The Jeffersonian. (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, March 30, 1876, Image 1
W" . - - - 1 I H Ck. i t -4 1 J '-I Ekuotcu to palittrs, Citcraturc, 'Agriculture, Sticntc, iitornlitn, mil) cncral 2ntdligciirc. STROUDSr3URG, MONROE COUNTY, PA., MARCH 30, 1876. - NO. 44. 1 ' 1 1 ' "" 1 7?fu TJifoiliro. Sclioch. Fl1ll i.iMr-i .1 voar ill advan- ! if not T--T'. ,,,'l of tlio year, two dollar and fifty it" 1" 1 J !iir: tVi until all arrears arc :itii "i - '.'.'".,';-" 1- .11 x t ons in proportion. 7,15 I'I11TEX A IX KIM, th- hix' t si 1 - of Art, and on the riLS ........ KHhlir. E vsT STiinriWHURU PA. . .-nvM.T' ta'jen and all business pittaininj .'iV:;-os .tTiioMrsnx. Ril K.-tato Insurance Agents. : )... 11 .i..r ut -1. r;.t r 7, ISTd. D fMiierr's now huildin-.;. nearly oppoO.r aumuUu-rcd lor cstaotiug rjan.C,'7S-tf. . H-' rA. 1. 1: '.v 1 s ti s 21 :i is 1; r r, D p,T3::iin,Sir533o and Accoucheur, S d Clt, Way.ve Co., Pa. ,..,fV attended, to dav or night. A'-v fM:n- i:t. 'T.vtf. . . 1 ....iiTinrrn In :!-.e o!J o'li.'C of Dr. A. Pu-eve? Jackson, cjrinT 0fS.1r.ti1 a:vl Kranklsti trevl. STR0TJD33URO, PA. D HID S. ZAllli 4.1 to racy at I.nv, Ilr.n-c" ' ' ' I I !) (' ) T :l' ve t!ie ":rouJsl'irg iv mr..-.e. WILLIAM S. REES, Sirvyor, ODnvcyancer and Baal Estate Agent. b?r Lar.ds Town Lots ; , mencan j- i;e corner ..io;r. : I 7.;-:f. i T a -it m f7 ! n r S:S3Z0NT & MECHANICAL DENTIST, j ! s hl T;-- n Main strict, in th? Vunl s:ry . '.VaU - Wv k tin. n,-ailv.i:jM.-.5ttf 1 1 , il a:ii ho li .t-. i , if thai lyoi;Ji- : -i-::i.'t i-;-i -t':c- ari l tli-x n..t earn -t ai:d i:: .i t u!i :.ii:-rs p rtahiiu x Vi Lis jr--il.i I. i-i f ,l!y a'-i.- : p -rfirm D.11 op 'rations l-- il !".';. iii :1k- m.j-t rarfal and skiiiful uiau- f I'.' i:i . I ArliSiial T.-lli on Ru!lvr. . .'untiu'j a ii a:il perfect fit- in all i :i- icr,..w ;r al f .ilr rnd f'.an'T of n :r .- t!i . iiuipvri-nc l "r t tierce li v--,?r. A pi il 15, 1"7. If. j 1 T 15V IV OX ev run rii-? pr-r:or rn-1 liimnif illv finl-hrd in- '! 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' '.r I nearly new, and eri-ry pari 11 oood Condition, l-'or tcrnis &x 9, 1S7W'. TO LJT, of S( , P.-irn, in th Poron?!i f,'h h" ,r- Tht ""'we gd ortIer - -r.jomg. Inquire f J. I?. MILLKR, J. T. PALM Kit. Fv-brn.. .SYD. U. PALM Ell. 'I'yL, 1873. D OX'T )ou Know (fiat .1. fl UU. : '3'iti-i are the. only Lit'lrr- IV ..... ff rt . .V" ".ui-sl,ur w'bo miderstanils then Iv anv ' i J't- attend a Funeral manaprcd r " 'taker in town, and yo t .1 . f r n w A Surgeon's Story. The colonel of tlic rrnimcnt to which I was attached was :m t)fiiccr of -rrcat capa city und rental kahlc j romise. Yet he was, withal, a told, stern man. He was sonie wlicre near lit'ry, and had come to New ork from Italy, where he had heen in service with Garibaldi. lie was an Amer ican hy birth, but he had been away from his native hont- so Uu-r that he had be come almost dcrationalized. In the same regiment was n private a vounj; matt uf twenty-five. He was ' a haiKUomc, energetic young fellow, and one of the best soldiers in the moment, lie was of Kn-!i! birth, he said, and secmeL to have 110 friends, no relations in this country, f.-.r he never received any letters or it sents as did the other men. He had frequently attracted the attention of his company, and of some of the re-imental officers; but to the astonishment of all, the colonel steadily exerted himself to pre vent any -reward bein jriven to the vuntr man. II i -1 , lor that was the name he went by. never complained, however, though he knew very well wh it was roiuo; on. He was strict in the disdiare of his duty, and irave no cause f r conijilaiut. During the winter of I8il-fi2 the army lay bv-fore (Jentreville, doi.i very little but scouting, picketing and preparinjr for the spring campai-n. Though tliere was noth ing exciiing in all this, it was very t yimr to the men, ilr the season was unusiuily severe, and the hopit;'s w re well tilled. One nio rniu Ili.l c;itne to my quarters. 