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WHO SHALL TELL THE STORY.

The scope of Mr.. Seymour's letter of
acceptance recalls an old story A good
deacon, who kept country store, some
where and long ago, was afflicted with a
graceless son, who would not eara money,
but showed wonderful capacity for
squandering the small gains of his parents
Thinking regular occupation and per-
sonal interest in business might work a
favorable change in the boy, the old gen.
tleman fitted him out with peddler's
wagon, harnessed to his old family horse,
supplied him with an assortment of dry
goods and nicknacks, and sent him to try
his fortune in the more rual districts
In about a week the incorrigible son
came back, without goods, wagon, or
money. Of course the old gentleman
was anxious to know the reason for this,
and the extent of his losses. The grace
less boy made his story as long and cir
cuitous as possible, drcading to confess
the whole truth, but it soon appeared that
he had used up the proceeds of goods
with which he was intrusted, and that he
had been on what used then to be called
"a regular spree" The fathers impa-
tience would not bear to wait the tedious
course Of the story, which seemed never
likely to reach elimination, and he
broke in with, "You don't mean to tell
me, Sam, that old Dobbin has gone too
with the rest 2" Looking up with an in-
jurcd air, the by no means penitent pro-
digal son retorted, "Come now, dad l
should like to know be you tellin' this
story, or be !"
Somewhat like this must have been the
ejaculation of Frank Blair as he read the
decorous and oily letter of his chief
Frank begun the story in his revoulation-
airy missive, but he gets no encourage
ment at all from "the old man" The
southern friends Of the diplomatic New
Yorker may reasonably make the same
complaint. Several planks of the New
York platform, if they had voice, would
groan at the Indifference with which they
are spurned. Indeed, the people gen
orally would like to know which is au-
thorizcd to tell the democrats story, Sey-
mour or Blair. We all know Frank all
parties have had experience of him, and
we know that with all his faults he is at
least frank. What he says he means
Does he represent the true purpose of
his party, or does Horatoi Seymour We
move that Frank go on without further
interruption to tell his story out, whether
"Old Dobbin" be lost or saved By the
telling.-Sprinqfeld Repa5licaa.
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Mr.. Seymour, the statesman whose stat
etmanship would have destroyed the
State, says that sour people are harassed
by the heavy and frequent demands of
of the tax gatherer." True, and these
demands were caused by Rebellion of
Southern Democrats, doubled by the
sympathetic aid of Northern Copperheads,
and would be rendered twice as heavy
and frequent as they need be by the poll
cies of revolution, rebellion, and repudia-
tion introd uced into the Democratic plat
form by Wade Hampton and Pendleton,
adopted by the Convention with the same
wild Rebel yell which used to salute the
ears of our troops when the were pressed
back on the ttle-feld, indorscd by Sey-
mour and Blair in their letter of accep-
tance, and now put forward as the creed
of the Democratic party.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1868-09-03

