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' VOLUME V
THE LEHIGH REGISTER,
le . a blished in the Borough of Allentown, Lehigh
- County, a.,every Thteday
111 Y AVGIUSTIN L. RIJHE,
At Si 50 per annum, payable in advance, and
0'66 if not paid until the end of the year. No
paper d'ocontinued, until all arrearages are paid
except at the option of the proprietor.
ADVEMTIREMENTS. making not more than one
square, will be inserted three times for one dollar
and for every subsequent insettion t seenty five
cents. Larger advertisements chargd in the,
same proportion. Those not exceeding ten lines
will be charged seventy-five cents, and those
making six lines or less, three insertions fur 50
cents.
tar A liberal deduction will be made to those
viito advertise by the year.
100fflee in Hamilton Si., one door East
of the German Reformed Church', nearly
opposite the “Friedensbothe Offlee."
NEW
411 alto r g tstabliolintent.
Georp, - e Keck,
ADOPTS this method
inform the citizens of Al
/town and the pubiic in
.neral, that he has taken
house formerly occupied
Henry F. Nagle, on the
'nth side of Hamilton street,.
, ar the Court House in the
trough of A Ilentown,w here
fashionable
TAILORING ELTABLISHMENT, •
to which he invites the fashionable public
for an early call.
He will attend promptly and faithfully to
all business entrusted to him, and is fully de
termined on being second to none, warrant
ing a good fit, with neatness and dispatch.
He is in regular receipt of the latest Par
is, London and Philadelphia Fashions,
which enables him to cut Coats, Vests and
Pants, in real Bon-ton style.
April 10
Every DaY7Brings Something New !
Ours A Great Country!
Newly Established
Cash Boot al* shoe Store.
Goea. k •c,Xxi.av ,
RESPE( TFULLYinforin their many
'friends and the public in general, that
they have lately established themselves in
tmatthe fashionable
Boot & Shoe
adOS BUSINESS,
one door east of
Gangewer's Hat
Store, and nearly opposite the "Register"
Printing Office. They have just received
from Philadelphia, one of the largest and
best selected assortment of STOOK ever
brought to Allentown. They have pur
chased for cash, and are determined to do
business upon no other but the
Cash Principle.
They would here beg leave to state, that
customers shall save themselves the trouble
of asking a credit, as they will positively re
fuse it. To such, however, who will deal
with them upon the Cash principle, will
find a dillerence in the price of Boots and
shoes equal to 25 per cent. less than they
pay upon a Credit.
They will always be prepared to do cus
tom work at the shortest notice, and will do
up Ladies and Gentleman's work in 'the
latest and most fashionable styles. Ladies',
Misses and Childrens' fancy dress shoes,
and Gentlemen's and Boys fine and coarse
Boots. always kept on hand.
They hope by practical attendance to bus
siness and i•uch reduced prices, to be able
to merit a share of public patronage,
• March 13 ¶-6m.
'V o Contractors.
The undersigned, the Commissioners of
Lehigh County, will receive proposals, on
Saturday the 17th day of May next, at the
public house of James Trexler in Breinigs
vine, for materials and work,' for the Bridge
to be erected in Lower Macungy township,.
near the Lehigh Church, as follows, to viz :
For Stone, delivered at the place, by the
perch, or by Wagon Load; Lime, by the
Bushel; Sand, by the -Wagon Load (four
horses); For the Mason work, by the perch
or by the day and for Laboring hands, by
the day.
None but good materials and workmen,
need be offered. •
BENJAMIN BREINIG,
SAMUEL KNAUSS, Conimissione"
PETER ENOELMAN,
ATTEST M. LINE, Clerk
April, 24.
ENGLISH AND GERNAN
JOB. PRINTING,
Of every desciption neatly executed at the
' , Register" office.
A FAMILY NEWSPAPER.
eireir Goods!
The People' O s Cash Store,
SAMSON, WAGNER WAGNER & Co.
