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Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1868-10-24
A Plea tor EARLY yeising.

Early rising has been often extOlled, and
extolled in vain for people think that an
hours additional sleep is very comfortable,
and can make very little difference, after all.
But an hour gained or wasted every day
makes great difference in the length of our
lives, which we may see by very simple
calculation. First, we will say that the aver
age o! mankind spend sixteen hours of every
twenty four awake and employed. and eight
in bed. Now, each year having 3G5 days, il
II diligent person abstracts from sleep one
hour daily, he leng!hens his year 365 hours,
or twcnty-three days of sixteen hours each,
the length of n ,odking day, which is what
we call a day these calculations. We will
take period of forty years, anG see how it
may be decreased or added to by sloth or
energy. A person sleeping eight hours a
day has his full average of 3G5 days in the
year, and may therefore be said to enjoy
complete his forty years. Let him take nine
hours sleep, and his year has but 342 days.
so that he lives only thirty seven and half
years; with ten hours in bed, he has 3l0
days, and his lite is thirty five years /; in like
manner, if the sleep is limited to seven hours.
our year has 399 days. and instead of. forty
we live forty,two and half years; and il
SIX hours is our allowance of slumber, we
have All days in the year, and live forty five
years. By this we see, that in forty years,
two hours daily occasion either loss or gain
OF IRE gears How much Nigh. be done in
this space What would we not give at the
close of life for another lease of five wears
And how bitter the reflection would be at
such time. if we reflected at all, that we
have wiirully given up this portion of our
existence merely that We might lie u little
longer in bed in the morning.
Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1868-10-24
AGRICULTURE &C.
Storing Potatoes.

Experience has proved to every potato
raiser, that the practice of digging them ir,
the morning and leaving them un the ground, +,
exposed to the heat of the sun during the
day, is very ininrious one. Though puts.
toes are provided with eyes, it is better D..
they never see the light. Potatoes that havo
bec0;le heated in the sun, are exceedingly
liable tn rot; but even it they escaRs this,
their hcathfulness aud nutritive qualities
are greatly impaired. In some sections ot
Ireland tie custom prevails of putting tbo
potatoes into covered top Immediately
after they are dug.
The dryer the atmosphere is, and the cold
er-providng it is above the freezing point
the better it will be for keeping potatoes.
If placed in such an atmosphere, they will
show no tendency 10 sprout or rot for wears;
nor can they be distinguished from freshly
dug potatoes. All changes of temperature,
or of the degree of moisture, are uniavOra5le
to the Keeping of potatoes. an,
very good method of keeping them in
small quantities, as for family use, is tn ass 1T
them into barrels, fill the interstices with sun
dried sand, aud then cover the tofsnf ihe
barrels with nicely fitted turfs. If kept ir
this manner they are not likely TO become
shrivcled, and will retain the freshness of
recently dug, potatoes till late in the seasol
after they are dug. They will also show
very little disposition to sprout
II farmers are not provided with suitable
cellars for storing potatoes, then they ere
best preserved hy making heaps of them GA
top of the ground, and covering them over
with straw and earth. If this method is
adopted, care should be taken to cut small
drain round the heap, through which tbs
surplus water may pass of and to provide
( means of ventiating the heap during the
| warm weather that often occurs in the West,
even during the winter. For this pIrposc
1t is well to make tube of boards, about
SIX inches square, which will reach from the
bottom, or from hear the bottom of the heap
aud which will extend c soct CT two above,
| the outer surface. The part placed within
| the covering should he perforated with anger
| holes. The top should also he closed 10y
means of an end piece, through which should
| he two inch hole, to oe closed at pleasure
by means of ali le.
Farmers who live in the vicinity of a sand
bank, will probably find it will pay to exca.
tate a suitable space in it for storing pota-
toes, and TO secure it from caving III by
means or g rude box. In some portions at
New England potatoes are stored in this
way, even by farmers who have good cellars.
! Prairie Farmer
Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1868-10-24

