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ATmKNKY AND COUNPHLOU AT LAW,
prompt attention given to all lt'jral business
rstriiU-d to bit cart in Clearfield and alioining
Jewelry Store,
tore, Clearllcld, Pa. , . jeU'71
WULUkl A. WALLAC1.
WALLACE &. FIELDING,
ATTORN EY3 - AT LAW,
Clearfield, Pa.
rer-Lejal business of all Rind attended to
e:th promptness and fidelity. OlOoe In residence
ofH illiaio A. Walluee. JnnlSiitt
A. W. WALTERS,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
Clearfield, Pa.
XfuOffin, In llio Court House. doc3-ly
H. W. SMITH,
ATTORNEY-AT-LAW,
,:;0 Clearfield. Pa. ly
ISRAEL TEST,
ATTORN KY AT LAW,
ClearOeld, Pa.
eT-Ofllo, In the Court llon.e. fjyll.'t?
JOHN H. FULFORD,
ATTORN KY AT LAW,
Clearfield, Pa.
office on Murket St, ovr Josoph 6 h) wars'
Grocery stnra.
-tPomTt attention ffiren to tho eeurtns;
f n nntr. rri.iifn. Ac, and to all legal btuioets.
2S, ISflT lf.
tpm. j. n'rru.nrnn.
wm. M. nVri.i.oiraii.
T, J. McCULtOUGH & BROTHER,
ATTORN KYS AT LAW,
Clearfield. Pa.
OflWeon Market -tree! one doer eastof the Claar
eld County Dank. J:li71
J. B. McENALLY,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
Clearfield, Pa.
?6-Lcznl business nltended to promptly with
(!'lf!iiy. Office on Eecood strofct, al.oe the First
Ka'ioiwl Bunk. I:25:71-lyp4
fVODCfXTT WALLAOC,
ATTORNEY - AT - LA W.
WaMare'on, Clearfield County, Penn'a.
teguAM legal business promptly nttendt-d to.
1. p. mvn
P. U RltRBS
IRVIN & KEEBS,
. HucociBor. to H. 11, 8woope, ..
Law and Collkctiov office,
R7t ClKAltKIELD ,A-
WALT En. B A R R E tf J
ATTORNEY at law. .
OlS-e on Second St., Clearflold, Pa. novJl.Bd
JOHN L. CUTTLE,
ATTORNEY AT LAW.
t,d Peal P.late Aifciit, Clearfield, Pa.
OfT, nn Third ntreet, bet. Cherry A Walnut,
r-P.p.fr nn;r, m, ,ervlrai In eellinr
H'd I' Hint land. In Cleardeld and aljolning
-oil' ' ; nd wilb an exuorienee n' over twantr
v a roi'vnvur, fljltcr. him'elr that ha ean
ler mi, faction. Feb. 28.l:tf,
J. J. L INGLE,
ATTORNEY-AT-LAW,
1:19 Osceola, ClearOeld Co., Pa. y:pd
J. BLAKE WALTERS,
HEAL ESTATE BROKER,
a nAi.rn i
fi;uv IdOs n ml Xiiuiibcr,
CLR ARF1EI.D, PA,
Real ftdate bonik and aold, title, entwined,
1tci piid, ani conveyance, prepared. Office in
llaronic building, Room No. 1. 1:26:71.
John II. On1. C. t. Alnnder.
ORVJS &. ALEXANDER,
ATTOHNKYS AT LA If.
Mcllel'onte, Pa. .cpl3,'5-y
DR. T. J. BOYER,
TIIYSICIAX AND SDRQEON,
OSlce on Market Street, ClearOeld. Pa.
f4r-0Kct hoar,: 8 tn. 12 a. m , and 1 to 8 p. m.
DR. W. A. MEANS,
PHYSICIAN 4 SURGEON,
LL'TIIERSIiURO, PA,
Will atlenj prof-,Ioin1 aatla p.-omjilty. aogl0'70
DR. Al THORN,
"PHYSICIAN & SUROKON,
'fTAVING lucated at Kylertown, Clearflsla vu.
I.L Pa., oflws his prafeitiional services to tlie
leu)ilarihe surroundiug country. Hept, W6tf-y
DR. J. F. WOODS,
PHYSICIAN k 8UKHK0N.
llnvlng removed to Ansonvllle, Pa.,olTert bis
fprofrtnional services to tbo people of that pi are
and the surrouodingoountry All calls promptly
attended to, Deo. 3 dm pd.
J. H. KLINE, M. D
PHYSICIAN k SURGEOK,
nAVIN'll located at Penndeld, Pa., olfors his
profclonal services tn the people nf that
1'Ihou anl Hurruuitding country. All calls promptly
attended to. oot. 13 tf.
DR. J. P. BURCHFIELD,
Late Surgeon of the HV.i Regiment, Pennsylvania
Voluntrpri, having returned from the Afmy,
ofTtrs hii profcpsional services to theeitliens
of tJlMrflelJ county.
rr-Prof Mlonil calls promptly attenledto.
fifl.e nn Heonnd streot, f.irinorlyofcnplcd by
lr; Wnodi. sprion-tl
JEFFERSON LITZ,
PHYSICIAN SURGEON,
HAVINl) located, al Osceola, Pa., offer, his
professional s.rvi.., to th, p,opt, of that
f iwe and surrounding oountry. . , ..
--AII ..Us promptly attended to. Omee
and resMene, oa Cartta ,t, formerly Doenpiad
by Dr. Klin,. May, 19: ly.
Fishing Tackle I
1 T'PT received, a complete assortment, eonslst-
I In. r Trout P.o., Fish Haekets, Line, and
'I ' ., of 'l d xrSptlne. at
it Mint f HUI.BB A C0'8.
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Q00DLANDER 4 HAQERTT, PubMera.
VOL. U-WHOLE NO. 2233.
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F. K. ARNOLD & Co.,
BANKERS,
I.ullicrsburg, Clearfield county. Pa.
Muney loaned at reasoniihle rat.l" axchanKe
boujtlit and aoldt depoelta received, and a gen
earl banking butiuon, will be earried on al the
abore place 4:12:7 l:tT
JOHN D. THOMPSON, .
