The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1874-01-29


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THURSDAY, JANUARY 90, 1874.
WANTED, copies of the JEFFErsoNIAN, as
follows: No. Is, date Of July 2Sth, 1870, and
No. 2S, date of October 9TH, 1870. As we
desire these hunters to complete our files we
shall feel greatly obliged and cheerfully re-
ward any one who will bring them to this
office THEO. SCHOCH, Publisher
nWe are indebted to Senator Rowland,
Representative Kistler, Governor Hartranft,
Auditor General Allen, Aljutant General
Latta, and the Fish Commissioners of Penn
sylyania for valuable public documents
Our promising young gentlemen have
a wonderful capacity for balloon juice.
SOME of our young ladies, after finishing
baking Sunday mornings, should not forget
to dust the -four off their faces before going
to church.
SUNDAY and Monday were good old fash
ioned winter days. On Tuesday the weather
moderated some, and we had little spirit of
'-thc beautiful, but not enough to lie use
full.
THERE is a rumor Of pigeon shoot to
come off on the Fair Ground, on the l4th of
February, between Stroudsburg and a
Scranton sport, for a purse of $50. A good
time is expected
LAST Monday and Tuesday evening
street fights were INDUCED in quite freely by
some of the ''bloods'' of our ''burgh. This
harnless amusement should be stopped
Where is our Constable?
TREASURER ALTEMoSE has appointed
John s. Fisher, Esq. of our borough Deputy
to act in his absence \ better selection coult
not have been made Squire Fisher has acteC
in that capacity before, and gave universal
satisfaction.
DURING recent fishing excursion to twelve
mile Pond, Harry S. Wolf-musical Ha1r.
caught a pickeral which measured twenty
five inches in length, and weighed nearly si2
pounds 1t was monster fish, and lookel
:, very mammoth among the many others ht
caught.
Mr.. CHARLES Bush writes US from
Hamilton county, Nebraska, under date o
the 10th lust, that Mrs. Sarah Ann Bush
who was reported captured by the Indians
recently regained her liberty and is again
member of our family circle. Her friend
hereabouts will be glad to hear the news
ACCIDENT Richard Dcpue, of this plac
had the end of his thumb mashed in one @
the force pumps at the Tanite Compny
works, on Tuesday. He was fixing some
thing about the pump but was not quic
enough in drawing his thumb back. Tn
nail and tip of the thumb was taken O
smooth.
DONATION EISIT-The congregation an
friends of the NJ L. Church of Aliddl
Smithield, intend giving the Rev. /
Meacham donation visit at the parsonage
tby the brick church, on Wednesday aftel
noon and evening, February 4th, 1874 a
are invited if stormy, the next fair Gay
BY order Of OFFICIAL BOARD.
SKATING. Last Tuesday was gala da
at the Flower : Garden. All the beaut
and elite of Stroudsburg and the villag
over the stream, were there on skates skim
ming over the CLASSY surface ike fairies
The thaw soon put an end to their sport
causing the slippery friend of the skatist
vanish ike dream
THE annual meeting of the Monroe Count
Teachers Institute, commenced on Monda
last, and is now in progress. The proceed
lngs are very interesting, and give promise
securing great amount of good in an educ;
,ional way. The Rev. A. Fl. Horn, delivere
very interesting, entertaining and able al
dresses on Tuesday and last evenings. W
will endeavor to give the proceedings of I'll
Institute in our next week s paper.
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"STIcKEM" is around again in the fish trad
as large life and twice as natural. II
stock on Tuesday, embracing halibut, haddoc
founders. 5ciscos and smelts, was the finest '
ever saw in Stroudsburg, and he sold the
on the principle that ''the nimble sixpence
better than the slow shilling" everybody h;
opportunity to enjoy q real luxur
':Stickem" is a genuine specimen of the ''irI