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The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1874-10-08
NO. 20.

the others In such case one would
naturally fear being made victim himself
Even if Packer had taken the responsibility
and shoS down one Of his party, that the
others might have food to eat, it il likely
the others, fearing their turu would come.
next, would have killed Packer. We read
of lots being drawn IN such Emergencies to
determine Sho shol.ld die, but never
believed these tales. and here Is Il case in
proof that the old taw of selt-preservation
stands first and there is no romance.
except in BOOKS, for ones dying that others
may drink his blood or est his fcsh and
live.
Packer, probably, would have preferred
to kill only one or two Of his companions,
but he had to Kill all or none af5l 50 killed
none but God and the murderer knows,
but it is probable he took away their arms
in the night aud tier bGgsr. the nlassatrc,'
with the bloody hatchet This theory is
sustained by Captain Graham, who says
''the bodies, except one, lay as if sleeping.
The breaking in Of the skulls was likely
done first and the shooting afterwards.
One man walked and sprag up, only to be
shot down like dog and then finished with
Il hatchct
is dreadful to think Of this man
camping near by and going every day for
two weeks to cut horrid meal fiom the
bodies Of his dead comrades What were
his thoughts through the silent watches of
those long, bleak winter nights, with his
dead companions, slaughtered by his own
hand, lying cold and stiff near him. none
but the al Seeing Que aud himself can
ever know. The savage canulble may not
know Of God CT reason, but the civilized
cannibal has all the knowledge and rea-
soning powers which Should lH;dc such
horrors doubly horrible,
The murderer is reported 10 have told,
while in custody At Sagparhc. two different
stories about tie tr;,eesiy.. First he said
the men had gone back to Utah, and then
that he had killed and eaten them to save
himself from dying by starvation When
he came in lie I'D good Henry rife and
some ammunition.
The full name Of the murderer and
cannibal is 4. c. Packer. and the descri,,-
ton given of him by Sheriff Wall is az
follows He is five feet eight inches tall.
heavy set and has lost two upper 'front.'
teeth and the first and fourth fingers on
the left hand he Is about thirty years Of
age.
The man can be easily identified by the
loss Of his fingers, not one in 10000 being
so marknd. As before stated he was last
seen near Del Norte, but one person is sure
he saw him one night at the Criterion Hall,
in San Juan, Colorado, and he IS believed
to have fed into New Mexico and to be
hiding in the mountains Wherever he
may be, q man SO marked cannot escape
when people are once thoroughly informed
of his crime, and in a few days, when this
| terrible story shall have been read in every
part of the civilized world there will no
longer be hiding place for the criminal.
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THE COURSE OF TRUE LOVE.
An Elopement and Bridegroom convicted
of Abduction.

A young man living in Randolph, n.
j., became enamored with the daughter of
a neighboring farmer, she being under 15
years of age, and his love was reciprocated
The man was about to start for an adioin-
ing county, saying that he would wait for
her five pears if necessary The girl could
not bear the thought of separation, and az
length agreed to elope. The pair walked
seven miles through the pines and sand to
his father house and early the next morn
ing we're taken to the railway station and
thence to Philadelphia, where they were
married by an alderman, the girl declaring
her age to be eighteen.
They returned to the house of the
groom's sister at Haddonfeld, where they
were confronted by the father Of the bride
and officers. The groom was arrested and
committed to jail on charge of abduction
Subsequently he was indicted by the grand
Jury, and on Wednesday last arraigned for
trial. The court room was packed by an
audience whose sympathies We're centred
upon the couple.
The girl, like true heroine, assumed
her share Of the blame, admitted her af-
fection for her husband and her willingness
to quit her fathers house, and asserted
her belief in the honor Of her husband
g. S. Cannon, formerly Attorney Gen
eral, delivered an eloquent defense, but
Judge Woodruff charged that the law had
been yiolaed, and that the jury must not
be influenced by appeals to their sympathy.
The jury was out all night, returning
five times for instructions, and at length
rendered verdict of guilty, with recon-
mendation for mercy.
On the rendering of the verdict the
prisoner was seized with commissions, which
continuing, sentence was deferred until the
December term, Much sympathy is enter
tanned for the defendant, who is esteemed
an honorable, upright man.
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A well dressed chap entered a jewelry
store and asked if he could see those cups
in the window, pointing as he spoke to
silver cups lined with gold in the window.
These, said the jeweler, handing him
one, ''are race cups" ''Race cups what
are race cups ?" why replied the jewe-
Ter, 'they are cups had ordered to be
made for prizes to the best racer" ''Well,
if that's so, suppose you and me race for
one, and, with :. the cup in hand, started,
the jeweler after him. lie probably won
ne cup
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ON'T you know that }. Ex.
- - 4!cGarty g. Sons are the only Under
Ir.:. I-:l' ID oStpuisbGrg who understands their
l. 5r1.l14 lfnot. attend Funeral managed
an TSiialy other Undertaken in toWn, and you
'-I see the proof Of the fact.
June Is, '74-tf
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1874-10-08
M. GEG. ". JACKSON
SURGEON ASD ACCOUCHEUR,
MERECky EEGTEL.

