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The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1873-04-03
First Of ApriI.

For a twelve month, we have no doubt, our
citizens will hold in remembrance the events
of Tuesday. SOME with delight, others with
fear, and trembling, and others again, who have
no interest in the past, or settlements for the
future, without caring a straw"
But the day made its annual return, and
with its coming brought its changes. Residen-
ces and places Of business were changed, farms
were bought and sold, and either paid for, or
loaded with bonds and mortgages, as subjects
for future thought and worriment. Bills, and
due and payable on that day, and were either
met, or furnished means by which the pockets
of Sheriff and Constables, Justices of the Peace
or Countyhouse men were and are to made pie
thoric with greenbacks. Landlords with writs
of "hocus compettus' in their hands, were assid-
uous in their searchings for delinquent tenants,
while those same tenants were engaged in all
kinds of feats of high agility to avoid being
seen by those who were so anxious for a sight
of them. Rats, bedbugs, mice and other harm
less insects, that had enjoyed life comfortably
and securely for a twelve-month, were shaken
up and routed ont, like their biped fellow crea-
lures to seek a nome elsewhere, to make room
for the new stock coming in. Oh, it was a ga
la day to some. A gala day to others. But
the moves were happy, and even the p%rettiest
girl in town thought it tho NICE
But it was not the moves, and the landlords
and tenants alone that were.so busy. The mo-
ney shaver, too, was around, and looking for
the next victim upon whom to fasten his death
dealing cent per cent, or the victims who had
been feeced and was expected with his last
dollar to meet the letter of the bond. The
Banker was busy too handing out the Green
backs which had accumulated, or looking out
for the fortunate ones who had spondulicks
left over to place on deposit. Butchers were
busy too paying for their bull beef, and look
ing around for the stock for another season.
Furniture men, stove and TIN men, dry goods
men and business men generally, were busy,
in providing and sending out thethings needfnl,
to fit up, and make comfortable, homes for
those who, during the bitter cold of Winter,
had taken each other for better or for worser.-
All was commotion and business. But then it
was lst of April and who was afraid, even
though many did get fooled.
We had almost forgotten to say that even
the gals" were off the streets. All had gone
to the moving-to have a jolly good time-to
feast, to dlnce and to sing, Eve won't go home
till morning. and to,-well as the person will
be called in to settle the matter soon, perhaps.
we won't say anything more about it, but rest
easy until another first of April arrives.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1873-04-03
~Sanford's Engines.

We always feel a pride when reading OF
the success of Stroudsburg manufactures IL
papers published abroad. But when such
notices appear over the signatures of practi-
cal men, and papers which are noted for
rejecting everything not strictly in the line
oftruth and u%ntility, it adds greatly to our
Measure, and to the pride with which we Gull
them for the benefit of our readers. The
following which we cut from the columns of
the "Albany Cultivator and Country Gentle
men, is worthy of perusal, not merely as an
evidence of the skill of one of our esteemed
S~troudsburg manufacturers, but, also, as a
means of opening the eyes, and setting in
motion the thought Of our Agrirulturalfriend
in the direction from whence can be obtained
an important labor saving machine to assist
them in their hard work and render it COM
partively easy. Every farmer should read
it.
DAIRY STEAM ENGINEs.-I would say to
''E. B." p. l36, that G. Sanford OF Strouds-
burg, Penn, manufactures steam engines for
dairy and other purposes, of two, three and
four horsepower, and larger. | have had
his three horsepower boiler and engine III
operation for the last two years in my dairy.
1t works very practically and satisfactorily.
We drive four barrel churns with it, and it
will drive six or eight if necessary. 1t will
drive a circular or drag saw. The first one
| saw in use was a two horsepower. | saw
where they had used it with both the circu-
lar and drag saw, and the lady had done all
her washing, with a Doty washing machine,
with the engine, using it herself for both
washing and churning. 1t scapable of driv-
will drive a Wheeler or Emery threshing and
cleaner. | have the boiler and engine bolted
on a couple of plank about 6 feet long and 4
inches thick, and the planks bolted together,
so that it can be moved anywhere without
detaching the pipes connecting the boiler
and engine. l paid for mine, two years ago
this spring, about 1925. We heat all our
water for dairy purposes; it will boil a barrel
of water in ten or twelve minutes, and it will
cook a hogshead full of pumpkins in about
thirty minutes. PETER MULKS,
Tompkins County, n. Y.
Mr.. Sanford does not c%onine himself to
steam engines only but is prepared, with the
best of machinery to meet all demands for
work in his line requiring mechanical or
inventive skill in It's accomplishment.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1873-04-03

