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The examiner. [volume] (Louisville, Ky.) 1847-1849, 1847-12-25

VALUE OF ExAMPLE.-The poor wo
man who, with scanty wardrobe, is ever
neat and clean in her person, amid various
and trying duties; is patient, gentle, and
affectionate in her domestic relations; with
small funds is economical and judcious in
her household managemeGt-as present NJ
every day practical exposition Of some Of
the least lessons in life-msy be a gresiey
benefactor Of her kind than the woman Of
fortune, though she may scatter a 1.-THE Of a
large fortune in aims. The poor man
whose regularity and Propriety Of condlc,
cooperate with such woman, and shows
his fellow-workmen or townsmen what
temperance, industry, manly tenderness.
and superiority to low and sensual temp,s.
ton can effect in erdearing home, which.
like the green spot that the traveller finds
in the desert, is bright even amid the gloom
OF poverty, and sweet even amid all the
surrounding bittemess-such a man does
good as well as the most eloquent speaker
that ever spoke, and the most eloquent WI
ter that ever wrote. If there were a few
patriarchs Of the people, women as well as
men Of | may be excused for admitting the
former to a patnsrchy) their influence
would soon be sensibly felt.-MrS. Lemau
GTimStOne.
The examiner. [volume] (Louisville, Ky.) 1847-1849, 1847-12-25
Prom Chamber Journa
Ireland sixty Year AGO.

The long proIacted misery Of Ireland
Its apparently ceaseless exposure to party
diSsensions-its seeming inability TO help
itself-all this and much more leads to the
common conviction on this side Of the Chan
mel, that the country is irreclaimabls,
doomed forever to suffering and degrade
ton. We cannot fall in with that opinion.
The miseTies Of Ireland are consequence,
in the first instance, Of English conquest
and mismanagemeni. The people have
not been allowed to manage themselves, 50
as 70 bring out the qualities Of selfdepend.
ence and foresight. Always treated as in.
capables, incapsbles they remain. Ireland
is nevertheless improving. The meliora.
tons in law and government during the
last few years have had a marked effect
the mere influence Of imitation, as respects
social usages, has rendered Irish society a
very different thing from what it was at the
middle Of the eighteenth century. With
not little to complain Of, Ireland will
doubtless 60 on improving; and yet such is
the force Of traditional character, that long
after many unpleasant features are gone
il will still be looked upon as a county Of
lswless turbulence, frolicsome folly, anc
confusion.
Whatever be its future fate, it is pleasant
in the meantime to know that Ireland i
substantially improving, at least as regards
education and social order. Strangers
with heads filled with stories Of Irist
rows, are usually a good deal sur
prised to find that Dublin is quiet respecta
ble-looking town, with people going sbOu
in as decorous manner as they do in Lon
don or Edinburgh. Instead Of Irishmer
lesping and yelling with a cUdgel in ont
hand and bottle in the other, as they ar,
still made to do on the stage, we see
peaceful community minding its busi
ness, and only a scatter Of beggars to brinv
TO our recollection that the rural affairs o
the country are still in a state Of discredita
bic misarTangement.
The best way to convince the sceptica
Of the distinct advances made by Ireland
is to compare its present state Of manner
with what unhappily distinguished il tw'
or three generations ago. Means for ma
king this comparison have Just been afford
ed by an Irish writer in a small work lynn
before US. " Sketches Of Ireland Sixt
Years Ago" as this production is designs
ted, affords curious insight into the Who'll
social fabric Of last century-ths fights, ali
ductions, robbenes, frolics, gambling, an
drunkenness Tor which the country yet ira
ditionally syfers. Though lamentabls il
many Of is details, the volume will be pc
rused with much interest, and will afford n
small degree Of amusement.
The author commences with an accour
of the fights that used to take place in Ii
streets Of Dublin in past times, greatly I
the disgrace, as we think, Of the govern
ment for the time being. Here is spec
men: "Among the lower orders feu
and deadly hostility had grown up betwee
the Liberty Boys, or tailor and weavers {
the Coombe, and the Omond Boys, G
butchers who lived ia .Ormond Market, O
OnnOnd Quay, which caused frequent cor
ficts; and it Is in the memory Of man
The examiner. [volume] (Louisville, Ky.) 1847-1849, 1847-12-25

