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The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1860-02-02
Fun AT N0ME.

Don't be afraid OF little fun at bone,
good people! Don't shut Up your houses,
lest the sun should fade your carpet; aud
your hearts, lest g hearty laug b should
shake down rome of the musty old cob
webs there! If you want to ruin your
sons, let them think that all mirth aud
social enjoyment must be left Cd the
threshold without when they come home
ct night When once home is regarded
as only place to eat, drink, and sleep in,
the work is beguo that ends in gambling
houses and reckless degradation. Young
people must have fun and relaxation
bcre; if they do not fud it at their
own hesrthstones, 1t will be sought in
other and, perhaps, less profitable places.
Therefore, let the fire burn brightly at
night. and make the home pest delightful
with all those little arts that parents so
perfectly understand Don't repress the
buoysnt spirits of your children; half an
hour OF merrinent round the lamp and
freight of home blots out the remem-
brance of many a care and annoyance
during the day, and the best safeguard
they can take with them into the world is
the unseen influence Of a bright little do
mestic sauctum. Life illustrated.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1860-02-02

In the LOUISVILLE Journal, Jan. IA,
Prentice relatus bis adventures in Wash
ington as follows:
"Whcn we we're in Washington two or
three weeks ago, We heard from all quar-
ters that the great mass of the members
of both sections were heavily freighted
with all sorts of portable facilities for let
ting blood We believe We wore rather
pet of both sections, aud We hope We
betray no sacred confidence in saying
that whenever Northern snd Southern
members got little maudin and threw
their arms pfectiopately around Us (of
course to steady themselves,) we almost
Invariably felt the butts of pistols and the
hats Of bowie knives press against our
shrinking frame.
One morning we put our overcoat in
the rack at Browns Hotel and went to
breakfast, When we returned, our coat
vas gone, but another somewhat resem-
bling it lay near, We took up the latter,
but put it back with horror on finding a
big, frigbtful-Iooking revolver in one Of
the pockets With some misgivings, such
as a man might be supposed to feel in O.
peniDg what he suspected to be an infer
nal machine, we took up the next. and TO-,
there was big pistol in one pocket, aud
something in the other that we didu stop
to examine. Finding the rack to be a
well furnished arsenal. We withdrew, and
the day being cold, We remained an hour
and half in the hotel, carefully scruti-
zing the nteguments of every gentleman
that seemed to have particularly gen
teel evercoat At length we returned to
the arsenal, and the coat first examiued
by us still remained there. Concluding
that even fre-eate couldn't have been
break fasting so long unless upon burning
Goals and aquafortis tea, we were about
calling fo- a servant to take the fire arm
out OF the pocket I've haze moral an
tipathy to touching such things ourself,)
intending to wear the wear the coat, for
it vas a very handsome one. At that
moment, a very mild hammered Western
member Of Congress stepped up with an
embarrassed looked like gentleman IN who
had lost something, rem arked that here
ally believed he hak got somebody el~e's
o7ercoat. The after was all made Ri ght
at once, but we couldn't help thinking
how awkward and insecure the member
must have felt, when, in the very act per-
baps of walking about among Congress
ional beligereuts. be had thrust his hand
into what be supposed to be his pocket
and found nothing there more dangerous
to life than dozen pretty notes from q
dozen pretty poetesses.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1860-02-02
q. O. DUCKwoR TIL.
JOHN HAYN
THE DREAM OF LOVE.

BY GEORGE P. MORRIS.
I've had sbe hcart.ache many times,
At the mere mention of a name;
I've never woeeu in NY rhymes,
Though from it inspiration came.
1t is in truth holy thing,
Life-chcrished from the world apart
4 dove that never tries its wing,
But broods and nestles in the heart.
That name of melody recalls
Her gentle look and winning ways,
Whose portrait hangs on MeGo walls
In the fond light of other days.
10 the dream-iand of poetry,
Reclining in its leafy bowers,
Her bright eyes in the stars I see.
And her sweet semhlaDce in the flowers
Her artless dalliance and grace
The joy that lighted up her brow
The sweet expression of her face
Her forn-it stands before me now!
And I can fancy that | hear
The woodland songs she used to sing.
Which stole, to my attending ear,
Like the first harbingers Of spring.
The besuty of the earth was hers,
And hers the purity of heaven!
Alone, of all her worshipers,
To me her maiden VOWS were given:
They little know the human heart,
Who think such love with time expires;
Ouce kindled, it will ne'er depart,
But burn through life with all its Eres.
We parted--dooned DO Bore to meet
The blow fell with stuuning power
And yet ny pul-e will strangely beat
At the remembrance of that hour!
But tine and change their healing brought,
And years have passed in seeming gles
But still alone of her I've thought
Who's now a memory to ne.
There may be many who will deem
This strain a wayward, youthful folly
To be derided as dream
Born Of the poets melancholy.
The wealth of worlds, if it were nine,
With all that follows in its train,
l would with gratitude resign,
To dream that dream of love again.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1860-02-02
rGE. H. Rauch, Esq, the Chief CIerl

