Meuotcb to Nrws, Liter
TILE LEHIGH REGISTER,
s iii7he Borough of Allentown, Lehigh
County, Pa.,every Thursday
BY AIIARIUSII`US L. RUEFIE,
Atsl 50 per annum, payable in advance, and
00 if not paid until the end of the year. No
'paper dicontinued, until all arrearages are paid
'except at the option of the proprietor.
AnvEnrissmENTS, making not more than one
:square, vvill be inserted:three-tithes-for one dollar
'and for every subsequent insertion wentyfive
rents. Larger advertisements, charged in the: l
same proportion. Those not exceeding ten lines I
will be charged seventy-five cents, and those . ;
snaking six lines or less, three Insertions for SO 1
'cents.
liberal deduction will be made to those
Who advertise by the Year.
Office in Hamilton St., one door East
of the German Reformed Church, nearly
opposite the "Friedensbote Office."
New Spring and Summer
soozoo
1t the OPesv Pork Store.
• The undersigned take this method to in
form their friends and the puplic in general,
that they have just returned from Philadel
phia and New York, with a large assortment
of new: and fashionable
SPRING AND SUMMER GOODS,
that cannot be excelled in this county. We
hereby extend to you a polite invitation, to
call at the New York Store, one door east
'of the Post Office in Allentown, and you will
find that we can suit you with the most
- fashionable styles of Goods the market can
furnish. Our stock combines every article
of Ladies and Gentlemen's wear, and no
one would ask of us to eutunerate them all.
Amohg them are to be found
MI kinds of Dress Silks, Satins, Berag,es,
Bera,fre de Loins, .filpaceas,
de ' Laines, Lawns, Gin ghouls,
Cailk:ors, Edgings, 4.c. 4.e.
ALso—A full assortment of Cloths, of all
colors and qualities, fancy.Casimeres, Sati
netts, Tweeds, Vestings, and other fashion
able goods too tedious to mention.
Call and examine our stock, for we are
prepared to satisfy all.
• KERN & KLINE.
Allentown, April 8, 1852. ¶-41w
GROCERIES
. , ;114, The undersigned have just
1,11 received a large stock di 'new
141 Groceries, such as Molas.ses,
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Coace,.Tea, Sugar, Spices,
Chocolate, &c., which they offer for sale at
the lowost cash prices.
QUEENSWAR.E.
A lame assortment of Queensware just
recieved and for sale at the store of
KERN & KLINE.
MACKEREL. MACKEREL.
Just rqceived and for sale a new lot of
Nos. 1, '2 and 3 Mackerel, in whole, halves
and quartdr barrels.
SALT, SALT, SALT.
A large lot of Liverpool Ground and line
Lalt just received and for sale by
KERN &.KLINE.
CARPETS,
OIL CLOTHS,
LOOKING GLASSES,
• DRIED PEACHES, &c.
are all article which are offered for sale ye
ry chenp at the store of
KERN & KLINE
COUNTRY PRODUCE
All kinds of Country Produce will he
taken in exchange for Store Goods, (or which
the highest market price will be allowed. •
KERN t% KLINE.
Allentown, April 8, 1852.
Dr.' 3. 1 1 .
DE TIM T.
Adopts this method to inform his
friends and the public in general,
that he has Made "Allentown his permanent
residence. He has opened an office at his
dwelling, .opposite Kolb's American Hbtel,
a few doors east of Pretz, Guth & Co's.
Store, where he will be happy to oiler his
professional services in the science of Den
tistry. He will call at private residences,
if requested.
.125",HiS terms are' reasonable, and having
bhd much ciperienco in the professions,
feels satisfied that he can give general satis
faction.
Allentown, April 24, 1851
randreth and Wrights Pills.
'Country merchants and others, are here
by notified, that the far !amnia Pills o
Doctors Willie In A. Wright, and Benjamin
.Brandreth, are constantly kept for sale at
the office of the "Lehigh Register" by the
dorm boxes, at wholesale prices.
' July 5,
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KERN & KLINE
And now Feb. 2, 1853, on motion the
Court appoint Augustus L. Rulie, Ludwig
Schmidt, and Eli J. Saeger, auditors to au.
dit, resettle, make distribution and report to
the next stated Orphans' Court.
From the Records,
NATHAN METZGER, Cleric.
