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The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1872-02-22
ITS BASIS.

1t is consolidation Of other journals, and
therefore en- solid foundation, continuing
their former circulation.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1872-05-16
Rights Of Married Women.

The Legislature of Pennsylvania last
winter passed the following Act, securing
to married women their separate earnings,
which has been approved by the Governor,
and is now the law Of the land:
That the separate earnings of any mar
ried woman of the State Of Pennsylvania,
whether said earnings shall be as wages
for labor, salary, property, business or
otherwise, shall accrue to and inure to
separate benefit and use of said married
woman, and be under the control of such
married woman independently Of her
husband, and so as not to be subject to
any legal claim of such husband, or to the
| claims Of any creditor or creditors of such
husband, the same as if such married wo-
man were feme sole: Provided, that iu
any suit at law or in equity in which the
ownership of such property shall be in
dispute, the person claiming such pro-
perty, under this act, shall be compelled,
IN the first instance, to show title and
ownership in the same.
SEC. 2. That to prevent any frauduleet
practices under this act, before any mar
ried woman shall be entitled to its benefits,
she shall first present her petition, under
oath or affirmation, to the court Of COM
mon pleas Of the sity, or county where
she resides, stating her intention Of there
after claiming the benefits of this act,
whereupon the said court shall direct her
petition aforesaid to be marked fled, aud
TO be recorded in the Office for recording
deeds Of such city and county; and such
record shall be conclusive evidence of the
right of such married woman to the bcne-
tit Of the first section Of this act.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1872-05-16
NO. 3.
A Novel Idea about the Sun.

The astronomers of these latter days
talk about planetary distances and spaces
with as much confidence as a surveyor
gives the Dimensions of city lot, or the
metes and boundaries of farm In our
schoolboy days the astronomers said the
sun was about 90 900, 900 miles from the
earth. but now the exact distance is laid
down at 81 100000 miles This cuts off
trtie OF $780, goo miles still the dis
tance, even as that astronomers now foot
1t up, wound be a long way to travel. If
our Puritan fathers had set out from the
sun, instead of from England, on that
eventful day which witnessed their en-
barkation, and had travelled by an air line
continuously at the rate of forty miles an
hour, which is good deal faster than
Dexter can 90, they would not be due az
Plymouth Rock till late in the year 1888,
which would be seven years too late for
them to take part in our grand centennial
celebration on the 4th of July, 1876.
The astronomers tell us the gravity is
so increased at the sun that bodies would
weigh twenty eight times as much there
as here. What lift she would be for
lover seeking to rescue her from her
papa's burning dwelling! Then just con-
slider the avoirdupois of man heavy Oh
earth-say three hundred pounder-at
the sun. There be would weigh eight
thousand four hundred pounds Imagine
such man falling from the 9Th story
window upon the head of an uususpecs-
ing passer-by The coming down thous-
and Of brick on earth would be nothing
to the impact of such creature on the
sidewalk in front of his sunny home.
But the astronomers are unanimous In
the belief that the sun is without inhab-
| itants and we agree with them, if it be
true, as they say, that the temperature of
that orb is ten million degrees Fahren
heit.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1872-05-16
Duration Of Vitality in Grain.

"a young Farmer" inquiries if seed of
the different kinds of grain year or more
old, will grow as well as fresh seed Our
answer would be, always SOW seed as fresh
as it can be had, for although some seed
will germinate after it has been kept for
years yet these are exceptions. We do
not know of any distinct experiments ON
old and new grain, except it be single
trial which we made in pots. Fresh seed
wheat was sown in pots in autumn, one
inch deep, aud kept properly moist. In
another pot, subjected to the same tenn
perature and the same degree of mois-
ture, was sown wheat kept over one year.
In other pots, seed five years old, was
swOn under similar circumstances. The
first or fresh seed came up in eleven days,
the weather being rather cool the second
seed, one year old, came up in thirteen
days. The five year seed in the other
pots came up irregularly, the first in eigh-
teen days, aud afterwards for nearly
month. The grains of all were counted
when placed in the earth, and the result
was that all the fresh seed grew all or
nearly all the one year but not one half
the five year seed ever grew at all From
these limited experiments, we may infer
that fresh seed is always the best if on
ly year old it may do well, although the
pauts will hardly have the vigor of the
first; but seed several years old should be
employed only for preserving or securing
some desirable variety. We hope some
OF our readers will repeat the experiment
on oats, barley, &c, by accurately count
ing, measuring depth, recording dates,
&c.- Country Geatiemaa
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1872-05-16
Be Economical.

