Scuotcfc to politics, literature, agriculture, Science, ittoralitij, aub cncral intelligence.
VOL. 20.
STROUDSBURG, MONROE COUNTY, PA., OCTOBER 17, 1867.
NO. 30.
Publishc4 by Theodore Schoch.
TERVT? Two dollars a year in advancrand If not
paid before the end of ihe year, two dollars ana fiifv
tt. wilt be charged.
No pa?er discontinued until allwrrcatarcstire paid.
seeptt the ontiort'ofthe Editor.
tCTArlvertiseinetitsof one squarr nf(eiht ImrOor
v,. mit iineunins ji 51). Eac additional
ingnion, cents. Longer ones in proportion.
JOB PRISTISC,
OF ALL KINDS',
Ixaauted Inthe u$ht;sl style of the Art.andoathe
; inot reaorrtble term.
GEORGE I,. WALKER,
A large number of Farms, wanted.
Residence at John Kern's, Main street,
Stroudsburg,
Pa.
Oct. 17, 1867.
DK. 1. 1. SMITH,
Surgeon. Dentist,
Office on Main Street, opposite Judge
Blokes' residence, .SruocDsuuBo, Pa.
(7-Teeth extracted without pain.$
August 1, 1S67.
C. W. SEIP, IV!. D.f
Physician and Surgeon,
Has removed his office and residence to
the building, lately occupied by Wm. Davis,
Esq-, on Main-stroet. Devoting all his time
to his profession ho will be prepared to an
swer all calls, either day or night, when not
professionally engaged, with promptness.
07" Charges reasonable.
April 11, lSG7.-tf.
Stroudsburg,
DR. A. H.SEEft?,
DENTIST,
"Y7T7'ILL be pleased to see all who wish
v t to have their dentistry done in at
proper and careful manner, beautiful pets of
artificial teeth made on Gold, Silver, or Rub
ber Plates as persons may desire. Teeth
carefully extracted without pain, if desired.
The public are invited to rive him a call at
the office formerly occupied by Dr. Seip,
next door to the Indian Queen Hotel. All
work warranted. April 25, C7.
s. holiii:s
ATTORNEY-AT-LAW, A N ETENERAL
CLAIM AGENT.
STROUDSBURG, PA
OJice ici'th S. S. DrcJier, Esq.
All claims against the Government prose
cited with disnateh at reduced rates.
(7 An additioffal bounty of $100 and of
$50 procured for Soldiers in the late ar,
VtEK OF EXTRA CHARGE. -iQ
August 2, 19C6.
MTTERlrTHOTEL,
M. & T. P. WATSON, Proprietors,
Xos 117 & 119 North SECOND Street,
(Between Arch and Rice,)
PHILADELPHIA, PA.
Close proximity to the business center of
the city, excellent accommodation, a nd ca re
ful attentien to the comfort and wants of
quests are characteristics of the Mount Ver
non. The House has been thoroughly ren
ovated and new-furnished. The patronage
f the public is respectfully solicited.
October 11, 1666.-tf.
IN THE COURT of COMMON PLEAS of
MONRO!- COUNTY, PA. Wil
liam D. Brown and Emm am Brown, Part
ners, vs. David Y. Leb. No. 10 of Alav
Term, 18G0. Foreign Attachment August
SO, 16G7, rule entered for the Prothonotary
to assess plaintiffs damnges on the judgment
in this case. Plaintiffs claim on book ac
count S77 30, with interest thereon from
January 1,1660. The Prothonotary will
assess plaintiffs damages on FRIDAY, the
25th of October. 1SG7, at 10 o'clock, a. ra.,
at hi office in Stroudsbur?.
THO. M. McILHANAY,
Sept. 12, 18G7.-Gt. Prothonotary.
7TN THE COURT of COMMON PLEAS of
-u- MONROE COUNTY, PA. Tiieo
doreI'. IIuNTand Alexander E. HuxT.sur
viving partners of the firm of Hunt Brothers
&. Blair, vs. David V. Lee. No. 11 of
May Term, 18GG. Foreign Attachmeut.
