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The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1876-08-12
The Robins Note.

The other morning bad mao va be
ing conveyed TO prison, there to remain
for long, long years. He walked the
streets with irons on his wrists. aud the
glorious sun beaming down upon him as
it kissed the dew from the leaves o the
maple and chestnut His eyes had .ul.
len, vicious look aud there was something
wicked in his very step, The officer
halted with BIN moment just wbsrc the
eye could trace a beautiful street for a
full mile, with every green tree boiling
its leaves up to be kissed by the warm
sun Just then Q robin left its ne,t in
the branches above lheir heads and ut.
tered is loudest' happiest notes in p' Use
of the glorious morning. The bad man
looked up then around him. and such
change came to his face that the officer
was amazed. The bad look had left the
eyes, the hard lines went away. and here
was quivering Of The chin as he y his.
pered
And have got to be shut up from
all this"
The robin sung again, Wildly, so tly,
aud so clear that It's notes nigh, be h. ard
4 long way OH. The had mau's eyes
were full of tears, and he said in a husky
voice;
"llow could | have beoa so wicked
with such glad uoteS as those to ring 10
my ears and make my heart tender e.
The man Of whom witnesses had aid,
'lle has the heart Of a tiger" was bro ken
down in one short moment, and he blush.
ed that men should see the irons Oh his
wrists and point him out as a criminal.
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1876-08-12
WOMAWS TEMPERANCE COZ
UMN.
Rum and Tobacco.

"Aud there shall in no wlso enter therein any.
hing that delleth. Bbie
Tho joy and the hope Of the soul,
In this world and that one 10 come
Aro drowned in the poisonous bowl
Are lost to the drinkers Of ram.
II we ask at the home Of tho poor
Whence tho ranks Of tho paupers do CONS
They will tell us they beggars became
When they knelt at the altar Of rum
If We look through the prison cell bar
AT those by transgression undone;
Despairinely they will confess
They are lost thro' the drinking Of rum.
Ask the once happy, beautiful bride,
In her wasted aud now wretched home,
How husband was changed to fond
She will say twas by turning to rum.
For the tendrils Of love that were hers
We're withered, bis heartstrlngs were numb.
From the day he was false to his vow
And began to find pleasure in run
Vile poisons for the ody and soul
Are the breath and the bread Of the sIum:
Evil thoughts coming out Of tho mouth
Going in are tobacco and rum.
Ia the "Gardon Of God"-blcst abode
Where nothing unclean Ger can come
Thcro will mix with tho breath Of tho flowers
No fumes Of tobacco or rum
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1876-08-12

Rumsellers, but for you the dead
would be living the guilty would be in
noceut the incarcerated free; homes
now desolaie happy; men now drunk so
ber aud souls now in hell would be ia
heaven. Are YOU following an honorable
business ? Do you think you deserve to
be called honorable men2 Have you
any conscience }? How can you eat and
sleep and live on with such a record 10
store Tor you to meet at last ? Do you
believe there is judgment? How caa
you wiliully continue in sending souls to
ruin that you know you must meet Ia
eternity? Tis true you make money
but when your soul stands quivering on
the ridge of life. not all the gold on "ln
dia's shore will buy you a moments
peace.
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1876-08-12

A TEMPERAYcR REMINIcENcE. Tx.
President Hopkins, Of Williams college
in recent address gave this reminis
cence Of the temperance movement: "l
remember well the first movement il
Williamstown, and in the college. On th-
subject. 1t was, | think. as early a,
1882 or 1888. There were two hotels il
the place, both selling liquor, as \ matter
Of course, anil three or four stores that
retailsd three or four hogsheads each an
nua,ly No one seemed to suppose tue
traffic wrong. But one Sunday DR. Hea
lit, then of Bridgeport, preached tgo tre
nepdous sermons on the subject and nov
note the effect of trained conscience
when it is enlightened, The next day
both hotels aud every store in town stop
ped selling. l have never known such
an effect produced by any discourse. or
any two discourses, before or since. A
public sentiment WAS created that has
never died out. For long time tho
traffic was wholly suppressed, and has
never been resumed in the stores since"
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1876-08-12

