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The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1875-07-22

Eg@ Senator Sergent made neat little
computation in his recent speech at San
Francisco. Have you, said he, thought,
fellow-citizens, that the reduction of the
national debt has been Sl20 minute since
you have set here and | commenced talking?
Taking the average of the whole time, the
reduction of the debt has gone on at that
rate. Why, take your watch and look at it.
See the second hand as it flies; at each tick
Of the second hand 81 during the whole time
since Grants Inauguration, by day and by
night, upon weekday and upon Sunday-S2
per second in gold has gone off the national
debt"
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1875-07-22
East StrOudsburg Items.

THERE is some talk of "a glass works in
town. Wonder if we will get it.
a NEW pavement has just been laid in
front of the new NJ. +. Church and Parson-
age, which is great Improvement
MEssRs. PERSON & THOMPSON, our en-
terprising Real Estate agents, have opened
an office opposite the r. Il. Depot, at East
IStroudsburg.
THE ''Lackawanna House" under the
superintendency of Henry Whitesell has been
doing heavy business during the past week,
in the way of transient trade.
S. G. PETERS has had to lay in an extra
stock of furniture. He was down last week
and took out twenty one more boarders. And
still they come.
CRY BoARDERs are now hocking into the
boarding houses throughout the county. On
Monday the Milford stages had twenty-one
passengers and as many trunks, besides a
large number of valices.
Mr. CASE B. SMITH, has completed his
large boarding house and cristened it the
Coax Grove House" He has just returned
from Easton where he has been to purchase
his stock of furniture.
THERE is mud hole along Washington
street, which was dug out by the street
brigade in front of Frank Smith's property
that wants filling up again between it and
the Street Railroad track. The street is
almost impossible.
THE new M. i. Church, at East Strouds-
burg, will be dedicated on Sunday next, with
appropriate ceremonies. The sermon in the
morning will be preached by Bishop Andrews
and in the evening by Rev. DR.. Dashiell of
Newark Conference. Addresses will be
delivered in the afternoon by eminent minis
ters from abroad
Mr.. ALoNZo TERpENING, had the roof of
his house and piazza badly shattered by
pieces of rock falling on them from the blast
ing of the rock in front of the Catholic church.
Now is the time for the borough to take the
rock all out necessary for the widening of
Courtlandt street IF it is left until it is
more thickly built up it may cost the Borough
something for damages and be greatly detri-
mental to the interest of property holders as
well as dangerous to life.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1875-07-22

The REV. PERcEvAL BECKETT, B. d.,
the former Rector of st. Pauls Church,
Columbia, Pa, has been sent by the Bishop
of this Episcopal Diocese of central Pennsyl-
vania, to take charge of the Church work in
this county.
On Sunday at 4 80: p NJ, Mr.. Beckett
held service in the parlor of the Delaware
Water Gap House, quite large congrega-
ton was gathered together. This service
will be faithfully kept up until October lst.
As soon as the necessary arrangements can
be made morning service will be had in
Stroudsburg, and an evening one in East
Stroudsburg, every Sunday.
1t it the desire of the Bishop to commence
a regular parish work here in our midst. We
do hope that this desire will be carried out
Mr.. Beckett is from Oxford University, and
is well known in this diocese and that Of
Pittsburg, as a very earnest and successful
Clergyman.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1875-07-22
A Model Investigating Committee !

