U T I L I T Y — " T h « Q r o a t t M t G o o d o f t h * O r « a t © « t N n m b « r . " - B E N T H A M .

I'.K.'UTTETH YEAR.

THE UEErnEICAX. PLATTSBURGH, CLINTON CO., N. Y., SATURDAY MORNING, MARCH 22, 1890.

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T !*, R Ivaix-e to ai) mal l -, (" -ir.tr. O u t s i d e t h e scrvp.i t>y c a r r i e r , $1.25

. i t ! m.itirr at tht Pott • •> ••f.. y r.

Nun-?-?] OF REMOVAL. K . j . i.lilit ;iu Office to have a (Ground

I tiior a f l f r l iny 1*4.

.. t n . ' . i h . i urtanci mints for

t tin U r - !.:i< \N office fnim

ttit- expiration of M *> i. :

i M a i ' i . - n

\ : i i i . i : i i hurt 1'. at.d midway

Miss Gsrlick, who for several years has served faithfully as telephone operator in this village has accepted a position as saleswoman at the popular store of Tier-c t v ai,d Sharron. The patrons of the Ul(phone exchange will miss her pleasant voice and patient good nature.

A TRKIS of thirty wide-gauge cars came d o w n o v e r t h e O b n l e a u g a y ra i l road l a s t

W e d n e s d a y l o a d e d w i t h t h i c k s o l i d Char.y

Lakc ice. The cars went straigh through to Albany, without re-shipment, after wide-gaufre trucks had been put under them at the Chatcaugay transter station.

T H E Supreme Court of Wisconsin re­cently decided an important case in Rock county. t?uit was brought in the town of

furnished with a good selection of new*, papers, periodicals, magazines, etc. . to which pupils in good and regular standing —free from black marks—arc allowed ac­cess for a limited portion of study hours each day. The scheme is said to work well, and if it proves a permanent success it will furnish one more striking illustration of the difference between the modern pleasant, royal roads to learning, and the old fashioned styles, in which, too often, the pupil was goaded along his thonry, stony aud devious path through a rale of tears "like a galley slave, scourged to bis dungeon."

HEART'S E A S E .

school

Low l ie the l i l i e s a n d pitiful faces Lift t h e poor p a n t i e s a t su tnmei ' s sad c l o s e , Droopeth and d i e t h from frequented p l a c e s at i g n o t i n e t l e , mar igo ld , a s i e r and rose .

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•".'••. <>ur new office ' E'lgerton to compel a school board to pro-M n t t . opposite the ' hibit teachers from reading the Bible in

and the opinion of the court was

Fadetb and falleth the flower in November, Comeh the snow like t l m e a l v after death.

I One? on a walk on a day in December i n n . . M . t.. he occupied are J M A U W E bids fair to secure a $35,000 , l n u , e w h " * •*»**» I «melled a sweet breath

Mr F. P. Lot dell, who will ', armory. There was a State armory there ; Down in a drift where the

j'•'>:-< >;Vi and telegraph unanimous that the Bible had no place in ; •. «n a minute's walk from > common schools.

HISTORICAL DEPARTMENT. [Contributions relating to tht early t i t t o rp of

Clinton County and the Champlain Kalley art to-lieited.]

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t > lit them up with the convenience and i-flicc, giving us the j

years ago. It seems a little out of place to store State guns and other murderous weapons in the midst of such a virtuous.

,i m •-' desirable one so far as we •.urr.ii' . und we know it will be :••!•> u\..l convenient for our friends

UTTERS AND THLNGS.

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*M i k s ni'.ri- of L«,t.t. -;.:i * crossed the line" yesterday

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'np t • IJ'uil Point by water will be

.• •> t<- 1 i.- C'»riin.g S'tmm.-r. n'r'.r nrc alarm box has been lo-

.: ;i.r sewinsr machine factory. • ,w r-'-'ws have been re-quired on A. I.. (.'. Rriiir.-ad the past winter.

i - r - s f. r sale at the Cumberland

See Ilurgaves & Beckwith*s no.

'Tar. Plat'sburgh L'ght Heat ifc Power • •np.fiy H n-.nv ruining its wheels by

•svi*t.r.

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• i j , { twohturi i s . The change j peaceful aud temperate community, but we heartily congratulate our handsome neighbor, all the same.

WORK on the new Normal School build­ing will probably be resumed about the middle of April and pushed to completion without further delay. With this fine building and the Vilas Home the attract­iveness of that part of the village will be greatly increased. Old settlers recollect when this was a damp cedar swamp.

T H E Republicans in Congress are en­gaged in the troublesome task of incubat­ing a tariff bill. In 1888 they did a great deal of s h o u t i n g o v e r t h e D e m o c r a t i c de-

lay in reporting their bill. The Mills bill was reported on the first of March. It is now three weeks later and no Republican tariff bill is reported. Why is this thus?

T H E MalODe Water Works Co. , ate de­fendants in a suit brought to restrain them from usiog water for other than domestic and Gre purposes. I t appears that they inflicted damage upon mill owners by di­verting the waters of Horse Brook, where­by they arc now furnishing power. The i s s u e is an i n t e r e s t i n g o n e a n d t h e r e s u l t

will be watched with interest.

BOOTEAT" & Kavanagh's new- boot and shoe store, No . 1 Bridge Street, is one of the baudsomest establishments of the kind in town, dome novel features have b e e n i n t r o d u c e d , i n c l u d i n g t h e r e m o v a l

of all coumers, which makes a very roomy and commodious inieiior. Give them a call. Von will find them square dealers, and strictly devoted to their busU ness.

THE Dominion Parliament Railway Committee has just thrown out three bills granting the privilege of building railway bridges across the St. Lawrence by the International Bridge Co., the Napanee Tamworth & Quebec Railway Co., and the Thousand Island Bai lway and Bridge Co. The indications are that no more low bridges will be built across the St. Law^ rence at present.

£ E E advertisement of Bromley's cloth­ing house in the RErrBUOAS of to-day. The-re is nothing in the line of men's boys' and children's clothing and furnishing goods but what you can find in this store.

mud bad been w h i t i n g .

D e e p in the h e a r t of t h e s n o w s a w I this:— P u r e , per fec t b l o s s o m s , a p a n s y s w e e t s m i l i n g U p at t h e s u n l i g h t a n d fresh from i t s k i s s .

