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Towanda daily review. [volume] (Towanda, Pa.) 1879-1921, 1880-01-30

Thomas B. Keogh of North Carolina,
mittee and Secretary of that organization,
was in New Kork on Sunday, and was in
terviewed by Herald reporter Mr.. Ke-
ogh thought Sherman had very little
strength in the south, in comparison with
Grant. Blaine is popular and is ''coming
forward The south talks of Judge Set
tie and of Judge Key for the second place.
But the odd part of Mr.. Keoghs develop
ments was that Don Cameron is himself
a candidate for president. Grant is his
first choice, but Don Cameron his second.
eff Grant should be nominated" he was
asked, 'swhat district would have geo
graphical claim for the second place"
"Well," he replied, "the south would
have then, but if it would be regarded as
weakening our ticket in the north we
should have to waive our claim; then,
geographically considered, it would be
question for dispute as to which should
have the place. The ex-president is an
Ohio man and has home in Illinois, one
in Philadelphia and another at Long
Branch His home life is therefor, some
what distributed. New England might
put forward valid claim"
Senator Bayard's speech is said by his
friends to be his platform for Presiden-
tial nomination. There are sanguine adj
miwrs of his who pretend to expect to
see it revive the late Bayard boom.
Where they are able to discern any en-
couragement for their hopes does not
appear. With Tilden in control of the
party machinery there is certainly no
chance for Bayard in New York, and if he
cannot get the Democrats, of New York
on his side, what Democrats can he get?
In Indiana and Ohio he has not a parti-
Gle of support. The solid South is a unit
for him, but that is an ally which in it
self is sufficient to condemn him. In
short, Tilden is against him in new York,
his financial principles ruin him in the
West, and his Southern birth and SYM
pathies make him hopeless candidate in
the North. 1t is childishness to talk
about boom in the face of obstacles like
these.
The Jackson daily standard. (Jackson [Ohio]) 1873-188?, 1880-09-17

WHEN we buy goods, we like to buy of
a man who thoroughly understands his
business-a man who knows the quality
Of goods at a glance. Such a man rarely
buys inferior goods, for the reason that
he cannot recommend them to his GUS
toners. He invariably keeps place of
business where the public generally like
to deal. Such a man at once becomes a
favorite with patrons who call upon him.
Such man is Morris Sternberger, of the
great Clothing House, opposite the Public
Square Morris has been in the Mercan-
tile business all his life, and it would pay
all those wanting any goods in his line to
call on him before making purchases. st
The Jackson daily standard. (Jackson [Ohio]) 1873-188?, 1880-09-17

DRUGS and Medicines are things that
most people want but little to do with, if
they can help it, but when they have to
use them they want the best and purest
The place to get just what you want in
that line, is at G. W. Miller's old reliable
Drug Store. Don't you forget it. st
The Jackson daily standard. (Jackson [Ohio]) 1873-188?, 1880-09-17
Fifty Tears Acc.
~ DAVIS MAcrtrY.

7 spoke yesterday Of some Of the
naldships Of women fifty years ago,
but l only mentioned part of their
work.
Nearly all the farmers kept milk
COWS, some Of them three or four.
Milk and butter were important parts
of the daily food. Milk vessels were
nearly all made of wood. Crooks and
tin pans were rare. The milk vessels
were kept well scalded and clean. In
stead of crooks, keelers were used.
They were made Of cedar, mulberry or
sassafras wood, and were like a small
bucket, but without bail or handle.
Milk was churned then the very
same way that it is now. Many pat
ent churns have been invented, but no
one has been a success. | saw wo-
man this morning churning in cedar
churn, the very same kind that my
mother used fifty years ago.
Many washing machines have been
invented, and I have boaght several,
but the women never used them for
any great length of time; yet there
has been a great change in the mode
Of washing. Fifty years ago there
were no wash boards, and the wash
woman put soft soap on the piece OF
clothing and then taking it in both
hands rubbed it, using her left wrist
as a wash board. She would soap the
piece she was washing, lay it on
stool and strike it with a wooden pad
die. called beetle. After this the
clothing was boiled in soap suds, then
thoroughly rinsed in clean, cold, soft
water.
No soap was bought, but every far
mers wife made her own soap, with
I've made from wood ashes. and the
grease saved from the hogs at the time
they were killed, and the scraps made
in using fat bacon. This homemade
soap has never been improved upon in
modern times.
No carpets were used, and the
puncheon floor was scrubbed at least
once a week. This was done by pound
ing up white sandstone into sand,
sprinkling it upon the floor, then with
a split broom, made out Of a small
hickory sapling, and plenty Of water,
the floor was scrubbed until it was as
white and clean us a new table. This
clean floor was much neater and more
healthy than the modern style Of car
pets in every room, where dust and
filth collect.
All this housekeeping work COM
PEELED the women to be industrious
and economical Of their time. They
had no time to read and cultivate the
mind; yet they were good women,
kind, sympathetic, loving and relig-
ious.
The Jackson daily standard. (Jackson [Ohio]) 1873-188?, 1880-09-17
-arminz in jackson County fifty Tears
Ago.
nY DAVIS MACKLET.

