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Litchfield enquirer., 1876-11-30
December MonthIies, &c.

ST. NICHOLAS contains: Frontispiece, ''The Heart of Winter" Poems and Carols of Winter Gllustrated); No Pocket Gllus. ); Cluck a, luck Strange Children Gllus. ); His own Master, by J. T. Trowbridge; A Christmas Song; The Horse Hotel (illus. }; The Flock of Doves; The Boys of My Boyhood. by William Cullen Bryant; The Secret Door The Letters at School :; Doings of the "Polly's Christmas Society" The Kingdom of the Greedy (concluded); The Complaint of the Stockings; A Clock in the Sky at Night, by Richard A. Proc tor; Leon Maturin's Christmas Eve; Some Oriental Sports that I Saw Gllus.); The The House of Santa Claus, by Edward Eggleston; The Good natured Bear; The Spring-board; The True Story of Doll; The Peterkins' Christmas Tree; Editorial Articles. etc.
 Scribner & Co.,, New York. See En- quirer Clubbing Rates.
 BLAcKwooD's EDINBURGH MAGAZINE for November contains: Swift and Lord Ma caulay; Pages from the Story of my Child hood; A Woman Hater. Part V1.; A Run through Kathiawar-The Holy Mountain; A Greek Glrl; Army Promotion and Re- tirement; The Life of the Prince Consort; The Recent Home Agitation and the East.
 The Leonard Scott Publishing Co.,, fl Barclay St., New York; S4 year. The WESTMINSTER REVIEW for October contains: Indian Affairs, Recent Legisla- tion; William Goodwin; Political Economy as Safeguard of Democracy; Lord Al thorp and the First Reform Act; Shakes peares Young men; Political Develop ment and Paaty Government5 Contempo- rary Literature.
 The Leonard Scott Publishing Co.,, fl | Barclay St., New York: S4 year.
Litchfield enquirer., 1876-11-30

The South Carolina Returning Boar d does not afford the only instance of usurp- ed judicial power known to our time. The following still more aggravated case IS going the rounds of the papers:
 Apropos of Rev. Dr. Fields recent sec- ond marriage is this little note of com ment in the Evangelist by near friend of the doctor and his new wife: I've trust we do not transgress proper re- Serve when We add (what is we'll known by those in their intlmacy) that the pres ent was very dear friend of the former Mrs Field, whose anxious wish on her death-bed was forthe union consummated. This will not surprise any who knew that noble woman, whose heart was as large as her brain, and whose thoughts were always for the happiness of others"
 Curious scene that, of the "noble wo- man whose heart was as large as her brain, saving her reverend partner.from being 'bull dozed" into some unworthy second marriage by "counting in" her own successor, and then dying happy And the good man submitted just as we shall all submit when some rascally lot of counters give us Tilden X Hendricks.
Litchfield enquirer., 1876-11-30

Being desirous of giving every encouragement to parsons favoring us with local news make the fol- wing propositons to regular and occasional corres-
Litchfield enquirer., 1876-11-30

cases or contest regarding the election of governor are given to the legislature; and, as regards members of the legislature, the constitution also provides that each House shall judge of the election returns and qualifications.of it's own members.
 Such being the power of courts over boards of canvassers. and the laws and constitution of South Carolina regarding their state board of canvassers, it would seem to be clear that. as regards the eiec- tion of governor and members of legisla
 ture, they have only ministerial" and not Judicial" powers. As regards the rest of the state officers and presidential electors, it would appear that the board have Judicial" power to decide contested elections. The first order recently made by the Supreme Court of South Carolina required the returning board to make the certified statement of votes cast required by the first clause of the statute above cited. This order the board complied with, and further adopted the following resolution: ''That this board will not act upon any proposition until the ques- tion of it's powers and duties be decided by the Supreme Court" On Wednesday of last week, the Chief Justice announc. ed that peremptory mandamus would issue requiring the canvassers to issue certificates of election to the State Sena. tors and Representatives elected. Be. fore this order was served, and on the same day, the Board voted four to one in one case, and three to two in tue other, to throw out the returns from Edgefield
 and Laurens counties as void on account of frauds and irregularities. and then cer- tifed to the election of the republican electors, the republican candidate for governor and all the s.ate officers, and the members of both houses of the leg
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1876-01-27
DIED.

