Jeffersonian Republican. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1840-1853, 1851-04-03
The Confession Of a Subscriber.


:" have been taking the Jeffersonian three or four
years. have been pleased with it, and would like to
continue my name on your list as long as it is pub
lished but times are hard, and money scarce;
find that can hardly get along at all, so must
retrench by stopping your paper"
swell" said we, the sum is small-a mere
trifle-and your credit is good But what will
your family do for newspaper to inform them of
the day! You don't want your children to grow
up in ignorance of what is going on among the
people of our country, as well as the whole word!"
True said he, "and there's the rub" My
family oppose my stopping it strongly 1t reaches
US every Saturday, and in the evening our eldest
daughter sits down while my wife is employed in
knitting or sowing, and am toasting my feet by
cheerful fire, after day of hard toD and reads a.
loud half its contents, and on the next evening
eldest boy finishes, of course, we enjoy it very
much When | told my wife my intention of dis
continuing the Jefersonian, she said that she would
sit up till after midnight to knit stockings to pay
for it. But, poor woman, she works hard enough
now So must stop it ~
You know" said we, with little warmth
g that you able to pay, but there's no compul-
sion about it--so, here it goes and off went his
name.
The circumstance would have forever been for
gotten had it not been for the reappearence ofour
quondam subscriber, few days since. He came
into our Office, and sauntered around for awhile
and seemed to be in quite gloomy mood. Final
ly We said to him in rather light and nquisitive
way, Well, Mr.. s., how do you get along
without your newspaper now 2"
bad enough" was the response. ''To be can
did about it, l will tell you why. When the first
Saturday came around, after had stopped my pa
per, my wife sent eldest boy to the post Office
for it. Of he went in high glee. l was ashamed
to tell what hdd done so said nothing, though
well knew he would't get it. He returned with
the complaint that the other subscribers papers
had all come but ours. What can it mean, Mr.
81 asked my worthy spouse. 'O,' said |, Il ex-
pect the printer boy neglected to put it in the pack
ct yesterday 'Well, but they never missed be-
fore, said she 'and there must be something wrong,
and she fixed a searching look upon me, but said
nothing. That evening passed gloomily enough.
The next day the children became unusually noisy,
and got into petty quarrels and every now and
then my wife void say there must be something
wrong. Yes l would sometimes say, 'there
must and then look in another direction from her.
WE'LL the next Saturday come on, and the boy was
again sent to the office on his useless errand and
returned with the same complaint as before. My
wife's first exclamation, as she anxiousy awaited
his return, and heard his report, was Indeed,
Mr. S. -, there MUST be something wrongr
Now, thinks |, | shall have to out with it; but
remembered just at that particular moment, that
had forgotten to feed the hogs and they must be
fed, but when reached the hog-pen, recollected
of having fed them but short time before. When
returned to the house all was IN uproar-the
children quarreling and fighting, and the baby
squallng terribly, and my good natured spouse in
by no means pleasant mood. Her attempts to
pacify were vain. If she should succeed, it would
be but for moment, the rising household would
rebel, and every rebellion grew worse. Thus
passed that evening, and Friday evening promised
to be still wose. Things began to look blue long
before sunset. feared the arrival Of the night,
but it came, and as expected, the children were
still noisier and more rebellious than ever; and
then thought that if my even tempered wife was
never angry before, she was then. My house, IN
fact, seemed suddenly turned into bedlam. could
stand it no longer and left the house. The last
words heard my wife say as hurried out OF the
door was, indeed Mr.. s. there must be
something wrongr / borrowed copy of the JEFF
fersonian, and returned home. had scarcely o.
Dened the door, when two or three voices cried out
the papers GOMEZ Our little girl eagerly snatch
ed it and sat down to her old task and soon all was
quiet; even the baby, though wide awake, seemed
in happy, good humor. Now, all this fuss and
trouble was occasioned by nay stopping the Jefer-
sonan, and before viii pass two more such weeks
[ will pay for dozen newspapers. Here's %
or another year. A newspaper is great peace
maker in a family. Mind, have not tod my wife
had stopped the paper and wish her never to know
t. should not have made this free confession,
lad not thought that it might save some poor d--l
rom falling into my error, his household thrown into
confusion, and his ears continually greeted With
Indeed, there Must be something ,0rong!"
tr One reason why the Londoners omitted the
Use of wood in constructing the building for the
Worlds Fair is, that there would be so many
Yankees there they were afraid they would 0kittIe