THE Scuotcfr io politics, literature, Agriculture, Science, iWoralitw, auir General utelligence. VOL. 24. STROUDSBURG, MONROE COUNTY, PA JANUARY 4, 1868. N0J3; Published bjr TllCodorC ScIlOCh. 1'ERMS-Tvro dollars a year in ndvanrc-and If no &U before the end of the yeaJ, t o dollars and fitfy ets. will be clmrscd. N "paper diwonUnucd until all arremges arc paid, kKltStlhSiionctihe Editor. i.FoAnV.YW isertion, 50 cents, longcrones in proportion. JOS PRINTING, '" , OF ALL KINDS, ixoateiim the highest style of the Art.and onthe most reasonable terms. ADMESS OF THE CAllllIER OP THE JEFFERSONIAN. GREBTIXn. An old year dead ! A new Year born ! I greeting come this New Tear's morn, Whilst the chime and the rhyme, Of this cc-o-rious time, Can be marked in the pace, And the smiling face, And the eye and the tongue Of the old and the young. Nobody is sad, nobody is old, Nobody is cross or crabbed or cold ; V And that struggling brain Of the man of gain Has ceased its toil of hard turmoil, And rich and poor are happy to-day, And mix and mingle in their play. I'd give a trifle just to see A whole round year, a jubilee, Of just such feeling here below . 7 As all to-day both share and show ! . Wc arc proud of our town, And proud of ourself; We arc proud of our Land, . And who cares for pelf! We arc free 1 we are free ! " And a Jew can but sec That something has happened " To you and to me ! We laugh and we smile And are glnd all the while; We arc happy and free ! Running over, you see, For thia New Year's morn I like being re-born ! GRATULATORT. The rurgings of the perished year Swept past, alternate hope and fear, Dredging deep down lo foulct deed And rising to a Nation Freed ! Its first fair morning booming in With cannon's fiercest battle din, And rising higher till April's sun Revealed its highest climax done; Until our Martyred Patriot fell, Scaling the cause he loved so well With his own blood, for which we weep, And will as long as martyrs sleep. Thai was enough ! High Heaven decreed Our chastened Nation should be freed, And Peace, on halcyon wing again, Spread o'er the Land from main to main, And hallalujah's echoing rose Throughout the icorld that manhood's foes Had succumbed to the jut decree That man's true state was to be free ! Historic page will make it clear That was the grand, deciding year; A precedent, which for all tinv, Among all pcoplf, every clime, To staud forever immutably, Wrong shall vol reign o'er Liberty! Many a heart-pang, many a pain It cost, tills precedent to gain, But now achieved we count it cheap, A harvest for a IVorld to reap I Whilst all who suffered here shall be Rcliced in our high destiny, Foundation stones, eternally Planted to hold up Liberty ! The sorrows of the perished year Sink out of sight and disappear Whilst in our joy we contemplate The glory of our new estate ! The opening view that spreads before, i no effulgent, radient o'er With all that man dare ask to share Upon this earth -of sin and care, Bewilders with the dazzling Jight Our unaccustomed, finimte sight ! m Thank God, for it is He who brought , This joy for which our people fought. ). -f PI, AGUES. I suppose I have a right to day On any theme to have my say: To Congress I would put my plea And ask them why such men as Lee, Ae Johnston, Semmes and Beauregard Should be allowed to play their card And breathe the pure air of our Land, Traitors of the rankest brand 1 Away them all ! yes drive them hence, Hang them or make them jump the fence ! Drive them away, this land too good To drink their traitor-poisoned blood I Away 1 their presence taints the air. Away from us go anywhere 1 Take Jeff along, it will not pay To argue o'er his case a day ; He stands condemned with all bis crew, We'd have them all beyond our view : Let them seek out some flead Sea ground Where happiness was never found, And let them spend their blackened day Where sun sheds not her cheering ray I THE FAIiL. Tune: Auld Lang Sync.', Tbcte was a-fujl in Adam's time,' Another fall has been ; As Adam's was by wickedness So this has been by sin. ' I J-hat Democratic eminence. h ' Which ruled some time ago, Has SWamPcd itse,f and what a wreck Corrupted nabobs show ! 