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The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1872-07-25
NO. II.
A PENNSYLVANIA WONDER.
The Newton Gas Well--Further Descrip-
tion of Its Extraordinary Character.

bluH vi lIS EAIrnOFOlnary CHdFdcC6r.
From the THtusriAe Courier.
Unquestionably this gas well, which was
recently struck ea the Nelson farm, an ac-
count Of which we gave the other day, isthe
most wonderful phenomena of the kind
in this country. Some of our exchanges
seem to think our description exaggera-
ted, hence, as it was given On hearsay,
evidence, We were not certain that it
might not have been. To solve this prob
lem, and demonstrate by personal inquiry
whether our informant had drawn On his
Imagination for his facts" or on his
"facts for his imagination" we Yesterday
drove over and interviewed the noisy
monster ourself The location is about
six miles from the city, on the road to
Spring creek. Long before we reached
it, its location was ascsrtaiBed Sy rush
ing noise, sounding precisely like huge
steam boiler blowing of. When We reach
ed the lane leading from the main road
to the well the escaping gas, as it rushed
from four three and quarter inch pipes,
could be plainly dcernaole. 1t had tho
appearance precisely like discharge from
boiler in which the steam had been run
up to its full capacity previous to blow
ing OH. Every step nearer increased tho
internal din, and when we reached its i'm
mediate proximity the impression upon
the ears became painful, and onpei!ed
US to resort to filing the ori6ce with a
handkerchief in order to prevent injury
to the tympanum. Conversation was im-
possible. Our companion essayed to try
his voice, but it was blank failure. We
saw the lips move, but as far as sound,
they had no more effect than they would
beneath the seething waters of Niagara.
After seeing and hearing their noisy Won
der OF the oil region, we are not surpris-
ed that the cattle in the vicinity gave it
a wide berth, and that it has been found
necessary to dismiss the school in the
nelghborhood, some three quarters of
mile away. The query agitating those
who have visited the well is, what shall
be done with it? If there were any as
suranee that the volume of gas now es
Gaping would keep up, it would be good
speculation to convey it in pipes to the
city to DO used in light and heat for
there is certainly enough gas escaping
aud going to waste not only to light every
house in Titusville, but also heat the
same and furnish fuel for all the steam
engines running in the city. This may
appear an extravagaut estimate, but let
any practical engineer examine it and we
think he will agree that We are not 'pil-
ling 1t on too thick" but on the contrary,
that the half has not been told We un-
derstand the well is in sixty feet of the
most promising third sand yet discovered.
1t this is so, we may look for the opening
of new oil field in that vicinity in very
short time.
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Rich Without Money.

Many a man is rich without money
Thousands of men with nothing 10 their
pockets are rich. A man born with a
good constitution, good stomach, good
heart, and good limbs, and pretty good
head. piece, is rich. Good bones are bet
ter than gold tough muscles better than
silver and nerves that fash fire and carry
energy to every function, are better than
houses or land. 1t is better than land
ed estate to have the right kind Of father
aud mother. Good breeds and bad breeds
exist among men as really as among herds
and horses. Education may do much to
check evil tendencies or to develop good
ones; but it is greater thing to inherit
the right proportion of faculties to start
with The man is rich who has good
disposition-who is naturally kind, hope
full patient, cheerful, and who has flower
of wit and fun in his composition. The
hardest thing to get on with in this life
is mans own self. A cross, selfish fellow,
desponding and complaining fellow, a
timid and care. .burdened man, these are
all born deformed on the inside. Their
feet do not limp, but their thoughts do.
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Overgrown Hogs.

There is not one single advantage to be
claimed 10 favor Of big hogs. There was
a monster hog which did not make the
man who raised him pay for every pound
he weighed They do not furnish an
ounce of meat gratis, bat charge full price
for every atom of their carcass. When
slaughtered, it takes a long time to get
one cool to the marrow in the bone, and
then when the hams are put IN salt, 1T is
troublesome to finish them to the centre.
Four hundred pounds live weight is as
large as hogs should be 10 order to make
good bacon. Beyond this size there is a
loss somewhere. Either the feeder,
butcher or consumer is cheated, and as
general thing every one who has anything
to do with the big hog will fnd, if he OBJ
serves closely, that they are not so profit
able as the smouth, nice hogs of only $50
pounds weight. A small head, with little,
upright ears, and legs and ears delicate
to perfection, arc marks which indicate
the greatest amount of food consumed ;
and it will always draw more readily the
attention Of every butcher.
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Ringbone on Horses.

