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The Gilboa Monitor. GILBOA, Schoharie County, N. Y. Thursday, O C T . 2 7 , 1881. M I R O N D I N G S , E d i t o r . — The Democratic Senatorial Con vention met at Catskill on Friday of last week, and nominated A. P. Jones for State Senator. N e w s I t e m s . — The cataract of Niagara recedes a yard a year. Stamford’s new mountain house is to be rebuilt. Diphtheria in a malignant type exists at Tannersville. The number of air cells in the lungs of ; a grown man are 600,000,000. I The city of London has. a population near ly as large as that of all Ireland. Burtun G. Morss has nearly completed his new grist mill at South Kortright. New York has had its usual Texas steer — The steam ship G reat E a s tern has been sold at auction for £30,000. I t !on the ramPa8e du™ 8the past week' would be instructive to know bow! Farmers in Sullivan county who much has been the total loss on this marine white elephant. have The Charms of Music. A very curious stoiy is told of Sir John Hawkins in support of the theory that insects, as well as animals are sus ceptible to the charms of music.. He begins by stating that a French captain had assured him that during a tedious imprisonment he had obtained permis- mission to practice on his lute, and that after he had pl&yed a few days, not only did some mice come out of their holes to listen, but that the spiders de scended from their webs to form as strange an audience as ever man had. “I diu not cease doub ing the truth of this storv,” writes Sir John, “until it was confirmed by a man of probity and merit, who played upon several instru ments: and who told me that upon one occasion he Went up to liis chamber to refresh himself until supper time witli playing, and he had not been playing i more than a quarter of an hour when — E d i s o n h a s ju s t b e e n g r a n t e d tw e n t y - t w o n e w p a t e n t s , tw e n t y of I We have received a charming little book w h ich rela te to e lectric l i g h t i n g . H e j entitled “Smith on the Horse’s Foot.” If h a s n o w 209 p a t e n t s issu e d to h im , i Smith had been on the mule.s foot he would covering a large variety of ingenious contrivences. -es — It is extremely galling to both “ the great political parties of this country to see an “ Independent” ; The grave of Gen. Braddock, defeated occupying the position of Vice Pres- i near Pittsburg in 1775, is a few miles east of ident of the United S tates. planted sweet potatoes have succeeded very | h e saw several spiders descend from w e U j the ceiling a n d come and range them - j selves about the table, where they re- It took three ministers to unite a coup- J m a ined until he ceased to play, upon le up in Greene county. The bride’s name which they returned to their webs, is LeMent. Her lamenting days are over. “A w aiter in an Oxford Street res tau r a n t had a pet -spider, which, he asserted, would always come out of a hole in the w all when he whistled, and several anecdotes are told w h ich atiest the fact th a t spiders are inflimnc *d by the sound of music, or singing, al though it is not possible to ascertain w h e ther these sensations are pleasur able or the reverse; A w riter on the subject suggests that they may b*e throw n into a trance condition by mu sic.” — ET. Y. Mail. never have written this book. Twenty years ago James A. Garfield said : “I regard my life as given to my country I am only anxious to make as much of it as possible before the mortgage on it is fore closed.” y E 0 S B Y , S A H L E R & C O M P A N Y RONDOUT AND KINGSTON, ' Two Large Hardware Stores under one management, with the most complete as sortment of H A R D W A R E in the state of New York, consisting of FOR A GOOD PAIR A w estern agricultural paper