cheerful and happy, aud
tick persons should have their attention
diverted as much as possible from them
selves. It is by their faith that men are
saved, aud it is by their f.iith they die.
As a man thinketh so U he. If he wills
not to die he can often live in spite of
disease, and if he has little or no attach
ment to lifvi he will slip away as easily as a
child will fall asleep. Men live by their
souls and not by their bodies. Their
bodies have no life of themslvcs, they are
only receptacles of life, tenements of their
souls ; an
d the will has much to do
p.i
or
maintaining the
p!iy
iical
occupancy
giviug it
up.
A New
Cereal.
A new cereal has been grown in the
Stat of Oregon, and thus far no 0113 ha3
been able to classify it, for while it bears a
general resemblance to wheat, yet its stalk,
mode of growth, and filaments cause it to
be taken iov rye or barley by the most 1
experienced farmers. In presenting it to
a dozen agricuhrists no two ia succession
will agree as to what sort of grain it is. It
does not belong to the family of cither
wheat, rye or barley. It was discovered
in this wise : A farmer living in Tilamook
county, Oregon, while out hunting about
four years ago, killed several wild geese.
On opening one he noticed a pccular grain
in the stomach. Its form puzzled him, but,
desiring to know what it really was, he
planted it iu the spring and raised a
bounteous crop from it, and subsequently
raised forty bushels on a half acre of land
It h;
is a most striking appearance
111 the
ion
heavily bearded hutments, and urooping
head. Its mode of growth is also different
from any grain with which I am acquaint
ed, for from seven to ten stalks grow from
one root and attain a height, when ripe,
of four and a half or five feet. Tiiev are
very thin, compact of a bright straw color,
and extremely hard, as if they coutaiued a
large amount of silev.
How the Old Elan got Square With LTim.
At Hardin, Bay county, lives an honest,
quaint old gentleman named Trigg, who
keeps a grocery store. He was for some
reason suspected, by the internal revenue
collector at St. Joe, of keeping "crooked"
tobacco. One morning a gentlemanly look
ing man stepped into his store and said
that he was traveling and was out of to
bacco. He could ?moke nothing but "pure
leaf," and wanted to buy a few pounds ; it
would be a great aeconidation, and he must
have it. The old man protested that he
kept it for his own use, that it was against
the law, and that he couldn't sell a pound
at any price. The collector I egged so hard,
and protested so strongly that no one would
ever know it that Trigg "smelt a mice,"
and finally consented to put up five pounds
for him. Mr. Collector pulled out his pock
et book and asked the price. "Five hun
dred dollars," quietly remarked the old
man. "When a revenue officer goes out of
his way to induce a man to break the law.
iu order to prosecute him, I must have
money enough to pay my line." Mr. Col
lector lacked $11)0 of having the money,
and concluded that he didn't want any leaf
tobacco at that price. CarrvUion (JA.)
Record.
Potash in Wheat.
Why is it, says the Practical Parmer,
when growing wheat or rye is being struck
with rust, that a little plot here and there
where stumps, logs or brush have been
burned to ashes, will be bright aud free
from the attack of rust? Because the
growing plants employ potash and feilica
not only to give stiffness and rigidity to
the straw, but to form, as it were, a glassy
coat of mail over the surface of every leof,
glome and straw, to fortify the tender and
delicate parts against the attacks of spores
that are floating iu the atmosphere. We
all know how readily substance in the
atmosphere are turned away when they
come in contact with a glassy surface.
Potash and sand are the essential elements
of glass. The roots of growing plants have
the power to employ the sharpest sand and
potash to form a thin, elastic, glossy cover
ing, which is spread over the surface to
exclude moisture and to repel any attacks
of fungus.
There are thirty-five churches iu Read
ing, with a seating capacity of 28,000.
A New Wrinkle.
In conversation a few days' since with
several enthusiastic Bangor slatcmen wo
were told that slate dust had been tried by
them us a fertilizer in place of poudrctte or
plaster and had been found to produce a
crop equal to any where a different means
of nourishment had been given the soiL.
