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Having a general assortment of large, elegant, plain andorna- menial Type, we are prepared to execute every . description of Cards, Circulars, Bill ISedas, Roles, IS ian k Receipts, JUSTICES, LEGAL AND OTHER BLANKS, PAMPHLETS, &c. Printed with neatness and despatch, on reasonable terms AT THE OFFICE OF THE Jcffertto niaii Republican. From the Boston Chronotype. The Popular Creed. ' ' . BY CHARLES SHIRAS. Dimes and dollars ! dollars and dimes ! An empty pocket's the worst of crimes ! If a man is down, give him a thrust Trample the beggar into the dut ! Presumptuous poverty's quite appalling Knock him over! kick him for falling ! , If a man is up, 0 ! lift him higher ! - ? Your soul's for sale and he's a buyer Dimes and dollars ! dollars and dimes ! An empty pocket's the worst of crimes ! T know a poor, but a worthy youth, Whose hopes are built on a maiden's truth, But the maiden will break her vows with ease,. For a wooer cometh whose claims are these A hollow heart, and an empty head, . A face well tinged with brandy red, A soul well trained in villany's school And Cash sweet Cash ! he knoweth the rule : Dimes and dollars ! dollars and dimes ! An empty pocket's the worst of crimes ! I know a bold, and an honest man, 'Who strives to live on the Christian plan, But poor he is, and poor will be, A scorned and hated wretch is he ; At home he meeteth a starving wife, Abroad he leadeth the leper'3 life They struggle against a fearful odds Who will not bow to the people's gods! Dimes and dollars ! dollars and dimes ! An empty pocket's the worst of crimes ! So get ye wealth, no matter how ! "No questions asked" of the rich 1 trow Steal by night, and steal by day, (Doing it all in a legal way) Join the Church and never forsako her, Learn to cant and insult your Maker; T3e "hypocrite, liar, knave and fool, But dont be poor! remember the rule : Dimes and dollars ! dollars and dimes ! An empty pocket's the worst of crimes ! I "Wouldn't, Would You ? I wouldn't give much for a girl with a bonnet That cost fifty dollars when first it was new, Who sports a large muff with a hairy tail on it, That hangs down in front of it, just as it grew ; I wouldn't give much for this female Would you 1 I wouldn't give much for a woman who prances Promenading all the thoroughfares through; Giving winks to the clerks, or else amorous glan ces, Enough to turn her eyes all askew ; Irwouldn't give much for this famale Would you ? The following has since been sent us, by a la dy, in reply : I Wouldn't, Would You? I wouldn't give much for a chap who has " gone it," Till he's run every cent of his legacy thro', Wihose simpering chin has a huge goatee on it, That hangs down upon it, just as it grew ; 3 wouldn't Rive much for this fellow Would you ? I .wouldn't give much for a chap with a collar That's made to stand up almost over his ears ; Who wears white kid gloves that cost over a dol And a coat that belongs to some knight of the shears ; 1' would n't give much for this fellow ' ' 'Would you ? Boston Post The Elephants Strength. The strength of an elephant is equal to its bulk for it can, with great ease, draw a load that six horses cannot move ; it can readily carry upon its ,back three thousand pounds weight ; upon its tusk alone it can support neai a thousand. Its force may be also estimated by the velocity of its mo- lion compared with the mass of its body. It can go in its ordinary pace as fast as a horse at an ea sy trot, and when pushed it can move as swiftly sa a horso at full gallop. It can travel with ease fifty or sixty miles a day, and when hard pushed almost double that distance. Rfcchanicul Ingenuity. Mr. William Preston, second-hand maker at Mr. Tobias's, watchmaker, Liverpool, has succeeded in drilling a hole throuh a sixpence edgways. -The skill and ingenuity displayed in this extraordi nary tasir may be conceived when we state that the diameter of the hole in the coin is the four 'thousandth part of an inch in size, and sufficient tpfatlnw'tiEJrlnehair. The instrument with which the hal?iya 4tfjlcd is a3 fitie as a small bristle, and quna a plMrWft STROUDSBURG, MONROE COUNTY, PA., THURSDAY, The Baronet's Story. About four months after my marriage it was my want, each morning after