With the return of heightened and plea
SAINT cool evenings comes the query to all,
how shall we best improve them There
are thousand pleasant ways of spending a
fall or winter evening, within the reach of
those who have command of their own time :;
and prominent among these are, indulgence
in literary pursuits. How few comparatively,
of the young people of the present day,
appreciate as they should, the inestimabe
privileges they enjoy Surrounded. as are
the young of large cities, with all the op-
pOrtunities necessary for the cultivation of
literary taste, not one in thousand ap.
pears to improve these golden chances.
Occasionally, it is true, we meet with a
young man. or young woman, who firmly
grasps the iGea that knowledge is power"
but these, unfortunately, are the exceptions,
not the rule. Thousands of young men who
have comfortable homcs-whose parents are
willing to supply them with books and
papers-instead ot avaiiing themselves of
these advantages, spend their long fall and
winter evenings either in idle lOunging
around corners, or in company with frivolous
associates, male or female. Thus, winter
after winter passes away, each one bringing
them nearer to the age of manhood. but
not fitting them for the proper discharge of
the duties that a full manhood requires.
They enter upon the busy stage of lille with
none of those safeguards which Il cultivated
intellect throws around its possesSor. They
start life laboring under II Thousand disad.
vantages, and confronted by innumerahle
obstacles which disappear like shadows
before the well informed mind. The fact
that they do not contemplate adopting a
professional career does not in any degree
relieve them from the charge of being untrue
to themselves, their friends and their country,
while thus trttering away the most precious
hours of their lives in idle Indifference, and
frequently in the company of those, associa
tion with whom, is contamination. How
many of them will resolve to "turn over a
new leaf" and improve the long evenings OF
the fall and winter2
Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1868-10-24

ANOTHER RECEIPT FOR STEwED BEEF
House wives who are in the habit OF using
only steaks and roasts, make great mistake.
capital dish msy he made ont OF the
..chuck. :" as the butchers call it, or the neck,
when well prepared. Select piece OF meat
as large as the demand of your table may
REQUIRE, wash it well to remove all the blood
or soil from the outside, have your dinner
not perfectly clean, salt and pepper the meat
welt lay II in the bottom and cover 1t with
water; boil it from two to three hours. or
till it ia thoroughly tender add half an onion,
= sprinkle of sage, thyme or summer savory.
II the meat is fat. let the water all stew
out half hour before it is put on the table,
aud when your meat is Drowned well on the
lower side in the gravy, turn it over and
brown the other side. When ready, take it
up, add little -four thickeniug to the gravy,
OF if you have dredge box shake the four
into the hot gravy aud brown it, then add
boiling water, and you will have dish equal,
aud, to my mind superior to the common
roast beef upon boarding house tables.
Care must he used to turn it an equally
necessary is good Judgment in having it
thoroughly we'll cooked G@pastava Tel
ssapA
Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1868-10-24
MISCELLANEOUS.
THE BOND QUESTION.

TAXATION OF GOVERNMENT BoNDs-THE
DEMOCRATIC rLAN-LETTER OF TIE UNI.
TED STATES TREASURER.
We are obliged to omit portion of Trea'
surer Spnners answer to the following let
ter for want of space.
INDIANAPOLIS, Aug. 20, 1868.
Hon. Francis L. Spinner, Treasurer Of tie
United States, Washington, ID. c.:
DEAR SIR: No subject OF national concern,
except the question of peace and unity, can
be of greater Importance to the American
people now than that of finance. Yet on no
subject entering into politics are the masses
of the people so uuinfurmed. do not Claim
exemption from the prevailing ignorance
thereupon hence hereby seek light at its
source, begging You to inform me upon one
item.
The National Political Convention which as.
sembed in New York on the 4th OF July last,
adopted as its fourth resolution the follow
ing, namely, Equal taxation of every species
OF property according to its real value, in
Guiding Government bonds and other public
securities.h
wish to enquire what has been the prac-
tice of the Government since its foundation
respecting the taxation OF tGovernment bonds;
or, if this Information cannot be briefly and
conveniently conveyed, permit me to modify
my enquiry, SO that it may cover only the
peEiod between March 4, 1853, to March 4,
1861, extending through two historic Al
ministrations OF the Government. l remem-
Der that bonds, or other evidences of interest
bearing Indebtedness, originating in loans
then contracted, were issued by the Govern
ment during the administration of President
Buchanan, at a rate of interest in gold OF l2
per cent. per annum. Were these public
securities subject to taxation on an equality
with every other species of property
The other proposition contained in the
resolution is that the lands Of the farmer and
homes.eads OF the laboring people sEall pay
an I'D ualOrem tax equal to that paid ou
luyuries by the atfluent consumer. May
enquire il the Government has ever applied
this principle to its methods of raising
revenue, subjecting all the agricultural and
producing property of the country to special
burdens A reply to these enquiries will
crafty me.
Very respectfully, your obedient servant,
I ~ TuoMpSnN
Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1868-10-24
Mr.. sPINNER's REPLY.
TREASURY OF THE UNITED STATES,
WAsHISGToN, Sept. 3, IS.


