11 11 1
H
a ..&L
Ocuotcb to politics, Citcratuvc, -Igricnltuic, Science, iHoralitij, aub cncral 3ntc!Iigcmc.
STROUDSBURG, MONROE COUNTY, PA., FEBRUARY 10, 1876.
NO. 37:
r
JERSON
VOL- 33
Hrtfd by Theodore School,.
1 -r 1 ,1' ir :i v.-ar in 1vam' and iT not
t, si;-T '". ,.!i f th.f y.-ar, tiro .lollar ami fifty
l'1i!ll' ''1';,r:',s:,1ti,1,I.sl untii all arr.-aruir.'s are
, ,;i -!' f. ,h of n ' s-iuaro of f.-i-.'Jit hne-Oor
I r VK, r.;- - i;j (,s , 50 i-oh a-l.lilioi.al tn-
' "r,'.'.i'. I..oi.-roii-iin proH.rtioii.
' - '
joei rmvrixK
(If . .
. i.i -V-t !vl. of l' Art, ami on tlif
.;TSTKOri)Sr,rU(w PA.
' '' .7 . -1 ! v r' i-MTM.
':'",::"'''"";ii:i;v'N A THOMPSON.
K-t;iti" lnnraniM AiriMits.
'''''K I Vs.. .Ian. .
I l.i:r""'!,'u''" - -----
OF Al t. KIM.
,!. V. I.. I'K 'S- ,
. , i-i:.,... r- p.--"uiM'niL'.ii-arlyfvi.lito
!M rVnk i i.-i-. a-lumn-ml for exta.-thtjj
. I ":: J- f.Jan.tVTti-tf.
KJ5IJr(M-: JOHNSTON K,
I)
Homeopathic Physician,
, ;klH...: IV nj t'iiin Dun-in, Cherry Valley,
V iNlIc'K COl" STY TA.
v .i-Tn l-7").-ly.
I. A. LEWIS iiiitlvXEl I T,
fB7sician,Sar33oa and Accoucheur,
.vsi ( i t, Wvvxi: Co., Pa.
-,.:! aie.n.L-.!, to day or nii;!i!.
ijy.siw Sir;jan and Accoucheur,
,- ..,, 1 !: .:!!'. M..'m :ri';. Strnd-
V, . , tin- i.-. :!.;)-' i'.riiifriy ecuj?ed
' i ...... ..i
f , In . :i
, in . a. in.
in.
iT.r;i M I -7 I-I;--
r::'4s;."!iv sr:;3 am) ArnirniEi'R.
!u ..H "Sec nf Or. A. lli-eves Jackson,
rt l iciur. forin-r ofS.irah aii.l KranJilin tret-t.
STRDUDSBURQ, PA.
().,. i,,f,r :i' v, tlie ".Sir-ni'3-b'irg Il.iU-e,"
-.ii-;.':r. r.i.
i i.'.-iiio ro;n)tl - uia.jL'.
J";ii':ilTV ISO! '.SC,
til & 4ir
.V. : 7-,;, Svt, PHILADELPHIA.
IS licJatv! iat.-s. Si 7") J-vr Jay. ITI
UKSWY .SPAILV, Prop'r.
I. 1'. SnviiKK. C!'-rk.
N v. 174.
WILLIAM S. REES,
S-it7bjot, Conveyancer and
Pu3al Sstate Agent.
Fins, Tinbw Lands and Town Lots
for sa:
' v in-:iriy r (!.! At'.ierican Houes
" -1 '' ' t '!,-low tile Corner tore.
i r-ii IK 1 -7:Utf.
D?, J.LANTZ,
VRGZOM & MECHANICAL DENTIST.
' " fi -- - i! M-i;ii T-r, in thf vc-n'l try
' 'i - 'ni l; i.'iii ilii.' ifrlv o'oiti' tin-
' !!.!.-. aii-I h tl .1 Iiini-if ti.at ly ri'ii-
i'- - t: r jiri. aii'l lli-' mor.t t-aru'-t ami
!t mp Im all ':i -i ; I r-i M-rt ;;i n in i to bis (r--'
' i f iliy !: , iform all o.'Tat ions
I mai !iu. ::i :!if :no-,t rar.-i'ul uu-1 okillAiJ uiau-
'"i'"-:;':;'"ni-i '-''vi-n to i-aviivr tlir Natural T --t!i ;
' , i'. : .ii .,f Artiti ial '!" ill on Kiil.hcr,
" 1 r. or I ..iiii,,,i,,u ;MM,r 8n,( in) Ills i:i lill
' , 1. '
' r '!" 1: tl..' -.'r- st f.,ly ami lan-rT of -n-"
r..-;r orU t.t!ic i uox ji.-ri n-- 1 . or t.i t Iiom I i v
' J' 3 April VI, 1M74. If.
