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The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1873-05-15

PLASTER Ten car loads just received and
more coming at Stokes Mills.
May silt n. >.
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TRIAL LIST--MAY T. 1873.

Mead & Co. VS.. Jacob L. Wyckoff
Philip Raul, VS.. Robert Huston.
Andrew Gilman, VS.. James j. Wagenhurst.
Chas. S. DERRICK, VS.. C.. C.. Tasker.
Joseph Fe~nstermacher, VS.. John Kerchner.
Reuben b. Bonser, VS.. Frederick p. Miller.
Fry, VS.. Caleb Rinker, ct. al.
John Dennis, VS.. Abraham Gish.
Jacob Tribe, VS.. Jacob and John Michael.
Fenstermacher q Co. VS.. John Kerchner.
J Ohm Merwine vs.. III. S. Shireman.
Mary Ann Dresser, VS.. Adrew Sebring.
Wm. h. Woodling, VS.. Charles Transne.
May o-3tl L. NJ. McILHANEY, Prot'y
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Notice is hereby given that the account Of
John DeYoung, assignee of Joseph 7. Fellen-
Ger, of Stroud Township, Monroe County, for
benefit of creditors, has been filed in the office
of the Proth5notary of the Court of Common
Please of said County. and will be presented
for confirmation and allowance at the next term
of said Court, on Monday, May 26, 1873, of
which all persons interested will take notice.
THO. NJ. McILHANEY, Proth'y.
MnN Ii
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~STROUDSBURG BANK.

STRoUDsBURG BANK, May g., 1873.
The Directors of this Bank have this day
declared a semi-annual dividend of e per
cent? three per cent. payable TO the stock
holders on or after the 10th inst. MAY S-3t.
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THURSDAY MAY Is, 1878.

n. Ruster has every new style ofhat there
is out.
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n. Ruster has all the new styles of neck
ties and collars.
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half the honey bees Of the Northwest
have been killed by the severe winter.
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Widows Appraisement.

The appraisemsnt of Widows in the follow
ing Estates, viii be presented for approval to
the next Orphans Court of Monroe County, to
be held at Stroudsburg, on Monday, May 26,
1873.
Estate of John Gruver, deceased.
I" Nathan Serfass,
Benjamin Depue,
George r. Smith,
L" Joseph Zimmeran,
Jacob Altemose, "
May S-3tl 7. NJ. McILHANEY, Clerk,
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l The following applications for License hav'
been filed and will be presented at the mex
Court of Quarter Sessions of Monroe County
on Monday, May 26, 1873.
Hotels.
BARRET TO WNSHIP.
] ohm w. Yothers, Abraham Albert.
COOLBAUGH.
James Wilson, Jr. Samuel Case.
Jerome b. Shaw, Lewis I. Smith,
Anthony D.. Dutot, Jacob Gearhart
ELDRED.
Nelson Hefilefinger, Edward Frantz.
EAST STROUDSBURG.
John Hohensheld.
HAMILTON.
Charles Bossard, Charles Andrew,
JeromeH II. Fetherman, John w. Mackes,
Charles Manal, Isaac Reph.
CHESTNUTHILL.
Reuben Shupp, Jerome Kresge,
Charles Eberlc, John Merwine,
Mahlon Shupp, Joseph Butt.
POLK.
Jonas Snyder, Stewart Hawk,
Adam S~erfass, Jacob w. Kresge,
George Green, Joel Berlin,
John w. Kerchncr.
MIDDLE SIITHFIELD.
Jacob II. Place,
POCONO.
Charles Brown, Manassah Miller,
Anthony II. Roemer.
ROSS.
Ruben Hartzell, Valentine Uouser,
Jacob III. Stocker.
SJIITHFTELD.
w. \. Brodhead & Sons. Simion D. Bush.
STROUDSBU RG.
David L. Pisle, Jacob X. Shafer,
John /. Allender, John Baldwin
TOBYHANNA,
Henry Stoddart, VIM. Bonscr,
Isaac Stouffer, John Roth.
TUNKHdNNOCK.
Laviue Barrall, Reuben i. Bonser.
POCONO.
LIQUOR STORE.
Arthur Maginnis.
JARRETT.
EATING HOUSE.
John Zahn.
THO. NJ. McILHANEY,
May 8-3tl Clerk
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Argument List---May It. 1873.

