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The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1871-01-11

HE CrLTIvATIoS or CoTToN.-Thc
adaptability Of our sol aud climate
to the cultivation uf cotton having
been practically demonstrated during
the present year, there is every like
lihoou that the Southern States will
sobn have a formidable competitor iu
California. Colonel John Il. Strong,
an experienced Southern pl,ulcr,
who came here for the purpose Of en-
gaglng in cotton culture, on the
strength of some experiments made by
Ills brother; writes to the press that
f:are: sci! and treatment az aoic
Of land will produce three to four
times as much cotton as he Mis,issip.
pi River bottoms, and Of q quality
that has been classei by Memphis
and Now Orleans brokers as "Full
Mi'laing." Twenty acres If land in
Med County yielded at the astoniyh-
Ing rate Of 5,SGl pounds Of secd cotton
or about four Liverpool bales or
acre. Undor like conditions it is fail
ly claimed that 500 ounds of lint cot
ton would be an average yield, the
profit on hich would be more tnan
double that of grain. Next Year
Colonel Str ng intends to plant 800
acres, so that another great staple will
shortly bo added to the resources of
the State.
The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1871-01-11

Tie REPUBLICAN, PARTY IN GEoR-
GlA.-A Gerogia correspondent of the
Cincinnati Commercial makes The fol-
lowing statement, from which it would
seem that tho Republican party of
Georgia is exactly like the Republican
party of Virginia, being composed al
together OF negroes and Office sock.
ers.
'1n all my travelling and export
ence in Georgia, | have never met a
white Republican who was not an
otHce-holdcr,. or who had not been in
office since the war. The whole ami
mus OF the white portion of the party
seems to bS to get Office. If they
can't got Office there is row. l am
sorry Hat it is so, but eny amount
0fsorrow will not alter fact"
The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1871-01-11

\ new weapon, on the model of the
mntrailleuso is to be adopted in the
British army, as the War Depart
mcnt has ordered sixty batteries of
Gatling guns of the smaller kind to
be manufactured for distribution
among the infantry regiments or to
special corps. The destructive power
OF this weapon is very great, for,
though it has bore Of only 0..f2
inch, each battery, it is proved by
trials, will strike, wound, or kill
amongst broken infantry, on uncven
gronnd, at ranges from 200 to 1000
yards, at the rate Of 900 per minute
and in Gloss column of Infantry a bat
terry would hit 1900 men q minute.
The weapons just ordered, 800 or 400
in all, will be manufactured ut Colts
Armory, Hartford.
The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1871-01-11

Me| Hampshire ii prepnring to
mold its annual election. with tho
exception of Connecticut, perhaps.
tho two political partios nro moro
n,oarly divided in New Hampshire
tn thafi In any other Now England State.
Tho contest oydr tho nominations has
thus iar boon worry active one, and
everything indicates a stirring cam!
paign.
The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1871-01-11

TIE CHrNEsE.-W published yes.
teriay what Gov. Geary, of Pcnosyi-
vania, had to say about Federal olcc-
tions. We now give what he says
concerning the "hea.hcr Cniucc:''
The introduction of 'fChinese Coo
lie," or Contract labor is one Of the
greatest evils that can lcfall the toll
ing millions of our country: Their
presence is not only degrading, but
lmpoyishii 6 and parall zirg to oar
patriotic and Intelligent working
men. 1t is new species Of slavery,
equal in all it's injurious tendencies to
that, the extinguishmcnt ofwhich cost
the nation such immense treasures and
SO many thousands Of valuable lives.
1t should not be tolerated for a single
moment, MS it's results will Virtually
be TO debaso aid force our working
men into unnatural rivalry with the
dregs ef tho Chiiese b,pulation. Re.
strictivc laws against the Importation
of this kind OF labor, such as would
stay its futhsr progress, should be
cuaeted Without any unnecessary
delav.
The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1871-01-11

