Rensselaer Republican, Volume 14, Number 18, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 19 January 1882 — Chronicles. [ARTICLE]

Chronicles.

Hear me, oh ye tiliuts of the ■oil; open your ear’s and hearken into my voice. Put not your trust in men who ■how unto you models of strange and wonderful inventions, else ye be bamboosled and deceived. Look not upon the models of the machine that goeth forth into the fields to reap and gather up the sheaves. Nor upon the pump that requireth not human aid to seduce from its subterranean bed the sparkling water for the refreshment of the lowing kine. Turn ye away from him who presenteth them; flee from the Bound of his velvet embroidered voice. Else it bite ye like a serpent, aad oting ye like the prickling of the conscience of him who defrauded the publisher and payeth not his yearly tithes. From his lips droppeth taffy as droppeth taffy from the sugar tree in the camp of our fathers. Shun him, oh ye agitators of the clodded field, for he will draw over thins eyes the fleecy substance which is called wool, yea, verily, he will horaswoggle ye with words that are pleasant unto the ear. He will say unto you: “Sign ye this covenant, that ye may act in my stead and supply the toiling masses with my handiwork. “Serve ye as my agent; for will ye not therefore wax rich; will not the silver and gold flow into coffers. ; “Sign quickly I beseech ye, that another may not reap the golden harvest in thy stead.” And when ye sign or engrave upon the convenant thy seal, he will go on his way rejoicing saying unto himself, “Verily did I not strike the suffer handsomely; did I not turn the trick in bang-up shape? When a fortnight passes the machines have came not: the wonderful mechanism failed to materialize. But in their stead there cometh into ye a person clothed in fine raiment and a look of'dignity.

And present*th unto ye your covenant, saying: “Payest unto me what thou owes t; pungle up the ducats, else I bring ye before the judge. “I hold here thy note of hand for 3722.10.” Then will ye wax sore afraid, and your heart will be in your bosom as heavy as the biscuit of the amateur cook. And ye will go down inte your garment for aerip, and will pay the amount, While the atanger will wear an electric smile. And when tile man of fine raiment departeth, ye will say unto your wife; “Yea verily, am not I a condemned fool?” And she will softly reply “you bet.” Then will ye seize your ledger, and write upon the debit side To dimfooli«k*e*a » S'ii.lo And on the credit aide thereof: Sy experieoeo 11000,<wo,0«0,uov,000 —Dfti tii Free- tti». ' <■> Mr. Alexander Grannell, of Albany, N. Y., says: “I had been for years troubled with great weakness of my digestive organs, which seemed to be alwavs out of fix. Most usually I suffered from constipation, and at other times a severe running off at the bowels would set in. No remedy I ever tried would regulate this function until I tried Brown’s Iron Bitters. It really benefitted .me from the first day I used it. My habits are now perfectly regalar, and as a true strengthened©! the digestive organs I think Brown’s Iron Bitters woatb its weight in diamonds. Matches for sale at the post office lobby. I ,1 Ley the Waffle, Mulberry, or Solace, plug tobaccos, kept only at the post-office lobby. Old Congress and Fountain fine eut shewing tobaccos at the postoffice lobby. \ Lemons, Florida Oranges and green apples for sale at the postoffice lobby; also fresh roasted peanuts, pecans, filberts English walnuts, Brazil nuts and Almonds —choice new goods. Keystone stationery, Keystone school pads,. Keystone scratch books, Keystone fetter tablets, j Keystone box papers, Keystone pens, Keystone writing and copying ink, the very best articles of the kind in the market—for sale only at the post-effiee lobby. .