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6SH0HE KEITOCET CMHEL COAL FOR OPEN GRATES, FfflST-CLlSSIR EYERY PiRTlCULSR. Our Prices for Anthracite STOVE and CHESTNUT, C t U Delivered. U) O , 0 Q EGG and GRATE, o Parposes. OFFICES: F o o t o i M a in St. a n d B e o iu s S a n d 4 SaTln§^s B a c k D. G. FOSTER &ONS. S KOAEEDIIKEALIOM. A COASTER CAPTAIN'S STORY OF;A REMARKABLE WHALE. : ^ | n q j ^ ; W i A ^ D O W N V ----- IN ------ - ‘sdEfeoce®ies,-;'v^/. - ?a .!sPesa 8 ,':Ooffee 8 ^'-v Sugar and SpiceS( FMROLmeRADE^^^ Fffttiiis and, Vegetables of all kinds in their season. Goods delivered to any part of the city. Give me a call. Corner of Union and Jobn Sts, FLOURv FifflD —AND— FLOOR, Also Wholesale andJ’.JEetall Dertersin _ B A f *»:ST«ASir, Prices^ Low, and Prompt Delivery. GHAS. LA DUE pied by W. J. Reynolds. SOHETHMNEW It Didn’t “Blow,” but Its Roar Wtm Souw tMns AwftQ—It Was RlffCtj Feet Ip lAength and Bad a Queer looking Bead. ^ Tried to Swamp tbe Scbooner. “ No,” said Captain J. A. Grossman #1 ,SonthLPortland,-“ w© didn’t encotm-* s&i^rwstf&S'we-had a strange <?xperi6ri6e wiffi' a wlale, and I don’t jbelieve anybody ever had the like be fore. I ’ve been at sea, man and boy; ^ince I was 9 years old, and I never saw ib© like of the whale we encountered. ; I pever”;'saw a whale before that didn’t ki lious in 'Cen^aeal. 'pafk,lfew 'yoi’k,” eai(i Miss Houston, Svho was one of the party that had the Strange encounter. “ It certainly was more like the roar ^of,a lion than anything else I can think .ofj ” said Captain Grossman, r The. schooper Grace Webster, Captain ^Pross^an,'Was* on h ^ * way from New JtO bdrtland with'‘4l4 tons of coal. ^ es the captain and crew Mrs. Cross- i?her daughter and Miss .Houston 6 on board:' - ^ ^ , ^re ou bpard.r V P?he schooner was about ten,miles off lda>lSnCanjd®akmg k o o a iie^ and the great lad shot up into the air and Was on a %vel “with the dedk. ^ One, of the crew first sighted the . strange 'Creature and called Captain Grossman, and in a moment all on b o M 'b n t the man at thh wheel were loolsling at the strange sight. They saw ,bpfore them an enormous he^d, one mats of great bunches, througll which the^wicked.Idoki^g eyes-of the creature gleamed. They expected the whale, if snob, would/^blow, ’^ but it did not then or after. Once a narrow thread of what looked like steam shot up, but not a droi^ dPwater was Sent into the air. As they looked . at th® sOr^ature it roared savagely', and then drew close up to the side of the schooner, giving them ample THE WHITE INDIAN GIGAR ^TOJRE,; 890 Main Street* Having bought tbe retail business formerly owned byi^Ftihftxvua at 390 Main street, and stocked the same with fresh and new brands of cigars, I would be gladStc have’.my smoking friends ''lltfr hie' a share of their patronage, being confident of my ability to satisfy them ,ylth the ^sort ment I have to show. ’ J. WILLIS STONE. tJIMSSORTWi # A L L Goonk The .creature was about 75 to 80 feet .in length and had a very broad tail, v<^ry different from that of an ordinary whale. 'In fact, at the time there were three or four whales in sight, and they ,,had no difiSculty in poting the points of /differen^p.between fhem amd-thd‘stran- Th% gi^^t‘cfeatuile'Weiit do'wif' head first and then made a series of attempts to strike the side of the schooner with its tail. It did not succeed and swam aronnd them, roaring loudly, in evident anger. Then it went down and under the schooner. Captain Grossman, who had watched f p r ^ j n c x e m o n L gave., ordera^to be Teadrto-5oyi\er'thb'bbar that the whale might come up under', them a^d their hCat, as it proved later to be leak ing and would not have carried half their number