1t is not often that man and wife live
together a married life of sixty consecutive
years. This has happened in Newhury,
VT, and the persons are Mr. and Mrs.
Hawes Johnson, who were married March
IL, 1913, and on the 18th inst. they had
"a diamond wedding, with many friendly
greetings from numerous visitors, and
many gifts. including (for him) a costly
family Bible and for herr a pair of gold
bowed spectacles. For the feast, the table
used was one used for dining in 1901 by
the members of the Vermont Legislature
The observance of the happy day was
concluded by the singing of several
ancient hymns and tunes. Five persons
were present who altogether were AIS
years old.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1873-04-03
Blooming Grove Park.

The second annual report of the Secre
tary OF Blooming Grove Park Association
of Pike county, presents many interest
ing facts concerning the propagation and
acclimaiion of animals. 1t states
The Association is sound financially
and will have a balance OF $3.50, 900, al
ter having paid for its stocks, lands, i'm
proYements. and all other demands to pre-
sent date. The breeding park for deer
$40 acres, has been wholly Enclosed with
a deer proof wire fence, s feet high, with
posts ten ieet apart and two rustic gate
ways. 20 feet high, give entrance to ar
avenue nov passatse for wagons, from
which a road DIVORCES to- the game keep
ers lodge. This lodge Is l6 feet by =
ieet. and was completed last summer =
La It's vicinity the geological coIlec'Iob !:
located for the present. 1t Is only ih'
nucleus for something grauder. but con
taius bear, deer, eariboo, foxes. mink
fancy fowls, &c. These are provided
with proper shelter and food. In a raviDe
Il short distance from the lodge, which
stands in a pine grove, are the trou'
works. Our waters in other parts of the
Park territory will provide an ample sup
ply of fish with which to stock thest
works. English pheasants have been in
PRODUCED into the deer park successfully
but all efforts to bring English RABBIT.
across the Atlantic have failed. A ken
mel Of imported aud domestic dogs Of the
finest breed has been collected.
Last December the officers of the Park
sent Mr.. Ramsbottom. the trout culturist,
to Maine, to procure the ova of "laud
locked salmon" Sebec Lakes, for intro
duction into our Park waters. He wa,
unsuccessful In obtaining ova, but pro
cured eighteen grown specimens of live
fish, which will be placed in our waters
as soon as the ice opens, Our trout Wa
tiers are all abundantly stocked. They
have been but little fshed the past sea
son ; consequently theyabound in fish =
Last summer two Of our members tool
from Taylor's Creek, in one day a s%trins
Of l05 trout, which Is not an unusua
catch. At the same time the Shohola j!
noted for its 6ue fishing
The construction Of the new club house
last year, will prove most acceptable Il
members. 1t is 80 feet long, SO feet wide
three and a hall stories high, with an ex
tension 20 feet square. The frame tim
bers were cut from our owl ground
This house will be open for occupation
about June /. Roads have been laid on
and partly constructed in it's vicinity, auo
IA croquet ground prepared for the use o
the ladies.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1873-04-03
Rumored Political Movements.

HARRISBURG, March 2S.-A new poll
teal movement is talked Of. 1t is assert.
ed that the defeat of the Mcclure Regis.
try bill, at the request of a Republican
caucus, is likely to introduce new features
into the next campaign. Some Demo-:
Gratis, Liberal Republicans aud friends of
the purity of elections alleye that there
is now no hope oil any curative legislation;
under the present political control, and
the movement has been discussed here
with general favor by Liberals. Democrats
and many regular Republicans, who sup
ported both Grant and Hartranft, to dis.
card all distinctive political organizations
for a State contest looking solely to the
reorganization Of our cities and State
1t is suggested that at the proper time a
peoples State Convention shall be call
ed, solely on the issue OF State and NUM-
cipal regeneration. and nominate State
candidates and organize the State for the
election of a Reform Legislature.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1873-04-03
Counting New Greenbacks.

