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Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1873-02-22
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Last week VIC published what the popula,
poet, John II. Yates, had to say about 18th,
Old Mae in the Stylish Church," and now w
show what he has to say about
Well, wife, I've found the model church Iwor.
shipped there to-day
II made me think of good old times before my
head Was gray.
The meetin' house was fixed up more than 1t was
years ago,
But then felt when went In it wasn't built fol
show.
The sexton didn't scat me away back by the door
He knew that was old and deaf, as well as old
and poor;
He must have been Christian, for he LED me
through
The long aisle of that crowded church to fnd a
place and pew.
l wish you'd heard that singin', it had the old
The preacher said, with trumpet voice, "Let all
the people sing -
The tune was Coronation, and the music upward
rolled,
Till thought heard tho angels striking all
their harps Of gold.
Ny deafness seemed to melt away my spirit
Caught the IRE
Joined my feeble, trembling voice with that me-
lodious choir,
Aud sang as in my youthful days, "Lot angels
prostratc fall
Bring forth the royal diadem, and crown him
Lord of all"
tell you, wife, it did me good TO sing that hymn
once more
felt like some wrecked mariner who gets a
glimpse of shore;
/ almost wanted to lay down this weather beaten
form,
And anchor In the blessed port forever from the
storm.
The pteachin'. Well, can't just tell all the
preacher said
know it wasn't written I'know II wasn't read,
He hadn't time to read it, for the lightnln' of his
eye
Went flashing 'long from pew TO pew, nor pas sed
sinner by.
The sermon wasn't dowery, twas simple gospel
truth;
It fitted poor old men like me it fitted hopeful
youth.
Twas tul of consolation for weary hearts that
bleed
Twas full Of invitations, TO Christ and not to
creed.
The preacher made sin hideous, in Gcntes and
in Jews;
he shot the golden sentences down In the finest
pews.
And-though l can't sec very WE'LL saw the
falling tear
That told me hell was someways OF, and heaven
very near.
How swift the golden moments fed within that
holy place;
How brightly benmed the light of heaven from
every happy face.
Again longed for that sweet time when friend
shall meet with friend,
"Where congregations ne'e- break up, and Sab
baths have uo'andl"
hope to meet that minis.er-that congregation
In that dear home beyond the stars that shine
from heavens blue.
doubt not I'll remember, beyond lfe's evening
gray,
The happy hour OF worship IN that model church
to-day.
Dear wife, the fght will soon be fought-the VIC
tory be won;
The shinia' goal is just ahead the race is near
lyrun,
o'er the river we are neariu' they are throngin'
TO the shore
To shout our safe arrival where the weary weep
no more.
Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1873-02-22

A RIGHTEOUS VETO. The country has
just had another evidence that in President
Grant the people have q safe and reliable
public servant, who will protect their inter-
ests and the treasury against the raid of
Southern claimants, and inconsiderate
legislation. Au act was snaked through
Congress appropriatng the sum of SlS,-
500 TO the East Tennessee University, on
accoul of a claim made for damages to
that institution sustained during the war
This bill the President promptly vetoed,
giving as his reason that while he deeply
sympathized with all who suffered on sc-
count of the war, he is not willing to es-
tablsh the precedent that the United States
government is liable for the ravages of the
war. Should such a precedent to estab-
lished there would be no end to the claims
that would be presented. The people
could not under the present taxation put
sufficient money in the treasury to pay
these Southern war claims.
This veto bv the President together with
the defeat before the House Ways and
Means Committee Of the bill for refunding
the cotton tax, ii is hoped will put an
end, at least for time, to tho numerous
schemes for plundering the National Trea-
sury for the benefit OF those who waged \
war against the government, and new ask
to be paid for damayacs sustained in their
unholy efforts to destroy the Union. 1t is
to be hoped that Congress will not give
any further encouragement to these South
ern claimants by countcnancng their
claims for damages. 1t is wrong to thus
keep alive a hope of ultimate compensation
for damages sustained by the war. Let
the Southern people understand once anu
forever that the doors of the United States
Treasury are closed and barred against
their claims. The people can congratulate
themselves that at least for four wears there
will be a man in tho Presidential! chair who
has set his foot down firmly in opposition
to all such claims. -Scrdnton Republican,.
Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1873-02-22
miscellaneous.
d9
MIR. Greeley's Will.

