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West-Jersey pioneer., 1883-02-08
THE WORKMAN'S SONG.

will write the songs of the worlingman,
And I'll sing them, too, for am not one?
Yea, belong to the brotherhood,
And I'll work and sing till the work be done
Till the whole be finished, spick and span,
And rounded oil in the homely shop,
Where honest toll and sweet content,
Give Life and Time their noblest prop.
Then, comrades, come, and sing with me,
To the end of the toilsome, weary days;
Blend we cur songs with the din of work
Till the whole world join in labors praise;
With the hammers twang and shovel's thud,
And the steamng engines whistle shrill,
Let the song of the workingman be heard,
Till the heavens and earth with the echoes fill
To the plough to the plane in field or shop,
Go we to the task with a merry song,
And the toll and moil shall be made all sweet
To the heart and hand of the working throng,
And anon when Drawn and brain unite
In God and Natures righteous plan,
The world shall give all honor due
To the honest. upright workngman.
Who tills the ground with his own right hand,
And makes his bread with the might of Drawn,
Shall awake from slumbers sweet repose
Refreshed and blest on the morrows dawn;
Who rings the axe and whirrs the saw,
As rightly becometh him who can,
Proclaims to the world in his homely way,
There is honor due to the workingman.
The manifest men on earth to-day,
Are they who WORK and still rejoice;
Who well life's brunt and burden bear,
And hymn its praise with grateful voice;
Each treads the earth as a noble man,
Gods likeness in his honest face,
And shall, in the whited light of time,
In the rank of heroes take his place.
&C. 4. FOGeTGea.
West-Jersey pioneer., 1883-02-08

INFLUENCE OF A NAME.-When one
reflects how much of a mans success in
life depends upon his name-how ridicu-
lous he may be made by being called
Peter Potter or Loveland Snooks-it is
really said that parents pay SO little at
tention to the effect of their choice upon
the future of their children. They will
register their first born as Muggins Mac
Pherson, if they happen to have rich
uncle who boasts Muggins as his sur
name; they will spoil pretty patron
ymic by christening their child Jeremiah
Seymour or Aminabab Clifford; they will
even turn him out anonymously upon
the world with such an apology for a
6fpe Patrick q B'fiarif,s ifs5fftAh 5f gr Ezekiel
eron. And yet little fancy or little
care might make an endless difference to
his future life. | have known a man
whose whole career was embittered and
darkened by the culpable cruelty of his
parents in christening him Barnabas.
He was naturally known as Barabbas
from his school days onward, and only
the force of great innate integrity can
possibly have saved him from finally
turning out robber and a cut-throat
As it was, he refused knighthood as a
colonial Judge, because he could not bear
the idea of being addressed as Sir Bar
nabas.
West-Jersey pioneer., 1883-02-08
DON'T.

Don't live on the shady side of the
street; flowers need sun.
Don't live in the midst of gloomy and
dark surroundings; you cannot affordi it;
economic in some other way.
Don't live in a room with bare walls.
Chromos, heliotypes, woodcuts and
prints are all cheap, and forframes you
make them of straw or ''splits." A cross
made beautiful with twining tendrils of
| crimson woodbine may suggest that
other cross upon which the hopes of men
| are placed. A picture of clasped hands
and raised eyes will suggest the ALL
Father, who hears our supplications.
Pictures of asunset sky, a running brook
and waving meadow land, lead us away
into the fresh, still country, even though
the sound of drays and railroad whistles
and street car tinkling bells are in our
ears.
If possible, do not have home with
out music; let it soften and mellow the
home life and hold young hearts to-
gether.
Don't read books and papers which
suggest thoughts you would not utter.
Can you thrust your hand into SCOT and
bring it out white and clean? Can you
singe your clothes and not have the smell
of fire on your garments? Beware of
books which are suggestive of evil though
they be clothed in the purple and gold of
fine language.
Don't watch for dishonesty and evil
intention in those around. Hold every
man honest until proved otherwise
Thus believing in others, you will draw
out of them their best, for men ordinarily
are best to those who believe in them
Also keep your heart young and green by
faith in your fellow man.
on'tforsake your church even though
its privileges are poor. Sermons will be
helpful influences in yourlife. You may
only carry away single sentence in a
sermon, thus: make the best of your
SELF The sound, too, of music will help
to drive away the evil spirit of your soul
and raise you into a higher atmosphere
nearer to truth and to God.
Don't live your life alone, without
forming friendships and love; your ma
ture needs love, you were made for it,
and other natures need you. You are
robbing others if you live like hermit
| Therefore, go out into Gods world and
| live your life out for others Youth s
! Companion.
West-Jersey pioneer., 1883-02-08