The Committee appointed of the late
session OF the Democratic Legislature to
investigate the affairs of the Philadelphia
and Reading Coal and Iron Company, are
having good time of it. They commenced
investigating" soon after the adjournment
of the Legislature at one of the big hotels
IN Philadelphia. After several weeks spent
In discussing French cookery and high
priced wines, they removed their quarters
to the crack hotel at Pottsville, relieving
themselves from the immense fatigue of
their labors by daily excursions through
the coal regions. Reading was next visited
where the rare cuisine of the Mansion
House was thoroughly investigated
Returning to Philadelphia on Friday even
ing of last week, we next hear of them
steamins down Delaware Bay in one of the
Reading Railroad Company's mammoth
Golfers, to investigate the Cape May
Ocean Regatta Though sumptuonsly
entertained on the passage they of course
debarked at that fashionable watering place
to 60 through another round of dining and
wining at the Stockton The Jolly mari
ners after thorough investigation of the
Stockton's larder, re-embarked in the Read
ing Company's pleasure yacht and steamed
some forty miles out to sea to inform them
selves OF the movements of the schools of
porpolses, and ascertain if any reform
were needed in that quarter. During the
voyage down the bay and return, the Com
mlttee were in charge of Thomas NJ
Richards, Esq, General Agent of the
Heading Coal and Iron Company, and
William Lorenz, Esq, Chief Engineer of
the t. Il X. r., who spared neither pains
or expense for their handsome accommoda-
ton. The Committee reached Philadelphia
ON "Wednesday night so completely ex-
hausted by their arduons labors that it will
take several weeks at the continental to
properly recuperate. Considering the zeal
with which they have pursued their inves-
legations we may expect next winter to
have most elaborate report, and
thorough reform of any and all abuses that
have existed or are likely to happen in con
nection with the coal trade for all time to
come " Flpe a bagateHe! Vlpe la hNal-
oGg -BerkS and .SchuyktiU JouRal.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1875-07-22

THE Camp Meeting held under the auspi-
ces of African M. E. Church, in Durfee'
woods, was largely attended on Sunday last.
In the morning Rev. G. L. Prosser, OF
Columbia Pa, preached an able sermon in
the absence Of the Pastor j. L. Hammond,
who missed the train at Trenton, ON Satur-
day evening" whittier he had gone to procure
the services of other ministers, He, however,
after walking a good part of the distance
arrived at the camp ground shortly after
noon on Sunday. In the evening, j. w.
Hall, now employed at the Burnett House
preached sermon befitting any pulpit. His
voice was clear, his words distinct and his
manner earnest, and his discourse was listened
to with great interest. The camp will be con-
tinued over another Sunday, and eminent
ministers from abroad are expected to
participate during this week. The best
order has prevailed during the entire camp
meeting.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1875-07-22

A CASE has just been decided by the Su-
preme Court of Illinois, in which the law
of negligence is made to apply to parties
obstructing streets, the court holding that
they are responsible for accidents to life
limb or property indirectly growing out OF
such distractions. A collision between
two teams, by which boy received injur-
les resulting in death, having been traced
back to the fact that it was caused by the
unlawful occupancy of the street with a
sandheap, the owner was mulcted in dam
ages to the amount of two thousand dollars,
the Supreme Court affirming the judgment
of the court below. This is sound equity
and common sense.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1875-07-22

ENCAMPMENT. The Easton Grays intend,
We learn from the Dispatch treating them
selves to an encampment on the 30th of this
month, at the Delaware Water Gap, where
they will remain four days. The company
will start on the 30th inst, and carry all their
accoutrements, parading in white duck pants.
During the encampment the campany will
be controlled by strict military rules. We
wish them good time and fair weather.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1875-07-22
Serious Accident.

Luther, youngest son of Charles SHUTTER,
living near Bartonsville, this county, met
with serious accident, last Friday. The
accident, we learn, was caused by his attempt
ing to draw piece of partially sawn board
through circular saw, he having hold of
the split ends of the board, and by pressing
the said ends too tightly together the saw
was locked or stopped but the force on the
saw or wheel quickly drew his hand against
the saw which almost severed it, leaving only
his thumb. DIR. Nathaniel C. Miller was
called, and seeing that tedious and compli-
Gated amputation was necessitated, procured
the assistance Of DR.. Samuel Foulke The
operation was completely successful. The
thumb together with a portion of the hand
was saved, which will make his hand YET
quite useful.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1875-07-22

ssls- Somebody has figured out what the
expense of supporting the National Govern
ment has been to each voting citizen during
the last six Administrations The table
shows that under Polk Democrat) the ex-
pense per head was $2.05; under Taylor and
Fillmore (Whig), $l.S9; under Pierce Demo
craft, 50. SO; under Buchanan (Democrat) ,
$2.2S; under Lincoln and johnson (Repub-
lican), 81. 94; under Grant, sligo. That is
pretty good showing for Radical rule. "
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1875-07-22

