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Elizabeth daily monitor. [volume] (Elizabeth, N.J.) 1868-1880, 1873-12-15

COMMITTING NEW.
Flour, Good, 50. Fine. $3.50. Best Family,
1915. Pas.ry, s1n2j.
Buckwheat, s424to S440 per 100 lbs.
Hams City sugar Cured. 1870, per lb.
Racon, City ugar ur' d, Ice per lb.
shoulders, City s gar Cured, 10c. per lb.
Beef Tongue, smoked, 22c
ork, Choi Family, ickled. lie.
Roll Butter, Fresh, rs aud Soc.
SUGARS ARE WAY DOWN.
TEAS AND COFFEES OUR SPECI lily.
Oelong, 501., Soc. Extra Choice Fosmosa,
Toe. lb.
Japan, 60c., 75c Extra Choice, 90c. lb.
Mixed, 5Oc Coo. Extra Choice, 75c. ID.
English Breakfast, 6oc,, 75c. Extra hoice,
s5c. per ID.
Hyson 1wanky, Extra Choice, SOC. lb.
Hyson, Soc, DC. Fine, 75c. III.
Young Hyson, J0c., 6oc., T5c. Extra Gaoice,
81 per lb.
Imperial, Choice, 90c. ID.
Gunpowder, C., sOc. Extra Choice. 10
per lb.
Coffee, lava, SIC. lb.
Coffee, Marac,ibo, 33c. ID.
syrup, Golden.75c gallon. II ,ney, SOC.
New Orleans Molasses, choicest, Csc.
Porto Rico Molasses, 75c. per gallon.
Butter fair, Csc; good, &c; fine, Soc;
Gilt Edge, Soc. and 3sc ID.
Cheese, Factory, 15e. ID.
Lard ture Leaf Ice III
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DOS POM MENTl
FOURTH RAND GIFT CONCERT
For benefit OF the
PrBLIC L BR RY F KENTUCKY.
OF. r A MILL on n BANK
SUCCE s. AR URED
AT LII RAWING CERTAIN,
ON TUE DAY, 31st OF NJ RICH NEXT.
In ur.Ier meet the general wish and ex-
pectation Of the public and the tick t-hoders
for the full payment OF he magnificent gifts
announced for he Fourth rand tiff Con-
Cert Of the Pubic Library of entucky, the
manag nent have Diet rmined to postpone
the Concert and Drawing Until
TUESDAY, MARCH 31st, 1874.
They have already realized
OVER A MILLION DOLLARS,
and have great many agents yet TO hear
from.
No doubt is entertained OF the sale of every
ticket before the Drawing but whether al
are sold or not, the Concert and Drawing
wi positively and unequivooally take plaee
on the day now fixed, and il any remain I'M
cd they will be Cancelled, and the prizes Il
be reluced in prop rtion to the nsold tickets.
Only 60, 600 tickets have been j ed, and
12,u00 CASH .IFiS, AMOUNTING TO
81, 500,0e0,
will he d stributed among the ticket-holders.
The tickets are print d III C upons, of
tenths, and all frac nal parts will be r pre-
scented in the drawing jpst as whole tickets
are.
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NOTICE.

At meeting of the Board of Excise,
held Decen Der II, 1873, the following resolu-
ton was adopt d :
Reso we'd, That all liquor and beer Ii
ceUses her tofore granted by the Of
xcise, and now in the hands of the city
Cl>rk, if not taken and pa d for on or befol e
the sd instant shall b revoked
j. SkIPLr, Clerk.
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President Grant has refused to accept
the resignation of Gen. Sickles.
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Insurance.