WAsHISGroN, Sept 3, '6S.
SIR: Your letter oe the Goth ultimo was
received by yesterdays mail.
! agree with you fully, that there is no
subject Of national concern, except the ques-
tion OF peace and unity of greater practical
importance to the American people than that
OF finance. The first will be rightly and
finally settled by the election of Grant and
Colfax. The last, l hope, may be equally SO
settled by that result. But fear We have
few leading men in our own party, who
are not we'll grounded in ethics or political
economy. These the party will eventually
slough of, and, If necessary, take from the
debris Of the disintegrated Democratic party
enough men who are sound ON the question
OF finance, and who are alive to che living
issues OF the day, to save the country from
the disgrace OF partial or total reputation
anu consequent national dishOnur.
1t the people were simply misinformed,"
as sou state it, think there would be no
danger OF the countrys ruin. The truth is,
the Democratic deRagogues are educating
the people to Ignorance aud rascality.
As tue issues in the elections in the future,
after the next coming one, will probably be
made up on the questions connected with
the national finances, there need be no fear
that after u full discussion the people will
not render their verdict in accordance with
tue true interests of the country, and with
their own innate sense of justice and right.
You call my attention to the fourth reso-
luton of the New York Fourth OF July Con.
vention, which you quote in these words
Equal taxation of every species of property
according to its real value, including Gov.
ernment bonds and other public securities ~
and you say that you wish to enquire what
has been the practice OF the Government
since it's foundation respecting the taxation
Of GovsIamspt bonds,
Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1868-10-24

And thou wouldst madly grasp power
To cover up thy perfdy and shame,
To blind the gaze of justice for an hour,
And crown thy guilty life and deck thy name
With dignities vouchssfed alone TO virtuous fame
Vain, vain the wish Thy blasted sun hath set,
Thy unforgiven crimes in blackness roll
Before the nations eyes, loud-crying yet,
Still Freedoms High Court sits, in judgment DER
thy soul,
And will, while honor lives, or virtue has control
And didst thou think to rule this nation-frce
Thou sneaking prince of polished rbaldry;
This nation saved from treason and from thee.
o, marvellous great statesman tell us why
Should traitors rule What traitors dared destroy?
The very dead would rise and cry, for shame!
Over the deep abasemcnt and the stain
Clouding our honor, blasting our fair name,
Insulting wounded, hlackening the slain
Become the nations sport, the jest of fame.
Chief of that faction wisely called thy friends,
The murderers of infancy and age,
You were their choice-your mutual likeness blends
You taught them their mob-logic, crime and rage;
You still were true to them-this is your brightest
page.
And thou couldst live and recreant turn away,
While traitors strove thy country to destroy;
Nor raised hand nor voice in her disnay,
But cody watched her throes and heard her sigh,
And Knocked her anguish cen with savage cries.
The Spartan mother would have butchered thee,
Upon thy steps, to make a holiday;
Would spurn thy coward blood to nfamy,
And fling thy carcass to the dogs-a prey,
Unworthy lie, or in the soil to lay
And dost thou not deserve equal fate
Thou hast grown rich upon thy counrys breast,
And in her need didst leave her desolate,
And thou liv' in joy favored guest
But it's by human suferance at the best.
Base sycophant of for une, factions tool
ScOrned be thy name thro all the coming years,
A babbling dcnagogue ambition fool
Fame, fa0ic is thine, despite thy doubts and fears
Thy name is written in thy country's tears.
Strange soil of freedom, breeding such slave,
Devoid of honor, false to natures ties,
1t bore an Arnold but denied grave;
A serpent hissed in bowers of Paradise,
And Seymour lives where patriot Lincoln dies.
Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1868-10-24