Of all the rat stories yet told, this one,
from the Scranton Republican, tops the
heap In all the old mines rats are numer-
Gus and large. They grow to the size of
wharf rats. They possess great instinct
and practical education. They have be-
come SO ravenous that harness, rope, feed
and everything that comes in their way is
destroyed. In the Won Storch slope and
shaft rats are so bold that when the miners
sit down to take a lunch they find trouble
some creatures gnawing at their rough
shoes while on their feet. A rat story
comes from this shaft. A miner who had
left his bottles of lamp oil tightly corked
IN his mine chamber, found the cork eaten
Oft and out of the bottle and the contents
gone. Placing another filled and corked
IN n the same place, he stepped but few
feet away, and by the aid of his dim lamp
watched the modus opperandi of the oil
dealers. Eating the cork off in about two
minutes, they seemed to take in the situa-
ton at once. When they found that they
could not get their oleaginous meal from
the bottle with their mouths, they turned
and dipped their long file-like tails into the
OIL, licked them off, and within twenty
minutes emptied the bottle without even
vote Of thanks.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1875-07-22

There has been exported from New
York since the 1st of January to foreign
countries s40,787 ,546 in gold and silver,
the great bulk of which was American
gold and silver, the former in coin and
bars, and the latter exclusively in bars
The exports for the same time in 1874
were S25 ,64S,150.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1875-07-22

Revenue officials have been closely at
work in the collectors office at Louisville
examining into the late defalcation. The
amount will be much larger than at first
supposed, probably not less than $4,000
Evidence that Jackson's death was by sui
eide was accumulated
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1875-07-22

Mr.. August Kroegers little by on VIII
liam street was badly poisoned one day last
week by eating or handling potato bugs
which he found in the garden. The mother
discovered the child with a handful of
crushed bugs, and next day it was swelled
badly about the face and limbs, and was
covered with red blotches. The child has
quite recovered now. Parents will do well
to guard their young children from hand
ling these dangerous things.-MiadIeto,on
Press
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1875-07-22

Baltimore is excited over the marriage
in that city of a scion of English nobility
to colored woman The Baltimore pa
pers set the bridegroom down as direct
descendant of the Plantaganet family of
England, and say that few years ago,
when public Indignation was at its height
against the Prince of Wales, he would,
had the indignation assumed more tangi-
bic form, have been in the direct line for
ascending the British throne-B0ston
Daily NetcS.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1875-07-22

THE plains of Kansas are tasscled with
plenty. The crops over the bulk of the
State are unparalleled for heaviness of
yield and breadth of acreage, and it is cal
culated that the exportable surplus of
wheat will rise to 100000 bushels, con-
siderably exceeding that of California.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1875-07-22
Chemistry of the kitchen ouebt to be m

Chemistry of the kitchen ought to be un-
derstood as well by all young ladies, as
chemistry of the farm by young gentlemen.
The merits of soap, how to make it and use
it, are worthy of as profound study as the
arts of music and painting. How to knead
and bake, is as an accomplishment as high
as fancy needle-work. What science so
sublime as that of domestic economy ? The
wife in more senses than one holds the key
to her husbands treasury. If she knows
all about the dollars, they so to constitute
the family comforts indoors, she has a
greater knowledge than he who applies
them judiciously to buying plows, harrows
and horses. Then what a precious accom-
plishment is that which groups the ele-
ments and affinities of the family into a
compound of order and love This is the
art of all arts, and it belongs exclusively to
women.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1875-07-22

Miss Mary Rhode, of Shutdown, six miles
east of York, is represented to be the small
est person in the State She measures SO
inches, weighs 80 pounds and is Is years
and ten months old. Her memory is good,
but she talks like child two years old, the
age at which she stopped growing.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1875-07-22

