The people's journal. (Coudersport, Pa.) 1850-1857, January 04, 1855, Image 1

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'TIII;IISDAY 3ronx.lNG.
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DEVOTED.,TO THE PRINCIPU.:s OF DE:W:RACY, AND THE DISSEMINATIoN OF IIioRALITY LITERATURE, Am) NEWS
Sometimes then ' , cell) to go ahead,
At other time: they loiter.
They tell the Czar, " Hand: off, good sir;
We've come to spoil your dinner;
You cannot have the Turkey, sir,
Unless by (Mee you win her."
Austria looks to right and left,
And then she looks behind her,
And looks so many ways at once,
They scarce know where to find her.
The other nation:, one and all,
By dismal fears are shaken,
And playing hide, and seek, all round,
In hopes to save their bacon.
Well even let the cauldron boil,
Nor u:ele, trouble borrow; .
No one can tell hi: destiny,
Nor what will be to-morrow.
Yes, let ihe sullen Itusiian Bear
Keep Europe', dog , in motion
And while they *re lini,hing the game,
We ii come acre. , tire ocean.
America! our native land!
'With rapture do we hail thee,
And may no evil de , tiny
Convulsively assail thee;
And these Un'ned States, may they
Not till their cup of sorrow,
Last they he strielmn front tlfe roll,
Like SO(10111 and Gott orrah.
Though sometimes dri - en to the wall,
The demon laries br: ve IN;
We have a hot of right Ants men,
Enough, %NC hope, to st ve
NVlten tyrant. here presumt. ou far
I If liberty to elte,d 1 11 , ,
We do:e theM wdh ! , :per pills,
And give them their'imienis.
We 1 ). hiihol one lidtdh of Congressmen,
Attd lye .Iml kid another,
Cebu' e that lid•mird brat—
Th ❑ I'd!! Nebra ha—ln-other.
And he don'ile• '
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aloe .Lr•:::he: v.:1; !:(2—go when bid,
s p- or monkick:;
We and put a check
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They ' Vt . lu"C:ri the n9rin7 o'er the land,
Like
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Ju , t many !limit.
•• IDA 1 . +1.1v" has arrived at Mobile.
The :,iv •..' of that city con
taios tile following tribute. to its excel
knee :
"We are seldom called upon to ad
minister full and complete censure
upon a w.e k sent to us for the purpose
of eliciting a notice. In the present .
instance, however, we feud it a duty
We owe to our readers to caution the
public 2.. enei•ally, as well as•book deal
ers' throughout - the South, to beware'
of the the book titled as above. •It
contains the concentrated essence of
Abolitionism in its most seductive and
insidim firm, and no Southern, man
ctr wortlail should, through curiosity',
or front any other motive, he tempted
to_purchase a copy, as by doing so,
they only help to swell the profits of
the author of a vile and infamous pub
lication. The publishers are remind
ed that they greatly mistake the wants
of Southern readers and the faithful
ness of the Smithern press, if diet
think to palm oft' such stuff in this lo
cality. or secur e a puff winch, to write
would be rack treason. We beg such
favors t,;ward. ourselves may be dis
continued."
No man canavoid Lis owl company
--so he had Le-it make it as good as
possible.
There are 357,;;25 slarehOders in
the United t!iat,t2s.
COUDF.RSPORT, POTTER COUNTY, PA., JANUARY 4, 1855.
In the'town of N , up a pas
sage lea to ) the Bridle-smith-Gate,
there lived a man named Barnett. • He
was about sixty years of age, but
though his hair was somewhat sprink
led with gray, and his form was t,ome
what bowed he had the energy of a
younger man, and a frame that seemed
of iron. His brow was lofty, and gave
an idea of intellect, but the hard lines
bespoke craft.
