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SABBATH-SCHOOLS.
It is said that, prior to 1815, Sabbath-schools had been designed for the poorer classes, and were mainly of a secular character ; instituted for the benefit of those who had not the privilege of a day-school during the week. But the school organized in the Newark Academy (by Rev. Burr Baldwin) in 1815, was on a different basis, including all classes, the rich as well as the poor, the colored as well as the white children, the instruction to be of a religious character, and the text-book to be the Bible.
1815-16. A number of schools on the new plan were estab- lished in New York, New Jersey, one in Philadelphia, and one in Boston.
1816. The Sunday-school Union of New York. Later, ques- tion books issued.
1824. The Philadelphia school was remodelled, and the Ame- rican Sunday-school Union formed, and question books and libra- ries were improved.
In Montrose .- So far as is known to the compiler, the first Sabbath-school in the county was formed about 1818, by Mrs.
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Hannah Fuller and Miss Hannah Cochran, at the house of the former. It was in the building (now burned) long used as a hotel, next below S. F. Keeler's old stand. The ladies induced J. W. Raynsford, Esq., to join them and open the school with prayer. Many persons thought the school a desecration of the Sabbath. Elder Davis Dimock was of this number at first, and expostulated with one of his church members for sending her son to the school. He was afterwards one of the warmest advo- cates of Sabbath-schools.
May 4th, 1823, at the Academy, Sabbath-school " commenced for the season." Jerre Lyons taught the first or most advanced class. There were sixteen teachers and seventy-seven scholars. Closed October 5.
June 21, 1824, Monday, a Sunday school union was formed at the court-house. A constitution, having for its basis the establish- ment and permanency of Sunday-schools in Montrose and vicinity, was adopted. The officers of the Union were then elected : Rev. D. Dimock, president; Rev. B. Baldwin and Dr. W. R. Griffith, vice-presidents; J. W. Raynsford, Esq., secretary ; S. Hodgdon, treasurer. Managers: N. Scott, J. W. Raynsford, D. Post, Wm. Jessup, Samuel Backus, O. Deans, and Edmund West. It was resolved to open ten schools in Bridgewater.
1825. Sunday-school concert at Rev. B. Baldwin's.
1826, June 11th. Sunday-school held in Presbyterian church the first time, at 9 A. M.
June 12, Monday evening, Sunday-school monthly concert at the court-house. I. P. Foster, superintendent.
1827. Presbyterian Sunday-school numbered 124 scholars. October 3d, Sunday-school scholars of different denominations met at the house of J. W. Raynsford, and went in procession to the union meeting of the Susquehanna County Bible, Domestic Missionary, and Tract Societies, and the Sunday-school Union. This is remembered as a marked occasion.
1828. Sunday-school monthly concerts in the office of J. W. Raynsford, Esq.
1829, April. Sunday-school reorganized. William Jessup, superintendent. This office he held many years. His successors have been B. Sayre, B. S. Bentley, and Wm. H. Jessup. Each denomination in the borough (except the Universalists) has a flourishing Sabbath-school. The organization of other Sunday- schools is given in the township annals.
June 8th, 1870. A. C. Purple, corresponding secretary of the Susquehanna County Sunday-school Association, furnished a table of statistics, from which the number of scholars in the dif- ferent townships is here given :-
" Ararat, 63; Auburn, 241; Bridgewater, 104 ; Brooklyn, 167; Dimock, 23; Franklin, 163; Forest Lake, 199; Great Bend borough and township,
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462; Gibson, 49; Harford, 271; Herrick, 103; Harford, 68; Jessup, 35 ; Jackson, 306; Liberty, 111; Lathrop, 76; Lenox, 233; Little Meadows, 73; Montrose, 400 ; New Milford, 158; New Milford township, 127; Oak- land, 69; Rush, 133 ; Susquehanna Depot, 460 ; Springville, 148; Thomson, 95-4337 in 78 schools.
"Two schools reporting later, made 80 schools reporting to the Associa- tion, in which are engaged over 700 teachers, and about 4400 scholars, with an average attendance of about 3600, and nearly 20,000 volumes in their libra- ries. There are probably 25 schools that did not report."