MERcIFUL LAw.-The book of depos
ing King Richard the Second, and the com
ing in of Henry the Fourth, supposed to bs
written BY Doctor Hayward, who was com.
mitted to the Tower for it, had much incens
ed Queen Elizabeth; and she asked Mr.
Bacon, being then of her learned council
whether there were any treason contained
in it," Mr.. Bacon intending to do him q
pleasure, and to take off the Queens bit
terness with a merry conceit, answered,
mo, Madam, for treason Icannot deliver
opinion that there is any, but very much
felony" The Queen apprehending it glad
ly, asked, How, and Wherein" Mr.. Ba
con answered, because he has stolen many
Of his sentences and conceits out Of Cor
nelius Tacitus. Lord Bacon.
The examiner. [volume] (Louisville, Ky.) 1847-1849, 1847-12-25

HAPPMEss.--HaPpiness is to be attain.
ed in the accustomed chair by the freside,
more than in the honorary occupation ofciv,
ic Office; in wife's love infinitely more
than in the favor Of all human beings else;
in children's innocent and Joyous prattle
more than in the hearing Of fattery; in the
reciprocation OF little and frequent kindness
es between friend and friend, more than in
some occasional and dearly bought indul-
gence; in the virtue Of contentment, more
than in the anxious achievements Of wealth,
distinction, and grandeur; in change of heart
more than in change Of circumstance; in
full, firm trust in Providence, more than in
hoping for fortunes favor; in growing taste
for the beauties of nature, more than in the
fee-simple inheritance Of whole acres Of
land; in the observance Of neatneSs and
regularity, household virtues, rather than in
the means Of ostentatious, and, therefore rare
display; in a hsn6maiden's cheerfulness,
more than in the improved tone Of politics;
and in the friendship of our next door neigh
Dor, more than in the condescending riotice
Of my lord duke---Martyrid.
The examiner. [volume] (Louisville, Ky.) 1847-1849, 1847-12-25

SAINT EXTRAORDINARILY deputies oil
the reformed religion, after the massacre that
was upon St. Bartholomew day, treated
with the king and queen-mother, and some
other of the council for peace. Both sides
were agreed upon the articles. The ques-
ton was, upon the security Of performances.
After some particulars propounded and re
jected, the queen.mother said, "Why, is not
the word Of King sufficient security
One Of the deputies answered, 'No, by St.
Bartholomew. Madam. Lord Bacon.
The examiner. [volume] (Louisville, Ky.) 1847-1849, 1847-12-25

We know Of nothing more graceful, than the
following lines, written BY Madame 'Houtetot,
and translated by no less poet than Shelley:
W hen young loved At that delicious age.
so sweet, so short, love was my sole delight;
And when reached the season to be sage,
Still loved on, for reason gave me right
Age comes at length and livelier Joys d part.
\ ct gentle ones still kiss these syelid,, dim
For still love, and love consoles p-.y heart.
What could console me for the loss of him
The examiner. [volume] (Louisville, Ky.) 1847-1849, 1847-12-25

PARADoxIcAL PEoPLE.-Those who
have pushed their inquiries much farther
than the common systems of their times,
and have rendered familiar to their own
minds the intermediate steps by which they
have been led to their conclusions, are too
apt to conceive other men to be in the
same situation with themselves; and when
they mean to instruct are mortified to find
that they are only regarded as paradoxical
and visionary.
The examiner. [volume] (Louisville, Ky.) 1847-1849, 1847-12-25
LITERARY EXAMINER.
BY GRETA


