- Pake unruly MILFORD, PIKE COUNTY, PA., FRIDAY, OCTOBER 1, 1897. VOL. 2. NO. 48. Co WASHINGTON LETTER. To Koep Out the Anchiu- I'ltl.-tit vtttovnfV ll-lu r.-il l'riMiict lf y In the MVst Has foiii- ami roinillt Are Smrcp. Extraordinary efforts nro being made by the administration to keep European anarchists out of this( country. Our immigration la ws nro not (is specific n-i they might bo in prohibiting tho landing of anarchists but as there nro more ways to Will a dog than by hanging, so thore are more ways than ono to keop nnar chista awoy from tho United States, nnd all of thorn are being utilized by immifrnition Commissioner Powder -ly, who is being nctivoly assisted by the diplomatic nnd onsular branch of tho government nervier. The ofliciuls of several European govorn mentsare also lending their assist ance to tho efforts that nro being inudo to prevent anarchists even making n start for America. All of tho steamship companies have also boon notified Dint they must comply strictly with tho not of 1891, which provides that any foreigner w ho en ters our ports in violation of tho law through the ignorenee of the in spectors, may bo returned at the, ex pense of transportation company which originally brought him horo. This law throws great responsibility on the ship owners, who must not only boar the expense of transport ins; tho anarchists, or any other ille gal immigrants, back to the place whore they came, but mnst main tain them between voyages. The penalty lor failure to comply with this law is $;!')0 fine in oaeh ease, and tho Vfwsel can not leave port until the fine is paid. lion. Benj. Bntterworth, Commis sioner of Patents, has taken another long step iorwurd lu the work of purifying and elevating the practice before the United (States Patent OlUee, by deciding upon tho disbar ment from practice before that ofilco of John Wodderburn & Co., a con cern which, in addition to the intro duction of lottery methods into tho mim.niiii jl uuih-u cuiWH) nuIltH was, after an unprecodontly long nad careful hearing, found guilty of Various fraudulent practices. Tho official order dislmrring Wedde'rburn &Co., will bo published in next week's issue of tho Pa font Oflico Gazette, together with an elaborate opinion giving the roa.ions therofor in detail. ' Mr. John Wedderburn, tho head of the company, firm or corporation, aa it bus boon variously called, was also the head nnd ori girutor of the Examiner Claims Bureau and the Press Claims Com pany, both of which left unsavory records when they censed to exist, and all threo of which have left numerous souvenirs in tho shapo of certificates of stock in tho hands of newspaper publishers who wero per suaded to accept the Rumo as pay ment for the advertising, without which neither of thorn could ha vo existed three months. A numbor of in von torn are also left with woi th less sonvenirs in tho shapo of re ceipts for advance foes paid to Wed derburn & Co., to prosoonto their applications for patent. It is need less to advise thoso - who havo lost their money : they will bo more careful hereafter, but it would le well for others to take tho lesson to heart and ba sure they know tho sort of men they dual with hore aftor. The Post OHioo authorities have boon asked to put tho National Hicorder, a paper published by Wodderburn & Co., on tho fraud list. Thoso Democratic employes of the Sixth Auditor's ottlco who secured promotion under tho last adminis tration solely because they were Democrats, eiw;h man promotod dis placing a Republican who was re duced, are much alarmed over tho official announcement of the pra sont tjixch Auditor, lion. IlonryA. Castle, of his intention to compel every man so promoted to prove his right to draw tho increased salary by the record of his work, or to be reduced to a salary in keeping with his working record. Ex-Dologato Flynn, of Oklahoma, who is on a business trip to tho Ea-st htoppod in Washington for several days, Speaking of the condition of tho country he said : "The pros perity we promised has struck the country. The store box whittloris out of u job. I have had occasion recently to visit a number of tho Flutes nnd territories, and every body is feeling good. Oklahoma is probably to day the most prosperous MH'tiou of the United Btates. Oar )io..p!o will export 25,000,0110 bushels of wheat ami fully 5,000,000 bushels of eustor beans. Wo have an ex cellent corn crop, and bave rivaled ' 'aiil'.ii-nia in fruit so far. Tho fjoutli iSoa Islands grow tho only cot ton t hat surpasses the fibre of Ol.la honm. Our cotton is a little late, but we'll market 250,000 b ilo.s. Western cattle are as good now as the Klondike gold mines. No, I'm iiwt talking politics, 1 have found it impossible to find many people wil ling to acknowledge themselves Democrats or Populists, hence, I presume tliuy all voted tho KepuU:- tan ticket. Oar people ure well s iii-iied with the national aduiiuis tia:ion." .