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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1876-10-21
District Court of the United States
District of Maine.
In the matter of

Bankrupt.
V'IIIS is TO GIVE NOTICE that petition has
i been presented to the Court this 18th day OF
September, A. d. 1876 by John q. Daggett OF
Greene, in said District, bankrupt, praying that
he may be decreed to have full discharge from
all his debis proyable under the bankrupt act and
upon reading said Petition,
1T is ORDERED by the Court that hearing be had
upon the same on the first Tuesday of December
district at 10 O'Clock A. NJ and that notice thereof
be published in the Lewiston Weekly Gazette and
the weekly kenDebec Journal, new papers print
ed in said district, week for three successive
weeks, the last publication to be thirty days at
least before the day OF hearing, and that all cred
itors who have proved their debts, and other per.
sons In interest, may appear at said time and
place, and show cause If any they have, why the
prayer Of said petition should not be granted.
WIN. p. PREBLE,
Clerk of District Court for said District
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1876-01-07

A DEPARTED RACE OF PIGMIEs.-Hay-
wood, in his history of Tennessee, tells of a
race of pigmies which existed hundreds of
years ago in the neighborhood of McMiu-
vile and Sparta, where their cemeteries are
yet to be found, though many of them have
been torn up by the plow Of the industrious
farmer of the present day. On the Sd of
October party of gentlemen at the request
of Professor Henry, of the Smithsonian In
stitute, left Nashville for Sparta, to procure
specimens of the skeletons of this departed
race for exhibition in the collection at
Washington. Several days were devoted to
the search The first three yielded no re-
suits beyond the discovery of some twenty
empty graves but on Thursday, the 7th, be-
side the grave out of which Haywood OBJ
tanned skeleton during his researches, were
secured the bones Of a pigmy. One of the
graves had as head-stone limestone rock,
a thing unusual, By this particular mark
it is presumed the bones must have been
that of a noted person Of the race.
Near by the grave were found some speci-
mems of ancient pottery of strange design.
The body, which, from the position in
which the bones were found, must have
been inferred in sitting position, was, as
shown by the skeleton, about twentysix
inches in height. The thighs arm, ribs, ,and
in fact, all the bones, were SMALL the full
set of teeth showing, at the same time, that
they must have belonged to an adult The
thigh were little larger than mans
fore-fnger, the other bones being in pro-
portionate size The first of these graves
were discovered in 1920, and were found by
the early settlers to average %! inches long
by II inches wide and y inches deep. They
were, in all cases, formed of sandstone rock,
which is found, not in the valleys where the
graves are located, but on the top of the
mountains. From all that could be learned
this race of people must have lived at least
three or four centuries ago.
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Creek 1t was on this very path that Van
Camper, the most prominent Indian fighter
on the North Branch, was captured, and
within three miles of where | write.
Several other less important paths led into
these great thoroughfares, and are well known
in their neighborhood.
Such are the materials for history of
The Forks of the Susquehanna. In detached
pieces and from other points of view it has
been written but there is the more interest
ing one of personal narrative, which it seems
is lost for ever. The many books
and narratives which have been written
prove the eagerness with which the public
desired to know whatever was remembered
of the different localities which, by love and
war, have been made famous.
Some day justice will be done to our most
beautiful river; some day an Englishman or
a German, an Italian or a Russian. will trav-
ell along its winding shore" and celebrate
its beauties; after which our countrymen
will awaken to its romance, and consent to
admire its valleys and love ts hills. From
the lake in which it rises, to the bay into
which it discharges its water, it is the most
beautiful stream on the continent; the histo-
ry of the people who lived upon its banks is
the most mournful and romantic; the ad-
ventures of its heroes the most thrilling and
exciting; and the most worthy of that an
cient race who roamed through its forests.
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4 Fooled Barber.


A joke was perpetrated on one of the best
artists in one of our barber-shops the other
day, which disgusted the young man very
much, and made any quantity Of sport for
his associates.
The men were all busy at work when a
young man entered the shop, took his seat
in the corner, pulled out paper, and began
to read while waiting.
He held the paper up before his face in
such a manner that the barber could not see
it, and therefore when he had finished his
job, he sharply calculated Next"
No response from the man behind the
newspaper.
"Shave, sr9" came next in still louder
tone Of voice
Then raising his voice rather impatiently,
as he was barber whose chair had never
been slighted before, he shouted;
"Want something done, sir?"
All was quiet, and the man read on as
though he we're ten miles from any disturb
ing queries,
"That mans deaf mute" said one of
the artists workers.-"I know him
wcll--he wants shave, but don't know it
is his turn"
Thereupon the young man left his chair
stepped across the room, and touched the
quiet man on the shoulder. He glanced up
when the barber began pantomime perior
nance, intended to represent the operation
of shaving, and then pointed persuasvel.
toward his chair.
"No thank YOU" said the mute, "Tn
only waiting for a friend"
The look of unadulterated, unmistakabl
and unspeskable disgust on that barber
face as he went back to his chair was pain
full to witness.
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Home Education.

