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The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1868-11-12
Majorie's Almanac.

Robins in the tree tops,
Blossoms in the grass;
Green things a-growing
Everywhere you pass;
Sudden little breezes,
Showers of silver dew,
Black bough and bent twig
Budding out anew;
Pine tree and willow tree,
Fringed elm and larch-
Don't you thing that May-timSs
Pleasanter than March?
Apples in the orchard,
Mellowing one by one;
Strawberries upturning
Soft checks to the sun;
Roses, faint with sweetness,
Lilies, fair of face;
Drowsy scents and murmurs
Haunting every place;
Lengths of golden sunshine,
Moonlight bright rs day
Don't you think that Summers
Pleasanter than May.
Roger in the corn patch
Whistling negro songs
Pussy by the hearth-side,
Romping with the tongs;
Chestnuts in the ashes,
Burning through the rind
Red leaf and gold leaf
Rustling down the wind;
Mother "doin' peaches"
All the afternoon
Don't you think that Autum's
Pleasanter than June3
Little fairy snow-fakes
Dancing in the hue,
Old Mr.. Santa Claus,
What is keeping you?
Twilight and fire-light,
Shadows come and so;
Merry chimes of sleigh bells,
Tinkling through the snow;
Mothers knitting stockings
(Pussy's got the ball)-
Don't you think that Winters
Pleasanter than all?
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1868-11-12

A Mother reproved her three-vear. old
daughter for eating ieicles. The infant
repled-'I didn't eat EN- mamma !; l only
sucked the juice out of 'em."
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1868-11-12

An editor says the only reason why his
house was not blown over in late gallo
was because there was heavy mortgage
unon it,
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1868-11-12

The president has pardoned James
Atkinson, who has served fifteen months
of Imprisonment of term of fifteen years,
for counterfeiting
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1868-11-12

An exchange paper begins forcibl'
appeal to his delinquents by this touching
sentence "We must dua or We must b,
DONE"
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1868-11-12

Some one says the best way for man
to train up child in the way it should
so, is to travel that way occasionally him
self
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1868-11-12

Josh Billings was not ten miles out Of
the way when he flung this of-"Mel
who have great deal to do with hosses
seem tu demorrilise far moro than tho
hosses dus."
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1868-11-12

Sec, on the Riverside Park, Boston, on Satur-
day.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1868-11-12

$4,000 sorth of property was destroyed by
fire, in Lock Haven, on Friday night.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1868-11-12

A young Missourian, eulogizing has
girls beauty, said : "I'll be doggonel if
She ain't as purity as red wagon"
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1868-11-12
VOL. 81.
Published BY Theodore Schoch,

TERMS-Two dollars year in advancp-an nd lr no,
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cts. WILDE charged.
No paper discontinued until all arreaIages paid
except at the option of the Editor.
UAdvertiSements + one square OF (eight lnes) OF
less, one or three insertions 81 So Each additional
insertion, 30 cents. Longer ones in proportion.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1868-11-12
Cheap Feed.

RAIN AT 25 CENTS PER BUSHEL.
NJ Apply at the BREWERY,
July 80, is6e.-tfl East Sl,oudsburg.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1868-09-21
OFFICE OF THE
American Fish Hook and Needle o.,

Ne,o Haven, c., Aug. Is, 1863.
WE have appointed Messrs. JORDAN &
w BLAK e, of Portland, Me-. sole agents for
the sale of our Hooks for the city of Portland, who
will be prepared to fill all orders for the trade the
same terms as by us. r ..s
CHARLES A. CROSBY, Secretary
Sent 9-dtf .+4
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1868-09-21
AGRICoLA.


