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The Columbia Democrat. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1837-1850, 1847-01-23
oE.UMBlA Goa NTY, PA. SATURDAY, JANUARY 2s, IS4z.

3 IL all other respect@I my lrienu was
happy, cheerful and devoted wife. Sh'
was arJenly attached 10 her husband
and on no other subject were they OPP
lposcd, aud her lace even cheerful o
'lother times, was always cloudy wher
Lodga night returned; and al lhoss
lines she never failed 10 express .
strong opposition 10 the Order.
Notwithstanding this, Mr.. Ashley con-
Itnued for several months to auend bic
Lodge punctualIyi but he could no; endure
these stormy seaSons, and his, added to thc
increasing pressure Of his business, caused
him 70 grow more and more delinquent; he
neglected TO pay his dues, and finally ab.
son,ed himself entirely from his Lodge.
was with feelings OF real sorrow, that he j.
lime received the notice of his suspension
from his Lodge. He had been devoieGiy
attached 10 il, and had ielt that should mis-,
fortune al any tine attend him, he woud
be sure Of Ihe same Kindness and sympathy
|
"n'ch he Ia" ever s'o"h 20 o'hefS' on' ms
wife was great deal happier now, and this
he knew was in .couseqn snce Of that which
u s,'o''u "''" 60 ''"''' "' ''''>'''0 '"Ne1'''
ed to feel reconcIcd 20 il.
Time passed on and fortune which had
"e'e'o'''e ''p'eN 0" "'~' 10" oesan 10
4
a"o" \ c"anSel0l aspect bHs!ness' ever
huc'ua"ng W '"I' country resulted in ss
we're 'oSSeS 10 h''h' mlsIor'uhes succeeded
oac" ONE" ana be lnaiIy decided to ny a
ne" he'a OF labor The West, .wnh IL.
oF'ao 'a0's' a'u 'm"oNse capa0i.ines' open
oo P'e"''og'y to his view, and he decided.
10 remove 'h''oef' Irne to woman's na-
Iure, ellen cheeSiuI|y. bado her many friends
adieu' and followed her "usba"a 10 LAID
.of strangers.
Unfortunately tie Ioc'uon which Mr
Ashley had decided rpon, proved an On
favorable one. both in regard to folluae aadI
health.
Tho investment Of his money proved all
1Gavorable one; he saw his iitle means fs,I
diminishing, his health too, seemed under
ninpg and he felt that he mus seek a nor,
favorable location, or poverty and sickness
would reduce them to absolute want. The,
!ecded finally TO remove to ibis place, antl
sct out upon their journey, bat Mr. Ashlryl
continued TO grow worse, and when they
Trjvcd, he found himself completely ex~I
hau tee. and quite unable to make any ar
rang'meni for 'he future,
What shall we DO, Elem? he exclaimed
IN distress 'our means are almost eG,ire.y
exhausted, and sull am rrow,ug worse
and you are worn out wuh fatigue andi
care.
Think not Of me replied Ellen. .bn, II
must send for physician for YOU
No Ellen. we have ac,naIIv M rooos
of paying hir, and hope to recover with.
out ONE
Il must send for one continued Ellen
'And perhaps we shall fud in him Crio,d.,I
SO saving she leC, the ,oo,, C,r ala
that her husband was in reality much worsoI
Fatigue and anxiety respecting their copdi.
lion, had 50 excned him, ,ha. he was in aI
burning fever.
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L
ne hosoaho' k'""'y' d ouy ""'c"
ave MOI heg'' c''u since o'e'"'e
nemoef' o""' our marriages 50 ." 'e'
na' your chafm' nave "'o'e power u
YER me 'han sugh' e''e'
'bu' II seems '',y are no" 'o'S'"S
'heIr po"er' s''u E'''h'
! 'o"! no. '""'eo' 'o' "U''' i''e"
you "oulu nov WIZ" "'e u "es'''' 'O'
j.
oufe'y ""'' " "e'0 e'"' ''''''N
''Ss "u'y'
'On' "'u ''' 'so'F"' h''''"' '''' , ~
Va" p'eJ'"'ce g''''' o"i O'"''' ~ !
