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CAPE MAY COURT HOUSE, NEW JERSEY, SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 27, ISOO.

NUMBER 39.

* »' > CoMMMJOXU Scwtift Fbhs-J. B. Huffman, Court House, iaitJff — William H. Btmexet. Ooumt* Gollmctoil— D*vid T. Smith, | jC C*u*tt Cta**— IUnd. Dirorr " —Morgan Hand. Paouocroa PLMAS-JamjM R. Hoagi S ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ Maurice Beesley, Dennisville. I . .L BUSINESS DIRECTORY, ? Dr. The®. C. Wheaton. U. S. Pension Examining Surgeon. SOOTS SEAVILLE, S.J. JOt. All Soldier* who are ruptured ^^Ali c*n be supplied with irus*et, free of charge. A ppiy to above. Oetaij J. F. Leas* In*. M. D. , D . D. B. W. 1 Leamlac, D. D. S. J. F. Learning, $ Son. DENTISTS. OFFICE HATS: CAP1MAY COURT HOUSE, Thursday*. and Saturdays. CAPS MAY CITY, Tuesdays, and Wednesdays. SOUTH 3KAVILLS, Friday*. nachMyr. Physician and Surgeon, CATS MAY OOURT HOU8B, K. J. meMlyr, J. B. Huffman, COUNSELOR AT LAW, KTPR2US COURT COMMISSIONER, AND MASTER IN CHANCERY, Car* MAT C. H., N. J. ir-wtii ^«iu» *o«m »ti o»p« o»ty erery lU'arday. mehfllyr. 1 Jas. H. Nixon, ATTORNEY Jt COUNSELOR AT LAW, One: i* Iwhteamcm Buildixo, MILLVILLE, N. J. Mrs. SR. Conovcr, Fashionable Milliner , \ hia* SraaiT, bslow Pimm, MILLVILLE, N. J. mcb&lyr L. B, CAMPBELL, dealer ik STOVES, HEATERS, RANGES, TINWARE, CUTLERY, GLASSWARE, Ac., Ao. Hiom Btmemt, Milltillm, N. J. mchdlyr J. P. BRICK, • ft .... . •- Dealer in BOSSES, CARRIAGES, HARNESS, Ac. maix mtksvt, kicar the bridqk, MILLVILLE, N. J. mckClyr inn k CAPE MAY C. H. s 1 e • LIVERY ATTACHED. Horses always on hand, For Sale or Exchange. L. Wheaton. mchfllyr CAPE MAY CITY, CAPE MAY C. H MARBLE WORKS* MONUMENTS and TOMBSTONES. jy Iron and Galvanized Fencing and all kindi of Marble Covering* for grave*. All order* will receive prompt attention by telegraph or letter. Flag for curb. Ing work done at the shortest notice. Call and »ee. A discount made on all werk by calling at the yard. L. T. EKT*I*ik, Proprietor.

U NION g .'»!*• HOTEL, Cape May C. H. This long established Hotel is still open for the rpception of permanent and transient guests, where all attention will be given to their comfort. William Eldridge. mcli61yr. A. YOUROSON, IB MM, AND DEALER IN READY-MADE HARNESS, CAPE MAY C. II, N. J. Please Call and Examine Our Stock t We havo on hand a good assortment of Beady-made Harness , Collars , Bridles , Sadsi 1 &£> WZl A4VO P/l

ti-i&ji.j iv *ti£ss+ iifitjfyff. » Nets, Blanlcets, VaUses , Trunks, Etc., ALL OF WHICH WE ARE SELLING | AT LOW CASH PRICES. Open Wagon Harness an low as J 8 00 Carriage Hamewa mn low as 10 00 AND MANY OTHERS OF DIFFERENT STYLES' AND PRICES. *^-OJl *nd »e« before purehfiHi\£ H^owbere, A. Yourieon. J. L. STEEL, MANUFACTURER OF LADIES' AND SEATS' FASHIONA3LE BOOTS ui SHOES, GENTS' BUTTON CALP GAITERS ONLY $3.50. NEXT TO THE "GAZETTE" OFFICE. CAPE MAY C. H. Repairing neatly and carefully done. mehOlyr. PURE Fish Guano, FOR SALE BY FRANKLIN HAND. J jun26,tf._ R. L. Howell, SURVEYOR AND Civil Engineer, 1 MILLVILLE, N. J. l- .Special attention paid' to leveling; n establishing the overflow line* of pro- ■ poaod pond* for mill rite*, cranberry " | nog* etc ; drainage work* etc. Plan* ' made, estimate* furnished and *pccifli cation* drawn for >111!*, Bridge* j waterwork* and all similnr construction* or work* at *hort nolle*. *, inrhfilyr