some Nv en- with Pennibaeker (akkordiu
ez they bought whisky by the bari, or
by the drink and the balance Nv EN- as
sisted Punt and Issaker Gavitt ez their
iinclinashen prompted en-. In the melee
the platform, flag and transparencies wuz
tore down, nearly breakin my leg, for
wich ! WIZ insufishently remuneratid
by the handkerchers | borrored from the
PROSTATE combatants under cover as as
sistin Nv EN- to rise.
After the scrimmage wuz over Pollock
and Bigler came, with their niggers, into
Bascom's, where we wuz repairin dam
ages, wich remarkt that they held a meet
ing, and had passed resolooshens thankin
the Lord devoutly for hevin relieved the
Repnblikin party Nv the Blair family,
and sympathisin with the Dimocrisy
wich he'd reserved EN- and also acknow-
leding the obligashun the colored men
Nv the pashen were under to the Dimcrisy
for the handsome manner in wich they
he'd treated Joe Williams, the Afrikin
delegate to the Moo York Convenshun, ez
the selectin NV niger ez delegate and
assoshatin with him on terms Nv ekwalitY,
wuz step in the direcshun Nv yooniver-
sal Brotherhood wich wuz cheerin. This
insultin message, delivered to men wich
wuz patchin up their faces and washin
orr the blood Nv poolitikle confick, wuz
the reverse Nv soothin.
The ratiicashun wuzn't altogether
success, but we shell try it again after
time hez softened the asperities engend-
cred by the recent confick, and the can
didates hev ned timd to fit themselves
and their records to the plntform. The
Corners kin be counted on.
PETROLEUM V. Massey, p. ~,
(Wich is Postmaster.)
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Some noodle, who felt apprehensive
that Horatio Seymour was holder of
United States bonds, addressed an in
quiry to him upon the subject, and was
promptly answered by Mr. Seymour,
through his private secretary, to the cf.
feet that he aid not hold, and never had
held, dollar of United States securities.
We cannot imagine that any one not born
idiot could ever have entertained any
doubt upon this point. Horatio Seymour
is the last man to invest cent in the
securities of the Government when it
was to be used to suppress rebellion
Had the question been whether he had
invested in Confederate bonds, it would
have been much more rational one.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1868-09-03

The Buffalo Erpress says that gen.
tleman who went over the Fire road to
New York few days since, relates to us
the following In the smoking car a
political discussion arose. Among those
present were some twelve or fifteen Jewish
merchants from Cincinnati. All of these
but single one pronounced themselves
strongly for Grant, and one proposed TAX
vote in the car, which was done, and
resulted, thirty for Grant and seven for
Seymour. He and the Seymour man,
third to see fair play on both sides, then
proceeded through the entire train and
polled the passengers. The vote stood
twenty-seven for Seymour against seventy
for Grant.
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Mr.. Seymour says: "Thoughtful men
feel that there have been wrongs in the
financial management which have been
kept from the public knowledge. -
Thoughtful men do not feel anything ex-
cept on the evidence of what they know.
If Mr.. Seymour knows of any I" wrongs
in the financial management, which have
been kept from the public knowledge"
he is himself guilty of keeping them from
the public knowledge. If he does not
know of any, bat makes his statement
without any facts to base it upon, and
from mere partisan malice, then he is
guilty of Misrepresentation. One of the
first qualifications for President should
be the candor to avoid saying what he
does not know to be true.
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NO. 90.
A Little Girl Carried Of by Bear.


a little girl. three years old, the daugll-
ter of Henry Flynn, living abcut 80 miles
east of this place, was recently carried off
by black bear, and recovered Sc hours
thereafter, almost unharmed. She ac-
companied her father on his borse one
morning about 40 rods from home, and
was then pat down and told by him to
return home. On his return it was found
that she had disappeared. An examina-
tion Of the place where she had been
showed, the track of . large bear.
Her parents Immediately began to
search for her, ard were assisted by two
gentlemen looking fer land. About
thirty. six hours after the child disappear
ed, as the two gentlemen were passing -
swampy spot, where the underground
was very thick, one of them heard the
chiid's voice. He than called the child
by name and told her to come out of the
bushes. She replied that the bear would
not let her. The men then creeped through
the brush, and when near the spot where
the child and bear were, they heard
splash in the water, which the child said
was the bear.
va oOLuS ~ hSI thtJ iOuuu Hei oiduu-
ing upon log extending about half way
across the river. The bear had under
taken to cross the river on the log and
being closely pursued, left the child and
swan away. She had received some
scratches about her face, arms and legs,
and her clothes were almost torn from her,
but the bear had not bitten her to hurt
her, only the marks of the teeth being
found on her back, where in taking hold
Of her clothes to carry her he had taken
the flesh also
The little one says the bear would put
her down occasionally to rest, aud would
put his nose up to her face, when she
would slap him, then the bear would hang
his head by her side and purr and rub
against her like cat The men asked
her if she was cold in he night, and she
told them the old bear lay down beside
her and put his Harms" around her and
hugged her to him and kept her warm,
though she did not like his loug hair
The suppositiou is that it was female
bear, and having lost her cubs, came
across the child and adopted it. Nash
ville Gazette.
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The Bore in Peach Trees.

