The central Georgian. (Sandersville, Ga.) 1847-1874, December 14, 1852, Image 1

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THE CENTRAL GEORGIAN IS PUBLISHED Mtin r T'UESDA Y MORNING, T£RMS : ljpaid strictly in advance. j>er year, $1 50 jr/'noi paid at the lime of subscribing, $2 00 These TERMS WILL BE STRICTLY ADHERED $0 WITHOUT RESPECT TO PERSONS, AND ALL SUBSCRIPTIONS WILL BE REQUIRED TO BE SET TLED UP EVERY YEAR. Advertisements not exceeding twel >e lines, will be inserted at me dollar for" the first in sertion, and fifty cents for each coritihoanee. Advertisements not having the number of in sertions specified, will be published until for- bid. ' ^ ■' ; Sales of Land and Negroes by Executors, Administrators and Guardians, are required by law to be advertised in a public gazette forty days previous to the day of sale. The sale of Personal Property must be ad vertised in like manner at least ten days. Notice to Debtors and Creditors of an es tate ir ust be published forty days. Notice that application will be made to the Court of ordinary for leave to sell Land and Negroes, must be published weekly for two months. . ", , , Citations for letters of administration must, be published thirty days—for dismission from administration, monthly for six months•==> tor dis mission from Guardianship, iorty days. Rules for foreclosure of Mortgage must be published monthly for four months—for estab lishing lost papers, for the full space of three vnonths—for compelling titles from Executors or Administrators* where a bond has bfeen giv en by the deceased, the full space oj 3 months. Publications will always be continued ac cording to these, the legal requirements, unless otherwise ordered. All letters on business must be vost-pard GENERAL ADVERTISEMENTS Dr, Marcliisi’s UTBxtxara gajteloimIcon. The undersign ed, having been duly appointed Agent for the sale of this truly in valuable- MEDI CINE,. WO Old re spectfully invite the attention of Ladies and Prac titioners of Louis viile and vicinity, to the gratifying success that has- attended its use ■ where’-er intro- BUSINESS DIRECTORY. LAWSON 6t GOBrR^X* Commission Merchants, 03 BAY STREET, SAVANNAH, GEO. [P. A. LAWSON. J. E. GODFREY.] LOUD A CO. Factors and Commission Merchants, 118* BAY STREET, SAVANNAH, GA. J. W. C. Loud.] [P. H. Loud. nov. 4, 1851. * 42—ly B£HN & Factors and Commission Merchants Savannah, G a. P.H. BEHN,] [JOHN FOSTER. fcb. 10,1852. 3—ly ■ JOBE Draper and Tailor. Deal er in Ready-Made Clothing and Gentle- i enYfurnlshing Goods. 155, Buy street, Savannah. Ga. feb. 10, 1852. 3—ly duced, and its happy adaptation to the cure of all the distressing diseases for which it is of fered ; being those incidental to the respecta ble female, whether married or single, and usually known by the nafrie ©i Female Com plaints. Of these are Prolapsus Uteri, or Falling of the Womb: Fluor A thus, or Whites; Chronic Inflamation and Ulceration of the Womb; Incidental Haemorrhage, or Flooding; Painful, suppressed and Irregular Menstrua- lion, cf-e., with all their accompanying evils, (Cancer excepted,) no matter how severe or of hoW long standing. That this Catholicon is in every way vvor- | tl.y of the confidence of the afflicted as a suc cessful, safe, and cheap remedy, is vouched for by the fact of its having received the apprsbat tion and, liberal patronage of many pmninen- members of the MED-GAL FACULTY in the United States; and also by the volunta ry testimonials given in the pamphlets, from Ladies and Physicians of the highest respect ability, as certified by the most satisfactory authority. This preparation Is not a “cure all,” but is intended expressly for the above-named com plaints, so very distressing in their nature and consequences, and which have heretofore re* sisted the skill and exertions of the most ac complished Physicians of all countries, toa degree beyond that of perhaps any other ma lady to which the Human family is heir. 