August 30th, 1867, rule entered for the Pro
thonotary to assess plaintiffs damages on
the judgment in this case. Plaintiffs claim
on book account $69 35, with interest there
on from November 25ih, 1865. The Pro
thonotary will assess plaintiffs damages on
FRIDAY, the 2oth of October, 18G7, at 10
o'clock, a. m., at his office in Stroudsburg.
THO. M. MclLHANEY,
Sept. 12, 18G7.-CU . Prothonotary.
TTN THE COURT of COMMON PLEAS of
MONROE COUNTY, PA. The
Dickson M a n c f a ct v r i ng Co. vs. David W.
Lee. No. 12 of May Term, 18G6. Foreign
Attachment. August 30th, 1667, rule en
tered for the Prothonotary to assess plaintiffs
carnages on me judgment in this case.
Plaintiff claims on book accouut 30 G3, with
interest thereon from October 3Uth, 1S65.
The Prothonotary will assess plaintiffs dam
ages on FRIDAY, the 25ih of October,
oi iuociock, a. m., ai it is ottice in
Slroudsburj?. THO. M. MclLHANEY.
Sept. 12, 1867.-61.
Prolhonotar.
Tgl
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STROUDSBURG, PA.,
PARTNERSHIP
DISSOLUTION.
A DRUG STORE,
AJiD
1 New and Cheap Stock of Goods.
PETER S. WILLIAMS, of the firm of DE
TRICK & WILLIAMS, having sold out his
mire interest in said firm, the busmc'will
will hereafter be carried on by
C. S. DETRICK & CO.,
at the old Stand as heretorore, a few doors
below the Stroudsburg Bank.
Their Stock consists of a large and varied
assortment of
Drvgs, Medicines, Watches, Clocks and
Jewelry, Funcy and Toilet Articles,
Paints, Oils, Glass, Window
Sash, Blinds, Doors, Var
nishes and Brushes
of all kinds.
Call ami Con vinccd.
Mr. PETER S. WILLIAMS, Jeweler and
former Partner c. the firm, has been engaged
by the new business firm, Charles S. Det
rick &. Co , to superintend the Clock, Watch
and Jewelry Business.
ISKAIVCll STOKE
IN
East Stroudsburg, Pa.,
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BOOTS and
SHOES.
You ?va?it, Firsl, to
get a GOOD ar
ticle,
Yon then want them
as CHEAP
POSSIBLE.
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For the Jefleisonian.
Men and Women.
The world 'a a stage :
And all the men and women are players."
Shakspeare.
Men and women, that is society,
that which forms commonwealths, king
doms, and states: whose league is hu
manity, and whose object is improvement,
have, ever since Adam was man, grown
and multiplied with rapidity; but only
so, as peace, brotherhood and religion
co-creed their interests. Without these
appliances, they have more or less dwin
dled into-barbarism, disease and decay ;
and finally, Time has, with ruthless aud
omnipotent hand, swept them as nuisance
from the scene of life.
Wherever there is an increase of popu
lation there is prosperity. A wholesome
progeny is itself one of the greatest bless
ings that individual life cau be endowed
with. The rosy-cheeked urchin on his
father's knee, inspires him with more
real manhood than any internal or exter
nal qualification that may ornament his
character, or establish his fame. The
lad is his own, and caprice, rcverso of
fort une, or loss of worldly comfort, can
not alienate the natural affection between
them. Malthus, when he advauced his
theory against marriage, might have also
added a few hints to undermine society,
to crumble commonwealths, and to bring
the high destiny of mankiud to shame
and everlasting contempt.
A steady and wholesome increase of
population is the surest sign of advance
ment in any country. As population ap
proaches a climax all the energetic re
sources of the million are developed.
All must, and all will, find employment.
The machine of labor is eVer in motion.
All must find bread, and aided by the in
discriminate companionship of society,
the Division of Ifabor is brought of ne
cessity, to meet the demands of every
body. It amounts to the same thing in
legislative power, jurisprudence, and
commercial monopoly; till the very earth
upon which we stand is compelled to
yield its rich tributes to the wants of
mankind, and supply in inexhaustible
quantity the demands of the million.