Jaitlco of tht Poaoe aod SoriTener,
Curwrnnvillc, Pa.
SiuCo11votioni made and moner promptly
paid over. feb22'7Hf
JAMES 0. BARRETT,
Justice of the Peace and L loomed Conveyaooor,
ruthenbur, Clearfield Co., Pa
jMrCollectlont A remlttanoei promptly made,
and all kinds of legal luiUutuenti executed on
ihort notice. nay4,70tf
GEORGE C. KIRK,
Jaauee or the Tm, Bmm?m m4 3ejrM .
I.utheraburg, Pa.
All nnMncs Intropted to him will be promptly
attended to. I'erflonf wishing to employ a Sur
veyor will do well to give him a on II, aa he flatten
himself that he ean render unttafaction. Ietda of
conveyance, artlrlei of agreement, and all legal
paperi, promptly and neatly executed. mar8(lyp
HENRY RIBLING,
HOUSE, SIUN A ORNAUENTAL PAINTER
' ClearOeld, Penn'a.
The frescoing and painting of ehurcboi and
othor publio buililinKl will receive particular
attention, al well ai the painting of carriage, and
liigha. Ulliling done iu the neatclt atylcl. All
work warranted. Shop on Fourth Itreet, formerly
oocujiied by Enquire Shugart. octl0'70
G H . HALL
TRACTICAL PUMP MAKER,
NEAR CLKAKFIKLD, PENN'A.
jr9Puinpa alwayi on band and made to order
on ibort notice.
All work worran
1'inoi bored on reieonalile tertni.
ted to render satisfaction, and
delivered If desired.
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DANIELM. DOHERTY.
BARBER & HAIR DRESSER,
SECOND STREET,
jy2.1 CLEAHI1EI.I), PA. ti
DAVID REAMS,
SCRIVENER & SURVEYOR,
I.ulhfrsburg, Pa.
Til B Enbaoriber offer! hi, eervlce, to the public
In th. capacity of Scrivener and Surveyor
All eall, for surveying promptly attended to, and
tbo making of drafte, deedi and other legal In.tru
menti of writing, executed without delay, and
warranted to be correct or no charge. o!2:70
SURVEYOR.
TUB undersigned offora hii aervloea ai a 8ur
reyor, and may be lound at hii reeldcnee, in
Lawrence townnhip. Letter, will reach him di
rtctad to CidarQcId, Pa.
may7-tf. JAMES MITCH ELL.
. J. A. ELATTENBERGER,
Claim and Collection Office,
OSCEOLA, ClearOeld Co., Pa.
-Conveyanoing and all legal paper, drawn
with Mennrarv and di. natch. Itiafu on and pa-
,,e-',ti la m anjr paint in Europe
proaured. oot"o
CHARLES SCHAFER,-
liAGFR BE E K ItKEWER,
V ClearOeld, Pa.
HAYINM rented Mr. EntrW Brewery he
hopes by strict attention to business and
the manufacture of a superior article of IttiEK
to receive the patronage of all the old and many
new eostoinora. . Aug. 25, tf.
THOMAS H. FORCEE,
DBILRR I
GENERAL MERCHANDISE,
UHAHAMTON, Pa.
Also, extenalr, manufacturer and dealer In Fquare
Timber and Bawed Lumber of all kinds.
f9Orin aolieited and all 'bill, promptly
mied. Jyio-iy
aao. ALaaar naaar aLBBnT.M v. albbrt
W. ALBERT & BROS.,
Manufacturers A extensive Dealers in
Sawed lumber, Square Timber, &o.,
wpoDLAND, man A.
sT Orders aolieited. Bills tilled oa abort notice
ad reaseable terms.
Address Woodland P. 0., Clearfield Co., Pa.
jeSA-ly W ALllKKT A 11K03.
FRANCIS COUTRIET,
MERCHANT,
Irvine ti vl. I. Claarftvld Couiitv. Pa.
Keeps const antly oa hand a full usortmcnt of
Dry tlwHls, Hardware, Groceries, and everything
II. V 1. . ...I ..111 )a .mLi
vmmnwj muy iu -w.,
for cash, an chenp as elsewhere in the county.
REUBEN HACKMAN,
House and Sign Painter and Paper
Hanger,
ClearOeld, Penn'a.
f.WIIl execute Job. In hi. Una promptly and
In a workmanlike manner. apr4,07
J. K. BOTTORF'S
PIIOTOGRAPU GALLERY,
' Market Street, ClearOeld, Fa.
XT-CROMOa MADE A SPECIALTf.-
NEGATIVES made In cloudy a, well a. in
clear weather. Constantly on hand a good
aortmcnt of FRAMES, BTKREtJSCUl'ES and
STKREOSt'UI'IO VIEWS. Frames, from any
style of moulding, mad. to order. apr2S-tf
J. MILES KRATZER,
MERCHANT,
DR1LBB l ,
- Dry Goods, Clothing, Hardware,
Cutlery, Queensware, Orov.rl ProTlsloIa
Bblnglea,
ClearOeld, Penn'a.
erAt their new .tore room, on Second stratt,
near 11. t, Biglar A lo'a Hardware store J.nl4
1. noixownus
Bi pari, canar.
H0LL0WBUSH & CAREY,
BOOKSELLERS, . .
Blank Rook Manufacturers,
AND STATIONKRB,
91 .Wnrfcrl I'hUadelphUt.
Paper 8('1" ',M"'I'
Letter, Note, Wrapping, Curtain and Wall
Paper,.
feh21.70.lypd
A Notorious Fact I
rpilKHK are aior. people trnuhl.d with Long
I liiseases In thi, town than any otherplaee o
ll. slse In the Hint.. On, of the great cau.es of
this le. the useo! an Impure ariirie ui i., "'?!
miied wilh sulphur. Now, hy not avoid all
this, en I pre.arv. your lives, l,y using only
lluiiipnre)'B uirarsi i "
, n..i fi m the sloro, of Rifli.nl
Moon w'd James 0. Oraham A Sods will remit.
prompt .tlellou.AnnAiMMncMI,UBEr
Cleerflaid, November 10, 1870 If.