This did I l e a r n : A s t h e roses must per i sh 8 o may our g l a d n e s s , our h o p e b u t b«*«*un; Yet In our hearts Is a t h i n g w e c a n c h e r i s h , L o o k i n g t o (rod a s t h e II >wer to t h e s u n .

D e a d are t h e daf fod i l s , d a h l i a s a n d d a i s i e s . Withered a n d w a n are t h e w i n s o m e s w e e t

p e a s , G o n e are t h e j o y s a n d the d r e a m s a n d t h e

- p r a i s e s , L l v e t h a n d t h r i v e l h t h e b les«ed hearl's-eaaa,

G R A C E P K A K L M A C O M B S * . Q r a a d I s l e , V e r m o n t , March 18,1890.

& Sharron's announce-i,i w t-pring goods, and note the

:. •: bo-'k monopoly is one that !• - b r o k e n , for it o p p r e s s e s t h e

m i t in^ of the Champlain

t e held at Port Henry,

.1 liitT the tower of St. Johns

- vi.lage will be completed

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t!.:» v i l l a g e h a s b o u g h t

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f ir on M a y dtty.

-uiith of B r o o k l y n h a s

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t;-!e >« iz iv h-i* b-.*en

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f uiid a realy lay. So much

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' •;• - n ,;i_r ice s>>n.

r !.'' street and the _. r, ff'j-i-rator. '. -ale • f stock and

,M i-oii street, Sehuy-:i u L u l i t h e p r o p e r -

i.- • be sold at private

i i, tUu i.-rAerprising

. i- - I t/i • li.ie new

•>..• Mr. 1) irh I.TI Cut-

••f oAk and Couch

i. . : , t . . ' i i . i - (Larttr election last "1 - . « . o ' i . l ( . s .Tay!or, president;

•'. \ ! i • 'i.< ! I J S H < - ; L . S . B o u l l y , C0l-

' ' M. If-'i-kirit., t r easurer , a n d v o t -

< : " ' •:• a s-t' !i>- <_ r u - h e r .

1' • .u-J ' i -.ii LI t-ds a porLable, fcleain >• >.<: in.stK-r, ii, plate of its present * .nil. w l i : i e c l e p L n n t " a r r a n g e m e n t ,

v.. i . •*.,'« h o t ru-i.tsisilates much extra 1, i . ,', .• ,.tid tiHii'liint; of stone.

M -, ..f tLe Lake Chamfdain ice crop v.. ' :.!.>! its way to >«"'-W York city. For '.'.• si- - ,rj, then, our metropolitan cous-i;- riiay be sure id a pure article, with no hi- 'i-r.a in ir, fresh from the Adirondack K\ 1 Urt-.-a mountain springs.

VYE uir iervaml that a large order has b-.-eu n-r i-ived frum New York for Keese-T.,.< granite to be used in the construction

of :!...- new c r i n i n i l c jurt building adja-* -.it to Ihe Tumb-i. There is where the bt.-r.e!it of a rai'.road comes in.

SKI-IMI Adyentisis have now set March .'. Wj, as the date of the end of the world, and believe only 144,000 people v. ill be saved. No persons who neglect to pay the printer will be numbered with the one hundred and forty and four thous-aad.

PiiooEKSBiVK Eucherisu beware! A Missouri jud^e hai just charged a grand jury that playing progressive euchre for prizes is a violation of law and puaiab-•bit;. And the Missouri gambling law is • o t a whit m ire strict than that of H e w York.

THK Canadian goreroiB««t i* coMidtr* i n j the policy ol deeDeoiag its sjrMaaa of canals to a uaiforsa depth- of (oawtaaa fawt. Thu t\A E-apiw S t e U bawHXsw *k)Mt deepening i u —ih« CUamplain f«ur f«M n a i n

j Mr. It. K. Bromley, who now has the | management of the business, will "be | pleased to meet all his old friends and I patrons and as many new ones as will fa-| v o r h i m w i t h a ca l l .

' Tits Williams Manufacturing Company . of this v i l lage have been running their

machinery by water all winter, in spite of • anchor ice. Tbeir "Helpmate" sewing i machine—of which we made a full descrip-' tion at the time it was brought out here,

pronouncing it the most perfect machine I yet produced—is steadily gaining in pop-' olar favor, and bids fair to take the rank

tu which it is entitled.

IT is reported that the Sous of Rest, 'headquarters at the Bridge and River btr.et four corners) have accumulated such a surplus in the ice business as to cau-e danger of financial dr outh by divert­ing too much currency from the channels of trade, and that as a, measure of relief a syndicate will be formed for building a

railway ice line through. Poke O'Moon-sLint-. y i a G o s b e n , to J i e w Y o r k C i t y .

A M - W N S V L V A S I A l a w of 1SG1, r e q u i r i n g

hucksters from oulside of a county to pay a license of $20, and those inside the county $10 has just been declare! uncon-

1 stitutinnal by Judge Endlich at Reading, on the ground that it was a law "regulat­ing commerce" such as Congress alone has power to pass, and also because it di.-criminated between residents and non­residents. If the new decision is good law it will interfere with local laws and practices to a large extent throughout the tounti y.

Ii has just been decided by the Ken­tucky court of appeals that no man or corporafun has a right to contaminate a neighbor's supply of drinking water. The decision grew out of a suit against the S t a n d a r d Oil C o m p a n y for a l l o w i n g

oil to leak into the ground, contaminating a we!). The Court held that the owner of land may cut off from his neighbor veins or supplies of water running under his own land, but that he has no right to ren­der such water supply unfit for use when it reaches his neighbor's land.

T H E old, smoky cobwebbed rafters of the UKITJJLII-AX office were lighted up last Wednesday, by the bright fares of a score of more or yir— young ladies from the Gram mar School, accompanied by their teachers and Superintendent Holden. The ol.jict was to give them practical illustra­tions of different features of the printing business, in pursuance, we presume, of the policy adopted iu the P i t t s b u r g h Union School, whereby the minds of pu-pils are sought to be stored with a whole­some admixture of practical knowledge of everyday affairs with book learning.

U'IIII the Champlain Canal enlarged, even to the proportions of the Beauharnois Canal—one of the third-rate waterways of our "poor" northern neighbor, Canada, Lake Champlain could supply the demand of the whole country for pure, solid ice. This is one of the public shames, and will do to match with our new 118,000,000, half-finished capital, which it already tumbling down. One of the millions thus thrown away would hare suffice'! to put this important canal into good condition, giving needed help to the struggling in-te i t s i s of ihe CbampuUn valley, and ma­terially swelling toe tide of commerce passing through the Hudson to N e w York city.

