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The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1855-08-02
JOB PRENTEN
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Railroad Poetry.

A correspondent of the Broome County
Republican describes his jaunt over the
Syracuse & Binghampton Railroad, from
Cortland, in the following poetical strain;
So much wrote in Courtland's bounds
and would have finished there, had not
the down trains whistle loud, resounded
through the air. So shaking Fairchild
by the hand, who said come up again,
bid farewell to every fear, and jumped
upon the train. Rushing round the hill
side, darting DER the plain, over the riv-
crs, under roads, Van Bergen drove his
train. The moon threw bright efIulgent
rays on each snail ripple's crest; the riv-
or seemed a ribband stretched along the
meadows breast; the evening wind came
stealing through the car with gentle sigh
and brought cinder from the engine,
which sprang into my eye. Few and
short were the prayers | said, and spoke
not a word of sorrow, but rubbed at my
eye till made it red, and knew 'twould be
sore on the morrow. We soon got home
at the rate We ran, at an hour just right
for retiring, and down from his post came
the engine man, and the fireman ceased
his freing And thus too will cease
with this, moral to the tale----be always
sure to "mind your eye" when riding on
rail
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1855-08-02
Unmanly Husband.

The Wilmington, Delaware papers,
gives an account of curious case Of m at
rimony in which a young husband has
figured in a most disgraceful n manner, and
occasioned marked feeling of resent
ment on the part Of the community. 1t
seems that at or near Mill Greek Hun
dred, in that State, Mr.. NJ. some few
months ago married Miss k, the daugh-
ter Of respectable farmer, and in few
weeks afterwards took her to reside in the
house with his parents. She was here
treated harshly, and although she bore
mur, he informed her on Monday of last
week, that she mi ght 90 home, as she did
not suit him. As may be supposed she
instinctively shrunk from this step, as a
woman of any delicacy would, and beg
ged to be saved from such disgrace; but
the man who had soiemnly sworn to love,
cherish and protect, commanded her to
get ready, when be took her part of the
way to her fathers house, and sent word
that be might come and take back the
goods he bad brought there. Some days
afterwards NJ. visited the house Of his
wife's father, who requested him to name
wherein his daughter was lacking in all
the qualities of good and lawful wife
Upon Mr.. Ms. remaining silent the indig-
nant father ordered him out of his house;
but as he did not offer to 60, he was for
cibly elected, after which stout switch
was well applied to his back. The
scouudrel deserves to be horsewbipped
within an inch of his life.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1855-08-02

b9- A cotemporary, who is somewhat
posted up in satin and statics, talks as
follows
"While the business men of America
proverbially live poorer, dress shabbier,
work harder, and many more hours, than
in any other country in the world, their
wives and daughters are ten times more
idle, more extraVagant and more useless" !"
1t strikes US that there is some truth in
that extract. Mr.. Brocha, of the house
of Brocha, Buckram & Co., tolls from
twelve to sixteen hours per day. Brocha
last year made S22 200. What became
of it? Ten thousand dollars of the same
were spent by Mrs. Brocha for furniture,
"to spite the Maxwells," while a large
portion of the balance was expended on
blanche and Sarah" so that they might
60 to Newport and show the Fantand-
lings" that there were other diamonds in
New York besides those which were in
herited from q great grandfather, who
found in India princely fortune and
diseased liver. Brocha has been in bus
iness since 1910. lie does large and
lucrative business. People who have
never been in his parlor and kitchen i'm
agine that Brocha is worth quarter of a
million of dollars, while those who have
been in, wonder how he lodges the sher-
iff Brocha is still toiling, and is still
making money, and yet if he should die
tomorrow, it is questionable whether his
assets would equal his liabilities. Brocha
will probably end his days by testing the
virtue of a shilling's worth of strychnine.
Should we be one of the jurors who sits
upon the body, We should bring in the
following verdict-"Died from the vista
ton of an extravagant wife and two sense
less daughters"
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1855-08-02

