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Jeffersonian Republican. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1840-1853, 1853-03-10

river were men of distinction, for all were
Majors, Doctors, Colonels, Captains, or
Judges One day the old man was pull
ing across the stream with load of pas
sengers. They were addressing each 9TH
er as Major this and Colonel that-every
man but one had title. The old Dutch
man looked at the plain Mr. with
surprise When the fare came to be paid,
he charged the title men who asked the
price, one shilling each. ssaaz e.E
"What is my fare!'' said the gentle
man who had no title, after the rest had
paid. a
"Your fare?" said the Dutchman, "your
fare is chust nothing-you is de first high
privte Yankee | ever carried over this
creek, and you ish Welcome ?" ... ...
Jeffersonian Republican. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1840-1853, 1853-03-10
A Singular Story.

The following curious narrative, told as
being true, is from the Water Cure Jour
nal: e 3d.. .-.-saat roar ae..E =. ID. 81.
I was at school close student, young
ambitious lad of sixteen, somewhat home
spun, but strong in uprightness and con-
scious of power. My dear father was
sick, and gradually undergoing that grand
metempsychosis which the shallow think
or call death. 1t was stormy day in
January the snow had fallen two feet
deep, and / started for my home, eight
miles distant. My father had written me
that he wanted to see me- he wanted to
look into my face--he wanted to give me
injunction after injunction not to forget
my duty to him in the care of his wife,
my mother. He need not have said it [
could not never can forget him or her.
Before [ reached our door / thought my
body would tire out completely-but it
did not. / accomplished it. 9 nz lH-2I
ate my supper, chatted with my pa
rents, and went to my bed in my old bed
room My father and mother | left
sitting in the kitchin, gratifed at my ar
rival, and proud of me. aa .1.arr Ha.s
fell asleep-awoke, arose and dressed
myself, came into the kitchen, and took a
seat between my father and mother. They
looked surprised, and inquired why l had
left my bed. aeE lsa . a7ga b.
Said /, 'has nobody been here since |
went to bed 2 l.a a-gs
NO. acees 7Ia7 tca - hIa
'Has nobody been trying to injure you
father = Has nobody demanded any mon
ey of you - ..m Us io .yj.s=2
NO. as aas @ .a7a. ids IS
well, replied, / there will be besomebody
come, and that is why ] have left my bed;
at least, / have dreamed there would,
and the dream is no illusion to me, but q
fierce reality % - ao.5e baa ,Erft
2 Ny father smiled as if incredulous, yet
as though be asked no brayer nor better
defender than his boy. At that instant,
my mother very cautious woman, heard
rap at the door, and stepping to 1T. as
2 / thot, toinquire who was there, and what
was wanted, the door suddenly few open,
and in came terrible gust of wind and
snow--for the night was bideoas--and
with them marched in q woman. gsm 8
4 She walked half way from the door to
{, the fire, when she discovered me, and
Eeyidently took her abaek by my presence
1 saw this at glance. 81 Iasaw tie crc q,
tture Of my dream. loknew 1 was destined
Jeffersonian Republican. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1840-1853, 1853-03-10
The Doctor and the Sexton.

A good story is told of a doctor, in
Beverly who was somewhat of wag.--
He met one day, in the street, the sexton
with whom he was acquainted. AS the
usual salutations were passed, the doctor
happened to cough. va
why, doctor, said the sexton, you
have got cough? How long have you
had that!' a..tr...
Look here Mr.--, said the doctor
with show of Indignation, what is your
charge for interment?'
Nine shillings, was the reply.
well, continued the doctor, 'just come
into my office, and l will pay for it.
don't want to have you round SO anxious
about my healthP
The sexton was soon even with him,
however. Turning to the doctor, he re-
Piled 52 81. .E H.. .- I
'Ah, doctor, / cannot afford to bury
you yet. Business has never been sc
good as it has been since you began tc
practice
Since the above conversation, neither
party has ventured joke at the expense
Of the other. Lynn News.
Jeffersonian Republican. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1840-1853, 1853-03-10
The Love Of Titles.

