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The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1855-04-12
lBetray not Confidence.

For once that secrecy is formally upon
you, it is implied hundred times by the
concurrent circumstances. All that your
friend says to you as friend, is intrusted
to you only, Much of what man tells
you in the hour of af1iction, in sudden
anger, or in any outpouring of his heart,
should be sacred. In his craving for sym
pathy he has spoken to you as to his own
soul.
To repeat what you have heard in So
cial intercourse is sometimes sad treach-
cry and when it is not treacherous it is
often foolish. For you commonly relate
but foolish part of what had happened,
and even if you are able to relate that
part with fairness, it is still likely to be
misconstrued as word of many meanings.
in foreign tongue without the context.
There are few conversations which do
not imply some degree of mutual conf
dencc, however slight. And in addition
to that which is said in confidence, there
is generally something which is peculiar
though not confdcntial-which is ad
dressed to the present company alone,
though not confined to their secrecy. 1t
is meant for them and they arc expec-
ted to understand it rightly.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1855-04-12
Fancy Agriculture.

At an immense expense we have engag-
ed the pen of u practical farmer, who will,
from time to time, give US matter for the
Agricultural Department.
TO BREAK UP A FARM-Early in the
spring, as soon as you have laid in sup
ply of the best ploughs, harrows, rakes,
hoes, &C., employ an overseer, and spend
the balance of the year at the Springs
if you are a taShiOnable; if not go trotting
around two or three counties, trying to
see if there is any possible chance Of get
ting the nomination for the next August
canvass. By these means your farm will
be pretty well broken up in a surprising
ly short time.
CHEAP WAY OF FATTENING Hoes
Turn them into your neighbor's cornfeld
every night.
How TO CURE Boris IL \ HoRsE.-
Shoot him.
If your land appears worn out and O.
yerworked, you may be sure you have
narrowed its feelings too much.
To get the most work out of your hands
keep them out of your pockets.
How TO CATCH WEAsELs.-Run after
them.
If your hens do not lay we'll and easy,
the best thing you can do is to adopt
some mode of getting their head off their
stomaches. The plan Of the lady who, in
similar circumstances, put her hens under
a barrel, and kept them there until they
came to terms, is not admired.
How TO RAISE GEEsE.-Send your
daughters to fashionable boarding school.
If kept at home they will turn out ducks
or "little stupids."
To RAISE CoRN-Wear tight boots.
Keep your children out of the orchard
while the buds aae bursting, they might
be hurt.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1855-04-12

EGHorace Greeley gives the follow
ing confession of his faith in letter to
the Christian Ambassador.
Il have for thirty years earnestly hoped
and believed that our Heavenly Father
will in His own good time, broke the whole
human race into state of willing and
perfect reconciliation to himself and obe-
dience to his laws-consequently one of
complete and unending happiness. 1 be-
lieve that the moral character formed In
this life will be that in which We shall a.
wake in the life to come, and that many
die so deeply tainted by lives of trans
erosion and depravity, that a tedious
and painful discipline must preeede and
prepare for their admission to the realms
of eternal purity end bliss, Beliey;ns
the ordinance of the Lords SGpper, as
now celebrated among Us, a fearful m
pediment to the progress and triumph of
the prinsiples of totai abstinence from all
that can intoxicGte, have for sometime
past felt it ny duty to abstain from it
awaiting and hoping for the day when
Christians Of every sect shall realize that
the blood Of our Saviour is not truly rep
resented by the compounds Of vile and
poisonous drugs commonly sold here as
wine, nor yet by any liquid essentially
alcoholic, therefore Intoxicating
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1855-04-12
No Little Girls Now.

