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VOL. 33.
STROUDSBURG, MONROE COUNTY, PA., FEBRUARY 17. 1876.
NO. 38?1
"THE JEFPERSONIAN.
V'd l'.v Theodore Schoch.
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hi -h -vt "l 'e .in, nnu un me
unable tonus.
A ol;n v Public,
KAS'i STW)l DMH nit i-A.
t ,1 -m-uf tas.-n ali ,"i"(,-s pertaining
""' 'ii:i:'N 'UIomi'son,
lle:il Et:itc Insurance Agents.
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' t '"y-' -Vuni-. admnMorcd f..r cxl acting
i ;J;'j..4 Jan. 0,'70-tf.
niiri'K JOlLNSTONE,
Homeopathic Physician,
; r.riijjiiiia I hms-, Cherry Valley,
;,.N!ME COI XTY
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Pnvsician, Surgeon and Accoucheur,
ANI C'lT, W.WXK CO., 1A.
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ilKNUV I'A!1N, l'r-i.'r.
V iLiijiliVi
:r, ODnveya.ncer and
E33I Estate Asrent. !
Tiizl.pr Lands and Town Lots
FOR SALE.
". a:!.' f'j.:viit. American Iloue
i w tin.- ( oiiitr Sluie.
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D R. J.LANTZ,
S"RG"0X t MECHANICAL DENTIST.
"H M:iin tr-'-t, in tlif
; : :c 'i.iil'iiiiL'. .i -arlv
.fcnd stry
i'l'it' the
n i h" Hati.-i- liim.-i'if tliut liv oi-'h
;t 1 tji ;t 1 i 1 th nnt earnest and
: Mait-r.- p'-rtaiiiini; to his .rv
ii!;. ?''i-- p'-rtiirm all operations
ii ;tii.- rnost currful and nkiiiful tncn-
L'iv.-n t' :ivin; tlif Natural Tth ;
"1 "f Artificial Teetli jii Uuobt-r,
:::nt'i-.i (Jtn.1s) tnd pvri'cel fits in all
th'- r.-at folly and dangT of n
!'j iuLXpt-ririH-'-d. or to those liv
April :, 1S74. If.
km
otmi;k Tiiopiav wo.
nr the
S3TEY COTTAGE ORGANS!
" -"M"-nor an. beautifully finished in
l,ts far eclipse. 1 their "conipetitor in
I'unty, sweeitiess nn rlelicocv of tone.
the first :ilnl roilv l.rpmiurn oJ Vm
trXliii,
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';J'S fjj retell Onrifu ul ilia firkinfi
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J. Y. 8 1 OAF US,
ft 53 t a
mil
GLAZIER AND PAINTER,
MON'KOE STREET,
opposite Kautz's Blacksmith Shop,
Stroi'osbi'ro, Pa.
ftirj'f, un,ier,ii?ned would rei-peciful!y in-
"'HI,. ,roudsbtjrf :md vicinity
.. 1 is 11,.,., t..ii.. . 0 r
ol Fr. .. nniy Preinred to do all kinds
sum 6 Hi.
PAP Eft
n,.t!v. (i azi2 n-l Paintinjr,
'I k "li0r' "otice, and ihat he
Kr u c,,?'""ly on h.,nd a fine Mock ot
W pp1", 0' dcscripiions and ut
t-''utv' Pa,po"se of the public
M,y M!icri!. Mav jfl, 172.
gTATEMEXT
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'Receipts and Expenditures
ov
M0M10E COUNTY,
For the year ending January 3, 1876.
.JONAS ALTEMUS, Treas'r, in account
with said County :
mi.
Count v T:ix received on Impli
cate lor 1.171 5
:: I
IS, . .iO
W4, 41-J7.V.
Amount Assessed ' l75, mrj.'t 87
llixl iDptiuii on SsL-tcI lands, 11 V4
i:. nli-iii ft ion on Undated lauds, ;:n
loan tor new Jail, 2CJW !0
lutvrcnt on iViiiil, 174
T Liiiiilwr oIJ at Jail and
Urines. 90
Matr tax received ou duplio.itir
l?7- S 0 43
Amount Ascssl for 1875, 1-2 no
Mmudstiurg Ibink, Ur2 74
Ualance, 64i 7J un 71
K.517 11
CIt.