POETRY. An 0d*-- To A Dying Mule. 0 mult, do*t;*el tho d road approooh of death? Dout fool thy Uf* I* fait away T Root note it in thy short and labored breath? And in thy fclllnf vision ? Ov mule, say. Thou standout by tho awful river's brink, And ore thou cross it to return no more Turn back thy thoughts and of thy past llf* think. O dreadftil mule, thy day of glory's o'or j No more will thou gtv* voat to Joyous squeals, No more thy eyes will fleam with mad delight, As soma poor dovlls get too near thy heels And thou lout fly and kick themou t of sight. Thou soon will be a corpse, and sofo 'twill bo Thy heels to tickle ; aye, thy tall to Jerk *, And folks will do it with Impunity— ThouUl not be able to got In thy work. O, mule, for many years I've feared thy feet, But now thou art too weak to give a kick ; O, niulo, thou mayst have heard revenge Is sweet. And mule, thou art so very weak and sick 1 deem It safe e'en now to yank thy tall ; I'll do It, mule, that thou the pain may foe! Of having me within thy reaoh, and foil From luck of power to hit me with thy heel, Bee, I draw near. Thou mayst be wild with rage At my presumption and thy Impotence. • # * * Doctor, was I run over by a stago? Risked forty rods, ehT Stopped against a' fonoe— Doctor, my solemn oath I charge you hearNever again will I bo so misled! A gray mule's heels I never will go near Until the mule has twenty years been dead. Good Game. This from the N. Y. Times of the 18th carries one back to the thrilling tales of the pioneer huntsmen in tte early days of the country. But this i* reported of Ulster, Green and Sullivan counties N. Y., at the present time. Catamounts have not beon so numerous and bold for year*, and the dreaded lynx has made its presence known in the Black Lake region, Tho appearance of these animals, all deadly enemies of tho deer, is certain evidenco that .their proy is here in unusual numbers this season. William Puleson, a bark -peeler, while passing through tiie Beaver Kill woods

-L- ..a /.In ;i"*^ a>inrli.nj , ^ ceeding from a spot some distance to hie right, lie was unarmed, but crawled stealthily toward the place until ho was able to see two hugo catamounts feasting on a doe they had killed. He carried the news to the nearest . settlement. Three armed men with guns proceeded to the spot. Tho animals had disappeared, after burying tho remains of the deer's carcase. This meant that the catamounts had satisfied their appetites for the time, and had secreted what was Mft of their feast, to bo eaten at some future time. This is one of the habits of the catamount. As the Bafest and surest way to capture at least one of the animais, a largo steel trap was buried at the side of the carcase. On going to it next day, the hunters found one of the catamounts fast by a hind leg in the trap. Tho mon dosirod to secure it alive, but no one dared approach near enough to throw a rope over its head. Its rage was such that it made violent efforts to spring upon it captors. One of them finally approached with a long polo, which ho expected to pass over the animal's neck and hold it tight to the ground, while others tied it* lege together. When the man was 10 feet away tho catamount mudo such strong surging* and springs forward to meet him that it tore its leg apart, and, thus released from tho trap, sprang upon the hunter before he was aware of tho -situation. It sot its teeth in tho polo not two inches from whore one of the hunter's hands grasped It. Both fore paws seized the pole, and the ono hind*; claw struck tho hunter above tho right knee, tearing the flesh for nearly a foot, and at least half an inch deep. The hunter dropped the pole and rushed back to whore his companions stood, gazing with terror on tho unexpected attack of the infuriated animal. The catamount crouched for a spring in tho midst of tho hunters, but a rifle-ball from ono of them brokn its fore shoulder, and another shot gave It a mortal wound. No trace of its mate had been seen, but while the men were looking at tho catamount they had killed, as it lay stretched on the ground, the unmistakable cry of the other was hoard off in the woods Itciirao nearor, until tho^animal sprang into an opon *paco near the hunters, nnd confronted them with glaring eyes. It crouched a moment, and then mounted to thobranohes of a chestnut tree, where, lying flat on a limb, it prepared for a spring on any ono who ventured near enough. It was shot through tho head with a rifle-hall. For at least half a minute it hung *ui- | ponded from the limb by tho powerful

