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Prescott journal. [volume] (Prescott, Wis.) 1861-1871, 1868-10-09

OF the votes oil FIERCE county.
HANS B. WARNER, of Martsl, received
the nomination for Clerk Of tue Board of
Supervisors in obedioncs to the settled
conviction of the party that represent
alive of that town was rightfully entitled
to prominent place on the ticket. Mr..
Warner is a young mau of correct habits;
irrcproachable character, and is fully
competent to discharge the sometimes
difficult duties of the Office for which Eo
is nominated. He has boen in public
life before, rs q member of tho 37th
Wis. Reg. and was with it in those ter
riblc bloody days before Petersburg snd
Richmond. BY his election the public
will gain faithful and efficient officer,
and the just claims Of the soldiers to
recognition in the distribution Of civil
offices will be acknowledged.
CLARK w. BRowN was unanimously
renominated for Register of Deeds and
Clerk of the Circait Court. BY this &C.
ton the Convention but expressed the
will of the people, and Mr.. Browns elec-
ton will be scarcely contested at the
polls.
G. w. DICKINSON, the present eff
ciont under Sheriff hefe, is the nominee
for Sheriff. He is we'll and widely
known in the County, his fitness for the
Office is universally conceded, and any
man who runs against him will run n
long way behind.
J. C. Button is renominated for Dis
trict Attorney. He has filled the place
acceptably, and his sterling qualities as a
man and faithfulness rs an officer have
given him a strong ..old on the conf
dence of the people.
G. w. CAIRNS is the nominee for Co.
Surveyor and Coroner. The duties of
these offices, though limited, are impor-
tant, and while Mr.. Cairns would ac-
ceptably fill more responsible places, he
is willing to serve in these and will be
elected.
f. A. DoPKIEs is the nominee for
Member of Assembly. An old resident
of the State, he has been for about four
years resident in the town of Haitand,
and creditably filled local offices there.
He is not generally known in the county,
but our own knitted acquaintance with
him, and the warm endorsement of relia-
bic Republicans syho know him, leaves
us no room to doubt that he will well
represent this county in the next Legisla-
ture.
GEO. w. McMURPHY, the candidate
for Supervisor in this District, will make
an excellent member Of the County
Board, and probably be elected without
much opposition.
The Sd Dist. is much larger and local
interests more diversified, but we pre-
sumo the nomination Of G. NJ. STAFFORD
will be generally satisfactory.
The newly appointed County Commit
tee, Messrs. PAINE CONVERSE, G. B.
Cox and +. Holt, are mon whose names
are sufficient guaranty that in their
action they will endeavor TO promote the
interests of the party in tho .enstv.
With iorg experience in Pierce
County Republican Conventions. We
have never known one whose action was
more generally satisfactory than was that
of the Convention of last Wednesday.
The ticket is before the people for their
acceptance, and will, no doubt, be elected
by an overwhelming majority.
The official proceedings of the Con
vention will be found on the fourth
page.
Prescott journal. [volume] (Prescott, Wis.) 1861-1871, 1868-10-09

"A Rachel or merchants advice in
selecting a wife was: sect hold of n
piece of calico that will gash."
Prescott journal. [volume] (Prescott, Wis.) 1861-1871, 1868-10-09
Take Notice.

All persons indebted ta the lste firm Of
Dill BRs's by note or book account, are re-
quested to settle, as / wish to close up The
business of tie firm as SOON as possible.
DAN'L J. DILL.
Prescott. Sept. LIST, 1868. l9u
Prescott journal. [volume] (Prescott, Wis.) 1861-1871, 1868-10-09
PRESCOTT MARKET.
CORRECTED ~
GEO. A. DILL.

Wholesale and: Retail Dealer in Groceries.
Provisions, DC.
Prescott journal. [volume] (Prescott, Wis.) 1861-1871, 1868-10-09
Geo. Smith 81 Bro.

ntAMoxD BLUFF, WIS, Dealers in Dry
- Goods Groceries, etc. Agents for Plows
Tanning Mills. and other Agricultural Inn
plements. Highest price paid for Grain. The
patronage of the public is solicited.
Diamond Bluff, Aug. II, 1868. l6-nI
Prescott journal. [volume] (Prescott, Wis.) 1861-1871, 1868-10-09

Pierce County CoHrt, in Probate. IL the
matter OF the last will and testament of
Hiram Carried deceased,
Prescott journal. [volume] (Prescott, Wis.) 1861-1871, 1868-10-09
Probate Notice.