The Auditors above named tvill meet for
the purpose of their appointinent, on Friday
the 23th of April, at 10 .o'clock in the fore
noon, at the Public House of Jonathan
ROM, in A Ilentown, where these who think
proper may attend.
Taq,)p, - .l4.awira ce
The undersigned begs leave to announce
that he does not intend teaching school this
summer ; but will giVe private instruction
to those who will call at his residence, in
William Street, above Andrew. Parents
having children that they wish to send, will
please make) application early. Book-keep..
ing on a new and improved method will be
taught to those, who desire it
Allentown, March 18
T-ly.
JOIiP 1117.11rTAVG,
Neatly eitocuted at (ho '•Register" Office.•
5-13 in
titre, poctru, Science, lllerlmnics, 'agriculture, the Miff
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Philadelphia, Sllentown t Mauch Chunk
- TRANSPORTATION LINE.
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For transporting merch,antlize 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 ; shipped from Third
Wharf, below Vine street, on the Delaware.
1th1), being new beginners, hope by
careful and prompt , attention to their busi
ness
. to get a liberal share of patronage. 1
The proprietors have large and commo- (
dious Store Houses at all the above named i
stopping places.
HECKER, LONG, tfr, CO.,
Proprietors.
aGENTS.
Stephen Long, Philadelphia,
Samuel L. Opie, New Hope,
G. IV. Housel, Easton,
G. & A. Bachman, Preemansburg,
Charles Seider, Bethlehem,
William Hecker, Allentown,
Lewis Weiss, Weissport,
Robert Klotz, Mauch Chunk,
A. Pardee & Co., Hazelton,
Morton & Blakeslee, White Haven,
March 25. 9—,lm
EVES RIGATT:
I NEW AT AND CAP
Manufactory in Allentown,
E. 811. Wieder,
Respectfully announces to the citizens of
Allentown and its vicinity, that he has late
ly established himself in the above business,
in the Store room formerly occupied by
Messrs. Mertz and Landis, in west Hamil
-1 ton Street, in the Borough of Allentown,
where he has just received an extensive /
new Stock of superfine
~, ,- -- -' 1,_,.. Hats; Caps, Boas, Hu ff s, lie,
1 (a----- - - all of which he will be able to
dispose oil on the most reasonable terms.
His stock ofGentleman's hats, is compos
ed of the beautiful and costly to the most or
dinary article. In other words from a Five
dollar to a5O cent hat. And such that will
bscome the old as well as the young. The
' same may be said of his
117'4'; STOCK OF CAPS ,
which consists of superfine and ordinary.
To the Ladies.
Ile has a word to say, he invites their par
ticular attention to his stock of Furs, his
assortment of
Boas, MuITS, CHM, &c.
cannot be beat in Allentown, and he is pre
pared to sell them with but a very Small ad
vance.
hats will be manufactured to order upon
the shortest notice, and upon the most rea.
sonable terms. Mr. Wieder, trusts that by
keeping a good assortment to select from
and reasonable prices he will be able to se
cure a share of public patronage
November 1:3
1A1220111'3 YIWHIM
o .,v4 i 4r r , In the Orphan's Court of Le
znlitMl. high County.
In the matter of the account of
' 4 411 . 0; i ' David Rudy, Israel Rudy and
Peter - Gross, administrators ofDurs Rudy,
deceased, late of Washington township Le
high county.
AITGUSTUS L. RUEIE,
LUDWIG SCHMIDT,
ELI J. SAEGER.
Maich 25
ALLENTOWN, LEHIGH COUNTY, PA APRIL 22, 1852.
pene
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I .Tonath. K. Knauss vs Gid. Hollenbach.
2 John Smith and wife vs Philip Fetherolf.
3 Mahlon Luther vs Henry Helfrich.
4 Win. i y. Hoffman vs Charles Mertz.
5 Jesse Breinig vls Nathan Whitely.
6 Charles Mertz vs Solomon Donley.
7 David Erny and wife vs Samuel Rinker.
8 David Schmoyer and others vs Abraham
Schmoyer.
9 David Remelt/ vs Hoffert & Levers.
10 Amandes Hoffert vs Jacob Jacoby.
11 John Miller vs John Snyder.
12 Angeline Siegfried's use vs Thomas
Shiener and others.