Improvement necessarily depends on
the multiplication of human beings.
ThtS is natural a?ldtatca on,v arise rrom sterility, as they
trodden by the bread seekin" thou-
right enough.
The question is
WHERE to
buy?
The subscriber's Store
I? on Main isirect, a lew
doors above the Strouds
burg House (Marshs),and
,is by all odds the most ex
tensive concern this side
of PhiiaJelphii.
I have on sile in all their
most fashionable varieties.
1st LADIES& MISSES
BOOTS. SHOES GAI
TERS, SLIPPERS, &c.
'2nd. MEN'S &. BOY'S
BOOTS, SHOES and
BROGANS.
3rd. LEATHERS, BIN
DINGS and LININGS.
'4th FINDINGS in full
assortment.
5: h. BOOT TREES,
LASTS and SHOE
MAKERS' TOOLS in
endle-s variety.
And these things I am
determined to sell at pri
ces to suit customers. Call.
Nexamine goods and learn
n i-i- i .
prices Dciore purcna6ing
elsewhere, and you will
not regret lL
in i r t tt nr T rn
NEW GOODS
AT
Greatly- Reduced Prices!
I WOULD RESPECTFULLY AN
nounce to the public, that I have just
made large additions to my already exten
sive stock and am now selling
DRY UOODS,
CiROCEKIES,
Ac, kc. lower than ever.
My shelves are loaded with
MUSLINS,
CALICOS,
DE LANES, and
GINGHAMS,
For the convenience of the inhabitants ofiof tj,c most cele0rated makes, my charges
East Stroudsburg and vicinity, the firm ; or which pr0Te astonishing to custo-
have also opened a Branch Store near the. My stock of
Depot, where everything in their line of , c t rl
business, together with BOOTS & SHOES,! JJreSS UrOOOS
NOTIONS &c, will at all times be found, embracing nearly every variety of style,
in full assortment, for inspection and pur-J color and fabric is well worth the atten-
hase by customers. They have also on tion of the Ladies, while in
Aand a fine stock of CLOTHS and CASSI.TI KKES,
PUEE WINES & LIQUORS, both plain and fancy, I can offer induce-
of the very best brands, which they offer to WDts to gentlemen which they cannot
Hotel keepers and others, at prices unusual-.t fur0 withoQt detriment to their finances.
-ij reasonable. Drop in and see. UiJfn.L- nf.
!CiV s- UETRICIC sZ mU yaxkke mnoss,
. Sic. is also full, and is offered low. My
are trouuen by the
sands, who migrate from the din and
smoke of over-crowded cities. Their in
crease richens the barren territory,
spreading comfort and wealth abroad; till
in time they present a formidable front
ier, and demand the right of legal repre
sentation as a community and a nation.
Hut Men and Women, individually,
present a different character. The uuited
spirit of an age seldom characterises the
capabilities or the accomplishment of
man, taken in a separate and social view.
History has done much to trace the na
tional character, but few comparatively
have ever arrived at the true condition of
man as a whole or competent part of cre
ation. His passions are known they
are exemplified by the force of habit; but
these, though they characterise the en
tire race, only do so in the same light as
national or civil history docs to a com
munity or commonwealth.
The interests of man and woman are.
similar, yet they are as different in cir
cumstance throughout life as any two
things possibly can be. The positions of
both are diversified by eveut, but woman
very often is uninfluenced by any external
change. She is generally, or always af
fected by circumstance. With little or
no will of hers, she is bound to follow in
the same path of duty, do matter what
commotions agitate the world, or what dis
cords interrupt the order of society.
Man is entirely opposite in his vocation,
lie is his own judge, free to act as he
pleases; provided, that his acting inter
feres not with the interests of his fellows.
Though his line of action is free, yet
there are bounds he may not pass: bounds
which are marked out by decency, good
breeding, and a due amount of self-respect.