NATIONAL
FIRE AND MARINE INSURANCE co..
FIRST NATIONAL BANK BUILDING.
ErLzAsx7H, NEW JRnsEY.
AMOS CLARK, JR., President. JACOB DAVIt
Vice President. NJ. F. CORY. Secretary.
'nsures Buildings and Merchandise againsu css CT
damage by Fire, on tile most favorable terms.
DIRECTORS.
amos CLARK, Jr.. Joseph Cleveland,
Samuel Bonn eli, Jr., Benjamin Ogden.
Edward G. Brown, Moses o. Winsns,
William p. Thompson, John Kean.
Samuel II. CLARK. 4. Q. Thompson,
A. d. milford, David Mulfcrd.
jacob Davis, Joseph Cory,
John q. Magic, Joseph A. Davis,
Edward P. williAmp,f James Fl Cory.
F. W. Foote, Sr., Henry R. Cannon,
William j. Magic. Samuel Huntaman.
OhaE. J. Howell James @. pennsn,
Moses F. Cory. william A. Morrell
John B. Norton, William Mckinley,
E. W Pruden. Jose, Z. Durham
CHARLES e. MOORE.
Justice of the Peace,
REAL ESTATE, FIRE INSURANCE AMP
COAL AGENT,
Cor. First and Wall street, Elissbethport.
Houses and lots for sale and to rent.
Measuring, GuAGirg. and hydrsuiicenpipeerinp
mvi7
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Furnishing & Fancy Goods

r. & R.
No. 1911 BROAD STREET,
Where you will find a splendid assortment
of the following goods:
Hats, Caps, Men and Boys Underwear, Fur
nishing Goods, Dress Shirts, Fancy
Shirts, Wool Shirts, Canes, Trunks,
valises, Umbrellas, Silk Hats, Felt
Hats, Cloth Hats, Fur Caps,
Cloth Caps, Glazed Caps,
Collars, Bows,
Ties, &c.
Kid Gloves, Cloth Gloves, Dogslun Gloves,
Buck Gloves.
Everything for Mems Wear can be found at
! No. l91 Broad street.
The oelebratedF. G. W., also auanaco Um.
| brelias.
ROBERTSON & RITTER,
No, 191 BROAD STREET. ELIZABETH.
pALL & DOUGLASS,
GENTS FURNISHING GOODS,
Hats, Caps, Trunks, valises, Canes, Bags.
| Umbrellas, &C., &C.,
Corner of First and Court streets.
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New Advertisements.
DIVIDEND

DIVIDEND
OFFICE or THE ErIz'TowN WATER Co,
No. l64 BROAD S1REET,
fLIzABETH, Dec, mbtr 3rd, 1878.
aemi-annusl dividend, at the to of ten
por cent per annum, will be paid on and
after January 10, 1874. he transit books
wi ! . closed IRON December 20, 1878, till
dEoRGE NJ. ROSS, Treasurer.
dis to janlo
pY SPECIAL REQUEST.
THE NOVEL ENTt RTAINMGNT
COMIC AND HISTORIC STILL SCENES,
ILLUSTRATED BALLADS,
TABLEAUx &c.
Will be repeated at
LIBRARY HALL,
THURSDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 18th,
With an entire change of programme.
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EGAN & RYAN,
REAL ESTATE AND INSURANCE,
Life, Fire and Marine Insurance effected ia
frst-class Companies. Houses to let
and rents collected.
Special Agents Tor Inman, State and Will
liams Guionlines of uropean Steamers.
Coal by the Gar or Cargo.
OFFICES
No. 205 Broad street, Ne los First street
and adjoining depot of Central Railroad
Eizabethport.sN. J.
JOHN EeAv,
15 2. J. RYAN.
IDASIhh woIFsKEn'
oEAL ESTATE & INSURANCE BROKER
No. "a FIRST sTl.EET
Elizabethport, N. ].
Houses Rented, and Rents collected. Loanl
| negotiated. mh22
| ROPES 8 POTTER
REAL ESTATE
AND INSURANCE BROKERS
oFFIcE
oRNER FIRST AND FULTON STREETS. AM
ADJOINING DEPOT, CENTRAL b. R.,
RLIsABErnroRT.
Fire. Life and Accident Insurance effected in th
most reliable companies in the country.
HOUSES AND LOTS FOR SALE.
Dwellings to Let. Rents Collected. 6c. sI7y
The weekly Shasta courier., 1873-02-22