A LADY OF CoURAGE.-A gay fellow
who had taken lodgings at public house,
and got considerably in debt, absented
himself and took new quarters. This SC
enraged the landlord that he commission
ed his wife to 60 and dun him-which the
debtor having heard of, declared public.
ly that if she came he would kiss her.
"Will he," said the lady, "will he =
Give me my bonnet, Molly; | will sec
whether any fellow on earth has such i'm.
pudence !"
"My DEAR" said the cooling husband
"pray do not be too rash; you do moi
know what man may do when he is in
passion"
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1855-08-02

A man living about forty miles from
Cairo, in this State, named Evans, was
bitten by mad dog recently. He be
came mad, and during his parOxysms five
men were unable to hold him, and, in COM
pliance with his earnest entreaties, a num-
ber of persons placed him between two
feather beds and smothered him to death,
Illinois paper.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1855-08-02

SATISFACTORILY ACCOUNTED For
Philosophers say that shutting the eyes
makes the sense of hearing more acute
May not this account for the many closed
eyes that we see in church every Sunday?
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1855-08-02

A WISE ANswER-"Yo on must not
play with that little girl, my DEAR" said
an injudieious parent.
"But, ma, like her; she is good lit
tie girl, and I'm sure she dresses as pref
tily as | do; and she has lots of toys"
Il cant help that my DEAR" responded
the mother, "her father is shoemaker"
"But | don't play with her father,
play with her; she amt shoemaker"
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1855-08-02

Day Cows.-T say milkman, you give
your cows too much salt? 'Why-how
do you know how much salt give them!'
i Judge from the appearance of the milk
you bring Us lately. Salt makes the cows
dry and then they drink too much water,
and that makes their milk thin, you know
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1855-08-02

GLOW do you get along with your arlth
metic?" asked father of his little boy.
+" I've ciphered through addition, par
tition, subtraction, distraction, abomina
ton, justification, halluncination, darna
ton, amputation, creation and adoption.
He'd do for an engineer on "Short Line
Railroad"
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1855-08-02

"Bob, why am your head like de moon?"
"Ise give dat up, sir Prognostcate." Z"
Because, it is supposed to be inhabited.
Yah, yah!" Bob turned up the white of
his eyes and scratched his-wool! !!
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1855-08-02

The New York Tribune announces it's
entire circulation, daily, semi-weekly and
weekly at 10000, greater number, We
dare say, than any political and literary
publication in any language could ever
before boast of.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1855-08-02
Published by Theodore Schoch.

TERMS-TwO dollars per annum in adyance--Two
dollars and quarter half yearly-and if not paid be-
toIe the end OF the year, Two dollars and half.
no papers discontinued until all arrearageS are paid
except at the option of the Editor.
IL Advertisements not exceeding one square nen
lnes) viii be inserted three weeks for dollar and
twenty-five cents for subsequent insertion The
charge for and three insertions the same liber-
d! discount made to yearly advertisers.
~ All letters addressed TO the Editor must be post
maid
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1855-08-02

A Rochester editor had the best of re-
asons for kicking quack nostrum ped
lar out of his sanctum. The fellow, with
the characteristic impudence of all who
ask for newspaper puffs, desired the edi-
tor to try box of his itch ointment, be-
ing an infallible cure, and, if found to an
swer the description then to certify to its
merits in the columns of his paper
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1855-08-02

[ think it must be somewhere written,
that the virtues of mothers shall, occa-
sionally, be visited on their children, as
well as the sins of fathers.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1855-08-02

[ Who that has "Baby Bell" with its lit,
tie feet pattering through the house, like rain
drops on the roof at evening, and its voice
carolllng songs such as the harps Of heaven
are tinkling, can fail to appreciate this ex-
quisite Poem, which, read in the still twilight
TO the loved ones of the home-crcle, sounds
like the gush of summer fountains lettering
in a bower of roses.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1855-08-02

Counterfeit Sos on the Newark City
Bank, altered from S2's, are in circula-
ton. Vignette, cutters at work
Washington on the right end.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1855-08-02

The following toast was recently given
by stricken young man: The ladies'
May we kiss the girls We please, and
please the girls we kiss.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1855-08-02

sThat motion is out of order, said the
chairman of meeting when a rowdy
raised his arm to throw an egg
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1855-08-02

In Boston last week, there were lO5
deathsi of cholera infantum %; consump-
ton l3; small pox 3.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1855-08-02