T i n fine and unique monument in Riv­erside Cemetery recently erected by Mr. W o . II . B o d w e i l o f the Mew York A M , a native of Ibis couaty, attracts mock wV t entioa. It commemorates aa entire fam­ily of aevea, of wfeica fee nad mother are the sola aarvivofa. It tea maatite block of QaJaey graaiw, weigh, ing mme »ia tons, k i t rough as It from the quarry, oa the toy ami hack; la fioai on • mvhshea aaffacaan the and at either ami • —one Uariag asvra taabaa maka, hi i.i-h r,Uwf, mahiag ••d ihe other a aamai aammm aJmta di.

for Ihe

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Frozen F a c t s .

The D. & 11. Co., are pushed beyond all

precedent to handle tbeir freight business. «••

The pay roll of Brown Brothers to ice men here last week amounted to $6,000.

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6 . W. Good ale has sold the contents of his ice house at Valcour at $1.75 per ton.

••* The weather of late has been favorable

for the ice business and harvesting has been pushed without cessation. The quality of ice housed here is excellent, varying from twelve to eighteen inches in thickness.

•** It is claimed that 50,000 tons of ice have

been harvested, thus far, on South Bay, Whitehall. Sixteen boats that were tied up in the basin will be loaded at once.

*** The Maine ice harvest is over. The

total for export is about 1,190,000 tons. Fleets of schooners are at the mouth of P e n o b s c o t a n d K e n n e b e c r i v e r s w a i t i n g for the opening of navigation, when they will begin to transport it to market. The c r o p i s v a l u e d a t $ 3 , 0 0 0 , 0 0 0 .

•*• "How much ice will Lake Champlain

f u r n i s h t h i s w i n t e r f" w a s a s k e d o f o n e

w h o w a s s u p p o s e d t o k n o w , t h e o t h e r

day. "One million tons," was the reply. This is a wild estimate. One-half of that would be nearer the truth, and probably that is too high. About 40,000 tons have been cut here in Plattsburgh.

• • • W. G. Wilcox is filling a large ice house

near the mouth of Dead Creek on the lake shore.

*•* The Davis-Merkel syndicate are putting

up a large quantity of ice at the head of Cumberland Bay.

*•• Gravelly Point never presented such a

lively scene as now. Over a dozen large ice bouses are' being filled there.

*•• Contractors say that no better ice has

been cut this season than what they have been putting up this week,

•*• It is estimated that there are fifteen

million bottles strewed on the shore- and ice in the vicinity of Gravelly Point. The estimate is made by a Plattsburgh tender­foot who sampled one of the corks and was so overcome thereby that he had to be brought home in an ambulance. He says it smelt like "highwines."

*•« One of the workmen on the ice job at

the ore dock sets the quality stored there at 250,000 tons.

««« It is rumored that one of our local ice

syndicates has purchased the Hotel Cham­plain and grounds at Bluff Point. Con­sideration private.

Jonas Maurice agreed to furnish an ice agent with a million tons a few days ago at HiCSgrnVs own price. Further inquiry brought out the fact that the ice i'af oO, Cumberland Head.

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It is claimed that 25,000 tons of ice have been shipped from Saratoga Lake, and that 40,000 more are stored there. They call it "gelid material" down there.

*•• N o danger of overstocking the ice mar­

ket, is the feeling among contractors in Plattsburgh. But the question of trans­portation is occasioning some uneasiness.

• • • Port Henry boasts of the biggest ice

house in the Champlain valley, its capacity being set at 200,000 tons.

The price of ice in Troy is now quoted at 50 cts per hundred. Ice machines make a good profit on it at a cent a pound.

• • • It is said to cost $5 per ton to ship ice

from Maine ports to New York city. **•

The Davis Provision Co., have filled a large ice house on Valcour Island.

• •* Samuel Bolton of Lansingburgh is said

to have refused an offer of #2.00 per ton for 20,000 tons of ice cut and stored on Lake Champlain at a cost of |3,000.

**• Quite a quantity of ice has been shipped

this winter from Fort Covington to Bos­ton by rail.

*«• The Merkel Ice Company are filling a

large ice house near the mouth of Dead Creek.

• • • George DeFJardins has a good stock of

ice stored at the bead of Cumberland Bay for the home market.

Twa Men Drawaed.

A Bridge CwllatawM at <H«SM Fal ls .

Last Saturday morning about 10.80, the Queensbury span of the old Queeasbury-Horeau bridge over the Hudson at 6!eaa Falls fell into the river whila the old bridge was being removed to make pmea for a new one.

The workmen were removing • aide beam when the supports gave way aad the whole span rolled over into the water. Nelson Bansouei aad George Oarr, both of Glens Falls were drowned. Three m e a clung to the wreck aad were saved, baa two of them were badly hart.

An inquest wan held o a smtawday, the verdict beieg that the " ''try tkarecklcMmaaaeyaf takmf the old structure, nad that law Bridge Co. , i s eeusurihss hi a s * more eaaUoa."

fmwla The Ive barae ef

Its Cxteat and Boundaries. Oldest Bonds, B r i d g e * . A c .

W h e n t h e c o u n t y o f C l i n t o n w a s t a k e n

off o f W a s h i n g t o n in 1783 , i t e m b r a c e d

not only its present territory, but also that of E j sex and more than half of Franklin county in New York and the counties of Addison, Chittenden, Lamoille. Franklin, and Grand Isle, in what is n o w the State of Vermont.

Its entire area was about the same as that of the present State of Massachusetts and the part which lay west of Lake Chain-plain was nearly as large as Connecticut. That part of the county was divided into l o u r jpwns the average size of each being abOut TJO00 square miles or very near the same as the State of Rhode Island. T w o of those towns, Plattsburgh and Crown Point, had been organized a few years be­fore as divisions of Washington county and the other two , Willsborough and Champlain were made by act of the Leg­islature the same day that Clinton county was separated from Washington. For nearly five years these four towns kept tbeir original boundaries but in the last days of the year 1793 (Dec. 28) the Legis­lature decreed that a fifth town to be call­ed Peru should be formed from the south part of Plattsburgh and the north part of Willsborough. This new town embraced all the land which now lies in Peru, Au-•able and Black Brook, in Clinton county, that part of Franklin county which lies directly west of the west line of Black Brook, and that part of the town of Ches­terfield in Essex county, which lies north of the line which forms the southern boundary of Adgate's 3,600 acre patent, and the continuation of that line toward the west which would just touch the southern extremity of Augur pond and nearly or exactly coincide with the line which forms the southern boundary of the western part of the town of Black Brook. It will be seen by the above that the writer who said that old Peru was "almoet an empire in extent" did not exaggerate so badly as he might for if its territory was too small for an empire it certainly was as large as some republics.

