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MILFORD, PIKE COUNTY, PA., -FRIDAY, MARCH M, 1904.
NO. 10.
.THE WASHINGTON LETTER
O, cliiof of the Pntnly f crnRllo!
O boas of fnincrflnouii cats!
I'm sorry for yon, anil I'll tell you
How you run R" riil bf your Boats;
Your row. with your win, and the nation
Will mid with thin one stroke of wit:
Indulge In n new revelation
That'. Ill
Don't grumble of xland and libel,
Nor talk about hiking away
Hateh out n new leaf for your Bible
And ntay.
The exflinimition of Hood Smoot,
Apostle, elected to the Senate from
Utah, Is proceeding before the Com
niittee on Elections of the Senate,
seventeen Mormon witnesses ore
presen summoned mid brought hither
ly the government. At their head
Is the venerable president of the
church, Joseph F. Smith, a nephew
of the celebrated founder of that re
llglon. Before a committee of sena
tors he ypHtenlny stated that he had
tlve wives who had borne him eleven
children, since the government mani
festo; and when asked why he had
disobeyed the law proclaimed in that
prohibition, he frankly stated that to
desert his wives and abandon li la
innocent children would be unmanly
and he preferred to receive any pun
ishment that might lie inflicted, lie
said that he had not married an ad
ditional wife since that time and
that no Morman had added to his
wives since that prohibition was
issued. The purpose of the antl
Smoot crusaders Is to prove that
Senator Smoot represents the church
ami not the state, but. the president
denied this roundly and repeatedly
declared that the . church had
nothing whatever to do with the
election of civil officers.
On the 23rd inst. the senate indulg
ed In a spirited running debate on
the naval appropriation bill, as pre
sented by Senator Hale of Maine. In
round numbers the bill will carry one
hundred millions of dollars for the
next fiscal year. While this Is a very
large sum Senator Hale admitted
that if the naval program is carried
out, in a few years the naval estab
lishment will cost two hundred mil
lions of dollars annually, and there
will be 90,000 sailors afloat. This
will make the navy of the United
States second only to that of England.
Expansion, and the retention of the
Philippine island, was given as the
reason why such a great . navy is
needed. Senator Depew pictured
glowingly the great results that
might be expected to flow from our
Oriental commerce when each of the
four hundred millions of Chinese
wears a cotton shirt made in Amer
ica' and eats Parker House biscuits
made of American grown wheat. Al
ready the government has a fleet of
twenty-four war ships In Asiatic
waters to protect American Interests.
Incidentally, the. question arose
the guns on the new ship should be
mounted in revolving turrets, or on
platforms, en' barbette, as in the
English navy. As no one could
answer this technical question it was
dropped. There was little opposition
to the bill and it will pass.
Work on the Panama canal will
now be In order. As the senate has
confirmed thevommlssioners selected
by the president and their $10,000
salaries now Ix'gin to run, they will
take a trip to the zone and look over
the ground. It is proposed to raise
the city of Colon some three f et or
more, in order to make it possible to
secure drainage. Admiral Walker is
not as optimistic as could be wished.
He says persons who think the canal
will tie U'gun immediately, except
tentatively, are very much mistaken.
No digging for two years yet. It is
proposed to invite the president to
cut the first shovelful! of turf.
The government is going to help
out the farmer; show him how to
conduct a farm, pay part of the ex
penses and let him pocket the result
in,; profits. The farms will be called
I 'idled States diversification farms.
The first one is to be situated near
Colombia, 8. C, and thirty others
are to operated in the Southern stales.
One fourth of a farm not less than
Si ft y acres may be planted with cotton;
the rmu!udcr must be devoted to
fcod for live stock. This may be
l.ojs or dairy cuttle. Seeds and one
l.tilf of tin; fertilizers, will be given,
Mid 'Ull inspector will cull once a
ni'iptd.
The prc-iJcnt has not ihvid
ed
whether he can go to Jackson, Mich
to attend the birth d..y celebration of
U.e republican party. It costs more I
than -,' lt a year to eaten White
1 I,iU -e Clunks ttnJ .-H'liil tlieio bark to
t!a; towns whence tliey came. A I
I . t of the advoeid. of the oervle
pension bill have been laboring with
the president to secure his influence
for the measure. Thus far he Is non
committal. It Is now said the bill,
will take but till, 000,000 per year,
enough to build three large war ships.