Gods altar is reared wherever the true
believer bends the kueein humble ado
ration
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1855-08-02

There is an advertisement in a Keutuc-
Ky paper of a minister for sale. He was
a slave to a man recently deceased. 1t
is stated in the advertisement that be holds
- license fc.ure oh, Churches in want
Ph..prcs N. wiii'take notice,
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1855-08-02

80 hight they Gid not bend the bells
OF the celestial asphodels!
They fell like dew upon the flowers!
And all the air grew strongly sweet!
And thus came dainty babe Bell
Into this world of ours!
She came and brought delicious May
Like swallows built beneath the caves;
Like sunbeams in and out the leaves,
The robins went, the livelang day;
The lily swung lis noiseess bell,
And DER the porch the trembling vine
Seemed bursting with its veins of wine!
Q, earth was full of pleasant smell,
When came the dainty babie Bell
o babe, dainty babie Bell
How fair she grew from day to day!
What woman nature filed her eyes,
What poetry within them lay!
Those deep and tender twilight eyes,
So full of meaning, pure and bright,
As if she yet stood in the light
OF those ope'd gates of Paradise
And we loved babie more and more:
o never in our hearts before
Such holy love was born;
We felt we had link between
This real world and that unseen-
The land Of deathess morn!
And for the love of those dear eyes,
For the love of her whom God led forth
The mothers being ceased on earth
When babe came from Paradise.- =
For love of him who smo,e our lives,
And woke the chords of JOY and pain,
We said, sweet Christ .--our hearts bend dowr
Like vioets after rain
And now the orchards which were once
All white ard rosy in their bloom
Filling the crystal heart of air
With gentle pulses Of perfsme,-
Were thick with yellow juicy fruit;
The plums were globes of honey rare,
And soft-cheeked peaches blua'd and fell
The grapes were purpling in the grange;
And Time wrought just as rich change!
In little babie Bell!
Her petite form more perfect grew,
And in her features we could trace,
In softened curves her mothers face;
Her angel nature ripened too.
We thought her lovely when she came,
puf sbn yUac holv ca iDflv noun
Around her pale and lofty brow
We thought we saw ring of fame
Sometimes she said few strange words
Whose meanings far beyong our reach:
Gods hand had taken away the seal
Which held the portals of her speech!
She never was child to US;
We never held her beings key!
We could not teach her holy things:
She was Christ's self in purity!
1t came upon US by degrees;
We saw its shawow ere it fell,
The knowledge that our God had sent
His messenger for babe Bell
We shuddered with unlangUaged pain,
And all our thoughts ran into tears
And all our hopes were changed TO fears
The sunshine into dismal rain
Aloud We cried in our belief
80, smite US gently, gently, God
Teach us to bend and kiss the rod,
And perfect grow through gref!"
All, how we loved her, God can tell;
Her little heart was cased in OURS
They're broken caskets-babie Bell!
At last he came, the messenger,
The messenger from unseen lands;
And what did dainty babe Bell!
She only CLOSED her little hands!
She only looked more week and fair
We parted back her silken hair;
We laid some buds upon her brow
Deaths bride arrayed in flowers,
And thus went dainty babie Bell
Out of this world of ours
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1855-08-02

Experience keeps dear school, bur
fools will learn IN no other,
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1855-08-02

LadieS, totke aoijce.-Tbo pretticst i'm
ing for bonnet is good humosod sd
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1855-08-02
Baby Bell.
The Poem Of Little Life thot pas Jm tire
AprilS long.

The Poem Of a Little Life thot ,caS Jm tire,
AprllS long.
by t. b. ALDRICH.
Have you not heard the Poet tell
How came the dainty babie Bell
Into this world of ours!
The gates of Heaven were left aiar:
With folded hands and dreamy eyes
She wandered out of Paradise!
She saw this planet, like a star,
Hung in the depths of purple even
It's bridges running to and fro,
Der which the white winged seraphs 90
Bearing the holy dead to heaven!
She touched a bridge of fowers-those feet
SO light they did not bend the bells
OF the celestial asphodels!
They fell like dew upon the flowers!
And all the air grew strongly sweet!
And thus came dainty babe Bell
Into this world of ours!
Daily Davenport gazette. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1854-1855, 1855-05-29