The way to keep money is to earn it
fair and honestly. Money so obtained
is pretty certain to abide with its pos
SCISSOR. But money that is inherited, or
that in any way comes in without a just
and fair equivalent, is almost certain to
go as it came. The young man who be-
gins by saving few shillings a month
and thriftily increases his store-every
coin being a representative of sold work
honestly done-stands better chance
to spend the rest of his life in aff1uence
than he who, in his haste to become rich,
obtains money by dashing speculations
or the devious means which abound in
the foggy regions which lie between fair
dealing and fraud.
West-Jersey pioneer., 1883-02-08
THE QUAKER'S HAT.

The first occasion when it publicly
came into trouble was in the year 1856,
before no less a parsonage than Chief
Justice Glynn, in connection with which
the writer quotes the following, partly
| in Fox's own words: "When we were
brought into the court we stood good
while with our hats on, and all was quiet
and I was moved to say:
'Peace be amongst YOU"
"Why do you not put off your hats?''
said the judge to us.
We said nothing
''Put off your hats" said the judge
again.
Still we said nothing.
The judge said 1.-The court commands
you to put off your hats"
George Fox then asked for some script
ural instance of any magistrate COM
manding prisoners to put off their hats.
He next asked to be shown, ''either
written or printed, any law of England
that did command such thing" Then
the judge grew very angry and said:
II do not carry my law books on my
back"
But" said Fox, ''tell me where it is
printed in any statute book, that may
read it.n
The chief justice cried out, 'Prevari-
cator!n and ordered the Quakers to be
taken away. When they were brought
before him again, the chief justice asked
whether hats are mentioned at all in the
Bible? Eyes" }" said the Quaker, Sin the
third of Daniel, where thou mayest read
that the three children were cast into
the fiery furnaces by Nebuchadnezzar' s
command, with their coats, their hose,
and their hats on" Here was a proof
that even heather king allowed men
to wear hats in his presence ''This plain
instance stopped him." said Fox, so he
called again, Take them away, jailor. }"
thAccordingly, we were taken away and
kept great while. yes. E'ss. where we were
ton on the subject of the hat was made
in 1877 1.-THE very Turks" he says,
mock at the Christians in their proverb,
saying, The Christians spend much of
their time in putting off their hats and
showing their bare necks to one an
other.'n
West-Jersey pioneer., 1883-02-08

p. m., they were stopped by a panther
which was lurking by the roadside.
Mrs. Hand was much frightened and
ran back to the neighbours house. Mr.
Hand kept the animal from springing
upon him by opening his umbrella and
thrusting it, opened, at the creature,
which finally scared it away. Next day
it was seen near the same spot by Mr..
Hands hired man.
There are other persons that might be
mentioned as having had encounters,
but what is here presented, ought to
dispel all doubts as to the existence of
panthers in Southern New Jersey Why
no systematic efforts have been made
to hunt them might be variously an
swered, but it is not pertinent to the
proof of their existence, which this pa
per is intended to establish. 1t may be
mentioned as a rumor that Mr. Hoon
killed one about Christmas time, and
found it to reach across the road OF
course there are faithless persons who
will be SO uncivil as to doubt this well
authenticated history, but that may be
expected. 1t is our business to present
the facts and leave doubts to chronic
GROWERS Coast Pilot.
West-Jersey pioneer., 1883-02-08

AN AWKWARD MISTAKF.--A very awk-
ward mistake was made in Southwark,
England A lady who was deaf and
dumb, and foreigner who had but a
slight smattering of English, presented
themselves at st. Georges Church, in
Southwark, for the purpose of being
married. Neither could make the cler-
gyman understand very clearly what
they wanted. The two took it for grant
ed that the clergyman would marry
them, it seems, while on the other hand,
the clergyman supposed they wanted
to join the church, or, as they say in
England, they wanted to be 'churched." "
| So the two old people were taken into
the church, going through the regular
form of admission. They, however, sup
posed they were married. and went joy
fully back to the inn where they were
staying. AS soon as they got to the inn,
they sent the clergyman piece of cake,
with note pinned to it, saying, 'Please
accept bit of the wedding cake OF
| Monsieur--and Madame" Then the
clergyman understood it all, and at once
hurried to the inn to rectify the mistake.
The couple returned to the church, and
were married that time sure enough.
West-Jersey pioneer., 1883-02-08