Although sixteen districts had decreased in numbers, and four remained stationary, still the whole increase over the report of 1869 was more than 500.
CHURCHES.
CONGREGATIONAL AND PRESBYTERIAN.
Though quite extended mention of churches has been already made, it is believed the following summary is desirable.
The first church in the county was organized at Great Bend, in 1791, and reorganized in 1802. It is now Presbyterian, though like all the first ten of this order, it was Congregational when organized. The Congregational church of Harford was or- ganized in 1800; First Bridgewater (now Montrose), and Second do. (now Brooklyn), in 1810; Rush (in what is now Forest Lake), in 1811; Lawsville and New Milford, Ararat, Gibson and Mt. Pleasant (now Uniondale), in 1813; Silver Lake and Choco- nut in 1816; Gibson, Union Hill, in 1818.
The Luzerne Association, to which most of these churches belonged, was changed to the Susquehanna Presbytery, in 1817. The following churches have since been formed : Springville, Dundaff, Clifford (Welsh), Jackson, Friendsville, Silver Lake (1847), Liberty, Rushville, Susquehanna Depot, New Milford (formerly with Lawsville), Dimock, Auburn, and Lenoxville. The last two are disbanded, as also two or three of the earlier churches, leaving eighteen, at least, still efficient; four of them having a total membership of about one thousand. [A statisti- cal table was designed to be given, but so few churches made full reports, it was abandoned.]
METHODIST EPISCOPAL.
The first class in the county was formed in Brooklyn, about 1804. There are thirty church edifices : at Little Meadows, Choconut, Brackney, Liberty, Franklin, Great Bend, Susque- hanna, Lanesboro, East Rush, Fairdale, Montrose, New Milford, Jackson Corners, North Jackson, Thomson, Ararat, Brooklyn, Harford, Gibson, South Gibson, Herrick, West Auburn, South Auburn, Jersey Hill, Springville, Lymanville, Hopbottom, Lake- side (Lathrop), Lenoxville, and Dundaff.
These are comprised in seventeen charges, with a church membership of about 2700, including " probationers;" the Mon-
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trose church alone had more than two-thirds of its membership of the latter, in the spring of 1872. There is an independent society at New Milford.
The two African Methodist churches of Montrose have a dif- ferent connection.
SUMMARY HISTORY OF REGULAR BAPTIST CHURCHES IN SUSQUEHANNA COUNTY. [By O. N. Worden, Esq., with the request that blanks may be filled and errors noted. ]
CHURCHES.
When recognized.
- No. when formed.
Place of worship.
Present number.
Bridgewater (Montrose)
9 Apr. 1808
6
M. H. dedicated Dec'r, 1829
239
Middletown (first called Rush)
29 Feb.
1812
10
6
1837
88
Harford (southeast part of twp.)
12 Sept. 1812
4
Choconut'.
29 Jan. 1814
9
66
66
1828
Auburn
2 Aug. 1817
17
(near) 1855
First Clifford (" Corners
20 Oct. 1817
34
1830 ?
Great Bend?
27 Oct.
1825
12
¥
66
August, 1832
Gibson and Jackson (Jackson Corners)
24 Dec.
1825
12
Dec'r,
1842
136
New Milford (south part of twp.)
22 Feb.
1827
12
66
66
15 Jan. 1851
112
Lenox (West)
15 Dec.
1830
13
Rush
18 June, 1831
Herrick3
11 June, 1834
10
In school-houses, etc.
June, 1834
25
M H. bought
1851
61
Liberty
23 Dec. 1837
21
1839-40. 1867-8
Second Clifford'
8 Dec. 1841
10
Forest Lake .
4 May, 1842
16
M. H. dedicated in
18-
27
South Auburn
1818
23?
1859
35
Union (" The City")
25 July, 1851
17
60
66 3 May, 1855
56
East Gibson6 .
30 Apr. 1856
18
In school-houses, etc.
41
Susquehanna Depot
10 Sept. 1856
17
M. H. dedicated 10 Nov. 1869 School-house, etc.
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There have been twenty-two distinct organizations, six of which have been absorbed by neighboring churches, or dissolved by the loss of members, from various causes.