'TISKU THOPiiY WO.
15 V TI!K
STSY COTTAGE ORGANS!
rior :hi1 UeautifuIIv finished in-
( "'"'' mi (a- ;clijisfd tlieir cuiiipeiilor in
' . jj'iriiv, sweeCiiesti and dfi'n-acy f l.uie,
., , rr.v l'K" ''r"t SM"I '"ly pieniiuin jriv-
xjiiunors of rt-t-d (Jrtrins at the Monroe
"j;!!!-v 1 ;i!r. I.-M Svj.teml.er 'l-i, 1874.
'J''l.v die i..sf. J-or i.riee list addnf
l l rf1 i. Y.SIGAFrS,
GLAZIER AND PAINTER,
MONROE STREET,
opposite Kautz's Blacksmith Shop,
S-rRoi'DsBvao, Pa.
ur.rlertigoed would respedfulljr in
"' 'lie v. j . l 1 ..:-;:..
J" is now fully prepared to do all kiixis
rr Hanjrinjj, fjlazinf and Painting.
wJi't y aild at horl oticet and lljat he
j)iV?tir ',angi" of all deecripiionjj and ut
pricf-a, jle patr(,ae of the publie.
-4r"ry Nlj;c,pd May 16, 1672.
-"im ui oirunusourtj a tiu v ivi nnjr
1 Tft(fEf
Baktoxsville, Jan. 29th, 187G.
Editor Ji'ffcrsonian Dear Sir :
Thinking that jrhaps a sketch of the
history, progress and present condition of
our Township would be of sonic interest to
the many readers of yonr valuable Journal.
I have written the following. The Town
ship derives its name from an Indian thuT
Pokono who at that time could stretch out
his hands and say : "I am monarch of all I
survey." The first white man that set foot
on Its soil, as near as can be ascertained,
was Kdward Marshal in the fall of 1737,
w hom William lVim had employed to walk
for a tract ot land, purchesed from, the
Indinus, as fir as a man could walk in one
and one half days. StaMing from Trenton
at sunrise reached Pocotm puint, now called
Tannersville. the next day at noon. At
that time this whole section of country was
covered with an abundance of timber of
every variety and in which was also to be
! found an abundance of game, such as deer,
j bears, wolves, panthers. Sic. The streams
I were literally tilL-d with trout. Some of
the early settlers that first came hereabout
j the time of the revolution, or prior to it.
1 were the Learns, Kvei harts, Meyers'
: Daniels, and Belles" who plunged into the
j bosuui of this wilderness; selecting a suitable
spot of ground and erecting thereon a
.dianty, comuieiieed clearing the land, sub
sisting principally upon the products of the
forest, and the little truck patch or field
which gave them a scanty supply of course
bread and vegetables. Other hardships
; that these early settlers had to contend
with, were depredations committed by the
Indians, who also thirsted fjr their blood,
j Sutne time in the mouth of June, 17S0, a
; party of Indians attacked the home of
I (ieorge Learn, shot both father and mother
j of tlu family, the sons making their escape.
One of them, George, was (juiekly pursued
j by ati Indian, he however succeeded to get
! into a rye field, concealed himself behind a
j large slump, watching the movuient of the
i savage, who also concealed himself some
i forty i r fifty-yards off behind a stump, he
j thinking it was unknown to young Learn, i
j and watching for his victim. Both armed j
i with rifles young Learn took off his hat I
placed it on a loose root with which he J
I Sifted the hat a few incites to one side of'
j the stump. The Indian jierceiviug the hat
thought that he was looking for his pursuer 1
j and in an instant the Indian fired ; no i
I sooner had he discharged his rifle than
j Learn rose up and shot the Indian dead.