VII say no more S"oN' II "o"' wi ''''
sure can convince you IN Sho'' '"e'
tos' your Pr'JHd'ceS are m''P''ceo'
|haI' not De oN' 'a'' E''e"' 'ou DC a.
'ured' sara he, sm'''ng' as ne N'SSe"
''N b"a'' se' ~ "o n''sc.I''i III q
Lo"se ioo"'
ass soon Ss 0'' "O'''n" hap c'o'e"
'he uoo!' A''en ou' 'S' '"'o 'ea'S ol mug
eu gf'e'' u'Sapo''h'heot anu anger ohe
'ao sfohg pr'JuHice ee''n'' O"u-E e'>
'o"'o'P; ana '"'f'a" OF ae''"e IKE o
s'osI0'e woman ana ennea''''"s 70 re-
move 'he p'eJHu'ce oy 'eh4c'os 'hS'
oe' "Hsoanu "oo'd "o' o. gu''''y u any
'h'ng d'sNonofao'e 20 h'm'si' a'h 'eF'
'''cne" TO an '"',''uuon mat h'" oo@n
Ho"of'hy IN Us ooJ'c'' or designs S'f
allowed herself 10 iee' mat lie was F'a =
'"s "T' u"N'""yi - '""' lS'F'"S ''''
nd 'ha' there could DC "o'h'Ng good 'nI
al institution whose members were not
flowed TO reveal TO DINERS their ues'gn''
'nd by 'he Ume heF hNSoo"o htn return
"a, she had i"''Iy made up her mind
nat Odd Fel'oWShp was ana mns' b"I
wrong eod mat she would De ever o.
, osed TO IT,
mus 10 women oileh'lme oilng un-
happiness upon 'hemseIVes,oy de'etmIn
ing no! TO be convinced OF the ruth andl
proprIe'y ol 'ha' which would result M
their own best interest, 10 ORDER to graf
ry sickly senHmsn'aIIy, or foster
oo''sh sen'illVeo's', wh''a tey 'ho"
ny their own feelings, lHa' themselves
Islrusl 'hst confidence, which tney &C.
cnse their husbands OF violating.
Ii'Ve you passed the evening pleas
,n'ly1' inquired Ellen, rather sarGasu.
caIIy,as her husband returned that even
ng.
Yes; our meetings are always pleas
,nr,' reolied Mr. Ashley, sand now, i
confined he smiling, Il mus, SC myself
10 the business of making you the OIdI
C.tlou,s f,i.,d. i, will M, ho q h.,dI
,,.L wi,ln Enoru
uI,,a.r nom I.ro.,,,, j
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your husband needs constant care iAroug
he night; YOU arc too much iaiguej t
watch suh hiD-I en- now going to lh
Lodge, and will bring couple Of brother
10 watch with him
Ellen could not spesk she was ovcrcom
with surprise and thousand varying emo
lion5.
ELLEN, we shall indeed ts cared for now,
said Mr.. Ashley, as the DR.. left The room
| feel that we shall receive kindness here,
although from being a suspended membp,
Of the Order, have no righ,ful claim /,
their assistance.
An uuGefnabIe feeling Ib2, sie had done
The Order injustice, now possessed Ellen
nut she could give no uWctaace to il, nnc
she begged her husband to compose himse'
'nd keep perfectly calm.
Anxiously did she watch every yaryios
shade CT his counlenarcs ihat evening, anc
earnestly did her thoughts rise for a bless,
ng upon him.
Soon a|,er nine, the Dr., re-en;oreI The
room with two gentlemen, whom he intro.
