THE'''PEOPLE'S JOURNAL, I
s. MANN.
EIYA iI.VSKELL, )
r Li IN TO THE PEOPLE
Cu CD 11:1 DA Y, OCT. 6, 1:•(.4
Inthp7,d,..rt Democrat fur Congress,
JOIE': J. PEIRCE.
Anti- NtLre ska candirla tesfi,r Telltiiiff
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FY" Th: - .re are several spirited kr-
ticlvs 61: fir-t pa , , 4e. A vinclicati4m
Bu.-tun, the ..Vationa/ Fro, a tzto
ry b T. S..A.rthur, a I,ght in Kansas,
.~_c, \c
1110 time to express an
opinion of the pa, , sage of the Nehru:-
p,//. "No place lik e th e
ll.r exprensing and CM2CII
- a fceetmoi's will. The . ‘• popular
: , o‘ereipty " of the hallot-box. is no
humbm.r.
re Turn nut to the election. Ask
your ne4;l hors to go. There never
vas so gloi lolls a time to drive hun
kerism to sl,e Ivan. \Vhoever finis to
vote nov., , J.•>urvcs to live under the
15 - 4 PTA
. T.vernment for at leaq
four - Ycays e:;u1(
(),:i. fyik.mis ;Irr• flatter-
ing them-el; C. , with the itlea that peo
ple di) n, t. take much intereA in the
re,..nit or the prc,ent uirctinn. We
trn-t ever. - wan who thinks for hire
.and helleve.-; that slavvry leas
ruled the nation low!' enough, : , .ee
that thi , con- (dation is not left to the
defenders of 1),,n,41te.
E_ When Mr. Chase moved an
atilend:ne:a ti) the Nebradta bill, giv
ing to the Tertitorial Legi,lature
by that bill, the power toex
rLhge :-.l:lvcry ir, , ull the Teyritories of
I , ;am-ai :tea Nehrie•ka, the• Douglas
forces proinptly /OM dotr,i the amend
ment ; and yet it i . • , • pretended that the
Lillis f oinded on popular :,overeign
ty ! ! 1s !,ingle man deceived
by the r•ltal:•,w fal,elunal ?
ET' The z i nc liota to be decided
next are—SiLd: tilt authors
of the Nehru-A:a Perthly lw rebuked,
and like out in the future be pre
vented ! at.d Shull the traffic in intoxi
eatint; chink- lw prohibited ? Sane
man van 1 2 t• ini,,takett how to vote in
the allirnnotive on both these ma n e;.
A \tote for 1)1l o ck and the Anti-Ne
bra,ka County ticket, trill be a vote
re 1..." h.tr 1).•1i , 2.1as and associates ;
'and a vote l'tigler and the Admin
i,tratiou County ticket, will be a vote
in delop-e of p,mglas lei; Nebras
ka l ill. L.t Irceloolv vute for free
dom,
ro Yore Slave Staten
This thr (loci - Initiation ui every
lttpublicatt, evcry4riund 1/1 his coun
try, and if inattift.Aed at the ballot-box
per, , istently at.ii faithfully, \rill smolt
re,torc thi. Nation to the condition of
a lire and pro- perou:: Inc. This was
the ph - i of .leffer;;en when he - intro
duced colchrated orainatwe fur the
exclu,ion of Slavory from tilt. North
west Territ,ry.. Let u.. now rcturn
to the policy of the Father, cuul
!;ay to slavery. Not another .font of
free soil Fllllll he polluted with the
tread 111 a slave. V(4e against every
candidate \vim due:: not stand syfare
tout fair 011 the Republican platform
of opposition to Slavery Extension.
ONE MORE CHARGE
The independent voters of this coun
ty, have vindicated their power. their
courage, their wisdom, and their per-
mTrance. They have elevated the
character of the officers of the county.
They have reformed many abuses, in
troduced economy and reform into all
the affairs of the county ; and they have
broken dozen the supremacy of the Cuu
derspnrt cli q ue, and taken the control
of theit• home affairs into their own
hands. Let the old veterans and the
new'recruits march shoulder to shoul
der, with closed ranks and a firm step-,
and they will rout the enemy's ihrces
on Tuesday next, so as to put , a stop
to the defense of slavery and its ag
gressions among the freemen of Potter
county.