The following are the remarks of Mr..
Williams, the counsel for the executors OF
Mr.. Greeley's will Of 1871, before the Sur
rogste in reply to the statements of coun-
sci and others in support of the will of 1872:
Mr.. Williams--It is known to the Court
as well as to my friends on the other side
that the executors of Mr.. Greeley's will
have made no reply to the attacks made on
US, nor have they uttered a word in self.
defence. Their idea was that the testimony
ia the case would be the best vndcatiun,
If such a word can be used. These remarks
that have been made on the other side have
this tendency, and | will not say this pur-
pose. as saying: "Our will of 1872 is right.
1t is dear TO the children of the deceased
and was dear To the deceased while he
hved, but being encouraged by set of
men who are strong and determined, while
We are weak and feeble, we in feeble health
yield. In short, we back down from a
right, true and strong position because we
don't see lit to make developments touch
ing the character OF the deceased
Now, sir, entertain different opinion
on all this matter In the first place, be-
iieve there is no fact to be developed in this
case, II it goes to the very last degree to
which it can so, which will not rebound to
the credit and fame of Horace Greeley. 1t
Ia ten thousand times better, in my iudg-
msnt, for his fame that the truth should be
known to the public than that the public
should rest upon the innumsrsble false
hoods which have been put forth during the
last weeks of his life. During the last six
Weeks of his life we are able to show that
he was not only not in fit state to make a
will, but that his mind was irretrievably
lost. For six or eight days before his
death he marched steadily downward,
growing feebler and ieebler. During this
time he was in charge of two strong men,
tor two men were only adequate to retain
him within proper limits. A case of acute
mania of the EXTREMIST kind visited him
during the last eight days of his life. His
will, executed at the last hour of that ex-
istence, il it could be called an execution,
in which he says, ''it is not my will, J." al.
though when he was subsequently, asked.
''Is this the will you wroteYr he feebly an
swered, "Yes." All that last scene was
only at time when he was less capable of
making will than he was at any former
period. Now, sir, / think the effect oi
these remarks has been to give the public
the idea that We are overcoming a young
lady who has a right TO her fathers wealth,
want TO repel that by one or two remarks.
In the first place, we are prepared 10 show
not only insanity, but am safe in saying,
that aside from the question Of insanity,
we can destroy that will on the ground of
fraud and conspiracy. 1t only waits 10 be
called out, and when they say they recede
from a will that was Horace Greeley's, be-
cause they do not want development e
made. answer that it will rebound to
Mr.. Greeley's credit,a the developments
will show that he who was the victim OF
every kind of conspiracy in his life, was
The victim Of Que At his death, one moro
Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1873-02-22

CORN FOR FUEL. Iowa papers
recommend people to Use their corn for fuel.
The Council Bluffs Nelrpareil says! We
are glad to see that many OF our citzeus are
taking advantage of the low price of corn
To lay in heavy supplies Of it for fuel. We
have experimental with it the last week,
and find that it is an admirable substitute
for both wood and economy and comfort
in its use. a ton of corn, 33 bushels, at
II cents per bushel, $500. We consider
this equa! to a cord ofhard wood, as sup
piled aud and measured in our market at
81 the cutting of this cord is $3.50; total
$50. Thus making a total of nearly
three dollars Il cord. For kitchen fuel
il is sup-riJ, O. wood, except hickory, aud
cheaper than that. 1t blazes. We Judge
that three tons of corn are equal to the
heat of Une ton of hard coal, while in eco
nomy Of its ase il is equal to one and hall
tons of coal. In small families and small
houses there 10 always great waste OF
hard coal, while there is none in the use
OF corn.
Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1873-02-22

THE WEAKEST PART.-It is we'll known
that clergymen, when in each others COM
pany, enjoy little harmless pleasantly
with each other as much as any other class
of men. So it was with two reverend dig
nitaries, who met after separation of
forty years.
Tommy said one, Il have been trying
to account for a fact which l have noticed
since We came together. That we should
both be little gray is not to be wondered
at, considering our years; but what puz,
zles ME is, that the gray should show itself
ON my head, while it is chiefly to be seen
on your jaws, and can account for it only
by the fact that that wears out soonest
which is used most.'
stop, stop, Roberto the other replied,
Il think physician would account for it
on much safer principle-- that disease at
taeSs tho spaksst part
Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1873-02-22