-.,;. d'.r liuriowd, of Michigan is in 'a.hingt-jii ou liucinuso With tho 1 i.'NM Uih nt i f .crati, but when he ferenee with Heeretnry Sherman, wnai mo nature ot mo nusiness was he laughingly declined to Fiy whether it w;u public or private. Mr. Burrows wiys prosperity is in full Hvvint tn M iihur,iTi int. 114 It, is everywhere else ha has been sinc0 e n.tt.... ....1 vwiiinri it' ij' nil iitti. BRIEF MENTION. Tho first genuine frost of this autumn visited hero Tuesday night. Tho roof of tho Methodist E. Parsonage is being shingled this week. The Erie will run a popular ex cursion to Niagara Falls Oct. 9. Fare 13. Fivo miners wore asphyxlctted in a mine at Joriuyn Tuesday All Uie bodies but ono hnve boon recov ered. Tho Town Council have boon trtmminr the tron3 alont some of tho streets, which is a much nooded improvement. Ono of Esquire J. B. Olmsted's horses becoming entangled some what in the harness last Saturday broke loose and ran away. No dam age done. John Waltz, convicted in Sus quehanna county of the murder of Jnbez Lemon, was refused a new trial and sontoneed to nine yenrs imprisonment. The Governor lia3 fixed Tuesday Deo. 7th, for tho execution of Her man Paul Hchultz, convicted of the murder of bis wife in Hhohola town ship, Kept. 20, l&UU. A new eln-.a has boon formed in tho Presbyterian H mday school which all thoso not connected w ith the school are cordially invited to join. Dr H. G. Barckley will mako exposition of tho lessons. John Y. Clark of Kandyston raises such excellent peaches that they are tho envy of those who do not havo the wherewithal to buy. !So some ono stole 40 or 50 baskets out of his orchard last Saturday night. The He. istor's ancient history says : February 7, 1846, Jacob Kloinhans was marriod to Sarah Ann Bellis, by Rev. J; A. Roilloy j Sept. 7, 1850, II. H. Farnum sold C ml at Port Jervls for $4.25 single tons, t4.00 if five or more were taken. Will not II. L. Cnnno tho con tractor who has somewhat impover ished himself by work ou the Mott street bridge take an expectant public in his confidonco and explain why ho does not rip-rap the sand he usod at tho price agreod on before ho was paid for the filling job? RAILROAD NOTES. pkoplk's harvest season excursion to niagara falls. Tho abundant harvest, af 1897 is about over, and evorybody is ready with a big woloome all along the lino for the Erie Railroad com pany's annual harvest excursion to Buffalo and tho great natural won- dor of tho world, Niagara, which will start on Saturday evening, Oct. tn. hneuial train will return Sun day afternoon, Oct. 10, and tickets will also be good to return on regu lar trains, Oct. 11. No one should miss this last opportunity of the season and at such cheap rates. Train will leave Port Jervis at 6.27 p. in. Fare round trip only $3.00. lonf Separated. Sanford Jaooby a veteran of tho war who left his wife some twenty two yoars ago has boon hoard from by hia family and was reunited to them this week. Ho enlisted while working in Port Jervis and after being honorably discharged returned to Sullivan county, where he mar ried ami then or mo to Port Jorvis where he rosided six years. He then wont to Chenango county and disappeared in 18,5. His wife ob tained a inirsion which she has drawn for sevoral years, and it was when he mado application for the renewal of Ins pension of $5 per month which he hud drawn prior to his dejiarture that tho fact of his being alive came to the knowledge oi ins wire. Arnica on Deck. The foot ball season has fairly opened and the usual crop of bruist and breaks follows. The advice given her Bon by a lady is appropri ate. Nover go Boar the" water until you learn to swim, so never play looMmii until you learn the game. John Van Etten has occasion to re gret that this precept was not obey ed, for ono of the bones of Lis hand was broken recently by a kick from a follow who did not understand the game. Marital Infelicity. 