! This cruel murder of the Learn family was
i brought about through jealousy on the part
j of the Indian by wrestling with one of the
! Learns, the latter throwing the Indian very
! heavily, breaking a limb. Later, other
! settlers began to come in, and soon the
! woodman's ax was heard in everv direction,
and on every hand was seen the enterprise
of the inhabitants. To a person who has
witnessed all the changes which have taken
place since its first settlement, its former
appearance would be like a dreanj or
romance. The little cabin and field of corn
no longer exits ; the natives have disap
peared ; only the curiously wrought
arrowheads and tomahawks remain to show
that they had ever been inhabitants here.
The road leading from Tannersville to
Wilkesbarre was first cut through the
unbroken forest by General Sullivan who
marched through here in the year 1770,
with an army of '1. ."!) men on his way to
drive the Indians from Wyoming. The
road is now known as the Sullivan road.
The North and South turnpike passing
ihrouirh here, was chartered by an act of
the Legislature about and was built
b- parties from Belmont, but since the
completion of the I. L. k W. Bailroad
that taking off a greater part of its travel,
the company has abandoned it, and it is
now kept in repair by the citizens of the
townhip. In the year 18o0 when the
township contained but "U0 inhabitants,
the late Jacob Singmaster came to Tanners
ville, and taking up a large tract of laud
which was well timbered and contain
ing any amount of bark, commenced the
erection of a large tannery, and soon a
number of Houses were also built. A Post
Office was soon established which was named
Tannersville Post Office, in honor of the
new tannery being built there. Shortly
afterwards It. T. Bowniug k Co. from
Philadelphia, located here and purchased
the tannery projK-rty, and commenced the
manufacture of leather, and who also
erected a building for a fctore for the accom
modation of their hands and villagers.
Singmaster reserving the bark at sale,
erected another tannery two miles north of
that place and commenced the manufacture
of leather, which he drove on for a number
of years. In the year 1851, Mr. Stephen
Kistler of Lehighton, came here, purchased
the tannery of Mr. Downing k Co. and
commenced the manufacture of leather.
He also purchesed a large tract of land and
cleared up a farm of 200 acres, which is in
u high state of cultivation. Mr. Kistler is
a practical business man and to him is due
the most credit for the rise and progress of
this section of country, he being the right
man in the right place. The tannery
originally built by 31 r. Simgmaster was
destroyed by fire iu 18."G, when Mr. Kistler
rebuilt it ou a more extensive scale, and it
now lias a capacity of 20,000 hides per
year. Other buildings were also erected
for dwellings, and he furnishing constant
employment to about 50 men. Shortly
afterwards Mr. Jacob Stauffer of Northamp
ton county located here, and commenced
the manufacture of lumber, and al&o erected
a distillery for the manufacture of Ale, Beer
i.nd mineral water. Iu connection with
this he cleared up a large farm which is
in a very high state of cultivation. Last
summer Messrs. Dr. John II. Lesli,
Stephen Kistler and Peter Warner ; three
enterprising business men, conceived the
idea that the manufacture of shoe pegs
would be a profitable business in this section
of country, as there was ar.y amount of tim
ber suited to that purpose, erected a build
ing, purchesed the necessary machinery, and
in less then three mouths time had it in work
ing order, manufacturing from SO to 150
bushels of pegs per day, which are shipped
to New York where they are in great
demand. This gives constant employnent
to 15 men, boys and girls. Tannesrville
contains about 50!) inhabitants, among whom
is our esteemed fellow citizens Messrs.
Jacob Stauffer, late Associate Judge of the
Court, and Mr. Jonas AItemose,late County
Treasurer, who carry with them on leaving
the positions which they have so staisfac
torly filled, the regard and earnest good
wishes of all who had occasion to transact
official business with them. It also con
tains two well regulated Hotels which are
not easii' cijualed, guests stopping there
will find every thing that heart can wish
for. Three Stores, at which the merchants
are doing a brisk trade. Two churches
(Methodist Kpiseopal and German Re
formed.) One Phyician, one Magistrate,
one Lodge of Mistie Band of Brothers,
numbering about SO members, which was
Instituted four )ears ago. A Lodge of
Grangers was also instituted there three
yeas ago, but has gone where the woodbine
twineth. Its business circle is composed
of live, active and enterpising men, who
bend all their energies toward developing
the trade of the town. North of this place
is a small village called Knipetowu contain
ing some 15 dwellings, one store and a
large carriage manufacturing establishment,
blacksmith shop and saw mill. Two years
ago a campany from Philadelphia, Oliver
Hemphill & Co. purchesed the old Sing
master Kstate and erected a large and
commodious building, the Pocono Moun
tain House, as a summ .'r resort, which has
been well filled with guests every season
during the summer mouths. Two miles
north of the Mountain House on the North
and S uith turnpike is the large fine
residence of Mr. Arthur McGinness, which
is also used for the entertainment of guests.
