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i:-- . ■ ■ ■/I - TOLUME 1. CHATHAM, COLUMBIA COUNTY, N. Y., FRIDAY. NOVEMBER 19, 1886. NUMBER 6. /' Business Cards. Chas. E. Barrett, A TTORNEY and Counselor, East Chatham, •rV N. Y. N. S. Post. ATTORNEY at Law and Notary Public, Aram atufapf F. I. Park, UTENERAL Insurance Agent, Masonic Build- ing. Park Row. A. S. Ford, U^OAL and Wood of the best grades; also ^ Baled Hay and Straw. Mr. and Mrs. A. E. Barrett, P ’ LECTROPATHIC 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 Morris block, Main street. O. M. Harmon, T'lENTlST. Examinations free. ' ■Rnilrlin Building, Room No. 1, Park Row. Masonic 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 i ISSUES tickets to and from Europe for §15. ' -*• Now is the time to seffid- for your friends from all parts of Europe. -■ ~ P. H. Ghrrity, Q BA LER in all kinds of Ilnur, Feed, Seeds, Grain, Hay, Salt, etc. Masonic Buildini Next door to A. J. Fellows ’ drug store. Azro Cliace Hanor, 'DHYSICTAN. Office — Room No. 7. Masonic -L Buildiau. Hours, 8 io 10 A. m ., 3 to 5 p . m . Telephone ia'Fellovrs ’ drug store connects with residence on Pavn Avenue, F, -Allen, • N7ERM0NT Marble Works, opposite Masonic ' V Building. Chatham. ■Granite and Marble Monuments, Headstones, Coping and Cemetery work of all kinds. Stanwix Hall, t \/TAIN street, Chatham, M. A. Harding, pro- LYi prietor. Free 'Bus to and from all trains. Particular attention na-.d to commercial men. Livery connected with house. ' 1 Chas- Smith & Co., CHATHAM Marble Works, manufacturers of every description of Marble and Granite Cemetery Work. Best of goods guaranteed at reaseOable prices. Austerlitz street, near B. & A. R. R. crossing, Chatham. N. Y. Dr* A- M- Calkins, QURGEON Dentist. Office next door to HawleVs hardware store. Main street, Chatham. \All work guaranteed as repre sented. - _________ __ D 1 A. J. Fellows. \RUGS anil Medicines. A full line of every 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 Will find it to their interest to postpone buying until they have inspected the -AT- POPULAR PRICES NOW BEING EXHIBITED AT HAWLEY ’ S HARDWARE and STOIE STORE MAIN ST., - CHATHAM, N. Y. READ THE DAILY PRESS MDKNICKffiBOCKER AND SUNDAY PRESS. 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. DAILY, by mail, WEEKLY PRESS, SUNDAY PRESS, - . §6 per year. - §1 per year. $3 per year. SPECIMEN COPIES SENT FREE.. Truss papers are printed, folded and counted on a Web Perfect! ng 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-St,, Albany, N, Y» IF YOU WANT 'TOILET PAPERS, CARP ET, -OR- WRAPPING PAPERS OF ANY KIND. PAPER, AC. At New York prices, go to GEORGE TOMPKINS ’ MANUFACTURING SUPPLY STORE, MAIN ST., - - CHATHAM, N. Y. Has j nst received th.© Largest Consisting of n g ra i h s 30, 35 and 40 Gents a Yard. Look before buying elsewhere. Of every description from '25 cents a yard up, T RTin-RT TTie Lest .A-Ssortment for Least Money. tlie OUR, FALL STOCK OF lias just arrived, and we_are now tlie prepared, most ever in Parties wishing to purchase anything in this line can save 20 per cent, by buying of us. \We will call your at tention to our stock of which we think will please any desiring to purchase. Below we give you a few of the many bargains in And our conscience permits us to Undersell All in spite of the signals of distress raised by inferior Canal Grocers. - Standard Granulated Sugar, 16 lbs for $1. Standard A Sugar, 16 lbs for $1.' Standard C Sugar, 17 lbs for $1. \ ; Babbitt ’ s Best Soap, 22 bars, $1, • Best Laundry Starch, 20 lbs $lv Best Syrup, 2 gallons for r Pure Maple Syrup, 12 lbs Best Boneless Pork, 1 gallon, V % AUsS- Pillsbury ’ s Best Flour, $5.50 bbl , Christian ’ s Superlative, 5.50 Hubbard ’ s Superlative; 5,o0 ; Lb ' \Wonderful Patent, 5.50 1 : - Best St. Louis, 5.00 . ri Spengler ’ s.B. W i Flour,. 65c sack , Bolted Cora Meal, 2 c lb Oat Meal, 5 cents per CORB-STOHE CRAYONS. THINGS SEEN, HEARD AND EVOLVED BY THE MAN ABOUT TOWN. One morning, not long since while ou a random walk along Hudson avenue, I passed a residence where to all appearances, the process disagreeably known to mascu line humanity as house-cleaning, was in full swing. The air was heavy with flying particles of dust, the windows and blinds were thrown wide gpen and to the accom paniment of a female voice of undoubted swe'etness, the work seemed to be going on briskly. A glance at the owner of, the voice aforesaid disclosed a figure disguised as Cinderella might have been'; capped with some fantastic headgear, probably .some of the family toweling, and with frankly displayed arms and rounded shoulders. Flouris ’ hing a: broom I saw, to my astonish ment, Mademoiselle herself; the younglady of the house, whose face is more than her fortune,-and whose presence everywhere is as welcome as the flowers