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Jeffersonian Republican. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1840-1853, 1850-04-04
Diamond Cut Diamond.

The other day gentleman who had occasion
10 cross New York in a cab, found on aligh,ing,
that he had TO change in his pocket. The only
shop at hand was ciga. store in which were
some three or four fellows besides the proprietor,
putting the villainous weed.
The gentleman entered requesting the cab man
TO follow him, and handinga five dollar bill to the
+" Yorker" asked him to change it. The cigar
vender handed him three dollar bill and the bal
ance in silver. out Of which The CABIN was paid
and went on his way rejoicing.
But moment afterwards, the gentleman, look
ing al the bill, found it to be very suspicious
looking document, purportng to be promissory
note of the Dogtown Lumber and Mining Compa-
ny, or some such ambiguous apocryphal insti-
tuition. Finding he had been shaved, he asked
the cigar-vender if that was good bill.
"a good bill! yes-I wish had ten thousand
of EN-" was the answer. " Bill" (winking TO a
villainous looking "B'hoy') Isn't that ere a
good bill ~
Good as wheat" said the b'hoy; and "good
good" was echoed round the shop.
Very well" said the gentleman, " asked foi
information. You seem to have no doubt Of the
genuneness of the note, and you were kind
enough 10 accommodate me, think the best thing
can do is to break it at your counter. Gentle
men, try another cigar apiece at my expense" e
The cigar man was regularly taken in and done
| for-caught in his own. trap. With great reuc
tance he changed the spurious note. and the oper
alton cost the intended victim but about shilling
| AS he was leaving the store, one Of the "B B'hoys'
touched him on the shoulder.
| you're one of 'em," said he, "and III be, higt
that you're Yankee
81 amt anything else," replied the gentleman
" and while I'm in this small village, mean Il
| keep my eyes open. "-OAUe Branch.
Jeffersonian Republican. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1840-1853, 1850-04-04
The Trial Of Genius.

Many Of our readers (says the Boston Re.
publlcan) will perhaps remember Sidney
Smiths account of his frs. airemp, a, letter
writing He had very rich maiden aun, in
the country, whom his mother wished to i'm
press with favorable opinion Of The sons &c.
MUS and so, after much coaxing. she got him
one day fairly seated for the purpose of writing
letter H tells US he had mended his pen,
and scratched his head for more than an hour,
bul had got no further than the date and ad-
dress, when his anxious mother bolted into the
room, she 90, glimpse of The wonderful epi.-
lie before i. was despatched on its errand So
she seized il, and read its whole contents
INV dear Ant" Her disappointment. may be
imagined by all "proud" mothers Besiowing
upon the delinquent rousns box on The ear,
'Wha', she exclaimed, " have you been here
two hours in learning 10 call your dear aunt
INSURE p
Jeffersonian Republican. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1840-1853, 1850-04-04
Agricultural Discovery.

Com-ock's discovery in Agriculture, which
the New York Legislature proposes TO test,
processes TO be botanical one, which is Of
such nature, that it canno, be made the sub
jecl of patent. II is claimed iha. it will keep
IN health aud fertility that sickliest and most
dlficu, of trees to manage in this country, the
peach, that it will ensure the thrifiness of any
plan. TO which i. may be applied, and make the
raising of good crops far more certain Thing
than it now is.
The discovery consists in avoiding certain
errors in cultivation which are most likely 10
be prejudca in The best soils. and often pro-
duce disappointment TO the farmer who has Ia
ken the most pains. l. is our opinion, how
ever, iha, there can be no certain nor infallibe
application of any one substance nor one pro-
cess, that will sui, every plant, and answer in
every soil and climate is impossible
entifc American.
Jeffersonian Republican. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1840-1853, 1850-04-04
Great Invention i'm Engineering.

The Cincinnati Times says tha, Mr.. Sellers,
oflha. city, formerly of Philadelphia, Unknown
as one of the mos, ingenious mechanics of the
United States, has just completed an invention
which it is said, will simplify and revolution
ize the whole science of Engineering. Mr.Sel-
lers submitted his machine to the inspection
Of Dr. Locke. T. W. Bakewell, Mr. Hickey,
and other scientific gentlemen all of whom
| approve of it, and consider it a great triumph
of mechanical skill. The machine, The Times
learns, combines the operation Of the peram-
buator with tha. of the pen'agraph, giving
profile lines of plats, surveys, and measuring
distances. BY uuhdiing over ,rac, Of coun-
try, more accurate survey for railroad can be
made than by any other method, and al least
fifteen miles per day mapped with correctness
attitudes, depressions and space. |, can al
so be used on our streets, thus dispensing with
the services Of an engineer.
Jeffersonian Republican. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1840-1853, 1850-04-04
Cattle from the West.
The New York Express says:

he New I OK Express says:
"Bu, few people in New York, we apprehend.
have any just conception Of the magnitude and
importance of the cattle trade of The West; nor
is it known, we dare say, beyond the precincts
of The drove yards and The markets, rha, Of all
The beef We consume in this part Of The coun-
try, full two-lhrds, or more than iwo-,hirds of
il, come 10 US from the banks Of The Ohio
and its tributary streams. The average week
Iy demand from the city Of New York for beef
cattle is. ,hroughou, the year, fairly estimated
a, twelve hundred head, at Sc per cwI., the
lowest price for which percbases can be made,
just now. this will give US an aggregate valua.
ZION Of nearly 100000. Kentucky sends US
annually a vast number of cattle, as we'll as
Tennessee and some parts of Western Virgin
ia, but by far the greater proportion Of ii comes
from the Buckeye State"
Jeffersonian Republican. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1840-1853, 1850-04-04
Selling old Goods.

One P. c., gentleman of quality, we'll known
to many citizens Of New Hampshire, as success
ful merchant of C, owed much of his good
fortune to his knowledge Of human nature, Of
which he always endeavored to take advantage
He once in connection with another person opened
" branch sore," in town in the north part of
the state, which was mostly filled with unsaleable
goods from their principal store in c.. These
goods were as good as new among the rustics,
and sold quite as we'll, if we except large lot of
that unique article Of gen,leman's wear donomina-
ted hog-skn caps. BY the way we remember of
wearing one ourself and the reader of course is
also aware what hog skin cap is, or was
G. generally kept himself at his home in c.,
but often visited his country store. staying some
times week or more, and attending the country
church and matter of course was looked at
with astonishment by the go to meeting young
men Of the town. Indeed he was honored by their
imitation Of all his acts, Dress &C. What Mr.. G.
wore to church of Sunday, gentleman as he
was, was the prevailing fashion there, unless he
introduced new style at his next visit.
G. asked his partner about the business, plos-
poets and other matters wherein he was interested,
and received the reply that things went pretty
quick at good prices.
Keep those old caps yeti didn't make grea,
bargain in buying them,' said G., espylng large
box filled with the caps. Can't you get rid Of
them at any price =
Haven't sold one YET, people don't like them,
aud I've had a notion of throwing 'em out of the
back window, and getting rid of the trouble of
them. They won't 60 here think
G. looked at them moment and exclaimed
i have it You have kept them out of sight,
see. Mex, Monday. you get them out and brush
them up, and III send you score of customers
before the week is out
The next Sunday G. appeared at church with
one of the Identical hog skin caps tipped grace
fully on one side of his head, and splendid gold
watch chain dangling from his vest pocket. He
was as usual the observed of all observers :; and
it is needless 10 say that fortnight after, wher
in his own store in c., he received an order from
his partner for two dozen more of those imperial
caps
Jeffersonian Republican. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1840-1853, 1850-04-04
Man with one Garment.

The following amusing paragraph we clip from
the Springfield Republican. II certainly contains
moral which may be commended to the attention
of all parties or sects vino base their faith upon
one idea or one principle.
There was once man, wise in his own eyes
and deemed by his heishbors a little strange,
who upon rising from his bed one morning, paused
and considered before he dressed. He was an
awaking dreamer, and thus he dreamed. Panta-
looms essential. No other garment is SO abso-
lutely essential as pantaloons. In truth, no 9th
er is essential but pantaloons, therefore 60 in for
pantaloons, and nothing but panlaoons. Any maI'
who goes in for anything else is hypocrlte, and the
truth is not in him." Well, this man went out
into the world with nothing but pantaloons on
He met men in coat hat and boots, and clad as
men usually are My friends, said the dreamer,
you are wrong. ou must take Oh your coat
and pull off your boots, and lay aside your hat, for
those are all non-essential' But we have just as
good panlaoons as yourself,' answered the men.
Il know, but they are partly covered with your
coat-tails and not the prominent objects oil
vour dress. Look at me Pm nothing but pan
ialoons Thus the man went up and down the
country, and thought he found many who admitted
that pantaloons were essential, he could find oul
few who did not consider other articles OF dless
in the same category. lie was wroth at this, and
brawled, and in process of time gathered to him
some wise and more simple, who lifted up theif
voices and cried, 'pantaloons forever lhe
world logged on as usual, but as is usual with
curious world, it would like TO know what the
party in panialoons, and nothing else, propose tt
do Let US have the programme.
Jeffersonian Republican. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1840-1853, 1850-04-04
To-day and Tomorrow.

