The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1867-03-21
The Olden Time.

the steam productions of the present time
1t is No. 8 Of Volume l Of " The iStrouds
burg Gazette" printed in +" Stroudsburg,
Northampton county, Pa, September 2l,
1882, by John Z. Robson & Co." The
paper is about half the size of the Je6er-
sontdn, and is very neat specimen of the
" art preservative," though the paper is |
several shades darker than what would
prove acceptable to subscribers OF the
present day; as, however, the Gazette
supported the Jackson stripe of Deu,oc
racy, and as Sambo was an element of
strength in the party in that day, a shade
or two of dinginess in color was no objec-
ton in its champions.
Tn local news items, the number before
US is very meager. A heavy thunder
shower, which resulted in the destruction
of George Covers barn, and the killing
of four head of cattle belonging to Mr..
Levi, Linton, Of Smitbfeld township,
being Ell that is noted But we must re
member that the number was printed in
September, on the eve of a Gubernsto
rial, to be followed by Presidential, elec
ton. 1t is not to be presumed that an
editor, in those days, any more than now,
could attend to " locals" when the country
was to be saved. In political matter, how
ever, the Gazette is we'll up to the mark
some ten columns being devoted to that
kind Of literature.
The Gazette was emphatically Demo
cratic, and has flying at its mast head the
following ticket, which is supported with
an emphasis truly refreshing For Pres
ident, Andrew Jackson; Governor, George
Wolf; Congress, David ID. Wagner; As
semby. NJ. Robert Butz, George Kelch-
ner, Philip Lynn, John Westbrook. But
the political waters did not run smooth in
those. days, and there was strange mix
ture Of flags flying in the breeze. There
were Jackson and Wolf men, and there
were jackson and Ritner men-Clay and
Wolf men, and Clay and Ritner men
Jackson Wings and Clay Democrats, a
jumbled up mess truly, and one from
which it is hard to judge of mans parli
zan standing. In opposition to the ticket
above named we had a Jackson Ritner
ticket az follows Congress Ihrie;
Assembly-Evan Rees, Peter Steckel,
Conrad Sheimer, Moses Killam; Coroners
John King, Adam Schug; Auditor
John Jacoby. Pretty much as now, the
candidates were good and great or bad and
of no account as they happened to be on one
side or the other OF course the Gazette
candidates were paragons of perfection
while the candidates of the opposite par
ty run in the opposite direction, to the
extreme verge of nothingness. As with
Democratic papers of the present day, the
Gazette was vehemcntly Of the opinion
that no good could possibly. come out Of
the Nazareth OF opposition, and its argu-
ments in favor Of the principle have about
the same ring as those which resounded in
the columns of the -Honroe Democrat, and
kindred sheets Of to-day. Then, as now
all that was thought. to be necessary
north Of the mountain, to break a man
neck, politically, was to charge him with
opposition to Democracy-then with be-
ing a Whig," now with being Black
Republican"
The advertising columns of the Ga.
zette are but few, and these meagerly fill
ed, as the paper had but just got under
way. In the " Prices Current" We fnd
butter worth II cents per pound, lard Q
cents, and hams II. Wheat S1.06, rye
20 cents, corn So cents, and oats 20 cents
per busheI Major John Lewis adyer.
tises battalion parade at Williamsburg
on the 9th of October, great day fol
candidates, landlords and 90 whistle wet
ters." John Boys and William Boys cal
upon all indebted to the late firm Of VIII.
liam Boys & Co, at Craig's Meadow, tc
call and pay up. James ii. Stroud and
Moses Phillips aaDou nee the dissolution
of the firm of Stroud & Phillips. Pau
/ Kirkendall & William Halleck, announce
dissolution of partnership in the black
snithing business, and a continuance in
business, each on his OWE hook, the form
mer " in the shop lately occupied BY
Robert Boys" and the latter " at the old
stand of the late firm" N. II. Dreher
p NJ, adyertises List of Letters Re
naming in the Post-ofice, at Stroudsburg
Sept. 9Th, 1892 as folfollows -" John
Hamman, Peter Labar, Abm. Hosbrauch
2, Joseph Drake, William M'Dormouth