SOME of those who held long recep-
tions on New Years Day may appreci-
ate what Sydney Smith said of shakes
of the hand:
"There is high official-the body
erect, and a rapid short shake, near the
chin. There is the mortmain-the fiat
hand introduced into your palm, and
hardly conscious of its contiguity. The
digital-one finger held out, much used
by the high clergy. There is the
shakus rusticus-when your hand is
seized in an iron grasp, betokening
rude health, warm heart, and distance
from the metropolis, but producing a
strong sense of relief on your part when
you find your fingers unbroken. The
next to this is the retentive shake-one
which, beginning with vigor, pauses as
it were to take breath, but without re-
linquishing its prey, and before you are
aware begins again, till you feel anx-
ious as to the result, and have no shake
left in you
The weekly Shasta courier., 1873-02-22
MADISON As ATExpRRAscE MAS.-Mapv

MADISON AS A TEMPERANCE MAN.-Many
years ago, when the temperance movement
began in Virginia, ex-President Madison
lent the weight of his influence to the cause.
Case bottles and decanters disappeared from
the sideboard at Montpelier-wine was no
longer dispensed to the many visitors at
that hospitable mansion. Nor was this ALL
Harvest began, but the customary barrel
Of whisky was not purchased, and the
song Of the scythemen in the wheat field
languished. In lieu of whisky, there was
beverage most innocuous, unstimulating
and unpalatable to the army Of dusky la
borers.
The following morning, Mr.. Madison
called in his head man to make the usual
inquiry Nelson, how comes on the crop?"
Pooly, Mars Jeems-monsus pooly."
Why, what's the matter?"
"Things is seyus''
"What do you mean by serious?
ave gwine to los dat crap"
Lose the crop! Why should we lose
it?"
"'Cause dat ar crap ar heap too big a
crap to be gethered thout whisky. Lass
es-and-water never gethered no crap sence
de worl' war made, ner taint gwine to-"
Mr.. Madison succumbed: the whisky
was procured, the "crap' was "gethered,"
case-bottles and decanters reappeared and
the ancient order was restored at Mont
pelier, never again to be disturbed.-From
Our MONTHLY GossIP, in the February
number Of LippincoHS Magazine.
The weekly Shasta courier., 1873-02-22
And still all is quiet below-sxcept

And still all IS quiet Delow w-eAcept
that popping sound.
Then the string was pulled again
and again-and again-indicating that
the old fellow was just ready to explode
with rage. And for fully fifteen min
utes did he have the portrait of the
man who could not tell lie turning
excited fip-Aaps and things on the
wall, like a bewitched gymnast, until
he fell asleep exhausted-Sallie's father
fell asleep, not the portrait.
Henry kissed Sallie goodnight at
o'clock in the moring, remarking as he
did so, that it would seem like life
long weary year ere he would see her
again-because, you know, he did not
expect to see her again until the even
ing of that day.
The next morning her father exam
ined that portrait, and when he fully
understood the situation he was panied.
He shed a silent tear, detached the
string, sponged out the inscription and
walked away with the weight of fifty
five years on his shoulders, that being
his age. He said that girl who would
go back on her father that way would
just as lief as not disgrace her parents
by marrying a Congressman.
The weekly Shasta courier., 1873-02-22
WIT AND HUMOR.