'Fhe ingredients,as eertitfced by high med ical authority, (see pamphlet,) are all vege table, and are not associated with any article unfriendly to the animal economy/ Referencesi P. B. Peekman, M. D., Utica, New York. L. D. Fleming, M. D., Canandaigua, N. Y. D. Y Foote, M. D.. Syracues, N. Y. M. H. Mills, M. D., Bochester, N. Y. Prof. Dunbar, M. D., Baltimore, Md. J. C. Orrick, M. D., “ W. \V. Reese, M. D., City of New York. W. Prescott, M. D., Concord, N. H. Pamphlets can be had gratis at my store. W. A. HAYLES, Druggist, Louisville, Ga. For sale by most of the respectable Drug gists in the State. Central Depot, 304 Broadway, New York. nov. 2, 1852. 41—6m POETRY. Thinks I to Myself, I saw. her again, hut a few days ago, When Kossuth came down to our city ; The name of the lady I never did know, Blit thinks I, she’s uncommon pretty, And Witty ; And clever, no doisbt, as she’s pretty. Thinks I to mys< If, I have seen her before— Fine face, and black ’eyes* and black hair But I could not tell where, as I thought «f it more, And hang me if I could tell Wheiey I declare I could not tell how, when or where. But now the time and the place I remember. I remember her pleasing address ;. At a certain hotel, in the month of September, We met m the doorway, I guess; Yes, yes; Thinks I, slie ? a tlie person, I guess. PHXXiIP SSAN. Draper and Tailor* And dealer in Ready-made Clothing, shirts stocks, suspenders, handk’ffls, gloves, Marino and silk under shirts; 'drawers, &e. No. 93, Bryan street) Savannah, G a., feb. 10, 1853. 3—]y Manufacturer and importer of Guus,Pistols. Rifles, Sporting Apparatus, &e. No - 8, Monument Square,Savannah, Ga. fel). 10, 1852. 3—ly* I. DASHER'S Cheap Dry Goods Store, No. 146, Congress street, Savannah, Ga. (Date H. Lathrop’s) A well selected stock ot seasonable staple and Fancy Dry Goods, are kept constantly on band, and wifi be sold cheap for cash. Please call and examine, feb. 10, 1852. 3—ly S E. SOTHWEXiX' &CO. Wholesale and Retail Store, No. 173, Bay street, Savannah, Ga. dealers in LIQUORS, WINES, GROCERIES. $c S E. BOTHWELL-] [il. 1-. GAMBLE. feb. 10, 1852. 3—ly SCRANTON. JOHNSON A CO. G R O C E R S;. Savannah, Ga. d. T. SCRANTON, l Savannah. Joseph johnston. S 5 W. B. SCRANTON, { No. 19, Old Slip, N. Yor feb. 10, 1852. _ 3—ly HUMPHREYS & JCHUSOrff Wholesale and Retail Druggists, Smets’ Buildings, corner of Broughton an • Whitaker streets, Savannah, Ga. _ Dealers in Drugs, Medicines, Chemicals, Perfumery, Fancy Articles, &c. Soda water of a superior quality. feb. 10, J 852. ' 3—ly SSNRir ROTSCBHILB. Dealer in Ready-Made Clothing, DRY GOODS, tf-c. No. 178, Congress street, next door to H. J. Gilbert, Savannah, Ga. Gentlemen’s garments made to order, feb. 10,1852. 3—ly A. PONCE, Importer and Manufacturer o SEGA R S, N O, 13, Whitaker street, keeps constant ly. on hand a well selected stock of imported Segars; also, Manufactured Tobacco, Snuff Pipes, and ail other articles usually kept m Ins line, of business, which lie offers o n the mos reasonable terms. Savannah, feb. 10,1852. 6—ly . CARRIAGE REPOSITORY. THE subscriber, thank ful for past patronage, would respectfully inform his friends, patrons and the public generally, that he continues to put up all kinds of ve hicles—of his own manufacture—from a Jer sey wagon to a pleasure Carriage. He feels esnfident that his prices will be found low enough to induce those who desire to purchase anything in his line to give him a call. He chal lenges any other establishment in the State, in point of cheapness and durability; and he Will warrant his work to stand equal to, if not better, than the best northern work. He in vites all—both great and small—to call and ex amine hif. present stock of BUGGIES; Fancy WAGONS for families, a neat, convenient and cheap one-horse vehicle ; one and two- horse Wagons, &c. Also seeond hand Bug gies, which will he sold extremely low. He will sell new Buggies cheaper than the same article can be bought in Savannah or Macon and laid down here. Any who may doubt this assertion are invited to test its truth by a trial of the markets. He is determined to- sell a eheapt as any one else in the State. He also keeps constantly on hand a variety of Harness, which he offers at a small advance above cost. LEWIS BENSON. mar. 16, 1852. 