TTTTrirTr'RsinArT a m 1 'iJL1 JU 1 iLLk3 lli JLxi3l UMI.l..ljmnW4..JgJWJ nil II 111 muiliMiU'MUW Ocuotcii to politics, Citcraturc, Agriculture, Science, illornlitn, ana (Scucral uteUigcucc. VOL. 34. STROUDSBURG, MONROE COUNTY, PA., JULY 13, 1876. NO. 6. Published by Theodore Schoch. TriiM 4 T tl'll:r a year in advance and if not jiii.i Iv-I'iri' the on. I of tin; year, two dollars and fifty ..iit ill lie !iar'.''-l. t s" No jia;itr din-ontimieil until all arrearage are tiiil, xr.-t n't t In' iit ion ot'the Editor. AdviTtixMiuMitH of one iiar f (oijlit line-) or f-s out- or three i n crt ions si .VI. Eiieli additional in fiTtimi, " eents. Lunger ones in jiroport inn. JOII TI X ti OK AM. KINDS, Exeunt el in the hi-lie-.t stylo of the. Art, anil on the nio-t nasonu'iic term.-. J II. Mil 31. 1. Second door below J'.urnett llonso. Iti'Mdence "ml iloor w oi iiieKsne '-'.laKer . iiurcn. tmice liour to ! a. in., 1 to M . in., (i to .l p. in. May J IsTC-t!". 51. S. 3I1L.T,l-:il, lliysici;m and Surgeon, STROUDSBURG, Pa. Office, formerly oocnj.k-d by r. Seip. Ke-dd.-iu-o with .1. 15. Miller, one d r below the .i. H'ersoiiiau Olliic. )lli e leiurs, 7 o i, 12 to " and (J to V. May 11, 1 :;. tl". u. x. ii. pi:ck, Surgeon SJcixtist. Otliee in .T:is. Kdinser's new building, nearly ojvsite Hie st i-oiid-bu rs Hank, tias adni uttered lor eiu- t itg w hen ilesirol. Sirond-.bnrtf, Pa. .Ian. ii,'"i-tf. it. ;::o. w. j vciisox rranix, snincox and aitoitiieur. :I'i.-i in Samuel TLiod'-: new bnil.litur. n'-arly o-j..i-iie t'ti- )i i-t i!!"iL.. Jlesi'Unee on Suryli street, . . 1'i-.ui'n !iu. August s.'T'J-lf ii:ieisox, Xolarv lsjl!ir, kast sTKornsr.riiii pa. AflJ novb-il.;nt( :i!s taken and all lu.-i ;ie. pertaining t ' i I !i.- oilier e.i.' t"s!i v iM-rut 1. IMMIsoN .v THOMPSON, Ileal Ksl:t1" In-nranee Agents. Ciiiee. Kitlers 11 "A" ! in 1 i i .1 S Hear tin l'l-pol. V..;-t i i-'i'.i'i '!! Ii., j;;n. -7. is;,;. Attorney at lnv, One il.ior nb,.vc the " s'troii dsburg House," StromUl'iirr, Pa. I'ulleciinn jwomptly m:i(!o. ().-ubjr 'Si, 1874. WILLIAM S7REES,- Surveyor, Conveya,ncer and Heal Estate Agent. Farms. Timber Lands and Town Lots FOR SALE. OfH'-e mcarly opposite Anu'iioan Iloues an 1 '1 d !ir itelnw the Corner .Store. Mrch lS7:Mt'. D R. J. LANT Z, SURGEON & MECHANICAL DENTIST. Siill ba-. bis oflb-e on Main stm-t, in tbe second try f 1'r. S. Wul'-'ii's briek building, nearly ojjio:te tin S;r..!eN!nir' 1! I'ise. and be tlaters li imsel f t lijf by fib teij y.-;ir iiis,-;i nt jiraetiec and tie' i:i"t c;!iint an'l C:ii;;d at;. utioii to nl in:i:!eis pert ai n i hi; to hi-, jiro-f.-i.ii. tli it Iw is fully :iM- to er;'orni all i.icnitiii in tie- d liiai line in the njo-t varelul and sl:i;;!"iil maii riT. S..-; i.il ...Ttention u'iTen to :ivi;v; t'.e- Natural Teetb; alM. t' tin- insertion of Artilieial Tettb on Kiibber. ro'd. silver, or '.'lit in no ns ( ; uins, u :id jut fee l fits in all c;i " insni". il. M i-t .. r-..ii fcmiw tbe srre-il fo'ly and danger of 4-n-t ru-i ;nr t i wo; k.to t h- iiii-.jeri -need. r to t lm-e li v i si 4 at a i;-ianee. Ajril bi, ls7i. tf. Opposition to Humbuggsry I Tin1 ii r- ' jie 'i li Tel r aniioiinee tl.at li'1 bris re v'!M.'i !ei:ii :-, a? 1 he old -land, ;i;t iloor to Ilu-ii l's ! .riling -:..r.-, Malnslr. i t. si rond!inr. I'a., mid is fi.!!y j.n j..ired to aecoiin.edal .ill in want of BOOTS and SHOES, made in tie- hit'' stylo and oft''."d inatert;:I. jlejiaw tZ prmiin! ! v ati'-ntiil to. dive me a call. I .-.!. l-7.vjy.j f. LIAVJS WATKItS. AXOTISXISt TIlttl'SiY 1VOX ur THE ESTEY COTTAGE ORGANS! Tlicsc superior and l)e:iuti fully fiuislitd in Ptniments fur eclipsed their competitor in volume, purity, sweetness and delicacy of tone, us to carry oll'the lirst and only premium p;iv tn to esliihiturs of reed Organs at the Monroe County Fair, held September '1, 1S74. JItiv onty the bext. Fur riee list addrof-s Oct l'tf-1 J. Y. SKJAl-TS, PAPER HANGER, GLAZIER AND PAINTER, AIOXilOE STREET, Nearly opposite Kautz's Blacksmith Shop, Stroudsblro, Pa. The umiersig-ned would respect fully in form the citizens of Stroudsburg and vicinity that he is now fully prepared to do all kinds of Paper Hanging, Glazing and Painting, promptly and at thort notice, and that he will keep constantly on hand a line stock o-l Paper JJanginrj-a of all descriptions and at low prices. The patronage of the public is earnestly solicted. May 16, 1872. Dwelling House for Sale. A very desirable two story P welling House, eonfain- jfnA i it vr .