There is a popular falacy that without
the advantage of good schools, educations
cannot be obtained. But let it be remem-
bered that many great and good men and
women are self-educated. Education, as we
understand the very comprehensive term is
not merely the highest development of the
intellectual faculties, an acquaintance with
the arts and sciences. "Tran up a child in
the way he should 60" is the divine injunc-
ton. The moral as well as the intellectual
must be regarded. Impressions traced upon
hearing and mind in childhood are rarely
obliterated, but remain with us through life,
strengthening and deepening with our years,
exerting an evil or a salutary influence over
all our actions How important, therefore,
that only the best influences be brought to
bear upon the youthful mind. What has
the great and good Watts expressed with re-
gard to this same education of youth
"Their future character as social and moral
beings will be greatly influenced by the man
ner in which they are taught from an early
period to regulate their emotions, by di-
recting them to adequate and worthy objects,
and controlling them by great principles of
wisdom and virtue"
Children naturally regard their parents as
their superiors, and readily accept and i'm
bibe their views and it would appear to
themthe Great Giver had entrusted them with
the important responsibility of moulding the
useful and susceptible mind. Particularly
is it the duty of mothers to attend tothe mo-
raj and intellectual development of their
children. 1t is to be lamented that as
class they are not better fitted to conduct the
education of their own offspring. De Stael
said, "If you viii! insure the happiness of
France, instruct the mothers Of the French
people" And the noble expression is alike
applicable to our own nation. If we would
adopt such a plan, what a glorious improve
ment there would be in the affairs of our
land what diminution of vice
There are those among us, young men and
women with whom adverse fortune has dealt
roughly-whose aspirations have been fetter-
ed and oppressed by the calling chains of
adversely ty-who would gladly accept oppor-
tunities for instruction; whose hearts crave
the priceless boon of education; but their
respective occupations, engrossing the whole
of their time during the day, Go not permit
them the leisure to improve themselves as
they desire to do.
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The Size Of Nounirles.

