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Middletown transcript., 1872-07-27

A Yankee Dr. has con,rived to extract
from sausage powerful tonic, which he
says contains the whole strength Of the o.
riginal bark. lie calls il sulpha.e ofcaniue
Middletown transcript., 1872-07-27

Josh Billings says he never knew a dog
Of eny breed whatsumever to take hyderfo-
by after he had been thoroughly vaccina-
ted with buckshot.
Middletown transcript., 1872-07-27

Nor Is a ponpous, well-dressed per-
son entered bank one day and address,
ing the teller, who was something Of u
wag. inquired, . l. the Cashier in :"
" NJ sir was the reply
Well. am dealing in pens. supply
ing the New England banks pretty largely.
and suppose ii will be proper for me TO
deal with the cashier.
Il suppose it will" " saii the teller
q Very well | will wait" "
After sitting in chair. with which the
teller politely furnished him. far an hour
and half, the pen-pedler asked; :" How
soon do you think the cashier will be in ?,
Well. | don, know exactly" sail the
waggish tcllcr: I" but expect him in a.
hou, eight weeks. He has gone to Lake
Superior and told me he thought he should
be back in that time"
.redler concluded not to wait.
Middletown transcript., 1872-07-27

"Isay. John, where did you get that
rorue's ha, 2" " Please. yer honor" said
John. =. IL. an old one Of yours that mis-
81. gave me yesterday" II \
Middletown transcript., 1872-07-27
SPRING AND SUMMER GOODS,

M. Sole .;wners OF the Right for New
Castle County, OF Halls Little Washer. l'riee
Five Dollars.
s. n. STEPHENS co.
April Att. Middie'oSn' Del
The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1872-07-26
Notice..

OREGON & CALIFORNIA RAILROAD
" Company, Land Department, Portland
Oregon, April 5, ls72.-Notice is hereby
given, that II vigorous prosecution will be
instituted against any and every person
who trespaSSes upon any Railroad Land,
by cutting rand removing timberthelcfron
before the same is ROUGIITof the Compa-
ny AND PAID FOR.
All vacant Land in odd numbered sec
tions, whether surveyed or unSurveyel,
within distance of thirty miles from the
line OF the road, belongs to the Company.
/. II. MO0RES,
Swift Land Agent.
The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1872-07-26
TuRs! FuRs! y.URs !

THE HIGHEST, PRICES PAID IN CASH
y for all Kinds or P0'IatSN by setAN
BLAIN, YOUNG s co.
Allnny, FOB. 8, 72-?2lf
The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1872-07-26

your protection for Mrs. Arnold from
every insult and injury that a nistak-
en- vengeance Of my country may ex-
pose her to. 1t ought to fill only on
one she is as good and as Innocent
as an angel, and Is incapable Of doing
wrong.n
The authorities of Pennsylvania be-
lieved. with Burr, that she was tral
tor. Her papers were seized, and al
though nothing was found in them to
criminate her, she was not permitted
to remain at her fathers house, which
she said she desired to do.
Her father offered to give security
that, during the war she would write
no letters to her husband, and send 10
the Government unopened, any leE
tiers she might receive from him.
Her offer was refused, and they order
cd her to depart, and not to return
during the war. Being then obliged
to join her husband in New York, slR
soon recovered her spirits, and shone
N society, to Use the language Of the
time, as "a star of the first magni
tude." In England, too, whittier slD
accompanied her husband, she attacs-
ed much attention for her beauty, anil
was much flattered in Tory circles
The British Government gave Arnold,
in compensation for Ills American
losses. something less than seven tlioll-
sand pounds, aud settled upon Ills
family pension ofa thousand pounds
q year; which was to be continued as
long as the husband or the wife sur
yived. Their family increased in
England. Arnold, finding himself
pinched upon an income OF thirteen
hundred pounds per annlinl, went up
on trading voyage to Halifax; with
what success Is not known. 1t was
thought by some that he was glad 10
leave England for awhile to escape
the contempt in which he was held
even by those who had employed him.
Mrs. Arnold lived to 1904, when she
died, aged forty-three years. That In
fant son whom she had held in her
arms. as described above, entered tlG
British army In l79S, rose to the rank
Of Lieutenant-Genenl. and was still
living as late as 1851. One Of her
grandchildren is a clergyman in the
Church Of England, it Is said, a very
worthy gentleman, who has conversefl
with American visitors upon his
grandfather in rational and becom-
ing manner. Two of her sons settled
in Canada, where they acquired COM
petent estates, and were living in 1920.
The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1872-07-26