IMp0RE LlqtoRs. liquor seller
has been adjudged guilty IN Conncc,i-
Gu, of the violation of new statute,
which prohibits tho sale 10 that State
of adnltora.ed liquors. 1t appeared
from the testimony Of Professor Sill.
man that the article sold as port wine
contained forty.five grains to the gal
Ron of oxide Of lead, and tho whiskey
fifty grains of lead to the gallon
Th" fact stood forth in mitigation,
that defendant dil not know the
character Of the liquors ho sold but
the court decided that his offence was
OF such grave description, that it would
have to bo punished With sufficient
severity to oalt the attention Of all
who are selling liquors contrary to
law, to the perils they incur if the
liquors they sell arc impurd and pois-
onous liquors. Stanton was accord.
ingly finod in $500 and costs. In
Scotland, the sale of impure liquors
is felony, and the offender is punisu-
ed with severe penalties.
The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1871-01-11

An enthusiastic Connecticut Demo.
crat makes the following propositions /:
!st. $1,000 that John Y. Hoffman
Vill be dominated and elected Presi.
dent: I'd: 900 that Gilbert G..
Walker, of Virginia; will bo nominal.
ed and elected Vice President. Sd.
$1,000 that Walker will receive the
larger popular vote. 4,h. 1000 th,t
the State Of Connecticut will rive a
majority for Ioffn IN and Walker.
The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1871-01-11

The NATHAN MURDERER. Tho
New York Sun is quite jubliant over
tho discovery Of a man who claims to-
DC the simon pure Nathan murderer:
This discovery is due to the skill and
determination of the we'll known
counsellor and advocate, Joannes.
30 says the Sun, and that individual
publishes long account Of tho cap.
turo.
Wyandot County Republican. [volume] (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1869-1903, 1871-07-06
Matrimonial SuperstitIOns.

The lately revived custom of throwing
shoes after newly welded couple for
luck is very old one. In the Isle of
Man, the shoe is thrown after the bride
and bridegroom as they leave their respec-
i've abodes, but the ceremony is generally
performed elsewhere upon the departure
OF the hero and heroine of the day for the
honey moon trip. In some parts of Kent,
shoe throwing does not take place until
after they have gone, when the single
ladies range themselves i'll one line, and
the bachelors range themselves il another
An old shoe is then thrown as far as the
thrower's strength permits, and the ladies
race after it, the winns being rewarded
by the assurance that she will De married
before any of her rivals. She then throws
the shoe at the gentlemen, the one she hits
laying the same pleasing unction to his
heart. Something like this is practiced,
too, in Yorkshire and Scotland. In Ger
many it used to be a rule for the bride, as
she was being conducted to her chamber,
to take off her shoe and throw it among
the guests, who battled for it's possession,
the successful he or she being destined to
be speedily married and settled. In some
places the threshold is kept warm fo1
another bride by pouring a kettleful OF
warm water down the door-steps as
soon as the bride and bridegroom have
taken their departure; the fancy being
that before the water is dried up another
match will be made up, or flow on, and
that it will not be very long before another
wadded couple passes over the same
ground. In Prussia, the method of in
voking blessings on a newly married pain
used to be the more expensive one oi
smashing crockery against the door of the
house in which they were domiciled. -
Chambers Journal.
Wyandot County Republican. [volume] (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1869-1903, 1871-07-06
The Reindeer and his Travels.

WE know that domestic animals are
often compelled to take long journeys, in
obedience to the will of man but did you
ever know that whole companies of peo-
pie are sometimes compelled to take long,
wearisome Journeys because OF the migra-
tions of animals? The reindeer, in those
cold North countries where he is the main
staff and stay of the people, takes his long
JOURNEYS at the regular seasons in search of
the reindeer moss and the peculiar fchens
which are its main food. There is no help
for it; but the people who depend on it for
food, and clothing, and almost every other
necessary of lie, must follow its wander
ings Fortunately there is little portable
property to transport; and even the little
children are harder than most men with
us. A little thing of two years was seen
by Dr. Kane to take his knife and cut into
the walrus fat along with the rest of
the family, consuming quantity so enorm-
Gus it seemed almost incredible. They
early learn to take care of themselves. so
that little children are small hinderance to
their parents.
Those frozen regions could not be in
habited except for those hardy creatures.
Their keen scent shows them where the
moss is hidden even beneath six feet of
snow. Where every thing else would per-
ish of hunger, it finds sufficient food. In
turn il furnishes food for the poor inhabi-
tants, and when domesticated, gives them
milk, butter, and sort of cheese; while
its skin is put to innumerable uses besides
the common one of furnishing them with
warm clothing.
1t seems wonderful to us that people
can bear to live in such a region, and that
it seems a beautiful land to them No
doubt they would soon tire of the conven
fences of our enlightened homes, and
would think the most common customs oi
civilized life very irksome and disagree
able.-Pres6yteridn
Wyandot County Republican. [volume] (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1869-1903, 1871-07-06
Benefits Of Laughter.