-.even rooms, us' of winch iss.nitalile tor a store Koom, situate on .Alain . street, in the Jloroii-b of Stroudsbur. Tin I building is nearlv new, and cverv lart ofithi go'! co lei i I ion. l'or terms all at mi., oiliee. J)ec. 9, l75-tf. BX' T you hsiotv that .1. II. Me( 'arty 4c Suns are the only Under takers, in Stmud.-d.iurg who undcivstuiidrf their business? If not, attend a i'uueral uianagcd In; any other Undertaker in towu, aud you v. i!l m'o the ju-ouf of the fact". Juao lN,7Ftf mm, lkr3.lJI,aiXJJiJjr'l TO WHOM it MAY CONCERN ! SEBASTIAN ECHLE, lias resumed the IIOOT and SHOE iiinkin; business, in all its various branches, in the basement of. I. 15. Miller's bnildin-r, one door East of jell'ersonian Otliee. All who desire anything in his line, done up in the highest style of the art, are cordially invited to droji in. " I "March :to, '7-t t'. All persons are hereby cautioned not to trespass on any property of the undersigned, situate in Stroud township, Monroe county, Pa. Any one violating this notice will be prosecuted to the full extent of the law. J A COi; II. LUTTS. Strondsburg, July 20, 1S75. DOWN TOWNT AVc the undersigned respectfully inform the citizens of .troudsburg and vicittity, that we have added to our lanre assort incut of HATS A3SD CAPS, A complete and carefully selected stock of Slew's & Youths' Rcady made Ciolhiiig cf the latest .ittd most fashionable styles and best quality. We have also a com plete lino of CENTS' FURNISHING GOODS, 1 Mease give us a call and examine our stock and prices before you purchase else where. We shall soon oflcr a large assort ment of Umbrellas, Traveling Bags, &c. You will find lis one door west of Key stone lrug Store, Main Street, Strouds burg, l'a. X. . Silk Hats ironed and repaired at short notice. (Jive us a call. V' ALTON & AY INT Ell M UT E. Stroudsburg, April 20, LS70. OFFICIAL NOTICE. 5000 HE WARD ! FROM STROUDSBURG, A tall-complexioned YOUN(J MAN, aged o ft. 0 it)., height loJ Jbs. Had on, when last seen two pairs of swallow-tailed sealskin trousers, fashionable mutton cutlet waiscoat, with delirium trimmings; double-barrelled frock coat, with horse collar and sausage lining; patient leather-bottom top shoes, laced up at the sole, and buttoned inside. He is deaf and dumb of one eye and hard of hearing with the other, with a slight squint in his eye teeth ; stoops very up right with a loud impediment in his look, chignon on up per lip with whiskers bitten off short inside; mouth like a torn pocket ; hair of a deep scarlet blue and parted from ear to yonder; Calves of legs rising 4 years, to be sold cheap on ac count of the dearness of milk ; very liberal w ith other peoples' money, and well known to a good templar, having been eleventeen years a member of the I. O. G. T. (I Often (ict Tight Society). Any one who knows of his whereabouts will please report at the Empire Clothing Store, where he will find the L AUG EST and BKST ASSORTMENT OF Men and Boy's Clothing, Hats and Caps, Gents' Furnishing Goods, Trunks, Valices, &c. &c. kept in this vicinity, and which we will sell at the LOWEST PANIC PRICES 1 If you want to save money don't fail to ex amine our stock before purchasing elsewhere. If you want (JOOD GOODS at low prices, there is no place in Monroe Countv to com pete with the EMPIRE CLOTHING STOKE. Our new stock is complete in every particu lar. Please call and examine for yourselves. SIMON FRIED, at Emiukk Clothing Stoke. Stroudsburg, March '!'