Boil together, equal parts by
weight, ofglue aud molasses spread
it over common brown paper, while
hot, with brush. Place a sheet of
paper i'll every room in your house.
1t will capture every fly in the
room within the day. The paper
can be thrown into the fire and q
new one used, when covered with
the captured flies.
The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1872-07-26

JUST SrCH NEIGlIBoRs.-A man
stopped Mt tavern for rest and re-
fresllments, began talking about his
journey. lie had come from a neigh
boring town; he was moving away,
and glad enough to get away, too.
Sucha set Of neiglibors as he had there,
mkind, disobliging, cross and ccntra-
ry, it was enough to make any one
want to leave the place, and he had
started, and was to settle in another
region, where he could find a different
set of folks.
"Well," said the landlord, ''yon
will find Just such neigllbors where
you are going"
The next night another man stopped
at the inn. lie, too, was moving
On inquiry, it was found that he came
from the same place from which the
former traveller had come. He said
he had been obliged to move from
where he lived, bnt lie did not mind
leaving his old home so much as he
did leaving his old neiglbors: they
were 50 kind, accommodating and gem
erous that he felt very sorrowfill at the
thought of leaving them and going
among strangers, as he could not tell
%hat kind of reighbors he would find.
"0h, well, " said the landlord, ''you
will find just such neighbors where
you are going"
Does 1t not seem possible that men
will generally find about such neigh
bors as they are looking for? Some
people are always in trouble; others
''tollow peace with all men, Who
knows but we can have Just about
such neighbors as We wish for, simply
by treating them as we ought?-Ez-
change.
The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1872-07-26

vTHE MERITS OF THIS INSTRUMENT
4 consist principally in the support it
gives to the abdomen and spine. The belt
Is broad, supported by suspcndcrs passing
over the shoulders, and kept in shape by
sclfgcneinting Galyanic Plates, which give
a pleasant current.
The Regulator Is also Calvanic; Its Gun
and Nog2les are made of Silver; its Stem, OF
CopWrand Zinc, is hollow, that injections
may be thrown through 1t, or into the neck
of the Uterus. 1t can be so regulated by
It's tlumlhscrcw rs to meet any mnl-posi-
tion Of the Uterus, and Is unequalled in
meeting any form OF female disease.
Price, SIS. Patented August Is, 1871, by
IS. VAN Cleve, Centrnlia, Illinois.
Territory for Sale, or Will receive
Royalty for manufacture.
For State or Territorial rights TO manu-
facture and sell on the Pacific Coast, apply
to COLL. VAN CLEVE, Albany, Oregon.
The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1872-07-26

At 4 revival meeting in one of
the interior towns of Mississippi, the
minister observed one Of the congrega-
ton to be sound asleep. Shocked at
sucha sight, the gool man went up to
the unconscious person, awoke him,
and asked him ifhe was a christian.
NO" said the man, II am an editor
of a newspaper ''1'len letuspray,';
replied the devoted minister greatly as
tonished at such an answer.
The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1872-07-26

''Sir," said a fierce lawyer, ''do you,
Oh your solemn oath, swear that this
is your hand-writing?" ~ reckon
not, " was the cool reply. ''Do you
swear that it don't resemble your
writing?" ''Well do. old head. 2
"You take your solemn oath that this
writing does not resemble yours in a
single letter." "Y-e-es, sir" "Now.
how do you know" "'Cause / can't
write"
The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1872-07-26
ALRANY RATM HOUSE.

1TNHE UNDERSIGNED WOULD RE
spectfuIy inform the citizens OF Albany
and vicinity that he has taken charge OF
rooms and paying strict attention 10 bust
ness expects to suit all those who may fa-
vor him With their patronage. Having
heretofore arlied on nothing but
First-elass Hair Dressing saloons,
lie expects 10 give entire satisfaction to
all. Chillran's and ladies' hair neatly cut
and sllainp0Oed.
Sept. l9Ly2 JOSEPH WEBER.
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DR. E.O. SUNNI. DENTlST
Paper-hanging, Calcenlinlng,
Decorating, &c.