Iuced as bro!heIs who would watch with
lEr. .7shley thai night,
Again and again did Mn Ashley return
lie warm grasp of brolber's hand
hen turning Dr.. Evelyn, be said y mus,
low explain to you my situation Ne
hen told them of his former connection viii
lodge 10 Boston, OF his attachment to iht
Jlder, and that in consequence Of his neg
oCt he was then and bad been for some
ime, a suspended member-he had n
tain upon their kindness.
Say no more they replied, we all IN,
.ers!ssdyour leeli,gs--and 0ov yol must
udoavor 10 50 to sleep
notwithstanding what had passed, Ellen
ould not feel wiling to leave her husband
Il lie hands Of slrangers through the nighl.
mt when she saw their lende, kindness and
she retired to sleep feeling
onfleu, that her hugbspd was in fauhG,
eocirr, and ,b, .he conld s.rsr, ,,ns,r,,
while she slept
Dav or,e, i,y n ,iocoriD, r.r,r d;1 -,
ind Or, and some one OF his friends col
nd administer IN the ,oo,r,r,s oC he. hns
,,nd-and avery rias, Jil oooo. ao.
watch him and al wav dono; :, s,oL L..
nd uno5,,us,ye manner ,hat il comr,e,ol
por EIen,s boAr,-a,d s,e o,rr..sol :,
he DR. all her f,rme, n,eiod;,a "a nc a."
Grand ,b,, i, was her o,,o.i,on 10,
,nsod Nor husband - oooroo, a.. To,-.
well we'll the doe,o, woo1 s,v ,,o,,
mist nov make ono,3, ocl b,ooo -,
Did Fellows' cbamcior ,,3 o,,l,o oon,..,.
+ these foolish vomen 2bov viii ~ 49,
ome Odd Fellows O1a F.,lons, .,.,..
y and bv.
Henry q, las, recororsd-,rJrad.,,
ire, Ifn ms room n, F,,rro o,n,o j.. ~,
aid ,Jbave coms ~ ,,,o ,',,, ,.,I. -.,'
~, G,s,Iwish en-, 10 ov.o,;.a n:.
ge while I chm, o li,Io ,,;,h r,...:,
The frs, papsr urnrv o,sn.d a.,.,.,
er and card from his own I,1co ,o-,n,,.,
no him memhcr-wLioh h,J L...-
ured through the influence ,rn, ,F.",,r r''
~ rev, va. ,oco,,,ad ~, - 49,, wy ~"
ord and the las, ,o,r r,oo, .ana.sI s'' c'"I ~
,,,h... ,.h,n.1 ,'''," '''" ''''''' - '"'
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L.NutEfaDSF az
i II sounds very much like severSl fcti lous
e stories that have read, replied Mrs. Nj
, nor, if knew it WAS really uue, J might
perhaps change nv opinion somewhat
!, WelI, | will vouch for the uuth of slb
= except the names, FOR have ,old you 10
; story as my friend has often told it 10 me.
Mrs. Ashley must now speak for herself
Mrs. Ashley, lades-sias Mrs Dsntoa,'
Al turned 10 Mis-. Dsn,on, 10 surprise,
who confessed herself the heroine of The
siory and assured them OF ITS truth; 'and
you will not wonder now at my warm de-
fence Of Odd Fellowship. have, hope,
'Ionsd IN some measure for my pas, injuss
ice 10 the Order, and opposition to my hus-
i1ana's feelings: and what say you ladies,
10 year husbands becoming Odd Fellowsl'
WIne shall become one exclaimed sew
Iera voices at once, if have any influence
)ysr him.
Nis unnecessary to add iha, lbs flourish
ing IIiie Lodge in NJ, received st il.
next meeting several new names as sppi-
Icsni5 for membership, and have since
heard that the wives Of these new menbe
make it their duty 10 see and know them.
selves, tia, their husbands attend oil the
msefingt Of their Lodge and regularly
pay MGir ducs.
4 correspondent Of the New York Her
aid, under tae date of Dec 7, gives The fol-
lowing humorous description OF The mem
bers Of the U. s. Senate, ,hea presents in
their seats.