The subscriber would inform the public that
he has leased lie house formally kept by Jacob
Aaach., in the Borough Of Stroudsburg, Pa,
and having repainted and refurnished the same,
l. prepared to entertain all who may patronize
@a. Its the aim Of the proprietor, to furn
H2 SUPERIOR accommodations at moderate rates
ma Will spare no pains to promote the com
a' o. The guests. \ liberal share Of public
I.wnagc solicited.
4g:l l.. II y. /. PISLE.
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DR.. J. L A N T 2,
annnN & MECHANICAL DENTIST.

eU-' .. ogiee on Main street, in the second story
sad >T,,oa', brick building, nearly opposite the
Dr. : iI,se and he tatcTS himself that by cigh-
s,lisl-' .tlnt prscticc and the most earnest ana
a .,5,pti5n to AL matters pertaining to his pro-
oal , h. is fully able to perform all operations
% %ls ,l1 line in the most careful and skiliful meu-
sr r...sptfon given TO saving the Natural Teeth; 4;
>95-s. assertion Of Artificial Teeth on Rubber
s.. - o- Continuous Gums, and perfect hts IN all
o. ln,.,s know the great folly and danger of en-
As. i- rorl to the inexperienced or TO those tiv-
,l.ll- 5...,,rs ~ April l3, lS74-tC
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DR,y. g.. PECRa,
ii Surg 2O2 DGHtEss.

.-..-.,, tha, having just returned from Dental
rIlv prepared TO make artificial teeth in
@ and 10 S6e Sa no9 PnapS5 improved eiG ms5hod tG @ de-
e. .-.r.-asrad without pain when desired, by the
sl--r..g. oxide Gas which is entirely harmless.
= I. .,af All kinds neatly done. All work warranted
a.' q. K.!I.rs new brick building Main street,
9--- - pa Aug. 81 Tiff
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l0N'T FORGET that when
1~ you want any thing in the Furniture Or
l}jl l}jil5g9. F1 al line that McCarty & Sons in the
b iielio"s Hall, Main street, Stroudsburg,
i, +, Is the place to get it.
June Is, '74-f
, 1874-10-04
nm tho Bible, Now he has rejected the God of

from tho Bbie Now be has rejected the God Of
his Youth. He rejects his fellov-men. They
haya little in common with him. His isoation
shows ITSELF in the strain Of sndneea which runs
through his later works. It is pltlinl to have
tlis paasage come from the pen OF great man ::
I feel the sepSration between me and tie peop'e
around ME- 30 bitterly, in tho world OF ny own Which
they eannot enter au1 their entrance to 1t no"
barred 10 Absolutely By their own resolves V1ef h2F-
Ing deliberately 1nd Eelf-conGratulatlnBiy chosen ICE
themselves the Manchester Cotton Mill instead Of tha
r,ian> tA.t it hecouoa every hour moro urged upon
1ue that shall hare le.ve-uot father and mother,
for they have left me; children, nor I2nus, iof
have uou-bt least this spiritual land and faaf o~
I.an OF human art and natural Itace-because Am
uuu Of uucltan lips, and dwell in the midst Of peo-
ple Of unc}eau lils, aud therefore undoe because
mine eyes Lave sccn the King, tue Lord Of Hosts.
say it, and boldly Who e]se is there OF you who
stand with 1ne, and aly the It IL an age Ut
progress. you tell me. Is your progress chiefly in
but only Baa, inHtead Of Him.
The rital faux OF this philosophy ia it's failure
to see that the worship OF Baal-tnateriai prog
ress-must ptccedo that OF the Lord Of Hosts, --
that is, Art. Tie absorption in money-making,
over which Mr. Ruskin gsieves, is the necessary
prelude to the asthetic culture for which the
money, once made, will provide the opportunity.
, 1874-10-04

