0 Hilly f,tl tot VOL. XV. MILFORD, PIKE COUNTY. PA., FRIDAY. FEHKUAItY II. 11)10. NO 15 BRIEF MENTION Thomas J. Quick has been appoint ed postmaster ut Port Jervis tn place ofS D. Boyce whoso term h'is ex pired. Ktipert P N Ilia of Lcluunn visited In town Wednesday. Mrs. Harmon, who occupies the Armstrong House on High Stieet bns gone in Kuropc, and hir daugh ter and husband will a on leave for South America Work for the pres ent is suspended on ber I fge hnu.-c at Rayuiondskill and rep rls suy new deal in the way of a suerin. tendont is contemplated. Port Jervls lias a curfew law. The whistle sounds at 8:30 and ail young Biers are thereby warned to hie to their homes without delay. It is a proper law for children and there are gome adults whu need Mime sueh reg illation. The Department of Agricnlturecni recta a statement Attributed to ii thut In n few yean California will be the only source of hatdwood sup ply. This doctrine was 'spread by some companies inieiesled in sell ing land and rehired to eucalyptus trees which are grown iu thai i state. Tbe engagement of Lillian Merclei of this place and Charles Mlddaugh of Dingmaus Feny ia announced. Ex postn aster Wm. Angle and son CTarence V. are at Stroudsburg Pa. H. L- Briscoe and wife of Ding mans Ferry visited iu town last Sat urday. Lent is now on and there are a great many thing borrowed wliiob will very slowly return. Joseph Canne who is dispensing cures for rheunaali-Mn and other bod ily ills is now making his headquar ters in Port J rvis. Is it not a credit to Mr Clone that he is careful to be present at important meetings of the board Knows he is watchful for the tntei esis of the county. As to criticising bitn, it is one thing to criticise and another to insinuate by innuendo. Probably no man lives who is I in inune, or wholly deserves to be, from fair criticism and we do not hesitate perhaps with too much freedom, U tndu'ge when the occasion seems to require, but private criticism and veiled abase are different Matters. Game warden Lowry recently ar rested a man at Notob whose dog he thought had killed a fawn. As be could not prove tbe ownership be killed the dog and released tbo man. Suow in the woods is very deep and birds have a bard time getting rood. Ii would be charity to plac some where they could find it, and besides It might aid to preserve those friends of the farmer. Major Daniel Barrell, whoa fam ily at one time resided in Dingman township and who was a brother to tbe late Mre. Mary A. McCarty, died recently near Washington, 1). C, aged about 6 years. B. C. Totteu, a long time resident of Matauioras and who held many local offices, especially that of Con table, contemplates departing from I that Borough to make his home elsewhere. Hon. Jacob Klaor and wife and Mrs. J. C. Bull contemplated a re turn home last Monday from attend ing thd tuueral of H. P. Nyce, but on account of snow drifts tbe trai . on the D. V. K It was stalled tuat day. A number of Milford ladies were pleasantly entertained a few even lugs ago by Miss Bet tie Cornelius and Mrs. F. W. Cross, alsi recently afforded several of them great do light at an alter noon tea. What some women would do If they had the ballot they tell in the following words: ltev Anna II. Shaw says: I wou'd sti ive f ,r better schools, more play grounds, and laws for the improvement of labor ing condition. Ida H listed Harper says I would urge repr a ntHtion of women on hoatds and com missions, part ioHui lion in pelvic affairs, and con partisanship in politics, and Mari n Hair n aa s I sh iu'd like to undo the mischief dune hy the ba' lots of other won en Qnto forinid ab'.e la-ka to accomplish. Crystal S;.ring Hot d at Etst Stroudsburg was dainsg-d ihs week by fire to amount of 70'J0. Qeo T Bynder ia ready to do plis lering aim repairing wans. He years a lawt er iu fort Jarvis died lo keeps a stock of material on hand : Malanioras yesterday afteruo n aged and is prepared to do work at t-hoi 1 1 88 years. ",llee I Miss Kathiriue MiKeeby ol this Hon. J. Joseph Hart of N. Y, waslplaoe visited the tumily el Dr. Ely In town hv- Sunday. iiu Hutu g Uld. nd At tlij uiphans court sale the prop , During the absence of Dr. Ken erty of tne-lale Amanda W. fori, j worthey in tbe South his practice right in Delaware tcwndilp held la, will be in charge ot Dr. R. O. Barck. 8 1 unlay the d ff.