breakfast, to stroll about my garden until, perhaps, one o'clock, at which hour I returned home to enjny my wife's society, and, when the weather permitted, we occasionally took a walk or ride. One morning, feeling myself not quite well, I returned earlier than usual, about 11 o'clock, and went into the house by a back entrance ; as neither knorking or ringing announced my arrival, my wife was not aware of my return. I sought her first in the drawing-room, but not finding her there, proceeded to her bed-room, and, while passing through my dressing-room, to it, 1 was surprised by a sudden rush to the bed-room door, which was instantly bolted from within. I distinctly heard a low whispering, and. as I thought a hurried receding step ; yet altogether 1 was not kept waiting more than a few seconds ; my wife's maid opened the door, when, to my greater per plexity, I beheld my wife's usually pale face suf fused with crimson blushes ; I also detected her manoeuvering a comb through her hair, to hide as I instantly suspected, her blushes from me, or her disordered curls. " What is the meaning of all this," thought I ; 41 it is strange ! The maid, too, looks confused and heightened." My wife did not hasten to meet me with her usual sunny welcome ; there was not even one smile to greet me. At length, recovering herself a little, she, with a hesitating manner, said-'1 Well, love, how, goes on the farm ?" But 1 was grieved ; for the first time in my life, I felt that I was not welcome. I felt something was going on that I was not to know ; so, merely saying 44 1 will tell you when we meet in the drawing-room," I abruptly quitted her. Not knowing whither 1 was going, or why I I suffered so sudden, so frightful a revolution of feeling, 1 hurried down stirs, rushed through the hall, across the lawn, and plunged into the fir-path that leads to a sequestered part of the grounds ; nor, did I slacken my pace until I was fully a mile from the house, when I threw myself upon the green bank by the side of the river, the most mis erable of men. I, who, one half-hour before, was the happiest of men, now, unaccountably unutter ably wretched. Pride had, at the moment, prevented my asking for an explanation ; that, I thought, ought to have been given unsought ; and I determined not ask Lady ivhy my visit was evidently so unwel come. But, thenceforth, I resolved to keep a watchful eye upon her. A thousand cruel thoughts crow ded upon me, now that I discovered there was something which my wife concealed from me ; she whom I thought so artless, so free from all duplicity. At this period I had attained my thirtieth year. Lady was only two years younger than my self; but, from her sweet and girlish style of beau ty, and gay, happy manner, no one would suppose her more than twenty. She had been educated on the Continent. I knew that, soon after leaving school, she had received matrimonial proposals if she had not been actually engaged to a gentle man before quitting Paris. Hitherto, this cir cumstance had never given me the slightest unea siness; but now my thoughts involuntarily reverted to it ; it haunted me day and night. Between my wife and her maid there was an unusual intimacy, owing as I understood, to the latter being, what is called, an old follower of the family. This woman was one of the tallest I ev er saw, and large in proportion ; her face was handsome, the features strongly defined, her eyes large, intensely dark and penetrating ; her long black linglets looked false ; in appearance you would have said that she was nearer fifty than forty. This person, with her erect figure, was, taken altogether what many would pronounce a very fine woman, but somewhat masculine. Having described my wife's maid, how shall I tell you of the horrible suspicion which seized upon my imagination ! I thought perchance this maid was her foreign lover in diguise ! And yet 1 did not, could not believe it, though the frightful idea never, absented itself from my brain. To hint such a thought to-my beloved wife, 1 could never bring myself to. I strove, rather, to banish the idea from my mind, as a suggestion of Satan. From that day I became changed, both in the outward and inward man. My happiness was gone, my naturally light and cheerful manner gave place