Is again filled brim full of
ME IP GOODS
of all descriptions, kinds and qual
ities, which will be sold for cash
or ready pay, cheaper than the
cheapest
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tilitaranag
of all kinds, from a Hickory shirt
to the finest Coats, at prices lower
than ever before offered in this mar
ket.
Groceries and Crockery,
A full assortment of all kinds,
just arrived, and now open for in
spection.
All kinds of Grain wanted by
the subscribers, for which the high
est market price will be paid.
SAMSON, WAGNER & Co
Nut, Stove and Egg Ccral for
sale, at the lowest Cash prices by
SAMSON, WAGNER & CO.
CK ER E -
50 bbls. No. 1,2 and 3, just re
ceived and for sale cheap .by
SAMSON, WAGNER & Co.
April 10. ir'l«'
4 1/-3in
LElMlsisei
Fashionable
Tailoring & Ready-made
Has been removed from the Odd Fellow's
Hall to the building formerly occupied by
the "Allentown Saving Institution," nearly
opposite the German Reformed church,
where they have just opened an extensive
variety of the best made Clothing ever got
up in Allentown; being an entirely ntw
assortmern, consisting of COATS of all kinds,
PANTALOONS of every pattern, VESTS and
VESTINGS of the latest and most fashionable
styles, together with SUSPENDERS. SHIRTS,
and SHIRT COLLARS, CRAVATS, &C., &e.
All of which they will sell .at prices so low
as to
and secure the patronage of all those who
will favor them with a call and examination
•
of their stock.
They continue to do all kinds of CUS
TOM WORK in the best manner, and at
short notice.
ardiLL FITS W.IRR3NTED.AI
By strict attention to business, and by
selling all their goods as cheap as the chea
pest, they hope to secure a liberal share of
public patronage.
N. 13.—The latest Fashion plates always
on hand and for sale.
Allentown, March .13, MO. 11—te.
Notice is hereby given, that the under
signed have .been appointed Executors in
.the last Will and Testament of Henry Wor
man, deceased, late of the Borough of Al
lentown, Lehigh county. Therefore all
persons who are indebted to said estate, be
it in Notes, Bonds, Book debts, or otherwise,
will please maim settlement between now
and the twentieth day of July next, and also
all persons having claims against said es
tate, will please to present them within said
specified time.
WILLIAM WORMAN,
NATIIAN METZGER, Executors.
JOHN WOMAN,
April 17. 11-6 w
All persons knowing themselves indebted
in the books of the late firm of C. Lochtitart
and Brother, will please observe, that this
is the last notice extended to them. They
will therefore please call upon 13enjamin
Lochman, one of the firm, who has the
books in hands for, collection, and to sett le
their accounts, if they wish to save costs.
After the nth of May next, the books will
be placed in the hantl6 of a Justice for col
lecting.
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RR-A-!-!
lAA -- ! H-U=~
H - U - R
ALSO
Grain Wanted.
COAL.
Good Mews to all
CLOTHING STORE,
Excite the Astonishment!
11V11 4 11012 , 4
Last Notice,.
CHARLES LOCHMAN,
BENJAMIN LOCHMAN.
April 17,
ALLENTOWN, LEHIGH COUNTY, PA., MAY 1, 1851.
The Navigation Opened !
-
11011
Philadelphia, .911cniown 4• flkuch Chunk
TRANSPORTATION LINE,
For transporting merchandize between
Philadelphia, New Hope, Easton, Free
mansburg, Bethlehem, Allentown, Weiss
port, Mauch Chunk and White Haven, and
all intermediate places along the Delaware
and Lehigh Canals ; shipping from Rudd
Conzl y' 8 Third Wharf, below Vine street,
on. the Delaware.
HECKEIt, LONG, & CO.,
Have lately purchased the
Line of. Boats,
known for the last two years as €he Tren
ton and Lehigh Transportation Line and
previous as Cook's Line.
They being neW beginners, hope, by
careful and prompt attention to their busi
ness to get a liberal share of patronage.
