The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1875-04-01
THURSDAY, APRIL l, 1876.

week, in rousing our slumbering. tinIid, dis
tinguishcd neighbor from his lethergy, and to
draw from bis usually sluggish brain very
respectable modicum OF evidence of his abil-
ity to square hiIuself on paper and invent
wit when occasion or necessity drove him to
the task Wcknew all along that he had 1t in
him, and have said so on more than one Oc
clsion-aud that it needed only proper prod
sling to arouse the Lion in his lair, and
10 causc lis laundering tones to reverbcrate
through the air Our recipe is most cfcc-
tual indeed-we need but to take a pencil
and give him punch beneath the ribs and
such music as We bring from his Democratic
den across the way is enough to make the
very sirens weep with envy. And then, too,
the song as he iiGgs about running up stream
just the very song among others to suit his
melifuous voice, and to tickle with most
wonderful tickle.
And then too our distinguished neighbor
knows all aboutrowing up stream-its trials
and difficulties, and he knows that we know
that he knows it too-that we have worked
together in the same boat-we bel lping him
all, nearly all the TINES and only succeeding
in keeping him clear of snaggs, but never
making Roadway progressively-and always
remaining IN one spot-rowlng round and
round and never getting ahead. We will
which has always been a success, and has
causcd us on more than one occasion to regret
that with him az the forward oar all should
bc condemned to failure. Nor will we say
anything about the time when, solitary and
alone, without essaying to consult us, he at
tempted to push up stream as herdsman-
that was his work-rough work it was too,
as it laid him fiat On his back. food for
joyed the fun. We put on sack cloth and
ashes and mCurncd over il as in duty bound.
bat there was his effort TO row up stream, as
Il legislator and then we helped him-hclped
him with all our might, but the returning
tide of public opinion was too many for our
united effortS-eyen the street commissioner
could not help him-the Bartonsville tanner
being altogether too many for the Banjo
snapper Of Democracy, and Amandus and
tie JET, were both left on their backs, we
got up, however, in time to show him while
he yet lay upon his hack-that witHthe row
crs reversed it was just as easy to get up
stream as it was to remain down, if only one
rowed Alright, for we had not the least
trouble, with his po1reJW aid ofcourse to step
into the Chief Burgess ship. And there was
that other time, when his eyes sparkled over
the prospect Of i congressional career We
again jumped in the boat with him and at
tempted to stem the tide, but it Was no use
j. 3. put his nose in our way, and though
w rowcd, and pulled, and tugged and sput-
tcred-he with US anl we with him-all our
efforts ended in most magnificent swamp.
Again, as there was nothing in hand for him
We padded to shore, and, with his assistance
Of course stepped into the honorable position
az Chief burgess, and, we have no doubt,
rhat but for tie fact there. was an iuk!ing
that he was by and had hand in our efforts,
9th the commissioner and the water would
have run, the other day, precisely as we
wanted it to run. We have a new idea now
IN reference 10 our distinguished neighbor-
looking to his advancement both in dignity,
honor and stamps, and We mean to join him
heart and hand in the qualification of esire
that lies very near his heart, and this tune
we mean to make a successful effort to max
liz him our new Associate Judge We feel
chat lie would adorn the bench and that the
bench would adorn and pay him, and hence
". give notice, that from hcnccforth, until
tie day of election, our efforts are pledged
4or the advancement of the future Judge
Amandus Oreyus Grcenwald We do this
in view Of the fact that Congressional honors
are so far in the future for Monroe county,
lhat both our distinguished ueighbor and
uurself would tire ourselves to death ere we
could accomplish half tie distance Of 50 long
u;s stream pull.
Next our ncighbor refers, in witty strain
to his effort in securing the post Office print
Ing. We regret sincerely that he touched
this point in the way he did. 1t was not at
all necessary that he should thus publish to
the world the low price at which he held his
services in support Of the incumbent, and
his silence in reference to the administration.
Three dollars and fifty cents paid in full for
both-and yet we do not know that the pur-
chaser had much Of u bargain after all
Ills silence it is true, was secured but then
his pen amounted to nothing dangerous, fol
the time has not yet come in which he dared tc
use it either for manly condemnation or open
unequivocal support Of anything. The price
ccrtainIy was not much ola bite, aud the fac
chat we did not bid fer it is certainly proc
that we had no particular hankcring aftcI
it,
Our distinguished ncighbor next grows sar
castle and couples US in connection with .;
certain christian statesman ont at Mauci