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Attorney at Law,
SANDERSV1LLE, GEORGIA,
feb. 17, 1852. 4 “ ly
MULFORD MARSH,
Attorney and Counsellor at Law,
Office, 175, Bay street, Savannah, Ga.
feb. 10, 1852. 3 “ lly
TTOl A Y N E,
ATTORNEY AT LAW.
HALCYONDALE Ga.
Will attend promptly to all business en
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Middle or Eastern circuits.
Haley ondale feb. 2 1852 2 iy
JN0. ¥, RUDISILL.
attorney at law,
SANDERSVILLE, Ga.
March 10,1851 8—1 v
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Attorney at Law,
SANDERSVILLE, GEORGIA
WILL PRACTICE IN THE COUNTIES OF
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P.H. BEHN,} [ J0HS F f STER *
feb. 10,1852.
“ J. T..JOTIBS.
Manufacturer and importer of
Guns,Pistols, Rifles, Sporting Apparatus, &c.
No. 8, Monument Square, Savannah, Ga.
feb. 10,1852. 3—ly*
POETRY.
PEE COME TO THEE, EOVE.
BY LAURA LORRIMER.
When the wind wooes the leaves
With its whispering song,
When the music of dream-land
Is wafted along—
When the air is all radiant
With forms from above,
With the wind and the music,
Fil come to thee, love.
With pure holy worship,
Beside thee I’ll kneel,
And pour out in words
The devotion I feel—
And through moonlight and starlight
Together we’ll rove,
Thus forever and ever:
I’ll come to thee, love.
The stars shall glow round us,
And visions of bliss
Will smile on us gently,
And bless each wild kiss.
Yes, amid the bright forms
Through the dream-land which rove,
Like the south wind of summer,
I’ll come to tliee, love.
With perfume from .flowers
I will bend o’er thy sleep,
With the sky and the wave
A sweet vigil I’ll keep
And as flies forth to meet thee
My soul like a dove,
Seeking out its true dwelling,
Oh, come to me, love.
A PARODY.
Nigga, put down that jug,
Touch not a single drop;
I iiab gin iiim many a nug,
And dar you luff Iiim stop;
’Twas dis old nigga’s hand
Datfust did place him dar
Dar, niggar, 1 uff him stand,
Or else dis nigga swar.
Dat old familiar jug
Chock full oh nigga rum,
Lord, how I lub to hug,
Because de drunk soon cuin
Dar, nigga, luff him lie,
Touch not a single taste,
Golly, I come by’me by,
Y our back wid ropes I’ll baste.
When but a nigga boy,
Hoeing massa’s corn,
Lord, how it gub me joy,
To take from dat a horn ;
I kiss him two, tree time,
* And den I suck him dry ;
Dat jug, ha’s none but mine,
So dar you luff him lie.
My mouf around him cling,
Close as de rum, ole friend,
I kiss him as I sing,
Dat rum may never end.
Nigga, put down dat jug,
Touch not a single drop,
I hub gin him many a hug,
So dar you luff him stop.
M1SCELLANE0 US.
THE ROY AND THE PANTHER.
A WILD WESTERN 8CENE.
v, : g, xi, XOTBWSLL & GO.
Wholesale and Retail Store,
Not 173» ® a y street, Savannah, Ga.
* dealers in
liquors, WINES, GROCERIES. <$*c
S. E. BOTHWELL.] [ R - L - GAMBLE.
feb. 10,1852
“Oh, how the mother loves the child she
nursed.”
It was a fine morning in August, when
little Samuel Eaton was about seven years
old, that he was making a dam in the
brook that ran before his lather’s door.
He was an only and beautiful- child, his
mother almost idolized him. There lie was
with his trowsers tucked up above his ktfees,
working like a beaver; his mother’s eyes
gleaming out from beneath his sunburnt
hair, and with some of his father’s strength
tugging at a large stone in the bed of the
stream. “Samuel you had better come m; . . the
hadn’tyou? said Hannah, m a tone ot u:®
half mother and half mate.
No-o-o, I guess not,” said Samuel.
An acorn came floating down the water. gt511 no longer . sne rusnea up me sueep hurrv on t h at account.”