Don't tell me Of tomorrow
Give me the man who'll say.
That when good deeds TO be done,
Let's do the deed today.
We NAV all command the present,
IL we act and never wait;
But repentance is the phantom
OF the past that comes too late.
Don't tell me otto morrow
There's much to do to-day
That can never be accomplished,
If we throw the hours away.
Every moment has its duty
Who the future can foreiell!
Then why put off till morrow
What to day can do as well!
Don't tell me Of tomorrow
1--we look upon the past,
How much that we have lett TO DO
We cannot do at last
To-day il is the only time
For all on this frail earth;
II takes an age TO form life,
A moment gives lis birth.
Jeffersonian Republican. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1840-1853, 1850-04-04
Sun and Air.
lime

Cross grained, antiquated maiden vixen went
to physician for advice. Madam" observed
the doctor, I" it seems TO me that it would do you
good TO have little sun and air." Oh. you "a
bominabe criiter a son and heir Oh, dear
will somebody fan me! ! shall so off The
outrageous brute :" The old maid vamossd, and
has not since been seen.
Jeffersonian Republican. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1840-1853, 1850-04-04
Curious Custom.

A very curious mode of irving the title OF land
is practiced in Hindostan Two holes are dug in
the disputed spot, in each of which the plaintiff
and defendants lawyers pu, one Of their legs. and
remain there until one Of them is tired or COM
plains of being stung by the insects, in which case
his client is defeated In this country IL Is the
Client, and moi the Lawyer, who puts his foot INTO
Jeffersonian Republican. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1840-1853, 1850-04-04
Pa is Reach good 10 eal Z"

Certainly not, Simon. Why do you ask
me such question as that I"
Cause The nespaper says that during 'he
no, weather The rich people all go and I've on
The beach"
Phebe, be quick and grease this boys tom
pies. and pu, him TO bed, or he'll die with The
brain fever
Jeffersonian Republican. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1840-1853, 1850-04-04
Published by Theodore SchOch.

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DTA letters addressed to the Editor must be postpaid.
Jeffersonian Republican. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1840-1853, 1850-04-04
NOR PRINTING.
The Spring of Life is Past.

The following lines, from the Louisville Journal,
e above all praise-surpassingly beautiful.
The spring of life is past,
With its budding hopes and fears,
And the autumn time is coming
With its weight of weary years
Our joyousneSs is fading,
Our hearts are dimmed with care,
And youths fresh dreams of gladness,
All perish darkly there.
While bliss was blooming near us
In the hearts first burst of spring,
While many hopes could cheer US,
Life seemed glorious thing
Like the foam upon a river,
When the breeze goes ripping DER,
These hopes have fed forever,
To come TO US no more.
'Tis sad-yet sweet-to listen
To the soft winds gentle swell,
And think we hear the music
Our childhood knew so we'll;
To gaze out on the even,
And the boundless fields OF air,
And we feel again our oyhood's wish,
To roam, like angels, there.
There are many dreams Of gladness
That cling around the past
And from that tomb Of feeling,
Old thoughts come thronging fast;
The forms we loved so dearly,
In the happy days now gone,
The beautiful and the lovely,
So fair to look upon.
Those bright and gentle maidens
Who seemed so formed for bliss,
Too glorious and too heavenly
For such world as this
Whose soft. dark eys seemed swimming
In a sea Of liquid light,
And whose locks of gold were streaming
Ger brows So sunny bright.
Whose smiles were like the sunshine
In the spring time Of the year
Like the changeful CLEANS of April,
They followed every tear;
They have passed-like hope-away-
All their loneliness has fled
Oh many heart is mourning,
That they are with the dead.
Like the brightest buds Of summer
They have fallen from the stem
Yet, Oh il is lovely death,
To fade from earth like them
And vet the thought is saddenng,
To muse on such as they
And feel that all the beautiful
Are passing fast away;
That the fair ones whom we love,
Like the tendris of vine,
Grow closely to each loving heart,
Then perish on their shrine
And we can but think of these
In the soft and gentle spring,
When the trees are waving DER Us,
And flowers are blossoming;
For we know that winters coming,
With his cold and stormy Sly
And the glorious beauty round US,
Is budding, but TO DIE
Jeffersonian Republican. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1840-1853, 1850-04-04