His dwelling was an old mansion
which had seen better days; secluded
on .all sides • from public gaze, its
gloomy courts and still gloomier cham
bers accorded well with the character
of its occupant, whilst the iron-bound
shutters te.stifit:d to the care. he had
taken to secure the treasure he was
said to have amassed. For . Barnett
was reputed to be rich despite his
eloquence on "hard • times,"• "dear
food," " losses in business," &c.
seemed' to be chanting a perpetual
dirge in honor of poverty; but the
world never believes a man while he
pleads her, unless lie wears her livery
unmistakable: Otherwise it shakes its
head and smiles skeptically, but then
it treads him under, and passes on its
way ! Thus Barnett had got the repu
tation of being rich, and certainly
deserved it. There were many in that
town who could haVe told of bank
ruptcies he had hurried on, widows
he Plundered, and orphans he had
stripped' of all,—legally, of course,
(for “ruspectal,ility" reTects 1.1 w.)
but flu•gutful cif a higher command
•tiatl any
. man-made statute, from the
great Lawgiver of all !
Seent: iii thi4 legality, and lettovaht
in ti:e recollection of the
gained him, Ilarnett gat (tit the eveiliwr
that my tale c . ttlivAi•nce•, tithing his
ra.litary . - upper of yte. lidg . e (he ',rid
mach. a lairgain indehs! . tal ;:ccora
inglyj a dead :•ilenee reir.znutl ill titt;
:treet.-;,•for poi,;(::trc h11(1
th, , n11 . ,,r a ;rear cHttsi(io the
to\vn, yive 01 the
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" at it tule ?" faltered the son.
"\e<, ingratitude - ; did. I not e-du
ci-ite at"; rear you ? did I not love you
om.e anti •!:d you not betray my
love, ..: l uander my sult.-;tance, and now
you come to borate:l me !"
"No ! not to burthen you ; I have
sought pleasure too eagerly, and have
wasted the rut.ans you gave. I
. have
been sell-willed, but have been pun-
LA:ed. Years have passed over me.
and have seen me groveling in poverty,
living- with crimintds, and when I had
most need of comfort, my wire and
child were laid low, starved Father,
starved ! I sat and saw them as'day
by day - their flesh wasted; and their
voices grew weak, and I could nut
help them. I could only share their
want ; my soul thirsted' for but one
word of kindness.
" Which you shall never have !"
thundered the old man ; "heir of my
name, but traitor to my hearth, end in
the folly which you have begun. You
have done without me for fifteen years ;
good! I will do without goy for ;
go, and may my heaviest—go, crc I
curse vou—go
With a bitter earnestness words can
na express, the miser liissed out these
words, and, drawing his wrapper more
closely round his forM, stalked sternly
and hastily from the room.
His son sat for some minutes with
his f.:ce in an agony of sorrow, buried
in his hands. Then, heaving a deep
sigh that sounded of despair,. he stag
gered forth into the silent streets.
Thus they parted, and the last words
they were destined to interchange
were words of bitterness and ttrifi!.
0, evil hour ! 0, terrible truth! truth
he could not evade. Of' all his ac
cusers, conscience was the worst !
BAENETT, THE MISER
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Brought. up by his father, even then
stern and inflexible, he became ac
quainted with a set of " choice spirits,"
that haunted the corner of the streets,
scribbled profane language upon the
and shouted it to the passers-by ;
spit its Who lived in a perpetual atmos
phere of smoke, and did their little
best to appear like spirits from below.
All this was in secret.. Titus hypoc
risy was added to guilt. At length
his excesses ran him into debt, and leis
creditor.: attacked his' father, who,
furious at his son's delinquencies, for
bade him to see hint more. - hie was
then fin . ced to seek : a precarious sub
sistence in n
a neighborig town. There
he married, and brought upon himself
increa-ed burdens. But toil and pen
ury did the work- of time ; premature
age crept upon hire. Bereft of home,
hope; and family, he threw himself
upon a mercy that never existed, upon
an affection that never • I;vas. It had
ended in this! •
And now we return to. the miser.
\Vhat -words can paint . the struggle
within his breast! A last faint spark
of natural ibehing strove with the-mist
of - selfishness. The hope of having
one to care for hini amongst the thou
sands that cursed his naive, tempted
him to forgive. The hate he had cher
-i,,hed fru- so long, strove furiously.
