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The whole art ok Government consists in the art of reino honest. Jefferson.
VOL. 2.
STROUDSBURG, MONROE COUNTY, PA, WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 29, 1841.
No 31.
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From the" Newark Sentinel.
Delaware Water Gap.
Delaware Water Gap, Aug. 3 8-11.
Seeing is believing; and I here confess my
self a convert to the sentiment of that accom
plished Lady who declared that "the man who
could speak while passing this gorge would
commit sacrilege or rob his father's graxe!" -He
could at any rate have no reverence in his
soul. In winding our way through the road
that hancs along
ihe bank ol iihe Delaware,
ciiauing cneen.y, anu u....y. -- r
shadows and picturesque images of the or-
hanging foliage and rocks a first glimpse of the ;
sublime spectacle brought us to a stand- we ;
involuntarily paused and prostrated ourselves in ;
profound awe before ihe-work of Mature. U j
seemed like looking into the very Presence j
l . . 1 Jl. ,i. .irl- tlir ilonn
ber of the Creator. 1 Ins was an impres-
grgiie it to you just as it occurred. ;
s-r.-i-.i nr.. j !....,
ggveiaware a.er ua,i,
,e five lamous fissures or breaks m the ,
nge or lCittatinnyMounUj.w.ncl, -
tny hundred miles from N. E. to S. W. .
Blue Range
tends many
All of them appear to have been made by some j
ni.ghty convulsion of nature for the passage of j
the large streams running to the Atlantic, viz: j
the passage of the Hudson at est Point, tho ,
Delaware at this place, the Lehigh at Mauch ,
Chunk, the Susquehanna near Ilarrisburg, and
the Potomac at Harper's Ferry. 1 have now
seen all but the last, and in the single points
of magnitude and grandeur the Delaware Ya
ler Gap exceeds them all.
The Gap is visible as you approach on the
Pennsylvania side of the river (which we cross
ed, from Warren county, a: Auter's Ferry ten
or a dozen miles distant;) as far as the moun
ram itseii. But there is noining. particularly ,
grand m the distant prospect. Hicre all seemed
-soft, quiet and unobstrusivc. Tho sloping hills
are verdant with vegetation, and the tranquil
streams wears the aspect of profound and beau
tiful Tcposc occasionally resting on its course
in motionless pools, two or three hundred yards
"wide, as if to reflect the picturesque scenery
Hvhich overhangs and beautifies it. As you near
the U-ap me scene suddenly cnanges : ne ,
ground rises rapidly, almost prccipituously be-1
r l li . i . ..............
lore juu, aim ui uiu iiiuiauLu uiu iiiuumaiii
-seems to have been suddenly riven asunder, i
The rugged walls rise in huge grandeur 1 600 ,
feet, partially covered with lofty pines, and j
overhang the road with immense masses of
rock which nearly obscure the day and threat- (
en destruction 10 the traveller beneath. But j
tho passage widens
s you proceed, and the
J l '
chad
moS
scenerv uecomes less imposing anu assumes u j w . , ., r?i e . .u
cheerful as ect .success to the depth of 6G1 feet, when the evi-
more c eer u aspec . ... . . J dences were such that the boring was suspend-
In pursuing the rtht angled sinuosities ol . . . . . . ,f ,. J . ,
t . . s . p , , ' ed, and tubes sunk to ascertain the quantity and
the ravine you lose sight of the entrance, and . ... - . , . rp, , . , J
r " , r i i t. ' iiuauiy ui ijh'- urine. iiiu uuiiiu iva uius ii.ii-
look back in vain For the fearful clia.sm. it; 1 . , , . , 00i, ,, i , .
. 1,11-1 - - 1 quirer states that on the 28th uli., the tubes
stcems to have closed behind you. Asemi-cir-; 1 . , , . , . fvn , ,
, . ii r i -.i i r . Were nut down to the depth of 360 feet, when
cular mountain wall, fresh with dense forests, . . , . ,. r r . . , ' . ,
r ti ifi . . - i ' pure brine, of the quality of one bushel of salt i
sweeps gracefully around the retrospect and , r ' rn J , , , ,
, e . . . J t .i . . to from oO to GO gallons, ascended and poured
bounds the vision. I he stream apparently ter- . r . , . P. . ' r .