safely! to land. For more than anlhour the whale con tinued its remarkable acrobaticfperform ance, ; standing oh its head, ' with its tail-W^yi^g air most of |the time; It seeihed bent on hitting the*sohooner„ and it took the best of good seamanship * 1:0 ;^eyent/ah encounter. -y A t'‘iast^thb whale seemed to get tired! of what had been fun ati'first, and it hegded for the westward. Captain Grossman is of ^ the opinion that this strange whale mrtet have' been &i§thk'eh‘lor’h sea serpent/many'tiines. Seen but a short distance <off, the head! , creature, while m ,^i|jgf its long ^di^peated attempts tohY|i fhbischoon- clt^Htinued its roaring wheh ‘above \ .fecW^frices^- '' - ' i ciecsf'iJWo. 1 Goods. \ O a ? i « t e - , . « T a p ^ ' ^ ' Carets, Wall Paper, TlHas of » Itors • ■ / ^ \ Mrs. Jessie' Benton Fremont, in her story of ‘/The Guard, ” a body of young men who iollo'^ed “ The Pathfii]|der‘’ into the civil war and made a brilliant record fOr their courage and telk a pa^e^io , little story of a ^QiQh beast who al^p was loyal apd coprageops. While fhe guard^a, body of caval^— was drilling one day near St. Douis, a little fpx terrier followed one,^ of the nieh,’ Herr Wisa, a Hungarian^ officer, going with him to camp. He could not be driven away. ipie men aU made a pet of him and bamed him the ‘ ‘ Corporal; ” but, though be was affable to them all, he made ike Hungarian soldier his companion and friend, sleeping at his feet at night and following hini by day. ' When the guard made their memora ble charge at Springfield, Hp., .the ‘ poral-” charged with them,keeping be8id^O r hia master’s horse throughout the battle. ^ Herr Wisa was wounded and fell appaf-. ently dead in a thicket. The corps swejot ■ past, his horse fled, wild with terror, but the little “ Corporal” nest Jed clo^e beside him, licking his face and trying to rouse him. There the dog remained through the bitter cold n ight When morning came, he ran to the distant road, and by his frantic barks and cries induced a passer by to enter the .thicket. The man, seeing only a cold, stiff body, supposed the soldier to be dead and would have hurried on, but the .‘^Gorproal” furiously drove him . back and would not be silenced until he saw his master move and speak, when he crouched, dumb and contented, at his :feet.' ' • ■ ■ _______ - Drive’s Drink. : . , Tbe Chicagp Best, jtells b. number of. charaoJ^istiostppies about thelatp John B. Drake,?.fop so many years; proprietor of; the Grand Pacific hotel, Chicago. On one occasion a traveling man saw him go.ipto the, little room behind the key box frame and drink some water, as was his, habit, and he . accosted the little man‘ ‘ Say^ John, why don’t : yon pat ronize, the bar—-drink mineral water, cider or somosucb thing, instead ,of that plain ;Water? If, I owned this place, I ’d have the best, you can bet. ” “ I had to break; the ice o u t. of the water bucket winter mornings, and melt it to get a drink, ” replied Mr. Drake, “ when I was a boy, and somehow just plain, clear water out of a white pitcher does me Quitp well. ” , . “Hpiy long have you been with John 5, I )r ^ e , Henry?” asked a bigpoliti- cian of the parlor floor colored man. . “ Thirty years,’? said Henry .Bradley, “ and if hope, I ’ll, be with him ,50 years longer. He always keeps his old hands. ” Henry, was in the,.employ of Mr. Drake to the time of the hotel map ’s death. A Memory, of St. Belena. When Napoleon Bonaparte arrived at St. Helena, he was in a pretty had hu mor; f His .valet had forgotten -to; pnt any cigarettes in his grip, there was iio beer on-the ship, and one of the midshipmen, had pnt a lot > of red pepper into his snuff; • He hadn’t slept well either, as the captain’s petj rooster woke him up by crowingpunctually at 8 :80■ o’clock eveiy morning. As. he stepped ashore he fell into the usual pose, one band on the pit of his stomach and the other-jnat be low his kidneys. ‘ Seeing his abstraction, the-, faithful Dr.