WHAT HOME s.--IIome is the only
place in all this world where hearts are
sure Of each other. 1t is the place of con
tidence. 1t is the place where we tear off
the mask of guarded and suspicious cold
ness which the world forces us TO wear in
srlf.dcfence, and where we pour out the
unreserved communications of full and
contiding hearts. 1t is the spot where ex-
prcssions of tenderness gush out without
any sensation "f awkwardness and without
any dread of ridicue. Let n man travel
where lie will, home is the place 10 which
his heart fondly returns. He is TO doube
MI pleasure thore. He is to divide all
pam. 4 happy home is the single spot Of
rest which u man has upon this earth for
the cultivation of his noblest sensiblities.
And now, my brethern, if that be a de-
scription of home, is Gods plase to be your
home Walk abroad and alone by night.
That awful other world in the stiffness and
solsmn deep Cf the eterniLies above, is that
your home Those groves that lie beneath
you. holding in them the infinite secret,
and stamping upon all earthly lovliness the
mark of frailty and change and tcetness-.
are those graves the prospect TO which they
can, in bright days and dark days, turn
without dsmay? God in His splcndors--
dare we feel with him atiectionate and
familiar, ST., that trial comes soitened BY
this feeling? 1t is my Father, and enjoy
ment can be taken with frank feeling /;
my Father has given is TO me without
grudging, to make me happy. All that
is having home in Good. We are at
home there
Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1873-02-22
Dec. i6, 1871.

SUNBURY FIRE INSURANCE CO.
TIE DIRERToRs OF TIE
SUNRURY HORSE IN
SURANCE COMPANY,
Are now tskaing fire risks under their special
charter granted by the Legislature.
The recent great calamitous Ares Of Chicago
and Boston have proven conclusively two facts.
lst. That Mutual Insurance Companies pro-
vide the most security to the assured for the
smallest cost and are the best able to sustain
heavy losses.
I'd. That Home Companies are an absolute
recessity and furnish the best guarantees for
payment of losses as they cover no heavy risks
wooking outside of cities and cannot be affected
by such great CONGREGATIONS as the Boston and
Chicago fires which have ruined many Of our
best aud strongest Companies.
THE sUNBURY FIRE INSURANCE CO.,
By special privileges works the joint stock and
mutual plans together, thus enabling them TO
| enjoy the advantages OF both modes of insurance
without doing the injustice 20 the holder Of the
mutual policy by assessing him for the osnentoi
| the stock holder.
All policies are issued on the mutual plan.
All risks are taken outside the great cities, and
only on such property as is not so exposed as 10
be hazardous. This enables the Company to in
| : ire for less rates than many other Companies
aad supplies great need now felt by all Of u re-
SAFE HOME INSURANCE COMPANY.
Their joint Stock Plan protects against exor.
bItant or repeated assessments.
RELIABLE AGENTS WANTED.
address sy..
C A. REIMENsNyDER, Secretary,
Z. D. KALIAN, Special Agsu, and ssp.
Deeemeer =, isrS.-4f
Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1873-02-22

AN Irish gentleman, ofa mechanical
turn, took of his gasometer TO repair it
himself and put it on again upside down,
so that at the end of the quarter it was
proved that the las company owned him
e3 rs Sd.
Two reasons why some persons don't
mind their own business. Ono is they
haven't any mind.
THE Oldest 'yaccinated mau' is now
claiming the championship He is Col
L. ii. Taylor, of Kentucky, who WAS origi'
nslly punctured in 17pa
Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1873-02-22
NEW COAL YARD.
DENTISTRY.
GEORGE NJ, REM

GEORGE NJ. RENN,
n s,npsOn's Building, Market Square,
sUSBURr, Pa,
prepared to do all kinds Of work pertaining
4 to Dentistry. He keeps constantly on hand
large assortment of Teeth, and other Dental
material, from which he will be able 10 select,
aud meeA me wants of his customers.
All work warranted to give satisfaction, or else
the money refunded.
The very best Mouth Wash and Tooth Powders
kept on hand.
His references are the numerous patrons for
whom he has worked for ths lass twelve ySars.
euDe ~, lrA -. isT2,
Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1873-02-22