On the 11th of December 1875, at her
residence, near Evansville, Maryland, Mrs
ANNIE ANDERSON, relict of the late A. den
Anderson, Jr., in the 35th year finer age, leav-
ing an only daughter and large circle of
friends to mourn their loss.
The deceased was daughter of David
Smiley, late of Monre Co., Pa, but from the
time of her marriage was a resident of this
county, where she soon won the respect and
esteem of large circle of admiring friends
Becoming widow after brief married life,
her mind seems to have centered on things be-
yond the present life and to be fixed on these
things that pass not away. She was long de-
voted member of the NJ E. Church, a faithful
christian, and her her place in the congrega-
lion, the Sunday School and the class was
seldom vacant, and she continued to go to the
place and meet with the friends she loved 80
well, up to the time the Father called her
home. No more can the loved mother come
back to comfort her orphan child, and the faith
full ministratIons of the devoted daughter and
sister have ceased, the earthly tenement has
passed away, but her good name and works
cannot fall. After approprite services at the
Church, at Evansville, December 18th, her re-
mains were laid beside her husband, far from
her native home, in our own beautiful Mount
Olivet. D.
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Fresh Air at Night.

The Providence Journal says Just
how much fresh air shall be admitted to
sleeping apartments during the night
through open windows, seems to be ques-
ton whose practical solution involves wide
range of differing opinions. There are
those who carefully exclude every breath
of might air" and depend for their pure
oxygen upon the air already imprisoned
within their dwellings. There are those
who, following the other extreme, sleep
with open windows when the thermometer
is among the eighties, and when it sinks
below zero. AS usual, a happy medium
between these extremes involves the best
conditions for physical well-being. A sup
ply Of pure air is as essential during the
day as during the night. All sensible peo-
pie who understand the principles Of re-
spiration will agree to this assertion. At
the same time great care should be taken
that the fresh air admitted should be as free
from dampness as possible, that it should
not be allowed to enter in such quantities
as to produce a sudden and great difference
in the temperature of the sleeping room,
and that no draughts formed by its ingress
should disturb the repose of the sleeper.
IF these conditions are faithfully observed,
there will be few nights during the year
when it is not perfectly safe as well as es-
sential to health to sleep with an open win
dow. Common sense and sound Judgment
must regulate the quantity of outside air
required, whether the inlet shall be the
crack formed by raising the sash above a
board fitted to the lower part of the win
dow frame, whether the upper sash shall
be let down few inches, or whether the
outer air shall have full play through the
wide-opened window There may be sys-
tenn of ventilation that will fully answer the
required purpose to carry off the impure,
and bring in fresh supply of pure air ris-
ing to the desired temperature. We have
never seen any ventilating system or action
that would produce anything but partial
results, and the old fashioned way of re-
gulating the supply Of pure air by judi
cious use of windows is about as effectual
as any that has since been invented. We
would not advocate the obsolete fasion of
sleeping in cold rooms on feather beds un-
der mass of bed-clothes that keeps the
BODY overheated and irritated with perspira-
ton, while the lungs are drawing in the
vital air at temperature that makes one
shiver to think Of it, Even this contrast
in temperature is not half so enervating
and disease-provoking as the modern
fashion of sleeping in furnace-heated
houses, where a blanket is superfuous 10
cold winter weather, and every avenue for
the entrance Of freeh air Ia almost hsrmeti-
oelly scaled
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Relics of the Inquisition.

The torture chamber in the rath-house in
Ratisbon, Germany, has many relics of in
quisitorial cruelty or of private tyranny
Among the rest is a chair studded with
wooden pins, in which men sat with weights
windlass to hoist up by the hands men
who had heavy stones tied to their feet, and
then drop them a foot or two with q
wrenching jerk; horizontal frame with
knobbed rollers, over which men lying on
their backs were jerked backward and
forward by end pulleys board set up on
edge in standard, the upper edge sharpencd,
on which the victim set astride, with stones
tied TO his feet; and fireplace, with q
recess behind it, in which the victim had
TO stand and be roasted to death The
chamber itself is mean, and the whole thing
vulgar and disgusting.
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BATTLE WITH a BURGLAR.
Triumph Of q PluckY T0bacconist.