II J tut n fliA iiKn mi h i rv maiicn ilrvn ll i aIi f
imnaies in a uecp, sueni wikc, uarn, ami giwuuiy
, , ' ji v r '
, and the coup a ail forms .
' . nil i
ndescnbahle grandeur. i
. , ;
the prospect as you ad-1
as the fabled Acheron
an amphitheatre of ind
Quite lhe reverse is the prospect as you ad-1
" II J
sm . 11111 r
vance. Several emerald jsles in the bosom ol .
, . ,, ... ,
1ho ttj-onm frirlr?i1 npn lit 1 1 ill I v M'llll llio rn r IT v
wood-clad eminences which now have a more'
founded form.
The distancejhrotigh the pass is about two
miles. At -about two thiids of the way from
the entrance of the road ascends the side of fhe
ridge, and perched on a commanding spot, 150
feet above the river; stands the forest House
which affords every luxury and comfort 'for
man and beast.1 A few rods beyond, the road
winds over the-Itfo'W of tho mountain and passes
on to the west, it being the regular mail route
from Easton to Owego.
The view from the house is romantic enough
for the most ardeh't worshipper of the pictur
esque. It presents a perfect panorama of
mountains, enclosing the deep basin through
which the river flows in placid beauty, reflect
ing the blue sky above and the green forest
around it; for nothing else is visible, save a sol
itary white tavern in the bosom of the forest,
far down towards the south, which gives a fine
felief to the scene. Tho view by moonlight,
when the overhanging canopy is bespangled
Avith stars, is itself worth all the toil and ex
pense of the journpy. Of all retreats in the
world, this is the place for a young married
-couple during the hunoymooit.
A water fall, formed by a mountain stream
Which dashes in full volume over a rock pre
cipice, some 90 or 100 feet, into tho deep bed
of trie' nVer-'is one of tho most exciting fea
...w o.-c. . w..- ..... ."':!
tures in this Uasiti"' scene. Nx description cap
surpass tho magiiiliccshce. of the view as you
gaze upward from the margin of the river be
low. The water rushes down violently over
huge rocks covered with a foam of snowy
whiteness, contrasting finely with the deep
surrounding foliage, while the spray, sparkling
,he reflccted light, resembles a shower ol
I o
diamonds. The effect upon the spectator is
! inilpsrrihnblo
lliuoaiyi luauit.
Passing on from the cataraci, the path leads
you along the stream under a canopy of trees,
more than a half a mile to a rural bridge, which
conducts to a level island of a dozen acres, en
tirely covered with a fine young growth of tall
sycamores; which is hence called Sycamore
Island. From this Island you can have a glo
rious prospect of the course of the river, which
is bounded at some 4 or 5 miles distant, by the
circle of mountains that encompass the whole
scene. Geologists conjecture that this basin
or bay once formed the bed of it large lake of
water which, at some remote period, was re
leased to pursue its course through the moun
tain by some mighty convulsion. The opinion
. is supposed to oe corobotateu by the extraor
.... .
I.. . . . . J
dinary depth ol the channel at the Gap. I do
noi know lhat u has evcr ,)een fathom(;(: we
faile( Q rMch lhe hmWm
, t Jines 0Uf mcans woud YUUm
shouu nol fai, l0 dow to u hl a . f()r
lhey are sure t0 relurn whh indcgcribabIo im
es-;on3 of ,, , , f ,
,i.
Th nQlhi ,.. , conrns? ,
-,0 a town weary citizen pe.haps the greatest
o i s
charm of W8 foresl aan1clun 1 is ils ...
Swcel reHef frQm carki arJ t0 worU.woa.
ried man, Ye, lhe -o ig n. djsma
dismal
n QirPt enruniti ie rMnt ill o.wl i V .-.Mn.n1
5mpreasion is peaCe--perfeci peace. All is
iel and r You a1re thon)u h, rescued
from jhe gi hl of unseom toi, anJ lhonghtlcss
,abor Thcn he worfd erander...lhJ
fresher and greener and bluer is the sky, and
1 less sober is our cheer of heart. The system
becomes juvenelized for here methinks one
might live like the Nymphs and Fairies with
out growing old. I find my stomach has al
ready become prompt, without being importu
nate, and Apicius himself could not desire more
delicious fare. Fresh trout in the morning, and
cool clean linen at night! Hunger turns everv
lhing inlo Iuxury and afler a mea, w,lich Be?.
shaz2ar rnlvht have envied. we olunffe into bed".
