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MILFOIM), l'IKK COUNTY. PA.. FRIDAY. JANUARY 5, 1900.
NO. 9.
PERSONALS.
BRIEF MENTION.
BEAUTIFUL SILVER LAKE, i YHE COURSE OF TRUE LOVE.
SAXDYSTON IN GENERAL
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THE NEW COUNTY OFFICIALS.
The new board of Comity ('
missioned, W. F. Book, II. s. Al-TrlKlit-
nnd Pierre M Nilis met Mori
day and onrnnized. by electing II. S.
Albright pio-ndent of Hie board, hikI
George A. Swepenizor clerk at, a
snlnry of J;'n " vpi,r-
It. F. Steele wns appointed jani
tor nt n snl iry of 15 a your.
The County Auditors, V. II.
Wnrnoi.C. C. Hliniinoii nnit .1. F.
Terwilligrr !''' nnd orgnnizod by
electing W. II. Warner president,
nivl C. 1'. Mott -lrli. nnd proceeded
to nuilit thence amis of the several
officials.
Jury Cimimissiniiors E. A. Green
ing nnd B C. Smith with Sheriff
Vnndontinrk met Tuesdny nnd nfter
appointing Jus. II. Heller clerk,
proceeded to till the wheel with 350
mimes nnd to draw the jury for
Mnrch term n list of which will np
ponr next week.
Week of Prayer.
The meetings now in progress nl
tne Presbyterian church will lie
continued during noTt week the
week of prayer every evening ex
cept Saturday. A short gospel ser
mon inny lie expected each evening,
mid the program provided by the
Evangoliral Alliance hns been con
densed nnd transposed us follows.
Monday, Jnnunry 8th Pniyer,
thnt (foil will bless the church
through Ins provid.nice.
TircsnvY, J n n tin ry 8th Prayer,
thnt God will fill the church with
bis Spirit,
Wednkhmay, Jnnunry 10th Prnv
er, thnt Hod will bring the children
of the church into full commnn'on,
nnd will bless nil children nnd
young people.
Tiiuhsday, Jnnunry 11th Pray
er, thnt Clod will give to the minis
try nnd membership of the church
ineronsn in consecration, prayer,
activity, holiness nnd liberality.
Fkiday, Jnnunry 12h Pniyer,
thnt both in our own nnd in other
binds Gol will ndd to the church
daily such as shall he saved.
Sernwtm to correspond on the
sabbaths January 7th nnd 14th.
The evening services will com
mence at 7:110 olclock. All tue
cordially invited.
Officer. Elected.
The Presbyterian Sunday school
Inst Satibnth elected the following
officers r
Superintendent, Dr. II. G. Barck
lej ; Asst., Win. Mitchell ; Secre
tary, Bertha Williamson ; Treasur
er, Geo. Mitchell ; Librnrinn, John
C. Warner; Asst., Frank Oo.-k ;
Organist, Katie Bock ; Asst., Nettie
Terwilligor.
Spain's Greatest Need.
Dr. K. P. Olivin, of Bnrcelonn,
Spain, spends his winters nt Aikim,
S. C Wen k nerves had caused se
vere pains in the buck of his head.
On using Electrio Bitters, America's
greatest Blood nnd Nerve Remedy,
all pain noon left him. He says this
grand medicine is wbnt. his country
needs. All America knows ttrnt it
cures liver nnd kidney trouble, puri
fies the blood, tones up the stomach,
strengthens the nerves, puts vim,
vigor and new life into every mus
cle, nerve and organ of tiie body.
If weak, tired or aiiing you need it.
Every bottle guaranteed, only 60
cents. Sold by C. O. Armstrong,
druggist.
THE FARMERS' INSTITUTE.
Prof. Harry Huyward and Ga
briel Hiester, the former of State
College and the latter a large fruit
grower in Dauphin Co. were present
at the institute held last Friday.
