-W1' ., Its.
PIKE COUNTY PRESS.
PUBLISHED EVERY FRIDAY AT
M1LFORI), PA.
J. H. Van Etten, Editor.
Terms One dollar and fifty rents
n year in advance.
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VOL. 1
IH'SINESS t1Rt.
H. E. Emerson, M. D.
Physician and Surgeon.
OFFICE in Drug Store on Broad
Street.
J. H. Van Etten,
Attorney-at-Law,
OFFICE, Brown's Building,
Milfmrd, Pike Co., Pa.
John A. Kipp,
Attorney-at-Law,
OFFICE, opposite Court House,
MlLFORD, PlKR Co., PA.
CHURCH MKECTOUY
MlLFORD.
FlHST PttESRYTERIAN ClM'HCH, Milfiml;
Pablmtli MTvitTS lit lO.Wt A. M. unci T.WI P.
M. Siiblmth m-IukiI ImiiHiHiiti-ly after tin
morning; (uTvice. Prayer nuvtliiK Weil-ni-Mliiy
nt 7. H. M. A conlial wplcomc
will lie extended to nil. Tliost; nut nt
taehiil to other ehnrelies are eMTlallv In
vited. Rev. Thomas Nichols, Pastor.
Ciiuwh ok thr Goon SHEl'HF.itn, Mil
ford: Servlees Sunday at 10.:K) A. M. and
7.!) p. M. Sundav rcIiihiI art 2.W) P. M.
AVeek-tlay ftcrvluufl.'Kriduy nt 4.(X)P.M. Heats
free. All weleome.
B. S. LASK1TER, Rector.
M. K. Cm itcH. Pervlees at tho M. E.
Clmrcli Sundays: Prenchlng nt lo.ilO a.
in. mill at 7.1H) p. m. Sunday w;hool ut. 2
p. m. Kpwortli lensue at 6.45 p. in.
Weekly prayer niwtlnn on Wednesdays at
7.!) p. in. Class meeting condiieted by
Win. Aimlc mi Fridays nt 7.80 p. in. An
enrnest Invitation is extended to anyone
who inny desire to worshsp with us.
Rev. W. R. 'ekk, Pastor.
MATAMORAS.
Kpwortii M. E. Church, Matninoras.
Penioes every Sablmth nt lO.Bo n. in. nnd
7 p. ni. Sabbath nehool nt 2.H0. O. K.
meeting Mondny evening nt 7.80. Prayer
meeting Wednesday evening nt 7.1W.
Kveryono weleoine.
Rkv. F. L. Rovnus, Pastor.
Horn Kvaxoelical Chitrch, Matn
moms,Pa. Si-n-lees next Sundny ns follows:
Preaching nt 10.30 a. m. and 7 p. in. Sun
dny Helmut at 3 p. ill. Junior V. K. before
nnd C. K. pmyer meeting after tho even
ing service. Mid-week prnyer meeting
every Wednesday evening at 7.80. Sents
free. A cordial welcome to all. Coma.
REV. J. A. WlEUASO, Pastor.
Secret Societies.
Mtl.FORii IxilKiE, No. ai4, F. & A. M.:
Ijodge meets Wwlnesdays on or liefore
Full Moon ntthe Snwkill House, Milford,
Pa. N. Kmerv, Jr., Stvretary, Milford.
J. H. Van Ktten, W. M., Milford, Pa.
Vas Per Mark LomiR, No. 838, 1. O.
O. F: Meets every Thursday evening at
7.30 p. m., Hiwvn's Building, (ieo. Dau
man, Jr., Seo'y. John L. liourlay, N. G.
PRUDENCB REREKAH IjODOE, 107, I. O.
O. F. Alis'ts every seMind and fourth Fri
days in each month in Odd Fellows' Hall,
Brown's building. Miss Minnie Beck, N.
(4. Katie Klein, Scc'y.
River Statistics.