Look most to your spending. No mat
ter what comes in, if more goes out, you
will always be poor. The art is not in
making money, but in keeping it; little
expenses, like mice in a barn, when they
are many, make great waste. Hairb hair,
heads get bald straw, by straw, the thatch
off the cottage and drop by drop, the
rain comes in the chamber \ barrel is
soon empty, if the tap leaks but drop "a
minute. When you begin to save, begin
with your mouth many thieves pass
down the red lane. The ale jug is great
waste. In all other things keep within
compass. Never stretch your legs fur
ther than the blankets will reach, or you
will soon be cold. la clothes, choose
suitable and lasting stuff, and not tawdry
fineries. TO be warm is the main thing
never mind the looks. a fool may make
money, but it needs wise man to spend
it, Remember it is easier to build two
chimneys than to keep one going. If
you give all to back and board, there is
nothing left for the savings bank. Fare
hard aud work hard while you are young,
and you will have chance to rest when
you are old.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1872-05-16

interesting exhibition of scenery, dresses,
weapons, etc., noticed that North Ameri
can Indians have better teeth than the
whites. He accounts for the difference
In this strange way-that the reds keep
their mouths shut, whereas whites keep
them open. The teeth, he says, require
moisture TO keep their surface in good
working order; when the mouth is kept
open, and the mucous membrane has a
tendency to dry up, the teeth lose their
needed supply of moisture, and thence
come discoloration, toothache, ticdolou
reux, decay, looseness, and eventual loss
of teeth.
Shakespeare, in midsummer. Nights
Dream" says:
For there was never yet philosopher
That could endure the toothache patient
ly,
Shakespeare once had the toothace.
An Imperial toothache once made the
fortune of poor barber. The Sultan of
Turkey having touch of toothache, sent
for the court physician. He was hunt
ing and could not be found. The do
mestlc hurried about Constantinople, and
at last found poor ragged barber sur.
geon they took him to the place and
furnished him proper clothing. He drew
the offending tooth, and soothed the pain
OF the Commander of the Faithful. A
nice house and one thousand six hundred
piasters a month were awarded to him.
"You are foe to your life if you do
not masticate well, says the Latin prov
erb. Those who have good teeth and do
not masticate well, can profit BY this lesson
N. Y. Times.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1872-05-16
The Year of Disease :

BY the testimony of medical men and
of the press all over the world this has
been an exceptional year for the prevail
enee of diseases of malignant type.
What peculiar state Of the atmosphere
causes this spread Of disease is not settled,
but there is deficiency or uperabundance
of some element to occasion it. The nan
ner in which conAuent small pox has
travelled in this country; the steady ad-
vance Of cholera over the world from It's
Asiatic lair the alarming development
of the spotted fever, or ecrebro spinal
meningitis the unprecedented spread of
malisnaut scarlet fever, diptheria, black
measles aud like diseases in their worst
typo, are Illustrations Of this unpleasant
fact
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1872-05-16
DR.. n. L. PECK,
Surgeon Dentist,

Announces TINT having just returned from
Dental CoIlegs, he is fully prepared 10 make
artificial teeth in the most beautiful and lie.
like manner, and 10 fill decayed teeth ac-
cording to the most improved method.
Teeth extracted without pain. when de-
sired, by the use of Nitrous Oxide Gas
which is entirely harmless. Repairing o.
al kinds neatly done. All work warranted
Charges reasonable.
Office in J. G.. Keller's new Brick build
ing, Main Street, Stroudsburg, Pa.
aug 3l-if
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1872-05-16
RAIN WATER FOR HEALTH.