Suddenly were heard along the
passage ,teps, and voices, "Who lives
in this dismal honse!" said one. " The
miser," said another and they passed
away. A black. scuwl 'gathered - over
his face, a sneer curled his lip, his bet
ter feelie-gs were blotted out forever
in the Aorm of. hate these words
called up. lie "had talieu to himself
seven other deg its Worse than the first."
t thus he sat Rill of evil
thought,', the town's: - peopk., excited
by w:: - et and ill-ad ice, were in open
riot, aml -.rent . up to
heaven. mit.Hed with the smoke of the
huildia ! , s they had tired: In their
man ‘l' middle r,;.e was the
c:iger 111 ttr-T,ng,tlitAn on. Sonic
said 1:c Iva:: a go-cc rnincnt some a
Ft al wearer; and others a fiend in
Ii n-dan impervi , ra:: to danger
i!f . Ft'W C,1111.1 hltVe
and
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I lark, high above the ells ! "To
ii;tlM2:t.Ud trap. iize,l ; •he 101 a
known that there. was neodi misery in
the town, and that the. people were
aliiln'; desperate, hut ;,:16 had iley4
c,an,t..d on. lie had \c-iltclied the
til::(< of others with fan:en:lien
and even joy, for the se ciltcl:inied ill
wiW the lA:lf:ink of his own sunl ; hut
:ilow, when the blow was about to fall
upon his own head, when his darling
rialles, fn• which he had'sinin:d for an
many years, which had become liis
fl lend, wife, child, his other self, his
thc.se were threatened
by the lawless mob, his frenzy. was
fearful to .be. lie i-wire with an aw
nil and tore wiry locks in
handfulls' - from hi's head..
Yes, he Would save then !- Better
to lose 14 life than them. At this
thought hiy courage returned. With
:"wiliness o f despair he threaded the
narrow alleys of the town ; diving
through entries and 'passages whose
intricacies! were known to feW, he
reached hiS residence before th 6 mob-.
Quickly he had the shutters closdd and
the doors haired, and opening a Secret
trap that concealed a deep well, lie let.
himself anii his treasure down to the
place of safety.
Ch came the rolling 'crowd, the
leader no striving with furionS ges
tures to divert them from I.their, pur
pose, but the passions he, had - aroused
were not iso easily allayed, and his
endeavors were in vain.
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On they came, with exulting shouts,
and thund'ored •at the door: • Long
they batte'red ineffectually, till at
length a ruilian, more provident than
the rest, obtained an axe and cleft the
door posts (down. The obstacles re
moved, thcicrowd poured in_ and ran
from room 'o room. Desks robbed of
their contests, broken furnitute Piled
on the &oils,. and curtains torn from
their rings,tattested their fury.
Fire! gave yourselves !" rush.
took place;• seven people on that.aw
hl night wore trampled to death, and
many morel bore to their dying, day
the traces of their crimes.
- With liavhge cries they batched the
climbing flames ; and marked the thick
folds of smoke roll suddenly from the
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roof, said) fell with a tremendous
crash. At that moment a prolonged
shriek of agony rose from the tumult,
which sent the bloodcurdling through
their reins. A troop of soldiers com
pleted their dismay, and the morning
sun beheld the smouldering ruins and'
thick pool of blood, in evidence of the
affray.
Workmen were busy clearing away
the ruins'of the miser's house, and yet
no vestige of humanity was found.
At length they came to a blackened
'corpse, whose hand still grasped the
rin g of a trap, door, on lifting which
the beds- of the miser was fund. A
stream of molten lead had trickled
from the rod, and in the place he had
esteemed most secure, had inflicted
a cruel though speedy &nth !.
Th'ey laid them side by side. Thu , :
father and son,rwlm had journeyed by
such different ways, met in one grave
at last.
The one bad suffered his passions
to gain the mastery, and had neglected
the opportunities knowledge placed
within. his reach. He had joined the
mob, as we have seen, and it was sup
posed that going to the well-remem
bered hidin - g place to save his father,
he had been crushed by a Killing beam.