13 Solomon Appel vs Nathan Lerch.
14 Catharine Grim's use vs Peter Schneider
and Terre Tenants.
15 Catharine Grim's use vs Henry Schnei
der and Terre Tenants.
16 R. & J. Newhard vs John Sherer.
17 Robert Steckel vs John Sherer.
18 James Trexler vs Peter Moyer.
19 Peter Marx vs John Sherer.
20 Christian L. Knauss vs Charles Stopp.
21 A. K. Wittman vs Mathias Weaver.
22 Barbara Ortt vs Henry Ortt.
23 George H. Reber vs Henry Eisenhard.
24 Conrad Rieder vs Daniel Rieder.
25 Valentine Geist vs Samuel and Catha
rine Shaffer.
26 Catharine Weaver vs . Jesse Weaver.
27 Trexler & Bush vs Henry Beitler (5-
Son.
2S Thomas Shamer vs Nathan Lerch.
29 Michael Deibert vs Catharine Peter.
30 Jonas Diehl vs Henry Fatzinger.
31 Jacob 'Ureic!'ler vs William Craig.
32 Elizabeth Ebert's use vs William Ebert
& Terre Tenants.
F. E. SAMUELS, Prot'y.
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April 8
WILLIAM S. MARX
ATTORNEY S. COUNSELLOR AT LAW.
Office in the western front room of the
building of John D. Lawsll, formerly Horn
beck's; west of the Courthouse.
Allentown, April 4, 1850.
ELISHA FORREST,
ATTORNEY AND COUNSELLOR AT. LAW.
Office on the East side of Hamilton street,
formerly occupied by John S. Gibons, Esq.
1-. I V -Gan be consulted in the English and
German languages.
April 15,
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Doctor William J. Komi
b,
.7Having returned to Allentown,
1-77 oilers his professional services to
' his friends and the public. Office
at his residence, in Hamilton street,
south side, first comer below Pretz, Guth
& CO's: Store, in Allentown.
February 19, ll-1v
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Agricultural Meeting.
The Executive Committee or Officers of
the ' , Lehigh county Agricutiorrel Society,"
will meet on Saturday the 24th of April next,
at 10 o'clock in the forenoon, at the House
of Major Eli Steckel, in Allentown. Punc
tual attendance is expected as business of
.
importance will be transacted.
Edivard Kolikr, President.
E. MOSS.
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April 15.
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PROCLAMATION.
WHEREAS, the Hon. Washington Mc- The Orphan Boy.
Cartney, President of the several Courts of
common pleas of the Third Judicial District, ,
About eight years aan, a poor boy, wretch
edly dad, and half famished was wander
composed of the counties of Northampton and I
sarch
Lehigh, State of Pennsylvania, and Justice . in
of the several Courts of Oyer and Terminer I meg about our wharves in
pt. He was only fourteen e yof employ-
ears of age
and very small for his years._Day_after
and general Jail delivery, and Peter_Hans,
lay. he off!red his services on board of ma
and Jacob Dillinger, Esqrs., Judges of the I! y
vessels, but no one would employ hiiii ;
Jail delivery, forhe the trial of all capital of
sickly to stand the hard work that would be
fenders in the said county of Lehigh. By
reouired of him. He had just .been turned
their precepts to me directed, have ordered
ashore by n brute of a coasting captain, tylio
the court of Oyer and Terminer and Gene-
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not satisfied with saying no, insulted, him
ral Jail Delivery, to be holden at A llentoWn .
county of Lehigh, with coarse remarks about his poverty.—
First on the •
The poor fellow turned upon' the insulter,
Monday in May, 1852, the tears standing in his eyes, and, in a
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which is the 3d day of said month, and j voice tremulous with emotion, replied—
will continue two weeks.
