?d 0 O OSt itwi !:1 s- 14 The whole art of Government consists in the art of being honest. JerTersprL - ; . , la.ay i & 5 ' - - : . ' - ; 1 - - , aM . ,:'- . ... .. - - - STRO'UDSBURGj MONROE COUNTY; PA, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 21, 1847 No. VOL 8. published by Theodore Schoch. mpnrs-Two dollars per annum in advance Two dollars i n.iarter, half yearly and if. not paid before the end of I rca? Two dollars and. a half. Those who receive their 1 p vriil be charged 37 1-2 cents, per year, extra. . sJo papers discontinued until all arrearages Arc paid, except t the option oi 1C7A vertiemcnts not exceeding one square (sirteen lines) inVcrtcd three weeks for one dollar: twenty-five cents will be ihi discount will be made to yearly advertisers. llbcral d scouiu addrcssed tQ Edl(r mustbe post-paid. .rorv subsequent insertion : tarter unpo - job printing. TTirine a general assortment of large, elegant, plain and oina Hanng a gc wq are prep.ircd t0 exccule every ' description of Cards, Circulars, Bill Heads, Notes, Blank Receipts, JUSTICES, LEGAL AND OTHER BLANKS, PAMPHLETS, &c. Trinted with neatness and despatch, on reasonable terms, AT THE OFFICE OF THE Jeffersoiiiau Republican The Lord's Prayer. We lay before our readers the Lord's Prayer, beautifully para-phrased into tin acrostic, by Thos. Sturtevant, a soldier of the 26th regiment U. S. Infantry, and a prisoner of warin the province of Upper Canada : Our Lord and King who reigns enthroned on high! Father ot light ! mysterious Deity ! Who art the great I AM, the last, the first, Art rishteous, holy, merciful and just, Jn realms of glory, scenes where angles sing Jlcavcn is the dwelling place of God our King. Hallowed thy name,which doth all names transcend, Be thou adored our great Almighty Friend, Thy Glory shines beyond creation's space Named in the book of Justice and of Grace Thy kingdom towers beyond the stary skies; Kingdoms satanic fall, but thine shall rise. Come let thine empire, 0 thou Holy one, Thy great and everlasting, will be done ! Will God make known his will, his power display? Be it the work of mortals to obey. Bone is the great, the wondrous work of lovdj On Calvary's cross he died, but reigns abov5; Earth bears the record in thy holy word, As heaven adores thy name, let earth, 0 Lord; Jt shines transcendent In the eternal skies. Js praised in Heaven, for man the Saviour dies. Jn sonirs immortal laud his name. Jlcavcn shouts with joy,and saints his ilbve proclaim. Give us, 0 Lord, our food, nor cease to give Us that food In which our souls may live! This be our boon to day and days to come, Day without end in our eternal home ; Our needy souls supply from day to day, Bath assist and aid us when we pray, Bread though we ask. yet Lord, thy blessing lend; And make us grateful -when thy gifts descend. Forgive our sins, which in destruction s place Us the vile children of a rebel race, Our follies, faults and tresspasses forgive. Bells which we ne'er can pay, or thou receive; As we, 0 Lord, our neighbors1 faults o'erlook. We beg thou'dst blot ours from thy raemorys book. Forgive our. enemies, extend our grace. Our souls to save, e'en Adam's guilty race, Debtors to thee in Gratiude and Love, And in that duty- paid by saints above, Lead us from sin, and In thy mercy raise Us from the temper and his hellish' ways. Not in our own, but in his'Viame who bled, ' Jnto thine ear, we Tpoiir our every need. Temptation's fatal charms help us to s"hun, But may wecQnquejglhsough. thy .conquering Son Deliver us from all which can annoy . Us in this wprld, and may our souls destroy,. From all calamities which men betide, Evil and death,-0 turn our feet aside; For we are -mortal worms and cleave to clay; Thine 'tis to rule -and mortals to obey. Js not thy mercy, Lord, forever free ' The whole creation knows no-God but thee, Jungdom and empire in thy feSehce fall ;? TJie King eternal reigns the'King of" all J?piv.er is with thee to thee be. glory jgiven, ' And be thy name adored by eartri and Heaven, The praise of Saints and angels in .thineown ; Glory, toChee , the e verlastintOne, to , . Forever be thy holy name adored;. , v j4?j7i;Kosanna ! blessed be the Lord ! ? i,m On 'life third publication of ihe'ralins of mar . . . 