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The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1876-11-09
A Remarkable Frog Story.

\ remarkable incident occurred at a
Canada sawmill i'll Acton while pine log
was being sawed up into lumber. The
outside slab and one board had been cut
off, and while the workmen were turning
over the log they were surprised to see
large toad poke his head out of hole in
which he was imbedded and where he had
barely escaped being cut up by the saw.
How the stranger got there was mystery,
as he was completely incased in the wood
with on possible means of ingress or egress
As the log was the fourth or fifth from the
butt of the tree, his position must have
been at least fifty or sixty feet from the
ground, and he had no doubt grown up
with it from infancy, being probably hun
dreds of years old The animal was quite
fat and nearly as large as mans hand
He was perfectly blind, but when taken
from his bed he made use of his limbs to
crawl away. The tree was perfectly sound
with the exception of decayed spot of
about foot in length below the hollow
place in which he was imbedded How
did he get there, and what did he live on :?
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: York eats ten thousand tons of fisl,

New York eats ten thoussnd tons of FISH
annually.
Some of our large tallow rendering es-
..blishments in the East are sending oil
tbat IS hydraulically extracted from suet
70 Liverpool, where it is mixed with milk
and manufactured into butter.
4 New Jersey farmer has raised the
rresent season thirty tons to the acre of
lrrinr sown onions, some of the precious
buIbs weighing two pounds 1t makes our
owes water to record such statement.
The New York BARRIERS are just now do
inc bit of sharp competition, and in many
shops the price Of a shave is but FIVE cents.
with good cigar" thrown in. Others
charge the same price and offer their Gus
toners a fye-cent glass of beer in addition.
The California cereal crop this year will
reach the most sanguiue estimate which
has been made of it. The surplus of wheat
available for export will be fully 500, 900
tons. The enormous aggregate is illustra-
tive of extraordinary agricultural enter
prise, as well as vast productive capacity.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1876-11-09
IT DIDN'T SUIT.

Two or three weeks ago Detroit boy,
after finishing the last chapter of book
called ''The Pleasures of the Deep" pleaded
with his father to let him ship aboard a
lake schooner. The old man smiled grim
smile, took the case under consideration,
and in few days the boy was on the roll
ing deep, having shipped rs grccnhorn on
vessel in the lumber trade. He sailed to
Saginaw, came down and crossed to Tole-
do, and next day he appeared in Detroit,
lame and stiff, his throat sore. one eye near
ly shut and a feeling of humbleneSs run
ming all through him.
''What back again ?" cried the old man.
as the boy entered the house.
''Yes, father, | want to saw all the wood
for winter, bring in. all the coal, clean out
the cellar and paint the barn, and you
needn't give me but two meals day
Don't you like sailing p
Father, you don't begin to realize any
thing about it. The captain sailed right
along on Sunday, the same as any other
day, and l believe he swore harder. He
wouldn't give me an umbrella when it
rained, he made NE sit up most all night,
and two or three times he called me up at
midnight and made me haul on ropes and
drag old sails around There wasn't a
single night when all of us got off to bed
at nine o'clock, and there wasn't day that
he didn't boss US around and break in on
us every time we got to reading anything
good like land, father, and wish you
owned farm ~
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1876-11-09
a Proclamation.