County tax on Duplicates out-
t2llldillg of 1".",
I'xoiici at inns of dtijilicate of ,7.'j,
'iiiiiii.-,ioii. to eulK-i tor
l ive per et-nt, abatement al
lowed tax payer.
l'.alniii-e due Treasurer at last
Aeltleniviit,
Payments to Sti-te Treasurer ou
:;feoimt of State, l7."i,
Mitstjiiding l'upiieate of 1S75,
CV.4 41
1.; M
5G 11
aoc 42
123 7
7027 32
'1 lot
43 .
1 ive jmt cent, abatement to tax
I piivi-rs of l.s;.",,
! I'sud 1'ftit and i rand Jurors,
j " C.-li.Nt.ll.ks,
J " KJ.-ctions
. .11? 1310 43
10
1174 7
.11.' -'" 5H74 43
! rillNTINO.
; A. O. f irermvalil,
i liiei do re N-hm-lt,
' ll'iardiu riMHivr,
4 2 3 4 .
4:11 ;v
301 44
7y l
27 '
L'l 7
1 14 7--
1"
07 3S
;;
1."1 07
Illinium to niiip liiii,
i ii'iuisiuoii oti dr-ad innlir-s,
1 i and Wild Cat sealps.
I titer. t on ( oiuity Inuds,
' I'Mnly I ,is;ii,iit . "
ii fuinliti eli-'t k,
Witii.-ss.-s in Common wealth ca.es,
l llri .'.-I- t tMtlity llllillllll'N,
1 -Xi'lf.-s !li ijlil,
I'ai'i tat ioiuTv and J'.ook,
Jury i 'iimmiiuucr-i,
Tip Stan". Ac,
oiirt Crier,
( liarl' Henry.
J;v t- K.. SliaiT.
Clerk ot Sesiu),
CoiMu:.--ior!vr's i"iin'd,
amuel IVten,
tor halaiitf due him for 1 874,
IVi'-r S. lAlin'-r,
Jacob Fraltle,
'omtiii.-sioiii'rs el'-rk,
i. on iity Auditors i'or year 1S71,
t li aid 11; coil u t y t 1 i j i i 11
!!"pairi to county buildings,
ic rch.ii.disi-,
lV;rdiu.: .llH-rt Haucy in
In . un- Asylum,
Matcliin- l'risou.-i-N,
Hi i lc vi.-u ,
Iti'-mpiluii tf lands,
l'ttlae,
Insurance.
Monn County Atla,
Audtiiir l'rotliotuitary and Uceor-
d -rs account,
raving, s'-ttiug Curb and settiug
Trees,
Miscellaneous for county,
Miliitarv Knrollmciit.
244 :
II 70
l"b Si
44 ti'i
C2 5
17u ihj
." so
40 ;'".
112
. 0 S "0i 52
;;40 (-.)
S." I'.S
i-r inj
27'.' '
iV 7h
00 12
:i IK)
3i7 ui
30 74 ?20V'9 4",
1 2 sO
12
41 01
04 50
2 'J-V
111 .50
-S 303 25
7 in)
62 70? 101 25
42
7o:;'j 113 mi
UKID(iEsJ.
II. nry vi:i . S 4 12
l'.-ter Kiiukle and shoemakers, 'M .'s-
Muslies. i;
1'ei-lls 2 25
K.-rr'-. 2i)
Vir- creek, 2 ."u
Hawk's, 4 3't
".t-l 1- 1 iapl.-ii, e -'f
liait 1 12
li"UU I'flid. 1
"! 1: 11 k i:i 11 u t k , 11 1-
Si.iiths. J.".2
i C 1 1 1 1 U t t"-i i'. 3;i 72
li'-rrv 1 .-i k, o' "'t
Millivati. 2
Too vie! 11 u;l. o
Mai'-hail l.'re. k, 7 .VI
Stull'iil's. o22M
I'ocotio, ii2 s'.l
I.-halsHl rri:e. 2:t :M
;.-iI's, M
allaccs. 2 1
Slo'!-iarts ill, 37 "25
1-liil lip's. 1". 20
I'errv 1'riec, -' '
lt.'-i-a. ri tC
aralif, li
......... -ill..
