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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1877-09-04
SARATOGA.

SARATOGA, y. y, Sept. 3.-1hc weather
today has become quito cool auI Fan oyecoat are DO
demand
Among the arrivals at tla United states Par,c God
win. Ms Goodwin and Miss Godwin OF Nev-Yolk; g..
Garcia OF NeW-Yorl the NarcAIonesa dc PAiiman, Of
RUSSIA: VIM a. W. Mitchell, o. Ncv-Iorl; G. Z. Green
oaeh of Colorado Ms. f. s. Winston, James winston
D. b. Tanner. Of New York y. W. B.arIman ana Mrs
Boaldmau, of Cleveland: a. H. Billings of Ctcte'i
Dr. i. u. Butts. Of Nick.burs Mr. Fo1 and ilui -
conn: John r. Piat o. Matfoon "a. D. AucAincO,s and
Samuel y. tu-slef, Of Nc"-Aora
The social Science Convention has attracted many dis
tinguishad people HITLER and the arrivals to-day have
been heavy The Convention will continue DUNG t5e
week and will open to morrow evening with address
by the President The Hon. David a. wells. on tie sab
iect tile Relation OF Economic Laws to Public ana Pri-
ners NH be rr..tutcd On the silver question
by Prof Jerous Of ENGLAND, aud y. T.. Noursc,
at Boston; also savings banks by John T. Townsend
| b. CamalII bradford Of Boston; taxation by
6 Fg' wm S. Migot. IT, Of Boston Among the poai-
nent persons connected vita the h,socatcn "r-
David A. Wells, President J.. IS san19in, 'Ctel1i{;
college; Prof Fisk ~ Cornell; = - knttie': Of New
YORK: the Hon. t. -. Potter 0t Ehod- Island; Charles
Dudley Warner. Pdrae Goodwin President Welding, Of
Coumbi University Prof Past Of Yale and many
other wol-huOwn scientists
Al the Ai5cmar.c are: ST James ana Lady Robinson
and Miss Bouiton, Of Toronto Canada; Geo W. p Goats
ana family Of Baltimore, Nd; Capt j. $. Spencer, Of
EiEucih, y. j.; and Mr.. ana Ms. [. J. BOWEN, OF
Chicago
Among the Grand Hotel arrivals are Gen Hodges, L.
: A.: J. II. Ruttcr Of N@wNorlI; Mr.. and Mrs. J. A.
Turner OF Boston; Mr.. and Mrs. d. Boardman Of Ithaca.
Geo. Cccu, of New-Nork; Mrs. i. V. W.
supGikcr OF Brooklyn; c. j. Wells and family
OF Bncgeport J. stone, OF Chicago; Mr. and Mrs c..
: Randall oil New Bedford; Mr. aud Mrs. G.. Il. WI ANS,
Of Japan; T. p. Weed and family, OF Nor"alk; Judge
Learned, of Albany.
At Congress Han Mr.. and MIS-. ID. r. Pratt OF Phi
adelphia; Mr. and Mrs. H. y, Barrett Of Mcrden; Mr..
and Mrs T. COggeshail. of Newport; Mr. and hs. j. e..
Cine of Lapute; }. H. Osiraud, Of Oshkosh.
Among tO-iay's arrivals at the American Hotel are
J. T. watson and family, OF Savannah W I. King Of
Toronto; Nj and Mrs j. Peurosc OF Philadelphia.
The arrivals at the Adeiph Hotel include: A. D. L. Ba.
ker of GlOveIsvIle 6 T. $. Wcstbro0k, of Amsterdam
e. d. Grcg0r and Miss Ggc%or, of Reading, Penn.
The Clarendon aTriy ais include: j. G. lin and family,
Of Rrooklvn: Mr. and Mrs i. Alexander OF NcW-Y0rk
Mr. and Mrs samuel Ashton, Of Phiaiephia MIR. aud
Mrs ID. Melcncr, Of New-NoTk.
Al the Columbia are j. McLcary and Miss McLcary,
of Ngy-York; c. =. Raw on OF Cleveland
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1877-09-04