.', 1 SJ7G. t f. BLANK MORTGAGE For s.ilo at this Office. Store S POINTS IN A STIRRING LIFE. GOV. HAYES EA1U.V LIFE HIS I'OSITIO.V AT THE CINCINNATI 15AK. SERVICES IN THE A II. MY IIOW II E CUT OFF THE UETltEAT OF MOIU1AN' FROM OHIO HIS FLULIC CAKE Eli AND PERSONAL C II A It ACT E It 1 ST ICS. Since the nomination of Gen. II. B. Hayes for the Presidency, there appears to be a very ccrcat and :encral desire for information as to his personal traits and history. Fortunately it so happens that this desire may be readily gratified, for Gen. Hayes has not been less fortunate in his private relations than in his public career, and the more intimate the acquain tance the people have with him the more popular he is likely to become. An out line of his personal history has already been correctly given in the Timts, and need not not now bo repeated. His accstry on his father's side was Scotch, and on his mother's Franco-English. ''The name of Hayes," runs an old and fanciful tradition, '"began by valor. The Scotch; being at war, were retreating before an enemy near where the head of the ancient family of Hayes was at work with his sons in a field. He said to his sons : 'Pull our plow and harrow to pieces and light.' They engaged and beat their foes. The King, passing I y, observed what had been done, and said to his defen der : 'Your name shall be Hayes.' He then gave him a large tract of land for his valor. Therefore the coat of arms for Haves should be a plow and harrow, and a battle-field." Geonre Haves, a son of the ancestor Ltbove mentioned, emigrated to Perbyshire, in England, and afterward to America, where he married and had three children born to him. His wife and children all died, and marrying again, this time Abi gail Pibol, of Dung Island, he settled at Windsor, Conn. By his second wife he had ten children. Of this family Ruther ford B. Haves, father of the present Jover uor of Ohio, was a descendant. He was a native of AViudham count', A'ermont, and emigrated to Ohio in 1817, He was a man of excellent temper, and of moderate though comfortable circumstances, and was greatly esteemed by his r.cighbors. The mother of Governor Hayes was Sophia Birchard, descended from a Huguenot French family, which took refuge iu England and intermarried there. Her ancestor, John Birchard, came over from England iu 1G35, and settled at Norwich, Conn. Her father, Roger Birch ard, was a native of that State, but emi grated to AViudham county, Arcrmont, where Sophia Birchard was born. Both her grandfathers were Revolutionary sol diers, one of them, Captain Daniel Austin, serving as an officer under AVashington throughout the war. Her other grand father, Elias Birchard, died near the close of the war of disease contracted iu the service. Her brother, Sardis Birchard, uncle to Governor Hays, settled in Fremont, Ohio, where he died two years ago, leaving a large estate. He was a public-spirited citizen, very liberal in contributions for public and benevolent enterprises, and greatly beloved in the community in which he lived. In politics he was an ardent AVhig and Republican, and he was one of the original purchasers of United States bonds in Ohio when they were first issued in 1SG2. Among his intimate friends were Hon. M. R. AVaitc, present Chief Justice of the United States, and one of the last acts of his life was to dictate a letter con gratulating Mr. AVaitc upon his appoint ment to that position. Governor Hayes was a great favorite with his uncle, and upon his death became his principal heir. The father of the Governor died before his son was born, and 31 r. Birchard there fore directed the education of j'ound Hayes, and had much to do with the formation of his character. His mother was a most valuable counsellor, all accounts agreeing that she was a lady of extremely excellent qualities. She died in 18GG, at the resi dence of her son-in-law, Mr. AVilliam A. Piatt, of Columbus. She was a member of the Presbyterian church for fifty years. Young Hayes received his education at Kcnyon College, an Episcopalian institution at Gambier, Ohio. He graduated there in 1812, with the first honors of his class, of which he was the youngest member. Among his associates in college were Hon. Stanley Matthews, of Cincinnati, now one of the most eminent lawyers in Ohio, and Hon. David Davis, of Illinois, now one of the Associate Justices of the United States Supreme Court. Young Hayes was greatly esteemed among his schoolfellows for his unassuming, genial manners, his manliness, and his sturdy common sense. On one occasion scvcralif the students undertook to revolt against college discipline, and some of Hayes' most intimate friends were induced to take part in the outbreak. He firmly refused to be a party to it, though his pride was strongly appealed to, and by his example and persuasion he induced others, who were afterwards