'Twas old Buchanan filled the cup And now he drinks the dregs, What u&ould he give if he once more Could stand on honored legs! They tried to get upon their pins In many States last Fall, When even Jersey cut them cold, The hardest cut of all ! And now they have not cloth enough To hide their nakedness! Whoever saw such fallen prido, Such hopeless, black distress ! In power long they sported free, Yet Freedom strove to bind, Till slavery threw the chains on them, - Itself left unconfincd ! And this reminds of Hanian's fate, Who built a gallows high, And little thought his wickedness - Should raise him there to die ! We'll sing Lang Syne and let them weep To manage this concern, Wc struggled long to cast them out But now we have our turn ! 'Tis not five vears since we came in And what a work is done ! And Heaven smiles and men are glad To see the race we run ! -. '.L - OUR TOWN. I thought I'd say a little now ' - About our tuwn and men ; For enterprize is evident " 0 And should attract my pen. I'm glad that "ile upon the brain" Did tail to craze them so That home-improvement, factory themes They did not quite forgo; That factory should be fuur times As large as what we see, And would have been, I think, if "ile" Had not been haunting all the while With its soft flattery ! And I must think if these had choice At least excepting one They'd draw their stock and place it here And say they played for fun I Our town is just as nice an one As you -find any where ; Its buildings and its business street With any will compare. I might, just here, the ladies puff But they have such a sleight To do their business of this kind I'll yield lo them the right, And simply say, that they are gay, And walk on their uneven way, In various colors, day by day, As happy as the birds of May, I But whether they work most or play I really have not time to say, Besides I would not them betray, They have such a controling way I might find out it didn't pay. I wish 1 hadn't said anything about "cur Town" ! Just see what an inconsider ate subject I have run into ! Naturally slippery, postry makes it entirely uncon trolable, and my pen has run away from me I It is really more unmanageable than "ile" ! ! CONCLUSION. And now my friends, I wish you here A happy time, a favoring year ; And weekly as I re-appear, " Contented in your allotted sphere, With blessings yours you hold most (fear, I hope to sec you in good cheer, And every duty plain and clear, With every aid and helper near.- How much of good you wish to mc I'll judge by "stamps;" if they come free 'TwiH'be enough to plainly see That you and I at once agree, Reward icill follow industry ; , , That not in vain 1 touched the kej To stamp my pocket profusedly, And up from thence most gloriously Set the whole carrier in high glee And make him dream of time when he Proprietor of much shall be, And shall not count it charity To ive his carrier boy a V. JAMES SCHOCII. The celebrated Mine sculpter, Simmonds, has recived an order for a colosal statute of President Lincoln, for Philadelphia. It is to cost$30,000. That was a smart youngster who, hearing his mother remark that she was found of muc, remarked, "Then why don't yau buy me a drum!" Cuffee, is that the second bell ?" "No massa: dat's de second ringing obde fuss bell. We habn't got no second bell in dis hotel' the authorities of the Catholic Church are very exolicit in their condemnation of the ; I Fenians. Bishop Daggon' ot unicago, - instructed the clergy to refuse Christian I . . . : w.i,;n 'burial to sucn oi mem as aio in iucniuwiH.vr i ; with that society, For (lie Jeffcrsonian, Mi WHACKHAMMER'S LECTURES. NO. II. THE CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT. It may require debate and force of thought To lead you to amend the thing you ought, Rut 'tis for you young man, the candidate, Vote for yourself ov for your ruia wait. The amendment of the constitution which I mean should be amended, is not waiting the ratification of two thirds ofjthue to read it) even after it is pointed the States to become a law, but is one ont to von illls;ness ours;(7e is s0 waiting your action, young man it con cerns the community iu which you live in general and you in particular. Your constitution; as well as character, has 1 n: ji J : uuua getting sauiy out oi joiuu uunug iuu last few years, and it is just here, and for your sjiccial benefit I would see an amend mcnt. What is the hight of your ambi tion and the depth of your principle ? "What have you done worth doing iu the past, and what philanthropic purpose have you in view for the future ? How much do you care for the home of your child hood beyond a convenient place to eat and sleep ? Are home joys any joys to you, and do you not often stave off a sis ters society to meet our society in base ments or bar-rooms, or in some other even less disreputable place 1 You are all the time thirsting for an excitement that poi sons, and