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Westfield Critic. PERRY FINNEY. Publisher. Published Weekly (every Wednee day) at Westfield, N. V. asiree to a general disarraan* m ol to GET ON TO THESE PRICES AT KIl liu\ l>KI(i:. PES VK.IK $!.<><• VV. W. CLARK, EDITOR. . r ..f the ( h;iuuu<iua Press Syndicate. Entered at the Postoffice, Westfield, N. 'i .. as Second-clasi Mail Matter. Ol 1 ICEJ CORNER NORTH POHTAOt AND MAIN STRI BT3. iNESDAT, JANUARY 85, 1899. Wh) on eartli should the Kan - opulists be interested in low the price of sleeping-car berths? What Gen. Eagan needs is a few on; in the proper language t o by a gentleman; a court- artia] could give them best. Political alliances are not being very fast. Some of the 3 feel sick—but they can't tst tell whether it is in their . or bellies. When one of the gieat railway lines ordered 8o new locomotives and 8,500 freight cars, as the Ii. & (). did the other day , it means perity with a big 1'. Chairman Dingley's place in the House will be difficult t o fill, but publican party has never yet ! to produce the man when he was n :ed< d, ami it will not fail. I fnder a charter from the Int* r- ional Typographical Union, a newspaper writers union has been organized in New York city. It s working will be watched with m- * by those ingaged in the making of newspapers. the powers h e will endeavor to i, i k H H ll T n | iC\ AflTC \\U the employment ol new and d« structive inventions; o! the nse of explosives, or of sub narine ves- sels, ami the abandonment of the practice of ramming vessels, in wars between civili/.: d powers. ON MAIN ROAD, NEAR GATE. CHAUTAUQUA, N. Y. 19 pounds granulated sugar (1.00. F our, Out own. jl.no . .\i inuesota, H.W. Bub li.iy. SI IS. Ci.,1,1 M.-.ltii. Bl.W. Graham, Ue. (' Miirneal. 14c. Buckwheat, 2:1P, Ginger, Mustard, Pepper, Allspice and she has the largest army, and one | Cinnamon, ±~>-- per lb. with which in brute force no other If invention ami skill could not be| used in war, Russia would quick)) i become tiie dominant power, as army could cope, man for man. What Ben O'O.an S;;\s. F Iii the laaguageof Dooley.] '•Grl mor-rnin', Chawle* !\ sail Mr. O Dean, as he dropped on a chair in the ante room of the mint. •'It's wur ried Oi am, an' toired. Me frind, John Wick c , gave me an Arbuckle Coffee, 10c. Ek>, 18J-5. Rio ami Java, 22c. Mocha and .lava, 25c. Vanilla and Lemon Extract, 10c. 10 pounds Oat Hake. 2oc. Cocoanut, 20c p-r He Batter, l!»c; Lard, 7c; Salt Pork, r,<o. Codfish, 8c; MaeketaL I8e. kerne Soap, '• bare. Vie; Ohlc Soap, 10 burs, 25c, Try our Honey Drip Syrup at 35c per gaL : N'. 0 Molasses, 4.\>c pec gal.; P. K. Milasses. 25c per gal. [f you want good oil try Cornplanter • at 8c. Oyster Shells, c,~ >v per bag. Try that great feed, Corn, Oats and Barley. '.»•\>(• per bag. Pot at oca, 35c bu ; Onions. 60c bu; Ap- j pies, 60c bu. Clothes Lines, lOer Wash Boards, 12c; ('iothe.-- Pins, le per doz. We will sell you a Hue galvanized 5- gallon Oi! Can tilled with Cornplanter Oil for $1.00. Holiday Trade w&sgoodat II. Stxbry & Rons, but they still hnve some goods left. Cold weather is here and if you wish to keep warm get fitted with Felt Boots or Lnnth berman's Sox. Ladies' Gaiters and Lesgins a fine stock Everything i 11 an np-to-date shoe stock can be found at our store Loek«. Hinges, Hasps, Axes, Hammers, Nails, Shovels, Files, Bolts, Window Glass, linpe. Putty, Brushes, Paints, Oils, Varnishes and Tinware way down. We will sell you a No. 1 Lantern for 40c. evasive answer this mormin'wh'n Local and L<>n^ Distance Telephone Office. Oi axed him were he f r or aginst — 1 ~ 'I dunno,' he says, says he, 'wheth- Jay T's later view With Mr. Few- opposite where old cane mills can er 'r no th'r is any use iv thraimn' let\ Continued. ; be seen where sugar was made for a hoss f'r a race while th ' thrack 'After your visit to Kingston, th e Liverpool and London mar- is covered with mud,' says he . Mr. Foster, what do you think of kets before th e emancipation of, An th'n he rolled his eyes loike a that city?