The boy took it up—-looked at it was agcenL the ener g y 0 f despair, reckless y
pleased and “reckoned in his mind there ofJ r jinking oniy of her son. The
W6r6 more up the r 'gully^ and when ins , ~ _n . j —i imi*
band, to search in different different direc- voice of prayer going to their Guardian for
in *im r>£.irrKKnrinrr fnrpst.. Tn him Hie mori>T jn thwarting the Panther’s
tions in the neighboring forest. To him
she said, “scour every field you call your
own, and if you cau’t find him, join me in
the gorge.*’
“Hewould’nt go to the gorge Hannah.”
“He would go anywhere.” She knefc
not why, but a presentiment that the boy
had followed the course of the stream,
dwelt strongly upon her mind.
“I can’t find him, Hannah,” said the hus
band, as he joined her at the mouth of the
gorge.
An eagle flew past the mother as she en
tered the ravine. She thought to herself;
the dreadful birds are tearing my child to
pieces and frantic, she hastend on making
the walls of the cavern echo back with her
screams for her offspring. Her only an
swer was the eternal thunder of the cata-
act, as if in mockery of woe; and flinging its
cold spray upon her hot and throbbing
temples. “Fool that I am how can he hear
me ?” She strained her eyes along the
dizzy height, that peered through the mist,
till she could no longer see, and her eyes
tilled with* tears.
Who but a mother can tell the feeling of
a mother’s heart ? Fear comes thick and
fast upon the reeling brain of Hannah.
“Oh my boy—my brave boy will die,” and
wringing her hands in agony, sank to her
husband’s feet.
The pain of “hope deferred” had strain
ed her he&rtstring to the utmost tension,
and seemed as if the rude baud of despair
had broken them all.
The terrified husbaud threw water upon
her pale face, and strove by all the arts he
knew to win her back to life. At last she
opened her languid eyes, stared wildly a-
round and rose trembling to her feet. As
she stood like a heart-broken Niobe, “all
tears," a fragment of rock came tumbling
down the opposite bank. She looked up.
She was herself again for half up the ascent
stood her own dear boy.
But even while the glad cry was issuing
from her lips, it turned into a note of hor
ror “Oh, mercy—mercy !”
The crag on which the boy stood project
ed from the solid rock in such a way as to
hang about twelve feet over the bank.
Right below, one of the edges of this crag
partly concealed among some bushes,
crouched a panther.
The bold youth was aware of the proxi
mity of his parents and the presence of his
dangerous enemy at about the same time.
He had rolled down the stone in exultation
to convince his parents of the high station
he had attained, and he now stood with'an
other in his hand drawing it back, and
looking at them, as if to ask whether he
should throw it at the terrible animal be
fore him. Till then the mother seemed my
movable in her suspense, but conscious ot
the danger of her son, if he irritated the
beast, she rushed some distance up the rock
and motioned with her head and band, that
he should not throw. Yet, with the fear
less mind of childhood and a temper little
use to control, he fearlessly threw the trag-
ments with all his might, at the ferocious
savage. It struck one ofjhis feet. He gave
a sudden growl, lashed his tail with fury,
and seemed about to spring.
“Get your rifle, Josiah !*’ The poor
man stirred not. His glazed eye was fixed
with a look of death upon the panther,
and he appeared paralyzed with tear. His
wife leaped from her stand, and placing her
hands upon her husband’s shoulders, look
ed in his face and cried, “Are you a man,
Josiah Eaton ? Do you love your child ?”
He started as if from sleep, and ran with
furious haste from the ravine.’
Again the mother looked toward her son.
He had fallen upon his knees, and was
le little prayers she had
taught him, not, in cowardly fear, but a
Peter Mulroony bothering the Lawyers.
“Piay Mr. Mulroony, will you oblige me
She knetv by stating what poteen is ?”
“Arrah!” said Peter, slyly casting his
eyes at the rubicund nose of his questioner.
“As if ye didn’t know!”
The prosecuting attorney, with his ob
noxious ‘nasal organ growing redder and
redder, turned to the bench and gesticulated
vehemently. What he said could not be
heard amid the storm of laughter.
“Silence!” shouted the crier.
“Witness,” said the judge, absolutely
snorting in the effort to maintain a becom-
gravity—“this cannot be allowed any lon
ger. What is the reason you evade a di
rect reply to the question? Answer him;
he must be answered.”
“Troth, sir, I’ll do that thing. The rai
son, sure, I supposed is was he was making
fun of me, he was.”