very grateful to him for this friendly service, to resist the boyish madness of the moment and obay the rules of the college. Upon graduating, young Hayes received the usual college degree, and the institu tion has since conferred upon him the title of LL. D. Having passed the law course at Harvard University, he settled at Fremont, Ohio, where ho formed a part nership with General Buckland, a promi nent officer of the late war, and since the war a nu mber of Congress from that State. It was not long, however, before he was induced by the advice of friends whom he consulted to remove to Cincinnati, where he opened an office on his own account. Here his professional charatcr was molded by the contact of such minds as that of Chase, Matthews, Storcr, Perry, Hoadley, Pugh, Pendleton, Grocsbcck and many others, avIio were then porminent and have since become distinguished both as lawyers and statesmen. He rapidly acquired a fisrt-rate practice, and his genial, winning manners made him a universal favorite, particularly with the young men, who were soon bent upon making him their political leader. It is sometimes said of Governor Hayes that he lacks in what are called brilliant qualities, but his reputation at this time was that of being one of the most brilliant young men at the Cincinnati bar. His style of eloquence was impassioned and, persuasive, and often drew immense crowds to the court-room. In fact, his friends were more afraid of his being considered too showy than lacking in the qualities that dazzle and captivate. His career in the ariny began with the war and ended with it. He enlisted originally as a private soldier, and was ap pointed Major of the Twenty-third Ohio Infantry by Governor Dennison, who re quested him to accept that position. Had he been in search of military honors he could just as well have been Colonel of his regiment as Major, but, having had no military experience, he insisted that some one who had should be appointed to that position. Accordingly it was given to Col onel, afterward Mojor-General llosecrans. A Vest A'irginia, the field of operations in which General Hayes mostly served, was comparatively an unpropitious one for military distinction. Had he been assigned to the Army of the Potomac or to that of Sherman he would undoubtedly, had his life been spared, have risen to the command of an army corps or a department. In AVest A'irginia the service was arduous, but the grand operations of the war were speedily transferred to other quarters. The operations in AVest A'irginia were mostly expeditionary, and included but few con spicuous battles. General Hayes never met the enemy anywhere that he did not distinguish himself for his courage, skill and coolness, and this was and notably so in the battle of South Mountain, where, with his arm broken bv a bullet, he fought at the head of his regiment until, overcome by pain and loss of blood, he was carried from the field. But it was not until Sheridan's campaigns iu the valley, during the year 18G4, that he had an opportunity to show how much of a soldier he was. llis charcre across the slough in the battle of Opequan was scarcely excelled duriug the whole war as a feat of personal gallantry, and the skill and intrepidity with which he hadldcd his division at Fisher's II ill and Cedar Creek stamped him as a man of real military genius. AVith regular army men he had already been so regarded and was consid ered by them one of the finest officers iu the volunteer service. As illustrating his decision of character and general fitness for great emergencies, an incident may be narrated of which no correct account has hitherto been published. In June, 1SG3, an expedition comprising three brigades (one of them that of Col. Hayes'), with cavalry and artillery, was dispatched to South-western A'irginia with the view of capturing Saltville, and break ing up the A'irginia and Tennessee Rail way. Starting from the Upper Kanawha, the expedition marched through a fright fully wild and rugged country, and after crossing several ranges of mountains, struck and tore up the railway, raided the neigh boring country, and returning by a tedious and difficult march, arrived within fifteen miles of Fayette ville, July 2od. During all this time the command