\ writer in the Southern Planter says:
~ once heard a lady whose husband had
planted peach orchard with a view of
making brandy. She feared that he
might become a drunkard, and determin-
ed to kill his trees. To effect this she
secretly poured scalding water around
the roots, and to her great surprise the
trees did not die, but produced an extra
crop of peaches. The scaldiing water
killed the worms, but was not sufficient
to kill the trees. At first adopted this
practice very cautiously, but now without
fear l pursue it. Early each spring, 1
scrap around the trees with large knife
on the morning of washingday. When
the washing is done, l take buckets full
of boiling suds into the orchard, and dash
the trees just where the trunks join the
ground. In this way thousands of little
worms are scalded to death. Lastly, I
apply unleached ashes to the trees. AZ
ter an experience of several years, 1 con-
idently recommend this praticc.
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The Right Kind of Religion.

/ want, and we all want, religion that
not only bears on the sinfulness of sin,
but on the rascality flying and stealing;
a religion that banishes all small meas
ures from the counter, small baskets from
the stalls, pebbles from cotton bags and
sugar, rocks from wool, chiccory from
coffee, alum from bread, lard from butter,
and water from milk-cans. The religion
that is to advance the world will not put
all the big strawberries and pcaches.on
the top, and bad ones at the bottom
Uncle Mex.
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"Without distinction of party, there is

"Without distinction of party, there is
a strong feeling in favor of that line Of
action which shall restore order and con-
fidence, and shall lift of the burdens
which now hinder and vex the industry
of the country"
So says ex-Gov. Seymour, and so say
we. But the Democratic Convention has
committed the party to the policy of
overthrowing the governments organized
by Congress in the Southern States, and
using the army to crush out the law,
silence Congress, and trample loyal men
North and South under foot. Is this a
policy likely to restore order and con-
fidence Instead of lightning, it would
double the burdens which vex the indus
try of the country.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1868-09-03

General Ferdinand Vandevecr, of But
les county, Ohio, a resident of Vallandig
hams district, has declared himself in
favor of Grant and Colfax, and has ex
pressed his willingness to make as many
speeches for the Republican ticket as the
committee of that party in his county de-
sired.
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Grant and Colfax Forever.
BY t. II. PORTER.