Though the attendance was not large
much interest was manifested in tlie
talks which were mainly on dairying
fruit culture nnd treatment of worn
out soils such ns abound in this coun
ty. It was urged thnt the dairy in
terest bore ought to lie cultivated
nnd thnt silos he built to supplement
grass and feeds. Worn out land
may be brought to productiveness by
green manuring, plowing in or even
brushing down'buckwheat on the
land. Apples are a good crop and
the planting of apple and peur trees
was strongly advocated. Native
stock should lie planted and then
grafted to some fruit that thrives
. in the locality. Observe the kinds
which do best here and procure grafts
from such trees. Red apples are
profitable limiu.se they sell better iu
foreign markets.
Lewis Dennis, Salem. Iud., says.
Kodol dyt.pesia oure did me more
irood than anything I ever took
It digests w bat you eat and can not
help but cure dyspepsia atid
tfUiuaiU troubles..
O. W. Hnlslnnder nnd wife were
guests in Milford Jan. 1st. !
.bin. R. Bull and wif. . of N. Y.
city, were visitors at Milford New
Yen rs.
Nnt Detriek is nt present sojourn
ing in Florida the land of flowers
nnd blossoms.
Dr. and Mrs. Von der Hyde re
turned to Milford after nn absence
of several days duration.
Aimer Terwilligor nfter visiting
bis family a couple of weeks will re
turn to Chicngo to-morrow.
George Armstrong, Hurry Reed,
John Vnn Etten and Theodore link
er isited over Jan. 1st in town.
J. li ving Hornbook, who is well
known in this town, hits been quite
ill at liis mothers home in Port Jor
vis. Frothy. .T. C. West brook, Jr.,
went to Ilonesdnlo Thursday ns a
witness, in the railroad injunction
cases.
M ijor Chas. Royce and daughters
Misses Lillian and Winnie were the
gnosis of Mrs. K. B. Van W'yek and
daughter Christmas Day.
Rtal Estate Transfer.
Mary E. Fisher and husband to
Henry Faust, dated Dec. 20, lot No.
1. Con. $1200.
Albert T. Porter nnd wife to Dan
iel D. Everett, dated Deo. 19. Lot
KiM, Malainoras. Con. J'JOO.
List of Unclaimed Letters
Remaining in the post ollice nt
Milford for week ending Jan. 6.
l'JOO :
Gentlemen Bell Doctor, Excel
sior Mfg. Co., S. F. Gardiner, John
Koding, Edward Tvnddcll.
Foieign R; V. Carey,
Persons claiming the above will
please say "Advertised" and give
date of this list.
C 1 1 A l( I ,K.S L A TT I MO II K .
THE JERSEY SCHOOL LAW.
Elirroii Pit km :
In your news column, bended
"Sandyslon in General", nppears a
short item in reference lo a bill of
fered in the last session of the New
Jersey Legislature which did not
pass, hut is again to be introduced in
the coming session, for the purpose
of revising the school law.
The item seems lo lie full of errors.
It says; "The bill if made a law, will
deprive all school Hoards of their
powers to appoint or suspend teach
ers, repair or build school houses ap
propriate money, and iu fi'ct de
prives them of their powers."
This is what Senate bill No. 107
does say: Section loo. "The boards
of education shall have jsiwer: 1. To
employ and (lis niss principals, teach
ers, janitors, mechanics and laborers,
and to tlx, niter and order paid their
salaries and compensations."
"III. To purchase and improve
school grounds, to erect, lease, en
large, improve, repair or furnish
school buildings, to borrow money
therefor, and to raise money by tax
ation for any such purpose .or to pay
debts incurred therefor, ur for current
expenses of the school; provided, that
for any such act it shall have the pre
vious authority of a vote of the legal
voters of the district."
Their' powers are fulher defined
under twelve different sub sections
giving them all the powers now
possessed with many additional and
important ones. The item says: "Ti.e
ollicial aplHiinted by this law can re
move any lo al Board of Education,
teacheror principal."
ThV writer has not been able to
discover this U te noire."