SILENT MEN.--Washin never made
speech. In the zenith of his fame he
attempted it, failed and gave it up con-
fused and abashed. In framing the con-
stitution of the United States, the labor
was entirely performed in the committee
of the whole, of which Washington was
the chairman; he made two speeches
during the convention, however, ac-
knowledged the master spirit, and his
torians affirm that, had it not have been
for his great popularity, and the thrifty
words of his first speech, pronouncing
it the best that could be united upon,
the constitution would have been re-
jected by the people. Thomas Jefferson
never made speech. He couldn't do it.
Napoleon whose executive ability is al
most without parallel, said that his great
est difficulty was in finding men of deeds
rather than words. When asked how
he maintained his influence over supe-
riors in age and experience when COM
mander-in-chief of an army in Italy, he
said by reserve. The greatness of manis
not measured by the length of his
! speeches and their number.
West-Jersey pioneer., 1883-02-08
PLoUGHING GARDENS IN WINTER.

PLOUGH1NG OARDENS IN WINTER
Periods of mild weather occasionally oc
cur during the Winter, and where the
Fall plowing has been omitted it may
profitably be done later. The agency of
frost in making the soil fine and increas-
ing its fertility is not sufficiently appre-
ciated. If the soil be trenched or plowed
after the crops are gathered. and left in
deep furrows, nearly twice the surface is
exposed to the frost. The alternate
freezing and thawing breaks down the
coarse Jumps, and makes the plant food
therein more available for the crops of
the coming season. Flowing at this sea-
son also disturbs the Winter retreat of
many insects that will be destroyed by
exposure to frost The advantage of
working the soil in late Fall and Winter
is seen in the cultivation of celery. The
stirring of the soil is blanching the crop,
and the rough shapes in which the
trenches are left, give the frost and rains
fair opportunity to improve tilth.
Frost will fine the soil more perfectly
than any tools of the cultivator. 1t not
only releases the inert plant food in the
soil, but makes the manure that is added
more available for the crops of next sea-
son.-Americdn Agriculturist.
West-Jersey pioneer., 1883-02-08
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: JANUARY WEATHER.-Th following
summary of the weather for the month
of January, is furnished from the office
of the Chief Signal Officer, Philadelphia:
Highest barometer. 1861 CATH.
Lowest barometer, 29,577 Q0th).
Highest temperature, As (31sD
Lowest temperature (24th).
Prevailing direction of wind, north
east.
Total movement of wind, 6,034 miles.
Highest velocity of wind and direction,
90, 14th and 21st.
Number of clear days, 3.
Number of fair days, 12.
Number of cloudy days on which no
rain or snow fell, 1.
Number of cloudy days on which rain
or snow fell, Is.
Total number of days on which rain or
snow fell, 90
West-Jersey pioneer., 1883-02-08
Two HUNDRED YEARS AGo.-In Oan
11coefo1.e n 1Uritar ,nalyac tho fO11Owipo a

Two HUNDRED YEARS AGO.-In Our
ancestors, a writer makes the following
curious note =
On copy of the Charter of Bergen,
made in 1851, in the possession of the
Van Buskirk family, found the follow
ing agreement. 1t is not signed nor is it
known who was the father of the girl,
but it is interesting as showing, first, the
manner of educating the children of pa
rents in comfortable circumstances; sec
ond, the kind of compensation-pe
niary-in use in the early days of Bergenl
New Jersey:
agreed with Mrs. Baker that she
shall learn my daughter Ellinor to read
and sew, and make all manner of needle
worke for one whole year from the day
of the date hereof being the 18th day Of
November 1852, and in the meanwhile
the said terme, shall not put her my said
daughter to any manner of house work,
but to keepe her to her needle worke,
and for true performance hereof I am to
give the said Mrs Baker, a heaffer of her
first calfe at the time of the Expiration y
West-Jersey pioneer., 1883-02-08
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West-Jersey pioneer., 1883-02-08