I 'God forbid, Sir, that you would ever have
NOTICE is therefore hereby given to the' a son as poor as I am—l have neither lath-
Justices of the Peace and Constables of the er nor mother ; and all I ask is a chance to
county of Lehigh, that they arc by the said liv e ."
precepts commanded tobe there at lOo'clock i "Be off, you lying brat," replied the bul
in the forenoon, of said day, with their rolls, I Iv, "I know you, and your long yarns—be
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records, inquisitions, examinations, and all Ofl."
other remembrances, to do these things' The little fellow walked up the wharf
which to their offices appertain to be done, crying; he had no where to lay his head,
and all those who are bound by recognizan- I night was approaching and the weather was
ses to prosecute against the prisoners that I, cpld and rainy.
are or then shall be in the jail of said coun
ty of Lehigh, are to be then and there to I tion with one of w his hil captains, witnessed the
prosecute them as shall be just. 'scene we have just described, and was
Given under my hand in Allentown, the I struck with the boy's Meek answer to the
Bth day of April, in the year of our Lord 1 insolence of the bully.
one thousand eight hundred and fifty two. As the boy passed he called him to him.
God save the Commonwealth. I "Now my little fellow," said he kindly, ".tell
JOSEPH P. NEWHARD, Sheriff: i
' me what you want ? tell me who you are ?"
Sheriff's Office Allentown, ,' 'l. want something to do, Sir," he replied
A pril 8, 1652, .
¶—tc "that I may earn a living ; and I ani a poor
i boy without a friend in the world. Clod on
ly is left to me, but I still trust in Him."
"'fell me your story ?" continued the
merchant.
TISALI ILI a f 2
For, a y Term, 18,52.
faiscellancottri Selections,
"It is soon told, Sir ! I am a native of
Scotland ; my father and mother: . in coming
to this country, both died of ship fever ; and
when I landed here, I tried to get some
thing to du. For three weeks I have lived
on charity, and at night have slopt in carts,
and sometimes good sailors have let me lie
iu their forecastles ; but still I can't get any
thing to do." •
"Can you read and write ?"
"yes, Sir, thank God, my poor parents
kept me always at school. I can read and
write pretty well."
The merchant turned to his captain and
said--" You must take this boy on board,
Captain and see what you can make of him.
lie is very small, but you will be kind to
him, and ho will perhaps grow up to be
useful. It is a pity to leave him in such a
condition."
The merchant and captain were proverb
ial for their economy ; but the captains was
even more economical than the merchant.
"Sir," he replied, "4, is a mere child,
and will be more in the way than a soldier
on board. I don't think its right to cumber
the vessel with him. You know I keep no
more cats on board than can catch mice."
"Well, well," rejoined the merchant, "let
him stay on board while you remain in port,
and by the time you're ready for sea, some
of my other vessels may arrive, and then I
will decide what I shall do with him."
The boy was sent on board and entrusted to
the care of the steward who liked him at first
sight, and acting from the impulse of a kind
heart, took him on the next day, and rigged
him in a new suit at his own expense.
Times were dull and the vessel had a
long lie in port. The captain and mate
lived on board, as a matter of economy, and
these, with the steward, who was also co*
and the boy, were the only persons attachell,
to her.
The second evening after the boy came
onboard, he was in the forecastle reading
the Bible, when the steward came below to
turn in
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"You read, boy !" said the steward, throw-
I ing his hat off and rubbing his head--myou
read, boy, you read ! and do you think you
can learn this nigger to read, too ? Eh, eh,
you learn this clarity to read, boy ? jumping,
and rubbing his hands.
"Yes, my dear friend, I can learn you to
read, and Write too," replied the boy.
I will not string out what passed between
them. 'rite steward, a young fellow of
about twenty, danced, whooped,'sting, and
madelthe most extravagent promises, as to
What he would do, when he could read.
The next day they went ashore together
and purchased suitable books, and the stew
ard soon became a most devoted student.—
His progress at first was slow, but his op
plication was indomitable ; and before the
vessel was reeky for sea he could spell his
own name, and read most of the signs on the
wharf.
At last the vessel was ready to sail ; and
the captain still thought the boy n' useless
incumbrance, and the merchant, having an
other vessel in port transferred him to her.
The steward said he would not go witholit
the boy, and being,a most exeollent servant
the merchant also gratified him by sending I
him with the boy, in the capacity of ship
keeper.' - Here they pursued their studies, .1
without interruption, for they were the only
per Sons on board. All they had to do was ,i
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ion of 'Useful Ji
NEUTRAL IN POLITICS.
to keep the ship clean and attend to her fasts
and fenders.
The ship then left, went to sea and has
not since been heard from. It was suppos
ed that she foundered in a gale'and all hands
perished.
The boy and his friend remained in their
new vessel and sailed many voyages togeth
er_;_but_at- last- were--separatedi-the-steward
having been compelled by sickness to re
main on shore.
