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The subscriber would hereby inform the
public generally, that he has taken the store
room formerly occupied by George II. Miller,
opposite Jacob Knecht's tavern, and that he
-, ,r, ., has lately purchased a new lot
sk-Gl $$If ..{[[3of Goods which he will sell
tasrllEaEisAsl low for cash or Country pro-
dHce. JOHN A. FLAGLER.
Stroudsburg, June 2, I853.-tt
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CERTIFICATE :

Allentown, July 9, 1852
DIR. I. S. Prichard-Dear Sir: have
used the bottle of your Elixir for Head
ache which you left with me few weeks
since, with, ! think, decided advantage. |
have for many years been subject to attacks
Of this distressing complaint, and certainly
found relief in your preparation.
Yours respectfully, NJ. HANNUM.
For sale by DR.. Samuel Stokes, Strouds-
burg, Pa, wholesale agent.
Samuel B. Keefer, Snydersvlle.
". S. DIETRICH, Saylorsburg.
John Merwlne, Merwinsburg.
David Christman, ChtiStmansyille.
II. d. & J K. Shaler, Pleasant Valley.
July II, I953-6mos.
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General GleGtinn.
~. S
sHERIFF's PROCLAMATION.


Whereas, by an act of the General Assem-
bly, of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania,
entitled ian act regulating the General Elec-
tons within the said Commonwealth" pas
sed on the ID day of July, 1889, it is made
the duty of the High Sheriff of every county,
10 give public notice of such elections to be
holden, and to make known in such notice
what officers are to be elected. Therefore
IJAS ~ DURLING, High Sheriff of the
county of Monroe, DO make known by this
proclamation to the electors of the county OF
Monroe, that General Election will be held
IN the said county, on
Tuesday, the IIth of October
next, at the several election districts below
enumerated, at which time and places are to
be elected by the treemen of the county OF
Monroe,
One Person
for Judge of the Supreme Court of the Com
monwealth of Pennsylvania.
One Person
10 I'll the Office of Canal Commissioner of the
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.
One Person
to fll the Office of Auditor General Of the
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.
One Person
TO till the Office Of Surveyor General Of the
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.
One Person
fer President Judge of the Judicial District,
composed of the Counties of Monroe, Pike,
Wayne and Carbon.
One Person
10 represent the counties Of Monroe and Pike
al the House of Representatives.
One Person
10 fill the Office of County Commissioner of
the county OF Monroe.
One Person
to fill the Office OF County Treasurer, for the
County of Monroe.
One Person
10 ell the Office of County Auditor OF the
county Of Monroe.
One Person
for States Attorney Of the County of Monroe
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New Whole Sale and Retail
WINE 81 LIQUOR SEDEs
SsrOnEAshrHr1. EHn

FE54 The undersigned would inform Land
- lords and the public generally, that
they have justopened the above business in
Stroadsburg, in the store house formerly oc-
cupied by John II. Melick as Jewelry Store,
and have on hand a large stock of
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Scouns IN HoRsEs.-A neighbor has
given us the following statement of
his treatment Of this disease. Having
o valuable animal badly effected, he
first parched to q brown color q
quart of corn meal, to which he added
a sufficient quantity of water and
an ounce of laudanum, and drenched
with the mixture.-This gave relief for
some hours, but the disease return
ing, he boiled about pound he
thinks, of blackberry roots with half
the quantity of sweet gum twigs, in
three pints of water and added
an ounce phial of paregoric: when
cool enough, gave as drench, which eff.
fected q cure. In ordinary cases, he
thinks the first tried remedy would
be sufficient.
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Origin of Mules i'm the United
StnHqS