The proprietors have large and commo
dious Store House at all the above named
stopping places.
HECKER, LONG, & CO.,
Proprietors.
_G ENT S:
Stephen Long, Philadelphia,
•
Samuel L. Opie, New Hope,
G. W. House! & Co., Easton,
0. & A. Bachman, Freemansburg,
Charles Seider, Bethlehem,
William Hecker, Allentown,
Lewis Weiss, Weissport,
Robert Klotz, Mauch Chunk,
A. Pardee & Co., Hazleton,
Horton & Blakeslee, White Haven.
March 6.
•Veev
Livery Stable,
IN ALLENTOWN.
THE subscriber takes pleasure to inform
the citizens of Allentown and the pub
lic in general, that he has, in connection
with his Hotel, established a new
• :--; 1 4 — ;; LIVERY STABLE,
. ;2 ' 10 • 11 " and has fitted it up in a manner
which he confidently hopes will_secure for
him a liberal share of the public patronage.
His Carriages are all new, and his horses
good. Those who have riding to do. either
for business or pleasure, are therefore invi
ted to give him a call. .
His Charges arc very reasonable and
hopes by strict attention to business to satis
fy all those who may favor him with their
custom.-
REUBEN MOYER.
• April 24. 11-3 m
OtellWaa
To the Directors of Common Schools of
Lehigh county.
In pursuance of the 32nd Section of an
act, entitled, "An act for the regulation and
continuance of a system of Education by
Common Schools," passed the seventh day
of April, A. D., 1849.
We the undersigned, Commissioners of
Lehigh County—hereby publish a State
ment of the amount to which every district
within the County of Lehigh is entitled for
the School year of A. D. 1852,—0ut of the
annual appropriation of $200,000 by the
said act ; as per report made to this office,
by the superiutendants of Common Schools,
as follows, to wit :
Allentown Borough,
Hanover tsp.,
Heidelburg,
Low,hill, -
Lynn, -
Lower Macungie,
Upper Macungie, -
Upper Milford, -
Northampton, - -
Salisburg, - -
Upper Saucon,
Weissenburg, -
Washington. - •
North W hitehall,
South W hitehal I, •
13ENJAMIN BREINIG,
SAMUEL KNAUSS, Commissioners
PETER ENGELMAN,
ArresT:—J. M. LINE, Clerk.
April 17, ¶—,lw
yr(01 - 21,twija0
Through the earnest solicitation of many
friends and acquaintances, the undersigned.
takes this method to inform the 'public, that
he offers his services to wash, dress, lay-out
and dig graves for the dead, to such who
may think proper to give him a call. lie
will be found ready to attend to calls either
by day or night. He will feel thankful to
those who will favor him with their calls.
TIMOTHY GEIDNER.
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' March 27.
-•-"wESPECTFULLY informs his
friends and the public in general, that
lie has taken the well known Tavern House
of the
Bull's Head,
• 1
iiiiioutilll,—,'""' 14
at the corner of Allen
`7l and A ndrew st., where
he will be happy to
sTccommodate his old
customers and friends.
His best efforts will be directed to his ta
ble, so that it be furnished with the most.
seasonable the market affords, his bar filled
with the choicest wines and liquors, his
beds clean, and his yard large and stable
commodious, with an attentive hostler al
ways at hand.
He trusts that by punctual attendance to
business, he will be able to secure a liberal
share of public patronage, for which he will
ever feel thankful.
April 24. ¶-3m
ATTORNEY & COUNSELLOR AT LAW.
0111 - ce - in - the - Avestern - front - room - of - the
buil(ltifr of John D. Lawnll, formerly Ilorn
beck's, west of the Courthouse
Allentown April 4, 1t350
lloyoug,lt Statement
JON.3TILIN REIC HARD, Treasurer,
in account with the Borough of Allen
town, front'Aprit I st 1850, to .dpril 8111
ISO.