"Y You have broken the Sabbath, Johnny"
said good man TO his son.
Yes" said his li,lle sister, "and mother $
long comb, 100, right in .hree pieces"
Jeffersonian Republican. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1840-1853, 1850-04-04

Large feet-Some think tha, large feet are
ungenieel, bu, they are convenient. A person
with large fee, stands beuer chance in high
wind than one of small feet, as he is mol SO H.
able 10 oyerset Large feet are also more con-
yepien, for kicking fascals. On the other
hand, large fee. are inconsenlen. on account
of The expense of shoe leather and stocking
ysrn. Ii also takes longsr TO wash large feet
than small.
II is sill another advantage OF large ieel
that i, puts the owner on "sublan'iai ioonhg
in ,ociely !"-besides, there is safety IN board
foundations everywhere
The Evansville daily journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ia. [i.e. Ind.]) 1848-1862, 1850-08-13
Gnionto~n, UHiOn co., KY, May IL, lS4s.
Fren Dr. TVm. It. Prentiss.

~ Is lrithOItt q riUuI.


This Sarsaparla is sovereign and speedy cure
Cor incipient CONSUMPTION. Bsuenncss, Prolapsas
Uteri or Falling of the Womb, Costumes Piles Leu
corrh9a or Whites; INSTRUCTED difficult Menstrual
ton ncontinenee of Urine or involuntary discharge
thereof and tor the general prostraton of the sys
tem-no matter whether the result of inherent cause
or causes produced by rregulariy illness or acct
dent Nothing be more surprising than its in
. MIGRATING effects the human frame. Persons OF
aIf weakness and lsssitude, from taking il at ,nce
become robust and full of energy under its influence
II immediately counferacts the nervelessness of the
female irame which is the great cause OF barrenness
u,i nst lee expected of in cases of delicate
aatuse. Go exhibit certificates of cures performed
sut can assure the afflicted that hundreds OF cases
ave been reported to us Thousands of cases where
antilles have been without children, after using
few bottles of this invaluable medicine, have been
Messed with fine healthy offspring. 1t has been ex
grossly prepared in reference 10 female complaints.
No female who has reason tosuppose she IS approach
ing that critical period ''ths turn Of Lfe," should
neglect to take it, il is certain preventive tor
of the numerous and horrible diseases TO which lie
males are subject at this time of life This period
nav be delayed fG several yearsby using tiis med
icine Nor is Il less valuable Tor these who APP
preaehing vemsnheod. as Ct is calculated 20 asas
aature by quickening the blood cad isvigorating ,s
system Indeed this medicine Is Invaluable tor thu
delicate diseases To which women are subject.
IL is the safest and mos; efiectuai medicine TO
purifviao the system and relieving the suflerings at
tendantupoa childbirth, ever discovered Ii strength
eas both the mother and Child prevents pain and dis
ease increases ind cnriches the food; those VIII
have uscl it think il IL Indispensable Ii is hlgh
gsGsul beth before and aiIcr confinement as II pr
The Evansville daily journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ia. [i.e. Ind.]) 1848-1862, 1850-08-13
ALLIS & HOwES

NV HOLESALE Dealers in Groceries Liquors,
w Tobacco. Nails. Paper. Ages Spades, SHOW.
els, Powder, etc, etc. are now receiving their
Winter STOCK, and would respectfully say TO Mer.
chants Having had experience in the business O,
the West, almost as long rs the West has had bus.
mess, they have ihort ugh knowledge of the West
and lis wants, guided ty which knowledge .hey
have carefully selected from manufacturers ard ia,.
por,ers, such articles as will suit the market, and
prepared sell goods on as favorable terms as
can be attained in Louisville or CiGcir NATL
To CANAL COyTEACToRs--Wiah especial view to
Canal works, they have or band ard willie con.
stanty receiving large lots of Spades and Shoveis
Blnsting-Powder, together with all other articles
calculated to acili te the toll, nourish the BODY re
eheer the spirits ofour sturdy laborers
! To FARMERs $50 PRODUcE DEAIERs-They vii
] pay the highest market price for country produce
end call particular attention TO their very lars,
stock OF Gunny Bags, hich they Will furnish oI
terms that cannot fail to please
:. N0y. 9, a9-n2I-ii;
The Evansville daily journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ia. [i.e. Ind.]) 1848-1862, 1850-08-13
MEDICINES.
DIR. ROBERT. B. FOLGER'S
OLOSAONION.