-S 41 4i
ipin'- ... .
l:rod head's, i iron)
Smth'v'-,
Si.kf".-,
Kellers,
Nc Jaii, 1'raft,
Sio;ie,
Liimh-r,
Freight,
Slate,
liiacksmith,
I'.rick,
Lime and saud,
'eiuciit,
Pai nting.
Hauling,
3' I "..
7:1 Si
514 l
3'HI 52 S2844 S'J
l'l 00
175J if)
2M8 71
2231 3.5
100 44
S30 12
4:ir, 32
KO'.'Js.)
201 02
173 2-5
CI 12
420 30 SODGO 16
Cutting Stone,
Carjienter w ork,
J rj n.
Mason work,
Ealmr,
Fiiruaee,
Pipe, Tin and Guttcn,
Jierriek,
Plumbiug,
Hair,
1615 42
1 440 35
4i".!0 37
l'.)::0 56
1VS5 'jry
5;7 6-
40i 01
1W 65
71 97
20 00-5 12C 16 5-1
Nails, Ac.
Steel, ropes and spikes,
Paints ami nils,
Miscellaneous,
Incks, tc.
20 73
323 12
93 7t
230 04
62 00? 747 37
School Tax on Seated aud Unstated Lands.
Chestuuhill lowuhip 42 53
Price - "-
Paradise 40
Koss " 31
Tui.khannock. 3'J 2-5-? 1 42 79
Jtoad Tax on seated and unseated Iands.
Parrot, '
Eldr.sl,
Price
loss,' ' -2 84
Poor Tax on seated and unseated Lands.
Middle Smithfield, 5 1 '-'
Stroml, 1' J
Tuukhanntck, 2
Commission on receiving 3S,952 75
hi. -P. uer cent 3'3 81
19 16
Commission on Paino out $37,517 59
at -lYi ier cent.
937 9351911 74
543,574 11
Balance duo ?541 72
Examined, passed and allowed by us this 21st day of
Jauuary, W76. y SNYDER,) AudUof,
JONAS ALTIMUS, Treasurer of the County of Mon
roe, in account with said County, on Maiitia nues
for the year ending January 3, li6.
DR.
On duplicates for 1871
On duplicator lor 1872
balance due last settlement
Balance due the County,
CR.
Paid Military Enrollment
By iV" p-'r et. commission on re
ceiving 552 H8
By 2V per ct. commission on pay
jog out 575 39
Balance
$43 50
9 4S
94 67 147 C5
f 68 04
S 76 39
1 32
I 90
t Oi
5 17
Examined, pnsa.-d and allowed by us this 21st day
of January. 1S76.
JOHN R SXYDF.R,")
A. A.SISHKR, Auditors.
SILAs L. DUAKE. j
JONAS ALTIMUS, Treasurer of Monroe countr. In
ncrount with said Countv, ou Dog taxed for the'ycar
ending January 3, lb75.
DR.
On duplicates for 1S74 BO
An duplicates tor 1S7.1 74 00
Of Simon Myer. late Treasurer 10 005 122 .V)
Balance due Treiuiirer 42
tl43 92
CR.
Paid checks,
Ralanee due lat settlement
By 2t per cent, commission on re
ceiving ?122 50
Iy 2'. per cent, commission on pay
ing out Si 25 "
ll'lCO
17 21
3 06
3 125 14S T2
Examined, passed and allowed by us this 21st day of
Jauuary, 17C.
JOHN E. SNYDER,")
A. A.SINtiKli. V Auditors.
SILAS L. DKAKE,
STATEMENT thowing the indebtedness rJ the
County of Monroe.
DR.
Old Poinds outstanding,
New ISouds for Jail
Cheeks outstanding
CR.