BY t. II. PORTER.
AIR-"The Union League"
Defenders of Freedom,
The days drawing nigh,
When to traitorous Andy
Well say "Good bye;"
Well send him back home,
"Way down to Tennessee"
And we'll place in the White House
Our brave u. S. G..
CHORUS.
Blair and Seymour? No, never!
Grant and Colfax forever!
All traitors shall go
On trip up Salt river.
Horatio? ? No, never!
Ulysses forever!
For Grant from grim war
Did our country deliver.
Defenders of Freedom,
Come join in the fight
For Union and Liberty,
God and the right.
Come, grid on your armor,
And make haste to your post;
Let the war cry be heard by
The traitorous host.
CHORUS:
Blair and Seymour? No, never, &C.
Defenders of Freedom,
Come, join in the fray;
Let us not cease TO labor
BY night or by day.
For the man of our choice
Is the brave U. S. g.;
He's the choice of the people,
"The hope of the free"
CHORUS:
Blair and Seymour? No, never, &c.
Defenders of Freedom,
Oh count not the cost;
Though the battle wage furious,
1t shall not be lost.
For Grant is our leader,
And the war-cry shall be:
Down with war and oppression
The NATION is FREE
CHORUS.
Blair and Seymour? No, never, &c.
Remember the hero
OF Fort Donelson,
How at Pittsburg and Vicksburg
He fought and he won,
Through the Wilderness fire
How bravely he passed,
Captured Lee and his army,
And RICHMOND at last.
CHORUS.
Blair and Seymour? No, never!
Grant and Colfax foreverl
All traitors shall go
On trip up Salt river.
Horatio? ? No, never!
Ulysses forever!
We will elect Grant
On the third of November!
~ FRANCISCO, July 16, 1868.
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What contrast the history of the two
National Conventions this year presents
At New-York the nomination is prizo
for which political tricksters scheme, aud
cheat; at Chicago it is the unanimous
voice of the loval people, speaking with
out preconcert, aud without the faiutest
disagreement.
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at the last session of the Pennsylvania
Legislature an act was passed providing
for the appointment of a commission to
adjudicate and record the claims of cit
zens of the counties of Adams, Franklin,
Fulton, Bedford, York, Perry and Cum
berland, for damages incurred by the re-
bel invasion of 1868, either through the
public enemy or the appropriation of pro-
perty by the Union army. Thus far the
Commissioners have visited but three
counties-Perry, Bedford and Fulton
in which the damage was much less than
in the remaining four. In Perry Couu-
ty the losses will amount to but $4,000.
In Bedford County there are fifty claim
ants, whose damages amount to 5000
In Fulton county, which was most expos
ed, there are one hundred and thirty
claimants, whose DANCES will reach at
least $4,000, exclusive of the loss by
certain party of one hundred and seven
ty-two fat cattle.
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Mr.. A. j. Strecter recently drove a
pair of horses from ST. Paul, Min, to
Hartford, Coun., in seven weeks. The
distance is about l 500 miles.
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Nelson Cuttings, esq, formerly an ac-
tive member Of the Democrrtic Executive
Committee of Baltimore County, Md, has
come out for Grant.
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The Democratic party deliberately sa-
crificcd thousands of white men in order
to save its slaves, and yet it calls itself a
white mans party!
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j. LANTZ, DENTIST.

e. Has permanently located him.
0YyA self in Stroudsburg, and moved
IIOhs office next dool 70 DIR. S.
Walton. where he is fully prepared to treat
the natural teeth, and also to insert incorrup-
tible artificial teeth on pivot and plate, in tue
latest and most improved manner. Most
persons know the danger and folly of trust
ing their work to the ignorant as well as
the travelling dentist. 1t matters not how
much experience person may have, he is
liable to have some failures out of number
OF cases, and if the dentist lives at distance
1T is frequently put off until it is too late to
save the tooth or teeth as it may be, othe r
wise the inconvenience and trouble of going
so far. Hence the necessity of obtaining the
services of dentist near home. All work
warranted.
Stroudsburg, March 81, 1862.
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"Sambo, did you ever see the Catskill
Mountains 2" "No, Glenn but I've seen
the cats kill mice"
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VOL. 81.
Published by Theodore Schoch.

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hON'T FORGET that when
- you want any thing in the Furniture
or Ornamental line that McCarty. in the
Odd-Fcliows' Hall, Main Street, Strouds-
burg, Pa, is the place to get it. [Sept. 20.
pLANKS OF ALL KINDS for Sale at
ID this Office.
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JOB PRINTING,

OF ALL KINDS,
Executed in he highest style of the Art, and he
most reasonable terms.
The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1868-07-14
read to the Convention letter just re-
oeiyed by the Chair.
The Secretary read the following.