8—ly3y OEO. A. REINHART, Boot Maker, Sandersvilll Ga ; RESPECTFULLY iuforinsthe citizens of this and the adjoin ing counties, that be is prepar ed to undertake and execute, in a neat and workmanlike manner, all jobs in his line of business. He has in his employ sev eral neat and skilful workmen, and is prepar ed to do as fine work as any person in the State. Gentlemen wishing a fine article of BOOTS or SHOES can be furnished by giv ing a few days notice, and he assures the pub lic 3 that all work from his shop shall be made of the best material, a huge assortment of which he has just received. Thankful for the liberal patronage heretofore bestowed upon him he respectfully solicits a continuationof the same. His terms are reasonable, sandersville, April 30,1851. 16-—6m. rVLTON A WALKER* Factors and Commission Merchants, Savannah, Ga. Vr—RESPECTFULLY tender their ptsarjm services to their friends and the pub- iicgenerally,hoping by strict and. prompt at tention to all business that may be committed to their charge, to receive a liberal share of patronage. They pledge themselves not to en o-age iii speculations upon cotton or other country produce, under any circumstances whatever—but to do all in their power to pro mote the interest of their patrons. Orders for Bagging, Rope and other supplies, will be promptly filled at the lowest market prices.— N G War-then. Esq., will .act as agent for them at Warihen’s Store, Washington county . R.ug. 3, 1852. . , .28—tf Olieese. T TTHT received a fine lot of Cheese, end for UbT received ^ BRANTLEY. 36 , sale y sept. 23. Thinks I, she would make a good partner for life, But she’s married, or spoke for, I s’sgose; Still,, if that’s not the case,, and if—I had no wife; Thinks I to myself, I’d “propose.” Goodness knows, Tf it wa’nt for all that, I’d propose. Bat I r m married; thinks I to mysell, ‘ti’s a pity, I’m tied, and I cannot undo it; Yet thinks i, there’s no harm hi just wsitisg this ditty, Though it’s well that my wife doesn’t know it. ©Id poet!! ‘Tis well that your wile doesn’t know it.. MISCELLANEO US, A Clean Back Out la a flourishing village, Wot more than three hundred miles from Mobile, Alabama; live two individuals, whom we shall call Jim and Joe. The latter is a quiet, good natured, inoffensive sort of a chap—one of those who will stand “running upon” as long, if not longer, than the most of men, but who is a perfect “Bengal Tiger” when his passions are once aroused. On the other hand, Jim was a blustering bullying braggadocia—one of that particular class of men whose voice is always loudest in a brawl, hut whose feet have a wonder ful nack of carrying them out of the way of hard knocks. For a? great length of time the latter had made-a butt of Joe—and time and again, by dint of much blustering and swaggering, completely cowed him.— An opportunity finally occurred, however, of showing the two men up in their proper colors. In the course of warm dispute, Jim let out some offensive remark which produced a more than ordinary caustic rejoinder from Joe. The former tried the “bluffing” sys tem at once ; but Joe, as he himself remark ed, had “stood enough,” and would “put up” with no more insults from his bullying neighbor. “Perhaps yon want to fight,” said Jim, buttoning his coat, and looking pistols and bowie knives at the calm but determined face ofbis opponent. “Fight I will,” rejoined Joe. “Yon have been in the habit of crowing over me for a year past, and I intend putting a stop to it at once.” Jim could not for a moment believe that his neighbor had the least disposition to carry out his threats, and accordingly went at him louder than before. “Well,” said he, “I’ve been trying to get a fight out of you for the last six months,” and, slapping his hands together, and commencing to square off, he concluded with, “At last there is a small chance ©f making something out of