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REPUBLICAN STATE TICKET.
For Congressmen-at-lnrge,
GALUSHA A. GROW,
of Susquehanna County.
SAMUEL L. DAVENPORT,
of Erio County.
" No one need be in any doubt
about -what the Republican party
stands for. It stands now, as ever,
for honest money and a chance to
earn it by honest toil." From Hon.
William McKinley's speoch before
the Marquette Club of Chicago, Feb
12, 1896.
Editorial
A PLEA FOR MR. HART.
A somewhat ominous silence per
vades the Democracy of the Eighth
in regard to their next congressional
nomination for the district. This is
rather incomprehensible, for, it
bodos ill for somebody.
.True, the Democratio convention
in Monroe heartily endorsed the
course of Congressman Hart as well
as the administration, and our Sena
tor, Mr. Rowland, but then some
times these resolutions of approval
are rather perfunctory and do riot
embody the real sentiments of a
party. No insincerity can be attri
buted to our Democratio friends in
Monroe for so far as we know they
' are whole-souled and not disingenu
ous gentleman. They could however
make the movement for Mr. Hart a
little more staccato in expression,
and pronounced in sentiment, with
out expending surplus energy, and
this applies equally to the other
counties in the district.
Why dissemble longer? Why not
come oat frankly and urge har
monious and unanimous action. Give
Mr. Hart the renomination to which
he is clearly entitled by reason ot
party fealty and individual loyalty.
This would only be even handed
and well deserved Justice to one who
has faithfully and ably served his
constituents, besides being in har
mony with the Democratio spirit of
fairnoss.
We are not urging Democratic
principles nor are we saying that
any Democrat can bo elected to Con
gress in this district this fall. We
do not expect such a result, but, if
the Gods have made enough voters
mad to compass their destruction in
that way we think our present mem
ber the most fitting instrument to
execute their will. The Democratic
slogan two years ago in this county
was Pike first, last and all the time,
and if modesty should prevent our
oo temporary from urging the chums
of its editor, we desire now to pre
sent them in an emphatio and un
equivocal manner.
Like the crows in spring time that
meet in large concourse so large
numbers of fellow citizens have been
seen flocking around Centre Square,
wd making pilgrimages up the turn
ike. This action like that of the
crows was rather inexplicable to or
diixary intelligences, but now it has
become clear. They were friends
persuading candidates to run for of
floe, and at last the pressure became
80 great that tlie importuned in.
dividunls reluctantly yielded to the
pei-sintent " solicitations of many
friends and so announce." It is a snd
commentary on our people that thoy
are so selfish. There are numerous
well qualified men in this County,
for almost any office in the gift of our
people, and yet they are not willing
to make the little sacrifice of time
necessary to look after public mat
ters. Thoy go and urge men who
are crowded with business, large
hearted philanthropists, magnani
mous souls whose natural generosity
and Inborn sympathy for thoir suff
ering fellow creatures will not per
mit them to refuse the importuni
ties of friends, and so they go and
sacrifice personal comfort, domestic
happiness, and even thoir own pri
vate business interests and along
with these more or less cold cosh to
gratify unthinking and selfish
friends. Such self denial, abnega
tion, sacrifice, SA touching and al
most makes ns weep.
They have organized a "Democra
tic Club" up in Lacka waxen, at least
that is what they call it. The presi
dent is the genial Henry Dewitt,
Esq., who is announced as a candi
date for Associate Judge. The min
utes of the proceedings, such as may
be fit to publish, will appear in the
Dispatch, the Union and the Ga
zette. The Press is ignored, per
haps they haven't heard of it, per
haps they don't want to, but what
we want to see is their constitution,
and learn what possible excuse there
is for Democracy to assert itself. It
ought to be published before the
Chicago convention meets so as to
give the managers of that donkey
show a tip as to how the ears of
Democracy in Pike project.
Occasionally large birds are seen
in this vicinty which seem to be
strangers, and people are inclined,
fearing they may commit some de
predation, to shoot them. The Ca
thartes aura, or turkey buzzard, an
American vulture, is described as
sooty black, with a naked red head
and neck. This bird is remarkable
for its gracefnl flight in the higher
regions of the air, and somewhat re
sembles the common turkey. It is a
scavenger extremely fond of carrion
and in this particular is of benefit to
a neighborhood. The law recognizes
its sorvices to mankind by imposing
a penalty of not less than $10, nor
more than $50 on any person killing
one of them.