~ M. wATiSWORTH viii give prompt
Il. attention to all orders for Paper
hanging, Calcemining, Decorating, &C., In
this city or vicinity, All work executed
In the latest style, in the best manner, and
At lowest living rates. Ess Orders left at
FnrnituFC WarerOons Of ChAS. Mealey win
receive prompt attention. I0Ys
The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1872-07-26

r AM PREPARED TO DO ALL KINDS
4 Of turning; keep on hand and make to
order rawhide-bettomed chairs, and spin
ming wheels. Shop near the "Magnolia
Mills" JOHN NJ. METZLER.
Albany, Nov. 8, 1861
The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1872-07-26

Mr.. Brown tflerrcly l--AI owe y0na
grndge. Mr.. .I0lles--a grtdge sir;
remember that. II Mr.. JOnesto sto0elly -
HOh that's nothing, !, | shan't 10
Ilalafmcd, for l'neyer knew You 10 pay
lauythihg that yot, owed !"a
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1872-10-10
How A President is Elected.

The question is often asked how
President is elected in the event of NJ
choice by the people direct AS people
forget such details, we will briefly de
scribe the moduS operdndi.
Each State is entitled to as many elec
tors for President and Vice President as
it has Senators and Representatives in
Congress.
In each State the electors are chosen
by plurality vote. That is, if there are
three sets of electors voted for, the set
having the highest number of votes is
chosen.
But candidate for President, in order
to be successful, must have majority oil
all the electors. The electoral college, as
now constituted, consists of 81; l59,
therefore, arc necessary for choice
If there be three candidates for Presi-
dent and neither of them receive ma
jority of the electoral college, then there
is no choice, and-the election goes to the
House of Represen tatives.
The House must confine their choice
to the three highest candidates voted for
by the electors. The Representatives
vote by States, and each State has but
one vote so that the power of Delaware
is as great as that of New York. Each
State has but one vote. A candidate to
be successful must receive majority of
all the States, or nineteen States. If the
delegation is divided, the vote of the
State cannot be cast, and is therefore lost.
As the present House is constituted
and it is upon this House that the elec
ton will devolve in the event there is no
election by the people, uominally the Re
publican hold twenty States but its ma
jority in ten of these it holds by the slen
der tenure of Que single vote Should
there be single Greeley man found in
two of these ten States, Gen. Grant could
not be elected. d.-Er.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1872-10-10
INTERNAL REVENUE.
Stamp Duties Abolished.

Ay the Internal revenue law, as amend
ed June 6, 1872, all stamp duties on bust
ness or legal documents, except the two
cent stamp on bank checks, drafts or or
ders, cease on and after October L. The
following is list OF the papers upon
which the stamps do not have to be afiix-
ed after the lst inst:
Afidavits.
All agreements or contracts, or rene
wais of the same.
ppraisements, of value or damage, or
for any other purpose.
Assignment OF lease, mortgage, policy
or insurance or anything else.
Bills of exchange, foreign. inland, let
ters of credit. or anything of that kind
now taxed by stamps.
Bills of lading and receipts, in the Uni
ted States or anywhere else
Bills Of sale of any kind.
Bonds Of Identification of any kind.
Bond administrator or guardian, or any
thing that has the name ol bond in ii
aud now taxed by stamp.
Brokers notes.
Certificates of measurement of any
thing
Certificates of stock, profits. damage.
deposite, or any kind of certificate now
taxed by stamp.
Character, or its renewal, or charter,
party of any kind.
Contracts for insurance against acciden
tai insurance.
All contracts or agreements.
Conveyance, any part Of the work Of
conveying.
Endorsement Of and negotiable or not
negotiable instrument
Entry, for consumption, warehousing
or withdrawal.
Gaugers returns,
Insurance policies, contracts, tickets
renewals, etc, (life, marine, inland aud
fire
Lease.
Legal documents. Writ or other pro
cess, confession Of Jud gment, cognovit
appeals, warrants, etc, letters Of admin
stration, testamentary. &c.
Mau?ests at Custom House or any
where else, or for any purpose.
Mortgages or any kind.
Passage ticket to any part of the world
Pawners' checks
Power of attorney for any purpose.
Probate of will of any kind
Promissory note for anything.
! Protest of any kind.
Quitclaim deed.
Receipt. Now generally exempt, anC
if included in present law in any case
will be hereafter exempt.
Sheriffs' return.
Trust deed.
! Warehouse receipt.
l Warrant of attorney.
Weighers' returns of any character.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1872-10-10
Philadelphia Provision Market.