BEING. AoREEABLE.-The art %! being
agreeable is to appear well pleased with all
the company and rather seem well enter
taiDed with them than to bring entertain
ment to them. A man thus disposed. may
not hsve much learning nor much wit, but
If he has common sense, and something
friendly in his behavior. it conciliates men s
minds more than the brightest parts without
this disposition and when man "f such
turn comes to old age, he is almost sure t"
be treated with respect 1t is true. that We
should not dissemble and natter in company;
but a man may be very agreeable, strictly
consistent with truth aud sincerity 10y pru'
dent silence when he cannot concur and a
pleasing assent where he can. Now and Then
you meet with person so exactly formed to
please, that he will gain upon every one who
hears or beholds him this rs not merely the
gilt of nature, but frequently the effect OF
much knowledge of the world, and COM
msnd over the passions.
Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1868-10-24

FEMALE LoGIc.-As young woman was
walking alone one evening. a man looked at
her, and followed her. The young woman
said, "Why do you follow me 7" He an.
swered, "Because have fallen in love with
YOU" The woman ssil, "Why are you in
love with me My sister 10 much handsomer;
she is coming after ne; go back and make
love to her." The man turned back, and
saw a woman with an ugly face. Being
greatly displeased. lie turned To the first wo
man and said, "Why did you tell me false
hood Z" The woman answered, Neither did
you SPEAK the truth; for if you were really
in love with me, why did you leave me to
look upon my sister I"
Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1868-10-24

ADVICE TO YuUNa MEN-Let the business
of every one alone, and attend to your own
Don't buy what you don't want. Use every
hour to advantage, and study 20 make
leisure hour useful Think twice before you
spend dollar; remember you VIII nave
another to make for it. Look over your
hooks regularly, and IT you hnd an error
trace il ont. Should a stroke of misfortune
come upon you in your business, retrench,
work harder, but never fly tue track. Con
front difficulties with unfinching perseve-
rance, and they will fly at last then you will
be honorsd; but shrink, and you will be
dispissd.
Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1868-10-24
OLD SERIES, VOL. %, NO. 81.
SATURDAY MORNING, OCTOBER "a, 1868.

party, may be still further relieved from pay
ing their just proportion of the burdens now
necessarily imposed upon the whole people
10y the criminal acts of these very men. Call
you all this equaI taxation | can conceive
Of no fashion or style that would he further
from it. But the members Of the ConvcE.
tion who passed the resolution were not in
earnest they Knew better. But this last,
like the first propusitou in the resolution,
to tax "Government bonds," was intended
for "Buncombe," and nothing more; as such,
it may have its day, for the hypocrisy will
he exposed. If. on the other hand it is
earnest, AN intelligent people will soon have
the opportunity to apply the proper correc-
tive.
Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1868-10-24

GoD.-Pluck that beautiful flower, look at
it a long time. Become conscious that il is
the expression of IA beautiful thodght of some
mind This is the magic key that will un.
lock the reason of all nature. All the flowers
are thoughts realized. Pass from the flowers
to the trees. The rounded maple, the grace.
iu! elm, the straight pn, ,,lar, the bending
willow-every tree is the thought of some
mind. Pass from trees Ia mountains. How
mighty those realized thoughts Look at
the sea What an Undivided thought Pom.
der the whole earth. A world OF some crea
ting mind. Gaze at the stars. Thoughts
line the armament. How great, how wise,
bow lovely, how potent, and how incompre,
hensible the spirit whose thoughts are thus
put forth The heavens declare the glory
nf God, and the armament showeth his
handiwork. Day unto day uttereth speech,
and night unto night showeth knowledge
There is no speech nor language where their
voice is not heard.". He that built all things
is God. We walk upon and in the midst oi
his realized Thoughts. How carefully and
lovingly toward him We should constantly
walk.
Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1868-10-24
GRAND BARuER SALOON.

The Oldest and most noted Institution of
the Kind in Sunbury.
J. w. WASHINGTON,
uAVlNG removed to his new building on Third
Ii Street between Market snd the Depot is now
prepared to'serye his customers better thsn ever
Having secured the services of first class BARRIERS
SHAVING AND HAIR. DRESSING
will be executed in the latest style.
The ba'iding having been erected especially for
the purpose OF First Class Barber saloon, and
having hted 1t up in the latest style, he hopes TO
receive liberal share OF patronage
In the adjoining room hrst class Confectionery
has been opened for the sale Of
lce-Creani. Candles, Cakes. Beer,
and numerous other Temperance Drinks in common
use Oranges, and other delicious fruits and eatable
Of home and foreign growth in rich profusion snt
elegant varsity.
SanbuEy, Sspssnbss ., 1883
Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1868-10-24
POLITICAL.
From the Philadelphia Press |
LINES TO HORATIO SEYMOUR.