'Well, Hid," s.di I, as be entered, "what can I do f r vou this mi ri.i i '?" I "I wisdi to go on the sick list, if you i pleasf, sir," he replied, in a quijt tone. j 1 started, and looked at him searchinjv. UiU;-a 'ut ssctn l'ie y,,u" solder t.ficn, had never been in his presence bef .re. He wus a s.ight, (iiicly formed fellow, with the most ctleiniiiate lace I ever saw. Had h.e been a woman, I should have called i him a beaut v ; and as it w.:s. I could not deny him the disiinction of beimr i rettv. i Ills voice was soft and clear, and, th-Uuh i ii iia no: seem to oe mat ot a man, was hardly that of a Woman. I gaz.-d ut him .-eareiiiiigly, but he bore my bcrutiuv well. 'ym ure nut sick, I hope?" 1 replied, ;.t length. ; swercd. '"I have been on ruurd for five j succcs.-ivc nights." j 4The deuce you have !" I cschdmod, in aston:si. - menr. "jne regiment isn t so short ut' ni'Mi as that, is it '" .o, sir. 1 was kei t on the c !o- nels .--rJcrs. He says the guard duty is very important just now, a:.d he wants the best men in the regiment to be put on it." "Has he kept any one else on so long ?" I questioned. '.No, sir, I would not have come to you to-day, but that I know I am incapable of standing another night. I should l'a.l aslei p on jo.it from sheer cx-h..u.-tiun. Then I suppose I would be shot tlr sleeping in the presence of the enemy." 'Ly Jove!" I muttered, -that's what Colonel Anson is up to." 1 spoke louder than I intended. He heard me, and replied i:i a tone in which tlare wis some bitterness, in spite of his etlorts to repress ir. "1 urn afraid so, sir. I do not sec why Col. Anson should di.dikc me so much. 1 liae never merited l is displeasure. Hea ven knows," he added, and I Saw his fea tures tremble, as wi:h a sharp pain, "1 would die to serve him." 'Verv irood," I s.id. 'You can remain it your quarters for two days, and consider " i .1 i. i? . j- . t. . . : " vouix.:t on tne sicK list lor mat lime, Thanking me, he went away. The fchow perplexed me. I wa3 confi dent lhat there was some mystery existing between him and the colonel, and known only to these two. "While I was musing upon this, the colonel sent lor me. lie received me with cold politeness. -What is the matter with Hill?" he asked. 'He is broken down by the unusual fa tigue to which he has been subjected. Five successive turns of guard duty would kili a much stronger man than he.'' "Who has kept him on so long?" asked the colonel, biting his lip. 'Tie ws kept on by your orders, I be lieve, sir," I replied looking him full in the face; '"and I must say, colonel, that I am surpiised at your putting him to such a test, unless you wish to kill him." Colonel Anson started, and looked at me very searchingly. il.is Hill dared to reflect upon the conduct of his commanding oilicer ?" he asked, coldly, but without meeting my He said no more than every one in the regiment has," I replied, "that he re trr.tted having gained your dis'ike, as h was sure he had done nothing to meiit it." 'Was that all he said, dec-tor ?" "He added." I replied, after hesitating i nnmient, "that he wotld gladly die to serve you." An expression of intense pain swept over Colonel Anson's face; but he w.ts silent Afior a biief pause, he fcaid, qui.tly, "I will not detain vou longer, dot tor. 1 am sorry to hear of Hill's sickness." I was more perplexed when I left the room than I was when I entered it; and luring the long winter I had no means of 'ratifving my curiosiiy. Indeed, it was intensified bv the fact that, at the express request of Colonel Anson, the President promoted Hill to a lieutenancy in his com pany. At last wc went to the Peninsula, and ere Ion" ray regiment was called on to par- tieipate in the desperate battle of Fair Oaks. That engagement brought me work enough, for my regiment suffered terribly. As hardened as I thought I had become,' I grew faint and sick over the dreadful work that gave me neither rest nor hope of rest. The little field hospital which I had estab lished on the edge of the swamp seemed to be a perfect slaughter house, and I longed more eagerly than I had ever done