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Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1875-12-08

GREAT BUTLER "sPouTER.'
From an elaborate article on "Natu-
raj Gas published in the Pittsburgh
Ecening Telegraph, of October 29th, we
gather the following which will doubt
less prove interesting TO many of our
readers. Referring to the enterprise
of Graf, Bennett 4 Company, and
Spang, Chaliant 4 Company, in CON
ductng the gas from Saxonburg, But
Ter county, to their works at Sharps-
burg, Allegheny county, and utilizing
it for manufacturing purposes, the
writer says that il will prove that "the
discovery Of petroleum has been TO
Pennsylvania, and the whole country,
n mine of untold wealth, and that the
introduction Of natural gas, which
lies in inexhaustible quantities in ma
turc's mighty reservoirs throughout
the section of Western Pennsylvania,
known as the great oil-belt country"
will work revolution in manufacture
ing enterprise, especially in the great
"industrial center (Pittsburgh), with
its hundreds of rolling mills and work.
shops" Although natural gas wells
have been burning in various places in
the oil country for the past two years,
it was not until few months ago that
capitalists could be induced to put
money in the doubtful experiment of
conveying the gas any distance for
fuel purposes, for the obvious reason
that they did not know but that the
flow would cease about tho time the
machinery would be ready to put it
into practical use.
A partnership was formed under the
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1875-12-08
cIEARFIELD, Pa, WEDNESDAY DECEMBER s. 1875,

Old Captain Webb, the "Cranberry
King stumpcd in and sat near the
door, and was made an honorary
member of the Cranberry Growers
Association before he could fairly
comprehend what was going on. Lime
had been used more than ever before,
and the rot among the cranberries this
autumn is greater than ever was
known. One grower recommended
sand, and his neighbor at his elbow
announced that il wasn't worth con-
tinental another gentlemen had tried
plaster of Paris, and not a berry was
tainted a red.ihced cultivator tried
the samc thing and declared his crop
wasn't worth gathering. The most
famous grower in the Association in
formed the audience that somebody
had recommended salt, and he had
stakcd out portion Of his bog and
sowed it with that savory fertilizer
Some time ago he went out to see how
the vines liked it, and he'd be hanged
if there was a vine left. They had
been completely cleaned out BY the
salt, and he regretted very much that
he couldn't remember the name Of the
gentleman who advised him to make
that experiment. Another enthusiast
solemnly asserted that no had sat up
with and nurscd n small bog for seven
or eight years, and he had not as yet
gathered a sound berry from it. He
is still at it, and, as he has childrcn
growing up, there is no telling how
much longer the bog will stand it.
New Jersey raises onc-half the cram
berries in the country. The area un-
der cultivation is about 5000 acres.
The crop for 1873 was some l25, 900
bushels for 1874, 10000 bushels, and
this year the yield is estimated at ten
or twenty thousand bushels less This
steady decrease in the face of the in
crease of area is due 10 the devastation
OF the rot and scald, which is still un-
controllablc, and is likely to continue
to rage until, like the potato blight, it
shall have run its course and cx-
haustcd itself
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1875-12-08

FAcrs ABOUT THE BIBLE.-A pris-
oner condemned to solitary confinc.
ment, obtained a copy Of the Bible, and
by three years careful study obtained
tho following facts:
The Bible contains 1885, ,4s9 letters
774,602 words, 2l,l73 verses, l,1s9
chapters, and GO books.
The word "and" occurs 46, III times
The word Iord" occurs ! 1866 times
The word reverend occurs but once
which IL in the 9th verse Of the It'll
Psalm.
The 2ist verse Of the 7th chapter 0
Ezra contains all tho lettcrs in thu
alphabet except tho letter j.
The finest chapter to read is th'
Goth chapter of tho Acts Of the Apos
ties.
The 10th chapter Of II Kings am
the 37th chapter Of Isaiah are alike.
The longest verse is the 9th verse o
tho 9th chapter Of Esther.
The shortest verse is the 35th vcrs
Of the llth chapter Of st. John.
The sth, 10Th, 21st and 3lst verso
of the l07th Psalm are alike.
Each verse Of the l36th Psalm end
alike.
There are no words or names {
more than six syllablcs.
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1875-12-08
THE reapLrxfo HousrKreprR.