'I he world says that a divorce suit is imminent tho parties being John C. Wilmerding of New York and his wife Marie who is a daughtor of Col. Yanderbilt Allen, 'limy were both well known in Milford several years ago and wero married iu lhtfi The couple havo not lived happily together and are novv separate. A WOMAN'S LETTER. f'nnccrnlnlt Or. Ifartman'M Free Treat ment for Women. I reooivod your book on Gynae cology and commenced the uso of your medicine at onoo. I took five bottles of Po-ru-na and two of Mnn a Iin. I feel like a now woman. When I commencel taking Pe-ru-na I could hardly walk across my room ; now I am doing my own work, can walk a mile nnd a half to church. I shall nevor eeaso to thank you for prescribing for me. I had boon under tho trentmont of two doctors, hut nover received any benefit until I commenced taking your medicine. I am nosv well and able to do my own work. I wish every woman who was suffering as I was would send for one of your books on Gynaecology. It is a God send to suffering women May God bloss and spare you many yenrs to relievo women who are suffering as as I wns. I am anxious for every woman who Is suffering as I wns to know whnt your modioino did for me. MRS. II. D. AMOSS, Green esboro, Ga. A free book, written expressly for women by Dr. llartnian, win bo sent to any address by Tho Pe-ru-na Drug Manufacturing Co., Columbus, Ohio. Monthly School Report. Report of Grades 6, 7, 8 and 9 MilforA.for month ending Sept. 24, 181)7: GRADE 9. C1.AHS AVKHAGK .Standing ' Pkh Cknt Dora RochuOo 8 Daisy Dp Witt CD Junulu Ktruthers 88 GRADK 8. Kttft Klpp , M Moda Bovd 84 Hiittie Morton M Mary Quick S3 Hurry Armstrong 7S Murk Kyilur 77 X (ieorpfo WIlPaniH 77 Unrtlia Hovd 74 Kottle Rivers..; 73 Lulu fciehu v .. 73 Maria Cuildelmck 0U GRADE 7 Amly MliUlauRh (W 4-5 Robert TerwllliKcr on Mtihttl Thornton OH Mary LasalUT W 6-6 Com Struble HI Gixrno T u ruor ) PhcboDuvU .-. .. WA Ixiwis (ircgory 87.' Alice Ryniau . 87 Kdna Kliwr 80 ) liossuj Jtmr.lntfa I Ucunio Bcnrdsloy 84 Luoy Hnurntqun 8U 5-5 Goore Lnttimoro Hi Hoi. Cuddolmck 78 Hclem I'almur 77? Jake Heborr. 76 Roscoo (iourlay B l Annlo Klpp 01 GRADE 6 Alllo Emonioii t l Percy Hurj HI Mary Owen (M 1-5 Clara Van Cnnipou 80 Vcnlo Iiockwooil H7 Henry Klitor 80 Mninle Strublu 84 John Fuller 61 Julia Dorthoud 64 Total number enrolled, 44 j aver age attendance, 39; poooutago, 95. J. C. Watson, Teacher. INTERMEDIATE DEPARTMENT. Boys present each day in the month : Willie Steelo, Bort Quinn, Harold Armstrong, Frank Gehrig, Gouvey Emerson, John Palmer.Em- met Steele, Harry Dugen, Henry Humbert. Girla present each day In the month : Lilly Gonrlay, Ruth De- Witt, Florence Van Campon, Nora Dognn, Josie Boardsloy, Helen Hart, Bossie Armstrong, Lila Ryman, Phobe Showers, Emma Van Campen. Total numbor of pupils, 36 : aver age attendance, 22. Peresntagoa of attendance : Boys, 98 ; girls, 95 average, 98. Bayard Nichols, Teacher. Report of Primary Department for month e.iding September 24, 1897: Total number enrolled: lJoyj, 32 ; girls, 24. average atten- dauoe during the month : Boys, 28 girls, 17. Peroontage of attendanoo during the month : Boys, 91 j girls, 91. LiILA B. VAN KTTEN, Teacher. Those who believe ohronio diar rhooa to be inourabl e should road what Mr. P. E. Grisham, of Guard Mills, La., has to say on the subject viz : "I have been a sufforor from chr jnio diarrhoea ever since the war and have tried all kinds cf modi eiues for it. At last I found i remedy that effected a cure and thut was Chamberlain's Colio, Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy." This medicine can always ba depended upon for colic, cholera morbus, dy sentery and diarrhoea. It is plea Kin t to take and never fails to effect a cure. 25 and 60 ents siz.es for sale by Druggist and General Merchant in Pike county . PERSONAL. Mrs. H. G. Williamson entertain ed a select company of ladies at tea last Friday. Miss Katie Frey, of Callicoon, N. Y., Is spending a few days with Mrs. Alice W. Drake. Rev. Thomas Nichols and wife have gone to Owego on a visit Tlray will bo absent several days. Miss Mnmniie House, of ;Nowton, N. J., is