Gen. Badeau, in his work on the military
history of Gen. Grant, tells the following an
ecdote of Gen. Grants reception by the rebel
generals whom he had defeated, when he en-
tered Vicksburg on the 4th of July, 1868:
He went direct to one of the rebel headouar-
tiers, but there was no one to receive him, and
he dismounted and entered the porch where
femberton sat with his generals; they saluted
Grant, bot not one of them offered him a chair
though all had seats themselves. Neither the
rank nor reputation of their captor, nor the
swords he had allowed them to wear, prompt
ed them to this simple act of courtesy Penn
berton was especially sullen, both in converse
ton and behavior. Finally for very shame.
one of the rebels offered a place to Grant The
day was hot and dusty; he was thirsty from
his ride, and asked for a drink of water They
told him he could find it outside; and, no one
showing him the way, he CROPPED in the pas
sage until he found negro, who gave him a
cup Of cold water only, which his enemy had
almost denied. When he returned his seat
bad been taken, and he remained standing
during the rest OF the interview, which lasted
about half an hour. O.
The rudeness Of the rebels was perfect, but
so was the dignihed, imperturbable, forbearing
politeness of their victor. Grant never appear
ed greater than in his quiet endurance of the alb
surd ill-manners of the men he had conquered
We presume no one who witnessed the scene
will ever forget it, and those who have such
reason to be ashamed of it will probably forget
least of all.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1868-09-21
Terms $500 per anauns, Ia. adyooce

Aforesaid by physician. The LINING u,os No..
forated and lead-poisoning Of marked char.
acter resulted. He says precisely the same
evil is met with in the use of the metallic
double-lined ice water pitchers. The lining
OF these vessels is often made of dissimlar
metals, and the parts joined together with
solder into which lead enters as constitu-
ent. Very soon the thin film of deposited
SILVER is worn of upon the interior by water
'oh'ac'' Salvanic action promotes corrosive
act'oh ana the water becomes poisonous.
IL pure water acts more energetically upon
lead and other metals than the ordinary kinds
and we believe it does--our citizens cannot
be too cautious in the selection OF their pines
to convey the water of Sebago TO their houses
and about them. This water is found to be
quite pure, nearly as pure as ice water which
in purity is next to distilled water used for
chemical purposes. As water from this pure
and inexhaustible fountain is soon to be in
trodueed into our city, it is time TO discuss
tue question and ascertain the best and saf-
est methods for the manufacture of service
pipes.
Since writing the above article we have
seen communication to the Chemical Jour
nal from gentleman of the highest scientific
attainments and the first authority upon
points involved in the question at issue in
which he says: "Some years ago, l had
specimen sent me of tin-lined pipe quite hon.
ey combed by the action of the water from
the inside. whole family had beer poi
soned in that case."
He believes the safest pipe into which lead
enters at all is simple lead, coated inside with
sulphuret of lead by pouring into the pipe
solution of sulphuret Of potassium or sodium.
This is liable to crack when the pipe Is bent,
or when the water in the pipe Is frozen just
as the tin lining is; but where the coating is
Of suiphuret, there is no galvanie action to
corrode the exposed lead as there is where
the lining is OF tin. The subject is a very i'm
portant one, and especially so at the time
when our citizens are about making prepara-
lions to conduct the pure water of Sebago to
heir houses.
AGRICOLA
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1868-09-21
Water Supply-Pipes.