CAFES for Sale Cheap--Heuing's Maryins,
- ana all makers safes bought 81 I'll * co. 80 Dey 81
STRUCTURE, impotence, and Diseases OF the
= Gencriye Organs radically and speedily cured once
hours 10 >. HENRY A. DANIELS MD. IA LeAng''h'4'
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.nIntirs. obtained a Judgment

denlurgh acting for the plaintiffs obtained judgment
by default and writ Of custer Mr.. Traphagen moved
on Saturday for suspension Of the writ for thirty days
aud Yesterday Judge scudder heard the arguments lie
de- dd tat he could not yacate the Judgment, but gave
the DEFENDANTS until Saturday, when the branch OF the
Supreme Court VIII finally decide the case.
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TIFFANY & 90.

UNION SQUARE,
Respectfully announce to tiae
psgsIic tlaat t'gey have assOcj"
a(eG with Gi,Gsn liza business MIR.
EgEKsMAT MARCUS, o. tie late
Gr7Y, OF Starr & Marcus, which
firm was DISSOLVED by EllW-
t5iaa consent GA the fst day OF
June hast.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1877-09-04

LrvDgORG's CALHORSIA WATER, for the
toilet and bath DELIGHTFULLY."- iraeant and rreshiag ana
Of Mcssrs kaufman Els ami Wilde, the eminent frencI
aid gan Chemists
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1877-09-04

PROVIDENCE. r. l., Sept at is stated that the
Newport Manufacturing Company has called metu- % -
creditors The liabilities Of tie Company
about 100000.
MONTREAL, Sept. 3.-James G. Kennedy Il Coz
cOthera. made for e benont Of credit
ols. Their liabilities IRE about $4,000.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1877-09-04

A SUDDEN DIsAPPEARANCE OF Heartburn
NAUSEA COsiyeUess and other symptoms OF uJspelSl" ~
produced by MILK OF MAGNEsIA
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1877-09-04
HOME NEWS.

YESTERDAY AT UUDNurs IN
BROADWAY.
Oa.m. G2 Noon. 80 ap NJ ~. M'dnignbol'
Illrhrst during ine gay. T.. iowr~.. 30
Average. G3il Same day. l716. t6's
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1877-09-04
B0WEL GOMEZ AINTs
ACHES AND PAINS.
B. RiDWlYS REGULATING PILLS,

Perfectly tastcess elegantly co'ed Tor The cr, ~ N Dis
order on the stomach LIVER bowels, kidney bladder nervous
diseases. headache. constipation. ~ iscsuon G pepsL
bHi0usuess. bilious fever, Inflammation of il. No4ct
niles m In dpranrem.nts y The internal ysca.l Warranted
Id eject a positive cure. Price - cents Dor box.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1877-09-04

s,osson Coroner Flanagan caused the three policemen
10 give b for their appearance before tie Grand jury
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1877-09-04
Announcements

Price $6-KYOx's Fall Silk Hat, 212 Broad
way and Eifth Avenue Hotel.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1877-09-04

Urinary am Womb Diseases Gravel Diabetes, D-opsY stop
nag. OF water, Iuc0ntinlnce of Urine, Bugts l-r. AZ
bunr and IN ai eases where there brcti-t deqoi
g.. or tLc Hater }, thick, c0I} mixed nit lei - .e
he white Oh in ell 0r threads like white SILK or ereisa
morbid dsrN bilious appearance and white uOar.It depos
u.s. and when there s pucpg. burning fcust i1l Waen
pqs.rg wafer ana pain small ui the back u t0ag ne
k,ne 0slll by. al .tia...st.. PRICE. ON b. DOLLAR.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1877-09-04
JERSEY CITY.

The public schools opcucd yesterday FOR the Fall
sd Winter Tie building for school No viii probably be
ready ior occupancy next Monday.
William Vaughn of RlilrOad-ave. had an enconn-
ter with thief Who ted ~ his house sunday night
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1877-09-04
OVARIAN IJM0R
CT TEN YEARS GROWTH CURED
BY N. GADViY'S REMEDIES.