you.” “Walk with me out of the corporation limits, where we can avoid the law, and you j shall be gratified. I’m not in the habit of bragging, Jim, but it is my candid opinion that in about ten minutes you’ll be so badly licked your own mother won’t know yom Come along.” There was an air of determination about Joe that rather staggered his adversary, but he still thought be could frighten him out of a tight, and with that intention started off down the street that led out of the village. “Whoo!” said Jim, “I feel so much like fighting, I can hardly hold myself.” “Glad to hear it,” coolly rejoined Joe. They had now nearly reached the corpor ation limits, and Jim’s courage like that of Bob Acres, was oozing out at every pore. He had tried to frighten Joe out of the no tion of fighting, but finding himself disap pointed, he now tried to creep out of the scrape on another tack. They were passing the last grocery in the village, and an open lot which had been chosen by Joe as the field of combat, was in plain sight. “j oe _ a -hem—Joe,” said Jim, nervously, “can’t we compromise—a-hem—can’t we settle this thing somehow Joe ?’•! “No.” “Well—a-hem—a fair show—that’s all I want, Joe—a fair fight.” “Never you fear—you shall have a fair show.” They were now upon the ground. Joe commenced taking off his coat with a pro voking coolness and self-possession. “A-hem—Joe can’t we come to some un derstanding—can’t we, as I said before, com promise this little matter without—a-hem —a fight, eh ?” ‘‘I am here to fight.” rejoined Joe, throw ing down his coat* and commencing rolling up his shirt sleeves. “You will—a-hei»—you will fight; Joe l” ‘T will, Jim.” “Well here's a dean tack out! I shan’t fight, its all nonsense.” It .is almost unnecessary to say that, from that time out, Jim has been one of the qui etest and most peaceable citizens in li-is neighboi hood, and the severe lesson Joe gave him will not soon be forgotten. What a pity that every “Jim” lias not Lis Joe!” [from the federal union,] Aggregate Vote. W & are indebted to Col. Arthur Hood of the Ex. l)ep’t. r for the following aggre gate vote for the Ejectors. The votes of Troup & Hancock have not yet been receiv ed—Macon and Pulaski are irregular. AH, however, included below, REGULAR DEMOCRATIC TICKET, Johnson, 33,843 Harralson, 83,888 Lumpkin, 33,820 Brown, 83,841 Foreman, 33,832 Mitchell, 33,871 Clark, 83,835 Flournoy 38,829 Lamar, 33,862 Schley, 38,843 UNION DEMOCRATIC TIKCET. Wofford, 5,778 Singleton, 5,781 Miller, 5,780 ” Holsev, 5,800 Chisolm, 5,784 Word, 5,781 Irwin, 5,775 Slaughter,. 5,785 Lawhon, 5,758 , Thomas, 5,777 WHIG. Crawford, 15,779 Simms, 15,798 Harris, 15,508 i Trippe^ 15,788 Walthour, 15,786 ; Dupree, 15,772 Warren, 15,777 Foster, 15,772 Hardeman, 15,779 Evans,. 15,756 INDEFENDANT TICKET. Cumming, 5,289 Fannin, 5,059 Hill, 5,290 Strong, 5,107 Sharpe, 5,275 Harris, 5,288 Brow a, 5,275 . Floyd, 5,288 Poc, 5,302 ■ Lemle, 5,280 TROUP & QUITMAN TICKET. Tucker, 119 Hutchings, 115 Jones, 118 Fouche, 115 Cooper, 126 Billups, 115 Cnlverhouse, 115 Bryant, 125 California Treasures. One of our California exchanges, received by the steamer yesterday, gives the quanti ty ot gold shipped from San Francisco up to October 1st, in the year 1852, as follows : Shipments of Gold from San Francisco. For Europe, For U. States. Total. A Second Ulysses. m An old man of very acute physiognomy, answering to the name of Jacob Wilrnot, was brought before the police eonrfc of Phil adelphia. His clothes looked as if they might have been bought second handed in his youthful prime, for they had suffered more from the rubs of the world thaw the proprietor himself, “What business, do you follow, Wihno-t ?” “Business ? None! I’m a traveller.” “A vagabond perhaps.” “Yon are wot for wrong—travellers and vagabonds are much the-sarwe thing. The only difference is that the latter travels without money, and the former without brains “Where have you travelled V T “AH over the eostitoeBt.” “For what purpose ?” “Observation.” “What have.you observed?” “x\ liltle to