I.RF.XEL & CO..
No. it South Third Street, PhUdlphl
Lee tn fiovArnmant Securities.
pplleatlon by mall will tit prontpl atted.
lion! and all lnformatoa .awrtolly "Jj"""?'
Otdars WIKatti rf" "
REIELD
THE REPUBLICAN.
CLEARFIELD, Pa.
WEDNESDAY M0RN1N3, SEPT. , 1871.
A STIRLING OLD P4EM,
Who shall jndg him from his manners F
Who shall know him by bis dross t
Paupers may be fit for priuoes,
I'riueos fit for something loss.
Crumpled shirt and dirty Jacket '
May becliithe the golden ore,
Or the deepest thoughts and feelings j
Batin vest can do no more.
There are streams of crystal nectar
Ever flowing out of stone)
There are purple beds and golden,
Hidden, crushed and overthrown,
flod, who counts by souls, not dresses,
Loves and prospore you and me,
While he values thrones the bigheet
t - Hat aa teeweaa ta ta aw. . -
Man a praised above hii fellows
Oft forgets his fellow then
Jlanters 'rulers lords, remember
That your meanest bines are men I
Mld of tabor, men of feeling,
Men of thought, men of fame.
Claiming righu to gulden sunshine
In a man's ennobling name, i
There are foam-embroidered oceans, ,
There are little wood-clad rills i
There are feeble incb-birh mplings,
There are oednrs on the hills,
(iod, who counts by souls, nut stations.
Loves and prospers yon and me;
For to Him all vain distinctions
Arc as pebbles in the sea.
Toiling hands alone are builders
Of a nation's wealth and fame ;
Tilted huiness is pensioned;
Fed and fattened on the same
By the sweat of other's foreheads,
Living only to rejoice,
While the poor man's outraged freedom
Vainly hits Its feeble voice.
Troth and justice are eternal,
Horn with loveliness and light;
Secret wrongs shall never prosper
While there is a sunny right,
God, whose world-wide voice is iluglog
Houndlcs lore to yon and me,
Heeds oppression, with its titles.
llut as pehhles in the sea.
MY ANTI-WEEVIL CAMPAIGN.
lit TUE HON. 8. 8. COX, M. C.
I I) d boon cleclod lo CongrcuR in
1556, on tho Buchanan ticket. Rut,
somehow, I vos a "Pontjlau man,"
though hardly a man ot the limo in
political experience. Kansas), bleed
ing and what not, wn rnntipolcd aflor
as on our advent into Washington, in
December, 1857. I wanamonif.indoed
the very first to break tho ice al ter Dou
glas' anti-Lecompton spcoch against
the Kann9 policy of tho AdminiHtra
tion. It was also tho first speech in
the now hall ; but is memorable to me
for olhor reasons. That speech cost
me much anxiety and a conplo of post
masters. The game "chop which fed
somo hungry partisans cut oft others.
Tho attack on that speech was tor
rifle. Points of order briellcd like
Quills upon Shakespeare's net. Gen
eral Quitman, Itocock, of Virginia,
Jones, of Tennessee, Judge Hughes,
of Indiana et alii, firat tried to prevent
my 8naK!nj a ail. llow I man;jcd
tu gul through, I can hardly toll. I
have a dreamy senso, whilo tromitling
like an aspen, of being recruited by
the sonorous voico of GonSral Ranks,
and tho rotund form of Humphrey
Mafliall. '1 hey shielded me. on the
points of order.
15 ut an mis is a momory. liic jacct
in the Globe.
After ninth acrimony, a comprom
ise, called tho Knglinh bill, was intro
duced by Bill English, of Indiana. I
voted fur it. It was thought to bo a
safe middle course; as Train would
say, a tutis simus ibis you know the
bird. Khou I Thon began my woes.
How little they seem now, sinco tho
great ovonts of the war t I had run
between two fires the Buchanan Old
Lines and the Douglas Young Ameri
cas. I have not bolted much since.
My woes were worse when I reach
ed Columbus, in the Summer of 1808.
That I was elected that year, from tbo
Capital (Ohio) District, is to me a
marvel. I think my youthful and
unsophisticated sincerity saved mo.
I hau onuoavored to be very just.
llow I was elected is found in my
history. When I began the campaign
I was met by tho ICepubliuuns, de
nouncing the English bill and all who
voted for It. I was a most peculiarly
blistered traitor. The ropoul of tho
Missouri Compromise was not so bard
to moot. In my agony I sought seclu
sion. From my father's farm, in
Muskingum county, "I bid tho lively
scenes at distance bail !" My father
was a farmer, and was thon harvest
ing. Ho boasted about a peculiar
kind of grain. A relative in a distant
eonntry had funrnishod a kind of
wheat, not irom tno juouiierranoan,
but not unlike that coreal. One thing,
however, was euro about it it was
weovil proof. That post had ravaged
the richest fields of the Stato. Lick
ing and Seiota valleys, my own dis
trict, had Buffered. Was I not then,
as now, a friend of agrioulturo ? Auk
my, lust competitor, Mr. Grooley, who
disputed its honors In tha farming
of .New York Ciiy !
A:'"'nn!3 had been madetoprovent
weevil, to scare weevil, to obliterate
weevil, nirus nati uoon biiv"w
lunch on weevil. 'Kvcry effort was in
vain. The weevil became the chronic
pluguo of Central Ohio. My own pa
rent had lound tno groin panacea
not panacea exactly, but prevention.
How 1 luupod lo It 1 I mentioned that
I was a iriend to agrioulturo, I think.
Millions would bo savod to that occu
pation. It was July, iho harvest
bad been gathered. , Whereas the
year boforo there, had boon death,
through tno weevil, to an me paiornui
acrca, my father had found that the
weevil had failed this season in the
most vulnerable spots. I said, "good,
this shall be utilised ; 1 will not hide
this w boat ptidsr a bushel." I forth
with requosted my female relatives to
make sucks ny tho hundred, .order
ed several bushels of that wheat. 1
bad lubols printed !
-, M. 0.
ANTI-WEEVIL WHEAT.