Probably there is not the remotest cor
ner or little inlet of the minute blood-ves-
sci of the body that does not feel some
wavelet from the great convulsion pro-
duced by hearty laughter, shaking the CEN
tral man. The blood moves more lively
probably its chemical, electric or vital
condition is instinctly modified-it conveys
different expression to all the organs of
the body, as it visits them on that particu-
lar mystic journey, when the man is laugh
ing, from what it does at other times. And
thus it is that good laugh lengthens a
mans life, by conveying distinct and ad-
ditional stimulus to the vital forces. The
time may come when physicians, attending
moro closely than they do now to the in
Vulnerable subtle influences which the soul
exerts upon its tenement of clay, shall
prescribe to torpid patient $50 many
peals of laughter" to be undergone at
such and such time," just as they do
now that far more Objectionable prescrip-
tion-a pill, or an electric or galvanic
shock, and shall study the best and most
effective method of producing the required
effect in each patient.
Wyandot County Republican. [volume] (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1869-1903, 1871-07-06
JDUSKY, OHIO, THURSDAY, JULY 6, 1871.

the index, then pointing downward, max
ing rapid slight movement of the hand
up and down; tomorrow" is the same,
except that the movement is greater, and
from the elbow. Numbers, of course, are
shown by holding up the fingers.-Apple-
tons .LOnrnIL
Wyandot County Republican. [volume] (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1869-1903, 1871-07-06
Poetry.
LITTLE By LITTLE.

WHEN the new years come and the old years 60,
How, little by little, all things grow!
All things grow-and all decay
Little by little passing away.
Little by little, on fertile plain,
Ripen the harvests of golden grain,
Waving and flashing in the sun,
When the summer at last is done.
Little by little they ripen so,
As the new years come and the old years go.
Low on the ground an acorn lies,
Little by little it mounts to the skies,
Shadow and shelter for wandering herds,
Home for hundred singing birds.
Little by little the great rocks grew,
Long, long ago, when the world was new;
Slowly and silently, stately and free,
Cities of coral under the
Little by little builded-whe
The new years come and the old years go.
Little by little all tasks are done;
So are the crowns of the faithful won,
So is Heaven in our hearts begun.
With work and with weeping, with laughter and
play,
Little by little, the longest day
And the longest life are passing away,
Passing without return-whle so
The new years come and the old years go.
Wyandot County Republican. [volume] (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1869-1903, 1871-07-06

A MAN painting the cornice of a house
in Hartford, fell from ladder, and it was
supposed that he was badly hurt. Imme-
diately after the fall, young man ran to
to the store to inform the painter of the
misfortune that had overtaken his work
man. The boss" listened to thrilling
description of the fall, and, with the rui-
ing passion still strong within him, asked
anxiously, "Did he spill his paIntg
Wyandot County Republican. [volume] (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1869-1903, 1871-07-06

THE Salt Lake City Neaos says that, a
short time since, while some men were
engaged in clearing out spring in that
region from which the people obtain
water for irrigation, they found, standing
erect, in the spring, what had been a two.
yearold heifer, in an advanced state of
Detrifactinn
Wyandot County Republican. [volume] (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1869-1903, 1871-07-06

DISPATCHES from various points in
Colorado are delayed by the inconveaient
habit the settlers have of hanging horse
thieves to the telegraph wires.
Wyandot County Republican. [volume] (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1869-1903, 1871-07-06

AMULArro woman called Madam Az
pelo has Just walked 1000 miles IN Eng
land, in as many consecutive hours, oeng
the third person known VINO mas scnieVeo
this feat.
Wyandot County Republican. [volume] (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1869-1903, 1871-07-06

A GERMAN waiter at Bingen on the
Rhine has displayed talent for fraud
worthy of Saratoga A lady found a
chicken in her egg, and called his atten-
ton to the Circumstance. He charged her
for boiled chicken.
Wyandot County Republican. [volume] (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1869-1903, 1871-07-06

A HARD CAsE.-Dying, without money,
without property, no life insurance policy
in the Washington Insurance Company,
of New York, yet leaving wife and
small children.
Wyandot County Republican. [volume] (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1869-1903, 1871-07-06

WHEN does a man feel girlish? When
he makes his maiden speech.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1871-04-27
HH X. z. s. EF. Es. Bush have got .
big stock of Carpets and Oil cloths.
The Democracy Of NlGT0e al
ready In, Motion.