had been entirely separated from mail communications, and knew nothing of the stirring events that had happened iu other departments, includ ing the surrender of Vicksburg, Lee's defeat at Gettysburg, and John Morgan's raid north of the Ohio. Col. Hayes there fore rode forward to Fayctteville to obtain information, and on reaching the town galloped at once to the telegraph office, where, without dismounting, he called to the operator through the open window, "What's the news ?" The man at the instrument turned and was about to give him a brief history of events, when a signal came over the wires, and the man said, "Hold, I'm called. Col. Hayes then went into the office and read the following dispatch as it came from the instrument : "John Morgan is crossing the Scioto at Pikcton, Ohio, and is making tor Gallipolis. He will arrive there day after to-morrow." This was startling news to Col. Hayes. "John Morgan in Ohio !" he exclaimed, "and making for Gallipolis ?" The operator then explained that the rebel raider was hardly beset by Union cavalry, and that he was evidently seeking escape from the State by crossing the Ohio River at Galli polis, where there was no adequate force to dispute his passage, or to protect large quantities of supplies which had been col lected there. Col. Hayes comprehended the situation in an instant, and as quickly sent this dispatch Hashing over the wires: "Are there any steamboats at Charles ton ?" "Yes, two," was almost the immediate answer. "Send them up to Fayctteville at once," Hayes responded. "All right," replied the Charleston Quartermaster. Col. Hayes, without having rccived another word of information, jumped into the saddle and galloped back to camp, fifteen miles. He reached camp at night fall, and laid the whole matter before Gen. Scammon, who gave him permission to take two regiments and a- section of artillery . JAVL.iJi'1! u?Jwj"jLkt,iEimvi,'iKw 'jiimj ,u, i jf . i- mi K'r wmwa l i.'i.mh.j who and hasten to Gallipolis. He then an nounced his purpose to his soldiers, who greeted his orders with wild hurrahs. In half an hour his little column was iu motion, groping its way along the rough mountain road. The night was moonless, and the darkness sometimes so intense that the regiments were compelled to halt tmtil the clouds cleared before they could iro forward. All night the weary inarch was continued, just as dawn began to streak the summits of the mountains the column, reaching a high point overlooking the Kanawha A'alley, near Fayctteville, saw the two steamboats rounding a bend and coming up the liver. The troops and the boats reached the wharf almost simultaneously, and within an hour the whole command had embarked, and the steamers were under full headway down the Kanawha, their decks strewn with tired and sleeping soldiers. By daylight next morning the boats reached Gallipolis, and the troops disembarked and took positions to defend the town, but Morgan had been advised by spies of their approach when six miles away, and turned his column northward toward Poineroy, another point on the Ohio. Col. Hayes instantly re-embarked and steamed up the rived to overtake him. lie arrived in time to go out and meet the enemy while advancing upon the town, but Morgan's officers were not long in discover ing that something tougher was in front of them than militia regiments, and they sud denly drew off, remounted, and made for Buflington's Island, a point still further up the river. Here Morgan seized a steam boat, and had ferried over about three huudred of his men, when Col. Haves arrived, seized the boat, and put a stop to any surther progress in that line. Morgan himself had crossed the river, but seeing that his main body was about to be cut ofi' he rccrosscd, and remained with his soldiers to share their fortunes. After some fighting he drew off again, and made for other points up the river. But the last opportunity for escape had passed, and the Confederate raiders, hardly beset by Gens. Ilobson and Shaklelbrd were speedily driven to the wall and forced to surrender. As a political leader, Gov. Hayes has few superiors. It has been said of him by an opposition journal that "a better tactician never led a party in a political contest," and the brilliant successes he has