\ the slaves by Queen Victoria, but dyin' calf th't'd been drawn \In Kingston, a s ever, where to-day they are silent. Very few up f'r th' slhaughter. >Mer- on that island, th-: people break- are running. The greater part of ciful si its ail us!' be says, fast at 9 o'clock, lunch a t 1 and them are in a state of decay, show- Our- Btatione I'^ll is and ha s been always the best to be found. Fine paper by the ' pound, ream, quire, boxes, tablets, etc. Don't forget us when want- in S BicySeS for 1839. Cleveland, Columbia, Hartford, Featherstone, Spaolding, Rochester all prices. $25. ?3». ^5, J40, 550, >j5 585. Silver Plated Ware. We have added to this line a large stock o{ the very best goods. Bon Boos, Cake Dishes. Pickle Castors, Olive Jars, Jelly, Butter and Berry Dishes, etc., etc. img Silver INov/elties. A large lot at low prices. Just the thing for a little remembrance, and easily mailed. says he, 'y'rfrind Dough is a foiue man, but is me legal opinion,' be savs, says he, 'th't too much hasti woi, t win a race, wlin th'r's noth- in'to run f'r,' he says, says he. DY^TPR^ The finest, direct fr< v.^ IOI d r\vJ.~—~pnil with the oysters om Baltimore. See how we keep them. No ice in the Come in and get a sample of Sauer Kraut. H. J. Heinz's very best, 5c qt. HERE'S A BARGAIN ! A 25c Steel Snow and Barn Shovel, as good as any one will sell you for 40c. The right shape and strong for use. To Smokers. .w#wi^7 Try Pollack's 6-inch Wheeling Stogie*. We claim them to be the best in the world, and smokers all say so. Prices: Expert, two for .\>:; Special, five for 10c; Crowns, three for ~>c. We have no hesitation in pre- dicting that President McKinley will see that proper punishment will be meted out to Commissary Gen. Kagan. for his undignified and ungentlemanly abuse of Gen. Miles, his superior officer. The industrious Washington pondents are now telling I what the report of th e War 1 i\ iting Commission, shortly! to bi mad* to the President, will c ntain. As the guesses are of all sorts and conditions, some of tiiem are quite likely to be correct. islands. While yet some distance from St. Annis bay we met the stagi . O n its sides, painted in bright red colors, were the words •Royal Maii.' Carts and carriages Skates, Sieds, table and Pocket Cutlery. Hardware, Groceries, Shoes, Stationery. Biggest and best of everything. Everything ha s its uses. 11 Andy Carnegie had not been in bington, working against th e treaty of peace, h e might never made that offer of £230,000 to erect a free public library at the National Capital. Mere's con- ternation to Andy's work against treaty and success to his li- brary donation! ne persons in Virginia are Firm believers in the efficiency madstone that was recently • 150 that they have gone i to court and asked that the sale I as le, o n the plea that a h gher bid has been made an 1 that everybody ought to have a e pial show to own this wonderful stone. Faith is about the greatest thing. after all, nc matter what it is in. just so is the true faith. dine at 7 p. m. Kingston is un- ing rums and desolation in all like Port Antonio. It covers a parts of the island, as fruit-raising portion of the plain of Ligunea having 'its place. The exports and is situated between the foot of amounts to over $8,500,000 year- the mountain and the Caribbean, ly- For fruit alone, $2,000,000; Th'n he drew himsilf out to th is almost on a level of the sea. The sugar, $1,200,000, and coffee, $1,- full length iv his girth an' looked streets are narrow and straight and 700,000. Pens, or large sweeps woise. ' 'Tis sure as throuble an' run at right angles. They are of (juina grass couid be seen here taxes,' h e says. An' h e roared, paved with brick, stone and wood, i and there throu<_ho it the island, 'th't th' man who wins most be th' The sewers there, like those of covering an an a of 370,000 acres, winner,' says he, 'an' 'tis not f r New Orleans, are in the gutters, where nearly 90,000 head of cattle th' loikes iv me to dale in puts an' and between John Crow, the vul graze; the ranches ranging in size 2^\±£*r£ :::;:;:::;;;: t\r'\or-;: \:«z^idllii« lust put a lot oi new OOOJS on 5 and loc counter. Look at tnem- first place an' quick, something they aie kept scrupulously clean, as well a s the prettiest village in must be done to saycure