visiting at the home of Mrs. Depnos on Water street. Mrs. Will Armstrong, of New York is visiting the family of Mil ton Armstrong on Socond street. Mrs. Goo. W. Decker and daugh ter, Edith of Honesdale wore visit ing the family of R. D. Bayer this week. Treasurer Geo. Dautnan and wife returned home this week after a visit to frionds in Greene and Pal myra. Edward Watson now of Hawley, but who residod here in his younger days was in town on business Tues day. Dr. W. B. Kenworthy, of Ding mans oallod on Dr. H. E. Emerson and Dr. von dor Heyde Tuesday last. David Labnr diod at Stroudsburg last week aged 87. He was a son of Daniel Labnr who lived to be 112 yenrs old. David H. Wolls agent for a practi cal road mnchine is home spending a two weeks vncation with his mother on Broad streot. Mrs. Dr, Rudgers, of Perry, N. Y., who hns been staying at the Home steivd for several weeks returned to her home Wednesday. C. W. Bull, Esq., and son Goorge R. went to Philadelphia this week where the latter will enter the Law Department of the U. P. W. R. Willis and family who have spent the svmnior In tho Mott cot tage on Ann streot returned to their city home this week, John T. Armstrong and Jaoob Wacker have taken the contraot to plaster the new boarding house erected by H. B. Wells. Mrs. B. Jacot, who has been spending a few weeks with the family of Mr. John Ryder has re turned to her home in New York. Mr. William H. Courtright, of Scranton, Pa., Is visiting his mothor-in-law, Mrs. Newmnn and sister, Mrs. Luoinda Watson of this piaco. Miss Angelina Emerson, of Can terbury, Del., a sister of the late Dr. V. Emerson, died at her home last Wodnesday, aged about 70 yenrs Edward Cahill and wife were callod to New York Monday by the illness of Edward Cahill, Jr., who we understand suffered a parlytio attack. Mrs. G. Freih, Mrs. A. Drake and Mrs. A. Luhrs, of this place took a spin on their wheels recently, and spent the day with Mrs. Criss Kadel at Port Jervis. Randal D. Sayre the gonial custo dian of the portal of the Milford Bridge, with his wife, will take a Journey through Sussex next woek visiting relntivos and friends. W. H. Kanouse was a passenger in the train on the S. F. & A. R. R which mot such a disaster recently but had left it only an hour or two previously and thereby escaped the wreck. Mrs. Hannah Dickerson, of Bush kill in this county, never saw a rail road until lost Thursday when she rode on the D. L. & W. from Stroudsburg to Bangor. She is 75 yoars old, and was quite norvous but well pleased with the ride. Miss Catharine Van Etteu, of Conashaugh, while milking a cow hvst week was pushed off the Btool and the animal stepped on her breaking one of the bones of hor log betwoen the kneo and ankle. Dr. Embrson attended the injury. lion. Kutus V. Slauson a promin ent merchant of Bowling Greon Ohio was tho guest of hia cousin U. ax. blauson last week. He was very favorably impressed with Mil ford and expect to revisit this local ity in tho near f uti r . MostfB Guniaer, of Sandyaton is a thrifty farmer and besides growing grain cultivates two good sized poach oroliards, and also a patch of small fruits. His land would seem to be especially alapted for that business, and. market gardening as well, judging from the luscious melons, and large firm toinatoe which he pnxluoea. There are greuter possibilities in such farms than the ruiumg of coronU exclu sively. OBITUARY. MARVIN KIMBALL. Mr. Marvin Kimball, an old and rospectnd resident of Matnmorns, iliod at noon Monday, aged 75 years, of bladder difficulty. Ho is survived by his widow and six children : Mrs. N. B. Allwood of this place : Mrs. O. W. Holmes of Troy, N. Y., Lelia A., wife of Frank Mulligan of Port Jervis: Edwin M. Kimball of Matamoras ; Burr W. Kimball of Troy, N. Y.,ftnd William F. Kimball of Milford, Pa. Mr. Kimball was born in Colchester, Delaware county and carried on an extensive lumber business for many years. He Vns a raftsman of great reputation along tho Delaware and u his notive years lias carried many hundred thousand feet of lumber down the river to Philadelphia. Ho sustained a great loss duriug a high flood in tho river about 42 yoars ago, a big raft of timber be longing to him being destroyed near Milford. In 1875 the year of the great ice gorge, he removed to Matamoras where he lias since resided