arg uIllGHC LlSC---May L. 1873.
Overseers of the Poor of Smithfeld VS.. Over
seers of Price.
Peter Ohern vs.. Cary, Jones & Co.
Jacob b. Teel VS.. Thomas Bush.
Timothy Miller, vs.. Peterson & Carpenter.
oVerseers of the Poor of Stroud VS.. Charles
Heller, ct. al.
Commonwealth VS.. Matthias p. Shafer.
Peter Pipher, VS.. Theodore T.. Taylor.
Abraham Gish, VS.. Francis Keller.
Commonwealth VS.. Henry Place.
Estate of VIM. Bingham VS.. Philip ShiveIy.
John Baldwin Administrator, VS.. Samuel G..
Peters.
Bossards Adm'tors, VS.. Philip McCluskey.
Joseph Woolbert vs.. Elizabeth Woolbert.
Use of James Place VS.. John III. Vanauken.
ct. al.
Use of Jane Yanvleet and sallie Gish, vs..
Joseph Wallace.
May s-3t] TN MeILHANEY, CLERK.
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Special Notices.

Buy your ladies and children hats, rib
bons, flowers, feathers, half price, at the
wonderful cheap Auction store.
Buy your Cassin:ers, water proofs and
kentucky jeans, at the cheap Auction store
and save your dollars.
Buy your hats and caps, at the won
derful cheap Auction store, nearly half price.
BUY your needles and pins, ative cents a
paper and excellent spool cotton four cts, at
cheap Auction store, four doors below post
Office.
Buy your boots and shoes, at the cheap
Auction store, and save twenty-five cents on
the dollar.
Buy your black and japanese silks, and
black alpacas, wonderful cheap, at wonder
full cheap Auction store.
Buy yOnr coats, pants, and vests at the
cheap Auction store and save thirty cents on
the dollar.
Decker's wonderful cheap Auction store
is filed with spring and summer goods, some
nearly half price.
Buy your muslins, flannel and beautiful
dress goods, at the cheap Auction store and
your dollars. April I0-2m.
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Estey Cottage Organs.

The styles are beautiful, adapted to all
requirements and tastes, with prices suit
able to all classes of purchasers.
We call special attention to the Kor Her
mama and the wonderful Hor Jujidnte.
Every instrument fully warranted.
Bas~ Send for an illustrated catalogue CON
tanning full description of Organs.
Splendid Christmas Gifts and New Years
Presents for all.
j. Y. SIGAFUS,
Dec. 5.'72-tf Stroudsburg, Pa.
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Trunks Valises of all kinds at Fried's.
Splendid Cashmere suits at Fried's.
The best assortment of boots and shoes at
Fried's.
fyou want any Gents furnishing goods
go to Fried's.
Go to Simon Fried for Clothing, Boots,
Shoes, Trunks, Valises, Umbrellas & Gents
Furnishing Goods.
Go to Simon Fried's for French calf hand
sewed boots-he warrants them to wear as
good as any custom made boot, if not, the
money is refunded.
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a CARD TO TIE LADIES.
DUPONCO'S GOLDEN PILLS.

There is not a Lady living, but what at some
period of her life will find Duponco's Golden
Pills Just the medicine she needs.
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The largest stock Of Carpets ever offered
in this market, at Bush's Store, Main street,
Stroudsburg, Pa, and at lower rates ever
offered in this town.
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LICENSE APPLICATIONS.

The following applications for License have
been filed and will be presented at the next
Court of Quarter Sessions of Monroe County,
on Monday, May 26, 1878.
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ne m0Sl " 0lldtrIul UlSrOVtF! Oh IIIt IJtI UCIIEU
DR.. S. d. HOwo'S
ARABIAN MiLK-CURE
FOR CONSUMPTION,

IN and all Diseases of the Throat, Chest and
he Lungs. THE only medicine of the kind in the
lu-a.lJ
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1873-02-08
How 1t Feels to be Hung.