achieved vindicate the assertion. In each of his three different canvasses for the Governor ship of Ohio, none but the highest ability and prudence in management could have saved his party from defeat. It has been often said,' and is still a prevailing belief, that he is the only man in Ohio who could have carried the State against AVilliam Allen last year, and the assertion is per haps not very extravagant. In his discussions of public questions, Governor Hayes is noted for his persuasive ness and candor. Probably he never made a political speech in his life that did not win votes to the party. He has much of the homely st3'le of stating propositions that characterized Abraham Lincoln, and much the same terse, clear, and forcible method of maintaining them by argument, llis political opponents are never offended by what he says, and never listen to him but with unaffected respect. He carries with him the air of a man not prejudiced or bigoted, but perfectly sincere and honest in his convictions, and absolutely unswerv ing iu what he believes to be right. His speeches always command attention, whether spoken or printed, and are always worthy of it. He never says anything that his friends arc sorry for or wish him to take back. His messages and other State papers are almost eccentric in their brevity and pithiness. He has the rare gift of saying what he wants to say in a few words, and the still rarer one of knowing what not to say. He wastes no time in skirmishing around his subject, but grap ples with it in his very first sentence. He is a good scholar, an industrious reader, and a man of large and varied information. He is especially fond of pioneer matters, and probably no man in Ohio has such thorough knowledge of the antiquities and all that pertains to the early settlement and later histoy of the State. His knowledge of public men is very thorough, and his per sonal recollections, extending back to the generation of AVebstcr, Clay, and Corwin, arc replete with entertaining fact and anecdote. He was present at the death of Corwin in AVashington, and has heard AVebstcr in the Scute, He is a good talker, tells a story well, and though he never entourages anything coarse or boisterous, keenly enjoys a wholesome pleasantry. Though of a rather serious cast of mind, a man of more happy temper never lived. No one probably ever saw him out of humor or ever heard from his lips an ill natured word. On all oceassious and iu every relation he is one of the truest of gentlemen. llis frankness is admirable. His life is open as tlvo day. AVith all his political sagacity he is no intriguer, and he never sought an office in his life. Quick in his decisions without being brusque, he is as firm in his convictions as adamant. He does not create opposition by ill-advised or unnecessary aggressiveness, but he never evades it when it becomes a matter of duty to encounter it. In all public relations iu which he has yet been tried, he has dis played a genius for doing the right thing at the right time iu the right way. Two of the most salient points of his character arc sturdy common sense and his unimpeach able integrity. He is a man whom hypocrites aud rascals avoid by instinct. He cuuld not be a demagogue if he would, and he would not if he could, lie is oae of the very few men whose head position cannot turn, and whom wealth cannot spoil. All his tastes) and habits are severely plain. Of no pub lic man of the last century can it be mortf truly said that he is "Rii'li in saving common sense. And, us the g"t-:tti-st only are," In llis similicity MiliUme." There is a whole-souled heartiness and breezy good nature in his manner that make the humblest at home with him, and every body cheerful in his presence. For the last two years he has lived mostly upon h?sj farm near Fremont, personally superintend ing its management, and often taking a hand himself in the usual farm work. 116 has an admirable constitution, is strictly temperate iu all things, and loves an active, out-door life. Gov. Hayes is an attractrfc man in Ids public relations, but he is not Ics? so in hi? domestic and private relations. He is never so perfectly charming and so supremely happy as when surrounded by his family' at his own fireside. And never was man more