Jeffersonian Republican. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1840-1853, 1848-09-28
Loco RASCALITYIN In OLD BERKS.
An Apple Butter Speculation.


Loco RASCALITYIN In OLD BERKS
! An Apple Butter Speculation
The leaders and managers Of The Democrac!
of 'sOld Berks" are conceded to be The mos
rotten and corrup. Of any politicians IN ,h'
Stale. The following from The Reading Jour
nal will give our readers an idea OF the style
in which they "carry on" in that region
AN APPLE BUTrER" SpEcuLATioN.- = A
good story is told al The expehce of several o
the candidates for Office before the recen. Lo
cofoco County Convention. Il seems ha, a
count lyman near ,owh had the good fortune le
be chosen one ofihs delegates Of his township
and 10 pursuance Of ..ancien, democratic usage
set his lis TO work how he could best raise
the wind. without appearing to be actually
bribed. A lucky thought struck him. He, had
jus, boil, a large supply Of "Apple Butter" and
o few days before The meeting of The Conyen-
lion he loaded up a number Of earhen pots fiji.
led with this popular sauce, aud Sc, OUT for
Reading. Arrived in town, he was soon poun-
ced upon by hungry ofice-seeker Of his ac-
quanlance who was busy IN buying over The
delegates. Our hero was approached IN the
usual way,--"glve me lift This time. and
will TO, forge, You hereafter" bu, the apple
bu,ter man was not TO be bamboozed by prom.
ises-which experiences most probably had
taugh, him were never fulfilled. Ponllns ou,
his stock in trade he remarked
81 have some nice apple butter, and as my
motto is TO encourage those who encourage me,
| will thank you 10 look a, II before answer
your question"
20 ceTtainly--jus, happen to want apple
butter =" said the candidate removing the cloth
Very fine article lhis-~hat's the price Z" con
,inued he by no means indposed TO encourage
home nanuf facturers provided he could thereby
secure vote in the Convention.
Five dollars a poi, seeing IFS you y replied
the apple butter man with peculiar twinkle ol
the eye a@
Hum Apple hds riz "-excIaimed
the candidate
"Yes! Glorious effects of the the Tariff ol
46 Ba, if you think lis 100 high you may
have my vote on Saturday in The bargin."
The money was paid and apple-bul,er trans.
ferred The office-seeker run over his llsl o
delegates, and marking Opposite The apple but.
ter mans name--"good for one voe," set ou'
to buy up other delegates.
The speculation succeeded so ~ell that the
delegate, in his character Of sppie-bu,ier mer.
chant resolved 10 call upon all ''democralc
friends" out of office. and approach them m the
same way In very shor, lime be had DIS.
posed of some twenty or thirty pots, at prices
ranging from So 10 $40 each. netting altoge,h.
er very handsome SUN by this speculation.
But the best of the story remains TO be told
1t turned out that The apple. butter delegate had
dealings with half dozen candidates for the
same Office and as he could only vote for one,
Of course four-fifIhs of his best customers were
mos, glorIousIy humbueged
This apple.buuer transaction, we are as
sured on Locofoco authority, is actually true
II leaked out through one upon whom the saw
was played. and who considered il quite toe
good joke 10 keep TO himself
Many other charges of BRIBERY and corf0p.
tIon have been made, and II half the stories
are tr1that are whispered about by the Loco
focos ,hsmseI, es. the proceedings in the Loco.
foco Delegate Convention were Of SO outra.
geous character that the wonder is any re.
spectable mau Is willing TO endorse them BY
his vote. Bui the mass Of The party know
nothing Of the fascaliiy OF their leaders, and no
wonder, when il is remembered that they 81,
with closed doors, besides being all equally cul-
pable and stepped in rascallty no one could
enter into an expose without crimina,ing himself
betsm ----z-- 81 I8s4
UNcomFoRTABLY FAT-The Rockingham
Va. Register gives an account OF "some,king
new'' in the '.curios,y" hne. We confess ,ha,
in weather ike this. the description is mel.
ting one :--"'rke celebrated 'Runkie Family
Of Rockingham we understand. will start in a
few days down the Valley. with the intention
Of visiting different portions Of the United S.
'fhis family. consisting OF, ,wo brothers and two
sisters. will be found TO be objects Of no ordi-
nary cnriosiiy-being. in all probability, the
largest family of human beings eyer exhibited
in This Or any other country 'fheir dnl,ed
weight is 400 pounds. Ons Of the young la
dies is 40 ffeshey to be uiisnle To walk. aud
when ,nos,ng Of her ovid accord. g6es opod her
hand. and Knees They are Of The ordinary
height. and 'her mother is an unusually small
woman-the father, however, is an ordinary
sized man."
A Discovery.