The West Chester Pa. } Record
says liver since thehanging of George
Grant at the Chester county prison some
time ago, Alfred Chase, colored youth
of thirteen summers, son of Alexander
Chase, whose family mansion is located
near Seger's mill in Poeopson township,
has had a great, desire to know and
feel the sensation of hanging. Several
times within the past few weeks he has
told his mother and sister that he
would like,to know just how it felt to
be hung, and we think he has had his
ambitions gratified, at least he has not
exhibited any longings that way since
Monday last. On that day his mother,
before leaving home, corrected him for
lilo uisSeIueaIUr ANA said lac OrisilaL ~
be sent to the House of Refuge, This
rebuke the lad thought severe, and
soon after his mothers departure con-
cluded to experience the hanging SEN
sation. Procuring a rope he slipped
out Of the house, got upon chair,
fastened one end Of therope to a clothes
line hook in the side of the house,
secured the other end around his neck
and swung off. Some time after he was
missed from the house, and his sister, on
looking up his whereabouts, found him
hanging as above described-his feet
barely touching the ground. He no
doubt "felt just how it was to be
hung" much sooner than he had antici-
pated, as he had scratched gravel p
considerably in his efforts to get back
upon the chair. In order to get q
good feeling" Alfred did notdepend on
the ordinary slip knot, but, after loop
ing the rope around his neck, gave it
two extra wraps, and luckily he did, for
this no doubt saved his life, as it pre-
vented the loop from slipping and
choking him to death. When discover
ed life was nearly extinct. He was
taken down and physician sent for,
When Dr. R. c. Smedley, OF West
Chester, arrived, Alfred was still insen-
uible, his windpipe compressed, his
lungs congested with blood, his jaws
set, and it was some time before any
medicine could be administered, and
then only by prying open his mouth.
At last accounts he was getting along
very well. If there are any others who
would like to know "just how'it feels
we would advise them to call on this
youth and first get his expefiellte.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1873-02-08
Reason, Folly. and Beauty,

Reason, and Folly, and Beauty, they say,
Went on aparty of pleasure one day:
Folly played
Around the maid,
he hells of his cap fung merrily out;
While reason took
To his sermon book
oh! which was the pleasanter no one need
--N p doubt
Beauty who likes to be thought very sage,
Turned for moment to reasons dull page;
Till Folly said,
Look here, sweet maidl"
The sight of his cap brought her back to herself;
While reason read,
His leaves of lead,
With no one to mind him, poor, sensible elf!
Them Reason grew jealons of Follys gay cap.
Had he that on he her heart might entrap;
"There it is"
Quoth Folly, old quiz"
Folly was always good-natured, 'tis said
"Under the sun
There is no such fun
tAs Reason with my cap and bells on his head!'
But Reason the head-dress 80 awkwardly wore,
That beauty now liked him still less than before
While Folly took
With Reasons book,
And twisted the leaves in a cap of such ton,
That Beauty vowed
CThough not aloud,)
She Liked him still better in that than his own
THOMAS MOORE.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1873-02-08
An Unexpected Answer.

One Of our school trustees was taken
considerably aback the other day by an
unexpected answer from a pupil he was
catechising. The trustee was visiting
the school of his ward, and showing it
off with a great deal of pride to a num-
ber of ladies and gentlemen who accom-
panied him. During the visit he put a
number of questions to the pupils, and
turned toward his friends with tri-
umphant air at each correct answer. At
length class in history was called up,
and the trustee, perhaps not unwilling
to display his own knowledge as well as
that of the pupils, asked the class few
questions, which were properly an
swered till he came to the following:
"Why do we celebrate the 22d OF
February ?"
Because it is Washington's birth
day." was the response.
"Why," asked the trustee, edo we
celebrate Washington's birthday Why
should we celebrate his birthday more
than mine ?"
There was no answer. The trustee
looked from one to the other a sort of
half surprise, half reproach, till finally
little, dirty faced, tangle-haired urchin
at the very foot held up his hand to at
tract attention.
81 know, sir" said the boy.
"Ah" said the trustee, with an all
of relief and satisfaction; "why is it,
my little man ?"
Cause he never told lie'
IL, r. al
that infectious kind which irresistibly
swells into loud guffaw, and the dis
comftted trustee retired precipitately,
just before the laugh had reached its
climax.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1873-02-08
He Had the Professor.

