Sunbury American and Shamokin journal. [volume] (Sunbury, Northumberland Co., Pa.) 1840-1848, 1847-10-02
AND SHAMOKIN JOURNAL.


"0 WV IU'h LNPteSe TeIateS tUe uieVgy ~
an old nalset of tAst city, whose business is that
ofs paper scayenger, At which he steadily Ia.
bcrs from vA+'y Gown ,ilI nigh,. ="
He never goes home 10 dinner, but, When
hsncry. generally rnrchAsrs Z dry crust Of
bread. and eats it sitting upon the lower steps
Of the Custom Iloess. or City Hail. Never
deeshe ut,efs word TO = living sspi !; a nc, ,wbes
the stranger looks opon him. ne feels dfsposed
TO exclam..---!"''whet a, poor, miserable being ,
He is. indeed. ri,iashe utiec, to look upon
'or h's h.tAe- ch',hes are gtctsy and hsed with
the accumulated tilth Of many years, and his
counterence.--i, ss forrcwcd all over with deep
wrinkles. ~hNch TO one cor,d seliese were CIV.
er moistened BY tear, He is a hard visaged
msn-repulstve, sns even terrible TO look upm
For fifteen years have we known this singular
being, and even tien ire was 30 old, he seems
10 cider row There ute people in this great
city who have been familiar with hs torn for
upwards Of twenty years, and they affirm tina,
he has been paper scaVcneet during all ,ha,
time. At ali times, when the winds Of winter
how, through the s,reess ard s,rc. when The
dog star rcigns, docs he rerS,e his labcrions and
degrading employment.
And now that we have introduced our hero to
the reader. il is meet that we stc'ih r"'n'fon
~hst we know ot his scNusl condition. He isa
miser,---a narrow minded and mean 'nisrr. VIM
can count his do'larS by tens OF thousands. II
'Se reader doubts our word. let him, when next
ne mee's the mIse!ab'e man ~ tine publn high
way, ask h'T the time OF day, and ne will he
promptly aBewescu "u the authority uf superb
gold watch, hidden In his hl'hy vestments A
dry crust OF Dread anu cas' on bone constitute
hss GARY focd and yet 'h'' man rsrr'e. the deeds
10 HE pocket which prove hnn 10 oe the pro-
Pf~tot O a. 'esss nve handsome avel'ng hon,
ses' located N . fashn"aP'e part OF the chyj
cers'nca'es o' oank ssocS s'n o'hef valuable Pc
widower. bu, the ,s,ber Of an only daughter.
whom he hss established over a supe,bly furni.
shed house, as the sole mistress and only tenant.
she has Al, che needs il the w.y .: householi
things, and oeeverv luxury o, The season. and
'NN "F' '' NJ! 'i"p o"' o"'
eas'. "o"e PetMue'PsNeHes rug PNH' WIN "et F" "s e'J'y'
"e"'. iho'g" "ou'u uuu 10 ue' haPpinees
on soch OCCASIONS 10 call ~ ne'ghboflng
friend, YET the privilege Of giving an invitation
Is denied By her fathef, IN the most positive and
imperative mahner. In the resr oi this ''nngh-
ter's dwelling, is located . sicke,ty shell cf a
cabin, resembling more the appearance pf a sly
than human hetitetiop, and this is the only
d~ cling place OF our mispt, And now he
spcntls the pvcrious hours of HE leisure b life
counting his pold and exn mih,op The sicnn,usrr
ot hi, deets nv ,,r ,;cb, which resi-. unc, hi,
,akrn ,.hle. and seldom 4. rs,ir.,i,bea mt,
,0e, thu hon, =, u;J,;oh,. /. and whom e,ho,,,
- .,,,,, .t. -. ..o,,,. H.. q.
.... .c a., ~.
den, and sink. to sleep m his bed Of rags. ''
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'"'' 'o' upwards Of twenty years ne mas 'SF' '
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CAurlos 70 tnr Yuuse.--The folowins anec
du,e appeared in the N. o. Echo National, of tbs
l2,h "A hundred dollar bill Of the Louisiana
State bank was paid into the Citizens Bank OF
| Saturday last with the following lines WRITER
y" 60. ..a ..u;,ha, :. ~,
-. ,,,n,.. .nd ;n h,o,..,,i I'm,
LIN en- ,.,, ~. h.ra. ,r .nv vc,,o ma, let;
,...h .;r, :, A.. r,,r had con,anv ro, il i
,b., which h,, reduced me to nv deplcrsbl,
.;,,,,;,n I, am ,os, Lost forever los, Tn,