I bad. In mv exultation, forgotten
the poitnl laws, I had neglected lo
tdvlsa UtO Agricultural yepsximanv
PRINCIPLES)
CLEARFIELD, PA., WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 6,
I had the sacks filled. I directod
them miscellaneously all ovor the dis
trict. What were .Republicans or
Domoorats to mel "Weovil or Anti-
Weovil" that was the question.
.1 was threatened with proaeoution
by the Fodoral authorities. But still
the weevil-proof wheat was carriod
over Licking, Pickaway, and Franklin
by tho score. Tbo campaign waxod
hot in Seplombor. A Democrat bad
bolted, and was to run against me.
Ho was a fluent lawyer, and quilo
ready to arraicn me on Looomnton
and the English bill. Indeed, in our
nrst ."joint high discussion, ho did
arraign me. But the gravamen ofj
bis charge was that I bad violated the
postal laws In sending out among tho
farmers a bogus kind of wheat. Ho
huranguod the people to show that it
was not anti-woovil ; it was full of
cheat, weovil, and all aorta or uuUmii
things. My sacks were ransackod,
my wheat sifted.' It was ground be
tween tho upper and nolhor millstone
of popular opprobrium. Tho cam
paign grow hot and hottor. I becamo
alarmed, rosters wore stucK on trees,
shods, and tavern sign post, iu all tho
townships and towns :
"WESVIlI WEEVIL I DOWW WITH THE
WEEVIL CANDIDATE I"
Handbills wore circulated, charging
me with an insidious dosire to ruin
the sericulture of an honest, hard
working poople. Contra! Committees
ibbucu private circulars aim buiubmcui
tables, explaining tho delolorious in
fluence of the weevil upon tho farming
intorest. The slulf of lito was called
in as a crutch lo bolp my competitor.
Orators barangncd groat crowds, in
school houses and in town-halls, on
the deloterions naturoof tho Congress
man and weovil. lue first was an
enemy to freo Kansas, and the second
to fair agriculture. Tbo bost talent
of Ohio, then rull of elocutionary go
nius, was evoked to show the conncc
tion between Looomnton and wheat
weovil and the English bill.
My frionds wore in dispnir. Our
County Control Committees woro de
moralised. lluNly meetings wore call
ed. Mon unused lo despair old Jack
son hickories, never uprooted in our
Democratic forest by any avcrso blasts
shook their heads wisely, liko Bur-
Ictghs : thoir young and sanguine can-
didato bad spoiled tho campaign. It
was bad enough to uo between Doug
las and but-human, and to lake the
fire of both, and the Republicans also;
but weovil ! woevil I was too much.
I tried to explain. Bah 1 1 tried to
mention, in a weak way, that my pa-
tornul relative had tried it, and Bah I
I montioned, on ono occasion only,
that I was a disinterested friend of
that farming interest which had onoo
olected mo, and whoso conlinuod suf
frago and crops wero dear lo my
hftnrt. Beth I .list In th. vnm of
Jackson, and so forth, was our candi
date about Thon be broke the postal
law lo send bis infernal wheat over
tho distriot t It It wero good wheat
even if it were weevil-proof bow
could the fact bo proved until after
the election, noxt your 1 Houvcnst
That had not occurcd to mo.
All ovor tho district, where my wee
vil had gone, my sacks were emptied,
and bitter, vindictive partisan oppo
nents had filled tho emptied sucks
wilb the scrapings of their barns, tboir
barrels, their boxes and thoir bags.
Affidavits were procured by my frionds,
which stated that on a dark and rainy
night two Radicals were soon going
10 a bam with a lantern, whore thoy
emptied my Invaluable sood wheal
upon the floor and filled tho saqks
with the awfullost offal. My wheat,
wbich was proof strong as holy writ,
was dishonored by trifles light as air.
It was shown up to prejudiced and
gaping votors as "cheat." It was
worso than chaff. I will not say what
these bitter partisans mixed with my
unadulterated seed. I recall specially
ono orator. His nsmo absorbed a
quarter of tho alphabet, and be inndo
the weevil question paramount. Was
there any spot from Fullsburg to New
Holland, running over two hundred
miles of arnblo land from the har.ol
bushos of Red Brush to tho corn fiolds
of that classic soil where Logan did
not sponk what JetTorson rcportod
was there one man, woman or child
who bad not hoard the voice of that
orator denouncing the weevil fraud f
But I look back with delight to
those friends who exorcised their faith
in my agricultural rectitude. Faith
is good in the dark. As the election
day approached, this faith bcoame
more nocossary. Nothing would do
but I must moot my opponont, in do
bate, on tbo weovil question. I
agreed to do it. It was my salvation.
Before tbe day of dobate, Governor
Corwin was tent for. The campaign
was In bis vein. He seemed to appre
ciate its points. He was a dovotoo of
that i
"Ooddesa fair and fre,
In Ileavau yolept, Kuphronyne
IJy men heart-easing Mirth."
Ho came. Ho-liad been Governor,
benator, Secretary of tho Treasury
Sut, most of all, he had been, and yet
was, the rarest of all tbe Buckeye hu-
moi ills an3 orators.
First he woni iS Cirelovilld. " W nal
hhall I snoak about f" said he to the
committee. That bony in mil cnoru.i
responded. "Weovil. Our member is
dodging the Lecomplon Insuo; he Ig
nores the English bill, he seeks to do
fraud honost agriculture, by socking
rates through Woovil. Governor,
hold him up to the scorn of an indig
nant community." tornwall likea
the issuo. . He told me afterwards Ihnt
he enjoyod that campaign.