It would be interesting to know the number of inhabitants which Peru con­tained at the time' of its organization but

if an enumeration was made there appears to be no record of the result. But the number was not very small for they bad b e e n c o i n i n g i n q u i t e r a p i d l y f o r a f e w

years. The principal settlement was that of the Quakers which they called the Un­ion lying upon the old Rogers road but there were also settlers all the way along the road which ran from the Union by way of Arthur street to the Lake shore at the point which is still called Peru Land­ing and then continued northward along the. Lake shore to the Plattsburgh town line. The above mentioned road was the first regularly established highway in the town, it having been laid out by the Com­missioners Of Highways of the town of Plattsburgh in the year 1790 before Peru was organized. The part of this road Which lay between the bridge which crosses the Little Ausable near its mouth, and the present residence of Joshua Ar­thur has been changed from where it w i s originally laid out, but the lake shore road from the Little Ausable to Plattsburgh line and the west end of Arthur Street across the farms of Thomas Lynch, Alex. Arthur and Richard P . Reese are still travelled just where they were first locat­ed one hundred years ago.

The next most ancient road of old Peru will also finub its first century of exist-ance during the present year. It Was called the Rogers road because its maker or director was Piatt Rogers one of the original proprietors of Plattsburgh Patent. This "Rogers road" came from Willsbor­ough over the mountain where it is trav­elled still, entered the town of Peru where it crossed the line which form* the north boundary of the farms now owned by Robert Hinds and Jerry Davarn and con­tinued where it now runs till it passed the four corners east of where the I f teriaken House now stands. But somewhere aorth of those .corners it turned westward to the foot of Ford way Mooala i i fSa^ .»ff-&vwn the steep bank to the river where traces of it can still be plainly seen. The water was shallow so that no bridge Was needed and the road after crossing the river ran westward to the east line of lot No . 20, which is the line between the farms of Banker and Robarge better known as the Goodrich and Hatch farms. There the Rogers road turned north, ran over the hill west of the farmi of Jerry and James Hayes, through the pasture ;now owned by Elihu Hoag, came down Hallock Hill west of the place where the Edward Hal-lock bouse, now owned by Harrison Ar­nold, was afterward built, and followed the east line of Elihu Hoag's present farm to its northeast corner. From there it jogged cast ten or fifteen rods to what was then the S . W. corner of Captain Edward Everett's farm aud then ran north where it does now through the Union, passing one-half mile west of the present Peru village and crossed the south line of Platts­burgh at what we n e w call the Stephen Weaver corners about three-fourths of a mile from Schuyler Falls. In December, 1799, this roan was changed from what Was then David Osborne's, but now Elihu Hoag's southeast corner so that instead of running directly south over the hill it ran

M'VHKK I [Written for the riattsbnrgh Republican.;

Some. Ad irondack r a n l h e r Stories .

B r W.\r. F. N T E , THIS ox.!) Anir.'iXTHiK

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in the town records till the spring of 1796. On the 26th of March in that year the Commissioners of Highways of the Town of Peru, John Cochran, Jr., Rufus Green, and William Morchous, at the request of twelve reputable Freeholders viewed the . j . l l a v e r e a d s t o r i c . o f ] u ) n t e r g m Q

premises and declared that they found it the catamount (or panther) in the Maine "necessary to Lay out and Establish the and Adirondack woods . The catamount i . Road or Highway (to w,t) Beginning at a , , w a y , j u s t r e a d y t 0 , Q Q

certain INorway p.ne tree Marked H stand- or unlucky hunter just as he pulls the ing at the parting of the Road about one trigger, c a r r y i n s t u e i ( J e a t h j U ft c a t a m o u n t

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Mills from thence southwesterly Corse as exDenVnrr> iriti. ti,„.„ a--. . . . . . experience with them gives me a different

l i s now cut and Improved to the great i d c a . I think they are perfectlv harmless Bridge over the Great River Sable thence i f t h c y h a r e n o t b e e „ W 0 l ] a d e c f a a d t h e r e

a Croast the River at the Br.dge and is any chance for them to get away. Per-S o u t h w e . t e r l y . n d Southerly M ,t is now haps my experience has be"en with tbo=e

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Without Doing Ingury to Individuals." t ' t,^Tce or ioUT J™™1** settler in "Douglasses Mills" mentioned in above y . . " b a ' E a r J y i n t h e F a H l b e r e c a m e

record were a saw mill and a grist mill ' * " « h t 8 n o w - Mr- BHnn said that it was - a grand time to go out and get some ven­

ison. I knew nothing about hunting deer

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At the session of circuit c» ir t i.i Mi-lone last week D. T. McX.il .of Si. K . - k Falls was tried for killing deer out of *ca-son, the jury finding a verdict of -JliH against him. The co<ts which. IhN v diet carries with il swells the jud^i --bout .«o00.

Protector Pond al<=o has a suit pending against Charles Merriil of Blue Mountain, and another against Edward Allen Scuroon Lake for deer slajing.

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upon what is still called "Dry Mill Brook" which runs into the Great Ausable a little above the residence of James Bagge. "The saw mill belonging to Mathew A d -gate Esq. and Asa Douglass" is mentioned in the town records as early as Oct., 1793, and the word "mills" is first used under date of March 20, 1795, so it is probable that the grist mill was built in 1794. The records continue to mention "Douglass Mills" in 1797,1793 and 1799, but in 1800 and the years which follow it only Doug­lass sawmill is mentioned which indicates tbat the grist mill did not remain there long. "Douglass Sawmill" continued to be mentioned in the records of the Road Districts of Peru until 1807 but from 1808 to 1810 it was called Coles sawmill and in 1811 it was first mentioned as "the Dry mill" and by tbat name it has been called ever since. In the "Reminiscences of

Alvin Golvio" on page 208 of the History of Clinton county published in 1880, Mr. Colvin says "I think the Dry Mill stopped finally about forty years ago. It had a very large Over shot wheel , which was outside the mill and on the end of the main shaft, and and the water was" carried across the road about ten or twelve rods in a flume down to the mill." H e also says "This Dry Mill was a grist mill" and makes no mention of a sawmiM at that place. K o w Mr. Colviu's description of the mill may be all correct but he made the natural mistake of estimating the time that had elapsed since the grist mill stopped at only about one half of its true length.