Mr. McGinness came there six years ago
from New York, and has made many im
provements in that section of the township.
Pocono Knob in the North west part of
the district, is noted for its beautifnl
scenery and forms a sublime object of
admiration ; ascending to its highest poiut
one is amply rewarded for the labor of
climbing it, by the rich and pk-turesijue
scenery that presents its-self as far as the
eye can reach. Bartonsville, a small enter
prising village, situated on the North and
South turnpike, was named after Joseph
Barton, and contains 15 dwellings, a Post
Office, otie Store, Hotel. Grist Mill, Shoe
maker and Blacksmith Shops, an extensive
Tannery which is not in operation at
present. Here resides the Hon. H iliiam
Kistler, present member of the State Legis
lature, and I would here say that a more
genial, whole-souled gentlemen, does not re
side in the county : he is a man of character,
integrity and ability, who is ever faithful
in the discharge of his official duties,
although not gifted with speech but as a
business Legislator his equal is not readily
found. There is at present oOO voters iu
the township, eight school houses, some of
them, which have been lately built, are a
credit to the district ; the schools are in a
flourishing condition, with an excellent
corps of teachers. I have thus given you
a sketch of the history of this section of
country and will close for the present.
lies pect full',
PiORERT GltUVER.
The Land of Egypt.
There lias been a great deal of writing
and talking about Egypt in late years. It
is a country which has advanced as much
iu seventy years as many other countries
have done in five hundred. It is not a
very extensive country. Herodotus, com
monly rated as the "father of history,"
wrote that Egypt was the gift of the river
a strip of alluvial soil GOO miles in length,
and in breadth not more than ten until the
river Nile divides itself and the Delta
thrusts back the desert. Without perpetual
supervision and labor Egypt would be ruin
ed. The Khedive, a very practical and
energetic ruler, knowing this, has brought
350,000 acres into cultivation, and by im
proved irrigation has increased the natural
productiveness of tho soil. The value of
the land reclaimed from the desert by these
artificial means is enormous. A single ca
nal (there are nearly a thousand iu Egypt)
has recently brought 50,000 acres into cul
tivation, and thus added at least $2,500,-
000 to the value of the yearly exports of
the country. In Egypt there remains 500,
000 acres of unreclaimed land capable of
reclamation this in the narrow strip known
as Egypt proper, aud does not include the
country beyond the First Cataract, where
irrigation is unknown.
For its extent, Egypt is densely popula
ted. It has about 5,250,000 inhabitants,
which is proportionately more than Belgium,
the most crowded country in Europe, where
thei-A are 173 inhabitants to the souare
kilometre, while Egypt has 178. All the
"overnment works are made by forced la
bor, whole villages being removed to dis
tricts not their own to dig canals and do
other varieties of hard work for the general
good, but not for their own. Emigration
is almost unknown iu Egypt, but the new
acquisitions off territory iu equatorial Africa
will probably draw of a portion of the po
pulation. Wages are ve.y low a laborer
being paid only ten cents for a long day's
work ; but he goes half naked, never eats
meat, lives with his wife and children in a
windowless mud hut looking very much
like a bee-hive, and is beaten with a stick
to make him do more.
Iti a population of 5,250,000, only 90,
000 children are educated at the expense
of the State that is every fourth boy in
the whole country. Only 3,000 girls are
thus educated, and few of these are Mo
hammedans, the idea being that it is un
necessary to have women taught. At the
Egyptian primary schools the children are
fed and clothed as well as educated, the whole
charge on the public revenue being 425,
000 ; but out of the large towns the learn
ing of the Koran l y rote is the sum total
of the education received. In the higher
schools, in Cairo and Alexandria, the in
struction is somewhat better.