What weed does a gardener seldom
object to see "A cigar in his own
mouth.
What is the difference between far
mer and a seamstress :-The farmer
gathers what he sows, and the seam
stress sews what she gathers.
Why is nature like baby Be
cause there is a squall when its face is
washed.
A new dish is grape leaves fried in
egg batter; it is called French dish.
A contemporary remarks, "we can't
think of anything that would be more
delicious than fried grape-leaves, unless
it is a theatrical poster on toast"
The sharpest so far this month is the
girl who makes her unsuspecting father
the daily bearer of sweet missives to a
clerk in his office, who has been forbid
den to visit his employers house. She
pins the letter in the old mans cloak,
and when he reaches the Office and
throws off the garment, the clerk gets
it and responds by the same carrier.
A compositor in Southern printing
Office was escorted home the other
night by squad of dogs. The only
remarkable thing about the occurrence
was the rapid time made.
A female novelist commenced her
last work thus: "The sun had sunk
into his western bed, but drawing the
golden clouds up too high to hide his
face, allowed his shining toes to pro-
trude at the other end, thus casting a
faint pinkish and crimson glow over
natures face"
"Man wants but little here below,
nor wants that little long," is a libel,
Josh Billings asserts. MAN wants
everything he can see or hear ov, and
never is willing to let go of his grab.
Whenever yu find man who is thor
oughly satisfied with what he haz got,
yu will find either an ideot, or one who
has tried hard to get some more and
couldn't do it. The older a man grows
the more wantful he bekums; as hiz
hold on life slackens, hiz pinch on a
dollar grows grippy."
A well-known Connecticut clergyman
had deacon who insisted upon leading
the singing at the prayer-meetings. He
was a great blunderer, and he sang all
the sad and melancholy tunes he could
think of. The hymn was given out,
81 love to steal awhile away
The deacon began, 81 love to steal'-
to Near, where he broke down. He
started with Dundee-" love to steal -
The third time he commenced and
broke down, when the pastor arose and
gravely said, 81 am sorry for our broth
er's propensity. Will some brother
pray"
The weekly Shasta courier., 1873-02-22

Cornish people have always been,
until brought into closer contact in
later years with the rest of the world
by the railway, very unsophisticated.
During the Crimean war a lady went
into shop in Penzance to purchase
groceries. While she was there an old
woman from the country came in and
asked for some candles, for which she
had to pay higher price than usual.
"Why should you ask more for the
candles than l have always paid:" in
quired she.
"It's owing to the war;" said the
shop-keeper, that the price is raised,
for candles are becoming dearer'
"Lor!" calculates the poor old
woman, holding up her hands. 'Well,
l never knowd afore that they fight by
candle-light! Well, to be sure"
The weekly Shasta courier., 1873-02-22
Sallie's ed-Time.

A father, not very far from here,
read in the paper the other morning
that the Utica girls who want their
beaux to go home the same night they
call, pull string at the proper hour,
which reverses IA picture, on the back
of which appear the words, Ten o.
clock is my bedtime.
This father. who has a daughter
given to late hours when a certain youth
sits up and helps her to keep them,
thought to try this Utica plan, so he
wrote in large characters on the back
of huge portrait of George Washing
ton, this inscription:
80 O'CLOCK IS sALLIE's BEDTIME" D."
Then he arranged the picture SO that
when he attached string to the frame,
he could reverse it from his bed-cham-
Der. But when Sallie entered the room
at an hour later, her aesthetic eye was
outraged by observing the portrait of
George hanging slightly out of plumb,
SO to speak, and in adjusting it her
fathers little game was revealed in all
its subtle ingenuity.
Sallie was not Utica girl, however,
so she just went to work and neatly
efaced the figure co." leaving the 81"
standing solitary and upright - which
you will observe, made few hours
difference in her bedtime. That night,
as usual, Sallie received a visit from
her young man-which his front name
it was Eenry-and her paternal parent
attached his string to George Washing
toms portrait and retired to his downy
couch.
About ten o'clock, while Henry and
Sallie were deeply absorbed in some
knotty problem with their heads so
contiguous that you couldn't insert a
piece of tissue paper between them, the
Father of His Country suddenly turned
his face to the wall, as if he was asham-
ed to gaze upon such doings. Henry
with sudden start, glanced at the
picture, and saw the hand writing on
the wall, as it were, which read: 81
o'clock is Sallie's bedtime Then
Harry looked an interrogation in her
eye, which was partly dispelled by the
fair maid murmuring, cit is all right "
that he had long known one o'clock
was her bed time, and he thought it
was plenty late enough for young
girl to be out of bed; but what bust
ness, he said, had General Washing
tons portrait to be Topping about in
that way: Then Sallie explained-and
the twain resumed work on the prob
lem. Henry putting his arms around
Sallie to prevent her from falling off
the chair.
Meanwhile, the old man was listen
ing for the front door to open, and his
would-be son-in-law's footsteps patter-
ing over the pavement, with the toes Of
his boots pointing from the house.
These sounds not falling upon his ears,
and thinking maybe the old thing didn't
work right, he gave the string another
pull, and George w. again faced the
audience. Then he listened; but he
heard no footsteps nothing but Pc
culiar sound, something resembling the
popping of champagne corks.
Then he grew cross, and gave the
string another jerk, causing G. W. to
turn about with violent suddenness.
just as if he was dreadfully out Of hui
mo too.
The weekly Shasta courier., 1873-02-22