Of these qualifications, every man
possesses more or less; and it is these
generally, and not the justice of the law,
which keep men in the honorable and
true path of virtue. They are the laws
of conscience disccrucrs of riht aud
never be an agreeable companion for me;
nor can the natural gaiety of my temper be
ever agreeable to him. Though his fond
ness at first may connive at the little free
doms I shall be apt to take; yet, as soon as
it abates a little, he will grow jealous, and
ever torment me without a cause. I shall
be debarred of every diversion suitable to
my years, though ever so harmless or in
offensive permitted to see no company
sent down perhaps to some melancholy
rural recess : and there, like my lady G race
in the play, sit pensive anl alone under a
green tree." A man seldom participates
in the sufferings or grievances of his wife,
but a woman always and ever partakes in
those of her husband. It is her share to
feel every inquietude that may beset, those
around her to comfort, relieve, and
mourn when there are objects for such;
but a man's eyes are ever dry, and keen,
indeed, must be the pang that draws forth
his tears. His occupation is that of the
world hers is that of home: the one is
that of tumult the others that of quiet,
silence and continual hope. These dif
ferences are essential to their natures,
and lead to a general harmony, a recipro
cal feeling, and a mutual softness of dis
position. After the tumults of the day,
all mcrafcel disposed to settle themselves
quietly by the fireside; and the house
wife busies herself with more diligence
to administer to his comforts. The little
prattlers gather roynd ; and grandpap in
his easy chair, gently strokes little An
nie and places her upon his knee. It is
at home that man forgets the trials and
labors of the day; and that man, indeed,
is truly wretched who cannot find com
fort in his home. Whatever harshness he
may meet from the world, he is always
sure to find pleasure in the society of his
family. They know no other duty than
that of love. A man's food is far sweeter
to him when shared with the little ones.
They cat with more avidity off Pap's
plate, and their prattle is merrier and
louder when he draws his big chair close
to the table. And Ma'am is truly happy
then. i?ne feels exalted in the office of
providing the good things. She, too,
forgets her labors now, and is equally
joyful as the urchins make a raid on
Pap's u tatocs" and " crout." They are
now just as they were designed to be
happy, smiling, and giving gladness to
one another. Each feels for the suffer
ings of the other ministers comfort,
and imparts courage.
Man and Woman have just now arrived
to the summit of their worldly destiny.
They are the same in hope their pur
suits are one their objects and their
plans. Roth have the same view in the
consumation of their earthly desires.
t Lang fob d.
John G. WMltier.
The Decoy which Makes Yonng Men
Drunkards.
wrong.
lery.
Tm Ol 3i
A" OLluuU5Durg. ruff, sn-ars Molasses, and
I HL House contains 7 Rooms, : vcry corjJplctc. and as usual held at
luidpfi Stnrprrnm foil A T... " "'7 - ' '
, vvn.i auu iJUl.- 1 ra
Lot 52 by 95 feet, with Stable on TVU" 7.1 7' r" - .v. ..r .1 t.fc
i nave luta U I w - '
Syrups,
a
'rear ead. or lurther particulars, address
Wm. M. JAMES, Strouddburg, Pa., or call
a.t the premises, on Centre Street, first door
from Main Street.
A small select 6tock will be disposed of
wiun ine property of if desired
v Stroudsburg, Sept. 12, 1667.
BLANK LEASES
For Sale at this Qffico.
could hardly be compressed within the
limits of an advertisement, all of which
will be sold cheap. '7
Remember, the place to bay, with the
best assuraucc of getting ycrur money'a
worth is at
HRODHEAD'S
Cheap Store io Stroudsburg.
March 11, 1?67.
There are differences in the undertak
ings of man and woman which are consti
tutional. Man is said to " chose a wife;"
but it is seldom, or perhaps never men
tioned, that a woman "choses a husband."
In point of possession man obtains au un
limited right, but seldom operates upon
it with the same amount of interest as he
would upon any other possession of legal
property. The leases of marriage are un
conditional. Man'cannot dispose of his
wife as he would his other substance;
and, therefore, she becomes elligible for
any interest that the husband may have
at heart. It is necessary that their inte
rests should operate by the same motives.
