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STKOUDSBURG, MONROE COUNTY PA., THURSDAY MARCH 26 1846.
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From the Pittsburg Iron City.
The Devil in the Market Hoaise.
We have heard of Dr. Faustus, and of oiher
gentlemen w ho have by some means or other
intimate
black,"
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zbp .nue w yeany advertisers . ,k t:..i at... t, ..
uc i iiisuui" luariiei on r noay anu l uesuay
evenings last, we camo to the conclusion thai
the "Fakir of Ava" was a touch ahead of'bolh
the "Devil and Dr. Faustus."
On Friday evening, we visited the Market to
lay in, as usual, our stock of " provender," as
Dugnld Dalgeity says. While looking around
at the piles of good things with which our
friends from the country delight to supply us
smoke-dried citizens, provided we have .the
cash to pay ihem, our aiiention was excited by
an unusual movement to and from a particular
point. Expecting to pick up a subject for a
paragraph, we, as a faithful chronicler of events
hastened to the spot, and inquired .of a friend
the cause of all this commotion, lie replied
hat he believed " the Devil musi be in that box
of eggs," pointing to a large box which stood
close by, " for," says he, "a gentleman was
ijust making some inquiries as to their sound-
!
To all Concerned.
We would call the attention of some of ouf
subscribers, and especially certain Post Mas
ters, to the following reasonable, and well set-
;.J rules of Law in relation to publishers, to
iie patrons of newspapers.
THE LAW OF NEWSPAPERS.
1. Subscribers who do not gio express no
tice to ihe contrary, are considered as wishing
to continue their subscriptions.
2. If subscribers order the discontinuance of
their papers, the publishers may continue to
send ihem till all arrearages are paid.
3. If subscribers neglect or refuse to take
tihcir papers from the offices to which thev are
lltrecied, they are held responsible till they
ru e settled their bill, and ordered their papers
discontinued.
4. If subscribers remove to other places with
)Ut informing the publishers, and their paper is
ent to the former direction, they are held re-
tepottsime
a. ine courts nave ueciueu uiai reiusmg w uess, wnen oi a sudilen tne eggs seemed en-
ake a newspaper or periodical from the office, . (lued wilh jife and commenced chiming like a
mi i
I
ir removing and leaving it uncalled for, is
ma facie" evidence of intentional fraud.
Hfever Despair.
Traveller, on the thorny path,
Wearied with a thourand cares,
Burdened with a thousand wars,
Heavenward lift thy hopes and prayers;
Shrink not in the hour of trial;
Bide thy time in earnest faith; .
Bear thee up without despairing; '
Live as that one lived, who saiih,
After winter cometh summer; "
After night returns the day;
Afier tempests, calms, returning,
Fling the threatening clouds away.
Mourning one, with moistened eye,
Writhing under fancied loss,
Think of Christ's afflictions here;
Keep thine eye upon the cross.
Stand thou firm without dejection;
"Stand thou steady at God's will:
And whatever comes upon thee,"
Bear it firm, remembering still .XV
After winter cometh summer:
After night returns the day;
After tempests, calms, returning,'
Fling the threatening clouds away.
Christian, who aTl bowed down,
By the burden of ihy woes;
Yet, firm-hearted, keepgood courage,-.
Though surrounded by -thy foes. - - 1 .
Bear affliction for His glory; :
Bear with patience, sorrows' sting:
ftever shrinking, never failing,
Ever yet remembering.
After winter comes the summer;
After night returns the day;
'After tempests, calms, returning,
.Fling the threatening clouds away.
.Strange Visitors.
