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The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1872-03-21
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USE
E0LLIYSHEiD'SiTCH6S SiLTRHETN GNTYEFp
No Family should be without this yalua-
bic medicine, for on the first appearance Of
the disorder on the wrists, between the fn-
gers, &C., slight application of the ONT
ment will cure 1t, and prevent lis being ts-
ken by others.
Warranted 10 give satisfaction or money
refunded.
Prepared and sold. wholesale and retail,
by w HOLLINSHEAD.
StroudShurg, Oct. 81, '67. Druggist.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1872-03-21
Ayers

Among tho great
discoveries Of modern
science, few arc Of
more rcal yaluo 70
mankind than this Of
fecsUa! remedy for al
diseases Of the Tiros,
ana i.ungs. a vast
trial OF its virtues,
throughout thi. aud
other countries, has
shown that it doe,
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The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1872-03-21

control them. The testimony OF Our best citi-
zcns Of all classes, establishes the fact. thp,
CHERRY PECrorAL will and does relieve and
cure the affecting disorders Of the Threat aud
Lungs beyond any other medicine. Tho most
dangerous affections Of the Pulmonary Organ,
yield to its power; "ui cases of Consump-
lion, curcj by this preparation public
" known, So remarkable rs hardly 70 be be-
licvci, were thcF uot proven EevGni dispute.
As remedy il is adequate, o. which the pubiis
may r. fur full protection. Hv curing Coughs,
the iorcruaH"rs OF more ScTiou< disease il saves
u..aUmh"-ci ETcs, ami an amount O! suffering
~: u be computed! IL challenges trial, and con-
yinrOS the most sccp.ica!. Every family should
hccp it on Eanl protection against the early
All Wlpercciy a:;.;c!, of Pulmonary Affections,
which are cI.ily mct n d:s-. hUt which Jccomu
i.Icu-@b!r and rop o;tCm fa.al, il neglected. lea
der lua.> need til, defence: aud It is Unwise TO
Lc without II. * 4 safeguard 10 cl:illrea amid
I've distre~ sing Gi~ca-cS which he%e: the IhroE,
and C:e>: nf Childhood, CHERRY PrcroRAI
is inNaiua5le; To-. by is timely uss. u:ul.i-
II tcs :rc rescued from premature graves, and
,'iv%' % the love and affection centred on them.
Ii as S2rc!il. a1i rure,v 8g;i.s, ordinary colds.
c>u-ing soani a:i !cal.-rc: -aring sleep. Sa
.Ne Viii >uj.tr tTou5'.sona iE.IGcaza and Pais-
Il Hrenchit;s, when tA.y Know hoS easily
',...v = 4 o.. C,.".l.
Originally ;,!e product cf I7rc. I.ho-io:,s. and
-:.cCe-siI ch.nir iuvestiltton TO cos: or toll
spaced IL mlai"g every bG.t,e IN tee sJltsnosI
'as,i = perfection. J. I:ilF BE confidently re-
.'3 upon - possessing =,I the virtues ii ha' ever
~rbited. sa.t capable OF produc;n. cures -
memorable - he Erca:cat i has ever elected.
PREPARED Er --rr
Dr.! C. AVER & CO., lowell, Hiasc,,
T'..c::o~l s..d Ana!y.fa@J Chemists.
SOLD ~ AL DRUGGISTS l.yI..:T WHERE.
sept 21-Iy
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1872-03-21

Every year increases the popularity
of this valuable Hair Preparation;
which is due to merit alone. We can
assure our old patrons that it is kept
fully up to its high standard; and 1t
is the only reliable and pertectedprep
aration for restoring GRAY or FADED
HAIR to its youthful color, making 1t
soft, lustrous, and silken. The scalp,
by its use, becomes white and clean.
1t removes all eruptions and dandrutt'
and, by its tonic properties, prevents
the hair from falling out, as it stimuli
lates and nourishes the hair-glands.
By its use, the hair grows thicker and
stronger. In badness, it restores the
capillary glands to their normal vigor,
and will create new growth, except
in extreme old age 1t is the most
economical HAIR DRESSING ever used,
as it requires fewer applications, and
gives the hair a splendid, glossy ap-
pearance. A. A. Hayes, MD, State
Assayer of Massachusetts, says, 1.-The
constituents are pure, and carefully
selected for excellent quality; and
consider it the BEST PREPARATION
for its intended purposes"
Sold 6y all Druggists, and Dealers in 1lelie'a'''
Price One Dollar.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1872-04-18
gartll aud 5lansshuld.
DeyeloD,n,,e,nt ,,,t of Eggs.

