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The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1867-03-01
POETRY.
SLANG.

was courting beautiful girl, one night,
Whom worshipped rs almost divine,
And longcd to hear breathed the sweet little word
That told me she would be mine;
/ was praising the wealth OF her chestnut hair,
And her eyes of matchless blue,
when she laid her dear cheek on my shoulder
and said:
"IIurrah! that's bully for your
started In terror, but managed to keep
From showing my intense surprise,
And pressed my lips lightly on brow and on check
And then on her meckly-closed eyes,
told her my love was as deep as the sea,
(As felt her heart go ptty-patter)
would worship her always If she would he mine
And she whlspered: "oh! that's what's the
matterr'
I told her her cheek would the rose put to shame
Her teeth the famed Orient pearl,
And the oceans rich coral could never compare
With the lips OF my beautiful girl;
That her voice was like music that comes TO tn,
ear,
IN the night-time-and sweet was her smile
A that of an angel, and softly she breathed;
"on that, you can Just bet your pile r.
In the hush Of the starlight still whispered on,
And pressed her more close to my breast;
Talked sweeter than Romeo, dearer than Claude
And told her how true love was blost:
or bliss in n cottage, Of flowers and birds,
Though felt some times strange out of joint.
when she looked, with smile, and daintily lispet
In my car: IL can't quite see the point y
pressed her more closely, talked still NOR
sweet,
Called the stars to look down on our love,
Made love rhyme to dove, and my kiss rhyme +
bliss,
And vowed by the heavens above,
I'd be constant and true II she'd only be mine
Pressed her lips and carcssed her bro ovn locks
When see answered me back with a rich. sauc
laugh;
Look or here; amt yer after the rocksy'
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1867-03-01
POLITICAL.
REM ARKs OF
HON. THOMAS CHALFANT,

MEMBER FROM MoNToUR COUNTY,
In the House of Representatives, We'd
nesidy afternoon, January 30th, 1867,
on Senate bill No. 3, entitled Joint res
ol,aion to ratDy the fourteenth article
Of the Constitution Of the United
States.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1867-02-21
Find Fault in Private.

Find fault when you must find fault,
in private, if possible. and some time af-
ter the offence, rather than at the time.
The blamed are less inclined to resist
when they are blamed without witness
Both parties are calmer, and the accused
person may be struck with the forbear-
ance of the accuser, who has seen the
fault, and watched for private and pro-
per time for mentioning it. Never be-
harsh or unjust with your children or
servants. Firmness, with gentleness of
demeanor and regard to the feelings,
constitutes that authority which is always
respected and valued If you have any
cause to complain of servant, never
speak hastily; wait, at all events, until
you have had time to reflect on the ma
ture Of the offence
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1867-02-21

During the sitting Of court in Con
necticut, some years ago, on very cold
evening crowd Of lawyers had collected
around the open fire that blazed cheer
fully on the hearth 10 the barroom Of the
village tavern, when a traveller entered
benumbed with cold but no one moyed
to give him room to warm his shins, SO
he leaned against the wall in the back
part Of the room.
Presently smart young limb of the
law addressed him, and the following dia-
logue took place
"You look like traveller"
"Wall, | 'spose | am; | came all the
way from Wisconsin afoot, at any rate"
"From Wisconsin What distance
to eome'on pair Of legs !
"Wall, | done it, anyhow"
"Did you ever pass through hell in any
Of your travels 2"
"Yes, sir; I've been through the out
skirts"
81 thought likely. Well, what are the
manners aud customs? Some Of US want
to know.
cob, you'll find them much the same
as in this place. The lawyers sit nearest
the FIRE p
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1867-02-21
The Day Of Death.

81 know not the day ofmy death. GEN. xvii
know not when; but this know,
That it will surely come to me,
The day which comes to all below,
Which every child of earth must see;
For o'er his spirit none has power,
To keep it, in that last dread hour.
| know that shall watch the sun,
As have watched him many a day,
In gold behind The hills go down,
Gliding with splendor all the way
| shall not see him set again,
Yet this l shall not know cen then.
Some night l know the shades will gather,
The dusky shadows deeper grow,
The silent stars come out together,
The last that shall see below
No voice from out that distant sky,
VIII warn me that my end is nigh.
Some Spring time, shall mark the trees
Grow daily greener DER my head,
And, in the autumn, | shall feel
The dead leaves rustic meath myrtread-
Nor know next autumn's winds shall come
To strew the dry leaves on my tomb.
And there will be a darkened room,
And they will catch my laintest breath,
And silence, and a gathering gloom,
VIII fall from off the wings OF Death
shall not hear the muffied tone,
The silent whisper, - He is gone"
And they will gaze on the pallid face,
Then shut it out from the light forever,
And bear me forth to my resting place,
In the shade of the hill beside the river
| shall not wake at its noisy gushing,
Nor ever list to It's swollen rushing.
Bot when this last great change shall come,
Is hidden from us-and lis best;
If we-were ready for our home,
1t matters not how soon we rest
Death Will be but the end of sorrow,
Drawn from an endless, heavenly morrow,
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1867-02-21
Popping The Question.