County taxes due by collectors
State taxes due by collectors
Liabilities over asset ts
S aMTfiO
2G2i 00
CI 2S-?29,799 23
$ .'.'.'tO rr,
SO 4?,
lira :;o-S29,79 2
Examined, passed and allowed by us this 21st day of
juiiuari , 10.0.
joiin e. snym:i:,i
A. A, SI NU Kit,
SILAS L. DUAKE, j
Auditors.
STA TEMEST shoiriny balance due by Collec
tor a on d abdicates.
COUNTY TAXES.
1S72 Hamilton, Samuel (iower, 3 5S3 r,7
173 " Anson H. ller, 120 07
" Stroudsburg, John Keener, 3120
" Paratlise, Francis Keller, 63 10
' Parrctt, Havi.l Price, 7'J 42
174 Chestnuthill. Aniandus Shupp, 103 5u
" Fjst Stroudsburg, P. K-x kalVllow, 112 SI
" Eldr.sl, Joseph Teel, 5 2'
Hamilton, C. It. Shafer, 70 M
" Jackson, Thom.us Franiz, 37 n"
" Polk, J.Serlass, 20 33
" Pnct . Josiah 15. Snow, 25 25
" Stroudsburg, J..I111 Keener. 141 7 s
' Tobyliannah. II. Escbeiihaeh, tiMi
" Tuiikhaniiotk, t.. L. Alr-iiioe, 27 10
ls-75 Harrett. Allen Price, 1.5.4 si
" Chest hill, A. shupp, 6 ')7n
" CiH.'.liauh. No collector, 2 15 7iS
" East Stroudsburg, J. Hanev, 217 M
" Eld re. I, L. I). I'rablo, 3:;s s
" Hamilton, ". It. Shtil'cr, .W 3S
" Jackson. T. I'rantz, IS4 2-5
" M. Sioithtield, Horace Van Auken, 3'7 It
" i'araiiiso, S. lliljiert, 2i0 70
" Pt.com,, T. E. shivclv, 150 70
" Pt!k, J. Serfuss, C;3S7
" Price, No collector fxl V.4
" Kss, .7. New hart, 243 02
" Smiihtild, T V. P:ttin H 43 i3
" strou.l, Win. Musteller, 735 5l
" Stroudsburg, Ijlwin Fisher, SHsfi
" TobytiMina. I. L. Kinney, 1'ns 14
" Tu'ikhaiiliijek, (1. Altimose," 12C 50
5i,25'. 55
STATE TAX.
Is73 P.arret. David Price, $ 10 5
' Hamilton, Anon Heller. 12 ;.
" Paradi-e, Francis Keller, 7 00
Is74 lun lt, David Price, 4 So
' Ll.lr. l, .btseph Ted, 6 95
175 CtHilbaueli, No collector, 2 25
" Haniltoii, C. 15. Shafer, 0 10
" P'dk, J. Serfass, 3 45
" Mroud. Win. Mott-ller, 1 ."u
" stroudsburg, Edwin Fisher, 27 45
S s0 43
MILITIA TAX.
1S71. M. .Smithfield, A. Vanauken,
Immj TAX.
50
1871. M. Smithfield, A. Vanauken,
2 .r)0
M. Smithfield, II. W. Vanauken, o0 00
$ 33 50
Due hy Simon Meyers, former Treasur
er, as iersettlement of his account S 2 02
Coimnissinn'rs of Monroe County in aceovnt with
ifiid County, for the vtar aiding January lid,
187.
DR. PETE R S. EDI NG ER,
A j'er checks
CJlBy ll4 days at r'2 50 per day
S 4S5 00
485 00
$ 340 00
340 00
279 00
71 J1
$ 350 91
307 50
43 41
DR. SAM U EL POSTEX,
As per checks
CR.Uy 13 days, at ?2 50 per day
DR. JACOIJ FKA1JLE,
As per checks
To ain't over-paid on last Htttlement
CRV.y 123 days, at $2 50 per day
balance due County
$350 91
Balance due the County S 43 41
Examined, passed and allowed by us this
Jlth day of January, lb(
JOIIN E. SNYDER,
S'YDER, 1
ER, A
RAKE, J
A. A. SINGER, V Auditors.
SILAS I,. Dl
JACOB K. SHAFER, Sheriff, in account with
the County of Monroe, for the year ending
January 3, 1870.
