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The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1860-08-23
STROUDSBURG, MONROE COUNTY, PA. AUGUST 3d. $780,

this subject which force themselves on our
attention, but the allotted space is already
filled. We know experimentally that very
mistaken notions exist in reference to the
amount of capital required in succ essful
farming operations. A man that is too
poor to become a merchant will readily
form an opinion that he is rich enough to
turn farmer. Let him try the experime ut.
lie will find that a successful farmer of
.Jyty acres of land, requires more capital
than great many country merchants,
driving careful active business on mod
crate means and fair credit. We have
before US a careful estimate of the outays,
for live stock, implements. seeds, food,
and labor, needed the first year, for one
hundred acres Of improved land, and they
amount to al least $4,000. Estimates
like this, and more especially experience,
will wonderfully tend to increase the res
pect of great numbers of the free and SOW
ereigu people, for the useful aud time
honored occupation of the tiilers of the
soil, well described as the "bone and sim
eW" o. the land.
". O. BUELL..
Perth County, Of Lanark, c. ".
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The "IlliDois State Journal" has the
following account OF one Of the Western
meetings, which very fairly stands as
representation for hundred others:
"The Republicans of Coles and The ad-
joining counties held an impromptu meet
ing IL Nation last Friday the 10th which
completely eeiipsed the late Squatter de-
monstration held in that place, and caus-
ed the Sham Democracy to hide their
diminished beads, 1t appears that the
entire population Of several counties emp
tied themselves into that thriving town
for the purpose OF testifying their devo-
ton to the Union and the principles
of the Republican party, wbish is about
to take charge of the ship of State
We can scarcely attempt to convey an
idea of the numbers present without sub
iectiDg ourselves to the charge of roman.
cling, yet we can assure our readers that
there were assent bled on this occasion
more than forty acres of people and the
demonstration is acknowledged upon all
hands to be far more imposing in num-
bers and display than any meeting ever
held iu Eastern Illinois. Three stands
for the speakers were erected 10 the spa.
cious Fair Grounds adjacent to the town,
and the crowd were electrified by the
brilliant efforts of the Hon, W IN. kellogg,
the Hon Owen Lovejoy, the Hon. S. A
Hurlbut, the Hon. Martin p Sweet, the
Rev. j. Ferre, and others. At suneet
the crowd adjourned to the town, where
they listened to speaking from Aessrs. j.
II. Matheny. Wright, Underwood, and
others. The Wide Awakes we're present
from Charleston. Paris. &c, and turned
out with over 1000 torches, which, to-
gether With fireworks, bou6res, &c, kept
the town in blaze until midnight. In
the way of allegorical presentations,
banners, notices, and other psrapherna-
liza incident to such occasions, the display
WAS superb. Among the best things
which we saw was two story carriage
containing set of young ladies represen.
ting tho States on the first floor, and a
like set composed of smaller girls in the
second story. This carriage was gorge
ously decorated, and its novel and beau
iiful appearance was the admiration Of
the crowd. Another carriage conveyed
a pyramid Of young ladies. and made a
fne show. An omnibus full OF girls rep
resented the different States, and upon a
platform 10 the rear sat a lille girl 10 blaek k
representing Kansas soith tie door closed
on her. 1t would fill column and more
we're we to enter into full description.
Suffice it to say that the Republicans Of
Eastern Illinois are awake and at work,
confident of glorious victory in NoVsm
ber."
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Mr.. Lincoln's Abilities and Principles.
Letter from John B. Fry.