sgE. H. Rauch, Esq, the Chief Clerk
of the Pennsylvania House of RepreseD-
tatives, writes to the Mauch CnuDk Ca
zette. as fellows:-''My first official duties
were the appointment of ,he pages. pas
ters. folders, and hall serubbers.' The
pages receive each 5 per day; the pas
ters and folders, each 81, and the scrub
Sers' 80 cents. For pages there were
some twenty five applicants, and six aP-
pointed; for pastors and folders, about
thirty FIVE applicants, and eleven appoint
ed; and for serubbers (womep) about sew
enty-6 FIVE applicants, and thirty-three sP'
pointed These appointments are extreme
ly annoying. Nearly every applicant pre-
sents strong recommendations With the
plea of destitution. was compelled to
disAppoiut many. some Of whom. no doubt
we're very poor and needy, who would be
greatly benefited by the pi;iful sun OF
fifty cents per day"
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1860-02-02
HUsRANDS.

Assist your wise- in u aking bone hap
py; preserve the heart you have Won.
When you return home from your dali
ly avocatons, do you f0d your babita-
tons alluring7 Do not sit down in cor
ner silent aud suIlen, with cloudej brow
aud visage repulSive. Meet your beloved
with smile OF joy aud satisfaction-take
her By the hand.
Never indulge in coarse, harsh or pro-
fame words. These. to a womaD of refine
meut, Of delicate and tender sensibihty.
are exceedingly disgusting, and tend to
grieve h,r spirit. Let the lav Of kind
ness dwell upon your lips; write it upon
the .able of your heart. Nodesty and
virtue are geus of priceless value; keep
them polished like burui>bed gold.
Husbands be exceedingly cautions new
er to say or do anything that vii! tend
to mortify the feelings of Jour wives in
company. Here. if possible, show them
more marked attention than when alone.
Give your wives to understand that you
esteem them above all others; make taeuI
your confdants; coufde in them. and
they will confde in on; cooGdense begets
confidence, love begets love, aud sweet
ness begets sweetness.
Above all, sympathizo With the wives
of your bosom in the hour of afliction.--
Rejoice with them when they reJoiee. and
sweep with them Shen they weep. Who,
if not bosom companion, will wipe from
the cheek ;be falling tear Of sorrowl
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1860-02-02
Good Material South.

Tn a Wholesale condemnation Of every
thing South of Masons and Dizous line.
we are apt to do gross injustice. The
following extract, from letter addressed
by Dir. G. F. Mitchell, of Fleming county,
Ky, to Horace Greeley. E,q. ha. the
true ring, aud We almost regret that Mr..
Mitchell is not Penusylvsnia Hear
bin III generally act according to my
own sense of right, and take just such pa
pers as seem best adapted to give infor-
nation, without hiegliDg at what may not
precisely be in accordance with my opin-
ions. | have ny own views about slave
ry as it exists in the several States, and
you have yours; and [ am quite as free
to accord freedom Of opinion to you as
am to exact it for myself On the politi-
cal complexion of the subject, expect We
should very slightly disagree. At all e.
vents, | would immeasurably rather trust
the Republican party than the Southern
Democracy, and SO would thousands in
this State, who, at the same time, widely
dissent fromjtbe views many of its promi-
nent members here expressed. But we
hope aud believe that they would admin
lister the Government justly and fairly
giving to each State its due weight, and
administer the laws fairly and equittably.
| inclose you the proceedings of Union
% Getting held in this village. | think you
will agree with me that they are in the
right temper and and spirit far better
10 this respect than Jour great meeting in
New York, of which SO much has been
said. We have DO thought this way of
giving up the Union or following the vi
olent demagogues. either of the North or
South, 10 their threats of dissolution in
case of the election of Gov. Seward to the
Presidency. I should look for just as
wise and conservative an Administration
of the Government under the distinguish
ed statesman as We ever bad, and would
much prefer him TO any one OF the Bu-
ehanan stamp"
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1860-02-02