Years Of experience have made the
counters who have been longest employ
ed marvelously expert and almost in
ia!lible, their fingers passing from one
note to another with the celebrity and re
g~ulaFity o! some wonderful machine =
The lady who sits nearest to the chief
Of the room, and who has come to be con-
sidered a sort Of assistant to him. having
sometimes performed his duties during
his absence, has been engaged in the
division ever since its organization in
1862, and probably has 10 rival in &C
curacy and dexterity 10 counting On
many occasions she has counted fifty
thousand notes in one day. AS the nomi
nal hours Of labor are from nine to three
o'clock, and as at least half an hour must
be deducted from this for necessary inter
ruptious and for lunch, the time occupied
IN counting these 6ity thousand notes was
five and a half hours. This is at the rate
OF nine thousand and ninety notes every
hour. one hundred and fifty every minute,
and two and u half every second The
lady Informs us hat it is no unusual feat
Tor her to 'pick up" a bundle containing
four thousand legal tender notes in TWEEN
ty minutes We doubt whether this can
be excelIed. II any gentleman thinks it
can, let him try the experiment of simply
tapping his fDger on a table at the above
rate, and we predict that at the end OF
half an hours trial he will change his
mind. There are other ladies who are
almost as rapid aud accurated. They are
sometimes called upon. with others equal.
ly skillful from the redemption division
which we shall visit presently, to visit
other cities, when the Treasury Offices in
those places are to be examined, an t.
assist in counting the government funds
there.
Through this division and under other
skiIlful fingers has passed every note
whether legal tender or fractional, which
has been issued by the United States since
the beginning of the rebellion, every
note which we have ever handed or seen
AS well as all the gold notes, and many
millions of imperfect bonds aud notes
which were never put in circulation =
The total value of the money which had
been counted in this previously to the
first. day of July, 1872. was, according to
the Treasurer's last annual report, nearly
two thousand nine hundred million dol
lars,-more than two hundred and TWEEN
ty three millions of which consisted OF
postal and fractional currency just now
the counters find full employment 10
counting new legal tender aud fractional
Dotes-Scribner's for April.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1873-04-03
We 6ud the following receipt to xii

We 6uj the following receipt TO kill
a town, floating around in our exchanges
and we submit it to our local readers for
consideration, whether or not it applies
to Stroudsburg
ITO kill a town, uDderrate every
present aud prospective enterprise, speak
i'll of the churches and schools, tell every
body the hotels are bad withhold the
patronage from your merchants and
tradesmen. and buy your goods add
groceries at some other place and by al
means 90 to the city for your millinery
and such like and il you are in business
refuse to advertise"
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1873-04-03
The Pension Laws Liberal Provisions

WASHINGTON, March 20.-An act OF
the last Congress, approved March 3,
1873, to revise, consolidate and amend
the laws relating to pensions, generally
enlarges and iiberalizes the former acts.
re enacting nearly all former provisions
aud extending privileges. No items for
granting pensions have been reduced or
struck out. Among the new provisions
in this respect are the following
All persons who have lost a lee above
the knee, and are so disabled thereby
that they cannot use an artificial, shall be
rated in the second class, aud receive $24
per mouth. All persons having lost the
hearing of both ears, to receive Sl3 per
month.
Section 5 provides hat the rate of SIS
per month may be proportionatelv divid
ed for any degree of disability established
Tor which the second section makes ~
provision. The old law provides Tor 10
rates between So and SIS
Changes in the Pension Bureau.
In the organization of the Pension
Bureau important changes are made. The
new law provides for the appointment by
the President of "A Deputy COMMISSIONS,
OF Pensions with a salary of $500 pei
annum Joseph Jockey has been ap
pointed to this office.
The efficiency of the Bureau is %increas
ed by the provision for the appointment
of IA duly qualified surgeon as medical re
fierce, with a salary of 81, 500 per anuum
who shall have charge Of examination,
aud revision of reports of examining
surgeons aud snch other professional mat
tiers as may be referred to him by the
commissioner. The Secretary of the
Interior has appointed as such medica
referee DR.. Il. b Hood He is ais,
authorized to appoint such qualified
surgeons, not exceeding four, as ma,
be required, who shall be borne upon the
rolls AS clerks of the fourth class, and |,
take the place of clerks already 10 tn,
service, with a salary of 81 800 each, pc
annum. These have not yet been an
pointed. The new law adds two years /,
the limitation under which pension claim
may be established. The lees for medica
examination and certificates have beer
increased to two dollars, excepting in til,
ease of the Board Examiners. each mem
Der being entitled to receive only on,
dollar.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1873-04-03