TEL DODGING PARTY. .---=`
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Freemen of Potter county 1 , see hots . We ; u sed; to hear frequelft allusiOns
hunkerism is carrying on the cam-Ito the /ion-hearted democracy= r to the
p a i gn . I n the Soutbe.m part of the 1
I ,l?eld,' . and fearless manner...in'which it
S _ _
THE DESPOTISM OF
hate, Bigler and his friends are the !Imet every queition as it camp
open and violent advocates of the Ne This was doubtless true of Jackson
braska bill, but in the Northern part democracy, •. but the democracy . of;
of the State, his friends pretend that I Franklin Pierce - and-Williana Bigler ,
Bigler is opposed to the bill. - is anything' buvbrave and 'outspoken.
quehanna county, the old-liners . ; at i With most of his party press in Penn-.
their regular Convention, nominated I sylvania opposed to • the Maine law,
one or two honest Anti-Nebraska men, Mr. Bigler • does nut say whether he
in order to keep the party together. is for or against that bill. A few in-
Bitt immediately after the nomination; significant country papers have tried
the leaders went to the candidates and, to make their readers believe that
requested written pledges to vote for Bigler is as reliable a friend of the
Bigler. One of them, F.P. Hollister, Maine law as Judge Pollock, but
spurned the dictation, and declined they take care to withhold the letters.
the nomination. Then the whole bat- I which these gentlemen sent to the
teries of hunkerism opened on the Harrisburg State Temperance . Con
honest democrat who would
...not vio- vention. They also take good care
late his conscience, to vote for the , to withhold front their readers the
Nebraska candidate for Governrir. fact drat nearly all the leading . Bigler
Such is hunkerism everywhere, , ----des- I papers are _opposed to the Maine law.
potic, deceptive, and unprincipled. The - Philadelphia Penn•sylranian, and'
The leaders in Potter county are fit the Harrisburg Union make opposi_
allies for the leaders in Sugquehanna, tiun to this benificent measure the
and here is . a picture' of the SUsque , burden'of their song. The last num
haunacounty Bigler men, as drawn her of the Union has a long article on
by the man whom they nominated, but this subject from which we extract
cuithl not control: the.following diSgraceful passage
I will now, if you please, call your atten
tion to the fic . :s which induced we to with
.draw troy nano: front ihe regular ticket as a
eatohdate for the office of Regis:er and Re
corder. Oti the _evening of my nomination,
'a Nebraska Democrat called upon me and
urged me to sign a pledge to vote for Gov.
Big.er. This 1 declined to do. I was in
formed by several Democrats that all the
other nominees of the Corn - en:ion had agieed
to support Gov. Bigier, and I must agree to
do so in wrung or forkit their support. To
this I repi.ed, that a nri;ori;y
. 4.)1 me de:e o ,, ates
were oppi sod to the Nebraska bill, that l'sup.
posed mysed nominated as an anti Nebraska
candidam, and that since the co. vention did
not pass resotiniote+ cndorsim , the Nebraska
ownige, I did not feel toy el' hound- to vote
for Gov. Big i!r. I, however, cipresed.
self , ati-tied with his former ,dlninistratioii,
and agreed, for the sake of harmony, not to
oppose his reeletin. With the understand
ing that this new satisfacmry to all, I went
home without signing any pledge. You can
Judgu of toy surprise mien'. beg. it to receive
letters front prominent Deinocra's in various
parts of the county, ag.iin demanding a pledge
that I would vole for Gov. Bigler, o.herwise
they should %%Athol(' from me their support.