First Clifford, Lenox, and Union churches belong to the Abington Asso- ciation ; South Auburn, to Wyoming; Harmony, to Deposit (N. Y.) ; and the others to the Bridgewater Association.
FREE WILL BAPTISTS.
Jackson, organized 1820, m. h .; Liberty, 1848, m. h .; East Lenox, 1852 ; West Lenox, 1853, m. h .; Thomson, 1868; Gibson Union, 1869; Herrick, m. h., no organization ; Franklin, m. h., organization "gone down." ['This, with further details, kindly given by A. D. Corse, Esq.]
THE OLD SCHOOL BAPTISTS.
There is a small church of this order called Gibson and Jackson, in Gib- son. and occasional meetings are held by their preachers.
There is a meeting house of the Seventh Day Baptists in Clifford.
Dropped 1856.
3 Dissolved 1851.
Dissolved 1866.
2 Dropped 1860 ; reorganized Sept. 28, 1872.
4 Dissolved 1841. 5 Dissolved 1850.
48
Harmony (Quarry)
13 Nov. 1869
10
Febr'y, 1864
69
17
1867
73
Montrose and Bridgewater
1839
46
School-house & Court-house. In school-houses, etc.
22 Dec. 1853
22
56 92 25
Dimock (Corners)
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PROTESTANT EPISCOPAL.
Location.
Name.
Organized.
Present Rector.
Communicants.
Church consecrated.
New Milford . Montrose Springville Dunda ff Great Bend
St. Mark's. St. Paul's. St. Andrew's1 St. James'. Grace.
1816. Charter, Feb. 28, 1831 do.
May, 1848. 1856.
1832
J. A. Jerome. E. A. Warriner. W. Kennedy. H. C. Howard. J. A. Jerome.
39 103
.
November, 1829 October 27, 1833 October 21, 1834
23 46
UNIVERSALIST.
The Universalists have four organized churches, viz .: at Brooklyn, Montrose, Gibson, and Hopbottom; and also three congregations having preaching part of the time: Clifford, Susquehanna Depot, and Elk Lake. Rev. L. F. Porter, mission- ary, preaches in these places, as well as at Gibson.
The resident ministers are Rev. H. Boughton, at Brooklyn, and A. O. Warren, at Montrose.
There are six church edifices; and five Sabbath schools, with a scholarship of about three hundred.
ROMAN CATHOLIC.
There are nine Roman Catholic churches, viz. : at Silver Lake, Friendsville, St. Joseph's, Rush, Auburn, Montrose, New Mil- ford, Great Bend, and Susquehanna Depot.
CHAPTER XL.
NEWSPAPERS AND EDITORS.
THE 'Centinel,"2 the first newspaper in the county, was pub- lished at Montrose, February, 1816, by Justin Clark. Its entire contents would not fill a page of the present 'Independent Repub- lican.' Even had the sheet been as large, it would have been difficult to fill it with news, as the first editor was situated. In
1 First charter granted to this church October 7, 1817.
2 Garner Isbell, Sen., was a printer of the 'Centinel,' and took the first sheet from the press. He preserved a full file of that paper, and of the papers that followed in Montrose, for more than thirty years. To his son, L. B. Isbell, the compiler is indebted for the privilege of constant reference to them during the progress of her work.
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1817 he begged his readers to "excuse the barrenness of the ' Centinel,'" for he had received no papers by the mail-the one weekly mail.
In the spring of 1818 the 'Centinel' contained the following appeal from the editor : "Help me, or I die! For three months I have not received as much money from the whole of my patrons as the paper itself costs for bare one week."
In 1818 he changed the name of the 'Centinel' to the 'Mon- trose Gazette,' which he published four years, then sold out to Catlin & Fuller, who continued only a few months in partnership, Geo. Fuller selling out to James Catlin.
Justin Clark removed from Montrose, and died in the spring of 1822.
In 1820 a campaign paper, the 'Republican Reformer,' was printed in Montrose. It had no apparent editor, but he was sup- posed to be " the brigade inspector," Isaac Post. The 'Pennsyl- vanian,' another campaign paper, dated at Dundaff, was printed in Montrose. Neither passed beyond a few numbers. Opposed to these, being entirely neutral in politics, was 'The Messenger,' a valuable literary journal, established by Adam Waldie, June, 1820. The second volume was named the 'Susquehanna County Herald.' In 1822 Mr. Waldie sold out to S. C. Wilson & Co.