The electric belt fakir is still pere
grinating the New Jersey towns,and
meets with flattering success, and
occasionally stale vegetables. The
other day they overturned his cart,
gobbled up the money and got
away. He swears vengeance. We
hope if he comes here people will
have the sense to keep their money
in thoir pockets.
Monroe county has plenty of men
willing to sacriflco their own per
sonal comfort in order to serve the
dear people. Thore are so far as
heard from about twenty candidates
for County Commissioner, a half
dozen or more for Prothonotary,
about the same number for Treasur
er two for Representative and only
one for Register and Recorder.
Judge Achison has filed an opinion
in the United States Circuit Court of
Appeals affirming the judgment of
the Circuit Court which was in favor
of the City of Easton in an action of
ejectment brought by William Du
gald Stewart to recover the site on
which the Court House formerly
stood.
President Cleveland is a thrifty
man, and the first president who
has ever become a millionaire while
in office. He has been a judicious
Investor of his money, laying up for
a rainy day, and it will soon be here.
By law, no living man's portrait
can appear on the bank notes en
graved and issued by the Govern
ment. The same rule is needed in
regard to any historical frescoes put
on the Capitol at Washington.
Cremation disposed of 700 bodies
in the United States last year. The
increase is not rapid, but it is larger
than people generally thought, so
little has been said about incinera
tion.
The Kentucky Democrats took a
shaving off Cleveland's policy, and
the party at large is making ample
preparation to completely plane
down his gold ideas.
Mr. Pink Scarlet, of Georgia, is
going to run for Congress. If he
gets there Representatives will pro
bably use him to paint the town.
Although President Cleveland
celebrated his tin wedding it is very
evident tliat Democracy is bent on a
silver one.
Art thou little, do that little well,
and for thy conduct know
The biggest man can do his biggest
work no better than Just so.
blackie.
A miser grows rich by seeming
poor ; an extravagant man grows
poor by seeming rich. Sheustone,
THE BLUE 8T0NE KING.
Affair of J. F. Kllironr, the 111 Stone
Iealer.
From tho Mlddlctown Dally Times.
One of the most important cases involv
ing Ornnirn county people and property
which has tecn commenced In the twenty
years was brought In the United States
Circuit court for tho Southern District of
New York, under tho title of " John F.
Klltfourvs. William F,. Scott and the Na
tional Bank of Port JerTls. In Equity."
As our renders will doubtless recall, the
name of John F. Kilgour has been asso
ciated with the Milestone business along
the line of the Erie Tor the past ;l years,
and in connection with such men as Jav
Uouhl, " Jim " Flsk, Hon. O. li. Wheeler,
the law Hon. E. M. Madden, of Middlc
town, and others.
So prominent did Mr. Kilgour lxcome
through these coniHi'.tions and through his
long light against the "commnation that
the titlo"Tlio milestone King," was known
and recognized, as a certificate of pre-emi
nence IhrotiKliout tlie limits oi uio niuo-
stmo trade.
In his long business career which was
marked wit h set-bucks as well as successes,
Mr. Kilgour gradually gathered a number
of valuable properties, large tracts of
quarry land In Pike county, i'a., thousand
acres of valuable timlier, farm and quarry
land In Delaware county, N. Y.,and an al
most palatial home In Passaic, N. J., lie
sides other lands and houses In that grow
ing city.
Among his properties was tho famous
"Shohola Glen," the beauties of which Mr.
Kilgour first discovered, and which he
spent nearly flO.OUO in purchasing and Im
proving and which has since tcen tho de
light of thousands.
With the apparent prosperity and the
fame which came to him through his wide
spread business and as the owner of Sho
holaGlcn, Mr. Kilgour was doubtless an
object of envy to the thousands who heard
and read of the "milestone King."
Few outside of his immediate friends
knew, however, that day and night, year
In and year out, he was a sufferer from
tho most excruciating pain, which never
left him for a moment, nnd which at times,
amounts! to the Infliction of a torture)
such however was tlie fact, for, as tho re
sult of tho liilmrs of his eajly manhood,
when, a pHr boy, he labored with his own
hands 111 the very quarries which ho after
wards owned, and as a result of exposure
to all sorts of weather the giant ' Blue
stone King" was B sufferer from the most
cruel of diseases so great and so continu
ous were his sufferings from this disease
that every tooth was extracted, and that
failing to alleviate his sufferings Mr. Kil
govr spent three hours upon tlie operating
table while the foremost surgeons of tlie
land cut and removed overy nerve from his
face.