The Dhu Heartach lighthouse, recent.
ly constructed on the western coast of
Scotland, is situated upon a rock IA
miles from land. Work was begun 10
1867, bai landings were difficult. from
81 to 62 days each year only being avail
able. The rock is 30 feet above the
water. and the light rises l45 feet above
the sea. Once gale detached more
than dozen stones, each weighiog over
two tons. although they were over 35 feet
above high.water mark The structure
cost 1857 900
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1876-08-12

ed that 1t stops the falling Of the hair Immediate
restores Its color, when faded or gray. II stimu.
lates the nutrtive organs to healthy aetiyliy and
preserves both the hair and lis beauty. Thus
brashy, weak or sickly hair becomes glossy. Pill
able and strengthened; lost hair regrows with
lively expression; falling hair Is checked and es.
tablished; thin hair thlckens; and faded or gray
hair resume their original color. Its operation i
'ure and harmless. 1t cares dandrua, heals sll
Lumors, and keeps the scalp cool, clean aud soft
under which conditions, diseases Of the scalp
are impossible.
As dressing for ladies hair, the viGoR Is
praised for It's grateful and agreeable perfume
and valued for the soft ustre and richneas Of tone
i lmparts. Prepared by
DR.. J. C. AVER a CO., Lowell, Mass
Practical and analytical Chsmists.
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1876-08-12
r LEAMoY,s DYES COLOR SILKS. Woo

- ens, eottons. color anything. Druggists sci.
them. book giving full and explicit directions
will be sent TO anyone by addressing the proprls.
Lors. WELLS, RIcHARDfoS 4 Co Burlington VT
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1876-08-12
A yer's Hair Vigor.
FOR RESTORING GRAY HAIR


Advancing years.
sickness. care, diSsp-
pointment, and hered-
itsry predispOsitiOn,
Ali turn the hair gray.
and either OF them in-
cline it to shed pre-
maturely.
!, AYER's HAla yI0 =
OR. by long and ex-
tenaiva ysa. has prsv
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1876-08-12

solO ar ALL DRUGGISTS AND DEALERS N MEDICINE
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1876-12-21
Consistency, What a Jewel

The Reform Democracy always support
honesty when it serves their purpose, unless
they make blunder by getting on the
wrong scent. In this way they might
honestly err as to the right means of sue
cess. But in every case where honesty
promises success the Democracy will certain
ly be there. But their honesty is not of
a troublesome character, for if success should
happen to lie in the opposite direction, then
the reformers can be looked for there, with
out doubt of finding them in full force
For proof Of this we need but look at
Louisiana, Florida, and South Carolina, all
of which, or one Of which, at least, they
tried to get by semblance of honesty
But when this failed to secure them the
one elector which they so sorelyS needed
they had no conscientious scruples about
stealing, or if you please, robbing Hayes of
just one elector in Oregon. What mattered
it if Oregon had gone by about one thous-
and undisputed majority for Hayes, if they
could only bribe, steal, or rob Hayes of only
one elector, it would be just as good as if
they had won him honestly, for it would
bring to the "Reformers" all the same, the
sweet spoils and public plunder. But in
order to success in stealing or robbing it is
absolutely necessary not to be caught at it.
For the right to stolen goods is not to be
respected especially when found in the
hands ofthe thief And so with the Oregon
stolen elector, he is found in the hands of
the robbers, and hence has no rights which
honest men respect. His vote will be like
a Dead sea apple, promising to the eye but
ashes to the taste
Hayes will be inaugurated President in
spite of him and all his aiders and abettors
however much they may profess reform.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1876-12-21

