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The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1874-06-18
Suicide.

a correspondent of the New York Times,
writing from Paris, takes up and discusses
the mania of suicide:
During the past few days the question
Of suicide has occupied considerable space
In the columns Of the press. Never was
crime so common as it is to-day. 1t is safe
to put the average of suicide for the year,
in the city of Paris alone, at three per
diem Age, condition in life, education,
culture, riches or poverty, nothing seems
to limit this strange mania for sef-destruc-
ton. Suicide is pagan crime, and the
moderns who have excused it have been
nothing but pagans lost in the midst of
Christian society. But the men who have
defended suicide have been the last to use
it. On the other hand, j. j. Rousseau,
who affected to be the organ of the poorer
classes, and who wrote memorable TRADE
against suicide, died by his own hand
Christians who believe and who practice
their belief do not commit suicide and if
the Christian religion had no other merit,
it would be worth preserving for this rea-
son.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1874-06-18
Horn All.

A correspondent of the Michigan Far
ma writes to that paper as follows 'In
1886 was a farmer in Duchess county,
New York, and had a COW very sick with
what Is usually called the horn distemper
Twas in the act Of boarig her horns when
avery prominent physician happened to
ride up, and inquired what was about l
tod him. He told me not to do it; that
he would relieve my COW and cure her
He bIed her in the neck freely, as you
would a horse. As soon as she was bled,
she ate heartily and | had no furthar diff
culty. Since then | have bled and cured
dozens Of cattle in all stages Of the disease,
and never failed in single case to give
Immediate relief and effect cure. That
physician NOW dead) said the disease was
an Inflammation Of the memberane Of the
ran. causing a rush Of blood to the head
and affecting the entire length Of the back
bone, thus causing the end Of the tail to
swell ] have known some l%ermers to slit
I9e tail and eli with pepper and sit and
also when their horns became hollow, to
!Sl bore and fill with pepper, salt, and vinegar.
This the physician said, had tendency to
a5sravate the disease"
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1874-06-18
AUDITOR GENERAL ALLEN.

An election for Auditor General will he
held IN November next, and it seems to be
generally conceded that the present incum-
pent' General HARRISON ALLEN, having
discharged so faithfully and acceptably to
the people of the State the several duties
connected with the office, will have no COM
petltor in the Republican ranks for nomina-
ton, and if nominated will run largely
ahead OF his ticket, as he did two wears
since. From nearly all the different coun-
ties OF the State we hear general express
sion OF sentiment in favor of the renomina-
of General Allen.
Erie county elected their delegates to the
next State Convention a few DAYS since.
when the following resolution was unnani-
mously adopted, viz:
Resotred, That the delegates appointed
to the State Convention be instructed to
vote for General Harrison Allen, for re-
nomination as Auditor General.
This action is cordially endorsed by the
Erie Dispatch, paper which was formerly
hostile to General Allen, and which refused
to support him at the election two years
since. The Dispatch of last Saturday says:
General Harrison Allen has proved 50
efficient In the discharge of his duties as
Auditor General, and has managed the col
lection and disbursements of the public
moneys in so business like and satisfactory
way, that a reelection is conceded him
on all sides. This quarter of the State
may well be proud of General Aliens re-
cord and will stand as a unit in his support.
a similar sentiment as regards the re-
nomination Of General Allen exists also in
the extreme eastern part of the State. A
letter from Mauch Chunk to the AU- Dan
City Item, Philadelphia, contains the fol
lowing:
We are little slower as to politics in
the country than you are in the city. !
hear of no Republicans who will refuse to
support the State ticket, if it is the kind Of
ticket we all expect it to be. Everybody
is in favor of Allen for Auditor General,
beyond that our people have little choice.
1t is to be hoped that men who will COM
mand the support Of the party, and the re-
spect of the Democrats, will be nominated.
1t looks as though it would be easy to elect
such men.
We have noted for some time that the
sentiment Of the newspaper press generally
throughout the State is, that General Allen
should be renominated by acclamation and
we have no doubt such will be the case.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1874-06-18
DIED.