Now in regard to ringbone on horses |;
it is an old saying of old men that when
you see colt standing with his head
down hill and his tail up hill he is not
gaining or doing well or, in other words,
he is running down hill in flesh and con-
stitutiou. or becoming sickly. The fact
of it is the colts toes are so long that his
ankles ache, aud he stands that way to
rest them. This is the very time, if he
capers or runs much, that ringbones,
spavins, splints, curbs, etc, start; and
they may be there for two years before
you notice them or could find them. No
horse has riugboues, splints, curbs or
spavins, unless he has been strained ; and
this is, the very time he receives those
straius-wheu his muscles are weak and
his toes are long, and when the ground
is hard. hich constitutes the very nursery
of all those complaints. The old saying
that an ounce of prevention is worth a
pound of cure, is true and to use it let
every man who has colt be sure to have
his toes trimmed short as soon as the
ground freezes in the Fall, and see to it
three or four times in the Winter keep
them short, and / will guarantee him
against all those calamities.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1872-07-25
Boy Smokers.

We clip the following from Louis
vile exchange:
"Here and there about the street cor-
ners, aud around the doors of places of
amusement, you viii see lot of urchins,
some of them decently clad and present
ing a respectable appearance, who are en-
gagged in asserting their man hood by puff
ing away at execrable cigars. 1t is fair
to presume that their anxious mamm.s
are not aware Of the foul habits their dar.
ling boys pick up and practice outside of
the parental roof; bat for their benefit
they should know that French physi-
clan has investigated the effect of smok-
ing on thirty eight boys, between the ages
Of nine and fifteen, who were addicted to-
the habit. Twenty seven presented dis
tinct symptoms of nicotine position. In
twenty two there were serious disorders
Of circulation. indigestion, dullness of iu-
tellect, and marked appetite for strong
drinks; also in three there was heart af,
fection /; in eight decided deterioration of
blood in twelve there was frequent epis-
taxis; ten had disturbed sleep, and four
had liberation Of the mouth. 1t is easy,
then, to see how the ranks Of the drunk
ards and dissolute men about town are
recruited when, there are SO many BOYS in
training for delirium tremens and the
horrors of dissipation"
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Tales of Toads.

Geo. NJ. Mead states his experience
with toads in the Ohio Farmer. Unless
their skin is broken they are perfectly
harmless. They will eat any bug but
the potato bug.
In Pitts6eld, Mass, had an uncle,
one Of the finest gardeners in the town,
and he, to the NO little amusement Of
friends, used to pick up those veuomous
tosds in his hands, Whenever he could fiud
nice fat ones, carry them home, and put
them in his garden to catch the bugs
aud worms He said to me one day ::
"They will become quite tame if you pet
them little" I thought that a little
singular, but concluded to try it. When
1 went home [ found one in the shed
close to the kitchen and commenced. At
frst caught bug or fly and stood as
far of as could and dropped it down
in front of my pet. l did not have long
so wait, for the bug had hardly dropped
before he disappeared. Each day 1 went
to see and feed him, and went up closer,
until ne got so tame that he would at any
time take bug or fly out of my fingers
then began to handle him, and il
CHANGED to move him from his nice little
corner he would 60 back there aud seem
to wait for me to come and see him.
DR.. Harris said twenty years ago that
he supposed the odor of the squash bug
(corcus Tristis) would protect it from
the toad and to test the matter he, offer.
cd one to grave. looking Bufo under a
cabbage. He seized it eagerly, but spit
it out instantly, reared up on his hind
legs and put his front feet on the top of
his head for an instant, as if in pain, and
then disappeared across the garden in a
series of the greatest leaps toad ever
made. Perhaps the bug bit the bitter.
Not satisfied with his, DIR. H. hunted up
another toad, which lived under the
piazza, and always summed himself in one
place in the grass, and offered him a
squash bug, which he took and swallowed,
winking in very satisfied manner
Twenty other fine bugs followed the first,
in few moments, with no difficulty or
hesitation in the taking or the swallowing,
though from the wriggling and contor.
tions it appeared their corners did not set
we'll within. The stock of bugs being
then exhausted, q colony of smooth, black
larvae was found on a white birch, each
about three-quarters of an inoh long. and
over 100 of these were fed to the waiting
toad Touching one of them with the
end of straw, it would coil around it,
and them when shaken before him he
would seize and swallow it, at first eagerly,
but with diminished zest as the number
increased, until it became necessary to
rub the worm against his lips for some
time before he could decide about it. He
would then take it and sit with his lips
ajar for short time, gathering strength
aud resolution, and then swallow by a
desperate effort. There is no telling
what the number or result would have
been. as the dinner-be rang as the l0lst
disappeared, and by the close of the meal
he had retired to his hole, nor did he ap.
pears for four day nj his summing place
1t is to be hoped that he slept well, but
there might have been Nightmares.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1872-07-25
What the People are driving At.