that bloom in the spring. Her Ladyship answered my stare with a roguish twinkle, and coolly went on sweeping up the household dust with very little regard for his Majesty — myself. Now, being an observing person, I know that this young lady is only a type of the great majority of Chatham young ladies, who are not merely the ornamental creatures of the ball room or the parlor. And when Prince Charming strays in this direction “ some day ’ — about house-cleaning time, for in stance — in search of his Cinderella, what an “ embarrassment of riches ” lie .will dis cover among our maidens, whose accom- plishments do not begin and end in the drawing room but who carry their use fulness down into the kitchen as well. “ Oh dear, children are nothing but a nuisance/anyhow, ” exclaimed an excited mother whose little four-year old girl had slipped down from her lap, toddled out into the aisle of the car, been thrown down by the train stopping at Chatham Centre, bumped her head against the iron frame work of a seat and sent up a howl heart rending enough to scare the locomotive off from the. track. The mother, seized the child by the arm, gave her a shaking, and scolded her until the loud wailing was stopped, although great'sobs shook the lit tle breast like miniature earthquakes. The lady having resumed her visit with her seat- mate, the little girl once more slipped-away from jher, made her way into the vacant seat back of her mother and lying down buried her face in her chdbhy hands. I occupied the seat just in the rear, ' and after a little while I peeped over at the child and saw that-she had gone to sleep. She had rolled over upon her side with her head resting on one arm, and a very .pretty picture she made with the crimson seat cushion for a back ground. Little fluffy ringlets of gob den hair embowered a face that was as smooth and almost as white as polished marble, save where a tinge of pink dyed the softly dimpled cheeks. Heavily fringed eyelids, in whose silken meshes 'still glis tened a tear, dropped- over the eyes; and about the tiny fed mouth there was a grieved expression as if some phantom of her recent sorrow still haunted her dreams; We Sell the Best TEA Ever Offered tbr 40 Cents, : Bure Pepper: fqr only 25 cents per lb; Cisnamoii, .25 cts; Cloves, 30 cts; Mustard, 35 cts; Ginger, 20-'Cts; Bwight ’ s Saler- atus, 6 cts; Corn Starchy 8 cts; Cleveland's Baking Powder, 40 cts; First Class Honey 12 1-2 cts; ■New Crop Mixed\Nuts 1 5cts. ‘ W. V. Reynolds & NJEain. St, OH.A.TH ANT, IN\. : Y. And this beautiful little gem of Nature ’ s handiwork was a nuisance ! Something which the dictionary says is “ offensive and annoying. ” As I gazed at the little inno cent thing! wondered if the mother realized the full meaning of her careless remark. Then I seemed to see the two mischievous little feet falter upon life ’ s merry pathway, the ’ lids had* closed forever oyer the bright eyes, and the Great Ruler , of the Universe had abated the nuisance. I saw the mother bending over the coffin calling vainly on the silent lips to speak her name once more, and then came a vision of a small flower decked grave, watered with loving tears, and a quiet, house where a lot of childish playthings had been stored away as sacred treasures, .and where all the light and joy of the world seemed to have faded out with the life of that wee pratling nuisance. “ Chatham, ” shouted the brakeman at the open door of the car, and then the voice of the. woman disturbed my reverie as she remarked, “ bless my he*trt, that child has gone to sleep and I will warrant she has taken her death of cold lying there without being covered up. ” An occasional turkey hanging up ; in the village ' stores ■ reminds , the Man About Town that Thanksgiving Day is close at hand, Whole-souled thanksgiving is a duty. The;year mayrhave been one of sad : disappointment, unrealized hope or crushed ambition, but it has brought some benefit, and a proper acknowledgment is ' due the Ail-wise Giver. And if people-can find no Danse for gratitude.in what theyiiave, just let them think of what they: have escaped, and be thankful accordingly. Of course they will all go to church,healtRand weather ■ permitting. That will be proper because Thanksgiving is a “ fast ” day — which, by the way,\ means that the clergyman must talk fast .and reach the amen station early so that the congregation can get home to dinner before the turkey is dried .up and spoiled. Thefollowing gilt-edged sug gestions conqernihg the observance of the .day are in order: ' Don ’ t eat too much. Give your, poor relations a good dinner. Give one to somebody else ’ s poor rela tions, if.your pocketbook holds out. Avoid the mmee pie if you are a dyspep- tic. He sure to say grace before eating. You may not be able to afterward. Be thankful that the turkey