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The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1865-09-07
a Revolutionary Sketch.

during the ReVOlutlonary war tnere
was certain Irishman, a sort of hanger
on about the camp, and also pet of the
officers. Now, Pat, true to the character
of his countrymen, as a natural con-
sequence, was very fond of "praties. p
Strolling about the country one day in
search of his favorite food, he chanced
upon potato patch, when he discovered
three British soldiers, belonging to de-
tachment of the army lying in the neigh
borhood of the Americans, busily enga-
ged in stealing potatoes. Pat determined
to catch them. In making his approaches
to the potaty field, he used the strategy
of skillful general, SO that he came up
on them unawars, and seizing their guns,
which were placed by tree while dig
ging the edibles, he had them completely
in his power.
"What are ye at there, ye thieving div
lis, ye're stating the mans praties are
ye1 Now away, livery mothers son of
ye, to the Gineral, or by me sowle I'll
blow holes through ye."
So Pat marched them into camp.
"Where's the Gineral ?" says he to the
commanding officer. "Be jabers, 1 went
to see him."
He was conducted to the General.
"Well,' says he, "Pat, what do you
want 2"
"I've three prisoners, yer honor, that
| caught stealing praties out beyant."
"'Three prisoners !" exclaimed the Gen.
eral, show did you take three men alone?"
"Be jabers, 1 surrounded them, sir"
says Pat.
Some time after the happening of the
above incident, Pat procured pass, and
in strolling about the country, stole
couple of turkeys, and was caught carry
ing them off. He was brought before
the commanding General, who informed
him that complaint had been made of
his stealing turkeys.
"Staling turkeys, is it?" said Pat
"The Lord bless your honor, and long
life to ye; I niver thought of doin' sich
a thing in all me born days"
"But here are the turkeys, and this
man says he saw you take them from his
premises"
"Och jist be aisy, yer honor, and I'll
tell ye all about it, and it's the truth I'll
tell ye, sure enough. l took the pass
yer honor gave me, and l wint walking
about the country, as 1 intended in the
beginning, and as l was coming back in
the night as quietly and peaceably as liver
a man could do. Now, you honor knows
ye told yer honor's men that if they'd be
fornint the camp, and hear any one call
ing them ribel, to bring them along to
ye."
every we'll, but this has nothing to do
with stealing turkeys"
"Jist be aisy, yer honor, and I'll tell
ye all about it. As [ said before, [ was
coming home as dacently as any man,
when you old big son of divil began
calling me ribel ribel ribel Be ja-
bers, says to him, if ye say that again,
III take ye to the General. And he was
saying it again as fast as iver he could,
SO l brought him along to ye."
"This story will do for the big one, but
how about the other 2" says the General.
"What, the hin, the wee thing !? Troth,
[ brought her for witness, for fear that
the old fellow would deny it."
Perhaps it is useless to add that Pat
got clear.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1865-09-07
Enemies in War---ln Peace Friends.

a friend In memphis writes LII Is ve-
ry gratifying to observe how entirely the
"war spirit" that animated and controll-
ed the minds of all classes of men two or
three years since in this region, has died
out, and given place to more of fraternal
feeling among those so recently enemies
than the most sanguine could have anti
cipated. This is no less true among SOL
diers than citizens; and before the late
"order" was issued prohibiting returned
"Confeds" from wearing their uniforms
it was an uncommon thing to see groups
of men clad in the gray and blue jackets
sociably mingling together and enjoying
themselves.
A few days since two soldiers, one a
"Fed" and the other a "Confed," evil
IDENTIFY bent on having "gay and festive"
time, entered one of the principal saloons
in this place and called for drinks; but
the keeper reminded the "boy in blue"
that military order prohibited him from
selling liquor to Federal soldiers. After
little consultation, however, the pair a.
gain approached the counter, and the
"Confed" took drink, while the "Fed''
consoled himself with cigar. They
then retired from the room, and availed
themselves of the first convenient place
to exchange jackets, when they returned
to the saloon, and the "Fed" now having
gray jacket on, called for drink, which
was not denied him; and the "Confed'
took cigar, after which little strategy"
they went on their way as cozily as il
they had not been trying to cut each 9TH
er's throats these four years.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1865-09-07

