Pike County press. (Milford, Pa.) 1895-1925, June 11, 1897, Image 4

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    Une Cent a Word.
For Kach Insertion No ' ,lrrlli mrlit
tnkrtl for 1im thntl 11 crntn.
CASH mint l oeonipany ftll older.
A.l.lre.. I'lKK COISTV l-HKS.
MII.FOltl), 1M.
TKKSPAS NOTU'R. N.itlr.e Is hereby
Klvcn th:,t tn-s):wsiii( " tin- premises
of Mil! undersigned In DimimnM township
near t he l)elmvnre, hrldite, for hunt Ins,
llsMng. burrvlnp or for tiny other vmrimse
whatever, Is fovl'iiM n under penalty of
till' lllW. All? IKTXOll Or O'M-IOim dUolll'J-
inir thin liotlic will he dealt with In sueh n
manner us intiy lie most eltectual to pre
vent ft repetition.
It. fTl'ItENIW'FF,
April 27, 1W7.
TKKSP.VSS N'lTl'lK Notice is h -rel.y
(ii-en that trevpiis-linr no hi the ,nl li
en, Imlf of the tne't of land known 111 tin'
Williinn Denny, No. S, In Sholi.iln town
Rliip, fom linntinir, fishing', or, any other
Iiurp.ise, also trespassing on Sawkill pond
n liiinininn township, or. IMilnit in it is
f orblilcteti under penalty of the law.
M. L'l.Kll.AMl Mll.vnll,
Aprl-VIm Att-orney for owner.
1Olt KKNT. Several nit Ileuses In
T Milfonl, 1'a. Kmiuiiu of .1. H. Van
Ktten.
rpRr'STAS NOTICK Nitiee is hereby
J. Kiven tliat trespassing upon the pro
iM i t v of the Forest Lake AswM'intioii in
Jj-i'-kaWMTen township, I'ike eounty, 111.,
for the purpose of hunting ami llhin, oi
any other purpose Is strietly forhhlilen un
der penalty of the law.
Al.hXANIlKK IlAHtiKN.
Nov. 23, 1 rt'. i.". I'nulileiit.
TiRKSPASS NOTK'K. Xotlee is hereby
given that trespassing on the premises
of the Ullllersimied, situated In li.llKlnun
township, tor any purpose whatever is
Bteietly forbidden, 'mid all offenders will !x
promptly proseeuted. IKA H. CASK.
Oct. 24, 1 )'.:.
lOR HAL.K. A small rami located neni
A Mainmoras, known us the Hensel oi
Keinhardt place, containing 21 acres.
Finely located, well watered. House anil
barn. Fruit of nil kinds. Fart improved.
Title dear. For terms, price, etc., mldress
Lock box ( Milfonl, 1'a.
liL'HA RKW'ARl). The school dirci
tors
OXVF of Dlufrman township wl
pay
twenty dollars for iinforniatioii which w ill
lead to the detection ami conviction of any
person or persons committttiK any tivspnsf-.
or lining any damage to any school house
or property therein in said townshii.
lly order of the board,
Nov. 7, lSifi. Iha 11. Cask, Sec.
CORRESPONDENCE
Corresjiondents are pnrtiouliuly
requested to send in nil news in
tended for publication not Inter
than Wednesday in each woek to in
sure insertion.
MONTAGUE.
A frost last Wednesday morning.
Road District No. 1 had a frolic last
Wednesday. Mrs. Kerr furnished the
gravel also refreshments for the crowd.
I noticed the following strangers in town
during the past week,: Mrs Ann Shlmer,
Prof Chas. Rlizzard, Chas Palmer, Thos.
and Clarence Bunnell, of P'jrt Jervis, Miss
Bally Kerr, of Newton, and Joseph Petti
bunt), of Kerhonksou, N. Y.
Miss Bertha Hornleck has just returned
from a week's visit among friends at
Bojiuervillu aud Branehville.
The Sunday school of tho Reformed
Church was organized for the year by the
elc ;tion of the following olhocrs: Super
intendent, Lewis Marthis; assistant super
intendent, Miss Netiic Brink; secretary,
Miss Lottie Lane; treasurer, Mrs Mary
Armstrong; librarian, Kstou Cole; organ-i-it,
Miss Nettie Brink The school meets
every Sunday morning at y.:ji).