The item says the "Superiuton
dent in a county is supreme." No
more than under the present law.
The bill contains many new and
desirable changes, the powers of
local boards have not licon curtailed
but largely increased and lliechanges
vti.ll greatly aid school otiicers in their
wwk.
The newspaper criticism pi this
bill has lieen largely of this indefin
ite and unreliable kind. Apparent
ly many of the critics have not tak
en trouble to read this bill liefore re
lating its obnoxious feature.
Yours, N. J.
J. I. Bevry, Logauton, Pa.
writes, "I am willing to take my
oath that I was cured of pneumonia
entirely by the use of one minute
cough cure after doctors failed. It
also cured my children of whooping
cough." (Quickly relieves and cures
coughs, colds, croup, gripi and
throat and lung troubles. Children
) all like H. Mothers endorse it.
Albert CJ. Wnllnce, of Milford
Horough was appointed mercantile
I'l'''!-Dec. 30th.
Rev. G. W. Gillespie, of Port Jer
vis, preached a stirring sermon in
the Presbyterian church last even
ing. Geo. Dauman has rented his
Montague tnrm, just across the riv
er, to Walden Ayeis for the ensuing
year.
A wagon in which L. Goigcr and
Fritz Gerhnrds were riding was run
into Wednesday by another vehicle
and both were tin own out and quite
badly injured.
Francis Xavier Frieh, of Boston,
a brother of the late George A.
Frieh, died at that city Tuesday
Dec. 20, 18119. aged about 45 year.s.
His death was due to pneumonia.
The stockholders of the Milford
Cemetery Association Monday re
elected the former inn lingers. II. B
Wells, C. W. Bull, Moses Detriek.
William Mitchell and William An
gle. A largo party which bad been
spending New Year's days with
Mrs. Goldsmith at Silver Lake din
ed at the Centre Square Hotel Tues
day on their way home to Philadel
phia. Married, nt the M. E. church.
Aldenville, Wayne Co., Dec. 27,
llSilU, by Rev F. C. Smith pastor,
assisted by Rev. Smith of the Baptist
church, Lillio May Drake, youngest
daughter of S. S. Drake, and Frank
C. Vnn Denburgh of the same place.
Ebenezer Warner entertained nt
his cosy home on Broad street Jan
n))(
uary 1st Robert Warner
wife and George Warner an.1 fami
ly. John C. Wnrner nnd wife are
at St. Augustine, Florida, at present
and may visit Cuba in the near fu
ture. Being a Democrat down in Moi.-
roe Co. involves both courage and
self-denial. The commissioners, all
of whom are Democrats, reduced
the salary of the clerk from $000
to t()0 and S. L. Mosier had the
self-denial to accept. There were
sixteen applicants.
We lire in receipt, through the
courtesy of A. R Shermiin Superin
tendent, of a very nent nnd bandy
calender of C. C. Smoot & Sons Co.,
of North Wilkosboro, N. C. Their
fiuildings cover considerable ground
and it would look from their size as
if "Ap" must be a pretty busy man.
The .commissioners and auditors
have fi.'ced the compensation of the
newly installed county treasurer nt
the same rate paid last year on
money received on county duplicates
i sir cent, and on money paid out
'I per cent, except on personal prop-
erty taxes received from the Com- j
monwealth 1-4 per cent. No per
cent for payment of temporary
loans.
Joseph A. Buckley, of Delaware
township, having sold his farm, as
is reported to Jared Dundas, will,
Jan. 2IM sell at public .sale on the
premises bis live stock, farming im
plements and household goods, and
the same week will leave for his
new home in Washington where his
sons are engaged in business. Dela
ware will lose, nnd the community
in which he locates will gain, a
most estimable and worthy citi
zen. Our best wishes go with him
for prosperity, happiness and a long
life iu which to enjoy them.