BIYGHANPToN, n. Y, Jan. 23.-John
Hayden, burgler from Owego, entered
the house Of George 4. Kent, tobacconist
On Court street, early yesterday moning.
hent hearing 4 noise, got up and found
the burglar In bis bed room, armed with q
h1.ie, which Kent mistook for a pistol. He
to.1 the burglar, who was masked, to take
Whatever he wanted aud 20 away, and to
snow that ne would not molest him Kent
vent back to bed. The burglar seized a
".ich and chain and a pocket-book con-
tllng some money, and went into the sitting
room, shutting the bed room door. Kent
taeFeuPon pinched his baby to make it CRY
20 That the burglar would not hear his
movements, and going to the doorway com
menoed firing on the burglar, who was
a'ahaiag under gaslight in the sitting
They then clinched, and Kent fred two
more shots, one Of which took effect In the
muscles OF the burglars right arm, above
''7 elbow, and the other in the right breast,
aOoat TWO inches below the nipple The
."z' shot took an upward course, and lodged
10 The mans side. The burglar fell, with
neat on top Of him. While Mrs. Kent
was gone Tor the stove poker to reinforce
ref Z, husband, the burglar freed himself from
,>snt grasp and escaped He FASTENED
" the house of John Dunn, on Henry
slee,, - half mile away, and, representing
mat he had been shot and robbed by high
1ayinen, obtained admittance, and doctor
va: sent for to dress his wounds. The
Po''cs found the burglar at Dunn an hour
-''TT' and took him into custody.
. he Is badly wounded and in a low condi-
51 I'o1' ana is supposed to be dying. Hayden
L ISo no pistol, but had an accomplice in the
muse with him who was armed with a
tee..OiVer, e. but who ran off when Kent began
1InS' T he has not yet been arrested
nayden Lay refused to give his name. He was
guy sI 70 the house of correction at Rochester
s,I. we've years ago from Binghamton for
Ealing 0.sag and had only been out of jail six
nionShs' rS He is aged about % years, is
~ gatiy SIX feet in stature and well built.
ue suaiF has created considerable excite
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Following up a Collector.

From he Philadelphia Times.
Peter Y. Baird, of Stroudsburg, Pa.
vas on Friday last charged before Magi,
s.rate R. r. Smith with embezzlement
From the testimony it appears that Baird
vas sent to Philadelphia with notes amount
ia- 70 $50 to collect for William Wallace
O.. SToudsburg. 1t is alleged that he
collected the money, but neglected to make
any return. He was also intrusted with
The sale Of $4,000 worth of lumber, from
'e proceeds Of which he retained $1,000.
lie was committed to prison in default Of
$500 BAIL
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Sufficient Cause.

A young man in Chicago was recently
found dead in his, bed and the supposition
was that he committed suicide by poisoning
but upon analyzing the contents of his sto-
mach nothing but the following were found
in it: Pickles, pound cake, lemonade, cold
turkey, beer, fried oysters, cold punch, ham
sandwich, sponge cake, beef tea, mince pie,
champagne, lobster, game pie, fruit cake,
tea, chicken salad, whiskey, coffee, bologna
sausage, port, cheese, sardines and sherry
The jury returned a verdict of ''died
through the visition Of friends
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The Wrong Place.

An old man entered Bethlehem shirt
store, recently, to get himself pair Of
mlttens. He saw some chest protectors
there, and after looking them over he said
"Well, I'll be mashed if know what
these are"
They are capital things for the win.
ter, replied the clerk "they are chest
protectors"
''Put EN- on the chest ?" asked the old
man.
Yes, right over the lungs 1 will sell
you one very cheap, if you want it"
"No, | guess not. My old woman never
strikes out from the shoulder, but always
hits down blow, and one o these things
wouldn't be worth cent"
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Why he Couldn't so to Church.

The Brooklyn argus has the following
4 wouldn't be such Christian as you
are, John" said his wife, as she stood in
the doorway, dressed for church. "You
could go with me very well if you wanted
to.
"How can II" he half sobbcd. "There'
the wood to be split, the coal to be showed
over to the other side of the cellar and no
dishes washed for dinner yet
"Ah [ didn't think of that" she muir
INJURED, thoughtfully, and giving her new
cloak fresh hitch aft, sailed out alone.
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Goods cheaper than ever at n Ruster s
He has them marked way down to bottom
prices.
New goods will arrive at N. Ruster's this
week and next. Don't fail to call and see
them.
Those wishing to secure a good bargain
will do well to call at n. Ruster's, as he is
bound not to be undersold.
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MARRIED..