recom- , TT . , -n, ^ i. -n mends the culture of broom corn, which B u t they i UmontowD, Fayette County, Pa., on the old i t m . e d i c t 3 wi„, „t no <lav, en- i national pike. There is no monument or - '■ . . . . will become more and more reconcil-; st<me to mark it of thins as the R e - 1 Until a boy is about fifteen years old his chief craving is to be a hero. After that ed to that sort or thing as public grows in intelligence. x© he begins to experience a change. His dream of scalping Indians gradually fades out, and the highest notch of his ambition is to sit on the back stoop with his playmates sister, and give way to a feeling of lumtum- liness, as it were. Quite an enthusiastic affair occurred in a — Tlie Schoharie Republican Coun ty Convention met at Schoharie last Thursday, and the following ticket was nominated : For Assembly, J. C. Y a n Y ecten, of Esperance; For Session Justice Otis Guffin, of Scho- Kansas newspaper office one day last week, h a r ie ; F o r Sheriff, G e o r g e B . M i n e r , Ifc w a s a c o r o n e r ’s i n q u e s t o n th e b o d y o f a Of Jefferson ; For Coroner, John S. i Akeley, of F u lton. The nominations' for School Commissioners were le f t ! -who were the fh’st to see the comet fell, and | is somethiug new aud entertaining. Among in the hands o f the county committee. | of the same disease. other prizes its publishers offer the follow- ---------- — ♦ - be — ----------- J Chapter 163, of the laws of 1881, amends the Election law relating to the appointment of poll clerks so as to read as follows : S ec . 3. The two inspectors elected, after man who first saw the comet, and had come in to let the editor know it. He died on the very spot where several other parties tireiy revolutionize the bread stuff sup p ly of the world, it declares that by a new ly-invented process a fine and m o st delicious flour can be m a d e from tiie seed to the exten t of one-half its ow n w e ight, lea v in g the 6tlicr half as a val uable food for slock. A c c o r d ing to its estim a tes, three hundred bushels of broom seed is a fair A v e rage croo per acre, beside the stover. The N. E. Farm er fears that this is a cereal story, largely a work of the im a g ination. ------------- ^ i » ------------ T h e re are 16,000 oyster men in Vir ginia. $10 B ible P r ize. We have received Rutledge’s Monthly for November and find it a bright, interesting little magazine. . Its prize puzzle department m g C A L L O N W .E.BA S S L E R , M iddleburgh, N. Y ., C o r . M a i n St. & R . R . A v e . fel © M « ►5* w p 0 To the person telling us how many times the woi-d Abraham is used in the New Tes tament Scriptures (not the New Revision) by Nov. 10, 1881, we wiJl give $10.00 in gold as a prize. The money wrill be for- O « P 9. ► 0 P* »—i CT >-*• CQ CD £ iPi cr CD 03 — Some wives are dutiful to the e x - 1 i treme. The other day a resident of j Chicago, \while in N ew York, wrote to having severally taken such oath, shall ap- warded to the winner Nov. 1 . 1 , 1881. Those his wife d ir e c tin g her to sen d him the : P o i n t one clerk, and the inspector appoint- wbo trY f o r t h e P r lze m u s t se n d 10 cents numbers of bis U . S. bonds, and t o ! ed’ after haviD8 taken 8uch oath- sha11 ap' , •* i . i-i , I point another clerk, to be called clerk of send the bonds to the treasury a t ; ^ W ashington. The obedient wife cht from all the bonds the numbers, sent them to him, and then sent themutu- lated bouds to W ashington. The with their answer, for which they will ceive the December number of the Monthly | an excellent Magazine ,of 32 pages, in which ; will be published Ihe lApae and address of j The design of the law, as amended, being i the witT er °f the p r izq / with the correct, , , , „ * I answer thereto. Address, R