Pierce Comfy Court. in Probate. in the
matter of the estate If Reuben Gum, de-
rpaSpd
Prescott journal. [volume] (Prescott, Wis.) 1861-1871, 1868-10-09

PRsscoTr, Wisconsin, Oct. 9, 1868.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1868-07-09
The Japanese.

Take the japanese as a whole, high
and low, rich and poor, and they are the
best fed, best clad, best lodged, least over.
worked, and the most genial and happy
people on the face of the earth.
Food is abundant and chcap-imagin-
airy wants are rare; the temptations to
crime arc less than with us, though the
lands is no Utopia
There is no such thing as s1ualor to be
seen in Japan. In the house of the very
poorest, Fifth avenue belle might sit
upon the matted floor without soiling her
dress. The streets arc admirably severed;
all offal and garbage arc removed for
manure.
There is no bigotry. The people are
wonderfully minded. There is no
hatred of Christianity as such; only it is
feared as an engine to cause political
change.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1868-07-09
Rial Estate Exempt from Taxation.

The following real estate is exempt
IRON taxation, according to the provis.
lonsof the law on the subject, passed by
the hist Legislature
AZ lands which have been or may
hereafter be granted, within this State,
to any officers or soldiers of the line of
this State, by virtue of any resolution of
Congiess, or law of this State, as a re-
ward for their services, shall be and are
hereby exempted from taxation for and
during the life of such officer or soldier
respectively, unless the same shall be
transferred or aliencd to any other per.
son.
All churches, netting houses, or Uther
regular places of stated religious worshl.,
with the ground thereto annexed, for the
occupancy and better enjoyment of the
same, all burial grounds belonging to any
religious congregation, all universities,
colleges, academies and school houses be-
longing to any county, borough or school
district, or incorporation, arected, endow-
ed or established by virtue of any law cf
this commonwealth, with the ground
thereto annexed, and all court houses and
jails be, and the same are hereby exempt
ed from all and every county, road city,
borough, poor and school tax and all
taxes heretofore assessed on any such pro-
perty shall not hereafter be collected, but
the respective officers, charged with the
collection thereof shall and are hereby
exonerated from the collection and paying
over of the same: Provided That five
acres of land, together with the improve
ments thereon, attached to all religious
universities, colleges, acad-
emics and school houses, belonging to any
county, borough Or school district as afore-
said, and no more than five acres of land,
with the improvements attached thereto,
shall be exempt from taxations as afore-
said.
1t shall be the duty Of the several as
SCISSORS in this Commonwealth to make re-
turn of all property now, or which may
hereafter be specially exempt by act of
Assembly from taxes, in separate list to
the commissioners of the proper county,
FOR which services the assessor shall re-
,cive the same compensation as is allowed
Ior like services In other cases.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1868-07-09
A Canadian Miracle--A Man Fed by the
Virgin,

y Canadian paper, the Unis dc Can
tons, relates the following curious story I:
A young man.named Joseph lie Clere,
son of farmer living in the township of
Somerset, Eastern Townships, aged about
thirty years, and dumb from his birth,
who is described as "model of piety,"
through little imbecile, left his father S
house on the I'd of May, and, to the great
alarm and solicitude of his parents, could
not be found anywhere up to the 18th f
the same month.
On this day ten men went out in search
of the truant, and, after some search,
found him on the banks Of the Riviere
Noire, not far from its junction with the
Becancour. He was without shoes, and
lightly clad but although the weather
for some time previous had been almost
wintry, he did not seem to have suffered
from cold. To the eager questions put
to him by the discovcrcrs, he gave the
following account of himself: Seeing
that he had lost his way, he lay down and
considered bow he might best employ his
time. He then set to work to clear the
bush, and had actually succeeded in ma
king about a quarter Of an acre of ground
tolerably presentable.
He averrcd that he had never suffered
the least from hunger; that tall lady in
white, very beautiful and amiable, had
every day brought him two supplies of
food, consisting Of a sort of large round
biscuits, far better than any biscuits he
had ever seem before. She to came to
him flying, aud at night covered him care
fully with a large quilt, which kept him
quite warm. All this he related in sim
pie, natural manner, without any sign
of deception.
The article concludes thus These are
the certain facts. Who can explain them
otherwise than by mysterious protec-
ton of Hcaven2 If not, we must start
many suppositious, and it is more natu
raj to bclivc that the Holy Virgin con
descended to take care of this young man,
and to restore him in safety to his family
as a reward for his virtue.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1868-07-09
Stick to him.