81 THINK remarked gentleman
who stood with one foot on the step
and the other on the floor of Broad
way stage the day before New Years,
"that it would be more respectable to
,uaM down. And more comfortable,
too" he added, after a pause. To
which sentiment the seventeen passen-
gers within mentally responded, not
withstanding the huge piles of snow
that blocked up the way, and the fall
ing sleet and the slippery streets.
The weekly Shasta courier., 1873-02-22

OLD ROMAN BABIEs.-I must also
say few words about the babies and
young children. They are made bond
slaves at birth, for the first thing the
nurse does after the ablution is to wind
around the intant-arms, body and legs
-swaddling- clothes, and these usually
indicate the rank of the parents. Some
are wrapped in very costly stuffs tied
with a golden band others with a pur-
pie scarf fastened by glittering buckle;
others with fine white shawl, such as
the wealthy ladies wear in cold weather
in their houses, fastened with scarlet
strings; while the poor wrap their babes
in broad fillets of common cloth. The
old Lacedemonians seem to have been
wiser, for they only wrapped a broad
fillet of linen around the body, and left
the arms and legs full liberty. These
Romans put their babies into cradles of
various forms. The most common are
those of boat and hollow shield
Josephus, the Hebrew have mention
ed, tells me that the infant life of the
great law-giver of his people was saved
by his having been concealed among the
osiers of the Nile by his mother in
boat cradle. Sometimes, when the
badly is year old, the mother shaves
its head and puts jewels in its ears, if it
be girl; and so soon as it begins to
walk an ornament called buVa is hung
about its neck. This is often only
disk of metal, with the name of the
child's family engraved upon it, SO that
the little one may be identified if lost ;
but more often it is hollow metal case,
sometimes highly ornamented, which
contains charms against evil spirits.
The children of the poor have disks of
leather so marked that the babe may be
identified d-Harper's Magazine.
The weekly Shasta courier., 1873-02-22

God is the author; men are only the
players. These grand pieces which are
played upon earth, have been composed
in heaven.-Balzac.
The weekly Shasta courier., 1873-02-22

A GENTLE SNoB.-He is a very gen.
teel and amiable young man, but he is
now insane. He parts his hair in the
middle. The other day, in combing
his hair, he CHANGED to get two more
hairs on one side than on the other.
This destroyed the balance OF his head
and overturned his brain. He makes
very gentle lunatic, however.
The weekly Shasta courier., 1873-02-22
SCRIBNER'S LUMBER AND LOG BOOK

New enlarged, and improved edition of this vsIua-
BILE book Just published, giving correct measure
ments for scantling, boards, plank, saw-logs, by
Doyles rule. Cubical contents of square and round
timber, slaves, and heading bolts. Capacity Of cis
terms wood tables, tables of wages, board interest
tables, etc. This is the most valuable and popular
book ever published of its kind. Half a million
copies have been sold Ask your bookseller for the
new edition of 1872, 1 will send one for 35 CENTS
post paid. GEO. W. FISHER, P. o. Box 23s, Roch-
ester, N. Y.
The weekly Shasta courier., 1873-02-22

1t is vain to trust in wrong; as much
of evil, so much of loss, in the formula
of human history Theodore Parker.
The weekly Shasta courier., 1873-02-22
Spefial gutifes.