The tendeacy Of the present rapid lIqui-
dstion ofaccounts i 20 make money accu.
mulate onIshs market in the hands Of CAPT
talis.s, bus Il eeetsslizes iiin the possession
Of conn asativsiy Nv individuals, .whersas'
wha, is seriously slslt to be lacking 10 the
want of I diffused plenty. Money aboands
only with email minosity. The contrac-
ton Of Guinness sdde to this. which is be-
ginning TO be felt a. serious impedinent
to thar general demand for investment
which arises whes money is plentiful in
mercantile community.
Merchsnts, jebbers and traders are easy
because they shsvc no demand. The par
ties who hold the floating money capital in
the street, are those who do not speculate
n stocks themselves, but lend to those par
ties who do, provided they are trustworthy
With bu, small demand for investment, and
less Tor speculation, no wonder the stock
market PRESENTS dull aspect. The list Of
sales to-day shows general decline OF the
speculative stocks, but 6rmness OF all good
investment stocks.
Money is easy to borrow at and PEI
eent.-Eve. Ptst, 23d.
Daily Davenport gazette. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1854-1855, 1855-05-29
The Interdict Bemoved from the St. Lonis
C urch a. Buffalo.

The following proclamation from Bishop
Tinon, Of Buffalo, is published in the pa
pers Of that city. Apparently the Bishop
yields to the entrea.ies OF Father Wen,ger,
but the passage of the law regulating church
property by the Legislature of New York,
at its last session, is doubtless the chief
reason ftiie step he has taken:
Buffalo, May Is.
The pious learned and Jealous Missiona.
ry, Father Weniger, (wishing to labor for
the salvation of souls in the only German
Church of this diocese, which has not vet
heard his noble and truly Christian clio.
quence) requests me 10 withdraw the Inter-
diet from the Church of ST. Louis, and the
accommodation from the Trustees. can
refuse nothing to this worthy Priest Of G Cd:
consenting therefore 10 his request, here
by declare that the Interdct of the st. Louis
Church is removed; and also declare that
that the accommodation of the Trustees
will cease as soon as the holy Triduan in
St Louis Church shall begin.
JoHx, Bishop of Buffalo.
Daily Davenport gazette. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1854-1855, 1855-05-29
he xsxt rereign Nsvs.

The steamer America, fully due at Bos-
ton On last Saturday. had not then made her
Appearance. She will probably BRING
something definite concerning the opera
.;ons m the Crimea. Some of the eastern
papers have an account which Purports that
the Preach Generals inieni raising the
siege, and though this statement lacks
authe y,icity, We should not be surprised II
il sere confirmed by the next news. 1t Is
conced "a on all hands that an assault would
be n,csssarily attended wi tremendou
siaa.h,s-, anl even then that success would
b. very doubtful, in fact, that the chances
O. victory would be alb 'ut eqlai for the be-
ssicers AMI beseigei. In such case, IT
would seem to be bsrb2rous waste oil
hun IN life to compel men to such an im-
mense destruction of each other; but tht
point Of honor is a, stake, and in such en-
serpnses, the lives Of private soldiers ara
for the most part held in As little regard as
the pawns On a chess board.
For the purpose Of carrying particular
p,.ition. the great Napoleon was accus
IN d to sacrifice ten or twenty thousand
msn with very great indiference-ihat lie
he regarded the necessity only as the loss
of 5, mlch material wherewith to effect his
operations. The present Generals in the
Crimea are mere pigmies in the art Of war
Ia c,mparisin with Napoleon. but they m ay
h.vs his indifference for human life, and We
VII not BE- surprised to hear either that q
mI-I,-,as assault had been attempted Of
tlat II. .iegs has been raised.
Daily Davenport gazette. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1854-1855, 1855-05-29