ForIy-one Senators present to witt
Mr. Allen, tall and straight as Old Hick-
ory.
Mr Archer, just as ,slI,bui slightly slim
ner.
Mr.. Atchisor, pretty much of ,bo same
sort.
Mr.. AIhatlon, about half the Attitude.
Mr. Barrow, solid, substantial planter.
Mr.. Benton, q an Sir Oracle
Nj Begby, who has The reverend ap
Ieamnco ( priest.
Mr. Breeso who locks like him no. in
he least.
Mr.. Calhoun, the eag'a.eyed.
Mr.. j. 81. Clayton, the resurec,iopis. of
AZ.
Mr. Cass, heavy edition OF Ben Frank.
in.
Mr, ChaImeIs, little package neatly
dose up.
1Ir' CiIoy, weather beaten. like an old
sailor.
AH. T. Clayton, the silent man.
Mr.. CequiI. the exhortor
Mr.. Corwin The dark skinned WAGNER
Mr., Criuenden. The blade with two eJo..
Mr.. Davis the man Of The last word.
Mr' Dickson the antagonist OF Webster.
Ready for another fight.
o he best. 1'''
his eye. es !"
Mr.. Fairfield little of dyspepao we
Wr' Huntington decidedly stoIid.
peraled, '''">
Mr. johnson of La, very good natured
man.
Nr Lewis the powerful, and The ponder.
ous $40, f'"'''N
MIR MaGnum the superb
Mr. Miller quiet lule black eyed ner.
sonage. P'''
Mr. Perce hearty speciuen of goso
conscience.
Blackstone. W u
Mr. Phelps taking little more suug
Mr. Semple reading over Glpiu's repor,
on Oregon. 'p''
ususl. ewing '1' az
Mt SpOgh' with an eye to business,
Mr Sturgeon Gxed as il Cor nan.
Mr. TITney looking curioasly around 9.
something was wrong
MT UPham satisfied no matte, bov il
goes. nv"
0'r Webster looming ou, like ,buod.,
cloud "u"ue'
Mr Wes'cott eyeing',h Vice Pres;d.o
las II to say il won't do Mr. Dallas.
Mr Woodbridge a clear headed iroS.,.
The Columbia Democrat. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1837-1850, 1847-01-23

TGIS0NLLn.AN 81 ROTSo
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1847-05-06

Over-indulgence is awfully common, and in
creasing, and continually making shockingravages
in human character 1t is system of great cru
city to the children, to the parents themselves,
and to society. This practice proceeds from va
rious causes: in some instances, from pervert-
ed, systematic sentimentalism in others, from
absolute Incidence, and regard to present ease,
which leads the silly mother to adopt any means
OF coaxlng, and yielding, and bribing, to keep
the young rebels quiet for the time in others
from mistake as to the time when restraint should
begin, spirit of procrastination which leads
parents to say, shall take them in hand by
and by there is no time lost when their reason
is little more matured shall lay upon them
more restraint : and in some it is mere animal
Affection without the guidance of particle O
Judgment mere instinct, like that which, il
the irrational tribes, leads to blind and bus,
care. 1t is not uncommon for parents to trea
the first acts of puerile rebellion rather as freak
to be smiled at, than as faults to be reformed
o. says the mother, it is only play he vii
know better soon. He does not mean any harm
| cannot chde him. No; and if the father
wiser than herself, does, she cries, and, perhaps
in the hearing of the child, reproves her HUSBAND
for cruelty. From whatever cause it proceeds
it is in the highest degree injurious to the char
acter of the children. Let those who are guilt
of it read the fearful comment on this sin, which
is furnished for their warning, in the history o
Eli and his family.-Rev John AngeH James.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1847-05-06
Kind Words do not Cost Much,

They never blister the tongue or lips. And
we have never heard of any mental trouble aris-
ing from this quarter
Though they do not cost much, yet they ac-
cOmpliSh much.
|. They help ones own good nature and good
will, Soft words soften our own soul Angry
words are fuel to the flame of wrath, and make
it blaze the more fercely.