A delegation of foresters has called
upon the president, anil in a little
speech he nssur.'d them Uz was in
favor of putting timber lands to their
best use. The president has been
advised that It should not take more
than"30 days to hand over the money
and close the Panama deal.
(Jen. C. II. Grosvenor, (if Ohio,
will come back to congress for the
loth time. lie is as grateful as ever
and promises not to do so again.
Whilo ex-Secretary Carlisle, is in
Washington atttending tlte Smoot
Inquisition he looked into the it flairs of
the Ued Cross society. There is cur
iosity to know how the funds have
been expended. Senator Quay, of
Pennsylvania, appeared In the senate
on the 3rd inst., quite tanned by
Florida sunshine, but evidently not
improved in health. He lias the
same languid air and drops ofT Into
a cat nap as soon as he sits down.
John Mitchell of the labor unions,
who lives in Washington, says the
least the poorest workman should
have each year is 1000. The Minis
ter from Venezula has closed up his
legation and gone out of business.
Some one at the other end of Ihe line
stopped his pay. Senator Lodge's
son John has an ear for music. He
has organized a string quartet and
will entertain society after Lent.
Senator Spooner has a son who is
studying art. He paints portraits.
The Senatoi lias Just been subjected
to a small but painful surgical oper
ation. MAXIMS AND VERSE
We Publish Below Some Lines from
the Fen of Our Townsman,
John Arnold Watts
The time b) think of repentance Is
when temptation is still before you.
f
Id an may overcome nature for a
time, but she always wins In the end.
'
Dnute saw hell, lie probably de
served to see it. The Just see heaven
with much loss exertion.
If your' enlightened mind reveals to
you, your soul, romeml)er the lowest
savage has one likewise.
Slave of Impure habits rend asunder
the chains that hum you. Ix't your
will be greater than your lust.
Sin not against man or nature lent
ye lie round guilty and ye or your
offspring le punished accordingly.
Common religious chanting is but
mechanical. Soulful prayer and
righteous deeds wre Godly worship.
Live out that section of life that
immediately surrounds you. Hasten
not the end. It may prove disastrous.
Few are the real. Many are tht
hypiierites and smooth tongued fewer,
still the very lowest. The greatest
danger lies in the middle avenue.
-
Habits are nearly hereditary, like
wise HKt distuses. They travel hand
in hand. A strong will overcomes the
former, thereby greatly hindering the
killer.
The time to do justice to grout men
is during their lives. Nearly all men
are opiwed to them and their doctrines
through life, after death nearly all are
with them. Think of the pangs of
oposition, which is but an aggregate
name for a dozen evils nscrilied to
tl.eiu w hile struggling to .forward a
principle, to them true anil sacred.
MIST I KOKKVKK HE A BI.AVE
A negro sat with low bowed bead
leuioaninc bis miserable lot
Asking why the cold band of fate
Had left M Hives cruel blot
Upon one man and net the other
I 'pon biiuself and not bis brother
"Must 1 forever be a olave."
The tears roiled dow n bis ebon cheeks
S bu ll in vain be tried to bide
"One t.itiil must be fur us at!" be said
"One Heaven when we've died''
So by on eurlh Ibis unjust elate
W lieu in i leu ven they know no shade
"Must 1 forever be a slave."
He laii-ed bid low bowed bead
His eyes eiew bnebt and clear
'1 be biolle tiiat stole tteroi-s bis fare
Mom e-1 be lnel sol ed u problem queer
A ina-hty man tbe '.l,!!e ltiun sent
Into tbe l'lcsiileuts eball
A loan v bo hived jubilee they said
ul 1 ioie er be a slu e.''