Heroic ns were these measures, Mr. Kil
gour still continued to suffer almost undis
mluished pangs of thodisense.and at length
became addicted to the uso of all sorts of
drugs, narcotics and stimulants which
would alleviate, even momentarily, tlie
horrible pains of his neuralgic attacks.
In February, lftil, whllo suffering from
one of these attacks, Mr. KiKlour put him
self so much under the influence of stimu
lants as to lose all rational control over
Ills movements, and awoke to reason to
find himself two days out at sea from Hal
ifax on a steamer bound for Liverpool,
When he landed there his first thought
was of the business which he had been
building up for thirty years, and he cabled
to his relatives in this country to turn over
to the National bank of Port Jervls, to
which, as he claims he owed about fig, 500,
all of Ills property, to lie held by It for the
layment of its debt nnd for tho lieneflt of
lis other creditors and by the next mail
ho sent to his son, A. Stearns KilGour, an
absolute power of attorney, with Instruc
tions to carry out the wishes outlined In
his cabled message, and with the under
standing that tho bank was to run the
Milestone business, through some compe
tent representative, until his return.
Having thus, as he thought, secured his
business against wasto and nis creditors
against loss, Mr. Kilgour gave some
thought to Ids own shattered condition,
and went to the Koyal institute of.Edin
horough for treatment, from which plnce
he returned, somewhat improved, in June
IWU.
In tho meantime the National bunk of
Port Jervls had secured the title to all his
firopertv, and through Charles St. John,
ts president, was continuing tile business.
Mr. St. John died at nlxmt the same
tlmcthatMr. Kilgour returned, and his
heirs transferred tlie property to W. K
Scott, the cashier of tlie bank who also
continued the business and the control of
Mr. Kilgour's property. Mr. Scott upon
Air. Jvugourts return, tno omitc nnu jHr.
U'tl, ....... a,. ..11 np.l..a u.l. ..It u.,..,Hui I.,.,.
an agreement whereby Mr. Kllgourwas to
enter Mr. Scott's employ In tlie business
which had so lately been his, nnd for n
term of years, was to actually manage the
Diisiness, except ine nanuung or tno ensn,
wnicn was w remain in Mr. mmm s nanus.
Kach was to draw a salary from the busi
ness for his respective services and Mr.
bcott was to sell none of the property with
out Mr. Kilgour's consent, evidenced bv
his becoming a subscribing witness to tlie
deed or deeds. This agreement was made
In July, 1 lHtil, but Mr. Kilgour was unable
to procure It to no put In writing until
April. lHlii). As Mr. Kilgour claims. Mr.
Scott commenced to sell his Pnssalo pro
perty in the summer of IBM. nnd Mr. Kil
gour, through Hon. Wm. P. Uourloy.thon
prosecutor of the pleas of Pnssalo county,
stwureu an injunction restraining me iur
ther sale of the Passaic urortcrtv.
Then the parties met In the Astor house
In New York city and the statement waa-
niade ny tlie nauk that Air. Kilgour then
owed It U,Win, nnd that the books of the
business would show It. In the agreement
of 18W3 Mr. Kilgour's Indebtedness had
been stated at :to,5uo, and In 18M Mr. Kil
gour claims that his total Indebtedness
amounted to but 112,500. As a result of
the Astor house oonforcuoe it was agreed
that the Milestone business should at once
be turned back to Mr. Ktlgour,but on con
dition that within 00 days he would make
from the business $10,000 In cash and pay
it to the bank, besides repaying to them
3,100 which they at the same time advan
ced to him, and within another year would
pay off a fS,uut) Indebtedness due to out
side parties aim secured liy n mortgage on
Pike county property. This agreement
was maile in tlie middle of December. 1'H.
and with onlv enouih monev to ejLrrv him
over his first pay roll, Mr. kilgour went
Into the quarries, which were once more
bis, to raise $ltf,UUu in 00 days. Impelled
by this herculean task nnd incited by the
desire to get back tlie business which for
so many years had been the pride of his
nenrc, iur. jvngour wornoa witu almost
superhuman energy; stone were dug out
of four feet of solid loe; quarries were
cleared of heavy snows ; the market was
secured lor customers; the r.no was im
portuned for cars, and day nnd night Mr.