In Stroudsburg, on the 18th inst, Walter d.
son of Ferdinand and Mary Ann Staples, aged
8 months and Is days.
Ny Walters grave that sacred spot,
o, how l love to go
And stand beside the solemn mound,
Where he is laid so low.
My Walters grave then let me love,
My Walters rest of peace,
Where he is freed from pain and care,
And also finds release.
Then while my tears so freely flow,
And smitten is my heart;
Tll remember that rest above,
Where we shall never part.
At his residence in Stroud township, on the
18th inst, Mr. John R1nsberTy aged "A years.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1874-06-18

The notorious BEN. HARRIS, of Mary
land, announces himself a candidate for
congress, and this is the platfrom on which
he stands. He holds that the last two
amendments to the Constitution are utterly
VOID, and have no binding effect on the
conscience Of the citizen, because they were
adopted by the Southern States while un-
DER duFess. Says this implaeable Bour-
Don: When | swear to support the Con
N~Iuuon, l swear not to support the Four
'eeuth and Fifteenth Amendments, and In
every case in which / may come in contact
WIN them, or any offspring from them,
whether as private citizen or public ser
want, l shall invariably maintain those
views lie further announces that, if
t.lected, his first official act viii be a mo-
.'On TO yacate all the seats held by colored
men to the end that they may be occupied
" White men whilst, in case Of any con
I Iesled seat, he pledges himself to vote for
.NaI contestant who seems to have ma
!'.LIy OF the votes Of the white electors,
"''ilout paying the least regard to the
,OleS cast by colored voters on either side
III addition to which he is going to propose
eu amendment to the Constitution proYid-
Ig That none but white men shall vote or
q l,olu once within the bounds Of the United
n'a'es. @:. The sincerity and eanestness Of
'nS man are no more to be doubled than
% @g 'he sincerity and earnestness of the de
eH and, indeed, we rather like his straight
,o"afd .@ dIaboiism it contrasts no startlingly
smectIVely with the crooked-tonged hypocri
y! 70 winch the leaders Of bis party have
tssaled Us during the past few years. As
p" We probabilities Of his election-at pres
gu SSu'-Te think they are somewhat doubt
a de is TOO frank. NUNS the word
WIN tne Democraey-for the time being.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1874-06-18

4 Harrisburg man went strolling about
the streets, carrying a bottle containg a
mixture of turpentine and nitric acid in his
hands. There was an explosion, and now
the physicians have months job before
them, to get the splinters of glass out of
that Harrisburg mans corpus.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1874-06-18
BLAKE & co.
Photograph and Ferrotype Artists,

Are now thoroughly established at their Art
Pavilion, located on the Old Seminary Ground,
opposite the American Hotel, Stroudsburg, Pa.
where every style of picture known to the Art,
can be procured, from life-size portrait in Oil
down to the beautiful Bon Ton. Outdoor
views and residences, &C., a speciality. Also,
horses and carriages, of which our facilities are
particularly favorable. Every person patron
izing the establishment receives a useful gift
June Is, 1S74-tf
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1874-06-18
Corn and Rye 81 90 per bushel at present
n. S. WYCKOFF & SONS.
CAuTIONl TAKE NOTICE.

The public are hereby cautioned against harboring
or trusting my wife Albna Huddeson under any pre-
tense whatever from TINS date my account, as am
determined to resist TO the full extent OF the law, the
pavment of all debts contracted by her IN my name
except upon my written order reo>,
stokes Mills, Monroe Co.-June 1s, 1S74.-4t*
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1874-06-18

,..ording to the New York Times the
,.i deaths in New York exceed the
;.4Es ...I by $500. At that rate recruits
..m ..-, tbe county are necessity if the Me
..,,a;. .g, would maintain its ascendency as a
.t INTER of population.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1874-06-18

Mrs Oliver, Of Dubuque, few days
-, cave birth TO cumming bird" of a
[Ir. :, Girl, weight only one and one-half
sroIs Yet it is vigorous and takes its
5.,r.r food with as much evident relish as
II Irrr infants usually do. 1t is but seven
&Ies long. and a finger ring worn by one
Itbe visitors, who called to pay their re-
g...s to the little stranger, passed over its
Ind and would answer for a bracelet.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1874-06-18
NOTICE..