WISH nhu . uo'eh Ph,ts
ofhands th,s very minute
~ soon put '"n 'he'e 'nihg'' 10 r'sn'
mere org ~ssning '" uonr'
one par o' nAnus'o 40 ""
sn.st, sniT s'ocs.hss ovAs, NJ" p""'''7
Dinner to get for six or more
No loafleft DER from Sunday
And bsby's cross ss be can live
And there's the cream its getting sour,
And must forthwith be churning;
And here's Bob wants button on
"n'en why sna" W 'u'"ins
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III. hr.aI ,as vo,L.d nnr 6aLin,
r.a a,a,h.s -. ~ an s,',,, ,ha hniI
or ds., ,bs h.hy.s xstinr
Oh. deari n p comes home |.IlH
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1875-12-08

WALKING VS.. TRorTiNo HoRsEs.--
A writer in the Prairie Farmer com
plains that all the premiums offered at
agricultural fairs for the performance Of
horses 20 for trotting or running and
mono for walking. He says the various
agricultural societies say nothing OF
walking, which the farmers are most
Interested in. | have often wondered
why that was overlooked, and had
hoped that some one would bring Il
before the societies. What benefit ID
A race horse to farmer? Ii he wants
to run or trot him for premiums oil
stakes, it will not do to work him as
farm horses have to work. Besides
fast horses, generally, are not able "a
stand heavy work, and are not apt u
be extra walkers. What the farmer
wants is n closc-made muscular horse
weighing from 1000 TO 1000 pounds
that can walk at least four miles al
hour with cultivator or at that rat'
crossing the field. II costs. no moro Il
drive a team that will plow three acre
pcr day, than IL would to drive on
that would plow only two acres; AM
a good hand, or ono that tries to carr
bis wages, would. And why not otie
premiums for fast walking oxen whicl
are needed ~ much ~ fast hosesf
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1875-12-08
NOW TRUFFLES DID 1T.

returned to Ashville after ain alb
sence or three years and found my
friend Truffies grown fat and jovial,
with face the very mirror of peace
and selfsatisfaction. Trutfles was the
village baker, and he was not like this
when went away.
"Truflles," said /, chow is il? You
have improved"
Improved How"
"Why, in every way. What have
you been doing p
Just then little girl came in with
a tattered shawl and barefooted, TO
whom Truffles gave loaf of bread.
"Ob, dear, Mr.. Trufiles," the child
said, with bnmming eyes, as she took
the loaf of bread, "Mamma is getting
better, and she says she owes so much
to you. She blesses you-indeed she
does r.
"That's ono of the things I've been
doing" he said, after the child had
gone.
"You are giving the suffering family
bread ?" qucried.
"Yes."
"IIaveyou any more cases like that?''
"Yes, three or four of them. give
them loaf a day, enough to feed them.' v
"And you take no payy"
"Not from them"
"Ahl from the town y
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1875-12-08
Daniel Webster had an anecdote of

Daniel Webster had an anecdote ol
old Father Searl, the minister of his
boyhood, which is too good TO be lost
1t was customary then TO wear buck
skin brooches in cool weather. One
Sunday morning in autumn, Father
Scarf brought his brcochcs down from
the garrct, but the wasps had taker
possession during the summer, and
were having a nice time Of il in them
BY dint Of effort he got out the intru
ders and dressed for meeting But
whilo reading tho scriptures TO th'
congregation he felt dagger from on'
of tho cnraged small waistcd follows
and jumped around the pulpit slappinl
his thighs. But the more he slappct
and danced the more they stung. Th'
people thought him crazy, but he OK
planned the matter by saying "Breth
rcn, don't be alarmed the word Of th'
Lord is in my mouth, but the devil !
in my brooches I" Webster alway
told Il with great CLEO to the ministers
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1875-12-08
THE STAGE.

