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:>fr ’ - ■ ' -■ .\Vv ■ / VOLUME 1. CHATHAM, COLUMBIA COUNTY, N. Y., FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 5, 1886. NUMBER 4. Business Cards. Ch.as. E. Barrett, A TTORNEY and Counselor, East Chattfam, N. Y. N. S. Post. A TTORNEY at Law and Notary Public, Main etrAAt; F. I. Park, GENERAL Insurance Agent, Masonic Build- ^ ing, Park Row. A. S. Ford. p»O AT, and Wood of the. best grades; also v - y Baled Hay and Straw. Mr. and Mrs. A. E. Barrett, JT 1 LECTROPATH1C Physicians. No. 18 Park 1 Row. Consultations free. G. K. Daley, A TTORNEY. and Counselor at Law, and ■ “ - Civil Justice, Main street. Wm. C. Daley, A TTORNEY and Counselor at Law. Office in Mrvrris hlnnk. Main street. C. M. Harmon, TNENTIST. Examinations free. Masonic -C-* Building, Room No. 1. Park Row. Cornelius Shufelt, A TTORNEY and Counselor and Notary Pub- lie. Office in Cadman Building, Main street. McClellan & Brown, A TTORNEYS and Counselors at Law. Office in Masonic Building, Park Row. Joseph Summer ISSUES tickets to and from Europe for §15. L Now is the time to send for your friends from all parts of Europe. P. H. Garrity, TYEALER in all kinds of Flour, Feed, Seeds, Grain, Hay, Salt, etc. Masonic Building. Next door to A. J. Fellows ’ drug store. Azro Chace Hanor, TDHYSICIAN. Office — Room No. 7, Masonic Building. Hours, 8 to 10 A. h ., 3 to 5 p. m . Telephone in Fellows ’ drug store connects with residence on Payn Avenue. F- E, Allen, V7ERM0NT Marble Works, opposite Masonic V Biiilding. Chatham. Granite and Marble Monuments, Headstones, Coping and Cemetery work of all kinds. Stanwix Hall, TV/TAIN street, Chatham, M. A. Harding, pro- AVA pnetor. Free ’ Bus to and from all trains. Particular attention paid to commercial men. Livery connected with house. Chas. Smith & Co., O HATH AM Marble Works, manufacturers of every description of Marble and Granite Cemetery Work. Best of goods guaranteed at reasonable prices. Austerlitz street, near B. & A. R. R. crossing. Chatham, N. Y. Dr- A- M- Calkins, OTJRGEON Dentist. Office next door to Hawlev ’ s hardware store. Main street, Chatham. ’ All work guaranteed as repre sented. '■ A. J. Fellows. TSRUGS and Medicines. ’ A full line of every- J-J thing belonging to. a first-class drug store at popular prices. A share of the public pat ronage solicited. Prescriptions prepared care fully at the Chatham Pharmacy, Masonic Building. ' Parties in want of a Parlor, Cook Stove ---- OR ----- n. nxr C3. jo Will find it to their interest to postpone buying until they have inspected the Great Assortment of stores -AT- POPULAR PRICES NOW BEING EXHIBITED AT HAWLEY ’ S HARDWARE and 8T0TE STORE MAIN ST., - CHATHAM, N. Y. HEAD THE DAILY PRESS MD KNICKERBOCKER AND STJIDAY PEBSS. THEY ARE PURE, HIGH-TONED AND IN DEPENDENT. THE POPULAR NEWS PAPERS AT THE CAPITAL OF THE EMPIRE STATE. ALL THE NEWS, BOTH ASSOCI ATED PRESS DISPATCHES AND SPECIALS. COMPLETE MARKET REPORTS. P ATTY, by mail, WEEKLY PRESS, SUNDAY PRESS, §6 per year. - §l per year. -§2 per year. SPECIMEN COPIES SENT FREE. These papers are printed, folded and counted on a Web Perfecting Press, at the rate of 30,000 an hour. The Press buildings are lighted with the Edison Electric Light. The Daily Press office is one of the most complete Newspaper offices in the world. THE PRESS CO.. 18 Beaver Sfc., Albany, If. IF YOU WANT TOILET PAPERS, CARPET, — OR- WRAPPMG PAPERS OF ANY KIND, BAGS, TWINE, PAPER, &C. <V j At New York prices, go to GEORGE TOMPKINS ’ MANUFACTURING SUPPLYSTORE, M AIN ST., - - CHATHAM, N. Y. W. V. Reynolds & Co. CARPETS. (^ hoicest f^ ollection f^ hatham (^ ontains. Bought direct from Manufactcirers for SPOT CASH; therefore we can and do U ndersell A jx C ompetition . OIL CLOTHS, OIL CLOTHS, OIL CLOTHS. 