By the President of the United States
From year 10 year we have been aecus-
tomei to pause in our daily pursuits and
set apart a time to offer our thanks to AL
mighty God foT the special blessings He
has youchesafed to Us, with our prayers for
4 continuance thereof We have at this
time equal reason to be thankful for His
continued protection, and for the many ma
terial blessings His bounty has bestowed.
In addition to these favors accorded to us
as individuals, we have especial occasion to
express our hearty thanks TO Almighty
God that by His providence and guidance
our government established century ago
has been enabled to fulfill the purpose of
Us founders in offering an asylum to the
people of every race, securing civil and re-
bgl0us liberty to all within its borders, and
melting out TO every individual alike justice
and equality before the laws 1t is more
over especially our duty TO offer our hum
bic prayers to the Father of all Mercies for
Z coatinuance Of His divine favor to us a
nation and as individuals.
BY reason Of all these considerations, l.,
Ulysses 5. Grant, President of the United
States, do recommend to the people of the
t8lted States to devote the thirtieth day
OF November next to the expression of their
thanks and prayers to Almighty God, and
iaying aside their daily ayocations and all
secular occupations. to assemble in their re-
sPectlves places of worship and observe
such day as day of thanksgiving and rest.
In witness whereof | have hereunto set
my hand and caused the seal of the United
States to be affixed Done at the city OF
Washington this twenty-sixth day of Octo-
Der, Ia the year of our Lord one thousand
eight hundred aud seventy six, and In the
independence of the United States OF
America the one hundred and first.
u. S. GRANT.
BY the President,
HAMILTON FISH, Secretary of State.
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Special n office.

WASAMAKER & Brown, of Philadel-
phia, may well challenge all comers upon,
at least, two points on which they con-
gratulate hemselves-namely, the ex-
cellcnce of quality of the material, and
splendid serviceableness of the manufacture
in all their garments. An artist on canvas
can scarcely put the touches of his brush
with more delicate and discriminating care
upon pet picture than the makers of Oak
Hall clothing hestow upon every part and
department of their work Such scrupulous
care is bound to tell. The public will GER
tainly find it out more and more.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1876-11-09
ADJOURNED
Orphans Court Sale.

By virtue of an order of the Orphans Court
of Monroe County, will be sold at Public Sale,
upon the premises, on
SATURDAY,, NOVEMBER 25th, 1876,
at 2 o'clock p. NJ, the following Real Estate of
ENOCH FLAGER, late of Stroud township,
in said County, deceased, viz:
A certain Messuage and lot of Land, situate
in said Stroud township, containing
Is Acres and 20 Perches,
bounded by land of John Metcalf, David Kel-
Ter, A. J. Bush, Lavina Fabel, Enoch Flagler
and others, all cleared and in a good state of
cultivation. The improvements are a
Frame Dwelling House,
IS 80 feet, one and half stories high, and
FRAME KITCHEN attached, y Is feet ;
FRAME BARN "a SO feet, and other out
buildings good well of water and also cis-
tern. Stream of water passes through the
premises.
The public road leading from Stroudsburg
to Tannersville passes along the same. The
property lays within a mile of the Borough OF
Stroudsburg.
Terms made known on the day of sale.
ENOCH FLAGLER, Admir-.
By the Court-Tho. NJ. McIlhaney, Clerk.
November 9, 1S76-3t.
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The Earth'S Center.

4 remarkable address was delivered by
Sir William Thompson on the subject OF
the fluid or solid nature of the earth S
kernel. While not denying that certain
p1r.ions of the carth's interior are in a
Ia1teu or firii state. Sir William Thomp-
son maintained. on various more or less
rccoudite grounds. that no large proportion
Of the elrth's interior can by any possibility
be in the condition of molten fluid. Il
NAV sa-, with almost perfect certainty, that
whatey II may be the relative densities of
rock solid aud melted. at or about the
temperature Of liquefaction. it Is, | think
quite certain that solid rock is denscr than
hot melted rock and no possible degree of
ri-idity in the crust could prevent it from
bre king in pieces and sinking wholly below
the liquid lava Something like this may
have gone on and probably did 60 on for
thousands Of years after solidiGcation COM
mencei surface portions Of the melted
material losing heat, freezing and sinking
Immediately. or growing to thicknesses OF
a few mettles where the surface would
be cool. and the whole solid dense enough
70 sink. This process must 90 on until the
sunk PORTIONS Of crust build from the bot
TN a sufficiently close ribbed skeleton or
fr me, to allow fresh incrustatiou to remain,
briiging across the now small arreas of lava
pools or Iakss" That Is a striking picture
Of the growth Of the .'round earth, !" which
was once supposed to have been made from
the Grst 80 fast that it cannot be moved. :"
We are rather sorry to be robbed of the
belief in the central lava ocean after all.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1876-11-09
The Cost of a Menagerie.