L a- . .
On leaving the ovarium, the egg to
be extruded a week hence is not much
larger than a pea, in a common pullet.
La its passage through a tube hardly
eight inches long, it imbibes fluids from
the wall to increase the size.. On its way
through the last four inches the growth
is still more rapid, while it is also coat
ed over with lime, mixed like paint
with mucous. which hardens quickly.
That is the finishing process before be-
ing laid. a prolific, healthy hen, at
one year old, under good treatment,
will lay from one hundred to one hun
dred and twenty eggs during the sea-
son, thus exceeding in the, weight OF
the eggs three to four times the weight
of her body. Yet the whole of that
mass of ofalbumen is drawn directly from
her blood. If stinted in food, of course
it would limit the number, as well as
the size of the eggs. + =
In the laying season, if domestic fowls
cannot range for insects and worms,
which furnish albumen for their eggs,
they must be fed with animal food to
meet the demand upon their systems
for that material. s1e i2ifa -.7Iiz-''
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1872-04-18
THE .FAoEg WEMEEE.

Oh, the faces we meet.
In the crowded street
With their smiling lips or their weary eyes,
And clouds of care,
Which they often wear,
As they hurry swiftly by.
There are faces as gay
As the waves that play
On the sunny sands of an islet green:
There are eyes as bright
AS the jewels light
That falls on the brow Of queen.
There are tresses Of hair
Like golden snare,
And they catch many hearts in their meshes
strong;
Their are locks like the night
On q mountain height. Fvrs
Ere the day-star heralds the dawn.
There aTs prows as free
AS land-locked sea f4-s
No storms have driven, no tempest tossed.
And brows as black
AS the desolate track,
Which the ire-fiend had crossed.
There are lips whose smile,
without malice or guile
Lights the face as the sun lights the sea;
Andlips where a sneer
Chills the blood as II with fear,
At its dark malgnty.
On the faces we meet
In the crowded street,
With careworn brow or gladsome eye;
Are pictsres of life made
Oft of highland shade,
AS they pass us swiftly by.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1872-04-18
WhitewasIl that win not Rub OF:

1t is not only common, but very
wholesome practice, to use whitewash.
It preserves woodwork, renders it disa-
greeable at the habitation OF insects,
and promotes health. Thousands OF
dwellings are made cheerful by its
presence on the ceilings of their rooms,
andeven the walls are often indebted
ito it, where paper and paint cannot be
afforded. 1t is cheap and easily ap-
piled. -.Tt5a .s.sls ,..n
The outside of barns are sometimes
whitewashed, and leantos and horse
stalls are quite clean and wholesome by
its use. a ir
One objection to it, as common used,
is that it rubs off easily when touched,
and spoils the Sunday coat or best hat.
1t is annoying to go into church or
through the street with broad lines of
white drawn on ones back, to say
nothing of spelling the cloth. To pre-
vent all this, if the wash is. to be usea
indoors, mix halfa pailful of lime and
water, take half pint Of -four and
make u starch of it, and pour into the
whitewash while hot. Stir itwell and
make it ready for use. A little glue
will answer the same purpose. II for
outdoor work, add q little salt and
boiled rice, made thin. Scarcely q par
ticle of the lime can be rubbed off when
prepared in this manner.-[N. e..
Farmer.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1872-04-18
Fun at Winter school.