Very little change has taken in the last
few weeks in the chief articles of produce
taken to the city markets. Butter and eggs
are held at former high rates, from 30 to go cts
per pound for the former, and 50 to 40 cents
per dozen for the latter Both sweet and
white potatoes are held at high prices com
pared with the prices last fall First quality
sweet bring from 65 to IS cents per bushel
white potatoes, from 81 to Sl.25 per bushel.
There is considerable falling off in fruit,
and pears, peaches, and apples have gone up
in price accordingly. Apples that, few
weeks ago, that were sold at 25 and 80 cents
per basket, first quality, are now fully
double that sum while peaches bring IS cts.
and 81 the basket; seckel pears retail at &c
and 35 cents the half peck; Bartletts at from
40 to 80 cents the half peck The cold
weather has brought to our markets sausa-
ges, scrapple, sausage meat, and pork
steaks in abundance, and the lovers of sau-
sages and buckwheat cakes may now indulge
in those substantial additions to the morning
meal. Sausage meat sells at 20 and % cts.
the pound sausages, 22 and % cents pork
steaks, 90 and % cents the pound Beei
and mutton have not varied in price for the
last week or two. Perch, halibut and catfish
are the kind Of fish chiefly offered for sale.
Fine perch per string bring from So to 40 cts.
halibut % and 25 cents the pound; catfh is
cents the pound.-Lcdger.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1872-10-10
A Warlike Arrival.

A large cannon, weighing $4,000
pounds, arrived at Clinton street depot
yesterday, from Allegheny City, where it
vas cast, 1t has been three days on the
road from Philadelphia, and is not ex
pected to arrive at jersey city for four
days more. 1t will then be taken to
New York. The enormous weight causes
the journals on the car on which it is
transported, to become heated very quick
ly, making it necessary to switch of in
order to allow the journals to cool The
gun is intended for the foriifcation to New
York harbor. Its bore is fifteen inches
throws ball weighing $50 pounds, and
the load of power is 10 pounds This
is second gun of that calibre that has
passed over this road within six weeks
and it seems that the old proverb is being
carried into effect, "In time Of peace pre-
pare for war. - Trenton ~. J) En-
pOriun1.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1872-10-10
SINGULAR CIRCUMSTANCE.
Terrible Effect of a Lightning Bolt.


The Wilmington (Del) commercial
says it has already mentioned the fact
that Frances Glow, residing with her
uncle, about 2i miles north of Smyrna
was struck by lightning on the night of
the 18th ult The Smyrna Times furn
ishes additional particulars, which are as
singular as interesting:
Some colored men, in returning from
the circus on Wednesday night, when
near the Landing. whilst feeling their
way in the rain and pitch darkness, heard
groans. Shortly fash of lightning re
vealed to them the PROSTATE forms of two
persons in the road They (the mem
proceeded to the residence of Mr. John
Cosgriff, near by, and reported the cir
cumstance. Mr. G., who had been awak
ened by terrible report of thunder, had
also heard the groans, some time before.
and at once accedcd to the request Of the
colored men to allow the injured parties
to be brought into his house, which was
accordingly done. They proved to be Il
young man named Jos. Sheldon, and a
young girl named Frances Glow, aged
about ID years. The young man had
sufficiently recovered to walk to the
house, but the girl was helpless, entirely
unconscious and comforting and groanins
terribly Sheldon stated as above. that
they had been chased from Smyrna to
the point where they were found, mile
distant, by live circus men, where be was
Knocked down and the girl overcome by
them. Whilst in the house, however, he
acted and talked in the most incoherent
manner, walking around the room, pal
ling at or caressing the girl, etc DIR
Swain was called in aud on examining
the girls injuries found them to present
the appearance of burus The skin was
torn from her back and limbs and he,
shoes were bursted from her feet, while
the raw flesh appeared to be scorched
and nearly burned off, Notwithstanding
TIER thorough saturation by the heavy
rain, while her dress was terribly torn
She remained unconscious for about rs
hours, but was able to converse with ap
pearently nationality on Friday, and has
been Improving since. She does not re
member anything of the circumstances
does not even remember the circus or
anything that happened that night, be
fore or after she was stricken down Mr..
Sheldon, we believe, still insists, that the
circus men did the injury A short dis
tance from where the parties were found
and between them and the house near by.
was large hole in the ground, supposed
to be the effect of the lightning
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1872-10-10