lb-fore a year ba-1 pu,- d away
Tbe llei; roe's pi a w a bennl
Abe i.l'ieoili eae a bi 'p.og band
'I n itu w n U euu--e at '-mi i . 1
And f ee U loan lorin a beailler-e! Cil
A n-1 a cit s lis pan and poet
"MuM 1 (oreMrr t. lai,"
TREMENDOUS ICE GORGES
The Ice gorge nt Tort Jervis has
been the worst ever known in the
bislnry nf tho town. The pack
which formed several weeks ago at
Puukies resisted the water which
cune rushing down from tho rain
and molting snow tho first of the
week, nnd when the masses of lee
from above as far as Lnckawaxnn,
came sweeping clown on the crest of
t lie tumultuous water it was baited
at Mutamoras and the river over
flowed Port Jervis. The rising ice
earrieil away the Now York span of
the Mulainoiasrailroad bridge about
8 o'clock Tuesday evening, and
about. 10 o'clock, reports say the
other span was lifted off the founda
tions and disappeared. No trace
remained of either, but since the
waters have receded they are seen
lying near the site.
The water poured through the
streets of Port .Torvis, coming in
over the I-hie flits, and lnnuiulated
the whole of the village lying below
the hill' It rose on Pike street bp
far up as the Gazette office, rushed
down Hull street and submerged to
greater or less extent the whole
of the village lying on the flat. It
was reported 2 feet deep at the
Fowler House. Tri-states suffered
from the back water. The bridge
across the Neversink wag pushed up
stream from its foundations and
now lies parallel with the river.
Mouses in that vicinity were covered
with back water to their roofs, nnd
Laurel Grove cemetery was ojvered
with ico and water.
On this side the water found a
new channel, coming on the flits nt
Boll's farm, passing down by J. U.
Rose's place, covering tho Marvin
farm nnd continued past the Hickory
Orove House down along the road,
which was oovored 5 or 6 feet deep,
and returned to the river just below
what is known as the brick yard
hill above the Half. Way House
B 11 's cattle and horses were
drowned and the family spent Tues
day night in the aKio of the house,
uncertaiu in the darkness what their
fate would bo. The water came up
to the porch of J. C. Hose's Focowo
farm house, and part of Matamoras
was covered. Rose turned bis cattle
out on the hillside and they were
saved.
The ice here yet remains firm. The
rising water for a time Wednesday
forenoon overflowed the bank and
ran across Metz's farm, but nt no
time was the ice raised to within 10
or 12 feet of the Milford bridge, and
that structure appears safe from
destruction. There Is so much room
on the flat this side that it seems
impossible for ice to disturb it.
Effects of Inbreeding
Take a flock of common hens, of all
colors, shapes, and sizes, so as to con
duct an experiment. Place with
them a pure-bred Plymouth Rock
cock, and the chicks will become
uniform and so near like Plymouth
Rocks that it will be difficult to dis
tinguish them from pure bred.. To
continue the experiment, the next
season use a cock of the last season's
production, with pullets of the same
blood. That is, keep one of the half
bred Plymouth Rocks and mate him
with a few of the half-bred pullets.
The result will be that chicks hatched
from tho eggs laid by the half-bred
pullets will revert to their grandams,
and instead of licing uniform, like
the cross from the pure Plymouth
Rock, will come of all colors, shapes
and sizes (w hen larger). By inbreed
ing the uniformity is destroyed, be
cause the parents are not pure-bred.
Hence, alw ays use pure-bred males in
the, flock, no matter w hat breed it may
be, and your chicks will be not only
uniform, but sujierior to those, of the
previous season. The same rule ap
plies to the breeding of cattle, sheep,
and to all domino animals.
Okra ' '
Okra is a plant which should be in
every garden. Okra soup is a great
Southern dish, but in the North It is
not so well or generally known. Tho
plant is a prolific yielder, though it
is a little bard to start in heavy
ground and nhould be sowo 1 thick
enough to allow for thinning three
fourths of the plants. A row of
fifty feet in length will supply a
large, family and also dried pods
enough for many fine winter soups.
It is about as good this way as freoh.
MARRIED
CI.EAUM AN Git I-' l'.S Oil March
.'in', ul Manilla, l'bilippine Inland,
llelell, dalijibler of imbi E. Ol'eull,
to l.ieuveiiuot Harold K . lea riiiau.