He resided for several yenrs in the state of Delaware whore he carried on a grocery store and at one time also lived in Rockland, . Sullivnn county. His principnl ocenpntion since coming to Matnmorns has boen that of book canvassing, though his health has been too feeble most of the time for active work. He was a good citizen and greatly esteemed by all who knew him. He was a man of religious convictions and for many years an active member of Drew M. E. church of Port Jervis. Since 1892 he has been a member of Hope church. Union. The funeral was hold on Wednes day at 2. p. m. from his late resi dence, and 2.30 o'olock from Hope Church. The pall bearers were : Moses L. Cole, John C. Presoott, Jaoob Hartz, Sr., Theodore Fletahor, A. W. Baloh, Sr., and Nathaniel N. Taft. The funeral sorvioes wore con ducted and the sermon preached by Rev. J. A. Wiogand. The remains wore Interred in the family plot in Laura Grove Ceme tery. Kotlce. Tho annual meeting of the stock holders of the Forest Lake Associa tion for the purpose of electing offi cers, and transacting such other business as may properly be pres ented will be held at the Club Houso of the association in Lacka- waxen township, Pike Co., Pa., Oct. 12, 1897 at 10 o'olock a. m. W. C. Davidson, Clerk. Oot. 1, 1897. The Prohibition Meetin. . fair audience greeted W. R. Irvin at the Court House last Tues day evening. After the hymn "Ros oue the porishlng" and a prayer by J. A. Meyer, the speaker mode an address in whioh he arraigned both the old parties for their support of the lioonse system.and oharged that corruption in high places was main ly due to the intemperate habits of officials. He produced the straw casing of a champagne bottle and stated it was taken from a oar in whioh the Governor was traveling recently ,and strongly intimated that the contents of too many bottles had found thoir way into his system. He is an earnest speaker , and at tributed the recent-strikes to the saloon influence, claiming that the miners spent thoir wages in drink and hence oould not support thoir families on the wages paid them He is speaking in the interest of the Prohibition ticket, and his argument is to the effect thus there would be less extravagance, dishonesty and corruption wero the saloon and its influence eliminated rrom politics. Endeavor Unioa. The Eleventh Annual Convention of the Pennsylvania Christian En doavorUuion will be held at Eas ton. Oct. 6th, 6lh and 7th. A larere number of prominent speak ers from the State have boen in vited and several from New York It is earnestly desired that each society in the State may be re. presonted, and special rates have boen made on tho State railroads The Eaaton hotels also otter re duced rates aud aooorumodatioiu' can likewise be secured in private houses. Real Eatata Tranafara. Lacka waxen and Blooming Grove II. I. Courtright, sheriff, to Harry T. Baker, dated Doo. 21, 1896, 350 acres, Roberts farm, con. eut'd Sept 2'tu. AFFRAY AT GREELEY. A Serloni Shooting Affair Thft ferxona are now Lndfrd In Jail. An affair which may prove seri ous took place near Greeley on Mon day morning," ou ' the old Milford turnpike. Two German farmers, Samuel Heins and Vido Zolak live on adjoining farms, and the latter discovering tho forruors cattle in his buckwheat went, and drove them out, and went back to his barn to finish bis morning work. Soon alter stepping out in tho barn yard ho saw Heins the owner of the cat tle standing with a gnu pointed at him and heard him using very pro fane language. As Zelak turned Heins fired putting thirty-two fine shot in his log and arm niakiug very d'tngerous if not fatal wounds Hoin'sson was alsopresont with his gun and stood guard threatening to shoot Zelak if he made any attempt to move while the elder Heins went in tho honso, and broke and smash ed nearly everything he oould find. Dr. Howard of Lickawaxon was called, and advised that the wound ed man be taken to the hospital whioh was done on Wodnesday morning. Constable Kolly arrested Heins and his son on Tuesday even ing and took them before C. W. Shannon, Esq., who committed them to tho oounty jail to which they were brought on Wednesday evening and looked up to await the result of their victim's injurios. For the lyoeum. An entertainment hastily gotten up but replete with humor, and suc cessful