-rent purparts were j ley of Milford and Dr. E. Cuddeback sild as follows; No I on which is of Port Jervls. Tbe latter will be at (he house to Hy. T. Baker for a! the office of Dr. Ken worthey Toes client for 2525, no. 2 tbe farm land days, Thursdays, Saturdays and t John .ininiei'ii ana for leOO tnd ,8undBya hem 1 to 6.30 p. m. 66 no. 3 the woodland to James P. and nnd John P. Van Etten for $506. Total 1 1.860. These are generally conceded to be fair prices. Last Sunday was one of Ihe sever est day of the winter. A strong wind added to the biting cold and searched every crack and crevloe, not only of houses, but of the anato my of persons who ventured cut Monday morning the mercury smug gled dowu toeleveu below rero here, and that was not a reminder of June. Postmaster H 8. Angle was iu New York a coup'e of days this week . William Angle resigned as Pos' Master at Miiford last Friday and His son Hurry 8, was appointed in ulacc. The appointment will run for the next four years. Ang Ion broiheis decorated thi Aul ol the bunk r. om this week which givts the p'nci a uiorj at tractive appearance. L. 8. Shatter has sold his farm in Blooming Grove to the Hunting an j Fishing Club for iCIIOO. There is a pond anil trout stream ou it. Jules Santos of Milford township will soon remove his family to Ling Island. Harry Morgan, who for years has o'i I :ed residents on his mail route and at Dinguians by carrying with- ut pay their money to the bunk, cashing checks and accomodating hem generally In those matters re cently had his good nature shocked by a party fur whom he bad brot i check to the hank here and had cashed, denying that he had hand ed over the proceeds. He does nol recall the tr msantion but wiil raik-i good and in fu'.ure protect hiuis'll hy b.-ing on tbe safe side. Turkey supper at the Presbyterian Church Feb. 22 from bIx to ten o'clock. Those who took the test examina tion fur Census enumerators at Ding mans Ferry last Saturday were Isaiah Dnndas, Allen Brown, Daniel Shoe maker of Delaware and Frank Rosen crans, M. V. Briscoe, Walter Staff ord and R P. Nilis o' labium. Mrs. M C. Nyce of Hustikill visit ed in the family of C. W. Bull esq. part of tnis week. Mrs. W. B. Kenworthy who has neen visiting friends in N. Y for a couple of weeks has returned home. The Honesdale Uiti.-n Is cipherins over this poser. Multiply to by (5 aid it siys you have 2. Mnl lply 600 cents, the number in (5, by 600 and yoa have t2,5o0. We wait an answer. The Milford basket bill team wi'l play tbe Honesdale quintet Saturday evening in Browns Bull The bank will be closed tomorrow, Lincoln's birth day, Tuesday tbe 15th "ltton dy and Tuesday the 22nd Washington's birth day. The Military Academy formerly located at Cornwall-nn-the-Hudson, which was destroyed by fire a abort time ago may I e established at Dela aware Water Gap. A citizen there has offered the use of a building be owns at a nominal cost. The residence of James Bunnell at Bushkill waa slightly damaged by fire a few days ago Tbe 22 annual dinner of the Mlt i sink valley Qistorioal Society will be he'd at Port Jervi Feb. 22nd. Sev-! eral excellent speakers are cxpeoted to make addresses. Hon. W. S. Bennett of New York. a son of J ii me Bennett who is well kuown here from his former connec tion with the tii zet'o, is to have his boom for ihe Governorship lauched at a dinner s on to be given. Mrs John Carlin died last week Friday after a long illness of old age and general debility aged 80 years. She is mnived by oue sister who has always lived with her and sev eral children Interment in the Hill bide cemetery at Hawley. She was a native of Kimble. E S. Wolfe entaiued the teachera of the High Sliool Wei D -sday even ing. Janes M. Allerton, for many Nearly thirty thousand dozen cold storage eggs were ordered destroyed at Pittsburg this week. They were roasted in tbe sewage disposing plant. Homebody lost money in that speculation, and it was a great waste in a food droduct which if sold at the proper time would have afforded a good many breakfasts. One only wish 'is that every or frim tbus engaged in this storing the nr cessarit of life to raise price woold meet with similar results. It came out in snit in New' York recently a woman sued ber bnsbnnd who was a waiter at the Waldruf that he received 100 a week it t ps T ds would be considered a pretty large salary for most busioeaa men. A farmer iu Bilein N. J. sold two hn& to a butcher