fr a cess it ion of the fighting. It came at last, a liitle after ten o'clock on Sunday morn ing. I had cleared out my hospital, and had sent my last man across the Chiekahominy. My assistants were absent for some pur pose, and I was the only person in the lit tle structure of boughs. Suddenly I was aroused from a reverie into which I had fallen, by the hurried entrance of some one. I looked up and saw Colonel Anson standing before me. He was pale and ex hausted, and was bleeding front a deep cut in the head. He held in his arms the in animate form of Lieutenant Hill. I never saw so much grief in a human face as was written on that of Colonel Anson, as he laid his burden on the ru le table. "I5e quick, doctor, for Heaven's sake !" he said, painfull. "Dot you are wounded, colonel !" I ex claimed, when my astonishment would let me speak. 'Never mind me," was the quick retort. 'Attend to this one." Hill was wounded in the breast, and I saw at a glance that it, was dangerous and a doubtful one. I bent down to loosen his coat, and examined the injury. I could do n i good. The aim had been true and the ball had gone right through the heart. This was not my only discover . I had learned a part of the mystery that had hung over Hid. 'Heavens, coion.M !" I exclaimed, look ing up at him. This is a woman !" 'The only one that ever loved me," : roaned t lie co.onel. '-ciie lollowed me herein male disguise ; and, this morning, when I was in danger, saved me, who had done nothing but wrong her, at the cost of her own life. She was my wife, doctor." He left me before I could speak. This was all I ever knew. The next day the colonel was shot in a skirmish. I had him buried in the grave where we had laid his wife, and to this day I have never learned the secret of their unhappy lives. Tb.3 First Turnpike ia the State. The means of communication between the centres of commerce in this State from the organiz itioti of the Commonwealth to the year 1S."7 were limited to turnpike roads and one continuous line of canal. The old Concord coaches rolled for miles from the seaboard freighted with the business and travel of those days, and it fulfilled its mission. With the growth of population eame a demand for more rapid transit, and then followed the introduction of railroads. The Lebanon Tir.irx, referring to the turn pike system in vogue then, and continued in many places to-day, says : The actii.d construction of turnpike roads in l'ennsvlv;:nia dates sis early as 17'.'-, when a company was organized and iucorported to construct a turnpike from Lancaster to Philadelphia. The work Was e 'nimcnced the same year, and the entire distance of sixty-two miles finished in 17'. l, at an expense of ?( L".)!);. Since then more than two hundred and fifty turn ike companies have been incorporated, many of which were constructed. The Iierks and Dauphin turnpike com pany was incorporated in 1S1G, and Work thereon commenced in the same year; finishing the entire distance of forty miles from Heading to the intersection of the Downingtoii, Kphrata and Ilarriburg turn pike, near II umelstowu, in 1S17. The average cost was $.".!HW0 per mile, ami an indebtedness of 87J, (( when the labor was concluded. The original price per share was $.(), of which So"J.'JU.) w.is subsc ribed by individuals, and SUUJOO by the State. The indebtedness remained on part of the company up to the year IS I", and an nual payments of dividends from Sl.oO to 8.") have been made, and at present it is the only turnpike which does not make a divi dend. Before the construction of the Phil adelphia and Heading and Lebanon Valley ;.n 1 other railroads, it was a great thorough fare fi r travelers and terms between Pitts burg and Philadelphia. The old lumber ing stage coach, with a foiir-in hand, hand led by Hilly Patterson, of Heading, and the late Peter K lie, of L jbanori, is well remem bered up to as late as 18.x. The Dowingtoii, Kphrata ami Harris burg turnpike was incorporated a company as e..i ly as 18K5, and although work was commenced tho same year, it was