2. Kind words make other people good natur-
ed. Cold words freeze people, and hot words
scorch them, and sarcastic words irrtate them,
and bitter words make them bitter, and wrathful
words make them wrathful.
There is such a rush of all other kinds of
words, in our days, that it seems desirable to
give kind words chance among them. There
are vain words, and idle words, and hasty words,
and spiteful words, and silly words, and empty
words, and profane words, and boisterous words,
and war-like words.
Kind words also produce their own image on
mems souls. And beautiful image it is. They
soothe and quiet and comfort the nearer They
shame him out of his sour, morose, unkind feel
ings. We have not yet begun to use kind words
in such abundance as they ought to be used
Pascal
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1847-05-06

and even trippled her intended donation, in case
it should be required by her singular petitioner,
whom her almoner accordingly proceeded to WIS.,
it, / knocked at a worm-eaten door, ON the fifth
floor of a house in the Rue ST. Andre des Arts,
and lady dressed in black (it was her only
gown opened it.
Sir said she, much agitated, ARE you the
cOmmissary of police, come to arrest me for my
shameful letter to the Queen! You must for
give me; am so unhappy that at times become
deranged. am sorry to have written as did
to Princess whom all the poor call good and
charitable
BE not alarmed, madam replied taking
her petition from my pocket. Read her Maj
esty's orders; they will enable you to Judge of
her better than any thing could tell you
Madame G, read the affecting words added by
the Queen; then bursting into tears, she pressed
the paper to her lips. Sir, she exclaimed, give
me nothing but leave me this holy relic. l will
die of hunger with it upon my heart
Madame C. proving in all respects worthy of
the Queens generosity, l left her the three hum
bred francs, but had much difficulty in prevailing
on her to give up the petition, which still pre-
serve with respect and veneration This trait
of the Queen of the French is only one of ten
thousand
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1847-05-06

caused by the intoxicating cup, and perhaps a
monitor within the wall tells him of damning and
accursed deeds of days gone by-nor with the
oppressor of the widow and orphan, as he re-
members the agonizing applications of his VIC
tms-nor with the statesman, as he beholds the
sceptre Ofpower and the diadem of glory passing
away forever-nor with the gambler in the gor.
geous saloon, as deeply quafing spiced wines
he seizes with gaunt and jewelled hand the dice
box and dashes asdes the pleasures of home
once rendered dear, but for his own turpitude.--
And oh the heart of his wife, broken, and which
chung to him, and will fondly cling to him to the
last To all these, that cry sounds like a funer
al knell-and brings neither hope nor consola
ton when the last hour of man has been mum
bered, his life Aickers in the socket Happy thu
person who can look calmly back to the past
and putting that1question to his soul, hear thu
gladdening, the heart cheering response from thu
unerring monitor within, all is ,OeA
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1847-05-06
che 6amtlp Gtrtlr.
Family Government

There is in some households, no family gov.
eminent, no order, no subordination, The chill
dren are kept under no restraint, but are allow
ed to be what they like their faults are unnoti-
ced and UNPUBLISHED, and their tempers allowed
to grow wild and headstrong; till, in fact the
whole family becomes utterly lawless, rebellious
against parental authority, and unamiable to all
around them. How many have had to curse the
over-indulgence of fond and foolish parents T.
How many, as they have ruminated midst the
desolations of poverty, or the walls of a prison
have exclaimed, o, my over-fond parents, had
YOU exercised that authority with which God in.
trusted you over your children, and had you
checked foolish corruptons, and punished my
boyish disobedience; had you subjected me tC
the salutary restraint of wholesome laws, had
not brought you with broken heart to your
grave, or myself with ruined character to the
Jail
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1847-05-06

The Mass politicians, fifty years or a cent
ury hence, may become as far advanced in senti-
ments of humanity as the editor of the N. Y.