I HAVE HAD AN OVARIAN rUMoR II THE 0YA-
Am AEBDI pee. -, 1875.
DIR RADwAY; That others may Dc benente, 1 make hi'
statement: ~. o..
nave had ovarian Tumor 10 tho ovaiies and bowels M
years. tried The best ply -icas OF us acc tl o,ls
Wout any benefit growing AZ such IaIiity mat
could not nave lived lnucn longer. friend ~ me nflci
ms 10 Try Railways Remedies. bad lot nuch Il u tAeA
uut fnalY. after much elaboration. tuei them ,.
l feel perfectly vel. AID my heart s lul OF tit.i.
God tr s heD n uy feep all cton. To YOU ~ ai ioit
WONDERFUL medicine, feel deeply indebted AID i pa Ia
~ mo iSisnelD MIS-. T. e.. bllBA.
Mira Bibins who makes tho above ccu.dcat is ttsl
for Whom requested you send medicine 30 june lo5 l-s
medicines aboi stated bought Of me win e tAepo
20 her by you. 4 may say tAhl A ,at's
IA correct without a qualification t>imcdD L. :. lk.h
Druggist aid chemist Ann ABBOT Nich
This certify that MIS-. Mh1lna who makes me tDlls
Certificate has bcon ior nan years vel knosn1AS
ami therein stated undoubtedly and un aOy
ANY who knows Mrs bloDius WIZ Pc mex
statement. tSgued) ERSI. ID. COCKER, Macy D. foNO
Macy tInkfN r t. ftNlf
DIR. RADWAY & Co.. :S9 WARREN-SE. \. !.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1877-09-04

Tho reduction ~ tc1cl.fs all1nol u1e Fu.tsI s-nn
saafie. ,drr $50 DO reduced per cent from ~"
$40 tx pc cnt a. .On anil cvrr. gen I' e.at NilE ,
Trin B salaries r,ngne from $1,000 10 t-'VV' w o'0
from fifteen a. twenty pr cent
NEW tTT.
West-Jersey pioneer., 1877-08-09
N. j., THURSDAY, AUGUST g, 1877.
l WOULD NOT, IF l COULD.
/ would not dig my past

l would not dig my past
Up from its grave Of weakness and regret;
Up from its hopes, which glimmered but to set
Its dreams, that could not last!
Yet can look before,
And profit by the lessons sadly learned;
Aschildren playing before the fire, are burned,
And tempt its glow no more.
would not, if could,
Live DER again this dark, uncertain life
This slipping backward in the daily strife
OF reaching after good.
Yet can know how weak
Are all below, and so sweet charity
Will cling and grow about each form see
And thus to me will speak:
would not open out
'Twere better they were numbered with the dead
Better than fear or doubt.
Yet can truly say,
Let the dead past bury its dead. We go
So swiftly onward to lifes sunset glow
And then, there is no day!
Life Is too short to waste
In vain repinings or in weak regrets;
The strongest heart endures and never frets
Ger joys it may not taste.
And he who can 60 on
Bravely and firmly In the allotted way,
Gaining new strength with every darkened ray,
Shall surely reach the dawn.
West-Jersey pioneer., 1877-08-09

81 felt that as the death was sudden, !;
might be best for me to keep out of sight.
l was as sorry for it as stranger could be,
but my being there might be considered
suspicious. kept hidden up in the garret
in great lumber closet, and heard poor
| Choker's affairs talked over, and learned
his habits.
''Some of his clothes were up in the gar
ret, and an old wig; and one Of the patches
he had worn over his eye was there too;
and there was an old dressing glass in the
corner. tried on the wig and the patch,
and saw how like old Choker they made
me look, only was not so brown. Then I
took some walnuts that lay on the floor and
rubbed the juice into my skin. 1t increased
the resemblance, SO did whitening my eye
brows with bit of chalk. And l sit down
and looked at myself, and the plan that l
afterward carried out came into my head.
would play old Choker, as knew could.
cpd studied his voice and movements
well, and as told you, had once been an
actor, and so l should step into a decent
home and comfortable means without hurt
ing any one. The night after he was buried
l came out of the garret and went to the
graveyard, and not to enter into details,
you'll find Choker's coffin in the vault be-
yond his grave. Then 1 went back and
tried the effect of my disgrace on poor Peg
gy Kinder. 1t satisfied me. havn't led
a merry life, though knew it would not
be long one.
''But Pve been very comfortable, and
shan't die dogs death out of doors, as l
once expected. I've never been afraid that
Choker really would haunt me, though
Pm trifle superstitious, for l think he
couldn't find much fault with me, as he
had no relations, never made will, and
couldn't take either his handbook or his
house and farm into the other world with
him.
"And now you have had the story, and
you've promised to keep the secret until
the last. You can see now, perhaps, that
Choker and we're good deal alike. I'm
four inches taller than hey was, for one thing,
and my nose is higher. But there's good
deal in make up"
These were almost the last words Choker's
ghost ever spoke, for his end was very near,
and it was not until
death had taught him more
Than this melancholy world doth know
that the doctor let Grabtown know the
sequel of his ghost story.
West-Jersey pioneer., 1877-08-09