' and in half a minute fall into a alevp such as
all the poppies, all the "syrens and medicinal
guns" of earth never administered. Sleep an
nihilates Night, and all the consciousness we
have of that "ugly and foul gaitcd witch" is
that we lay down by candle light full of the
good things of this world and awake 'under the
opening eyeiids 0f Morn. full of heahh spiritS
and streng,,. Eternal praise and thanks to the
"
Father of All!
Yours, &c.
ZTIiciiigaxL Salt.
Mr. Lyon has for some time past been boring
for salt water in the Grand River valley, Wes
tern Michigan. At the depth of 200 feet indi-
I. . , ., . ' r
. tnrr 1 1 c- nnnl I ruinI t t 1 1 i Itlit Trrif rmernnt rl
mated ;hat the lubes might be carried fifty feet
, . , , . . . r, J . .
higher, and the brme yet escape, rrom six to
1 ' ,, i- u i . m
eiyht gallons are discharged per minute. J his,
P, . .,, 1 r ,
P , . .. , 1 r ,
ii.ii inn hf lien n n nnnin nr fitil- monno nl .!
II llilUUI IliW J I U lUllllf. Jk UII, IIIIIIU v
. , , ' M i .t i . r
vation, is deemed unparalled in the history of
' ' J
saliness. , Mr. Lyon will send the tubes still
lower with the expectation of obtaining still
stronger brine, and commence boiling immedi
ately. The enterprise is .most important as
well as successful. Cleveland paper.
Otto of I&oscs.
The following is tho recipe for malVfng' tli'e
celebrated otto or oltar of roses, from a work
recently published, entilled the Memoirs of the
Rose.
"Take a very large earthen or stone jar, or
a large clean wooden cask, fill it with the leaves
of the flower of roses, very well picked, and
freed from all seeds and" stalks; pour on them
as much pure spring water as will cover them,
and s'et the vessel in tho sun, in the morning,
at sunrise, and let it stand till the evcnhig.'lhen
take it into the house for the night. Expose it
in this manner for six or seven successive days;
and, at the end of the third or fourth day, a
number of particles, of a fine, yellow, oily mat
ter, will float on tho surface; which in two or
three days more, will gather into a scum, which
is lhe ottar of roses. This is taken up by some
cotton, tied to the end of a piece of stick', ant
squeezed by the finger and thumb, into a small
phial, which must bo immediately well stopped
and this is repeated for some successive eve
nings, or while any of this fine esscnti il rises
to the surface of the water. It is said that a
hundred pounds weight of roses will no' vied!'
above half an ounce of this precious aro'na."
Uiaitct! States Kccrd.
PRINCIPAL OFFICERS OF THE GOVERNMENT SIXCE
THE ADOPTION OF THE FEDERAL CONSTI
" " TL'TION.
Presidents.
1789. George "Washington, of Virginia.
1797. John Adams, of Massachusetts.
1801. Thomas Jefferson, of Virginia.
1809. James Madison, of Virginia.
1817. James Monroe, of Virginia.
1S25. John Quincy Adams, of Massachusetts.
1829. Andrew Jackson, of Tennessee.
1837. Martin Van Uuren, of New-York.
1841. William 11. Harrison, of Ohio, (died.)
1841.. John Tyler, of Virginia.
Vic's Presidents.
1789. John Adams, of Massachusetts".
1797. Thomas Jefferson, of Virginia.
1801. Aaron Burr, of New-York.
1805. George Clinton, of New-York.
1812. Elbridge Oerr)', of Massachusetts.
1817. Daniel D.Tompkins, of New-York.
1825. John C. Calhoun, of South Carolina.
1833. Martin Van Buren, of New-York.
1837. Richard M. 'Johnson, of Kentucky.
1841. John Tyler, of Virginia.
Secretaries of State.
17S9. Thomas Jefferson, of Virginia.
1794. Edmund Randolph, of Virginia.
1795. Timothy Pickering, of Massachusetts.
1500. John Marshall, of 'Virginia.
1801. James Madison, Virginia.
1809. Robert Smith', of Maryland.
1811. James Monroe, of Virginia.
1S18. John Quincy Adams, of Massachusetts
1S25. Henry Clay, ol Kentucy.