Kilgour's men worked to " put tlie old
man on his foet, " and at the expiration of
wie sixty aays air. ivngour triumphantly
liiuu uj tuo uuiiil is,nu in ensn, auu was
once more at the head of his bluestouc busi
ness. The bank and Mr. Scott had aur-1 In
their writteu agreement to turn over the
uueoi uie property and take back, sub
stantially, .aoiju In mortiriureu on Mr
Kilgour's different properties when he
snouiu pay inem me ia,H: and they also
agreed to turnover to him the books show
ing now tins lUUeDhxiuesa or fill, wis had
been Incurred. They made the
took back the mort mures and sent Mr kil
gour the day book and the ledger of his
milestone uusinoss and a copy of what pur
ported to be the cash book, starting two
J1"'" "kr. ocott toon tne LmnincsH,
with an overdraft of .l,7i6.W. Mr, Kil
gour repeatedly demanded the cat.il book
Itself and failing to gel it he has sued Mr.
Scott and the buuk forau accounting. Mr
Kilgour claims in his bill of complaint
that the books already turned over and
the evidence lie hus accumulated havecon
viuoed him that iiibtcad of owing the Na
tional tmiik of Port Jervis, or Mr. Scott
anything, they nre largely in his debt and
"then-fore the bringing of his suit."
Mr. Seutt and tno Utuk deny Mr. Kil
gour's alhgatiou of fraud anil misrepre
sentation, ullego that be rightfully owes
tnein the moneys which he is charged uud
alno set up that, In any event, the rvleuw
contained In the agreement of lAvml r,
lsW, U a Uir to any suit which Mr. Kil-
f onr may now seek to bring. Testimony
n the suit will lie taken to New York city
some time In June. Mr. Kilgour Is re
presented by the Hon. Wm. H. tourley, of
Paterson : Hon. F. P. Kimble, of Hones-
dale, Pa., nnd TalKir, Bennett and Silver
man, of New York city, while the bank
nnd Mr. Scott have retained Hon. li. E.
(.'arr, of Albany; W. A. Pnrshall, esq., of
r-ort jervis: M. 1 . MiiKer, esq., and w.
Hull. esq., of Mllford. I'a.: Walter H.KInn.
of Passaic, N- J., and Brlstow Opydyko
and Wilcox, of New York eity.
i.iuoge Dtcomoe tietore wnom tne anove
proceedings were had dismissed tho ap
plication for an injunction, nnd It was re
newed In the Pike county courts where a
Writ had been tirevloiiwlv Issued on the
Judgment obtained and the property ad
vertised Tor s:ile. The court June 2 stayed
tho writ until OctolH-r term. Eli. Phkks.)
The Color Guard.
There were waving hnnds nnd banners ns
the crowded car rolled by,
There wore nhouts from merry children
ringing to the summer sky:
Then a strain of music rose ami swelled
nnd Denied nlonir tho street.
As their gay, tumultuous clamor melted In
n chorus sweet:
"Oh, say, enn you see by tho dnwn's early
ngnt
What so proudly we hailed nt the twl
lii. t-o in.,. T,. ...)...
Whose brond strics nm bright stnis,
tnrouirn tne perilous ngnt.
O'er tho ramparts wo watched were so
gallantly strenming r
Ah! the starry flag Is glorious, nnd the
children love It too,
And the land Is safe Bnd happy whore the
ciuiurcn s hearts are true.
How their youthful ardor thrilled me, ns
the revelation enme
That tho guard is ever changing, but tho
nag remains tne same I
Wo were born too late for glory, but we
still in memory keep
Stirring echoes from' the battlefields where
warrior fathers sleon.
Wo have held the flag ns ours, but, lo I the
yenrs nre passing by,
And a newer generation waves the stars
nnd stripes on high.
Better thus, for now the rancors of the
strife no more nnnall.
And the children know no faction, nnd
the flag ticlongs to all.
Bo It so. We yield the prestige, for the
new guani comos.npace,
With the strength of youthful millions,
loyal purpose In Its face.
Flng of peace or flng of battle ! Children,
it Is yours to love !
Will you honor and defend It as the gift
ot Itmki above r
Ah ! the children's hearts are loynl I From
n myriad array
North and south there comes the answer,
as it came tnat summer dny:
"Then conquer we must, when our cause
it is just.
And this be our motto, 'In God Is our
trust;'
And the star spangled banner in triumph
shall wave
O'er the land of the free nnd the home of
the bravo. " ,
Youth's Companion,
After Mr. Hart's Shoes.