Considering how charming and ex-
cellent thihg'is matrimony one is sur
prised at theiconstant shower of jibes
and Jokes which are thrown. at it, not
merely by bachelors, for this We should
expect of them, but even by the sacred
ly Joined themselves. A story with
rather a piquant favor comes to us
from Paris. At the Morgue, a man
and woman presented themselves. The
former said he q wished to find out
whether the body of woman named
Virginia D--,had been brought into
the Morgue since May, 1871. No trace
of such a body could be found. 81 was
sure of it" said the woman, " for 1 am
Virginia, and / wanted to prove to my
husband here present that [ was not
dead" "Ah, Virginia" said the hus-
band, sadly, "and SO, alasl it is true
that you are not dead" The puzzled
official demanded an explanation. The
husband answered that while his wife
lived with him he was the most unhap-
py of all mortals. Frequently she
would desert, his bed and board, and at
last, in May, 1871, she went away and
didn't come back again. A story
reached her enraptured husband that
she had been killed, during the siege,
by shell, and he was told that her re-
mains were at the Morgue. Suddenly
she came home, considerably altered, SO
that he did not recognize her, and he
therefore brought her to the Morgue to
prove that she was not dead, which il
appears, greatly to his dissatisfaction,
she was able to do. He went away,
moaning, "What misfortune" Poor
ellowt ~
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1873-02-08

A BRAVE WoMAN,x-The courage of
a Boston woman during the smallpox
scare is worthy of special note walk
ing along the street one day, she felt
that she had received the infection from
a passing person, and wrote note to
her family stating the trouble and that
she was going to reside at an unoccupied
house until the danger was over. She
received two attendants, took possession
of the house, in ten days was taken
down with the disease, passed through
the various stages, recovered, and is
now at home, happy that her family
have escaped the disease through her
brave devotion.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1873-02-08

THE SEA SERPENT AeAIN.-Captain
White, of the ship Sea Serpent, which
arrived at New York, reports that on
the outward passage from New York to
China, jim latitude 80 deg. 80 min. sec. +,
longitude II deg. 45lmin., his attention
was called, on the 10Th, May, by the
seaman on the foretopsail, to a large
sea serpent passing within six feet of
the ships quarter. When the serpent
was some fifteen or twenty feet astern,
he lifted his head above the water,
opened his mouth, and looked around
after the ship with apparent surprise
AS near as Capt. White could Judge, the
serpent must have been fifty feet long
and two in diameter, and of deep
brown color. About three minutes,saf-
terward another of the same species
was passed on the other side of the ship
within about fifteen feet. He was coiled
up, and had the appearance of being
asleep.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1873-02-08

You will seldom pass country vii
lage without seeing graveyard in its
vicinity; but the old grounds in which
slate has not been displaced by white
marble are the only picturesque objects
of this kind. Our ancestors selected as
their burial place quiet spot not far
from the village, and did not plant it
with trees because it was surrounded by
them. Their intention was to preserve
the relies of the dead by returning them
to the dust, and to commemorate their
life by simple record of their name
and age. The custom of making the
graveyard a pleasure ground is'of mod
ern origin. At the present time these
old enclosures are shaded by few trees
that game up there without planting.
The most common are the locust, the
wild cherry, the velvet sumachsand the
Lombardy poplar; and we have learned
by habit to associate their rugged and
homely appearance with the venerable
objects that accompany them.
You can hardly conceive how much of
the beauty of these ancient resting pla-
ces of the dead is due to the slate that
forms the gravestones. Being of a dark
color it harmonizes with nature; it is
sober, but sombre, and unlike marble,
and has no offensive glare. These are
our only "rural cemeteries" Modern
burying grounds are but Conservatives
of sculpture and other works of decor
ative, artos The use of white marble, be
it ever, SO plain and simple, is incom
/ patible with anyidea of thepicturesque,
But when it is carved and embellished
in the highest style of ornate art, we
look upon the monuments as expressions
of the vanity of the living under an os
tentatious display of reverence for the
dead. = Woods and By Ways of Nest
England. .H t1t@.ae
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1873-02-08

FoonIsH GIRLS. s.-About the checklist
operation on record has just been
brought to light at Auburn, Me-, where
two Lewiston girls have been camping
out for ten days in the house of a. gent
tleman who is spending the winter at
New York. They entered through a
stable, and so skillfully obliterated
their tracks that for more than a week
they sat. in purple and fine linen from
the wardrobe and cooked the first It'd bits
from the well filed larder, without de-
lection. The chance visit of neighbor,
however, who kept the keyto the house,
finally spoiled their little game.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1873-02-08

Six English steamers loaded with
grain were sunk in late storms in the
Atlantic and Mediterranean.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1873-02-08

The total imports of foreign dry goods
at the port of New Yorklast week, were
$3, 1876, 500. The amount marketed dur
ing the same period was 50, $40, 443.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1873-06-21
Shooting Gun that Had Been Loaded
for EIght Years.