The fate of even brilliant actors is
often extremely sad. The world will
never tire of reading of how poor Mrs.
Siddons, driven from the London boards
by failure that was not her fault,
tramped about over the country for
years, till at last she had another
chance at Drury Lane; and then, sup
ported by Smith, Palmer, and Farrcn,
she won the most brilliant success, and
then went home to PLAIN supper, her
old father shedding tears of JOY as he
sat at the table too delighted to eat.
Edmund Kean, an unknown youth,
acted at Dorchester one rainy night
to house almost empty, but reused
himself to the utmost ITO act well his
part" One Of the three men in the
boxes listened in silence, but when the
play was over invited him to breakfast
the next morning, and staggered him
by saying, "My namc is Arnold am
the manager of the Drury Lane Thea
ter" On the boards at London he
was ridiculed by oil the actors because
he was so small but he put so much
genius into his performance that be-
fore he finished the first act he tri.
umphed. Garrick acted in an unli.
ccnsed theatre at the east end Of Lon
don one night. Hewas short ofstature
and his name was not given. When
he came on the stage the sight Of the
audience disconnected him. In few
minutes he recovered, and was Rich
ard himself All the tremendous pas
sions of the lusty, savage monarch
swaycd bis body and appeared in bis
face, but the audience hesitated till
when, after dismissing the deputation
he flung away the prayer book, then
the whole house burst into rapturout
applause. From that moment his star
suffered no eclipse.
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1875-12-08

A piece Of red pepper the size OF your
finger nail, put into meat or vegetables
when first beginning to cook, will add
greatly in destroying the unpleasan,
odof srising thercfrom. Remember
this whom you are boiling sausr kraut
cabbage, green beans, onions, chickens
mutton, etc.
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1875-12-08

The Pcnna. X. X. officials, who 70.
Gently inspected the rails and road bed
Of that great thoroughiare from New
York 70 Pittsburg, report the western
division a. the most perfect In every
particular, and the section bosses bs.
iwssn Altoona and Pitsburg ARE ol
course greatly rsjolcsd u The wsll-ds
served compliment thus pablioly pad
to them. II.
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1875-12-08

Never insult man because hc %
poor In purse or raiment for beneath
= ragged coat Il may b. that muscle
lics cGucealsd that could put . bead
Oh she oldest man IN the buslness.
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1875-12-08
MITCHELL WAGONS,
The Best is the Cheapest |!

Thomas Reilly has received another large lot Of
"MitchelI Wagons" which are among the very
best manufactured, and which he will sell at the
most reasonable rates. His stock includes almost
all descriptions Of wagons-largeand small, wide
and narrow track. Call ant see them.
arrsfl THOMAS REILLY.
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1875-12-08

Two old crows which perch on q
tree 10 Dudley, Hass-, every afternoon,
snd cav until hundreds Of others ere
collected, sre called Moody nd6snksy.
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1875-12-08

It 10 not The amount Of land that
makes the farm rich, but the amount
we'll improved. A few acres TILED to
their utmost extent of production will
yield much moro Of profit than the
large farm badly managed and titled.
Tho worst phase Of farming 10 the In.
tenss grsedinsss Of men for land. 4
new conner viii put his last dollar In
land, and ~ In debt for his house and
farming toolA, and In ninety -nins cascs
out Of ! hundrvd hs will, satar striving
| hard and living poor, and himself q
| The end of . dozen year., worse Of
than when he Ayt began.
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1875-12-08