never knew boy farmer who was
not eager to go to the district school in
the winter. There is such a chance for
learning, that he must be dull boy,
who does not come out in the spring a.
fair skater, an accurate snow-baller, and
an accomplished slider-down hill, with
or without a board, on his seat, on his
stomach or on his feet. Take moder-l
ate hill, with a foot-slide down it worn
to icy smoothness, and ''go round" of
boys on it, and there is nothing like it
for whittling away boot leather. The
boy is the shoemaker's friend. An act
i've lad can wear down a pair of cow
hide soles in week so that the ice will
scrape his toes. Shedding or eoasting is
also slow fun compared to the "bare-
back" sliding down a steep hill over a
hard, glittering crust. 1t is not only
dangerous but is destructive to jacket
and pantaloons, to degree to make a
tailor laugh. Ifany other animal wore
out his skin as fast as school boy does
his clothes in winter, he would need
q new one once a month. In a; country
district school, patches were not, by
|any means, sign of poverty, but Of
the boys courage and adventurous dis
position. Our elders used to threaten
to dress us in leather and put sheetiron
Iseats in our trousers. The bay said
that he wore cut his trousers on the
hard seats ia the school house, cipher
ing hard sums For that extraordinary
statement he received two eastigations,
one at home that was midi and lone
from his school master, whonwas care.
full to lay the rod upon the. boys sliding
place, Furnishing him, as he.j6coeels
called it, on q sliding sealer according
70 the thfnness Of his paataieens,o ss' i.sa6. :
What T liked best at school, howey.
er, was the study Of histeryaearIs
history, the Indian wars We -stndied
1 it mostly at nooh-time, and we had il
illustrated as the children h6w-a-day:
have "obiect lessons''--though our OBJ
lject was not SO much to have lessons al
revive real history M a 81 e = ss ~ Z = II. TOT q
Back of the school house rose a round
hill, upon which; tradition said, hac
stood, in colonial times, block-hous.
built by the settlers for defense agains
the Indians. For the Indians had tn,
idea that the whites were not settlet
Ienough, and used ecome nights to set
tie them with, a tomahawk. 1t wa.
called Fort Hill. It vas very steep OIL
each side, and the riverr ran close by
1t was charming place in summer
where one could find laurel, and check
er berries, ani sassafras roots, and 81
In the cool breeze looking at the noun
tains across the river, and listening Il
, the murmur OF the DeerfeId. Thl
:. Methedists built q Westinghouse Their
: afterwards, but the hill was so slipper,
in the winter that the aged could no
climb it, and the eiwind ragged so fiercel,
} that it blew nearly all, the young Meth
. odists away tmany Of whom were after
, wards heard of in the Vest, )and finall,
, the Westinghouse itself came down in
t to the valley, and grew a steeple, ant
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1872-04-18
goetru.
uNeLES.
lBr c. N. wooDLAND.

Who can tell what a baby thinks?
when ii wakes from its forty winks,
And rubs its face into numerous kinds.
And stares at the light that comes in at the
Schinks
or its rock-a-by nest, and gaps and blinks,
Who can tell what baby thinksf
Who has courage to hazard guess.
AS to what baby may think OF its dress.
TRIMMED and ruftied to such excess
Or what the baby may think OF the mess
For the headache and tootbache and stomach
distress
And for all ITS allinys or less -
What does it think when it wakes in the night
With ali the pretty things out of sight.
And nobody stirring and "making light 7''
Does it think its condition is far from right,
And that big folks are not at all polite,
And treat their visitors far from right,
And that darkness is meant for a personal
slight?
Is that the reason it takes delight z
In screaming with all lis personal might.
And rousing the neighbors at dead of night
And what do you think the baby thinks?
Looking around like mild-eyed lynx,
Watching the spoon that tinkles and chinks.
While papa is warming his catntp drinks,
Over candle that glimmers and blinks,
Humming and drumming out, Captain Jinkss
That the children skate TO now at the rtnks,
What do you think the baby thinks2
Do you say the babies are thinkless things,
With no other light than instinct bring;
With brains as downy as butterflies wings,
And eads as empty as bell that swings
Over and under, and rings and sings,
When muscular motion is working the spring
Do you say that babies are thinkless thlngs7
Then when does the thing begin to growf
And when does the mind begin 70 show !?
And when does the baby begin 70 know
That this is true or that is Sc +?
Say, when you find out, please let me know.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1872-04-18
A FINE FARM AT PRIVATE
SALE.