bnt wanted to t0y I ack tbe hams shoulders. He got t hem and then wed tbe butchj r i'Z 85. He sold the bogs at whole sale and bought back at ret ad prices B. II t for the election next Tue day were printed at tbe Press office and were ready for delivery yester day. The Wayne Independent was thirty three years this week. Just in the prime of life. Tc-morrow is Lincoln's birth day and Monday 'is St Valentines day. Sixty-five persons took tbe lost enumeration for census enumerators at Stroudsburg last Saturday. A man in Altoona bought of tbe State Game Commission 350 guns for $D25 They were taken from on naturalized foreigners and some wre fine silver mounted arms. East Stroudsburg wants to change her name and a committee of fifteen has been appointed to select a new one with Albert Eckert chairman. John L. Sullivan, the prize fighter has a new manager. He was mar ried recently and bis wife says she will tnako him keep his seat on the water wagon, in addition to man aging his bnsines affairs. OBITUARY HARRY PETERS NYCE Mr. Nyce, a Dative of Lehman died at Stroudsburg last Friday aged about 63 years. Be was a son of the late Jacob and Delinda Peters, Nye both decended from pioneer families in this state, his paternal ancestor ooming to this country from Ger mauy and settling n?ar Philadelphia. The original name waa spelled Nens or Nuyse. Mr. Nyce leives to survive him his mother, his wife six children Robert J; Frank W.; Mary J Roy; Bessie F.; and targsrt p.; oae brother James E; and aJsUsrj Mrt. Ivieu Uuillot,; Margaret,; Mts. Jacot) Rlaer and Mrs, I O. Bull, The fu neral was held last Monday and inter im nt at Stroudsburg. Real Estate Transfers Ole B. Olsen to Bertha H . Olsen, umlived half, Mordacai Rob erts, no 61, Lackawaxen. M. B. McCarty to John W. Brown lots in Dingman Ferry, $150. Anua Schmderer to Helnnck Rei ser, 162 aores, Palmyra, flOO. Mary E. Qulun et al to Palmer Depue, 198 acres, Luhtnan warrantee Wm. Nyce no. 257. W. Winfred Nuss, receiver to John P, Houi k, land in Greene, 1 acre (2000 Margaret A. Hart to William A Lambert. 415 acres Sbohola, Martin Neleigh no. 83. In Cold Storage A writer in a city paper uys (here are stored in 558 cold storage ware Louses in this couutry fourteen mil lion cattle, six million calves, twen ty five million sheep and lam he and fifty million hogs, one bil lion eight hundred million eggs (Hie hunered thirty million pounds of poultry, fifty million dollars worth of fruit and thirty million dollars vorth nt tUh, and of olh er pioducn at least one hundred mi IHjn dollars Worth. This in part may explain high prices and it may j ,, account for mauy cases of disease which arise from these foods ! whi re they are marketed because of 'u san tiry conditio. NEWS FROM WASHINGTON The greatest anxiety prevails among thinking men in the adminis tration, including the lenders of Van grees, regarding the forthcoming de cision of iho Supreme Court of the United States in the case of the American Tobacco Company. If the decision of the lower court is bus tained it will mean the appointment ot a receiver for the tnhaooo trust. The directors of that great corpora tion will be discharged from furthur responsibility and a receiver will as sume charge of its affairs, not lor the purpose of administering them in the interest of stockholders, but f x the purpose of winding up the affairs of the company of disposing of its a sests, presumably to the highest, bid der and of casting adrift on the flnan oial sea the integral parts of that great aggregetion of concerns This will inevitably result In fearful loss to those who own the securities . of the organization. Moreover, the af firmation by the court of the of last resortof the principle involved wl.l leave the hdministratiun no alterna tive but immediately to institute suite against practically every con cern which has been constructed on similiar lines. One does not need to be a pessimist to see a oonditiou bor dering on industrial chaos as a result of the disintegration of tbe chief cor poratlnn) of the country. Bat. if they are found to exist in violation of the law they must come down and it is President Tsft's belief, that U is far better to see some chaotic conditions for a short time than to allow tbe il legal corporations to obtain a grnsp upon thcoouutry which might never be shaken off There is no likehood f.iat the ad ministrations federal corporation measure will receive favorable action by either bouse of Cjngress al this session. There has been some re lnctanceon the part of the lead.