and less mutton. There was some
wild meat used, but not much. The
bears were gone, and there were few
deer. Wild turkies were plenty, as
we'll as squirrels, pheasants, and
smaller game, such as quails, called
partridges, and rabbits; but rabbits
were seldom eaten. Pork and bacon
were the staples. Nearly every year
there was sufficient mast to fatten the
hogs. There were acorns on some OF
the numerous varieties of oaks every
year, and also hickory nuts and chest
nuts. Hogs could live in the woods
the year round, and many did so.
They soon became very wild. The
owner would take his dogs into the
woods, find the sows with young pigs,
and the dogs would keep the old hogs
at bay while the pigs would be caught,
marked, &c. Perhaps the owner would
not see them again until they were
year Or two old, when he would take
his dogs and gun and halt the first lot
of wild hogs he found, examine the
ear marks, and when he found those
bearing his recorded ear marks, he
would shoot as many as he wanted at
that time.
This wild hog meat was much more
palatable and healthy than meat from
the hogs of the present improved
stock, which is so often fattened upon
the filth of the slaughter house or dis
tillery.
The hogs of fifty years ago would
be almost as great a curiosity as some
of the animals in the travelling shows.
Their legs were long and bony, and
their snouts and tusks in proportion.
They could run nearly as fast as a
deer, and were nearly as wild. Many
farmers, even if they had droves OF
wild hogs in the woods, had also their
tame hogs, which ran in the woods
near home, and were regularly fed
during the winter. Hogs, whether
tame or wild, would make their beds
on the upper side Of log, and would
rake bed of dry leaves. A few hours
before the weather would turn cold.
hogs could always be seen raking more
leaves into their beds, or carrying
leaves in their mouths to the bed.
They could tell Of a change of wealth
er longer before it took place, than
can now be told by the Signal Service,
with all mans science, experience and
observation.
The hogs were of various colors.
Many were SANDY" or dirty yellow,
some were black, some white, some
blue, &c. A blue hog was curiosity.
On close examination Of the hairs,
they were found to be some black and
some white, regularly mixed. These,
strange as it may seem, made clear
blue. Many hogs were spotted, some
with a white ground and black spots,
and some with black ground and
white spots. Often black hog would
have white stripe all around it, just
behind the shoulders, the stripe being
from one inch to three inches in width.
This stripe was called ''list."
Every farmer had his dog, Or dogs.
Most of them found use for two dogs,
and some for three. Bears were all
gone, and dogs were never used in
deer huntinp. but raccoOns heinp so
The Jackson daily standard. (Jackson [Ohio]) 1873-188?, 1880-09-17