GE me thy blessing, mither,
For | must now away,
To meet by bonnie Agnes mither,
Upon her bridal day.
I've luved her lang and weel, mither,
And thou my luve has known;
Then lay thy hand upon me, mither,
And bless thy kneeling son."
"Ah Willie, how my heart o'erfiows
When thus hear thee speak
NV tears are glistening on thy hair,
= And dropping on thy cheek.
And oh. how memory calls up now
The days Of auld lang syne,
When / a winsome bride first called
Thy sainted father mine.
aye look sac like him, Willie dear,
We look sac like him now:
We hae the same dark, tender cen,
The same broad noble brow.
And sic a smile was on his face
When he that morning came,
To bring ava, as ye maun do,
A lassie TO his name
"Pnir child, her heart is beating now,
As Il never beat before
Puir child, ken her hazel cen
Wi tears are running Ger.
She iuves thee, Willie, but she feels
To wed's a solemn thing
Iweel remember how felt,
When looking on the ring.
al weel remember, too, the hour
When, wi a heavy sigh,
turned, a wife sac young and sad,
To bid him a good bye.
The tears were gushing then, know,
For luyed my kindred weel,
And though my ain was by my side,
IcOuld ma help but feel.
&" But then, how kidd he took my hand,
And gently whisPered-Come,
The same soft star shines DER my cot
That shines above thy home.
And, Willie, aften, since he's dead,
I've watched that distant star,
And thought I saw his gentle face
Smile in il from sfar.
ave luved iIk ither weel, Willie,
We luved ilk ither lang;
All me how happy was the heart
That thrilled the even sang.
We luved ilk ither, Willie, right
And may God grant il so
That We maun luve as we twa luyed,
In days lang, lang ago.
Oh fOndly cherish her, Willie,
She is sac young and fair
She has not known a single cloud,
Or felt a single care.
Then, ifscsuld world storm should COM
Thy way TO overcast
Oh ever stand thou art q mani
Between her and the blast.
"When first knew a mithsr's pride,
Twas when / gazed on thee,
And when my ither flowers died,
Thy smile was left 10 me.
And can scarce believe il true,
So late thy life began,
The playful BARN / fondled then
STANDS by me nova Man
ssThen tell thy bonnie bride, Willie,
She has my first born son:
tax the darling from my arms,
And gle him to her own.
Oh she will cherish thee, Willie
For when / maun depart,
She, only she, will then be left
To al thy lonely heart.
/" dinns fear TO die, Willie
/ never wished 10 gang;
The soft green mound in yon kirk-yard
Has lanely been too lang.
And would lay me there, Willie,
And a Deaths terror brave,
Besides the heart sac leal and true,
II I is within the grave.
Then gang ava, my blessed BARN,
And bring thy gentle dove,
And dinnA frOwn IL a should greet
To part vi her they love.
But If a tear fills up her ee,
Then whisper, as they dart,
There's room for thee at mithers hearth,
There's room in mither's Heart
"AnG may the God that reigRs above,
And sees We a the while,
Look down upon your plighted troth,
And bless We wi His smile.
And msy'st thou ne'er forget, Willie,
In a thy future life,
TIE serve the Power that gave TO thee
Thy kind and guileless Wife"
The examiner. [volume] (Louisville, Ky.) 1847-1849, 1847-12-25

DEcAVED GENTRY.-It happened in the
reign Of King James, when Henry, Earl Of
Huntington, was Lieutenant Of Leicester
shire, that laborer's son Of that county
was pressed into the wars; as | take it to 60
over with Count Mansfield The old man
al Leicester requested his son might be dis
charged, as being the only staff of his age,
who, by his industry, maintained him and
his mother. The Earl demanded his name,
which the man for long time was 10th to
tell, las suspecting it fault for so poor a
man to confess the truth at last he told his
name was Hastings. ''Cousin Hastings"
said the Earl, "we cannot all be top branches
of the tree, though We all spring from the
same root your son, my kinsman, shall not
be pressed - So good was the meeting Of
mOdesty in poor, with courtesy in an hon.
orable person, and gentry, believe. in
both. And have reason to believe, that
some who Justly. own the surname and
blood Of Bohuns, Mortimers, and Plan
tagenets, Though ignorant of their own e1-
uactions,) ara hid in the heap Of common
people. where they find that under a thstch-
ed cottage, which some Of their ancestors
could not enjoy in loaded castle-con-
tentment with quiet and security.-FulIer's
Worthless.
The examiner. [volume] (Louisville, Ky.) 1847-1849, 1847-12-25

KEEP TO YouR CALLNG.-BShop Gros-
test, Of Lincoln, told his brother, who asked
him to make him a great man-''Brother."
said he, eff your plough is broken, III pay
the meDding of it; or il an, OK is dead, III
pay for another; but a ploughman | found
you, and Ploughman I'll leave you
Aubreu.
The examiner. [volume] (Louisville, Ky.) 1847-1849, 1847-12-25

All pleasure must be bought at the price
ofPain; the difference between false pleas
ure and true is just this--ior the true, the
price is paid before you enjoy it-lor the
false, after you enjoy it.
The examiner. [volume] (Louisville, Ky.) 1847-1849, 1847-12-25

To commiserate is sometimes more than
to give; for money is external to mans
self, but he who bestows compassion COM
municates bis own soul.
The examiner. [volume] (Louisville, Ky.) 1847-1849, 1847-12-25
Womrs rersss Laprns.-I address you