1S O, April Ist. Balance on hand
per last account, $ 393 93
Cash from Wm. Ezge for fines, 3 01
S. Bernhard subscrip-
- $316,79
- 227,52
• - 1144)3
- - 82,16
- 163 , 13
- 204,20
- 176,56
- - 325,08
- 74,20
- - 163,53
- 244,00
- 149,:11
- 1;34,30
- 247.66
- 2 r);15;;9
1 11 1 11 1 1° diff2l69
In Allentown.
R. 010VER,
WILLIAM S. MARX,
Dr.
tion for cross walks,
J. Losh for damages,
61 J. Ilagcnbuch. stones
sold,
Charles NV eiand for . I
cross walk, 1 00
J. Dillinger, proceeds
of sale of Bricks, &c., 2 , 1 97
fur Licences, 30 00
John D. Lawnll,appro
priation from Fire Committee
for Fire Department, 50 00
Chas. Eckert, Water
stock dividend, 262 00
Jac. Erig, Borough tax .
for IS-IS,. 6 , 1 07
" for 1819, 369 26
Win. Egge, Borough
tax for ISSO, 139 S 50
lsare Erdman, tax in
full, 10 00
Total,
MI
Cash paid, Interest on loans, $ 631 32
4. S. Bernhard, for ex
cavating and repairing streets, 572 16
64 John Hagenbuch for
excavating and repai ring streets, 022 70
R. Reiss for School
Tax, 5 25
Jac. Erig, for election
expenses, 18 90
" Jacob Erig, for High
Constable salary,26 00
••E. J. Saeger for Clerk
salary for 1849, 45 00
" Daniel Newhard for
flag, stones, 37 62
Daniel Mill for pebble
stones, 48 00
lenry King for Prof.
services from 1816 to 1850, 40 00
61 Rati;qty & 1-lannum
for publishing Borough ac
count, 1850, 5 00
66 A. L. Ruhe, do. 1848
and 1849, 10 00
66 Repairing Engines, 0090
16 Jos. Kramer, paint
ing Engine, 55 00
66 E. R. Newhard and
others for hauling ground,
Adam Kuntz, repair
ing fire plugs,
J. Samuels, Borough
En ginee r for !SW and 1850,
" • Borough Notes can
celled,
66 Incidental expenses,
41 Treasurer for receiv
ing and paying $4771 69' at 1
per cent,
'Balance in hands of
the Treasurer,
We the Undersigned committee appoint
ed to audit the above account report the
same as correct.
PE ITU WEIKEL,
THOMAS WEAVER:
Approved the Bth day of April, Artno
Domini, 1851.
J. D. LAWALL, Chairman.
ATTEST :-E. J. SAEGER, Town Clerk.
April 24. ' ¶-4w
,illiscrllancotts Zciectioiv3.
Easter and Lent.
There are many who hav e no definite
idea of these Catholic customs. The Was
hington ccrrespondent of the New York
Journal of Commerce, furnishes some inter
esting information on the subject, in the
annexed lettert—
"This is Easter Tuesday. end the Easter
holidays are over—Easter which has been
a holiday with Pagans, and is so still with
some denominations of Christians.
We have, hereabouts, many of the old
customs of Easter, which have been handed
down from generations past. and from sour
ces lost in the obscurity of tradition. The
Catholics were, in foriner times, the pre
vailing denomination in Maryland, and the
Protestant Episcopalians were the popular
religionists in Virginia.
In each they Were the prevailing, and in
some sense the , established denomination,
until towards the close of the last century ;
and they still flourish. The Eastern cus
toms
prevail here, perhaps, to a greater ex
tent than elsewhere in the Union. The
slaves, have, to this day, a holiday on Eas
ter Menday. The Easter eggs are still
handed about—or p«sclie " rnschal
eggs, ns they are called in France. In the
Greek and Roman Churches, Easier was
celebrated as i ,a grand festival, and the corn
mon people enjoyed it as a holiday. Among
the Greeks the day was spent in rejoicings.