To Henry Mcclellan of the City of Brooklyn, Kings
county State of New York, Assignor to Francis A.
Gale in trust for the benefit of his creditors and to
all other parties interested in said assignment:
Take notice that the petition of said Francis A. Gale
assignee aforesaid has been filed in the Court OF
Common Pleas of Monroe county, Pennsylvania, pray
ing for his discharge from the duties of Assignee under
said deed of assignment for the reasons in said petition
set FORTH and that the application of said Assignee
his discharge will be heard and considered by said
Court, at the Court House. in the Borough of Strouds
burg on Tuesday the thirtieth day of June instant
at o'clock \. NJ. when and where all persons obecting
to the discharge of said assignee attend and make
their objections known.
By order of the Court.
L. NJ. McILHANEY, Prothonotary.
Stroudsburg, June H. 1S74.-3t
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1874-06-18
TO TRESPASSERS.

All persons hereby forbidden to tresspass in any
way on property belonging to the undersigned in EaS
Stroudsburg. Such as bathing, fishing hunting gather
These depredaions particularly, bathing has becom,
intolerabe nuisance and all parties found
ing will be prosecuted to the full extent of the law
GEO. K. STOUFFER & Co
CHARLES l.. RHODES.
East Stroudsburg June Is 1S74-1m*.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1874-06-18

MI. National Secretary Of the Grangers,
-, .s headquarters are at Washington, is
'''- -.,J to draw a salary Of $1,000 for
srmipg his arduous duties last year,
=, honest husbandman evidently appre-
~. ..., tbe dignity Of his position.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1874-06-18

SPECIAL NOTICE Read the advertise
meet of the fall term of the Wickersham
Normal School, in another column of the
Jeffersonian. As the school will be crowded
next term, those intending to attend it, would
do well by applying early.
June at ID. E. SCHGDLER.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1874-06-18

despatch from Des Moines, Iowa, says
,la John johnson, a tailor, was found
rn, in a gutter there on Saturday, with
il fce downward His skull was broken
n and his face gashed in frightful manner,
Near the body was found an envelope con-
nnng a piece Of paper, on which was
written This is the twenty-seyenth man
rs have Killed. and we viii never be taken
alive" Robbery IS supposed to have been
tba incentive to the deed, as the victim 5
watch and pocketbook were gone.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1874-06-18
Auditors Notice.

Estate of BENJAMIN II. HULL deceased
The undersigned appointed by the Orphans Court OF
Monroe county, Auditor to make distribution of the
money in the hands of John c. Strunk Administrator
of the Estate of Benz amin H. Hull decd will attend
the duties ofhis appointment Saturday July IL 1874
at 10 O'Clock at the Court House, in the borough OF
StrOudsburg at which time and place all persons
having any claims against said fund will present the
same be forever debarred from coming in for any
thare thereof. NJ. A De L. VAN HORN Auditor
Suroudsburg, June 1S-it
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1874-06-18

allowing persons were elected of
u, oftbo Grand Lodge of Good temp
isi' Harrisburg last week &C. w. c..
.'' G,,araI =, Louis Wagner, Philadelphia !;
" g'" Y T. Ellen s. Southworth, Phil
.. w. ", G. 5. Sadie Jackson, Philadel-
'1. ''.."G T. 5. :. King, Duncannon.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1874-06-18
MERCANTILE APPRAISEMENT.

Notice is hereby given to all wholesale and retail deal
of Merchandise, Disters &C. the county of Mon
and State of Pennsylvania that they classified
and assessed by the undersigned Appraiser of Mercan
tile Taxes for the year 1874 as follows, to wit
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1874-06-18
DON'T FORGET that when

y you want any thing in the Furniture or
Ornamental line that McCarty & Sons in the
Odd-Fellows, Hall, Main street, Stroudsburg,
Pa, is the place to get it.
June Is, '74-tf
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1874-06-18

rndd, of New York the pedestrian
Pfo.. If James Gordon Bennett, has is
trliaG l,nepoe to walk Weston from one
.aed a a ,,.ond yu. miles, for from five thousand
p' .JIponsand dollars. Judd has posted
70 tel ,Jrsd dollars. He also offers to
c5 r Weston for 4 purse
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1874-06-18

There Is famous sugar maple tree in
South Sunapce, \. H, on land recently
owned by Mrs, Sally Wells. 1t is reported
to be the first tree that came up on the
first clearing Of Saville, now South Saun-
sroe. 1t was first tapped in 1923, and has
since averaged 224 pounds of the finest
quality Of sugar. The tree is now over
nine feet in circumference, and looks as
thrifty as ever.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1874-06-18

The largest and best assortment OF ready
made clothing, boots and shoes, trunks and
yalices at Simon Fried's.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1874-06-18
Special n Office.