claws of it* fore legs, and thou fell with a fearful yell to tho ground, whore it •oon died. Albort Lidold, of Forestburg, was passing through a wild port of that township, throe miles from Mongaup Valley, a few days ago. Suddonly an animal as largo as A half-grown Newfoundland dog, with sharp, upright ears, a short, eroct tail, and glaring eyes confronted him in the old wood road, along which he was walking. Libold was unarmed, but carried a stout hickory cudgel which ho had picked up In tho road and vised as' a cane. A mile ftirthcr on a man by the name of James Von Keuren lived, while to go back Libold would ^bo obliged to go three miles before he could reach a clearing. He concluded to take the chances on reaching Van Keuren 's Ho took a stop forward and found that the animal ro treated, but still showed no inclination to fly. It circled around Libold, forcing him to walk backward at times In order to keep his faoe to it. Ho had proceeded in this way a few rods when the animal that was disputing Ills way was joined by three more, all smaller, but exactly like tho first. It now required all tho activity and tact of Libold to avoid the animals. They kept him ' constantly jumping about to prevent an attack . from behind. He Was afraid to strike any of them with hi* club, asjjthat might precipitate an attack on him from which ho could not escape. He swung tho cudgel constantly about himjand kept up a continual bellowing. Frequently he would make a. sudden advance upon the animals, when they would hastily retre&t 'for a few steps and then crouch down as if awaiting tho expected assault. Libold had managed to get forward nearly half a mile in this mannor, but the constant physical effort and tho trying nature of tho situation on his nerves and mind began to tell on him, and ho despaired of being able to reach a place of safety, lie made up his mind that the tactics of the animals woro to exhaust him and

Kboii ii u ton iucii itoix* My springing a upon liim and tearing him to pieces. - Fortunately, the cries mode by Libold < were finally hoard by Van Keuren, who ' was working in a field. He went at i once to soe what caused them. Ho met Libold fighting his way along tho road. HiB appearance on tho scene secmod to bo more than the animals expected, and they all entered tho woodB and made their way leisurely toward a swamp in tho vicinity. With tho passing of tho excitement that had sustained Libold he became helpless, and it waa some timo bofore^io could continue on his way to Van Keuren'*. The animals that so Btubbornly contested Libold's way were undoubtedly lynx, tho first that have been seen in Sullivan County for 30 yoars. Week beforo last William Boyd was walking along the Littlo Equinunk road, on the Pennsylvania side of tho Dolaware, and when within a hundred yards oi his houso a largo catamount sprang from the woods and prepared to attack liim. Boyd whistled for his dog and jumped from tho road into tho bushes. Tho dog answered tho call of his matter, and whon ho appeared the catamount flod. Tho dog followed, and soon afterward Boyd heard a strugglo in tho woods. lie hurried to tho sceno, and found tho dog worrying a wild-cat kitten, tho old ono being nowhere to he seen. Boyd took the kitten away from the dog, and started home with it. Noar by ho found two moro kittons crouching in tho hushes. He took them in his arms, and when lie reached his gate looked back and saw tho old ono pursuing him. IIo hurriod into tho house, and the dog drove the catamount away. Next day Boyd took one of the kittens to tho spot where ho had found them. Ho tied it to a tree and hid himt self with hi* gun ready to fire. The cries of tho kitten soon brought tho mother to it. She took the kitten in her mouth, hut Boyd shot her dead boforo *ho had taken a step. 4 » + - Our Colorado Letter . BOA* CRRCK, Colm NOV, 13, '80. Dbar Gamttv : — Thinking perhaps a few of your readers would like to know something of this part of the country, I will devote a few minutes to a little description of my present surrounding*. Wo afe still on tho advance westward and, at this writing, are on top of tho mountains, with the snow all around u* \ and the thermometer far below tho ioy . 32 degrees. It is so oold that the eon- • tractors on the construction have experienced some difficulty in retaining suf-