to irritability and gloom. Time flew on, clays and weeks passed without any particular oc currence, until one morning, having arranged to accompany a gentleman in the neighborhood on a fishing excursion, I informed my wife that I should not return until evening, -when I would bring my friend to dinner. Immediately alter breakfast, off we started in a dog-cart. We had not proceeded more than four miles, when, in tur ning a corner of a road, a boy, who was shooting sparrows, fired so near to the horse's head, that it took fright and dashed off at a furious gallop, nor stopped until we were upset in a ditch. We were compelled to give up our day's excursion and leaving the groom to take care of the bruised hor ses, my friend and I walked home, and entering the house, after conducting my friend into the drawing-room. I hastened up stairs to relate our disaster to my wife. When, as I again passed through my dressing-room, the door was again bolted, and I distinctly heard my wiie say, wuu a faltering voice, " He is returned ; wc are dis covered i" The scales fell from my eyeo, I-Jd no longer auy doubt, my worst fears were real ized ! Oh, the agony of that moment ! I staggered hack, a few paces, my head reeled, my heart felt bursting, and I had well nigh fallen to the ground, when a frenzy of despair and rage seizing me, I made one rush at the door and roared for instant admittance. Agnes opened the door and stood trembling before me ; her attendant flew to the farthest end of the apartment. 1 dashed my wife aside, shouting, " this moment quit my house ;" and darting across the room, seized my rival by the throat, thundering forth, " confess all, or this instant you die." There was a moment's pause ; oh, the agony of that moment ! Pale as a corpse, Agnes stood transfixed with horror, gazing breathlessly upon the tableau, be fore her, whilst, with supplicating accents, my victim sobbed out, " Oh ! Sir, as sure as the life is in my poor body, I have nothing to confess, but that J was plucking out mistress's grey hairs !" THE UNCLAD HORSEMAN. BY MAJOR JOSEPH JONES. Widowers should look out for breakers. Absa lom Nippers was a widower, and one of the par ticularest men, perhaps that ever lived, though some people said, that when his wife was alive, he used to dress as a common field hand, and did'nt use to take any pains with himself at all. Everybody noticed how he spruced up, about six weeks after Mrs. Nippers died, and how he went to church regular every Sunday ; but they did'nt have no confidence in his religion, and used to say that he only went to church to show his new suit of mourning, and to ogle the gals. With such a character among the wimmen, it i ain't to be supposed that he stood any surt of a chance of getting another Mrs. Nippers near home; and whether he was as bad to his first wife as they said he was or not, one thing was very certain, that he must look abroad for some one to fill her place. Mr. Nippers was very lucky in finding a gal just to his mind, what lived about ten miles from his plantation. Nancy Parker was rich, and though she wasn't very young nor very handsome, she belonged to Mr. Nipper's church, and filled his eye exactly ; so he sot in courlin' her with all his might. Ten miles was a good long ride ; and as he was an economical man, he used to ride over to old Mrs. Parker's plantation every Sunday morning, to go to church with the family, take din ner with them, and ride back in the cool of the evening. In that way he managed to kill two birds with one stone ; that is, to advance the pros pects of his happiness on this earth and the world to come at the same time, without losing any of his week-day time. A ride over a dusty road is apt to soil a gentle man's dry goods, and make him and his horse ve ry tired. However, Mr. Nippers didn't mind the. fatigue as much as his horse ; but in a matter such as he had in hand it was very important that he should make as good an impression as possible, so he adopted a plan by which he was able to pre- sent himself before the object of his affections in order, with his Sunday coat as clean, and his bloominrr ruffles as fresh and neat as if thev had just come out of a band-box. This was a happy expedient, and what nobody but a widower lover would think