They must be hungry indeed in
England. Food is SO scarce, that the
oldest propositions for its greater supply
are made. We have already noticed Mr.
Frank BucklaDd's plan Tor raising lage
numbers of cells in the ponds. Now Thr
FOod Journal, in all seriousness, proposes
turtle soup. Turtles. We are told, are
plentiful enough iu the tropics and could
be captured by tens Of thousands, while
fully 250,O 900 900 of eggs are annually
sacrificed. 1t is also suggested that. tn
save the cost of carriage. the turtle flesh
should be prepared and timed 10 South
America and a turtle soup mandatory
on the Amazon is considered a not i'm
probable establishment.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1873-04-03

In Utica, as in sonie other places, there
is a liquor store, aud on the floor above II
is the Office Of a doctor. just over the
front window Of the beverage shop the
doctor has placed the following sign
He who deals out poison deals out
Death" Temperance people as they went
by g%rinned at this awful warning, and the
man of fluids below was naturally
indignant at this libel upon the quality
of his refreshments. 1t turns out, how
ever, that the doctor meant no insiDuation
against the quality of his n%eishbor's
merchandise. He is a healer of the herb
and root school, and his sign was merely
intended for a hit at the regulars who
prescribe arsenic and the like. Perhaps
he uuconsciously placed his sign where
it would do the most good.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1873-04-03

We see, from all over the State. notices of
subscriptions of money for the establishment
of car shops, shovel factories, boot and
shoe factories, &C., &c. and the subscriptions
are liberal too. Here in Stroudsburg, we
take ~ interest in such things and vet it is
just this kind Of enterprise that dots the
country with thirty villages and cities, and,
by the consequent rise of property, makes
the few dollars, musty for want of use, skip
up into the thousands and even millions, by
which fortunes are counted In other parts.
1t is true we have a wooden factory here /:
but it is non paying, it is said, for want of
vim on the part of its stockholders and be-
cause of the kind ofskill heretofore employed
in its management. As it now is, it appears
10 have ~ other use, that to stand as a
ghost to drive other enterprises to other parts.
1t were far better either to raise a subscrip-
ton, buy the stock from its present owners,
and present the building, machinery and
rights. privileges and he-reditaments,' to a
live company, or else take the building brick
by brick, aud timber by timber, and the
machiuery, and hide them in some out of
the way place where they would never more
be seen or head OF. Then possibly some
shing might be- done 10 make our staid
''burgh" bum with manufacturing industry,
and business prosperity.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1873-04-03

The beautiful snow, about which poets
have sang so ~sweetly, and other folks swore
so terribly during the past winter, has about
departed. The blue birds and robbins are
now singing, the grass begins to grow green,
and green peas, young onions, Dew potatoes,
early cabbage and hanging on the gates, are
among the things soon to be looked for.
Well, let'em IN
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1873-04-03

Jay Gould wants $50. coo, 900 to eua-
BILE him to retire in comfort. He is now
reputed to be worth S25, 900 900, but he
will not be satisfied until he doubles
that, When he will say to his soul, Take
thy ease. eat drink and be merry" Gould
OF course. lies when he PROCESSES all this
Allow him to deiraud all who come with
IN his cluthes in the stock market-to
gamble AMI steal. until he secures the
coveted $780, 900. and his a%varice will
tempt him to grasp for 500 coo. 600,
which. il gained. will only intensity his
appetite for more. We never yet beheld
"a contented man who has made more
money getting the prime object of his life
Success to such a nature brings no com
fort. no rest. no qualification. 1t merely
adds to the fury of the passion which con
sumes it-increasing the greed by which
it lives. Money is like all other stimu
llnts-the more you get the more you
want, and Jay Gould is only a drunkard
IN this respect who will be consumed by
his desires. Every community has its
Gouljs.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1873-04-03