On Thursday, the 18th of Jan. 1876, at
the Water Gap, NJ. E. Parsonage, by Rev.
Richard Turner, VIM. B. Austin, ofScran-
ton, and Mrs. Esther w Van Welt, of Del.
Water Gap.
At the residence of Charles Henry, Esq,
Henryville, Pa, Jan. 18th, 1876, by Rev.
e. l.. Martin, Mr.. Andrew Arnold of
Towanda, Bradford Co, and Miss Shoe of
Henryville, Monroe Co, Pa.
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CAUTIO N =!

The undersigned having loaned Robert
Eaton, of Tobyhanna township, Pa, two
horses and harness, two mules and harness,
and one two-horse wagon, hereby notifies
all persons against meddling with the same
under penalty.
ISACC STAUFFER.
Housewife, Pa, Jan. 27, 1876.-3t.
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The depressed condition of the labor
market continues to promote crime to an
extent hitherto unprecedented in New
York. There are now at Sing Sing 1000
convicts, one-fourth of whom are placed
two in a cell, to the utter perversion of
both morals and discipline. Aubuan pris-
on is also full to overfowing, and Clinton
is taxed to its utmost capacity.
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A farmer in Cambria county, Pa, having
the deed of his farm in his vest pocket,
hung the garment on the fence while at
work in his field, and COW coming along,
ate part of the vest and the deed. The
question in that vicinity now is: as that
cow frceholder, as the title of the land
was duly vested in her ?
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Auditors Notice.

]. S. McNeal, Fl. Fa. No.6,
Christian Friece Geo. Kidney. Dec. T. 1875.
The undersigned appointed Auditor by the Court Of
Common Pleas of Monroe County to make distribution
of the money paid in Court made upon the above writ
will attend to the duties of his appointment Satur-
day the 18th day of February next al o'clock p.
his Office in the borough of Stroudsburg at which time
and place all persens having any claim demand up
said money will present the be forever de-
barred from coming in for any share thereof
d. S. LEE, Auditor.
Jan. 27, 1s76.-4t.
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An old preacher, who had several calls to
take parish asked, his servant where to 90,
and the servant said s'Go where there is
most sin, sir. And the preacher concluded
this was good advice and went where there
was the most money
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Special N Office.

SEE what Messrs Wannamaker & Brown
have to say i'll our advertising columns about
their Fall Stock of Clothing. You may be
sure that their announcements are to be de-
pended upon, TO the very letter, Oak Hall is
one of the reliable institutions that have given
credit and stability to the business of PhiIadel-
phia.
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- who didn' exactly know
Dsro'e'iio letter registered, sent some
% get .Ss other day, and he wrote
,y '"liy 'i,re Registered with two
4. onreIoPs Fearing that this might
BID Ia.'u9 enough, one Of his friends
p s.rolS Ear that | saw Jim put two
q i '" The man who fools with
= 5a will vii get into trouble.
sa'[ v. w. have a wonderful vitalizing
'I a'a.s car trees, especially those grow
a?]n ,aii Our ashes of last winter
lsi' ar. around these trees in liberal
assa % those thus treated have out
r..,l''. b;ng IIr else in the orchard. Some
rn an'.rlr7 sTen sickly, and apparently ready
r'is vI ,beir hold on life, have been re-
Up P,rfsct ,r health by this remedy.
sl " IN Erie county went to his
f iarIpy, morning recently for the pur-
as 3 ooS 5;nr gi, a three-year old colt, and
@. .sJa, s,bo act of giving him hay, the
lie aasd a;,,d him by his long whiskers and
In1. '.''o ont Of the left side Of his face,
.. 'a,,' , firhtfal wound. The colt was
1as We ysrv docile and had never shown
-;'.. ~ .rn,ptoms of viciouSness before.
g. j,ys ago a man named Reilly, a
i Z" y'rg cjty car driver, being the worse
.r ~" u n,i:took an Indian cigar sign for
'ia,', ,,lf and went for him. He knock
!. u. ,.' 5ommv from its pedestal, clnched
2 'Dg r,Ted over and over on the walk
u .'+ :. ii the time frantically abusing it.
.- ~ With difficulty the two were sepa-
. W. The Indian is considerably the
,'.- hr the tussel, and the driver is
..,j over to keep the peace,
Ill.,. VAS curious funeral in England
i.I ..5sr dav. A sporting gentleman, one
~. o1 school, was buried in his hunt
s,it with cap, whip and spurs. He
,,-riaJ on board to a hole in his gar
and then laid in 4 stone coffin between
Hos Of two fayOrite cows that had
i ,rj been buried some time before. An
,orr with which he used to hunt was
-. md buried at his feet, with his saddle
frjiIe and a couple Of dogs and d fox
20 also nut to death and buried at his
4 There was no funeral service, and
other rites Of any sort.
The first movement Of the Democratic
r.s Of Representatives is against the
.-I army. The ex-rebels who control
Horse never could do much against
g-nv in the field, and they are now
.r 70 .ry what can be done to destroy it
r.ans Of legislation. They are melted
rca action not only by memories of the
but br recollection of the good and
.rr service done by the army in enforc-
crier, in protecting citizens, and in
snling the Ku Klux outlaws in the
.bern States after the war. These
IS have not been forgiven, and the
use now Is so to cripple the army that
II no longer De available for such ser
In the meantime it is likely also to
D. far reduced that the government will
nabIe properly to cover the exposed
Is upon our Western frontier and on
Mexican border, and to garrison the
wherein troops ought always to be.
army IS hardly lager now than it
It to be and even the plea of a necessity
,a1crl retrenchment will not excuse
tempt to rob it of it's efficiency. If
rebel Democrats in the House are so
anxious to retrcnch, we recommend
to begin in the Capitol, and we sug-
that first Of all the franking privileges
c members shall be withdrawn.
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KEYSTONE DRUG STORE.