We take the following from letter on
this subject, from D. S. Carter, published
In the Washington Chronicle
1t is a well established fact among med.
ical men that the stomach and bowels
and mucus membrane-are far less liable
to attacks from epidemic diseases and to
other arrangement under the constant
use of cloud water than earth water that
attacks OF cholera and summer complaints
and like diseases are much less frequent
and less fatal than with those who use
hard water. During the cholera season
OF 1880 the writer had large opportunity
to see this fact emphaticaly demonstrate
ed, while passing those summers in sew.
eral cities on the Mississippi river, where
portions of the towns are built on the
high, rocky bluffs, and other portions
down by the rive side. In the former
no water was used but rain, the rocks
rendering it difficult to dig wells, Hence
cisterDs were the only resources for wa
ter, and here were no fatal cases of chol-
era or summer complaints, and very few
cases at all, which were very mild while
in the lower portions where earth water
was used exclusively, the cholera and
other diseases ragged with fearful and
fatal malignance among old and young
A French Commissioner of Health
about that time wrote as follows: cit
has been clearly ascertained both in Paris
and elsewhere, that rain water is pro.
phy}dctic (antidoteJ to cholera, and that
the disease was not proved an epidemic
in any city where rain water was exelu-
sively used )" and upon all communities
the general use Of rain water is urged at
whatever cost
AT about the same time DR.. Hobbs, of
Memphis, reported the following: BY
the exclusive use of rain wator, cholera
will speedily disappear and not return
this is known from both analysis and an
experience of twenty years, aud proves
that it should be faithfully used for all
personal purposes.
And further DIR. John Lea, of Cincn-
natl, bears the following testimony on the
same subject: ut is a verified fact,
which will stand the test of the strictest
investigation, that the exclusive use of
rain water for all purposes of drinking,
cooking, and bathing, instead of hard
water, is a sure preventive of cholera and
bowel complaints, and that no town or
city supplied exclusively with rain water
ever suffers seriously from epidemic
cholera"
This array of testimony could be ex-
tended by hundreds 10 Europe and Amer.
lea, but it is deemed sufficient at this
time. A distinguished London physi-
clan, who had long studied the subject
wrote: "Hard water for cooking is
decidedly bad, many vegetables are near
ly spoiled by being cooked in it, aud it is
impossible to get good Infusion of tea or
coffee in hard water one fourth less will
give the same strength if rain water be
used"
The writer's only object, in this com
muucation, is to awaken the people TO
their highest interests on simple sub
ject, and one of econmy, and health, and
safety. d S. CARTER.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1872-05-16
KELLERSVILLE HOTEL.

The undersigned having purchased the
above well known and popular Hotel Proper
ty, would respectfully inform the travelling
public that he has refurnished and fitted ur
the Hotel in the best style. 4 handsome
Bar. with choice Liquors and Segars, polite
attendants and moderate charges
CHARLES MANAL,
Oct l9 1871. If. Proprietor.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1872-05-16

Found out why people go to McCarty's to
get their furniture, because he buys it at the
Ware Rooms of Lee g. Co. and sells it at
an advance of only teenty-t'oo and t,co-
.1 "mm per cent Or in other words, Rocking
Nhalrs that he buys of Lee & Go. Through
Tue runners he don t have) for 81 SO he sells
'oT $3.50. I2ys linn 10 bUy some good Fur
@1f're LEE & co.
Huoudsbur@ Aug. Is. lS10.-tf
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1872-05-16
Drake county, Ohio, is in a terrible state

Drake county, Ohio, is in a terrible state
of excitement over the liquor law. Nine
suits, for sums varying from $1,000 to
10000, each, have been entered against
saloon keepers aud the owners Of property
occupied by them, the plaintiffs being
the wives of incorporate husbands. One
wo,nan whose husband was killed in a
drunken brawl, has brought $4,000,
while the wife of the man who perpetrated
the homicide, has sued Tor So,Ooo. All
the saloons are closed.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1872-05-16
AMES ss. WALTON,
" Attorney AT Law,

Office in the building formerly occupiet
iSy Ia NJ. Burson, and opposite the Strouds
burg Bank, Main street, Stroudsburg, Pa.
jan l3-tf
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1872-05-16

A Kansas farmer, in Sumner county
OWES 81 900 head of cattle. Colonel
King, of Texas has a snug little farm OF
S4.l32 acres, whereupon are pastured
65 600 horned cattle, 10, 600 horses, 600
sheep and 5000 goats
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1872-05-16

With the exception OF Nebraska and
Nevada, every State in the Union reports
citizens born la every other State.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1872-05-16

4 Troy court has decided that, if a
drunken man offers his fare on a street
car, the conductor cannot put him of.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1872-05-16

Clearfeld has a school boy fifteen years
old, who stands six feet two. He stands
very high in his class.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1872-05-16

A young boy in Lafayette, Ala, shot
his mother dead the other day on her re-
fus4l to allow him to go hunting.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1872-05-16
r ACAAWAHNAEE HOUSE.
D r. j. l. A N T z,
Surgeon and Mechanical Dentist