th' resig the filth running into the bay. the interior of Jamaica. Here are j nashun iv Jedge Whoo-ker.' There was nothing more interest- located several large buying sta- ''That's roight! To let him d o ing than to walk about the streets . tions. The stores are large and th'double act longer wud only be observing the people and the ve- well stocked. It is a famous place to lengthen out our onaisiness an' hides of all kinds, from that of the Ior tourists to secure teams and oncertainty, Chawlee. By th' govern* r to those oi the natives, carriages, and is connected by tel« - powers th't be! 1 can't till i' r th' | e -pie t n horseback and the ever graph to ail parts of the island. loife iv m e why Whoo-ker cant present hack, whose drivers ar e Leaving Moneague we passed the bring th't certificate into th'mint the most obstinate and offensive towering peak of Mount Diablo. an' hev it tur-rned into coin an' hackmen in the world, can be seen j H cre are seen some of the finest sthop all this useless clhatter an' da or night. In the canter of the 'mountain scenery. Far away t o wrangle about raysigning. Twad city there is a public bake oven ; lhc cast la Y the beautiful plain c l help him out on some his 5 per , where the natives bring their bread St. H'omas-in e-\ ale.where some . . „ , , , , , . ' , 1 1 1 1 •• of the most wonderful cloud and cint. settlemints th t be s g.'g£in to be baked, his creditors wid. \Did you visit the capitol?\ Iatmospheric effects are to be seen \Me part in th' campaign is be- --No, 1 did not. Though 1 that UkeS _? l3KX m the West Ind,a ing well done, old par rd. Th' passed Ling House, in Half Way wur-rkingmen ar-re comin' y'r wa\ r ie e, a suburb of Kingston, and jist as certain as th' [rinds iv dead the ofE ial residence of Sir Henry paypie t; ke all th'r tistamints to Arthur Blake, governor and cap- th' surrogayter's office. All is y'rs, tain-t;enera! of Jamaica. In King- Chawlee, an' if th'r lie no man up s t on , a s everywhere else on the aginst ye/., yez will fail into con- island, the telegraph ami po=;tof gr-ress head first. fices are together, as the <;overn \Oi raysaved a letthcr fr'm th' ment owns and controls them both. soup-ervisor iv Chautauqua this Before leaving the city I stepped mor-m'. Here 'tis: into the postoffice to mail some \'Counthy Cheat, 24th January, letters and while there I watched them make up the mail. I t was :- put into a canvas bag, as that is the only sack used and is then tied H Yours tr-ulij, SIXBEY & SONS. Mayville, N. Y. the wharf. We visited the (ioVen up, leaving a knot, on which is \ 'My Dear Mr. O'Dean, E ,q.: \'Dear Sir. 'Tis wi;h a raycog - nashun iv y'r past pi tonuses an' y'r future usefulness th't Oi take th' liberty to addhr-ress yez hevin' poured sealing wax,the royal seal of been set on by th' intoire board, England is stamped thereon and an' thr rown down, Oi fale it n e it is then ready for its journey. jooty to make a few suggestions to The postmaster takes his own time yez. If yez will condhuct y'r s f in making up th e mail. A postal in such a manner th't th'common clerk in the United States could pay pie don't understhand yez th'y make up a pouch in one-eighth the 'he sets or sprouts look more like were driven to the side of the road • Vale aml tlie Kl ° Grand \ alley and the coach c ..ntaiuing the mail j plantations. The yellow banana passed with all th e honor due a j is the onl >' kind raised in Jamaica. representative of the monarch. We It produces about 175.000 pounds were soon in St. Annis. The prin- o{ fruit to the acre. The stalk e cipal industry of this village is the ! IO to l8 feet lli ^ ,, • the ,eavea 8 \ raising of binanaa for the Ameri-! IO inches wide an<1 S to IO feet j long. The fruit grows just oppo site to that which we see hanging can in 11 K \.. \D 1 } on visit any of the planta- tion?\ • •() yes! It is quite a treat to go through a banana grove, and a sight worth seeing—one that most every tourist takes advantage of.\ \How is th e banana culti- vated ?•' \T he banana is planted in rows, F.C. CORSETS MAKE American Beauties. F. C. The forgetfulness of the people is the hope of Judge Hooker. But this paper will act as a reminder to the people, and we will give the of the political situation on up to and including the \eleventh hour.