Services In the Reformed Church last
Sunday morning were well attended. Rev.
H H. Spors, although only a young man,
kept the chMest attention of his audience.
I am sorry to note that the condition of
Samuel Smith is not such as his many
friends would desire. His Injuries are
more serious then at first supposed. We
hope for his speedy recovery.
Lots of fine shad are caught now nightly
but how will it le here after a few dams
an put Into the Delaware Im'Iow f
Jas. Rundle has disposed of his trotting
tc:im to Frank Crissman, of Mil ford. .Bin
now to drive "Spot," but it won't be
Ion..? before Jim has something which will
make Frank take the dust.
Mrs. Cementa Bell expects to leave.be
fore long and take up her residence at
Sorantou.
Mrs. Josephine Schuhiger will go to Mil
ford for the summer, having rented out
her farm house to Mrs. U Brien, of Xiw
York.
Several more city guests arrive I at ti e
Riverside Saturday evening.
Dr. BrMlley-Bystrom's dog strayed away
the other day. Tho dug wears a collar
with the doctor's name engraved on it.
Is the dog law of mi dead r
Has Montague a Board of Health organ
ized y If not, why not, the law makes
provision for it, but there are instance
here where the law can simply be d d
Coal ashea is the lafcost dressing part uf
a road rtHJoived here. Next r
" L -wis Crone, our Mlllville miller, is
man who kuows his business. He gives
perfect witist action to all of his many
patrons. Dick
t-AYTOIM.
Tho Halnesville school clot-d on Friday
for the term. It teacher, W. C. llursh
Informs me that several of the larger pu
pils who were represented to him before
taking the sc1hm)1 a likely to be M obstre
I)erous, proviMl U be among his best
scholars, and that the school has nn a
whole been reasonably trm-taljle uudc
dibcipline and made rapid advancement.
The fact that the pirents as well as tli,
pupils are pkyisexl give emphasis to thio
statement. B oks were presented on last
day aa marks of merit and candies and
peanuts distributed to all. The pupils on
short notice made a canva-ss among them
selves for small change, and invented th.
proceeds in a prosuitt to their tvacher.
Spontaneous and unexpected as it was, ir
Was duly rnkpreclaU-d.
The N. W. Burtis hoinest;ad near Lnk.
N'onnunock is ti be sold under furechsu:c
June 7th. Mr. Duncan, the mortgagee ,
will probably buy It lu. A couple ul
wealthy men from tho Oranges wilh their
famUicti iusiMs t'd this propi riy a few days
Bo The ladicB ejcpresse.l much . uti-fir-
Hon with the location but the (reiitlenieii
were reticent concernltifr tt. Property
owners around the lake will watch the
8 lie w ft I. Interest.
Dr. .T. N. Miller 1ms received his np
pnlntmcnt nn postiimstrr nt Lay ton, In
place (f Lester T. Smith, wlinso term hnd
expired, It dors not sreiit to In drflnitrly
Halt led wlietlier the ullleu will ivinuln In
its pnwei.t loesitlon, or Ik removed. Two
or t'irco di-draMe pliices lire offered, Hnd
citn he fitted nt short "notice.
Tin1 people of Iiranehvllhi uro i'lntd
over tla prosjM'et of t npur from near Au
Kusla, hy their vllliitfe, to Iako Norma- j
auk belli Imilt nt an early day. Tie
surveyors air now taking levels prepara
tory to the ivjrtilar Miivcy by the engi
neers Messrs IJathjrito, Prlre, Fowler
anil the Swift's Drrs.-d Heef ('..nipany
.v-i all int- ivstt.".. f lie toe uf this lake has
I' liji hi" n (nveted hy the ee r"mpanl b,
and the Svitrs have nl.-o had their aents
looking It up for two or thm;. years past.
The irrowin Kiimnirr traitlc has jrlven the
proji'et an added impetus too. Given ihv
use of a (?rnnd wat"t power at Branehville,
and the r uul could he operated cheaply hy
eleetiieity
Miss A. Kstflle llursh and Miss Tlienna
( wens en y ly.'rt Sunday among friends in
I'il'.e fouutv.
The strawK rry and U'(' '-ream sotdal in
therhunh at Ivayl.on rejiltzed about f : W
f ir the pnt'ir. The strawberries Were
bteiifhr (f A. H. Yonnps at Hranehvlile.
