Jeffersonian Republican. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1840-1853, 1850-12-26

A Queer un" does up The Town Fran
cles ior The PennSylUansan. The following is
sample
CITY POLICE. NOVEMBER 5. A Founding.
Mrs. Esther Ssnsbury, (tesidIng in Court
running from Race slreet below Slxth) was a.
bout O bring a bucket of water from the hy-
: fdrant last night, t,-she found an old haskell sns-
pended from The knob Of her front door. Pat
nng her hand into The basket, she felt some
! ming alive and klcklng-bu SO enveloped in
rags that no further discovery could be made
without unwrappins the objecl.-A piece Of
paper folded like letier,-lay by the side Of
The animated bundle. Mrs. Stansbury immedi.
alely returned INTO The house and by the lamp,
examined the billet. Ii was addressed TO her
husband. She TREMENDOUSLY broke the seal and
read as follows:
To Joe StanSbury
Sir send you the baby, which you will
please TO take good care Of and bring up right,
so hat 1t may turn oul 10 be a better man than
It's daddy Oh Joseph what sly old rake
you sre!-~ho would think that such staid,
sober old spindle -shanks could bs such toring
down .iHnerl The child Is yours You may
swear TO that. Look at lit is Joe Sran,bury
all over. You deceived me shsmefuy, Joseph,
part by The young one sud I'll fogiVe you.
Your heart broken. Nancy.
P. S. Don'I let that sharp nosed wife Of
yours see this letter Cannon her with some
kind of story about the baby = N.
Mr. S,ansbury was in the ba.emenl kitchen
quietly ealing his supper aud li,tle imagining
" hs' STORM was brewing over his head
The door of The kitchen staircase vas vio-
Z
lenrIy thrown open and Mrs SIS voice yelled
OUT +" Stansbury ;-come up here you villain
there's a mess for VOC "-.-The ssionshed
Stansbury hastily wiped his mouth and obeyed
The summons.--"Don'r you want 10 see Nancyi
the heau-bToken Nancy cried Mrs. Slansbury.
hen her guilty husband had hobbled up into
the room. Nancy what Nancy's that !"-
said the sly old rogue in well-feigned Perplex-
ny.-" Why Nancy The mother of this baby
that's been hung up your door, Mr.. Slansbu-
ry. Oh you look mighty innocent ;---bu, just
read that letter and then look iato that basket.
Don't be afraid II wont blIs.-Hs GOT no teeih,
poor thing !..-you'Il know ir,--for your huz.
zy says, il IS jus, like you oil over. Please
goodness, III expose you before every body"
And in less than ave minutes, Mrs Stansbu-
ry had collected room full Of specalors,--
(half of he inhabitants of the Cour) TO wit
ness The process Of unwrapping the baby
Anxious expectation So. on every counlenancr,
"a. the lady tore away rag after rag from the
the body Of the foundlug,- ,-wirh vigorous move
menrs which astoDished every body. II is
full of The devil already" said Mrs. S.-rbat
shows it is his, you'll soon ses that il is like
him in every thing" AT last, all The swad-
ding clothes being removed, out jumped the
baby and made its escape through The open
door -
Il was big tom-cat. The Stansburies had
been victimized by practical joke, the con-
lrvance of which was traced TO female neigh
bor.-Mrs S. who has no taste for fun of that
kind, made her complaint against The suspee.
ted party, bu, the Trick appeared 10 be With
oul malltce, no binding over took place.