A HUMAN AEALYsIs.---D Lnncas.
ter, Of London, recently analysed a
man, and presented the result Of his
investigation in palpable form to bis
audience during late chemical lecture,
The body operated upon weighed 1884
lbs. The lecturer exhibited upon the
platform 23-l lbs carbon, 2-2 lbs. lime,
22-3 ozs. phosphorus, and about or
each sodium, iron, potassium, magnc'
sium, and silicon. Hc apologiEcd for
not exhibiting 5,595 cubic feet of oxy'
gen, weighing l2l lbs, 10000 cubic
feet Of hydrogen, weighing l5-4 TBS.
80 cubic feet Of nitrogen, likewise OBJ
tained from the body; on account o
their great bulk. AL Of these elements
combine into the following: l2l lbs
water, l6.b Tbs. gelatin, l32 lbs. fat
S-8 lbs, fbrin and albumcn, III lbs
phosphate Of lime and other mineral
substances.
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1875-12-08

csrpets arc bought By tho yard and
rworn by tho fbct
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1875-12-08
NATURAL GAS.

ITS UTILIZATION FOR MANUFACTURING
PURPosEs-AN IMPORTANT ELEMENT
IN THE PRODUCTION OF iRoS--TnE
GREAT BUTLER "spouTER."
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1875-08-12
swear by prohibition continually,

swear by prohibition continually, For
aught we know, the editor of the Gazette
may be one of those officials = they are
so numerous that no one can tell Just who
they are. But at any rate, here are the
profits of the devilish business going to
sustain the Republican party and the adj
ministration And the Gazette sustains
both. Is this honest or is it hypocrit-
ical The Republican party in the Maine
Legislature cnacts a prohlbitory liquor
law, and the Gazette sustains it. The
Republican party in Congress enacts a
liquor license law, and the Gazette sus-
tains that And yet that paper claims
that there is no Inconsistency in this
that it is open, honest, fam, consistent,
and moral.
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1875-08-12
The Tramp Nuisance.


New Hampshire has made laws express
ly to meet Il case 50 novel in her expert
ence, and the other New England States
are watching the effect of their operation
with intense interest But it will benefit
them nothing TO have this unWelcome class
driven from New Hampshire into their
own limits. The only way to handle the
matter effectively is for all the New Eng
land States to pass similar statutes respect
ing this class of yagabonds, and thus cX-
ecute the penalties upon them Jointly
That would give them no rest for the
solcs OF their feet until they were satisfied
to settle down and follow steady vacations.
This lndlscrlminate and lawless living on
others, who know nothing Of their claims
to charity, and the great majority of whom
can do no more than set before them food
and drink to sustain nature, is an intoler-
able nuisance in itself; but when charity
emboldens them to violence, it IS hioh
time that measures of n rigid character
We're set on foot to check such beggary
right where it is Otherwise il is sure to
become a prolific source of all grades OF
crime, the very worst not being too helm
Gus for their accomplishment Ii the $50
lated towns of New England are forced to
form league Of defence and their male
population must turn out at gwen signals
ana hunt down the wretches who infest
the roads and threaten the security Of all
families, extreme as the remedy for this
nuisance may be, il will yindicate itself
by the fact that it VIII prove thoroughly
etfectual. Some method, at any rate.
should be adopted, and in concert. for
suppressing what contains the germs of
the greatest peril to an Industrious and
peaceful population.
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1875-08-12

the subject for comic opera, we at least
could give no answer. But we can quote
good authority that fifty characterizes this
transaction. Col. j. B. M. Stewart, who
has contributed to the New York Sun
some information upon this matter. says:
If this isn't grosser outrage upon the Amer
lean people than the Presidents San Domingo
job, | fail to see it in the right light In that
case the President had the grace to consult Con-
gress before he consummated his big job, after
all its details had been arranged by Babcock.
IN this instance he evolves his jurisdiction from
ms own consciousness, and INDUCES his desire
for territorial annexation and self-emolumcnt
regardless of the legislative power
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1875-08-12