My DEAR SIR: Duly appreciating th
compliment you have-paid me in urgent
ly requesting that | would engage in th,
pending Presidential canvass, by making
political addresses in favor of the election
of Lincoln and Hamlin, am Deverthe
less, constrained, for reason which viii
state to you to decline the acceptance o.
your fattering proposal.
Within the last week have received
eight Invitations, from various sections o
the country, similar to your own, and all
of which | have been obliged to decline
much to my regret.
The truth is land this is the reason ]
wish to assign 1 have been for eight
months last past, a great sufferer from ver-
tigo, and | find that the slightest excite
ment [ encounter aggravates my malady.
And yet wish it to be understood by
you, and by everybody, who have regard
for my opinions, that [ am enlisted heart
and soul, for Lincoln aud Hamlin. have
known them both long and we'll. Mr..
Lincoln and myself were introduced to
each other at Springfield, H., in Februa-
ry, 1876, by the late Col. John j. Har-
din. formerly representative in Congress
from that district, and who subquently
fell at Buena Vista. At that early day,
Col. Hardin said to me (and have never
forgotten the remark) "Lincoln is really
the foremost man in our State, and if bis
merits should ever become p1 0perly knOa0aa
he will lead the nation"
[ was in Washington during Mr.. Lin.
eoln's term in Congress, and venture to
assert that the man (whether at the north
or the South who dares to charge him
with being other than N0tiOnaE and Con,
SerUat5ue in character, purpose, and action
is base calumniator.
National Let in tho event of Lincoln's
election, which look upon as certain, the
traitor, North or South, presume to raise
patricidal hand aiming at destruction
of our glorious Union, and be goes up as
high as naman."
Lincoln, | need not tell you my old
and honored friend, is patriot in every
aud the highest sense. and will punish
treason (only give him the power), where
ever be meets it.
Breckenridge is the candidate of the o.
pen and avowcd Secessionists and Disu-
nionists.
Douglas has "sown to the wind, let him
reap the whirIwind."
I have recently received letters from
prominent gentlemen in.the South who say
to ne that if they were here, and not there
they would act in this contest as I am
doing.
We may not get votes in the South but
We are assured of the sympathies and
good wishes OF thousands on thousands
in that section.
Wishing you ever health, happiness,
and prosperity, (aud bent on the election
of Lincoln), [ remain, with profound re.
gard and esteem, yours faithfully,
JOHN B. FRY.
The Hon TRUMAN SMITH.
New York, August Is, 1860.
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Countesfeit Gold.

The n. Y. Banks and the Sub. Treasu-
ry Office in that city warm the public a.
gain.t the ingenious and very dangerous
counterfeits of the ten dollar gold pieces
which are circulated extensively, and al
most defy detection, except by nn expert,
The genuine coin is opened, full one-half
the gold taken out, and then filled with
plstina OF some other equally heavy sob
stance, aDd then closed up; the coin itself,
to all appearances, remaining the Same
in all respects, even to the specific weight
Specimens of this spurious coin are ex-
hibited which would seem to defy detee-
ton by ordinary skill. or even the closet
observation aud handling, aud yet the a .
mount of pure gold left in a ten dollar
piece is scarcely equal to $3.50.
The gold dollar pieces have besome a
nuisance. The journal of Commerce
says that ten millions Of then are in New
York A re-coinago of two millions into
a larger denomination has been ordered,
and the Journal hopes that not one more
of them or of the nickel cent will be COIN
ed.
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How to Grow Peaches Every Year.

A correspondent of the Ohio Cultivat0r
says: Procure your trees grated upon
the wild plum stock. TIE tree partakes
of the nature OF the plum, being hardy,
and will never Winter kill, and putting
out late in the Spring. will never be iu-
jured by the frost, and it is certain pre-
ventive against the workings OF the peach
grub, while the natural life time of the
tree is larger than that of our OVID; SO
you may depend upon peaches every year,
and for long period of time, without the
destructive and discoursging influences
attending the growth of the common
peach. They can be obtained at from
fifty to seventy five cents per tree, and
you had better pay five times that amount
than not to obtain them, and be certain
of peaches every year. Try it, and our
word for it, you will be satisfied with the
result
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Ahnnt TnaHs

A few days since We copied q para
greph from an exchange relative to a
great number Of small toads seen 10 th-
road in the town Of Westford, and an ex-
planation wss asked for whether shove
er in the night previous had anything to
do with the phenomenon, &c. The sud-
den appearance of multitudes of young
toads, frogs, &c, is one of frequent 90,
currepoe, and as they often appear soon
after rain, it is sometimes reported that
there has been "a shower of frogs" or
toads, the observers not being able to ac-
count for their remarkable advent in any
other way. The secret of the whole mat
ter, however, lies in the marvellous accu.
racy which characterizes the laws of ma
ture.
Frogs, toads and other batracbien rep
tiles, are reproduced from eggs, and the
period required for Matching terminstes
so uudevia,ingly at stated time that
hundreds and even thousands Of them
burst their shells in the course of an hour
or two, aud hop out to astonish people
into the belief that they must have fallen
from the clouds. Their appearance at
or about the time of rain, is probably
owing to the incre ased heat which some
times precedes or follows showers, snd
which would facilitate their escape from
the she'll by increasing their activity
The same phenomenon has been observed
in regard to aligators and turtles, which
lay their eggs 10 the sand on the banks
of rivers and the shores of the sea. The
eggs are batched so simultaneously tha,
hundreds of young alligators or turtles
may be seen emerging from their sandy
nests and making for the water at the
same SINE Boston Journal
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1860-08-23
Historical Facts.