not finished until 1811b It starts at Harris burg, intersecting near Hummelstown with the Herks and Dauphin turnpike, passing through Londonderry, South Auuvilleand Cornwall townshij s, along the southern portions of the county, Kphrata, Lancaster coun'y, and has its terminus at Dowing town, Chester coun'y. Tolls are not col lected bit ween the Cornwall Furnaces ami Hi ickersville, that portion having been va cated by the company. The receiver of the company is Mr. Fahncstock, of Harris- bur A colored infant at Mnnisville, Bucks county, rejoices in the possession of two full hands five fingers and a thumb on i acn. The Commissioners of Bucks county are in trouble, the grand jury having disap proved of their financial statement, and it is projo-jed to prosecute them at the next term of court. nuBamarscaraKv: Importaiice of Recording Daeds. To illustrate the importance of recording deeds the Allentown Democract says : Some years ago, during the sheriffalty of J. V. llaudonbush, Mr. Stettler, of Lehigh town ship, purchased from the latter, at sheriffs sale, a tract of land, the deed for which, al though he received it, he neglected to have recorded, and when subsequently he sold the property to a third party, that par ty, on receiving the deed, did the same as he had dene laid it away, and never thought of his papers until they had been destroyed by a tire that devoured his dwel ling. To obtain a new d3ed the present oc cupant will have to fall back on Stettler. and Mr. Stettler, on application to ex-Sheriff llaudonbush, may obtain a duplicate from the latter for the property sold to him at Sheriff's sale, from which ho may then have a proper conveyance made out to vest the right id' ownership in thcmau to whom he sold. Mr. Stettler being well known as a f.dr and honest man, no difficulty is anti cipated, yet all the trouble connetted with the affair would have been saved if each of the parties would have had his deed re corded within the time prescribed by law. We have frequently referred to this sub ject yet how many there are that will disre gard all hints in matters of the kind. If Mr. Stettler had meanwhile become invol ved, his creditors might have held the pro perty in spite of anything the present oc cupant could do. Have your deeds recorded by all means. INFLUENCE OF GREENBACKS. He looked like a man who might have had fifteen cents last fall, but who had used the hii-t of it weeks ago. When he sat down in the restaurant the waiters paid no heed to him, and he raj ped several times before a colored man slid that way. 'I want fried oysters," said the man as he looked over the bill of fare. "Dey is just out, fried oysters is," re plied the waiter. 'Bring me a chicken, then." 'Here isn't a chicken in de place." ' (.Jot an- venison?" inquired the man. 'Not an inch, salt." ' Got any ham and eggs?" "No, sah." "Sec here," said the man. getting vexed, "I want a square meal. I've got the du cats right here, and I can pay for my din ner and buy your old cookshop besides." He lifted a big roll of greenbacks out of his pocket, shook it at the darkey and con tinued "Have you a chicken ?" "Yes, sah, I guess so, sah ; I have de biggest kind o' belief dat since we began to talk, a chicken hah blown right into de j kettle an' been cooked And now bout dat venison and does fried oysters dey has also arrived." Omnipresent. We encounter arsenic everywhere, and and face the dangers of arsenical poisoning. From drug stores we receive medicines wrapped in arsenical papers, put in Paris green paper boxes, with arsenical paper caps tied over the corks, etc. Wc have often seen confectionary exposed for sale to young children, wrapped in the deadly green paper. We have often found young children sucking toys painted with the hortible stuff, and wii.li their mouth stained throughout with the venom. The Paris green paper is one of the commonest in use for binding school books; numerous deaths of children are known to have beeti thus oc casioned. No country can be called civiliz ed in which such suicidal ignorance