DR. To Jury fuuds received during the
year
To check
$ 48 00
40 80
$ 88 80
5 82 80
1 00
5 00
CR. By summoning 276 Jurors, at
30 zents eac h
Advertising General election
Costs in Commonwealth cases
$ 88 80
Examined, passed and allowed by us this
21st day of Januarv, 1876.
JOHN E. SNYDER, )
A. A. SINGER, Auditors.
SILAS L. DRAKE, J
January 27, 1876. 4t.
Auditor's Noitce.
The undersigned auditor appointed by the Orphans'
Court of Monroe county, to make distribution of the
funds in the hands of Philip M. Hush, Executor of the
last will and testament of Daniel Itow, late of the town
whip of Smithfield, deceased, will meet parties intrusted
in distribution at his ottice in the Itorouyh of Stroutls
iMiru, 011 .Saturday the 19th day of February A. D. 1S70,
at 10 o'clock A. if. when ami where all persons inter
ested may attend if they think proper or be debarred
forever liom coining in for any share thereof.
I). S. LICE, Auditor.
Jan 27, lS7C-4t.
Auditor's Notice.
J. S. McNeal, ) Fl. Fa. No. 5.
vs.
Christian Friece & Geo. Rldney. ) Dec. T. 1875.
The undersigoed appointed Auditor by the Court of
Common Pleas of Monroe County, to make distribution
of the money paid iu Court made upon the above writ,
will attend to the duties of his appointment on Satur
day the 19th day of February next at 2 o'clock p. 111., at
bis office In the Iwrou-h of Stroudshurg, at which time
aud place all persens having any claim or demand up
on said money will present the same or lie forever de
barred from coming in lor any sbare thereof.
D. S. LEE, Auditor.
Jap. 27, 1376.-M.
TAKING A SITUATION.
"Well, girls," said my uncle Barnabas,
"and now what do you purpose to do about
it,"
Ve sat around the fire in a disconsolate
semi-circle that dreary, drizzling May niht,
when the rain pattered against the window
panes and the poor little daffodils in the
borders shook and shivered as if they would
fain hide their golden heads once more in
the mother-soil. My mother, Eleanor and
I. The first pale and pretty, and silver
haired, with the widow's cap and her
dress of black bombazine and crape ; the
sweetest looking old lady I think I ever
saw. Kleanor sat beside her, looking, as
she always did, like a princess, with a large,
dark eyes, Diana-like features, and hair
twisted in a sort of coronal around her
queenl head. AVhile I, plain, home-spun
Susana commonly called, "for short,
Susy crouched upon a foot-stool in the
corner, my elbows on my knees and my
chin in my hands.
Uncle Rarnabas Berkelin,.sat in the mid
dle of the circle, erect, stiff and rather
grim. He was stout and short, with a
grizzled mustache a little round, bald spot
the crown of his head, and two glittering
black eyes that were always sending their
dusky lightnings in the direction least ex
pected. Uncle Barnabas was rich and we
were very poor. Uncle Barnabas was wise
in the ways of the world, and we were in
experienced. Uncle Barnabas was pros
perous in all he did, while if there was a
bad bargain to be made we were pretty
sure to be the ones to make it. Conse
quently, and as a matter of course, we look
ed up to Uncle Barnabas, and reverenced
his opinions.
1
"What do we propose to do about it?"
Eleanor slowly repeated, lifting her beau
tiful jetty brows.
"Yes, that's exactly it," said my mother
nervously ; '-because, Brother Bernabas,
we don't pretend to be business women,
and its certain we cannot live comfortably
on our present income. Something has got
to be done."
My mother leaned back iu her chair with
a troubled face.
"Yes," said Uncle Barnabas, "some
thing has got to be done ; but who's to do
it?"
Another dead silence succeeded.
"1 suppose you girls are educated," said
Uncle Barnabas : "I know I fuund enough
old school-bills when I was looking over
my brother's papers."
"Of course," said my mother, with evi
dent pride ; "their education has been most
expensive;. Music, drawing, use of the
globes "
"Yes, yes, of course," interrupted Un
cle Barnabas. "But is it practical ? Can
they teach ?"