President to resort to whenever the occa-
sion arises, let the invasion come from
what quarter it may. We are glad to
see that our Northern brethren stand up
on no idle distinction.
The tenth proposition is vel! taken 1t
meets a new state of things. Ii strikes
right at the root of Abolitionism, that
spits upon the Constitution. aud refuses
to bow to the will of IN msjorities 1t deals
a stunning blow to the conspirscies OF
that di,uuionism which has found some
forty advocates on the floor of Congress
within the present month. Every Union
ist, everywhere, will nat fail to welcome
this expression of hostility to such rev.
olutiosary spirit from the Northern and
Western Opposition parties. 1t can be
responded to by the whole Southern OPP
position as sound doctrine.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1860-02-02
Frankness.

Be frank with the world. Frankness
is the child of honesty and courage Say
lust what you mean to do on every occa-
sion; and | take it for granted you mean
to do what is right If a friend begs
favor, you should grant it. fit is reason
able; if not, tell him plainly Why you can
not. You will wrong him aud yourself
by equiyocatioD Ne'er do a wrong
thing to get a friend, nor keep one: the
man who requires you to do so is dearly
purchased at too great a sacrifice. Deal
pleasantly. but firmly with all men. A
bove all, do not appear to others, what
you are not If you have any fault to
find with any one, tell him, not others, Of
what you can complain. There is no
more dangerous experiment than that Of
tryiDg to he one thing to a mans face,
and another behind his back We should
live, act, and talk out of doors, as the
phrase is, and say and do what we are
willing should be seen and read by men.
1t is not only best as a matter OF princi-
pie, but as a matter Of policy.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1860-02-02
Go Thou and Do Likewise.

The foiiowing lines we're written upon
sn envelope enclosing dollar and half
from one OF cur worthy patrons, received
this week:
'Tbe little sun enclosed within,
Is sent to pay a worthy pFiOter.
For work be did aud trusted out,
\ year ago this coming winter.
Let not this message be delayed
God knows It's time the bill vas paid
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1860-02-02

FSeuator Mason, Of Va. contended
In bis recent speech in the U. S. Senate,
that "Slavery is ennobliDg to both races,
white and black"
If this be true, We are to take it for
granted that the present generation of
white men in the slave States is superior
to that of the revolutionary era-in other
words. that Senator Mason, Gov. Wise,
John Letcher, Roger Pryor and Extra
Billy Smith, are very much "ennobled," T"
40 the scale Of humanity compared with
Washington, Jefferson, Patrick Henry,
Madison. &C. But who believes i'll
There's the rub
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1860-02-02
The African Slave Trade.

The Sea. Coast (Miss,) Democrat learns.
from "good authority" that a cargo of
African slaves is expected in Ship Is
land harbor about the latter end of this
month. If they arrive safely. they will
he landed without any attempt at secrecy.
the eonsignees trusting to the sentiment of
Mississippi in regard to the necessity of
an increase of slave labor in the event of
a Government prosecution.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1860-02-02
UT The Pixies Peak correspondent OF

UJThe Pixies Peak correspondent OF
the st. Louis Democrat, in an appeal to
the manageable young ladies OF tie
country says: "Now. You will be sure
to like it. and grow healthier and hand
souer every year you live here. Emi-
crate to Jefferson Territory. and you
can marry the FIRST week you get here;
and you may believe it, without our tell
ing it, you will carry the power of a
quartz mill 10 your very lipsl There's a
woman's rights chance for here, SO come
on"
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1860-02-02
The Endurance of Horses.

Some curious experiments have been
made at the Veterinary school at Abort
by order of the Minister of War, to as
certain the endurance of horses, as 10 a
besieged town. for example: 1t appears
that horse will live on water alone five
and twenty days; seventeen days without
eating or drinking; ten days if fed but
uuwatered; ten days if fed and insufficient
ly watered. A horse kept without water
for three days drank lO4 pounds of wa
ter In the three minutes. 1t was found
too, that horse taken after being fed
and kept in the active exercise of the
squadron school" completely digested
its ''feed" 10 three hour; iD the same
time at the "conscripts school, f" its food
was two-thirds diges,ed; and if kept per-
fcctly quiet in a stable, digestion was
scarcely commenced in three hours,
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1860-02-02

fe-"I declare Sal. you are pretty c.
no .eh to eat" "Well Solomon, aim
eating as fast as canl' replied Sal,
with her mouth full
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1860-02-02

gay Tom aud Joe were ,alkiBg over
their travels when Tom asked his stum--
"Were you ever in Greece y
NO." replied Joe; but | once fell 10
to laundering big tub Of soap!'
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1860-02-02

sS- A little three-year old, on being
asked, "what makes you SO dirty sonnyl"
answered
"lVay, am aaoae q dust, md itlror5s
OlH ~
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1860-02-02