such stupid slaughter of the innocents is com mon. One more illustration only. It is very common to see a lawyer or his clerk put into his mouth, to moisten the gum side of it, a beautiful green paper dish with scolloped edges, to attach to some document. These things are found in every lawyer's ofiice in the land, and used constantly. They arc seldom made of any other than the Paris green paper. Can this be ignorance, or are lawyers all fatalists, and believe they can only ' die when their time comes?" At this rate, arsenic will soon become as common as dirt, and it behooves us to keep our eyes well open. Remodeling a Unman Face. A novel operation recently performed at the Maine General Hospital is thus describ ed : A person came there with a can cerous under lip, which a quck had made worse by the use of caustics. The patient being placed under the influence of ether, the lips was cut down and removed, the mouth slit far into the cheeks on both sides, the flesh turned down, and the inner mem brane and bone scraped to remove all traces of the cancer. Then the cheeks were brought forward over the chfn and sewed together to form a new under lip, a new and handsome mouth was formed by sew ing up the slits and cutting out triangular notches in the corners, and that the new lip might not lack the natural redness, the lining membrane was brought out over the edge and sown down. A new face having thus been put upon the patient, he went home rejoicing. The meanest act on record. A Chicago man was arrested on a trivial charge, the other day, while in the funeral procession that was conveying the remains of his wife to her grave. A bill has been introduced into the Vir ginia Legislature to tax tobacco users S per year and profane shearers 05 per year. Wonderful Magnifying Eyesight. The San Francisco Snmlny Coll of March 5th has a well authenticated story of a nine year old boy of that city who has, until re cently, been supposed to be entirely blind, but who has been discovered by eminent scientists to be possessed of most wonder ful powers of vision. He has an abnormal formation of the eye, causing jjresbyopin or far-sightedness to such a degree that noth ing at a distance of less than 24(),t)UO miles is perceptible to his vision, but at that dis tance he has full visual power of a person with ordinary c'es. The moon fills his whole sphere of sight and docs not seem to be more than 100 yards distance, and he gives a minute description of its surface and inhabitants, for he claims that it is in habited and by a race of beings who have four radial limbs like the spokes of a wheel and whose motion is votarv and almost con tinm u. Tiie vegetation is all metallic, of gold, silver, tin and copper. The cart wheel inhabitants amuse themselves by skat ing on a lake of quicksilver, have nothing to do and go to sleep three or four times in the twenty-four hours. He says the moon has continuous day on one side and con tinuous night on the other, and that when the people wish to sleep they go over on the d.uk side. The names of eminent Scientific men are freely used in connection with the report, and if the whole thing U the child of some reporter s highly imagina tive bruin, it is well got up and deserves to take rank as the leading scientific lie of the ceuteunial year. A "Herring Hog." A monster with a head measuring six feet by four, and a body forty-five in length, is, according to the Dundee Adirri'scr, well known to Scotch fishermen as the "her ring hog." A very line specimen of the ? animal was seen the other clay ly some Droughty Ferry men off the Bed Lock The crew of a fishing boat were hauling in their haddock lines when the '-herring hog' came up to blow only a few yards from the starboard-side of the fishing boat. The huge head seemed to be full of slits or holes, and it had eyes resembling those of an ox, but much larger. Its skin was black and apparently rough, changing into a light hue toward the lower part of the body. It had a broad tail, which measure about six feet from tip to tip, and seemed to