R. D. Snyro toll taker nt the Mil
ford bridge furnishes tho following
facte regarding ioe in tho river this
winter. First closed Doc, 8 1895, ice
one foot thick thawed out between
Doc. 20th nnd Jan. 1st when it rose
to fifteen feet above low water mnrk
and no ico. Jan. 3rd and 4 1896
rafte ran, closed agnin Jan. 7, and
ice got from sixteen inches to two
feet thick. Broke up again Feb. 0
and Fob. 7 river rose 18 feet above
low water mark, closed again Fob.
17 so it was driven with wagons sev
eral days at Djngmans. Broke
up again Feb. 29 and March 1 river
. was eighteen foot above low water.
March 13 10 below zero and the
river closed for the fourth time.
Broke np again March 20. March 24
and 25th 4 to 10 below zero. April
1 river fourteen feet above low water
mark.
Snow Slides.
The Monroe Democrat is authori
ty for the statement thut on March
26th during the heavy rainstorm,
several snow slides oecured on the
hills of Shawnee in that county,
The snow, saturated with water
Btarted down the hills gaining velo
city and volume as it rushed on, car
rying away stone and rail fences,
brush and other material, washing
out deep gutters and depositing the
debris on the Holds below. A llliam
Place, John S. Ileller and J. B,
Transue are the principal farmers
injured.
Let the future be what it may, no
preparation is so perfect as dying to
our own will and living to God's.
Fentlon.
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A MYSTEKIOl'SrOISONTASE
Apparently Very Slight Clew to
the Guilty Farty.
The tn(tlrt In the Nnyrier I'olnmilnir 'np
In I'ert .Irrvlo, '. V. i ll.-liiu livid,
but l.itlle Kvhlcnre Is .Iddnrpfl Tlirw
IttK Any Light.
Onr rendevs will rornll tlio men
tion nimlo in lust week's Phews of
tho dentil of .Tneol) Rnydnr.nn engi
neer, at Port Jervis, nnd of the sick
ness of his wife. Hhe litis since then
died under circumstances very simi
lar to those of her hushnnd, nnd the
symptoms in both cases point strong
ly to poison of some kind. At the
inquest the testimony of Drs.
Bwnrtwout, Bunks nnd Cnddehnck,
who attended the victims, estab
lished tho simple fact thnt the two
were suffering from some form of
poison, nnd thnt it was the cnuso of
death, but they did not stnto tho
kind.. Tho viscera have been sent
to New York for chemical examina
tion, but tho result hns not yet
lieen obtained.
Some testimony given by persons
in tho house, relatives of the de
censed, nnd who had tho enre of
Mrs. Snyder nfter tho dnughter,
Martha Whittnker, lind been ex
cluded from the room, wns to the ef
fect thnt she nnd her mother did not
ngroo, and occasionally qunrrelleu,
Martha using violent language. It
wns nlso shown that Martha went
down stairs to dissolve ono of the
tablets prescribed by the doctor
when there wns no occasion for her
so doing. The nnti-inortem state
ment of Mrs. Snyder it is said is not
sufficient to hold tho dnughter. And
sho probnbly will be discharged un
less held ns a witness. The inquest is
still in progress.
Subscrilie for tho Prf.ss.
Methodist Appointments.
Port Jervis R. B. Collins.
Matnmorns F. L. Rounds.
Branch ville.N. J. ii. W. Carver.
Dingmans, Pa. H. Morris.
Milford W. R. Neff.
Siiffern, N. Y. R. B. Lockwood.
Dunellon 8. F. Custard.
Summit, N. Y. C. 8. Rynian.
Hainesvillo and Ontervillo. C.
H. Van Glahn.
Buttzvillo, N. J. C. W. Demings.
Mountain View, N. Y. W. 8.
Randolph.
R(X'kaway C. Clark.
Bloomingdalo W. K. Keifer.
Asbury M. T. Gibbs.
St. Paul, Jersey City T. C. May
hem.
A resolution was passed by the
conference " that tho limit bo ex
tended in exceptional cases, pro
vided t hnt no change be niado iucon
sistentwith sometime limit," which
is practically an entering wedge to
abolish itineracy.
The conference nlso declared
against the Sunday secular news,
paper, and against riding tho bicy
cle on Sabbath.
STATE NEWS.
A lively time is on in Ilonesdale
over the Postofllce. Two men nnd
a woman are after it, the term of tho
present incumbent having expired.