Here is charming little sermon, by a
lady correspondent:
"What has become of all the lille girl,
now -a-days? One sees plenty of nina.
ture young ladies, with basque waists and
founces, dress hats and tiny watches.
promenading the streets or attending ju'
venile parties; but alas a little girl is a
rarity-one who will play baby house
and live lifetime in few hours, max
ing days and nights succeed each other
with astonishing rapidity, a fifteen min
utes recess, affording plenty of time for
weeks of play-house-life; and to whom a
neat plain gingham dress and sun-bonnet
is the perfection of school dress-sun-
bonnets that will not be injured if they
are wet in river or brook, and aprons
strong enough to bring home any quantl-
ty of nuts from the woods, in lieu of bas-
kets; good strong shoes that will come off
with ease on warm summers day, when
the cool brook tempts the warm feet to
lave themselves in it's waters, instead of
delicate CATERS, which shrink from such
rude treatment.
"NNell. it is hoped the race of little girls
will not become utterly extinct. There
must be some wasting their sweetness
upon the desert air." for surely they bloom
not in our cities and but rarely in our
villages
cat an age when little girls used to be
dressing dolls, we now see them deck ed
in all their fnery, parading-street,
and flirting with young students. Where
on earth are the mothers of these preci.
Gus firts? Are they willing to allow such
folly?"
"Then as to dress-why, little Miss
must now be dressed as richly as NAM
ma; and the wonder is how she will be a
bic to outvie her present splendor when
she "comes out" But in this 90 ahead
age, some new invention will enable her
to accomplish her desire"
LAS there are no little girls, SO there
will be no young ladies; for when Miss
leaves the school she is engaged, soon
marries and takes her place in the ranks
of American matrons. How will she fill
her place; for, how and when has she
found time to prepare for lifo's duties!-
Wonder if it would not be a good plan to
turn over a new leaf, begin with them in
season, and see if tits not possible to have
again, darling little creatures, full of fun
and glee, who can run and jump without
fear of tearing founces, and finally have
a set of healthy young ladies, upon whom
the sun has been allowed to shine, and
active exercise in the open air bestowed
an abundant supply of life and energy.
Unite healthful body to the highly
cultivated minds of our American wives
and mothers, and they would be the ad-
miration of the world, instead of being
pitied for their fragility. ."-Home JO'trm-
al
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The Watertown (Wis.) Democrat give

The Watertown (Wis.) Democrat gives
the following illustration of Western trav-
ell:
4 Cottage on RunnerS.-Last Satur-
day our attention was attracted to rather
a strange looking vehicle for this part of
Wisconsin in 1856. when railroads are a.
bout to intersect each other. Quite fair
sized house was observed to be slowly mo-
wing through our streets, drawn by four
pair of heavy, stout oxen. 1t was,in fact
pioneers dwelling, with its furniture
and inmates, on journey to some new
place of residence--in some secluded Wild
wood, miles away from any other human
habitation A chimney rose above
the roof, out of which volume of smoke
was rolling. 9he interior was divided
into rooms. Around the fire some half a
dozen young heads were crowding, for it
was pretty cold, while the wife was dis
charging her domestic duties, apparently
engaged in getting dinner
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1855-04-12

BapIn France, to kiss lady with whom
you are not at all intimate, on meeting
her, is very common; especially is this
the case if she be married lady. Not
oily the members of the family, but all the
guests expect invariably to salute the la
dy of the house on coming down in the
morning. But though the modest Amer
ican may, perhaps, escape the ceremony
on ordinary occasions, yet on New Years
day it is imperative. On that morning,
avs Paris letter writer, came down to
nv coffee about o'clock. ] sat down
quietly, bidding Madame BON J0a1, as
on ordinary occasions. But was not to
get off so easily. In few moments she
was at my elbow, with Mons. B., L am
very angry with YOU l expressed, of
course, regret, and ignorance at having
given her offence.
'Ah,' said she, you know very well the
reason. 1t is because you did not en-
brace me when you come down this
morning.
Madame was a lady of perhaps %,
with Jet black, glossy hair, large lustrous
black eyes, and clear, fair complexion.
She was yer beautiful; had she been plain
| should have felt less embarrassed.--
She waited as though expecting me to
atone for my neglect; but how could L
before the whole table! sat all this time
trembling in my seat At length Mad
ame said Mons. B., ensbraSSe7 moi
The worst had come I arose trembling
ly, put my white, bloodless lips all greasy
with butter and wet with coffee (for in
my embarrassment l had dropped my
napkin to those of Madame. This was
NY first French kiss.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1855-04-12
College of New JERSEY.