For plain republicans perhaps we are
a little too fond of titles. These titles
are not always the reward Of long seryi-
ces or the badge Of real merit and distinc-
ton. There is great disposition to use
the the term Esquire at the end of q mans
name, sort of title that is perhaps the
most common as the qHirk in pigs tail.
Captain, Major, Colonel and Judge, are
conferred upon men who are as ignorant
in regard to military affairs, or the ma
chinery of courts, as Camanche Indian
is of one-line singing. Such things give
scope for the most unmerciful ridicule,
and there are few men who do not see the
Indicrousness Of title without the sub
stance. We have often laughed over a
story of an honest Dutchman, who many
years ago kept ferry at the mouth Of
Oil Creek.
A long time in the business had con-
yinced him that all the Yankees up the
Jeffersonian Republican. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1840-1853, 1853-03-10
IoR pRINTING
pAWGY IPRIlNlIIl[l c.
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IcffcrSOuiau Republican,.

ga The Jo,rttal, published at Ellen
villc, Ulster Co, y. Y, gives US the fol-
lowing sketch of remarkably cool opc
ration:
\ man by the name of Wilson, but call
ing himself Higgins, stopped at the house
of one Crawford in Bridgeville week or
two since, and claiming to be poor and
out of health, was allowed to stop and re-
cruit himsclf for few days. About
Thursday or Friday of last week, he left
Mr.. Crawford's and made his way to this
village, bringing along a valuable gold
watch and some other articles which be
longed to Mr. Crawford. Sunday morn
ing Mr., Crawford appeared here with an
officer in search of the thief Mr.. Wilson
seeing a suspicious pair of horses at the
tavern door, walked deliberately down to
the canal, thence to the mountain, Al
most Immediately an officer, with several
otuCI lCISOlS. " d. Oh MS al az n bOt IL y
yaded them, and at night, cold, vet, tired
and hungary, be made his way down the
mountain and put up at a public house in
Middleport His appearance was such
as to call out some enquiries in regard to
his business in the mountain, &c. He re-
piled very coolly that his name was Craw-
ford, that he had been in the mountain
all day in pursuit of thief who had sto-
len watch from his father He desert
bed the thief, told low many had been
after him, what time they had, and all
about it. In the morning he remarked
that he expected his father along before
a great while, so while he was waiting for
him he would look about the place little.
So he walked out to look about a little,
and wait for his father, and that was the
last they saw of him at Niddleport. Mr..
Crawford recovered his watch, as Wilson
while here had broken out the crystal and
left it at the jewelers. to have another put
Jeffersonian Republican. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1840-1853, 1853-03-10

4 u
Tell me- said the woman, who stood
off far enough for fight, if that should
be necessary, 'how came you to 60 50
young to that dreadful place! Where
was your mother-where!' . r.. ....-.
'Oh! exclaimed the boy, with burst
of grief that was terrible to behold, sOh.
1 haint no mother! Oh! Ihain't had no
mother even since / was a baby. If I'd
only had monther,' be continued, his
anguish growing vehement, and the
tears gushing out from his strange looking
grey eyes, Il wouldn't ha' been bound
out and kicked and cuffed and laid on
with whips. wouldn't have been saucy,
and got knocked down, and run away,
and then stole because [ was hungry
Oh! | haint got no mother-I hahn t
got no mother-I haven't had no mother
ever since I was baby y...
The strength was all gone from the
poor boy, and he sank on his knees, Sob
bing great choking sobs, and rubbing the
hot tears with his poor knuckles. And
did that woman stand there unmoyed!-
Did she coldIy bid him pack up and be
off-the Jail bird? s
No, no; she had been mother, and
though all her children slept under the
cold sod in the church yard, she was a
mother still. r
She went up to the poo. boy, not to
hasten him away; but to lay her fingers
kindly, softly on his head; to tell him to
look up and henceforth find in her a
mother. Yes, she even put her arm a
bout the neck of that forsaken, deserted
child; she poured from her mothers heart,
sweet womanly words of counsel and ten
derness.
Oh! how sweet was her sleep that
night, how soft her pillow: She had
linked poor, suffering heart to her, by
the most silken, the strongest band of
love, she had plucked some thorns from
the path of little, SHINING, but striving
mortal. None but angels could witness
her holy JOY and not envy.
Did the boy leave her!
Never. he is with her still; vigorous,
manly, promising youth. The low char
acter of his countenance has given place
to an open, pleasing expression, with
depth enough TO make it an interesting
study. His foster father is dead, his good
foster mother aged and sickly; but she
knows no want. The once poor out-cast
is her only dependence, and nobly does
he repay the trust.
Jeffersonian Republican. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1840-1853, 1853-03-10
1arifultnraI.
Cntting C0rn-fOddor.