T will offer at prlva,e sale my iarm lying q
OF y mile west OF Lewis Mills, B. o. r. X,
directly on said railroad, containing w acres,
we'll improved and under good state OF cultt-
vRtion. There are tw o excellent frame dwell
lings-ono Just built-harns stables and other
chasers, CHARLES LEWIS 81
decl4'2me La Mira, %. q
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1872-04-18
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Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1872-04-18
From the Turf, Field aud Farm.
BaIky Horses.

The brain of horse seems to enter
tain but one thought at time; for this
reason continued whipping is out of
the question, and only confirms his
stubborn resolve. But if you can. by
any means, give him new subject to
think of, nine times out of ten you viii |
have no further trouble in starting him..
AS simple trick as little pepper, al
oes or the like, thrown back on his
tongue, will often succeed in turning
attention to the taste in his mouth. 80
"The pair of cattle to a log chain
around the horse's neck, y is an intri-
cate and expensive remedy, and a good
many people may not be SO lucky as
your Fond du Lac man, in having a
yoke of cattle handy for the occasion,
Asimpler and cheaper remedy that
will result far differently, is to take a
couple of turns of common wrapping
twine, such as grocers use, around the
foreleg just below the knee, tight
enough for the horse to feel, and tie in
a bow knot. At the first cluck he will
go dancing of, and after going shori
distance you can get out and remove
the string to prevent injury to the ten
don in your further drive. = -. '.5 3. s. +
The first lesson in this simple process
was in Lexington; subsequent expert
ence has proved its utility when applied
to halky horses. The philosophy of the
appliance is something on the same
principle as that whereof we once reat
for preventing hens from scratching III
the garden: "Put gaffs or spurs on the
hen, preserving them-instead of thu
points up, have them pointing down
Tlward. Then, when the hen lifts tn,
IIeg to scratch, as it decends the point o
the spur catches that foot forward; and
the stroke with the other leg is attend
ed with likeresults, until the hen
!, Iwalks herself right out of the ground
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1872-04-18

From six to ten drops of the concen-
trated solution of chloride of soda in a
wine glassfull of pure spring water,
taken Immediately after the ablutions
of the morning are completed, will
sweeten the breath by disinfecting the
stomach, which, far from being injured,
will be benefited by the medicine. III
necessary, this may be repeated in the
middle of the day. In some cases, the
|odor from cartons is combined with
that Of the stomach. If the mouth is
well rinsed with teaspoonfull of the
solution of the chloride in tumbler OF
water, the bad oder of the teeth will be
removed.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1872-04-18

