The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1871-08-31
The Chronicles Of Elli.k.

2. And many people thereof strove
among themselves saying unto each
other
3. Go to! wilt thou seek gold and
riches and purple and fine linen
A. While L am poor and needy and
in want?
| 5. (Now those who spake in this
wise were even as wealthy as their
neighbors
6. But being possessed with man.
mon they clothed themselves with the
robes of poverty
| 7. That thereby they might the bet
ter amass unto themselves riches.
s. Now there dwelt over beyond the
river SocgathoDy (Which, being inter
preted meaneth Clarion)
0. George who was also called in that
country Judgdick.
10. Who was possessed Of lands and
houses, and forests, and who was man
Of note in the land and strove to gain
wealth
IL. For he had sat with the judges
of the county and being filed with
learning
II. Set himself above the laborers
in the vineyards and the choppers of
wood and those walked in the waters
with mighty timbers and boardratts,
l3. Now George who was called
Judgdick was fair and comoly to look
upon and was possessed of bull,
II. Aud when George who was
called Judgdick walked among his
fields, and surveyed his possessions, the
bull walked with him
Is. And they waxod fat together,
aud there was no guile in them.
16. Aud it came to pass that in those
days, Que Alfred WHO was Potter, and
skiIlful in making earthen vessels,
II. Dwell in Nuyackstait which lieth
over beyond the boundaries of Pennsil-
vauy.
Is. Aud being wroth in his mind
with the people of Nuyockstait, lie
came and dwelt over by the way of the
Ridge
10. Offering himself for hire, aud
George who was called Judgdick hired
him for two pence week.
20. And Alfred the Potter labored
for Judgdick and was happy.
CHAPTER II.
l. Now when the heat of the day
had passed and the laborers had sought
rest,
2. Allied the Potter walked with
himself and thought Of his country of
Nuyockstait,
3. Wondering much OF his family,
anG his childhood and his kinsfolk,
4. Aud seating himself by the way
side, his heart was filled with sorrow
and he wept.
5. And the bull of George who was
called Judgdick saw Alfred the Potter
from afar off and he said "Ha! ha!n
6. And he made break for him and
hustled him lively
7. Tossing him to the clouds in
wrath and indignation
s. That anyone who labored for
Judgdick should be sad of heart
0. And after the third round, Alfred
the Potter threw up the sponge and
went home on a shutter
10. And the bull and George who
was called Judgdick walked in Peace,
neither was there any guile in them.
CHAPTER III.
l. Now at this time there dwelt over
by the way of the Ridge Henry of the
tribe of Parsons; that is to say Preach
ers,
2. And Henry was comely to behold
but he was not preacher
8. Nor any of his kindred; and
Henry had fallen from grace aud be-
came a printer
A. And he was called the advocate of
the people, publishing unto them the
news from the highways and the bye
ways,
5. And also he had a share of the
county printing
6. And his price was two dollars of
silver in advance; liberal reduction to
clubs; and he also had a Devil
7. And when Henry who was a
Parson, but not Preacher heard of the
wrath Of the bull of Judgdick
8. He gave it forth to the people
telling them of the wounds of Alfred
the Potter
3. And when Judgdick read the
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