4,000 YARDS In all Widths, Lengths, and Colors. Finest Assortment m town, at bottom prices. Patterns in all Sizes and Colors. t Good Set of Single Harness, Only $6.00. We are constantly adding to our Crockery Department GtOVES AND MITTENS. Our stock in this line is just immense ; and when you see the figures they will please you. We continue to lead in GROCERIES ^And. our conscience permits ns to Undersell .AJ1 in spite of* the signals of distress raised, hy inferior <Janal Grocers. Christian ’ s Superlative Flour, $5,50. Hubbard ’ s Superlative Flour, $5.50. Pillsbury ’ s Best Flour, '$5.50. • % Wonderful Patent Flour, $5.50. Best St. Louis Flour, $5,00. 16 lbs G-ranulated Sugar, $1.00; 16 lbs Standard A Sugar, $1.0.0; . 17 lbs Standard C Sugar, $1.00; , ' lbs Clear Pork for $1.00; 25 lbs Best Oatmeal, 1.00, W. V. REYNOLDS & CO., Main St. 9 • ' CHATHAM, 3NV Y, STAMP WINDOW GOSSIP. BY A VILLAGE POSTMASTER. A country postofflee — who hasn ’ t been there? Who does not remember the eccen tric fellows who may always be found at the village news agency, grinding their grist of gossip for a group of eager listeners ? I do not mean to be understood as criticis ing them as a class. Far from it. To my mind, villagers are the best people m the wide world, yet there are some who would worry a saint, and nobody has ever accused me of being one, I think Job could n ’ t have been a postmaster, or reports concern ing his lack of amiability would have been circulated to this day. And what is it to have an occasional boil compared to being kept in a continual stew ? The writer, who is a postmaster, has had some trials to which Job must haye been a stranger, though I do n ’ t undertake to say he would not have been a better^man under the same circumstances. Of course, I keep a country store, that being a part of the dual duties of a country postmaster. Now it is none of the reader ’ s business whether I am a new appomtee or a mugwump, or an offensive partisan liv ing m continual fear of being fired out with a bang; and I am sure no one cares in what state or territory L may beTocated, so we will consider these questions dead, matter. Four men file in and solemnly take their accustomed places on the counter. A Digger Indian would know better than that — he would sit on the floor, and cer tainly show a higher grade of intelligence in doing so. Yes, I tried to break up the custom until I foresaw that my busi ness would break first, and the counter is now well decorated with heel marks — “ foot-prints m the sands of time, ” left by the departed roosters. Bill Smith enters. I always watch Bill, knowing what will happen. He goes to the general delivery, puts his hand in and reaches for his mail. He gets some, but from another box, and, discovering his mistake, puts it back, but, as usual, in the wrong box. 1 get up and straighten mat ters, just as Si Jenkens comes in to borrow a dollar. He has been to the city and spent all his money buying goods at a higher price than I would have charged him. He has bought the wrong kind of thread and coolly asks me to change it for him. I do this and lend him the dollar (there is a tavern on his way home), and Si starts (via. the tavern), to the bosom of his family. Old Mrs. Slawson, followed by a strong gust of wind, sweeps in. Mrs., Slawson is always interested in some good work to the extent of getting some one else to foot the bills, so I am not surprised when she asks me to furnish the maple sugar for a jack wax sociable to he held the same night there is a prayer meeting at the church I attend. There is a letter for her, “ two cents due, ” but she hasn ’ t anything less than a fifty cent piece which she does n ’ t want changed into pennies, so she con- descendingly says I may charge it, and goes out, again leaving the door open. I meekly close it. By this time the usual number of Solons have arrived and the various arguments have sprouted. Fragmentary chunks of wisdom referring to politics, religion, crops, horses, dogs, and dozens of other subjects, assail my ears. Procrastination Doolittle has his stock of galvanized hunt ing stories ready to be sprung at the first lull in conversation. Procrastination isn ’ t his name, he has been christened so by common consent, in order that his autobi ography