The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1874-05-21
What We heard and Saw within
the Week.

urday night, but not Tor the purpose Vi SeltiiiS
lost, as some evil disposed persons supposed.
THE windows are all right, the curtains
fit close, especially when chair is placed
AGAINST them. and the fair occupants are
charming, but then they are somewhat mysti-
fed and cannot conceive how we secured the
facts contained in the interesting little story oi
the "Odd man." Sweet little cherubs from
the realms of fairy-land are ever hoVerlns
around you, dear ones, and the gentle wlnus
bear their messages to our ubiquitous report
ers.-We have friend, who while report
ing the proceedings of the Turf Congress, con-
| vened at Memphis, Tenn, a few years ago, was
dubbed 4" Buttermilk Jack" on account OF his
wonderful slowing away capacity of the dell
cious drink. So, few fair ones in our "burg,"
are equally deserving of the sobriquet " But
termilk," for we occasionally see them freely
indulging their appetite in slowing away the
white liquid, of which the "Knight OF the
pencil" was so fond. One in particular,
handsome little brunette" seated upon
dry goods box, protected from the burning rays
of the sun by striped awning and the butter
milk disappearing by the quart. But then the
presence of one we'll posted in the science OF
electricity and the mysterious tick, tick, OF the
magnetic wire, had nothing to do with it.
Ladies don't cheat when playing croquet. Oh,
no, but YOU ought to hear them quarrel
"Tannery" is sojourning at the Kittatinny
house-as dauber. He says he is all .. X.
with the cooks. Good boy.-The latest ex-
cuse for not attending Sunday School-tight
shoes. Wear the old ones.
Anxious cares the peIsive nymph's oppressed"
as they were vending their way to the cosy
retreat in the pines, near the Iron bridge, last
Sunday morning. there to drink in the beau
ties of nature and contemplate Loves young
dream" "-Found.-Las Sunday morning,
fourteen postage stamps. The owner can have
the same by calling upon Tannery," and
paying expenses of advertising. g.-The trio
who are in the habit of making "night hide
Gus with their howls," in their attempts to
murder music in the vicinity of the old Pres
byterian church, are requested by the residents
of that locality, to change their place of meet
| ing to Foxtown hill.-It is rumored that
the handsome and accomplished George, Is
engaged writing book to be entitled, "Swart'
les Jokes" His phosphorescent brain Is
equal to the task" Stickem has not gone
"where the woodbine twineth," as reported
He still lives moves, and takes his wine al
the Washington house.-The "blonde .
pulls the ribbons with the grace and skill of {
rracticed horseman. Whoop Ia While {
lady (?) of pumpkin and milk color was pass
| ing down town, last Thursday evening, wher
opposite Wallace's lumber yard she imagined
that she had been insulted by young lady
" fat, fair, and not forty" who was standing
inside the gate when she passed. She turned
upon the unsophisticated damsel and gav'
vent to torrent of abuse, such can only
find its equal in the classic regions of Baxte
street, among the slums Of New York. 1t il
about time officer Keener looks after thes,
foul-mouthed characters. Adam and Ev'
had as much trouble in the little garden" a
our modern Eve down town, has with hel
lovers, no wonder they raised Cdtn.-To ar
rive at the residence Of your ' darling ducks,
at ten o'clock at night, gentlemen, leaves bu
! = short time for you to hold sweet communion
and return before daylight" Swarty
contemplates walking match with Weston
If he fails in making match with the ceie
brated "walkist," he will walk against time
He says he will wager any amount, from tel
cents to one dollar, that he can wax iron
Snydersyille to Stroudsburg inside of tel
hours He walked that distance on 4 tria
trip, last Sunday, in nine hours, fifty-nin'
minutes and ffty-nine seconds. Make th'
match, George, and we will go shinney
on your accomplishing the extraordinary feat
j. G.. Keller is the Nestor of the Phoeni1
Fire Company. The verdant youth, dowr
j town, who was parading up and down Mair
street last Sunday, with high "cady," trim
med in deep mourning, has been the subjec
of much comment ever since. After numerou
inquiries, we have been informed tha! he i
mourning the loss of Thomas cat" which
left this terrestrial sphere about three week
ago" The Woman in Black, or is Sh
Married" we understand, is the title of ser
rial story soon to commence in New Yorl
weekly. The hero, heroine, and old woman
are said to be residents of this place" Sut
tons beer is an exhilarating beverage. Th
/ secret Of its manufacture is only known by tw
! persons and they will never expose the secre
, by which it is made.-It is well for tn
gang of drunken loafers who invaded tn
' kitchen of the Washington house last Satul
day night, that the proprietor was not at HON
or they would have left sorer and wiser mer
+ Joe and Howard took bath in the rae
at Kautz's blacksmith shop one evening Las
week. They were hunting for dry clothe
shortly afterward.
! A Sensation in High Life.
BERLIN, May l5.-Additional infol