or so, and the practiced coon hunter
knew by the barking of the dog,
whether it had the coon on the right
tree. The tree was then cut down,
and as soon as it commenced to fall
the dog stationed himself just beyond
where the top of the tree would reach
when it fell. The moment the tree
struck the ground the dog or dogs
rushed in, and very rarely did the
raccoon escape.
The coon dogs were also valuable
to catch opossums, and other small
auimals that were troublesome. For
foxes, hounds were used, and for squir-
rels a smaller dog was used. The coon
dog was generally the one used to set
upon wild hogs, as mentioned yester-
lay, although some farmers kept
different kind Of large, farm dog.
Every farmer raised his own chick
ems. There was little market for
chickens, as there was not manu-
featuring establishment in the county,
and no towns but the insignificant
little village of Jackson, containing
only two or three hundred inhabitants.
| never heard of eggs being sold
then. Only twenty-five years later,
in 1855, bought and sold hundreds
of dozens of eggs at Portland, to the
persons engaged in mining and furn-
ace labor, for P. Powell & Go. some
times fear that farmers now do not
appreciate the great benefits they de-
rive from our mining and manufact-
uring industries, giving them splen-
did home market.
But this is DEPRESSION.
The hens nearly always made their
nests in the woods, near the house.
They delighted to get under brush
heap to make their nests, but they Of
ten made them by the side Of log, in
the dry leaves. Crows and ravens
were troublesome thieves, and would
carry off many eggs. | have often
wondered how they could hold an egg
with their bills. They seemed to make
a small hole in the egg, and then take
the edge of the shell and hold the egg.
I have seen them carry off many eggs
in this way.
Dogs were very likely to take to
stealing eggs, 1t was called sucking
eggs and suck-egg dog was regard
ed as being about as mean as a hog
thief.
Various methods were resorted to in
order to break dogs Of sucking eggs.
The best method was, to boil an egg
until it was hot, then put it in the
dogs mouth and press his jaws togeth-
er and hold his mouth shut until the
hot egg would burn his mouth into a
blister.
Nearly every farmer had from five
to twenty sheep, and from one to
three dogs; yet it was quite uncom-
mon thing to hear of sheep being kill
ed or injured by dogs. lido think that
dogs had more sense then than they
have now, and I can only explain it
by the fact that there was more init
macy between the dogs and their own
ers than there is now, and the dogs
improved by this intimacy with the
superior (?) race.
If a dog was caught sucking eggs,
or killing a sheep, he showed more ev-
The Jackson daily standard. (Jackson [Ohio]) 1873-188?, 1880-09-17

Buy the Best-The st. John Sewing
Machine of r. E. Colvin, at Colvin &
Frepch's new store. st
The Jackson daily standard. (Jackson [Ohio]) 1873-188?, 1880-09-17

WE would suggest to the managers of
the Fair, that they ought by all means to
have Broadway Street sprinkled to-mor-
row.
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1880-02-25
Southern Railroad Matters,

NEW YORK, February 24.-An Atlanta
special says that Governor Colquitt con-
firms the rumOr that he has arran, led for the
sale OF the Macon and Brunswick railroad
to II. Il. Wilson Il CO., OF New York, who
have given bond to complete it at once from
Macon to Atlanta-thus making another
line to the sea and efecting northern and
western connections.
JACKSON, Mss, February PA special
states that the joint select committee OF the
Senate to consider and report upon the re-
port OF the commissioners appointed by the
Governor to ascertain whether the Mobile
and Ohio rairoad is subject TO taxation un'
der It's charter, and to consider any propo-
sition from the said railroad for compro
mise OF dlfie -euces between it and the State,
has submitted majority and minority re-
ports. The former Is in favor OF accepting
the offer Of the company TO compromise
with the State by the payment to the state
OF S240.000 in fifteen annual instruments
The amount due with interest now aggre
gates more than S525000.
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1880-02-25
THE LATEST NEWS.
r,,EGRApu To THE DISPATCH