ny PHILIP o'NHILL,
A PeAnSyirania Soldier, tcAo did duty in III.
". \. Riot of july.
Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1868-10-24

THE HUsBAND.-Ladicss sometimes do not
value their husbands as they ought. They
not unfieQuently learn the value of good
husband for tie first time hy the loss of him.
Yet the husband is the very roof-tree of the
house, the cornerstone of the ediiice, the
keystone of the arch called home. He is the
bread-winner of the family, its defense and
its glory, the beginning and ending of the
golden chain of life which surrounds it, its
consoler, its law giver and king. And yet
we see how frail is that life on which so
much depends How frail is the life of the
husband and father! When he is taken
away who shall fill his place When he is
sick, what gloomy clouds hover over the
house When he is dead, what darkness,
weeping, agony! Then poverty, like the
murderous assassin, breaks in at the window;
starvation, like furnishing wolf, howls at
the door. Widowhood is too often the as,
sociate of sackcloth and ashes. Orphanhood
too often means desolHtOn and woe.
Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1868-10-24
NEW CARRIAGE & BUGGY

MA NUF ACTORY-
FINHE subscriber respectfully informs the citizens
l. of Sunbury and vicinity. that he has opened
shop in Sol Stroh's Backsmithshop.B Building on
Chestnut street. Sunbury, Pa, where he keeps con-
santly on hand and manufactures to order,
Carriages, IsuGgys, Sull1ys, &c,
of the latest style and of the best material.
Repairing Of Wagons, Carriages. &c, done at the
shortest notice,
Persons in want Of fine Buggies and Carriages, are
Ii. c. kOUSH.
Sunbury, July IL, lS68-ly
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Very respectfully yours,
]. @. THOMPSON, Esq, Shelbyvi,le, lad.

SEYMOUR IN 1861 THE TESTIMONY OF
JUICE HuBBELL, OF WIscoNsIN-Las
week, at political meeting held in Wam-
pun, Wisconsin, Judge Hubbell, of Milwau-
kee, made some important statements in
regard to what he knew personally OF Gov
crnor Seymours sentiments during the war.
Judge Hubbel was formerly Circuit Judge
III Wisconsin and strong democrat. Du-
ring the war he was one of the most earnest
of war democrats. We give report of
what he said at .he Wampum meeting, as
reported in the Leader, of that city,
Judge Hubbell stated that in the spring
of 1861, when the firing upon Sumter had
electrified the country, and when the AVA
kened North was rushing to arms, meeting
was held at the Chamber of Commerce, a
meeting that many will remember us the
one in which the leading democrats of Mil.
waukee. Judge Hubbel and Matt. II. Car
peEter among them, came out strongly for
sustaining the national unity. At that meet
ing it was announced that Governor Sey
mour was at the Newhall House, aud it was
proposed to call him out. Judge Huhhell
was sent to announce the fact to Governor
Seymour. He found him in his room at the
Newhall, to ali appearances q very sick man.
The Judge informed him of his mission,
hut Seymour told him it was impossi.
Die for him to appear. lie was ton sick. At
this time several other gentlemen arrived
| and tod Seymour that he must appears ,as the
crowd were outside calling for him and hc
could not he excused. At last, with the
assistance of couple Of gentlemen. he was
! got out upon the balcony, where he thanked
the assembly for theiI demonstration, but
excused himself from addressing them on
! the ground of extreme illness. and went back
to his room. Now mark this; not over If.
teen minutes before Judge Hubbell's ap-
I pearance in Seymonr's rnom another gentle
| man went from the Chamber of Commerce
to the Newhall to apprise Seymour Of what
was going on. He found him in the ladies'
parlor, and to his inquiry concerning his
health, that gentleman expressed himself as
never better When he was apprised of
what was going on, he told his visitor that
he could not address them, and he must
! have him excused on the ground of illness.
! Thus early in the war, an invitation to Sey-
mour to declare himself patriot made him
sick inside of fifteen minutes
In the following autumn he was in Mil.
waukec, and visited Judge Hubel in his
Office, and in the course of the conversation
told him that people supposed that he had
been up North looking after his property,
when in fact he had been keeping out of the
way, and he went on To tell tie Judge how
many ports there were on the southern coast,
and how utterly impossible it would he for
the combined fleets of the world to blockade
them, and then went on to demonstrate the
impossiblli,y of subduing the rebellion"
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