The census office from time to time is
sues very interesting tables gathered and
tabulated from the census takers. They
don't occupy much space, but represent
an immense amount Of labor performed,
not only in Washington but throughout
the length and breadth of the land. The
last is table of occupations, and gives
an idea of what the American people are
driving at to gain livelighood or &C.
cumulate wealth. On the FIRST of June,
1871, there were II sos, ,923 persons in
the United States pursuing gainful oc-
cupations-of this number l 1886, ,4S7 were
females. Two-thirds of the whole mum
Der were of American birth Ireland
came next with 949, l64, and Germany
followed close with S36,3O2. China and
Japan contributed 46,300.
Coming to occupations, OF the total
number 1922 All were engaged in ag-
riculture, 2,706,42l in manufactures,
mechanical aud mining pursuits, l.1l9l,.
23S in trade aud transportation, and q
6S4.793 were rendering personal and pro
fessional services.
single specified occupation was under the
head of planters and farmers, 1882, ,573
being reported. Farm laborers came next,
1883, ,045-this classification We Judge
would include the great bulk of the negro
population of the Southern States. La
borers are set down next at l,03l ,666
and then comes domestic servants, OIL
043
There were 1854 clergymen reported
as pursuing a "a gainful occupation, -
and it is to be hoped the description is
correct in every respect 62 1888 physi-
clans and surgeons, and 40,736, lawyers.
There were A, ,743 civil officers of gov
ernment, national, State and municipal
who reported no other occupation S,672
clerks, aad ii ,407 laborers Of the same
description. This represents the "horde"
of Office holders of all varieties, who sub
sist by official occupation alone, and is
much smaller than one would naturally
suppose.
Carpenters and joiners head the list of
mechanical occupations with 344 ,595
miners, blacksmiths, shoemakers, tailors,
milliners, masons, painters, ETC., follow In
order named.
The number of persons returned as
manufacturers was 42,905. Operatives
in cotton mills, Ill COG in wooden mills,
5S,S36 in mills and factories not speci-
fed, 4l,6l9 /; in iron works of all kinds,
$1,000 in tobacco factories, l ,9S5 in
paper mills, II ,469.
Under the head of trade there were re-
turned 326,36S traders and dealers of all
kinds, in addition to 16,975 peddlers and
1862 hucksters 222, ,504 clerks 10
stores, in addition to l4,203 statesmen and
women 81 III bookkeepers and account
ants, and 1862 commercial travellers, and
exclusive, also of 1852 barkeepers and
tenders porters and laborers in stores
aud warehouses, 81 ,5l3.
There were only 6,5l9 persons report
ed who followed music as gainful pur-
suit, being about one-third the number of
Gilmores grand chorus.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1872-07-25

INVENTIVE: A man in Delaware hav.
ing heard that the earth revolves at the
rate of one thousand miles an hour, has
arranged plan for going up in a balloon
aud remaining stationary while the earth
is permitted to slide away beneath. He
thinks that by this means he can reach
California in a couple of hours merely by
shooting mp from Wilmington in his bal
loon, and then dropping down again as
soon as the Rocky Mountains are observ-
ed to go past He has the whole thing
arranged now in perfect order-the bal
loon aud the place to start from, and his
map, and so forth-so that the scheme
cannot possibly fail and all he wants to
make the thing complete is to fnd some.
thing to tie the balloon to in order to
hold it still while it is up in the air.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1872-07-25
RARToNsvILLE HOTEL.