An GOSSIP FROM THE FEDERAL
"" nrr,I-TuE DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL
."vvrrrFFs FORMAL CALL FOR THE
O~,oxu. coNvENTI0N-TnE STAR
s sH DEFICIENCY BILL REPORTED
~ oF THE COMMITTEE OF INVEs-
MI ,T,ox on THE DISPLACEMENT FRoH
'''",,,cToFFx.UNIoNs oLDIERS-ARRiVAL
UOrnr,r>sFrs AND PARTY IN NEW YORK
" ,n>IsTYR CONVICTED OF swINpLING
NnpopnISG A WIDOW IN PENNsYLvA-
N' CHAPTER OF CRIMES AND cASU'
',r,rs-vlRg REC0RD-THE CHINESE
,,,orp, IN SAN fRANClsCO-REPUBLi
NY vrvgyRs OF THE LOUISIANA LEGis-
y, ,rrnr ARRMoNED BEFORE rnE BAR
80 ~ Tuy uorsE FOR CoNrEMrr-THE Ne
oor,,rIoNs BETWEEN GERMANY AND
.yr VATICAN AGAIN At a STANnSIlLL-
rur PROTEST AGAINST THE ERECTION
as, MONUMENT TO THE PRINCE lMPE-
.,1 N WESTMINSTER ABBEY, sc.
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1880-02-25
Groceries, ke.

1ncon. sronrleis. g. >.af s.,...,,s. ez..
1goea' ett.: yirHnia shcnlaers. 5woYe.; W.
,@loc.; srnslI, 100 ic. su-lr-c,lrec. IOxaiic.
''sn hans 10al0isc. stock Iisbi.
h gef nasI, r.i 7s@ two hoo's' so@si75
h;toes2 30: four strinss. ss2.25 sss.
Cofee: Hlo-Conmop. l3gIis.: fair. 151
l7c. Java. 234z5c. '''~
Candies: Adsnsntine cznd,es. IZSeIsc Fet
t5@gi5&c. " b.: half-boxes. Isc: isiiow. lac
rhesss Prime cutting. I5M15fc.: noru:era
"a res'er rn gTine s. e1tPg lssls coHicon.
Rice Carolina. 7knsc.: Rsnzcgn. &C.
ttsh: Herrinzs--Ssr.a tiarolina No. I cut, %
Sorth .Aroipa esS.s. s4s9st;SS Noln Caro-.
No. I Ray. ti6: Nc. 2. In tsrres, 80 No =
nsckerei, t61t62j NO. T.. IN AIS, t2.25
Lard: Prime, uArreis and neFces. &c.; In half.
lnotdsses; Common syrsp--Hosshenls, 22.
tsrces. 23c.: barrels. 24c.: senaine xoi-en ssIup
35@45c. "a lon; New Orleans. prim. 4O@.5js-
Sat: Liverpool RON store, $3.50. 6rouE2
Sugar: Crushet. l0ic.; powdered. 1917: grss-
lard. l0c; 4. 9tG 94c.; &C.: extra e. 81
yellow. INC Sac; crt loaf, III.
Ollet. l5M20c.: and fsncy nrices; country, iNlac.
TsGs: BLACK. 55c.Gfl.-the last prime ar.lc
imperial, eilo@tl.ee; snpoweer, si.%5&i.7s
IIides. Leather. sc.
4tdss: Green. To-: dry saited. l2c.: div.
iint. l4nl5c,; wet ssited, SG9,.; vet sAited -
sxinc. sl.20a.l.30.
Leather. Sole leather. OAK 4O942,.: sole Iez.b.,
fcmiocs 2592Si country upper 100000: c..S
aniSh. IS622c. loot: Kin. f0c75c. 70. narncss.
country. 306l36 CITY rnisb. 3j940c . h.; ar.
IONS, French. si%Fl.90 q ~; roags sHTt:rs
30Q39o.
iron. Steel. Nails. Sc.
iran: American refined. Olf DomiEion a.,
> d.; English and American sher;. s. 61,.
sgedes, h a,9 nc ss85S';; hoop, sSss:
.cr kee. standard; smaller lots from the stores,
p'oSgn- Gasttags: wholesale, A.; re;si OF.
? n.
Eooe: Manila. best, 14G15c.: lutte sG9c.
RaagsE mixed cotton &C.; white. "a; woolleE,
+eslsc.
Liaaors. Wines. Sc.
Ats: Sro,cn, best brands, pin,s s2EDf2.2o y
8rGndies: Domestic. si.25@s2; fruis. sl.loa
$40; apple. new. sl.73Et2; old, f2.25@f3;
age Ebisksys: Medium. 81 .50as2: pare Old. 81
1f4; Virginia mountain, new. tGVf2.00, ed
s2.50ds3.50 and upwards.
Gfn. Domestic. si.25@s2: Imported, IS p csss-
Noi0 EaQirad Rum: sl.50Mst.G0.
PectIied WhtS6syS: Market quiet.
Lumber. slaves, &c.
Lumber. White oak, Fl3Gsl5 n ZOO: WecerT
Virginia rOnlar. fl4f3SZ5 y 1000: white nias
fI4dS42.50 q 1000: yellow nine soarc.s $1,000
$ll: lost t9GRli according 70 lengths. Shingles
Pine. fl75Gt2.5O; cypress six-nCh. 500 ts
q 1000. Laths-spiL 81 sawed, S1756SiS0
SiSgss: whis.ey-tarrei tim GER green. = sas2sv
1000: seasoned. i20e0s26 q 1000. Flour-ra.r.
timber. i2Mtj = l.OOO. FlOur-barrci DO,es, IS
hogshe3dhOoIs, zoe. = bundle. 80
Powder Shot. NC.
Fuse. TOYS mining, S5c.@tl.25 100 f.et.
Ponder: 1913 by the i've keks-leas than q q
kegs. 1925 blasting, 81 25Q $3.50.
Sn0t. Northern. : IS = Dag OF rs Nc
GTfadsl0aos; NO &c. 3 n.
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1880-02-25
The Democratic Campaign.
FORMAL CALL or THE NATIONAL EXECUTIVE
COMMITTEE.