A correspondent from Easton says'
" Tho reference made last week to
the " Congressional contest situa
tion in the Eighth district has crea
ted considerable comment. The in
timation that Mr. Hart, the prosent
member, might possibly fail to get a
renomination has wakened up the
Democratic aspirants in the differ
ent counties, and some of them are
allowing their names to be whisper
ed around in public places. Ex-State
Senator Shull, of Monroe, is said to
be a candidate in earnest, and it is
also averred that ex-District Attor
ney Brodhead, of this county.would
not run away from the district were
the conference to say that ho should
carry the standard. Of course Mr
Hart is a candidate for re-nomina
tion, and may capture the prize
again. " Times.
Got What She Wanted,
A woman whose organ of bene
volonce was not properly developed,
once sent the following advertise
mont to a London paper :
"A lady, in delicate health.wishes
to meet with a useful companion
She must be domesticated, musical,
early riser, amiable, of good appear
ance, and have some experience of
nursing. Total abstainer preferred.
Comfortable home. No salary.
A few days after the advertiser
received a hamper labeled :
"This side up with care perisha
ble."
On opening it she found a fine
tabby cat with a letter tied to her
tail. It ran thns :
"Madam In answer to your ad
vertisement, I am happy to furnish
you with a very useful companion,
which you will find exactly suited to
your requirements. She is domesti
cated, a good vocalist.an early riser,
possesses an amiable disposition, and
is oonsidod handsome. She has had
a great experience as a nurse, having
brought up a large family. I need
scarcely add that she is a total ab
stainer. As salary to her is no ob
ject, she will serve you faithfully in
return for a comfortable home."
It would be putting it very mildly
to say that this reply quite upset
the lady's equilibrium. Answers.
Napoleon's Endurance.
" Labor is my element, " he re
marked on the dreary isle almost
amid the pangs of dissolution. 1
have found the limit of my strength
in eye and limb. I have never found
the limit of my capacity for work. "
This was certainly true of his five
days' fight at Eckmuhl. "His ma
jesty is well, " wrote Berthier on
the 24th, "and endures according to
his general habit the exertion of
mind and body. " Onoe more his
enomy was not annihilated, but this
contentment and high spirits seem
natural to common minds, which re
call that in a week he had evolved
order from chaos aud had stricken a
powerful, united foe.cut ting his line
iu two and sending one portion to
tho right about in utter confusion.
Professor Kloaue's "Life of Napo
leon" in Century.
THE LADIES' COLUMN.
Wo wish to SUirircRt to the Indies that,
this column Is always open to any and all
Who wish to suggest doniest lo Slibiects of
any tint ore whatever, either to nsk advice
or furnish information to others, and we
earnestly hope all readers of the Pufss and
who desire will nvail themselves of tho op
portunity, and thus rocelvo as well ns con
fer Ix-neilts.
All communications relative to this col
umn Intend for mihlicntlon will lie laid
over until next week if they reach this
office later than Tuesday.
"Ohonr of nil hours, tho most
bless a uiHin earth.
Bless'd hour of our dinners 1 "
Dinner Menu.
Clear Soup.
Sweet breads in cases.
A la mode lxief Tomato sauce
Spinach Stewed corn
Lettuce salad
Corn starch pudding
Crackers Choose Coffee
Tomato Sauce. One quart of to
matoes, either canned or fresh,
stewed until fine, strain through a
wire seive then add a tablespoonful
of melted butter in which a tea-
spoonful of flour is stirred, and a
little grated onion, season with salt
and pepper and a sioonful of Wor
chestershire sauce
Corh Starch Puddinh. Heat one
quart of milk to boiling, stir in four
tablespoonfuls of corn starch dis
solved in a little cold milk, and boil
throo minutes, stirring all the time
Remove from tho firo, and while
still very hot put in one tablespoon
ful of butter. Sit away until cold.
Beat four eggs, whites and yolks
separate, very light with of a
cup of sugar and nutmeg and cin
namon to taste, stir this into the
corn starch, beating thoroughly to
a smooth custard. Turn into a but
tered dish, and bake half an hour.
Eat cold with powered sugar sifted
over it.
.
Strawberry Preserves. A de
licious preserve may be made by
hulling strawberries that are free
from blemish and not overripe and
placing them in a porcelain kettle
with their weight in white sugar
Allow them to stand overnight and
in the morning set thorn over the
range and let them boil steadily for
an hour. Not a drop of water should
be used. The juice from the berries
will furnish all the liquid necessary
Paste That Will Keep a Year.