'Follow-cltizcna,' he began, 'yonr
member has voted on both sides of
the Looompton question. He desires
you to forget bow he disliked Bu
chanan and desorted Douglas. Ho
would persuado yon that he is for free
Kansas, and tbat If tho people can't
vole directly for It under tho Engliah
bill they- may vote it down. How
docs he do this?' Al this pause th
Governor producos my .anti-weevil
sack. He shows the shafT, clioatrdirt,
rust, and so'fourth, clandestinely in
troduced for political effect, Into my
Innooont sack and with ono of those
wondorful grimaoos and gestures,
which, wou!4 hv mar bit fortqn
EE
3
NOT MEN.
on iho comic etago, bo says: 'Your
monborask you to vote for him as a
sadlle tJg candidate, on both aide of
Lectmplon. How would bs porsnads
your "Won't you take a little wee
vil I" '
lia roar of laughlor among my one
mini wore induscribublo for noiso and
extmt. So I was told. I did not
licai him but onoo, and then but a
short time. That was aflor ho bad
spolcn it tho Capital.
hcn he wont to Newark to speak
id tlo Fair Grounds, I was so audaci
ous is lo go out to hoar. I hitched
the horso and baggy in the woods,
crept quietly undor a slouchod bat,
and vilb a hickory tree as a btrra
oadc, I sut on the grass in hearing
distance. When I reached tbe
groinds there were five thousand ex
ciud Republicans already assembled,
'rhertj la unusual commotion iu the
throng. The Governor is driven np
in a barouche wilb six whilo horses.
On each Lorso, abovo the ear, is a Aug
" Down aith the Weevil candidate 1"
Banners are borne into the masses,
amid shouts, bouring inoltos: "For
Congress, Lucius Cuso, the Farmer's
Friend, and the opponent of Weovil I"
Tbe stand, too, ornamented with flags.
On thorn various emblotns and devices:
"Dread it tho Stuff of Life. Cox
would poison il with Weevil I" "Sun
set has Gono Down behind a Wheat
Field 1" "Froe Kansas and a Fair
Harvest t" Quito a tumult arises on
tho stand as the Republican magnates
of that country rise to receive tiover
njr Corwin. The band strikos up
"Soo, the Conquoring Hero comes."
A chairman was appointed. I know
him well. Ho was irom Granville, a
Republican township, which always
gnvo ovor two hundred against me,
ullhough there wore several churches
and a collcgo tbero, and but one tavern,
where no liquor was told except on
tho sly. I may mention that 1 got
somo support tbero from n water cure.
But that man, as I said, was my bete
noir. He had put questions lo me
about taxation and ratio of repre
sentation, though I leat nod he never
paid any taxos, and only represented
bankruptcy. Still bo was a class of
politicians of tho pictislio sort.
I poop around my Iron to hear his
opening. He says : "Foelleowciti
xonsr Before Governor Corwino be
gins his nddros, I desire to propeound
an iiitcrrengctry. Is there any on
hero in tho crowd who has any of tbo
weevil whoat sent out by our member
of Congress?"
At this poiut a dozed sacks woro
pitchod on to the a'.und. I trembled
lor my reputation. "A committee
(accent on the com) is sitting on lle
bind eond of tbo stand examinin the
gonooincss of this new-fangled wheat.
(Cheers). We will unmasTt this dem
ngnjTtie who sends it out. Ho !re
leniln to bo tho lurmers iriend. He
ts the onomy of their hcomcs and
bearlhs. He would crawl, liko tho
animale of holy writ, into the very
kneading troughs of honest people he
has betrayed on the Locompton bill.
(Cheers). Is iho eommittoe ready to
report?"
At this point tho committee npproach
the front of tho stand. They are led
by what Corwin use lo call, afterward,
a Blue-Belly. Uo is a long, gangling,
Ichahod Crano sort of person, wilh a
highly nnsul twang and tho sing-song
of exhortation. Boforo ho begins, tho
string band, consisting of thrco fiddles,
a file and a tenor drum, strikes up
"Tho Girl I Lell Behind. Me." I
sympathize wilh the tune, but tbe
music does not soften the features of
that Chairman. He advises the peo
ple thus: "Mr. Chocrmanandfullow
cilizonsi Tbe eommittoe appointed
to examine this wheat have concluded
their labors, and are unanimously of
the opinion there a woevil in it.
(Uhocrs.; Alter wiin-n a stray uoroo
oral from Newton township, a liltlo
lively on the subject of irrnin and its
juices, proposed lo whip tho crowd.
' r.. uv :l f. .. ...1 !-..
110 waa lur 1 1 cuvii, i.ui kmu viio
slitution, and could lam any "abolish"
in the mooting."
Il It neediest to say how the moot
ing treated my friend and Govornor
Corwin in that report. Tho joke was
too classical, lie picluros the con
dilion of Kansas the blight of sla
very on its virgin toil, the men of
blood and crimo ana arisos 10 tins
Climax at every turn : "and for ihceo
ffrievances your Congressman pro
poses What? To devastate your
fair fields with the woevil." (Choers.)
But I cannot dwell on this phase of
the., campaign. How I met him I
need not say. Whon I was carried off
Iho stand by an enlliuaiuslio and par
tial crowd, tho last I hoard him say,
in bis closing quartorof an hour, wore
the words, "weovil, weevil, woovil j"
whilo, hurling through the air, at tbo
heads of speaker, moderator, and com
mittees, from tho hands oi indignant
Democrats, were innumerable sacks
uf weovil. I loarnod afterward thai
a census of that weevil thower was
lakon, and somo fifty more sacks
wero miraculously taken up that day
than 1 had over tent forth.
This discussion had changed tho tido.
tido. I gnve an honost account to the
poopo of that whoat. I begged to allow
the ircnuine article one year to trow.
J ventured to predict tho future field,
so ofiun dorfislatod by this insect cno
my of agriculture. 1 explained learn
edly that it was a iaiVft of tho ponla
merout bucllot of tho tribe trichnptera.
This was satisfactory. I described
tbo enout of the animal, how It digs
into the innocent grain, and how tho
grubs burrow, when halchod.and con
sume theseod. l'lacing my hand upon
my vest, I told how my hoart yoarn
ed to eradicate this enemy of agrioul
lure from the wheut field. "What I"
I exclaimed, "whon I find a class of
wheat Impervious to those enemios oi
your daily bread, am I to ksep it a
secret? Never I Let Kansas be blight
ed, and bo bled with the foul durao of
civil conflict, but save, oh I save, the
fruitful fields of lovely Licking ! Why,
follow cllizons, the very woodnockors
(cheers for Cox) are the enomiet of
this, your enemy. 1 he red ortnio and
the black bird (lailghtor) aliko dctosl
and destroy it. 1 would rather vote
for a woodpecker (rotiowed cheers for
cox; man a man wno riuicmes my
PUBLICiN
1871.