u t l e d g e P u b - , to have one of tbe clerks, as well as one of LISjHIXG C ompany , Easton, Pa the inspectors, of opposite politics. P o n d e r o i l t l i e s e T r u t h s . Francis M. Finch wras the author of “The , . , i i -I , .. , ! T-,, ~ , . , , „ We can t be boys or girls again. Age and husband hastened an explanation to j Blue and the Gray,’ a poem which has done j jnf[rmity are sure to come, but God did not. to the treasury officials, and thus re- more to restore kindly feelings between the | ordain sickness. That is our fault. There Sieved them from a suspicion of a v il-! two Metions than a thouSimd orations aad ' if no f°'mtain °f youtb' but tbere is a foM- , . . . „ 1 editorials. No one can read the last stan- lamy being on foot. i ... . . , ., .. , J ° j za without discovering a fraternal feeling to- -------------- x ♦- m » ----------- ! wards our old enemies : G r e e n e C o m i t y '.T ickets. The county convention of the National Geeenback Labor party met at Walters Bros Hotel, Cairo,Thursday week before last, and nominated Samuel Dewey, o f Leeds, for Member of Assembly ; for school commis sioner, 1 st Dist, Jerome C. Thorne; 2d Dist., Geo. C. Mott. j No more shall the war cry sever Or the winding river be red ; They banish our anger forever ^ J7hen they laurel the graves of our dead j Under the sod and the dew, Waiting the judgment day— Love and tears for the Blue ; Tears and love for the Gray. tain of Health, and its other name is Dr. David Kennedy’s “Favorite Remedy.” It comes from nature—from the fields of flow ers, an j like them is “ very good.” Try it for all complaints of women, blood troubles and pains and aches everywhere. If you can’t get it at the store, send One Dollar for a bottle to the Doctor, at Rondout, N. Y. ---------- —m • ------------- Large cramps from small apples grow. - O ts I T \ ^ j rS CL £ B c-E CD B *< s o CD m ® g M 3 O CD O cP U M !> 8 M H 2 ts ca Oo cs. ts R ST *5 §. *■* $ Vs §? $ Q CD P B pi d Wi yj § Q H Q c+- CD P* O ts m o »-*• CD ts & tb 0 hj 0 1 t -2 tt h cl CD W HH W t=j Ir 1 h 3 W &S O rV d w Q Top Trimming and Dash Leather, Euhber and Enameled Cloths, Broadcloths and Corduroys. Black Moss, Curled Hair, Excelsior. Hubs, Spokes. Kims, Shafts and Poles, Patent and Wood Hub Wheels, Carriage Springs and Axles, Blacksmith Coal, Fuse, Wrought Iron and Lead Pipe. A g ricultural Im plem ents, Including Cider Mills, Straw Cutters, Fanning Mills, Corn Shellers, Dog and Horse Threshing ao Wood aud Willow Ware, Brooms, &e., Clothes Wringers and Step Lad ders, Clothes Baskets, Pic-nic, Market, Peach, Grape and Corn Baskets, Shot Guns, single or double barrel, Muzzle and breach loaders, Pis tols, Game Bags and Sporting Goods, White wash, Scrub and Shoe Brushes ; Bird Cages, Water Coolers aud Ice Cream Freezers ; Mill, Circular and Cross Cut Saws. Mechanic’s Tools of Every Desciptiou. Boat Builders Materials, Pitch, Tar, Okum, Cot ton, Spikes, Bolts and Turnhuckles. Manufac turers of the Ulster Sled, Sheridan Veloci p e d e, Ulster Side Bjar Spring, Centennial Buggy, Sul- key aiid Seat Springs, Centennial Seat Fasts, Dexter Shifting Bars, Mill Picks, Cast Steel, Stone Cutter’s Tools, Striking Hammers and Sledges, Bridge Bolts, Well Curbs,Ice Tools. G e n e r a l A g x n tfs F o r White’s Axes, Leonard’s Horse Shoe Iron, Jones & Laughlin’s Best Refined Iron, San derson’s celebrated Cast Steel. Fufler Bros.’ Cut Nails and Spikes, Lafiin & Rune Pow- | der Company’s Blasting and Sporting Powr- j der and High Explosives, Perfect Axle Oil | Company Axle Oil for Carriages and Light j busiheSs wagons, warranted not to gum or j run off. ; Heed and Barton’s Superior Plated Wa-e, inclnd- j ing Castors, Cake Baskets, lee P itchers,Pickle Cas tors, Forks, Spoons, &c A large variely of wed- I ding, birthday and holiday presents. Sr. Louis stamping 1 o’s. Granite Kitchen and Table Ware, Knickled Trimed and p lain. A complete line of Saddlery Hardware at our Kingston Store. Prires guaranteed equal to manufactir es or large jobbers’ puotations on every article sold by us. vVe'Solicit an examination of stock and prices. A. A. CROSBY, CHAS. REYNOLDS, A. SAHLER, GROVE WEBSTER. TIKE f tllE OF TOR EYES! nO- • A C a p i t a l S u b s t i t u t e . Kidney-Wort is n ature’s remedy for kid- iY H A S . C H A M P D I N , kxT anrl livar vii I ac «nrl r*nncfino. i nTT/RHA ’M —Die Democrats have put the following ticket in the field : Member of Assembly—Samuel H. Nich ols. School Commissioner First District—Clar ence E. Bloodgood. Second District—E d ward M. Cola. H o w to I n c r e a s e T o u r I n c o m e . Just at this season of the year there are. among our readers, those looking for em ployment for the next six months. We have latqly received from L. E. Brown & Co., ney and liver diseases, piles aud constipa tion. ; Sediment or mucous in the urine is a sure ; indication of disease. Take Kidney-Wort. Torpid liver and kidneys poison the blood ! Kidney-Wort revives them and cleanses the ! GILBOA, N . Y., Proprietor of the Gilboal S a w & P l a n i n g M i l l . -o- system ; , Headache, bilious attacks, dizziness and , the well-known manufactures of specialties ]oss appetite are cured by Kidney-Wort. | for agents to handle, a request to put them j See adv. ; in communication with one or more suitable j ‘ i persons in this locality, to act as agents in ; B i introducing several of their patent house-; ; hold articles to this community, and after U S 1 N E S S C O L L E G E . —The Republicans present the following consideration, we take this method to com- : ply with their request. The firm are man- j Sessions Justice--Isaac C. Hallenbeck. • ufacturers of a large number of household Member of Assembly—Joshua Atwater articles, which they introduce to the public ; Cooke. ' by means of agents, having sometimes many School Commissioner First District—John i as 1,000 persons in their employ. The par. : K. Palen. Second District—Louis Litch- | ticular articles which they seek to introduce T H E S T A M F O R D | Sawing, Planing, Matching, Turning and C O O P E R A G E . i , All Kind of Job Work dene at Short Notice. —O— EMERY SAW GUMMING! ■ At Prices to Suit the Times. C . C h a m p l i n . field. G u i t e a u n o t E d u c a t e d v i l l e . a t F e r g u s o n * Permit me to say in reply to an j here, at this time, are : Brown,s Peerless | Sifter, generally acknowledged to be the best in the world, of which nearly one mill ion were sold during the the last year ; the K i t c h e n Q u e e n , the latest and best in v e n t i o n in Coil Oil Lamps, and the only absolutely article Safe Lamp made ; the Centennial Cake and This Institution, located at Stamford, Conn., is the only institution in the Faist run in comiect'on w ith the Colorado Business College, Denver, thereby giving superior advantages to its graduates in procuring paying situations. This college is the best of its kind for The Mercantile Training OE — published recently in your paper, headed i Bake Pan> an 0 -rticle which has a national Y O U V I Q J S I d T l & L a U ' i d S . •‘Gniteau at Fergusonville,” copied from T put“tioln,’ a “ d i f .tbe delight °1 house; \ nu i mi i keeper ; the Half Minute Egg Beater, which , G. W. F O S T E R , President, the Cbarlotteville Phoenix, that Guiteau the always sells at sight, and the new Alto Re- I W. S. .C L A R K , Secretary, assassin of our late President, was never lievo Bronze Profile Cast of Jam e s A- G a r - j D. W. C A D Y , Treasurer. within the walls of the Fergusonville Acade- j FIE:LI)» with memorial frame, the best sell-' Frank Guiteau, three sisters and I ' “ 8 arti°le ever put into the hands an 1 assassin of our late President, was never Lville Acade- j w ith m e m o rial fram e , the best s e l l - 1 G u iteau th r e e sisters and I ing ai’fcicle ever p u t into the hands of an j The most extensive, thorough and complete ’ . | a g ent, the best of all the portraits, ehrom o s institution of the kind in the world. Thousands m o ther, now of F reeport. 