A lodge of Knights of Malta, wofl
instituted ut Stroudsburg.March 28.
The Republicans, of Centre county
will prolmbly vote their preferences
for President and Senator at the
primaries to beheld April 11.
Tho Tioga county Republicans
at their coming primary election are
to have a chance to declare their
Presidential preference. Lycoming
county will also have a popular vote
on the same question.
The elections this week will bring
the number of delegates chosen to
the national convention up to about
450 or one-liulf the whole number.
So far 42a have boon elected with
nearly the following preferences:
Roed 51 ; McKinley 215 ; Morton 65 ;
Cullom 12; Allison 44; Quay 20
Doubtful 15.
Released From Jail.
Thomas Leahy who lias been de
tained for several weeks in the jail
here, was taken before Judge Mit
chell on Tuesday on Habeas corpus
proceedings, and released on giving
bail in $100, Lorenz Goetz and How
ard Kirkhnm becoming sureties.
in in mi ii li i i ! m i n , . ri v
iy u i ii i gm?
STRAINING AT A GNAT AND SWALLOWING A
CAMEL.
The Fallowing l-'rnin tUf w York Far
mer t'ontalnes Much Sound Si-n.e nnd Is
Worthy nf a Careful Itenrilnir.
Editor Fanner: Now that the
board of health has issued its milk
ealechi-iin, it ouidit to lx' allowsd to
enjoy a short vacation from its sup
erlative usefulness to tone up its
over-wrought system. Out. of ex
treme modesty some questions may
have been omitted while others may
suggest themselves in the future.
For intanee :
" What temperature was the cow
and the milker nt the time of milk
ingV " Is the tail of the natural length
to shoo off Hies and microbes dur
ing milking?"
" What per cent of net profit do
you have left over nfter paying ex
penses, and how do you intend to in
vest your surplus?"
" Do you pay cash for feed, or buy
on tick?"
It is hopeful nfter cleaning the
Augean stables of tho farmers, the
board of health mny turn its optical
organs fired with Roentgen rays on
some of its borne industries. A com
munity whose abnormal appetite
creates a demand for bob-veal and
horse roasts washed down with sew
age water and mint julep ought to
striko out for reform. It's a won
der such stomachs hnve not gone
bnck on the milk long ago.
Now thnt they hnve fixed the
milk sellers let's even-up with other
trades nnd know what ingredients
old Mikem puts into his liquor thnt
it should ruin both soul nnd body
nnd people pauper houses and luna
tic asylums. If the furmers' milk
hns killed some people ns chnrged,
brothels nnd dens of hell havo
slaughtered thousnnds, nny more
thnn thnt, it has fostered its curse
in tho systems of generations to
omo. With whnt cunning are free
lunch counters spread with the re-
fuso that a fa rmor's dog would not
sniff nt, and with whnt sntisfaction
do tho dealers watch tho victim bolt
tho vile stuff. In his left hand he
holds the cup, whoso contents " bit-
th like a snake and stingeth like
nn adder, " and whoso hand is the
right hand of falsehood.
Nose around a little in your can
ning factories, your bologna sausage
dens whore everything from a blow
ing fly to a slinking calf is ground,
doctored, spiced to ticklo tho epicu
rean palate. Don't forget in your
rounds to cull at tho lager lioor dis
tillery, where everything from a
dried catorpiHer and hop lice to spit
tle and tobacco ashes go to make up
that wholesome beverage. Knock
at tho door of your sugar . refinery
whero more glucose than saccharine
is used to compound a fraud. Call
on your cigarette manufacturer . The
devils own buck, whoso deft fingers
can turn nn old stub of cigar moist
ened with the saliva of some old sot
nnd fired into the common gutter to
absorb the street sownge only to re
appear in some new fantnstics form
to decorate the face of some embryo
smoker.
Oh, yes ! There is a wide field to
usefulness spread out before you
take hold Subscriber, Walton, N.Y.
Political Newt of Interest to "Press" Readers.
Tho Mauch Chunk Daily News is
of the opinion that notwithstanding
Mr. Mutchlor's donial that he is a
candidate for Congress, that when
the time comes he will bo found a
full-fledged candidate.