The, salutation of every one, as he met his
friend, was Chrislos anesle, 'Christ is risen.'
In Rome, the Pope, when there was a
Pope, used to go in the grand procession to
St. Peter's, and assist in high mass. 'ln
Turkey, Easter is still announced by twenty
salutes of cannon, at break of day ; and sac
rifices of animals are made amidst the re
joicings of the people.. In England, a
working man would lose his raBte, who
worked on Easter. Englishmen try to
amuse themselves—or did so in old times,
on this day,„ The opening of the Courts of
law, and the religious observaucos are still
regulated in England by Easter. It is a
holiday at all the public offices except those
of Excise; Customs and Stamps.
During Lent, the people had so mortified
themselves, that they were glad to throw
off restraints, and indulge in good cheer.
Hence aro-e a thousand customs, many of
which still exist, all tending to conviviality.
The priests in the Catholic countries. used
to divert their congregations with . Etister
tales or Feb' he Anehalrs, e. funny sto
ries Some which I have are very ludicrous.
and yet inoffensive, and probably instruc
tive.
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Eaf,ter may be traced I.ir b,' , w I tie' era
of Christianity. It was a pa , util observance.
but was adopted by some oi the early Chris•
bans, , and applied to th. it The
Christians commemorate Easter as the re
surrection of Christ, the festival originating
in the idea that Christ was typified by the
paschal lamb. With theta it had its origin
in the feast of the passover, as ordained by
Moses. The word KlA!er is said to have
been derived •from the name of the Teutonic:,
goddess Ostera, whose feast was celebrated
early in the spring.
That word was derived fro:n the word
(islets, which signifies because na
ture arises anew in spring. The word
East has the same origin, being the quarter
where the sun 'rises. Tile ancient heathen
feast was intended to celebrate the resurrec
tion of nature ; the Christian festival (which
was substituted for it) the rJsurrection of
Christ.
Lent, which precedes Easter, was also
observed by Pagans, and the word is Teu
tonic, meaning the "spring time of the year."
Lent is, perhaps, more observed in this im
mediate region than in any portion of the
United States, so much so that it has a visi.
ble effect on our markets. •
There is a difference of opinion whether
it originally lasted forty days or forty hours,
but the Church has established the period
at forty days. The Catholics universally,
and some Episcopalians abstain, during the
season, from meat. They eat fish and eggs,
and to use a phrase from Shalispear,
"With Lenten salads cool their blood."
Many of the Catholic observanci of
Easter are shown to have been derived
from the Hebrew rituals, while others were
of Pagan origin.-
The Eastern of Greek Church was prob
ably more indebted to Paganism for some
of its customs, than the Western or Roman
Church. As a proof of this, I refer to the
ceremony noted by Dr. Clarke, the travel
ler, which prevail in the Greek Islands, of
convey Silerius in proceSsion at Easter.
This was also an ancient Pagan rite. If
t-2iletius was a grave philosopher, as some
assert, he presents a very merry aspect.
I have an engraving of one, said to be af
ter an etching front a sardonyx gent that
belonged to the late Duke of Devonshire;
and it is the very image of humor and gra
vity oddly mixed. This engraving is also
a perfect representation elan antique comic
mosque, in marble, whichl possess, and
which was presented to me by a friend
who resides in Tuscany, and which is sta
ted to have been taken from Pompeii. But
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if there was any doubt of that, it is removed
by the description and engravings of tho
mosrines in marble and broir.t. , , ti,l;en from
Pompeii, and beloliging to ti.e Townsend
gallery in England. 'Fitt
ivith the figure, in the Easter por:ssimis its
modernareece, as dusetibed by Dr. Clarke -
This I mention only as one proof of tho
admixture of Pagan rites with the observan
ces of the Greek Christians.
Getting into Bed with a Corpse.