The good.people of the county of York were
ciuowti into a perfect nine days wonderment
.ate on Tuesday last, by ascertaining that some
durty or thirty-five whales had taken refuge
from the lowering or impending gale of the sea
jti the less troublous waters of the York. Hav
ing baiiaied their curiosity to the full, by a thor
ough examination of these leviathans of the
deep, they bethought ihem of the utility and
value of those unexpected guests, and were, ac
cordingly, at the last advices, making prepara
tions to extract the oil which was thus to sud-
llinilc nit nri!rtla fLml I V . nM C n 1 1 . t.l
iiiviuouuu 1.1 at.u tiimi, do II i ui iiciuic;
chickens were struggling out of them, ihe eggs
j commenced capering and dancing about in the
strangest manner. This has caused ihe owner
i a fright, as well as the bystanders, all of whom
!aro wondering at the cause of the strange phe-
amends to the poor woman for this accident,
the Fakir purchased a quarter's worth of the
apples, and opening ihe first one with his knife,
out dropped a gold piece! A second apple
produced another gold piece; a third, the same!
"These are really golden pippins, old lady,"
said ihe Fakir; how much for the loi V " 1
sells no more," replied she of ihe pippins, at
the same time snatching up the basket, and
making off in the wake of the calf's head.
Shortly after, the pippin lady was observed bus
ily engaged in cutting open tho remainder of
her stock. Things by this time had got a little
quiet. In about fifteen minutes we observed
the Fakir talking with one of our efficient po
lice officers, Mr. Turner; and expecting some
more sport, we drew near. In this we were
disappointed ; but as Mr Turner left him, we
observed the Fakir's eye attentively fixed on a
large cabbage. lie walked up to the'old Dufch-
Change ia the Mormon irdpheM
It seems, from recent developements in the
Morhion country, that the mantle of Joe Smith;
the first and the Simon Pure Mormon prophet,
has descended, by general consent, upon James
J. Strang, a lawyer of great wealth and consid-
a WW 9 T
eraule repute in Hie W est, ms residence is
at Voree, in Wisconsin, where ihe Saints were
flocking in great numbers. Strang's followers i
intend, il ls said, to separate themselves from j
the corrupt twelve who intend going to Califor- j
nia, the power of tho new prophet has been
generally acknowledged by all others. The
wife and son of the deceased prophet, Smith,
have declared Strang to be tho Lord's anoint
ed; and Smith himself, it is said in a letter da
ted June 18, 1844, dated Nauvoo, recognized
Strang as his successor. Strang now announ-
ces himself as the Prophet of the Most High i
God, and is ready ho says, to act as his Mouth- j
piece. He gives the Saints a Revelation pa-1
him by the '
Nursery Lyricm
Every State should have its poet, and why"
not its nursery! The Albany Citizen lake&ttipj
the office : '"
Where is the baby! Bess w heari
Where is utilizer's darling boy ?
Does it hold iis little hands apart.
The dearest, bessen toy ?
And so it does; and will its little chin;
Grow just as fat as butter !
And will it poke its little fingors in..
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j nomenon.
1 On inquiring after the person who had priced
j the eggs, a stout gentleman in a cloih cloak
was pointed out, in whom we at once recog
, nized the " Genuine Fakir." There he stood,
! looking as unconcerned as you please : but we
man' who was attending the basket, and ad
dressed him with, "How do you sell cabbage per, which was communicated to
by the dozen, my old' friend ?" j Angel of the Lord. j
" That size fifty cent?, 'cause got hard heart : Voree will become another Nauvoo, we fear, i
this size thirty cents, 'cause soft heart."
" Why do you make ihe differenced"
" Thai good for croul, and got hard heart."
" Let me see," said the Fakir, taking up ihe
large cabbage. After examining it very atten
tively, he said, " You allow your chickens to
run amongst, your cabbages I"
" No," said the Dutchman.
" Yes," said ihe Fakir, " and I can prove it.
1 hear a nest of chickens in the cabbage now,"
and an audible chirruping was easily distin
guished. .
j The followers of Strang Bay not, however, and j
! start with the understanding that there are io
be no spiritual wjves. As these imposters j
must be tolerated so far as they obey the laws, (
we hope they will not be molested. Persecu- j
lion will increase their numbers, but an intelli-
gent public opinion will, in time, expose their j
deception, and put an end to their folly. Eve.
News. 1
Its tunnin little mouth and inuiter.
Nice wicey words.
Just hko little yaller birds 1 r
And so it will; and so it may, -
No matter what its pappy, mammy sy'f
And does it wink its little eycse.s, ..