-O’Meara approached and said; “ Well, !sire, w hat do you think of. the prospect?’? -^‘From the looks of things,’^.replied the-great emperor, gazing thoughtfully at the huge masses of stone:-and the frowning, cliffs, J'frem the ' looks of things, I imagine that we are going to have a pretty roclqy time of it. ?’—Flori da TimeSr Union. ' Msio* FiEHiie;' MASON uA BDILDEB 18 White street. Estimates fiirnislied on appli cation. Satisfaction gnataQ- teed. All orders promptly^ at tented to. * fUliam J. Beardsley, ApcMteot and Snperintefliient Oics BO Market St.’, - Pokeepsle, R. I. Flans, Details and Specifications tor ah kinds of buildings furnished at short uotice. Work Buperintended when desired ‘\orres>^»tdence solicited 178 Main Street ^ M . s would scrape againsf''the side 6i the schooner and then ;wpu|ld draw\ ofif,n«eem to be calculating’thefdistance, and 4hen strike. The schooner! was kepti pff-'Urt the right moment, and’^ e qrea- turellanissed the vessel ever^'H^me,^. •It was an'odd experience, andr^or ~a time there was something closeljrlfesembling iimytfprnbHbeing^b^dly'^^^ Miss Houston said that| the,sight-of that -^eat mass standing almostmpHghfe midocean was something ! not to be td% tten,. ^Gaptain fkossmanUs uncer; natural fighl^r'*o^ wheihiBr 'it was ./frightened \^p|tift?came up out of ^^p^water, and One-of 'the crew hit it with a bolt, and many times Gaptain Grossman said he ?^id-have:hiJr4t'y^^^ deck. H e ^ d not venture to do anything lid iSj rfi-iljFSr I .t-,5 4 .w a sp* |m & a | S » 4 rd. I e®iow € n d A story About John Wanamaker. , *w«** «««« a « nut .^street at a salary of $75 a month./-^ bne day a dray was driven up to th^ door,- and the driver, cojp|ng, the WttLET TITUS, COHTRAGTOR AND BDILDRR. Poughkeepsie, N. T. Frost’s DndortaliDA-Roois, N d . n » n a i i i Sf.. K&SIDEI7GE diOannonBtreet. ALL . CALIS RECEIYE PROMPT Alt IIMBDKTE ATIENTIOM, lies. @> Fresti Ceronef, Office 319 M«in St. Store and Hitiie Connected by Teteiibfnt : the lUkSt Word. , A group Qf childrcH -were.gO:fng home from school. They were little :.girIs-be tween the ages of 7 and 10 years, and, following the example of their older sisters, were discussing tiheir clothes. , “ I have a lovely new dreM that 1 am going to vrear to church nei£t Sunday, ” said one of them- , , “ Pooh I” said a little one with brown eyes. “ I have get a new hat, and I ’m going to wear it every day.” . This was too much for the Uitle girl who was clothed the most shahhily in the party, and she said: ^ . , “ I don’t care. I have got heart dis- „,, 4 n d th e , pthera -looked, enviously at OWcago Chroniote. , The Way to Make a “i sjiould like -to have suqh turf as Ms, once said, an American millionaire irf^an Oxford.gardeper. “.‘fell me,-my man,, how ,7Q^. manage, i t .’! And he fumbled significantly in his pocket as though to indicate a willingness to pay reqnirea , “ Well, sir,’.’ WM the reply, delivered •With the quaipt humof of; p i old college; ^i^uner, “ it^:werry,«impl©; Tlfou cut^; liiaS close al^Yer ycm; Qp-^citV-^i^y rolls it an cuts it for 600 years.”—Good £en,^ Gustavns Adolphus of Sweden was, it is said, the first to dispense with the regular declaration of .war. Frederick F o r T h e B e s t laker. ’ John.was a struggling beginner and theihouse decided that it did ,ot know him^-woil ^ | ^ ^ , ^ q | e l l cloth on time,. s q f j ^ a p ^ ^ u c t ^ m send word that wet'cCw^ l^bt good^ without the money. ” —New York f ‘E iR b # M t£ P E A L E | Fffect of a Faroe Comedy. “ un, yoU: u ^ ie .oarpngr youl” and the “next thing is to take ont herhahakercliTef and wipe^We'mfant’s um if'-- > SMASH Go the prices on our Holiday Goods. .; ; Nol flsMog to carry them oYer le l i sell at I great redactiofl. Gome and secare bargains — A T ----- . NEW YORK BACKET STORE. 