Mr.. George Washington p. Curtis,
in his last paper, under the title Of Re
collections and Private Memoirs of the
Life and character of Washington,
gives the following account of the in.
PRODUCTION of mules into this country.
which will be found very interesting
Upon Washington's first retirement
in l773 he became convinced of the
defective rature of the working ami
mails employed in the agriculture of
the southern States, and set about
rcmcdying the evil by the introduction
of mules instead of horses, the mules
being found to live longer, be less liza
bic to diseases, requiring less food, and
i'll every respect to be more scrvceable
and economical than tho horse in the
agricultural labor of tho southern
States. Up to 1888 scarcely any
mules were to be fonnd in the Ameri
can confederation few had been i'm
ported from the West Indies, but they
were of diminutivc size and of little
value. So soon rs the views on this
'"DJSSo VI VIZ IlluSlIlOuS laTIllCr OF
Mount Vernon were known abroa /,
he received present from the King of
Spain of a jack and two jcnnies, select
ed from the Royal stnd at Madrid
The jack, called the Royal Gift, was
sixteen hands high, of a gray color,
heavily made, and of a sluggish dispo-
sition.
At the same time the MARQUIS dc
Lafayette sent out jack and icnnies
from the island of Malta. This lack,
called the Knight of Malta, was SUI
pcrb animal, black color, with the form
of a stag and the ferocity of tiger
Washington availed himscIfof the best
qualities of the two jacks by crossing
the breeds, and hence obtained IA
voritc jack, called Compound, which
animal united the size and strength of
the Gift with the high courage and ac-
tivity of the Knight. The jacks ar
rived at Mount Vernon, if we mistake
not, early in 1888. The General bred
some very superior mules from his
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AcTIoN OF L1ME.-As to the aues
ton ofhow lime acts?-thcre is some
diversity of opinion: but there seems
to be concurrence of sentiment
among scientific men as to certain Off
ces which it performs, and these are
borne out by the observation of prac-
teal farmers. Amog the offices said
to be performed by lime and mari, are
these: when appied in full quantity
upon stiff clays, it serves to disinte-
CRATE the particles of clay and lightees
the texture of the soil, while on sands
it tends to give tenacity to them. 1t
dcsoves hard inert fibrous substances
in the soil and prepares them to be-
come the food of plants. 1t ncutrali-
zes the asids of the soil, unites with
them, and ultimately deals them out
as the food of plants, thus rendering
noxious bodies tributary to their
healthful growth. Lime is found, by
analysis, to form part Of the vege-
table structure of most plants, and
hence the inference is, that it is indis-
pensable to their healthful existence.
Lime, too, is said to possess the pow
CT of electricity: if such be the case, it
must act as a stimulus, and like other
stimulants, if not used to express.
may exert highly faiendly influence
upon the constitution cfplants. Shese
are but few Of the properties assign
cd to lime; and experience teaches all
sensible agriculturalists, that whenev-
er judiciouslo applied to lands need
ing it, has produced the most amelio-
rating effects, that lands, chiefly
through its means, aided by grass and
clover cottage, which were worn out,
have been brought to state of fertili-
ty; seeing these things, tits no longer
matter of ofsupprise that lining, and
marling, which is virtually the same
thing, has become the fashion and as
fashion gives tone to public and pri.
yate sentiment, no one can longer
doubt, that in q few years more most
of the old friends which now SO CRATE
upon the feelings Of the patriot will be
covered with luxuriant crops. But
w Wish Jul dSiiCultuIlil TcaQCrS 10
bear these truths in mind-that with
out one-fourh or one.fifth of the arabic
lands being kept in clover and grass,
no progressive or permanent improve
ment can be efectcd-that thoush ex-
hausted lands require lime, yet they
require animal and vegetable manure
also-that no system of culture can be
either intelligent or profitable, that
does not combine the culture of clover
and the grasses in it's elements that
it is useless to lime or mari wet lands
before they are drained; and that when
drained, deep and exact ploughing, and
Thorough pulverzation, are indispcnsa-
bic. to full and perfect success.
a Iaa,n n,.ix.1a LIu,.,,,
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coach mares, sending them from Phila-
delpha for the purpose. In few years
the estate Of Mount Vernon became
stocked with mules of q very superior
order, rising to the height of sixteen
hands, and Of great power and useful
ness; one wagon-team of four mules
selling, at the sale Of the Generals eff:
tects, for eight hundred dollars.
In no part of Washington's various
labors and Improvements in agriculture
was he so particularly entitled to be
hailed as a public benefactor, as in the
introduction of mules in farming labor,
those animals being at this time almost
exclusively used for farming purposes
in tho Southern States.
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CURE FOR A EoUNDERED HoRsE.-A
correspondent of the Louisville Journ-
al says, that ifa horse is foundercd ov-
er night, he may be cured in three
hours if it is attended to in the morn
ing. Take pint Of hogs lard and
beat it boiling hot, and after cleaning
his hoof well, and taking of his shoe,
put his foot in the lard, and with a
spoon apply it to all parts of the
hoof, as near the hair as possible. This,
he says, he has tried moro than
fifty years, and never knew it to
fail. The application should be to
the foot of each foundcrcd limb.
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Do AS I Do.-This morning a
celebrated fast man from the South
End entered a refreshment saloon,
where some fifteen or twenty of his
friends are in the habit of congregas-
ing about II o'clock. He, with bis
usual heartiness and generosity, 'ask.
ed the crowd
They, nothing 10th, stepped
promptly up. You must all do as I
do, said the liberal friend. Oh GER
tainly, certainly, was the universal
response, 'what is yours going to be?'
Il shall take brandy and water in
mine.'
Very we'll, we'll all take brandy
and water, they cried.'
The party drank, and the waggish
inviter laid down his fourpcnce upon
the counter and Immediately retired,
whispering in his softest tones, do
as l do, gentlemen
The party looked at each other
Tor moment with a most comic cx.
preston of face, when one who felt
the full force of the idea creeping
powerfully through his hair, exclaim-
ed, Sold, by" Here he added,
turning to the bar.keeper, Stake my
purse and treat freely for the next
ten Minutes
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[Fron the Newberry Sentinel.]
Guano as a Fertilizer.