be very old, for its head and tail were covered with large while barnacles measuring about three incises long, and one of its fins was partially eaten away, as if by decay. It took several haddocks off the lines, and broke the line the crew were hauling in. The men then became alarmed, and threw stones at it, one of which struck the hog, when it plunged and reappeared at a greater distance, giving a great roar. A new sect of Adventists is reported in the West. At Owen Sound. Canada, the belief that the world will end on the 1st of April has caused no little excitement, and two respectable farmers have become in sane through terror. The Nazirenes, of Sanilac county, Mich., hold a similar be lief, and are designating different persons to carry the news to the different nations. Upon Dr. Johnson, of White Hock, de volves the task of hunting up the widely scattered Israselties and notifying them of what is to happen. Some of the fanatics are actually selling their farms ami slock at half price in order to get the necessary means to carry them on their mission to all parts of the earth. Among the latest arrivals at Cleveland was a huge Canadian black bear, who came sailing into port on a cake of ice. A remarkable case was decided in the New York Supreme Court last Thursday. J.isephin-j Ash brought suit, through her guardian' against Henry Astor, one of the well known Astor family, for $-0,0(1;) dam ages for assault, alleging that in" 1 So. Astor violently pushed plaintiff, then only fair years old, from a chair, causing such inju ries n to cripple her for life. Her father tcstifi-d that the girl's bir'ek-bone was around her hips, and that she was com pelled to go around the house on all fours ; and that she is now unable to walk or care for herself in any way ; and that Mr. Astor made hint promise not to tell anybody, sa in: he would put $.,U(K) in theb nk for the child, which he never did. The jury found a verdict for plaintiff for the full amount claimed, and the court added 61 ,000 for costs. Complete returns of the New Hamp shire election give the majority of Cheney (Hep.; for Governor over Many (Dem.) at oOt);J, and over all others' at o-7.'. This is the largest majority gained by any party f ! many years. Cheney's plurality last year was but 172. In the Executive Coun cil, consisting of five members', the Repub licans have four; they have elected nine of the twelve Senators ; and have a clear ma jority of 28 members of the House. A Hepublican Senator will be chosen to suc ceed Mr. Cragiti. The proposition for a Constitutional Convention has beeu'adopted by a large majority. The object of this is to change the formation of the Legislature, to abolish the religious test fbr office, and to alter the time of holding elections from March to November. "A fool for luck." The other day a- druitken man leaped from an express train on the New York Central Railroad, which was moving at the rate of nearly fifty miles an hour, receiving no other injury but the tcariu2 of his coat Millions of trees are being planted iu the far West, 415 public schools in Philadelphia, with !5, 552 ptrpils. Women attend vendues in Buries county in great force. A brasn band is organizing in Maine,- composed of women. Si:uce 1R-:I0, 8121,000.000 hare been ex pended in Kngland alone in building and re storing church edifices. An old Dutchman froren his nose. While thawing the frost out, he said, "I haf carry d:rt noc fordy yar, nnt he nefer freeze himself before. I no irndertaii dia ling." Mrs. Swisshe!m hits the nnrk in a letter to the Chicago Tn'!jvii in whLh she says: "Wc need a religion which mjatis Sixteen ounces of sugar fur a round,' an I no sand in it. A process Ins bacn discovered, in which syrup i made out of ground corn or meal at the rate of over two gallons to the bush el of nnshelled com, only water being used. What is left of the corn is good fbr cattla and the cobs make good fuel. A romantic young, girl of Christian County, Kentucky, dipped off her brown curls, dressed iu boy's clothfs, and clan-d.