Farlerville, Va, is to have baby
show next june.
ssThe word impossible is the moth
er tongue of the little souls, said Lord
Broughan. rna43t ~ 1afs.it
The value of the coffee imported into
this country annually is reckoned at
$26. .OOO, 600.
Incredible as it may seem, many of
the richest planters in Jamaica live on
coffee grounds.
A million dollars in gold, according
to the figures at the mint, weigh about
two tons. @ ti
A returned traveller talks about eat
ing monkey outlet and parrot pies in
IS5uth America.
The man who popped the question by
starlight got his sweetheart's consent
in twinkling. 7iN 7s =
There is a glutton at Hartford, Conn,
who drinks nearly seven gallons OF
iager Deer uaiiy. .il sisii s 81 q s.tBa
The most definite description wo-
man could give of her baby was 'tkind-
er fat, with calico dress on."tfat ~
a New York burglar was recently
caught refreshing himself in the bath
tub of the house he was robbing. -. /.
The use of chlOrsl to promote sleep
has become SO general as to again call
for caution from the physicians. 1t is
dangerous. AaigGjs snof sri 80
II is a fact that America has not yet
succeeded in raising a raisin grape,
though there is something very like it
In California. N. -. -
An agricultural authority says that
now is the best time to prune boottrees.
Whifietrees do not need attention tilla
month LATER 3Toal -g5Hsuu9 IUsiles.s
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enjoyed itself ever afterwards. 1t used
to be notion in New England that a.
meeting house ought to stand as near
Heaven as possible.
The boys at our school divided them
selves into two parties; one was the
early settlers and the other the Pequots,
the latter the most numerous. The
early settlers built a snow fort on the
hill, and a strong fortress it was, con-
structed Ofsnowballs, rolled up to vast
size Qarger than the Cyclopian block of
stone which forms the Etruscan walls
in Italy,) piled one upon another, and
the whole eemented by pouring on wa
ter which froze and made the walls
solid. The Pequots helped the whites
to build it. 1t had a covered way un-
der the snow, through which only
could it be entered, and it had bastians
and openings to fire from, and great
many other things for which there are
no names in military books. And it
had glacis and ditch outside.
When it was completed, the Early
Settlers, leaving the women in the
school house, prey to the Indians,
used to retire into it and await the at
tack of the Pequots. There was onlya
handful of the garrison, while the Indi-
ans were many, and also barbarous.
And it was in this light that the great
question was settled, whether boy
might SNOWFALL with balls that he had
soaked over in water and let freeze.
They were as hard as cobble-stones, and
if boy should; be. hit OF the head by
enc of them, he could n5tte.I whether
he was Pequot or an early settler. 1t
was considered as unfair to use these
ice balls in an open fight, as it is to use
poisoned ammunition in real war. But
as the whites were protected by the fort,
and the Indians were treacherous by
nature, it was decided that the latter
might use the hard missiles.
The Pequots used to come swarming
up the hill, with hideeus war-hoops, at
tacking the fort on all sides with great
noise and a shower of balls. The garri-
rison replied with yells of defiance and
well directed Shots hurting back the
invaders when they attempted to scale
the walls. The settlers had the ad-
vantage of position, but they We're
sometimes overpowered by numbers,
and would often have had to surrender
but for the ringing Of the school bell.
The Pequots were in great fear OF the
school bell.1 fi.i fB-f--,,:-
/ do not remember that the whites
ever hauled down their flag and sur
rendered voluntarily; but once or twice
the fort was carried by storm and the
garrison were massacred to a boy, and
thrown out of the fortress, having been
FIST scalped- To take boy's scalp was
to scalp him, and after Fhat he was
dead, if he played fair. There were a
great many hard hits given and taken
but always cheerfully, for it was in the
cause of our early history. The history
|efi Greece and Rome was stuff compared
to this.-[C. d. Warner =
sHit
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1872-04-18
Buckingham's Dye.
FOR THE WHISPERS,

AS our Renewer in many cases
requires too long a time, and too
much care, to restore gray or faded
Whiskers, we have prepared this
dye, in one preparation; which will
quickly and effectnally accomplish
this result. 1t is easily applied,
and produces a celor which will
neither rub nor wash off. Sold by
all Druggists, Price Fifty Cents.
Manufactured by r. P. HALL, & CO.,
Peg r. oigil 3 y NASHUA, nh.
Sold in st. Clairsville, Ohio, by
III, Patterson,
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An exchange says: We suppose there
is no truth in the report that one of our
large manufacturers received a letter
the other day which said /: "I under
stand you make large quantities of bolts
and nuts, and that the latter are of a very
superior quality, Ifyou will send me
q bushel or two Ofyour best nuts in time
for spring planting, will, by return
mail, tell you what / know about bolts,
which is a good deal. Very truly,
III. G.n7 atr -7sl
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~. u q
And now it is stated that Professor
,Agassiz has verified the prediction
made before entering upon his deep sea
explorations, that he should probably
End samphipods and isopods aping the
'trilebites more closely than scrolls. -
l The statement is bold one, and we
do not see how. Congress can avoid APP
pointing an investigating committee up
on it, with power to call for persons and
papers. A pretty state affairs when
the amphipods and isopods have been
going back on the scrolls and affiliating
Ecosruptly with the triIobites at the bot
tom of the sea, directly under the nose
and eyes of the Secretary of the Navy!
A pretty republican Congress that viii
hesitate to expose such rottenness in a
Republican administration ST boy,
Dana! sic 'em, Crane!-- Wash. Star.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1872-04-18

For rice pudding, take one teacup of
rice, one teaspoonfull salt. add water
and boil until tender; remove from the
fire; add one quart sweet milk, two or
more eggs, small half-cup butter. a
small teacup sugar, half nutmeg, and
bake. To be eaten warm or cold
[ Rural Ne,0 Yorker.