In the last ten years the annual number
of vessels visiting the ports of Egypt has
doubled, and now is over G,000. Ten years
ago the yearly average exports of Egypt
amounted to 12,500,000; it nowhas
reached 00,000,000. The public works
are considerable. The Suez Canal heads
the list. Then follow 1,1000 miles of rail
ways, 4,000 miles of telegraph wires, new
harbors at Alexandria and Suez, light
houses on the coasts of the Mediterranean
and Bed Sea, a capital postal system, the
streets of Cairo well paved and lighted with
gas, and other novelties. It is worthy of
notice that England absorbs four-fifths of
the exports, and supplies two-fifths of the
imports of Egypt.
The Central Station Court in Detroit.
When his Honor came in Bijah slid up
to him and with an awful important look
on his face whispered :
'I think I've got Boss Teed !"
'No !"
' Sure's you live !'
"Bring him out !"
The old janitor entered the corridor and
brought out a man whom he had arrested
just after daylight. He was a little wither
ed up old mau, with a cracked voice, and
as he came out his Honor leaned against
the wall and laughed until the tears rolled
down his cheeks.
"B-boss T-tweed ! haw, haw, haw
ooh !"' he gasped.
"What are you laughing about ?" asked
Bijah, in an injured tone of voice.
'Turn that old man out of doors, you
doghcad you."
' Why ? '
"Why? If I were he I'd sue you for
$50,000 damages ! He's Boss Tweed about
as much as you are Queen Victoria !"
"And 1 11 do it ! squeaked the little old
man.
He went out doors threatening to com
nience suit before breakfast, but Bijah fol
lowed him to the corner aud was seen to
give a jack knife, a pair of green sleevcbut-
tons, a new box of paper collars and a
nickle, and perhaps no suit will be brought.
Bijah skulked into the corridor by the side
door and rattled the stove around and
kicked things about until the bell rang,
when he brought out a third term man.
"What is your name besides Peter?"
asked the court.
"Peter Bedstead," was the sulky reply.
"Is that your name ?"'
"Ycs'er."
"Well, Mr. Bedstead, you were here
about a year ago and I put "a mattress on
you in the shape of a three mouths' sen
tence. You returned here six mouths ago
and I gave you a bolster in the shape of
one month up there. 1 ou are a Bedstead
w hich needs to be repaired pretty often."
"I don't get drunk any oftener than lots
of other folks," growled Peter.
"That many be so, but you get caught
ottencr."
"I tried to get away," protested Peter,
"and I wasn't very drunk."
"Peter what do you do ?"
"Drink whiskey, drive team, and lick
any man of nty weight," was the prompt
reply.
"All right, Mr. Bedstead ; "3-ou are a
whole furniture wagon, according to your
own idea, and they need you at the House
ot Correction. 1 11 sa' lour months this
time."
"Stay and "
His Honor stopped him by a look, and
quietly said :
"Mr. Bedstead, don't make use of any
expression with might result iu your go
ing to the hospital instead of the House of
Correction !
And Mr. Bedstead went quietly to the
head seat on the sawdiorsc.
He Knew Him.
A Hartford correspondent tells this
story : In the absence of the president of
one of the city banks, the cashier, a great
wag, was looking over the mail, when he
found a letter from an Albany bank, in
quiring as to the value of a note indorsed
presented there for discount by a certain
Hartford man of unsavory business reputa
tion. Seizing a pen, the casheir quickly
replied as follows : "If the note is genuine
it isn't worth a penny ; but if a forgery,
- ... . it
his brethren will probably make it good.
When the president of the bank came in
the cosher informed him that he had an
swered the Albany letter, but would show
him his respose, if he desired. The presi
dent assenting, the cashier's letter was
produced, upon the perusal of which the
president smiled grimly and said : "The
letter may go, for your facts are correct,
though I bhould not have expressed them
in just that way."
A BRAVE BUCKEYE WOMAN.
A Tramp Attempts to Outrage Her, and
She Shoots Him He Returns to the
Charge and Receives a Mortal Wound.
From the Monroeville, O., Spectator, Jan. 27th.
