The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1876-01-07


yond our recollection. All over the country
bonfres, illuminations, brass bands, ant
church bells, announced the arrival of th
Centennial year. In Bloomsbury, the houses
of many of our citizens were ablaze will
gas lights, and numerous gatherings of ole
and young, waited for the hour of twelve
and as the town clock struck the last knel
of the dying year, from many merry voice
were heard the greeting, Happy New Year
The bells rang out their joyous peals, and {
liberal use Of gunpowder was made in sa
lute5 to the new born infant, 1876. Thc
illumination at the residence of John NJ
Chamberland Esq, deserves especial men
tion. The windows were lighted with
candles representing the thirteen origina
states and the effect was very fine.
As usual with the old year have diet
mauy fond hopes, and with the new, many
good resolutions have been found. To some
1875 will be remembered as year of pros
perity and happiness to Others, it has beer
IL season of constant struggle against mis-
fortune and adversely, and to many it will
be borne in mind as the said time when
death visited their households, and with
ruthless hand, snatched from their midst q
| beloved form.
| 1t is to be hoped that the new year, with
its Centennial celebration, will revive the
industries of the land, and bring an end to
the hard times which so long have weighed
| upon us. When another Thanksgiving day
shall come, may we have abundant cause to
return thanks for our national existence and
Tor renewed life and success of our industries
| all over the country
Na5Tidgc. a correspondent asks us to
give our views on this subject. The Senior ed
tor declines. "EXperiencc meetings" should
be private We quote, however, the follow
ng from Bulwer: have no wish to be
| iOnbed up, Moreover, man is like nap
kin; the more neatly the housewife doubles
| him the more carefully she lays him on the
| shelf Neither can man once doubled
know no " often he may be doubled. Not
| only his wife folds him in two, but every
child quarters him into new double, till
what was wide and handsome substance,
large enough for anything in reason-
lwindlrs into pitiful square that will not
cover one plate-all Fuckers and creases
smaller and smaller with every double -
with every double a new crease. Then comes
The washing bill and, besides all the hurts
me receives in the washlng-machine, con-
-ilar t.,.,., n,,l . irnpinr,i In
short, Shakespeare vindicates the single life,
and depicts the double in the famous line,
which is no doubt intended to be allegorical
of marriage Double, double, toll and
! trouble" Besides, no single man can be
fairly called poor. What man can with
| certainty be called rich? A single man can
lodge in u garret, and dine on herring (;
moody knows, nobydy cares. Let him
| marry and he invites the world to witness
where he sleeps, and what he eats. The
| first necessary wife demands is the most
runious, the most indefinite superauity ; it
is Gentility according to what her neighbors
call genteel. Gentilty commences with the
| honeymoon; it is its shadow, and lengthens
rs the moon declines. When the honey is
all gone, your bride says: 1--WE can have
our tea without sugar, when quite alone,
love; but in case Gentility drop in, here's II
bill for silver sugar tongs."
PRoMpTITUDE OF NEWSPAPER DEBTORS.
The experience of the Findlay Courier
man is sad and mournful. He has lost faith
| IL, tho rnfauuiopc Of hiu fnllpw mo IJnar v
how he talks:
Last week man stepped up to us and
said he would pay us every cent he owed, il
he lived till Saturday night; we presume
that man died. Another said he would pay
| Us in day or two, as sure as we were born {;
query-did the man lie, or were we born
Another said he would settle his bill as sure
as shooting we. are led to the conclusion
that shooting is decidedly uncertain. Quite
| a number said they would see us tomorrow
those men have been blind ever since, OF
else tomorrow has not come. One man told
| us, six months ago, that he would pay us as
soon as he got some money ; that man woulc
not lie, and of course has not had a cen
since.
But the experience of editors is about thu
same all over. says the Fremont journal
Last year we stopped one mans paper who
| owed six dollars. He was serving the pub
| lie, and we met hin while in the discharge
of his duties. He averred that as soon as
he got through and received his pay, ht
| would make it all right, he would, indeed
lie told us the same story this Spring, and
we presume he is still assessing. Another
came all the way, five miles, to town tc
assure US that he was all right, and that we
| need not be afraid. He would have some
money soon, and would pay-yes, he would
Some time la er we saw" his money at !
distance. He was putting it in bank. Il
was the last and only glimpse we had of it
| lie never had a Ratchet and ran around hack
ing cherry trees, or they would have dice
without anybody knowing who killed them
Another would pay US after sheep-shearing
| His sheep are long woods, and it takes loni
while for the wool to mature. Another
would pay after wheat harvest, but his wheat
like the century plant, is of slow growth ant
don't ripen often. Another had poor health
but was improving. He has had a relapse
for though he eats hearty and works hard, h
don't get "round" worth cent. We w0ul
have some hopes of getting even with sucl
folks some day, when an administrator is ap
pointed, if they had anything to administe
on.
|
ABOUT BREAD BAKING.
A lady who used to buy four loaves @
bread for thrty-two cents now purchase
thirty-two.... cents worth (eight pounda)
lour at a time from which she bakes seve
Iosves of bread each equal to an eight cen
loaf (ftty-six cents,) two dozen ruskS, large