-rs to admit this fact but they have finally concluded that there is no good end to be served by concealing it Two factors contribute to this situation. First it would be tmpossiblo to adopt legislation of such far-reaching importance in the face of determined opposition ol the minority. It would be talked to death in the Senate ev en Were it possible under whip and spur to obtain a majority for it in the Hoose In the second place there is grave question regarding the polit ical expediency of buco legislation. Democratic administrations regard, ed the Sherman'law as a dead letter and fiaalty it fell ti a Republiaan ad ministration; the law came under di rection of Philander Knox the then Attorney- general and he recusitated it and ftecured for it such Judicial In terpretation as gave it force. Since the decision in tbe Northern Securt. ties case Republican administrations have been seeking assiduously to en force the statue. The wisdom of seeking now, at a time when the end sought seems ebout to be attained, to mitigate its efiects is seriously ques tioned, especially in view of the pres ent temper of tbe people. Were tha only sufferers those managers of great combinations who have brot them into being there would be no hesitation whatever about permitting them to take the consequences of their own lawlessness bnt the anxi ety that is felt is due to a vast num ber ol Innocent people whom it would be impossible to save from punish ment intended tor a few. Americans generally little realize the important part which the Nation al Red Cross may play in the diplo matic affairs of this nation. That the services rendered by that organ isation at Blueflelds contributed ma terially to allay the resentment aroused among the supporters of Ze lays by the aotion of the United States hi s become obvious. That the generality and timeliness of the as sistance rendered by the Red Cross to tbe sufferers from tbe earthquate in the vicinity of Nomina has served more strongly to cement the bond of friendship between this country and Italy is a well recognized fact. But a recent and unexpected develop ment of this power for good has at traoted the attention of those mem bera of the administration who have to do with the adjustment of tariff relations nnder the Payne law and who learn that because of prompt and effective assistance rendered to those afflicted by the Paris floods, there N a growing sentiment in France that the government at Paii-i should stand ready to make all reasonable conces sions to the end that there shall be no tariff war between that couDtry and the United St tes. Such ends have of course, been ns little contemplated as the catastrophes which called f irth the ministration of the Rod Cross but that does not mnke them less welcome. It is planned that the Investiga tion of the cost of living contemplat ed by the Senate will not includa "hearings" from a great multiplicity of witnesses. The existing insfru mentalities of the government will ba utilized to procure, the facts. Tiiri great army of employes from the Do partnieiit Agriculture will be used to procure and present in avtili b'e from the facts regarding prices received by the initial producer and to this nrmy may also be entrusted the col lection of data regarding the piio s at which such products are sold by commission men. The Department of Commerce and Labor will ba used to secure the cost of Inannfuctuie, selling prices at the mill and so on In this way it Is believed the infor mition can be quickly procured and an analysis and report made brf.n Congress adjourns. Senator Lodge, the author of the Senate resolution, is of tbe opinion thHt the Investi gation will show that the prices thru out the world hnve Increisel as a result of the Increased production of gold. LIVE STOCK ON RANGES Absolutely Confidential Treatment of the An swers to Census Enumerators. Tbe United States Census Bureau is making extraordinary piepara tions to ascertnin the approximately exact number and value of live stock on the ranges in the United States on April 15 nrxt, the date of tho live stock inventory, as required by the aot of Congress providing tor the Thirteenth Decennial Census. Fearful that for one reason or un other the live stock raisers