225 Main St, Pokeepme, N. T. mmm CO A L -■iliMi. S E A S O N 1 8 9 ^ . Poiig^hkeepsie T r a u s p o r t a t i o i t C o m p a n i' ■ ■ J. H. BRINOKERHOFF, Pres. S. A. CRUM, Treas, - A. V; V. HAIGHT Sec’y. S team e r Jr. JL. H a s b r o u c k , CAPT. j . H. COOPER. S t e a m e r S. M iller, GAPT.E.D. CARPENTER . Leave Poughkee’psie Every Night, exeep Saturdays, at 7 o’clock; And New York, froni Pier foot of Frank lin Street, Every Night, excepting Snndays, at 6 o’clock . FREIGHT handled with care and carried at reasonable rates.. All kinds of FARMERS’. PRODUCE sold at highest market prices. . First Class accommodations for Passengers. F a r e 75 Cents. Excursion Tickets, $1.35. Good on our Boats and Mary PoWfell any time during the season • ^ ■ ■ A.Y.V; HAIGHT?Sec’j W i L K E S B A i ^ R E Mthe Best. ■'i *X- W IL B U R b r o t h e r s . Merator, aod General Offiice. 43-48 Cottage Street Down T<j\^n Office, street. For the Holidays. : Nickla plated, all coppei^ai k e t i ^ , iiiade of 18oz. copper. The h eavieslfiii!^ market. . ‘W'e sell them ckeap. \ See the BestDgg Beater im the world, arxd o^^ Patent Arrangement for keeping DondenSed Milk from drying in the can. Having hbugnt tne property of the C I T Y T i t i J C K l I i t t CpJM PAW Formerly conducted by the late D. O :*ipplehee, I am prepared to do ALL KINDS OF TRUCKINS F u r n i t u r e , l^aTe« a n d iPlanUff a S p e c ialty. And all kinds of Heavy lack ing A. J, SILVERNAIL, , Office 317 Main S t r ^ i ' What Shall 16iTe for Chfist- mas Presents to Frienda. A few suggestiong may help you. We have several rich and tasty Manicure and Toilet Sets, Aluminum Brushes and Combs, Electric Bazoos and'Oatfits. A large and Varied assortment o| the best Extracts put up in most exg^nisite forms at' prices at from 25 cents a bottle up. R o b e r t s ’ Drug ' Store Open all hoursr \ B. B . TrotirbridgO & Son. 41 « * 4e » * ♦♦♦**♦• *** I W h ich I : O n e ? -I M ' .r . •, - M. , » Of the papers printed in this *** * ■ city, which one is most Z* * thoroughly read, digested ^nd * I enjoyed? “It’s * dollars to I * doughnuts” your reply is * <. The ♦ E n t e r p r i s e . ; Th^t -being bo , no other- * m ^ ium compares wkh T he * * E nterprise ks a 'means of * * exploiting your wares in its * J ~ * **# 4t * ♦ ♦ ♦ * ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦>'4: ♦ B 6 0 SteaityWaler HEillHG , pPiRATDS P C. DOHERTY, 'B4Maiir4tr«rt; ' FALL AND WINTER GOQDJ. order at a very Moderate cost go t6 ' CHAS. FISHER, M e r c lm n tY a f lo T , / ^ aa waiiaAvtoii st; GANM 5 N ^ LtbYD, ARCgiTEGTS, Pokeepsie. ; ^ Ck)«ii!ponaenc© Solicited. PwsorrAn LLorn. WOdP a OOKBT, ateadedito. I N T H B SOUTH IncreisM ittnffifun t>r the Vintir. Opening Of the Magnificent MOTtt JEFFEMON At Richmond, Va. and the Sii|^rh HOTEL CHAMBERUIN At Old Point Comfort, y a . Tae Win (or service of the W h tiful Hotbl at ? ^ HOT OPHINOR, U . added to the usual attractions of the famous HYBEIR HOTEL Y » At Old Point Ooixi{ort < ■' 'the-' ‘ -- ' , PRINGE88RHNE At Virginia JBeach The New Southern Health Beaort PIHET W00D8IHM Southern Pine,- !?. C, and tbe celebrated hotels at Asheville & Hit 8prli|« North Carolina All reached by the beautiful new OM Bominion Line direct 6r by their railroad connections kicND'F6R FULL INFORMATION OkIT BOfilNION 8. S. COMPANY .North River, New York W, fjefliiiideff, V-Free’t & traffic Mg. om :■ : ‘ ;w -'