1829. Martin Van Buren, of New-York.
1831, Edward Livingston, of Louisiana
1S33. Louis McLane, of Delaware.
1835. John Forsyth, of Georgia.
1841. Daniel Webber, of Massachusetts.
Secretaries of the Treasury.
1789. Alexander Hamilton, of New-York.
1795. Samuel Dexter, of Massachusetts.
3 S01. Oliver Wolcolt, of Connecticut.
1802. Albert Gallatin, of Pennsylvania.
1814. George W. Campbell, of Tennessee.
1814. Alexander J. Dallas, of Pennsylvania.
1817. William II. Crawford, of Georgia.
1825. Richard Rush, of Pennsylvania.
1829. Samuel D, Ingham, of Pennsylvania".
1831. Louis jVIeLeau, of Delaware.
1833. William. J. Duane, of Pennsylvania.
1833. Roger B. Taney, of Maryland.
1834. Levi Woodbury, of New-Hampshire.
1841. Thomas Ewing, of Ohio.'
1841. Walter Forward, of Pennsylvania.
Secretaries of War
1739. Henry Knox, of Massachusetts.
1795. Timothy Pickering, of Pennsylvania.
179G. James ilcllenry, of Maryland.
1800. Samuel Dexter, of Massachusetts.
1 501 . Roger Griswold, of Connecticut.
1801. Henry Dearborn, of Massachusetts.
1809. William Eustis, of Massachusetts.
1813. John Armstrong, of New-York.
181o. William II. Crawlord, of Georgia.
1817. Isaac Shelby,lvcntucky, (did not accept)
1817. John C. Calhoun, of South Carolina.
too.-. t r....i ..r -tr . -
1825. James Barbour, of Virginia.
1828. Peter B. Porter,, of New-York.
1829. John H. Eaton, of Tennessoc.
1831. Lewis Cass, of Ohio. ..
1837. Joel Poinsett, of South Carolina.
1841. John Bell, of Tennessee.
1841. John McLean, of Ohio.
Secretaries qj the Navy.
17S9. George Cabot, of Massachusetts.
1797. Benjamin Stoddard, of Maryland.
1802. Robert Smith, of Maryland.
1805. Jacob Crowninshield, of Massachusetts.
1809. Paul Hamilton, of South Carolina.
1812. William Janes, of Pennsylvania.
1814 Benj'n Crowninshield, of Massachusetts
1818. Smith Thompson, of New-York.
1824. Samuel L. Southard, of .New-Jersey.
1S29. John Branch, of North Carolina.
1831. Levi Woodbury, of New-Hampshire.
1S34. Mah'lon Diekerson, of New-Jersey.
1837. James K. Paulding,-of New-York.'
1841. George E. Badger, of iorth Carolina.
1841. Abel P. Upshur, of ViVgiViia.
Postmasters General.
1759. Samuel Osgood, of Massachusetts.
1791. Timothy Pieknring, of Massachusetts:
1795. Joseph Habenilrum, of Georgia.
r802. Gideon Granger, of New-York.
1814. Return J. Meigs, Jr. of Ohio.
3823. John McLean, of Ohio. - '" 1
1829. William T. Barry, of Kentucky.'
1835. Amos Kendall, of Kentucky.
1840; John M. Niles, of Connecticut.
184 1. Francis Granger, of New-York.
J841. Charles A. Witiklifle, of Kentucky.
Chief Justices of the Supreme Court.
1789. John Jay, of New-York.
1790. Wm. Cii.sliing, of Massachusetts. ;
1796. Oiiver Ellsworth, of Connecticut.-' '
1800. John Jay, of New-York. -
1801. John Marshall, of Virginia. ,
1836. Roger 13. Taney, of Maryland. j
- ' Attorneys Gcncfal. '
1789. Edinfind'ltaudUlplii oi'rgi'nia?5
1794. Win. Bradford, of Pennsylvania.
1795. Charles Lee, of Virginia.
1801. Levi Lincoln, of Massachusetts.
1S05. Robert Smith, of Maryland.
180G. John Breckenbridge, of Kentucky.
1807. Ctesar A. Rodney, of Delaware.
1811. Wm. A. Pickney, of Maryland.
1814. Richard Rush, of Pennsylvania.
1817. Wm. Wirt, of Virginia.
1S29. J. McPherson Berrien, of Georgia.