Eleanor looked dubious. I was quite
certain that I could not. Mine. Lenoir,
among all her list of accomplishments, had
not included the art of practical tuition.
"Humph !" grunted Uncle Barnabas.
"Queer tiling, this modern idea of educa
tion. Well, if you can't teach you can sure
ly do something. What do you say, Elea
nor, to a situation ?"
"A situation ?"
The color fluttered in Eleanor's cheeks
like pink and white apple blossoms.
"I spoke plain enough, didn't I ?" said
Unlce Barnabas, dryly. "Yes, a situa
tion." "What sort of a situation, Uncle Barna
bas ?"
"Well, I can't hardly say. Part serv
ant, part companion to an elderly lady,"
explained the old gentleman.
"0, Uncle Barnabas, I couldn't do that."
"Not do it? And why not?"
"It's too much too much," whispered
Eleanor, losing her legal dignity in the
pressure of the emergency, "like going out
to service.
"And that is precisely what it is," re
torted Uncle Barnabas, nodding his head.
"Service ! Why, we're all out to service,
in one way or another, in this world."
"Oh, yes, 1 know," faltered poor Eleanor,
who between her distaste for the proposed
plan and her anxiety not to offend Uncle
Barnabas Bcrkelin, didn quite know what
to say ; "but I I've always been educated
to be a lady."
"So you won't take the situation eh ?"
said Uncle Barnabas, staring up at a little
wishy-washy water-color drawing of Cupid
and Psyche, an "exhibtion-piece of poor
Eleanor's", which hung above the chimney
piece. "I couldn't, indeed, sir."
"Wages twenty-five dollars a month,"
mechanically repeated Uncle Barnabas, as
if he were saying off a leason. "Drive out
every day in the carriage with the missus,
cat and canary to take of, modern house
with all the improvements. Sunday after
noons to yourself, aud two weeks, spring
and fall to visit your mother."
"No, Uncle Barnabas, no !" said Elea
nor, with a little shudder. "I am a true
Berkelin, and I canuot stoop to menial
duties."
Uncle Barnabas gave such a prolonged
sniff as to suggest the idea of a very bad
fold iu his head indeed.
"Sorry," said he. "Heaven helps those
who help themselves, and you can't expect
to be any more liberal minded than heaven.
"Sister Rachel," to my mother, "what do
you say ?"
My mother drew her pretty little figure
up a trifle more erect than usual.
"I think my daughter Eleanor is quite
right," said she. "The Berkelina have al
ways been ladies."
I sat quite silent, still with my chin in
roy hands, during all this family discussion;
but now I rose up and came creeping to
Uncle Barnabas' side.
"Well, little Susie," said the old gentle
man, laying his hand kindly ou mv wrist,
"what is it ?"
"If you please, Uncle Barnabas," said I.
with a rapidly-throbbing heart, "I would
like to take the situation."
"Bravo 1" cried Uncle Barnabas.
"My dear child 1" exclaimed my mother.
"Susannah 1" uttered Eleanor, iu ac
cents by no means laudatory.
"Yes," said I, "twenty-five dollars a
month is a great deal of money and I was
never afraid to work. I think I will go to
the old lady. Uncle Barnabas. I'm sure
I could send home at least twenty dollars a
month to mother and Eleanor, and then
the two weeks, spring and fall, would be
so nice. Please, Uncle Barnabas, I'll go
back with you when 3011 go.
"What is the old lady's name ?"
"Her name?" said Uncle Barnabas.
"Didn't I tell you. It's Prudence Mrs.
Prudence !"
"What a nice name," said I. "I know
I shall like her."
"Well, I think you will," said Uncle
Barnabas, looking kindly at me. "And I
think she will like you. Is it a bargain
for the nine o'clock train to-morrow morn
ing?;' "Yes," I answered, stoutly, taking care
not to look in the directiou of my mother
and Eleanor.
"You're the most sensible of the lot,"
said Uncle Barnabas, approvingly'.