“Why should you suppose that?” said the
attorney fiercely.
“Bekase as I looked at yer Veshuvius of
a nose, I thought you must be well acquain
ted wid the crater.”
die. The distracted mother could keep
no longer. She rushed up the steep
> .“gully, and when his rockg crura (ji e d and slipped beneath her
5 turned, oft he started for , f >, t On. on she struggled
3—ly
iffRAOTQg. JOHNSOW at CO
GROCERS.
Savannah, Ga.
| Savannah.
W. B. SCRANTON,
} No. 19, Old Slip, N. Yor
feb. 10,1852. 3—ly
D. T. SCRANTON,
JOSEPH JOHNSTON.
JOBN
Draper and Tailor.
Dealer in Ready-Made Clothing andGentle-
y. en’sfurnishing Goods. 155, Bay street,
Savannah, Ga.
feb. 10,1852. 3—ly
! X. DASHER’S
Cheap Dry Goods Store,
No. 146, Congress street, Savannah, Ga,
t . (Late H. Lathrop’s)
A well selected stock of seasonable staple
and Fancy Dry Goods, are kept constantly on
hand, and will be sold cheap for cash.
Please call and examine,
fefo 10, 1852. 3—ly
mother’s back was
the acorns. The gorge of the mountain
into which he was about to enter, had been
formed (the work of centuries) by the at
traction of the stream he had just been
playing in—and walking on a level that
bordered each side 1 *of the water, he boldly
entered the ravine. An almost perpendic
ular wall or bank ascended on each side, to
the height of a hundred feet, composed ot
rocks and crags fretted by decay and storm
into fantastic shape and position. A tew
scattered bushes and trees sought nourish
ment from the earth that had fallen from
the level above, and excepting their assis
tance and the unseen surface of the • rook,
this natural part seemed inaccessible, but
to bird and beast. About the eighth of a
mile from the entrance a cataract, closed the
gorge, throwing up its white vt.il of mist in
seeming guardianship of the spirit waters.
The verdant boughs hanging over the band
cast a deep gloom upon the bed below,
while so lofty was the distance, they seem
ed to grow out of the sky, blue patches of
water were to be seen peeping between
them.
Wannab Eaton soon missed her boy, but
as he had often wandered to the fields
where his father was at work, she concluded
he must be there, and checked coming tears
with the hope that he would return at the
hour of dinner. When he came, Joseph
nor any of his men knew where he was.
Then the agitated mother exclaimed, He s
lost’ he’s lost! and my poor boy will
starve in the woods!” Gathering courage,
she hastily summoned the family around
her, and despatched them all, but her hus-
His mercy
Leap.
Capture of Hawks.—Mr Jacob Shaulk
had adopted a good plan tokill off those pests
of farmers—hawks. He erects a pole about
ten feet high (and probably a higher one
would answer a better purpose.) The lower
end, instead of being planted on the ground
is fastened in the centre of two flat cross
timbers, and braced, stones being placed on
the timbers to keep the pole from blowing
over. On the top of the pole is placed a
common steel trap, the iower bar being
fastened securely to the top of the pole by a
staple. He sets the trap in some place
where the hawks are likely to come, and
leaves it. The bird, seeing a nice perch, on
the top of a pole, selects it for a point ot
observation, and as soon as he alights, the
trap springs and catches his legs. The
pole can readily be pulled over, the bird
taken out, and the trap set for another. In
this manner, Mr. S. has cought 21 hawks be
sides a large number of owls. The only
objection we see to the trap, is, that there
is danger of destroying other birds, that are
not only harmless, but useful.
Notable Americans.—A London letter
says, “Bogue has just published a book for
the times, entitled the ‘Men of the Times in
1852,’ or‘■Sketches of Living Notables.'
Some three hundred sketches are given of
those the compiler deems greatest in every
calling, and in almost every land. He has
chosen from Americans-Agassiz, Bancroft,
Bryant, Burritt, Cass, Clay, Filmore, Haw
thorne; Irving, Abbott, Lawrence; Longfel
low, Prescott, Scott, Webster, and Willis.”