William R. Smith, of Parker's
Glen, was arrested by a postal in
spector last Friday and taken to
Philadelphia charged with having
used unlawful means to secure for
himself an increase iu salary. His
method, as set forth in the affidav
it for which the warrant was issued,
was to return a larger number of
stamps cancelled than were in fact
cancelled. His returns for July,
August and September showed the
total amount of cancellations in his
office to be $121.44 where in fact it
should have been 'J6.37. U. 8.
Commissioner Craig held him m
(500 bail.
C. A. Snow & Co., Patent liw
ycrs, opposite the I'nited States l'ut
ent Ollice, Washington 1). C, w ho
have uctual clients in every city and
town of the Cnited States and Cana
da, report that never liefore in their
25 years practice has the work of the
Office lieen so well up to date. Ihey
claim Unit patents can now tie pro
cured iu less than half the time for
merly required. Feb 1
Pickerel hooks,
at Wallace's.
lines and tip-ups
Silver Lake, onoi? knowr ns
Schnff's Pond, bus become quite
famous ns n resort for city people,
particularly Philadelphia iir. It is one
of tho most beautiful sheets of wat
er in the county and the shore on
the north nnd west is bold and rises
to considerable height. The view
from the cottages erected is wide
extended nnd covers the range of
Jersey hills miles awny on the
eastern horizon. Several snug sum
mer homes hnve been built nnd land
there has reached nn nlmost fabu
lous sum. One person, n Mr. Brom
ley, recently paid at the rnte of
1200 nn ncre nnd will, the coining
summer, build n cottage. Jacob J.
Seeds, prominent in Philadelphia
politics nnd a councilman in that
city, with a party of friends spent
a few days there recently, nnd E.
F. Hoffmtin, Esq., one of the orna
ments of the bnr of thnt now some
what, celebrated town, who has for
many years been n cottage' owner
and regular visitor comes up to en
joy the bracing winter air. Mrs.
G ildsmith also of the same city en
tertained a largo party on New
Years there. P. M Nilis. who is
superintendent of the Edgemeie
Club and has general supervision
of its interests, is active in promot
ing the welfare of the Club and is
a busy man the year round attend
ing to the numerous duties of his
position and entertaining, at his
house, the guests of the cottages.
Additiunal Matter.
"Poor as a church mouse" is pro
verbial, but it enn hardly be said
to be n true proverb any more for
; evidently the Presbyterian church
I mice here lire so fat. and heavy thnt
j they can ring the church bell New
Year eve on the tap of 13 m. Fun-
ny, too how they know tho time so
! well for it has been a custom with
I them for several years past nnd they
never make a mistake in the date.
! Miss Allie H. Doughty nnd Cbnnd-
! ler Smith, of New York were mnr
i ried in St. George's Church in thnt
; city at 4 p. tn. Tuesday of this week,
j After the ceremony a reception wns
j held at the brides homo, 250 W . 57
; street from 5 to 7 to which some
150 invitations were extended.
The bride, who spends her sum
mers nt her mothers cottage at
Conasbaugh, is a very pleasant
young lady nnd has numerous
friends in this vicinity who will nil
join in extending best wishes for a
happy wedded life.
L E. Goldsmith, the defaulting
assistant cashier of the N tional
Bank of Port Jervis, accompanied
by his counsel, W. H. Crane, Esq ,
surrendered bimself to U. S. Com
missioner Henkel in N, Y last
Thursday, and in default of tlO.OOO
bail was locked us in Ludlow Street
Jail. His case will go before the
Grand Jury this week, arid he will
be arraigned Jan 10th.. Goldsmith
had been hiding in Philadelphia
nnd it is said his whereabouts were
unknown to the officers. His col
lar bone was broken, the resnlt ot
an accident near Bushkill when he
was going awny about Dec. 8
The New York dispatches that
"more gold is going to Europe,"
which three or four years ago
would have caused alarm and de
pression in the minds ' of those
watching the finances of the coun
try, disturbs no one now. The gold
in the United States hss incrensi d
since 1896 about 1400,000,000, nnd
will generally continue to increase
unuer Kcpubucan management,
even though there may lie nn outgo
for a few weeks or months to meet
the present exigency.
