-ruF. PENNSYLVANIA FARMER.
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In reply to the question; "who is jonathan
Roberts. and what are his nretensions TO +. .
spcctablity," pu' by a Virginia Editor the
National Intcllisencer gives the following
account of hia.:--


The first We ever saw oi Jonathan Rob
crts was in the House of Representatives af
the JTnitel States in lSl0or 1911, in which
BODY lie distinguished himsc!t by firm and
manly support OF Repubiran principles t.ia
the right Of his country whc. secured him
SO much the favor of tie ;. ~, that lie v :
chosen to the Senate 81 the hited states III
which he occupied seat for several years
to 4 somewhat more important purpose than
some others Of whom the cGitar OF The 2ai.
alum knows more than their names
When his term Of service III Inc Senate eA-
pired, as in Pennsylvania, S1a4taf AZ ses-
er elected for two successive terns, Alr. X.
became again private citizen lie mas
since been sever times A member &: tae
Legislature of his swn State, and Cannot fail
TO reach its highest honors, !. real mert has
any claim upon the ytUGanrv q l'ennsrita-
hla. If the Palladium would know ni17'e ot
jonathan Roberts, we will tell him that he i
one, who, from Ills infancy, has earned his
bread by the sweat ofhis brow, obtaining his
extensive information. and communicating
to others his political views, IN the intervals
OF severe labor with his own hands in the Ill
lage of his farm. By this mole of life, new
er intermitted when a. hong, even 3l:jug
his Representative and Senatorial terms, Ge
lives in an independence as honorable I.
himself as it is instructive and as cxcmpla
lyto others. He stiH resides On lis farm
we may say on the held oi Ills glory for he
has reason to be proud Of ,hc reputation
amongst bis nciehbors, which he has acqur.
ed by life IF industry, Of the strctest ion,
esty, and Of the most lrrcproachablc morals
This is Jonathan Roberts, the Pennsylvania
Farmer.