Colloquially, they arc said to be one, but
on closer observation it may be discovered
that their several sufferings are brought
about by the carelessness of either. Un
equal matches are very common; caused
by difference of age, religion, or other
causes; and these materially, are the
sources of much unhappiness. Women
generally, are the real sufferers in such
cases, and it was under this impression
that the young lady writes to her elderly
lover. We subjoiu an extract: Per
mit me, good Sir, to speak the sentiments
of my heart without reserve for once. ; A
man almost in his grand climacteric, can
Go with us to the public houses, where
a number of young men arc assembled.
All is life and gaiety. A few among
them may be young and timid. They
approach the counter, aud wine, rum,
brandy are called-for. One or two may
stand back and say, do gentlemen, we do
not drink ; please excuse us. Immediate
ly the rest turn and begiu to Jtuot their
friends who refuse to drink saying they
are afraid of getting "tight," of the 'old
man," and some whisper audible, "Well,
they are mean fellows ; are afraid to spcud
a cent!" Here you see two very sensi
tive nerves are touched Courage and
Cleverness. Their bosoms swell with
pride; rather than bear these . flings of
their compansions, they step up to the
counter and join in the revelry. The ice
is now broken, the first great act of the
drama performed. Others f ollow in natural
order, until the individual who refused to
drink at first, reels along the public street
without shame. -
Such is the manner in which thousands
of our promising young men are lead a
way by a false ambitiou ; and thousands
more will follow in their path unless they
learn the meaning of courage.
. ' Wc have in our mind a- number of no
blehcarted, good-meaning men, who d
not possess strength enough to face op
position. Rather than be called mean
they will follow up these habits of driuk
iog until their appetites became uncon
trollable. We advise you.young men, when you
are in company, aud solicited to driuk in
toxicating liquors, to say frankly aud de
cidedly that you do not indulge in such
things, and you command their respect,
and they will be forced to admit that
your courage is sufficient to bear all their
taunts aud not yield the right. Those
who stem the tide always meet opposi
tion ; but never despair press onward.
Our only hope of rescuiug the race from
this brutal, slavish passion rests with tho
young. Will you, young friends, have
courage, true, high and God like courage
to face this growing evil and banish it
from our laud.
Very Dry Joke.
In Eastoo, Pa., the other evening, just
as a performance in the public hall was
about to end, two wags put themselves in
front of the doorway with an umbrella
and waited for the outeoming crowd. It
was not rainning at all ; but when the
first persons of the audience had reached
the door and seen the warning umbrella,
scores of hands were thrust out, coats
were buttoned closely, and dresses taken
up, while quite a number remained in the
hall, refusing to come out on account of
the rain. The "sell" was completo.
An erect, spare, venerable looking man
not far from sixty, with striking features,
and thio, iron gray hair, seated at the
long table that, runs through the room,
and inteutly occupied in the examination
of. some of the tuauy recent books aud
newspapers with which the table is load
ed. His modest necktie, aud plain brown !
coat, with its stiff, upright collar, proclaim
him a Quaker, aud a glance at his thought
ful face, and expansive forehead, shows
that he is uo other than the most ditiu
guished of living Quakers, John G. Whit
tier. Mr. Whitticr has been before the pub
lic as an author for fully forty years, but
though he is one of the most correct aud
graceful of prose writers, it is principally
by his poetry that he has won distinction.
Every one is familiar with his verses, but
scarcely any but well-read persons are
acquainted with his prose, or arc even
aware that he has written some of the
most charming sketches and stories that
have emanated from the prose-writers of
the past half century. With a volume
of these sketches entitled Legends of
New England, he made, at the age of
twenty-three, his first appearance as an
author, and it was this volume that first
won him celebrity. It was found on the
Indian superstitious of Massachusetts, and
it displays that intimate knowledge of
early New England history which is so
observable in Mr. Whittier'a poetry.