! We take the following Interesting let
ter from the Newark AdrertiSer, in regard
to this distinguished literary institution.
1t is written by graduate.
The appearance of the last trienhial
catalogue of this institution, may remind
its friends, that an epoch in its history
has been attained l refer to the termi-
nation of the Presidency of DIR. Carnahan,
which had existed for the preceding 81
years. As we live in progressive age,
it may be well to inquire, what has been
the progress of that college during that
Presidency.
In 1928, when DR.. Carnahan came in
to Office, the Faculty consisted of Pres
ident, and Vice President, a Professor Of
Matthew atics, and two Tutors, (total s.
When he retired 1854, the Faculty was
composed of President, Vice President,
six Professors, three Tutors, a Teacher of
Modern Languages, and Lecturer on
Zoology, (total 15.) In the anual cata
logue for the year 1923, there were the
names of l25 students. In that of 1854,
the names of 254 students.
The whole number of graduates to the
present time, (1O7 years. is $500. Num-
bcr of graduates before 1923 &c years.
1850. From 1923 to 1854, inclusive,
Isl years. ITO. So that DR.. Clrnahan
as President has conferred the first de-
gree upon greater number of Alumni,
by thirty, than all his predecessors taken
together SO much for the record.
Aside from this numerical increase, it
may be stated, that during the same term
of 81 years, the East and West Colleges,
a Professors House, Refectory, two
large and Commodious buildings for the
accommodation of the Literary Societies,
and chapel have been built. A house
and lot, for the use of Professor, and
seven acres of land for recreation grounds
and wash house have been purchased
The Recitation and Lecture Rooms, have
been enlarged and seated, and Portrait
Gallery has been commenced. The Lom
hardy poplars, which formerly disfgured
the public grounds of the College, have
been removed, and their places supplied
with native trees-the elm, the ash, the
maple, and the tulip poplar. The Libra
ry has received annual additions. The
chemical and philosophical apparatus has
been greatly improved and enlarged, and
the entire front of the College grounds
has been enclosed by a substantial iron
fence.
All these erections, improvements, pur-
chases and expenditures, have been paid
for, without any aid from the State. In
deed, from the beginning of the chapter
to the end of it, the State has done next
to nothing for the College. The legisla
tive vote of 600 pounds New Jersey cur
rency, made in 1896, to Nassau Hall,
seems to have exhaused all liberality in
that behalf.
Although the College has been the
means of bringing hundreds of thousands
of dollars into the State, and has helped
to make the name of that State, illustrious
at home and abroad, yet she, the State,
quietly pockets this revenue of glory, to
to say nothing of dollars, and has contin-
ued to do so for a hundred years. God
save the Commonwealth For her liber-
ality to her literary institutions surely
never will.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1855-04-12
The Will and the Way.

4 young collegian, itinerating in the
State of Vermont, fell in company and
also in love with a very pretty girl, the
daughter of an old curmudgeon, whose
brains we're made of saw-dust, hogs lard
and molasses, but who, upon account of
the spaciousness of his farm, had been
for many years at the head of the school
committee in the district. The collegi-
ans attachment to Sally, (for that was
the old fellows daughter was so over
powering, that all the logic and philoso-
phy he had learned in the school was,
compared to his force of argument, as
chaff in hurricane. But not having the
wherewithal to winter in the country with
out resort to employment, he intimated to
Sally that he should like to keep the
school in the district; when the kind
hearted girl informed him that her faith
er was the committee and also in
formed him what questions would be put
to him, and how he must answer them il
be expected to gain the good graces Of
her father
Accordingly, on Sunday evening the
Young man of classical lore informed the
old ignoramus that he would like to take
charge of their school for the winter, and
board in his family. Whcreupon the old
fellow assumed an air of much conse-
aucnce, and asked the same questions that
Sally had informed her lover that would
be asked
DO you believe in the final salvation Of
the world 2
Most certainly answered the young
man.
DO you believe that God ever made
another man equal to Thomas Jefferson!'
Certainly not
Can you spell Massachusetts,
Yes, sir
well, spell it..
The young man spelt the word very
distinctly, when the father turned to his
daughter, and said Did he spell it
right, Sally
The young man commenced his school
the next day. How he and Sally made
out is another story.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1855-04-12
The Vinegar Faced Gentry.