'ft. iiae at a counjry church in iMiglanU.-a bustum youno.. woman .in,.al!; her Sunday jrim,-aroso and aid: Please i your Jibno.ur, r.cverejid.-.sir forbid ihe banns.' ' ' W'hyT aked he dergy .d..., -T .aSfi Kim inv$cH7: wis The jepi)v,aiid. j: hJia in rnyjutnliis. wrnen prom isc ol inarJiBge, .o rn.e. , .,.f ? fS: 't A farmer's wifem 'N'Sw' Connctibfi!, Ohio is tironarnis au immense cheese for a" prcseh tiui.iV.Knrc whA hax nrnriirfd lh ml Ik oi D)) i ows for oiih dav. J oe DrouucMoniis. a cneese :i carrier or SUiec unvcrzs cm uuuu uv m i4. The Firkin of Butter. . BY THE ORIGINAL " JACK DOWNINfi. In the Oct. number of "Graham's Magazine," is a humorous account of the trial of one, Jane Andrews, in the olden time, for Celling a firkin of butter which had stones concealed in it to increase the weight. The sketch is in Seba Smith's raciest style. We drof the prelimna ries of the trial, and come at once to the pith of it. What can be moro.graphic than the way in which Mr. Davis and his wife give.iheir evi dence ? " She pleads not guilty," said the judge : tk now lei the witnesses be sworn. Mr. Da vis, vou take the stand, and tell the court and. jury what you know about this affair." Mr. Davis was sworn and took the stand. " Wherebouts shall 1 begin ?" said he, hesi- liuting, and rubbing his sleeve over his face to brush away the perspiration. " Tell the whole story jusi as it happened," said the judge, " from firat to last, that is, what relates to this particular transaction about the firkin of buiter." " Well, it was a week ago last Saturday moruin, said tne witness, puuing one ioot upon the bench thai stood before him, " I'd been down to the mill with my wagon, and was going home, I should say about nine o'clock in the mornin'; ii might be a little more, and it might be a little les. but I should say it wasn't much odds of nine o'clock judging from my feehns, for 1 hadn't been lo breakfast ; I gen erally go to mill before breakfast, when I go, and I commonly get back about nine o'clock ; but 1 judged 1 was about hall an Hour later mat mornin' than common, owing to a kind of warm dispute I got into wiih ihe miller about streakin' the toll dish. 1 told him he ought to streak it wfth a straight stick, but he always would take his hand to streak wiih, and always kept th'e roundin' side of his hand up, and that made the dish a liltle heapin' " " But I don't see what all this has to do with the tub of butter, Mr. Davis," said the judge ; you must confine yourself to. the case before the court: What was this transaction about the tub of butter 1" " Well I was corain' along to it byme by," said the witness. " But vou must come along to it now,' said ihe judge : " relate what you know about the case presented by the grand jury, and not talk about-any thing else." - Well," said Davis, " 1 should judge it was not mnrh odds of nine o'clock, when i came alone up by Mr. Andrews' house, and see Miss Andrews out to ihe door leeding the cnicKens ; and savs I. " ffood mornin', Miss Andrews, and savs she, " eood mornin', Mr. Davis f and savs 1. how's all to home ?" and says she, middlin':. how does your folks do I" Rut that isn't coniinff to ihe butter, said the Judge with an air and tone of great impa tience. " Yes 'tis" said Davis, " I'm close to the bu'ter now : for then, says 1, " Miss Andrews, have you got another firkin of butter lo sell i ' And says she, " yes.". I said another firkin, hpraufsn haupht one of her last winter, that weighed about, twenty pounds, and it turnet out to be very good firkin of butter, though it was hard salted ; but 1 think that's a good fault in butter ; it makes it spend better, and I like ihe taste of it full as well, ihough my wife .doesn't That firkin of butter lasted us' " No matter how long n lasted," said the judge; that's not the firkin "with which we have to do now. loumust come rignt uown io the particular firkin that was the cause o this trial. Well, I'm jest agoing totake hold of ihai now " said Davis ; " and so says i, yjiss An drews have you goi another firkin, i)f butler to r11 t" And savs she. " Yes, 1 have . And savs I ; " How big is it V Says, she', weighs 6 pounds, and the firkin weighs 6 pounds, and that leaves 30 pounds of butler. And savs 1. " How much is it a pound 2" Says she, " Tenpence." too, alter i .wem mE looked ai it, I agreed to take ij. It come one pound five, and I took out the money and paid her, and. put the firkin in my wagon and carried it home, Well,- ?ve never mistrusted there was anything'in the butter ; and we went r Pht to usintf it: 1 guess we naa some oi n ou .the.iable that very night for, supper ; did nc Ave, Judy 2" turning to ti.is wife. 