But after he had gone to bed in the best
chamber, where the rufHed pillow cases
were, and the chintz-cushioned easy-chair,
the full strength of the family tongue broke
on my devoted head.
"I can't help it," quoth I, holding vali
antly on my colors. "We can't starve.
Some of us must do something. And, you
can live very nicely, mother darling, on
twenty dollars a month."
"That is true," sighed my mother from
behind her black-bordered pocket handker
chief. "But I never thought to see a
daughter of mine troing out to to ser
vice !"
"And Uncle Barnabas isn't going to do
anything ibr us, after all," cried out Elea
nor, indignantly. "Stingy old fellow ; I
should think he might adopt one of us !
He's as rich as Croesus, aud never a chick
nor child."
"He may do as he likes about that," I
answered, independently. "I prefer to
earn my own money."
So the next morning I set out for the
unknown bourne of New York life.
"Uncle Barnabas," said I, as the train
reached the city, "how shall I find where
Mis. Prudence lives ?"
"Oh, I'll go there with you," said he.
"Are you well acquainted with her ?" I
ventured to ask.
"Oh, very well indeed," answered Un
cle Barnabas, nodding his head sagely.
We took a hack at the depot and drove
through so many streets that my head spun
around and round like a teetotum, before
we stopped at a pretty brown stone man
sion it looked like a palace to my unac
customed eyes and Uncle Barnabas helped
me out.
"Here is where Mrs. Prudence lives,"
said he, with a chuckle.
A neat little maid, with a frilled white
apron, and rose colored ribbons in her hair,
opened the door with a courtesy, and I was
conducted into an elegant apartment, all
gilding, exotics, and blue satin damask,
when a plump old lady, dressed in black
silk, with the lovltest Valenciennes lace at
her throat and wrists, came smilingly for
ward, like a sixty-year-old sunbeam.
"So you've come back, Barnabas, have
you ?" said she, "and brought one of the
dear girls with you. Come and kiss me
my dear."
"Yes, Susy, kiss your aunt," said Uncle
Barnabas, flinging his hat one way and his
gloves another, as he sat complacently down
ou the sofa.
"My aunt?" I echoed.
"Why, of course," said the plump old
lady ; "don't you know, I'm your aunt Pru
duence." "But I thought," gasped I, "that I was
coming to a situation."
"Well, so you are," retorted Uncle
Barnabas. "The situation of adopted
daughter in my family. Twenty-five dol
lars a month pocket money, the care of
your aunt Prudence's cat and canary, and
to make yourself generally useful."
"Oh, Uncle," cried I, "Eleanor would
have been so glad to come if she had known
it."
"Fiddlestrings and little flashes !" illogi
cally responded my uncle, "I've no patience
with a girl that's too fine for work. Elea
nor had the situation offered her, and she
chose to decline. You decided to come,
and here you stay. Ring the bell, Prue,
and order tea, for I'm as hungry as a hun
ter, and I dare say little Susy here would
also relish a cup of good tea."
And this is the way I drifted- into my
luxurious home. Eleanor, in the country
cottage, envies me bitterly, for she has all
the tastes which wealth and a metropolitan
home can gratify. But Uncle Barnabas
will not hear ef my exchanging with her.
"No, no !" sa'8 he. "The girl I've got
is the girl I mean to keep. Miss Eleanor
ii too fine a lady to suit me."
But he lets me send them liberal pres
ents every month, so I am happy.
Chicago's wholesale grocers use in their
business a capital of 7,500,000 and em-
f)loy over 1,200 men. The amount of sales
ast year was $62,500,000.
The Fir of 1875.
We have managed to burn up, during
the year that is past, property to the value
of 880,328,035, of which loss 843,031,700
was distributed by means of insurance, and
the remainder a nearly equal amount
fell exclusively upon the owners. The tax
we have paid to the "fire-fiend" amounts
on the average to about ten dollars per an
num for each productive life in the coun
try. And of this tax, seventy-five percent.,
at a moderate computation, was inflicted by
causes entirely preventable chiefly by
carelessness and incendiarism.