When il3 mad and up and crises? , .jff
And does it squall like chick-a-dees
At every thing it sees?
Wt-11 ii does ! Why not I pray ?
Ain't it muzzer's darling every day 1
Oh! what's the matter! oh my! oh niy 'X,gfr
What makes my sweetest chicken ky?
Oh nasty-, uggy pin, to prick it 1
It's darlin muzzer's darlin cricket I
There ! there ! shu's thrown it in
The fire ; ihe kuol, wicked pin'.
There ! hush my honey ; go to spep,
Rocked in e dadle of the deep !
Keep your distance. The Pledge and
Standard relates the following incident ta'f a
Give me your knife, said the. Fakir ; and; , '
- I It A nl.n ..iIa. Via.-. Intnl.. n i n a . I fits. Wsiac.
n. kiotci aanui lias iuicij juiiicu iiic uu.u
openingjhe cabbage put popped a good sized
hen and several chickens, apparently a week
old.
" Mem Got!" exclaimed ihe Dutchman "Vat
'observed a smile playing about the corners of.istkt?"
hiaraouth, and a look of devilment in his eye,
which told us to look out for sport. We were
not mistaken. He walked up very sedately 10
an Irish woman, the possessor of a basket of
plucked poultry, and took up a large turkey, (it
very old gobbler, by-the-by )
j " Good woman," said he, very demurely, "as
I am no great judge of poultry, tell mo is this
i a young turkey."
The woman eyed him for a moment, as if to
ascertain if he was quizzing her.
" Yes, sir, it's a yearling," she said, at the
same time, turning her head to answer another
t customer.
I " It's very heavy," continued the Fakir ;
' " pray what's the price of it ?"
"One dollarj" replied the lady of the poultry.
" I'm afraid Wn too heavy io be young,' says
the Fakir. j
"Pon my conscience," says she, " it's only
a year and a quarter old. If ye're a judge the!
cratur will speak for itself."
At the instant she pronounced these words,
the turkey raised its head, somewhat after the
fashion of a snake, and with open mouth, said,
or seemed to say, " you lie you jade, I'm five
years old and past!" To this all the poultry in
the basket responded by an unusual cackling,
crowing, and gobbling.
The poultry woman turned up her eyes
clasped her hands over her head, ,aud ejacula
ting "Holy Mother!" bolted up Diamond alley
as if the gentleman with the cloven fool was af
ter her, never stopping to look behind until she
was fairly in Wood street.
The Fakir walked on, and stopped to make
room for a countryman who was in the. act of
cutting off a calf's head. " B-a-a," went ihe
head. " Oh," says ihe countryman, looking
over his shoulder, thinking that some one had
We can easily account for the imitations pro
duced by the calf's head, the eggs and ihe tur
key. The gold pieces in the apples were of
course placed there by an ingenious sleight of
of Temperance in Philadelphia, after running a
course of dissipation by which his means were
pretty much exhausted. Ai ihe time of signing
tho pledge he was indebted to the runiseller
one shilling. A few days ago he went to pay
off the score, but being determined not to enter
the house in which he had been robbed, he got
a long pole, attached the piece of money on Ihe
i end of it. and standing at the outside of the
A Hit at the Times.
At this particular time, (says ihe Washington
correspondent of the New York Mirror,) when
! a change in the Cabinet is daily expected, ench
I member thereof is narrowly watched by ihn
newsmongers, and all ins movements lanuiuiiv
chronicled. The following is ihe last import
ant bulletin :
" IIichlv Important. This morning Mr;
Buchanan was closeted with the President for
mora than five minutes. It is certain that mat
ters of the gravest character were under con
sideration, for Mr. B. was heard distinctly to
sneeze ihiee times in succession, and it is sup
posed on the highest authority that Mr. Polk
took a pinch and a. half of snuff. The greatest
consternation prevailed at the White House,
hand. he 1-f.kir ner nrmed stmt ar exnert- , " r.
.nnftlifiil rn tha ficlnnlonaM niiKIlnon tinrll . f ai i , II . I 1.1. - f L T .