The Central Park menagerie, in New
York city, contains six hundred and twen-
ty-hve animals, being an increase of one hun
dred and seventy three during the last three
years. The expense of supporting this es-
tablishment is very large, and will average
$780, 600 year for food, beside the salari, S
OF the keepers. Some of the tax payers
seriously object to such use of pubic
money. The cost of the animals is net
large, and $4,000 will cover the entire bill,
the chief expense being their support.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1876-11-09
A Notable Clock.

In the Kansas building, on the Cehten,
mai grounds, is clock whose peculiar
excellence is that it requires winding but
once IN hundred years. 1t is said to keep
the most accurate time, telling the month
OF the year, the day of the month, the day
OF the week, and the time of the day and
yet the inventor claims that it does all this
with much less power than is required with
any other clock escapement ever invented.
Who would like century clock?
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1876-11-09
The Foreign Exhibition.

Over half of all the goods exhibited in
the foreign sections of the Centennial
Exposition have been sold, and it is i'm
probable that more than one-third Of all
such exhibits will remain to be taken home.
Only small portion of the Mexican dis
play has been disposed of, as it is mainly
illustrative of the mineral wealth of the
country. Holland will take little home
except the representations of her public
works American representatives of Swiss
firms have purchased nearly all OF the
Swiss exhibits. France will take back the
most of her exhibits Not more than one
third of the Belgium display will be reship-
ped across the Atlantic. The exhibitors
from Great Britain and Ireland have found
a market for the greater portion OF their
wares. Brazil will present one-half OF her
dispIay-the government exhIbit-to pub
lie institutions of the United States, and
will exchange the remainder for scientific
apparatus of domestic manufacture. ltalys
art sales have been trifing, but the sales of
her exhibits in the Main building have
been satisfactory. The entire agricultural,
piscatorial and meteorological exibit Of
Sweden has been presented to the Smith
sonian Institute, and the remainder OF her
display has been almost disposed of. Canada
sold nothing except about $4,000 worth of
-furs. About fifteen per cent of the Ger
man exhibits will remain unsold, while one
third of the Austrian display VIII be taken
home. Russia has sold about one-half of
her goods, and Spain somewhat less
proportion. Tsrkey has sold little except
her mats and carpets. Only small por-
ton of the Egyptian display was purchased
Probably two-thirds of the japanese goods
will be left in this country. One-third OF
the Chinese goods viii remain unsold.
These estimates do not include instances
where donations were made to the Penn
sylyania musuem by exhibitors, or where
purchases of special articles were made by
that Institution.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1876-11-09
Sentence of PugiliStS.

SALEM. y. J., Nov 3.-Weeden, Good.
win and Collier found guilty of manslaugh-
ter by aiding in the killing of the prize
fighter Walker, were to-day sentenced to
six years imprisonment each in the Tren-
ton peniteutiary. The remaining two pris-
oners. Clark and Neary, were sentenced to
imprisonment Of two years.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1876-11-09
Rabbit Warfare in New Zealand,

Some years ago a colonist, with the idea
of benefting New Zealand, took out few
few pairs of rabbits and turned them out
in the country, forgetting how quickly these
animals multiply, and what little means
there are, In country so thinly populated,
of keeping them in check. The conse-
quence is that farms are devastated, crops
are destroyed, and the earth overrun with
increasing swarms of these destructive rod
ents, and all the efforts of the colonists have
been futile to keep down their numbers. At
last happy idea struck some persons who
had suffered from this curious plague
They determined to import some weasels,
thinking that by their help they would be
able to accomplish the desired end, and they
have offered as much as S25 pair for
healty weasels.
Weasels, however, object to anything
like confinement, and, as they would prob
ably die on the voyage out, Mr. Buckland,
to whose care the experiment has been con-
fded, has determined to send out some pole
cat ferrets, which he imagines will be even
more valuable farmers friends. la thus
making use of one branch of animal life to
keep check on another, and so to maintain
the balance of power" between them, he
is simply following nature. They have had
instances of this scientific adaptation in
England in the employments of swans to
destroy the superabundant growth of weeds
in rivers and ponds, and in the protection
of insect eating birds to defend crops from
the attacks of insect pests. 1t is to be
hoped the battle of nature will be fought
out to the satisfaction of the colonists of
New Zealand, and that they will not have
cause presently to import some new addi-
tion to their fauna to keep down the too
rapid increase of polecat ferrets.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1876-11-09