Mr.. Smithson Can Improvement on the
celebrated name of Smith) wishes to take
Miss Brownly (another Improvement to
the opera. He had been on terms of in
timacy with the family for about five
years, but "never spoken of love ;" on the
contrary, he had frequently declared his
Intention of leading bachelors life
One morning he put his hand to the bell
handle and was admitted. "Oh, James,
exclaimed Miss Jane, "where have you
kept yourself so long ?"
This took Smithson little aback, foI
he had spent the preceding evening with
the family. Before he could answer
however, James brothers and sister (eight
or ten in number) had gathered about
him. Summoning all his courage, he
said
81 have come to ask you
"Not here, James-nOw-now-oh
"That is" stammered Smithson, ii
you're not engaged"
ooh oh water-quick.
"What's that ?' inquiries her father
"who says she's engaged"
81 didn't mean" said Smithson il
confusion.
"Of course not" continued Mr.. Brown
ly, "you've always been our favorite y
Then advancing and taking poor Smith
sons hand, he said
"Take her, she's good girl, and loves
you to distraction. May you sver be as
hanpy as the day is long"
Thereupon father, mother and children
crowded upon Smithson and wished hin
Joy, aud company coming in the moment
the affair was told to them as profounc
secret. So Smthsou got wife withou
popping the question, aud almost before
he knew it himself. But we cannot heif
thiuking he was hurried into matrimony
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1867-02-21
Casting out Devils.

We have friend, Methodist preach
er, and a jolly follow he is. He has a
large muscular frame, with corpulence to
correspond; has huge hand, with pow
erful grip-save Us from giving him a
serious offence if he were common sinner.
lie is an earnest worker, aud has we'll
earned reputation as revivalist. Some
years ago he was holding meeting at
which quite an interest'was awakened. A
number Of persons had come to the anx-
ious seat, and some had been converted
One evening, a group, consisting Of two
or three young men and as many young
ladies' were present, whose object in COM
ing was to have merrimept. The minis
ter having noticed their Eanoeuvers for
a while, and thinking it was time they
were checked, found his way to them, ad-
dressed himself to the young men, kind
ly requested them to observe the deco
rum BETTING the place. One of them,
whose ideas Of politeness were hardly up
to the marx, ventured in 4 rather ungra-
cious manner to reply that they had FUN
derstood that miracles were worked there,
and be had come to see some performed"
Upon this our robust friend, the minis
ter, coolly took tho young man by the
coat collar, deliberately led him down the
aisle, and opening the door without cere-
mony landed him outside, quietly remark
ing, {" We do not work miracles here, but
ace cast out deUtks ?"
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1867-02-21
DesirablitY Of q Homestead.

Buy homestead out of your first earn
ings, not alone for the physical comforts
and economy that it insures to you, but
for its domestic and social influence
Old and familiar, is that thought, "There
is no place like home," it cnfolds truths
that, to a parent, are next in Importance
to his religion.-The house shelters YOU
and your family from the cold, the rain,
and the obztrusive gaze of the world. a
true home does this and more 1t holds
within its walls genial soil where are
matured all those principles and senti-
meuts which go to make up the beautiful
child, the useful citizen and the true
patriot. How important, then, that such
a home should be fixed and permanent.
1t to any cause more than another is to
be attributed the reactions of domestic
and sociaities in modern society, it is the
absence of those influences which exist
only in a fixed home. 1t is living in rem
ted houses, hired rooms, and hotels, tenn
porary and often cheerless retreats, where
everything that pertains to the free hold
is another 's-where every improvement
you make loses its interest, from the
thought that it is yours at the will of an-
other. The very idea that You own the
soil you tread on, that by your labor one.
spot has been acquired sacred to your,
rights, your tastes and interests, begets
feeling of independence Bayard Taylor,
describing an extended view from a high
mountain, says that feeling of regret
came over him as he remembered that
but Que foot of all this broad earth was
his. To man of family, the purchase
of hmOestead is the first step to inde-
pendent manhood.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1867-02-21
A HapDy RejOinder.

At Oford, some twenty years ago, s.
tutor of one of the colleges limped in his
walk. Stopping one day last summer at
railway station, be was accosted by a.
well-known politician, who. recognized
him, and asked if he was not the chaplain
of the college at such a time, naming the
year. The doctor replied that he was
. was there" said the interogater, land
| knew you by your limp" "Well,"
said the doctor, :" it seems my limping
made deeper impression on you than
my preaching" :" All doctor;" was the
reply, with ready wit, " it is the highest
compliment we can pay minister to say
that he is known by his walk rather than
by his conversation.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1867-02-21
A Doctors Life.