L. II. Barber, Esq., is an aspirant
for tho Democratic nomination for
Congress. ; Mr. Barber's friends
claim that he is ft bona fido candi
date, but thoro is a suspicion in tho
minds of many that Boss Esser is
again using him for tho purpose of
capturing the Carbon conferees for
Mutchler, should tho latter lio
candidate.
REAL ESTATE TRANSFERS.
Milford Borough. Jacob H, Sha
fer, et. ux. to Henry B. Wells dated
April 1st. Lot on Water street
Con. S0O Ent.d April 1st.
Milford Borough. Henry B. Wells
to DrusilW Sliafer dated April 1st,
Lot on Water street. Con. $600
Ent'd April 1.
MILI UM), PIKE COUNTY, I'A.. FRIDAY, APRIL 3, 18.
MUTCHLER STILL ti ttlE RING.
i
Has not llerlnrrrl lhiiu.f Officially nnrl
May Want Itcvriiffe.
" Several newspapers that are un
derstood to be in the Ring interest
have said lately that Mr. Howard
Mnfehlor dees not "vnt the Demo
cratic nomination for Congress in
this district. Also Hint Mr. Mutcli
ltM1 positively declines nt present to
allow the use of his name as an as
pirant for congress. But Mr. Mnt-
chler never said so over his own
name or in the columns of his pub
lication. Why don't ho say it him
self ? Asks the Elision Call.
' Now onr information from
Mauch Chunk is that Mr. Mutchler
would like to ben candidate. One
reason is that the salary of $5,000 a
year for doing nothing in Washing
ton is o nice plum. Secondly, he is
not in love wiih Congressman Hart,
who, it is alleged, played Howard
false last fall, and it would be such
sweet revenge to make a 'onetermer'
out of the Pike county hen miser. "
Advertise in the Prksb.
- - -Changes
in Milford.
Ross Van .' uken moves in the
house on Broad just below the Dim
miek house.
Mrs. Wilfred Brodhead will oc
cupy the house coiner Broad nnd
George.
Mrs. Alice Mott goes to her own
house on Ann street.
Geortro Smith takes tlio new hnnso
of John Armstrong on George street.
Rod Oniek will be domiciled mi
Centre Square and John Gourlay
-1 i, i . . . .
uiKes tne nouse vncareu oy mm on
John street.
L. B. Hissnm will henceforth keep
tho Stone Hotel vacated by Mrs.
Liucintui Watson who goes to her
own honso on Water street, and
Frank Rudolph takes the house
lately occupied by Chns. Van Tas
sel on Harford street.
Al. Terwilliger will sit under the
shadow of his own vino and fig tree
on Ann street, and S. A. Johnson
and wifo who vacate, will board at
tho Bennett Cottage.
Cornelia Van Etten and Stacy
Fuller take the house vacated by
Al " on Broad street.
Mrs. Palmer takes the Ralph
Thrall house on High street, Kurtz
moves to Maurice Ouinn's farm.
May water nnd sunshine favor his
truck patch is the wish of his many
friends nnd customers in town.
Ernest Wood goes to Water street.
R. W. Humbert is fitting np tho
Borthond house on Harford street
for boarders.
Geo. Gregory, who recently pur
chased tho engraving shop, corner
Seventh nnd Harford, 1ms fitted it
up ns a dwelling nnd will reside
there nnd Mrs. West Watson will
occupy part of it .
William Boyd loaves tho Lewis
farm nnd takes a house on tho road
to Dingman township. Col. Lewis
will build a largo addition to hlil
farm house and occupy it with his
family.
John Ost moves from tho Bucha
nan farm to Water street, and Dan
iel Olmsted will remove to and work
the farm.
Miss. Titman goes to Mott street.
Guriss, tho Branchvillo stage
driver,takes a house on AVater street
nnd Jacob Shafer removes to the
house vacated by him.
A Birthday Social.
Tho Young Peoples Society, of
Christian Endeavor of tho Presby
terian church exacts to hnvo a
birthday social for every Ixxly in
the church April C. Many invita
tions have been sent out, accom-
paniod with a small bag in which
you nro requested to put as many
pennies ns you nro years old, and
strict secrecy is assured that your
age will not be found out. Gener
ous refreshments will bo served and
all are expected to come and have a
good time generally. Proceeds for
tho benefit of the church.