One who holds a promitteut office in the g.ll
of the people of th s county, was so comp!ns
cent as to write ute th it it "should be his pride
fu upplise rue," unless I came to his erns. I
learned from a re.i We source, that the hide
, pendent candidate for Register and Recorder
had recei% ed oilers of support from several
prominent I entocrats, and large ontorities
were c aimed for hint in Democrat is towns h ips,
G. G. COLVIN
8. TAM;ART
11. J. ol.msTri)
1,. B. CCJIA
.J. L. ROc ;ES
D. N. JINCIiS
by Deinocra;s. In fact, it wa: perfectly evi
dent that there e%isted a determination on the
part of the Nebraska Democrats to (leant my
elect ion, if pm :sib c, I would saerilice
'princip:es. Democrats oho were in The
co. Vert ion as AlMegams triad to strtlie a bar
gain vti h the 'Whig , by which they hoped to
secure my delis it. Tile impt:tpritty - rf running
as a:: a nti-NcLraska candidate ninon a Ni hra:.ka
ticket became every d-ty more apparatm and I
linady determined to xvithdraw entirely from
Ihe cativ.,s, and give the county jeottimittee
Lik opportunity to suhstitme a man Mien V, 110111
the friends o( the Nchra-litt bill could unite
When Pollock was confined to his
Fick room, the Hunker press.was call
ing lustily for lion to come. forth and
let the people hear him. As Soon as
his returninolwalth would permit him
to take the field, he met the people
face to face, talked to them about the
issues of the clay, in such a frank, :3trait
forward manner that he carried all
hearts with him. But in .the
dispen
tions of Providence, (doubtless the
thundering shoots ftr Wilmot at the
close of his meetings in the infected
district, had nothingi to do with it,)
William Bigler became sick, when lo !
the -e same men begin to -Whine that
Pollock still goes on with the canvass;
and in the I. st slavite organ of this
county, there is a long letter from Big
ler himself, begging most lustily for
votes. - Was ever a campaign more
ingloriously ended ? Neither Bigler
nor any of his friends can point to a
single public act of his whole life, that
entitles him to the support of the Peo
ple ; and so they can do nothing -but
beg. It kill do all honest, liberty
loving -hearts good to overwhelm with
defeat the dodging, double:dealing,
begging doughface.
FFThe bunker ders of this Boro,'
afraid to trust the people with the de
cisions of the election, started out im
mediately after court to beg and itt'ase
for votes. These 'men- place • no reli
ance on principle and the intelligence
of the people, but ply all their power
to get up a personal feeling—a party
prejudice, or some other contemptible
string is pulled. We cannot hear of
their approaching a single man with
arguments in favor of Freedom, Tem-_
perance, or true Democracy. Their
whole effort consists in appeals to the
lowest motives that influence men ;
and this shows how low hunlieristn has
fallen. Poor, degraded hunkerism—
! without a single principle ill common
• with the. people, it richly deserves the
j overwhelming defeats just suffered in
' Maine and loWa, and the 'rout which
awaits it on Tuesday next.
BLOWING ROT AND COLD
The 3laine law prohibits- the manufitcture
ox importation of liquor! It forbid; your
making wine of your grapes, whiskey of your
corn and rye, or cider of your apples! It
prohibits the sale of brandy, wine, g n, tt Ids
key, cider, porter, a.e • and beer! It author
izes .he search of your house , , to see whe her
you have any of these artictes, so that were?
this law to pass, your most private rooms,
cedars, c:osels, desks, c., womd bediali.e to
he ranspcked by the fanatical rutiains of tem:
yerance!
Were such a law passed, one of the best
markets fur your grain,
cattle and - swam,
m
wod be de..rojed, and thh prices of these ,
products of your tarns womd be greatly
reduced!
V% ho are they who clamor loudest for its
pascage ! Most of them are men who have
no control over their appeti.es and pas;ions---=
a very small mitority of the peop.e—men
who cannot use the good things God has
giveti us, willow ;,busing them—men who
cannot make -heir he ,r,s gatil by modera•c
drinks—who .cannot drink at wi; hoot
dunking t , excess ;Ind gett,nz (blink ! Luck
ing resoacion ,hemse.ves to - keep their thirst
nt hin re:1,4,11..1),e - bounds, they are forced to
total abs.inence, and in a ma..ignant spirit of
envy, they won.d compel the great majority,
who have not their miserab,e weakness, to
drink whiting but water also!
TEE VOICE OF JEFFERSON. .