We have record of a colloquy between
a gentleman and his son, both lawyers,
the father having retired in easy circum-
stances to country place some ten miles
away from the scene of his professional
labors. One Sunday morning the young
gentleman, homcward bound, met his
father and mother on their way to church
where they regularly attended. The
father said: "My son, / am delighted
and so is your dear mother, that you are
going to hear our good man preach
You will be highly pleased with him"
While this conversation was going on a
tall friend of the son came up, and fami-
liarly addressing him by his christian
name al have got the bar open, SO that
VIC can have brandy and water whenever
we want it," The friend, observing the
solemn countcnancc of the father, beat a
hasty retreat. When he was gone, the
father put up both his hands and said
only son, | could not have believed this
of you; look at your poor mother, and
observe how she feels your wickedncss." +"
After minute of dead silence the father
said "Who is that sad companion OF
yours Z" Well, father, if must tell you
he is my best client, and the richest man
in our town" The old gentleman there
upon slapped his son on the shoulder and
said "Stick to him, my boy stick TO
him, and never icdpe him" Wicked
world
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1868-07-09
The Coleman Estate and its Iron Noun


A Lebanon correspondent of the Hay
rts6urg State Guard, in describing tn,
Coleman estate south Of Lebanon, re
marks:
Part of the estate comprises 10000
acres OF the richest farm land in Centria
Pennsylvania, to which the new mowu
hay and waving fields of wheat attest,
From the location of this immense tract
as well as the natural advantages it pos
sesses, it may truthfully be said to be the
most desirable of any one piece of landed
properitey in the United States.
The mineral resources of the estate
the Iron Ore Bank, where the mining
operations are now prosecuted, covers
about one hundred acres 1t is impos-
sibe to estimate the quantity of ore that
those grand old hills contain Engineers
have made calculations, but they are only
conjectures. The quality, however, is
unsurpassed by that of any other in the
State. This immense bo1y of magnetic
ore, associated with copper ores, has been
worked for along time at this place, at
the junction of the lower silurian lime
stone and the red sandstone formation
The bed lies between dikes of trap, and
exhibit peculiarities that distinguish it
from the other bodies Of ores on this
range. These miues arc worked from
the top and the ors are taken from here
on spiral railroad, built in 1862, and
which is great feat of engineering.
We will add that you can only have
proper conception of it by making lis
ascent on Mountainccr," one of the en-
gines used in hauling the cars over this
road. There is a charcoal furnace in full
operation now at this place, which has quite
a historic connection. Here were cast
during the Revolutionary war, cannon for
the American army. One of these guns,
a twenty FOUNDER, bearing the date of
lT76, can now be seen, mounted on a
stone pedestal, within hundred yards of
the furnace. Here were also cast large
quantities of template stoves for the Revolu-
tionary army under Washington when
they werre encamped at Valley Forge,
which stoves, we are informed, are yet
unpaid upon the books of the company
and due the estate.
There are also in full blast two an
thracite furnaces. built in 1913, under
The direction of the present superintend-
ent, and which have been in successful
operation ever since. The location and
of unloading ore, coal, lime
stone, &C., are perfect. The North
Lebanon Railroad, of which the Spiral
,oad is branch, passes Immediately in
'front.' of these furnaces, over which the
ron can be shipped to any point. a vast
leal of it, however, is shipped to the well
arranged wharves on the canal near Le-
'anon, from which point it is distributed
oy water.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1868-07-09
NO. I5.,
Hints to Political Meetinss.