Who is Pike's Candidate J
The Congressional conference of
the Eighth District will be held at
Easton to-day, April 3d. North
ampton, Carlxm, Monroe and Pike
counties, each havo candidates for
National Delegate, but tho proliable
outcome of tho conference will be
tho election of General Frank Reed
er.of Northampton, and J. M. Dreis-
baeh, of Carbon. The delegation
will doubtless be instructed for Sen,
ator Quay. Lehighton Press,
CARBON WANTS RECOGNITION.
No Second Term for Hart, Says the Wcatli
erly Herald
In an editorial the Wcatherly Her
nld says : " The Democrats of Car
bon hnve an excellent opportunity
this year to secure the Cougression-
al nominntion for one of their num-
lier. Never since the formation of
the district hnve the conditions been
so favorable, nnd wo would be lax as
Democrats and ns citizens did we
not assort ourselves nnd our county's
claims.
" In all right nnd justice.it is now
Cnrlwn's turn, and we are glad to
know that this feeling exists in
other portions of the district.
Northampton and Monroe hn ve been
well taken care of in recent years,
and Pike is now represented in the
person of Congressman Hart. Nev
er in the history of the old Tenth
Legion has the latter county been
given more thnn one term, and no
exception should be made in theense
of the present Congressman. "
House to let. -
Furnished house to let, on Har
ford street, Milford, seven rooms
nnd bathroom. Address Charles
Weir, 18 Charles St., New York. 3t
POLITICAL. NOTES.
The Wentherly Herald comes out
in opposition to the harmony scheme
advanced by some of the Democra
tic papors of Carbon county, which
have advocated that the congressi
onal conferees bo divided between
the two factions, whose battles in
the past ha ve lost the county to the
Democracy and filled the county of
fices with Republicans. With these
results in the past before it, the fu
ture of the party hns not much hopo
without harmony, in our neighbor
ing connty. The Herald desires the
nominntion of a Carbon connty
Democrat for Congressman in this
district and. assigns as reasons for
its hopo of success, that Northamp
ton and Monroe have been well tak
en enre of, and that Pike has never
teen allowed two terms. Whatever
mny be the opinion of the first
nnmed two counties ns to their hav
ing been sufficiently honored, tho
statement with reference to Pike is
certainly wrong, as Hon. D. M. Van
Auken certainly had two terms, and
Mr. Hart is seeking a reelection.
Stroudshurg Times.
ITEMS OF INTEREST.
Arizona is likely to be admitted to
States hood.
M inister to England Bayard has
been ensured in the House of Rep
resentatives for saying that protec
tion is a form of socialism.
Krupp the maker of big guns, at
Eissen Germany is the largest in
come tax payer on earth. His annu
al check for that purpose is $200,000.
New and important discoveries
aro being daily made in X-rays.
Stephen H. Emerson, of New York
is said to have accomplished the re
flecting of them, which, heretofore
has Deen considered impossible.
The Springfield Republican a Mug
wnmp organ says there is a renew
al of third term talk. Three weeks
in every month now the Democrats
spend in looking about for a new
candidate, and during the fourth
they turn on Cleveland and charge
him with monopolizing the field.
The Newark M. E. Conference has
met the issue of admission of women
delegates to the general conference
squarely. ' The clause amending
provided " and said delegates may
be men or women. " When it came
up last Saturday there was no de
bate, the question was put and the
vote stood thirty-six for the amend
ment and seventy-nine against. It
is quite possible however that it may
be adopted at the general conference
which meets at Cleveland in M;y,
Who Knows This Lady.
Pike county has added the name
of Mrs. Margaret B. Piatt to the list
of celebrated woman. The white
ribboners of tho District of Colum
bia have chosen her for their leader
Good nature and good sense must
ever join ;
To err is human, to forgive divine,
i
,0m
PERSONAL.
Miss Katie Beck will not return to
BliiirHall for another term.
Hon. John A. Kipp arrived home
Wednesday for a brief rest.