QUICK ESTATE BALE
Real Property was not in Demand
and Some Stock Were
Tho sale of the real estate end
slocks belonging to the estate of the
late P. A. L. Quick occurred Tuesday
at the Court House. The ten lots in
Milford lying In the upper part of
town on Harford street were bought
by John C. Peck for $585.
The equal undivided three-fourths
of 072 acres in Milford township were
bid to fl75 and withdrawn.
The G. I). Williams farm of 01
acres in Diugniaii township was not
desired and only f.'HW) was offered and
it was withdrawn.
House on lot 18, Matamoras was
bought by L. W. Quick for ff'ifm.
The place known as the "Custard
farm" in Lehman, 72 acres, was
secured by the Egypt Mills Club for
f 115.
The Manor Hall property In Dela
ware, comprising 821 acres, was bid
to ffHOO nnd withdrawn.
Nine shares of stock of the Milford
Bridge company, par value If 50 each,
were withdrawn f 23 being offered.
Eight shares Milford Water com
pany, par value too each, were in
good demand and were bought by
Mrs. Chas. II. Wood nt 1104.25 each.
Ten Shares First National Bank of
Port Jervis, par value $100 each,
after a spirited contest were secured
by Jacob Kalmback for t220 each.
One hundred acres, Wesfall, the
Van Horn farm, were bought by
Michael Cch for 1550.
One share, par value flO, of the
Milford Driving Park was offered
but not bid for.
The property sold bought a total of
$5,!)7!, but several valuable tracts
remain. The sale was adjourned to
Tuesday, March 15, at 2 p. m.
Town Council Meeting
The members of the Borough coun
cil: lly. T. Baker, Esq., George R.
Quick, George Gregory, J. E. Boyd,
J. II. Ryder and J. C. Warner met
Monday evening to organize, W.-F,
Choi nliwent George It, Quick was
eUvted president and J. C. AVamer
temporary secrohiry. Tho salary of
the secretary for the ensuing year was
fixed nt $75. There were four candi
dates for the office: 1). II, Hornlxrk,
Hurry Armstrong, J. F. Terwilliger
and II. O. Kipp, and lieeuuse Of
neither having a majority no election
was made. E. C. Wood was apjKiint
ed chief of police and P. F. Steele
Htreot commissioner.
For Free Bridges
The New Jersey Semite has passed
a bill which provides for the npK!nt
ineut of a commission to Investigate
the
matter of erecting free bridges
acroti
the Delaware between that
state and Pennsylvania. It is probable
the House will hike similar action. A
reixirt will be made to the next
session of the legislature and then if
the legislature of this state should net
and Ixith stab's favor the plan the
bridgw washed away and others as
well may be built It would be an
excellent scheme and greatly Increase
traffic between the two statm. The
tolls now paid are a tax on people on
both sides the river.
PUBLIC SALE!
A portion of the real estate of the
estate of Peter A. L. Quick, deceased
remaining unsold, will lie ottered for
gale Tuesday, March 15, 1001, at 2
o'clock p. in. in tne court iiouse at
Milford, Pa.
The same comprises the "Manor
Hall" proerty, a fine three story In
front and five story in rear, brick
building with 30 rooms; pleasant
porches, beautiful lawns and niagnifi
cent grove of trees and all the ap
pointments suitable for a hotel or
boarding house, on the banks of tlx
river Delaware, with 70 acres of
farm and timber land appurtenant
thereto.
Also, another piece of land, con
tabling 180 acres with splendid
growtli of timber thereon, and about
one mile nf "Adams brook" flow iug
through same, the best trout stream
in l'ike county.
Also, about 71 acress adjoining
above, of other thickly timbered land
of large growth and also plenty there
of adapted for making railroad ties.
All near Dingmans Ferry, Pa.
A farm, overlooking "Sawkill
Pond", in Dingman township, con
taining about til acres, with house
nnd other farm building-. A most
desirable property.
Also, a farm in Milford township,
with house and other buildings, to
gether with a three-quarters undi
vided Interest in lands adjoining,
containing about 500 acres, well
t, tin. .I it-illi huiTor fniliitir (runt
st reams -and timber of laTge H11,i
small size growing thereon in paying
quantity and readily accessible.