lived no longer. Also that your teeth are sound. Don ’ t send your minister a turkey if you are sure a dozen other members of the congregation intend doing 'the same thing. Let every Chatham citizen have his heart filled with gratitude because the village has not been devastated by fire; because an ample water supply is m sight; because the streets may soon be lighted by elec tricity; because the plank sidewalk nui sance on Main street has been abolished ‘ because be lives in the only enterprising, go-ahead village in the county; because he can read the C hatham R epublican for $l.o0 per year, and because he can occa sionally be preached to by the MAN ABOUT TOWN. HOW- HE CELEBRATED. A Lexington, Greene county. Repub lican, who, after he had heard of the Re publican victory, bad rather a serious time in attempting to celebrate it.. His neigh bors are all Democrats. He weat seven miles and got a cannon, and carted it to Lexiqgton, with the intention of firing a salute, and shaking the foundations of the houses of some of the General Jackson Democrats of that region. When he went to a store to purchase powder the store keeper, being a Democrat, refused -to sell him a grain. The next nearest store where he could obtain powder was at Hunter, nine miles distant. He swore that he would have powder, so he hitched up his horse and drove to Hunter, obtained a large sup ply, and returned to Lexington. When he was ready to load his cannon the gun could not be found. - While he was on his way to Hunter his Democratic neighbors' took the cannon and hid it away. He was unable to find it, and was forced fo satisfy himself by getting a number of shot guns and at intervals during the night firing off salutes. He managed to make things pretty lively in this way, and to make Lexington under stand that there really had been a Repub lican victory . — Kingston Fi'eeman. year-old boy named Foster Carpenter was lodged at the police station Tuesday night. He said he had walked there from Brain- ard ’ s, and was looking for work. - Chief McKenna telegraphed the boy ’ s father and received the following reply; “Boy is mine ; scare him well and start him home. ” The boy was accordingly given a hearty breakfast and started for Brainard ’ s. - SCHODACK DEPOT. — Wm. Frezon ’ s hew barn is nearly com pleted. i —Arthur Bell has nearly all his corn to ; husk yet. ; . — Doc. and Walt Ostracder are, working at the grist mill. — Charley Turck, one of our great hunt ers, went put to shoot a mess of partridges for the station agent not long since, who was to give him ten cent's per head. About . one o ’ clock he returned with one, but Dave claimed that it was an owl and would not take it. Your correspondent saw the bird but was unable to decide whether it was a pheebe or a sparrow. — The funeral of Rettie, daughter of Stephen Becker of this place, was ; held at the bouse.last Saturcay, at 2 o ’ clock. In the death of Miss Becker the young people of this vicinity lose one of their brightest lights. Quick in repartee and always ready with her wit-and quaint humor she, was a,welcome, guest and a generous host ess. Although suffering during . the past year she did not complain. She was visit ing her sister Mrs. Jacob Snook, -of East Green bush , when t aken worse, and died the next day. - ■ . ' .... .. .. MUITZESK1LL. VICINI TY I TEMS. — Newburgh has a barber who can shave a man in seven different languages. — The Pittsfield chief of police has been removed from, office on charges of neglect- lus duty. ' U . ’ ; — Albany is to hare a new drum corps — twenty strong. The members are sons of veterans, and will attach themselves to Post 141, G. A. R. ' * ' ■ ■ :i — Frederick NYestfield who lives just below Hudson, undertook to steal a ride oe a freight ,tram, Monday. When he jumped off he fell and striking his j head against a rail was seriously and perhaps fatally injured. — Swindlers are trying to fleece Albany county; farmers with the alleged “ hulless ” pats: The only wonderful thing about these oats is that agriculturists can be gulled into paying $15 a bushel for them. Columbia farmers may expect to be visited by these scamps pretty soon. — They have a squint-eyed goddess of justice up in Cohoes. Three bakers were arrested for selling “ short-weight ” bread, the other day; and one of them escaped a fine because, as he alleged, his bread was- not to be sold in Cohoes ! — Mrs. Mark Hopkins, of Great Bar rington^ is not afraid of having the roof of her houte carried off by a high wind. In laying the roof there have been used eight tons of sheet lead, twelve tons of copper, eleven tons of elastic cement, 175 tons of slate, and 10,000 gross of brass screws to fasten the slate. . ■ — Mrs. C. R. Steele is visiting her sister in New York. — Mrs. J. S. Baker is at Rome, N. Y., being treated for cancer. — Nearly