In 1823 the 'Montrose Gazette' and 'Susquehanna County Herald' were united, and the publication was continued three years by James Catlin.1
In 1824 he edited and printed, also, 'The Repository,' a lite- rary and religious semi-monthly magazine; and in the fall of the same year he began to issue Elder Dimock's ' Christian Magazine.'
Vol. I. 'The Christian Magazine, a monthly publication, devoted to the pub- lic for general information. Published by Davis Dimock, pastor of the Baptist Church at Bridgewater.' Montrose : printed by James Catlin, at the 'Gazette' office. Commenced November 1, 1824, comprising 32 pages, about the size of this book, at $1 cash, or $1 25 in grain, flax, or wool.
Vol. II. The same title, but issued semi-monthly, on 8 pages, at 872 cents cash, in advance ; $1 in grain, etc.
Vol. III. 'Baptist Mirror and Christian Magazine,' etc. Printed by Dimock & Fuller, office of the 'Register,' enlarged to three columns to a page, 8 col. semi-monthly ; closed September 17, 1827.
In 1824 George Fuller established and edited the 'Susquehanna County Republican ;' the second year he was joined by S. C. Wilson.
December, 1825, both the 'Gazette' and the 'Republican' were merged into the 'Register.'
The 'Register' was established by Davis Dimock, Jr., and Geo. Fuller. After one year the name was changed to 'The Susque-
] James Catlin died November, 1847, at Milton, West Florida.
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hanna Register,' and was published three years longer by the same parties, who favored the election of Jackson; Geo. Fuller then withdrew, and D. Dimock, Jr., continued its publication alone until January, 1831, when C. L. Ward became his partner.
The accession of Mr. Ward to the editorship was at a period of moment to popular education and the prosecution of the public works; and his best efforts were given to their promotion.
From the above time until March, 1836, he conducted the paper, being for the first two or three months the associate of Davis Dimock, Jr., and for the last fifteen having James W. Chapman in partnership.
In 1832-34 the paper had an additional title, the 'Northern Pennsylvanian.' In 1835 only the original name was used, but the following year the 'Northern Farmer' was attached to it.
In reference to Mr. Ward's ability as a journalist, Greeley's 'New Yorker,' April 9, 1836, says :-
"C. L. Ward, Esq., has withdrawn from the editorial chair of the 'Susque- hanna Register,' at Montrose, Pa. He bases his withdrawal on a disinclina- tion to political life in its present aspects and under the prevailing doctrines of the day. The ' Register,' under the auspices of Mr. Ward, has held a high rank among the better sort of journals, and we sincerely regret the loss which the profession as well as the readers of that paper have sustained."
Mr. Ward sold out to D. Dimock, Jr., the firm-name becoming J. W. Chapman & Co., until September, 1836, when J. W. Chap- man bought out D. Dimock, Jr., and it became a Whig journal.
'The Susquehanna Register and Northern Farmer' was con- ducted by James W. Chapman alone through four volumes. In 1841 he was joined by B. H. Mills, but after April, 1843, was again alone until 1846, when, for one year, Theodore Smith was his publisher and co-editor.
June, 1851, 'The Susquehanna Register' establishment passed into the hands of John C. Miller, and April, 1852, it was pub- lished by Homer H. Frazier.
In 1854 H. H. Frazier and Theo. Smith were editors and pub- lishers of the last volume of the paper.
January, 1855, its name was changed to the 'Independent Republican,' C. F. Read, associate editor with H. H. Frazier, the publisher.
The 'Independent Volunteer' was established at Montrose by Isaac Fuller, November 4, 1831, and continued ten months, when Asa G. Dimock bought the press and started the 'Democratic Volunteer,' issuing only one or two numbers, when it was re- purchased by George and I. Fuller and " restored to Republican principles," and to the old name. The 3d volume was published first by George Fuller alone, and then by E. H. Easterbrooks. The 4th and 5th volumes, by G. Fuller, and the 6th and 7th volumes by Fuller and Read. The 8th volume began November,
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1838, under the name of the 'Montrose Volunteer,' C. F. Read, , sole editor. The 9th volume was edited by Read and Turrell ; the 10th by Abel Turrell, alone, November, 1840; the 11th, under the title of 'Montrose Volunteer and North Star,' was edited by A. Turrell and J. H. Dimock, the 12th by A. Turrell and S. T. Scott. The 13th volume resumed the name of 'Mon- trose Volunteer,' under the sole supervision of Mr. Turrell, and early in January, 1844, the paper known under all its changes as the ' Volunteer,' ceased to exist.