to be brought into our city, it is well to begin
to think about the best materials for making
water-pipes. The Journal of Chemistry pub
fishes an article on this subject which con
tains much matter of interest to our citizens
at this time. The tin-lined lead pipe is
thought by many to be very good but the
Journal has poor opinion of it, for various
reasons which we are inclined to believe are
sound. Although this kind OF pipe has the
endorsement of Prof. Silliman, yet the opfil-
ion of chemists is that ii may be, under Gel:
tain circumstances more dangerous than that
constructed entirely of lead.
We believe it is fact well understood
among practical and well informed chemists
that metals differing in crystalline structure
when placed together in acid liquids, or even
in common water as the Journal says, are, by
peculiar galvanic action, rapidly oxilized,
disintegrated or destroyed. Now if this posi-
ton be sound one it follows that lead and
tin in juxaposition with access to water, one
or both of the metals will suffer from rapid
corrosion. The editor of the Journal says
the tin, under certain conditions, to suffer
most, but invariably the lead decomposition
was gre atty augmented by the association.
1t is the general impression that pure tn
pipe is practically indestructible when placed
in the ground for conveying water This ed
itor thinks it is an error. He has had a Sec
tion of tin pipe in his possession which was
corroded through and through, and yet it had
not been in use more than six months. This
occurred in the city of Manchester, n. Fl.
Lead is not so readily acted upon in his opin-
ion as tin, under the ordinary conditions of
exposure to which service-pipes are subject
ed. The safety in the use of tin pipes does
not, then consist in any peculiar exemption
from corrosive action, but in the harmless
ness of the resultant oxides, or carbonates.
If tin were indestructible in contact with
moving water, and coating placed upon the
interior of lead pipes absolutely perfect at
all points, it would certainly be most desir-
able invention. A family using water flow
ing through tin-lined lead pipe from well
or from the main of a city aqueduct would
be exempt from danger so long as the lining
remains perfect. But here is the trouble
The lining may not be soldered perfectly. or
there may be breaks or cracks in it which will
let the water pass, and hence arises the dan
ger. When the tin lining is thus defective
electrical currents win begin to pass between
the metals; disintegration goes ON rapidly
aud lead poisoning is almost certain to result.
Under such circumstances even lead pipe
would be much safer.
In lining lead pipe with tin much de-
pends ON the fidelity with which the plumber
does his work. If any portion OF the solder
drops through the pipe, lodging dicectly at
the angle or bend, speedy corrosion will take
place at that point, promoted by galvanic ac-
ton. Such a pipe was shown to the editor
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1868-09-21

STATE OF MAINE.

Resolve relative to State Industrial School for
girls. '-@, s9-ilii. y NJ
Res0tUed That it is essential to the highest inter-
ests Of the State. that should be taken at
the earies practicable day, to establish industrial
school for girls in accordance with the recommended
tions of Hon. George B. Barrows: commissioner ap-
pointed under resolve OF the legislature shteen
hundred and sixtyseven, 10 investigate the primer
pies and operations OF such institutions and with
view OF securing cooperation in so desirable work.
the Governor and Council hereby directed to in
yte and receive propositions from any town city
desiring to have sach institution located within their
limits, and to report the TO the next legislature
tApproved March 9Th, 1851
STATE OF MAINE,
SECRRTARY's OFFICE, Augusta July H. 1868.
DROP0S AIS within the scope of the foregoing
Resolve are hereby invited and may be sent
30 tho efiiee OF he Secretary afSfata-
BY order OF the Governor aud Council
FRANKLIN M. DREW,
july Z1-dtf - Secretary of State
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1868-09-21

Fruit and Ornamental Trees.
CRAZE VINES, &c. for Fall of 1868. We
mental Trees, Grape Vines, &c which for eYtent
variety, vgor and beauty of growth has never been
surpassed. .-..f- '''-
Just issued sent prepaid on receipt of ten cents each
for Nos. l, 2 and 3-No. free. No. /, Descriptive
Catalogue OF Fruits. No. 2, Ornamental Trees. No.
3, Green House Plants. No. 4, Wholesale List.
ElLWANGER s. BARRY,
MT. Hope Nurseries, Rochester, NY.
September IA, 1868. eod2w
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1868-09-21
Varietfes.

AT the dedication of the wigwam in Mont
clair, N. j., the following ode, composed for
the occasion was snnp.
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4r1yo] No g.
sIM1LIA sIaILlBUs OURANTUR.
Humphreys Homeopathic Specifics,
NOS.

