The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1874-02-12
NO. SO.
MISC ELL AN E 0 U s.

A Pittston couple were married in
grave yard.
Nimrod was mighty hunter, but he
never saw an aunt elope.
Centre county horses are again suffer
ing from the episoety.
Reading has fourteen candidates for
shc position of dog catcher.
The polls open at I A, NJ and close
at p. NJ, at the spring election.
100000 men aye employed to distf
liquor in the United States.
S57OOO,00O are now invested in the
manufacture of malt liquors.
There are but three copper-smeltiug
works in operation in the United States.
johnny Steele-"Coal OIL Johnny
runs mart market at jamestown, Mercer
county.
A. II. Stephens is called the champion
Of eight weights" He weighs less than
/ eighty.
! Harris township, Centre Co., contains
husband of 90 years whose vile is a
/ little over II.
Seventeen sheep belonging to farmer
at Carrick Furnace, Franklin county,
/ died from the effects of eating laurel.
At meeting Of the retail coal dealers
of Scranton, held Friday, the price of
coal at the mines was raised from 81 to
s. 50.
James Cox, of Sehuylkiu county has
won $500 from James Mattox, of
Luzerne, within ten days by beating him
shooting pigeons.
jenkins told his son, who proposed to
/ buy a COW in partnership, to be sure and
buy the hinder half, as it eats nothing
and gives all the milk"
A Michigan newsdealer recently re-
ceived this order from a young lady {:
Send ME a Novel called buffalo bill and
the dais doins."
At a recent dinner Of shoemakers the
following toast was given MAY we have
all the women in the country to shoe and
all the men to boot"
An old minister once Recommended n
parishiOner to take snuff to keep him
awake during the sermon, to which the
old backSlider retorted that he had better
i
A valley 5000 feet above The sea level
aud north of latitude 46 degrees, where
snow never falls, is 10 Montana Indian
trappers and old settlers say snow was
never on the ground in VALLEY Eden"
"How fast they build houses now -
said II. "they began that building last
week, and now they are putting in the
az
''and next week they will put in the
liver"
Corn meal, heated and placed in bags,
is recommended as substitute for hot
water bottles and such like appliances,
for restoring warmth to the sick, 1t is
said to weigh less, retain heat longer, and
does not chill when cold.
Col A II. Brown. an extensive stove
dealer of Danvile, has adopted novel
mode Of advertising lie presents to
every purchaser Of a stove an order for a
ton o! first class coal, which he delivers to
any part of the city.
A French gentleman, learning Epgli h
to some purpose, replied, thus to the
= situations: How do you do. mou-
sieur ?" "Do vat p How do you find
yourself ?' Il never loses myself" How
do your feel ?'-"Smooth You just
feel me.
! a man in Hartford has stopped his
newspaper because his name was printed
+ in list of advertised letters, and his wife
( happening to see it first, sent and got i,
| for him and found it was from young
t lady, who complained that he didn't mee,
her at Worcester, as he promised.
Genuine sardues are scarcely to be had
: here now. Among the fish put mp in tin
boxes and sold for them are smells and a
small fish called capin, which latter il
caught in the lower ST. Lawrence in i'm
mense quantities, and is nearly or quite
as good as the genuine sardine.
Ninety one female students are enrolled
at the Michigan University alone for the
current academic year-seven in the law
r department thirty six in the medical and
forty eight In the regular university
, course. There are Eore than a hundred
: women studying law in the United States
The Brooklyn Eayie is responsible for
the following: "Pimpleville, VI, is evi
dently not good field for an Independent
outspoken journal The pimpleville Post
lately published this item; Those who
have lately been engaged in sheep steal
ing had better stand from under. We
know whom we are talking about The
result was a loss of sixty subscribers, aud
!, the paper will go into bankrupsy."
Young Smith was walking out with the
idol OF his heart, the other evening, and
they chose the favorite resort OF lnvers
4 the goat pasture near the dana. Will,
5 admiring the ali. and cettia- their nose
c REDEEMED by the north wiSd she burs
out rspturously, "IsO's sAaa aam speu
del p She nearly tainted away wher