1831. Roger B. Taney, of Maryland.
1835. Benjamin F. Butler, of New-York.
1S37. Henry D. Gilpin, of Pennsylvania.
1841. John J. Crittenden, of Kentucky.
7 ml
1841. Hugh S. Legare, of South Carolina.
3fcw Steam CoacEi.
A steam-coach, or, more properly speaking,
a steam-carriage, on an improved principle, and
carrying sixteen persons, belonging to the Gen
eral Steam Co., was, on Saturday week, tried
on the road between Regent's park and the
Manor House, at Tottenham. The carriage,
which is an experimental one, has four trans-
I verse seats, each of which accommodates four.
; persons; the boiler and apparatus is behind the
seats; the conductor, or he who has the man-
agement of the carriage, sits on the front seat
and guides it, and govern its speed bya sort of
a handle, which rises from the foot-board.
The carriage left the York, and Albany Tav-
j em a little afler four o'clock; and proceeded
i with a full load of scientific gentlemen to the
i Manor house, Tottenham; here it was turned
I found with perfect facility by the conductor,
and ii relumed to the York and Albany Tavern.
The distance traversed is, between eight and
nine miles, it was traversed in rather less than
half an hour. The road underlates considera-
! bly, and there arc some sleep' ascents; never-
! thcless, the speed up hill was good, certainly
' twelve miles an hour; on level ground it was
i fourteen; and on the descents sixteen to eighteen
j miles.. The carriage was turned round when
! going at the rate of ten miles an hour,
J The conductor had a perfect command of ihe
i carriage, and caused it to pass between car
; riages drawn by horses, carts, &c, with which
I some portion of the road was crowded, without
! coming in contact with any one of them, and
with a' facility of management that was surpri
j sing. The appearance of fire carriage and the
! rapidity of its motion caused several horses to
j shy, but no accident ensued. There is no vis-
! ible escape of steam, nor is there any annoy -
i ance from smoke. The trip was very satisfac-
tory, and it appears certain that a carriage of
I this sort can be used on' airy roads. An extract
' from a printed description, published by the
' company will further explain ifs advantages:
! " The steam-coach is capable of ascending
j the steepest hills or descending into the deep
j esl glens with ease and safety; it is indifferent
! to the inequality of surface, passes through the
. most crowded and public streets with as much
i facility as a stagecoach; stopping more prompt
, ly, setting down passengers at their own houses
! or hotels, delivering parcels to their respective
!(the bosl guarantee for property
ment,) and consulting in the most
! p .
consignees.
acknowledging a responsibility,
of manage-
cntire man-
her the accommodation and safely of passen-
gers." London paper.
S3iter FSy.
' This fly is usually known by the name of the
potato? fly. It is very destructive to potatoes,
heels, tomatoes, &c. . It is about three-fourths
qf an inch long, bladder shaped; some nearly
entirely black, while others have from one to
three yellow streak's on the back. They are
j said to be superior to the Spanish fly for blis
; lers. Children may very profitably be cmploy
I ed in gathering them, as cantharides often' sell
i at from $10 to $16 a pound. They may be
prepared by putting them in boiling water to
kill them, and then drying them. Mr. R. Pin
dcll of Lexington, says that he has succeeded
completely in arresting their ravages, by sprink
ling, before the dew was evaporated,' slacked
lime on the plants where they wero feeding.
It may be done aftor a rain. Of course every
thing they arc likely lo feed on should be
sprinkled in like manner. Louisville Gaz.
Sugar Trade. Thb progress of tho Sugar
trade is astonishing. Muni's Magazine says
that in 1 836, there wero 6,461,000 pounds ship
ped from New-Orleans, although tho amount
shipped in 1830 was trifling. In 1840, it had
increased to more than forty-seven millions of
pounds. Should the manufacture of Sugars in
crease for five years to come in the same rate
it has heretofore done, wo shall mak'e Sugar
enough for our own domestic consumption. In
1839, nearly ten million's of dollars were paid
to foreigners for Sugar, an; amount astonishing
when iV is perceived that this exceeds the val
ue of any one articlo exported from this coun
try, excepting cotton.
" The last link is broken," as David .t said
when the U. S. Bank, made its assigm.ont,
1 V That's my impression .'" as,ihe tPrintpr.saiU
Vhen ho kissod a pretty. gjrh ' '"-
A Card.