FOR SUPERIOR PHOTOGRAPHS, 60 to EDoUAKr
COBB, 5oi Kearny Street. San Francisco, as the First
Premium for best general Photographic work
awarded them the Mechanics Institute Fair for 1871
All work guaranteed.
The weekly Shasta courier., 1873-02-22
DR.. BARLOW ]. SMITH

Invites all who coming to San Francisco for the
purpose of procuring medical aid, to call his AIo-
Hygienapathic Water Cure and chronological Institute
635 and 637 CALIFORNIA STREET, and avail them
to their health free of charge DR. SMITH claims that
the Liver Spleen, Bowels, Kidneys, Back gertebra,
also Uterine, Genital, and Reproductive Systems
be determined by the form of the Head.
All who are interested in the laws of Hygiene and the
Health Reform are invited to make the Hygiene Home
of DR. BARLOW j. SMITH their resort during their
stay in the city,
The weekly Shasta courier., 1873-02-22
@ PLAN rs. 2

ESTABLISHED ls52.-The finest collection Of Trees,
Shrubs and Flowering Plants in the State. Choice
Flower Seeds Garden and Grass Seeds fresh and
i1e. fine collection Of Pinks, Fuchsas Roses, Dab
las Bulbs, etc., etc. Buv from first hands.
JAMES HUTCHINSON,
Bay Nursery, Oakland, Cal
The weekly Shasta courier., 1873-02-22

How is it possible that mankind will
take advice, when they viii not so much
as take warning?-Swyf.
The weekly Shasta courier., 1873-02-22

When is a man like a cannon n-ball
he looks round.
The weekly Shasta courier., 1873-02-22
FARM FOR SALE.
7,fOO ACRES OF LAND
FOR SALE,
In NAPA AND S0N0MA COUNTIES,

Commencing about four miles from Castoga, ard run
ming northerly with the Geyser or county road running
through the land The land is all fenced and the inn
provements on it cost between $4,000 and S5O.OOO
There large streams of water on the land run
ming constantly capable of propelling machinery for
milling purposes. There is Dwelling House, large
Rarn large Stable, Wine House. Outhouses. Corrals,
Saw Mill in running order, and Vineyard AMI Orchard
the place. About two thousand acres OF the land Is
valley land and the remainder is rolling The land is
known as KNIGHTS VALLEY. and is one of the
heaIthiest localities in the State of California.
Parties purchasing if desired, will only be required to
nav small portion of the purchase money down. Title
"a confirmed and patented Mexican Grant Apply TO
JAMES +. STUART. No. sos Montgomery Street, San
Francisco, or to STUART Il ELDER, San Francisco.
The Idaho world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1864-1918, 1873-06-12

ACCIDENT Mr.. J. X. Reed met with 4 rather &C.
accident. day last week while out delivering
beef TO his customers. Sitting on spring sea, ON
his wagon-a light two horse one-he somehow los,
his equilibrium and fell to the ground. when tie
wagon wheels ran one Of his legs bet wcen the
knee and ankle. brusing II seriously but breaking
no bones. The limb. though still painful and very
sore. Is improving Notwith standing his mifortnnc.
Mr. Reed still keeps the Peoples MARKET furnished
with the choicest meats OF every description. with
which he Is ready to supply his customers.
The Idaho world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1864-1918, 1873-06-12

GOT GOOD THING Some six or seven years ago
u furore of excitement ragged in Owyhee over the
supposed discovery of diamond mines, and it was
thought that, besides being rich in gold and silver
mnes Owyhee was second Golconda. The editor
of the Araonce took stock in The new discoveries,
and it appees he still fatters himself that he is
miner He has had great experience. we admit. and
at crevicing and stopping he is said to be All expert.
He has assisted in prospecting many mines. among
others, the Minnesota, and now, sole proprietor
OF the Belle Peck. he is actively engaged in prospect
ing, thoroughly. that promising mine by means of
the same shaft used by him in working various others
in that locality. May he meet with success in his
new venture. The Owyhee mines generally have
yielded handsomely when systematically worked
and though great chances must be taken, and many
have not had their expectations realized after spend
ing considerable in working their claims. yet we
have every reason to believe that the Owyhee mines
not excelled by those Of any other section; and
that from "Old Hills" known energy and long ex-
perience, he will make the Belle Peck take rank as
one Of the most productive in that camp. Old Hill
is rustler. and even II he finds it an uphill bust.
ness. will keep pecking away until he strikes the
vein and thoroughly developes his mine with all
dips. spurs aud angles May the Belle Peck make
her return in bushels is the worst luck we wish our
venturesome neighbor.