The total popular subscriptions to the
four per cent. loan received by the United
States Treasurer and his assistants through
out the country is $6,319, 700. The total
amount received by the syndicate is $780,
100000; the total amount subscribed in
London reported to date is sic, 200, 900,
making total of $76,519, 700. Against
this amount calls have been issued for the
redemption of 81, 200, 900 $40 bonds unsold
of 1865 and S., 600, 900 in gold has been paid
into the Treasury for redemption purposes,
leaving $31, $40, 700 bonds yet to be called.
West-Jersey pioneer., 1877-08-09

WINDOW GLAss.-There are seventy es-
tablishments in the United States devoted
to the production of window-glass. Twenty
seven of these are in New Jersey; the
others are scattered through New England,
New York, Pennsylvania, Maryland, Ohio
and elsewhere in the West The capital in
vested in the industry is about Sc, 900, 900 in
New Jersey alone, while the annual produc-
ton of that State is between 1900, 900 and
5000, 900 boxes. Window-glass manufac-
turing interest is now one of the principa
industries of this country, and is destined
to check the importation of glass to Ameri-
ca; in fact, many of the American manu-
facturers are now exporting large quantities
of glass and glassware. 1t is believed that
fully three-fourths of the factories are now
stopped-some few in Pittsburgh being in
operation. Somewhere near 25, 900 men and
boys are now striking, and it is not improb-
able thai that number will be increased.
The plate-glass for the San Francisco Stock
Exchange is 1856 inches long and 100 inches
wide, and is said to be the largest glass ever
imported.
West-Jersey pioneer., 1877-08-09

Loosen the clothing, and, standing erect,
throw the shoulders well back, the hands
behind, and the breast forward. In this
position draw slowly as deep an inspiration
as possible and retain it by an increased
effort for few seconds; then breathe it
gradually forth. Aftera few natural breaths,
repeat the long inspiration. Let this be
done for ten or fifteen minutes every day,
and in six weeks time q very perceptible
increase in the diameter of the chest and
it's prominence will be evident.
West-Jersey pioneer., 1877-08-09

The smallest child for its age is probably
that Of Mrs. Bridget Foley, of Waverly Ave-,
Jersey City. The child is sixteen months
old and weighs nine pounds. At its birth
the baby was so small that it could be held
on the open hand of an ordinary sized per-
son. 1t looks like doll, and the parents
have always used toy shoes for its feet
The child is the local attraction in the
neighborhood, and is daily visited by ad-
mring crowds.
West-Jersey pioneer., 1877-08-09
THE FARMERS WIFE.