At eighteen years of age, the boy was
second mate, at nineteen chief mate, at
twenty the same merchant in whose employ
lie had always sailed, placed hini in com
mand of a new and beautiful ship. He
still sails for the same merchant, and enjoys
the reputation of being one of the most in
telligent and upright shipmasters.
The steward, though a negro, commands
a fine schooner in the coasting trade ; and
takes pride and pleasure in recounting the
manner in which he received his education.
The poor, friendless boy put his trust in I
God and was sustained—the negro threw
his bread upon the waters, and lo ! after
many days he found it.
This is not a sketch of fancy. The par
ties and circumstances are well known to
many in hiS community ; and only to 'avoid
the possibility of. giving offence, is the mo
tive for withholding names.
This poor boy's case shows the benefits
of education comtined, with religious sen
timent. These "bloom in perfect beauty
when all else have become withered and
dry."
Clergyman Taken in and Done For.
The boat from Albany landed on the pier
last Tuesday morning, an innocent, unso
phisticated clergyman from the western part
I of the State, who had never been in this city
before, and of course knew nothing of the
vicious habits of the elephant.'• The cler
gyman stood on the pier, with his carpet
bag in his hand, and a wondrous expression
on his mild countenance, when he was es
pied by a JelYu, who was on the lookout for,
a fare.
'Coach, sir ?' says Jehu, touching his hat
respectfully, and looking demurely.
'Yes, my friend,' the clergyman replied,
working suddenly from his reverie, do
want a coach.'
'All right, sir ; come this way,' and Jehu
seized the carpet bag, to which its owner
clung and was dragged through the crowd
to a rickety old machine, which the driver
called a coach.
'Where to, sir ?' says Jehu.
'To any respectable house—l am a stran
ger here.'
I'll carry you to the best one in town—
the hotel where rooms have been taken for
the King of France.
'Bless me,' said the clergyman, 'is the
ex-King of France coming over—l didn't
hear of that.'
'Expected next steamer, sir—he would
have been here before, only he wanted to ,
see if the Queen of England woudn't want
to come along, too.'
'Ah,' said the clergyman, we live in ex
citing times.'
'We don't do. any thing else, sir,' said
Jehu as he jumped on the box, and applied
the whip to his miserable nags.
To what den of thieves the rascally coach
:nan carried our country friend, we cannot
say, since the victim was unable to describe
the place of its locality to the police. But '
it was opposite a dirty looking building that I
he was put down by the driver, who then
demanded three dollars fare.
'Three dollars !' exclaimed the good cler
gyman, 'why, a neighbor of mine said that
I . )fiE rates were fixed by law, and that I would
I have to pay only three• shillings to ride a
mile in the city.
'Oh, that was before the news of the
French revolution came ; wages have riz
since then, and the law now is for every man
to get as much as he can, and keep all he
gets, and we go in for that law—we do.
'But, my friend, if I had known that you
would have demanded so much; I should
have walked.'
"Taint safe for strangers to walk in the
city—ten to one they'll meet the elephant.'
'Meet the elephant—l don't understand you.'
By this time, according to the clergyman's
' account, the knave became tired of fool
.ing with his victim, for he answered saucily
can't stop to talk with you—pay me my
three dollars ; and , let me go.'
The' country gentleman, unsuspicious an
hour before such tricks, yet felt that he was
being cheated, he mildly declined to pay
money.
'Then you must go before a marristrate,'
cried John in a rage.
'Willingly and if the magistrate says
that your charge is right, I will pay it.'
'Better pay now and save the cost of court.'
'Ousts of court ! will a justice of the
peace charge anything for answering a sin
gle qUeitien ?
'A single question—if you gertalaw'tivith
me, we'll'have a regular trial according to
the new constitution—l'll have a jury of
twelve men, if they can be got, or six any
ansWered the hackman.
The clergyman endeavored, to eompinm
ise with the Sehu, but a now idea had enter-
ed into the rascals head, and he no* not
only demanded three dollars fee, but extra
pay for the delay. The victim concluded
to see the magistrate, and re-entered the,
hack, and was driven off—where he could
not tell ; but his description of the scene
which followed was Judicious enough.