\ We don't care to explode all our best powder this early in campaign. The boss-ridden' Republicans will surely stop the little game of delivering over th e S tpreme Court as political plund- er to the bosses. If you are not a subscriber you should be. We have the campaign data and will u?e it. will think yi z ^rate Oi owe me own grateness to wh't Oi've made mesilf by being public chaser. Ii yez will indor-rse m e method iv buildin' sthone-crushin' academies an' risolooshuns smashin' condi- shuns yez will win. Ivirything Oi hev undhoriakeii lays befure th' payple loike an open book printed in th' deal language. It's as clear to me an' as bloind to others as is th' gr-rate claim iv our late con- gressman f'r a sate on th' binch, an' th' payple be d . \ 'Yours, th' paypu's servant, \ 'Ten Aunt.' \'Tis little wondher th't hi s ioikes is wan iv th' Pan-handle ix- posishun. It must hev been bis ancestors th't took th' conthract iv buildin' th' big tower wh'r th'r was confushun iv tongues an\ th' whole g ing got to scrappin over th' job.\ time it tak'-s one in Jamaica.\ a 1 oid block of wood than anythi g 'Where did you visit after leav ' tan compare it to. These are ei her taken from old grove or ing the capital? •I visited St. Annis Bay, on the a da\'s 1 rom th e wild and uncultivated north, side of th e islan ride across the country from King- ston. Just outside the city I turn- ed to take a farewell look from the mountains and bid the capital city plants that grow abundantly in the swamps. They are planted from ! eighteen inches to two feet apart. { Considerable care is t->ken but the climate and soil do what man can- not Here and there you could ie plume,lume, thenn againn a bunchunch just forming, while on other plants ing in the stores or, a^ we won'd say, growing upside down. Ti e bunches are put in trays on th< ships. No one is allowed to pick a single banana, but must take th* whole bunch or leave it. It is a singular fact, but nevertheless t ue, that when a single banana, as the Italians call them, is taken it starts the whole bunch to ripen and in a short time the whole bunch is dead ripe and thrown overboard. Often before the voy- age is completed whole trays are spoiled. Again, when a n inex- perienced cuts the fruit after it is j too far advanced a wdiole ship load may be lost in this way.\ \How do they load the fruit?\ \Shey are carried on the heads of the natives. Both me n an d women do the work, the latter be- ng in the majority. A man stands good-bye as we drove down th e • . - 1 ... . „ 1 „, „ see the p the agai a b opposite side. We stopped at one of those villas so common in ja- maica to refresh ourselves with a the b »»ches were ready to cut. glass of gruella that is made from Lots of r, P e ones could be seen ' a t the gangway and with the ev r the fruit of the passion flower that that had been left for the use of , indispens ; ble in? .chettecuts the n - grows so abundant in that spring t!ie planters and coolies.\ j main ler of the stalk from th e isle or the land of palms. We soon ' D ; they ever transplant them?\ bunch while yet o n th e carriers came to a charming and beautiful -'Ye-, indeed. Every cultivated head and it is then taken to th e landscape Here J imaica couid grove is transplanted every five or trays.\ LATEST MODELS. LSL KALAMAZOO CORSET CO. SOLE MANUFACTURERS. SOLD BY N\ Y. Elliott. Ma] viiie. N. \\ C. J. Miller Ha< secured the M>le agency for Mayville for the Queen Quality bHOtiS FOR LADIES. \How is the counting done?\ ''T»vo negroes d o this. While Perhaps the Czar is only play- ing a big confidence game, after ad It is now stated that if he cannot get the peace conference to be seen in all its grandeur -palms, .six \enrs . The work is done by feins of mammoth sizes and tropi- the coolie, who becomes very ex- cal vegetation surrounded us o n pert in this trade These people one counts in a singing fashion, all sides. This was Castleton, ar e brought from India under a j something like this, one, two, tree * where the government botanb al fi \e years' contract, after that they four, tally-e-ee, the other marks fommt»ncliij» tomorrow (Thursday , , T r , .. , , , I , , , Bight Miss Lorraine H.