111., w ere inm a tes or steel engravings th a t have been offered of accountants and business men, in the principal of the Academy from 1861 to 1804, and this I I t is a truer likeness of the martyred hero j “ * family have, reluctantly, to recognize Chas. j II*an any rve have ever seen before, and its t fnjtflfl,, Qo | price brings it within the reach of everybody Gulteau.as cous,n- | For this county, Messrs Brown & Co. desire Some misstatements may be allowed to j as many agonts as can work advantageously, pass but not the charge that the Ferguson- i -^Dy smart, intelligent lady or gentleman ville Academy educated Guiteau the assassin can make a fine income in this way. Tke Very truly yours, James Oliver. A weeping widower fell into his wife’s grave during a funeral at Decatur, 11 1 ., and as he climbed out his language was so shock ingly profane that the clergyman felt com pelled to reprove him. The Right K in d o f Education for Young Men and Ladies appl systematic method of _ Fine new brick block,opposite Stamford House. ! firm will send to anv rps™ n«ihl4 n ’p rm n fro l i Elegant'y fitted and furnished apartments for the fu y responsiible Person free HppTication of and carrying out of our novel and who will assume the agency here and go to ' ‘ work, a complete outfit of these goods to the amount of five dollars. The reputation of this house is first rate ; the goods are what they represent them to be. Their terms are liberal, and we advise those look ing for genteel, remunerative employment to send to them for further information. Their address i s - L. E. Brown & Co.. >—•. <rt- CD O i-J H r> ►—i o 05 ~i P tr o n ts l-h O B p r**- o u 64 Walnut St., OlVCINATTI. O. BUSINESS TRAINING Young men who contemplatea business life, and. parents having sons to educate, are particularly requested to send for our new circular, which will give full information as to terms, condition of entrance, etc. Address, IF. S. C L A R K , S e c y ., S ta m f o r d , Conn 5) 0 O 0 >■—' • < 0 '\3 o •-*9 |> * 2 CL o c 2 *“5 ^3 o a c o 0 o o s M U 1 W * O H O U l Ci o *5 a, ft- cs* bi I cs. St Or? o. ft sr § .2 i h -4 O 2 © © © © © ■2z> m * j Tt is o f the utmost importance that those J who are compelled to use glasses on account ! o f i m p a i r e d o r d e f e c t i v e sig h t , sh o u l d p r o - I cure an article that will produce a clear ami 1 di.-tinct virion w i t h o u t s t r a i n o r injury to the ! eyes. The celebrated diamond Spectacle and i E y e - G l a s s e s haveJstood the test o f scientific ! investigation. j D. A. Ainley, the Jeweler. 18 Union Av , j R o n d o u t , N. Y., is the Sole Agent in the city i of Kingston, and he has the above scientific i instrument made especially for the purpcse I of fitting glasses to the eyes. Our stock is complete in every department. D i a m o n d s , W a t c h e s , C l o c k s a n d J e w e l r y , ! 'Rogers Bros. Silver-Plated Ware i OUR MOTTO : ! “Good Goods a t Low Prices.” ] ID_ ^ I Z I S T I D E T S r ., ; Appointed Keeper of Time of the U. & D. ana j Wallkill Valley R. ft. Lines, i I S U n i o n A v e n u e , R o n d o u t , N 1 . GENERAL INSURANCE. AGENT, G iib o a ., A . Y . Largest Agency in the Schoharie Yallev, Comprising the larger part of Scbdharie, Delaware & Greene counties. Also Railroad and Land Agent. Parties going West . will do well to call on him