read to the Convention letter just re-
oeiyed by the Chair.
The Secretary read the following:s
New YoRK, July 6, 1868.
MY DEAR SIR: a Committee Of Con.
ssryative Soldiers aud Sailors from the
Convention now assembled at this place,
desire to present itsslf to the Convention
.of which, you are President, with an ad-
dress IN answer to the invitation to the
privileges of the floor, and dit will be glad
teekpoE btiw hat stime you will receive it,
.Wewili be glad to deliver, It as soon as
convenient to the Convention. Very re-
spectfuiIy yours,
fAla eW.B B. FRANKLIN, President.
tH0ralio Ssyinonf. Pres. Nat Dem. Con.
Mr. Woodward. Of Pal move com.
amittss five be appointed to wait upon
committeeIof the Soldiers and Sailors
.genyention and invite them to come upon
the. floor Adopted,
1.-THE Soldiers aud Sailors committee,
headed by the flag borne by Sergeant
Bates was received With loud cheers, the
delegates rising. -
Mr.. Woodward, of Pa, presented the
committee from the Convention Of Sol
diersand Sailors. They we're requested
to take positions upon the platform.
The ePresident--Ihe Chair has the
honor to present to the Convention Gen,
Franklin, as one who represents here
now the Conservative Soldiers and Sal
,lors OF our country, who desire peace,un.
ion aud fraternal regard. @
Gen. Franklin--I have been deputed
By the Conservative Soldiers and Sailors
Convention sitting in this place, to pre-
sent 70 you the Committee. This com
mittee has for Its chairman Gen. II. W
SIoeum, of this State, and it has. prepar
ed an address which it desires now te
make known to the members of this Con
xention 3 - ssssSs xf gss
Col. O Bierne read the address.
- At the conclusion, of the reading Of the
address, three cheers were given for the
Soldiers and Sailors, and calls were made
for Thomas Ewing, Jr, of Ohio, who wa,
introduced to and addressed the Conven-
tion.
Mr.. Bigler, of Pa, offered the follow.
ing resolution: That the call of States be
called in their regular order and that each
State have the right to name any candi.
date for the Presidency and that the dele.
gates have Eve minutes allowed them to
present their views upon the candidate.
erAnnlarsa The resolution was aiontad
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TIL e con ton,
Ell sst1s as.lfs's ----------a saHsg .r
THIRD DAY. e
Adoption of a Platform of Prin-
Ciples.
No nomination ON the slxth Ballot

New YORK. July Z. l0:40 P. M.-Po
lice arrangements this morning on the
floor were excellent. All crowding at
ibe doors of Tammany Hall was prevent
ed BY the lines Of police, who permitted
none but holders of tickets to enter the
Eo1ventfon. iies % R.itz sassti {
e AT ten o'clock the delegates were gen.
orally seated, and all the seats reserved
FOR ladies' we're filed. Prior to calling
the Convention to order the hall was
filed With fuGors. Some of Pendleton's
friends say that . combination has been
made which renders his defeat certain.
The committee on Resolutions have
agreed unanimously on the platform, and
we're ready to report promptly.
The Convention was called to order by
The President 1T 1910 A. NJ. Prayer
was offered BY Rev. Mr.. Plummer, who
referred with appropriate feeling to the
sudden death of Peter Cagger, delegate
to the Convention from the State Of Now
York - $ ass 80
On motion Of. Mr.. Bigler, of Pennsyl-
saaia, sne aoaui.5 =, Ie0s0uey Joui
nal was dispensed with.
Mr.. Wright, Of Delaware, submitted
resolutions from Alexander Stephens, of
Georgia, which he wished to have read
ana referred, Inc name Of Slepnens4
vas cneeree. sossas
lac RESOLUTIONS were reao; Dy Inc oecs
rotary. They declare adherence to the
pnlopi that Union, under the Constltus
ton. is the Union Of the States; reaihrm- ~
Cd the doctrines OF jefferson and the tbs
necessity Of bringing the Government
up to their observance; the Democratic
party in sustaining the Federal Govern:
nent daring the late war, dld It IN good
faith tosastain the Constitution and pre-
serve the rights and gdignitles of all the
States unimpaired; the highest need Of
patriotism is due to all whe perilled life
and fortune for the maintenance of the
Vnson;sb but we have no thanks for those
who carried on the wal. for the subjuga-
tion Of the States or to subject the white
10 the black race,
Il Mr. Richardson, Of Illinois, moved
that all resolutions hereafter submitted
heEeferred without reading II the COR,
yentlon. took the other course, u Would
maks some mistake ana comm. isseii 70
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