The post. [volume] (Middleburg, Snyder County, Pa.) 1864-1883, 1871-11-09

VI suo f'oNs'suSo W toV r"sh-puA Nv
the present timc, IL may be well 10
republish the following extract, which
vas cut froo newspaper several
years ago
Guns Fot SMALL.Pox h q
treatment OF small. pox in the State
Almshouse in Massachusetts, wherc
the disease hss prevailed during se.
versl months. has been singulsrly sue
cessiul Out Of about sixty cases ba,
one fatal result hss occurred. aod that
was the case OF q man who vas tx ku
to the house irem q neixhborins tow.
is the last stage OF the disease. The
The remedy used with 10 much sue
cess was atea made from pl.o
known in the Ms,eris Medics rs ssrrs-
cenis purpura. familiarly called ladies'
saddle or whier cup. the medicinal vir
tue of which lie IN the root. The "l-
feet of the remedy, which has been
newly discovered aud found rcmarka
bly effcicut whenever used. is to al
ay the fever ani imitation cI1ssi by
the formation Of pustules, which are
rapidly dried up leaving but slight, It
any traces Of the malady.
Tax Report ofths Department ol
Agriculture for the current mouth
gives the product Of wheat, rye, oats
and barley for 1871, o. ascertsins Il
after the threshing, compared with The
crops OF 1870. and the condition oi
buckwheat, corn and potatoes at d ate
of report as compared with an aver
age at that stage of those crops
The aggregate wheat crop of the
country is estimated at about seven
percent less than that of last year
the large increase in Pennsylvann
New Jersey. Mary lani, Michigan and
Kansas. baing more than balanced 10y
the reduced product in the grcs
wheat producing States OF the West
aud the general failure il the South.
cru States. Oats are about equal T."
tho crop Of last year ia bushels on ~
large acreage With On increased a.
reage barley il ncarlya full average
crop. of medium quality Buckwhrst
is poor-1rought and food have h,
turns done much injury South, but tie
increased acreage in the cotton States
will swell the aggregate to an aver
age crop there while the heavy corn
Slstes Of tho West Indicate IL full aver
age yield. Tho cotton returns Tor
October are now less favorable than
those Of September, aud Indicate that
the crop can hardly exceed three
millions Of bales aud may fail cveu
lower with future uuiavorpble weatn
er.
The romance Of Enoch Arden fud,
IN unroman,ic illustration 10 Virgin.
ia. Ono John Wiley, aprivsts in a
Virginia regiment, was wounded du
ring the early part of the war, wss
for II long time confined in the hp-pi-
tai, aud took the oath OF allegiance
and went West Mrs. Wiley molrn
ell him ~ dead tor four years AT
then became Mrs VIM. Smith. \
few lays ago, as she St On the p,r.p
OF her h,me. brunzed traveller APP
preached aud emnracsd her most ru
Enthusiastically. Smith first knock.
rhe man down AID then asked hrn
who he was 1t was JOHN Whey. hu--
band No, |, his feelings greatly w"un
ded ~ his reception Exp ausIion.
aud apologies followed A cpmpro-
mise was effected. and for 500 NJ
Wiley agreed TO start at once for &
orado, TO return no more
THE Democratic newspapers (sr,
the Washington Chropcie) are max
ing great cutlery over the discovery
and arrest OF officers VINO drfrauG th.
GOvernmeGt They srguc that tins
proves increased c"rruptian in IT,,
maos sement OF our Government.
Ii proves precisely the conIrst,
Is the arrest OF Tweed an increase ~,
corruption 10 New York. or check
OF il! Is the arrest OF Hodge an in
crease OF speculation, or check upoh
1t The fact Is, that under the nd
ministrstion OF Andrew Johnson aud
former Democratic admiuistra' .o,s
thieves operated undisturbed Under
the administration of President Gran,
they are caught, tried. convicted and
impris,aoi, This praves not onl
Integrity, but vigilance and Efficiency.
The official statement Of the losses
of the German armies iu ring he lac
campaign has Just been published.
The loss in killed is stated al 1900
The French official report has not
heen published yet, hut the following
figures from The Paris Siecie ar con
sidered reliable f; S6O0O-r tlicer- mn.
commissioned officers. and pIiva.r,-
were either killed IN battle. o. led
OF their wounds. A surprising M
traSt, Yet easily accounted for. VINE
il is considered. In connection " IN
other attending circumstances tha,
the Germans were am0sl always vlr-
tors, aud he French NJ matter oi
course almost aiWaN. defeated
The liquor law of Onin makes ,ir
dealers responsible to II certain oxtaut
for their business. ina,much as ~ y =
ants the wives Of drunken men 80 ~
cover damages for loss ar iujury f..
lowing the use OF iglur snld to surh
The enforc"ment ct the law h.
taught dealers that it is perllnns
sci! to the inremperat" hu,blni'