COMMITTEE.
WASHINGTON, February 24.-The National
Democratic Executive Committee to-day
issued the following call:
"The National Democratic Comm ittee
having met in the city of Washington on
the 23d Of February, 1880, has appointed
TUESDAY the 22d day OF June next rs the
time, and chosen the city Of Cincinnati as
the place, for holding the National Demo
cratic Convention. Such State Is entitled
10 representation therein equal TO double
the number OF its senators and representa-
tiyes in the United States Congress. All
Democratic, Conservative, and other clti-
zens OF the United States, irrespective OF
past political associations or differences.
who can unite with us In an effort for a
pure, economical, aud constitutional gov
ernment, are cordially invited TO join in
sending delegates 10 the Convention.
"At the last National Democratic Conyen-
ton. held in the city OF st. Louis in 1876,
the following resolution was adopted:
"ReS0iued, That the States be requested
10 instruct their delegates to the National
Democratic Convention TO be held in 1880
whether it be desirable to continue the two
third rule longer in force in National Con-
veniions, and that the National Committee
insert such request in the call for the next
Convention. [Signedl
"WnLIAM II. BARNUa, Chairman,
"W. D. PRINCE, Secretary,
"National Democratic Committee.
"WdShington, February "a, $780,"
The COMMITTEE then adjourned 10 meet at
the Grand Hotel, Cincinnati, on Thursday,
June LTD.
RESIDENT COMMITTEE APPOINTED.
A meeting OF thu committee OF nine APP
pointed by the National Democratic Com
mittee yesterday was held to-day. A reso-
luton was adopted that Colonel l.. A.
Harris, General ii. d. Banning, Bepjamia
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1880-02-25
GAINES AND CASUALTIES.
An EXPRESS mgssEyogR SHOOTS HIMSELF
THROUGH THE HEART.