may he condensed into two words. He has a muzzle-loading single barrel shot gun of an ultra antiquated pattern, the barrel of which is thin and rusted entirely through in spots. Like all muzzle-loading guns this one * has worked wonders, and is inferior m miraculous power only to its owner, who is reminded of a<rather difficult shot he made'some ten years ago. He had just fired at a duck and brought hinr down, as a matter of course, when another one went by with a rush. « He immediately began to reload, and as the more you hurry a muzzle-loader the longer it takes you to get there, the bird was almost out of sight when he pulled. Well he paced the dis tance to the dead duck, audit was one hun dred and thirty-five yards. “ How far did it flv before it dropped ?” asked Wiggins/ “ Not a yard, ” was the defaaut reply.- Here the voice of the village blacksmith was heard, offering to wager that the gun will not carry forty yards, when luckily for Procrastination, Patty Tompkins, the prettiest girl in town, called for a letter she knew was there. I know who wrote it, and it roils me to think that a sensible girl like Patty will allow herself to be so easily hoodwinked; hilt of course, it would never do to drop her a hint — she would not be lieve that the same drummer is writing to a half a dozen girls in our town, and no one knows to how many in other places. It may not be my business to look after the villagers, and come to think of it, there' is nothing in the Postal Laws and Kegulations or the Official Guide; that requires such duties. And by-the-way, what wonderful publications they are ! I think they must have been written by two persons, one of whom tells what to do;, and the other what not to do, and, curiously enough, they both mention the same things. There are some questions which I believe are too deep, even for a postmaster. For instance: Why does any man drink to excess ? Now there is Ben Church, the village sot, prematurely old, and with a constitution all out of gear, who has no ambition except to keep brimful of whis key. He has no desire to get drunk; he merely wants to keep drunk. He always reminds me of the story, current some fifty, years, about a sailor who had performed some meritorious service and was brought ’ before the king to he properly reward ed, His majesty informed him that any three wishes he might make would be granted. “ Well, Commodore, ” said Jack, “ first I ’ ll take all the rum I want; and next, I ’ ll take all the tobacco 1 want; and for the third wish, I ’ ll have ” — here he stopped. What more was there in the world to ask for ? At last a bright idea struck him and he said, “ I guess I ’ ll take a little more rum. ” Poor Ben; his whole life has been a misdirected one; he is one of the “ nixes ” and will soon be ready for the undertaker. No need to embalm his remains, he has attended to that in advance. Mrs. Sanford ’ s carmine-headed servant girl has just breathlessly inquired if I will leave the mail sack open to-night until it is taken to the train, as her mistress wants to send a pbsVal card which is not yet written, I grufflyanswer “ no. ” Mrs. S. hasalready explained to several of the neighbors that she proposed to follow this plan in order to prevent the postmaster from reading her correspondence, and I have no patience with such a ninny* She talks more and says less than any woman of my acquaint ance. She is like a defective alarm clock; there is no telling when she will start or stop. No good trait of a neighbor was ever mentioned by her. I wonder why they don ’ t have ducking stools for gossips and scolds now-a-days. I know where one could be used to advahtage. If Mrs. S. reads this she will never recognize her por trait, but some of her neighbors will. Tommy Eickets, a tall, pale, slender, tit- willow young man, who looks like a twin brother to a premature cellar sprout on an Irish potato, comes languishingly in for a bottle of cheap scent to anoint a cheap head of brass colored hair and the cheapest kind of a brindle mustache. When