H e was nearer right when be said of the bridge across the Chasm, "It was used till about 1812 when the State road was changed farther west, after which it crossed the Ausable about a mile above Kecseville." From 1796 to 1814 inclusive the 2d Highway District of the town of Peru was described as "Beginning at the Centure of the great Sable Bridg North­erly to the Centure of the little Sable Bridg." After 1814 the "Great Sable Bridge" is not mentioned in the bounds of any road district and after 1816 no reference to it is found in the Peru records.

"The State road" was first called by tbat name in the Peru Town Book in 1814 but the survey of the road itself was made March 21, 1811, and no doubt the bridge was built in 1810. The description of the new road as surveyed and established in 1811 is as follows: "Beginning at the Big River AuSable at the Bridg that was built by David Fuller by Jonathan Begi-low's, thence North 32 Degrees west forty Chains thence north 235 Chains to Uriah Watermans Black Smith shop."

This blacksmith shop is believed to have stood at or near the Morehouse cor­ners and the distance'from there comes to the point where the bridge crossed the river as measured upon the map is just 275 chains or 1100 rods. "The Bridge

•ear John Anderson's" was where the lower bridge in Keeseril le now stands and was first mentioned in the Peru T o w n Book in 1815. J . W. HABKNKSS.

Flank Bead Law. ,VA Kaadet'^desires us to give a synop-

or their ways. I rigged myself up, with a white hat, and white shirt (over my other clothes). 1 started up south towards Indian Pass. I saw plenty of deer tracks, but they seemed to be on the run, then I saw wolves' tracks. I knew then the cause of the deer being 'on the run. I went on south thinking I would get outsid e where the deer were frightened, perhaps I would see one. I had not gone far when I saw a fresh panther track. N o t being used to tbat kind of game, I thought best to let him alone, and look after deer. I kept on my course, found plenty of deer signs but they all seemed to be on the run. When it was time to go home, I thought I would take my track back, as it would be about as straight as any course, as I was in a strange woods . I had not gone far be­fore I saw a panther track, be had crossed mine. A little way further on, I saw he had crossed it again. I began to think perhaps that old cat (as the settlers there Called them), was looking after me. I hurried on for a mile or so when I came to where the snow was all trod down, aud bloody. There was nothing but deer hair

and wolves' tracks, to tell what had hap­pened since I went along in the morning. I hurried on for I did not k n o w how late it was . When I had got within a mile or SO of the clearing, it began to grow dark. Then I heard one of the most unearthly screams; it appeared to be about forty rods to my right, in the tops of the trees. It started my bat up some, but it did not fall o i l . I did not care for him as long as it was daylight. After dark, I did not know how familiar he might get. H e fol­lowed to the edge of the woods , keeping about the same distance from me, and ev­ery little while be would cheer me on with One of those yells. When I got in sight of the house, Mr. Blinn was at the door looking for me. He said he thought that I Was coming for he had heard that Old cat, this half hour. 1 have had them follow me since in the same way, and have heard others tell of similar experience with them, but I never heard of any one ever being hurt by them at such times.

I never heard of but one man being hurt by a catamount in the Adirondack woods. Tbat Was a man by the name of St. Ger­main. He lived on the Carry between B ig Clear Pond and the St. Regis waters. He went out to hunt deer, and as he did not come home that night, the next morn­ing a party started after him, (there was snow on the ground) they found him dead, killed by a catamount. H e w a s torn and bitten but not eaten, which shows that the cat was not hungry. F r o m ap­pearances he had shot at and wounded the panther; then thought he could finish him with his hunting knife, bis gun being empty. His knife was out of its sheath on the ground. There was not much said about it at the time, for it was 80 near Paul Smith's, they thought it might fright­en City people. In 1858 there were nine trapped and killed within ten miles of North Elba. Since then there have been but few seen or killed.

The Mooers Burg lars Arretted.

Three Moocrs boys have been arrested for breaking into the store (if P . F. Churchill in that village on the night of March 10th. Their names are Erucst Riugey. aged 13, Charles Wells, aged 17, and Jay Carter, aged 19. Thcy have all confessed, and the next grand jury will attend to their cases. It is surmised that this is not their first offence, as several otbtr similar thieveries have taken place there of late.

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H o w 10 Cure the Runt Evi l .

Has prohibition failed ? Most certainly it has. Has high license failed ? Jlost certainly it has failed to exterminate the monster rum aud alcohol. What are the reasons why they failed ? The reasons are easy and simple to answer. You have not prosecuted the right course to extermin­ate the demon monster. "Sou have pur­sued the right course to make it the great­est money making business in Amerca. T o u have heaped high license and revenue taxes on it. Tou have made it a com­modity that has caused men to invest mil­lions in it and the more you oppress it the greater is the commodity and the more millions will be invested fn it.

It reminds me of an empty church when the congregation has quarrelled and left i t . A worthy pastor went to examine it and was sorry to iind the peo­ple had abandoned it, and going to the gallery lie thought lie would go up in tbe steeple and "there he found a man asleep. The WortIi3' pastor asked, "Who are y o u ? " "I am the devil," "and what are you doing here ?" '-I am resting rest­ing while it i s Still down below for when the congregation assembles I am ready to work."

So it is with rum. It is the devil in the barrel. 3Iy method and the true method tbe only method to exterminate it is to take every tax oi l from it and pass a law that retail dealers shall sell it for five cents per gallons.