Mrs. J. C. Bull is convalescing af
ter n long illness of La Grippe.
John B. Van Anken, of I)elavare
township, visited town Monday.
J. B. Westbrook, treasurer, was
in at his office in Milford this week.
Walter Angle is spending the Eas
ter vacation nt home.
Aaron Conrtright, one of West
fall's stnnehest Republicans, was in
town Tuesday of this week.
T. D. Slinv, of M ist Hoiie briefly
visited the County seat last Satur
day.
Moses C. Wnstbrook and wifo of
Blooming Grove, came to Milford
Wednesday for a visit .
George Bull, Linda Klaor nnd
Blanche Cross returned to Blair
Hall, Tuesday, March Hist.
Hon. Jos, J. Hart sought a brief
respite from legislative duties at
homo this week.
Miss Anna Van Inween, of Port
Jervis, n student nt Vnssar College,
is spending tho Easter vacation nt
her home.
Miss Julia Buchanan has returned
to her place in Brown fr Armstrong's
storo after a. few weeks' visit in
New York city.
Tho Union school closes April 1st.
Miss Swepeniser is the teacher, and
will be at home in Milford, after
thnt time.
Miss Katie Klein, who hns been
spending the winter in the City, will
return to Murom this week. Her
many friends are rejoicing.
Mr. Jonah Bert, who has been
visiting relatives in this pku'e, left
for his homo in Wisconsin, last Sat
urday night.
John Schorr left last week to ac
cept a situation in tho largo straw
hat goods store, of John Zimmer
mann in New York.
Dr. Vincent Emerson, who has
been confined to his bed for some
time as the result of a sovere scald
is slowly convalescing and now sits
np.
James W. Pinchot gave the fire
companies, of the Borough ifiO to
ward tho purchase of new uniforms.
Let tins excellent example have
many imitatiors.
Justin Niles, of Silver Lake, called
on tho Press Thursday. He states
that tho Club thoro is building a fine
boat house on the Lake, and contem
plates great improvements on its
property.
G. E. Hursh, of Lay ton, N. J.,
proprietor of the Pino hill farm
poultry yard, makes a specialty ot
the Rose comb white leghorns. If
yon are going into the hen business
write to him.
G. W. Donaldson, nceornpained by
his son-in-law nnd nephew spent
Saturday and Sunday at Mr. Donald
son's country homo near Dingman's
Ferry, returning to New York on
Montlay of this week.
A Letter From Our First Sucscriber.
New Hamptov, N. Y., Mar. 28, 'lift.
Friend Van Ette: Tho ever welcome
Press reaehes me regularly. The contents
nre so well arranst'd and in such readable
shapo that only on tho score of age do our
county papers surpass it. Tho people of
Pike county should lie proud of such a
publication nnd give It tho full benefit of
their advertising, so necessary to tho suc
cess of all pnpers in city or country. Witli
best wishes for all connected with tin'
paper. I am yours,
The First Pcbscriber.
List of Unclaimed Letters.
Unclaimed letters remaining i:i
the postofflco at Milford, Piko Co.,
Pa., for tho mouth ending March
31, 1890:
Ladiks Mrs. M. E. Lofland, Miss
Mary Douman, Miss Maud Russel!.
Gentleman Rev. Nelson Ripley.
J. H. Culver, Willis Jackson,.T. Rub-
recht.
Persons claiming the above will
pleaso say " Advertised " and give
date of this list.
Jas. S. Galk, P. M.
The Tramp Question.
What shall wo do with all
WO do Wltll all til'
tramps and vagrants and criminals
all over America :
Stop making them !
Shut up the tramp factories, ant!
give us a rest, if only for a year.
Over a million saloons, houses of
prostitution, and gambling-hells,
with nearly as many tolmcco stores
are doing their best to advertise all
these human wreck factories.
What is tho use of driving our
tramjis and criminals from one town
to another? Stop making them, and
give us a rest for once.
Henry Hanskn, Sun Diego. Cal.
Men find it more easy to
thau to pi'aif". Richter.
flatter
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BRIEF MENTION.
To-day is Good Friday and a le
trnl holiday.