Dr. 8. L. FoULKE e. J. KREsGE, successors
to Peter Williams, have purchased the Empire
Drug Store on Main Street, a few doors below
the Post-ofiice, and for the convenience of those
who wish to call, will have red lamp in
front, and known hereafter as the
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1876-01-27

IMpoRTANT.-In order to quit the Boot
and Shoe Business, Simon Fried offers his
entire stock of Boots and Shoes, at first
cost and 6eloao cost. Come one and all
now is your chance for Bargains
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Auditors Notice.

The undersigned auditor appointed by the Orphans
Court of Monroe county, to make distribution of the
funds in the hands of Philip NJ Bush, Executor of the
last will and testament of Daniel Row late of the town.
ship Of Smtheld, deceased will meet parties intrusted
distribution at his office in the Borough of Strouds
burg Saturday the 10Th day of February A D. 1876
at 10 o'clock A NJ when and where all persons inter
ested may attend if they think proper be debarred
forever from coming in for any share thereof.
d. S. LEE, Auditor.
Jan 27, 1854.
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Decker's Column!
Old Criss Crindle

After going around Monroe county, creep
ing slyly down the chimneys on Christmas
and New Years and filling the stockings
of the little urchins, make them and their
Mammas dance for JOY, has gone back
again to his Cottage in the mountains of
paradise" where he keeps his good things,
there to stay until next Christmas:
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The Democratic State Central Commit
tee met on Thursday at Harrisburg, and
decided to hold the State Convention at
Lancaster on the 22d Of March.
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FOR SALE.

~ One pair of Mules, years
NTTEEa 4 old, Isl hands high. We'll broke
iHi in every way. in good condition.
0sAezzsLz.s Will sell cheap or exchange for
good yoke Of oxen. Call on or address
L. T. SMITH,
Folks Ssasiaa, Noo.oe Co, Pa
Sspa 20, 1878
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S. L. FOULKE,
J. KRESGE.

DR.. S. L. Foulke being practical Physician,
having his office in the rear of said Drug Store,
cordially invites the public to give him call,
as he is fully qualified to prescribe and COM
pound all prescriptions. Nov. II, '75-6m.
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CAUTION |

All persons are hereby cautioned not to
trespass on any property of the undersigned
situate in Stroud township, Monroe county, Pa
Any one violating this notice will be prosecuted
TO the full extent of the law.
JACOB 81. BUTTS.
Stroudsburg, July 20, 1875.
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Keystone Drug store.

where will be constantly kept Paints, Oils,
Varnishes, Drugs and Medicines, and ali
articles usually kept in Drug Store, at the
lowest market prices
S. L. FOULKE