STARTLING DIScOvERY.-Durin tho
sitting of court in Connecticut, not long
ago, on q very cold evening, a crowd of
lawyers had collected around the fire that
bazed cheerfuly Oh the hearth in tho bar
room, when a traveller entered, benum bed
( with cold; but no one moved 10 give him
room to warm his shins, 80 he leaned back
against the wall in the back part OF the
room. Presently smart young limb Of
the law addressed him, when the following
dialogue took place:
you look like a iraYeler?'
"Wall, suppose | am; came all tho
way from Wisconsin aioOt, ut any rate" I"
"From Wisconsin What Il distance to
come on ono pair Of legs -
~ all, did it, any how
Did you ever pass through bel! In any
"Yes, sir, I've passed through the out
skirts"
II thought likely. Well, shat are uhe
manners and customs thereS Son,e OF US
would like to know"
"Oh, you'll find 'em much the same as
in this place-.tte Ialcyers sit nearest the Gre."
THE DUR. of this bird Josh Billings
thus dscOurseth
The duk is d foul. There aint no doubt
of fthis-uaturalists say so, and konmon
sense teaches it.
They are bilt something like lien, aud
are an up and down, tlat-iooted job.
They don't kacke like the hen, nor kto
like the rooster, nor holler like the peakok,
nor scream like the goose, nor turk like the
turkey; but they Quack like the root doA-
tor, and their bill resembles yeteuary
sGrgen's.
They have woven fut, and kan float
on the water as natral as q soap bubble.
They are pretty much all feathers, and
when the feathers are all removed, and
their innards out, there iz just about as
mutch meat on them az there " ON krook
uecked squash that has gone tew seed. A..
Wild auks are very good shooting, and
are very good To miss also, unless you un'
derstand the bizness.
You should aim about three foot ahead
ov them, and let them ay up 10 the shot. ..
have shot at them all day, and got
nothing but tail feather now aud then.
There are sum kind ov duks that are
very hard to kill, even if you do hit them.
| shot one whole afternoon. three years ago,
at sum dekoy duks, and never got one Ov
them. hav never told ov this before, and
hope no one win repeatit-it is strikly con'
lidenshall.
Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1873-02-22

II fish did not devour each other aud
men did not devour The viclors, there is no
telling what would become OF the ocean.
Two herrings in three years would produce
l54, ,OO0, 600, and in twenty years would ill
the ocean so that they would have no room
to move about in.
Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1873-02-22

A SERVANT transferred a quiet home
into Babel, and lost a good place, by.
merely straining four quarts OF crab-appls
jelly through an eighteen'doliar veil.
A BORE, meeting Douglas Jerrold, sal
"Well, what's going on to-day?" ia
exclaimed Jerrold, dartiug past the
der.
A lawyers clerk wants to know
examination, eau, under a"
stances, be good-iIatured on
Docs are the best dentist
natural teeth.
Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1873-02-22

NEW GOODS! NEW GOODS!i
Just cpend.
z. j. BYROD.
Informs lhe citizens Of Sunbury and vicinity
that he has received his large assortment OF
Dry Goods and selling them cheap for
cash at bis stor. room. corner Third
and Church streets,
SUNBURY, PA,
HIS stock comprises
Dry Goods aRd Greceriee.
The Dry Goods department is complete, having 8
ssneral assortment Of
Cloths, Cassimeres, Cslicos, DeLains,
and everything in thu Dry Goods line. The
GROCERIES
are all fresh, and consists OF Tea, Coffee, Sugar,
Mollasses, Spices, Meat, Fish, sc.
BOOTS AND SHOES.
WnlON-Ware and Glassware
q general assortment. In fact everything kept
In hrst-class store, can he had at the
most reasonable prices for cash.
Having located In Sunbury for the purpose OF
becoming one OF its citizens, ! hope that by fair
dealing and strict attention TO business TO merit
y share of the public patronage. Ny motto 10
"Small Profits and Quick Sales"
All are cordially invited to cali and examine
my goods, as no charges will bs made for show.
Ing them.
FJ.BYRoD,
Susbury, Oct. -, leT2.
Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1873-02-22

y. Msrket Square, SUNBuRY, PA. Profession
al hueinees in this and adj jon!ng counties prompt
attanJyi TO.
Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1873-02-22
1910. GRAND OPENING l6iG.
FALL AND WINTER GOODS,
at the Store OF
Read RrathAr - RaashAIt.