Greece is about the size of Vermont.
| Palestine is one-fourth the size OF New
York.
Hindoostan is more than hundred times
as large as Palestine.
The great desert of Africa has nearly the
present dimensions of the United States.
The Red Sea would reach from Washing
ton to Colorado and it is three times as VIDE
as lake Ontario.
The English Channel is nearly as large as
Lake Superior and Lake Huron is as large
as the Sea of Azof
The Mediterranean, ifplaced across North
America. would make sea of navigation
from San Diego to Baltimore.
The Caspian Sea would stretch from New
York TO St. Augustine, and is as wide as
from New York to Rochester.
Great Britain and Ireland are about as
large as New Mexico, but not as large as
Iowa and Nebraska. They are less than
New York, Pennsylvania and Ohio.
Madagascar is as large as New Hampshire,
Massachusetts,, Vermont, Connecticut, New
York, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Virginia
and North Carolina all put together.
The Gulf of Mexico is about ten times
the size of Lake Superior, and about aslarge
as the Sea of Kamschatka, Bay of Bengal, as
China Sea or Japan Sea. Lake Ontario
would go in either of them more than fifty
times.
The following bodies of water are nearly
equal in size: German Ocean, Black Sea and
Yellow Sea. Hudson's Bay is rather larger
than the Baltic, Adriatic half Persian Gulf
and Egead Sea are about half as large, and
somewhat larger than Lade Superior.
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THE OLD RED CENr.-As the old "red
cent" has now passed out of use, and, except
rarely, out of sight, like the"old oaken buck
et," its history is a matter of sufficient inter-
eat for preservation. The cent was first pro-
posed by Robert Morris, the great financier
of the Revolution, and was named by Jefier-
son two years later, 1t began to make its
| appearance from the mint in 1892. 1t bore
the head of Washington on oae side, and
thirteen links on the other. The French
Revolution soon created rage for French
ideas in America, which put on the cent, in,
stead Of the head of Washington, the head
of the Goddess of Liberty--a French Liber
ty, with neck thrust forward and flowing
locks. The chain on the reverse side wa
displaced by the olive wreath of peace, bu
the French Liberty was short lived, aud 81
was her portrait ON our cent. The next fig
ure or head that succeeded this-the staid
classic dame with iillet around her hair
came into fashion about thirty or forty year
ago, and her finely chiselled Grecian feat
ures have been slightly altered by the laps
of time.
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NIGHT IN VENIcE.-Charles DudleyWar-
ner, writing from Venice to the Hartford
Csurant, says the Venetans turn the day
into night. The theaters and concerts never
begin till 8 o'clock in the evening, and are
not out till -; and of course, supper(a. the
restaurant) wont be over before one or two
o'clock. If you are invited to regular re-
ception and go at IL, you will find no one
there except the hostess. Guests will begin
to arrive at half past II most, however, do
not come until twelve, and tea will be serv-
ed between l and 2, If it is ball you must
not go before r. The German will begin
at and end perhaps when the bronze fig
ures on the clock tower in the Piazza are
striking 7, aud the pigeons of st. Marks
are beginning to look for early corn. The
advantage of this is two-fold In the first
place. you can go to bed early in the even
ing, get up at midnight, and dress and go to
| the ball and be in refreshed condition to
enjoy it. In the second place, you can sleep
all the next day, and as you have nothing
whatever to do, in the garish daylight, this
is gain. Ofcourse the Americans do every
thing that they undertake much better than
anyone else. fit is the adoption of for
eign fashion, they speedily leave the for
eigners behind, their moderation uuder an
eel Sc, Thus the fashionable colony of
Americans in Florence puts the old conserv-
atism of The city to the blush If a leader
oft gives ball. it does not begin till next
day, That is, the guests do not come till 8
or O'Clock in the morning, and the Ger
man begins at in the morning, and ends
towards night Ofcourse it is necessary to
keep the windows boarded up against the
daylight, l; is this sort of thing that makes
Americans so respected abroad.
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FASHIONS FOR GIRLs.-For every day
and school wear for girls, fashion journal
says there is nothing more appropriate than
the comfortable kilt suit. This consists of
the warm kilt skirt with deep plaits that COW
er the girls limbs with three thicknesses of
the material, a simple basque buttoned be-
hind, and loose stylish sack that may be
made of the dress material wadded, or else
of heavy yet soft CLOTH The kilt skirt reach
es half way between the knees and ankles.
| 1t must be hemmed or else faced about three
| inches from the bottom. The plaits are
pressed fatty, aud to keep them in place per-
manently, it is well to sew one or more rows
of tape around and underneath the skirt,
| tacking each plait to the tapes. The basque
may have separate vest set in, but it is
more usual TO merely outline this vest by
trimming, and instead of darts to use the
Gabrielle side forms that pass into the shoul-
der. 1t is customary to make the entire suit
of dark cashmere (green, brown or navy
blue) with a flannel lined or wadded CASH
mere sack. If the colors shown are very
dark-and they nust be dark in order to be
stylish-the sack will be appropriate with
other dresses. A mere c1rding Of silk or OF
the cashmere on the edges will be sufficient
trimming.
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CHAPTER |.
EARLY HISTORY,

1t is hardly possible to write the history of
any county lying within the Forks of the
Susquehanna, without giving as an intro
duction to it,a sketch more or less extended,
of the celebrated valley in which it lies !;
which from Fishingcreek to the upper end
Of what is now called Lackawanna Valley
was originally knswn as Wyoming, or in
Indian, Maughwauwame, signiiying "large
plains A number of tribes inhabited the
region now composing the counties lying on
the North and West Branch but the eari-
est historical bands in Columbia county seem
to have been the Shawanese, who had viii
lage on the flats below Bloomburg near the
mouth of Fishingcreek, another at Catawis.
sa, near the site of the present village, and
also another near the mouth of Briarcreek
below Berwick The Delawares were also
settled within the valley, and with some
Others, were under the control of the Six Ma
tions, and were ordered by them from point
to point, at will.
| The Shawanese came from the Carolinas
and kept moving north until by agreement
they were allowed tosette upon the Susque
harns, about 1857, They were brave anC
warlike tribe. and gave the Proprietary Gov
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POetical.
CARRIERS ANNUAL ADDRESS.