inns old established Hotel, having recently
s"I ,"i'ged hands, and been thoroughly overhauled
sS u repaired, will reopen, for the reception of
u X, g,'ests on Tuesday, May 9th.
,i.' 'ne public will always find this house de-
t'o'e place ofresort. Every department will
t,Ii II managed in the best possible manner The
,g. ig'e Will be supplied withthe best the Market
I'ldS, and connoisures will always find none
'Il y Tue best wines and liquors at the bar.
f, uooa stabling beloning to the Hotel, will be
,hE 'e at all times under the care of careful and
aouging attandants.
NAY ., lS72. ANTHONY II. ROEMER.
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David Paul Brown, ESQ, for many
years one OF the most prominent citizens
OF Philadelphia, died on Thursday morn
ing last, in his seventy seventh year. Mr..
Brown was thoroughly identified with the
city of his residence. For forty years he
was one of its most conspicuous and sue
cessful lawyers, his service being in
especial request by defendants in criminal
suits. He was also we'll known as an
author and lecturer The dress and an
pearance of Mr.. Brown were peculiar, and
always attracted attention. lie retained
all his faculties for business until a very
short time before his decease.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1872-07-25
STAINS.

If you have been pickeling or handel
ing acid fruit and have stained your
hands, wash them 10 clear water, wipe
them lightly and while they are yet moist
strike match and shut your hands around
it SO as to catch the smoke, and the stains
will disappear.
If you have stained your muslin or
gingham dress, or your white pants, with
berries, wetting the cloth with anything
else, pour boiling water through the stains
and they will disappear, Before fruit
juice dries in can often be removed by
cold water, using sponge or fowl, if me-
cessary. Rubbing the fingers with the
inside of the pariugs of apples, will re-
move most of the stain caused by pairing.
lux also, if it be washed out, or sop
ped up from the carpet, with cold water
Immediately when it is spilled, can be al
most entirely removed.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1872-07-25

For good home made disinfectant
dissolve bushel of salt in a barrel of
water, aud with the water slack a barrel
OF lime, which should be wet enough to
form kind of paste. For the purpose
of disiniectant, this home made chloride
of lime is nearly as good as that pur-
chased at the shops and drug stores. Use
it freely abont sinks, collars, cutters and
out houses, and in this way prevent sick
ness aud expense.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1872-07-25
What is Heat?

Wind is neither seen nor tasted yet it
is force. Heat may be felt, aud that is
about all we know about it. 1t must be
substance, because when it enters into
metals it passes into spaces between the
PARTICLES and throws them farther apart
than when the mass is cold. That is call
ed expansion, and when the heat escapes,
the molecules coming nearer together
that is contraction.
But the question is this, viz: Is heat
a material something? Steam is nothing
more than PARTICLES of water separated by
heat. The expansive force of steam can
hardly be estimated, so terrific is its
energy, which means simply the accumul-
alton of caloric or heat forcing the
particles assunder.
Heat may be latent. 1t seems to
pervade almost all bodies, where it may
remain at rest indefinitely The touch
of match, however, will let loose the
Gagged fury, which runs and consumes
everything in which heat is held as a
prisoner. What becomes Of it when it
escapes A more difficult problem could
hardly be presented,
In treating or caloric and its relations,
and the mission it performs in the
economy of mature, neither chemists nor
writer's on optice have unlocked The
mystery of its origin or its disappearance.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1872-07-25
DR. III. J. PATTERSON,
OPERATING AND MECHANICAL DENTIST,

Having located in East Stroudsburg Pa, an
sounccs that he is now prepared to insert arti-
icial teeth in the most beautiful and life-like
manner. Also, great attention given 10 filling
and preserving the natural teeth. Teeth ex-
trscted without pain by use of Nitrous Oxide
Gas. All other work incident TO the profession
Isns in the most skiIlful and approved style.
All work attended TO promptly and warranted.
Charges reasonable. Patronage of the public
solicited
Office in 4. W. Loders new building op-
Posits Analomink House, East Stroudsburg,
Pal July IL, ls72-1y.
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DR.. j. L A N TZ
Surgeon and Mechanical Dentist,