Of the total loss, 55,378,900 was caused
by the burning of 3GG1 "specials," and ou
account of this the insurance companies
paid 28,052,000. October bravely main
tained its reputation as the most disastrous
month of the year, the losses during that
month being S 12,953,095. Straugeiy en
ough, the months of March and September,
notorious months of turbulent winds, show
the least loss, 1,095,400 and $1787G,75Q
respectively.
But the chief feature of our compila
tion, and that which gives it a value not
easily to be calculated, is the report by
months of special haizards burned in this
country and Canada. The agent aud the
solicitor who wishes to convince the owner
of any special hazard that his property is
liable to burn, and, the established rate is
not extortionate, has only to produce this
table.
First in the number comes hotels, of
which no less than 337 nearly one per
day were burned during the year. Hotels
burn in all seasons in season and out of
season and in all latitudes and longitudes.
Next on the list come saw-mills, of which
2G1 burned the greater "mortality" being
in the summer months, when many of them
are idle. Liquor stores make a brave ef
fort to keep up with hotels and saw-mills
in inflammability, but only 1G3 of theiu
succeeded in getting burned. Drug stores
which every druggist will tell you never
burn come in a good fourth, with 133
burnings. Restaurants are close after them,
with 120, and 119 liver' stables were con
verted into chariots of tire.
Then comes 107 losses on furniture fac
tories, ninety-six on machine shops, seventy
eight on flouring mills, eighty-three on
planing mills, seventy-eight on carpenter
shops, and seventy-three on blacksmith
shops.
Churches and lumber yards and public
halls burn every evenly seventy-five
churches, seventy-four lumber yards and
seventy-two public halls.
Tanneries and woolen mills, newspaper
offices and printing offices keep close toge
ther in the race of destruction fifty-one
each of the first three burnin";, and fortv
eight printing offices.
Cotton mills, cooper shops, and carriage
factories make about the same contribu
tions to the total number of losses, and
wood working establishments- of every kind
do their utmost to swell the aggregate.
But this table must not be mistaken for
a guide by which the relative inflammability
of different hazards can be computed. Be
cause it records the burning of thirty-six
breweries and one celluloid factory, it would
be absurd to infer that breweries were
thirty-six times as hazardous as celluloid
works. There were about 3G00 breweries
in the country. There was but one manu
factory of celluloid, and that burned.
The value of the table is in its accuracy
and completeness, and in the fact that it
demonstrates to owners of isolated special
hazards, impatient of the premium charged
them fur iosuance, and to liK'al agents,
whose observation and experience are only
local, that such hazards will burn, are burn
ing constantly, and that no fair or adequate
tariff can be made which is not made iu
view of the entire field throughout which
indemnity is sold, and the operatiou of the
law of average where it has ample verge
and scope. Insurance Chronicle.
A Dishonest Tea Merchant
A man from New York some days ago
was in Southbridge, Mass., soliciting or
ders for tea, which was to be furnished in
chests of five or ten pounds, for fifty cents
per pound. His commissions were mostly
among the foreign population ; the orders
being taken, the cash was to be ready on a
certain day, when the tea would be deliver
ed. The day for the tea man was Tues
day, he coming as agreed with his nectar
leaves, and collecting about five or six hun
dred dollars for the same. The parties
purchasing were advised not to open their
caddies until wanted for use, "'twuld keep
so much better,"
Wednesday, however, some of the wiser
ones suspected fraud, and upon opening the
chests found a thin layer of tea upon the
top, the balance being made up of leaves,
dirt and small stones. Soon the news
spread, and such a tempest in a teapot sel
dom occurs in a country town. Officers
were dispatched to find the tea man, who,
late in the day, arrested the merchant near
Arookfield. He was given a quick ride
back, and taken to the Globe Village
House. As soon as the fact became known
known a motley crowd of women, some
with one, others with two chests in cluso
embrace, surrounded the hotel and mad 3
the air vocal with epithets more pungent
than refined. It is questioned whether the
"tea party" in Boston harbor was much
more exciting.
A Ripley, O., horse-raiser lately passed
through Cincinnati, 011 his way to Boston,
with a drove of thirty horses, averaging
1,600 pounds apiece, and worth, in thisa-
gregaSi, 320,000. "
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