a Connecticut company is getting up
new thing to protect trees from worms
The invention is rubber band with sin
gle bristling row of brass pins set very close
to each other, like the teeth of comb, in
the middle of the strip, and worms cannot
crawl over it.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1876-11-09
NOTICE.
To the Members of the Monroe Horse In


surance Company.
The annual meeting of the said Company
will be held at Snydersville, on Saturday, the
eleventh day of November, 1876, at Q O'clock
A. NJ, for the election of officers and settle
ment of accounts. All captains are requested
to be there promptly al o'clock a. m, pre-
pared to settle their accounts under penalty of
the fine which may ensure. By order of the
officers of said Company.
p. s. EDINGER, President.
J. III. FENNER, Sec'y. Nov. 2-2t:
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MARRIED..

Sept. 22d, by the Rev. r. NJ. Wallace, Mr.
James III. Smith, of Philadelphia, and Miss
Kate Mckinley, OF Stroudsburg, Pa.
Nov. I'd, BY the Rev. r. NJ. Wallace. Mr.. M
c. Kautz, and Miss Kate Heller, of Shawnee,
Pa
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1876-11-09
NOTICE.

The annual meeting of the Stockholders of
the Stroudsburg Loan and Building Associa-
ton, will be held in the Tilden and Hendricks
Club Room, on Friday evening, November 8,
1876, between the hours of 7 and o'clock.
B. S. JACOBY, Sec'y.
October 26, 1S76.-3t.
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d NOTICE. d

Notice is hereby given to the members of the Union
Horse Company of Northampton county, that stated
meeting will be held at the public house of J. j. Rudy
Heller innkeeper in Plain6ed tow nsrip on the third
Saturday of November being the the 1ssh at 10 o'clock
the forenoon for the purpose Of eIectDg the officers
of said company for the ensuing year. At the same
time and place it shall be determined by ballot whether
the company shall be changed to live stock company
or remain as it is. A full attendance is expected
JACOB BOWER, President
r. AcKERHAS, Secretary. Nov. s-2t.s
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Auditors Notice.

The undersigned, appointed auditor by the Orphans
Court of Monroe county to make distribution of the
balance q money in the hands of A B. Shaer AI'or
of the Estate Of Mary Shafer deceased will attend to
the duties of his appointment at his office in the
Borough of Stroudsburg, on Friday the Gath Gay of
November A. D., 1876, at o'clock p. NJ when and
where all parties must present their claims or be
forever debarred from coming in on said fund.
Nov 2-4tl D. S. LEE, EuditoT.
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Save Your Dollars.

Do you want 200 Yard Spool Cotton for
three cents, aud large paper of Pins for FIVE
cents, or paper of best Needles, for five
cents, and all kinds of notions, for nearly
Half Price, then come TO Decker's and
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1876-11-09
NOTICE.

Believing that the only safe and fair way
of dealing is on the cash system; for both
buyer and seller, aud thereby save money
for the purchaser.
We hereby give notice that on and after
October lst, we viii sell goods only on the
cash basis.
Thankful to our friends for past favors,
we solicit a continuance of their patronage.
GEO. L. STAUFFER Is co.
East Stroudsburg, Sept. I'm.
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NOTICE.

STRoUDsBURG BANK Nov. T. 1876.
The Directors of this Bank, have this day declared
dividend of Four Per Cent the carniugs thereof
for the last six months payable the Stockholders
on and after the 10th instant.
Nov. s-2t.l J.MACKEY, Cashier
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ASSIGNEE'S NOTICE.