The farmer came in from the field one day;
His languid step and his weary way,
His bended brow, his sinewy hand
All showed his work for the good of tile land;
For he sows,
And he hoes
And he mOws,
All for the good of the land.
BY the kitchen fire stood his patient wife,
Light of his home and joy of his life,
With face all aglow and busy hand
Preparing the meal for her husbands band
For she must boil,
And she must broil,
And sic must toll,
All for the good of the home.
The bright sun shines when the farmer goes out;
The birds sing sweet songs, lambs frisk about;
The brook babbles softly in the glen
While he works so bravely for the good of men;
For he sows,
And he mowS,
And he hoes,
All for the good of the land.
How brskly the wife steps about within,
The dishes to wash, the milk to skim;
The fire goes out, the flies buzz about
For the dear ones at home her heart is kept stout
There are pies to make,
1nere is DreaQ 10 BAKE.
And steps to take,
All for the sake of home.
When the day is oer and the evening is come,
The creatures are fed, the milking done,
He takes his rest meath the old shade tree
From the labor of the land his thoughts are free
Though he sCws,
And he hoes,
And he mowS,
He rests from the work of the land.
But the faithful wife, from sun to sun,
Takes her burden up that's never done,
There is no rest, there is no play
For the good of the house she must work away;
For to mend the frock,
And to knit the sock,
And the cradle to rock,
All for the good of the home.
When Autumn is here, with its chilling blast,
The farmer gathers his crop at last
His barns are FULL his fields are bare,
For the good of the land he ne'er hath care,
While it blows,
And it SHOWS,
Till Winter goes,
He rests from the work of the land.
But the willing wife, till life's closing day,
Is the childrens guide, the husbands stay;
From day to day she had done her best,
Until death alone can give her rest;
For after the test
Comes the rest
With the blest
In the farmers heavenly home.
-Ctristian Union.
West-Jersey pioneer., 1877-08-09
A FEW FACTS AND FIGURES.

The revenue of the United States is 1884,
0OO,O
A Baltimore firm put up 100000 cans
of oysters last year.
The annual leather product of Cincinnati
is estimated at $7,0OO,O 900.
The wheat crop of California for export
this year, it is estimated, will be 100000
tons.
The production of coal in Alabama in
1878 was 900 tons; in 1876. $4,000.
Texas beef is sold for fourteen cents a
pound in London, and for fifteen cents in
Galveston.
The enormous quantity of 100000, 900
pounds of rosin was produced in the United
States for the year 1876.
The Newfoundland seal fishery for the
seaon has resulted in catch of 412, 900 seals.
The State of Massachusetts has made a
printing contract at 27c. per 1000 ''ems''
as against 60c. under the old one.
The total popular subscription in this
country to the four per cent. loan reported
up to date is in round numbers $40, 900, 900.
Within the last ten years the United
States has sold $43, ,OoO, 900 worth of arms
and munitions of war to Europe.
It is estimated that nearly 100000
pounds of steel wire will be required to
build the bridge which is to connect New
York with Brooklyn.
Since June list, 1876, $4,000 900 lbs. OF
dried apples have been exported from this
country-nearly twenty times as many
pounds as the year before.
The fresh beef shipments from the United
States to other countries, during the month
of April last, comprised S,316,2S9 pounds
valued at 1921, ,431.
The exports of lumber for the six months
ending July Is, have not been as heavy as
was anticipated, aggregating only 27,s4O, ,06O
feet, valued at 1914, 500.
The aggregated exports of petroleum oil
this year are 121 ,000,0 900 against S4, 900, 900
gallons last year. Over million gallons
are daily exported from New York.
Since the first of January 1O1, 1857 pounds
of opium have been received at New York,
valued at 1857, 1879. The consumption in
this country is about 300, 900 pounds year,
and is yearly increasing.
Coinage reports from all the mints in the
United States, except Carson City, state the
aggregate coinage for the fiscal year at $71,
100000, showing an increase over the last
fiscal year of $14,000,000.
West-Jersey pioneer., 1877-08-09
A LOCK OF HAIR.