Senator Kyle's reasons for deter-
mining to vote for the gold standard
are simply nn example of the con
uitions winch are causing irany
o her leaders to abandon tho silver
cause. He says. "1 hough I am a
bimetallist and have been so from
conscientious convictions for twen
ty-five years, I would rather take
tlio most undiluted gold standard
i sm than accept bimetallism with
tbi ingredients of radical socialism
that are now associated with it
We have been practicably operating
under the gold standard" for thirty
years, and having brought ourselves
into harmony with the uionetary
systems of the world, it is a doubt
ful 'imposition whether k is right
to again disturb values in the world
when by such action we do injus
tice to the creditor class and at the
same time put ourselves out of joint
with the rest of the world."
The wedding of Miss Willoni'bby
I icK. of Montague, N. J., nnd
i rry, better known as "Sonny"
Gi celling, of Rattlesnake, was an
lioimced lust week, and it appears
C rated some disturbance in the
b ide's family.
Her mother came here, on learn
ing of the fact, nnd securing the
services of Otlicer Wood went back
in the night to tho abode of the
newly wedded couple and attempt
ed to persuade her daughter to go
home with her, but was not sue
c -ssflll.
Ono day this week word was sent
the bride thnt her mother was very
sick and wished to Vee her. She i of JlliO.OOO. is impaired to the
nicordirily .nceompiinied the mes- j amount of about 195,000.
si nger home, her husband also go- Tho problem of reorgnnzation
ii g across the river, but as some 1 ought not. to be of great difficulty,
dcqnieting remarks had been made I nnd there is ample business in thnt
by members of her family ns to i town for two banks. Probably, in
w lint might happen him should he 'order to fully reestablish confidence
presume to visit the Black residence in the community, it may be neo
lic prudently kept away and vainly essary to inject considerable new
a" aited her return. j blood in the official pesonnel of the
Wednesday evening he recrossod . institution, not because people
the bridge brideless, for the dour ! question the integrity of the for
oiie had evidently changed her i mer officials but because of the fact
mind ns to longer sharing his bed ' that they failed to securely safe
ai.d board, and with her mother gard the interest of the bnnk, and
wl() seeins to have rapidly recover-I
ed she left Jersey nnd it is reported
tb it even now she may be on the
bMtiy seas on her way to bonme 1
Scotland, the girlhood homo of M rs.
B ack.
This is a rather forlorn outlook
f r 'Sonny," but be may console
hi::iself with the old adage about
"jast. ns good fish in the sen ns
were ever cn light."
O.it Hundred Thousand Fruit Tre s
In One Orchard.
I'here is iu the Slate of North Car
olina and interesting settlement that
has grow u up almost without notice.
Amid the long leaf pines not far from
the capital of the Old North State is
a territory of nlmut six hundred
square miles of what is known as the
high sand hills. The hills are as high
ns the hilly lands of the North, but
they are made up of pure white sand
and on them grow sparingly and far
lx'iween the tall long leaved pines
that tower a height of sixty to a hun
dred feet. It was thought until the
past few years that these lands weie
worthless. The remarks used to be
"they were made just to hold the
world together, a crow will take Ids
rations with him in flying over the
sand hills, it will sprout cow js-ns on
ly nnd when sprouting you can hear
them for miles grunting it is hard for
them to sprout," and like e.'.pres
srons. lint there has come a won
derful change on that sections, and
thnt change has lieen brought about
by the hand of the Northern man and
his money. The section has been
for many years recognized by physi
cians to lie the liest winter resort in
American and they began to send
their patients down there and many
who was suffering fiom chronic dis
eases become well nnd commenced
exjieriiienting with the soil, some of
them put out fruit trees, some vines,
some vegetables and it soiai become
evident that on account of the warm
general climate that was planted and
fertilized bean to thrieveand as they
come into Inuring it showed a qual
ity that was exceedingly Hue. And
from year to year the jieople have
gone in and Isiught land until there
are thousands of acres in fruit, and
during the season from May until
middle of August hundreds of thous
ands of tons of fruit is shipped Noith.