Enos Smedley, of Chetter county, and
of many years experience as dairyman,
informs us of his great success the pres
ent winter in keeping his cows on corn
fodder, cut and crushed by horse power
and machine. His plan is to cut off a
foot or eighteen inches of the butts before
putting it through the machine. This is
worked on the barn floor, with a one
horse power, and the cut fodder disehar-
ged through funnel into the entry be-
low, contiguous to the COW stables. Here
it is emptiod into large box made for
the purpose, and holding about "a bushel
baskets full. This is we'll mixed up with
an equal number of quarts of meal, and
the whole slightly moistened. He has 81
cows fastened up in separate stalls, and
one bushel, heaped up, is found sufficient
for a COW at feed, and they are fed
twice day, eating it up clean. Under
this management they are improving fine
lg and wintering as we'll as they usually
do on the best hay.
One sheaf of fodder cut up, making
two good feeds, is worth here, about 3
cents, making 81 cents per week. Six
teen quarts of meal per week for each
cow is worth 80 cents. Total for keep of
COWS each, per week, SO cents. This is
cheap wintering' and a strong illustration
of the great advantages of cutting food
for stock Such evidence of what has
been done, is worth pages of theory in
convincing farmers of the great loss they
sustain in feeding hay and fodder uncut
Not only will one-half or two-thirds in
quantity be sufficient, but there is great
saving in respect to waste. Those of US
who have been used to feeding cattle in
barn yards, out of cribs, know that not
less than about one sheaf to each animal
is a sufficient allowance, and that when
either corn-fodder or hay is fed whole,
considerable portion is dragged out over
the yard and lost.
Hay is now worth from SIS to s25 per
ton, and by this plan of feeding corn-fod-
der, saving of some tons and the price
ofseYeral machines may be effected in one
winter. We have found in our own ex-
perience that when corn-fodder is fed,
merely cut without crushing, very con-
siderable, amount is left uneaten. The
sharp and tough edges of the stalk do not
admit of proper mastication, and, indeed,
is apt to make sore mouths. The ma
chine used by Enos Smedley is of Potts
patent. Urmy's patent is said to be able
to cut and crush from sixty to one hun
dred bushels per hour. Our readers will
( find in an other place an excellent article
from the Michigan Farmer, on sowing
corn for fodder broadcast or in drills
/ We have tried this ourselves, and found
it most valuable food, especially for cows
and young stock. We consider it prefer
able to hay. When not allowed to 90 to
ear, the stalks abound in rich sacharine
matter, and by the experiments of William
Webb, of Wilmington, Delaware, who
manufactured sugar from it would appear
to be equal in this particular, to the sugar
cane.-Farm Journal.
Jeffersonian Republican. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1840-1853, 1853-03-10
Here is an intimat of a field .opel

Here is an intimation of field open
for enterprising explorers
4 German traveller informs the Rev.
DR.. Philips, missionary in North Africa,
that he has discovered race of negroes
near the kingdom of Bambara, that are
Jews in their. religious rites and obser-
vance. Nearly every family, be says, has
among them the law of Moses, written on
parchment, and although they speak Of
the Prophets, they have none of them in
writings. There are yet vast unexplored
tracts of land in Africa, doubtless, inhab-
tied by negroes who have never looked
upon the face of a white man. When ad-
ventnrous travellers penetrate into these
regions, much will be discovered and de-
veloped to astonish and interest the world.
Jeffersonian Republican. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1840-1853, 1853-03-10
EIOm the DOlldr NewSQdpe
Plaster On Wheat.