A youngster, fourteen years OF age
named Jesse Pomeroy, resides in Boston
Mass He was arrested yesterday for the
crime of scizing smaller boys, taking
them into alleys and other dark places
and there stripping them naked he would
gouge holes in their faces and bodies, of
ten inficting injuries that will last for
life. The precocious monster escaped
capture and punishment for some time
no one suspecting, until proved by the
victims themselves, that so young a boy
could be guilty of SO large crimes. The
number of his victims is not stated in the
report.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1872-10-10
The Sixth Premium.

For sir Successive gears the GROVER 4 BAKER
Sewing Machine has carried off prizes at Tie
Monroe County Fairs.
At the late meeting of the Society, It award
ed the Pre,nitaz 10 this excellent Machine TOR
I" DOING THE BEST H'0RK DONE VI
THE GROUND" We did not import our
samples from the cities, but showed the COM
mittee the capacity of the Machine, how com
pete md readily every style OF work could DC
done; sewing through nine thieknesses oil hea-
w cloth, four thickness of leather and segat
boxes; then without any change Of needle OF
thread, sewing cambria, muslin and tissue pa
per.
litter careful examination Of the different
machines on exhibition the Judges decided n
favor of the working ability Of the " Grover" "
Baker"
Therefore the reyg best Sewing Machine ioI
for every Lady to purchase is the impTo'eu
Grover & Baker
Sold on monthly instaImeH:s, with iull III
structions.
Stroudsburg Sept 26. 1872.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1872-10-10

WHIsKEY An official statement shows
that there are in successful operation 10
the United States not less than two hun
dred distrilleries for the manufacture Of
whiskey alone, to say nothing of private
stills that the revenue officers know moth
ing about The daily capacity of these
two hundred distilleries is estimated at
.2l9,6S2 gallons. Nearly the whole OF
the whiskey manufactured in this coun-
try is consumed here, good deal OF it
considerably disguised by the addition of
drugs. The tax on whiskey is now
seventy cents gallon, and estimating the
product as above, the revenue yielded tC
to the government from its manufacture
would be $l52 1897 40 per day.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1872-10-10
TEse American Odd Fellow for Oct. is O

The American Odd Fellow for Oct is OIL
our table Its contents are varied and inter.
esting, and even the 'uninitiated'' may read
them with pleasure and profit Among its
attractive features we notice several finely
illustrated articles Lemons in Florida Div
ing for Pearls all about Petroleum brick.
making trapping and furs, etc. There are
also interesting stories, sketches of travel,
choice miscellany, excellent poetry, ladies
department, chatter-box for children, extcn-
sive correspondence, full proceeding of the
Grand Lodge of the United States, &C. We
commend this admirably monthly to our
readers. Send subscriptions to S. A. Law
Post, box 42l7, New York city. $3.50.
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The Premium, the first pre-

The Premium, the first premium,
and the only premium given to sewing
machines at the Monroe County Fair, last
week, Notwithstanding the fact that the
Domestic, the A. B. Howe and the Grover
and Baker cornsheller, with operators and
got up work imported for the occasion were
in competition, was awarded to the Wheeler
and Wilson machine. The committee, com
posed of practical mechanics and experts,
after giving each machine thorough ex.
animation, were constrained to say, that fol
excellence of workmanship, and durability
the Wheeler and Wilson, was by far tho
best 1t was evident to all that some of the
agents had mistaken their proper location
The things they exhibited there would have
had better place, decidedly, among the
agricultural implements.
Sep. 26, '72-4t JAMES BOYS, Agent
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1872-10-10

An extensive sale of horses, carriages
and harness, belonging to the estate OF
Joseph j. Canavan, deceased, OF Phil
adelphia, took place at Herkness Bazaar
on Tuesday last. The horses, seven in
number, several of them remarkable
for speed and beauty, brought in the ag
gregate S1205, or an average of Sl029
The highest priced sold for $1,000, Two
others brought $500 and 5000 respec
lively. The rest sold for from 5000 to
$500 each.