Also, stocks and securities.
Terms made known and sale con
duct .'d by Lf.SA A. TAl.M ai.K,
Executrix.
Milford, Pa., March 0, I'jol.
LOCAL AND PERSONAL NOTES
Bluo birds, robins nnd ico grrges
were contemporaneous this week.
Frank Keller, Esq., peter Shields
and John Hoss of Slioholn drove to
town Wednesday. ,
Chas. DoKay Tnwnsond and family
have gone to Atlantic City to spend a
couple of months.
Dr. W. B. Kfliiwortbny is contem
plating n trip south for n few days
respite from work and for recreation.
John Dot rick has filed his bond
and been duly qualified as one of the
overseers of the poor of Milford bor
ough. Ix'tters of administration on the
estate of John M. Smith, late of
roenc, deed, have ls-en granted to
:mile Vullle, Jr.
The 32 annual fair of the Monroe
county agricultural society will be
held nt Rtroudsbnrg, Monroe county,
Sept. 0, 7, 8, 9 nnd 10.
Rev. George Burslein of Princeton
Seminary occupied the pulpit of the
rixbyterian church last Sunday In
the nlisence of Mr. Smeail.
Miss Alice Ryman, who has been
visiting friends in Newark for the
past few days, suffered considerably
with blood poisoning in her finger.
Mail service between here nnd Porl
e.rvis wits resumed ycstenfciy by tin
aid of small boats crossing the river,
the waters of which are fust subsid
ing to the normal condition.
Miss Ann Baker, who has been
spending some winks in the south,
returned home last Saturday. She
was accompanied here by her cousin,
Rebecca Baker, of Philadelphia.
Miss Mabel Guinnlp, teacher of the
Intermediate department in tho pub
lic school, after an absence ol a couple
of weeks at her hdme in Wayne
county, has resumed her position.
Rev. E. M. Hmead, who came up
from New York Tuesday and crossed
to Matamoras just before the bridge
was carried off, was detained there
by the flood and reached town
yesterday.
Mutumorus lKHiple are aroused be
cause of a lack of water for fire pur-
es and nt a meeting held lost week
a committee was appointed to solicit
subscriptions to purchase some kind of
fire npimrutus.
Ix'tters tiwtnmentary on the estate of
Josephine Martin, late of Palmyra,
dee'd, have been granted t Frank
Martin, executor. The whole estate
Is Ix-queuthed to her two children.
George W. nnd Alice Ruth Martin.
The Senior class of the Yale Forest
School will arrive here April 20lh, t
remain two months. Any one having
lands which they desire mapped with
plans for forest management will
receive attention by addressing the
school at New Haven.
Samuel A. J. Conkling, a prominent
citizen of Port Jervis, died at his
home in that village Friday, March
4, ufter a long illness occasion!! by
an injury received last Octolier while
superintending the construction of a
grave in ljuirol Grove cemetery. Hii
age was aliout fiO years.
. It is pretty safe to predict that
the Milford, Matamoras and New-
York Railroad Company will not be
running Pullman cars from here
Port Jervis by April 1st. The cold
weather is nearly over and the
choice season for that company to
work is about ended for the time
being.
The sympathy of the majority of th
people cannot but lie with the brave
little Japs, in their life and deatl
struggle, w hen it is romemlicreil that
of all the Kiwers signing the treaty of
Peking, she is the only one to tak(
official note of the fact that Ruthin ha:
broken her solemn pledge to evacuuU
Manchuria. The titnty of Pekin:
provided that the troops of ull tl
powers should definitely withdraw
from the Chinese Empire thot-e
Russia, Japan, Great Britain, una ull
the rest including our own. Only
Ru.-iu bus remained, violating b
solemn pledge to the w orld.
Heeling-ia Tree
When you get trees from tbe
nursery, do not plant them hurried
ly Heel them in, choosing a dry,
sheltered place; open a treuch, lay
in the tree, in an inclined p notion
so that the tops will protect one
another looking to the labels, that
none may be lost or misplaced ; cover
the roots well with soil, leaving no
air spaces, using enough earth to
bhed water. The trtos here will be
much better off than if planted out
in coM soil, to be whipped about by
tbe drying winds.