of. He used to start from home with his new coat and shirt tied up in a pocket hand kerchief, and after riding within a quarter of a mile of Mrs. Parker's plantation, he would turn off into a thicket of Chinkapin bushes and there make his rural toilet. o - f One bright Sunday morning, Mr. Nippers had D a i arrived at this dressin' ground. It was an impor - tant occasion. Everything was promisin', and he had made up his mind to pop the question that ve ry day. There was doubt in his mind that he would return home an engaged man, and he was reckoning over to himself the value of Miss Nan cy's plantation and niggers, while he was settiif on his horse makin' his accustomed change of dress. He had dropped the reins on his horse's neck, what was browsin' about making his last night's scanty feed from the bushes in.his reach, and kickin' and stompin' at such flies as were feedin' on him in return. "I'll fix the business this lime," scs Mr. "Nip pers to himself. " 111 bring things to a point this time," says he, as he untied the handkerchief with his. clean clothes and spread them on the saddle bow. " Wo, Ball," ses he, " I've jist got to say the word, andwo !" says he to his horse, what was kickin' and rearin' about. " Wo ! you cussed old fool ! and the business is settled jist like fallin' off a log." He was drawin' his shirt over his head, when Ball gave a sudden spring which like to made him loose his ballance. " Wo," ses he but before he could get his arms out of the sleeves, Ball was wheelin' and kickin' like rath at something mat seemed to trouble him behind. Down went the clean clothes, shirt and all on the ground. " Blast your infernal pictur wo, now !" ses Mr. Nippers, grabbin' at the reins. But before he could get hold of 'em, Ball was off like a streak of lignum'" with a whole swarm of yellow jackets round his tail. Mr. Nippers grabbled hold of the mane and tried to stop the hors8, but it was no use. Away went the infuriated Ball, and takin' the road he was used to traveliu', another moment brung him to the house. The gates was open, and in dashed the horse with the almost naked Nippers hangin' to his neck, hollenn,' "stop him ! hornets !. hor nets " if loud r.s be could scream. DECEMBER 20, L849. On came the dogs, and after the horse they went round the house, scatterin' the ducks and chick ens, and terrifyin' the little niggars out of their senses. The noise brung the wimmen to the door. " Don't look Miss Nancy ! hornets! wo! ketch him ! shouted the unclad Nippers, as, with spent breath, he went dashin' out of the gate agin, with the dogs still after him, and his horse's tail switch in' in every direction, like a young harrycane. Miss Nancy got one glimpse of her forlorn lover, and before she could get her apron to her eyes, she fainted at the awful sight, (!) while his fast recedin' voice, crying, " Hornets! stop him ! hor nets !" still rang in her ears. Dealli by Music. During a short reidence in Ohio, and pro bably five or six years ago, I rode with d friend, from my own reidence, io a town distant n few miles; and distinguished ahoe the ret of the towns in lhat ticiuity, by ihe possession of a Medical College of considerable notoriety. The opening lecture of the winie& course in ihU lnhtiuiiion was io be delivered that after noon, and it was for the purpose of attending this, that my friend and m)elf had gone thith er. Upon reaching the Church where i he ex ercises were to take place, we were shown into a pew in which one oilier person had already sealed himself; and naturally enough, I .sur veyed him somewhat closely. The result wa-, thai I determined him to be un Irish gentleman, and evidently in feeble health. The senice commenced with hinging by a very superior thoir, during which 1 was attracted by the en thusiasm manifested by toy Irish friend he seemed delighted wnh the music, and I could discover upon his pale cheek a flush of grati fication which lofd its own storv. A prater was then offered after which ihe choir per formed, in a manner 1 have never heard ex celled, that louchingiy beautiful song, " My Native Land." My attention, deeply en grossed in the anthem, was arrested by a gurg ling sound from the corner occupied by the gentleman before mentioned; and my feelings cannot be pictured by words when 1 saw a stream of blood pouiing from his mouth. The rapidity with which his countenance changed from a flush io an almoM ghoMly pallor, was to me most astonishing : more like ;he flight of a momentary shadow upon the plain, when the sun which ha been for an instant beneath a cloud, again shoots forth wuh increased power, than anything else 1 am able to imagine. As quickly as po.