may be deterred from freely stuting the nuin ber and value of their holdings, the Censns Bureau is exerting unusual efforts to figure, the. ranchmen and f irmers, especially of tbe western range states, that their interests, whether pirsonal or corporate, can not possibly be affected in any way by their (rank and full disclosure of their live stock possessions. The in formation gathered hy the Census Office is held strictly confidential not only in respect to the faot that under no circumstances is it es-er imparted to any one not connected with the Census Office, but in respect to, its ever being to any other branch of the Government. ARBUHANI E OF BKCRKCY. 'In behalf of the Census Bureau,'1 said Assistant Director William F. Willoughby, "I can give as positive assurance of the confidential treat ment of information called for by Ihe line stock questions in the general ng ricnltural schedule as I could if a confidence were to be imposed uiwn me personally and privately. The Cent us Bureau is concerued only in the colkctiou and publication cf sta tistical facta. The spirit of every act of Congress providing for the vari ius decennial cen.-uses have been, and is, that the information as to individuals firms, and corporations Is to le given inviolable secrecy. It is as much privileged information" as that Im parted by a client to a lawyer, by pitient to a doctor, by a dying man to a miuister. It can not even be Imparted to another brunch of the Federal Government, no matter h iw much tbe information may be desired. No court ever has or evi r will ignore this immunity' fi 'in per sonal or business involvement be stowed iu return lor information re quired by United States Census in quiries. To do oilier wise would im pair, if not wholly destroy, the scien tific' efficiency of tbe census work. So far as the live stock census is con cerned, the bureau, following fair impartial, and unbiased methods, qu'ckly separates the person, firm, or conioration from the faots lurnished, and private or Corporate identity iu connection with any census data re mains forever sealed and sacred in' the great safes of the Census Gllice." FOR RENT! ONE of the finest store rooms iu Milford, Corner Broad a ud Catharine Streets from April 1st. Alto two cottages ; one 6 rooms, water in both. Enquire of Milford, Pa. A. D. BROWN. THE TRAMP'S GRIEF I've had fortune, friends I've girdeJ the zone and squandered my wealth I've been a "hall fellow well met" as they say, I've wined arid I've dined and put up the pay, I've ben kind to the needy, I never said "no" When asked for assistance, I'd always bestow. But now I am homeless, I roam through the street Ragged and hungry, each cne thut I tnwl Shuns me, not e'en pity Is seen In the face For a poor wretched creature fallen Into disgrace, Yes, I said disgrace, though never a crime Have I yet committed, although my last dime Was spent and temptation, I shudder to say Often whispered Its tarings to me day after day. I've knocked at the door and asked for some bread At the very same mai sion (all my pride has fled) Where once I was weloou.ed. The answer was "no, Be rff look for work, you idle tramp go!" ' I know I'm a tramp bnt it happened this way: 1 had saved something for a "wet ivy" My best friend was in trouble, he begged in God's name To relieve him, he gambled and was then brought to shame He wee sentenced tor prison and asked me far bail I had little left but tn keep him from jail I gave it, he absconded and that was the end Of my cash and my trusting and my quondam friend I have learned wisdom, but oh too late, There is no use talking nor holding debate Over my folly I must suffer, and do; So let me a little advioe give to you. If you have as I had, friicdF, fortune and health, Don't trust to your friends, keep tight bold of your wealth The tear of nn- atslon Ht it not mt 1st yoor eye But keep fn in your fawners aloof, "high and dry" For after they've used you as their best "trump" They'll laugh at and eroff you and call yon "a ohutnp,'' And then if you're needy cr ill or old A Ld ask for a pittance, you'll be left In the cold. Well now to my pallet it is In a Bhed, I've a pillow of store lo put under my head. An old worn carpet to sbe'ter from air, That whistles and blows through the crevices there I'll sleep soundly and dream perhaps of the past And forget I'm a vagr.iiit and an outcast, Without hope or