OBITUARY
Mils. MARY ANN' A HMSTIN INIl
Mrs. Armstrong, w idow of the lute
Ijitucrlot W. Armstrong, died at her
home in New York, 125 East R:1rd
street, last Monday morning of heart
failure of which she long Nt-ii
a sufferer. She was lom In New
York ulxiut sixty-three years Ago mid
was a (laughter of Nicholas and Sarah,
Armstrong, Sotiza. She was u most
excellent woman, social hi disjiosilion,
agreeable ill manner, thoughtful for
the comfort of others, an nil'ectioniite
wife and devoted mother.
She was married September 17th,
lHi;:l, and is survived by the following
named children: Mary E., wife of
Frederick B. Wilson; Edward L.,
Carrie, William, Ijincelot W., all of
New York; Mabel, w ife of George
Wheeler of this place; and George W.
in Alaska. Two brothers, Joseph and
Nicholas Sousu of New York also
survive.
The funeral party, w ith the remains
of Mrs. L. W. Armstrong came to
Port Jervis Wednesday noon but
because of the bridges being down
were unable to reach Milford until
yesterday. 1 lie casket was then
taken down on a car to the tie pit,
back of Tri-States, and" the friends
were brought in carriages to the Erie
road at the Neversink bridge from
hence they walked along the tracks
to the fame point and then came to
Milford by way of the Clove road in
New Jersey. The funeral was held
esterday at three o'clock p. m.
the Episcopal church. Rev. E.
Perot olliciating.
ISAAC V, WFXTI1IMMIK
After an illness of long duration Mr.
Wostbrook (lied nt bis home in I'h
inan, Friday, March 4th He was
born in Delaware township, Feb. 12,
1H 47, and was a son of Jacob B. and
Hanniih June, Van Gordon, West-
brook, both nipmliers of old and
respected families in this valley. His
grandfather on the paternal side was
Oil. John Wostbrook, who was promi
nent in politics and nt one time a
memlier of congress from this district.
Mr. Westbrook was highly esteemed
in the community nnd at different
times was honored with local offices
all of which he filled with judgment
and credit to his ability. April 24,
1870, he married Miss Morcena Horn-
beck, and after a year siient in
Venango county they rrtumtxl and
Itx'ated on the farm in I'hmun where
he has since resided.
He is survived by his widow, who
is at present in critical health, nnd
two children,. Mulicl nnd Lucian,
siierintendont of public schools for
this county, and two sisters, Sarah J.,
widow of Obadiah Hornlieck, and
Susan, wife of I Ion. Everett Ilornlieek
of Philadelphia. Ihe funeral was
held Tuesday and interment in Dela
ware cemetery.
A XX MOOKF, IfHMXIX
Mrs. Poillon, widow of the late
John J. Poillon, died nt her home in
this place Friday morning, March 4,
after an illness of considerable duration.
She was txirn in New York, Oct. 0,
IK 10, where she resided after her
marriage until 1H75 when she came
with her husband to Milford. Mr.
Poillon died May :tl, isso. Two
children, Fannie A. and John J.
survive. The funeral, Rev. E. J
Perot officiating, occurred Sunday and
interment in Milford cemetery.
Real Estate Transfers
Anna M. Schuyler to Susan C.
Everett, executrix, 71 acres, 1 x-hiiian.
part of Jacob Arnst and F. Kul
surveys, 1.
J. M. Van Akin, treasurer, U
Richard Bulger, 50 acres, Greene, part
of Ijiwrence estate, hixes.
Richard Bulger to John II. Duffy,
05 acres, pitrtof Jacob Ani-t, f 1.
Same to .same, 50 acres, Greene
part of Ijiwrence Mate, f I.
John II. Duffy, et ul., executors, U
Mary Dully, 25 acres, Greene, Mimea.s
ulxive, $1.
James S. Iloldeu to Jot-eph R. Perry,
115 acres, Blooming Grove, part John
Knoitse, $1,0111.81.
Hurry P. Nyce to Clinton W
Guillot, 11012 sq. ft. hind, iA'hman, l
Herman IUors to William Wolff, 31
acres, Greene, 8 ISO.
