The Bedford gazette. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1805-current, 1855-06-01
A Town CLGCK.

Is there any good reason why We should not
have Town-Clock in Bedford The cost of
such a useful aud necessary article is not great.
Many town OF less prctenslous and ability than
ours, has It's useful and highly-vaued Clock
We have most admirable place for one--the
cupoIa of the Court House. Our citizens have
shown themselves pu5lic-spirted and generous,
on several occasions, when some important inn
provement was needed. Now, here is a small
aud comparatively inexpensive Improvement
not mere ornament--but one OF the necessaries
al civilized life Can We not have it If our
Town Fathers were to go on, and procure the
Clock at the public expense, would not every
taxpayer commend them for their enterprize
aud weil-doing-iur their wise ragaId to the
public welfare! Ifit werr thought best to raise
the amount required by subscription, who, in
our town, or the country around il, would not
ch2eriully contribute to so useiu! an undertak
ing !
slime is money" and the 'Doar and
Gents" argument ought 10 induce every citizen
10 urge forward this project. | feel persuaded,
that, for want of public regulator, time is
squandered away, in Bedford, at the rate OF hun
dreds, perhaps thousands Of dollars annually
Every man of business habits-every woman
who wishes 10 be methodrcal in her household
arrangement, daily feels ibe want of wpil-rrg-
Hlated public Tme-Piece-a great Clock that,
day and night, would, in ponderous tones, teach
the important lesson that time is fleeing, and
that what our bands find TO do, We should do il
quickly. A wel-kppt Clock upon the Court
House, by which all the tin,e-prces in town
and country could be regulated--and which
also would be the standard for religious and
other meetlngs-for funerals, and Business an
gagements, would add immensely TO the comfort
of every person Of proper feelings and habits in
our community. As general thing do not
approve OF Striking" and / am not fond Of
''strikers" but in The matter ola Town-Clock,
give me '.good sriker''-and one that can
speak as well as StTike-onr that, with every
stroke, wlllhit up lis voice, and cry-s'Unto
Won, o men, | call. The time is short. Be
diHgent in business. Be punctual to your en-
gagements. And good people all, remember,
that the day is rapidly passing, and the night
OF death draws near
THe TRrE AMEeIcAg PARrY.-Some of the Demo-
Gratis ef New Orleans wrote to Robert C. Wicklife,
asking for the use Of his name as candidate for
Governor Of Louisiana at the ensuing election. He
declines, and in his reply remarks that
ssFhe true American party II. this land is tue Dem
ocratc party. Il proscrrbes man account of
his birth Of his religion, it adopts as It's the
principles confained IN the declaration Of American
Independence There rests not upon the statue book
of our country measure which has added 10 its
greatness that has not the stamp and impress of
Democracy. Under the Democratic rule and policy
we have grown from infancy To vigorous manhood
Ours is the greatest, the happiest, and the best
try God has give TO man Democracy has made il
such, and the Democratic party VIII continue II
So"
PRksBYrERIAx OPPOSITION TO TIE K. N's.-The
PresbyteTy of Shenango, of the Associate Pfesby-
terlan Church, at meeting held at New Whining
ton on the 18th ult, adopted the following resolution
with reference to Secret Societies.:
Resolved, That IN the Judgment of this Presbytery,
the principles OF our Church exclude from commun-
ION the members OF the Secret Society called Know
Nofhings, and The tefbeIs OF all such Secret Socie-
ties, and that the Presbytery direct sessions 10