Give every man permission to make it free and sell it wherever he pleases in America; high treason to export it to any other country and take every value off from it and make it as worthless

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No! u breath w is moving in th Tin* l a k e , b e t w e e n il-5 Wldt nin stivli-lH-d hi fore him smooth Through it the noise , • Ihe noiseless b.irk in which he stood and gazed. Behind him tame the twenty-four canoes silently following in hw si.'ent wake. The paddhs rose and sitik in pei-fect unison. The o i h n d f i fes of the Indians and their feallured sc i lp l.u-ks showed brilliantly in the morning li^ht. The air was odorous with the perfumes of gums and 11 nvcrs, l l t t v aud ihere lilies starred the water while ly. Lirue lisli leaped, spl-isbul, and dovi> tin tr s h a r p e n e d weth*-e <>f m o t i o n nl«n;r tin* level sin face. Throuirh the dewy a r came the pure sweet note of the hermit thrush. Far overherd the hunting eagle, sweeping round and round in watehful circles, came to a sudden stop, fluttered for a moment, and then, with rightly balanced poise, drove headlong down­ward into the lake. Ducks blackened the water for acres. The motlitr-does watched the playful fawns bounding along the sand- The lumbering moose waded laboriously shoreward, aad on ihe marshy bank stood at gaze. Above, the sky was sapphire. Over the eastern mountain the sun showed redly. Tin' The mighty woods came to the water's

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. . — . .^ . jMiu i iunoui iceuie i i t m la s t week** KEi'CBDiCAjr of t o w n m e e t i n g s for April 7, a l i t t l e p r e v i o u s ? s a y about one week L a s t S a b b a t h was the fourlli Quarter ly M e e t i n g for the Conference y e a r , i r . E . H e a i t w a s i n a t t e u d a u e e , s erv ice a t D e p o t a w l Centre. Quarterly Conference on Saturday a t tbe Cor­ners . We learn t b a t th i s b o d y u n a n i m o u s l y

ked for the return of t h e p r e s e n t ra«tm- a n -t h e p r e s e n t pastor t b e «-«. ...e coming year....Our

new show comes and goes like the old ladies s o a p , i t uni ted lskst w e e k for a n o t h e r effort, -~^.. . «v» i iuumer e n and charmed the Centre p e o p l e by Us p r e s ­e n c e there o n Friday e v e n i n g , w e fear i l io p e o p l e there were t i ocapprec ia i i ve , the d i m e s did not c o m e i n very fast , a u d the c o n c e r n co l l apsed a e a i n .»tr. P e e b l e s a JJrother of Mrs. i l . C . A l l e n w a s a t Mr. A l l en ' s for severa l d a y s and returned h o m e , which is ln the D o ­m i n i o n , h i s s i s ter Te.tunied w i t h h im >W learn that there w a s a wedding a t the Depot o n W e d n e s d a y e v e n i n g , Mr. F e l t o n and Miss Miss C l i e e s m u n — A r . J i . Potter v is i ted Moo erg o n Monday.

<. nunuiraa as water and the demon will die and rest in the steeple for it would not be worth putting in a barrel. Eemember the Prohibition party dashed two years ago into the Pres­idential campaign with about one hun­dred and eighty thousand votes in this State. Like a stubborn mule they would assist neither party,Democratic or Repub­lican, determined to wedge their way through. Remember Warner Miller sacri-riflced his election to Governor of the State of N e w f o r k , and tried his dead level best to gain their confidence. Iheard „ . . „ ,,_,„ ,„„,. l u u m n s A his speech in Plattsburgh and I went new hotel will erected on the site ol the Jleede away sorrowful for I well realized his de- "»,"»« £™£ "?L.H"™^-.*- / 6 * - d : l y s s i n c " feat in his frank determination. Temper- c w

ance and prohibition men failed to seize golden opportunity and now they are con­sidered the chaff end of the bag; they are like Moses when the light out—in the dark. Gaily and organize and make rum and alcohol a barren lake of worthless

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ed so as to allow any part of plank roads threw Edward Hillock's wheat field on to be relaid "with broken stone, gravel,

a southeast course or near it and thence •hells, or other bard materials when by

•is of the law "under w&ich "the Saranac I «»°uut when he was crouched dju Plank Road Company was organized, -j "^ ?£& i'KU ttvteiiug in. They did not

The Saranac Plank Road Co., was or- " " ganized under a general law of 1847 which limited the extent of such corpora­tions to thirty years. In 1872 the law was amended, providing for the continuance thirty years more of such companies as shall have carried any plank road twenty years and whose entire dividends have not exceeded 50 per cent of the original capital stock. Tbe following are the re­quirements for continuing: consent in writing of persons owning two thirds of the stock, and of two thirds of the super­visors of towns through which tbe road passes, such consent to be filed in the of­fice of the Secretary of State. In 1854 the act was amended so as to provide for the abandonment of any plank road by con­sent of two-thirds of the stock; then such plank road "shall cease to be the road or property of the company and revert and belong to the several towns through which it was constructed, and the com­pany shall be no longer bound to main­tain it or be liable to be assessed thereon." The same year, 1854, the act was amend-

water. Reasons: Suppose I make a commodity

Of Lake Champlain and oiTer £± a barrel for its water. N o matter how many mil­lion of barrels you till the cash is ready. Would not men claim an ownership to those waters and quarrel to see who would have the lajgest share and fill tbe most barrels and would not the devil want his barrel filled and commit murder and all hideous crimes ? Has not the commodity of gold in California caused millions of a d v e n t u r e r s to t h a t Jancl s u f f e r i n g d e a t h

and every plague that could be heaped on t h e m w i t h t h e i d e a t o o b t a i n w e a l t h ? S o i t

is with rum. The M/>o *» — -».*-•

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Del ight fu l w e a t h e r . N o s n o w . . . . F a r m e r s pred ic t a i i ieht l iay crop l u th i s s ec t ion . 1110 m e a d o w s h a v e been b*r© o v e r three q u a r t e r s of tlie t i m e s i n c e the first d a y of N o v e m b e r . 1839. Our farmers w i l l h a v e m i l e s of fence to build t h i s s p r l n g . a s t h e wind has b a e n ac t ive ­l y a t work d u r i n g the p a s t four m o n t h s A

reeled on the s i te ol t h e J leede . ._s burned a f e w d a y s s inc* .

It wi l l be tne largest and b e s t equipped hote l i n K i s e x c o u n t y w h e n f inished. The K e e n e He ights H o t e l Company" furnish funds to build t h e hote l a n d Orlando Jleede, of the firm o f S . J t O . B e e b a . s u p e r i n t e n d s l i s cons truc ­t ion Tin. ».«•-• —••• *

southerly by Samuel Brown's and Stephen Taylor's to the ford way into Rogerses Road again." In April, 1803, another change was made and from that time on­ward the road ran from "the S. W. corner of Edward Everett's farm in a straight course two rods east of Edward Hallock's barn t -en across tbe road southerly up the bill," &c., just where it runs to-day. It is an interesting fact tbat Edward Hal-lock's barn referred to above is still stand­ing two rods west of the rosd though it BBust be at least eighty-seven years old.