sitting, he hears a striking resemblance to an old-fash ioned andiron in repose ; when standing, to a pai^of brass tongs, rampant. (Brass goods are in fashion now.) Several years ago. Tommy was a fool in good standing; now he is nothing but a dude. Like some other young men, he is under the impression that the ladies are interested in him, though the fact is, they consider him a freak, both mentally and physically. If ever it is my misfortune to have the tremens or to toss in the delirium of a wasting fever; I pray that my dreams will be punctuated with no vis ions of Tommy. Miss Spiers, a human vinegar cruet, in terrupts him in the midst of a self-laudatory speech. Almost any interruption 'would be welcome, but I must except this one. Miss Spiers has brought hack a pound of dried prunes that she bought some two weeks ago, and having been visiting ever since, has concluded she doesn ’ t want them. They are hard, shriveled and worthless. Prunes cannot be rehabilitated in the way that Miss Spiers is, but I have my revenge. When I told her that prunes have “ riz ” five cents per pound, she concludes to keep them. Then I inform her that Tommy is going her way, and I know she will be glad of his company, as it is getting late, and they depart together, both as mad as March hares. Within the last five minutes one man has helped himself to cheese; another has nib bled raisins; two have filched tobacco, and the occupants of the counter pews have laid in a stock of matches for to-morrow. It is time to make up the mail, and if this letter is to go, I must close it here. EAST SCHODACK. — Mrs. Shepherd, of Western New York, is visiting at Geo. H. Warner's. ^The Lutheran church was re-dedicated on Thursday of last week, in the presence of a large congregation. Kev. N. Yan Alstyne, of Eaymerstown, conducted the exercises, and at the evening services Eev. Mr. Empie, of Ghurchtown, delivered an able discourse. The alterations and repairs to the edifice cost nearly $1,100 and every dollar of it has been liquidated. SCHODACK LANDING. — J. J. Loucks, of this place, who is a brakeman on the West Shore railroad, had an arm crushed while coupling cars at Coey- mans Junction, on Monday. — Lawyers and judges will evidently have a hard time wherever the women are in a majority at the polls, because they will be required to embody in their opinions, not only what the law is, but what it ought to be, which is a much more difficult thing to find out. — New York Post. — It is reported that there is trouble among United States marshals, commis sioners and district attorneys who are not in sympathy with the present administra tion on account of their treatment their claims for compensation have received at the hands of First Comptroller Durham at Washington. Kumor has it that Martin I. Townsend ’ s accounts were treated with such neglect that he sued the government. - — Rochester Herald. Rensselaer County. GENERAL GLEANINGS. — John B. O ’ Malley, a well-known; Greenbush attorney died last Saturday. — Robert Ham of Poestenkill whipped his father-in-law, and pays for his fun by going to jail for a month. — Kate Swan, aged 7 years, was burned' to death at her home in Petersburgh, last Saturday. In the-absence of her parents, she played with matches and kerosene. — Rensselaer county contains 795 pen sioners who receive in the aggregate $8,322.92 per month, according to a tab ulated statement printed in the Troy Times. — Hoosick Falls is troubled with burg lars. Five or six such robberies have been committed during the past month, and the appointment of a corps of. night watchmen is probable. SOUTH SCHODACK- — Willis A. Winne is very low with typhoid fever. — Mrs. Henry Best is confined to herbed with inflammation of the stomach. — Rye is down to 55 cts. for 60 lbs; the lowest figures reached in some years. — Adelbert Miller, of Troy, is visiting some of his many friends in this pl&ce- — W. I. Miller made a short visit to- Rhineheck. He expects to locate there in the spring. —C. M. Dawson is busy getting the tim ber to the saw mill for ex-sheriff Reynolds ’ * hay press. — Mrs. Edwin J. Mesick, of Lebanon Springs, is spending a few days with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Yanderburgh. — The barges Harvest Home and Chicago : lef t.Castleton for New York,. Monday night, and the Milan on Tuesday, all heavily loaded. — John I. Van Hoesen,. of Roeamound' r 111., had two car-loads of hay shipped to- Castleton and then transferred to the barge Milan to he taken to New York for sale.