A correspondent writes from Seville,
Spain: we visited the Royal Cigar
Mandatory there were 5000 women
working in the manufactory, and SOU
crinolines hung upon hooks there were re
also scattered about no less than Eau
babiesn
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1865-09-07

The man who would Systematically and
willfully set about cheating Printer,
would commit a highway robbery upon
a crying baby, and rob it of its ginger
bread-rob a church of counterfeit PEN
nies-lick butter off blind nigger's "ffit-
ter"-pawn his grandmother's speaks for
drink of whisky-steal acorns from a
blind sow, and take the clothes of a scare
crow to make a respectable appearance in
society.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1865-09-07
The funniest story of the age is told b,

The funniest story of the age is told by
Detroit paper. A lady suspected her
husband of improper intimacy with the
hired girl. Without informing her hus-
band of her intention, she sent the girl
off that night and went to sleep IN the
girls bed she had not been there long
when somebody came and took the other
half of the bed About two hours after,
the wife arose intending to reveal the in
fidelity of her spouse, struck light,
when 10 it was the hired man. All par
ties are said to be mad about it except
the hired man.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1865-09-07

Josh Billings says-"When a mans dog
deserts him on account Of his poverty, he
can't get any lower down in this world
not by land" And also that "there is one
kind of kissing that has always been deemed
extra hazardous (on account of ire,) and
that is kissing you neghbor's wife. Getting
the wife's consent don't seem TO make the
matter any the less risky"
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1865-09-07

The high price paid recently for old
paper appears to have tempted many of
the vagrant boys of New York city to
commit robbery for the purpose of obtain
ing the article. They enter churches and
school houses, particularly Sabbath schools
tear the covers off the books, destroy
all identity, and soon after sell for fifty
cents or dollar, for waste paper that
which cannot be replaced for a hundred
dollars.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1865-09-07

The Democratic party in Minnesota
seems to have "played out" The State
Convention has met and adjourned with
out nominating ticket. A republican
paper says that the few delegates who at,
tended waited two days for quorum, bui
it was not forthcoming.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1865-09-07

A woman out west, describing her
runaway husband, says "Daniel may be
known by scar on his nose, where |
scratched HIM" We think Daniel did
we'll to run away.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1865-09-07

1t is said that the average number of
battles soldier goes through is Ave
We have been told of an old maid not
many miles from here, who has withstood
fourteen engagements, and has powder
enough left for as many more.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1865-09-07

A father who had jerked his provoking
son across his knee, and was operating win
great vehemence on the exposed portion OF
the urchin's person when the young one
dug into the parental legs with his Veno-
NOUS teeth. "Blazes, what are you bltn'
me for!'' "Well, dad, who beginned this ere
war?"
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1865-09-07


cometh when no man can work."
While the day lasts work on;
For night will come apace,
Life is but narrow space,
A hreath-and it is gone!
Press onward to the fight
In life's embattled field,
The victory shall yield
To him who tolls Alright
Gaze not with careless eye,
Stand not with folded hands;
Burst Sloth's enervate bands,
And bid her quickly fly.
When Duty calls, behold
Though in the Summers heat
Thy fevered pulse should beat
Nor dread the Winters cold.
And if, with earnest heart,
And firm, unbending viii,
LIES duties you fulfill,
You may in peace depart.
perchance some hand will strew
Your grave with flowers, and trace
Ger your last resting place
Those words, so simply true.
/" lie worked while it was day;
In Labor's dusty track
He toiled and turned not back,
But still kept or his way.
"A victor in the fight,
He lays has armor down,
To wear a mere thon mortal crown
Ia realms Of endless light"
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1865-09-07

A boozy fellow was observed the other
day, driving porker up Broadway, hold,
ing on to its tail, and when asked what
he was doing, replied that he was study
ing gehog-raphy
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1865-09-07

The following are among the notices
put up at hotel in petroleum town in
the western part of Pennsylvania:
"Fare as high as at any other house -
Not responsible for boots left in the hal"
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1865-09-07
VOL. "a.
Published by Theodore Schoch.
JOB PRINTING,
a CHANT OF LIFE.