During the last winter session of Congress,
and during that which has just expired, 1 re
ceived vast numbers of letters, the receipt of
which I did not acknowledge. The alternative
was presented of my omitting to answer them,
or a total neglect of my public duties. In de
ciding to attend to these, 1 embraced that branch
kr.r.i. . ...i- i t i i
ui ui.e .alternative wuicu l nopeu my correspun
dents would approve or excuse. But I dtisirc
now to ofer thi3 apology lo them, and to say
that my apparent neglect did pot proceed froiiK
any insensibility to the value or importance oh
their communications. II. CLAY.
Washington, Sept 14, 1841.
The Moon. M. Arago, the celebrated as-
tronomer, has been giving lectures to crowded
audiences, on the nature of the moon. Hp
contends . that this planet is not art, inhabited'
body, and that it is without any kind qf vitality
either animal or vegetable. He denies, alsoj
that it. has either seas, rivers, or lakes, but ad
mits that it has mountains and valleys, t which,"'
however, he says, are of primitive formation.
TTPEx-Gov. Ritner was not rejected by
I the Senate but withdrawn by the President,
upon eviuence uetng aauuceu mat uy a recenc
visitation of blindness, he had beconio incom
petent for the proper discharge of the duties of
the post, (Director of the Mint.) Col.', Isaac
Roach, of Philadelphia, was immediately nom
inated in his stead.
(
An oU one- A correspondent of the I)alti
. .-" ''-""e w V"S l"
Somerset co., Md. in the lower district, hear
the residence of Hon. T. H. Carroll, an old la
dy named Mrs. Elizabeth Coltingham who was,
according to the records of her family, one hun
dred and ten years old last March. Mrs. C6't
lingham can see to read without spectacles and
yet talks with good sense,-and appears to have
a sound judgement, and to exercise her mind,
about matters of a domestic kind with a great
deal of discretion.
It is calculated that ten millions of bushels
of grain less has been converted into malt for
distillation, &c. this year than there was last
year, owing to the temperance reform in th'e U.
States, So much gained for health, plenty, and
domestic happiness.
j t
j A Good Haul. A correspondent of 'he Yar-
j mouth Register, at Chatham, Mass , under tho
date of Aug. 20 writes 'There was taken in
our harbor, yesterday, 2307 bass at one haul,
some of which weighed 70 or 75 pounds, and
all were of good size.'
Emigrants. There have arrived at tho port
of Quebec this season, up to the 28th Aug. 25,
347 emigrants, being 4,748 more than during
the same lime last year.
Ages of Animals.
" According to the best authorities, the follow
ing is the average length "of life of certain spe
cies of animals:
Years.
50
20
20
14 lo 16
25 to 60
Years.
30;
50
15
io:
25r
Beaver
Fox
Lion
Ass
Camel
Lama
Reindeer
Chamois
Domestic Cat 15
Stag
Goat
Sheep
under 50
12
under 10
15
20
30
Squirrel
Hare
Rabbit
Elephant
Pigs
Rhinoceros
Horso
7
8
7
ioo
25
20
30
Cows
Ox
Dolphin
Porpoise
30
A Declaration off Principles.
" Feller citizens," said an Arkansas orator
Who mounted the stump a short time since
"Feller citizens, didn't I aid in riding Bill Po
ker, tho black-leg, on a rail"
" You did! you did!" said his auditory.
" Didn't I, feller citizens, fick that big pedlar
from the Jarseys that spoke disrespectfully of
our state?"
" Yes yoti'did! you did!" unanimously shout
ed the meeting.
"Feller citizens, when Jim Jenkins was proa-v
ecuted by his political enemies for horse steal
ing, did'nt I, as foreman of his jury4 wrtio his
verdict 'guilty of assault and baUerV recoirv
mending him to meroy!"
Cries of "You did! you did! you're a'b'us-.
ter!"
" Is there a man in this crowd, feller citi
zens, that doesn't owe me a drink!"
" No, not one."
V'-Havn't you. ahvas seen me willing to stand
treat?"
" Always always you're a horse!"
" Well; now, you all know I voied- for old:
Tiq and Tyler at the last election; but ifever
'do it again, I'll bo ; Lot's liquor."
" Tremendous cheering," as tho fellow: said
ven his wife belabored him with a chair ;;
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