NEW
fooblo altompt to stay the ravagoa of
lusuuuvuniui piague i ijet us
raise, on our bannors and la our voices,
tbe Inspiring battle cry, 'Down with
Weevil, and up with Democracy I'
(Cheers.) -e, V
It is nncilleaa In mnv that Ik!. (.;!,
, - . " J ""v i,,a atjiv
boletb was caught up. Every Demo
crat mooting and procession was
made resonant wilh thn enii.y,Aa:i
cry. Every hickory pole, rising above
nun oi Liomocrnua heads Irom a
hickory waifon in a Dum nrro tin nre.
cossion, wns surmounted by a sack,
il s .
iuouiiucu wiin my name at the anil,
weevil enndidate for Congress. Squat
tor Sovereignty, and Good Crops."
I Wna ler,tlJ T ilnnhlofl m. v S.m
er majority. The noxt yonr proved
me to bo a friond of agriculture. My
whoat, whon genuine, wat froo from
the Insect. Millions have been saved
to those counties. , That wheat ia yet
grown. Itopublieana tdamored for il
u L-iMiuron tor .tirs. iv insiow s syrup,
but it took soveral seasons boforo
Democrats would allow their Radical
neighbors to have oven seed wheat
from my brand. ,
On mv return from Pnnrrrr.au in
after harvest I addressed a nieolinc!
nnu noiuiy put, uhs question : "If m
anli. weevil tvhout has nrnvnrl t.lm sol
vation of your grain harvest, so have
my aim econipion voles proved to
he the Salvation of K Annua Tn there
anyone horo who will deny that wheat
1 .. I. , . n n . - , . .
iu uo wcovii prooi f II to, let lum
stand np."
A fellow dressed in a wamus, from
the bead waters of Black Lick, oricd
OUt. "Not Onlv weevil. nrnnf hut mimr-
proof, cheat-proof, and darn my boots
if it isn't bog-proof too ! My hogs got
nnu i mi iioiu mo omor any, and would
neither oat nor root I"
Educating Horses.
The old conventional torm, "break
ing horses," or "breaking horses in,"
ought to be discarded ; and il is by
muny intelligent horsomon. "Break
ing in" an animal is a misnomer. The
ctiliro management of an animal that
is being trained, is an educational pro
cess. Young colts are educated. All
horses can be educated to do whatovor
tho driver wishes. They obey choer
fully and without grumbling, evon
though put to rest at half rations in a
cold, filthy, muddy etublo. A horse
can bo laughlto know the harness will
not hurt him. Then bo will not kick
at it and run away. Ho is easily
taught lo pull by the traces, or by the
nailer strap. It you want turn to pull
on the halter, ail you havo to do is
lo hitch him to tomothing he can
easily bt-ca'ii, and be will toon loam
to pull back with such force that no
bridle can hold him. If you want
him to pull woll in the traces, givo
him a light load until bo lenrns lo
move it, and ho will toon pull bis best
at heavy loads, llorsos balk or pu
just as they aro taught. It does not
mailer which end of the horoo you
fasten the weight to. They will bulk
at readily whon hitched by the traces,
if properly trained, as when hichod
by the hnltcr; and they will pull
back at faithfully by tbe hnlttu-, if
trained lo do so, as they pull lorward
whon hichod by the traces to a wugnn.
1 1. is an cssy matter to teach n horso
lo refuse lo pull al cither tho liulther
or traces, and it is equally as easy to
touch him to pull by tho same means.
If thoso who drive horses would koep
Ibis in view, and keep their temper
out ot viow, thoy would never be null
ty of the shameful act of beating thoir
loam in a mudhole or on tho hillside.
Petticoat Pkecipitanct. Mary
Dorman, a girl about seventeen yonrs
of age, did a very foolish and danger
ous thing lust Tuesday afternoon. She
was a passenger on tho evening train
for Scranton, and about tbreo miles
from that city she put her hood out
of tho car window, nnd away went
her hat on a puff of wind. The lie
publican states that she made a grab
for tho fleeting article of head gear
but missed It, and going to tho pint
form, deliberately jumped from tho
enr alter tt. the conductor statos
that a distance of ono hundred feet
was travolod before sho struck the
ground, when the rolled over in a
heap. Tho train was stopped snd the
girl pickod up in a comntono condition.
On Ilia arrival of the train nt that city
sho was taken to the city hospital,
the conductor expecting to find more
of bor bonos broken. Strange to re
late, however, not a bone was broken,
bnt the girl wns so terribly bruised
that it is doubtful whother shs can re
cover. She is a resident of Scranton.
If Mary don't put a curb upon hor pre
cipitin disposition, she will stand a
fair chance of making an early wid
owor of the man foolish enough to
marry her.
A bright little boy about four yonrs
of age, son of a clorgyman, was al
your correspondent's house ono even
ing with Ins pnrents, and 1 gnve him
a couple of five cent pieces. He laid
them on tho tahlo, and putting his
finger on one said, "This ono 1 am go
ing to give to tho heathen, snd the
other one I am going lo keep myself "
He played with them awhile, till final
ly ono of them rolled away nnd he
could not find it. "Well," paid I, "my
lad, which one have you lost J" "Oh,"
said he, "I havo luttt tho one I was
going to give to tho heathen."
Shoddy will nol woar. Reputation
will never answer for character. No
othor way is open to a man except to
pay the demanded price for the solid
gold. "Whatsoever a mon sowclh
that shall ho also reap." There nrc
numbers of mon who, going down
undor tho illusion that they escape do
tootion, that their frauds in literature,
in religion, in biiHinoss, could novor bo
detected, and that Character could be
oonvenlently dispensed with, givo, us
Beeeber torins it, 'Illustrious instances
of how God's govornniont grinds np
fools."
Truo Joy it a sorene and sobor
emotion ; and they aro miserably out
that take laughter for rejoicing ; the
seat of II is within, and there it no
cheerfulness liko the resolution of a
bravs mind,
TERMS-$2 por annum, in Advance.
SERIES - V0L. 12, NO. 84.
Was Shylocfe a Jew.