A husband in Salem, Mass, recently
overheard a %neiyhbor remark with
sympathy that he was heupecked. Of
course. be would have been less or more
than man if he had quietly submitted tc
this scandalous %imputa'ion, and he forth
with took strong measures to prove it.
groundlessness. He rushed home; he
hurled a b%ootjack al his vile he reduced
to fragments two of her best dresses !; and
as a conclusive climax he smoked his pipe
in the parlor, with his feet on the table
10 a basket OF artificial flowers. 1t is now
generally admitted by the people of Salem
that this gentleman is Mt heupecked
inasmuch as be still survives without {
scar.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1873-04-03

A Yankee grocer. being solicited to
contribute to the building Of a new church,
promptly subscribed his name to the pa
per in the following manner :--"John
Jones (the only place in town where you
eau get eleven pound. Of good sugar for a
dollar), twenty FIVE ceuts.'
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1873-04-03

Salt Williams, Of New York, having
been on a three days bender in New
York, strolled into an intelligence Office
and asked is this an intelligence Officer
Yes" said the keeper. What's your
fee 7" inquired Salt and upon being in
formed he threw down a dollar bill -
WELL" asked the proprietor, what in
formation do you want y ." want you
tell me-" suffered Salt, "where the de
vii I've been for the last three days"
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1873-04-03

The majority in favor of licensc, it is said,
in this State foots up some 80, 1000. But the
end is not yet. The constitutional Conven'
ton has decided to give the people, in one
Of the proposed amendments, an opportun
ity of voting for direct prohibition of thu
sale of ardent spirits and its admixtures, al
a beverage.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1873-04-03

Those who want to find out what size
glove they need. may do as follows Take
a tape aud measure your hand around
the knuckles. The number of inches
and quarters of an inch is exactly the
size of a glove. That is if il measures
five aud three quarter inches around you
want glove No. st.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1873-04-03

A darkey returning from church, was
asked to give an account OF the sermon
We'll, sab, de sermon was upon de mira
Gle OBJ de loabes aud fishes. De minister
>ed how dere was seven thousand loabes
and five thousand fishes divided between
de twelve postles." "Well what miracle
was there about that 2 "Why, sab. de
miracle was dat dey didn't bust Dat'
my perception OBJ de circumstances"
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1873-04-03

PERsoNAL-Samuel Melick, Of New
burgh. n. Y, paid his old home, in this
place, q brief visit on Saturday last
-'Samivel' was looking well and his many
friends here were glad to see him.
Oar young friend, Josiah NJ. Bowden,
who for some time past, has been in the en-
lloy Of Mr.. Reuben Miller, has established
himself in the harness and saddlcry business
at Astury. Josiah, besides being an excel
lect harness maker is a most worthy young
man, and will prove an acquisition to his
new home. We bespeak for him from the
As5uryians, and the people surrounding, q
warm welcome and liberal support.
II. S. Wagner and NJ. II. Rhodes, have
taken the stand recently occupied by L. I.
Lahar & Co, and stocked it heavily with
groceries, provisions, crockeryware, &C., &c.
That they will do business there can be nc
doubt, for they are live men.
Conner and GARNER announce their dissolu-
ton of CO. partnership this week. Mr.. Con
ner win carry on the butchering business
alone.
L. I. Labar, who has just Withdrawn from
the dry goods and grocery business in this
place contemplates establishing himselfin the
farming business in Nebraska during the
present spring. We regret that we are to
lose him here.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1873-04-03

A poor family 10 Pittsburg lately
FIVE cameis hair shawls at S3uUU
apiece. They wanted garments that would
be warm and comfortable, and did not
care for show.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1873-04-03
WASHINGTON. March 24-Treasurer

Spinner received to day two large boxes
IRON franklin. Penn, containing the
charred remains of 500, 900 in United
States notes aud bonds, national notes,
Pacific Railroad bonds, &c, which Thorn
as j Anderson. the Cashier of Lamber
tons Bank, at franklin, attempted to de
stroy by buring a short time ago, after
which he blew out his brains with a pis
toll. The notes are sent here for identi
%fcation
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1873-04-03

The pavements down town have been In q
terrible condition all winter. The Towr
Council should see to them as soon as the
streets are settled.