fellow His voice will no more greet us at
County Conventions, and in his death the
party OF his choice have lost one of its staun
chest members. But we anticipate for this
obituary would be incomplete were we not to
state, first the remote, next the more i'm
mediate, and lastly the actual cause of his
sudden demise
Now as already observed, deceased had no
prejudice on account of race, color or previous
condition, but this absence of all prejudice
would probably never have resulted in his
destruction, had Mr.. Levanway not been a
wldower, nor harbored in his household
comely colored girl of some fifteen summers.
a word to the wise being sufficient, it will
scarcely be worth while that we should say
more.
There's danger in assembling fire and
tow as Pope has it, and although the former
could not, in the natural order of things,
nave been burning very brightly, the tow
came to grief, hence the trouble, which ter
minated IN the sudden departure of the gay
OLD gameSter! We have thus far spoken in
riddles, but since the truth must needs be
told we may as we'll relate plainly what trans
pred. The young colOred girl, it appears,
claims to be e'lceinte, and on Saturday last
swore out warrant against Mr.. Levanway
as the father Of the expected hybrid, and
although he easily obtained bail for his future
appearance, the matter so proved on his mind
that on the following day already he medita-
TED suicide, II We may credit the story that
on Sunday he made several vain attempts at
purchasing arsenic. The next We heard of
deceased was that on Monday evening he had
sent to Mr.. Ammon Klotz Dr. n. B Reber
and Hon. VIM. NJ. Rapsher three of his
neighbors, to call at his residence to witness
codlcil to his will They went, and on
their arrival in his room found the testator
IN a rather uneasy, disturbed state of mind.
lie was pacing the floor, and every now and
then was noticed to take draught of water
out OF pitcher placed on stand in the
chamber. In the codicil referred to, it is
stated, the testator devised $500 to the color
ed girl IN question, and then, having satisfied
himself that his will was correct in every
particular, he once more PAGES the floors
walks up to the stand, and from behind the
pitcher produces a cup, the contents Of which
he IS seen TO swallow at draught, after
which lie cody informs those present that
1t Is done, that he has just taken TO ounces
OF wine of colchicum, and shall die. This
was at I O'Clock on Monday evening, aud
Notwithstanding all measures taken coun-
teract the effects Of the poison, Mr.. Levan-
way gradually sank, and in less than twenty
four hours breathed his last, victim of
strange mfatuatiOn. Deceased was about 62
years Of age, while the age OF the colored girl
alluded to Is stated at Is. More might he
SAID, but we torbear, having already stated
suthslent to point moral or adorn a tale. "
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1876-12-21
PRESIDENTIAL.

The Reform Democracy under Tilden,
though defeated, Justify swear that they are
not They say they are going to have Til
den President on the 9th of next March,
or they will get on ''bust" and smash
things. For they are honest themselves,
vote all they can, and are not going to be
cheated out Of single mouthful Of the
public plumber they have been feasting
their expectations upon for the last six
months Poor fellows, and just think Of
the hard times We sympathize with
them hugely, but then aflictions and disap-
pointments are good for the wicked, for
they sometimes lead TO serious reflections
on worldly matters and even to repentance
And just imagine for a moment what
reformed country we would have if we
could only get the Tilden Democracy to
fully repent and confess their manifold sins
What a tremendous revelation Of frauds on
the ballot box they would spread before an
astonished country? How by frauds they
had years ago carried for the Democracy,
Louisiana? How they had for years
swelled the naturalization papers in New
York, repeated, changed ballots, false
counted, by aid of Tilden, Tweed and
Morrissey, and thus saved the Empire
State to the Democracy? ? Then they
would also tell us how they boldly marched
over into Kansas with the bold Missouri
Democracy and wiped out the impertinent
Free State men, who did not like slavery
in their midst. Also how nicely they car
ried Pennsylvania in 1856 by the grossest
of fraudulent voting in Philadelphia city,
and thus elected Buchanan who brought
on the war.
And how since the war they had routed
the Republicans out of Arkansas, and how
by killing few, fogging many, and
threatening all the Republicans in Missis-
sippi they had carried that State for the
Reformers by a sweeping majority. And
how, by the same means, North Carolina,
Alabama and Virginia, had been secured
to the same precious fold of Reformers
And how nearly by bulldozing, intimida-
tion and skillful frauds Of various hues,
they had come to carrying for the Reform
ers, Louisiana, Florida and South Carolina
All these facts which would be more
strange than fiction, and hundred more
of like character, would the Reformers, tell
If by any means they could be be brought
TO repentance and confession. Hence what
ever tends to produce this result ought to
be encouraged by every true reformer and
patriot, aud nothing tends SO directly to it
as the inauguration Of Governor Hayes, on
the 5th of next March. For wickedness
and frauds thrive and grow strong on sue
cess, bat wither and die at discontinue
and failure. Therefore the way to make
the professed Reformers real and true re-
formers must be plain TO every intelligent
citizen.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1876-12-21