A physician, at Alnut, Michigan, who
is evidently shrewd observer of matters
and things, sets forth, in western paper
few of g the sweets of Doctors Life, y
to wit:
If he visits few of his customers when
they are well, it is to get his dinner; if
he don't do so, it is because he cares
more about tho fleece than tho flock. II
he goes to church regularly, it is because
he has nothing else to do; if he don't go,
it is because ne has no respect for the
Sabbath or religion If he speaks to a
poor person, he keeps bad company; if
be passes them by, he is better than other
folks. If he has a good carriage, he is
extravagaut; if he uses poor one on the
score Of economy, he is deficient in neces-
sary pride. If he makes parties it is to
soft-soap the people to get their money ;
if he don't make them, he is afraid of a
cent If his horse is fat, it is because
he has nothing to do; if he is lean, it is
because he isn't taken care Of. If he
drives fast, it is TO make people think
somebody is very sick; if he drives slow,
he has no interest in the welfare of his
patients. If he dresses neat, he is proud +;
if he does not, he is wanting in self
respect. If he works on the land, he is
fit for nothing but farmer; if he don't
work, it is because he is too lazy to 90
anything. IF he talks much, we don t
want DIR. to tell everything he knows;
if he don't talk, a" zee like to see a Doctor
social" If he says anything about poll
ties, he had better let it alone; if he don't
say anything about it, " We like to see q
man show his colors" If ne visits his
patients every day, it is to run bill; il
he don't, it is unjustifable negligence
If he says anything about religion, he is
a hypocrite if he don't, he is an iufdel
IF he uses any of the popular remedies Of
the day, it is to cater to the whims and
prejudices of the people to Gil his own
pockets; if he don't use them, it is from
professional selfshness. If he is in the
habit of having counsel often, it is be-
cause he knows nothing; if he objects to
having it on the ground that he under
stands his own business, he is afraid OF
exposing his ignorance to his superiors.
If he gets pay for one-half his services,
he has the reputation of beinga great man
ager Who would not be an NJ. D.?
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1867-02-21
NO. IS.
How False Reports May Originate


A curious Illustration of this is found
in an anecdots told in lecture by Mr..
Spurgeon. a minister lived opposite one
of the deacons Of his church. a report
got abroad that the minister had been
seen to beat his wife, and the minister
was brought before deacons meeting.
There the minister said that he had traced
the spreading of the report to the dea-
cons daughter. The good man, the dea-
con, said he would not have spoken, but
his daughters name having beeen men
toned, he must thea state that when he
was going to bed on a certain night, he
did see (through the window blind of the
lighted room) the minister beating his
wife, and heard her scream. The minis
ter was non plussed; but lie requested
that his wife be sent for and questioned.
When she arrived she explained the
whole matter. She said: "Don't YOU
recollect there was rat in the room that
night, that it got on my dress, that you
got heightened, and took up the poker;
that l could not stand STILL and ran around
the room, you running after ME with the
poker. This is the explanation to the
whole affair" Well then, the lecturer
would remark to his hearers, the next
time they heard story against good
man, let them say at once, There is
rat at the bottom Of it, | know" and that
some simple explanation may account for
the whole thing.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1867-02-21
Women a CiYilZer.

If God were to take the sum and moor
and stars out of the heavens, the chances
of husbandry would be what, if God were
to take woman out Of life, would be the
chances for refinement and civilization
Woman carries civilization in her heart
it springs from her Her power and ia.
fuence mark the civilization of any coun-
try A man who lives in a community
where he has the privilege Of woman s
society, and is subject to woman's infu
ence, is almost of necessity refined, more
than he is aware of; and, when men are
removed from the genial influence of vir-
tuous womanhood, the very best degene-
rate, or feel the deprivation.
There is something wanting in the air
when you get west of the Allegheny noun
tains on a sultry day of summer. The
air east of the mountains is supplied with
sort of pabulum from the salt water OF
the ocean, by which one is sustained in
the sultriest days Of midsummer Now,
what this salt is to the air, that is wo-
mans influence to the virtue of a COM
munity You breathe it without know
ingit All you know is that you are made
stronger and better and a man is not half
a man unless a woman helps him to be.
One of the mischiefs of camp life is that
woman are removed from it. The men
may not know what it is that let's them
down to lower state of feeling, or what
that subtle influence was that kept them up
to higher state of refinement, but it is
the woman in the one case, as it was the
presence of woman in the other. Woman
is light which God has set before man
to show him the way to go, aud blessed
is he who has sense .enoughto follow til
IL. w. Beecher.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1867-02-21