as the season for political meetings
approaches, 1t may be well to reproduce
1Ie IN ioiiwlng excellent advice given by
II horace Grecley, Fome years ago, which
hepuolicans might do well to heed
L. DO not fix The day for your meet
ing and then look kup your spcakers-t6ev
will already, perlhps, have been engaged
elsewhere for tha very day-but secure
your speakers fnt. Let them fix the
day.
2. Two promipet speakers with the 70.
cal aid at your Command, are amply sufit;
eiont for any one mass meeting. Let tho
people understand these can be relied on,
and do not load your bills with an a~ray
of great names only to disappoint youI
"udience
. Have your meetings, if possible,
INDOORS One indoor meeting, even if
packed, Is "arth half dozen outdoor
gatherings. ILo former is comparatively
easy and the latter 'iffcult for speaker
to control.
4. If you must have outaaor gatherings,
then seek the grove or woods, and fail not
to erect stand for your speakers, and
cover it with boards, and with nothing,
voice, while with nothing above the speak
er's head, the voice will waste in the air
above, and in five cases out of six he will
break down.
o. Always put down upon your plat
form, whether in or out of doors, piece
OF coarse carpet to stad upon. Never
cover with oil cloth, unless you expect
your speaker to be lifeless and dull.
Consume as little time as possible in
preliminaries, in marching and counter
marching. Get your procession upon the
ground with dispatch and proceed at once
to the business cf the meeting.
Z. Remember your speakers, especially
the more promnet ones, have families to
support. Their time is valuble, and it
cost them money to travel on railroads
and stay at hotels. ''Thou shalt not muz-
zle the mouth of the OK that treadcth out
the corn
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1868-07-09
Why it was not like him"

n certain lawyer had his portaint taken
in his favorito attitude, standing with
one hand in his pocket. His friends and
some of his clients went to see it. Every
toly said
"Ob, how much it is ike him it is
he very picture of him"
One old farmer, who happened to be
present, thought differently.
"Tdm't bit like him %
I" TisRt, eh 2" said half-dozen at once:
'just show us now whcreia it is not a
capital likeness !"
"Wa'al, faint; no use talkin'; tell
you 'tain't!'
"Wcll, ,chy? Can't you tell us aohy il
amt a good likeness ?"
aye easy enough. Don't you see he
has got his hand in his oa0n pocket
Twold be as good again il in somebody
else's 2"
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1868-07-09

ReU. Tohmas Tracy, sworn-I paid
Michael O'Meara five hundred dollars 9
short time before this case commenced
gave him the money in his his own
house in the evening, about week or
two before the assembling of the Legisla-
ture he was to leave the State and re-
main out three months for the five hun
dred dollars Mr.. German, boss of Col
lins, gave me the money to give him the
man who gave the money was the only
one who had any knowledge of the trans
action, as far as know had a CORES
pondence with Mr.. Wallace on the SUBJ
ject of O'Meara's leaving the State ;. the
only stipulation was that he should remain
away three months understood that it
was for him to be gone until otter the
trial.
The reader will please remember as he
reads, that the lawyer Wallace spoken of
by "Father" Tracy, is the Chairman cf
the Copperhcrd State Committee.
Thus were the laborers along this rail-
road moved from their shanties in Clear
field county (Which were quite as con-
venient to their work as the hotels in
Center county, to which they were tax
en- and furnished with fraudulent ma
turalization papers to defeat the will of
the qualified voters of Senatorial Dis
trict.
To prevent like frauds in the future
and secure fair elections by the legal and
duly qualified voters, law was enacted
at the last session of the Legislature, pro-
viding for registry of the voters before
the day of election, so as to ascertain who
ire legally entitled to vote.
This law opposed by every Democrat
in the Legislature, as that party has every
where of late opposed every attempt to
exclude fraudulent votes, and thus secure
fair and honest elections.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1868-07-09
Queer Fish.

The TriJune's correspondent from Alaska
gives an account of fish that is put to
queer uses;
81 must not omit the existance and Pc
culiaritics of another fish-one not men
toned in the books ks'-which is found in
great numbers in the coast rivers, from
the Mass to the Stickeen 1t appears an
nually about the first week in May, and
Mr.. Ansley, the pilot ofthe John l.. Ste
phens says that on some days he has
known it dificnlt to row boat across the
mouth of the Mass river on account of the
dense mass Of these fish in the water
Sometimes an adverse tide or heavy wind
lodges tons of them upon the shore
The Indians know Of their arrival by the
flight of the birds northward. They SOL
dem continue over fifteen days, aud dur
ing this time the natives from Fort Simp-
son and all the adjacent regions haste to
the feast of fat things. This fish is six
to eight inches long, in form resembles
the smelt, has shining and almost tran
sparent appearance, and of all the finny
tribe is the most fat. Its fat has not the
oily, rancid taste of other fish, but has
the sweet taste of fresh lard. The Indi-
ans store great quantities of it, and if we'll
cared for it remains sweet for months
When they are dried, the Indians often
turn them to novel and practical ac-
count-burn them in the place of can
dies. They give clear, brilliant light,
and are not liable to be blown out by the
wind. Mr.. Manson, the Superintendent
at Fort Simpson, says that the tail should
be lighted instead of the head, and that
each fish will last about fifteen minutes.
In dark night the men who took ma
tives for guides used to reckon a mile of
travel for every FIVE fish burned"
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1868-07-09