I was introduced to the magistrate, who
- shook - hands with me, asking the — hackman
what was the nature of the charge, and
shook his head when told that I would not
pay three dollars for riding from the steam
boat to the hotel. 1 asked him if the charge
was just. He said the new laW was not so
clear to his apprehension ; and he thanked
God that'under the new constitution the ju-;
ry were the judges of the law, and the facti
and didn't care a fig for all the benches in
the - Supreme Court. Then he walked away
with the driver, and.. told me that I must
consider myself a prisoner until the case
was adjudicated. I asked him for my car
pet bag. He said that the new law did not
allow a prisoner to have a carpet bag . , or
trunk, until the chief of police had examin
ed into the contents, and he asked me for
the key to send with the bag to the chief's
office, which I gave him. I waited for more
than an hour before a jury was empannelled,
when the trial began ; the magistrate asked
me if I had counsel. I replied no, upon
which ho said that the court would assign
me counsel, and a red-faced man who stood
in the door-way was told to take charge of
my case. The hackman was examined, and
told his story very briefly. Then I was put
upon the stand and questioned and cross
questioned for two hours.
I was obliged to state where I came from,
how old I was, what was the state of my
wife's health, how many children I had, if
my congregation was large. what salary I
had, and whether it was paid monthly or
quarterly, whether there had been a revival
in the neighborhood during the year, what
my opinion of the ship fever was, whether
there had been any cases of small-pox in my
town, and if all the children had been vacci
nated, what works on natural history I had
read, and whether 4 had seen the elephant.
To each of these questions my counsel loud
ly protested, and offered to show from the
new constitution, that I could not be compel
led to answer them. But I told him I
would much rather answer them at once,
than to lose time in discussion. Finally the
case was given to the jury. after a very long
charge from the judge, in which he said that
whatever might be their verdict, they must
remember, that I was a clergyman who had
heretofore borne an excellent character, and
that I was entitled to the benefit of a doubt,
if there was such a thing in the case, which
he felt obliged to say he doubted. Howe
ver, he referred them to the new constitution,
and 'the whole duty of man,' an excellent
work as I knew, and then sent them out for
consultation. It was afternoon when the
jury came in with a verdict for the plaintiff.
The judge ciphered on a slate fora few min
utes, and then told me to pay three dollars,•
costs of court, and three dollars counsel fee.
My counsel said, that I could appeal if I
would lodge one hundred dollars with the
court as security, that I would carry the case
up. But I preferred to pay the seventeen
dollars, especially as I hadn't the hundred
dollars to lodge as security. I was then al-'
lowed to depart, the court giving me an or
der on the chief Of police for my carpet bag.
This was the story of a New York State
clergyman, related with child-like simplici
ty at the Chiefs office, where he presented.
the order for his bag, and was informed that'
he had been grossly imposed upon. The
knaves into whose hands he fell had amused
themselves for nearly an entire day with'
their victim, before they plucked him.
Short Sermon on Honesty.
ro live honestly is to live justly and above
reproach. It is to live so that no man, who
knows how we live, can truly say any harm
of us. Nothing is honest which is against'
justice or honor. •
One. may be able to keep out of jail, and
yet not 'live honestly.' All stealing is dis
honest. It may be but a pin, or a marble, or
an apple, that we steal,-but if we take it sly..
ly, it is stealing. It is wicked to steal any.
thing even if we need it. The eighth corn- .
mandment is, 'thou shalt not steal.'
We may also be dishonest in .borrowing :
first, when we do not need what we borrow.'
and then, when we keep it longer than we,
need it, or do not take good care of it, and
do not send it , home as soon as we hive done
with it. 'ln all things live honestly.' .
Some are not honest in buying and selling:
Their rule is; to buy at all times as cheap us
they can, and sell as dear as they can. This
is a wicked title. We often .trade with'
those who do not know the worth of the
thing bought or sold. It is cheating them te..
make the best, bargain we can. Sometimes'`'
we trade with those who are in great *ad:
and we fix oar oWn prices, and make
much too high if we sell, and tou
we buy. There is a fair Wee' fbV
thing: He who is just and true; and, j ovea
his neighbor as himself, tirift Cid out
what& fair price is. Almost' all men use s m
many iVoidet -in bnYiiigi and selling,. 'mil
When too mnny words are used,. thew. it,.
most always a liu saa.ww,i,cpc, •
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