you do not stop to think of the needed amendment. You are feeding on air and it is a tainted air. The varnish on your paper collar is of more vital im portance to you than the solid contents of a book on moral worth or christian philosophy. The bible is no comparison to a satin cravat, and exquisitely black ened boots far exceed Webster's large quarto ! Young man, if vou were turned inside out you would exhibit a sorry spectacle, for you are an allitudinal superficiality with out a moral brace or support within you. Why is this your condition ? Because you don't vote for your own amendment.! A few years ago a good trade and a good book were popular amongyoung men, and they even worked hard to lay a stone wall or plaster a ceiling, now you find very few young masons and - carpenters, and if a young man must work at all he wants "light work," isn't healthy, and can't stand lime or hemlock timber. They love delicate ladies and want to be delicate too, and when they get paired off they make a delicate show in the world. I want to see an amendment before that day of paring off comes, for I am iu favor of true manhood ; only this sort of manhood can yield true happiness. There is a game of cheat constantly studied and practiced by both sexes, and when that game results in a tic they can do their own sympathizing ; we will leave the case on their own hands. They may then realize what I foretold of the needed a mendment. When I see knots of young men loun ging at the street corners to make ungen tlemanly remarks of every pasier-by I think of the amendment. When I hear a young man use profane language all the week and see him at church on Sunday to spend the hour squinting under every fool-tastic shape on a female head I see the need of amend ment. When I find a young man who does' net realize that he has a mind capable of im nrovement but uses his conversational powers in bragadocicwaud slang I feel like urging him to the amendment. In short when I sec a young man who, does not aspire to the elevated position which it is a man's duty and privilege to attain I would pray him to vote immediately for the amendment. Young man, by your course, you are insulting Ileaven and yourself! How P.-isv vou are insulted ! A little side-cut j from one of your comrades flares you up jQto a monstrous desperado, ready to . nQC down, drag out, and perhaps kill, . , r take one 0ber thought or call in a cool reasoning judgment ! Bragado cio, not bravery drives yon into many such-an encounter. You are not a think ing being or you would not be in such company and the occasion would uot be offered. Country people have an impres sion that country character is a grade higher than the city kind, but I have found noble examples of noble young men in the city, whilst in the country towns and villages I have found such ox i : .,1, I amples as scarce as uuuiiuiug wnua ! the thermometer is below zero, oity dus ( dQ Mt advertise for boys and vdung men irom uie uuuuwj uUJ w .ffbat country innocence llu 3 has fled since young America has spread himself over the land. I am sorry thia is the fuct for I live on the. country side myself. 0, for those good old times and bappy scenes When boys were boys all through their live ly teens: When mothers drilled their girls of years a score To fit them for wife duties on before. But I don't expect, young man, you will see this lecture of Mr. Whackham nier's unless your mother or sister points it out to vou. You don't come down to th j facts. You will hardly take pressing. The hours you keep would in dicate that you are making great advan ces some way, and it is my opinion that 'you arc. Beware! sir! You are leaving your best mends tor those who are not your friends butvho, after they get you in trouble, will be the first to desert you. Thai you will see you should have look ed to the amendment before. Your constitution, now impaired, Maybe amended or repaired, If you but breathe pure air away From every dangerous, wicked way ; And you will grow in manhood's strength Through life, whatever be its length. Your life is groveling now but then You'll take your proper place with men And you will find the amendment good When it is rightly understood. ICHABOD WHACKHAMMER. Somewhere, Jan., 1866. The Powor of the Heart. Lot any any one, Tvhile sitting down, place the left leg over the knee of the right one, and permit to hang freely, a bandoniog all muscular control over it. Speedily it may be observed to sway for ward and backward through a limited space at very precise and regular inter vals. Couuting