There were in the time of the Rev
olution men of wealth and standing,
all over the country, who took sides
with Great Britain, and a eaiust the
troops who were fighting for Liheit)
So there are men of wealth and
(ice all over the - lorth, whose ever•
synt . rathy and efiorlison the side . of
•
Slavery. ' • - :
.. A TRUE PICTUE. :
These men are constantly prating
Look at it, honest farmers, and if
about patriotisin, the Union, Moses
and the prophets. But the Union true, spurn the cowardly doogliface.
The West Chester L'olciWndent was - formed to secure the blessings of
Ilex-
Liberty, instead of perpetuating- the old, although not a supporter of Big
curse of Slarery, as these men would ler!, yet looked upon liirn with some
have it. And we achieved our lode-
favor, ! till his Excellency made his
pendence On die strength of the
p r i n _ Fulitiv county Nehrin l ka speech, which'
no honest Auti-Nelaaska Maw can
ciples• so bravely drawn up by . one
TnomAs JEFFERSON. The Decument
stand; and the herald in its' issue of
which gave bitch to this Nation—
-7 September 25,.
.draws the - following.
drafted by Jefferson, and approved ,
faithful picture of his vireillating,
by his brother
- patriots—is the best dodging course. . Speaking:- of the
Anti-Slavery document ever pub- Nebra'ska bill and . i.he course of the
fished, and contains this glorious sen- LAdministration, the herald says:
It been me him, [Rigier] asTheßriiresenta-
Z_ I live of n'Sta.e which he her Repre-ientative:ii
more - t ilt in sixty years :cm) . enotamed Saivery
as a crane, to - disrega rd the :in eres.ed vditirs
MIMI
"We bold these truths to be dif
evident, that all men are created equal,
that they are endowed by their Cre-
awl.- with certain inalienable rights,
that among these, arc life, Liberty,
and the Pursuit of happiness."
TAKE lELII AT HIS WORD
When Governor Bigler was in the
Southern - part of the State, he was
free-enough to say "he had defended
the Compromise measures', and be
would defend the :Nebraska bill," but
when he' comes into Northern Penn
sylvania, then he begs the people will
judge him by his State policy and not
hold hint responsibre for the acts of
Congress. Now, we hope the people
will pke the Governor at his word,.
I' and' judge him for what be.bas done
! l and faiW tct do, as Governor of the
State. We -ask that he be heldre
ponsible for the failure to bring the
KIDNAPPER Or RACHEL PARKER TO
TRIAL. He has failed to vindicate the
honor of the State in the murder of
Miller while in Maryland trying to
restore Rachel Parker to freedoth.
The people - will also hol 1 him re
sponsible for the pardon of thekidnar
per, !Alberti; one of the wort
ever turned loose upon a commu
nity. The people will also keep in
mind his pocketing the Lager beer
hill, -a bill which received. a large ma
jority of both Houses, and was well
calculated to break up the low grog
geriett. GoN;ernor Bigler refused to
let; The the people iii this76=
spect becoine, tbe lacy, and.we•think
the peoplObould take gliod cure to
keep .him 41:eni thwarting thern ag in.
Then...he',:prerciztcd' the i•passage of
Anti-Nebraska resolutions through
the Legislature; and•thereby. encour
aged the conspirators to - despise'the
will of the people, • and disregard the
pliPubcd': of the Nation: Yes,
take him at his word. See what he
has done—blush fbr the• disgrace he
has brotight on the good old Coinmon
wealth,. and resolve to wipe it out at
the ballot box. . •
SIGNS OF PROMISE
All aood men oppose. the NebraSka
iniquity ; and what is of far entire im
portance, they have determimid to re
buke the authors and defenders of that
optrage at the ballot-box. ' At the
Geness6e Annual Conference of the
Methodist church, attended by one
hundred and twenty ministers, a series
of able resolutions were rtnanimousl
adopted, two of which we publish, as
fbilows: •
That the late action of Cuited States
Congress, lir whir:ll.lw see ion of .he _Missouri
Compromise prohibi log `.aura• int the terri
tory.now . nown as. Kan-a , aw! Nebraska, is
repea cd, is t. tlagran Jai showe'ess perfidy
a sacred compac , %%loch, v. lU.e o aba es .he
obsiga ion of.fil kindred con.i'rontises, we will
never cease to oppose by sd constitutional
ine..w, tin i t s cxecrob e ~h,ec. is defeated.