'i'r " You needn't ask your wife any questions, said the judge.. "Tell what you 'know your .self about the matter, and then, sne .may lei what, she knows auput it. a -Well what I know myself aboul.the butie . . . . . n is. iwe eat otit; abpui-a-weekj and then Judy cornea to me. aud hays- she, '.Mr. Javis, the first Javin' is all out." . Says I, it can,' .be Mf cr i.- it ow.i hut a .week since , we bad it." " Well .'jisf.,oui,-,says she, every morse of ii ; but the Iayin' w.a8A'tmpxe lhan nal1 as thick as'it- was in I'otlier firkin. U Well," says T; " Judy, if the first Iayin,' is out, you must dig into the second." So off she went w get'-aorae butler for supper, and we was just a seti flnwii io the table, and bvme bv babkrshe comers all in a fluster, her' eyes sVa fling ;out of hbr hed Haff as bw a'saucera, arid'heVsotaplate on I tn the table with a great sioheih ir haifas 'g as my head;, and says she, f there. Mr. Davis, ifjpou are a mind to eat such butler asthat, you're welcome to, but 1 shall wait till I get a new sei of teeth before I try it." Sayst 1, " iudy, wliat do you mean t where did you get trial stone from ?" Says she, " it come right out of the fiddle of ihe butter tub.", " Ypu may be a little particular along here," said the judge, "for you are getting into the marrow ol the subject now. What happened next?" " Well, says T, 'Judy,' I should Jjke to sec the hen ihai lays such eggs as that ; lei's go and look at it." So we went to the firkin, and sure enough, there was the hole, in Ihe butter where she took the stone out. Says'I,, ' Judy I guess it's be.t to probe that are, wound a liule more as the Doctor's say." So I took a Unifo and run down into ihe butter a Utile further, and struck on another sione ; and we went ,to work and dug that out ; and after we cut round onon&h to be satisfied there was'nl any more-, we took the two and weighed 'em, and: found ey weighed fourteen pounds lacking two oun is. Well," says I, Judy, " this matter ain't agoin' to stop short of the Gineral Court." She thought I better hush it up, because it would lutt Miss Andrews' feelm's ; but 1 told her no, lonesty's ihe best policy, and fair play's a jew el, and if Miss Andrews is'nt old enough to Know that yet, u is time, tuai sne wars ieu i, .t. . i i .a and if I don't carry it into the Gineral Lourt; u$ because my name isn't Nicholas Davis. And that's pretiy much all I know about it; " The case is every way clear,' saiu tne ursi udge : " it seems hardly worth while to go any urther. But Mrs. Davis may take the stand a ew minutes ; ihe court would like to ask her a few plain questions." Mrs. Davis was accordingly sworn aim iodk the stand. " How do vou know " said the judge, " that he siones were not put into the butter after the tub was brought to your house 1" Because they couldn't be,' satd .Mrs. jja- vis. J 0 inn i ao n, nannau uiuu v uw Polly didn't, do it ; and there wasn't nobody else could do it." , , Well, how do you Know tuai nxis. An drews did it V said tho judge: . . Because,' said Mrs. Davis, ' u's just like her. one loves nne cioiues, aim tiuiuca tv money : and so slie will always, have money : and so I know as, well a can .be she did it.' r I , 1 . 