HAVE PROVED, from he most ample expert
-. enee, an entire success; Simple-Prompt- Eli
perfectly adapted to popular use-so simple that
mistakes cannot be made in using them; so harmless
as 70 De !ree from danger and efficient as to be al
fom They & & have raised the highest
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WANTED

HH IANTED-AGENTs-s to 5000 per
month, everywhere, male and female to
introduce the GENUINE IMPR WE'D
GAM G4aaMAqM SENSE J ..,.!MI FAMILY SEWING
iell, tuck. quilt, cord, bind, braid, and en-
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only S18. Fully warranted for five years
We will pay $1,000 for any machine that
Will sew stronger, more beautiful, or
b more elastic seam than ours. 1t makes the
'Elastic Lock Stitch" Every second stitch
can be cut, and still the cloth cannot be pulled
apart without tearing it. We pay Agents from S75
to $500 per month and expenses, a commission
from which twice that amount can be made, Ad-
dress SECOMB g. CO., PITTSBUKG, PA, or BOS-
TON, MASS. :
CAUTION.-Do not be imposed upon by other
parties paming off worthless cast-iron machines un-
der the same name or otherwise. Ours is the only
genuine and really practical cheap machine manu-
factured' 11 sep18w3m
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1868-09-21

WITH, suit of nice rooms on first floor, 10 be
w had at No. so Spring Street, between High and
Park Streets. -' iv7iff
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LOST AND FOUND.

Lost!
ON board the Steamer Montreal from Boston, on
~ Monday night, sum of money. AS 1t was all
the possessions OF poor cripple the finder will con-
Montreal or returning it to me at No. SO Fore Street
August 26, 1868. dtf
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1868-09-21

Of 35 large vials, morocco case,
containing a specific fer every
ordinary disease family is sub:
Ject TO, and n book of directions, $1,000
Smaller Family and Travelling cases,
with 70 to % vals,. ............. from SIS to So
Specifics for all Private Diseases. both =
for Curiu. and for Preventive treat
ment, in walls and pocket cases,......,.SS to SIS
These Remedies by the case or single Box are
sent to any part of the Country, by mail or express
free OF charge on receipt OF the price. Address
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BOARD AND ROOMS.
Board
ROQnd

WITH suit of pleasant rooms can be obtained at
w No 90 Spring st, between High and Park st.
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The New Orleans crescent. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1866-1869, 1868-07-12
NUMBER 2s4.

obituary Of Stephen OTIS, who died in Lowell,
Washington county, o., on the 10th OF June, AZ
the age Of 81 years and 10 days. He was native
of Litcbfeld county, Conn.,, and emgrated 10
Washington county in 1901.
self-styled professor advertised an entertain
ment in ST. Louis, night or two since, at which
he was to expose the mysteries Of spiritual mani
festatons allow himself to be shot at with pistols,
and let the audience into all the secrets Of Jug
glers. After appearing before the audience and
requesting those who desired to shoot at him to
prepare their pistols, he went behind the stage
curtain, and has not since been seen. he
obtained about two hundred dollars, and lett his
hail rent and printing bills unpaid.
wonderful cid document is at present In
Canada, being nothing less than the skin or
parchment signed two hundred and thirty years
ago by the Scottish people, and known as the
National Convention of Scotland" The sub
stance of the deed is written in firm, beautiful
hand, almost unique in its kind; the signatures Of
the nobemen Including the famous Montrose)
and many of the others are very distinct while
the whole parchment is in good state OF preser-
walton. For the past seventy years the document
has been in the possession Of q family of the
name of Henderson, into whose grandfather's
hands it came when he was the senior Cameronian
pastor in Scotland.
A striking illustration of the force Of mothers
love for her child has recently been exhibited in
Iowa. The circumstances are reported In notic-
ing the pardon, by Governor Merrill, Of o woman,
Catherine McArdle. who had been sentenO a, four
years ago, 20 the State Penitentiary for life. She
confessed 70 the murder OF her husband and was
sentenced 70 be hanged, but her sentence was
cOmmuted by Governor Stone. II was afterward
found that she was entirely innocent, and that her
sen was the guilty person. To save him from the
Rallows, she had avowed that she was guilty Of
the crime.
The New Orleans crescent. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1866-1869, 1868-07-12