To yours m give n got si name
nnd u trade.
Wh 'ii a boiled fish is done jusi
right, the fin will pull nwny easily.
We have no news ns yet of con
ference appointments, but will give
ti summary next week.
nr new dentist seems to be
full of business and is considering
the necessity of an assistant. '
The Hale D.-ntnl Co., in Brown's
building is doing a good business,
and is fully entitled to patronage.
A fnnnar who is small potatoes
himself seldom raises big ones for
ma rkct.
Thin Gregory's dear little deer
died n pencef id death last week. It
was a 'Jour little deer in n double
sense.
Our streets testify that moving
day is at hand. Every mini wears a
worried look, every woman beams.
Why the difference?
What new nrticle of dress will
y;u wear on Easter ? Superstition
requires something new for good
luck during the year.
Weather for next Sunday, clear
and fair, bright nnd warm sun, over
shoes discarded and a delightful ride
for t-very man who owns i ii wheel.
It is extravagant for n hen
when eggs are so cheap to put two
yolks in one shell. The farmer gets
no move pay for it.
If you don't want breachy stock
lie sure the fences are up got k1 nnd
strong lM'fore you turn out this
spring.
William Hawks, of Mast Hope,
Pike county, who is S2 years old,and
has held the office of Justice, of the
lJeace 45 years refused to ran this
'ear on account of his ngeand health.
Bee hives should lie located fae
ii g tho south or east so that the
i lorning sun will strike them. In
hot weather they may bo shaded
with brush.
Geo. Daumann Jr., has a large
fc.rce of men employed digging the)
cellar for his new house, which will
be rapidly pushed to completion. It
ill be an ornament to the villnge.
" Things nro very much mixed
ip these days, " said the old hensad
;.'. "There were seventy-five
chickens hatched last night, nnd I
can't tell which are mine, and which
nre the incubators. "
Wo aro pleased to receive cor
respondence from all parts of the
i ounty. Jot down the local hap
ienings. the changes, and any event
f interest, and send to tho Prkss.
; Hir renders will appreciate them.
The ladies are taking a lively
: ivferest in the column devoted es
I -cially to them in the Prrss. If
voti have anything in that lino new
i! desirable, don't keep your light
under a bushel but let it shine in
your column.
Groat solicitude is m inifestod
in high places about the deprecia
tion of the currency. But what
about the depreciation of every
tiling else? The currency nt most
if not more than three per cent of
I lie entire wealth of the country.
' During 1 Mil5 we paid out $85.
uOO.OOO of American gold for wool,
if which our' farm products fur-.-.
shed seventy-five per cent.and the
.merieaii fanner woro shoddy
r.jde of rags from Europe on his
evil back. Should wool lie free?
Tl.e Democrats say yes.
Note the opHrtunity to buy a
h ive selection ot roses ottered by
I . Leahy the gardener at Grey tow
ers, in unothercolnmn. Nothing so
a .as to, and adorns a place as a few
oice roses scattered here and there
iv .and the yard, and you surely can
. ti'.ird them at the prices named.
Canity buttons are now being
n.'.de and 500.000 will lie sent to all
po -tions of the State as fast as they
.iiv tnrin!il out. llio button bears
' !n keystone, tho insignia of the
! i mmon wealth, surrounding the
,i rt rait tif the junior senator, sur
! iii.mdcd by the words "For Presi
i d. nt " and M. S. Quay beneath.
However good city paper may
. i come, and however cheap they
iii.iy lie sold, they can never sup
I pl.ii't or destroy the hical press,
i The demand for local news in each
i idividual section of the country is
. I irreat as the demand for the
i . ,i u ,,tvs in bi'r cities, and there
,.m ulwilvs be a IH.n ,)rPSg to snp-
1 il that tiemand. It is nonsense to
l.i Hi or me papers oi ine targe cities
fulfilling tlie universal demand.
If I only knew whether the po
iic' inan is standing there because
in thing is happening, or whether
nothing is happening because he is
stt -tiding there! Fliegeude Blutter.
T't not the blessings we receive
d lilv from God make ns not to val
ue or not to praise Him, liecause
they lie common. Izuak Walton.
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