ficient wen to forward their work, although oar-load* are arriving daily, and •ome have gone all tho way to New York for more help. The railroad i* one of the groatoat sight* I . ever **w ; one writer eaye of it, "It is a railroad hopelessly gone astray, a sort of wandoror in quost of new adventures, a Columbus with car* instead of boat* in search of now realms," After leaving Penvor and scaling the Sangre-de-Christo range it reached Alamosa and paused for breath, t^en on to San An tenia, which was the terminus at tho time I became connected with it. 1 About the time the road reached this point it fought tho famous war with the Atchinson railroad, and won the day. Since then it has extended itself down the Rio Grando fifty miles to Servilletta, New Mexioo, and wast forty-two miles toward Animas City, near which is located tho magic city called Durango. This is tho main lfne and the grade is being constructed along tho brows of ridges and crag*, 10,000 feet above the sea, as fast as human energy can push it. The Leadville branch is from Pueblo, up the Arkansas river, to Leadville, the principal mining. camp, up to this time, in all Colorado. It strikos us that wo have a *&ood beginning Iba A acUlwiiKui ♦f people out here ; our old friends, A. B. Avis and Elwood Hand^'Stump"], are both in our placo. Wo are now within a short distance of what is expectod will be equal to Leadville, and numbers of people are continually pouring-in to secure land and start their new homes, and many of them who k, were prospecting for new mines have : been successful. At the now city, some [ 150 miles beyond tho present terminus, f lots fronting on the main stroots are \ worth several hundred dollars each. It ? shows the enterprise of tho West. Where two months ago there was not a sign of civilization thoro are to-day more than 200 houses, and stores of all kinds oro being freighted there. A man with a six-mule team can average $50 a

UUj «% V iUOVJI|WK)llV * *vw vfl 1 1 Vfg«av*>*(,» Everyone Is anxious to get Wi merchandise in before tho snow cuts off the wintor travel, and some are paying as high a* 3 cents a pound for 20 miles of hauling. No ono hero is yet thinking of tho holidays, but I suppose you Jorseyites are racking your brains in search of something for tliis one or that one. Holidays are not recognized out hero any more than are Sundays ; the Sabbath is the busiest day of the week. S. E. A Wonderful Jersey Cow. The season's tost of tho remarkable butter cow Eurotas, No. 2454, which has been in progress for nearly a year at the farm of her owner, Mr. A. B. Darling, noar ltamsey, N. J.,- terminated with her milk of October 15, at which timo she became practically dry, and on November 4 she dropped a calf. It ha* boon foroscen for some time by fanciers of the Jor»oy and of butter stock in general that her test for tho year was likely to surpass any previous one, the highest instance heretofore known being that of tho cow Jersey Bollo, of Scituate, 7828, owned by Mr. C. O. Ellms, of Scituate, Mass., that made 705 pounds of butter in a year, Tho accompanying table, oompilod from tho records kept at Darlington Farm, shows tho footings for each month and % total Ye*vdt for Eurotas of 778 lb*. 1 oz. of butter for the year. No account was kept of the milk and buttor made during the first ton days of her milking period, nnd, n* her last. calf was dropped a few days within a year from tho date of the commencement of the tost, she would bo entitled to the Additional timo bud tho trial commenced five days oarlior. Tho weights of milk and buttor were taken at each milking and churning, the buttor being weighed before adding tho salt, but not until tho buttermilk wn* thoroughly rinsed and worked out. Tho toxture and flavor of tho butter is very fine, ita color good in summer, but lighter than that of many Jersey cows during tho winter months. Enormous as this yield seams whon compared with that of an ordinary cow, those who have her in charge express tho belief that during the previous year she far exceeded it. This view ib sustained by tho occasional tests for short periods that wore mado at intervals throughout the i soason, which prompted her owner to i have her separately tested for a year, llor last calf is a heifer, being the only . ono she has, tho formor ones being bull*, - It is by dnko of Scituate (No. 3823), n • son of Jersey Bollo, of S'Mtusto, above