Buy 70 ur Boots and Shoes of Adam
Stroudsburg, Pa. June At. !"
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1874-06-18

Arkansas planters just across the Mis-
assppi west of Memphis, say that this last
food deposited over the cotton fields the
richest, thickest layer of alluvium ever be-
fore brought down from the western noun
tins It Is a quarter of an inch in thick
ness and full Of lime. Crops stimulated by
such forces Of fecundity grow and mature
with extraordinary rapidity, and only
vigorous energy in repressing weeds and
grass IS required through the first few
weeks Of summer to assure the production,
with favorable season, of an extraordinary
cotton crop.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1874-06-18
LIME! LIME!!

The undersigned hereby informs the public that the
have opened two Kins, near Experiment Mills Monro
county Pa and prepared to fill all orders promptly
The capacity of the kns are between three and fou
hundred bushels per day. The
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1874-06-18

Notice is hereby given that Appeal will be held
Wednesday the 18th day of july 1874, in the Commits
sioners Office Stroudsburg, at 10 O'Clock A NJ, where
-'' '-' '''' G. D. SHANNON, ~ A
Inne 1R,14-tt
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1874-06-18

Price of Plaster at Stokes Mills So per
ton, or 80 cents per bushel
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1874-06-18

- McCarty & Sons are the only Under
takers in Stroudsburg who understands their
business? Ifnot. attend Funeral managed
by any other Undertaken in town, and you
will see the proof of the fact.
June Is, '74-tf
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1874-06-18

,ira Democratic State ticket is
Gb5 en- oregon. The Legislature stands:
s.t'd II iR%4nnblicans, II Democrats, g;
aate, lants. % 10, House, Republicans, 16;
itPenaS D Independents, %.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1874-06-18

Go to Fried's for clothing, boots and
shoes, trunks, valices, and gents furnishing
goods.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1874-06-18

Collars, ties, cuffs, suspendess, &c, a
Fried s.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1874-06-18
DON'T FOOL YOUR MONEY

~ away for worthless articles of Furniture,
but go to McCarty & Sons, and you will get
well paid for it. June Is, IA IF
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1874-06-18

than you buy at retail either in city country
every article is warranted to be as represented.
June IS '74-tf
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1874-05-15
ssHe.''

Highlanders have the habit, when
talking their English, such as it is, of in
terjecting the personal pronoun che"
where not required-such as "The King
he has come" instead of "The King has
come" Often, in consequence, sentence
or an expression is rendered sufficiently
ludicrous, as the sequel will show. A
gentleman says he has had the pleasure
of listening to clever man, the Rev.
Mr.-(let his locality be secret and
recently he began his discourse this af-
ternoon in the first Epistle general of
the Apostle Peter, chapter 5th and verse
3th, in the words The Devil he goeth
about like a roaring lion: seeking whom
he may devour.' Now my, friends, with
your leave, we will divide the subject Of
our text to-day in four heads. Firstly,
we shall endeavor to ascertain who the
Devil he was' Secondly, we shall in
quire into his geographical position
namely, Where the Devil he was,' and
Where the Devil he was going. Third
ly, and this of a personal character,
who the Devil he was seeking And
fourthly, and lastly, we shall endeavor to
solve question which has never been
solved yet-'What the Devil he was roar
ing about /"
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1874-05-15
The DeaeOn's Hat.