A"o 1aEuiuess Win Wnicn mankllO aQOp
Improvements may be, in some degree, il
Illustrated by the following facts, hastily
: thrown together:
Canal locks were invented in 1881, BY
engineers of Viterbo, in Italy. They
were nearly a hundred years getting fair
ly into use in France, and about one hun.
dred and fifty in crossing the British
Channel.
AT this time it was made felony, in
several European states, to ride in wheel
carriages.
The steam engine was invented, or,
rather, the principle of it discovered, by
the Marquis of Worcester, as early as
1860. Few understood and none en-.
couraged it. He died in great mortifca-
tion. The honor was afterwards engross-
ed by Savary.
In l765 the Earl of Stanhope applied
the steam engine to propelling vessel.
a steamboat was run twenty miles on the
Saukey Canal, Liverpool, in 1897 and
another on the Forth Clyde Canal, in
1901. A steamboat trip was made on
the OeiaWaTe as early as 81,
In 1907, when Robert Fulton was ft.
ting up his first steamboat at New York,
respectable and sy-headed men pro-
nouncod him "a fool for his pains"
Oliver Evans went before committees
of Legislatures, first in Pennsylvania, and
then in Maryland, with a project of a
steam carriage, as early as 1904. He
asked little aid to defray the expense
They could hardly be prevented from
reporting in favor, not of steam-engines
for carriages, but of strait jacket for
himself. Now almost all nations have
bad the sagacity and ingenuity to seize
and uutlize the precious idea.
When Peter the Great, 10 1850 or
thereabouts commenced a canal between
the Walga and the Don, the Governors
and Boyards Of the country opposed it
earnestly, thinking it impiety to turn ri
vers out of channels which Heaven had
assigned them.
When some Dotchmen proposed to
make the river Manzanares navigabIe to
the Tagus, and that to Lisbon, the Coun-
Gil said if it had been the will of God
that the Rivers should be nayigable, he
would have made them so.
When Brinley, the great engineer, told
committee of Parliament, to whom
BridgeSater's petition was referred, that
canals were better than rivers, and would
supersede them for the purpose of naVi-
CATION, the committee we're shocked, and
asked him, "And pray, sir, what were
the rivers made fort" "To feed the ca
nals,' was the answer.
DR.. Franklin surveyed the route Of the
Delaware and Chesapeake Canal at his
own expense, in 1851.
Baron Napier surveyed the route of
the Forth and Clyde Canal at his own ex
pense, in 1851.
Both of these works were subsequently
accomplished, but after great delay.
DR.. Zabdiel Boyslston introduced in
oouation for small pox into Boston, in
1921, and tried it first on bis own son
Thomas, and other members Of the faui-
ly; but such was the force of prejudice
and uubelief that the other physicians
gave unanimous opinion against it; the
municipal government prohibited its prac-
tice, and the populace would have torn
bim to pieces if be had not retired from
the city.
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Scraping I'D the Gold.

At "a convention of clergy men. not long
since, it was proposed by one ofthe mem
bers, after they had dined, that each
should entertain the company with some
remarks. Among the rest. one drew up
on bis fancy and related dream. In
his dream he went to heaven, and he de-
scribed the golden streets, the river OF
life, &c. AS be concluded, one Of the d.
vines, who was somewhat noted for his
peuuriousness and money saving habits
stepped up to the narrator and inquired
jocosely:
"Well, did you see anything Of me in
your dream!'
"Yes, | did"
"Indeedl what was doing!"
aye ou were on your knees"
"Praying, was !"
"No-scraping up the gold!'
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a@An Internal machine, called the
centrifugal gun, is on exhibition at Colum-
bus. Ohio. which will throw FIVE hun,
dred balls minute, with the force of an
ordinary rifle, without the aid of powder
or cap, by merely turning crank like
coffee mill.
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rg Few persons imagine the extent Z

s@Few persons imagine the extent of
trade IN crinoline ware. For about three
years past, the consumption Of wire by
the criuoline workers in this country has
not been far from one hundred tons per
week. The wire is of steel, aud the price
has ranged from fifteen to thirty cents
per pound. At the average-tweuty-two
cents-tbe yearly consumption amouts to
So, $4,000 A few months since, the or
ders to first hands greatly diminished,
and fears were apprehended by the wire
m skers tbas the harvest was over. But
the lull was caused by an overstock in
the hands of crinoliue makers, who had
ordered too freely. st present the de-
msnd is as active as ever, and prices are
advancing. The ladies will be surprised
to know how much this part of their dress
costs in the aggregate, and think what
weight they carry.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1860-08-23