The Legislature having about agreed upon
an Apportionment bill, in which Monroe and
Pike Counties is attached, as political safe
guard to Luzerne county, we are glad to see
our Democracy already in motion, in an earn
est effort to secure portion Of the fruit Ike
y to grow ont of the connection. The follow
ing from the Scranton Morning Republican
Is certainly proof that some of our stauncf
Democracy do not mean to ''let the grass
grow under their feet, in the scramble af
ter spoils.
Our New NeighbOrs OF Monroe
We have just received the following lettel
from Monroe County, which we were requested
TO forward to Hon. Samuel Turner:
BUzzARDvILLE, April %, 1871
Afisder Sam. Duner.
DEER SAM-Ich hab now yusht been in
formed das Monroe goundy zu Luzerne 'tachet
is for a Senatorial district und da no hab icE
au grad gessgt now ward bletzich zum Sam
Burner geschriva, TN ge brobsert for terms z,
rnacha for de negsht convention. Ich hab beer
informed das du blenty geld hpsht, das do au
rich liberal bsht, und das du au amohl poo
warst. Now, de question is: was sin innuen
italy demokratischa delegates webrt fun den
gounty-wholesal und retail. Ferstch icf
bin true blue, und sthimm for der Jaxon every
feer yohr, und ferkauf mi brinclbles an net
over ich bin an mann fun infiuense un indel
ligence in dem county, un sell is for sale
Schreb zn meer at once.
Yeurs till deth, JOE ZIEGEFUs.
P. S.-Beware fun Pete Gilbert und den
Alta Merwine
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1871-04-27

The Democratic members Of Congress
have just issued an address to the people
which arraigns the Republican party for
making rapid strides towards the cen
tralization of power, for multiplying Offices
beyond all precedent, to the widespread
production of dishonesty aud corruption
for refusing to reform the internal revenue
and the tariff systems under which the
ship building and nearly all other bust
uess interests are lauguishing; and for
voting away to corporations nearly 200,-
100000 acres of public lands to the
enrichment of greedy spectators. 1t also
charges that, under the pretence of en-
forcing the Fourteenth Amendment. the
most despotic power has been conferred
upon the Executive to the annihiation OF
the rights OF the citizen aud the State
The course pursued towards the South is
criticised, and an appeal is made to the
people of all sections to maintain peace
and order, protect the rights of every
citizen, and refuse to aid the Radical
attempts to stir up strife, and renew the
issues of the war" For all that the peo
pie are likely to be contented under o
Republican administration for a good
while longer.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1871-04-27
Adjourned Court.

Pursuant to appointment, an Adjourned
Court was held at the Court House, in thi
borough, on Monday last, the 9th inst.
present, Hon. S. S. Dreher, Esq, Presiden
Judge, and John DeYoung and Theodore
Schoch, Esqs.
A petition was presented from Mari;
Transue, asking the appointment of Abraham
Labar, Guardian of Milton and Reuber
Armitage
Transfer of License was made as follows
Mary Dotter, of Polk township, to Stepher
Hawk.
The petition of Valentine Kautz was read
settisg forth that he was security on the of
fcal bond of Jerome Storm, Guardian Of
Sarah B. Storm, his wife, aud that the saic
Storm was sqaandering said Estate. The
petitioner asked for a citation, to re-
quire said Storm to settle and file his ac
count, in the Clerks Office within twenty-five
days from this date. Citation granted
The order of the Court to set aside the
election Of School Directors, in the Indie.
pendent School District Of Middle Smith.
field township, made at the adjourned Court,
18th inst, was revoked, and George Fisher.
Esq, appointed Examiner to take the tes-
timony Of witnesses and report the same on
the first day of May Term of Court. Five
days notice to be given to the parties inter
ested. Adjourned
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1871-04-27
A Veteran .sTurfIe.o

In the year 1918, so years ago, Thomas
Smiley, Sr., long since dead, picked up a
Gland turtle" in one of his fields, and put
his name on it, and the year, and let it run
In 1862, years ago, William Van Buskirk,
picked up the same turtle in one of his
fathers fields and let it run again. In 1871, f,
few days ago the same VIM Van Buskirk
picked up the same Turtle en- the same
farm. The veteran looks none the worse for
his years, and bids fair to live for century
to come. Query! How long do turtles
live? What tale of ups and downs this
7cteran could tell if the gift of speech were
his
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1871-04-27
Fr0tl,onotaEy's Notice.