"Work while the day lasts, for the night
cometh when no man can work."
The Shasta courier., 1865-04-01

GEN HAzEN ON THE WAR.-Gen. Hazen,
who was lately promoted for the capture of
Fort McAllister, and who was formerly a
strong conservative, says in recent let
ter:
:. The whole question of the war never
looked so bright as now, and the country,
with a new shout for the right, should spring
forward in its strength TO the final and CON-
plete consummaton of the work, the end of
which can now be almost seen.
The war each day becomes to me more
plainly one of societies-a struggl le of dem
ocratic freedom against the attempts and
tendencies of an aristocraey. The existence
of slavery is the great element that has given
strength and vigor to the latter. Without it,
it we could have no war. Slavery has also
given birth to dictatorial, intolerant, and
desperate spirit among those people that can
be found nowhere else on earth.
The war was inevitable. The 'irrepressi-
BILE conflict had meaning which few people
understood. The theory that victory to us
at Manassas would have ended the war is
fallacious. 1t would only have postponed
it. No friend of freedom should wish the
war closed till this disturbing element is so
completely crushed as never again to give
life to political faction.'
The Shasta courier., 1865-04-01
The Law of NEWSPAPERS.

1. Subscribers who do not give express notice to
the contrary are considered wishing to continue
their subscription.
2 If subscribers wish their papers discontinued
puollsners may continue to send them until all
charges are paid.
.. Ii subscribers neglect or refuse to take their
papers from the Office or place to which they are
sent they are held responsible until they settle their
bill and give notice TO discontinue them
r. II subscribers move to other places without
informing the publisher and the paper is sent to
.ne ioriher direction they held responsible
Notce IS should always be given of removal.
D. The courts have decided that refusing to take
paper OF periodical from the office, or removing
ana leaving 1t uncaled for, is prma facia evidence
of intentional fraud
- ivs'has'ers would oblige, bya strict fulfill
ment of the regulations requiring them to notify
puoiisners, once in three months of papers not ta
ken from their Office by subscribers
&s- Under the law of Congress papers are not
ublished. ' arc
The Shasta courier., 1865-04-01
SHASTA COURIER.
Young Ladies.


One of the greatest social evils of this age
is admitted to be the reluctance of our young
men to early marriages. They won't marry
$500 a year. Depend upon it, in many cases
it is not the odd hundred or two that is want
ing-its the attraction. We have lost that
neichbors families, where young peoples
individualities had, space and opportunity to
develop themselves and heart met heart
Our modish Cupid has overstrung his bow
his arrows don't hit home. Young ladies
hide away the keys of their hearts so care
fully that nobody thinks its worth looking
for. Who is to choose the g one' out of q
beyy of proper. behaved damsels like a row
shape ard coor2 Yhey all look alike, talk
alike, and walk alike and dress alike ::
and, for anything that appears to the con
trary, think ard feel alike. Why such a
choice is as an act OF deliberate intention,
matrimony prepense; few men have the
nerve to venture epon it. No wonder they
calculate the probable butchers and bakers
bills before they take such a plunge as that
Don't think | talk like a cynical old bird not
to be caught with chaff / take as the ex-
ponent of what my own feelings would be If
| were Young, and open as l once was to the
conviction of bright eyes, my nephew, Jack
Hawthorne, not long home from the Crimea,
six feet one, independent, hairy as Skye
terrier brave as Il lion, gentle as grey
hound, and l should say impressible, decid-
edly.
''What missed most" said he, in his
open hearted. unabashed simplicity was
the sight Of Il wOman's iace.'
Whereupon ] spoke
-. wonder. Jack, you don't marry; it
would make You a happier man than living
half your days in the smoking-room of the
club. Why not pick up a nice girl, and
set up the family man at the old manor ?"
Well, sol would,' said Jack, ineffective
", between the pufs of his cutty; t" bat
there are no girls now-they're all young
ladies. Catch me parrying young lady ~
-BLackpooa's Magazine.
The Shasta courier., 1865-04-01