comfort it one ray of light To guide the old tramp but no matter Good night! Cecilia A. Cdllen. HIGH SCHOOL NOTES It is interesting to note that Great La!t Lake of Utah is rising and is now higher than at any pe riod in the memory of white men. A few years ago scientists claimed that it was drying np and would soon disappear. TLe present rising is not caused ty heavy rains bjt according to Indian tradition, it has a regular rise and fall ut Intervals of thirty or forty years. It is said that tbe Great Lakes also have a gradual rise and fall, but this is so slight as to be hardh noticeable. Miss Lila Ryman, an Alumnus ot the Milford High School, has gone t Newark N. J. on au extended visit Miss Nutalie Armstrong enter tained a party of her friends ou Sat urday evening. An indenture given Ihe eighteenth of May 1775 under tbe rule of King George III of England, written on sheep skin with a quill-pea, was viewed recently with great interest by the pupils of the school. Miss Rose Gumhle was pleasantly i surprised last Thursday evening by a party of young people to remind her ' of her birthday. 1 Mr. Kocks Stale Inspector of High j Schools visited our school last week. The foolish talk ah-, nt the curse of j labor is responsible for much of the, haste to gaiu wealth that we may; retire into Idleness. But If we ate honest with ourselves we know that laboi is ne,er a curse, that it is ever a blessing Work ia whtt sweetens life and give delight to all our days.'' Test Examination Those who took the t-'st exam inn tions for census enumerators at Mat ainoras last Saturday were John S. Durant Matamorus; Julius W. Kies el, C. W. Lebde, and H A. Jaillet. Milford; Henry Bradford, Rnbert Dinsmore, Shuhola; M. H. Lissley, and Wesley Griffin, Lackawaxen In New Jersey one question asked was to classify a child bora on the high seas of a French mother and German father and afterwards brot to that state It stumped a number of applicants who will protest against such en gmas. Lecture in Methodist Church Berton L. Rockwood cf Philadel phia will give a li cture at the Meth odist church, Thursday Feb. 17, 1010 at 7:30 p in., the topio of which is "Temperance and Prohibition Educational Kalliee," A4nileIoa free. A'i' ) and health NOTES FROM SANDYST0N An epidemic of coughing seems to be general in this valley, and there is hardly a family bnt has one or more members afflicted. It is now thought to be whooping cough and the whooping cough plasters are in great demand. Jacob Morris lost the best horse and cow he had last week and from unknown causes. Will brother Ludwig please harry np that trolley line from Milford to Branchville, for if the protectors get tfler us we may wish to visit his 'own, and I am sure if we should overload of the good things of Mil ford he would kindly start us Jersey ward. The ejecting, of two intoxicated men last week from a Branchville 'ruin, in which one was frozen to leath and the other had a olose oal', la a blinding snow storm Is gener ally condemned, for one of tbe men had tickets for both. The rules could have been stretched a little in this sad case. 'Judge Bevsn" who has been con fined for some time to the house with pneumonia is able to be on our streets again. The Dr. Cole farri at Layton baa lieen rented by Will Cortright of Montague who will occopy it on April 1st. The Layton Ladies Union will hold i George Washington Social on Feb 22ud at the residence of Dr. Jones at Li too. A feature of tbe social will be the musical part. The Peter B, Vauhurn farm at Walpack Centre was Sold on Satur day last by ihe heirs. The farm contains about 100 acrea and was purchased hy Ionard Vanhorn and sister for 100 dollars. TIib Teachers institute of the Western Branch of this county will hold its sessions in the Layton school house on Saturday Feb. 19. The county superintendent will be pres ent and desires that all teachers of the Branch be preen t. The weather reiort for January shows that we have had some preU ty cold weather as the averages will show: Average max 84 09, average min 14 41. max set 27.83 Rainfall 141 in. Snowfall 17 in. Clear days 12 partly 6-cloudy 14. The Lsd'es of Walpack Centre will bold a New England supper in tbe basement of their church on the ev ening of Feb. 10th. Hot business, chicken and all other good things wil be on the tables. All cord I a II icvlwd,
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