In connection with the death of Andrew
johnson, the following description OF his
person, written by Charles Dickens in
1868, is specially interesting:
81 was very much surprised by the
Presidents face and manner 1t is, in its
way, one Of the most remarkable faces
ever seen. Not imaginative, but very
powerful in its frmness Cor, perhaps, OBJ
stlnacy.) strength of will and steadiness
OF purpose. There is reticence in it, too,
curlously at variance with that first unfor-
tunate speech of his. A man not to be
turned or trifled with A man, | should
say who must be killed to be got out Of
the way. His manners perfectly compos-
ed. There was an air of chronic anxiety
upon MIN, but not a crease or rutfie in his
dfess' and his papers We're as composed
as himself"
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1875-08-12

lIowe's circus, while exhibiting in La
crosse, Wis, was struck by a hurricane.
A general stampede among the people
and tearing down Of tents ensued, and in
lew moments all was tumult and confu-
SION The shrieks of the women and chill
dren who were knocked down and trod-
den under foot by the wild and uncontroll-
able crowd We're heartrending. Many fren-
zy-strlcken people, who thought of moth
ing but getting out, jumped from the TOP
seats INTO the crowd and rushed pellmeil
for the entrance Many We're seriously
injured. The canvas was immediately
lowered, poles broken down, lights extin.
guished, leaving large portion of the
crowd inside the tent in utter darkness
not knowing which way to turn, expecting
every moment the canvas would close in
and sutl'ocate them. The animals were
bowling fiercely, and nearly ali the I'M
Gagged animals and horses We're on the
stampede, which greatly endangered the
lives of those who had succeeded in get
ting outside Of the tent Several persons
were more or less seriously injured.
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1875-08-12
Terrible Murder.

\ shocking tragedy occurred at Peters
ham, Mass, last week. Samuel J Frost,
Il farmer OF that town, murdered his Wite'>
brother Frank T. Towne
The details OF the murder prove it one
of the most shocking on record and fur
nish a chapter in the criminal calender
unequaled undoubtedly by any that has
come up during the past twenty years
In many of It's features it bears resem-
blance to the murder Of David Ellis in
Boston, in 1872 Money matters, as in
that case, appear to have been the incen-
tive for the crime, and the method taken
by the asslilant to cover up his netarious
work. was much the same
Frost stole up behind Townc, who was
his brother-in-law, and helping him about
the farm, and struck him with an axe.
killing him almost instantly. The muir
derer then buried the body in the cellar of
the barn wherein the tragedy was enact
ed, and gave out that ToWne had suddenly
departed for California But the circum-
stance that Frost was wearing a watch
and other property belonging to Towne,
excited the suspicion of two boys working
on the farm, and they set watch upon
Frost, who, becoming aware OF the fact,
and tearing detection, subsequently eX-
humed the body OF his victim from its
grave in the barn cellar, and taking il in
a sack to a distant part of the farm, de
liberately chopped it into small pieces.
which he buried IN different places Soon
after, the boys discovered the grave in the
cellar and acquaintng the neighbors with
that and other suspicious circumstances,
Il search was instituted, which resulted in
the finding of portions of the body buried
IN u corn-iield; whereupon Frost was ar
rested. The evidence against him is over
whelming. Ilewas owing his brother-in-
law some 800, and this seems to have
furnished the motive Tor The atrocious
decd
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1875-08-12

A COAT " It'll \ LINING. A stranger, evil
IDENTIFY from The rural districts. lounged in
to the Preble House billiard hall Tuesday
evening, took OF his coat and hung it up,
and proceeded TO play game of billiards.
1t happened that about the same time a
party OF gentlemen, among whom was a
Middle street merchant, came in and pro-
ceeded TO play game of pool, and the
Middle streeter also pulled OFF his coat and
hung it up. When the game OF pool was
done, and the party got ready to leave,
our friend reached up and took the strang-
ers coat, pat ii or and started of. He
didn't go far With yell Rustlcus, who
mad seen the operation, started for him.
and IN language more remarkable for its
torce than its eloquence. informed him of
his mistake. Our friend saw his mistake
and peeled, and the owner was happy.
l ne party somewhat opened their ewes
when the countryman coolly drew out a
pocketbook and counted out $500 in bills
When the Portlander found out how near
he had come to stealing coat so well
lined he smiled, and invited the others to
smile too, and they took a walk and smil-
ed. Argus.