a" k1PREss MEssESGER SHOOTS HIMSELF
THROUGH TIE HEART.
fSpeclil telegram to The Dispatehl
BRISTOL, TENN, February 4.-Mr. Will
mer Lancaster, express messenger running
between Bristol and Chattanooga. shot him-
self through the heart this morning about
III O'Clock In bis room, at his mothers resi-
dence, in Goodson, Va. He was twenty
nine years OF age, was the son OF the late
Thomas &. Lancaster, native OF Rich
mond, where he has many relatives now re-
siding. He had locked himself in bis room,
and upon the report OF the pistol some
friend had TO break open the door, when
they found poor Lancaster on his bed Just
breathing bis last. II was an awful shock
to his aged mother and two sisters, with
whom he resided. lie was greatly beloved
by large circle OF friends, aud his sudden
aud unexpected death has casta gloom over
our entire community. There is no know n
reason for the unfortunate event.
a Minister Sentenced to States Pri-
son for swindiing.
New YORK, February PA special from
Dingman's Ferry, Pa, states that Rev. ID.
+. Owen, Methodist minister, who was
arrested at Oh City, Pa, in November last
upon charge Of swindling an aged widow
lady named Walmer out of a large amount
OF money, which be obtained by represent
Ing himself as relative Of Mrs. Walmel :
husband, has been tried, found guilty, and
sentenced to the State prison. Owens ar
rest was not simply for obtaining money
under false pretences. but for robbing Mrs.
Walmer's house OK quantity OF valuable
iewelry and silYtrware, with which he fled.
Robbed His Employer and Fled.
ST. LOUIS. February PA special dis
patch from Kansas City says: Alfred HAITI,
Il young German, the cashier OF the CON-
misson-house OF A. j. Mead left there a
few days ago TO visit some friends. 1t has
since been discovered that he had robbed
his employer OF about $4,000 by raising
checks and making false entries. Specula-
ton IN buCket-shops is said 10 have caused
the young mans crime. 1t has also tran
spired that HAITI, while acting as confiden-
tial clerk in large German house at Hong
Kong, embezzed $4,000.
Shot Through tho Heart.
CINCINNATI, February pa special dis
patch from Seymour, Ind, says that at
O'Clock this morning, after large ma,que-
rade ball had been in progress all night, at
which there had been much drinking and
several fights, Addison &. Brown was shot
through the heart by William POstlethwart
in front Of the Opera-liOuse.
New Trial for Mrs. ZeII.
PHILADELPHIA, February 24.-In the SUI
premc Court to-day Justice Turnkey rem.
dcrcd an opinion in the case Of Mrs. Catha-
rnc Zen, Of Carlisle, under sentence OF
death for murder. The decision reyerses
the dc ci>lon OF the lower court and grants
new trial.
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1880-02-25
the Chambers to this effect al the supple
mentary session next summer"
| German Distrust Of France and

Russia.
BERLIN, February 24.-Tbe North Ger
man Gazette, IN ITS editorial aricle-already
referred TO in these dispatches--comment-
ing on the intention OF Russia TO erect for
ti1c1tions at Roano, Bialy s'ock. and Grodno.
observes d" 1t Is scarcely possible that there
exists IN Russian Government circles an APP
prehension OF an attack by Germany on
Russia. and II Is at the same time clear that
foriifcations on so extended and costly a
scale would not be undertaken without
any object. Their immediate purpose
then is probably to create a belief among
the Russian people that an attack
on the part OF Germany is feared.
When once this representation has
been successfully made TO take root IL is
only short step from that point to hostile
excitement against threatening neighbor.
II it be true that the Russian designs
against Germany, Of which General Miliou-
tine, the Russian Minister Of War, is cre-
dited with being the chief promoter, are
only postponed until France il ready, then
these fortiticalions against peaceful neigh
Dor may be regarded as a sure preparation
for future aggressive war with Germany.
Neither France nor Russia has ever been al
tackled by Germany, and the colossal arma-
ments OF these two states which by c0lnpul-
sion weigh upon the rest Of Europe can
therefore only be based upon an aggressive
policy"
KEY TO THE ABOVE.
LONDON, February 24.-The Berlin CORE
spoBdent OF the Times says lie believes that
the article in the NOrth German Gazette on
the subject OF Ru>sla's intention TO erect
new fortitcations on the frontier is merely
part OF the extra parliamentary agitation to
secure the passage OF the German army bill.
The India Budget.
CALCUTTA, February 2i.-The India
budget shows surplus Of E1l9,C00 for
1S79-'S0, and the estimate for 1881 shows a
surplus OF G4l7,000. The above results are
reached after paying from the ordinary rev.
enue all charges on account OF famine, the
Afghan war, and frontier railways. The
war expenditure in 1SI9-'Se was G3,2l6,-
900. The total net expenditure to the end
OF 1881, including 1S79-'S0, is estimated at
Ej, 49, 900.
Destructive Flood.
MADRID, February H.-lntelligence has
been received from Tripod thar 800 houses
have been destroyed there by floods.