His heart, hard and defiant beil,re, had
been. softened by his" father';; threat
ened fate. Happy he, that, (I.2ath
found him in a mood like that !
The other, through an unholy greed,
had passed his life in solitude, hated
by all, respected by none.. The very
rabble looked down upon him with
contempt and abhorrence. lie had
used the intellect God hial given hint
to unworthy end's, and to an tumor-.
thy end it had brought him. His
wealth went tip the "general coffers of
the stater and his name was handed
down to posterity :u "Barnett, the
. _Miser."—_ a;ichester ;5. ;5. :11.tsta:iiie.
FA_Rlaii'S CLUBS
The evenings are,now gettin , long
er, and the farmer having. tinisl'ied up
his husking, (Inds leisure to improve
his mind and his social abilities, bv
reading and visiting among his neigh
bors. Through the spring and stna
mar, and tin' ezuly part Orthefail,
the (lays are long, and the exertion of
laboring from stinrise till dark, unfits
him, in a me care, thr the mijoyment
orsocial visits, or couveNution, but
1:1, it, am tic iimr:
reanv onpm tut:ities to it down and
tak up a paper or a bool:. Ns - it:mut
the iwn , lit before him that he is idle,
Wi,te his crops are from his
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This is particularly the case in the
long evenings v.t this season of ..Lc'
year, and Nve hope that they \yin he
improved by our illneers, interchang
ing timughts upon the
or raising (4r,,p,, the he.•t crop.;
t,r) he and -the b e st time an d
depth fit plowing, and all the Vat ions
que:,tions arisimr .to the details of
farming,. -upoll there always
have- been two or Inure s,ide.-1, with
pattie.; to cohtend for each.
Every filrmer wi. , hes to carry on
his farm in a way that will, for the
labor bet,toWed by him, pay him the
best wages. lii order to attain thij
end, it is Ilei•e:sary for him ky gain all
the knowledge he . can. in regard to
the business in which he is engaged.
This can properly . be dune better by
establishing ; town fat wets' clubs, than
in any other way. Let some of the
best and most enterptisim , ° farmers in
each .town: start the subject, call a
meeting, at which there will be a
greater or a smaller attendance, as
there is more or less interest 11 - 21 t in
the subject; let them adopt a sliort
and simple code of by-laws, and agree
to meet once a week, for the discus
sion of practiCal questions,. relating to
agricultural subjects, at a central
place," and we think, that while the
members would be benefited by such a
course, the whole town would gradu
ally acquire an.interest in the subject,
-that would be:seen in the better man
agement of farms.
A farmer to succeed in -his business,
wants not only all the information he
can acquire, individually, from his
own trials 'and experiments, but also
all the knowledge to be obtained from
the experiments and acquired knowl
edge of other i i, and this he cannot
gain if lie remains at home. He must
go out :MOW , his brother fhrmers, be
willing and desirOus to impart and
receive all he knows or can learn,
and this can be done more easily by
establishing farmers' club::, than in,
any other way.—Granite Farmer.
All noble enthusiasms pass t
through
a feverish stage, and grow wiser and
more Serene..
fancy that we hate flattery,
when all that we hate is the awk
wardness of the flatterer.
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"We feel the irremediable destruc
tion of flowers more than we do the
stripping or trees and shrubs, because,
these appeal more' than they .to out
protectiu:i and to our fondmtss.
We look up to trees as superior:,
in whom reside guardianship and pro
tection. They
.teach us patience, ell
durance, and unwearied hope. We
see them beaten hare by - autumn
:ftorms, and perfectly content to stand
bare. The moment the %linter rele - nts,
they spring forth again; and all the
summer long you . hear them singing,
bat never do you hear a tree rehearse
its wrongs. It. forgets the past. It.
lives outwardly so long as it can, and
then retreats within itself, patient to
wait for better times. And we feel
zzl , o, in the case of trees, something or
the veneration which antiquity always
inspires. They are old chronulogerf.