If anything in the world will make a
man feel badly, except pinching his fing-
ers in the crack of door, it is unques-
tionably quarrel. No man ever fails to
think less of himself after it than before.
it degrades him in the eyes of others,
and what is worse, blunts his sesibilities
on the one hand, and increases the power
of passionate irritability on the other
The tlgth is, the more peaceably and
quietly we get on, tho better for our neigh
bors. In nine csses out Of ten, the better
course is, if man cheats you, quit deal,
ing with him if he abuses you, quit his
company if he ISLANDERS you, take care
to live SO that no one will believe him.
No matter who he is or how he abuses
you, the wisest way to do is to let him
alone for there is nothing better than
this cool, calm, and quiet way of dealing
with the wrong we meet with.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1867-02-21
NY Policy.

When l was President,
/ governed by myself;
All the bread and butter / got
1 put upon the shelf.
But Sumner and Stevens
Made such a strife,
1 had to turn Copperhead
In fear of my life.
Congress was so bad,
And "My Policy so narrow,
/ might have put my party
In Wheelbarrow.
When I'm impeacbed,
My party'll get fall;
Down VIII come "My Policy"
Copperheads and all.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1867-02-21

Gov. Geary has issued his warrant for
the execution of Alex II. B. Wiley, Of
Luzerne county, on Friday, the 10Th OF
March Wiley was convicted of the muir
deg Of Alice McElwee last May.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1867-02-21

Benjamin Franklin, once putting to
press form of the Common Prayer, the
letter in the following passage out, un-
perceived by him. "We shall all De
changed in the twinkling of an eye. =
When the book appeared, to the horror
of the devout worshipers, the passage
read : "We shall all be hanged in the
twinkling Of an eye"
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1867-02-21
STRoUDsBURG, MONROE COUNTY, PA, FEBRUARY 81. 1851

according to truer standard than the dress
they wore, and that Susan and l became
intimate friends.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1867-02-21
z UNDERTAKING IN ALLITS BRAN.

UNDERTAKING IN ALL ITS BRAN
~ ches.
Particular attention viii be given TO this
branch of the subscribers business. He will
always study to please and consult the
wants and wishes Of those who employ him.
From the number Of years experience ne has
had in this branch of business he cannot and
viii not not be excelled either IN city or
country. Prices one-third less than is usual
ly charged, from 80 to - finished Collins al
ways on hand. Trimmings to suit the best
Iearse in the country. Funerals attended
at one hours notice. J. II. MCCARTHY.
Nav II. lS6G.-tf.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1867-02-21

Who is the LATEST man ? The furni-
ture dealer; he keeps chairs and lounges
about all the tune.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1867-02-21

A father came home from his business
at early evening, and took his little girl
upon his knee, After few dove-like
caresses, she crept to his bosom and fell
asleep, He carried her himself TO her
chamber, and said, ''Nellie would not like
to go to bed without saying her prayers"
Half opening her large blue eyes, she
dreamingly articulated.
.'Now | lay me down to steep.
pray the Lord
then adding, in sweet murmur, "He
knows the rest" she sank on her pillow,
in His watchful care who "giveth His
beloved sleep.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1867-02-21

What is the surest way to make her
Law? Cut her head of.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1867-02-21
Strouds0urg, Dec. 8, 1865.

4 t0MMON CHAIRS Of all kinds, Cane
- Flag and Wood Seats; Dining, Bar
Room 10 and Office Chairs, with or without
cushions, Rocking-ChaRs of every descrip-
ION at McCARTY'S Ware Rooms.
AsV ~ 1866 ~
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1867-02-21

IF YOU WANT 4 GOOD PARLOR
Z Suit in Rose, Mahogany or Walnut,
MCCARTHY has it. May Il, lS66.-tf
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1867-02-21

DINING-ROOM FURNITURE in Wal
IHP nut, Oak and White Ash, Extension
Tables, any size you wish, at MCCARTY'S
new Ware-Rooms. May Il, lS66.-tf.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1867-02-21
TIN SHOP!

The Undersigned begs leave to inform his
friends and the public generally, that he has
now opened a TIN SHOP, on Main street,
near the Strouds5ufg Mills, opposite Troch
d Walton's. formerly r. S. Staples Store,
where he Is prepared TO manufacture and
sell at wholesale and retail, all kinds Of
lin, Copper and Sheet ErOE-Ware.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1867-02-21

stoves, stove Pipe and Elbows.
Oid and second hand Stoves bought and
sold, at cash rates.
CASH paid for Old Lead, Copper and
Brass.
" RooJfng, Spouting and Repairing
prompIy attended to and warranted TO rive
aatsiactioH. Call and see for Yourselves.
WILLIAM KEfSER.
StrOuds3urg, Dec 8, 1865
Minnesota Staats-Zeitung. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1858-1877, 1867-01-05
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