financially, was given at the Crissman House Saturday evening . he audience demonstrated its ap preciation by the encores, and lib eral contributions to the very worthy object. Tiie program opsned with a piano solo by Lila B. Van Efcten, followed with a song by Mrs. D. Biddis, " Comin' Through the Rye," andtablenu representation of tha sentiment by D. R. Chapiu and Mima Bull. The young couple very neatly personified the embarrass mont which sometimes results from the " Gin a body " well, neither oried anyway. Poetry was embodied both in the pise and beauty of the noxt picture whioh was portrayed by Belle Find- ley, Nettie Terwilliger and Nellie Quick. A gipsy scene followed wherein a number of young ladies displayed such graco and beauty that the rati Gitanas had any boon present would have burned with envy. Mrs. Frank Crissman road with hor accustomed dolioacy of expres sion tho Sixth Canto of Scott's Mar- mion. Maud Mnllor raking hay was a scene which Elsie Mott made so re alistic that one oould fancy smolling the odor of freshly cut grass and daisies as she demurely waited for tho Judge, Dan Wheeler who came prancing np on a fiery steed and partook of a cup of oold water with relish evidently cultivated for the occasion. The -'It Might Have Boen was a modley of wash tub musio and the long drawn sigh whioh betokened a fond recollection of former days Geo. B. Drake than recited a couple of Whitcomb Riloy's pooms, in a way which proved him a master of humor and a capital elocutionist The three fates, Hattie Docker, Bertha Williamson and Lila B. Van Etten did not closely resemble the f.vblod Pircae though they hold tho thread upon whioh is supposed to han? so mush of what intorest3 the human family. Mrs. Crissman again favored the audience with a seleotion from Owen Meredith, and the collection was taken The result was highly gratifying, about $10 being the amount realized Mr. Goorge B. Wilson, a guest at the house, was master of oeremonies aud his speech apiealing to the gen. erosity of the audience for the very worthy object was a gem ot im promptu oratory. It could not have ixseii more feeling or impassioned had it been a studied effort. Some. times his thoughts outran his pow ers of expression, and whether it was a chestnut horse or a norse chestnut there were no ohostuuts in tho wit with whioh he introduced the various scenes. His only draw bock to physical beauty in his red heiulodness, but one soon forgets that in the charm of his lucid ex pression, and the appearance was naturally attributed to the red fire setting of several tableaux. Afters the floor was cleared and on its sandy surface considerable of the solo leather of thoir daddies was left by the young people that the host might not weary with idleness before the Sunday morning break fast. Wi II i Baker R. D. Sayre while digging for In dian relios in Sandysten unearthed recently the remains of what would seem to have boon a festive occasion among the red men. At a depth of some three foot ho found a large quantity of mussel shells and Intermingled with thorn coals and piocos of pottery, just as if thoy had boon roasted. Noar by was found the remains of ono who must have been a son Anak judging from tho size of his skeleton the bones of which were unusually largo, and the lowor jaw especially, in which there was a perfect set of teeth, betokened a man of immense proportions. Terhops some ono versed in the customs of tho aboriginal inhabitants enn explain the probable moaning of the mussel shells and the fact of oonls being found with them. Did the noble red men Indulge in such sports, and is our modern clam bake only in imitation of what they originated. The fact of tha skeleton being found near by might bo at least persuasive evidence that Jhey did so enjoy themselves and that this one had transgressed tho limits of a propor quantity to his everlasting regret. An Eel Reck That Catchej Eela. In the early duyn of fall when thointhtu of frosh pork nd tho festive buckwheat oako begun to intrude upon tho minds of our morry Landlord, the vlllo Smith and his man Friday they did with the Idea ot bridging thnt trying acnuon botwoon the summer vogotablo nud tho winter mont collectively oonocive the Idea of ontnng llng tho wayward and slippery eels that havo boon summer boarders In tho upper 'glons of Flirt