Week before last a tramp, the same who
was locked up in our jail on Monday night
of last week, on a charge of drunkenness
and disorderly conduct, called at the house
of Frank Wheeler, who lives some two or
three miles cast of this place, near the rail
road, and asked for a cup of hot coffee and
a good meal. Mrs. Wheeler prepared a good
meal for him, which he ate, and then dis
covering that the lady was alone, he in
sulted her and attempted to outrage her,
but was prevented by her getting hold of
the shot gun and ordering him off. He at
first refused to go and told her she dared
not shoot ; but when he started toward her
the second time, she shot at him, the load
taking effect in his thigh, lie then ran
out to the railroad and iu a few moments
another tramp came to the house and asked
for some rags to tie up the injured man's
wounds. She supplied the necessary band
ages and heard nothing more of the tramps
for some time after. Ou last Friday she
was again left alone, and while near the
smoke house attending to some work, she
saw the two tramps coming toward her
again and ran toward the house. One of
the fellows the s-tme she had previously
wounded called to her to stop or he would
shoot her, and at the same time fired a re
volver at her. She, however, escaped to
the house and locked the door before thev
could gain an entrance. The fellows weut
to the window, raised it and were about to
enter the house when Mrs. Wheeler again
got the gun and told them to keep out or
she would shoot. "Shoot and be d d,"
was the answer given, and one of them the
yme she had previously wounded being
halfway in at the window, she did shoot,
the load taking effect in his arm aud should-
er. 1 lie otlier tramp picked lnm up and
carried him to the woods near by, where
he left him while he went to Norwalk for
a physician. The wounded man was taken
to Norwalk, when it was found necessary
to amputate his arm. His wound proved
so serious, however, that it was found im
possible to save his life and on Saturday he
breathed Ins last.
DEATH TO THE MOLLIES.
MurberWill Out The Assassins of F.
A. Yost in Jail Where Will the
Lighting Strike Next ?
Special Dispatch to the Times.
Mauch Chlxk, February 4. After
comparative quiet for a few days this whole
region was thrown into an intense state of
excitement this morning by the arrival of
two men under charge of policemen, charged
with being accessories to the murder of
John P. Jones at Lansford. On last Tues
day Doyle was convicted of murder in the
first degree for this crime. The two men
arrested with him for the crime are iu jail
awaitiug trial. The prompt conviction of
Doyle scared the others so that one of them
has confessed the crime, and put into the
hands of General Albright information
which led to the arrest last night. There
were six men taken, viz : Alexander
Campbell, of Ashton, who was brought
here and lodged in jail ; James Roarty,
Coaldale ; Hugh McGehau, Smmit Hill ;
James Carroll, Tamaqua ; James Boyle,
Smmit Hill, and Thomas Duffy, of near
Tamaqua. The last five were arrested for
the murder of F. B. Yost, a Tamaqua police
man, who was assassinated as he was put
ting out a gas-light in that town, in last
July. The murder was an atrocious one,
but though large rewards were offered no
arrests have been hitherto made. Counsel
for to Commonwealth has further informa
tion, which is withheld for prudential rea
sons. Campbell was brought before Esquire
Yaeger at 10 o'clock. When questioned
he said he had no idea what the charge
against him was. The court-room was
cleared and the charge was read to Camp
bell, after which he was committed and
safely lodged in jail. There has been
jjreat excitement all dav. It looks as if
the bottom of Mol'ie Maguireism had fallen
out. It is highly probable that other ar
rests will follow.
What I Have Seen.
An oJ man of experience says : I have
seen a young man who despised the coun
sel of the wise and the advice of the good,
and his career end in poverty and wretched
ness. I have seen a prudent and industrious
wife retrieve the fortunes of a family when
the husband pulled at the other end of the
rope.
I have seen the extravagance and folly
children bring their parents to poverty and
want, and themselves to disgrace.
I have seen a man depart from truth
where candor and veracity would have
served him to a much better purpose.
I have seen a man spend more money in
folly than would support his family in com
fort and independence,
I have seen a young girl marry a young
man of dissolute habits, and repent of it as
she lived.
I have seen a farmer travel about so
much that there was nothing at home worth
looking at.
I have seem a young man sell a good
farm, turn merchant, and die in an inuaue
apylum.
UMIIIM. . MAUL J1 -"' ULJ
An Honorable Tribute.
In the Senate on the 12th ult. pending
the adoption of resolutions in relation to
the death of Hon. S. E. Diinmick, Hon.
Charlton Burnett, our Senator, made the
following remarks :
Mr. President, I had the pleasure and
honor of Mr. Dinnnick's acquaintance for a
leriod of twenty-five years. I have met
Iii ill in the walks of private life.. I have
honored and respected him as a gentleman.