\ rather ridiculous scene occurred il
Norwalk, Ohio, recently The hero is a
prominent and much respected deacon
/ The other Sunday he started for church
I with an old hat on his head. 1t was an
easy hat, and the old gentleman enjoyed
/ ii. II appears there are pegs 10 hang
/ hats on in the churches there. He thus
disposed of his head gear on reaching
the church, and took his seat with the
congregation. When the service was
over he fingered, as is customary and
proper for deaeons to de. He finally
reached the porch, and stopped for his
hat, and any respectable citizen can
imagine the horror he experienced on
beholding but one hat left, and that a
most dilapidated and scandalous looking
article He could feel his blood boil
within him as he looked at it and
thought of the mutton-hcad who owned
it, and had walked off With his glossy
beaver instead. He said ont loud that
the owner OF that hat was mutton
head, and ground his deaconish heel in
to the floor, and felt much relieved by
50 doing. Then he-tied : handkerchief
about his head because be old hat was
much t05 large for him, and he could
not wear it even if flesh and spirit had
not revolted against the spectacle. He
told the sexton that the hat must have
been built IN a dry dock, and the only
thing that troubled him in the matter
was how a man with head that size got
into the church anyway. Then he stalk
ed majestically homewad, with the red
handkerchief wound about his head, and
the detestable hat held at arms length
of him, altogether forming spectacle
that fastened the astonished attention of
every beholder. Arriving home, he ex-
tended the obnoxious article towards his
wife, and waiting an instant for her to
take in the awful enormity of the Of
fence, he explosively shouted, Look at
that villainous rag" The lady looked
at it and was astonished. II don't won-
der you are sick" he howled morosely;
sit makes me sick to thank of the bull
head who owns such smeke-stack
palming it of on me, and taking my new
beaver for himself 10 iaistakei HE
groaned this out with witheriRg sar-
casm.) A pretty mistake, L must say,
when his miserable rag is big enough to
cover cart, and filthy enough to make
a crow sick" 'But that's your every
day hat," asserted his wife, in still
greater astonishment "A{y hat" gasp
ed the amazed deacon, staring at her
with his eyes half way out of their
sockets, and then laughing Historically,
and shivering from head to foot. Ger
tainly it is" persisted his wife, land
here is your best hat," taking that arti-
Gle from its accustomed placed and hold
ing it out to him. Without a word the
miserable man sank into a chair, and af-
ter staring blankly at his wife for a mo-
ment, slowly said: ''The ways of Provi-
denee are past finding ont. Rub my
head, Matildy!"
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1874-05-15
A Famous Apple Tree.

There is an apple tree standing in a
lot adjoining the house of Rev. J. w.
Canter, at Huntersville, Pocahontas
county, West Virginia, which has be-
come historical, marking the spot where
Gen. R. E. Lee pitched his first tent in
the late war. Early in the summer oi
1861 Gen. Lee was ordered to the CON-
mand of the forces in West Virginia.
Leaving Richmond he came to Warm
Springs the first day, and on the day fol-
lowing reached Huntsville, where, for
the first time in the war, he bivouacked
in the tented field, selecting the afore-
mentioned apple tree, which stands on a
hill overlooking the town, as the place
where his tent should be pitched.
1t is singular coincidence that Gen
Lee should have commenced his military
career under an apple tree among the
mountains Of West Virginia, and have
closed that brilliant career by capitula.
ting to Grant under an apple tree at Ap
pomattox. And, what is most singular
as an incident of the war, John Brown
was chung on sour apple tree" and i
is said that the forbidden fruit which
mother Eve partook of was taken from
an apple tree; and now, to cap the eli
max, agents for the sale of apple treei
are as numerous as lightning rod mel
and sewing-machine agents.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1874-05-15
Don't Spoil a Sneeze.

The Springfield (Mass.) Republican
says: some may be pardoned for sneez-
ing under any circumstances, in view of
the experience offs woman from this city
in Westfeld, recently. Being in compa
ny, and attempting to suppress sneeze,
she felt queer sensation in the left side
of the face, which soon began swelling
and drawing out of shape. A. physician
was called, but by the time he arrived
her mouth and the left side of her face
had become drawn up, disfguring her SO
that her most intimate friends could
scarcely recognize her features, while she
found it impossible to close her left eye.
The physician says It is kind to paraly-
sis, caused by the great effort she made
in suppressing the sneeze, and gives but
faint hopes that her features will ever
resume their natural appearance. She
is now in this city seeking medical ad-
yice -