That inasmuch 744 110.415ai evil q require up
propriai.e poihica. remcd.e-; e.e tsiu So:e lily
no 111 at for coy S,a.e or :\ (Mimi otlice,,who
is, no: finn'y and exvici is p edged ag,insl ihe
fur her aggre4sion of ,he sc,ve power, and in
favor of rim:Mining :hose rights find powers
which imve been ti-urged hr it, irld
Fersona: ch rue er is not a gudran y !hit he
wid according:y ; and ill:a we earnest!S•
advise our peop:e in lo,low our exampie.
WC have no doubt but tbcse
lotions expreis the sentiments of nine
tenths of the Northern people. We .
commend them to the people of ti is
county, as' being entitled to more re
spect than the shallow sopliistrie3s , ,,of
Hunker politicians. The -ex-sla,k
holder' who edits the organ this
county, will doubtless inform the min
isters of thenessee Conference, that
they du not know what they are talk
ing about ; that the allusion in their
.resolutions to " the furtheraggres;sions
of the -lave power," is a fanatical hal
lucina&on. What a pity that the peo
ple will do their own thinkin. If it
were not for this, slavery and its allies
!night continue tarule the Nation with
a rod. iron. As it is, it is probable
that the race of dung Hives will expire
with the present election.
of ti corropt and paPry fiction, and to take
ground Ppen'y and strong:y on. the side of
Jus.ice,l humani v and pa.riotistn. ILid he
done ',ll he vouid have had hi, rew“rd, not
only in t h e consciousness of ha% Mg adhered
to and maintained the right, but in the appro
bation and support of the Wise, the jq t and
•the hwhano of all pirtics. It t scems, how-,
c'.er,,bti: too evident, that he i 4 no: the num
to take! his siand mum prineime and trilst
courageimsly to eonserienee,s.' II eel:,'linrirl,
and irresolute, his course is that of a skillful
trimmer; lqiuli"ous of the g,tM elppmear favor,
and sedmonsiy setting his to catch cross
and Lth'erse eurrems; ..nd an adro.f and•inan
ag ng I o.i.ici.o, and not of it !high minded
statesman, and is thereltire, nut adapted to
the exigencies of .Iv.• :Imes. We want at the
}Man ofLit.i.e ❑ in 0 of w lifer views, loftier
purposes, and a tome disimere tied spirit.
Where shall we find hint ' •
MACHINE D.Y.MOCRACY
Chairman, of ImEana, an old cham
pion of.regular dehl : icracy,; could not
stand the Nebraska swindle; and has
united with' the Repnblicair th(We
mem: lie bays in his Chanticleer;
that sham d4Mocracy .as represented
by Douglas lias• adopted the following
PLATFORM: • •
,
Deno once - tho Clergy.
3. Erononnee the lbeclaration of Inde
pendt4co a " tt;elf Evident Lie."
4. Trimple on compacts and treaties, to
suit *the Eilibosters, even though ; they be
o'iler and as sacred as the Cotbanution itself
and though contirined by it. •
h. Squatter Sovereignty, which is the
highest , degree of freedom to make. slaves
both ohite and black: to 'practice polygamy
and incest, and to commit any other crime not
forbiddbn by the U. S. Con - mitation, and by
the la W.; of Congress,
6. To extend our "institutions by force
every -where, p.irtien:ar;y the "
one-i, and 'o plunder without lindtioll n•ho are
thus benefited.
7. .Deniag . oguism instead of Democracy,
and Bribery Instead of bonestpil)lornacy.
Membees of Assembly. •
It is of great importance to electihe
right kind of Assemblymen—men . who
•
nre reliable for the Maine Law, and
against the extension of slavery. No
sincere friend of a prohibitory liquor
law, can think of Noting for John, B.
Beck', whose ever• vote last winter
«'as with the enemies of Temperance.