The idea of placing Webster and Willis
anywhere in the same book, much more
side by side, is proof conclusive that the
author of the book is totally incompetentto
his task. One is a statesman of the highest
genius, and the greatest man now living:
the other is a mere literary dandy, without
virtue or heart.
ggT Said a patient to his physician, a-
bout five years ago, after reading over the
prescription of a distinguished friend of
temperance, whom ill health had obliged
him to consult :
“Doctor, do you think that a little spirits
now and then would hurt me very much ?”
“Why, no, sir,” answered the doctor, da-
ran with Kberately. “I do not think a little—now
and then—would hurt you very much; but
sir, ifvou don’t take any, it won’t hurt you
at all.”
“Come, Bill, it’s ten o’clock, and I think
—& -- * . we had better be going, for it’s time honest
thought came across his mind that he must were ftt home » « Well ’ ves,” was the
J* TL« mAthOP Pflll !H I? A All _ . -- - * - -
answer, “I must be off, but you needn’t
New Discoveries.—A pair of spectacles
to suit the ej es of potatoes.
The club with which an idea struck the
poet.
A stick to measure narrow escapes.
An umbrella used in the reign of tyr
ants.
A knot from the board which a man paid
20 shillings a week for.
A o'!ass of lemonade made ofa sour tem-
feet, yet she fell not. On, on she struggled
in her agony.
The ferocious creature paused a moment
when he heard the wretched mother ap
proach. True to his nature, he sprang at
the boy. He barely touched the crag and
fell backwards, as Hannah ascended the op
posite side.
“Ah!” said she laughing deliriously,, r the sweets of matrimony
‘thepanther must try it again before he' —’
parts us, my boy; but we won’t part,” and j “What are you looking after my dear,”
sinking on her knees before him, she fondly j sa i<i a very affectionate mother to her only
folded°him to her breast, bathing his young; daughter ? The daughter turned round;
forehead with her tears. i and thus replied: “Looking after a son-
Unalterable in his ferocity and the man- j j n -law for father.”
ner of gratifying it, the panther again!
sprang from his Situations. This time he | J3F The sound of your hammer, says
was more successful. His fore foot struck, Franklin, at five in the morning, or nine at
the edo-e of the crag. ‘He will kill us ; night, heard by a creditor, makes him easy
mother he will kill us !’ and the boy nes- six months longer; but if Ue sees you at the ;
tied close to his mother’s bosom. The an- j gaming table or hears your voice at the tsv
imal struggled to bring his body to the{ ern when you should be at work, he sends
crag—hi*savage features but a step from for his money next day.
the mother’s face. ‘Go away, go away
shrieked the mother, hoarse with horror,
‘you shan’t have my child!’ CIoser—-still
closer he comes—his red eves flashing fury,
and thick pantings of his breath came in
her face. At this awful moment she hears
the faint report of firearms from the gulf
below—the panther’s foothold fails, his
sharp claws loosen from the rocks, and the
baffled beast rolled down the precipice at
the foot of Josiah Eaton. -
The sun’s last ray gleamed on the little
group at the mouth of the gorge. They
were on their knees—the mother’s bleed
ing hands oyer the head of her son, and the
Nobody but Jenny Liud.—In Cleveland,
a man who had purchased a ticket to the
Blaek Swan’s concert, returned it to the a-
gent with the remark thaLhe was not to be
humbugged. He had learned on “good
authority” that the woman ..called the
“Black Swan” was nobody but Jenny Lind
blacked up.
‘Mother,’said a girl of nineteen, “tuey
say mairriages are made in heaven do you
think they are? ‘Why, my dear, it is a very
general opinion.’ ‘If they are, mother they
seem a long time m coming down to some
of us.’
Market for Ypiuig Women in
Hungary.
Every year, at the feast of St. Peter,
which comes in the latter days of June,
the peasantry of this district (Bihar) meet
together at a certain place, for the purpose
of a general fair. This fair has a very pe
culiar interest for the young maidens, for it
is there that, whilst purchasbing household
utensils, and family necessaries, they choose
for themselves partners, and conclude mar
riages. The parents bring their marriagea
ble daughters, with each one her little dow
er accompanying her, loaded up in a small
cart. This lower is, of course, proportion
ate to the lowly condition of these moun
taineers, some sheep, sometimes a few hogs,
or even chickens. These girls are attired
in their best, or what pieces of gold or silver
they may possess, are strung upon a string
and neatly attached to the braids of their
hair.