Whitticr's chief works arc so well
known to our readers that we need not
mention their titles here. Next to Long
fellow his works have a larger circulation
than any of our poets. He is emphati
cally a self-made writer. His early life was
passed on a farm in severe manual labor,
and until he was eighteen he had no edu
cational advantages save such as could
be derived from a few winter' attendance
on the public schools of his native dis
trict. At the age of twenty, however he
had managed to secure two years' tuition
at a town academy, but then he left school
to work his way in the world, ao I what
he has since learned he has gathered from
contact with actual life, or by solitary
study in his own library. To this lack
of classical culture .may doubtless be at
tributed charming simplicity of his style,
and the peculiar American character of
all his writings.
Mr. Whittier was, we believe, never
married ; but till within about a year, ho
has been blessed wit the most devoted
of sisters, who has been his constant com
panion, ministering to his domestic needs,
and sharing his studies. She was a wo
man of fine literary tate, aod herself
wrote some poems that were quite equal
to any of her brother's productions, tihe
died about a year ago, greatly lamented
by Mr. Whitticr, who has siuce lived a
secluded life in his quiet home in Atnca
bury. A Church-oing Belle's Soliloquy.
4,I should think they would keep the
pews from dust ; I shall certainly soil my
new satin. I wonder whether anybody no
ticed my new buunet. I think its very j
becoming. Goodness, if there isn't Miss
iSpraguc, the school teacher, rigged out '
iu a new mantilla. She spends all her J
salary on dress, or I'm mistaken. I do j
hate vanity aud ostentation.
"I woydcr who that young gentlemen !
is in the next pew ; he's very handsome, j
certainly. 1 never saw such a becoming j
moustache. 1 houldu't vmder if it was
the city cousin Mrs. Primrose has told j
me of. I should like to know if he is !
married. I gusses 1 will speak to Mrs !
Primrose after church. Perhaps she will j
introduce me.
"0, dear ! what a long prayer. It's
tiresome standing up so long. I hope
they'll introduce . the custom of sitting
down during prayer. I should like to
hint to our miuister that he had better
fchorten his services.
'I wish papa would take a pew in Mr.
Watson's church. Such a beautiful
preacher. Such a beautiful preacher as
he is. His sermons arc so poetical, and
then he is so handsome aud intellectual.
They say he is lookiug out for a wife. I
wonder what sort of a minister's wife 1
should make. 1 have serious thoughts
of joining the church.
"How unbecoming Mrs. Sqaudling is
dressed.- I believe that wouiau is pre
fcctly destitute of taste. When will that
sermon be through? I declare if there
ins't Miss Holder with a feather in her
bonuet! Some people admire her com
plexion, but its my opinion that any oue
may have as One a complexion who will
paint! Thauk Heaven ! haven't come to
that yet !
"How hot it is ! Where's my fan ?
The benediction at last. Now I must
contrive to sec Mrs. Primrose, aud get
an introduction to that gentlemau. Ah !
there she is !"
Singular Freak of Nature
In Millstone, Somerset county, there is
a fruit, half pear and half walnut, which
grew upon a black walnut tree. The up
per part of the fruit is distinctly a wal
nut; the lower half being equally dis
tinctly a pear. It seems that the walnut
stood near a pear tree, and the two being
in flower' at tho same time, the. pollen
from the pear must have fallen upon the
walnut blossom and tho result was 4,mis-cegenation."
A Ramirkable Feat of a one-Armed Sol-disr.
A correspondent writing to the Indianap
olis Journal says : '"At Pennsylvanabnrg,
Ripley county, Indiana, I met a most re
markable case of one armed ingenuity. Ro
bert Lewis, a -young man without home
or kindred, who had to earn his dailw
bread by h ard, daily labor, early in the?
war, arid at the mtuimum age entered the
service, as a private in Geoejal Spooncr's
regiment, the 831 Indiana. At the bat
tic of Chickasaw l!u(f, Robert lost his
left arm at the shoulder. After much
suffering he returned to his former home.
The loss of an arm only seemed to impres
hitn with the idea that greater cuegry
would be require! if he would make an.
houorable living.