the number of these mo tions from any given time, they will be found to agree exactly with the beatings of the pulse. Every oue knows that, at fires, when the water from the engine is forced through bent hose, the tendency is to straighten the hose, and if the bend be a sharp one, considerable force is ne cessary lo overcome the tendency. Just so it is in the case of the human body. The arteries are but a system of hose, through which the blood is forced bv the heart. When the leg is bent, all the ar teries within it are bent too and every time the heart contracts the uiood sushing through the arteries tends to straighten them ; and it is the effort which produces the motion, of the leg al luded to. Without such oscular demon stration, it is diihcult to conceive the power exerted by that exquisite mechan ism, the normal pulsations or which arc never perceived by him whose very life they are. Something about Sugar; It is asserted that the use of sugar was known to the ancient Hebrews. The first distinct notice of the sugar-cane is the account of the expedition undertaken by . , , T. . i ! Alexander. It aoscars to have been cul- i tofort in KJo'K' onrlvflR 11P.fi nt, whifill -''V j - t i n m X i i r. ,,;i j.u " w i ; to Barbadoes, and thence to West India j Islands. The boiling and breaking was first practiced in Europe in 1420 : and the art of refining sugar and of forming it into cones was communicated by a Vet eran in 1550. Curious Journey of a Needle. A gentleman of Chicago, a few days since, cut from tho left hand of an ac quiutance in that city a piece of needle five eights of an inch long, which was broken off in the palm of the right hand six years ago. He Etates that the first he felt of thc needle was about six months in the wrist of his left arm. The needle was much corroded, and the gen tleman will of course preserve it as a cu riosity, it having traveled the entire length of both arms, besides passing through his body Needles which have been lost in the flesh have before been known to make strange passages, but this is one of the most curious cases on record. A Spiritual Cheat, An amusing affair occurred at an exhibi tion of Spiritual manifestations in Bo3ton, on Friday night. A shrewd person pres ent, in order, to satisfy himself as to the corporeality of a "spiritual hand" which was shown in an aperture in a "cabinet" used, supplied himself with a syringe filled with ink, aud watching a favorable opportunity, squirted the dark fluid over the digits and wrist of the phantom mem ber. On emerging "from the cabinet, the hand of the lady who had previously been bound inside, was examined, and the inky marks liberally found upon it. The consequence was a denouncement of the affair as a humbug, a denial of the im peachment, aud a grand finale made up nf an'indif?nation meeting of the audi ence, and the passage of resolutions de - ,. , . , d nl)Vsicai humbug aud claring the demonstrations oi spiritual- i . ' " cue.at Clark ot the Currency Bureau haa decided that ladies cannot act as direc tor, nf TCMinnal banks, as the laws do not lW iW w - recognize them as citizens, Cooking an Old Hen. The editor of the Massachusetts Plough man, who is something of a wag withal, discourses as follows on the abovo men tioned feat in culinary science : As we had occasion a few a days ago to state the age at which a chicken passes from chicken to hen-hood, and alluded to the difficulty of making an old fowl ten der some obligation to say that there is a method of doing even this. The French do it any way. Wonder ful people" those French are, in the cook- line. With us it is an eternal roast and boil. And the thing can't be done in that way. Our people seem to have an abhorrence of "messes," and the consequence is wc contrive to make the largest quantity of meat do the least possible service in the way of fcediug a hungry appetite. Put an old hen, or an old cock either, a3 to that matter, iuto the pot or down to the fire for tho prescribed length of time, and it becomes tougher and harder. We pre sume there can be no doubt of that ; if there is try it and you'll surely find it so. But there are other ways of making her not only more wholesome, but more ten der, palatable and valuable. Take, for example, what the French call pot-aufeu. "We haven't anything just like it in this country and so we don t exactly know what to call it. It really means "pot on the fire." At any ' rate it is the solace of a Frenchman and t is familiar to ever French woman who knows the first thing about cooking in all