1 -1 k.a sti-lut Yery true,' said the judge, this love of hne- rv is the world of crime. You may describe a liltle more particularly how you first found ihe siones.' . - s-. ' Well we sot down to the lable ; I guess the sun was about an hour high, we commonly eat supper this time of year about an hour be fore sunset ; Mr. Davts always wants his sup pef airly, because he don't think it'st healthy to eat jest before going to bt?d f he says it gives him the nightmare. Well, Mr. Davis he iooks found upon" the table, and says he, ' Judy' he atwavs cans me juuy, ever suite we o uoon married, which I don't think is exactly the thing for a person of my age, but he seems to like it, so I don't make a fuss about it says he, 1 Judy, here isn't butter enough for supper on the table, you belter get some more;' Says I, I hate to disturb ihai aro second Iayin to-day, it's packed down so nice. But he insisted upon i there wasn't enough on the table for supper Mr. Da vis eats a good deal of buiter, and he dbesn t like to see a scanty plate of it on the table, oo I took a knife and a plate and went into the but tery, and took off the kiyer of ihe firkin and sot it down on the floor ; and then I was e'en a most good mind to go back without any, when 1 see how smooth the second iayin looked, for I do hate to cut a new, Iayin,' it seems to go away so oon. But I -knew ihai Mr. Davis would haye some, so. took the knifo and begun to cut down iuto the middle of the buiter, and and. instead of cutting through, as it did in' the first Iayin,' it come down chuck on to a stone. And that's the way 1 found ii:' - ' Ii is a yery clear case' said the j'uflge. . 1 1 is. unnecessary to proceed any further Sviih wit nesses. - And then he turned to, the jury and charged them, that the guilt of the prisoner was fairly made out, and they had, nothing t do but bring in a verdict ofguihy. Accordingly ihe jury re tired, and having staid justlong enough to count nosus and see that they were aU present, came', in with a verdict of guilty. The court then went into deep- consultation with regard to sentence j and after a half hour's whispering and talking, and ;yoting, ihe first judge, rose and pronounced the'senience as .fol lows : - f ut . . , ,. ' The ;Court dpih ; o;der tiat JaneAndrews shall stand at the, public:,t?wn meeung which is to be held pn Monday .nextapd in the most conspjeious part th'ereof.nillnwq .hours tirne be expired with her oflnce written in capital let ters and .fastened upon ler forehead.' Thfo. sentence was. dulvxexeeuted according to the letter and. spirit lheretf, on ihe following Monday. But it.must;be lelijo the imaginaupji Of ihe reader to poray the scenehat occurred rWjhnt ncnasion. We-maV Pimply UintiJipttr everrihaiihe' liieeiingwa unusuajly ihrpngedr being 'tnore-numeroulyai'.ended lhan any plh er meeting of ihe place for three years'previbus Some old people, who had noi been out on; any public occasion for half a dozen j'earsj, carpe now several miles to see the crime of Miss An-drews-justly and properly punished. Every body, as ihey went into' the town house, turned squaie round, and stood and looked Miss Andrews in ihe face several min utes, and read the inscription on her forehead Old Deacon White, whrt w'ris father long-sighted, put on his. spectacles' a'n3 stood facing her about a yard off, and read the inscription over three times, loud 'enough to be heard all over the room. .And long-legged razor-faced Peter John son, who was very short-sighted, pui oh his spectacles and stood so near her to read the inscription,' tliat his nose almost touched hers, causing some rather rude and irreverent laughs among the younger portion of the multitude. jn short the punishment was effectual, and tho, sin of selling stones for butter was not repeal ed .again by the housewives of New Somerset shire during the life-time of itiat generation. Tilings which we Wantj. We want stronger inducement Jo agricultural labors through our public authorities., by means of" a liberal policy of patronage in the bounties and rewards; and we wani stronger guaranties for recompense, in the establishment of a bel ter system of practice. . , ,. , 4 . We warit more public, and- less parly spirit ; more devotedness to the Stale, and the interest of the peojMe at Targe, and less local interest; individual cupidity, and personal aggrandize ment. . We want, for boys-.who are designed to till the earth, scientific" and industrious schools, that they acquire simultaneously, and in pie scholastic period of life, a knowledge of