fortunate in the attractions of his home circle. Suffice it to say that when the people of this nation shall call Gov. Hayes to the Presidency they will have a chance to see what grace, beauty, intelligence and good will can do to adorn the AVhitc House and embellish AVashington society without the meretricious aid of ostentation and extravagance. JVcic York Times: An Extraordinary Occurrence. Last fall Mr. L. AY. Smith, coal opera tor at Greenfield, Pa., pastured a fine large mule with Jonathan AVest on Pike Run, near Monongahcla city. It was turned in to the field with a young stallion about two years old and taken out this spring to be' put to work. It was soon discovered that the mule must be returned to pasture again, and last week she gave birth to a finely de veloped horse colt. This extraordinary freak of nature is attracting universal at tention, and is visited by many incredulous persons who hardly" believe the story, al--beit it is so well authenticated. The mother has no milk for its young, nature seeming to have made no provision for such an irre gular proceeding. But she seems wonder fully fond of the colt, and exhibits some most extraordinary funny pranks as she' dances and prances about her baby colt, so unwonted, so irregular, so out of the usual order of affairs. The colt is a lively and healthy little fellow. It is maintained by Buffun, Hunter and others, that this hy brid is incapable of reproducing, and indeed this "fact" is one used and insisted upon by Huxley in his argument for Darwin's idea against specific character, and in favor of the unity of the species. And now this stubborn mule has the audacity to kick Darwin Full "in the face draws its colt 01 him as it were. ReftuLUcan; - Democratic National Convention. The Converrtrtm for the nomination of Democratic candidates for President and A'ice President of the United States met at St. Louis, Mo., on Tuesday, June 27th, and was called to order at 12: IS P. M. by Augustus Schell, Chairman of the National Democratic Committee. 11. M. AVattcrson, of Kentucky, was elected temporary Chairman, he being suc ceeded by General John A. McClernaud, of Illinois, as President of the Convention On AVedncsday afternoon, the actual la bors of the Convention began, the commit tee on resolutions reporting at two o'clock the platform whkrh was adopted by a vote of t;:i to S3. Balloting for President then began, the first ballot resulting as follows : Governor Tilden, -103 ; Go Hendricks, 133i ; Gen, Hancock, 75; Gen. Allen, 5G ; Senator Bayard, 27 ; Gov. Parker, 18. On the se cond ballot, Tilden received 533 ; Hen dricks, GO ; Allen 54 ; Hancock, 59 ; Bayard 11 ; Parker, IS ; Thurman, 2. The nomina tion was then made unanimous. On Thursday A. 31., Thomas A. Hen dricks, of Indiana, was nominated for A'ice President. Of the 738 votes cast, Hen dricks received 730, eight blanks being, cast by Ohio. Hay-making in Norway. Of this a correspondent writes: "The way they make hay in Norway will be new to our farmer readers. The grass is hung upon poles to dry, and I have never seen such bright colored hay iu my life. It is almost as bright and green as when grow ing. In some fields you sec strings of fences, a few yards long, which begin and end nowhere. These lines of fences arc about as wide apart as a new England far mer makes his windrows. On the fences the grass is hung till the wind and sun cure it. The sun does not bum it. That is one way and perhaps the most common. The other way is to plant posts in the field, twelve feet or so ajutrt, and in theso posts liiscrt pegs about one foot asunder. On these pegs poles are laid, and on them the grass is hung jur,t as we used to dry paper at the mills down cast forty years ago. The result is hay that any farmer would be proud of." Philadelphia's productions, according to Lorin Blodgett, an eminent statistician, arer really wonderful. Last year they amount ed to $552,000,000, a handsome increase over previous years. The production of iron and steel amounted to G5,00(,OO( , sugar and molasses, 20,000,000; wooh u goods, 810,000,000 ; carpets, 810,000.000; cotton goods, 824,000,000 ; boots and shoesf 813,000,000, with an entensive variety of other articles. I
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