The 'Northern Democrat' was established by Geo. Fuller and A. Turrell, January 25, 1844. The 2d volume was edited by A. Turrell and I. N. Bullard; the 3d and 4th volumes by Geo. Fuller and O. G. Hempstead ; the 5th by the latter alone. With the 7th volume, January, 1849, by the same editor, the name was changed to the 'Montrose Democrat,' which it has retained un- altered to the present day.
About 1851, E. B. and S. B. Chase purchased the establish- ment, and it continued under the charge of one or both of these editors until 1856, when it was purchased by A. J. Gerritson and J. B. McCollum; the latter sold out January 1, 1858, to Mr. Gerritson, who published and edited the paper until August 1, 1869, when it passed into the hands of the present editor, E. B. Hawley.
The 'Spectator and Freeman's Journal' was established by Albert L. Post, June, 1836. It was a Whig paper devoted to free speech, but became the organ of anti-slavery men. At that time there was but one other paper in the State distinctively anti- slavery. After eighteen months, O. N. Worden was associated with Mr. Post until the enterprise was given up, June, 1840. The press was purchased by Messrs. Ariel Carr and Amos N. Meylert, who published for six months, the 'North Star,' which was continued a few months longer by Ariel Carr and S. T. Scott, when it was merged with the 'Montrose Volunteer.' The 'North Star' had been the outgrowth of divisions among the Democrats. This may be said also of the 'People's Advocate,' established by Franklin Lusk, in 1847, which passed away with the temporary disquiet then existing among politicians.
'Paul Pry,' in 1835, and 'The Moon,' a few years later, were papers issued anonymously in Montrose, to 'touch up' the char- acters, and, particularly, the foibles of its citizens.
The 'Candid Examiner,' an organ of the Universalist denomi- nation, edited by Messrs. Peck and Marsh, was issued at Montrose in 1827 ; followed, in 1832, by the 'Herald of Gospel Truth and Watchman of Liberty,' Messrs. Alfred Peck and George Rogers, editors. This was published but a year or two.
The 'Gospel Missionary,' a weekly religious journal of the Universalists, was edited, in 1847, by Rev. J. S. Palmer.
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HISTORY OF SUSQUEHANNA COUNTY.
The title 'Northern Pennsylvanian,' as has been seen, formed a part of that of the ' Register' in 1832-3-4. It was proposed in 1824, by Amzi Wilson, as the title of a paper to be issued in Dundaff, but it was not used, the 'Dundaff Republican' being the first paper established there four years later.
The 'Northern Pennsylvanian,' Independent in politics, was started at Susquehanna Depot, in the spring of 1856, C. S. Bennet and A. W. Rowley, proprietors, and a Mr. White editor for a few weeks. H. C. Vail then became editor and proprietor, and under his editorship the paper was Democratic. In 1858, L. P. Hinds took the paper, made it independent again, but in less than a year he sold it to Wm. H. Hunter, who conducted it two or three years, and sold it to P. H. Rafter. The latter sold after about two years to Mr. Benedict, who sold, after a year or two, to S. B. Chase, who took the press to Great Bend, in 1865 or '66, and afterwards sold it to L. Hib. Whittlesey, who edited and published a spicy paper until his death, in 1870. J. R. Gailor succeeded him, but was obliged to relinquish it on account of failing health. The press was removed to New Milford, where, since his death, the 'Northern Pennsylvanian' is published by H. F. Beardsley.
The 'Susquehanna Journal' was established May, 1869, at Susquehanna Depot, by several gentlemen, and edited by Wm. H. Gardner. The present editor is B. F. Pride.
Various small publications, pamphlets, etc., have been issued from each office, and, in some instances, books.