As we have the assurance of gentlemen of
undoubted veracity in this matter we give
it full credence. Our intention here is to
direct the attention of farmers to this sub
ject. If the experiments of our Banp-or"
fri
nus
will
"hold out'
and slate dust cau
be converted into a fertilizer we can ima
gine every thrifty farmer going to the s'ate
quarries for rubbish to grind up into tho
strength giving and restoring dust. Should
this be so the rubbish banks that are un
sightly as well as unprofitable will melt
away and in the end benefit mankind by
aiding in tho growth of larger crops. Chief
Burgess Jones of Bangor says is the "big
giest thing in the universe," and it would
uot even surprise us if some inventive
genius about Bangor should some day find
out that slate could be ground into slate
meal and baked into slate bread and picsv
Great is slate, and active, wise and energe
tic are the men engaged in producing it.
Easion Argus.
The Epizootic.
A New Hampshire journal makes known
to the public that speediest way to cure the
epizootic and make a horse thoroaghly
happy is to give him onions. In proof
thereof the case of a Portsmouth horse is
cited, which had a severe attack of the
disease, and his owner placed half a dozen
onions in the crib with his regular food
The horse tackled three of the .onions im-:
mediately, aud by the time he had swal
lowed them began to cough and sneeze and
prance about, appearing quite indignant,
and refusing to touch the remaining onions.
For full five minutes he wept at the nose,
and then he was a cured horse. He has
not had a cough, a sneeze, nor any symptom
of the epizootic since, but he did have the
courage to cat the onions remaining iu the
crib the next day after the cure.
A Useful Book.
Every farmer should own a scrap book
in which to paste agricultural items. Al
most an' man in reading a paper will see
things which he will wish to remember.
He will perhaps see suggestions, the value
of which he will desire to test, or hints
which he will want to be governed by iu
future operations. And yet, after reading
the paper, he will throw it down and prob
ably never see it again. In such a case all
the valuable articles will be lost. To pre
vent such a loss, every reader should clip
from the papers such articles as he desires
to preserve, and paste them in a book.
Such a book, at the end of a year or two,
will be interesting and valuable.
An old man living in the country
called
at the office of the gas company in Chicago
the other day, having a two-quart pail iu
ins hand, and asked :
"Is this where they sell gas ?"
"Yes, Sir, we can furnish you with gas,"
replied the clerk.
"Uell, said the old man, as he railed
the cover off his pail, "I've heered a good
deal about gas, and I'll take two quarts
along and try it. How much is it a quart?"
ncn lie was informed that gas was a.
vapor, and the method ot burning, it was
explained he signed and said :
"Hannah will be awfully disappointed."
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Somerset county furnishes a centenial
who retired from the scenes of earth a few;
davs ago. Her name was Mrs. Jacob
Martz, and she lived in Southampton town
ship. The number of graudchildren and
great-grandchildren of whom she was oik
cestor footed up one hundred and seventy 1
seven. The marriage of this ladv took
place in 171)0, and she was in the one hun
dred and second year of her age at the tima.
cf her death.
The steel tire on one of the driving
wheel.? of passeuger engine No. 50, attach
ed to the early train for Allcnton, Friday
morning, when near Oakcs station, Perkio
mcn Railroad, burst, aud striking the foot
board, near where the engineer stood, broke
it into a thousand splinters. The hoop
next bounded thirty feet up into the air,
and came down in a field more than a huiw
Jred yards
distant.
A Rondout father entered a saloou on
Sunday evening with a horsewhip and a
lantern in his hands and found his promis
ing son engaged in the fertile game of eu
chre, lie "went for" the young man, wha
immediately went for the door and the pa
ternal guardian then sat down, took tho
crads aud finished tho game, liondout
Free ma a.
A Quakertown man has solved Mrs.
Iiivermores query: "What shall we
do with our daughthers ?" lie has pur
chased two washing machines and will take
in washing. His wile and seven daughters
are to do the work and he will superiuteud
the business.
A Reading girl has just coughed up a
shawl pin which she swallowed a year ago.
The pin was an inch and three-quarters,
long, and gave her a great deal of trouble,
and pain.
Chlorate of potash ; a solution of one
teaspoon ful iu a pail of water ; cue-fourth
of this quantity to be given twice a day to,
each horse, will cure the epizootic,