E@~"Why don't you wash the bottom
of your feet. Jobnnyl" asked his grand
mother of boy who was performing tho
operation before retiring ct night.
"Why granny, you doesn't think Use
going to stand up in bed, docs ye!' re-
piled johnny.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1860-08-23

n|Stote Elections are yet to be beld
before the Presidential Election in No
vember as follows:
In Vermont, on Tuesday, Sept. a.
In Calfornis, on Wednesday, Sept 8
In Maine, on Monday, Sept. 10.
In Georgia, on Monday, Oct. /.
In Mississippi, on Monday. Oct. l.
In Florida, Oh Monday, Oct. l.
In South Carolina, Oh Monday, Oct. 8
In Pennsylvania, on Tuesday, Oct. 9
In Ohio, on Tuesday, Oct. 8.
In Indiana, on Tuesday, Oct. 9.
In Minnesota, on Tuesday, Oct. 9.
In lowe, on Tuesday, Oct. 9.
Presidential Election in all the States
on Tuesday, Nov. 6.
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4 WESTERN EDITOR, in commenting
upon the present condition of the double
headed Democracy, thus parsphrases
Watts:
"Lo! on narrow meek of land,
Between two rival chiefs they stand,
And cast wishful eye"
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In dispute between two men IN New
York This week. about two cents, one OF
them named O'COnor cut the throat oi
the other named Higgins with a butcher
knife.
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VOL 10.
Published by Theodore Schoch.

TERMS.--Two dollars per ahnum in advance-Two
dollars aud quarter, half yearyand If not paid be-
fore the end of the year, Two dollars and "A half.
No papers discontinued until all arrearages are paid
,Ycepi at the option of the Editor.
TTAdvertisements OF one square (ten ines) less
one or three insertions, s co. Each additional inSer,
,on, 2j cents. Longer ones IN proportion
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1860-08-23

cards Circulars Bill Heads. Notes. Blank Receipts
Justices Legal and other Blanks, Pamphlets &c pm
red With neaness and despatch, on reasonable terms
al this office.
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PAMGW PRTINIPIlN c.

Having a general assortment Of large, PLAIN and {
namental Type, We are prepared to execute every
rcrlnflnn of
Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1860-10-12

Quantities Sf water, is more highlyirel-
ished BY the pigs, and is more perfectly
digested. Numerous experiments fully
prove tho economy Of cooking the food
under ordinary circumstances. Some
claim that they can make pork for less
than three cents pound in this way.
A dairy farmer of this State made one
year 4 1927 pounds of pork. Tho feed
with which he did it was 1877 pounds
Of corn and oat meal at $3.50 o hun
dred, 40 pounds shorts at rs cents,
147 bushels of potatoes at 16 cents, all
of which were cooked, and half on acre
of grocn peas wo, tn soy SIS; making
the total cost of feed $10S,95, or not
quite two and . half cents per pound
for the pork. The value Of the whey
and sour milk Was not reckoned. This
and the labor Of feeding, with the fuel
for cooking, are very properly bal
anced against the manure they made.
There can be no doubt that cooking
the food pays we'll.
i A dry, warm place for sleeping is
another important item in keeping
swine thrifty. They should have q
good sty with roof and board floor, and
plenty Of straw so that they can keep
themselves clean. With these condi.
tions pork can be made very fat, and
the sty will be found to pay as well Of
any part of the farm arrangements. =
american .Agriculturist.
Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1860-10-12