- — Election passed off rather quietly, 560- votes being cast. In the first district tho Democratic majorities ranged from 98 to 130 and in the second district from 75 to- 100. The prohibitionists polled 38 votes in the first district. We have not yet learned whether “ Boodle Ananias ” voted the Re publican ticket. Possibly he did, which would account for its defeat. NASSAU. — George Chambers, son of the late John- Chambers, who formerly resided at Malden Bridge, died last week. — The fifth annual meeting- of the Aux iliary of the Women ’ s Board of Foreign Missions will be held in the Reformed church, next Friday. — Rev. B. F. Staunton, formerly of this place, who was recently on trial in Brook lyn, for unministerial conduct, found guilty and then formally forgiven, has resigned his pastorate in the City of Churches, and, it is said, will abandon the church as a-pro- fession. The card printers in this village are now sitting up nights studying the postal laws- and regulations. They have lately been visited by a government official and asked' to explain certain irregularities of which he- has had track since last May. It appears that they have been mixmg third and fourth class matter in the same package.. This eccentricity subjects the party indulg ing in it to a fine of $500 and imprisonment. ' 'It is not certain, however, that the card printers knew they were violating the law;, and the official settled the trouble by col lecting $100 each from two of them: and $60 from another. GARFIELD. — The district school opened this week, but the new seats have n ’ t come yet.. Jones, the undertaker located near the depot, offers his stock and business for sale. — A fine gravel walk has been laid in front of the parsonage during the past week. * • — Ellen Upton, sister of Eliza Blake, died on Tuesday morning. The funeral was held yesterday. — The prohibition vote stood at about the same figures as two years ago.. , Per haps a little fertilizer would be good. — Will Adams has returned from Hart ford, Conn., where he has been raihoad- mg the past summer. — Election passed off very quietly, a full vote not being polled. The Democrats carried the day with a package of hoodie that must have been large judding from remarks made by parties who were posted, like unto the following: “ Hello! Jim, have you voted yet? ” “ No. ” “ Well, you go right through there into the back room and git your three dollars and vote the Democratic ticket. ” Many- “J ims ” ' took the advice, and the money. STEPHEN,TOWN. — The Vanderbilt House is receiving^ new coat of paint, new blinds, .etc. — Daniel McSorley and Libbie Manns were married on \Wed nesday, in St. Joseph ’ s church, Rev. John F. Howard officiating. — The hosts of friends of Elizabeth R. Wass, were greatly surprised to hear of her marriage, at.Oneonta, on the 28th inst.. where she has been living for several years. - — Rev. J. K. Mason, D. D. and wife, late of Fryeburg, Maine, have been spending a few days in town visiting their daughters, the teachers of ML Whitney Institute. He preached a very able and interesting ser mon in the Presbyterian church on Sunday last. He has accepted a call to a Congre gational church near Washington, D. C., where he expects to preach next Sunday. G. BERLIN. ' — The democracy had a pot of money in circulation on Tuesday. — D. O. Mattisoh, school trustee in the South Berlin district proposes to call a special meeting of the taxpayers and urge upon them the advisability of purchasing new desks and seats. ; ^ ; — mti ' '-S''-..