Srll has his Office Main Street, in tho second
,tery 81 DR.. S waitoR< brick building. nesrly onpo-
1is the StroudshuTg House, and be 6aticrs himself
that eighteen years constant practJrc and the
and careful attention 10 all matters PERTAIN
1. hs profession that he is fully able perform All
atoms the dental iae the CAREFUL taste
tsl and skiiiful manner.
Speeis aitcUtion given to saving the Natural Teeth
alss the insertion OF ArtIhcial Teeth Rubber,
csld. Silver or Continuous Gums, and perfect fits In
ali rs>eS insured.
persons know The great folly and danger of
uusns their work to the ineIperic need, TO those
lrInS 4 distance. April l3, ls1I.-ly
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DIR. N. L. PECK,
Surgeon Dentist,

Announces that having just returned from
Dental CoIlegs, he ID fully prepared TO make
CRITICAL teeth in the most beautiful and liie-
liz. manner. and TO fill dccayed teeth ac-
,srdng 10 the most improved method.
Teeth extracted without pain, when de-
sired. by the use of Nitrous Oxide Gas.
which is entirely harmless. Repairing Of
al kinds neatly done. All work warranted.
Charges reasonable.
O6cc in J. G.. Keller's new Brick build
"f. M'in Street, Stroud>burg, Pa.
iug 3l-rf
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KELLERSVILLE HOTEL

Inc Undersigned having purchased the
:, sO0Se vol known and popular Hotel Proper
~,,s y, would respectfully inform the travelling
Guollc that he has rcfurnished and fitted up
Jse R' Hotel in the best style. a handsome
naf, ,,s with choice Liquors and Segars, polite
Auendants and moderate charges.
CHARLES MANAL,
'ct ~ 1871. tt. Proprietor.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1872-07-25

Statistics which have just been prepar
ed at the Post Office Department, show
that in the last three years its receipts from
postage and money orders have amounted
to Sl73 ,76S, ,46e. In this time the total
loss to Government by dcfalcations has
been 500, 900, or in round numbers $50,
009 per annum in IA business OF $50 ,000,-
900
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DR. G. O. HOFFMAN. 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 lS of Medicine and Surgery will be a
'0Inc1ent guarantee for the public confidence.
February %, lS7O.-tf.
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AMES III. WALTON,
" Attorney af Law.

Qihce in the building formerly occupied
Ia N, Burson, and opposite the Strouds-
'uls bank, Main street, Stroudsburg, Pa.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1872-07-25

William p Drew has been commission
ed National Bank examiner. aud assigned
to duty in New Jersey aud Eastern Penn
sylvauia.
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Speaking of the wheat crop in Delaware
and Maryland, the Wilmington Con,
n,erciat says From every section Of the
Peninsula the grain is reported to be
unusually large and plump, and better
quality than has been produced for years
The crop Of straw is light, but this is of
little moment. There is a sufficient
abundance Of it for farm purposes, and
more, in all probability, than will be con-
sumed. The crop of wheat, as whole,
will be an average one, aud the unusual
fullness of the grain will have tendency
to make it more remunerative than for
merly.
The Daily state journal. [volume] (Alexandria, Va.) 1868-1874, 1872-03-12

but it is as healthful as any in the world,
1t may be that during July and August
the hot air is enervating, and that there are
dangerous corporations from low and un-
drained lands in the neighborhood. In
time these lands will be scientifically cured
of their bad habits, and there will be no.
thing pertaining to this magnificent site for
an imperial city to scare Americans from
coming here to live-even such Americans
as have no political reasons for coming
here. Indeed, the greatness and glory Of
our national capital are only just beginning
to be appreciated. 1t has every natural
claim to admiration. Both for climate and
for social charms, it is already the most at
tractive city in America. Many Northern
families, in easy circumstances, and need
ing to escape from the rigors of the North
ern winters, have already come here to find
homes. Charles Sumner once said to me,
that for twenty years he had not seen the
SHOWS of his native New England. He
mentioned this as an evidence of his close
confinement to Senatorial tasks. 1t oc-
Cured to me that he ought to be grateful
to those Senatorial tasks for compelling
him to receive Washington winters instead
of Boston ones. There is nothing, then.
in the climate of Washington, during the
time that our public men need to be here,
to prevent them from having good health.
If they have bad health, it is because they
bring it here, or because they do not be-
have properly after they get here"