WOVEN uersus LADIEs.-I' address you
in behalf Of the prophecies oil language
hoping that you will take pity upon afec-
lation, and pinch it, The women and the
females are all gone-and the feminine Ter
limitations are following them very fast
To sspply their places we have LADIES',
always ladies. There are no authoresses,
only lady-authors; and there are lady friends,
lady cousins, lady-readers, &c. Do the wo-
men know that lady is derived from laideY
1t either is so-or will arrive al that. IL
will be one of the ugliest words in the
language If it continue to be ieariully
abused.
This affectation was at its height some
fifteen or twenty years ago. II is TACT,
that to an action brought in which plaintiff
set forth that he had hired the whole Of de-
fendant's coach, but that when it was about
to start woman was inside without his con-
sent, defendant pleaded, amongst other
things, that the person described as q ,coman
was in fact a lady. At that time, and for
years afterwards, shocking to relate, there
were no ,oipes in the country. Look at
any old newspaper, and you will see, "On
the -th instant, il street, the lady oil
Esq, of a daughter" 1t
ought to have been lady-so1l, not daughter;
and any gentleman ought to have called
any other gentleman out if that other gentle
man dared to speak Of his lady-brother by
the style and title of his sister. But matters
have mended good deal, men own their
wives now in the newspapers. An honest
Otaheitean Tor Tahitian, as we call it ROW,
believe) who came over here at the time
speak of, told his countrymen that the Eng
lish whenever one Of their children was
born cut off the fourth finger Of their wives
left hands as an offering to a goddess called
Fashion-but that the finger grew again in
little while. This was the only rendering
his language would yield-which is very
creditable to the Tahitian tongue, and shows
that it puts things in their true light.
am, myself, Of the ancient school, which
believes and maintains the true faith to be
that all adult human creatures not being
men are women; which declares openly that
all women, be they ladies or not, are fe-
males-and all married females wives
The same old-fashioned community asserts
that our language has no adjective which can
be substituted for Jenlale,-and that ioomGz-
Iy and feminine are ad lectives having men
to whom they are applicable and women to
whom they are not. 1t was one Of the for
mer- probably Fnbble himself-who in
vented the term lady.trierad, and it would
have been good thing for the language if
the first woman who heard it had been one
OF the latter and had kicked him for his
pains. As to authors, (meaning authoresses)
! once got book from one marked ''fIom
the author" and | wondered to myself
whether she meant to stand up for the old
song
Adam was the first man,
t.. ~.
The examiner. [volume] (Louisville, Ky.) 1847-1849, 1847-12-25
Adam was the first man,
Eve was the t'other.

| | wish the women would send the word
lady back to its proper. sphere Some
thing will be sure to happen if they do not.
Gentleman was abused until it was short
ened into gent and what straight the
gents are in jus; now!
Woman is term Of high honor it is
a great pity that it may not be used in re-
spect to any female whatever, were it from
beggar to a princess. Its corresponding
Greek term, ,gllne, is that by which slaves
often address their misuesses in the Greek
tragedy. With our notions, the address OF
Christ TO bis mother beginning with the word
,cOman appears disrespectful,-in the
original it is exactly the reverse. Let wo-
men notice that with the term lady in ouI
language, as used to suPPlant irOHGn, arose
the school Of men which sneered at females
Of cultivated mind under the name Of blue
stockings. Search antiquity through time
and space, from age to age, and from coun-
try to country, and it will be found that re-
spect for knowledge in females is always
co-existent with their designation under
homely names. The word LADY,, generi-
cally used, ought to be odious as the pro-
duct Of time in which women were taken
TO be necessarily frivolous. But when wo-
men were women, we have the account Of
an Apollonius who wrote biography filled
with no names but those Of female philoso-
pliers. Nay, Suidas himself has preserved
the name of historian who wrote accounts
Of large number Of female Pyhagoreaas.
Madame Dacier ought to have reminded
her husband to mention this (Which | can
not find that he has done) in his Life Of
Pythagoras,-for it shows that, in spite OF
all saws to the contrary, whole bookful Of
women endured the silent system TO which
the followers Of that sect were subjected,
Nor are the accounts Of these works at ell
unlikely, for Menage has collected the
names Of sixty-four women who had distin-
guished themselves in the schools OF philoso-
phy--with as much information about them
as gives to one with another more than an
octave page piece. Plutarch dedicated
more than one work to- women. Three
expresses (and an empress was then only
a woman) have distinguished the name OF
Eudocia by their literary requirements.
The last has left US (and in the dark
eleventh century, the historical dictionary
which is frequently quoted in support Of, OF
opposition to, Suidas. A great deal more
might be said to the same effect-but ii
would take up too much room. Ihope all
good women will leave lady to appear
where it is properly wanted-and not con.
tinue to degrade their sex by speaking Of il
as whole under term which merely sig.
ni6es conventional distinction. If they
will not, we must have new translation
of Genesis-and in it must appear 'gentle-
man and lady created He them. '-Athena
cum.
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sunbumt countenance. The turnkey who
had introduced the two young people into
the ward, remained gazing upon the scene;
good Sister of Charity supported the sick
man; he took the pen which was handed
him, glanced over the marriage contract.
which had been prepared beforehand, and
wrote beneath it his dishonored name. Then
stretching towards Tiennet,e his wasted
arms, he clasped her to his bosom. The
movement he made in doing so shook his
chain, one link of which rested in the hand
of EUROPE, who looked at il with bewil-
dered stare; whilst another rwtled against
the dress Of Tiennette, whose tears fell upon
the rusty iron. The head of the dying man
soon sunk once more upon his pillow. tt
ennette took advantage Of this moment to
glide her trembling hand furtively under the
coverlid. The turnkey had. that instant
turned TO lead the way ont Of the room, and
the anxious glance she fixed upon him be
hayed to me alone the poor girls secret Of
lering to her father. EUROPE, who seemed
i'll at ease, made a sign to Tiennette, and
they both went slowly out, with downcast
looks. When they had reached the foot Of
the staircase which led to the wards, the
young girl said to EUROPE, The step which
we have now taken will bring US a bles-
sing" They then entered together the
chapel of the Civil Hospital, offered up
short prayer, babe me farewell, and mounted
little cart, which bore them back to their
native village.
"Yes, God will bless thee, poor maiden,
who ddst not forsake the author Of thy
days, nor think that his guilt had broken
every tie which subsisted between thee and
him. Thy children will pay to thy virtue
the dutiful homage with which thou hast
not feared to honor guilty father"
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They who do not know themselves,
know not how to spare themselves.
The examiner. [volume] (Louisville, Ky.) 1847-1849, 1847-12-25