Thore are people who boltove that
ShakHpeare mudo Shylock a Jow in
ordor to pandor to the popular hostili-
ty exisiung at thai day to the Israel
ites. But, tens Shylock tho Shylock
of history, a Jew or a Christian ? A
oorrespondont, (M. K. G.,) who lakes
an Interest in the query, writes as fol
lows! "tho nflair took pliico nt Rome
in tho time of I'opeSoxtus the Filth
I have copied the same verbatim fioni
a work ontitlorj 'History of Pope
Sextut V.,' psga 401 : -
It was currently reported in Romfl,
that Drake hud taken mid plundered
St. Doniingo,-.in Ilispnniolu, and car-
led off nn immonso booty. This ao
count camo In a prirato letter to I'uul
Scchi, a very considerable morchnnl
in the city, who had lurie concurns in
thoso ports wliier, hg Ip,""' upon ro
ceiving this bows Tlo sent for the
insurer, Sampson Conedu, a Jew,
whoso interosl it was to havo such a
roport thought fulse, cave many roa
sons why it could not possibly bu truo,
and at last worked himself into such a
passion that he said, "I'll lay a pound
of my flesh it is n lie." Such wagers.
it is woll known, aro often proposed,
hy poople of strong passions, to con
vince others that are incredulous or
obstinate. Nolhing is more common
than to say, "I'll lay my life on it.1
"I'll forfeit my right band if it is not
iruo.
Sochi, who wns of u fiery, hot tern
per, replied, "If you liko it I'll lay you
ono thousand crowns against a pound
of your flesh, it is truo." Tho Jow
accepted tho wager, and articles wero
immediately exocutod between them
the substance of which was that if
Scchi won bo should himself cut the
flesh Willi a sharp knife, from whut
over part of tho Jew's body ho pleasod.
Unfortunately for tho Jew tho truth
of the account was very soon after
confirmed by other advicos from tho
West Indies, which threw him almost
into distraction, especially whon he
was informed that bcchl hat solemnly
sworn lie would compel turn to tho cx
act literal performance of the contract
and was determined lo cut a pound
of flesh from tho Jew's body. Upon
this ho wont to tho Governor of Rome,
and begged he would interpose in the
affuir nnd uso his authority to prevail
on ncchi to uccept one thousand pis
toles ac'un equivalent for the pound of
tlcsh ; but tho Governor, not during to
determine a case of bo uncommon a
nature, made a report to tho Popo,
who sent for them both, and having
heard Iho articles read and informed
himself of the whole affair from their
own mouths, said : '-When contracts
are made it is just they should bo ful
filled, as we intend this shall. Take
a knife, Scchi, and cut a pound of
tlcsh Irom any part you please ot tho
Jow'a body. We would advise you,
hnwnvor, to bo rory onroful, for if you
cut a scruple, or a grain, moro or less
than your duo, you shall certainly bo
hanged. Go and bring hither a knife
and a pair of scales, and let il be dono
in our presence" The merchant at
these words began lo tromblo liko an
aspon leaf, and throwing himself at
the feet of his Holinoss, with tears in
his eyes protested it was fur from his
thoughts to insist upon tho perform
ance of the contract, and being nsked
by Iho Popo what he demanded, said,
"Nothing, Holy Futher, but your
benediction, and tho articles may bo
torn to pieces j" thon turning to tho
Jew, asked him what he bad to say,
and whether ho was content. Tho
Jow answered ho thought himsolf ex
tremely hsppy to come off at so easy
a rale, and that he was perfectly con
lent. "But wo are not content," re
plied Soxtus, "nor is thcro sufficient
satisfaction mado to our laws j we do
tire to know what authority you have
to lay such wagors. The subjects of
princes are tbe property of tho state,
and thoy have no right to disposo of
their bodies or any part ot thitn,
without express consent of their sov
ereigns," They wero both sent to
prison, and the Governor ordered to
proceed against thorn w.ith tho utmost
severity of the law.
Thoughts. Thouitlils are tho oli-
ments upon which tho mind feeds. If
they aro kept puro and in constant
exorciso, they impnrt health and vig
or, nnd are like fertilizing currents
running through tho toil. Thore is
one view respecting thorn that should
awakon tho greatest tnxioty to have
them nndor proper control. A sim
ple thought whether good or evil, will
introduce othor trains of reflection of
a kindred nature. Thoughts love
company, nnd gather around them
others of a congnniul charactor, and it
is, therefore, of tho highest importance
Hint wo should convene within tho
chnmbcr of the mind those of an en
nobling and purifying nature.
An Irishman in batllo was nol a lit
tle astonished when his oomrado, on
his right, lost his head hy a cannon
ball, toon a enmrado on his left receiv
ed a wound in his hnnd, and throw
down his gun, yelling wilh pain, when
tho Irishman rushed up to him cx
Jniming. 'Blast yor soul, you old
woman, stop crying, for bo jahers, you
mnke more noise about il than tho
man who lost his head.'
a ii ,
An Alabama editor having read Dr.
flull't lee I u ro advising lhat husband
snd wife should sleop in separate
apartments snyt that Dr. Hall can
al.tn, where I, A ehoosnil Hill, fnr him.
self ho intonils to sloep where ho can
r , il. !r- - . . n,l.,.H
ueienu nis who against rain uiu. umei
nocturnal foes, as lone as ho has got
one to defend.
At . fii, n.lno ai-lmnl In Rinon. a
tonchor asked a liltlo boy If ho know
. ,. . .
what the expression -sowing tare,
meant. "Conrlh I doos," nnd ho, pull
ing the seat of hit liltlo Irnwscrs
round in front, "there's a tear my ma
sewed j I toarod it sliding down hill."
A poor Irishman offered an old
saucepan for solo. Hit children gath
ered round him, and inquired why ho
parted with it "Och, me honeys,"
answered he, I wouldn't bo aflher
parting will it, but for a liltlo money
to buy tometing wid it, put tn it."