A. G.. JANSEN succeeds John n Stokes
as Express Agent in this place. The bu-
sines will be conducted at the old stand.
Mr.. j. is well known as for long time
the assistant express agent, as well ac-
quainted with the business in all its details
and we trust has all the necessary qualif-
cations to render him a good and efficient
agent
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1875-07-22
The satisfies furnished by Mr.. Dodge tc

The satisfies furnished by Mr.. Dodge to
the Department of Agricultural reveal, in
startling figures, the vast natural wealth Of
our country. Less than one-ffth of the
entire area of the United States is occupied
by farms, of which only one-fourth is under
tillage. Notwithstanding our enormous
wheat crop, the land which produces it is
not equal in extent to the surface of South
Carolina. Our national crop, corn covers
a territory not larger than Virginia, and
the potato crop could grow in less than the
area of Delaware. In view of these figures,
who can question the boundless resources
Of America, or look with misgiving upon
our steady tide of migration.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1875-07-22

The Owego Times says that farmers and
gardeners should remember that potato
bugs are poisonous. On Sunday last, in
Yates county, a gentleman while showing
a visitor through his garden, crushed sew
eral of the bugs in his hands, Shortly af-
terwards he touched his finger to his
tongue In less than two hours it had
swollen to such an extent that he could not
shut his mouth his hands were badly swol-
len and turned black. Two physicians were
called in, who, after several hours hard
work succeeded in subduing the poison.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1875-07-22
Sweep Of Rain and Wind,

CINCINNATI, July 18.-Severe storm of
rain and wind swept over the country from
Newark, Ohio, to Wheeling, West Vir-
ginia, yesterday and this morning. At Cam
bridge, Ohio, some chimneys were blown
down and buildings considerably damaged,
but no loss of life is reported The dam
age to crops in the path of the storm is
thought to be heavy.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1875-07-22

Philadelphia has clerical scandal. The
Rev. Thomas Bolts, pastor of the Twelfth
Baptist church, is charged by thirty-four
members of his congregation with ''unmin-
isterial conduct, undue familiarity with
certain ladies and want of truthfulness. ~
The matter is being investigated.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1875-07-22

THE Delaware, Lackawanna & Western
Railroad Company promise to lay railroad
through Passaic and run forty trains daily
between Hoboken and Paterson as soon as
their new tunnel at Bergen Hill is completed,
which will be in July next year.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1875-07-22

The Chemical Bank of New York. with
capital of 100000 declares dividend
every two months, the last on the 1st of
July, ID per cent; par value of shares,
500, while 81 600 share is bid for the
stock, and none for sale.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1875-07-22

Potato bug "bees' are now all the rage
in some sections of this State. The beaux
and bells meet during the day and pick
potato bugs from the vines, and in the
evening the house is thrown open to the
young folks, who spend the greater por-
tion of the night in dancing.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1875-07-22

Last Saturday there were twenty-6ve
car loads, or in round numbers 500 .OO0
pounds of cheese, shipped on the cheese
train of the Atlantic and Great Western
road from stations in Crawford and Mercer
counties, Pa
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1875-07-22

\ married woman of Allentown got tired
of her husband and home a week or ten
days ago, and elopcd with young man.
But her new-found happiness was of short
duration. The other day she returned to
her formor home, repentant and destitute,
and sought the forgiveness of the husband
she had deserted. Instead of being re-
ceived with joy and full forgiveness, that
individual would have nothing to do with
her, and turned her from the door of the
home which she had disgraced. The part
ner of her guilt has not been heard from.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1875-07-22

FRANK WHITE, son of James White
of this place, who served an apprenticeship
with A. Raubenold, Jeweler, is now ar
ranging to locate at Weatherly, Carbon Co.
Pa, in the Jewelry business.
Mr.. w. is young man of good habits
and doubtless will prove to be decided ac-
quision to that town.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1875-07-22

