The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1867-10-31
NO.s2,

deciaim those passages to his mother after
his days work was done Being a hand
some youth, about medium size, with bright,
eyes and clear voice, he became an at
tractive speaker at an early age. To day
he Is one OF the most charming orators of
America. lie is hard student in gather
ing facts and forming ideas, and an easy
speaker IN telling what he has learued-
His training as printer made him corr
rect and exact ; and his iuency of tongue.
aud his kindly feeling gave him strong
hold upon an audience He causes them
to laugh and weep by turns, and he never
wearies them.
lie learns by seeing, aud not alone by
reading and talking. Many persons go
through the world with their eyes half
shut to the curious things in nature and
life, but it is not so with Mr.. Colfax.-
lie has taken Il journey by land to Gil
fornia and back ; aud his lecture, "Acr 50
the Continent" which he has spoken to
thousands of people. shows keen observas.
ton of, aud power to describe, the gran
deur of American scenery and the oddi-
ties of society in the far, far west.
At the early age of twenty seven Mr.
q
/ venton to revise the State Constitution.
of Indiana. lie did so we'll in that cspa-,
city, that four years later he was elected n
m ember of the L it'd States IL us, Of Re-
presetatives by majority of seventeen
hundred and sixty six votes. Eehas been
/ six times re elected by majorities rang
! ing from two hundred aud twent- nine to
three thousand four hundred and two vo-
| tes-the smallest being given in 1862,
when many hundreds OF his warnest sup
porters were in the Union armies fight
ing against the rebellion, urged so to de-
by his clarion voice, but he losing their
votes thereby Last year he was re elect
Cd by Two thousand one hundred aud for
ty-eisht NJ; ny, "a the largest vote ever .
', cast in his district.
Mr.. Colfax is now serving his third
term as Speaker of the House, having
reached the summit of his ambition at
forty years of age. In that hgh place
he is SO prompt, just, fair, curteous, and
''well posted that his political adverse
ries join in vote of thanks for his off,
cial services. If he should be called by
the popular voice two steps higher than
the summit of his boyish hopes, or to the
Presidency of the United States, we may
expect. from both his excellent culture
and his noble character. that he will run
a career honorable to himself and happy.
for his country.
The Live Man.
The live man IL like little pig, he IL
weaned young, and begins tew root arly.
lie IL the pepper sass of creation-the
allspicc oy the world.
One live man in village IL Ike case
ov itch at dstrikt skool-he sets every-a
body tew scratching at onst.
a mln who kan draw New Orleans mo-
lasses in the moath ov January, thru
half inch augur hole, and sing Home
sweet home - while the molasses is run
ming, may be strickly honest, bat he ain't
sudden enuf for this climate.
The live man IL as full of Dizziness az
the conductor ov a street kar-he iz Of
ten Ike hornet, very bizzy, but about
what the Lord only knows
He lights up like cotton faktory, and
haiu't got auy more time to spare
than skool-boy haz Saturday afternoons.
lie IL like dekoy duck, always above
water, and lives at'least eighteen months
during each year.
lie IL like runaway hoss, he gifts the
whole ov the rode
He trots when he walks, and lies down
at night only bekause everybody else has.
The live maa il not always a deep,
thinker he jumps at konkluSious, Just
az the frog duz, and don't alwuz land ut
the spot he IL looking at
He IL the American pet, perfect my
stery tew foreigners but he haz done
more with charcoal tew work out the
greatness of this kuntry than euny other
man in it.
He iz just az necessary az the grease,
on an axletree.
He don't always die ritch, bat always
dies bzzy, and meets death good deas
like an oyster duz, without making enny
fuss,--josh Billings.
How Soldiers Lighted their Pines.
y correspondent of the American Ar
tiSans tells of an ingenious method of pre-
serving fire. ltwas invented in Weitzel's
brigade ut the siege of Port Hudson, at
the time matches were luxury:
y ramrod was stuck in the gFeanGr
but with the tip end upward; little wad
OF cotton, of which there was plenty, as
thousands of bales were used Tor breast
works, was stuck upon the end of the
rod, percussion cap placed upon the
rod over the cotton, In the same manner
as cap is put upon the cone of rife,
and it was then struck with some hard
object. The shank of bayonet was gen
orally used fer the purpose, as the blade
served as a convenient handle 20 hold it
to strike with, and it was not at all times
possible to get better Substitute for per-
cussive force,
This plan of producing fire had many
advantages over matches, as caps were at
WAYS in command and a LIGHT breeze or