>ll!s supported by gardens ar e located. Here hun. are allowed to return, but they down the figure one, and every a splendid New Tork company, will ho d Ireds of kinds of ferns, in all very seldom go back, as they pre-; one that is made means that t be boards at the Virginia oj>.>r;i-hou^ shades and varieties are raised and fertile sunny isle t o the dimsal five bunches have been loaded, for three nights. On Thursday night j.,,. w hj c |j the island is noted. Aft- swamps of the mother country. I n After a night's ride f om St. Annis MissHollia aad company will present e( ot){a ; n j n „ several' specimens cutting the banana the coolie picks bav we arrived in San Antonio thf famoii- comedy drama, •'Forget-M - ....... « 1 1 1 - , > en 1 ,' , • , 1 •• Not ;'• Friday Dumas'a immortal drama, w*\«- n ' wished to bring to Amen- ( a bunch that is perfectly filled out , where we shipped north. Passing \C.iiiiille.' and Saturday the society ca we continued o n our journey, and fully developed, and with a through the busiest high sea and drama, \The Duel of Hearts.\ This and here and there we could see slash of his machette cuts the company was the Christmas attraction i the t,i ac kman, known there as the bunch half way through and as it at the Park opera-house, Erie Pa : .he Qrk in ^ fieMs and {a , ls over he catches it an d with h .,.,,. ,,, _, New Year s attraction at Bradlord, and D O ' .. . • , , , . I • * , have since pUyed Dunkirk, Jamestown, I singing from morn till night, another cut drops it to the ground j arrived in Boston after a pleasant etc. The company is an exceptionally Throughout this district iron, cop- as gently as a person lays down an j trip t o Jamaica or the Buckra strong one and our amusement-'oving per, lead, magnesia and coal are egg. This is done with one hand land.\ J . T. people eaaaat do better than to.pre* , n i x ' (> d to some extent. You look while the machette is held in the * o J one side of the road and then other hand, h e then cuts off the' Thursday night. \Forget-ma-aot at FOB STYLE, FIT, FINISH, Workmanship anJ beauty of shape they are unsurpassed- jo con'.iinatlons in kni B and telt boots and lumbermen's tockings, and an almost endless variety of RUBBER BOOTS, ARTICS, ALASKAS, ETC A lar^e variety of warm lined goods and felt shoes and slippers. IN FINE SHOES and heavy, solid shoes he can lit you at prices that dety competition Westfield MouuOTi] Works, VUU BHOS., F.ops- New Marble, Now Granites of »ll 'le- BcriptioBS. Competent workmen em- ployed and all work guaranteed. Esti- mates furnished on a v rietdga. H. 6. Eppelsheimsr Has recently opened a new Barber Shop On Second Floor, over Chapman's Hani- ware Store on .Main street. When in need of tonsorial work give him a call. Satisfaction guaranteed. W. C. SHERMAN, PHOTOGRAPHER, ELM STREET, WESTFIELD, N. Y. Satisfaction guaranteed. Pure Beer. The only highest seore of award, with medal and diploma, for the purest and best beer belongs to the Anheuser-Busch Brewing Association. St. Louis, as award ed by the World's Columbian Exposition Chicago, 111. The welfare of the public requires that the potent fact of Anheuser-Busch beer beiug proclaimed by the International jury as the' purest and best should be given the widest publication, in the In- terest of pure malt beer and against the deleterious cheap corn beers. This fa- mous lager will always be found on draught at B. It Barton's. Mayville. N. Y th-Mu with good substantial audiences each nigh' a> the company Is playing to popular prices 1\»-. -•\»• aad 35c COME AND SEE ayaiu your attention is called to the plummet and it is then ready fo ' Virginia opera-house. I A. R. The I'p ^- r ate Grooeryman, can supply you with anything in the line of Staple and Fancy Groceries that is to be found on the maiket. His stock is al - ways fresh and at rock-bot- tom prices. Call o n him. A. R. Golnitz, Westfield, N. Y. Men need higher moral courage more than they do higher foreheads. The lazier a man is the more he Is go- A / WU.IE, j ing to accomplish ,o-morrow.