. j uum, iculucu ii c ciiu..iuv.u iiuuiK.au, u.iu j a.J(j jjje rjiacK cook rouea up me wnuos ui ms
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litems uimiig ins puuuc lectures, u.u uuw me i
hen got into the cabbage, is a conundrum to us. :
We" are rather of opinion that our eyes deceiv
ed us, and that they were not there at all, but
: must have been stowed away in the folds of the
Fakir's ample cloak, until he saw fit to release
them, apparently from tho Dutchman's cabbage.
The Fakir is about to visit the various cities
down the river, and wo advise ihe market peo
pie to be on ihe look out for him, for if he docs
not make their turkeys speak, they will find by
attending his lectures that he can do other
things equally as wonderful.
marched off with a jolly heart."
SjtJcntions of marriage.
The papers in Massachusetts publish lists of; l,me;
"Intentions of Marriage. There is a law in
that state requiring persons who are about to
enter into the marriage contract, to publish their
names and intentions, before the ceremony can !
be performed.
Would it not be well to add to this law, that
those wishing to get married, must, after publish
ing their intentions, get the consent of all their
relatives, and then have the ceremony per-
' evos in such a manner that the old Dutch clock
went into fits, and struck an hour before the
The Secretary of W ar was seen by
credible witnesses to go into a storo and buy a
box of percussion caps. These and other symp
toms of war have caused stocks and stockings
to rise above zero. The Secretary of the Na
vv, too, was seen to devour prodigious pieces
cold turkey, and an express extraordinary was
dispatched to a drug store for a box of Brand
reih's Pills. Nous verrons. Tltero ia irxne.
thing in ihe wind. More anon."
i formed in the Market-house.
i New-Jersey Mirror.
Law Anecdote.
. 3B
You have all heard of Counseller Higgins. J WiIliain Pcnn's Deed from the In
He was exceedingly adroit in defending a pris- f dians in 1685.
oner, and would sometimes almost laugh down This Indenture witnesseth That We,
an indictment for a small offence. A fellow Packenah, Jerckhan, Sikals, Part QucsoU, Jer
que Smith) being on trial for stealing a turkey, j vs Essepenauk, Felktroy, Ilekellappao Econus
the counsellor endeavored to give a good hu
mored turn to the affair. Why, gentlemen of
the jury,' said he, 'this is really a small affair,
I wonder any one would bring such an affair
into Court, if we are going on at this rate, wo
ahall have business enough on our hands.
Why, I recollect when 1 was in College that
nothing was more common than to go out a
foraging. We did not get tho poultry too often
in ihe same place, and there was no harm done,
ho, fauli found !' Notwithstanding this appeal
the jury convicted ihe prisoner. After the
Court rose, one of the jury, a plain old farmer,
meeting the counsellor, complimented his in-
1
tierily and unexpectedly cast on their shores
Thirty-two of these little monsters, varying m , A( momenl ,he pakir addressed
length from 15 to 20 feet were cast on lhe j .. What will you lake for that veal's head?"
hore of Mr. It. 1L Farenhall, and three. on t!,c!..3.a.a! B-a-a! Help ! help!" cried the head,
thoro of Mr. Win. Petit. These, gnntlenien, j A hog,g carcase hanging close by, gave one of
e learn, reside about one mile from Vorktown. thosc alQ gruta acCompanied by a squeal on
Norfolk Beacon, 10A- ' j G sharp, so long and so piercing, that we can
ATraiT ' or,lv c0'Pare il 10 ,be 8,earo whis,le of a loco
The New Haven Renter, .mvcs mi account mof.ve ! Tho countryman dropped his knife
kee notion, in the liape oi b uu wi. . --
made tracks as last as ms legs coutu ".i .......
tin nnsrt a. basket full of golden
genuity in the defence, 'and now, Squire,' said
i .,;.bin him. TTr was evidcn.lv surprised. I he, fixing a knowing look upon him. I should
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, . .M i i.: ...;.t. ilike to ask vou a question, which road do
A. ! mnmp.nt me raKir auuresstiu mm ..
ol the latest Yankee notion, in
patent fcnrini: Gh hook. By a vry delicate,
Itit iii.'oiiiouf machinery, a coon asU .fob i-j
u-nipts to nibble ihe bait on the book, a secpnd
Look comes down anU'catchcs -hiiu it; the back
Mit, hvad. and lit is a ";nm; tucker."'