TIE PRESIDENT AND FLiBusTIERlsM.--
We turn with real satisfaction to recent
instance Of Executive police in which we
think he well merits the approval and thanks
OF every citizen who wishes peace and non
or TO be the deserved need OF his country.
We allude to the fact announced IN the
Commercial on Saturday, that the Presl-
dent had removed from Office the United
States commercial agent at Greytown Chr.
F.bens) on account of his connection with
the projected expedition for colonizing a
portion Of Nicaragua. In this the Executive
has acted worthily. II will at least be APP
parent to Nicaragua and the world that the
Government interposed, as far as 1t legally
could, to prevent the departure OF the col
onists, and gave another strong evidence
of it's entire disapproval of the project by
summariy dismissing from its service one OF
its subordinate agents who had united his
fortunes with them. Whether that expedi.
ton ever takes its departure or not, II VIII
always be cause OF qualification to the true
patriot and of high credit TO President
PIERCE that he promptly gave significant
evidence Of the governments disapprooa-
ton and reputation to the proceedings. II
is OF course to be Inferred that if the ex-
petition does sail its members will have to
bear whatever fortune may overtake them,
inasmuch as they are efieetualy warned that
they 90 on their own responsibility and in
defiance Of the authority and wishes of the
Government Commercial Advertiser.
Daily Davenport gazette. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1854-1855, 1855-05-29
Apriy.,. Bulletin from seb.stopol,

The Paris correspondent of LIE Progress
published at New York, says the General
in Chief commanding the French artillery
At Sebastopol. has written the following
le,,erto the Emperor. II authentic, how could
!, get into the hands OF the aforesaid CORES
pendent!
"Sire IL promised you that would main :
tain the hombardment for a certain number
of DAYS. have kept my word; my task 10
accomplished. We have not reduced the
place and we are not in condition to at
tempt tie assault. There remains 10 US only
the alternative of retiring cur forces In good
order. Our siege guns, in consequence OF
the prolonged FIRE. are completely incapaci-
tated for further service; we must leave
them, As old iron, in the hands Of the ene-
my"
Daily Davenport gazette. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1854-1855, 1855-05-29
A NopERS CrspERELEA.-Th'

A MopERN CIyDERELtA.-lhe Caius
Public, of Lyons, contains the following
tale, the truth Of which il guarantees
"Abou, two months ago NJ. de Rhet-.
gentleman Of large property in the neigh
borhood of this city, on leaving the theatre
after a performance of The Etoie do Nord,
picked up a white satin shoe. On examin-
ingi he found that il must have been made
for foo, remarkably small and elegant.
He asked the box keepers If any one had
announced the loss Of the shoe, but was
answered in the negative. He took 1t home
with him. The more he saw il the more
he admired i, and he jumped to the c:nclu-
sion that the owner, having so small foot,
was, in all probability, extremely beautiful.
He showed the shoe 10 all his friends aud
acquaintances, and caused them to make in,
quiries after the owner but he could gain
no clue to her. At last il struck him that,
as the person who had lost it could not have
walked home. he might gain some informa-
tan from the cab-drivers. After eight days
spent in inquiry he found diver who re-
membered having driven young woman
who had lost her shoe in the Rue Thomas
sin. NJ. de Rhet-thereupun made inqui-
RE. at every house in that street; and he
at length discovered young work woman
who blushinglv confessed that the shoe was
hers. As he anticipated, he found that
she was remarkably beautiful, and on in.
quiry he learned that her character was
very good. He fell in love with her, and
in few days they were married"
Daily Davenport gazette. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1854-1855, 1855-05-29

ORsaoS.-The people of this territory
are to vote in June next upon the question
of organizing State Government. aud ap-
plying to Congress for admission into the
Union. The same question was submitted
to the people at the last election, and after
an animated canvass decided in the mega
tive, the southern counties going strongly
against it, in the expectation of being joined
with part of California to make new ter
rtory. The Democratic Territorial Con-
yention of Oregon, was to meet on the 18th
of last month, and the Wing Convention on
the 18th, to no innate candidates for del
egate TO Congress. A ferre warfare of
words was going on in the Democratic news
papers, which were divided in their prefer
ences between Lane, the present incum-
bent, and Judge o. C. Pratt. Il was quite
probable that whoever received the nomina-
ton, both Lane and Pratt would be run by
their respective friends. An attempt will
be made 10 unite the Wings and Know No
things on the same candidate, which, if
successful, will probably prevail also at the
election. No one is named as the Wing
candidate.