The Washington herald., 1910-04-03

apple trees: and as a further inducement
for its purchase. says said farm is under
good improvement and has a good frame
house and Dutch barn.
| Peter Ten Brock, sheriff. appears to
have been a man OF more than ordinary
Importance in his community in those
days, and he notifies the public that he
shall not hereafter consider himself re-
sponsible for the Receipt or Execution OF
any Writ or Process whatever unless de-
livered to him personally or lodged in his
Office
Farmers Oppressed for Debt.
J That debt at that period was not an
uncommon condition in Ulster County is
/ evidenced by the fact that this same
Peter Ten Brock advertises in his official
capacity for sale the goods and ehatteIs
| lands, and tenements Of not less than ten
! persons to satisfy writs of fieri facias di-
rected to him.
Luther Andres. merchant, apparently
not only believed in the efficacy of adj
lvertising. but invoked the muse of poetry
in his effort to catch the public eye. This
bard discourses as follows:
Luther Andres has this day
Been Opening Goods both fresh and gay.
He has received near every kind
That you in any store can find,
And be purchased by the Bale,
He Is determined 10 retail
For RCHdy PAY a little lower
Than ever have been had before.
| Further on he announces:
with my brethren mean TO live,
But as fer Credit shall not give.
I would not live % rouse your passions,
For Credit here Is ont CT fashion.
Ny friends and buyers. one and all.
It will ray you well to give a call.
You may always find me by my sign,
A few rods from the house divine,
| Later II is stated what articles will be
received In payment for his wares, and as
| if that fact had not been sufficiently en-
phasize, by implication. at least he as
severates that Cash will not be re-
fused."
) 1t is curious TO observe the .predomi-
nance of Dutch names in the advertised
list Of letters remaining in the Kingston
post-offlce January !, 1900, as is seen by
the following: George D'Zeng. Peter
Overbaugh, Cornelius Happen, John Tap
pen. John c. De Witt, Moses Cantine, jr..
DR.. Levi De Witt. Maria Hasbrouck,
Jonathan Terwilligar. George Writ. An
drew Peers, and Peter WynkoOp. one
J. c. Elmendorf appears to have been
postmaster at that time.
The last report of the proceedings OF
Congress is dated December 10. more
than three weeks subsequent TO the issue
OF the paper
President Addresses Congress.
A curious custom existed then which
will be Of interest to Senators and Rep
resentatives Of to-day At the opening
Of the session Of Congress the President
appeared in person and delivered a
speech, and some time later each cham
/ Der in a body called on the President at
! his house and, through their presiding
officers, delivered their reply to his
/ speech. It would be interesting to know
when this custom fell in desuetude and
was superseded by the annual message.
| In passing it may be stated that when
our Senators and Representatives visit
the President at his house now It is with
other purposes than to acknowledge his
! address 70 them on the occasion OF their
/ converting One custom still survives. for
note in the proceedings Of the House OF
/ Representatives that Mr.. Speaker laid
before the House a letter from the Sec
rotary of the Treasury, inclosing a state
ment OF HIS accounts for the year 1893.
| The Committee OF Ways and Means
was composed Of Messrs. Harper, Girls
void. Otis. Callahan. Powell. Joan
/ Brown, Stone. Mott. and Platt, and
Messrs. Harper. Goodrich. Bayard. Mar
shall. and Sewen were appointed a COM
mittee to revise and amend the judiciary
system.
| It seems an insurrection had recently
/ broken out in some part OF the country,
1 for in the course of his address to the
Congress. President Adams delivered this
| long but expressive concluding sentence:
The praise Of the Senate so Judiciously
conferred on the promptitude and zeal Of
/ the troops called to suppress the insur-
rection as it falls from so high an au-
thOrity must make a deep impression
both as a terror to the disobedient and
an announcement to such as do we'll"