ALMOST FROZEN TO DEATH. On Satur-
day last, Mr.. Samuel Warner, resident OF
Pocono township, came to town for the pur-
pose of attending to some business and bay-
ing an liberated tooth extracted. As the
pain was severe he INDUCED quite freely OF
the Juice de bourb' with the hope that he
might seek temporary relief until the SER
vices of dentist could be procured About
s O'Clock in the evening Dr. Lantz extracted
the tooth, Mr.. Warner proceeded to the hotel
when he took few drinks, armed himself
with flask of the ardent and started fol
home. Instead of crossing the bridge at
''Locklomon," he deliberately walked to the
right of it into the race. BY some means OF
other he managed to get out and retrace his
steps TO within short distance of the resi-
dence of Mr.. John Bowes, where he ''froze'
to the fence Being unable to proceed
farther he cried for help and it seems hi:
cries were not heard until considerable time
elapsed when Geo d. Shackelton, Mr.. Fred
Bartholomew and son in looking around tc
see from whom the cries came, discovered
him clinging to the fence almost frozen tc
death. After considerable exerton his hands
were loosened from their death-ike grip on
the fence, to which they were so tightly
frozen, that some of the skin from the palm,
of the hands and fingers was torn off in get
ting them loose. He was Immediately con
veyed to the residence Of Mr.. Bartholomew
when upon close examination it was dis
covered that his hands and feet were badly
frozen. After working with him some two
or three hours he was revived, put to bed and
kept by Mr.. Bartholomew until Sunday
morning when he resumed his journey home.
AS the night was an intensely cold one he nc
doubt would have frozen to death had he
remained where he was found half an hour
longer.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1876-12-21
Country amusements or rather ente

COUNTRY amusements, or rather enter
tainments, have undergone many changes
within the past sixteen years. Before the
popular way Of entertaining people was by
giving staid visiting parties, in which the
kissing" play predominated When the
war broke out, and during its continuance,
a change was wroughtin country life greater
than that of cities, and where before recrea-
tons such as tea parties and singing schools
satisfied the young people, card playing and
dancing became all the rage, and though
the Mortified elderly people fought against
these, to them, wicked innovations, the fash
ion Of the times carried the day, and by
and by sober church people could be seen
at an evening party given by their daugh-
ters playing euchre with as much interest
in the bowers as the most inyeterate gamb-
Ter. 1t is said the rising generation is
again bringing the old order of things into
fashion again.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1876-12-21

PAY AS YOU Go-The best argument in
favor of the cash plan is the fact that those
who follow it are certain to prosper if they
carry out the principle of ''quck sales and
small profits, and liberal advertising, and in
the case of the devotee of credit we have
only to point to the business failures constant
ly taking place all around us and which, nine
cases out of ten, are directly attributable to
the credit system. Goods sold on promi-
ses to pay will not settle the claim at the
bank. Protest follows, and the inevitable
result is an extension, assignment or bank
ruptcy. No one need to be at a loss to find
those cases they are 10y no means isolated
Those who as buyers, pay as they go, as sell
lers have but one price, find their business
to gradually increase, and their customers
generally coincide in the fact that they can
save money and keep out of debt by trading
with parties who do not tax their customers
with the wages of book keepers and the losses
sustained on the sales of those who never
pay One price, and that at the lowest pos
sible, where no losses or undue expenses are
taken into the account, will, in the long run,
command the most business, and is ever the
most advantageous, to all parties, but
especially so to buyers. The man who tries
running his business on the cash system will
find, in increased custom, that it pays. An
other important fact will soon be discovered,
and that is it does not take long to educate the
community trading with you that in protect
ing yourself against loss by having the pay
down, you are consulting their profit in low
prices.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1876-12-21

REMEMBER the Queen Club hop on New
Years night at the Burnett House." All
arrangements have been completed to make
this one of the grandcst and most enjoyable
social events of the season. The following
gentlemen were chosen to serve as officers
for the evening:
Committee of Arrangements.-H. w
Marsh, K. K. Shafer, II. Drolett
Reception Committee-I E. Allender
w Posten, F. Barber.
Floor Managers.-Simon Fried, w. S.
Shafer, w. j. Thompson, f. w. Born.
Master of Ceremonies-W II. Bennett
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1876-12-21