The card of Messrs. John Anderson q Co.,
wholesale grocers and commission merchants, 90
Poydras street, will be seen in another column OF
this mornings CRESCENT. These gentlemen keep
constantly on hand large and choice stock Of
groceries, wines, liquors, ETC., which they are
Offering to the trade at the lowest market prices.
Having list of shippers who keep them in daily
receipt Of the choicest articles IN this line, they
are always prepared to furnish the trade and the
retail dealer with the best and freshest supplies Of
the Eastern and Western produce market. Par
ties wishing anything in their line will find it tc
their interest to give them call before pur
chasing,
The New Orleans crescent. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1866-1869, 1868-07-12

One hundred and one Canal street is The place
to crafty more than one of the senses, for there
the eye is delighted in beholding true 20 nature
the human face divine" and the mind wrapt in
the contemplation of the beautiful works Of act
made by mans skill end ingenuity, hfe-liko and
real, that one takes IL in as Joy forever, so in
.fscibly is the spell left upon the senses. We
sude to the beautiful Photographic gallery of
Mr.. JDo. H. Clark, whose walls are ornsmented
with some of the nlost splendid pictures made by
bis own hands, We have ever seen. Iikenessss
that stand out in such bold relief that one is
almost led to address them. Mr.. Clark is pre-.
pered to make in the highest style of the art
photographs, carte de yisites, porcelain pictures,
etc, also copies Of pictures made by him can DO
had by applying at his old stand lOl Canal street
His prices are in accordance with the times.
Give him call.
The New Orleans crescent. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1866-1869, 1868-07-12

LONDON, July IL -NoOn.-Securities unchanged.
Sugar dull.
LIvRPooL,. Jaly II-Noon. Cotton quiet;
sales 5000 bales. Breadstuffs quiet.
LoNDON, July ll-Evenng. -Consols 9439943.
LIVERPOOL, July ll.-Cotton market quiet ;
sales 5000 bales. Corn l3s. I'd. Flour dull.
Lard buoyaDt at 64s. Cd. Sngar24s.; aOat 26s. 80.
NEW YORK, July l-Afternoon.-Cotton q
shade easier; sales 1900 bales; middlngs 32932B.
Flour l0@20c. lower during the day; super6ne
State So 1901 20. Wheat very dull, 3G5c. lower.
Corn heavy, l02c lower. Mess pork in fair de-
mand at s2s 373@2s 65. Lard firmer, kettle rem
deIed ls4@ls2c. Naval stores quiet. Groceries
duh. FIeighIs firm. Money easy. Gold l4lb.
Governments dull. Stocks quiet.
NAV YORK, July ll-EVening.- bank state
ment shows an increase IN loans OF 81, lO2 600;
of specie, $3.50 600; circulation, $4,000 /;
deposits, So ,26gO 600. Decrease-egal tenders,
S3,594,OOO. Sub-tTeasury balance $50 OOOO 900.
ct. LOUIS, July ll.-rObaccO dull. Flour
superfine S. 5O65 60. Wheat advanced sc. Corn
sOdSSc. Oats 75@76c. Pork S2S 75@29. Bacon
shoulders 1876, clear rib sides LOGO, clear sides
l7c. Lard I73@lSc.
NOZZLE, July ll.-Cotton-no sales. Middling
nominally 3Oc Exports 4 bales. No receipts.
CINCRNATI. July ll.-Flour aud wheat no.
changed and dull. Corn s6G92c. Oats 7lc.
Pork S2S 80. Bulk meats held-shoulders 70 TO-,
sides l4tc. Bacon beld-ShOuders 10, clear
rib sides l6}c., clear sides. 7lc. Lard held at
lSc. Butter 26929c. Eggs lIc. Potatoes $50
s. %
LOUISVILLE, July liza bhds. tobacco sold
to-day Tugs lower, S7619, leaf steady, Sll6150,
the latter Virginia. Flour-Superfne $707 go
Wheat 81 S5@l %. Corn 90G95c. Oats 7SG
soc. Rye scarce, 81 So. Mess Pork s2S 75929.
Bacon-Shoulders 1890. Clear sides l75c. Bulk
meats-Shoulders l25c., clear sides l65c. Cotton
2sG30c.
sAvANNAH, July 1l.-Cotton dull; no sales
middlings 3lc.; receipts 10 bales.