"Rogerses road" is ssentioaed very fre­quently in tbe old Town Book of Peru in which a m recorded all of the highways thai w e n laid osrt out by tbe Coaassission-eta aad tba UasiU of U M rand districts aa they wcw eatabibhed from year to year. But ia 179$ a alight change was asade in Ha aasM aad from tbat tiase forward it w a s invariably ta i led "Bogtretra e ld

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they keep a good substantial road."

The Westport Merder M j stery. Ransom Floyd of Westport died on the

14th of March of wounds received five w e e k ! before on the night that his wife was murdered in their house. An ex­amination of the body on Saturday show­ed that his death was caused by an ab-cess at tbe base of tbe* brain, occasioned by a small piece of bone tbat had been dislodged by one of the shots which he received. A rumor was circulated after bis death to the effect that he had made an ante-mortem statement which threw further light upon tbe mystery of the murder, but this does not appear to have been tbe case, and tbe mystery is as deep as ever. N o available clue bat been ob­tained of the murder, and the present probability seems to be strong that tbe s c e n t of tbat terrible tragedy will not be revealed, unless through confession.

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stir till I got within fifty feet of them; then they Jumped up and gave one of those screeches that nothing but a catamount can g ive and left me. It was between sundown and dark in both instances. One of the catamounts was in a path at the foot of Bennet Pond (now Mirror Lake). H e was watching for deer when they came to the water. I think he was the same one J. V. Nash caught in a trap that same year . , They always give two or three screams when they leave you. I have talked with Michel Sebattis, the Indian guide and hunter, of Long Lake, who probably has killed more catamounts in tbe Adirondacks than any t^her man now living. He says there is no more danger in bunting catamounts than there is in hunting rabbits.

In 1854, J. V . Nash than the only family living on the west side of Bennett Pond (now Mirror Lake) bad his sheep yarded close to tbe bouse. In tbe night he heard the bell rattling in tbe yard. He got up, went to the door, and saw what looked like a man leaning up against the fence. It jumped over, then he knew what it was. H e always kept his rifle loaded, banging on hooks over the door. He reached for bis rifle and when the cata­mount jumped over the fence on the other side be fired. Tbe next morning one of his sheep was missing. He tracked it out to near where the Grand View liou^e now stands, and found what he had not eaten bid in tbe forks of a tree (that had fallen down) and covered with leaves. That was a sure sign tbat he was coming back, after the remainder when he got hungry. He set a trap there, the next morning he found a catamount in it that measured eight feet nine inches from lip of nose to the tip of his tail. When iu the trap he did not spring towards us but tried to go the other way all tbe time.

I was once up Bog River near Mud Lake, with a party floating for deer in the n i g h t I saw two eyes, which is all you can see of a deer sometimes. I made the usnal sign to my man and headed my boat to them, but tbe man could not see | it. I atoved up till tbe boat struck bot­tom, then those eyes jumped up and gave ua one of those screams tbat nothing but • catamount can give, and gave two more after be got into tbe woods. My man •red two charges of shot after him."I had to g o and look for b i n tbe next morning, to satisfy asy ssaa because tbe cat did not smake any noise after be nred bis last shot. I tbiak if the cat had been in tbe top of ansae of tbe trees close by, perhaps be aright tota hit bis*. The cat was there

for deer whaa tbey eoase down

The idea is to obtain wealth and they do obtain wealth by this com­modity. Wipe out the commodity and you wipe out rum. A few may drown in the barren lake but eventually all will be saved. Drive the war hatchet to the devil's heart and his blood will spill and the bar­rel will be emptj^ Jfjf-fr1

, —i~.--.....^..u:s u s construc­t i o n . The h o t e l wi l l h a v e a frontage of 350 ffcet.and wi l l be four s l o r y e s wi th dormer w i n ­d o w s co in ing o u t t h e roof, w h i c h wi l l m a k e it e q u i v a l e n t to a five s t o r y b u i l d i n g The h o u s e wi l l front t o w a r d s the e a s t a n d wi l l h a v e three win^s , each extenil i i i i t from t h e main part westlOO feel. It Is estimated that 10 tons of n a i l s wi l l be used i n the cons truc ­t ion Of til ls i m m e n s e buijilini; which will be a great o r n a m e n t to K e e n e V a l l e y . Carpen­t e r s a r e now buildine, an addi t ion to the Ueede laundry which wil l be used a s a dwe l ­l ing house w h i l e the carpenters are w o r k i n g o n the n e w hotel W. W. WoodrulTis t i t l ing up t n e r o o m s la te ly occup ied by L. E . 1'liin-n e y i u t h i s v i l l a g e . W10 are informed Mr. Phinney i s to c l erk for Mr. WoodruU* after April 1st, w h e n he p u t s a s t o c k of good* l u t o t h e r o o m s The JCev. C o n s n l S a w y e r , wl iose death occurred a t A l b l o n , X - i r . , Fr iday. Maa-en hi. 13*0, w a s w.3'1 leuywn In Hi is p l a c e , he b a y ­ing been loca ted a s pas tor of Ihe J iapust church at Jay for a liniu Lyman Ha l l . iuUi -e r or our t o w n s m a n , Fret! Ha l l , a n d Edward Hall Of D a n n e m o r a , d ied At M i n e r v a , Sa tur day. Deceased w a s a brother of J o h n Hul l , t h e well k n o w n b a n k e r o l Fort A i m , N. Y Mumps are p r e v a l e n t in town . . T r a m p s an* a lready-appear ing on i .ur s treets a n d our cit­izens are as m u c h d i s g u s t e d with t h e m us ever. - -

u u i i u m s . Cipifal slock paid In S rml i r i ' I e i l profits Malimul Hank notes <.uiiiai,.iiiii«. D i v i d e n d s unjiaM.