Summary of Newspapers, etc., in Susquehanna County.
1816-17. The Centinel.
1818-21. The Montrose Gazette.
1820. The Republican Reformer; The Pennsylvanian ; The Messenger (Lit.).
1821-22. Susquehanna County Herald.
1823-25. Gazette and Herald united.
1824. The Repository (Lit.).
1824-25. Susquehanna County Republican.
1824-26. The Christian Magazine.
1825. The Register.
1826-31. The Susquehanna Register.
1827. Baptist Mirror, etc.
1827. The Candid Examiner.
1828-32. The Dundaff Republican.
1831-37. Independent Volunteer.
1832-36. Susquehanna Register and Northern Pennsylvanian.
1832. The Herald and Watchman.
1835. Paul Pry.
1836-40. The Spectator.
1837-50. Susquehanna Register and Northern Farmer.
1838-40. Montrose Volunteer.
1840. North Star.
1841-42. Volunteer and Star.
1843. Montrose Volunteer.
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1844-48. Northern Democrat.
1847. The Gospel Missionary.
1847-48. The People's Advocate.
1849-72. Montrose Democrat.
1851-54. Susquehanna Register.
1855-72. Independent Republican. (Circulation in 1872, 5350.)
1856-65. The Northern Pennsylvanian. (Susquehanna Depot.)
1869-72. Susquehanna Journal. (Susquehanna Depot.)
In 1865 the Northern Pennsylvanian was removed to Great Bend, and from there, in 1870, to New Milford.
CHAPTER XLI.
AUTHORS AND ARTISTS.
ON the authority of the late Hon. Charles Miner, a "New Yankee Song," dated Auburn Village, July 23, 1803, was the earliest product of the Susquehanna County muse, and his " old and worthy friend Charles Mowry was the writer." He lived not far from Elk Lake, and possibly from the name he gave to his location, the township of Auburn received its name. The song had reference to the Intrusion Law, and began thus :-
" A cruel law is made, boys, Which much our peace and wealth destroys- A cruel law is made, boys, To frighten and distress us ; But if we firm together join, Supported by a power Divine, Our Yankee cause shall not decline, Nor shall it long oppress us."
In the seven remaining stanzas reference is made to Colonels John Franklin and John Jenkins, as those foremost in "the cause." It will be remembered that, though these sturdy cham- pions of Yankee rights resided in the vicinity of Athens, this section as well as that were alike in the disputed territory claimed at the same time by Connecticut and Pennsylvania.
Dr. Israel Skinner, of Oakland (then Harmony), published at an early day a history of the American revolution in verse, a part of which is quoted by Mr. Miner in his 'History of Wyoming.'
Dr. R. H. Rose published a volume of fifty-six poems, or, as he termed them, 'Sketches in Verse,' about 1820. It was a hand- somely bound octavo, designed for private circulation only, and but one or two copies can now be found in the county. In this volume his many quotations from the Latin, French, and Italian show his familiarity with various languages and authors. Many
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of the sketches were love-ditties, and professed imitations of a race of bards no longer greatly admired. There were also prose versions from the Arabic poets, turned into rhyme. An excep- tion to the foregoing is found in his 'Instructions to Manufac- turers,' in which is seen a gleam of the wit and raillery of which he is said to have been fond. He could, at least, follow his own " Instructions :"-
"What ! you would write a sonnet !- sit you down, And take your pen, no matter for the theme, So it be dull and sad-a waking dream ; And, careless of the peevish Muse's frown, .Run stanza into stanza. Break your lines And form them that the first and fourth may chime, And to the third the second be the rhyme.
" Oft introduce a colon : but when shines A gleam of passion, never then neglect A note of admiration, and an Oh ! For thus you will display a deal of wo, And to your sonnet give a fine effect.
Then lug two limping lines in at the close,
And swear 'tis thus the great PETRARCHA's metre flows."
A work designed apparently for circulation in England, and which did circulate there and influence immigration to this county, was written here, and bore the following on its title-page :-
" Letters from the British Settlement in Pennsylvania : to which are added, the Constitution of the United States and of Pennsylvania, and extracts from the laws respecting aliens and naturalized citizens. By C. B. Johnson, M.D."
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