first councils to the hrawls in seFera1 ece1esi@'
tica1 assemblies hereabouts, wnat ALE
torv have the disciples OF Diotrephes AZ
f1ictad On the Church Of Christ! was eTe1
4 political tyr.nt more persistent IN us us
nur,oao to saddle nation of poor devils Tor hls
own riding than these ecclesiastical D'osrephe-
SLAMS have been in equipping themselves WILL
whip aud spur, and the 1eet Of the disciples with
saddle and bridle? Extract the Diotsepheslaa
motive from the breasts Of all who are "ca"eo
Rabbi" or bishop, or Doctor, and all vito toSe
tue uppermost pews in the swell congrcsae'on'
and wha. would become OF the Lords army IN
wb;rb these Djotreplcsians feel 1t their duty to
enlist as-con1rnisBiuned officers! With theu,
although greatly given to prayer for Dislne
assistance. Providence alvays takes the side O.
tho highest salary and tho most conspicuous
position. Hence nhen the Pulpit Committee OF
tho city church conspire to entico away the
promising provincial neophyte they generally
succeed. They ncduce him from the place whero
he il tlodoratclg ? useful to one where he will DO
(ss thoy lope) imuoderately ornamental. Ihe
DiotYephesiaus may reuudiate their name, but
they cannot got rid OF it. They do not see
themselves as others zee them. and hence DO
not call thenselQes what others cal thom.
, 1874-10-04

I th1ee-Quarters Of mile under train OF car
| banging to tue braka-rod, has had his faco lait
t open With q razor from his eyebrows tt
| the chin. and has had his throat Gu
! from car to ear with the same kind d
weapon peculiar to our colored brethren, il
| will be seen that, before be can be gathered te
his ancestors doath will have to lay siege to him
| in regular form, surprise him by regular ap
proachez and parallels, and then sileuca him b.
| Il combination Of Lis most positive and fatal re-
! sources.
| But to return to our muttons. Long got we'll,
| and with tapidity that must have been disgust
| ing to Sloss Of Tuscumbia. Before be got out
on the street again. however Sloss of Tuscum-
ha waa sway canyazsinS his district Airs.
S1oss kept strict watch on Mlsa Sloss, for the
/ latter had manifested somo affection TO.
tho buckshottad Long. But love defca
mothers as wel1 rs locksmiths. Ono day Miss
soss disappeared. The prophetic soul Of Mrs,
Sloss at once disclosed tue where and tile why Of
tbs disappearance. Sloss of Tuscumbia was
away, and the duties Of Mars deyolved upon
u1o~AA~Ns 9AN a
sccond-story window. however, with shotgun.
She armed herself with two pistols, and 70,
aught we know may have had third concealed
somewhere. At any rate, she bad q pistol Ii
each hand, and. thus fortified, the wrathful ap-
partition appeared upon the streets of Tuscun-
bia, tho pedestrians respectfully making room.
Gu it srodo until it reachcd tbs Squiro's office,
where were gathered nr. Loug aud Mrs Long,
'tee Sloss, in the first flush OF hymoueal joy. the
buck*hotted bridegroom looking III handsome III
he could with the disadvantages Of razor -Biashes
and bullet-hoes about him. and the bluzling
bride radiant With happiness, although no
marriage bell was ringing and no bridal feast
bespread tho board. The friends we're gathered
about them cougratulating them, Wien thu
appar1tlon entered, pistol in each hand,
demanding hez daughter OF size would shoot
TOO iatc,' aaid the courteous Court, and
introduced Airs. Long. Hero WIS situation.
lie came bachelor aud went away Benedict
She came = maiden aud went away =
wife. Yrs. S}oss came mother and
went away q mo.her-iu-law. And. to the
regret OF all, there no shooting, which might
affair. When Sloss of Tuscu,n3ia returns. will
Ao 80 to the seco!ld-Btory window again with III.
shotgun. OF will he succumb to citcumstaacos?
It remains to 10 seen. Whatever Sloss of Tus-
cnulDia may do. this Httlo episode, running
from June to September, Is characteristic Of
Alabama civilization. Social position depends
very largely upon the number OF buckshot you
may happen to have IN yon, aud two OF three
razor-s!asLes ac1oss your countenauce show
degree Of culture aud chiv4lry which the slow~
going aud low-lowu NortAeElers Gun hardly
hopo to reach.
, 1874-10-04
W0MAN-SUfFRhGE And THE BEEchEh at"'''
DIAL.