That very able and ubiquitous sheet,
AN Exchange Paper gives the following
very plain statements, which We COM
mend to the afflicted
There is a class of men in every COM
munity who 60 about with vinegar faces,
because somebody feels above them, or
because they are not appreciated as they
should be, and who have a constant quar-
rel with what they call destiny. We hate
such people. They are nuisance and q
pest. They make all within their infu-
encc uncomfortable. These men have
usually made grave mistake in the es-
innate of their abilities, or are unmitiga-
ted asses. Whenever this fault-fnding
with ones condition or position occurs.
there is always want of self-respect. 1t
you are a right down clever fellow, wash
the wormwood off your face, and show
your good will by your good deeds. If
people 'feel above you,' why, return the
compliment and feel above them. If they
turn up their noses because you are a
mechanic or a farmer, or clerk; turn up
your noses a notch higher. If they swell
when they pass you in the street, swell
yourself Deliver US from the whining
fools who 60 around like babies telling
how folks abuse them, and whining be-
cause society will not take them by the
collar and drag them into deceney.
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AT THE OFFICE OF
THE JEFFERsONEAN.
MAKE YOUR MARK.


In the quarries DO you toll,
Do you delve upon the soil!
Make your mark.
In whatever path you 60,
In what place you stand,
Moving swift or moving slow,
With a firm and honest hand,
Make your mark.
Should opponents hedge your way,
Work by night or work by day,
Make your mark,
Struggling manfully ana we'll,
Let no obstacle oppose;
None right shielded ever fell
By the weapons Of bis foes
Make your mark.
What though born peasants son
Good by poor man can be done
Make your mark.
Peasants garb may warm the cold;
Peasants heart may calm fear;
Better far than boarding gold,
Is the drying of a tear
Make your mark.
Lifc's as fecting as shade,
Marks of some kind must be made,
Make your mark
Make it while the arm is strong,
IN the golden hours of youth
Never, never make it wrong;
Make it with the stamp of truth
Make your mark.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1855-04-12

In Italy you will see man breaking
up his land with two cows, and the root
Of tree for a plough, while he is dressed
in skin with the hair on. In Rome, vi
emma and Dresden, if you hire a man to
saw wood, he does not fetch horse along.
He never bad one, or his father before him.
He puts one end of the saw on the ground
and the other on bis breast, and taking the
wood in his hand, rubs it against the saw
1t is solemn fact, that in Florence, a
city filed with the triumph of art, there
is not single auger, and if carpen-
ter would bore hole he does it with a
red hot poker,
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1855-04-12

ABOUT BABIEs-Just hear what the
Buffalo Republican says about babies:
"To keep children from crying. as soon
as the squaller awakes, set the child up,
propped up by pillows, if it cannot sit a.
lone, and bcsmear its fingers with thick
molasses, Then put half dozen fcath-
ers into his hands, and the young one
will sit and pick the feathers from one
hand to the other, until it drops to sleep.
As soon as it awakcS more molasses and
more feathers, and in place Of neyer-as-
founding yells, there will be a silence
and enjoyment unspeakablc,"
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1855-04-12

\ good story is told of a justice Of the
peace, not many miles distant from the
county of Essex.
Several young men were brought be-
fore him For trial, on the charge Of being
engaged in riot. The evidence was,
however, insufficient to convict them, and
the judge addressed them somewhat as
follows:
young men! find that the evidence
Is not strong enough against you to prove
a riot; but you have been so dam'd pro-
fame. shall fine You for that =
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1855-04-12

Jones stepping up to gentleman who
was engaged in conversation With about
q dozen others, said
at seems to me / have seen your phys
ognomy somewhere before, but | cannot
imagine where"
avery likely" he replied; ~ have been
the keeper of prison for upwards of
twenty years"
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1855-04-12