One orchard alone contains over one
hundred thousand fruit Inuring trees,
vines and shrubs. All this work has
been done by the Northern ioople
who were attracted to this section on
account of their health, and if one
WM s,im" al tl, K('t ''dw ol the
01,1 l"'on Steamship Company
in New York any day from Novem
ber until April, thev will see lieople
fr,ml evry Northern State buying
tickets to what is known as the Yan
kee Settlement, Southern Pines.
G. H. Appleton, justice of the
p dice, Clarksburg, M. J., says, "De-
witt s little early risers are the best
pills made for constitution. We use
no others." Quickly cure all liver
anl bowel troubles.
A Frightful Blunder.
Will often causa a horrible Burn,
Scald. Cut or Bruise. Buckleu's
Arnica Salve, the best in the world,
will kill the pain and promptly heal
it. Cures Old Sores, Fever Sores,
Ulcers. Boils, Felons, Corns, all
Skin Eruptions. Best Pile cure on
e irth. Only 25 cents a box. Cure
guaranteed. Sold by C. O. Arm
strong, druggist.
NATIONAL BANK AFFAIRS.
The committee, appointed by the
stockholders of the National Bank
of Port .Tervis to formulate plan
for reorganizing reported last Satur
day and reccommended an assess
ment of 75' on the par value of the
capital stock nnd thnt shnreholders
tumble to pny surrender thnt per
cent, and accept in lieu of the 25
per cent, balance new certificates
or if unable or unwilling so to do
thnt they sell their stock to those
who are able or willing. 8S5 of the
i:SO0 shares were represented. The
report shows that there is a balance
'of good
nssots over liabilities, of
10,flGl. and that, the banks
enpitnl
it might be difficult, to sntisfy the
general public ns to why they did
not. Those not export in banking
and book keeping are prone to won -
der bow it was possible, with the
checks usually presumed to exist
in such institutions, on the nets of
the several officials and clerks, that
one man could, for so long a time,
completely conceal depredations to
so lnrge an amount. It seems how
to hnve been done, whether throogh
fault in the system of bookkeeping
or want of care on the part of
those whose duties it. may seem to
have been to exercise due cnution,
n re problems to be solved only by
nn assurance to the public and pa
trons that a cioser wntch of the cash
will in future be maintained.
THE COST OF OUR BRIDGES.
The retiring board of county com
missioners during the six yenrs of
incumbency have let contracts for
twenty-three iror, bridges including
four county line bridges.
The cost of bridges nnd masonry
to tho county, exclusive of expense
of views nnd commissioners' time
nnd expanses, is shown by the fol
lowing stntement, which also shows
the townships in which the bridges
were built :
No. Sup. Masonry.
Bl'g Grove 4 I122N 463
Delnwnre 2 625 379,32
Dingman 1 484. H7 173
Greene 3 931 684.50
Lncknwnxen 5 1974 1241.50
Lehman 4 1616.50 1018.95
Milford Tsp. 1 354 250
Palmyra 2 1107 392.50
West fall 1 695 85
Totals 23 9015 37 14887.77
total for bridges and masonry
13703.14. Average cost of bridges
595.79 ; average amount expended
yearly 2283.85 which is approxi
mutely one-ntth of the amount
raised by taxation for county pur
poses. To the above may be added
the cor.t of stone work on the Mott
street bridge which was $1112.84.
A Night of Terror.
"Awful nnxiety was felt for the
widow of the brave General Burn
ham, of Machias, Me., when the
doctors said she could not live till
morning" writes Mrs. S. H. Lin
coin, who attended her that fearful
night. "All thought she must soon
die from Pneumonia, but she beg
ged for Dr. King's New Discovery
saying it had more than once saved
her life, and had cured her of Con
sumption. After three small doses
she slept easily all night, and its
further use completely cured her
11ns marvelous medicine is guurnn,
teed to cure all l'lroat, Chest an
Lung Diseases. Only 50 cents am:
1.00. Trial bottles free at C. O,
Armstrong's drug store.