A few months since, about nine o'clock
one evening, a son of Erin called at a country
tavern, in the western part of Pennsylvania,
and demanded lodging for the night. It
was evident from his appearance and actions
that he and liquor had been quite, olly com
panions throughout the day. The landlord
was a lazy, good-natured soul, end had im
bibed rather freely that day himself.
"if I give you a light, nod tcl! you v. here
the room is, you can find the place, — said
the landlord.
"Och, an' it's meself that. can do that most
illegantly. Jist show me the way, an' I'll
find it tusy," rejoined the,lrishman.
The directions were given him, and also
a candle. Ile was directed to go into a
Foam in thi.l second story o; the house. By
the time he reached the top of Ow
his light had become extimenshed, and he
had forgotten in what direction way to
go.—Seeing rays of light i,suing front a
room, the door of which stood slightly Ajar,
he reconnoitered the side of the room, and
found it contained n bed, in which lay a
man; and a stand with a small lighted lamp
upon it.—Feeling disinclined fo Make any
further search for the room to which he had
been directed, he divested himself of his
clothing and quietly crept into the back
part of the bed. Ile had been in the bed
but a few minutes, when a young lady and
gentleman entered the room.
The Irishman eyed them closely. They
seated themselves on chairs in close proxi
mity to earli other, and after chatting merri
ly fora short time the young inan threW his
aria around her ‘vai , t in a cousinly man
ner, and imprinted a Itise upon her tempt
ing lips.—There was a witchery in it which
demanded a repetition. The scene amus
ed the Irishman vas!ly. and being free from
selfishness, he concluded that his sleeping
companion should be a participant with
hint in the enjoyment of the scene, and to
this end maliziA ;—hat his companion
stirred not. 'llO then put his hand upon
him and found that Le was tijitly .hocked
in the cold etnlr.tce of death! Simultane
ous with this disrot er_, he bon:tiled out of
bed exclal ming—
"Murlier ! nullifier! (lowly saints ov
Lite n, perti:ct ntc !"
flo had scarcely touched the floor with
his bet before the young lady and gentle
man were making ra, , id strides towards the
stuirwnti-, with terror depicted on their coun
tenances. They had just reached the top
of the stairs when the Irishman came dash
ing along as though all the fiends of Erebus
were close at his heels, intent on making
him their prey, and the whole three went
tumbling down stairs, and it is hard to pe
termine which 01 the three reached the foot
of the stairs first, The landlord stnrid aghast
as the Irishman rushed into the.bar-room.
with nothing on between hint and nudity but
n garment vulgarly styled a shirt, the hair on
his head standing upon end, his eye-halls
ready to leap from their sockets, and he
gasping for breath. It was a sight that
would haVe made a man laugh who had
worn a vinegar face from the day of his
birth. Nothing could induce him to seek
a bed that night again. When the young
lady and gentleman found that it was not
the corpse that had so unceremoniously
bounded from the bed, they returned to the
room, (they being the watchers for the
night,) and doubtless, commenced their
courting at the very point . where it was so
suddenly broken off.
Painting the Face.
Painting the thee is as common among
the elite aristocracy of Europe as it is with
the Aborigines of New Zealand, Australia;
or America, and with the same intent.
Many gentlemen "paint ;" oven officers
in the amry. The practice is not, there
fore confined to the .female portion of the
community, as som persons imagine. Al
though red (rouge) is now the fayourite
colour, blue was the fashionable tint a few
centuries ago. Pliny said that all the Bri- •
tons stained themselves with woad, which.
made their skins of a blue colour. The la
dies in Japan paint the face white and red,
the lips purple, with a golden glow.; the
teeth,of a married lady nro blackened, and
her eyebrows extirpated. The quantity of
red mid white paint, under the name of
rough and pearl white, manufactured in
is, amounts to some thousands of pounds
annually.
Lir If you wish to be happy, keep -hal
sy ; idleness, is harderwork than plowing,
a great deal. There is inure Inn rut
swea-
Ling an hour, than there is iu yawiling, a
century.