The boarding. of silver is still praeticed
In the country towns. A recent scarcity
OF change in a Western Massachusetts
town, and an appeal to the hoarders to come
down, showed that one merchant had laid
away SIT in quarters and halves, another
had $50 while the postmaster found he had
$40 safely tucked away in his desk. 1t is
no wonder that change is at premium in
country towns, SO long as people indulge IN
sgch foolishness
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1876-12-21

THE old drug store lately occupied by
William Hollinshead, it is rumored, will
be re-opened at an early day by our young
townsman, Edward HoIIinshead. Ifrumor
proves true, which we hope it may, we can
recommend "Ned" to both the citizens oi
this borough and county as being reli-
able and competent, and have not the least
idea but what he will give general satisfac-
tion to all who may chance to meet him.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1876-12-21
WE were rnucblv takcn In on Eri1.

WE were muchly taken in on Friday
evening in seeing "that same old man
with straggling whiskers all around his
throat, and a plug hat that was fashionable
in 1912, sitting on a front seat looking at
Prof. Allyne in his "slight-o-hand" per-
formance through an opera glass, at
Williams Hall, and you can make up your
mind that he's the kind o rooster Moody
and Sankey has no business with.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1876-12-21

The Beethoven Band rendered the new
proprietor Of the Burnett House, Abraham
Bush, with a few choice selections of
music on Thursday evening last "Abe, :"
ike all other hearted landlords,
asked the boys in.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1876-12-21

A MARYLAND jury lately declared that
a man had come to his death "by an un-
known wagon" About on par with this
is the Wisconsin verdict respecting man
who had been crushed to death in mill
when the jury remarked mo blame can
be attached to the machinery"
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1876-12-21

BEETHOVEN HoP-The Beethoven
Cornet Band of this borough will give
their fifth grand hop, Friday evening, 22d
inst. Price per couple, 75 cents. Tickets
to be had of either of the members of the
Band. Music furnished by the Beethoven
Orchestra.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1876-12-21

BGS~ In accordance with our usual prac-
tice, there will be no JEFF" issued from
this Office next week.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1876-12-21

a THRIFTY German, in Massachusetts
town, whose setting hen wouldn't stay on
her eggs till they were hatched, recently
put his wife in bed for two days, with the
eggs in a box beside her, and thereby
three chickens were saved to the world.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1876-12-21

THE case of Com. vs.. F. \. Beamish on
charge Of embezzielnent and forgery was
tried at Wilkes Bizarre court on Wedues-
day and Thursday. The case is one grow
ing out Of Beamish' use and misappropra-
ton of the school funds of the Fourth Dis
trict of this city while he was Receiver of
Taxes in 1872. Abundant evidence was
brought to prove that the duplicate book
had been altered and the amounts changed
while it was in his possession; that leaves
had been cut out entirely that large
amounts of taxes had been paid 10 him that
he had not credited that he had collected
larger amounts than the duT called
for, etc. The counsel for the prosecution
were Messrs. Sturges, Palmer, Hoyt and
Ricketts, the counsel for Beamish were
Col. Woodward, Col. Wright and John
Lynch. The trial occupied two days, the
case being given to the jury on Thursday
evening, Friday morning they returned i
verdict of guilty. Justice has evidently
overtaken him at last-Scranton City
Journal
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1876-12-21

THE rabbit and partridge season closed
on the 18th inst. All will bear in mind
that S5 fine will be imposed upon any per-
son, by the Game Association, for all game
killed out Of season.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1876-12-21

THE first Of December was the coldest
day experienced in Savannah for fifty years
Water froze in the cutters, and though the
sun shown brightly there was no percepti-
bic thaw during the dav.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1876-12-21

How surprised that young man felt one
day last week when he sat gently" down on
the pavement, and how red he got when
he noticed two young ladies passing in the
same direction
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1876-12-21

The best assortment of boots, shoes and
gums, and at the lowest prices can be found
at the boot and shoe store of E. X. Wyckoff,
down town, three doors above the Washing
toh Hotel
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1876-12-21

Go to the City Hall of Fashion for Holiday
presents, where you will find large selection
70 useful ones. Bargains in ladies winter
hats Closing out at cost. 2t.