To thu Editor u The CIieaso Tribune: -. NJ
S1n: Why the '.E'ouau Question A1' ,,-
should have, received u serious Bet-osc1 W a,a,
count Of receut developments, has no* oceu a,t.
clear by thosc who havo rcp:oachfuA! ct4 ~.
With the 'Relis,on OF Gush" ard fte k.,,
AMI seek with glad haste to cast IT, WILL u.n
into The limbo OF exploded theories. 49,, =
grew into eminence because OF his great '. IT,
which ho dovoted to principles Of pessoa.; ;,1r.
erty, juBtico, and lore. II he has ta'lea ~ 49, Il
,,ata those principles in his o"n pEAsa'e ss.u
be has ignored juatice and disersced 'o's ,s;.c:
ws condemn tie principles? Shall "o hsrc, ,s
truth if il cua1ce to have been adxoca1ea rs,n ~
who is not true: Reason Distinguishes - ot.ea
be philosophy and the znau; aoat ~ y Ns1oso~
baprens that tha nen II Letter than LIS p ny
nh. 70, On tne other hand, the phllosopn, ,+;on.
ia good, aud the man worthy OF one.nE;oa'
"TLe w1zest, greatest, meanes' Of hncama mt1 h.
left Lea,ud hin, , s5steln WINCH naA o'~
sure foundation of modosn thought T. .,+r nela
TAo great tid1 wass Ct pat'a''A4 A1De1"
, 1874-10-04

| Wooden buildings he did not regard as 20 in
| po:taut As a great protection, be suggested
high wall AZ fo,ti:catlon, shutting IN the 1na11
business part Of the city from the south ait
southwest The great objection, however. ant
the principal cauee leading to the action OF t'f
| National Board. WAS the condition OF tue Chicago
! Fire Departuleut THIS city was far behind New
| York in tue efficiency Of its Firc-Dc7artment.
| Unfortunately. this complaint is well-tounded
| not so much oecau5e Of any deficiency in tht
courage and ti1oIity Of the officers aud men OF
| tho service rs in its defective organization and
discipline. Tie Chief~Engineor and his assist.
| ants ale mere workrnen under the absolute Ill
| rectiou aud control OF the Board Of Commits
sioners. who are. to fay tho least, inexperienced
men, s1ld therefore united to have such au~
1hority aud incompetent to e1erciso it, For this
calamity there is no permanent remedy, save
legislation next winter. There is hope, now
ever, Of u present temporary remedy III tile xp-
! poipt,ucnt OF Gen. Shaler, of New York, Is u
member Of the Board in place Of Mr. Ayars, who
will reign. Gen. Sualer is distinguished, not
as fireman. but as executive oscer, who un-
dertook, under somewhat similar circumstances,
the reorganization OF the New Yorl Fire~De-
partmeut. Dut Of disorder he effected the mcst
perfect discipline, aud placed that department
i'll condition OF efficiency equal to any
Commissioners will concede to his Judgment,
be governed by his experience. aad giro legal
forco to the discipline and authority that he
shall ask for, thera is no question that, out of
recruit he can establish hero counterpart Of
the thoroughly efficient Fire Brigade which now
exists in New York. This depends, however, on
the voluntary action Of sfessrs. Sheridan,
to promote this ioug-nceded reform.
This explanation, uuoliciM though it is. by
removing the impression that the action Of the
National Board was malicious blow ut Chicago,
will do much to open the eyes of our cit1zens.
and enable them to push the work Of reform,
aud to make adequate provision for the protec~
ton of the city against ire. It the action Of
tho National Board shall result in awakening
public sentiment to the necessity OF Immediately
doing that which should have been done long
ago, then Chic.so viii have reason to be thank
full. We have been too reckless. aud tie whole
country has been too reckless In the headlong
pursuit Of gain We have neglected to guard
against ono Of tie mort gigantic evils that af-
ilict the human race. Nc are now brought
face to face with the fact that VIC arc burning up
more property every year than insurance CON-
panies can replace. The insurance companies
are brought faco to face With the fact that they
must either increase thei1 income or diminish
their outgo, and thoy have wisely chosen The lat
ter. Facts are said to be the arguments OF tho
Almighty. 1t remains to be seon whether the
authorities and people Of Chicago aro open to
such arguments We think they will bo 80 be-
fore long.
, 1874-10-04
MATRIEONY AND BUCE3HDT