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The last of the Christmas Tree ex
oroisos wb held In the Unlvprnalist
church at Bevnns on Tuesday night
The weather was very cold which
deterred many from attending, still
the house wns quite filled. The lit
tie folks did remarkably well, and
.many were surprised how the little
ones acquitted themselves In the
pieces. A purse was presented to
the Rev. Mr. Smnlley, and from its
Jingling I should judge that It con
tained a snug sum of money.
The young men attending school
lsewhere than at home are all enjoy
ing the holiday vacation. . Among
them I notice Thos. Lnntr,, from Not
ml nt Stroudsburg; Blace Cole, from
Princeton College; James Stoll, Blair
I lull and Everitt Hursh select school
at Newton.
I am sorry to say that the condi
tion of Thomas I.ayton has not im
proved, and it Is now only a ques
tion of time and constitution as to
how long he may last.
New Years was a very quiet day,
and everylKKly wns attending to
their business as usual. Usually
there is a "shoot", raffle or a dance,
but this time all had enoucrh to do to
keep warm sitting around the stove.
The weather despite the predic
tions of weather sharps has been
rotty severe for the past week.
Sovernl mornings the thermometer
marked zero nnd ns I write my ther.
mometor stands 8 degrees above the
iro mnrk. There will be no trouble
about filling ice-houses, as the ice is
nenrly thick enough now.
The hunting season is over at last
nnd those wishing for more sport in
that line enn turn their attention
to the hunting of foxes. They ought
to be quite numerous as our hunters
do not bother with them much.
The holiday season that is just
passed has been the quietest 1 ever
know. Beyond a little raffling hero
and thore for fowls and a little rat
tling of the dice everything has
been very quiet.
I henr nothing concerning the ''
building of the creamery at Bevans.
The building committee were to
have the lumber on the ground last
week, and the building to go op
forthwith. The trouble has nrob-
bly been the severe cold weather.
for with the mercury down to zero
nonrly all the week, little could be
done. As soon as the weather Der-
mits work on the building will com
mence,
The Boers, thus far, holding their
own in resisting the aggression of
England, but when it cones to bav-
lg English men-of-war patrolling
the American coast to prevent any
thing contraband of war to leave
our ports, that is going too far.
Americans will remember that "un
pleasantness," she allowed rebel
cruisers to seek shelter, food and
ammunition in her ports, to the
destruction of our commerce, and
we shoud not aid the English in
stopping anything intended for Boer
ports.
At the session of the Lay ton Ban-
day school on Sunday last, each
member was presented with a beau
tiful booklet souvenir. While oth
er schools have their Christmas tree
loaded with candy, peanuts etc.,
really to the detriment of the child
ren, these pretty souvenirs will keep
in kindly remembrance the donors.
Pick up what paper you will, yon
will see reports of prosperity In all
lines of business, thus showing that
our country is advancing to the
front rank of nations. This pros
perity boom has even entered into
matrimonial lines. This winter will
be noted as one of mnuy marriages,
for ninny are going into the marri
age state, and there are many more
hoping to reach that state of bless-,
edness, and there is probably a good
many wishing they were oat of it
So goes the world.
The Sussex Co. Alms Bouse in
vestigating committee are at work.
and in due time the people of this
county will know whether Mrs.
Williamson told the truth or not.
If not, she may wish that she had,
and if she did somebody else may
hear something drop.
The people along the line of the
mail route from Flatbrookville to
Layton were greatly excited over
the story told by the mail-carrier to
tho effect thnt a silver mine had
boen opened on lands of a Mr.
Browning in Walpack township,
Nary a detail was lacking In the
story and nearly every listener swal
lowed the story in its entirety. But
, X)NTISVKD ON Mil,