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The whole art ov Government consists in the art of being honest. Jefferson.
VOL 9.
STROUDSBURG, MONROE COUNTY, PA.; THURSDAY, MAY 17, 1849.
No. 42
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TE rter half vca.rly and if not'paid Ve(6rc the end of
and a q"-" wj j0nj'ir& and a half. Those who receive their
tW'f:ih.. a c irricr or stage drivers employed by the propne-P-fiil
be charged 37 1-2 cents, per year, extra.
lor rJ.r dfcoiitinHtd UU all arrearages arc paid, except
sMhe, i v.riieracnts not exceeding one square (sixteen lines)
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From the Home Journal.
THE SUSPICIOUS in AW.
-A TALE WITH A MORAL.
In a recent number of an English magazine we
find the following excellentskelch, written by
.UntED CnowQuiLL. Our limits will not permit
usto give the long and less interesting introduc
ing "but will simply say, that a moderately
wealthy but very happy and contented country
gentleman has gathered his family and friends
around a bright and ruddy five on Christmas eve,
and, in accordance with his long-established cus
tom, relates the following story :
44 You all know the sheep-sheds in our lower
rraft, by Windy Gap," said he. 44 Before I built
those sheds, when it first came into my possession,
I had often endeavored to teclaim it, but after
many vain attempts I gave the obstinate bit up in
despair, and put it to its present use. It is a des
olate looking nook, and its appearance carries out
to a miracle the scenes of happiness enacted upon
r.s iie.
"William Mawby was born there of parents
well to do in the world, with everything about their
farm in a thriving state. As a mere child, he was , daik,-he crept over thegarden palings, and sneaked
of a peevish, solitary nature. This I have heard up towards the shutter. Here he vainly attempt
from good authority ! for I only became acquaint- j ed to peep through the crevices. And, while en-
edwith him as I entered my first school, and he j
was just on the point of leaving it. ,
Consequently, when I entered home for good to !
mv parents' roof he was a grown man, and I a
mere stripling. As so short a distance divided
t:s father's farm from ours, I soon fell over him, i
End reneweJ our acquaintance. His occupation J
was a foreshadowing of his miserable character :!
lie was diligently inspecting a hedge that divided
ariose from the main road. He thought he had
t.scavrred evident traces of some one having
Rsserl into the field through the said hedge. j
"1 laughed at his wise and serious face, drawn j
;r.lo a look of profound wisdom for so trifling an
orcasion. j
'.My young friend, said he, men are ruined
h 'rifles. It is not the broken hedge I valuie; but
Inspect ihe trespassers passed through that gap
upon some unlawful purpose.: but I'll be even ' that any respectable young man, who pleased his
wi-h them, now my suspicions are aroussed.' daughter's taate, might have ten thousand down
"With that he tapped the side of his nose, and on the wedding-day, andas much more at his
""em on his way most suspiciously uncomfortable, death.' For once William suspected right, viz. :
"The next day, to the amusement of the village, : that he had made a sad fool of himself.
s large board appeared staring over the hedge, Not many months after this he lost his sim
M'h the announcement of all sorts of penalties 1 pie-minded mother. Her death gave him plenty
ird spring-guns to the unwary trespassers. His of exercise for his miserable fault, for he wascon-c-l
father was a merry-hearted, plain old man, tinually laying traps for the servants, as if they
m never put himself under the infliction of;
foubts; for he believed that men were al) pretty
considerably honest, as the world went, and he
W not the slightest idea that he was better than
? badv else : consequently he smoked his pipe
tocalm contentment, and let the world wag.
' His suspicious son soon disturbed his blwsful
lamtntiy ; for much to his annoyance, he found
Padlocks placed on things that had hitherto been
c?en to all. His neighbor had to wait for his
is of ale while he found his son, and his son
found th key for he, the contriver, was- hot al-
XaJs sure where he had hidden it.
"Poor William's principal torment was his stiff-
fcciun of his own father. His lynx-eye soon
foihomed the soft, easy temper of his parent, and'
a thousand ways-wherein his disposition might
turned to account by the canning dealers on
rkei days, when the ale waS Uppermost at their
'lnners, in which the old man delighted, . and which
I H WOlllrl I I l.V ' t
iu wave oeen aiincuii to wean nun jw"
.though yielding and good natured, he as
16" amt lnuepenuem to ue oiciaicu v
'tybody. Another nainful thorn in his side was'
aged auntj to vii0n3 he old mrfn took a weH
'0:J W'iekly basket. She lived on a small sl!