The greater portion Of our knowledge is
the less portion Of our ignorance.
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If stranger on the road is anxious to
have you for a companion, it is commonly
a proof that his company is not worth
having. 'f
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Let every farmer who has a son to educate,
believe and remember, that science lays the
foundation Of everything valuable in agrieui-
ture. 81
Jeffersonian Republican. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1840-1853, 1847-03-25

GORE THROAT, Coughs, Consumptions, Pains
- in the various parts of the body, and other
pleasant symptoms, are the usual effects of catch
ing cold.
Wrighfs Indian Vegetable Pills are delightful
medicine for carrying off cold, because they purge
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From three TO six of said Indian Vegetable Pills,
taken every night on going to bed, will in short
time, make perfect cure of the most obstinate
cold-at the same time the blood and other fluids
will be thoroughly purified, and the constitution
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BeiOare Of Counterfeits.-The public are cau-
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IN order to deceive called by names similar 10
Wright's Indian Vegetable Pills.
For.sale by George II Miller, Stroudsburg, who
is the only authorised agent for that place; ad
vertisement for other agencies IN another column.
Office and general depot, 100 Race ST., Phil'a.
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APPEALS.

Notice is hereby given, that The Commits
sioners Of Monroe County, will hold the Ap.
peals for the year lS47, a, The following places,
for he purpose of hearing persons who may
apply for redress. Appeals to be held between
NJ, on each day, TO wit:
For Hamilton township, at the house Of Ja-
cob Long, in said township, on Monday the
10Th day Of April next
For Ross and Polk townships. a, the house
of Jacob Kresge. in Polk township on Tuesday
The 20lh day of April next.
For Chesnuihll and Tobyhanna townships,
al the house of John Merwine, in Chesnuthil
township, on Wednesday the 2lsl day Of April
next.
For Pocono, Jackson and Coolbaugh town
ships, a, the house of Thomas Knecht, in Po-
como township, on Thursday the 22nd day Of
April next.
For Stroud and Price townships, at the
Court House, in the Borough of Stroudsburg,
on Friday the 23d day OF April next.
For Middle Smiihield and Smithfeld town.
ships, at the house of john c. Bush, in Smith
field township, on Saturday the 2ith day Of
April next.
The owners of Unseaied Lands will then
and there have an opportunity of appealing
from any excessive valuation on their lands.
JOHN KERN.
MELCHOlR DREHER,
HENRY WEISS,
Commissioners.
Commissioners Office, Sirouds- !
burg, March 25, ls47.-3t