-sible, wo hurried him from the church into the open air, bin ere we reached the door his spirit had departed borne upon a breath of music io mingle in a sweeter melo dy on high ! How strangely delightful thus to depart to Heaven ! Upon er.quiry I learned thai he had been for some time the vicum of Consumption, and more than once had seemed to be just passing away. For a few days, however, he had seemed to be i much better; and yielding to the flatteries of his disease, the most deceitful of us kind, had considered himself able to attend the exercises of that afternoon, w hich he. was very anxious to do. The fatigue consequent upon such an exertion had, no douhi, nearly overpowered him; so that only a slight blow was necessary io shiver the golden bowl of existence and When that sweet song was1 borne io his ear, re i minding him of hi own dear land, which he never again mighi behold, ihe shock was too much f r r his endurante a blood-ves:el was ruptured and he died ! I should not, of course, presume io make this last statement upon my ow n responsibility alone. I give it as the general opinion of ihe medical men (and they were many) who were present at the time and to whom I t-hould be happy io refer any modern Thomas who may be dis posed to question the veracity of my statement j I J J j The subject of this incident now sleeps near the sanctuary where his spirit was released; but who shall lell how tranquil is his repose, or picture the rapture of his flight as upon ihe w,ings of music he soars from earth and its dis quietudes, to Paradise and its eternal joys ! City Item. Cattle Raising isi Texas. Mr. John Dutmman, on the San Jacinto river, had in 1837 thirty-three head of cattle. His slock of cattle now numbers over three thousand head all the increase, of his original htock of thirty-three head. Out of this stock ho has in ihe moan time, supported a large family and supplied himself with a good stock of horse.-, sheep, goats, &c. We challenge the world io beat this. Texas Advocate Col J. B. Weller. It appears that Col. Weller got into a little difficulty with Major Gray of the boundary commission, ai San 'Di ego. A collision look place between the par lies, in the course of which Weller was shot in the leg ; the hurl is said io bo slight ; Mr. Wel ler was not understood to be in any danger from it. The lalenfed lady editor of the Piilsburg Vis itor has Ta baby.. Presents of mugs, -rattle, miuifticks, and such like matters pour in upon her in greai profusion. Mrs. S., says : "Our baby" is a good baby, and we can hold her on one arm, and while she looks at the candle, scribble away with the other, faster than two types can convert it into sense and type. Treasury Receipts for 1840. The aciual receipts at the State Treasury from 1st Dec, 1848, to 1st Dec, 1849, on ac count of canal and railroad lolls, are $1,628, 860 13; from the same source ihtf preceding year, $1,550,555 03; bhowing an irurease for the year 1848-49 titer 47-48, of $78,305 10. Between 1820. and 1832, 605,09? new houses were' built indreat Britain, the rentaPuf 1 "which amounW to 73665,3.61 ; ' No. 19' AIoIasst'M i oi Fatten iuj; Hogs. A writer in the Gerrriamown Telegraph re commend the ue of molasses in faituuing Hogs. We copy his communication for the benefit of ihoe who may wih to produce iiigdf cured bucoh : One of ihe nest articles I have ever expnri rnoined xvnh in fattening fwine is mola-ses. When it can he untamed for one shilling six pence per gallon, n i. cheaper than corn at the lowest price at which ihai grain is ever likely to be offered in any market out of the slave growing slates. By mixing saccharine matter with corn or barley muh, I can fatten my hogs in one-half ihe time which is consumed by my neighbors, who turn up iheir noses with ineffa ble and undisguised contempt at my " ultra book-farming fancie" wise Solons of ihe sod in flenhing not fattening