We have been kindly permitted to
publish the following extract from a
letter written to the Hon. Chancel.
lor Johnston, by the Hon. D. j. Nc
Cord. It's publication is especially
intended for those to whom Col. Nc
Cord promised to detail his expert
ments and success in the use of GU
ano as fertilizer, 1t will however,
prove interesting and useful to
all who desire information respecting
this valuable mature.
LANGsYNE, March 20, 1853
Ny Dear Sir In the winter I re-
side entirely on the plantation here,
and my post,ollice is Forte Motto.
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man want independence IA asa,s
to be discouraged at obstacles2 As
man afraid to face anything save his
Maker!- Why! I've! the most nnInis.
igated contempt for you! you pusil.,
luminous little pussy cat! There's.
nothing manly about you, except
your whiskers. 81: ss3:
FANNY FERN. i!
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tigue. In the spring, after the sleep
of winter, it is renovated, it is ready
to expand and grow; and if tree has
been wounded, it heals quickly, without
rot or decay. This is common sense;
it isjust what we SHOULD expect. Let
the truit-Taiser take heed to these facts,
and, before he sets out o tree in the
autumn, think of Tim.
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So you must make your calcula-
ton in proportion to the material you
mix with the guano, and divide by the
number Of rows i'll your acre.
Let each hand have q small box to
hold the quantity out of the bags for
each row, and take caro- that it
hold out as even it can be put. They
soon learn; after trying one or
two rows.
You must not attempt to put it
down in windy weather, or it will
be blown away. Take out what you
want for the day only in bags to
keep from wind, and covered if
rain should come, for it would be in
jurcd by getting wet, before covered
in the ground. I forgot to say why
you should sift is. In the first
place you mix it better by SO doing
and besides, the guano has many
Jumps, and by sitting you get them
out, and should break them in NOR
tar or trough, SO as to mix it with
the earth, other wise these large
Jumps would burn up every thing.
I believe I have told you all I
know. Gypsum is said to be excel
lent for mixing with the guano, and
no doubt it would be 80, as it would
retaiu the ammonia.
This year I bought guano in New
York. 1t cost me delivered here at
Fort Mott, $50 for, 1000 lbs. II
many planters would unite and take
a large quantity it can be got still
cheaper. By the new charter to the
Rail Road to Columbia they can on.
ly charge - 10 cents per 1O6 lbs.
The fullest account that I have
seen of the methods Of using guano is
an "Essay on Guano," by J. E.
Teschcmacher, Boston, 1916. 1t
was distributed some years since to
those who bought guano gratis. 1t
was published by A. D. Phelps, 1 "a
Washington.strcct, Boston, from
whom it perhaps it can be had; and
and by Sexton & Huntingdon, 900
Broadway, N. Y.
[ have been amused with some of
the modes / have seen recommended
by kncw wing ones in the newspapers,
viz: rubbing the cotton seed with it,
&c. It killed the seeds wherever
they touched it the first year l used
it--and in my regarding my eau.
tions burnt up every thing.
Let me know how you succeed with
your guano, hope you will receive
this in time.
Truly yours as of old,
D. j. McCORD.
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244 lbs.