Demand eert l l lc . i tes "f i lep. tt <* ishicr's cheek"! <iiitst.ll dmi" Due tu n l h e r A a t i m i . i l Hanks Due. 10 S t a l e b a n k s m i d KUiSter t

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Savings Bank, C H A R T E R E D I N IK 17

D e p o s i t s J a n ' y 1 , 1 S!)0. $ 2 , 1 * I , ^ 0 7 - 1 1 S u r p l u s , - • - 170,*23V.,5J

Tota l A s s e t s - - ^t^n,H't.ii2 R e c e i v e s a n d p . i y s d e p o s l t s d . t l l y . I ie j i i . s l t s

m a d e on or before* tht* l i b d a y nf a i i ) lu .d i l l i draw Interes t from Ihe l« t . If iuade . i l ter! l i»* •Hli, In tere s t wi l l commeiict i the iirst of llii* f o l l o w i n g m o n t h . J m e r e s t wi l l be e r e d l l e d to d e p o s i t o r s January 1st a m i . l u l l l i t , n. i ' i -p o u n d i n g t w i c e a y e a r . T h e r e ar«* n o »i".-k-noldera in t h i s bau'k. A l l tht*. eaini i i t ta , le*.s e x p e n s e s , b e l o n g lo depositor-*, l l i>-ratt* o f i n t e r e s t d e p e n d s on t h e e a r n i n g s and h a s varied from 1 per c e n t to « per e n r i .

For the l a s t three j e a r s Jlie r a l e . , f i m p r e s t h a s b e e n 4 ' j per c e n t a y e a r

Al l t a x e s a r e paid by Ihe l . u . k oi id(- i« .«»l* of iimo o r l e s s . Uejii>.lts a n - liniltl>il !•> l a w to ii'JOO, and n o i n t e r e s t wi l l l.e j . .y 1 .m a»,y s u m in e x c e s s of Ib i s tummii t , i*t .vpi ..ii i e -pos l t s by w i d o w s , o r p h a n s , iidiultii >rai . .r- , e x e c u t o r s , g u a n i i a i i s . el iarjt ti-te or r- UiM.ois Ins t i tu t ions or o n trust fiiiii!s<lep<.si'i-'i '•> ••r-d e r o f c o u r t .

This b a n k prefers VentaoM se."iritt* , f . r t h e i n v e s t m e n t <if i t s f u n d i at .d « money mil ol the Stat** until the h i n a u O i s m e t .

Funds may begi'ht by iniik t.\it. j. or postal m o n e y o r d e r a u d *iej...sit 1,. be returned by next mail. AtMrt'n*

C. F . WA1U), Trt-MMin-r, 21lf B u r l i n g t o n , V i .

Horses for Sale. HAR6RAVES & BECKWITH

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11 B lor s a l e a t Ihe Ci imber la i i i st-ables a n d o n B i - k w i t i i *-.*reer t...»n S.-liuyJer Fal ls ' . lhr>un*-*l lul of I J . H ' H t ' . e v e r s i r u e k th i s t* iu ' i tr>, eaus i s t i t .^ .1 if. l u g and l i e a \ y dr i f t n o i s e s . }• . <r . . . j i - «• ly matt-bed «>•.- j tir s ir . ! .. . m. . . ' • C i ii I. a i - • *

^_^—-~-nTfie r e m e m b e r e d there aYe^iTilasses of rum in a pint when sold over the bar costing the drunkard §1 and gives the landlord CO cents prolit at least 50 cents. A gallon of highwines can be bought for *?3. One gallon of water aud Scents worth of catnmomile powder will make two gallons of gin and burnt sugar makes whiskey and ten drinks in a pint, unless the man is a swiller. A pint is a small drink for such a fellow and the sooner he is drowned in the worthless lake the better.

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bill to pay, while the landlord flourishes on the money has wife wears g"id rin^s and .silk dresses and tells what a fool that fellow is to spend his money, but her hus­band has got it and what would she s-ay to be obliged to sell a hundred y;! is ,es far fifty cents ? I think she would be in belter paying business, don't you? Consequently her ladyship would leav ness. Tell me it is wealth when ou the Slongaheli four stars and a gold crowiTaud tioiier holding it. This is tin.' devil. Kill him and the ba't leis won- l i e can't af­ford lo lose hiss lime to bother .-villi it. Kid the commodity aud every man cmic-erin-.l in tne business will abandon it. D'm't you see to mix it with pol i lds and biidi license is a failure, or to stand 1«0,0'J0 in a body alone is a failure ? Empty it all in a worthless lake.

Ei-ACic KEITBI.K'AX.

West 1'iattsburgh.

Hayiios-Scribner >t ipt ia ls .

On Wednesday morning of this week a b o u t fifty g u e s t s f r o m 3-traa-ic, a forr i so i i -ville, Peru, Plattsbiirga aa 1 Troy as-sem-bled a t t h e p l e a s a n t h o m e of i l « . J . S . Scribuer, to witness the mirridg." of her d a u g h t e r Char lo t t e E . to Or. -Irving *3. Haynes of ISew York City.

The ceremony was performed by Rt*r. E. L. Arnold, assisted by Rev. £ . 0 . Far-well of Sarauac. Tne guests were in th * best of spirits anil after an early m iruiu^ ride were in an excellent condition lo eu joy the wedding breakfast which was served immediately after the nuptial c-r emonies were performed. Dr. and Mrs. Haynes were generously remembered by their many friends with presents suitab'e for the occasion.

Amid showers of rice and congratula­tions they left for the 12:55 train for Al-bauy. Boston and oilier points of interests will be visited.

They will make ISiew VTork City their future home where the Dr. by hard work and superior ability has already wou au enviable reputation in his choseu profes­sion.

Long life, prosperity and happiness i3 ihe one wish of tiieirjimiy friends. A.

I* MEX0RUM or Mrs. J . G I L U G A M McKANa*. w h o d i e d in L e a d v l l l e , Col. February •a, 1«»3.

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A Severe Test .

When a mannficturer, fr. observation, Las so completely sutisiiid himself of the universal satisfaction givt n by his products, that he feels fully war-runted in selling them under -i ctrtiiicau-of guarantee, it is very natural to believe that such a producer has implicit cimli-dence in the merits of hi.s good*, and t int , too, not without goud reason. Such <*..«- , tldeiice is possessed by the World's I).*.- j pensory Medical Association, of ijuiTiln, j N. Y. , in Dr. Pierce's Family Medicim -, and hence his "Favorite Pre-<*ripti<'u" I-. I sold by drugffi*-ts, as uo ntiur ma-in i !•-for similar purpose* <v.r was, mi l . r a

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