SAFE Choice.-The Wyoming County
n. Y. Mirror tells a story of judge Cham
berlain, of Cattaraugus county. 1t says:
"He was once dining at the American
Hotel, in Buffalo, and on being asked by
the waiter what part of the turkey he would
take, he replied, "the biggest, by thun'
der"
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1855-04-12

An old Dutchman who bad recently
Joined the temperance society, was taken
sick, and sent TO the doctor to prescribe
for him, who ordered him to take al ounce
Of brandy per day.
The old chap oyerhauled his arithme
tic, and found in the table of apotbeca-
ries' weight that eight dracbms make one
ounce.
Minc--..'' said the Dutchman,
"dat is de temperance for ne. / didn't
get but six drains before, and now | gets
eight"
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1855-04-12

A KNoTrY POINT SETTLED.-A cav
illcr in our vicinity, the other day, says
the Lowell Courier, tried to put down his
opponent with this question: IF Noah
Aid send out dove that never returned,
~bern d;o g 90 to- Why retorted the
unyielding antsgo5iisstt, ] suppose some
BODY shot H.
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VOL 10.
Published by Theodore Schoch.

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No papers discontinued until all arrearagcs are paid
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~ Advertisements not exceeding one square Cen
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twenty-five cents for subsequent insertion The
charge for one and three insertions the same liber-
a. discount made to yearly advertisers
NJ All letters addressed to the Editor must be post
paid.
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NO. 81.

stead of the covering which nature had
bestowed upon it. The unfortunate Off
Ger has been the standing joke of the
neighborhood ever since"
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1855-04-12

Ba~Tho first piece of artillery was IN
vented by German, soon after the in
vention of guupowder, and artillery was
first used by the Moors at Algesiras, in
Spain, in the siege of 1911.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1855-04-12

E1- There are about seven nlilii22
pores in the body of man of ordinary
size. If these were joined lengtbwise,
tube would be formed twenty-eight miles
long
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1855-04-12

t9- DO you mean to insinuate that I
lie, sir!' exclaimed fierce looking must
aehed gentleman to raw Yankee who
limited some slight skepticism to one of
his toughest statements, No mister,
not at all-only it kind o strikes me that
you are tarnel saving of the truth
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a free library has just opened at Sand
Lake. Contents eight Almauaes and the
Troy Directory for 1851. If Sand Lake
keeps on, it will have to be fenced in that's
all.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1855-04-12

Fish are caught in Puget Bay, Oregon,
when dried and lit by the tail, burn like
q candle !!
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1855-04-12

sa- Time, well employed, gives that
health and vigor to the soul which health
and retirement afford the body.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1855-04-12

The strongest kind of hint! A young
lady asking gentleman to see II one OF
her rings would 60 Oh his little finger
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1855-04-12

kSg~The cost of the United States army
and navy is s25, 10000 per annum.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1855-04-12

p@Why is a school master like a chair
maker, Because he canes bottoms.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1855-04-12

Carls Circulars Bill Heads, Notes. Blank Receipts
Justices Legal and other Blanks, Pamphlets, &c.
printed with neatness and despatch on reasonable
crms,
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JOB PRENTFN
PAMGW PRIIT{!IGIEIG,

Having general assortment ( large, elegant, pla
and ornamental Type, we are prepared
to execute every description OF
Nebraska palladium. [volume] (Bellevieu City, Neb.) 1854-1855, 1855-01-24
s.EssAGr.

The want Of SPACE will preclude re-
marks we had intended 10 accompany the
message. The message is a well eSecu-
Ted public document. rs points are few
and simple-but vitality important 10 our
Territory aad Nation. Let hAe sugges-
tions BE- carlied out in Leir maiu features.
Lei Congress be hrmor. lied upon ihe
subject Of granting Je right OF way, ard.
q portion ol The public .aads Tor lie con.
s:ruction of he Great Pacific Railroad
Let the.s'ockades spoken or be provided
for-lct lie project Of laying Tie iounla-
ton Of q Terriiori,i Cdpet and othci
suggestions be Carried ont and the fopn-
Gaiion Of q 2ood goyerrucnt vii thci
have 5cou kid.