FALL AND WINTER GOODS,
at the Store OF
Reed Brother d SeashoIts,
(successors to s. o. Reed d Bro.)
COMPRISING OF DRY GOODS
Of every description and variety such rs DRKss
GOODS, MERIsos, CAsHAkkEs, sATIss, ALPA-
CAS-, PorLIss, &C., PLAIN ViotKkp GooDs,
shAwIs ksD CoATs, HOSIERY, Apda
FULL ASSORTMENT OF NOTIONS,
which are being sold at the lowest Cash Pricss
ALSO. GRocKRIIs AND PROVISIONS,
pure and fresh.
QUEESswARE, GLASSWARE, AND WOOD
AND WILLOW WARE,
Nicest Brands Of Flour constantly on hand.
very large
ASSORTMENT OF WALL PAPER,
both glazed and common, always on hand.
BOOTS AND SHOES
from the celebrated hand mads Boot aud Shoe
Mandatory of Watsontown, for
MEN, WOMEN AND CHILDREN.
READY-MADE CLOTHING,
Of all sizes aud of the latest styles,
F l. o U r..
A constant supply of western white wheat -four
aspeciality.
The public are invited TO call and examine our
Goods Tree of charge. Our motto Is "Quick
Sales and Small Profits" and to please all.
The highest priees will be paid for all kinds Of
country produce.
BY strict attention to business and keeping At
all times the most complete stock, and selling at
the lowest prices, We hope to merit fan share OF
REED BROTHER sEAsHoLry.
sunbvry, N0v. ., is7s-iy,
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1873-03-21

was of immense value to the Govern
ment in revealing to the outside world
the real animus of the rebellion. As an
instance of over-shooting the mark 1t
has no rival in oratorical annals.
In making mp the Confederate Gov
eminent he was given the Vice-Presi-
dency as a concession to the element at
the South which had always resisted re-
bellion, but finally succumbed to 1T.
His official life was almost entirely
blank. His position was one of no i'm
portance except in the contingency OF
the death of his superior. He tried to
bring about peace at one time, but ac-
complished nothing, He was taken
prisoner at the close of the war and kept
locked up few months at Fort Warren,
if we remember correctly. There was
no disposition to deal harshly with him,
and his release wasyapproved by pubic
sentiment.
For some time Mr.. Stephens was in
utter obscurity but he finally bought
newspaper, and through its columns has
said his saw" The "new departure
was his special aversion, and all through
the late contest he protested against the
Liberal movement with all the power at
his command. He had only small
following Neither party felt satisfied
at his course. Yet neither felt unEindly
toward him. There being a vacancy to
fill in the Congressional delegation from
that State, he was elected without any
opposition. He will be, we believe, the
only member of the Forty-third Congress
elected without opposition. When 1T is
raman hare1 that "a few wears aCO he WAS
Vice-President of the Confederate States
of America, that the cause he espoused
was defeated utterly after four years
war, and the party which held the reins
of Government then still holds them,
this signal honor must be set down as
one of the miracles of politics. Here
after this Stephens case will stand in
history as monument of the leniency Of
the Republican party i'll its treatment OF
Southern rebels. Chicago journal.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1873-03-21
Alex. VI. Stephens.

An incident occurred recently, which,
in suggestiveness and as n key to the
great political problem of this country
and generation, was an event. We allude
to the election of Alexander II. Stephens
as a Representative in Congress from his
native State, Georgia.
Mr.. Stephens is now 62 years of age.
He entered the political arena some
thirty-five years ago, and was first elected
to the seat he has now been chosen to
fill just thirty years ago. He will thus
be the patriarch of Congress. For
many years he was known as "A Wing
leader. When that party went 10y the
board, he joined the Democracy. In
the stormy period preluding the rebel
lion he was an earnest and doubtless
sincere advocate of the Union. Up to
the very last he resisted secession, but
when his State cast in its lot with the
Confederacy he went with the tide. Ac-
cording to his theory of the Government,
State fealty is more binding than ma
tional loyalty. In the act of committing
himself TO the Southern cause" Mr..
Stephens eulogized slavery much as Ben.
Butler did yesterday Cakes Ames. He
was proud of the institution, and pre-
dicted that il would be the corner stone
of the grandest Republic the world ever
saw. That monstrous harangue pro-
duced intense indignation Mt the North.
and was impoitic in the extreme. 1.