,fl the market-town .She had twry dauirh-
The old. man ofter to'okhis sobering cup of
with them on his return. He might; leave
t
41 His suspicion carried him every market-day
to dog his father, with the show of the most sin
cere affection ; which the unsuspecting old man,
with his heart glad, reported to his plain, simple
dame, who rejoiced with him over their imagined
treasure.
44 He was al that time about eight-and-twenty,
and, dodge as he would, he could not escape a
pair of bright eyes and rosy cheeks that met him
in the beiore-mentioned market-town on one of
his suspicious visits
44 He soon scraped an acquaintance, after hav
ing by great assiduity found out that her father
was a retired miller, of good fortune, and that she
was an only cl,i.ld- He bought this a safe invest
ment, ms position and appearance soon gained
him permission to continue his visits; which were,
in fact continual, for he was always under the ap
prehension that when the cat is away the mice
will play, and that some other might snap uphis
valuable mouse. He did not t feel quite assured
as to the old man's positive possessions, so made
j it his business in a thousand tortuous ways to
make inquiries.
44 This could not go on so quietly but it at last
reached the old miller's ears, who good natured
ly put it down to the young man's prudent fore
sight ; but, on inquiry, he discovered that it pro
ceeded from a doubt of his respectability and
veracity. The miller was a shrewd bid man, de
termined, before it was too lale, to find out wheth
er the young suiter might not be wanting in some
of the qualities he thought necessary for the girl's
happiness.
44 The old banker was a chum of the millers's,
through whose instrumentality he had invested
large sums in excellent mortgages. He allowed
himself to be pumped by Mawby, with the conni
vance of the miller; and, consequently, by wink
ing replies to his eager inquiries, made out the
miller to be little le3s than insolvent , "
44 William's affection sunk down to zero, al
though it had for months been burning according to
his own account like two or three iEtnas combined.
His suspicions, then were true.- What an escape!
thought he. So it was for the fortunate girl. He
proceeded to his intended one's house
It being
deavoring to make out a murmured conversation,
in which he thought he heard his own name men-
tioned, he was pinned by the miller's dog, who,
poor brute ! was cursed with the youth's fault of
suspicion, and suspecting that he was a thief, had
seized him accordingly. Here was rather an
awkward denouement, and he had no right there ;
the path to the door lay another way. In his
anxiety, he had trampled down the flower bed.
He stammered out an excuse upon his release, and
departed home, crest-fallen, hoping that they did
not suspect his suspicions
The next morning he received a polite note
from the miller, begging him 'not to repeat his
visits, as the dog appeared to have taken a sudden
dislike to him, in which he was joined by himself
and daughter. At the same time, to ease his mind
as to the state of their affairs, he begged to say
had been so many mice, to catch them in their lit
tle peculations, until his espionage made all a
round him so uncomfortable, that many of the old
domestics left the farm in disgust.
44 Whenever he met me, he was full of some
deeply-laid plan to find out some miserable sus
pected one, and often, in the midst of his self-sufficient
tale, he would start off on a sudden, with
out any apology, because a suspicion had flashed
across his mind that he had not locked the corn
bin or preserve cup-board before he left home.
"His .whole occupation seemed to be to find out
things that would make him uncomfortable. The
food preserved for his own'table he constantly
dotted or nicked, that he might see, upon their
being brought to the table again, whether anyone
had ventured to purloin the smallest particle.
44 He once got in his own trap. One night, late,
he had an engagement to go to some neighboring
dance ; so he sent all the servants to bed and
locked the back and front doors, and to make all
secure, hid the ponderous key. On his return, he
he could not think of the hiding place ; he there
fore had some hours to walk up ancF down in the
night air before day-dawn, when the imprisoned
servants discovered him feeling about in hen
coops 3id under thatches for the missing key.
At last his hiding-place struck upon his memory,
and he had the mortification of withdrawing it be
fore the tittering servants, who thus discovered
hio suspicions, and the retribution on himself in
his long night watch.
"4 His father, who had now grown too aged to
attend to the farm, left it entirely under his con
trol. Here his suspicions had nearly finished
him off for he suspected during his harvests that
his shocks were pulled and robbed in the night. He
therefore hired a clown to sit up as a watchman,
armed with an old double-barreled gun, loaded
with slugs. The first night his suspicions would
not let him sleep. The watchman might be bribed
to connivance, and he get laughed at. He was
soon dressed, and creeping along the hedge, where
his suspicions were verified by hearing low mur
muring voices, tie crawled close in their vicini
ty, and there discovered that it was the poor
fellow's wife, who had brought him something
comfortable for his supper. He crept back cau
tiously, but stumbling over the root of a tree,
roused the attention of the watchman, who chal
lenged him immediately. He lay still for a mo
ment, hoping he should escape observation in the
darkness of the night, but upon his first attempt to
raise himself, he received about a dozen slugs in
his arm and back, for his watchman was a better
shot than he suspected. The picking out of these
by the village surgeon was a positive satisfaction
to the many to whom his character had become
pretty well known.