Thomas Wood of Muncy, and William
Fearon of Lock Haven, are true and
tried men. If elected they will be
found fit representatives of true 'll' 7
publicans, the able advocates of a pro
hibitory liquor law, and the constant
oppoFers of the further extension of
slaver`'. Asa Senator is to he elected
at-the next :-.e:;:rsion of the Legislature
it is important to secure members of
assembly, who will take care to send
a man to Washington who has a back
bone, and who eau be relied on to
oppose all the schemes of the slave
power to. ..,trengthen and perpetuate
the hateful incubui of :..laverv.
TEE DOUGMEACE ARGUMENT
'Lie leaders of Bigler democracy
hereabouts all said the iepral of the
Missouri Compromise was, a. great
wrong. But, say they, Northern en
i'erprise is - likely to make Kansas a
free state after• all, so we may as well
keep quiet. That is, the Nebraska bill
was all wrong—a great evil, passed
without reason or justilieation—but
still, as the Northern pitople are in 4
•fair way to prevent the evil which the
was intended and calculated -to
work, •therefore there is no necessity
fur voting against its authors and 'de
fenders.. What miserable sophistry !
How men must desph.e themselves
when they oceupy. a po:itiou which
rc...„:res i-uch biw jugglery for its .de-
Sense. Let every honest man rebuke
the outrage liy.which a solemn C(5111.-
pact was violated.
A Proud Position
The Washingtian Sentinel congratu
lates its party. (Pierce democracy) on
the proud position which it maintains.
hear the Sentinel detail the merits of
the party that. turns its back on the
plighted frith of the Nation:-
"Froth its birlt-ittv to the pre=ent time, tin.
Democratic rrty has claimed to be, and al
ways It is been the- States Rights rrty of the
country. In 1 , =2 :they Infinittuyinitglit
the {core- than inf:ainotts principle cots pined
in the misnamed Missouri Compromi , e: in
1: 4 :0 they were found fighting on the side of
the rights of -Clic Sares, seeuring the itassa.,: - re
of the Vitgitiv s e Slave ;Ind in 1:•7:',1. the
pi .wning g!ory of the States Righ's party
flume 1/lli in their may ful repell of the Mi.-
siutri
" We have 3et to be informed of die, find
State in which ilie lieumer..ev hire un,teil
widi the rree Soilers 1 tid
Everv%vltere they have 'stood upon their
old ground. Nowhere have they dein,unted
the restoration of (Le 3 . lissoieri
where have they demanded the repeal of the
Flight% it Slave Law:.
Independent Democrat for. Congress
\V had the pleasure of a visit on
Friday- evening - last, from Rev. John
J. Pearce of Clinton c(fillity, who is au
Independent anti-Nebraska Democrat.
AVe were much pleased with Mr.
Prarce's appearance, his intelligence,
ii-ankkiess, aril dett;rmination.
piddi.ih iu another column Mr.
Pearce': addles; to the people of thi;
Congressional District, for which V"e
ask the attention of every reader. We
hope, every voter who duAires to pre
vent the further eNtmision of slavery,
amid who is in favor of reforming. the
legislation of Congress, will give • a
vote liw.lohn J. Pearce.
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English language begin with LE
Heart, Hope, Home, Happiness, and
Heaven.
The Prig of an old Woman.
A late number of the , Washingto n
Union contains the following item of
news,:
'!l...trtae SALE *OF SL. rEs.—On the
-17th inst. the slaves, ri izumber, of
the late Hiram K. Dut c• I, of For
cester county, Md., were
nine,
at auc
tion at Snow Hill, and nine, of theta
ivere . purchased by T. W. H arg i, ,
Esq., a wealtliy farmer of that county,
for the sum of 513;771. One, aged 20
years, brought ,•.;:1,000; another, aged
27, $985: and the rest of the nice
prices ranging from -$59,5 .down t
S lao . Ibr one only six years of ag e .
The balance of the 17 were all sold r tu
citizens of the county at high price , ,
except iut old woman, 80 years of age,
who brought only - 30 cont.:."