Th'v proved to !. of laro size, and fine
quality. Heally they tiekled the palate so
pleasurahly that there was not enough to
go around The cream was of the regula
Mot ''kalsonilncd" kind, and somehow or
otfier it wento!T well foo
Ahram S. Hewitts, son and family were
at. Mr I). i. Fowlers new boarding
h mse "( ulvermetv," on Saturday last
and seleeted their rooms for the summer.
The proprietor of Pino Hill Farm has
had his sign repainted In new design, and
tt looks as fresh as a dahsy. It does credit
Uithe nrlist Harvey M. Hornlx'ek, nur
ho.t of the Xormanoek Inn.
Parties who have the building of a iuw
store at Layton in vieV are informed that
a location that is desirable can he had
without any other consideration than tht
condition that when the building should
no longer be used as a store the ground
shall in vert to the owner as lcfore, or can
be bought outright at n very reasonable
II g ure.
Last Sunday while the family were at
church the house of C K. Rosenkrans was
entered by some person or vcnuns. Miss
Bertie Rosenkrans returning first discov
ered evidences of disorder. Mr. Rosen
krans' shaving cup wiw broken, a cake
eaten up, and other evidences of disar
rangement. She plucklly searched the
house, but the intruders hnd fled. No ar
ticles missing, so robbery was not perhaps
intended. H
MATAMORAS.
Mr. and Mrs John Sheen of this place
gave a reception to the classes of 'W, W and
'i7 at their residence on Tuesday night,
June 1st It was a very pleasant event.
Refreshments were servinl and the even
ing was spent in a very social manner.
Aout 5, Including the teachers, were in
attendance. Many thanks are tendered
Mr. and Mrs. Sheen for their kind hospi
tality by the classes and trust they may all
have the pleasure of meeting them again
Mr. J. F Keyes' friends of Matamoras
surprised him on Tuesday afternoon June
1. A party of friends about 15 assembled
at his residence between the hours of 3
and 5 o'clock and tendered 1dm a surprise
on his birthday, his age lehfg 75 years.
The old gentlemen was equal to tho occa
sion. He gave them a very cordial recep
tion. Supper was served nt half past five
o'cl ek and a nice one it win, the ladies
bringing the refreshments. Everything
was then1 in the way of eating. Mr.
Keycs made a nice address to his friends
trusting that they all might meet again
Everybody had a pleasant time.
The pupils of the primary department of
the Matamoras High School entertained
their friends very nicely last Friday after
noon May ttth in their rooms, Miss Re-
mey, the teacher, made a very line address
to the friends present, wishing them and
their little ones who had assembled to
pcnd the afternoon, that through lift
their ways would le lu pleasant places and
that If there were any mistakes made
among the little ones that they would
overlook them The children gave their
r dtatiuns in a very pleasant manner,
t'icy all having been well drilled. Groat
credit is due Miss Remey and her assistant
Miss Maloney. The songs were well rend
evil After the entertainment rofresh-
m -nts were served to the little ones and
what a happy time they had. The follow
ing Utile ones took part in the entertain
ment: Jame Welsh, Lottie KU pat rick,
F Coykendall, Lottie Percival, Flossie
Niles, Nettie Corey, Grace Human, Kmiua
Gebhart, MaUd Heater, Constantine Dril
lor, Ina P.irolval, Lizzie Sehrocder,
Annie Flammensfold, Willie Martin,
Annie Dunker, Horten Wilkin, Margaret
Seylndt, Roy Scybolt, Blanche Mager,
Florence Robertson, Leroy Kimball, Delia
Skinner, Margaret Bell and Annie Boll.
Prof Kilcoiu and the sweet girl gradu
ate in Matamoras in their beautiful
gowns of white were photographed by
artist Allertou. Prof" Kileoln will spend
his vacation at his former home near
White Lake, Sullivan county. Assistant
J. F. Maloney will rusticate in Matamoras
and Mill Rift.
Stanley French of this village and Wylle
Smith of Mlddlctown, who formerly re
sided here took tbelr cycles and rode to
the Water Gap hist Monday. They left
here alxmt 7 a.m. and returned ubout
7 p. m. This trip was a remarkable one
for youths of this age. Neither expert
eneed auy 111 effects from this almost cen
tury run in nUmt 1J hours' tlmo
Alex. Brink the builder, is putting au
addition to tho front porch of butcher
Mike Cell's house on Pennsylvania ave
nue, which will greatly improve its asoct.