Southern IDEAS Of what constitutes civilization
a1e, to Say tho least, uuique, eccentric, aud bi-
zarre. The SOCIAL code, the code of honor, and
the code OF personal warfare a7c alike marked oy
characteristics whlch in tbe North would coaslgn
man to the deprivation OF his hair, striped
pautaloona, and mush and pea-conee for term
Of yenrB at the State expense but in the South.
the aau who carries out theso codes becomes .
hcro not CONVICT and is looked upon ~ a
paragon rather than 4 pest. In Kentucky, it IL
au Jau to shoot your adversary IN the couct-
room, an3, If the Court objects, to shoot the
Court also. In Tennessee, it lii tho correct thing
to shoot negro or two before breakfast and
have street matinee Of whites just before diu-
ncr. In Arkansas, when u man gets 3 now
bowie-lnife. Ae inaugurates it upon tho first gen.
tleman he meets after stepping out OF the s.o,e-
In Mississippi. any man is IN fe3te who dies with
be mus: have his boots of wien ho gocs to the
bourne from whence, etc. In Loni5iann, il you
run against man III tho crowd, or look At him
across the street, the etiquette Of chiTal-
~N'S
sippi with him and shoot him or po-
litely allow him to shoot you. In TEXAS,
it is the prevailing fashion to make picnic, each
guest to carry bowle~knife, brace Of pistols,
Ehot-yu and ii possibla small how1tzer, and
keep up tho nertumcut until al tho guests are
disposed Of.
Civilization in AabarnA is best illustrated by
the story Of Sloss Of Tuscuubia, likewise Airs.
Sloss, and Miss Silss. aud Dir. Long, formerly
suitor. and now husband, Of Miss Sloas, pro7id-
ed i1r. Long still remains in the land Of the A7-
ing,-a facs which cannot be guaranteed, as Ae
seems to be man not Long for this world. It
will be remembered TINT. in June last, Sloss uf
Tuscumbla returned homa from Congress
to ind that Long had been czculat-
ing some scandal about Mias Sloss
The Alabama code required that Sloge
Of Tuscumbia should shoot Long. bu,
Long being . man who also WIS ad-
dicted to shooting, Slosa of Tuscuubia
became master of the situation by strategy.
Pouring haplful OF buckshot into each barrel.
ho took lis little shotgun with him. and in
.trencnod himself boAiud = second story window,
and waited for Long. When Long came along,
ho made short work Of him. He blaxed Away
With both barrels, and succeeded in putting
thirteen buckahot III various parts OF Long, who
thcreupon laid down, and was subsequently
taken home upon shutter.
The community applaudel the strategy Of
Sloss OF Tuscur,bia, and then prepared to give
Long handsome funeral, but Long vas no such
man. he did not propose TO die With his boots
On mortify his relatives BY dying with thirteen
trli1inE brckshot in him. In fact, subsequent
developments make it very apparent that if it
eyer becomes necessary to remove Long from
this vale Of tears it will haye to be dono with a
cavalry regiment, battery Of artillery, OF BY
putting him up ~ target tor tho heavy-shell
practice Of the mo,litorA. As Mr.. Long has the
shitteen buckshot III him which lis new father
lula~ gave hin. lsss June. haa been dragged
, 1874-10-04
n TTNvY+T
hEGhiH.