44 Thus he went on, until his father's death left
him entirely alone, for his suspicious mind never
allowed him to form a friendship which can only
be true and valuable where there is a mutual con
fidence and openness of character. He, by his
suspicious nature, had locked himself within him
self, which is the most fearful of imprisonments.
"His father's wealth enabled him to please his
fancy, so, to set his mind at ease, ho sold the farm,
that he might, as he thought, be free from a host
of pilferers. He built himself a house in the croft'
I mentioned at the beginning of the tale, the very
prototype ol himself. It had a most suspicious
look it had but one door, but windows were placed
so that, he could see all that was going on every
side.
" He had but one domestic, an old cripple, with
out relations, who was too lame to go out, and of
course, had no visitors. It was well known in
the neighborhood that he had withdrawn large
sums from the different country bankers, where it
had been invested by his father, and it was strong
ly believed that he kept it in the house, as he sus
petced that these speculative gentlemen might,
one fine morning, turn out to be insolvent. Hi!
walks were confined to within sight of his solila
ry mansion, the precincts of which he was never
known to leave, as age crept on him, but wan
dered about like an unquiet spirit aronnd his self
imposed tomb.
44 In the course of time, his old domestic was
conveyed to the village church-yard; much less
solitary than the abode which she had left.
44 For a moment, the old man stood and gazed
after the bearer, his white hair blown about by
the cold wintry wind, and his shivelled hand sha
ding his eyes. He turned slowly, from the sight,
and closed the door.
41 Many were the kind. offers from the simple
people of the village, but all offers he resolutely
declined, as he suspected that his age and wealth
were calculated upon to nicety, and a thumping
legacy looked fniward to as the reward of some
trifling attention. Distant relations began to ho
ver around hiro. and make tender inquiries.
These he would meet on the door-step, which was
his only audience chamber for such callers.
44 That solitary old man sat as long as day-light
lasted, at a window overlooking the high road.
Here he passed his life in reading and watching.
The samo window showed a light burning during
the hours of darkness, for he always appeared on
his guard, as upon any person approaching nearer
than usual to the premises, his ears were saluted
by the deep growl of his dog, which never left the
house any more than his master.
44 Abont two years after the decease of his
housekeeper, the nightly light was missed from
the window, for it had become quite a guide to
many coming to the village. This, of course,
caused some of the more curious to approach the
house, in the day-light and reconnoitre. Hut
there sat the solitary, apparently deeply occupied
with his book, and also the dog peering through
the glass. This satisfied them and they departed.
" A week had elapsed, and the village was a
larmed by the appearance of, Mawby's dog ca
reering in a wild manner through the village.
Upon being noticed, he sped back to the rrofl.
Many followed him, and upon approaching the
house and looking up at the window,- they per
ceived the old man, still sitting unmoved, although
the glass frame had been broken by the dog's exit.
After repeated calls which met with no attention,
they forced their.way into the house.
44 Everything in the chamber was neat and
comfortable. There sat the poor old man in his
large arm-chair, dead and alone, Of what value
were those riches now which had closed his heart
against all the pleasures of this beautiful world,
against the possession of wife, children, kindred,
fronds ? There was ho will, for he Suspected the
Lmoment he made it in any one's favor, that would
be his last moment ol security. It therefore sprean
itself for more evil, and was split up into forty
law-suits, for the benefit of; every one but tub
righiful heirs."
A Yankee Trick on alloosier Land
lord. In a quiet little Ohio village, many years ago,
there was a tavern where the stages always
changed, and the passengers expected to get
breaklast. The landlord of said Hotel was no
ted fur his tricks upoii travellers, who were al
lowed to get fairly sealed at the table, when the
driver would blow his horn (after taking his
4'horns") and sing out, 44Stage ready, gentle
men," whereupon the passengers were obliged
to hurry out and take their seats, leaving a
scarcely tasted breakfast behind them, for which,
however, they had to fork over fifty cents !
One day when the stage was approaching the
house of this obliging host, a passenger said that
he hud often heard of the landlord's trick, and
he was afraid they would not be able to get any
breakfast.