Assignment Of Benjamin f. Reinhart and WIFE,
e5 Eu-s Stroudsburg, Pe
Whereas, the above named have made an
assignment of all their real estate to the under
signed, for the benefit of their creditors, notice
is therefore given that all persons having claims
against the said assigrors will present them at
esce, and all indebted are notified to make
immediate payment.
VIM II. REINHART, Assignee.
Jackson Corners, Pa. Oct ), '76-6t
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Save Your Dollars.

Do you want fine or common Hats, or
Winter Caps for yourself and boys, then,
come at orce to Decker's and
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1876-11-09
Save Your Dollars

Do you want splendid Under Vest for
Ladies or Under Shirts and Drawers for
Gents or Hosiery and Gloves, come straight
to Deckers's and
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1876-11-09
SheriH's Sale.

By virtue of a writ Of Lev. Fa directed issued
Of the Court of Common Pleas Of Monroe county,
will expose TO sale at Public Vendue on
Saturday, the 25.h day Of Norerber, 1875,
AT O'Clock in the afternoon at the Court House in
the Borough of Sroudsburg Monroe county the follow
ing described Real Estate, to wit:
The one full equal uncfvded moiety half part OF
all that certain Brick House and lot Of land situate
the Borough of StToudsburg beginning the corner
Elizabeth and Willow Streets thence by said Willow
Street South Is degrees East les feet thence by Mill
Alley s. IA degrees, West ~ feet TO post thence by
land Of Jacob Sngmaster North 10 degrers West l6s
feet thence South side Of Elizabeth street North "a
degrees East 40 f., 10 she place Of beginning. The
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1876-11-09
FOR RENT.

4 Farm in Paradiss,y alley viii be rented
for year with the privilege of longer time
in shares or money rent. Enquire of or address
Trausuc, Paradise Valley. Oct 19-2m.
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Save Your Dollars.

Do you want Millinery Goods, such as
Trimmed or Untrimmed Hats for Ladies'
Misses or Children, or Ribbons, Feathers
or Flowers for nearly half price, then come
to Deeker's and
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Save Your Dollars

Do you want Rousing Calf or Heavy
Kip Boots for men and boys, whole leather,
or splendid Pebble Goat Button or Lace
Shoes, for ladies misses or children, or the
best Rubber Boots & Shoes then come to
Decker's and only to Decker's can you
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Save Your Dollars,

Do you want beautiful Rose Blankets,
Horse Blankets, Cotton or Wool Flannels,
Of all descriptions or good Carpet at near
ly half price, come to Decker's and
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Save Your Dollars.

Do you want good substantial Suit of
Clothes for yourself or for your Boys, or a
single Coat for or 5 dollars, or single
pair of Pants for dollar and so cents,
lined, or heavy Cashmere Vest for l dol
lar, or good Overeoat for FIVE dollars,
come to Decker's and
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Save Your Dollars.

Do you want beautiful styles of Ladies
cloth for Cloak or Sacks; or fine Cassimers,
Satinetts, Tweeds or Kentucky James, come
to Decker's and
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Save Your Dollars,

Now all We can ask is for every one to
come and see for himself before he buys
any where else.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1876-12-23
CLARKsVILLE, TENN.

desire to call your attention to my large stock o
Wagons, Buggies Wheat Drills Hay Ra'ies Bells Plows
of all kinds Sorghum Mills Cider Mills Pumps and Tub
Fans Corn Shelters Road and Pond Scrapers, Spring
Seats and Breaks for Farm Wagons Sporting and Spring
Wagons all kinds Steam Engines and Separaors Reap
ers and Mowers Cutting Boxes Single and Double Trees
Choice Northern Rye Orchard Grass Blue Grass Herds
Grass and Timothy Seeds Winter Oats Feeding Oats,
Bran Corn Flour and Lime Etc. Orders promptly filled
at Lowest Prices Call and examine. All goods war
ranted. Very Respectfully,
TT. p BUR q E.