their's. Has it never occuried to yon thai the omnive.rou quad roped, nomenclaied the hog, (sus scropa.) by learned naturalists, haih.an appetite very pecu liar? He likes greatly either food that abounds in saccharine matter, or in acids. He will fat ten on meal sweetened ; or meal acidified, and I am at a los to decide on which the more rapidly. I find that tipples boiled and permit ted to Maud awhile, are eaten voraciously by this worthy animal, abhorred of the Jews, and thai he is fattened on theni nearly o.r quite as rapidly as on meal or corn. I s-nrne years since slaughtered a hog w eighing five hundred pounds after being dre.Ned. winch lor seven weeks-before he w a. killed, ae nothing but tipples - Thuy were the refu.se of my crop, and being deposited,. in the harvest senson, in an open chamber had become thoroughly frozen. Thta process ot freezing, although ii is in some meas ure qualified, did not, by any means effectually neutralize the acidity, as the cooked apples when presented to the hog were qmle sour. They were esiten wuh avidity, and ihe ani mal retained his health and bodily Vigor sur. prisingly, tlil brought to ihe lub. Thinking, 'fir! belore killing him, thai a corn keep would tend to Kohdify the pork, I procured meal and had an allowance of dough presented ; but, wonderfully, he refused it wnh contempt. This he did for two davs, when, fearing that .he could not be induced to partake of it of ( w nicn inueeo mere was no pro-peci, me oiu i food was restored, and on this he. was kept uuring ins uie. riner or sweeter pork I . never ate. I have also fattened swine on saccharine food, with equal facility. Church Statistics. The Family Christian Almanac gives ilia following numbers to ihe respective Churches for 1849 ; Presbyterian. (Old School) i79.453 Presbyterian, (New School) ' . . 155.000 Associate Presbyterian, 18 800 26.340 50,000 44,000 32,840 Associate Reformed, Presbyterian, Cumberland Presbyterian, others, Reformed Dutch, German Reformed Total 6 -?;llPfe C:.:: 69,750 - . . 576.183 If to these we a rid Congregatiohali5ts, as there given, 193,093 We have ihe whole amount ' 769,276 In the same Almanac, tbs number of the membership th the Baptist' Churches are given j as follows: Baptists, regular, ' c ; c "664.566 I Baptists, auii-misionj . ' ry v- 67,340. JJaptisls, iree-wtil, oa.6i4 Baptisis, others, ' -M8.643 Total Baptists; ; rr- ;. -. 81t3;92i, Again : the menibership of "ihe- different Methodist Churches is thus reportedi Methodist Episcopal, 649,420 Methodist Episcopal South, 455 217 Methodist ProieMent and others,- . 83,000" Total Methodists, 1,178,637 Fighting on Equa! Terms. I will tell you a little incident that occurred in Georyia many year ago. Judge T., a.cej utiraied duellisi, who had lost a leg, and who was known to be a dead .shot, challenged Col onel D , a gentleman of great humor and at uiuuients. The-friends tried to prevent the meeting, bti' to no effect. The parties met on the ground, w hen Col. D. was asked if he was ready. . , " No, Sir," he replied. . . . " What are you waning for, ihen ?" inquired' Judge T.'s second. a " Why, sir," said Colonel D 'Ihaye; ent my boy into the woods to huni-a ,;bete.gumjjo put my leg in, for I dont intend io. giv.6. the, Judge any advantage over me. You see.heihaa a wooden leg !,j The whole party roared with' laughter, and the thing was ao ridiculous that it broke up the fight. Col, D. was afterwards told ihatii would sink his reputation. (, Well," he replied, it can't sink mo lower ihan a bullet can.'1 - . ..-., u Bui," urged hi fridnd!,i4Mhtf n'apefav will be filled abotft -yifu." ' . 5..r. 14 Well," said he', J'I woufd rathlepfill fifiv" pers than fill a coffin ! ' ; ; No one ever troubled the Cblonei .aferihat.. . j -v It is contemplated to hold an Ami Slavery World's Convention in New York city next summer, and many delegates are expected to he present from England, Franco, Holland,' IV-k aly, Switzerland, and the West Indies. . Colleges in Jlio U. States. The National Intelligencer stales lhat- thea are in the U Stales one hundred and nineteen colleges. The aggreckte-mimber of" volumes in their libraries is 642,328. Inilfo !ibrary"of Harvard Untvomy thore are 74700 volumes.
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