FAMILY CoURrEsIEs.-In the family the
law Of pleasing ought to extend from the
highest to the lowest. You are bound to
please your children and your children
are bound ID please your servants. If you
expect them to please you. Some men are
pleasant in the household and nowhere else.
j have known such men. They are good
fathers and kind husbands. If you had
seen them in their own house you would have
thought that they were angels. almost but
if vou had seen them on the street, or in the
store, or anywhere else out OF the house, you
would have thought them almost demoniac.
But the opposite is apt to be the CASE
When we are among our neighbOrs. or among
strangers, we hold ourselves with self-respect,
and cndeavor to act with propriety; but
when we get home we say to ourselves, |
have played a part long enough, and am now
going to be natural So we sit down, and
we are ugly and snappish, and blunt, and
dsagreeable. We lay aside those thousand
little courtesies that make the toughest floor
smooth, that make the hardest thing like
velvet, and that make life pleasant. We
expend all our politeness in places where it
will be proftable-where it will bring
silver and gold.
The Shasta courier., 1865-04-01
NOTICE..

NOTICE is hereby given that the undersigned
~ will apply to the Register of the State Land
Office, on the goth day of April 1865, for dupli-
cate Certificate of Purchase for State Seminary
Land, in lieu of Certificate of Purchase No So
lost, issued to Joseph Phillips on the Sth day of
February, A. D. 1859, and transferred to Isaac
Baggs on the 10Th day of July, A. D. 1859 and by
the said Baggs to the undersigned, on the 9th day
of September, A. D. 1853, for the following de-
scribed land:
The southeast quarter of Section eleven (ID,
and the north half of the southwest quarter of
Section twelve 1z), township twenty mine (29)
north, range four (4) west Mount DIablo meridian.
containing two hundred and forty acres.
JACOB FORSTER
Shasta, March 18th, 1861 mr1S
The Shasta courier., 1865-04-01
CAUTION
FROM
THE AMERICAN WATCH co.

1t having como to our knowledge that limitations
of the American Watch have been put upon the
market in great numbers, calculated, by their utter
worthlessness, to injure the reputation of our gem
uine products to protect own interests and the
public from imposition, again publish the trade
marks by which our Watches may invariably be
known.
We manufacture four styles of Watches
The FIRST has the name
"AMERICAN WATCH CO., Waltham, Mass"
engraved tie inside plate
The SECOND has the name
"APPLETON, TRACY CO., Waltham,
Mass" engraved on the inside plate.
The THIRD has the name
"P. S. BARTLETT, Waltham, Mass" engrav-
ed on the inside plate.
All the above styles have the same American
in every respect
The FOURTH has the name
VI. ELLt.R1, boston, MASS. engraved On
the inside plate, and is not named on the dial.
All the above described Watches are made of
various sizes, and are sold in gold or silver cases,
as may be required.
It's hardly possible for us to accurately de-
scribe the numerous limitations to which we have
alluded They are usually inscribed with names
nearly approaching as to escape the OBJ
servation of the unaccustomed buyer. Some
represented as made by the "Union Watch Co., of
Boston, Mass."-no such company existing. Some
arc named the Soldiers Watch" to be sold as our
Fourth or Wm Ellery style, usually known as the
"Soldier's Watch; !" others are named the "Apple-
ton Watch Co. - others the "P. S. Bartley,' in
stead of our ?. S. Bartlett besides many varieties
named in such a manner as to convey the idea that
they the veritable productions of the American
Watch Company.
little attention the part Of the buyers will
protect them from gross imposition.
For sale by the trade generally
ROBBINS & APPLETON,
Agents for the American Watch Co.,
jn2S 1S2 Broadway, N. Y.
The Shasta courier., 1865-04-01