classes of society from the" highest to the lowest. Here the old hen is the prin cipal ingredient. She adds not only strength but flavor. But she isn't thrown in whole, to be boiled for 'dear life as we cook that venerable bird. She is cut up into small joints and simmered for a long time, hours together, till her flesh be comes soft and tender, and leaves tho bones and turns to a pulp. Now the de licacy of flavor of this delicious dish is due to the old hen. and it isn't merely what iorms it as it is brought upon our ; morning till night, no word passing his" tables, but every part goes in, such as the i;ps but the solemn, ever recurring "No neck, the head, the gizzard, the liver , 0-bite." His only recognition was a va heart and the feet. And it is'nt the poor, 1 cant stare and "No-o-bite " So it ran orr who are obliged to be economical, in France, that eat and revel in this dish. It is the easy classes who live on their very ccarj procurcci his discharge. He" incomes as well. This "pot on the fire" . carac to tbe hospital with the document.' in a French kitcheu is the receptacle for "Charles," said he, "I have got your dis almost everything that is eatable, such as charge." Charles only fished and "No-o" broken bones of all kinds, cheap bits uite." "Charles." repeated the old gen- Ot COarse DCCt CUt Up 111 llttiC Square ; pieces, some carrots, turnips, leeks and potatoes, and if it is spring when peas are in the pod, a dozen pods, run tnrougii and strung together by a needle and ! thread are put in to give flavor, and tak- j ength the aged father stooped down and en out before the pot au-feu is served up. j put thc discharge papers into his hand. It is a soup, but for all that it is a dish ; n a listless way the son took them, o-7 fit for a king, and for a farmer too as that ' peaed them, turned them over, read them mctter, and how vastly superior iu every through carefully, saw they were all sign respect to a bit of coarse stringy beef, a e(i pr0perly and complete got up, and considerable part of which will perhaps with a very sudden change in his appear be wasted. . ance, remarked, "WelCgcutlemen, I've Now if there is any one who don't like been fishing a good while, but I've final-" soups, because they are " 'nothing' but j y got a bite, and I think it's a bite worth spoon vittles," there is another way to having." Leaving the party somewhat serve up an old hen so that she shall astonished at the restoration of his facul- manliest, to mortal paiate, an uie cien- cacy and tenderness ot youth. , J . . ... . , .J Just cut to go by UCr UP 1Qt0 lomts, talcing care the joints so that you don't get iu any Pick up all the bits in the house, bones too pieces of bam or bacon, leg or shoulder of mutton and a slice of salt pork, and cut a few slices of fat bacon and some A. bread. Take an earthen vessel with an carthcu cover, with a bit of a hole in it the cover, we mean, and put a layer of bread at thc bottom of this vessel, then a layer of bacon, and then fill in with all thc scraps and joints you happen to have, they must be sweet and clean of course, till the vessel is full. Then fill up the hollows and cracks between with water, and tie down the lid. Put it at night in a very warm, not hot oven, and let it stay till morning. Take it out at your leisure aud plit it in a cool place, and when per fectly cold, you'll eat it with a gusto, either for breakfast, luncheon, dinner, or supper, aud you'll find it not only tender, but luicv. and delicately flavored and highly nutritious. Thc water that you put in will have turned into a jelly, and the wholo will cut like red veined mar ble. There is no way in the world you can cook an old fowl so economically or so splendidly. Wc should like to sit down with you to that dish. Carious Discovery. Glass may even be turned in a lathe. ' Strange as it scorns, this is literally true. No special tools even arc needed. Any amateur turner, who has operated on eith er of the metals may chuck a piece of frlnss on this lathe, and turn it with the same tools, aud in tho same way as he would a piece of steel, only taking care to keep the chips from his eyes. This strange- discovery was made, almost ac cidentally, in the early part of 1860, by one of our most celebrated mechanical engineers, and might have been patented, but thc inventor contented himself with simply putting it on record and gencr ouly presented it to the nation, The consequence was that no one thought or cared anything about it, and the idea has been suffered to be nearly barren, though capable