Tears for the year that's dead
Smiles for the one that's born,
Black midnight heard the mourner's tread
| But Joy came to us with the morn.
A thousand pleasant memories cling
About the year just passed, and bring
Kindly regrets to keep alive
Our sorrow for old Seventy five.
Yet now with wistful eyes we gaze
Into the futures unknown days
Whilst bright Hope cheers us with the though
That grief and pain shall be as naught.
That happiness shall be our lot
Whether in palace or in cot
And care and joy shall never mix
To spoil our lives in Seventy six.
One hundred years ago How brief
A time it seems, tis scarce a leaf
On History's page and yet has brought
More wealth and power than those VIII
fought
Their country's battles then, had deemed
Within the possible so hopeless seemed
The unequal struggle with the foe
Only one hundred years ago.
Foremost among the powers of earth
This nation stands whose stormy birth
A century has smiled upon.
n,1, n b,nI,ol ,,o,,, lo,-o Qo,r,
And now her hundreth natal day
Has come at last, and who shall say
A prouder day has e'er been known
To sons of sires who scorned throne.
Ia the same city whence there came
The Declarations words of fame
Which fired the hearts of those true men
Valiant alike with sword and pen,
Are stately structures where are stored
Rich offerings from the nations hoard
OF wealth gained in the century
When thirty millions grew from three.
Oh greatest victory gained by man
h'lnNt ulSl W SONclu
The people rule and have done so
Since Just hundred years ago.
The times are hard and growing worse
There's little money in the purse
And in the houses of the poor
Grim want is everat the door.
We all have waited patiently
For those days of prosperity
Republicans have promised long
Their promises not worth a song.
The sheriff does the business now
The pittancc earned with sweaty brow,
Goes only to increase his fees
And fill our penitentiaries.
We hope in this Centennial year
For better times, but greatly fear
They'll never come until the hour
Republicans go out Of, power.
IF they should go we could rejoice
And join to swell the nations voice,
Exulting in her hundreth year,
And face the future without fear.
A Happy New Year to you all
The Carrier wishes on his call
To friends of the COLUMBIAN
Twelve months have passed since he begar
His weekly route, through sun and rain
And now he greets you once again
On New Years day and hopes to find
You We had him now and then in mind
A gift of greenbacks great and small
Will please him much, so one and all
Lend him a helping hand to cheer
Him on his way another year.
Begin the glad New Year Alright
Your duty always keep in sight
BE sure twill always bring you joy
Not to forget the CARRIER Boy.
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JOB PRINTING
Columbia County Official Directory

President Judgc-Willlam Elwon
Associate Judges-Iram Derr, Isaac 8. Monroe.
PrOthOnOtary, &C.-B. Fralk Iarr.
Register Il RcCorder-N illamson II. Jacoby.
District AttOrney-JOln n NJ. CLARK.
Sherilf-Michael Grover.
SurVC Or-lSaac Dewitt.
TRANSFORMATION snyder.
Commssoners-Willi Lawton, John Herner
John Ent.
Commissioners clerk William Krlckbaum.
AuditOrs-U. J. camp / $. T.. Smith, David Yost
CorOncr-Charles q. N tlrph
Jury COmmSsOncTs-laCo II. Fritz, william II
UT.
COUNTY Superntendent-Wi liam II. Snyder
Bloom Poor -DirectOrs-O. p. Ent. Scot t.
Wm. Kramer, BlOOmsh irg and Thomas Creyeling,
scout, y. 7. Emit SeCretArN.
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CHURCH DIRECTORY.