There has been a gun standing be
hind cupboard IN Pine street resi-
dence for the past eight years. 1T
belonged to the occupants father, and
was set up there in loaded condition.
It's presence was always an eyesore to
the occupant S wife, who shared fully
with the six their fear of firearms. SO,
the other day-Friday, we think-she
induced her husband to take it down
and fire it off. He had never fired off
a gun that had been loaded eight years;
in fact, he never fired off gun at all,
SO he poked it out of window and
took aim into the garden, without the
falntest shadow of fear His wife,
being afraid of firearms, stood behind
his back and looked over his shoulder,
with her eyes tight shut He
shut his eyes, too, and then pulled the
trigger. What Immediately followed,
neither appeared to have any settled
idea. He says he can vaguely remem-
Der hearing a noise of some kind, and
has an indistinct impression of passing
over some thing which must have been
his wife, as she was found between him
and the window by the neighbors who
drew him out of the fireplace. The
fact that one of his shoulders was set
back about three inches, and that
three of his teeth were imbedded in bis
scalp, seemed to indicate that in step
ping back from the window he had
done so abruptly, and this conclusioo,
we are glad to say. was verified by both
on being restored to consciousness. -
DdHbuTU Ne1gS.
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Recalled to Life,

A strange case of resuscitation lately
took place at the Hospital of the Val
de Grace, at Paris. A man had hanged
himself in garnet III the Rue Saint
Jacques, and having been cut down
and examined by medical men, was
pronounced dead. The clinical lecturer,
however, desired to try one last expert
ment, and he opened the chest and at
tempted artificial respiration, but with
out success, He then applied the pole
of an electrical battery to the
pneumo-gastric nerves, aud passed a
strong current at intervals of four
seconds. Soon after some signs of
respiration appeared, and i'll five min
utes the cardiac pulsation was percep-
tible. The epiglottis was tumefed
and the tongue had to be drawn out
with pincers to leave a passing for the
air. A few ounces Of blood were OBJ
tanned from the medico cephalic vein,
the dilated pupils contracted, signs of
life became more and more manifest, q
few drops of alcohol were given, mus
cular contractlons became visible with
out electricity, warmth returned to the
feet, the pulsation In the carotid arter-
les recommended, and the patient was
saved
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1873-06-21
A Weak Minded Pauper Inhcrits a For.
tune.
From the West Chester (Penn.) News.

From the West Chester (Penn.) News
Over III Northampton county a weak
minded inmate of the poor house had
SUDDENLY fallen heir to a large sum of
money. Some thirty-ive years since
he was first known IN that section of
country, floating about without any
fixed aim or pursuit-harmless and
lnotfensive. 1t was then known that
he had wealthy relatives, over the river,
IN our sister state, but he could not be
persuaded to live with them. His condi-
ton becoming worse he was conveyed to
the aims house, in 1S4G-where, from
that time to this he has occupied the
same room. He is now over fifty. and
as weak in intellect as child three
years old. The bulk of a deceased
uncle's fortune, now willed to hin, Will
amount to several hundred thousand
dollars-but Samuel, the simple, not
having had the advantage of modern
monetary education, knowing nothing
OF the Credit MobilIer ring, is unable
to comprehend his changed condition.
He declines, not delicately, but de-
eldedly, to leave his home where his
few wants are provided for, but will
remain to be fed, clothed. and housed
at his own expense hereafter.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1873-06-21
Death Among the Pickerel.
From the Oswego Times.

The Lake Neahta wanta, little lake
situated near Oswego Falls in the town
OF CRANKY, and on the Oswego divi.
sion of the Delaware, Lack wanna and
Western Railway, is well known as one
of the most pleasant in the country.
1t is also known to fisherman as an ex-
cellent fishing ground, as it has con
tanned an abundance of pickereI, pike,
perch, &c.-in fact nearly all the or.
binary fresh water fish. 1t is about
two and half miles long and one or
two miles broad, very clear water,
with sand, gravel and peat bottom 1t
has good outlet. All this perhaps is
pretty well known to our readers, but
now comes the curious part.
Within the past three or four days
great numbers of pickerel have been
noticed floating ashore dead SO many
have come ashore, IN fact, that the
shore is almost covered with them
pickerel of all sizes, from three or four
inches long to fifteen or sixteen pounds
each. Ii is believed by the people in
that vicinity that the pickerel in the
lake are all dead. Those washed ashore
have been carried off for manure, as
loads of them can be picked up in a
small space. No cause for this can be
assigned or hardly imagined. The
other fish In the lake continue as
usual