Some time since, in one of our finest
wheat-growing sections, | had occasion
to sow plaster over field of wheat, con-
tanning seven acres. The season previ-
Gus, the field had been cropped with peas,
and early in October, it was sown with
wheat, at the rate of FIVE pecks to the a.
ere, which came up we'll, but grew rather
spindling on account of the cut-worms.-
After the snow went off, in the spring, I
took seven bushels of plaster and sowed
it on the field, leaving half an acre thro'
the centre without any, for the purpose of
testing its effect. Within one week, that
effect began to show itself, by improving
the color on the part dressed, in two
weeks the difference could be seen at the
distance of quarter of mile, and when
harvest came, the part dressed yielded
twenty-six bushels to the acre, and the
part undressed was not worth anything,
being entirely destroyed by the weevil.-
Close adjoining was thirty acre field of
very strong clay, resting on argillaeious
slate, and incliniug to the south, which
had been fallowed and heavily manured
before sowing. Mr.. B., the owner, sent
his men to sow plaster on the field, and
it was sown from north to south, and from
south to north. Daring harvest, l had
occasion to pass through this field and
found strips varying in width, from one
foot to six, and running the entire length
north and south, on which the wheat was
entirely worthless, which strips from eve
ry appearance, were missed through care
lessness in sowing, whilst the rest of the
field produced very good crop, yielding
at least thirty bushels to the acre, W. B.
Madison County, Ala. 1852
Jeffersonian Republican. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1840-1853, 1853-03-10
White and Black Labor.

White labor at this time is much chea-
per than black, and we greatly wonder
that persons needing active men, for or
binary purpose, do not employ white ones.
Able bodied negro men will hire, the en-
ensuing year at prices ranging from 500
to $3.50. Sober industrious white mon
may be had at so per month the year
round, and we venture the assertion that
one of them will do more service than two
negroes. In addition to this, the hirer
has no doctors bills to pay, while the lost
time of the laborer comes out of his own
pockets. IF we had laborers to procure
the incoming year We should most assur-
edly employ white ones, believing as We
honestly do, that they are far more val
liable than black ones, and much cheap
er.-Richmoad (Va.) Enqarer.
Jeffersonian Republican. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1840-1853, 1853-03-10

and the impression they made on me, en-
abled me, | doubt not, to save my parents
lives. .....- -.-eff q,
| could make book of such incidents
in my own life. Let this suffice to salts
fly the reader, as far as my testimony goes
of the truth of the position, that persons
whilst in the body, are not always sub
jectto material causes ormotiyes as promp-
tiers to activity. ...-..r
Jeffersonian Republican. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1840-1853, 1853-03-10

sa-An English paper gives a new use
for milk. 1t says: A novel discovery
has recently been made, which is likely
to effect revolution in the milk trade
In consequence of the advance in the price
Of olive oil, from Gao per ton to go, the
manufacturers of fwoolen cloths, ,whouse this
oil in large quantities, have found out
that necessity is the mother of invention.
One Of them, in the neighborhood Of
Thurlstone, near Penistone, tried whether
milk mixed With oil would not answer
the purpose. The experiment exceeded
his most sanguine expectations, the mix
ture being far better for the purpose than
olive oil alone The consequence has
been that milk has advanced to Is q Id
a gallon, in the neighborhood of some Of
the wooden cloth mills and COWS are be-
ing bought up in all directions. There
was brisk sale at Penistone market on
Thursday, everything going of at excel
lent prices.
Jeffersonian Republican. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1840-1853, 1853-03-10