! Almost every one has at least one lock of
hair cut from the head of one now dwelling
| in that silent land whence come no mes
sages, no letters, no tokens of any kind to
| tell of love or remembrance. Every one
knows that strange emotion, half joy, half
woe, with which the tiny relic of SO much
that was once dear can thrill the soul. Only
now and then do we dare to take it from it's
hiding place, hold it in the palm, press it to
the cheek, and use it as talisman to recall
all that we must perforce forget in the work
a-day world for the sake of strength to do
it's battle.
We do not know whose hair that which
you treasure may be-whether the fossy
curl from baby's head, the dark lock from
the brow that once made your breast its
pillow, a parents gray tress, or young
lovers sunny curl. Nor does it matter, for
all love in it's essence, in that part of it that
outlives death, is alike and equally pure;
but we know that there is nothing like it to
you anywhere. There are no words for the
thoughts it brings. They mock language.
AS you touch it, and gaze at it, you have
nothing to say. You feel the thorns of your
dead rose, that is all, and the wounds they
make bleed.
There are old superstitions about locks of
hair. 1t was not we'll for lovers to exchange
them, it is said; and sorcerers always re-
quired lock of hair before working spells
for or against man or woman. In Sweden
and Norway one who let's little bird get a
hair of his head for his nest, dies before the
young birds fly, unless old gossips are mis-
taken. Even about the hair of the living
lies some romance; but the hair of the dead
is poem that hearts comprehend. So a
thief who had stolen lady's jewel casket,
once sent back, at some risk to himself, a
little golden tress folded away amidst the
diamonds-more precious than they-to the
childless mother, with this brief note:--
(which 'adn't the art to keep hit"
But it is only when it is cut off that there
Is any romance about hair, unless it is beau
tiful. On ugly tresses no one has any mer-
cy. Yet, coarse or thin, or red, or faded
though it be, some day, the commonest
thatch that ever covered skull will be so
much-so very much to one who has loved
and outlived the being on whose head it
grew. Such strange, awesome thing to
kiss and shed fond tears over, and put away
carefully, amongst most precious relics.
West-Jersey pioneer., 1877-08-09
A man walks 8 miles an hour; a horse

A man walks miles an hour; horse
trots 7; steamboats, run II; sailing vessels
make 10; slow rivers flow 4; rapid rivers
flow Z; moderate winds blow 7; storms
move So; hurricanes so; a rifle ball, 1000
mills an hour; sound, TAB; light, 10000;
electricity, 100000. A barrel of flour
weighs 1876 pounds; barrel of pork, 200; a
barrel Of powder, 25; firkin of butter, Sc;
tub of butter, "a; wheat, beans, and clo-
verseed, 64 pounds to the bushel; corn, rye,
and flaxseed, Sc, buckwheat, 50; barley,
4S; oats 35; coarse salt, So; so drops make
a drachm; 8 drachms make 1 ounce;
ounces make gill; 60 drops make teas
poonful; teaspoonfuls, tablespoonful
of an ounce; 4,S40 square yards make an
acre; square mile, $40 acres; to measure
an acre, 2OS feet on each side, make a
square acre within an inch. There are
2,750 languages. One person dies at each
pulsation of the heart; generation is 80
years; average Of life, "a years.
West-Jersey pioneer., 1877-08-09
To RESTORE SCRATCHED FURNITURE.

To RESTORE SCRATCHED FURNITURE
Scrape one pound of beeswax into shavings
in pan; add half gallon CT spirits of
turpentine and one pint of linseed oil. Let
it remain twelve hours, then stirit we'll with
stick into liquid; while stirring add one
quarter pound of shellac varnish and one
ounce alkanet root. Put this mixture into
gallon jar and stand it before the fire or
in an oven, fora week Ito keep it just warm) !;
shake it up three or four times day. Then
strain it through a hair sieve and bottle it,
Pour about teaspoonful on wad or baze;
60 lightly over the face and other parts of
mahogany furniture; then rub briskly with
similar dry wad, and in three minutes it
will produce dark brilliant polish unequal
ed. Another preparation may be made as
follows: Make mixture of three paris
linseed oil and one part of spirits of turpen-
tine. 1t not only covers the disfgured sur
face, but restores wood to its original color,
and leaves lustre upon the surface. Put
on with wooden cloth, and when dry rub
with wooden.
West-Jersey pioneer., 1877-08-09

g Death is the only subject upon which
everybody speaks and writes without pos
sibility of having experienced what he un-
dertakes to discuss.
West-Jersey pioneer., 1877-08-09

There is superstition among many peo-
pie that weeds or briers cut on the 30th of
July, will not grow again. The day is
known as Upton, or, as the Germans call it,
Ufdorn. It was and is still customary
among some of the older residents to clean
out fence corners, and cut and destroy
weeds and briers on that day, with the firm
faith that whatever is cut down at that time
will not sprout again, no matter how deep
the roots may be.