"There is but one Turner, and ! am hit
prophet" This gospel according to l.uskin haz
converted the people Of England He preached
it to a world which went into raptures ore,
Claude Lorraine and turned it's back on Turner'S
misty shades with their stray CLEANS of dazzling
color He lifted up lis idol and made his hear
ers worship it. Then he dsscctcd Claude LoE-
zaino's style, pointed out his too-evdent faults,
hoaped ridlcute upon him, a,d finally murdered
his reputation and established his OWN. Sub
scoucnt works IN criticism made HIM very
Pope in the eyes Of usthct,c England. His
painfully y-luiic1ous essays in political economy
marked tue beginning Of the decay OF his great
powors,-~a decay that is still going on. 1Io
sauk like Carlyle, whom he in some things strik-
ing'r resembles, into common scold "What~
ever is, is bad,' became lis creed. One Day ilo
ragged in column letter to newspaper against
t.o American girls who ate candy III sight Of
Julots (mythicaI tomb. The nextho published
IN appeal to Oxford students to dig bitches for
the sake Of the Beautiful with big 3. Il week
afterwards he lad abandoned this scheme and
was busy at something else. Still, despite this
erratic round Of tsiyiaiity. sparks OF the old
fame tlAeh out, now and then, in the
monthly numbers Of his ''For5 Clavigera." It's
last issue has q magnificent arraignment
Of tho rulers OF England. in the midst OF which
the writer says, with pride noblcr and greater
than the pride Of blood which be mocks: ''Nho
am that should Challenge you, do you ask !?
My mother was . sailors daughter, go please
you; one Of my aunts VAS bakers wife-the
other tanners; and don't know much moro
about my family, except that there used 20 be a
groen-grocez Of the name in q small chop near
the Crratal Palace" There arc few Englishnen
who ,rould daro to pen such paragraph. Later
on, Ruakin bursts out again, saying: "Here
am I, seer aud prophet; tell you, Enghshmen,
that in worshiping Mammon rather than the
Lord Of Hosts you are going headlong
to destruction; the prophet who says 30
is d prophet bJ virtue Of bimeelf alone.
IS was the Son Of the carpenter" The
"Lord Of Hosts In this passage is Ruskins
Theory OF art. ue waa once al1nost dovoteo.
soms Of his eazlior Art-idsAs ware based On te1t4
, 1874-10-04

A s,riking incident in tue present condition OF
the corn market was in the fact that on Friday
laat corn was sold at the Stoc!iYa1ds to the own
Of cattle at 51,25 per buahet, 2111 ccats per
pound. On tho same day corn was selling in
Liverpool at 3Gs Cd per quarter OF $50 pounds,
or at cents per pound in currency. This took
place v.tn4 miles Of tue City OF Chicago, in the
State Of Illinois, the great compromising dis
trlct Of the world
, 1874-10-04

ORIENTAL LODGE NO. 3, 4. F. 4. r.. Hall
iasallc-s .-Keea1r Tuetd1y essa
~ tlrt + 4, y; o'coex. WORK the llird De
v,t;,o.z cutdaiij iny yited vi ~ order o1
~ M.s1cr 0' H. X. TUCKER, Secretary
, 1874-10-04

DR. McCuEsNEY, CORNER OF CLARK AND
Eardo}1-sts warrants tht inner, and bcs tul sut OF
teeth tr ~. saiis:1con c1scp Or r1oats ES1ehaeo.
THE FIRE Walls " ItStacGn - 49,, 1nhns oinr
q, both cads which, when heated, sae.1e rapid c:Iit
or current 1 air through outside of them. ny this
eousta.t circulation Temperature y roauceu.
T,c same ptincipe is applied 1uInaees CsA aug see
<e u-occss II tbs Eapa,iun Building, At uur atoTe
Sn,,HiSG WARREN CO., t5 Lake-s;.