Brook, nnd convort them to their own use nnd sustonnnce. As n oulmlnntion of inuob ohln nnd brnln work curious oomblnntion of Hints and nails wns formed nnd thoy called It nn eol rack. Then thoy did rest themsolvos of their labors In glad nntlcipntions of the addition soon to bo made to their meat supply. This eol rnok marks an era In tho evolu tion of this remarkable village, and Its history will be found closely entwined along with thnt of the great and only Hon est John In the back numbers of tho Gnzotte and Pikb County Press. Tho first time there was a ralso In the brook the olock work attachmont. was wound up the combination set and results anxiously n will tod. But little was taken In thnt night except whnt was thought at the time to have been some of "Boss" Klutners In side arrangements that hnd got nwny from him, and floated down the brook . Some imagined thnt thoy smellod not unlike bad gin, or wicked rye whiskey, Instead of the regulation fish odor, nnd hence they wore ignomlnlously hustled out of the rack. Thoy wore found to be howovor, the "Innards" of nn lunooout, but defunct snoop no, excuse mo, a lamb. Our butcher nover peddles nnythlng but lamb you know Well that nights work sottlod the fact to the satisfaction of Its builders thnt the machine with ItHoomblnatlon set right would catch eels. Frank now broke n bottle of boor over Its starboard wing, and thoy nnmed It the "Klondike" because thoy bollevnd that everything that camo down the brook would turn to g , no eels. Sure enough when tho next rise camo Frank, Ed and Honry lookod the thing over curefully and wound It up. The eels came in, the rack took care of them cor reotly stamped each ono with day nud date as a certificate of freshness until six had oome In, when the alarm went off and tho oels went oft too. Ed had put thorn In a pall for gnfo keeping, but whether the Boss" beguiled them, or whether thoy wriggled themselves into his confidence Is only known to him and them. Be that it nviy, on their return next morning and taking the tip from the serpont In the gar den of Eden, stood on their tails while re porting a pleasant trip to tho slaughter house and that thore were no burgulnra In the moat shop that night. Ed got his b n'k up quite some at the loss of his eels, tho air just about htm took on a bluolsh tint with a sulphurous odor and his wrath wns trimmed with lungungc to correspond. Bat tho oels came back as noted above and calm sweet ponoo gently hovered over tho sceno. Dlssenslous however like the lurk ing sorpeut crept In. Frank as might hnvo bexm expected In due time got his back up. Henry had perhaps fulled to fill his pro scription nnd tho air again took on a tint of sulphur and profanity. Whether Frank h:ul received his due share of the "Bosses Interior arrangements, nud the eels Clint came afterward, deponent snith not, but) that Frank was dissatisfied was self evi dent. He says to Henry, goz he, "though I hnve helped to build this wonderful rack you oun have the eels its catches In future and be damned." To save Henry from such an awful fate Borne uuregeuerate cuss did go quietly that same night aud fall with Uirrille force right into thnt eul rnk. There Is a gaping hole in the bottom of it, aud looks as If a whirlwind had toyed with Its sales. Whether lul or f rank did it only themselves may ever know, it must have ooen some one used to fnlllug over a whoultmrrol or a cradle for they evidently knew wheu they hml fallen into It enough. The gravity of tneollenuels revealed In all its enormity when we consider that the man who did It must be aware that If the "Boss" again loses his "Innards" this rack is In no condition to save them. Kd has since gone to Washington to hoar a praise serviue, nud regain his religious equilll rluin. Frank is quietly doing penance in urhiri noil mmI. wit.h hiu hrusli ami Henrv Is saying nothing, but sawing wood, it the u uill gel to working right again aud we hope the burst will be repaired before the next rise lu the brook, we will tele phone you as to how the rock behaves Itaulf . There seems to be an opinion gain ing ground that if they could so repuir tho rack as to oatch some of tho Democratic candidates Hunting around, It would do the Country a greater seivlou than cut;U iug slippery eels. H,
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