Thus fitted out. every girl who desires
to find a husband betakes herself to ihe
fair. She quits the house of her father per
haps for ever, and bids her mother adieu,
quite ignorant of what roof is to shelter, or
what fate awaits her journey’s end. As to
her fortune, it is in the little cart that at
tends her. The object of her journey is
never mistaken, nobody wonders at it, nor
is there occasion for a public officer to make
a record of the deed. On the other han’d,
the youths who wish to procure themselves
wives hasten to the fair, arrayed in the very
best skin garments their chests contain.
These savage-looking chaps, who would be
quite enough' to make our young ladies run
and hide themselves, proceed with a good
deal of interest and zest, to inspect the fair
mountain lasses that are brought thither by
their fathers, and their uncles, casting many
side glances and wistful looks toward the
captivating merchandize.
He gives his fancy a free rein, and when
he finds one that seems to claim his prefer
erence, he at once addresses the parents,
asks what they have set upon the “lot” so
exposed for sale—at the same time stating
his own property and standing. If the pa
rents ask too much, these gallant v “boys”
make their own offer, which, if it does not
suit the other to agree to, the fond lover
passes to seek some one else.
We may suppose that the proud young
men always keep a “top-eye” open to the
correspondence of loveliness upon one hand,
and the size of the dower upon the other.
At last he finds one for whom he is willing
to give the price, and a loud clapping of the
hands together, announces to the bystanders
that the bargain is complete.
What a heavy blow this must be for
some lazy rival who has not decided quick
enough, who is halting and considering
whether she will suit him, and whether she
is as lovely and accomplished in household
matters as some of the others. However,
the deed is done and the bargain is comple
ted, and forthwith the young girl (poor
thing) proceeds also to clasp the hand of
her future husband. What a moment of
interest and anxiety to her! The destiny
of her life is sealed by this rude clasp of the
hand. In this act she as much as said,
“Yes, I will be yours for life, and I consent
to partake of your joys and your troubles,
to follow you through weal and through
woe!”
The families of the betrothed pair then
surround them, offering their congratula
tions, and at once without delay, the priest
who is on the ground for the occasion pro
nounces the nuptial benediction. The young
woman presses the parting hand of that
family who have reared her, but of which
she is no longer a part—mounts the car of
her new husband, but a few hours before
she never so much as knew, and escorted
by her dower, is conducted to the house
henceforward to be her home. The Hunga
rian Government have long tried, but in
vain, to suppress these fairs for young girls.
Positive orders have been given that they
should no longer take place, but such is the
force of long established custom, united to
the necessities of this pastoral race, that all
such orders have been disregarded. The fair
still continues, and every year such caval
cades as we have described may be seen
descending into the plains of Kalinasa, there
to barter off these precious jewels of the
household, as though they were senseless
beeves or mere produce of the koil.—Con-
gregationalist.
New-York, March 27.
Money continues abundant, and as street
rates are a little below the legal interest,
the offerings on the banks from regular .cus
tomers continue very light, the most of the
business in prime paper being done through
tbe brokers at 5 a 6 per cent.
The Imports entered at New York from
Foreign ports for the week, exclusive of
specie, amount to $2,113,284. The total
for March will probably be about the same
as lor. the corresponding month in 1851,
when the amount was about $12,700,000.—
Journal of Commerce.
“Waal,” said a soft-headed, blubbering
Jonathan, the other day, “Suke has gin me
the sack, by gravy M’ve lost her!”—“Lost
her; how?” .inquired his sympathising
friend. “I laid the soft soap on to her so
thick,-that the critter got so proud she
wouldn’t speak to me.”
Take Care of your pockets.—There is a
book with the dangerous title of the“Pock
et Lawyer. ”We s*houldn’t like a book
with this title much for we are sure that
if we got a lawyer in our pocket, we never
should be able to gSt him ontoiit.-rPunch
VOL. VI—NO. 13.