Notice is hereby given, that the following
accounts of Assignees has been filed in the
Office of the Prothonotary of the Court of
Common Pleas of Monroe County, and will
be presented for confirmation and allowance
at the next term of said Court, on Monday,
May %, 1871.
The account of David Keller, Assignee of
Charles ID. Brodhead, of the Borough of
Stroudsburg
The account of Charles i. Frantz, Asst
gnee of Samuel Hartzell, of Ross township.
The account of John W. Huston, Asst
gnee OF Joseph Mosteller, of Stroud town
ship.
THO. NJ. McILHANEY,
April p, 1871. ProthonOtary
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1871-04-27

The Pain Killer is by universal consent al
lowed to have won for itself a reputation un-
surpassed in the history of medical prepara-
tions Its instantaneous effect in the eradica-
ton and extinction of Pain in all its various
forms incident to the human family, and the
unsolicited written and verbal testimony of the
masses in its favor, have been, and are its own
best advertisements
The ingredients Of the Pain Killer, being
p.rely Vegetable, render it a perfectly safe and
eficacious remedy taken internally, as well as
for external applications, when used according
to directions The stain upon linen from its
use is readily removed by washing with alcohol
This Medicine, justly celebrated for the cure
of so many of the afflictions incident to the hu.
man, family, has now been before the public
over thirty years, and has found its way into
almost every corner of the world and where
ever it has been used, the same opinion is ex
pressed of its medical properties.
In any attack, where prompt action upor
the tysteIn is required, the Pain Killer is in
valuable. Its almost instantaneous effect il
Relieving Pain is truly wonderful; and wher
used according to directions, is true to its name
PAIN KILLER. March 2, 1S7l.-lm.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1871-04-27

In the matter Of the account Of Charles II.
BarthoIomew. administrator Of Peter
Blose, deceased
The undersigned Auditor appointed by the
Orphans Court of Monroe County, to make
distribution of the funds in the hands Of
Charles H. Bartholomew, Administrator, to
and among those entitled thereto, viii attend
to the duties of his appointment on FRI
DAY, the 10Th day of MAY, A. ID. 1871,
at his Office in the Borough OF Stroudsburg,
when and where all parties interested are re
quired to attend or they will be debarred
from coming in for their distributiye shares
thereof
d. s. LEE Auditor.
rril - 1871 At
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1871-04-27
BgIfyOu want to find a full stock of
Centeral Park $nd Manhattan fine Shirts, go
to Rusrer's

The election held in the District OF
Columbia last week resulted in the sue.
cess Of General Cbipman, the Republican
candidate for Delegate to Congress. by
more than four thousand majority. More
than two-thirds of the Legislative Council
are Republicans. This was the first elec
ton since the organization of the District
under Territorial government, and the
result has proved unex pectedly favorable
The Democratic candidate for Delegate
was an outspoken friend of the Rebellion
and it would have been disgraceful to the
National Capital to be represented by a
man of such sentiments. Fortunately the
seat of government is now in full political
accord with the predominant party in the
nation, and their interests will be as
harmonious as they are intimate in their
mutual relations.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1871-04-27
NOTICE.

The Stockholders of the Wickersham
German English Normal School, and all
other persons who take an interest in the
matter, one way or the other, are respect
ully requested TO attend a meeting to be
held IN the Church, at Brodheadsville at 2
O'Clock, on Saturday afternoon. May Doth
As business ofgreat importance will be trans
scteJ, ii is highly important that all the
Siockhuders. especially the members of the
Building Committee, attend this meeting.
All those other citizens, who think they
have not yet had an opp riun'ty to express
their op Mon on The subject, should lso at
tend this meeting, and say hat they have
TO say, or forever afterwards hold their
Deace