I have been tho recipient of his princely
hospiality on various occasions. I have nu t
him in the Avalks of professional life. I
have known him and honored him as a man
of strong incisive intellct, bringing to the
discharge of his professional duties a clear
analytical, incisive mind, and backed withal
by "an eloquence that not only thrilled the
heart, but carried conviction to the judg
ment. While he was pursuing his honor
able calling he was called to a higher place
as the Attorney General of the Common
wealth of Pennsylvania ;aod this Senate aud
the entire voice of the Commonwealth will
lear testimony to the able, the vigilant, the
hdncst discharge of the iuiortant duties
devolving upon him ; and I deem it a pleas
ure to say that, although I was politically
opposed to him, I have always known him
as a generous political opponent, according
to every man what he claimed for himself,
an honest expression of the political faith
that was in him ; and I am pleased and I
am gratified that tho opportunity has beet
vouchsafed to mo to bear testimony to his
eminent worth to the character of ou up
on whom "every god hath seemed to set
his seal to give the world assurance of a.
man.
Not in the Family.
An old Dctroiter brought home two
jugs the other day, one labeled "boiled oil"
and the other "turpentine." They were
placed in the barn, and pretty soon it was
noticed that the old man had business there
at regular intervals. His oldest son slyly
followed him and saw him taking u deep
draught from one of the jugs. The old mau
heard a step outside, and before going out
he arranged those jugs according to his
artistic taste. He was hardly gone when
the sou skipped in and took a drink from
the jug out of which he supposed his father
drank. The next moment he was sputter
ing, coughing and gasping, and the old man
entered and asked :
"Turpentine dosen't agree with you,
docs it ?"
"But I saw you drink it !" exclaimed
the injured and indignant sou.
"That is true," said the old man, while
a beautiful smile played over his face, "but
it dosen4t necessarily follow that the rest
of the family must relish turpentine be
cause I do !"'
Potato Beetles in Winter Quarters.
On passing through a potatoe stubble re
cently, we saw a large flock of crows very
busy on the loose ground. The owner of
the field had before stated that the Color
ado beetles had descended upon his crops
in immense numbers, but being too late to
do any damage, he had not disturbed them.
On examination we found a good many of
the beetles lying dormant in the loose soil,
and numberless places where the crows had
dug up the ground. Evidently the crows
were feasting upon the beetles, and it would
doubtless be an excellent thing to give the
crows-ample opportunity to feast all they
want to. As a help we would suggest a
light plowing of potato ground this season,
to expose the beetles. American Agricul
turist.
This story of ahorse, told by the Monon
gahcla City Republican, is worth preserv
ing : About two years ago, James Samp
son, Esq., President of the People's Bank,
sold a four-year old horse to a gentleman
living beyond Youngstown, Ohio, and by
him it was again sold to another gentleman,
having in the transfer traveled over two
hundred miles by rail, and changed owners
twice. On New Year's day a strange horse
was recognized by the people about the
Sampson farm, and efforts made to drive it
away. The horse acted exceptionally,
neighing and winnying when any of the
family came about, and it was finally found
to be the horse sold into Ohio two years
before. This animal had traveled two hun
dred and sixteen miles after an absence of
two years, in search of his old home, and
which he found, too, with that unerring
quality of mind which people cull instinct.
Docs any one doubt that the horse had,
during his absence, remembered the home
of his coltdhood, the old hills of Carrol, tho
girl who had petted him, and the boys who
had fed him ? And was it not the recollec
tion of old home coming over hiiu when
the holly and evergreen were wreathed and
the children's stockings hung up, that he
resolved to come back to Pennsylvania? for
the sequel to the story proves that he left
Ohio on Christmas.
A Salt Lake paper, not having the fear
of the great prophet before his eyes, dis
coursed thus about Brigham Young : "Wo
are pleased to chronicle the great improve,
ment in the old fraud's health, and prophesy
it will be permanent until he is again needed
in court on account of his murders or lust
ful proclivities, when he will doubtless pro.
duce a score of medical certificates to tho
effect that he is about to enter the valley
of the shadow of death."
The worst foes to true religion are thosa
who profess to uliovo'm it, Uut do not pvae.
tLe it.