the best practices in farming and of ihe principles upon which it can now alone be judiciously and successfully conducted. We want more practical business men in our legislative halls, as" well as Upon otir ow"h farms men of judgment and independent bearing and who,, though they do not talK as mucn, can ihink and act as correctly and as promptly, as professional talkers; and who, knowing best the true interest of the mass of our population, are likely to do the least injury, if ihey do not do the most good. ... ? , We want a more extended circulation of ag ricultural periodicals because they disseminate useful knowledge, stimulate industry, call into action latent genius, awaken laudable competi linn " iriflnpfi trnnnral improvement, luring into feehnVs of our nature, and WAV. W. ww - " .. O . . inculcate oood will to our fellow mail. We want to have iuculcateda'hd taught, by precept arid example, in our public halls, in our social circles, and "in our schools? high and low, the. great moral and political'duty of idehtifying our individual with ihe public interest; and of considering iho one as in a great measure in separable from the other. ,. On our owxV Fare's We wdnt more sys tern more employment for pur females that ihev mav be more health V, more ruuusi, uuu more serviceable to posteriiy more content ment wiih our rural employments a greater desire to increase our knowledge, to improve nnr rvrortl..b nrirl tn hrliicr niir SOUS UP 'in the way they should go' as independent tillers o ihe soil. We warit more attention paid to augment our manners, the food of our farm c-ropx, that our lands, instead of growing, pobrer every year may increase in fertility in - products, and profits. r . , , .. .i .1.. We want to understand oener man we uu ilia npinnlnlfjq oni l nrncticB ol draining tnai much of our best hnd, now unproductive and noisome, may be rendered productive, proht.a hie and heallhv. Wo want to extend the culture ol roots , . . and telovcr. as tending to perpetuate jerumy fatten, cattle, furnishKmanurej and fill the grana We want the'or.yiction that, we, can jinpry u n jfltarintnaiihn ihat we will improve, and we dial! then become conscious that we. have lm proved, id jhe management of our farms. Harvest without previous Sowing The New York SckneUpost contains an ac count of a method of compelling the Wheat plant to become perennial, like grasn, arid to-perfec us rrraiii annua'Hv. without annual sowing o seed, which has been successfuHy practised at Constance, iii Germany. It was discovered by - mm- m .mninril rf an fsirl nriU4iI Ivcm. 11 IS rh IVI lil u v .... " " " ....... n,r.iiirwl ufir nldwinfT niitl manurinii the land nnrl snwiifcr it wiih summer or winter wheat, 1 to mow ii in the sp'rin'g before ihe ear makes us annearance. This 'process is repeated sev- kerar times in the 'season, and ihe product is .used as hay, The plant is .then allowed to grow and be cut in the ordinary ;w ay. The qext.y ear it ripens earlier. We give this sYbry as. wefind if, but do riqt vouch fdr its "correct ness. The farmers of this Coimty should try it on a small scale a n.limr ftiii VV,ut Vine rinrp.hnseui a race'Ji.prsep,!) employed in.tcatchlg Jna wny .subscribers. ,. Ai isiociacy fteDiiKCU. rt .,jr , Thomas Chittenden, 'the fits!.- Governor-off Vermont, whowas a plain farmer, alike marftable for strong native powers of mindf-arTi! he republican simplicity wiih which he 'con ducted everything in: his public dunes nd .ht domestic estabhshment, was once vined bya ; party ol travelling lasnionaoies irom ona,oi our cities. When iHe hour of dinner had a'niVitd, ' Mrsi CHitlendbn, to tho astonihmeit of hef air guests-, went out and 4blew a tin horn for ? the workmen, who soon arrived, when to the till greater surprise, and- even horror, of these air ens, and; the wnoie icompany governor? ., - 1 1-: . 