An old hunter of Southwestern Texas, who
had long had pet panther of great size and
ferocity. was recently attacked in his cabin
by Indians. He let them gain the lower
part of the house, and then let his panther
loose among them, he being safely perched
upon the loose chamber floor, through the
crsvices of which he could FIRE upon his foes,
the first howl and spring of the panther TO
Indians remained, but three killed by the
brute and one shot By the old hunter The
rest disappeared, probably never to return
The Shasta courier., 1865-04-01

How GREAT BRITAIN GETS RID OF HER
RoGUEs-SHIPPING CoNvIcTs TO New YORK
Although for several years it has been
known to the New York State authorities
that the British Government has been sur
reptitiously sending paupers to this country,
still it has been very difficult to fasten the
niisdemeanors upon that Government, and in
but few instances have the facts been suiiici-
emily plain to warrant the Commissioners of
Emigration in sending well known pau
pers back to the port of their embarkation.
Recently. however, the proceedings of prison
officials of London have become more open,
and the jails of that metropolis are frequent
ly cleared, and the convicts sent to the
United States Four emigrants who arrived
at New York, lately, by the ship Cornelius
Grinnel, have, made .afidavits that they were
convicts in different prisons in England, and
after being pardoned for good conduct, were
shipped to this country, their passage being
paid by the Prisoners Aid Society in Lon
don. They will be sent back to their place
of EN- barkation.
The Shasta courier., 1865-04-01

4 BEAUTIFUL 0PERATIoN.-We should al
ways, if possible avoid giving pain to ami
mails, or even insects. that we have in our
power. Mr.. Ross. or DR.. Ross. as we shall
call him. of Virginia, is . very merciful
man in this respect. Having to clip the
ears Of beautiful. blooded rat terrier puppy
the other day, he procured dollars worth
of chloroform and, after administering the
juvenile canine several doses by means of
sponge. succeeded in producing a most sat
istactory state of inscnsibility. He clipped
the pups ears beautifully. and wired them
up in splendid style. So far the operation
was decided success, but when he came to
wake up his patient it was no 90. The pup
had completely ' defuncted "-Carson Post
The Shasta courier., 1865-04-01
COUNTY DIRECTORY.
County Omcers.


District Judge-E. Garter, of Shasta.
County Judge-C. c. Bush.
Sheriff-Wm. Z. Hopping
Deputy Sherif-Joseph I. Burrows.
Tax Collector. w. Garden.
Deputy-James Reagan.
County Clerk-Charles Mcdonald.
Deputy-John A. Fowler.
District Attorney-H A. Curtiss.
County Treasurer-Felix Tracy.
Recorder-Geo. D. Forbes.
'Assessor-A. P. Ladd.
Supt. Public Sehools-John J. Conmy.
Pub. Administrator and Coroner-D. ii. Dunn,
Board Of .Saperrisors.-1st District, Henry
Jones; I'd District, James Daley Sd District, E
oh
The Shasta courier., 1865-04-01
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The Shasta courier., 1865-04-01

The people of England show strange
taste IN regard to Americans. Tom Thumb
and Davenport Brothers are all the race in
London, but Lincoln, Grant. and the rest of
our men who are not charlatans, are still the
objects OF oockney abuse and contempt.
And where dye suppose we found that
item! In b rah's Press-of all places in
the world.-Solano Heerld. -
The Shasta courier., 1865-04-01

The crew of the rebel steamer Florida
which was captured in the Harbor of Bahia
BY the U. s. steamer Wachusett, have been
liberated by order of the Government. Tbey
numbered about thirty.
The Shasta courier., 1865-04-01
AMERICAN and FOREIGN
BOOK AND PERIODICAL DEPOT.
GEO. III. BELL.

OOKSELLER AND STATIONER, Gil Mont
4 , gomery street. corner of Merchant street, San
Francisco, receives subscriptions for any Perlodlca
published in the United States Europe, among
which are the following.
The Shasta courier., 1865-04-01
Sewing Machines
FOR SALE.

ANE GROVER &>BAkER,s and ono
" WHEELER 8 WILSON'S Sewing
Machine, for sale, cheap for cash. or one half cash
and Que halSfarm produce Apply at this otce.-