Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1875-09-08

Oh clehf gram, Wnlch sells Tor eighty
four dollars. The profit is about Sl7 go
per acre, and the crop is not n difficult
one to grow,
An industrious statistician in the
st. Louis RspuJlican has been counting
the Christian names in the Getty Direc.
tory" and gives us some interesting
averages. He says that in every hun
dred males there are 90 Johns, 10 viii
liams, 10 James, 8 Thomases, 6 Pat
iicks, 5 Michaels, 4 Charles, 4 Edwards,
3 Georges, 3 Josephs and 3 lIcnrys
When Andrew johnson was Gov
oinor of Tennessee the Chief Justice of
that State was an ex-blacksmith. The
Governor by way of n compliment,
made with his own hands u vest for
the Chief Justice, while tho latter in
return made shovel and pair of
tongs, which he presented to the Gov
ernor
Mr.. A. Dorrien Smith writes TO
the london Times that nothing has
been done TO prevent the recurrence of
such calamity as the wreck of the
Schiller. Since May two vessels have
got among the rocks of the Scilly Is
lands in fogs and week ago the
Cactus, from Barbary to Cardiff, was
wrecked on one of the western rocks
in fog.
The crops of Crawford and Yenan.
so counties promise better than was
at first expected. Wheat is but an
average yield, but the quality is good
Hay and corn are an average yield.
Oats thrifty and heavy crop. Pota-
toes better than for several years
Fruits of all kinds viii fall far below
the productions of other years.
1t is too frequently the case for
papers of a low order of intelligence TO
ridiculc the college graduate as a help
lessand useless individual Mr.. Avery,
Of Yale hnwsssss ~s~"lrr,siad anis, a
month ago, and already he has secured
a position of trust at a salary of SO, 900
a year. II is as pitcher of profes.
sional base ball club.
"A Lowell woman bought revol-
yer at store recently, and at her re-
quest the clerk loaded it for her, but
with blank cartridges, seeing that she
was much excited. Next day her hus-
band appeared at the same store and
sold it, saying that she had fred at
him, but on finding that he escaped IN
harmed repentcd her action and sent
the pistol back.
--Scnor p. C. Armijo, the mutton
millionaire of New Mexico, sold over
100000 lbs Of wool last spring. With
his father and business partner he
owns 1000, 900 head of sheep, scattered
over a range Of country more than
300 miles square. lie has had two
losses by Indian raids, one of 81, 600
head and the other of $4,000, ebut, he
says, he "hardly missed them
The royal gardens Of England, near
Frogmore, are thirty miles in extent,
and enclosed within wall twelve feet
high. The glass-covered Conservatives
arc 9O2 feet long, two peach houses
iiity-six feet in length, and pits for fore.
ing melons, asparagus, &C., which are
heated by hot water, These gardens
are considered the most complete in
the world, and are surrounded by
l,sOO acres of magnificent grounds
stocked with deer
-Messrs. Moody and Sankcy will
hold their revival meetings in Wash
ington in the latter part of October,
date to which we decidedly object 1t
is too early, unless indeed it be spread
over a period of several months. Con
gress does not meet until the first Mon
day in December, and the President
and Cabinet will not be warm in the
capital until about the middle of No
vcmber. There is one consolation, how
ever, in the fact that IL the revival
meetings are held IN October, Delano,
Cowan and Smith, who have SO much
important business on hand that they
are rarely able to get away from their
posts, will be present to test the efficacy
of Mr. Moody's prayers and the saving
grace of Sankey's songs
The duel between Alexander Ham
ilton and Aaron Burr took place at
Wanhoukon No,, Io,so,- o,, tLo ho,l,