Is THE SvN GROWING Cold AND
DARK There are now moro spots on
the sun than have been seen for many
Years. Some Of these are visible
through smoked glass to the naked
eye. Several stars some of them. OF
great brilliancy, which, from their a..
certained distance, must have been a.
large as our sun-have totally disap-
peared from the sky and the question
has boon raised among astronomers,
whether the light and heat of the sun
are gradually fading away. As this
would be accompanied by the destruc-
ton Of all the plants and animals on
the earth, it is, rather an interesting
question. The SUMS light and heat
are diminished by the dark spots at the
present time about l per cent.-Scie,s.
tifc american. Aa . q
Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1860-10-12

THEORY OF MErEoRs.-The follow
ing is an extract from letter of Pro-
fessor Henf, published in the Newark
{ N. j. Mercury, IN regard to the
origin and nature of the metcors Which
have lately been observed in this coun-
try:
"The aurora borealis is undoubtedly
an electrical phenomenon, and it is now
highly probable that the disturbance Of
the,electrical equilibrium Of the earth
is due to magnetic induction of the
sun. From the latest observations it
appears that the frequency Of the au.
rora is subject to re- ular recurrence !;
ard that the period Of these comedies
with that Of a s:mila, recurrence of the
spots Of the sun. The subject is nos
in process Of investigation, but it will
require number Of yeats before the
facs can be approximately made out.
The meteor was undoubtedly body of
considerable Magnitude, coming from
celestial space into our atmosphere,
(and probably passing out Of it again.
The origin Of these bolies is unknowa,
and it is not improbable that they are
portions of the original material Of
which the earth and other planets were
Instructed r
Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1860-10-12
MISCELLANEOUS.

The ACTUAL PART OF A LIFE EN-
PLoYED.-A Frenchman has taken the
trouble to calculate the portions of a
long life really employed at work of
any kind, and this is the result. He
supposes his subject to Re hale, Wig
orous man of seventy-two years of age:
Allowing eight hours on an average
for sleep-that deducts at once twenty
four years
For dressing and undressing, on ris-
ing and going to bed, washing, shaw
ing, and ETC., half an hour daily,
makes one and a half years.
q The two hours daily for meals (this
IS an excess Of one-half for Americans,
who bolt food count up six years.
Love making G according to this
calculation, will average one hour del
ly, or three years.
For society, idling, theaters, gossip
ping, balls, play-three hours more
each day-up to nine years.
Finally, the ordinary maladies Of
childhood, the accidents and diseases
Of mature age, and like causes, will
deduct two hours on an average, max
ing six years.
So tina, in conclusion, one hale,
hearty man Of seyenty-two years has,
in fact not been able to employ in the
positive occupation of industry, more
than twenty-five and a half years.
Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1860-10-12
BROKEN

THE ADVANTAGE OF A BROKEN
HEART.-.t is a luxury and an advan-
tage to be broken-hearted. 1t is an
excuse for all kinds Of dissipation and
not paying your tailer's bills. 1t ex-
cites the sympathy Of young ladies in
no small degree. When in CONVERSE
ton upon esthetical subjects, to heave
a long sigh, as though your bellows was
out Of order, and to say that in your
heart urn the ashes of roses alone re-
main, from which no phenix can arise
save thai principle Of universal love
whose foundation is in charity to all of
man and half Of womankind-to do that
thing excites interest.
Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1860-10-12

A BAD TAsrB.-What you learn
from bad habits and in bad society,
says Mr.. Cough, you will never forget,
and it will be o lasting pang to you
I tell you in oil sincerity, and not as
in the excitement Of a speech, but as I
would confess before God I would give
my right hand tonight if I could for
get that which ! have learned in evil
society-if l could tear from my mem
DRY the scenes which / witnessed, and
the transactions which have taken place
before me. You cannot take away the
effect of single impure thought that
has lodged and harbored in the heart.
You may pray againstit, and, by Gods
grace, conquer it; but it will always
be q thorn in the flesh to you, and will
cause you bitterness and anguish.
Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1860-10-12
e6TThe oil wells of western Per

B6rThe oil wells of western Penn
eylvia are better than gold Mines
New discoveries are made almost every
day of springs yielding from ten
barrels q day to a barrel minute,
including many wells that discharge
themselves. The oil can be pumped
up, barrelled aud delivered in New
York at II IL cents o gallon, and
sells there readily at 40 cents. The
profits at these prices on ten barrel
we'll is stated at $3.50 day. Land in
all this rich region is held at fabulous
prices, and can hardly be purchased for
any money. The cost Of digging
we'll and getting it into operation is
inside of $4,000, and yet owners Of
the poorest refuse $4,000 for their
locations. Is.