KnginH3r W. H. French of this village
has oue of the prettiest and most desirable
residences now for tenant purposes next
to his home on the corner of Pennsylvania
avenue and First street, with a groat foa
ture of convenience that very few of our
to' ant houses have, running water right
in the house uuJ as pretty surrouudtugb
as can be found anywhere.
Mr. John Prescott left town for Shohola
to do some work up there for a large
b tarding house, in his lino of plumbing
and tinsmith work. Mr Prese-wit is
very biiny man thjsc days and we ui
p leaded to note it.
Air iioorge jangton out uptown mer
chant, return. d hoim from l'oiul Kddy
where he went as nn appraiser on the pro
perty of the late John lark .
Builder J M Bach, of this Village, hnn
J u At secured the contract to build n line
m dern residence for Mrs. William Shep
herd, in place of the old homesti ad that
has bii'H occupied by the family for fully
a half century and has outlived its useful-
s. The house Caiprtiter Bach will
build will lie an right room frame dwell
ing and will undoubtedly adil to the reali.y
value of this town and enhance the ap
pearand of the vilbtge uptown. Opera
tions will commence Saturday, June 5th,
according to the contractor's plans.
J M Bach, who has some note as n
builder ami coittraetur of homos for our citi
zens, Is nothing if not patriotio. Last Sun
day his estimable wif presented him with
a young son. aud both are doing well. -We
ar" pleased to state Bach is one of tho. e
lly govd fellows and is very popular
among his acquaintances, and is blcssul
with a goodly Jiumberof those arrows In
the quiver so strongly commended in the
Scriptures as making a man powerful
among his fcllowmen
At 8 o'clock Wednesday, June 2nd at
the honm of Mrs. Margaret Mulley in
Matamoras, her daughter, Bertha V., was
united in married with Samuel T Guyon,
of G Words, Staten Island, N. Y. The
ceremony which w as a very impressive and
solemn one, was performed by Rev J. A
Wiegiind, of Hope F.vaiigcllr..il Church of
Matamnras, In the presence of a large num
ber of relatives and immediate friends.
The bride, who is a pretty young woman,
looked a perfect vision of lovelinesRnnd hap
piiiess in a 8Ux'rb gown of light green ma
terial The groom wore the conventional
evening dress. After the ceremony a wed
ding supper was given by the bride's
mother which the bridal party and guests
discussed wlLh delight. The presents were
magnificent and numerous and bespoke
the love and esteem in which the happy
young bride was held by her ninny friends.
Mr aud Mrs. Guyon left town on train iis
Thursday morning, June 3rd, forGilfords.
Staten Islands, where they will install
themselves In p home already furnished by
the groom. Mrs. Guyon was one of the
I belles of the village mid possessed a happy
disposition which iaet will tend to enhance
the joy of their future home. - Mr. Guyon
Is a bright, energetic young man who is
rapidly making a reputation for himself In
the great metropolis.
Mrs. Calvin Jenkins, of Jersey City, has
been spending a few days in this village.
While here she was the guest of Mr. and
Mrs Frank Heath.
The Busy Bee Sewing society, a society
of little girls, had their meeting on Friday
afternoon at the home of Lottie Kllpat
rlck. About fourteen assembled for work.
Our well known merchant. A. W.
B.ilch, has just completed enclosing his
fine new ro-ddence property with a flue
light and very ornamental Iron fence that
just puts the finished appearance on, we
might say.the finest dwelling and grounds
in our lovely village.
The Ladies' Christian Union of Hope
Evangelical Church will give a fine dinner
to their many friends July It h In the Ocre
building.
Mr. Kdwln Kimball of this village has
a very large fine property uptown consist
ing of four full lots and two years ago Mr.
Kimball bought ! plants of California
pivot hedge and of the whole only two
plants were lust. Last fall lie set out five
or six hundred sprouts of the hedge and
h is had remarkably good luek withth' iit,
nearly all showing a god thrifty growim.
In a few years Mr. Kimball will have bis
grounds enclosed with this flue hedge feme
which will add greatly to its line appear
ance. We have now a very nle. small variety
store wl'h fruit and peanuts and- Mr
Chase, the proprietor, is thinking of add
ing a soda fountain If his space will per
mit. His peanut roaster attracts some at
tention by its ceaseless noise, but it is nut
unpleasant to hear.