An Irish lover has remarked it is o
great pleasure to be alone, especially
when your "swateheart is wid ye."
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1860-02-02

The following words. if spelled back.
wards or forwards, are the same; "Name
one man"
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1860-09-27

Some years since, an experiment was
made In Flanders, which went far to-
wards ascertaining the value Of urine
when applied as a stimulant of vcgota.
bic life. A box of 6no, white sand was
exposed to q heat sufficiently intense TO
dissipato it's moisture, and thoroughly
90 destroy every particle Of organized
matter it contained II was then placed
in a dry situation, and some seeds Of
Egyptian wheat being planted in it, the
whole mass was saturated with urine in
a state Of incipient putridity. The re-
suit Of this experiment was that the
wheat vogotated, grew rapidly through
the season. and In autumn, rather be-
fore the maturatou Of the same grain
in the open fields, produced a heavy
yield Of fne aud perfectly developed
grain.
Most farmers arc now so we'll con-
vinced Of the value of liquid manure,
that they take more pains than former.
ly TO preserve it They have not only
placed cellars under their barns, where
it falls, when dropt, upon meadow muck,
saw dust, loan, refuse hay, leaves, or
other matter, where it is soon absorbed
and saved from evaporation, but some
have sunk tanks, or wells, into which it
is led by cutters, and after passing
through the putrefoctive process is con-
voyed to the fields and sprinklod upon
grass or other lands as it is needed
This process is highly commended by
some who practice it. 1t seems to us,
however, that whore meadow muck is
abundant on the farm and there are
high lands of sandy or gravolly loans
that need dressing, a cheaper, ca
sier and more beneficial way would be
to let the droppings fall upon Old fine
ly-pulverized meadow muck. This not
only absorbs all the urine, holding its
virtues most tenaciously within its
grasp, but every cord Of muck applied
90 such lands as we have mentioned is
nearly equal in value to a cord Of the
common barn.yard dung.
Sir John Sinclair, an English writer
Of celebity, speaking of the value of
this article as a fertilizing agent, says:
every sort of urine contains the es-
seutial elements of vegetables in a state
of solution The urine of a horse be-
ing so much lighter, would be more
valuable than its dung if both must be
conveyed to any distance. The urine
Of six cows or horses will enrich a guam
tity of earth sufficient to top. dress one
ENGLISH acre of grass land. and as IL
would require Al. worth of dung to per-
form the same operation, the urine of a
COW or horse is worth about y shillings
per annum, allowing s shillings per acre
as the expense Of preparing the COM
post. The advantages Of irrigatiug grass
lands with COW urine almost exceeds be-
lief Mr.. Harley, of Glasgow, who
keeps a large dairy in that town, by US
ing COW urine, cuts some small fields of
grass six times; and the average Of each
cutting is Is inches in length"
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1860-09-27

WHEN TO Skim MuK.-A dairy-wo-
man, in Western New York, speaks 10
this emphatic tone as to the best time:
She says that the right time to skim
milk is 'Jusi as the milk begins to sour
IN ae bottom Of the pans. Then the
cream is all at the surface, and should
nt once be removed-With as Eltls of the
milk as possible If allowed 10 remain
until the acid reaches the cream, or to
become thick, it diminishes the cream,
aud impairs it in quality. That house
wife or dairy-maid who thinks 20 obtain
greater quantity by allowing the milk
to stand beyond that time, labors under
a most egregious mistake. Any one
who doubts this has only 10 try q to
prove the truth Of this assertion. Milk
should be looked 10 at least three times
q day."
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1860-09-27
Peach Seed Wantnd
um Seed Wanted
Stoves, Tin Ware sc,
JOHN RECkLY,

mas REMOVED 90
Clrlsls building, ITCH Street, Easf Side, d00r6 North OF
Walnut.
a NDhas on hand large assortment Of STOVES or
IN ALLKINDS. including thcuewestaud beet pattorn.
which Doc is selling low they bee bought else
whore, and sO EIsTAKE,
Ifyouvant go1d and cheap Stove, call andsoo mystoc
before purchasing.
TIN WAHEiu greatyarsty, also PUMPS 0fyariouskIndE
% Roofing, House SpDuting, and J0bbug done prompt
ly and in the best style.
ALSO AGEET FOu--
MUNSOE's PATENT COPPER LIGHTNING RODS.
now admitted 10 De the safest and best in use.
HillHbor0i May 3l, 1860. my8l
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1860-09-27
u - " 81.
JAMES NEVTw