mentioned. . ®hfo bull and * eon of Eurotas, called Duke of Darlington (No. ling ton Farm. A notable feature of the following statement is the richness of the milk in cream, the ratio being but 9 67-100 'lb*, (lee* than five quarts) of milk to the pound of butter. The cow is of striking appearance, the development of udder, milk veins, and all tho essential apparatus for the a*«iimlation of food and it* conversion into milk, bejng go unusual as to draw tho attention of t^e most ordinary observer. suae***, 2454. , . Dropped calf October 31, 1879, and ealred again November 4, 1680. The intervening test for butter commenoed with Ncvember 19, 1879, and ended with October 15, 1880 (period, eleven months, six days), at which time she became dry : , , Weight Weight Month. No. ofDaya. of Milk, of Butter. 1879. Lbs. Oz. November... 21 451 40 1 December.... 31 755 74. 0 1880. January...... 31 746 79 2 February 29 667f 77 1 March 31. 6534 75 0 April 30 602 68 11 Vox VI K7 11 June 30 827 88 6 July.. 31 760} 80 5 August jr.*. 31 704 66 7 September... 30 454} 32 5 October 15 123} 8 10 Total* -341 7,525 778 01 The cow was of course liberally kept, yet tho secret of the great yield is clearly in tho blood, for it is declared that no ordinary cow, however fed, can be made to accomplish anything like tho same results. In winter she had all tho hay sho wanted, and in addition a pail of gruel of bran and oat meal thin enough to drink, three times a day. The amount of feed contained in this •lop i» said to have been slight and was given rather to induce *her to drink f r**lv than tn nonw.U «■

found to increase her rapidly in flesh. When grass came, however, to stimulate the lacteal organs, the grain ceased to tend to fat to the same extent, and she was fed three quarts of corn meal daily in two foods. In hot woather she was stabled from the midday sun, and fod grcon corn fodder while up, with Jthe choicest of the paiturc while turned out. Though hers is said to be tho most remarkable test, other cows closely allied to hor in blood have made surprising yields of butter. • » Simon Cameron ^Printer. INTBRXStlXO AUTOBIOGRAPHICAL 9KSTCJI OF HIS START!; IN MKK. The Philadelphia Proof Sukrt prints tho follortapg letter yVom Gen; Simon Cameron : IlARRisnuiG, April 28th, 1880. % Dear Sir: Your lotter of the 26th inat,, inclosing the photo-electrotype of my indentures, came duly to handj and I am much obliged to you for it, and for the interest that impirod the friendly words of your note. 1 very willingly comply with your request for somo memoranda of that portion of my life when I worked at my trado, 1 was bound an apprentice to the printor's trade, as the indentures show, at tho town of Northumberland, Penna., on May 14, 1815. One year aftor this my mastery Andrew Kendedy, gave up his business, and I was forced to look out for another place. Coining to Harrisburg in search of employment, I engaged with Mr, James Peacock, proprietor and editor of the llarrisburg RuruBMCAX, and al*o public printer, to serve witlj him tho remainder of my 1 apprenticeship, to wit: • three year*. That I did. To fully learn thebusinoss, i it wo* then considered essential to master tho working of the pre**. Old > printer* will understand better than ; those of this age of steam the severity * of this part of the trade, oven to young 4 mon of a robust physique. But, owing to my ill-health and physical delicacy 1 of constitution, I was almost killed by * this exacting labor. That part of tho * business which I could do without this > extreme labor— tho type setting, Ac.— t was always pleasant to me, for it gave me all the opportunity a lean purse ^ then permitted to secure tho rudiments t of education. Indeed, this was why I * chose that trade. 1 After serving the term of my ep k' prenticeship with Mr. Teacock, 1 worky ed journey-work with him. Consider* *' ing Washington the centre and focus of political oft'ort nnd information, and e ■ Co&cludcd on fom vb page.