Still has his Office Main Street, in the second
story Of Or. ). WditonS brick building, nearly oppo-
the Stroud>burg House, and he datterS himself
that eighteen years constant practice and the most
earnest aud careful attention TO all matters pertaining
his profession that he Is fully able to perform An
IN the dental line III the careful,
fql and skilliTl manner.
special attention given 10 saving the Natural Teeth
also TO the insertion OF Artificial Teeth Rubber,
Geld, Silver or Continuous Gums, and perfect fits In
all cases insured.
Most know the great folly and danger oi
trusting Iher work 20 the inexperienced, to those
living at a distance. April l3, ls7I.-ly
DR. c. @. EsOFFHEAN. NJ. ID.
~ Would respectfully announce to the
public that he has removed his office from
oakland to CanadenSis, Monroe County, Pa
Trusting that many years Of consecutive
practice of Medicine and Surgery will be a
sufficient guarantee for the public confidence.
February %, lS70.-tf.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1872-05-16
PLA STER F!

fresh ground Nova Scotia PLASTER,
at Stokes Mills HEMLOCK BOARDS.
fhNClNG, SHINGLES, LATH, Pa
Ling. aud POSTS. cheap.
FLOUR and FEED constantly on hand
gil exchange Lumber and Plaster Tor
"iain or pay the highest market price.
= BLACKSMITH SHOP just opened by
~ Stone, an experienced workman.
Public trade solicited.
N. S WYCKOFF.
stokes Mills, Pa, April 20, 1871.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1872-05-16

REV. EDWARD A. WILSON'S( COT VIII
SI'. S llamsburgh, N. Y.) Recipe for CON
oohPFlON and ASTHMA carefully com
pounded at
H0LLINSHEAD'S DRUG STORE.
w Medicines Fresh and Pure.
'oF' Il, 1851 w. HOLLINSlIEAD.
Eaton weekly Democrat. [volume] (Eaton, Ohio) 1866-1875, 1872-08-29
The Record!

Below we give a few cases handed
us, taken from the Books of the Clerks
Office, showing that Mr.. Morrow has
been guilty of over-charging fees
These are but a few of which have
been left with us, but are sufficient to
~substantiate the charge made against
him. Personally, we have not one
word to say against d. B. Morrow
we are dealing with his public acts
as a public oficer-which belong to
the ~public-and if he can by any fair
and honorable showing, clear away
the suspicious resting upon his Off
cial duties, he can have the use of our
columns. We will not w%ilfully and
knowingly place a political opponent
in a false light simply to obtain a VIC
tory, and when he, or his friends, sat
isles US by the Record, that he has
been wrouged, we will then RETRACT
the charges and make the proper cor
rection. AS q public Journalist it is
our duty to expose corruption where
- S-AAStc, IN wv IlICilN ~ oO W
irrespective of party and without fear
or favor, and no amount of personal
threats will force us to admit a know
ing wrong and outrage. The infa-
threats, if carried into effect,
will be attende | to in q different way
than through the columns of a news
paper. And now Mr.. Morrow, you
and the anonymous scoundrel, have
u programme. If you are innocent,
we will be glad to prove you soft
guilty, the responsibility rests with
you and your political friends to sat
isfy the public:
V. w. Lake, VS.. j. D~anzinger, Fill
ing petition $3.50; correct charge, 81
80; over charge 1920.
Mack &c Bro. VS.. John Kelly, ct al.
pages recorded 3; $1,95, charged $3.50,
over charge $3.50.
Sallie A. Bale, VS.. Sarah l.. Bale,
pages recorded s, $500; charged $14,-
over charge $3.50.
Robinson & Chambers, VS.. Sarah
NJ. Stannah, Joseph Donohoe, ct al,
pages recorded, 81 1870, charged
INV, over sCIldrSe P0,oU.
A. A. Seibert vs.. P. T. Cans; pages
recorded, "; soc; charge So; over
j. d. Young VS.. N. Pearson; pages
recorded 2, $3.50; charged So; over
charge 81, 70.
G. w. Kelley vs.. Samuel McPeak,
pages recorded IA $1,1O, charged
$3.50; over cha ge $1,4O.
j. H. Bowman VS.. Benz. Powell,
pages recorded ID Soc, charged $500,
over charge 1920.
Sallic A. Bale, Admr. VS.. Martin
g David Hart, pages record
ed ~ Ito, charged 800; over charge
I,9O.
Henry Locke VS., Samuel BanfilI,
pages recorded l, CSC; charged 200,
over charge 1,35.
P. FL. Cone VS.. A. j. Owens, pages
recorded 2, l,30, charged $50 over
charge 2,20.
Benz. McClain VS.. Hugh McClain,
pages recorded Z Is; 40, charged
700, over charge 2,30.
Geo. d. Hendricks VS.. W. B. Nc
Lellan, pages recorded So, 4,35, charg-
ed 500; over charge 3.65.
These are only about one third of
the cases handed us, but will suffice
for the present.
Eaton weekly Democrat. [volume] (Eaton, Ohio) 1866-1875, 1872-08-29
Closing Of the Teachers Institute.