Mi.- Edna Van Etten, daughter of
Edgar Van Etten, 2nd vice-pri7ident
of the New York Central R. R., und
Charles T. Slawson of New York were
married March 3d at the brides home
Newton, Mitss., by Rev. AdelU-rt
IluiUin, a Unitarian minister. They
will reside in New York, where the
groom Ls in the employ of the Erie
liailroud.
THE RAMBLER'S PICKINGS
So Milford has a poet 1
It was lucky this was not court
week.
March is here, and so Is March
weather.
Revivals are in progress In the M.
E. church.
Judge Englehart of Matamoras
c tiled down here last Sunday.
Our Town Council is getting liberal
in regards to the clerk's salary.
Pedestrians had nil they could do
to keep their equilibrium the past
week.
So we are to have a church paper?
Perhaps what our local papers miss,
the new paper will catch.
lake will have to be careful or his
hqrse will leave him again. He came
very near it Tuesday morning.
The bottom has, fallen out of the
price of eggs, but onions! There is
no price high enough to touch them.
Two days without mail and cut off
from the outside world is a novelty
for us here. Worse than a blizzard.
"In the midst of life we are in
death." How clearly that fact has
been brought to our minds during the
past few (lays.
Those who have not enjoyed a
slelghride this winter will now be
compelled to wait until some time
after July 4th.
We are not to forget that we hnve
churches here. The sound of one or '
the other of tho bells is heard every
day In the week.
Rob Findlny says the only thing
now a days to carry the mail with is
a flying machine. Horses, nutos, etc.,
are back numbers, when the bridges
are gone.
The water played some pranks nnd
did any amount of damage again this,
week along the river. Port Jervis
was hit bard. This town being good
escaped any serious trouble.
The time has arrived when those
who contemplate changing their
residences this spring are making
preparations to get there. There will
be but few changes in the borough.
Some one has said that there Is a
balance in the borough treasury of
nearly fi ve hundred dollars. If such
is the fact, the outgoing Council did
well enough. The borough will get
a pretty snug sum of license money,
so It only takes about two thousand
dollars to run the town. The bor
ough tax this year should not be very
heavy.
HYMENEAL
ST. JOIIX-OKVEIt
The following wedding notice of
interest In this locality, appeared in the
Southern Pines Tourist of a recent
date, published at Southern Pines, N.
C, where ('barbs St. John, father of
the groom, conducts the Piney Woods
Inn:
"A quiet wedding took place Thurs
lay, March 3rd, at three o'clock, fit
the Emmanuel Episcopal church, the
contracting parties being Mary Kate
Skilton Geyer and Ieon St John. The
Episcopal service was read by the
Rev. T. II. Gregory, rector of this
irish. To the strains of Mendelssohn's
wedding march Mrs. Geyer was led to
the altar by her father-in-law, Charles
T. Geyer, and was there met by the
groom, where the nuptial knot was
tied. No guests were present except
the immediate families. Those present
were then driven to La Fleur Cottage,
the residence of Mr. and Mrs. C. T.
Geyer, where an elalmrate wedding
supjier was served.
Mrs. St John is a (laughter of the
late Gen. Julius A. Skilton of New
York. General Skilton was u man of
distinguished ability, and for 10 years
w as Consul-General to Mexico. Mrs.
St. John Ls a charming society woman
and an accomplished musician. Mr,
St. John is the manager of the Inn at
High Point, a summer resort located
at the highest point in tbe state of
New Jersey, and of Piney Wood Inn
on the adjacent heights. Mr. and
Mrs. St. John left on the evening train
for Palm Reach and St Augustine,
Florida.
Brutally Beaten
Mrs. Mary Keefe, a woman about
5-5 years old residing at Hawley, Pa.,
was brutally beuten last Friday at
her home from the effects of which
she has since died.
j She was discovered by a child who
opened the door and saw her lying on
the floor. A hammer stained with
' blood and two empty pocket books
' were found by her side.
j There were eleven fractures in her
skull ami the room indicuted that a
severe struggle had take place. Then)
Is. no clue to lie assailant.