"What ? how ? No breakfast !" exclaimed
the ret.
"Exactly so, gents, and you may as well
keep your seats nnd tin."
"Don't they expect passengers to breakfast?"
"Oh, yes ! they expect you to it, but not to
eat it. 1 am under the impression, there is an
understanding between the landlord and driver,
that, for sundry and varioua drinks, etc, the
latter starts before you can scarcely commence
eating.
44 Why. wot on airth are yew talking' 'bom 1
Ef you calkerlate I'm goin' to nay "four nine-
pences" for my breakfuss and noi git the val-
lee on't, you air mistakm ! said a voice irom
the back seat, the owner of which was one
Hezekiah Spaulding though 4 tew hum' they
call him 4Hez' for short. 44 I'm goitf tew git my
breakfuss vere4 and-not nav 4narv red till 1 dew.
"Then you'll be left."
"Not as yew. knows on, I wont !"
"Well, we'll see," said the other, as the
stage drove up to the door, and the landlord,
j , 4
ready to "do the hospitable, says
"Breakfast just redy, gents ! Take a wasi,
gents ? Here's water, basins, towels, and soap "
After performing their ablutions, they all pro
ceeded to the dining-room, and commence' a
fierce onslaught upon the edibles, though rlez'
took his time. Scarcely had they tasted their
coffee, when they heard the unwelcooae sound
of the horn, and the driver exclaim "St?,ge rea
dy !" Up rise eight grumbling passengers, j?ay
their 50 cis., and taking their seas.
"All aboard, gents V inquires the host.
"One missing," said they.
Proceeding to the dining-room, the host finds
Hez very cooly helping hireiselfto an immense
piece of steak, the "size of a horse's lip."
"You'll be left, sir ! Stage is going to start !"
44 Wal, I haint got nothing tew Bay agih it ! "
drawls out Hez.
"Can't wait, sir, better lake your seat.
"I'll be gaul-darned ef I dew, nuther, till I've
got my breakfuss ! I paid for it, and i'm goin
to git the valine ou't I and ef yew calkalaie I
ain't, yew air mistaken."
So the stage did start, and left Hez, who con
tinued his attack of the edibles. Biscuits, cof
fee, steaks, &c, &c, disappeared rapidly be
fore the eyes of the astonished landlord.
"Say, Squire, them there cakes is 'bout East;
fetch us nuther grist on ' etn. You," (to the
waiter,) "nuther cup uv that air coffee. Pass
them eggs. Raise yew're own pork, Squire ?
thift is mazin' nice ham. Laud 'bout years
tolerable cheap, Squire ? Hain't got much ma
ple timber in these parts, hev ye ? Dcwin'
right smart trade. Squire ? I callate. Don't
lay yew'r own eggs, dew ye V and thus Hez
kepi quizxing the landlord; until he had made
a hearty meal.
4Say, Squire, now I'm 'bout tew conclude
payin' my devowers tew this ere table, but ef
yew'd jtst give us a bowl o' bread and milk tew
sorter top off with, I'd be much obleeged tew
ye."
So out goes landlord and waiter for the bowl,
milk and bread, and set them before Hez.
44 Spewn, tew, ef you please !"
But no spoon could be found. Landlord was
sure he had plenty silver ones laying oh the
table when the stage stopped.
'Say yew ! dew you think them passengers
is going' to pay yew for a breakfuss and not git
iib compensashun "
"Ah ! what ! Do you think any of the pas
sengers took them
"Dew 1 think? No I don't think, but I'm
sariin. Ef they air alf.as green as yew 'about
here, I'm goin' tew locate immediately and lew
wnrisi.
shes out to the stable, and)
The landlord ru
starts a man off after the nage, which had gone
about three miles. The man overtakes the
stage, and saya something to the driver in a
low tone. He immediately turns back, and on
arriving at he Hotel, Hez comes-out to take
his seat, and says
"Heow air yow, gents ? I'm rotten glad tew
see yew ! "
"Can you point out the man you think has
the spoons ?" asked the landlord.
"Pint him out ? Sarrini'y, I ken. Say Squire!
I paid you four ninepences for a breakfuss, and
I callaie I got the vallkb on't ! You'll find
them s'Doous in' the roffee-pot !"
Co ahead', all a hoard, driver -Spirit bf
the Times,
Speech of Lot Doolittle
On the Bill for the protection of Hen-Roosts.