Nd EsPECTFuLLY informs his friends ana tt..,,,i.
~ generally thathe haspurchased me stoet of u II
MuLLihik Coz and romoicd fo tho store lafe, ger1
Corner. '' '''' "' i"llip
loving lnst lad iu an entirely fresh stock Of FA8T
~ nhvD EhlEo De Invites purchasers DO call ana quar-
9a'gaH' lpr tsh and st0Ft creiIs win bo hs motto
hy heepng Well-selcCed stock and paying urorcr IN
public patronage. '' 'N'
en ln exchange ior goods JAtfra rf ~
hsbor0, July, 1860 b5elt
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1860-09-27

pi7H0LuTI0N.-The partnership heretofore sflng uu-
d'r the hrm ui lhWeY. Dolyu Harris, waa dissolved
hy mutual consent on the 9fh of March, 1850 The bus-
iuess VIII Do carried ON 1s VIII De above by Chauey
laTt Who pay thedehts of tho latehm and win cOl-
lect u te accounts and notes due the ame with hc ex.
cepon of those taken by Mr. C1lyn in the division oi
accounts. Iho.c oNIugtho late firm from last year aro
requested 90 caliand settle. B. CHANEY
IsAACCOLVIN,
hllshoroi April ~. 1850, B.J. .HARuIa.
apl2y
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1860-09-27
Product Of a Cow.

Among the premiums offered by an
agricultural fair In Massachusetts. was
one of ten dollars for the best milch
COW Of native breed, who should yield
the largest amount of milk, a correct
statement being given to the committee
Of the weight and measure Of her milk;
but no animal possessed those qualities
which, in the opinion of the committee
entitled her to receive the first premi-
um. To the native COW "Daisy," owned
by David Merritt, Jr, Of Salem, sec
ond premium was awarded. "Daisy"
was four years old in April, before being
exhibited in September, and dropped
her second and last calf August 3D.
From May goth, 1859, to September
29th, her feed was nothing but fair pas
turage, except a little Of the first crop
Of English hay, night and morning
From Mr. Merritt S statement. as pub
lished in the Transactions of Essex
County Agricultural Society, Of 1859,
we learn that her milk was measured
every morning and evening from the
10Th Of August to the 9th Of Septem-
Der, and it was also weighed. The aver
age daily yield during this period was
about thirty pounds, or fifteen quarts.
For the first ten days 10 September the
average yield Of milk was thirty-two
and half pounds per day.
This COW came from a favorite COW.
and was raised by e. s. Parker, of Sa-
lem, Massachusetts, She dropped her
first calf December 21st, 1857, at the
age Of two years and eight months. In
his account, Mr.. Merritt further saws.
81 bought her January y, 1858, and
between then and the 18th January
1859, she gave 26l6 quarts Of milk,
beer measure, or 1927 pounds, or 9
quarts, one pint aud one gin per day
Nearly 20 pounds per day for the year.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1860-09-27

To Day SWEET CoRN. An excellent
farmor tells us that the best way TO dry
sweet corn for winter use, IS 20 dip the
ears husks and an, into boiling water
thon hang them up 10 dry.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1860-09-27
boz that are PIoVla !

NEW and Faublo Improvements iu Hillside pl0Ws.
IN Tho subscribers take pleasure in informing those
n want of good Hillside pl0w that they are now man
uncturuF HILLSIDE POwH with steel points of very Bu-
uer0rquaty, They have also hand for sale general
assortment of pl0ws and Steel Mod-B0ards of those col
chraod patterns, consisting of SOD PuWHi General Use
and dsuhb8 plJWrt Sub HD PloWH with wrought share,
Michigan D31ble PcAswith Stool Mold, Culuyat0rs and
Shovel plOw GARRETT d COTIMAN,
up5y No. % seventh st., Cincinnati.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1860-09-27

This truly wonderful prsrHs and cure for Fever and
Aguo and Bilious Feyersi win ho sent by ma postpaid
receipt uf dollar Also for sal8 at a rasBactaba
Drurgisis and Country Stores.
Principal Depot and mauuDrtorY, lss Main ST., Rch-
m0ud, va. Branch ONCE Bank 0f Commerce Buildlug.
New york AddfeH JOHN WILCOX co.
seplylICtCo