The owner 'of that thirty cents'
worth of property will surely have a
very strong pecuniary interest in
having her well cared for. It is g • : n -
erall argil d that masters will treat
their slaves well because it is their
interest to do so. Slaves' would Bete
riorate in value if abused, and if the
master yields to passion aturmaims or
mangles a slave, he is mit worth so
dollars afterwards. _As this
dollar motive is the strongest known
or acknowledged in this country, it is
generally taken for granted it is alt
sufficient to procure the hitralsmon
every comfort. In the case of this old
woman the motive will be very por,:.
erful. Thin cents at stake will
doubtless induce great care, tender
ness, and forbearance, such as womea
of that age usually requite. We can
imagine we - see this thirty-cent main ,
sprite , !tistaitt the totteting step of
age, hear Ivith its infirmities and sup
ply its many. Wailes.
This calls up the picture of Fred.
Douglas' old grandmother in her lone
cabin in the 'w(mtls, left-to the without
One of the many children she had
rai4ed, to hear her cotnpany and make
her little fire in the long winter nights.
Mar God htn•e merey on tile old Wo.-
Man, separated lii all her children,
' and left to the tender mercies of tho , e
proprrlN litlere.st in. her wet
' fart.;.—Journal
SII.U' PHA CTICE.—A good story
told of the manner in which a coach ,
man down in Koonatudi. managed to
" vet round" a hard customer. rhe
mail had owed him a dAar and a h a lf
since 1a.4 sprim4, and could nut h e
prevailed upon to come to a settle
ment. A low days ado the - coachman
drove up to the amt ' s door. whom we
will call Mr. Rrown. and cried out—'
" 11:111o, Brown! 'lvry, , got a
box for'v,an."
have yun ?" said Brown approach
ing," where did it carne frum
Front Boston," WM the reply,
"ju , t brought in h' express." And
he lifted fruna the top of h coach a
stuutly built box, ahuut tea
square, and either heavy, upun :which
was inscribed its a iffuper, ucunier, the
‘• Mr. Thorrue: Bro . wn. N.ermebunk,
Me. By 's press." ; -
‘• What - is the fieiolt immirrd
Bruwn as he. received the box and
ascertained its weight.
"Only nine shillings," t.aid
knight of the whip, end. the money
Lein g duly paid, he druve rapidly
a wa v. .
Mr. Brown carried the box into-the
house, and ohtaininq •a hammer and
chi-el, broke it oppu, hut to his annoy
ance foutor - nothiror but .soute rocks,
carernily pau ked . in hay—the whole
havin , z been prepared by some wag.;
at the depot, who were willing to
pla'y a u,.,!0d "joke, and at the same
time help an hone-t man to his money-
A Sm*.vriox Vic %NT. Son \ te years
a qo a black HEM Ca 1 1 .611 on a cler , rvrnan
in vee,LL.rn _New Vork, avowed hinpelf
a and 41 , ked for final and
:Molter, which was freely accorded.
T , ,vo or three person:: bein , 4 cognizant
of the fad, called in to See the rulia
v;ay si•lir tin
lu nie cu iictl
S'pose yuu had pretty hard time,;
down iiimth—lickin's a pleat•
" 1. theycr was
" Wasn't Wt.:ll, you had to Work
awful hard - •
" MS' wink was vvry
" Gue:,s. your • clotliis wan't, vet')
bice."
I was always
.will clothed I
%vas good ::c!rvant." •
Reckon your victuals wasn't un
common flue ?"
"A. , : good Ide :lrea."
Well, I should give it as my opin
ion that you was a mighty big fool for
running away from such. a place a 4
this, just for the sake of f;hirking fur
yourself."
"Gentlemen, nly place down -Smith
is vacant. Any of yon can have it. by
applying for it.''
MORE 1. I BERT V.—Pa.ssing by a la
ger beer shop on. Saturday evening,
we saw the proprietor. forcibly eject
ing (we of hi:, ...tomer, from- the
room. The fellow had been enjoying
the "liberty" of getting drunk on
lager, and the keeper of the den was
exercising the "liberty" of kicking
him out; alter he had lwastildized him
and obilined all his money. What
an outrage it ivould be to_ depriv
these fellows of their "liberty."
Great is Simun!i—Harrisburg Telc
grae.