GREELEY.
Suporvlnrl.li Rosencranco Is doing a
good job of work on tho roads near here,
he hai large Jore. of men as the want
goad roads are willing to do their duty
and that Is what is needed through this
part of tho township.
Well the time Is nearly up for our schools
to commence and nothing lias ln'en done
In regards to repairing the school house at
Burcker's Glen. Not one of tho school
board will go near it wonder what they
are elected for if they have no duties to at
tend to only to hire a teacher to go there
and oxieet them to do the same duties as
othjr schools with nothing to do it with
no chart no black board about half enough
books toHiipply the pupils. Our neigh bt r
Ing schools are all supplied with all the
necessaries that Is asked for. Why are we
to bo left out In the cold.
x Mrs. C. M. Burcher is staying with her
sister, Mrs. Garry Hart at Shohola Falls.
Miss Tine Bu cher h ft this place for her
home in Damascus on Monday.
Mrs. W. V. Burcher Is spending a few
days In Honesdale this week.
Mr. and Mrs J. L. Burcher, of CaLktna,
Wayne county, are visiting at W. V. Bur
cher at the present writing.
Miles Rowland called on friends at thi
place this woek
I. W. Chamberlain and Flp Gris wold of
R iwland passed this place on their wheels
Sunday to call on the sick at Mr. R we it
erance's We are sorry to state at this writing that
Judge R lsencmncv), who has Ihvu so very
sick, does not improve very much.
Kdward Kochka came to his home on
Sunday from the city where he had been
spending a week with friends.
Mrs. Phelps and her friends returned to
the city last Saturday. X X
Listers and tho Great Knstern Fer
tilizers at W. & G. Mitchell's.
"For throe "yars we havo r.eve'r
been without Chamberlain's Colic,
Cholera and Diarrhoea Keinedy in
the house," says A. H. Patter, with
E. C. Atkins & Co., Indianapolis,
lad. , and my wife would as sxin
think of being without flour as a
bottle of this Hoinody iu the .summer
season. Wo have used it with all
three of our children and it has
never failed to cure not simply
stop jmin, but euro absolutely. It is
all right, and anyone who trios it
will find it bo. " For sale by Drug
gists and General Merchants in Pike
e unity.
LETTERS FROM THE PEOPLE
Vnder this head we will Insert couminnl
cat ions ofi current, and pelltieal tuples,
without beiuif responsible for the si titl
ue-nts expressed, niid linite sued discus
sio-i us may be proper and of general In
('rest lo the people.--KtMHiH PliKSS.
Who Pays the Taxas.
Ditigman's Ferry. June 17, Is;)?.
Khiloii Piikss: The Dispatch your
neighbor Is still harping on the question :
'"Whupays the taxes." That Is the title of
an article in ls column" of May 27, which
Is vag:;e and without head or tail.
1 bi lieve thv taxes p:iy themselves, for If
a man earns ten cents he pays one-half or
one cent out of that amount. If lie does
n-e e.trn th -teti cents b Inn to pay the
tiir just the same, or le dealt with accord
ing to law.
At present few ran earn anything, con
sequently something else than their earn
ings will havcto pay the tax collector.
Will the Dispatch please explain why
there is so little earning of the figurative
ten cents from which th tax would lie
paid
Fearing it may be reluctant to do so, I
will give my own. The farmers and work
ingnien at the polls in 1 Si 1'Jvoted the Dem
ocratic ticket with a vengeance, putting a
D 'tnoeratle president and congress at the
bend of government While in their
glory they hatched out tho Wilson-Gorman
free trade bill compelling the Amerlomi
cnpltalbfs to withdraw all their money,
which Is the life blood of our prosperity.
Articles liecatne cheap, not because they
could be made cheaper, but because of an
over-stock of cheap goods sent from Ku
rope where waes are much lo:;r than here
The Americans thus having their earnings
cut oil could not pay high, or In fact any
prices for them as they were earning no
thing The times they say are petting hnrdei
since the Republicans came In power. If
true thl is easily explained. When Har
rison's administration went out, the coun
try so far as It could be was in a good state
itf prosperity.