Governor Butler, of Massachusetts,,
writes to Susan B. Anthony declaring
his belief that the Fourteenth Amend
ment fully covers the right of all per
sons," and therefore woman suffrage is
already possible under the National
Constitution without further amend
ment, both in the States and the coun-
try at large. Governor Butler says fur
ther that he believes this position will
be fully sustained by the United States
Supreme Court.
West-Jersey pioneer., 1883-02-08

In the town of Ledyard, Conn, are fifty
Ouakers who own property They have
scruples against oath taking, and most
of them will not even affirm. Last year
a law was passed making the penalty
accumulative for failure to return prop
erty lists, and these lists must be sworn
to or affirmed. Ten per cent. is added
for the first years neglect, twenty for the
second, and SO on. The Quakers must
therefore lose heavily, or sacrifice prin-
ciple, unless the Legislature changes the
law, as it is asked to do.
West-Jersey pioneer., 1883-02-08

A NOVEL TIME PIECE.-A man who
was appointed watchman at mine on
the Comstock had no watch He did
not wish to buy one, yet was desirous of
knowing how the time was passing. He
borrowed the watch of friend for one
night. On returning the watch the next
day he told his friend that he was all
right now, that he had a time-keeper of
his own. He then unrolled a strip of
paper, some four inches in width, from
stick and exhibited it as his clock On
this strip of paper he had marked down,
as they rose above the horizon, all the
stars and consultations within a narrow
belt Opposite each star was the time
of it making its appearance-hour and
minute. The watchman says his watch
is fine time-keeper. He has recently
per now I rtiiflSs iii lSs2Gs,aewhat. O., Tbfoifers that
are placed in a small box, which has
sliding lid of glass. As the night wears
away and the stars pass over, he now
turns the crank of his watch and looks
at the time marked by the side of each.
To wind up his watch he runs the tape
back upon the initial roller Virginia
City (Neu.) Enterprise.
West-Jersey pioneer., 1883-02-08

A loafer disturbed revival meeting at
Dorchester, Md. The preacher went to
him and said, You must be quiet, or
shall put you out" The reply was, Il
won't, and you can't" There was live
ly tussle, ending in the loafer being flung
violently into the street. He went home
and got gun, declaring that he would
shoot the parson, and mob of his fol-
lowers sthreatened to helphim. Then the
church officials rallied as a body guard
for the pastor, but no blood was she'd
West-Jersey pioneer., 1883-02-08
A woman went to a Michigan clergy

A woman went to Michigan clergy
man for advice as to business venture,
and implicitly followed the directions
which he did not hesitate to give. The
result was disastrous. She now sues him
for 81, 500, that being the amount of the
damage which his bad counsel caused.
His defence is that, while his profession
made him an expert in spiritual affairs,
the woman had no excuse for relying
upon his judgment in business matters.
West-Jersey pioneer., 1883-02-08

A pension agent, of Nashville, pro
cured an allowance of $1,000 for the wild
ow of colored soldier and charged her
only $3.50 for his services. She ought to
pass resolution thanking him for let
ting her out even.
West-Jersey pioneer., 1883-02-08

A SQUARE FAILURE.-The agent of
New York clothing house, who was sent
to Atlanta to settle up the failure of q
retail house, made few winQuiries of the
man next door, Il belief it vas a square
failure" explained the man. What
makes you think so?n ''Vell, he didn't
drink, nor schmoke, nor gamble, nor run
after der vimmens, nor drive fast horse;
and ash for his wife, she never puys nod
dings, and keeps no help" ''Then you
lay it to the stagnant condition of trade?"
We'll, trade was purity dull, but you see
he vas not the right sort of aman. Ven
aman shtops to puy west for two dollar,
he doan' makes him belief dot he wants
an oafercoat for fifteen, und when
man shtops to puy an oafercoat for fif
teen he doan' convince him dot he needs
a second-han suit for twenty He may
do in the grocery peesness, but he can't
run some clothing store mitout argu-
ment"
West-Jersey pioneer., 1883-02-08

There will soon be placed in the Lou
vre at Paris, complete set of photo
graphs of all the buildings of special his
torical and artistic interest in the world,
and of the masterpieces in all the great
museums and picture galleries of Europe.
West-Jersey pioneer., 1883-02-08

Herr Krupp, the great gun maker of
Essen, whose business is to keep the
peace of Europe, employs twenty-one
rolling mills and 456 steam engines, be-
sides eighty-nine steam hammers and
1856 furnaces,