all the farmers have' their threshing done for this season. — Miss Spoor, of Coxsackie, Is spending a few weeks with her sister, Mrs. D. Coonley. — Miss Van Valkenburgh did not close her school to attend the teachers ’, institute held at Greenbush this week. —Quite a number drove to church in sleighs last Sunday, but Monday ’ s warmth drove the snow off at a rapid rate. ' — The farmers have taken advantage of the fine weather and their fall work is nearly completed, -although some corn is out in the fields yet waiting to be husked. — J. G. Kittle and J. S. Baker are rush ing their contract of removing the tele graph poles along the road known as the River road, from Greenbush to Pough keepsie. They have more than half the poles delivered at stations on the Hudson River Railroad. ----- Wm. Barnes ’ s house on the Stephen Mesick farm is receiving a new poat of paint,. . , ; — The new time table on the Boston & Albany railroad gives general satisfaction in this section. — Alice Carey Palmer our school teacher, has been attending the teachers ’ .institute this week. , , * : — At the last meeting of the Blower club Fred Corts was awarded a medal for varn ishing uncle; Sammy ’ s dog. - J ~ — W; J. and C; P. Masten have finisheflL painting their store. If they will give the old black house across the way a coat what an improvement it will he 1 — If any of the readers of this paper have new milch cows for sale and would' adver tise them in the C hatham R epublican they will soon get buyers. — Rev. Mr. Ludden, of East Schodack, was somewhat surprised last .Friday eve ning. when on opening the door of his resi dence he found a party of 12 from the White school-house district waiting to enter. They at once took possession and soon had a bountiful repast ready. Mr. Ludden on raising his plate met with the most agree able surprise of the evening in the shape of $20, which had been placed under it for him as a slight token of esteem and appre ciation; of bis services during the past sum 'll, mer in their school house. Rensselaer County. RENSSELA ER G LEANINGS. ' — Some of 'the back country - roads, especially in the hilly districts are still al most impassable from show. ; — The grand jury reported to the court of dyor and terminer m Troy, Wednesday, and were discharged. They found about 60 indictments. -.. • ; — : The strong sm ell of boiled cabbage novr. pervading Troy is explained by the fact that; the butchers give a cabbagelinstead of a chromo to every purchaser of corned beef. . — Sarah Hill, of Lansingburgh! has secured a judgment against (he board/ of; supervisors for $886.42 for damages! td Ref hotel, which was sacked by a riotous mob; •last July.. ; - | / ■ — The residence of Ex-sheriff E.'G. Rey nolds, at Eagle Bridge, was ’ burglarized last Monday night. The thieves-secured $213 in money and escaped. Two tramps are suspected. . . . . . . ; — The Rensselaer county teachers ’ insti-' tute has been in session throughput the week at Greenbush, the exercises being in charge of Dr. John H, French, of Roches ter, Prof; H. RL Sanford, of Syracuse, and Prof. S. H. Albro, of Fredonia. Nearly 250 teachers have been in attendance. — The Pittsfield Journal says: A 13- SOUTH SCHODACK. GARFIELD. — George Odell has friends from the west visiting him. , — John Barden and Mrs. St.-John were joined in holy bonds by Justice Segar, om Sunday evening last. ‘ ~ : — On Monday last the snow ’ storm block aded some of our roads so- badly that we were obliged to do some shoveling. , It was three feet deep in several places between the road fences, and yesterday it bad nearly all disappeared. ; w ’ • . , —Mrs. Elizabeth Clark died on Satur- doy. last. Her funeral was held at the Methodist church on Tuesday. She was a sister of the late Allen Bullis, of Chatham : Centre, Her two sons. James Wilkinson, of North Adams, Mass., and Elbert, of Auburn, N. Y., attended her funeral. NASSAU* — Rev. Leander Hall occupied the pulpit of the Methodist church. Sunday, in the. absence of Pastor Haller. —Some fat cattle are 'missing from the pasture lots of the Clapper Brothers, and it is supposed they were stolen by mem bers of the gang of thieves recently ar rested in this town. - • — Pastor. Staunton ’ s resignation was con sidered by the members of his. Brooklyn church, IVIonday night; 'Uhe vote on ac cepting it was a tie. ^ Mr. Staunton is said to threaten to sue the church fon $1,000 back salary.- . BERLIN. — Rev. Mr^ Pryor-filled the pulpit of the Baptist church on-Sunday last. \ — Dr. Pratt; a lecturer of acknowledged ability, will giye a free lecture on temper ance at the M. E, Church,, next Monday evening. . . : J /-7. ... v .; ■; . -- STEP HENT OWN, — The famous anti-rent law suit bgtwteen Col.- Walter S. Church and John D. Kittle , has been settled, the latter paying Mr. church $2,500.