Tribune is in the following ; but at present they
are as far behind as the heathen
The 100000 for Iretmd-We did not sign
a petition to congress to make liberal appropri-
alton for the relief of the starving in Ireland,
doubling the Constitutionality of such DISPOSE
ton Of the Public Money and yet we are very
sure it ought to be Constitutional, and we ardent
ly hope for the passage of the bill How abhor-
rent is the thought that our Rulers have I'M
doubted authority to send all our National YES
sells loaded to the waters edge with cannon,
mortars, ball, powder, &c, to dash out the brains
and mangle the bodies of inoAensive men, wo-
men and children, and yet it is questionable whe-
Their they have the right to send single ship
loaded with grain for friendly furnishing PEG
pie
The cheap defence of Nations is flowing
phrase, though whether it was used in reference
to Chivalry, to Education, or to somthing else
we have forgotten. But what defence could be
so cheap as blessed Charity We spend, in
times of peace, over Fifteen Millions per annum
on our Army and Navy. Suppose we were tc
abolish them both at dash, and to spend instead
Foe Millions year in sending food and cloth
ing to our most needy and miserable fellow-beings
in every part of the earth, Who believes it pos.
Sible that an army could any where be raised to
invade us after the first year or two of this new
defensive policy! Who does not feel that re-
cruiting or drilling to fight against us would be
an utterly hopeless business o that there were
one Nation wise enough to thoroughly believe
and trust in the sure practicability of overcoming
Evil with Good
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1847-05-06
The French Queen.

The Queen disposes of five hundred thousand
francs a year for all her personal expenditures
and certainly she gives more than four hundred
thousand in charity of all kinds, IN. Apert,
she would sometimes say to me, give those five
hundred francs we spoke of, but put them down
upon next months list for the 'o0terS are IO,0,
andmy purse is empty" Imposture, ngratitude
even the insoent form of the petitions addressed
her, fail to discourage her in her benevolent mis-
sion. MADAM" an old Bonapartist lady once
wrote to her, ''If the Bourbons had not returned
to France-for the misfortune OF the natlon-my
beloved mistress, and protectress, the Empress,
Maria Louisa, would still be upon the throne,
and should not be under the humlllating neces-
sty of telling him that am without bread, and
that the wretched mattress upon which l sleep
is about to be thrown out of the garnet lnhablt,
because my years rent is unpaid dare not
ask for assistance for my heart is with my real
sovereign, and cannot promiseyou my gratitude.
If, however, you think proper to preserve life
which, since the msfortunes Of my country, has
been so full of bitterness, will accept loan |
should blush to receive gift. | am, madam,
your servant, c."
Here was pretty letter to set before the Queen:
mode of imploring aims that might well nave
disguised the most charitable. But what was
Marie Amelias reply to the precious eEPlstIe =
She was accustomed to open all the Petltions au-
dressed to her--and numerous lndeed they were
with her own hand, and to write upon many
Of them instructions for NJ Apert When the
;mnert;nent missive of the Bonapartist reached
that gentleman, the following line had been add
to it: she must be very unhappy, for she is very
unjust. A hundred francs to be sent to her i'm
mediately and beg NJ. Apert, to make in
ouiries concerning this ladys circunstances.'--
NJ. Apert indignant at the tone Of the letter
ventured to demonstrate: but the Qneen insisted,
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1847-05-06
All is Well.

When the hum of business has ceased in a
populous city when fainter and still more faint
grows the laugh and the revelry, and the heavy
tread of the straggler upon the stone pavement
has solitary and unearthly sound when hush
ed is every murmur, and midnight broods over
the palace and the hut who, in that still moment,
when from turret and from tower peals the pas
sing hour has not been startled by the cry Of
all is we'll from the guardian Waterman of the
night, and been soothed and Gained by the magic
of the sound
All is not well-with the young mother as she
leans over the fevered couch, and wipes the death
damp from the marble brow of her only child
nor with the votary of pleasure as he prays fol
the dawning of light, hoping to assuage the pain