Difference per acre, in favor gu.
ano 372 1-2.
In 1852 I manured acres with
lSo lbs. per acre. 1t produced 81
$40 lbs. seed cotton, Or 876 lbs. to
the acre. More than half of the
land was very old, sandy land, new.
or manured 1.-The rest inferior old
red land. OF the adjoining acres un.
manured my .overseer, by mistake,
did not keep the weights, but l do
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To TAKE OUT STAINS OF CLOTH OR
SILK.-Pound French chalk fine, mix
with lavenderwater TO the thickness
of mustard. Put on the stain; rub
it soft with the finger or palm of the
hand. Put sheet of blotting and
brown paper on the top, and smooth it
with an iron milk-warm.
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To TAKE MELpEw OUT OF LINEN
Rub it well with soap; then scrapo
some fine chalk, and rub that also ia
the linen; lay it on tho grass; as it
dries, wet it little, and it will
come out after twice doing.
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10 TAKE OUT SpoTs OF INK.-As
soon as the accident happens, wet the
place with juice of sorrel or lemon, on
with vinegar, and the best hard
white soap.
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not believe that it averaged $50 lbs.
At that rate, the difference was
426 lbs per acre.
For 1853 I intend to manure 81
acres with 174 lbs. which is 3 bush
els of guano, and 10 acres with 100
lbs. to the acre. I am told that
quantity produces we'll, and per-
haps pays best, costing so much
less. One of my neighbors last year
used 1 bushel (5S lbs.) per acre.
He kept no account of weights, his
oyerseer told me that he thought it
produced more than twice as much
as that not manured.
Now for my mode of putting down.
My acres are forty-two compass
ses square-60 rows to the acre.
TO put down 174 lbs. to the acre
requires 8 bushels guano, and if
two bushels of sand or dirt is put to
each bushel of guano, it will take of
the mixture 4 quarts, pint and
1 gill to each row.
TO put down 100 lbs. to the acre
of the same mixture requires 2 BUSH
els of guano (less l gallon,) and
takes 3 quarts of the mixture to
the row.
IF you mix 4 bushels Of sand to
to 1 of guano,
II IL bushels Of mixture will
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Il CAN'T Apollo! what a face!
doleful as hearse; folded hands;
hollow chest; whining voice; the very
picture Of cowardly irresoIution.-
Spring. to your feet, hold up your
head, set your teeth together, draw
that fine form of yours up to the
height that God made it; draw a
long breath, and look about you
What do you see? Why, all crea-
ton taking care of number one -
pushing ahead like the car of Jugger
naut, over live victims. There it
goes; and you can't stop it. Are
you going to lay down and be crush.
ed!
BY all that's manly, no! dash
ahead! You've as good right to
mount the triumphal car as your
neishbor. Snap your fingers at
cIoakers: if you can't get round q
stump, leap ovcrtit, high and dry
Have nerves Of steel, will of iron;
never mind sideaches, or heartaches;
work away without stopping to repine,
or to notice envy or malice. Set
your target in the clouds and aim at
it. If your arrow falls short of the
mark, what of that? Pick it up and
fire again If you should ,seper,
reach it, you'll shoot higher than if
you only aim at bush. Don't
whine, if your friends fall off. At
the first stroke of good luck, by
Mammoni they'll swarm around you
like o hive of bees.
'Ieaa't.' Oh, pshaw! I throw my
gloves in your face, if I am q woman!
you arc a disgrace to corduroys.-
What. mass lack courage2 A
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10 21h H.,

Average per acre GIG 10 lbs.
One acre adjoining, same quality exactly, un
monured, yielded.
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1853-12-19
RACE wlrH TWELVE ENTRIES.