He begau to study at night and every
leisure moment. Soon he qualified hinii
self for teaching. About this time he
did what would be usually, under similar
circumstances, a very foolish thing ha
got married. Rut his wife accepted the
situtatiou, and was willing to lauh at.
poverty and help her husbaud earn tbviqr
daily bread. He taught school iu thJ
winter, and in the spring began to build
a house. I was through his house a day
or two ago. It has six rooms, of the goth
ic style of architecture, aud neat and sub
stantial throughout. From foundation
to roof, all the work was done by this one
armed man except that his wife ani moth
er assisted in raising it. Not being able
to procure joists to suit him, he sawed,
them out of wide two inch plank.
lie laid the foundatiou, built the chim
neys," made the door and saah, io short,
no sound of hammer or any other tool
was heard about the building of thatr.
house axcept of those that were wielded'
by his arm. Let any one try to start
a ten-penny nail with the use of only
one baud, and he will dou'-t the truth
of this story; but strange as it may
appear, it is in every respect true.
It would pay one for a trip to Ripley
county to see the ingenius devices of
Robert Lewis to mike the difficult work
for a two armed man easy of accomplish
ment by a one armed soldier. At the
time I was there he was completing a
crib which would compare with the neat
est of those sold to the mnrket. Resides,
earning a living and building a hoase;.
Mr. Lewis is reading law. He ha3 a re
markable head, and unless I am much
mistaken, he will yet become eruiiiCDJU
lie is not yet 21 years of ag
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Signing the Pledge In His Own Way.
A man long noted for intemperance
habits was induced by the Rev. John
Abbott, to sign the pledge, ' in his own.
way," which he did in these words:
" I pledge myself to drink no intoxi
cating drinks for one year."
Few believed he would keep it; but
near the end of the year he again appear
ed at a temperance meeting, without hav-
ing touclcd a drop.-
" Arc you going to sign again?" asked
Mr. Abbott.
4 Yes," replied he, " if I can do it in
my own way."
And accordiugly he signed the pledge,
for ninety-one years.
And if," said he, " I live to that time
it is my intention to take off a life lease.""
" A lew days after, lie called on the
tavern keeper, who welcomed him.. back:
to his old haunts.
" Oh. landlord," he sai 1 as if in painr
" I have such a lump on my side."
That's because you have stopped'
drinking," said the landlord. " You
won't live long if you keep on."
" Will drink take that lump away?"
u Yes, aud if you don't driuk, you'll
soon have a lump on the other side.
Come let's have a drink together." and
he poured out two glasses of whisky.
I reckou I won't drink," said the-,
former inebriate, " especially, if keepinj
the pledge will bring another lump, for
it isu't very hard to bear, after all," and
with this he drew the lump a roll oT
greenbacks from his side pocket, and
walked off, leaving the laudlord to his
reflections.
One of the most important rules of the
science of manners is an almost absolute
silcuce ia regard to yourself.
An Editor's Works.
Refore you go for an editor, young man,
pause, aud take a big think! Do not rush
into the editorial business too hastilv. -Look
around aud see if there is not au om
nibus to drive somo soil somewhere to
be tilled anythiug that is reputable or
healthy rather than going for an editor,
which is bad business at best. We aro
not a horse, and consequently have not
been called upon to furnish the motive
power for a threshing machine but wo
fancy that the life of an editor, who is
forced to write, whether he feels like it
or not, is much like that the steed in ques
tion. If the yeas aud nays could be ob
tained, we believe that the intelligent
horse would dcciJe that threshing nre
preferablo to the sanctum editorial. The
editor's word is never done. He is drain
ed incessantly, and no wonder that he
dries up prematurely. Other people can
attend banquets, weddiugs, etcs., visit
halls of doling light, get inebriated,
break windows, and enjoy theuiselves iu
a variety of way, but an editor cannot..
He must tenaciously stick to the nuijl.
Tho press, like a sick baby, must noj bo
left alone for a' minute. If the press is
let to run itself, even for a day, somebody
indignantly orders the carrier boy to "stop,
bringing that d n paper. There's uolh
ing in it ; I won't have it in the house,,
A rh mux Ward. . .t
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