II Attn TIMKS CAt'SKIl HY PKMOi'KATIC' MIS
Ignoranct and idiocy fired by such papers
as the Dispatch led the people to el
Cleveland, and the rest of the ticket. His
first term of oilice was peaceable and com
votive they said. The reason was the Con
gress was Republican, and he had then no
chance to destroy prosperity as he had in
his second term wilh a congress on Ids
hands of his own stripe.
When Harrison left Washington t In
country was will supplied with money
scattered among jM'ople. That kept the
ball rolling, but during the past four yea is
it has kept going slower, as capital kept
shrinking from Investment because It was
not protected.
W hen ( lcvelaml went out the spare
money of the people was spent and th
ball was stopped
We started In- the Cleveland admlnis
tret Ion with money In our pockets out to
our regret We sailed In the McKinley term
without a cent, and now we must wait un
til the Injury previously done the peo"
is remedied by n proper tariff law, for not
until then will eonfldoiic be restored and
capital released
Now the cities are waiting orders fn m
the farmer for the goods which farmeis
are not able to buy.
The farmers are waiting to supply the
eitietf with their products but the working
men are not yet able to buy, because tiny
have no work yet and no money.
Who pays the taxes ? Why capital pays
it by going through the process of labor of
all kinds and in business, feeding and
eh hing the jH-opIe, in return for which
people are happy to pay a small percentage
for taxes to support government and when
properly protected the better they are off,
and the more cheerfully they pay because
they own more productive projierty.
An Kx-Dkmih hat
Just try a 10c box of Cnscnrets the
finost livor and bowol rogulatorevor
lmulo.
Th Port Jerit Trolley.
Port Jervis seems not to bo anxi
ous for a trolley road. The village
trustees refused to grant a conces
sion asked for by tho company pro
posing to build, which requested to
bo relieved of 1 miles of road in
tho grant on tho ground that it
would not pay to build it. Tho re
presentatives stated they were will
ing to build as much as would pay
but did not want to be encumbered
with a line -which would not, as th it
would prov.i disastrous to the whole
scheme. This seems reasonablo.nnd
it would bo supposed that no muni
cipality would caro to burden a cor
poration with a load it could not
carry, and to make such nn alterna
tive as would prevent any building
at all. Any foreign capital intro
dueed in a town and exondod in
public works must ho of great bene
lit, and tho company would not be
slow to extend the lino if it would
pay to do so. Tho Trustees may bo
right, but on tho surface and to a
casual beholder it looks as if they
were right wrong-
Mr. Isnao Horner, proprietor of
tho Burton House, Burton, W. Va.,
ami one of tho moMt widely known
men in tho ntato was cured of rheu
nuitism ttftor thiee years of suffer
ing He says ; I have not Huffioient
command of language to convey
any idea of what I suffered, my
physicians told me that nothing
could ho done fur me ; and my
friehds were fully convinced that
nothing but death would relieve me
of my suffering. In June, lam,
Mr. Evans, then salesman for the
Wheeling T)ruf Co., recommended
C'h unberlaiu's Pain 1" .lui. At this
time my foot and limb were swollen
to more than double their normal
size and it.'3em(i to me my leg
would burst, but soon after I began
using the Tain Balm, the swelling
beg'" to decrease, tho pain to If ;vo,
and now I consider that I am entire
)y cured. For sale by Druggists
and General Merchant in Pike
c.v ty-
HAS HONEST 7 JOHN
.U'li tlif l.t -- of H.-iivwi to fccrvr the
evil In 1
l :m il lni jn.ssiMii tlmt our own
llniicst V Ji.liu wim kI vim to lying lo-
foro lin j.m!"l thn olinrch? If so, lit
wvtuinly liiiM nut linni-ovi'd much on
tlmt Hcoro ntn;n liirt mlrntmlous con
version ; For ir.uli-neH of this wit
n.'s liU Htiitoiiuint in tho ltii,ott ot
Juim 4 in wliii'h ho wiys "the Pino
Hill hoiinor.v h:is gout? to tho dos
ninl no lo.is in msigruMl for tli full."
Timt "my commotion with tho I'ikk
County Fhrss is tho causo," "aiul
tlmt vi.' linvo starti'il u i-iittnry."