1 ll us lady, guests, anu worKingmeu aim an were invited to sit uown togeiuer io uie aun- taritial meal which had been prepared for utf Occasion. Alter dinner tne lauies were ieu ui , themselves, and one of the guests thought' slie would 'gently take Mrs. Chittenden id Task Tor ' his monstrous violatio'n of ihe rules ol the city. ; gentilny to which she had been, as she thought, . so uucourteously made a victim.. t 'You do ndt generally sit down together to he same table wiih vour workmen, I suppose; ' Mrs! Cliiitenden!' the commenced. - Why,' replied tho Governor lad v; whose t quick wit ihstanlly comprehended, ihe, drift of. the other, 4 am almost ashamed to say we gen- ' ' ii i . t , . -..-! 'Li" erany uo, out l intend soon to menu in uu particular! I was telling the Goernoer ihi? morning that it was an absolute shame ihat-ih: workmen, who did all the hard -labor, should are ho better lhan we who sit so-much ofy ho lime in the house, earning little brnoihing;.aud; I am determined hereafter to set two lable? j the, first and best for the workmen and laaf ' and poorest for the Governor and myself. Green? Mountain Freeman. . Young lljfLeiii - -3 The idea is prevalent in some communities, that young men arc fit neither for generals or statesmen, and that they must be kept in the back ground, until their physical strength is impaireu oy age, uuu men niiciicuiuai idtuuics become blunted by the weight of 'years. - Let us look into the history of the pastj and from the long list of heroes and statesmen, select some who, have distinguished themselves, and we shall find that they were young men when they performed those-acts which have won for ihem art imperishable name ol lame, aud placed their names High on the pages of history. Al exander, the conquerer of the then whole civil ized world, viz: Greece, gyp', and Aaia, died ai 29. Bonaparte was crowned emperor of France when 33 years of age. Pitij ihe younger vyas but twenty years of age when, in Britain s Parliament he boldly advocated iho cause of the American colPnies, and but 2 when made Chancellor of ihe Exchequer. 3d: mulid Burke at ihe age of 25, was first Lord of the Treasury. Our own Washington was but 27 when he covered the retreat of ihe British troops at Braddock's defeal, and was appoinied to the command in chief of ail the Virginia for ces. Alexander Hamilton, at. 20; was a Lieu tenant Colonel and Aid lo Washington at 25 a member of Congress at 32 Secretary of the Treasury. Thomas Jefferson was.bui 33 when he drafted the ever memorable Declaration of Independence. Ai the age of. 30 years, Sjr Isaac Newton occupied ihe ,Malhemaii,cal, Chair ai Cambridge College, England, having'. by his scientific discoveries rendered his name immor tal. We might continue the list to a greater length, but enough has been said already, 16 show that tbe idea that young men are not ca pable of performing great and ennobling action, or of taking a high position in the councils of a. nation, is chimerical and visionary. And what has been said, may tvell serve to encourage the young lo set up ,a, high standard . ..and to pre towards it with ardpV,; suffer Png nothing to dis courage them from soaring " onward, and.up ward" in; the pains' of fame, of iri the pursuits of ItleraWre and' science.' ' : ' jJ HE! Clerical JoKe. iff' , . A few years since when ReVv Djti:.Hawk, the celebrated Episcopal clergyman, was'about leaving N'ew-York for the South,' he-Was wait ed upbn by the vestrymen of a small' church.in Westchester county, and urgently solicited' to take charge of the,same.The Rev. Doct. gra ciously received ihe. Committee, but respectful ly deciiriod the proposal, urging as a chief ob jection ihat ihe 'salary, ihough liberal for the parish wnich ihey represeriied, would be inad equate for his expenses, having a considerable family df small children to educate-ah(lprovii!o for. One of the Committee replfed''UlVerd&rd will take care of ihem; he has pro"mise'dno'hiar ihe young- ravens when they cry, and To pro vide for them." "Very trueyl said the rever end genilemap, 'ibut he has . not-.promised to provide for the young Haw.ka."., . A Valuable SJiscovery. , The Boston Times jays':-Our bakers have o far improved ths sie of their bread, ill child cannot . shallow a ien cent loaf . e uiai a entuo without dang&x oC.chpking 1 . It is aaid ihat eight new ginient Kre to be immediately called out by ihe President fi weighing GOO pounds. 4r, 4C
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