The Teachers Institute of Preble
county, which was in session in our
town last week and the week before,
closed its labors on Saturday last, and
wound up by a grand social,'' in the
evening in the city Hall. a number of
our citizens were present, in addition to
the members of the Institute. The eN-
ercises at the Hall consisted of toasts,
speeches, promenading and a good time
generally, and we are glad to know that
every body enjoyed it immensely. The
remarks of Mayor Zoos to the Teachers,
we have heard very highly compliment
ed. The Cornet Band were present and
dispensed most glorious music. We are
advised by the officers of the Institute,
nat the attendance this session exceed
ed+one hundred and twenty five mem
bers, showing thereby that an increased
interest is being taken in h business of
preparing teachers in our county. The
daily sessions of the School were ably
directed and conducted by Messrs. Barn
hart, Surface, Bloom, and others. We
are glad to see the Institute in a flour
ishing condition, and hope that it may
continue so. This last session has been
one of peculiar interest and benefit to its
members, and we trust that its future
meetings may be characterized by an
ever increasing interest.
Eaton weekly Democrat. [volume] (Eaton, Ohio) 1866-1875, 1872-08-29
Basket Meetings.

This comfy has had more than the
usual number of Basket meetings this
summer, and all seem to be well at
tended. There were two held last
Sabbath, one at Westville and anoth-
er at New Hope Station. There we're
about five hundred present at the lat
ter place; the meeting was addressed
by Revs. Simonton and Gross. The
question of the propriety of holding
these pic-nics on the Sabbath was very
forcibly brought to our mind by a
friend who was present and says that
there was probably seats for one hun
bred and fifty around the stand, and
these were not near full, the greater
portion of the crowd seemed to be en-
ioying themselves in the woods very
much as they would at any ordinary
pic mic. It is our opinion that if these
meetings are to be held it should be
on some other day han the Sabbath.
Eaton weekly Democrat. [volume] (Eaton, Ohio) 1866-1875, 1872-08-29
RIA s.


LoR STEVENSON, OF Ithica, Darke county, o., to
Miss RA CHEZ AZ, of Lewisburg, O.
Those young hearts have looked and longed, and
sighed, for the happy day, when their fondest
hopes should be fully realized. For 10 those
many days have they waited patiently when they
should be made one; when, time should bring all
things even: when the nuptiaI day should arrive,
when their brightest anticipations should be fully
consumated, which was fully realized on Sunday
evening last. After nearly all our peaceful citi-
zens had returned from Church and retired, our
happy pair gliced softly, and as they supposed,
clandestinely by, vending their way around the
| corner to the Rev's residence. But being espied by
a few of our "Laddies'; with their "Lasses' cozily
esconced beneath the awning near the corner, en-
| joying the evening zephyr as it played among the
trees, and famed the fevered brow, while the
pale Empress of the night shed her gentle rays up
| on this Mundane Sphere, at the same time exer-
cisfng their colloguial faculties, by holding sweet
caused by disappointed love, and the glowing
prospect of q glorious future, when a new era shall
dawn upon them. Seeing the intended Bride and
Groom on their way rejoicing, aroused the curiosi-
ty of our group, and induced them to follow. aud
were just in time to see the marriage ceremony
performed by standing in the street and gazing
through the open door. "Long may it wave.
Long may you live and be happy. May your days
be one continual honeymoon, and have the ex-
quisite pleasure of enjoying the felicity in reserva-
ton for you. zzZ-F E[
Now Taylor, since you have a wife.
And Rachel you've a man,
Now strive to build each other up,
For tits the wiser plan. AA
Eaton weekly Democrat. [volume] (Eaton, Ohio) 1866-1875, 1872-08-29
Methodist Conference.

Our town is full of the holy Shop
herds in attendance of this body which
assemblies this week, and we feel a
sanctified and heavenly atmosphere
all around us. If any of our delin-
quents should call in to square their
Indebtedness and find us on our 'mar-
row bones," they can just conclude
that like the immortal in, we have
assumed the "pressure." AS a body,
these divines are a fine, sleek and
healthy looking set of fellows. Why
shouldn't they be? They live a life
of ease-are fed and pampered where
ever they journey-and are sure OF
going straight to heaven when they
Shuttle off this mortal COIL" and that
ought to make any man look well
and enjoy life.