Where Paddy intended to lay his land
Warrants.—In one of the cities of the Up
per Missisppi a worthy Minister of the Gos
pel, after dwelling upon the beauty of holi
ness and the hatefulness or sin, took occa
sion-to impress upon his hearers the dan
ger of occupying the neutral ground trust
ing to a merely moral walk, without faith
of works—as being sufficient to ensure them
a reward in the “good time coming.” Just
as the reverend gentlemen touched upon
this portion of his sermon, a sturdy weather
beaten son of the Emerald Isle entered the
room, and with that politeness peculiar to
the Irishman, quietly helped himself to a
seat, and lent an attentive ear to the speak
er. The Clergyman portrayed, in an able
and very striking manner, tbe beautiful
scenery which everywhere meets the en
raptured vision thoughout the boundless
plains and delithful groves of this neutral
ground, leading the senses captive by their
exceeding loveliness, and filling the soul
with sweet contentment. The picture
seemed to have a magical effect upon the
Irishman, like the sudden and unexpected
realization of some fondly cherished hope
for without waiting for an application of
figure—of which he was not dreaming—he
all at one arose to his feet and exclaimed in
all the richness of the brogue, “I thank
your honor for the same news, for its my
self that has two of the most beautifulfland
warrants that a man ever fought for in
Mexico, and its a notion I have to locate
them in the same beautiful country of
which you have been speaking.” The ef
fect was electrical. The congregation could
not restrain their risibles—and the services
were brought to a sudden termination by
singing of a hymn Poor Pat was a thous
and times sorry for his mistake—and said
he mistook the congregation for a “black
guard political mateing entirely”—and that
if any one would introduce him to the par
son he would beg pardon “for having un
intentionally played the deuce with his dis-
Important to Letter Writers.—We lear
that in the new edition of the regulations of
the Post Office department, which is about
to be publihed, it is provided that in every
case where the writer of the letter chooses to
protect it from the chance of being opened
at the Departmeni and destroyed as a dead
letter, he can do so by prepaying the
postage and writng legibly on the seal
side words “to be preserved,” in which
case it will be rescued from the liability of
being committed to the flames, and its seal
will remain in tact.
The case in the New Orleans duel,
j>y which Dr. Hunt killed John Frost, has
been dismissed. One of the papers says:
Judge Larue excused himself and would
not sit in the case. Judge Strawbridge de
clared that he was too unwell to attend, and
Judge Buchanan stated that he had no time.
Under these circumstances, the District At*
tomev said he believed he had done bis duty
in the matter, but he could not try the case
without a Judge. He would therefore move
to dismiss the accused. Judge Larue then
ordered the case to be dismissed.
A Hint.—If there are any in our midst in
the habit of preaching loud, they, with those
who pray loud, may find a hint in the fol
lowing. There is* more to be gained in
calm delivery than some people imagine:
A celebrated Divine, who was remarka
ble in the first period of his ministry for a
boisterous mode of preaching, suddenly
changed his wild manner in the pulpit, and
adopted a mild and dispassionate mode of
delivery. One brother observing it, inquir
ed of him what had induced him to make
the change. He answered, “when I was
young, I though, it was the thunder that
killed the people, but when I grew wise, I
discovered that it was the lightning; so I
determined in future to thunder less, and
lighten more.”
Marks of the Gentleman.—No man is a
gentleman who, without provocation, would
treat with incivilty the humblest of his spe
cies. It is a vulgarity for which no accomplish,
ments of dress or address can ever atone.
Show me the man who desires to make
every one happy around him, and whose
greatest solicitude is never to give just
cause of offence to any one and I will show
you a gentleman by nature and by practice
though he may never have worn a suit of
broadcloth, nor even heard ofa lexicon. I
am proud to say, for the (lonor of our species
there are men, in every throb of whose
heart there is a solicitude for the welfare of
mankind, and whose every breath is perfum
ed with kindness.
ggf* A Judge and a joking lawyer were,
conversing about the doctrine of transmigra
tion: of the souls of men into animals. “Now
said the Judge, “suppose you and I were
turned into a horse and an ass, which would
you prefer to be?” “ The K~a, to be sure, *
replied the larwyer “Why?” rejoined the
Judge. ’’Because, ’’was the reply, “I have
head of an ass being a Judge but of a horse
—never.” , _
ffS' The Boston post tells of a man in
Maine, who kept a grocery store, and when
he sold a pint or half pint of rum, always
put his thumb .in to the measure—an enor
mously large thumb—and at the end of
twenty years practice, he estimated that be
had sold his thumb for at least $5,000 and
had it left, after all. What an old soaker
it must be.
Why is John Bigger,s boylarger tha
his father? Because he is a little * '