A milk dealer, fifty years old, committed
suicide recently by jumping off ferry boat
into the Delaware river at Philadelpbi,
Milkmen are preyerbially fond of water
but this one allowed his fondness to run
away with his judgment
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1875-07-22

FIVE hundred dollars reward is offered
by the Commissioners of Schuylkill coun-
ty for the arrest of the murderer of Police
man Yost at Tamaqua, and 81 900 more by
the borough authorities of that town.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1875-07-22

BoARDERs are making a much shorter
stay this season and are more careful how
they spend their money. Cause, hacent got
1t to spend Effect of the panic.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1875-07-22
Che 1eGcrsouian.
THURSDAY, JULY 90, 1875.

nSga' President Grant was last week eleva-
ted to the dignity Of a grandfather, his
daughter Nellie Grant Sartoris having be-
come the mother of fine boy. The Presi-
don't was absent at Cane May at the time.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1875-07-22

Hon. ASA PACKER, the munifcent foun-
der and benefactor of the Lehigh University
at South Bethlehem, has recently made the
institution present of thirty additional acres
of land adjacent to the present grounds.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1875-07-22

The Wilhamsport Gazette and BuUet;,
says 'There are less number of low
liquor saloons open in this city now under
the license law than there used to be a.
times under the local option act"
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1875-07-22

a NEW counterfeit of the 5O-cent note is in
circulation. So scrutinize your change The
imitation can be detected by the absence of
interwovrn lines.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1875-07-22

THE potato bug has reached the desert, a
hundred miles north of Ottawa, Canada.
They arrived in showers, striking against
window panes like hail.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1875-07-22

LEnIGHToN has $4,000 worth of stock
subscribed to start new bank, the capital
of which is to be $4,000.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1875-07-22

ONE hundred and fifty ''picked Welsh
singer" are organizing an expedition to at
tend the Centennial.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1875-07-22

The sale of postage stamps in the New
York post Office for the quarter ending June
80, amounted to $649, l49 6S.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1875-07-22

AMONG the shipments to Antwerp by the
Faderland from Philadelphia last week were
seven hundred sewing machines.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1875-07-22

THE wheat crop now being harvested in
the Indian Territory is the largest ever known
in that country
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1875-07-22

MAJOR WM. SCHooNovER, near Bushkill,
has already made contracts for boarders,
which fills his house.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1875-07-22

THERE have been received in Cheyenne,
from the Black Hills, ninety ounces of gold,
worth about ST $50.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1875-07-22

THOMAS Dickson of Scranton, has been
elected a director of the Erie Railroad. A
good selection.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1875-07-22

THE Berks County Agricultural Society
will disburse S3,4S4 in premiums at their
next fair.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1875-07-22

Snow fell at Lousia Court House, Virginia,
on Tuesday, July 9Th.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1875-07-22

OXFORD township, Warren County,
n. j. has population of lilo.
Litchfield enquirer., 1875-08-05

Dr. J. Walkers California Vim egar BitterS are a purely Vegetable preparation, made chiefly from the native herbs found on the1overTanges of theS Sier- ra Nevada mountaiDs of California, the medicinal properties of which are extract ed therefrom without the use of Alcohol. The question is almost daily asked, "What is the cause of the unparalleled success of VINEGAR BTTTKRs" Our answer is, that they remove the cause of disease, and the patient recoyers his health. They are the great blood purifier and a life giving prin- ciple, perfect Renovator and Invigorator of the system. Never before in the history of the world has a medicine been com pounded possessing the remarkable qual- ities of VINEGAR BTrTERs in healing the sick of every disease man is heir to. They are a gentle Purgative as well as Tonic, reliev- ing Congestion or Inflammation of the Liver and Visceral Organs, in Bilious Dis eases.
 If men will enjoy good health, let them use VISEGAR BPFTKRs as a medicine, and avoid the use of alcoholic stimulants in every form.
 R. H. MCDONALD & O.,
 Druggsts and General Agents, Ban Francisco CsfOr- Ha, aud Washington and Charlton Sts., New York
 Sold by all Druggists and Dealers.