They arc older than the oldest
men. That old oak was an old oak
when that crippled old man yonder
was a littlo boy, and it was..an
tree in the days of hi.; fathers. These
faces that grimly hang upon our
—the poi traits of shadowy ance•.tor;
that long since have- ceased to mak_ :
noise in the world—these very old
faces, in generations gone by, used
look up into these fresh and hearty
trees that carry themselves so youth
fully, and Marvel how high they wave,
and wonder that little birds NVCire.
afraid of falling down- oil' from their
perilously high brancheS. The aantml
changes of trees are therefore devoid
of' the sense of death. Leaves die.
We pity them. But trees du not
They undress. They sleep in naked,
majesty. Wlzzit time they_ will, when
the south wind blows its horn amo:l4-
the hills, they rouse tit c !I-Fel.; es aad
put on again their rubes, and go forth
as at other tima3.
It i 3 not s'o Arith flowers. They
are like little infhut children. - ; They
look up to uc for protection. They
have no that lasts. When they
are stricken they make no resi3tance.
They utterly die. And it is a real
t that we, do not choose t o eneo;la
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ter, to go out after the -Eel frost
firoke, and see , all the planf3 tvhich
we have te:rsed and f:Mdlcd, not 7omh,
but ]tine there in colors so dis,fr-line
fill to their forma bea4y. All the- - e
fine-ed.4edlc:ive:, the delicate Napa
f fle 4. 2 .
the-e matchless form
synneettle-:, N.:l.li9Ver
ill Oclit:_avy, variety.
richne , ,t, lyint.;a
heap of unilistifigui,hable decay tt:pl
lOatll , oniellt , :t. The &mit: ntell
ilec,nirosin7 ve , retntion rt.ll
fr:tni your Carden• t-t fr.:tit a
yard. The brilliant ...;,.ttleroti. , vot11"--
thry grata:nil
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serve.;tuaurandya,, th;t
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aoratutu, awl:the other core.;
I,!,,,:ttru all the Sllllllllol' 10:1g, fr”:::1
which yon had gathered hundred , of .
Innwhe; of 110.,%-cr,, to chi-ci.
parlor, to io :pire your run W;i
tti2.", to furni: , ll you silent,
cout p a ny u : you wall•ted alyott turrut!4
Inen or harrcti thin, 2; , , they have
here all ,one e:itrruptiou holore
your eye: , .-1/i - viell llFechcr.
An oil Solk r :sr's List Spr'"ca.
A correspondent of the Troy /11/7y
writing from Berkshire, Mass.,
a of remarkin: upon th . e.ga....t change
which had taken place in that regi,m,.
in conseq 4.1
uence of the suppreon or
the rain trafiK,tolLa the fbllowing glad
story of an old soaker who has slate
reibrmA, and is now a regular total
abr.tioence. man. It is given in th - . 3
old fellow's own words as
"1 once got a little change together.
and started oh on a regular bender.
I bought a small keg with a bung-h Ole
In time middle of it, so that it would be
handy to drink froM, haul it with
rum. After taking a few good swigs,
I hid it in a eimper's shop under some
shavings, and started for town. Fall
ing in with sonie.acquaintances, we all
got gloriously drunk, and the spare
change of the party was soon all gone..
Fuddled as weall were, we started for
the cooper shop.- An lying there after
h av i ng traveled- over much surplus
n.ound. I got hold of what I supposed
to be the keg of rum, 'but the bung
wouldn't come out. . Each of us chew
ed and tugged at it, but all in vain.
We separated in despair. I carried
it home fur a sober trial ; and what do
you think it was 1 . Why, it was the
head of au old - wooden beetle, with
just enough of the handle left to stick
in its place. My rum kcg was still in
the shavings, and there 1 let it stay.
This was my last spree."
Bachelors arc nut entirely lost to the
mfinements of omitiment,- a.; trill be
seen by the foltowing toast offered by
one of the much, alimied. fraternity, at
a celebration : LAnzEs—Sweerbriers
in the If:It-den of life.
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