Dissolve a teaspoonful of alum in a
quart of warm water. When cold
stir in flour enough to give it the
consistence of thick cream, being
careful to beat up' all the lumps
Throw in half a dozen cloves, and
stir in as much powdered resin as
will stand on a penny. Pour the
flour mixture into a teacupful of
-boiling water, stirring well all the
time. Let it remain on the stove a
few minutes and it will be of the
consistence of mush. Pour it into
an earthen or china vessel ; lot it cool
cover it and put in a cool place.
When needed for use, soften a por
tion with warm water. It will last
a year, and is better than gum, as it
does not gloss the paper and can be
written upon.
.
Durable Table Knives. Prudent
housewives are greatly interested in
the solid metal table knives, made
all silver nickel and said to be the
same all the way through. These
knives have the appearance of silver
and the additional merit of durabili
ty.
, .
Somethings That Are Convenient to Re
member.
One pint of liquid equals one
pound.
Two gills of liquid makes one cup
ful.
Four teaspoonfuls make one table-
spoonful.
Half a pound of butter will make
one cup.
Four cups of flour make one pound
Two cups of granulated sugar
make one pound, in powdered sugar
it will take two and half cups to
make one pound.
Never Saw a Sheep or Hog.
Through John E. Rostail, former
ly of Kansas, it has developed that
one-third of the children of one of
the. principal grammar schools of
Chicago have never seen a live sheep
or hog, though all have seen lions,
tigers and other animals of the tro
pics. The matter has been taken up by
the press on the belief that the same
ratio of children throughout the city
have never seen a live sheep or hog.
and the Park Commissioners will be
requested to place specimens of these
animals in the zoological depart
ments of the parks. Exchange.
Hiccough.
It is stilted tliat even in rebellious
cases, hiccough may be cured by
strongly pushing the tongue out of
the mouth and holding it so for a
few minutes. If this be so, the sim
ple and easy treatment might be in
dicated in wooping cough and chok
ing from irrespirable gases.
An o Adam Tree In the Sky.
In parts of Germany, when tho
evening clouds mount high and be
come narrow and many branchod.so
as to bear some resomblance to a
gigantio tree, the peasants speak of
the phenomenon as being an "Adam
troo" or an "Abraham tree." How
or where tho curious superstitions
alxnit these fleecy atrial trees ori
ginated no one knows, but the stor
ies which are told regarding them
are many and varied in character.
The "bloody Adam tree" is sup
posed to appear before any great na
tional disaster, Just as the "white
lady" makes her appearance prior
to a death in the royal family. Be
fore the great famine of 1173 tho
'Adam tree" appeared "in all its
parts like a gigantic tree, but with
withered loaves and dead and de
caying fruits soomingly hanging
from its branches." In 1348, when
the plague was raging throughout
Europe, "Adam trees of awful por
tent appeared in the skies and were
soon from Italy to France,and in all
cases grinning skeletons and friends
appeared hanging to or sporting in
the branches."
In modern times the "Adam tree"
regulates nothing but the weather.
When the Gorman, Russian or Ita
lian peasant sees what we call
"mackeral sky," he says: "We
shall have wind. Adam's tree is
putting forth loaves." If the " loa
ves" appear white and are seen in
the morning, rain may be looked
for. If the branching and leafing
out takes place in the afternoon, it
is a sign of fine weather. St. Louis
Republic.
, It Was True.
Mr. Banker You told mo you
wanted to got off yesterday after,
noon to go to a funeral.
Clerk Yes, sir.
" Well, you lied to mo. You wont
to see a baseball game. "
" Yes, sir, but it was a f uneral.all
the same. The visiting team was
buried out of sight. " Yonkers
Statesman.
Odd Mention.
The newest in lace curtains is the
brussels point, with the open edge
pattern.
When making a moat pie, be sure
and make a hole in the middle of
pastry on the top.
Every home, however humblo.has
its chafing dish. The nickel silver,
silver Bolderod ones are coveted af
fairs.
It is a suggestion from an artist
tliat a landscape, rather than a sin
gle figure picture or a portrait,
should re3t upon an easel.
Live one day nt a timo. Don't
wrinke your forehead to-day over
to-morrow's cares.
Bread forks of antique shape show
pierced tines and heavy chased han
dles,
All persons nre hereby notified thnt
throwing or burning papers or refuse of
any kind in the streets of the Borough is
prohibited.
By order of the town council,
J. C. CHAMBERLAIN,
President, pro torn.
Attest, D. H. HORNBECK, Sec'y.
Milfurd, May 5, lSUt).
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