a field trial of harvesters was keM at
Thorn Hill, n. Y, on the 18th ult., at
which the following mowers and reapers
competed, Cayuga Chief, Dodges o aud
b, Onondaga Chief, Kirby, Young War
rior, and the Adriance, Platt & Co.'S
Buckeye" Each machine was operated
"s selfraking reaper, in~ very green
clover, not headed out. The only
machine that crossed the field without
clogging or bluffing up badly was the
Buckeye. This machine stopped only
once after cutting off small apple tree.
The draft of such machines, as tested by
a dvOamonnfnr uoc oo follouUs
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1868-07-09

There is now no doubt that immense
frauds have been perpe etrated in the
Second Auditors Office at Washington,
in the payments of bountics to collored
troops and there is every reason to believe
that the Government has been swindled
to the extent of million and half OF
dollars 1t appears that certain clerks in
the Second Auditors Office, in the bureau
of colored troops, and in the Freedmen's s
Bureau. entered into conspiracy to carry
on those frauds, and that papers for whole
regiments have been forged, presented
and paid. Five persons are under Arrest,
and the different bureaus have been closed
and the papers handed over to the House
investigating committee who have the
whole subject under investigation.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1868-07-09

One of the odd characters that pervade
the metropolis Of Grass Valley, Nevada,
is an old negro named Sauks. He takes
considerable interest in politics, and is
bitterly opposed to the present incumbent
of the White House. lie is also zeoa-
lous member of the church. During a
recent revival among the "colored Meth
odists," Sauks became very happy, and
after relating his experience to the brc-
therein, exclaimed in triumphant tone,
"Ps agoin to Heaven, L is Andy John
son can't reto dat !"
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1868-07-09

General Sherman is reported to have
said, in conversation at St. Louis on Juna-
"a, that there is nothing to be appre=
hended from the Indians on the. plains
that they are peaceable aud quiet, and
that more murders are committed in. any
large city than by Indians. The General
has adopted sou of the late Kit Carson,
and will send him to the University of
Notre Dame to be educated.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1868-07-09

The Adams Express Company brought
from New York to the Boston sub-treas =
ury thirty kegs of gold coin, being about
400 pounds in each, making six tons in
all. While in transit, an attempt was
made in Hartford county to throw the
train off by placing sleeper across the
track, but beyond a slight concussion
on trouble was experienced.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1868-07-09
J. LANTZ, DENTIST

Sc Has permanently located HIM
UfySA 4 self in Stroudsburg, and moved
IIDhis Office next dooi TO DIR. 5.
Walton. where he is fully prepared TO treat
the natural teeth, and also to insert incorrup-
tibie artificial teeth on pivot and plate, in tue
latest and most improved manner. Most
persons know the danger and folly of trust
lng their work to the ignorant as well as
the travelling dentist. 1t matters not how
much experience person may have, he is
liable to have some failures out of a number
pfcases, and if the dentist lives at distance
it is frequently put off until it is too late to
gave the tooth or teeth as it NAV be, othe r
wise the inconvenience and trouble of going
40 far Hence the necessity of obtaining the
services of dentist near home. ALI work
warranted,
Stroudsburg, March 81, 1862.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1868-07-09

Four men have been arrested in New
York and held to bail for carrying on
distillory on board ship. They would
take in cargo of material, make short
cruise during which the still was opera
ted, and then return with spirit,
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1868-07-09

1t is noteworthy that most of the Re-
publican recusants in the Senate on the
impeachment question were old Wings.
These are Fessenden, Grimes, Fowler,
Ross, and Van Winkle. Trumbull and
Henderson were Dcmocrats-tho former
up to the repeal of the Missouri Line, the
lat CT up to the rebellion,
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1868-07-09
CuriOuS.

The Williamsport Standard of Satur-
day last relates the following singular
fact: yesterday afternoon, our city was
visited with sulphuric shower, which.
lasted about fifteen minutes, when .thc
earth was literally covered with sulphur
\ similar shower occurred about fifty
years ago"