Kach olio of tlaso wtatonii'iita are
lien from the whole cloth, nnd Hon
est ? John knew thnin to ho Kueh
when ho sent them to tho menda
cious (lawtto. Bi'itij; written -with
the evidently malicious inten
tion of injuria"; my Imsinoxs,
it becomes n criminal libel. If
there is anything honest about him
besides his assumed name he will
show it by making tho correction
that any one has a rijiht to exj ec
from an honest man, and n gentle
man. 1 tun not suro no is eitlier,
but givo him tho benefit of the
doubt by allowing him a chance to
right a wrong, without tho pressure
I am justified in applying. As to
tin; "Pikk County PHEss-uro" it
sets well on my stomach, and would
on his if he were man enough to ap
preciate it. It is only cattle of his
ilk that, feel its PuKss-nro. Long
m ty it continue in the good work of
exposing frauds, and humbugs
His reference to a "cattary" is so
supremely foolish that even a per
son like Honest V John with an up
per story to let, should appreciate
the silliness of it. As tho "cattary
part was inspired by his silly assis
taut, I wjll pay my compliments to
that officious functionary by nam
in a in a future article the person
who renders Hone -t John such elh
eieiit aid when he has a drought of
ideas, and that is pretty much all
the year round. H
Casearets stimulate liver, kidneys
and bowels. Never sicken, weaken
or gripe, 10c.
Six people will bo accommodated
in a commodious house in the sub
urbs of Port Jervis, N. Y. one-half
mile from depot. Ample porches
hot. and cold water, all modern con
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Terms very moderate. For full
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BLIND TOM IN RETIREMENT.
H 1 Lift hikI II lt ory II In KonmrkaMe
Mughal (ifiiUiM.
"Blind Tom, the weak wlttud, sightless
negro whose phenomenal gifts as n pianist
and whose unnatural powers of memory
and mimicry wro the wonder of tho
world some years ao, is now a gray-headed,
infirm old man living in retirement In
n little cottage on the highlands of Navo
sink, on the New Jersey shore of New
York Bay, in rharge of Mrs. KU?.t Lerehe,
who was appointed his gnardi'in several
yearn ago Alter the death of her first
husband, John (r. bVthuno, who was
Tom's manager nearly the entire tlmo ho
Wiis he fore the pnMie, thero was a long
legal struggle between her and her father
In law, James N B"thtine, who owned
Tom and Turn's mother hs slaves, and
still claimed thy sole proprietorship of tho
musician. Tom had been a valuable
piece of property, and had brought him a
largo Income for many years. It is said
that he earned several hundred thousands
of dollars, and Colonel Bethunu naturally
objected to losing so lucrative an Invest
ment. "Justice Andrews of the Supromo court
of New York, to whom tho case finally
came by appeal, decided that Tom was a
free man and permitted him to choose his
own guardian, for, altho over fifty years
old, he was incapable of caring for him
self, and Charity Wlggans, his mother,
who still lives In Georgia on the old plan
tation where Tom was born, declined to
accept the responsibility. In fact, Tom
did not kn w his mother. Ho met her at
the trial for the first time since his child
hood nearly foity years before, when his
musical genius was discovert!, and he was
taken out for exhibition by his owner.
Nor did lie have suflicient intelligence to
appreciate the relationship, and she, au
illiterate negrefis over seventy, was fright
ened by his outlandish gibberish and pe
culiar habits, for when he is away from
the piano Blind Tom is a most repulsive
animal He has an abnotma) appetite, his
passions art) strongly developed, and he
has no resjcct for persons or places. Ho
U simply an idiot, and his mother believed
him tit bt possessed of tho devil. With
the instincts of a child, however, when
Tom was made to understand that he must
select the person who hhould care for him,
he nate-ally clung to the lady who ha.i
cared for him most of his life, and the
coin t recognized M rs. Bethuno as the
natural and prox-r guardian. Shortly
alter hhe married Mr. lyTche, who had
1 -en her attorney in the litigation, and
her circumstances are such that it is not
necessary tor Tom to return to thn stage.
Mic prefers to support him In idleness. ami
has him comfortably plaotHl in a eottage
under the charge of a negro attendant, wild
seldom allows him tint of his sight.
"It Is not probable that Tom will ever
appear in public again. Altho his peculiar
faculties are retained, Mk health is feublo,
ami his mind has weakened with age. He
spends much of his time at the plant) play
ing his old pieces aud practicing new ones,
which he picks up as readily as he did
years ago. Hecan repeat with remarkable
act iiriM-v any simple composition that is
olayed for him "William E. Curtis hi
The Uh nrd Chicago.
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