WHEAT BRAH FOR CoRN.-Mr. L. w.
Allen, of Maryland, states in the Ameri-
can Farmer that he has found wheat bran
a greater stimulant for corn than Chem.
ical Salts, or Guano mixed with common
salt, or mixed with plaster of Paris, or e.
ven of rich hog pen manure, or we'll rot
ted summer ow-pen manure, and the corn
nearly or quite as good as the best t'of the
above, which was guano mixed with CORE
mon salt, in the proportion Of 200 lbs, to
bush. salt.
Jeffersonian Republican. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1840-1853, 1853-03-10
VOL. l3
Published by Theodore schoch.

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Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1853-05-18
CONSUMPTION OF ToBAcco.-If the population

CONSUMPTION OF ToBAcco.-If the population,
of the earth be taken at one thousand millions, and
the consumption reekoned as equal to that Of lne
KINGDOM. of Denmark, or seventy ounces heaa'
the produce of the whole world will ,aI amour. 70
near two millions of tons Il ,953, i2s) year
Seventy Sow ounces head, of course, far exceeds the
avsu svs,aGs consumption of Europe, in most Of the
aeerag "s which tobacco is heavily taxed It
arta;1 u however on the other hand that falls
Is ceL.s.n, ,f the consumption of Asia, containing
.al snOi1 IT. Of mankind, where women and chill
she MaU ots as well as men, and where the article
aren oreoyer. S,,u untaxed. Near half the British
ls,na1e which entered inward or cleared outward
,ost year would be required to convey the quant
10 ,s' ofths American weed, of which the value, at
tyo pence pound, will amount to nearly thirty
six ak and half million sterling, &c, 6,462, ,5O0l.-
Journal Of the Statistical Society, V. xvi, part !.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1853-05-18
SPRING AND SUMMER STOCK OF
CLOTHING.
HsIs@


vI,HF. undersigned takes pleasure in informing
Il his friends and customers, that ne IS now IN
full receipt of most splendid stock OF
SPRING AND SUMMER CLOTHING,
selected by himself, and particularly adapted to
This market. 1t comprises complete assortment
Of all Goods usually kept in Clothing and Fur
ni,hino Stores, part of which, enumerated below,
ne respectfully calls your attention to,
The Goods will be sold at very small ad
.,.r.a holding 70 his motto as heretofore, ''qulck
.sases and small profits" de hopes that MS irienas
and customers will continue to extend 10 nun .'e
liberal patronage of which in past uiheS ne i''S
'''N ' MIsT Il1 OF GOODS
COATS.-DSess and FrOek CoalS' u II'o ho
French and ERglish Cloths ana iinisheo :" WV
hest and most fashionable styles p,,,o
Single Breasted Froek Goats, made Of oi>'''
Brown, Olive and Black Cloths. !,
Sprinp and Summer Goats, kroek and Sax
and made of Cashmere, Tweed, SILK, Piasu.
Cashmerette, Drab de Etc, Alpaca, PonSee Six,
Plain and Striped Linen.
PANTS.-Freneh. Black Doe Skin Pants,
Extra fine, Plain, Black and Fancy Cashmere
Pants of every description. Plain and Fancy Gas
sinett Pants, White and Brown and Striped Lin
EN- and Cotton pants.
VESTS.-Black and Fancy Silk and Satin
Vests, White Satin and Nlarseilles, ana BUN
Vests, Cashmere, Silk, Lasting, BOmbazlne and
Cashmere Vests
On hand, also, Panama Hats, Silk Dress Hats,
KOssuth do, Caps; fine lot of Stocks, Crayats'
Blk. Silk and Fancy Neck and Pocket Hdki's',
Fiae and Common Shirts, Drawers, Socks, Sus-
pcnders and Gloves, Trunks and Carpet Bags.
A large lot of BOYS CLOTHING, always
on hand
He respectfully asks call before you purchase
Clothing elsewhere. ,,
Conner Va Hotel, below Stage Oflce'
Staunton, April 27, 1858.