The Etuu Embezzlement,- -
How Eraua Minded hi, owl IlualuaaTbr'
Vlalon of A User.
ft '
Mr. Evant wat not slow in present
ing himself at tho treasury gatot in' ,
Washington and demanding cush. It
has novor been explained, and II does
not yet appear, what was the naturo
of tho special agon ft torviocs in get-
ling debts clearly duo tho ntute paid,
or that lie did tiny thing more than
oas lor mo money and rcctipt lor it.
However, Evans set a notubio exam
plo to his fellow creatures, and especi
ally to bit fellow rogues, In one par
ticular, lla minded hu own UustntSi
ttrictly. He did not seek unprofitable
notoriety. Ho shunned newspaper
fume, llo did not evon poster the
government wilh the annual report ho
hud bound himself lo make, uud be
was slow and thy when ho got a war
rant into hit pockot about passing it
ovor to tho State Treasurer. And 10
tbe devoted follow labored for more
than four long years, silontlv but por
sistontly, with a single eye lo the pub-
io interests, and two to his own, and
would, doubtless, had hit own wishes'
bcon consulted, have descended to tho
grave in allluenl and cozy obscurity.
Rut the nowspapcra will not lot Mr.
bvans blush unseen, they havo drag
ged him forth aom his modest retire
ment and ho bat grown famous in a
duy. It soeint that ho has deductod
from the amounts thul bo claims tit...
havo collected at Washington since
1607, for his services in signing re
ceipts therefor, the neat little sum of
TWO 11 UN DRIU AMD NIMKTI TDOU-.
SAND DOI.LAIIS.
Tho joint resolutions under which
Evans wus appointed provided that
the agont should bo allowed as a com
pensation not over ton por cent, of the
amount collected by him. The reso
lution clearly contemplated lhat this
allowanco wus to bo fixed by tho ac
counting officers of t Ii o Common-
woallh aftorhehnd paid Ins collections
into tho treasury that it should be
based on the amount of labor, thought
and limo which il might appear bit
duties had exacted, and lhat in no
event should it exceed ten per cent.
But Mr. Evans wus unwilling to run
any disagreeable risks. Accounting
oflicors are mortal like other men, nnd
thcreforo fickle, and it was just possible
that tho Auditor General and Stule
Treasurer might, in a fit of caprice, do
oido that five per cent., or even a beg
garly one pcrcont., would amply com
pensate tho special agent for tho ar
duous loafing bo had dono about
Washington while waiting for tho
warrants. Mr. Evans belioved firmly
in Iho scriptural plan of leaving tho ox
that treads out the corn unmuczled,
and ho availed himself of the blessed
freedom of the law to gobble tho pro
ducts of tho governmont granary in a
fashion w hich may be mildly termed
hoggish. He held fust lo hourly threo
hundred thousand dollars his "ten
per cent." ho called it and tardily
paid tho rest of his collodions into the
treasury without advising wilh tho
accounting officers ns to the rato of
his compensation or condescending to
inform thorn of the delightful baluneo
in his pockot.
But there is a darker pago still in
tho black story of Evans. Not only
did bo, wilb tho vioion of n seer, dis
cern, tbrco years ago, the exact
amounts that tho United States would
pay in this year '71, but, with admi
rable thrift, bo puid himself his com
missions on these prospective amounts
out of tht monies collected in '67 and
'08. But he did bettor still. His ge
nius and his garb woro not only pro--phetio
but retrospective ns well. He
pocketed ton per conl. on the sum of
$1,304,711 which Iho general govern
ment had allowed Pennsylvania in a
settlement In 1802, five years before his
appointment. Ho held fust also lo ten
per cent, on the sum of 86u6,000 pniJ
to the Stato September 19, lslil, near
ly six years before his appointment.
Thcso two items which i'J allowed
hiinBcIf for service never rendered and
as a percentage ou money which he
had no moro agency in collecting thun
ho had in the creation of the world,
foot up to tho amount of
one dundred and ninety-one thou-
SASD POLLAnS. v
Lcnving nut of consideration alto
gether the swindling charges by which
he has stretched his pay to 100,000
beyond tho uhovo amount, just think
of this amount by itself. Nearly tiOO,
000 of publio money deliberately put
into bis purso by a scoundrel who had
no more claim to it than ho has to
your watch or spectacles, and this gi
gantic and audacious robbery perpe
trated under tho noses of a Republican
Governor, Auditor General and Stato
Treasurer, nnd only brought to the
notice of tho publio at last by the
faithful Democratic prossl What at
state of morality in high places doos
this case reveal T
Of course our readers will naturally'
ask is Evans in jail ? Is the Governor
indignant at this robbery of tho Stule
and bent nn bringing the criminal to
justice? Nol a bit of it. - Ha is doing
his best to screen the villain and
Evans is sporting over the land in
high enjoyment of his stealings. For
ought we know bo is nt Long Branch
racing and guzzling chnmpagno with
Grunt, for be has plenty of cash to
mnke picsertsand Grant is nol par
ticular in his inquiries about whero
money comes from so long as it is ju
diciously invested In horses, watches,
houses and eigitrs for himself. Easton
Argus.
The most populur d id rine to preach
in these limes, and tho hardest one to
practice, tho old-fnsliioned npostolio
doctrino of self denial. This is the
grace that pinches. Tho daily battle
of Christian principle is wilh that art
ful, stihtlo, greedy sinner, solf. And
the highest victory of our religion ia
to follow Jnsus over tho rugged path
of sell denial. Jhis is mainly to be
done in tho liltlo everyday acts of life.
The great orbasions liiat demand tub
lime saurifioet aro few and rare.
A little boy having broken his rock
ing horse Iho duy it was bought, bit
mother began to rebuke him, snd to
threaten to box his ear,. He silenced
her by Inquiring, ''Whut is Ihe uso of
a good host till it's broke f" '
A Lnuisvlllo dairyman lies been
fined for not getting enough milk in
hie wator.
A Hint. Girls, remember that tho
man who bows, smiles, and says many
soft thing to you, has no gonuino love (
whilo ho who loves most sincerely
straggles to hide tho weakness of his
heart, and frequently appears decid
edly awkward: .
They do business with dispatch In
Texas. A man In a cerlain neighbor
hood having lost a valuable mare, re
ceived the following telegram :
' Mure horo. Come gel hor. Thief
hnng"
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