soon
ninnms, which, by the way, were
the pockets of some dozen urchins, who
...,.t; slmnt. in eaer waning. iu
e
hid
watting.
in
were
mako
you
take ingoing home, ihe upper or the lower V
'The lower, answered the counsellor. 'Well,
then, it's no matter, I only wanted io observe,
that if you were going .my way, I would just
jog on before and lock up ihe hen house.
The New York Telegraph says that Mr.
Bogenders of that city, has beeu enabled after
years of patient investigation, to make iron an
swer the purposes of burr mill stones, in grind
ing grain ; 'and thai ho has now in successful
operatibV'machincs furnished 'wilh new iron
gitnders.
Maehloha Metthconga, Wissa Powey, Indian
Kings, Sachemakers, right owners of all lands,
from Quing, Quingus, called Duck Creek, unto
Upland, called Chester Creek, all along by the
west side of Delaware Hiver, and so between
the said creeks backwards as far as a man can
ride in iwo days with a horse, for and in con
sideration of these following goods to us in
hand paid, and secured to be paid, by William
Penn, Proprietary and Governor of the Pro
vince of Pennsylvania and territories thereof,
viz: 20 guns, 20 fathoms matchcoat, 20 fathoms
stron" waier,20 blankets, 20 kettles, 20 pounds
of powder, 100 bars of lead, 40 tomahawks,
Justices of the Peace.
The following bill, having passed both hou-
ses of the Legislature, has been signed by the
Governor, and is now a law :
An Act, relating to Justices of the Peace.
Section 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and
House of Represenatives of the Commpn wealth
of Pennsylvania in General Assembly met, and
it hereby enacted by ihe authority of the same,
That in all cases of the creation of any uew
township, borough or ward, in any city or coun
ty of this- commonwealth, the commissions of
Justices of the Peace and Aldermen within tho
respective territories out of which such town
ship, borough or ward, has been, or ilty ue
created, shall continue for the proper township,
borough or ward, in which such justices or al
dermen may respectively reside for the balance
of the official term, and any deficiency in the
proper number of aldermen or justices of tho
.1 " .1 ...Ml.n;MM tC ahUa. r T iili
neace wnnin me lenmuioa u. c.n.c. cu.
100 knives, 40 pairs of stockings, 1 barrel ol , -Hviaions. according to the number allowed.
beer, 20 pounds of red lead, 100 fathoms ofj fa township .borough and ward, hv. lie act
wampum, 30 glass hollies, 30 pewter spoons,
105 awl blades, 300 lobacco pipes, 100 hands
of lobacco, 20 tobacco tongs, 20 sleeis, duu
flints, 30 pairs of scissors, 30 combs, 60 look
ing glasses, 200 needles, 1 skipple of salt, 30
pounds of sugar, 5 gallons of molasses, 20 lo
bacco boxes, 100 jewsharps, 20 hoes, 30 gimb-
lets, 30 wooden screw boxes, 100 strings of
beads Do hereby acknowledge, &e. Given
under our hands, &c. ai New Castler2d day of
ihe eighth month, 1685.
The above is a true copy taken from the ori
ginal, by Ephraim Morton, formerly a clerk in
ihe laiid ofiipe.
of the twenty-first day of June, one thousand
oight hundred and ihiriyMiine, shall ba supplied
at ihe next succeeding elections for- constable.
in the said townships, boroughs and- warda..
A ConfesJB
A young convert in the eouniry, recently got
up and was making a confession 8omewhat.a
ter this norl, viz : '1 hate been very wicked.
Indeed I have; 1 have cheaied many per?rins,
very many; but f will restore four fold,' when
he was interrupted by an old lady thin, 'Well:
I think before you confess much, you'd butter,
marry Nancy Stobbins, ao you ngreodMoT
m il :