Written for thc spirit"
BYsEA FOAM.
r,,s with twelve entrfe,. The Gag was uufurled,
"Fifv. Three named the steedsa the 'fsek was
,i nse dash each through all scasonsnnd elue.
no iun as they please, save to run against lime,
oua courkers were Rlli OF rare bottom qua speed,
t lvna a,chna in enauranee--unrivaed In breed.
e,sry wear have they run eighteen hundred and
SINCE CREATION frs. waved It's light flag at the score
since Chaos Withdrew her wide curtains of black,
Aud Tive started his steeds on Etsthttps track!
Since moms trumpet htst sounded away they have
And the steeds are sil fresh, though the riders
dead.
Hark bark to tho drum note, SADDLE up is the
bring forth the brave steeds from each dust covered
STALL"
Az the word January, with blankets of snow,
And ice braided main stands forth ready TO goi
Harki "away!' he has gone--scsrcely gone ero he's
done,
And February starts on his wntery rad;
Mid storm and mid tempests one turn round the
Hurzs, mark the times" will he wini" she ia
baekm
B,cki Quick al che word March, blankets are
flung,
Like an arrsw swift winged round the quarter he
Urged on meath an ice spur he came in like bird
And -fnrl sprang forth from the stand at the word;
Away mid the showers that ;sttened the track
OF ice that before gave the hoof music back.
Speed on, and pause not ON thy storm shrouded
way,
We are lon Sing to welcome our beautiful May
Wrsathcd with blossoms she comes, and mid the
sweet sony
Ofbrds not as fleet. how she gsllops along,
Tossing proudly her bud braided main to each tune
As she yields TO her rival weethesrt, pstted June
Who in pride aud in splendor need dread compeer
Though the course she must yield for August is here
Who dashes along her fruit-laden way,
And welcomes September with shsil, laughing neigh
As with garlands Iloru-tinted and mingled with
green
And golden hued favors she appears the scene,
Whirls round the course where her trials over
And with coiors far sadder away speeds October;
With glasses newly pressed her health still is drank
As Hopeaiber is heard his steel snals to clank;
Then hurries away DER the leaf covered ground,
Like the deer newly woke by the swift footed hound
And ushers in, pride of entries the last,
Aud December bounds of meath the spur of tho blast
Is Of and returned. Now the flag is unfurled,
And Fifty Threes race round the track ofthe world
Is finished forever But again at the score
Stands he steeds resdy mounted by young Fiffy)ow
Let's welcome him gladly Fill up to the briin
Let not e'en 8 bubble break dead tire rim;
Let not greet for the that has past
A shade Ger his hour of pleasure ecu cast,
For if we've won every bet, tits equally clear
That ,cia what we might, we've each lost year.
So fill up a bumper, laugh Time in his face,
The old grey beard that jeers at all in the race,
Throw to the winds and to each that dear,
Fill up and drink gaily Happy Netc Year,
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Union STEAMSHIP COMPANY7S

" LINE OF STEAMERs-FoR PHILADEL.
PHIA, EVERY WEDNESDAY, VIA NORFOLK
AND CAPE MAY-Steamer CITY OF RICHMOND.
Capt. MITCHELL; Steamer VIRGINIA. Capt. TEALf
and steamer PENNSYLVANIA, Captain BAYMoRE
One of these splendid steamers will leave Richmond
for Philadelphia, every MONDAY and THURSDAY
at high-water, touching at Cape May to land pas
sengers. Returning, leave Philadelphia every WE'D
NESDAY and SATURDAY, at 10 O'Clock, A NJ, un-
til further notice.
Passengers for Cape May will consult their interest
by taxing this route it is in addition being the
cheapest, the n1ost expeditions and comfortable
PASSENGERS FOR NEW YoRK.-We have entered
into arrangements to forward passengers through
New York. either by cars steamers, allowing them
the privilege of remaining in Philadelphia three or
four days. or proceed directly to New York, upon
the arrival OF the steamers.
SHIPPERS To THE WEsT.-Tebacconist DESTROYS
of shipping to Cincinnati will please bear in mind
that we have made all the necessary arrangements TO
forward tobacco through at 60 per 100 pounds
Due notice will be always given III all the daily pa
pers IN the city, when the will be ready TO
receive freight, aud the hour of their sailing.
N B.-Shippefs will bear in mind that all bills of
ladng must BIO sent to the wharf at Rockets to be
signed before the sailing of the steamers
Passage through to New York, LIST cabin aud found
SO; do. do. Cape May, SIS; do. do Philadelphia 81; do
do. 40. Philadelphia, I'd cabin and found, e. For
freight or passage, apply to
ROBERT RANKIN Agent
20 Richmond Va M the DosL
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BooTH.-Alfrei Bum in his book on Old Eng
land and New England, says: g" Booths Othelio
was much liked in America. An old Yankee, who
had never seen play, was taken to witness Booths
performance OF the Moor and on being asked
al the termination of the piece if he liked he re-
piled, Yes, amazing hut me if don't guess
that little niger (O;hello) played well as any OF
the white fellers-it not better ="
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country carpenter having neglected to make
agallows, the judge himself went to the man and
said
Fellow, how came you to neglect the gibbet
ordered'"
Without intending any sarcasm the man re-
piled
81 am very sorry, for had known it was for YOUR
lordship, it should have been done Immediately.