Mistur Speaker : l've sot here in my seat
and heered the opponents of this great na.hnnil
measure and expectorate again it, till I'm puny
nigh busted with indignant commotions of my- -lacreated
sensibilities. Mistur Speaker, are u '
possible that men can be so infaturated as to
vote agin this bill ? Mistur Speaker, allow nio
to picture to your excited arid denuded imagin
ation some of the heart-rending evils wiuclt
arise from the want ofpurtection to lieu rnoi,
in my vicinity, among my constituents
tur Speaker; we will suppose it 10 bo the a
ful and melancholy hour of midnight all nadir
am hushed in deep repose the solemn wind
softly moans through the waving hraiuhes nt
the trees, and nought is heered to break iHe
solemncholy stillness, save an occasional graurW
from the hog pen ! I will now carry you m
imagination to that devoted hen house." Bo
hold its peaceful arid happ.y inmates gently de
clining in balmy slumbe'rs on their elevated and
majestic roosts ! Loc,k at the aged and vener
able and highly respectable roostqr, as he keeps
his silent vigils with patience arid unmitigated
watchfulness over those innocent, helpless am!
virtuous hens anci pullets! Jut let your eye i
glance around and. behold that dignified and
matronal hen, who watches with tender nohci
tude and palter nal congaulatiou of those litthi
juvenile chickens, who crowd around their res
pectfully projenitor, and nestle under he.r cir
circumattib;4ent wings. Now, I ask, Mistur
Speak-er, rim there to be found a wretch .o lot
and abandoned, as will enter that peaceful and
happy abode, and tear those interesting litilo
biddies from their agonized and heart-broken.
paTenjs ? Mistur Speaker, I answer in thun
der tones, there am ! Are thar anything, so
moan and sneaking as such a robbery 1 ISV,
there are not. You may search the wide un
iverse from the natives who repose in soliiar'
grandeur and superlative majesty under the
shade cf the tall cedars that grow upon .'the
tops of the Hjmmaleh mountains in the .valley
of Josdphat, down to the degraded and babar
ous savages who repose in obscurity jh their
miserable wigwams on the rock of Gtberalter
in the Gulf of Mexico, and then you will bo
so much puzzled to find anything so moan, a
you would lo see the urih r.evulb around ihu
sun once in twenty-four hours without the aid
of a telescope.
Mistur Speaker, I feel that I have said
enough on this subject to convince the most ob
stinate member of the unapproachable necessity
of a law which shall forever and everlastingly
put a atop to these fowl proceedings, and
propose that every convicted offender shall suf
fer the penalty of the law as follows :
For the first offence he shall be obliged to
suck twelve rotten eggs, with no salt on 'em. .
For the second offence, he shall bo obliged
to set on twenty rotten eggs, until he hatches'
em.
Mistur Speaker, all I want is for every
member lo act on this subject according to bis
conscientiousness. Let him do this, and he
will be remembered everlastingly by a grateful
posterity. Mistur Speaker, I've done. WhereV
my hat?
The eloquent gentleman, according So' th&
Boston Bost's report, here donned his seat;c3p'
and sat down, apparently much exhausted.
Wanted We find the following adreriise
ment in a late Milwaukee paper We will send
tne first one along that calls : A man between
the age of 20 and 60 one who can make him
self generally useful about a wholesale and re
tail book and stationary establishment who
can clean lamps sweep the store go to mar
ket for the dog fish cut bail saw wood
speak the truth treat cutomers civilly stand1
"blowing up"once a week, without wishing to'
argue the point who can talk but litile-f-is
strictly honest and religiously inclined.
A person possessing all the above qualifi
cations will find employment by calling on the
subscriber.
P. S. Nei'her a graduate from Michigan nor
a member of the late Legislature will auwec
my purpose.
Squirrels Reared by a Cat The Indiana;
Whig gives a curious instance of the transfer
of maternal affection and solicitude. A youn
man in Boone county, Kentucky, found a nesi
of three young squirrels, and on carrying ihj&
into the house, he placed them w:,th"n bevy of
young kittens, and, strange ir, t.t ,iH imnli.;c
cat adopted me mile to'iuiiing mJ h-r fufluly,
bestowing ns much 'UT0 aI,d kint!ur upon
them as upon her 'own effapring. The amuc
rels are now about a month old, and have oe
come entirely domesticated, living upon the
"amo. papt adopting the habit, ol their feline
brothers, and sisters.
Never Despair. The daughter of Enoch
waa jive hundred and years old when she
was marled. What maid will lose hope after
that t
"Papa, what is humbug ?" 4,It is, my 'dVa'r;
when your ma pretends to ba very fond of nbf
and puts no button on my hirtii,"