-stinc'y started i'.r the Black Hills en foot. On the first night out that Indians tornado found heron a mudy road, and rolled her around for about a qu-rler of a mile. She returned home. Mr. Horace Bingham, a carpenter, of Fairbault, Minn., recently had removed from his stomach a dark brown water snake four feet long. He remembers while drinking from a stream sixteen years ago that something of a "foreign" nature" passed down his throat, but he only found out the nature of it seven vcars a- . A child afilioted with diphtheria, in Pittsfie'.d, Mass., was poulticed with large Indian meal p.oultiecs which, after bem used, were thrown out where a dog and flock of hens fed on the meal of which the pouhices had been made. Seventeen of the hens and the dog died, it is supposed from the poison adsorbed into the poultices from the diseased throat. The child re covered. . A grocer in th? town of Santa Clar," Cal., has adopted an original method of business. ILch side of the store is fitted for business on its own account. In tli3 general arrangement, each side is a dupli cate of the other, the difference being thut one side is cash xnd the other credit. When a customer comes in the first question asked is, -D o you wisii to buy f r cash or on ac count ? ' If it is a cash customer the goods and prices mi the cash si le are shown, but if it is one who wants credit he is shown the oilier side, and made to realize the valua of ready money. A good many years ago Thomas Jeffer son remembered one morning that he had some business to trans ict at th i c apti A. Hi he ordered hi horse to be saddled, m mu ted and rode down Penn.sylvani t avenue. Hitching his hmse to the fence around the capitol, he went in, attended to his busi ness, remounted and rode back. It should be added that the business he had to trans act at tire capitol that morning was to be inaugurated Presi lent of the United States. lnere wasn't as much sty I then as now. e i-i Jii:;i;.ja The grangers expect to purchase 2,000, 000 feet of lumber at Williamsport for cen tennial encampmein purposes. A few days ago they negotiated for S ,):); feet to t3 used in the Construction of a dinning room, which is to accomm id.ttc I,.";t;j people at one time, at Elm station, the camping ground or" the grangers. There are about 20! rooms completed. It is designed that sufficient buildings for the accomm dati ort of :.Mi0 persons will be ready by the 5th of May. and when everything is completed li.OJD will be able to fin I a huiu at E'.m station. A Maine man, being refusal by a widowed lady for whom he worked, and to whom he m de an' offer of mirriig -, wens into the kitchen, em ;ied a pail of water o:i the floor, spread out a red bmdanni hand kerchief on it, tied another around his neck, laid down, in the puddle and uttered a sound half way between the notes of a dying swan and a calf with the colic. The lady of the house went to the spot as soon as she could, bat when sit; stepped in thj water, and iu the dim light of the m truing; saw Tuttle slretched out among th red stuff, she was so terrified with his stnguin ary appearance that she went into a sw.k:i from which she was not restored until three hours had elapsed. Tuttle was ar rested and put under bonds to keep tha peace so ended his dream of love. For many years past the result of the town elections in New York has been re garded as a sure indication of tho state of political feeling. List year, in forty-five counties, the Republieaus elected 42 and tin? Democrats 4S3 members of the Boards of Supervisors, corresponding to our Com missioners being a Democrat iu mijnrity of3l. In the elections held this year, in the samo counties, the Republicans have chosen 5211 and the Democrats '.X super visors showing a Repub'iean majority of 130, and' u clear Republican gain of 1SG members. This great popular change can not be without meaning. It indicates clear ly enough that with a good Presi.lend.l ticket and prudent behavior on the jmrt f the leaders New York is quite certain to vote with the Republicans next November. f - nr