CHURCH DIRECTORY.
BAPTIST CHURCH.
Rev. J. p. Tus'in, (Supply.)
Sunday SarvCes-lik H. IN. and 81 p. m.
SUNDAY School-o a. m.
PRAYER Meeting Every Wednesday evening at 81
Sea S free. The public are invited to attend.
ST. MATTHEW'S LUTHERAN CHURCH.
Minis cr--Rev. j. NcCron.
sunday Servlces-lOH a. IN. and 81 p. IN.
sunday SChOOl-9a. m.
Pra or Nee lng-Eypry Wednesday evening at O.!
seats free. Nopews rented. All are welcome.
PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH.
Minis cr--Rev. stuart Nit ahell.
sunday Servlces-lO]G a. Iii. and 81 p. m.
PRAYER Nee lng-Eyeryy Wednesday evening at o.
o'clock.
Sea free. No pews rented. Strangers welcome.
METHODIST EPISCOPAL CHURCH.
Presiding El1er-Rev. -. :. Buckingha
Minisier-Rev j. II. McGarrah.
sunday Services-1N% and G14 y. IN.
Bible class|Evcryp Monday evening at sK o'clock
Young Mems PRAYER Meeing-Every Tuesday
General Prayer Meeting-Every Thursday evening
O'Clock.
REFORMED CHURCH.
Corner of Third and Iron streets.
-PastOr-Rev r. T.. Honmeier.
kesidence-East street opp. Third street.
sunday Services.lOy IL ln and p. m
Prayer Meetng-Saturday, I p. m.
All are invited There Is always room.
Services every sunday afternoon at O'Clock at
heers church, Madison township.
ST. rAULs CHURCH.
RectOr-Rcv John Hewitt.
sunday ScrviCeS-1uh a. m, 6H p. m.
Sunday SCHOOL, a. IN.
First Sunday in the month, Holy Communion.
Services preparatory to Communion on Friday
evening before the 81 Sunday In each month.
Pews rented; but everybody welcome.
Persons desiring to c9ntut the Rector on religious
ma terS VII find him al the parsonage on Rock
Street.
EVANGELICAL CHURCH.
Presiding Elder-Rev. A. L. Reeser.
Ministcr-Rcv. j. 4. Irvine.
sunday Service-9 p m, in the Iron Street Church.
FRA, or Mecting-Every sabbath at p. IN.
All are invited. All are welcome.
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Original.
History of Columbia County.
NUMBER |.

1t has been well known to our readers
that John G.. Freeze has for some years been
preparing the material for History of
Columbia County. The completion of it
has been delayed by various causes not
necessary to mention. At the request of the
Publishers OF the COLUMBIAN, he has con-
sented to submit to the public through our
columns several of those chapters of the
work which will be most interesting to
our readers. Some of them were written
several years ago, and are left unchanged,
that we may see the progress of events.
Others are brought down to date. AS the
work is to be re-edited for publication in
book form, Col. Freeze desires all persons in
possession of facts, incidents, personal his
tory, topography &c, &c, to furnish the
same to him for use in q subsequent publ
cation. And in that. request we heartily
join him.
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BIoomsburg Official Directory.

bloomsbury Banking Company-John 4. Funston,
Presden', IL. II. Gro Z, Cashier.
FirS Ma iOnal Bank-Charlcs X. Paxton PRESIDENT
j. p Tustin, Cashier.
columbia County Mutual Saving Fund and Loan
Association-E. IL. Little, President, c. w. Miller,
Secretary.
liloonsburg Building End Saving Fund Association
WIN. Peacock, PrCStdcnt,J j. II. Robson, secretary.
Bloomsbury Mutual Saving Fund AssoCia ion--J.
j. Brewer, Presiden', c. G. Barkley, Secretary.
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Yearly Advertisements pay sbe quarterly. IIhn, IIle
silent advertisements must be paid before lnsefNo
except where paries have accounts. -, ..s.
Legal advertisements two dollars perlncn IoI urss
Insertions and OF that rate for additional insertion
without reference to length. 60. .....
Executors, Admins rators and Audiior NVuees
three dollars. a..
Transient or Local notices, twenty cents line.
regular advertisements half rates.
Cards In the business Directory" column ohs
dollar per year for each line.
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THE COLUMBIAN
ocRAT, STAR OF rnE NORTH ANDooLUA
DTAN NCuSgpITuATrn

OOLuhBA DEMOCRAT, STAR OF TnE NORTH AND ooLUM
BIAN COSsOiIDATEDO
Issued weekl, every Friday morning at
a, BlOOMSBUkG, COLUMBIA COUNTY, PA.
A. TWO DOLLARS per year, pa able In advance, or
urlhg the year. After the expiration OF the year,
.oO VIII be Charged 10 subscribers out OF the
county lhe terms are 81 per ear strictly In advance
be DELAYED beyond the ear
No paper discontinued except at the option OF the
Publisher, until all arrearagcs are paid, but long
cOhtlhlel credits after the expiration OF the first
year VIII not be given.
All papers sent out OF the sa e. or to distant post
olceS, must be paid for In advance unless respon-
siple person In Columbia county assumes to pay the
subscription due on demand.
. POSTAGE is no longer oSacted from subscribers In
the county.
JOB Pr RTNTING-
The Jobblng Department OF the COLOMBIAN is very
complete and our job irlntlng will compare favor
ably wi that OF he large cities All work done on
demand, neatly and ~ moderate prices.
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RATES OF ADVERTISING

one inch twelve lines or It's equivalent In Nonra
ell type) one or two Insertions sit0; three instr