THIS is one of the remedies we ich have introdu'
Il ced within n few years past, to the notice OF The
world, as an antdote for consumption at the lungs
and ell other diseases OF this important organ. The
most triumphant success has attended its use IN every
case where il has been administered. Ii has, with
out the aid of other Medicines or personal atten-
dance produced some of the extraordinary cures
on record, even upon those who had been given up
co die not only in this city, but every part OF the
land as the following testimonials will show. IL Is
impossibleto give place for the attestatonS which
are daily arriving, in pamphlet like the present.;
they will fill volumes. A few only will he given, 10
show that it is indeed Sreat remedy-more than
ten thousand persons having tested its qualities with
in three years and have been restored, throug its
beneficial effects sound health. Ii is purely veg
etable compounditis based upon scientific princi-
Piles. and is intended carry out new and success.
ful treatment of those diseases which hitherto have
been pronounced fatal and beyond the reach of rem.
edial aid. In all cases, where it is recommended,
not only in Consumption Of the Lungs. but also in
asthma, Bronchitis, Difficult OF breathing, Cough,
Raising OF Blood, Pains in the side and chest. Night
Sweats, InfiuenzB, Hoarsenness, Dyspeptic Con.
sumption, Group, Whooping Cough, Consumption of
the throat, Chronic Diseases OF the Liver and Kid
neys, Difficulty otPassing Urine, Bowel Complaints,
Dyspepsia, and Palpitaion of the Heart. il is the
Greatest Remedy in the World, as it gives instant
relefn all severe cases. and those who 1t tor any
time, declare that they can "iee i; them,' so
certain and wonderful are its effects.
ALLEN G. HALLOCK, Agent,
ap 10, 49-lv. Evansville. Indiana.
The Evansville daily journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ia. [i.e. Ind.]) 1848-1862, 1850-08-13
MEDICINES.

vents diseases attendant upon childbirth In Cos
tiveness, Piles, Cramps, Sweihn OF the feet, De
spondency, Heartburn, Vomiting, Pain IN the bacK
and loins, False Pains, llemurrhage ard IN reSaia-
ing the SccretioDs and e'Iuazing the circulation,
il has no equal. The great beauty OF tins medicine
is, it is always safe, and the most delicate use II
most successfully. r-r..,r...-r. -
cosmetics and lotions in use, producing clear and
beautiful skim rosy checks, removing ireckles and
pimples. A hint 10 the young ladies as sufficient.
Better Testimony
Than was erer offered IN fduor Of any Medicine!
From Or. James VI. Moore.
Mr. JoHy BULL: have no hesitation in saying
that believe your Sarsaparia 10 he the best article
ever manufactured for the of Scrotua Syphilis,
and many other Cutqneous and Glandular Aiiec-
TONS havi NC used II with entire success IN num-
Der of the above cases.
Louisville, Dec. 26, Is47. I'M. MOORE. M d.
More testimony from DIR. Moore
Mr.. JOHN BULL: i am using your Sarsaparila IN
several new cases of Scrouo and with happy effect
am now confident il is one OF the mos; etficacOus
medicines that can be made for that purpose,
JAMES NJ. MOORE, NJ
Winchester, Ky, Feb. |, 1913.
Testimony like the following renders superAuous
all further comments upon the efficacy OF bullsSar'
saparia.
From DIR. l.. p Yandell, Prof ofChemistry in the
Louisville Medical College.
have looked the list oi ingredients compos-
ing John Bulls Compound Extract OF Sarsaparilla,
and have no hesitation in saying that they form a
sale compound, and one that promises vel, in chrOn
ic diseases, to which 1t is applicable
j. P. YANDELI., M ID.
Louisville June G, 1913.
What DR.. Pyes, Physician, by appointment, to the
Louisville Marine Hospital, says OF Bulls Sarsa-
| parilla:
LOUISVILLE, March 20, I849.
have examined the prescription tor the prepare.
ton of John Bulls Sarsaparilla, and believe the
combination to be an excellent one, and well calcn-
lated produce an Alternative impression on the sys
TEN. have used il both in public and privat prac
lice. and think it the best arcIe of Sarsaparlla in
use. Nj. PY LES, M. d.,
| Resident Physician
| at the Louisville Marine Hospital
This medicine is daily graphing with disease thro
the Western country, restoring to health ard youth
iul vigor the sick and afflicted. nay those that are
previously tormented Certificates tecmins
from all directions, from men of truth and high NOR
al standing placing it, tsom its intrinsic worth, the
very best OF all rcmidies ever before tie prblic.
Sold wholesale and retail by JOHN BULL,
az has principal office, 81 Fourth street, and by
druggists generally IN tie city and county.
For sale in Evansville by
25-ly VIM WOOLSEY, Ag't