of being turned to great account. Let any amateur mechanic make the ex? perimentj and he will bo surprised . at the caso with which this seemingly in tractiblo material may be cut and fash ioned to his will. Ghambor's Journal. A Surprise to a "Wood Thief. v A gentleman living in Terre Haute"; whose stove wood melted away faster than was warranted by the mildness of thff weather, charged a fine looking stick with a few ounces of powder, and left it on top of the pile. The Express thus" relates the sequel : "Wednesday forenoon, an explosion was heard in a house near by and a kitch en window was spared no panes. On go ing to the spot, a sight might have been' seen. The stove had joined a peace confer ence, a kettle of pork and cabbage shot up' through the roof like an arrow. A dish of apples stewing on the stove, gave the' ceiling the appearance ot a map of Cali fornia. A cat that was sleeping under the stove, went through the broken win dow, as though she was after the devil or the doctor. The cat has not been heard from since but a smell of burnt hair per vades that house very thoroughly. A flat-iron was hoisted into a pan of doughy a chair lost three legs, the wood-box looks' sick, while the root of the house resem bles a bursted apple dumpling." What a world of tricks and dodges were invented during the war by the? poor fellows who had got in and wanted to get out of the army. The officer was" telling us the other day of a soldier, who, shortly after going into camp, was taken insane. His appearance, actions, and ev erything about him betokened absolute' insanity. All day long he would sit in his tent with a little stick and a string' attached, raising and lowering it in a sort of fishing pantomine, saying in a low mo notonus voice every time he raised it. "No-o-bite," "No-o-bite." This he con tinued for some weeks, and ho was at' length sent to the hospital. Here he was carefully examined and closely watched, for it was suspected at first that he was" "shamming." Still he had the same va cant stare in his eye, the same idiotic ex pression of countenance, the same indif ference to everything about him, and still he fished with his stick and thrnarl frnrrv for a couple of months, and the young' man's father at length tho case being so' Ionian. "T'vo n-nr. vnnr rlisnhnrfrn finrT your wan't vou to ro home with me Still uo reDiv hut "No-o-bite." The officer ami others standing around, were affec- fp.,1 nlnr. tn fpnr hv rbo oono At. ties, the insane youth retired with hi3 father, and they probably enjoyed the-' bounty together. JTorwich Bulletin. Our Territorial Extent. The total area of the United States and1 its territories is 3,230,572 square miles. Its territorial extent is therefore nearly ten times as large as France, Great Bri tain, Austria, Prussia, Spain, Portugal, Belgium, Holland and Denmark together; one and one-half time as large as the Rus sain Empire in Europe ; one-sixth less1, only than the area covered by the fifty nine or sixty Empires, States and Re publics of Europe; of equal extent with" the Roman Empire, or that of Alexander, neither of which is said to have exceeded 3,000,000 square miles. . Watering Plants with Iron. It is stated as a new discovery that? wonderful effects may be obtained by wa tering fruit trees and vegetablers with a" solution of sulphate of iron. Tinder this' system beans will grow to nearly doublo ( the size, and will acquire s much more' j savory taste. The pear seems to be par- ticularly well adapted for this treatment: Old nails thrown into water and left to' rust there will impart to it all the nccos sary qualities forcing vegetation as de- scribed. British Medical Journal. 5-- The traffic of the New York Centra Railroad for the ending Sept. 30th 1S65' amounted to-13,975,524 ; and for tho' year ending 1864, $14,667,850. The.' net iucomo of last year was 63,384,558 j and for this year, 2,646,072. , e- The first Treason case, consequent up'-' on tho late rebellion, ia" now being tried? in the United States District Court, be fore Judge Trigg, against John S. Grams ble', Tfho was an enrolling officer under" the rebel government, in Blouut County, East Tennessee. This is the first treason trial since thc memorable Aaron Burr case. A lump of pure gold, weighing nearly a pound, was lately picked up by a boy, who was fishing in a creek, in Clark coun ty, Iowa. - Joseph Ashcly, a Fall Pviver Massl .l-.ii. . 1 1 i giuuou, ruceuuy aie, on a bet Of SZO a turkey weighing G pounds,-- 'in 30' win utes.
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