commend, much to censure; and very much t© laugh at.” . “Umph !' and what do you eowm>eR<I ?” A haudsome woman that will stay at borne, an eloquest preacher that will preach a short sermon, a good writer that will not write too much, and a tool who has sense enough to hold his tongue ?” “Wli&t do you censure ?” “A man who marries a girl for kjeT fine dancing, a yo»th who studies- law or medi cine while he has the use of his hands, and people who elect a drunkard or blockhead to office.” “What do you langlr at ?” “I fsugh at ?” “I laugh at a man who expects his posi tion to command that respect which bis per sonal qualities and qualifications do not merit-” He was dismissed. January, February, March, April, May, June; July, August, September, 470,200 372,187 391,512 493,838 654,476 458,453 533,437 209,499 670,734 2,604,0 WT 2,741,595 1,791,168 3,068,455 2,938,231 3,518,990 3,982.943 1,382,078 3,392,737 3',iy74,210 3,113,782 2,182,680 3,562,293 3,492,678 3,977,443 4.515*0 1,591,577 Intervention Mr trcem-dinary. — “Look here, old feller,” said a neg.ro- to a brother darkey, in a carabet in the Second District, last evening; “look here, ole feller. Now r I hain’t bin out more’an free minutes a»’ some feller lias tuck- my licker. Now, who flung dat las’ brick?” “1 did?” said the nigger addressed, speak ing with an air of emphatic positiveness, “I did dat—-I didn’t do nuffin else!” “Den what for yoa done it? splain dat to me,” “Yes, nigger I’ll lumernate. You lef’ you’ licker dar, sartin, shua. Well, does you know w’en you » gose if I hadn’t tsek it, Sam Johnsing would—he actu’ly bad his hand on- de tumbler. But I says—“no you doesn’t;’ an’ so, to perwent him horn drinking it, I drinks it myself.” “But dar ain’t no princerple devol ved in dat.” “Y’es, dar am'—de prineerple of interven tion topervent interioention.” The logic seemed to satisfy his question er, and as that horn of the dilemma was ad' 3,963,471! justed, they took another ‘horn,’ A day or two ago we cut a hole in the Carpet Bag and took out this; and persons who take patent medicine will please no- ’ Total, $5,153,336 $25*320,278 $29,472,614 “In addition, there has been shipped in sailing vessels, mostly for China,- $410,841. It will be observed that the quantity shipped! tice; for the Atlantic U. States baa been $25,-j The Great American Remedy !! Hope 320,2/ 8, but the amount deposited i®> the for the afflicted! Let invalids rejoice! The same time has been at the mint, $39,886,-; greatest discovery of the age! The genuine 402, showing an excess of about 14,000,000 extract of Pea Nuts! Recommended in all which was in the hands of passengers. The cases by members of the faculty aud mem- production of the country up to this time j bets of no-faculty at all. Prepared by Nos- has been about $180,000,00.” The arri- j trum, Gall & Co. Invented by Esculapius vals in New York for the month of October! Quackenboss, M. D., D. D., L. L. D., and has been six and a half millions—a larger honorary member of the H. U. M. Society amount than ever before. Woman's Fights in California.—A let ter from San Franeisco says : “The reader may not be aware of the extent to which we have carried ‘Woman’s right,’ and all that sort of thing, in California. Be it known ofB. U. G. $5 peF bottle—5 bottles for $25. Cures invariably the following list of diseases each in from thirty to forty-five seconds. Guitar in the head, Scoffs and Scold’s Brown createfs, and Sumpyumption in the last stage coaches. Slick headache and Sheep’s headache. Catches in the side a. i] 4.x J.H. a. i i i oLujtjp o uedudi/ue* V'diciies in t.ii8 8i€ie JT t i, erefore - tB . at ™ have a law ao j other viototcacbiaatiens. ComeRheu- which enables women to carry on business in their own name, independently of their husband's, or of their husbands creditors. The enclosed advertisemen t, which I take from the San Francisco Herald, gives all ■the information necessary to an understan- j ding on the subject: Notice.-—Whereas,Mrs. Eunice Smith, wife of Jasper F. Smith, of the city of San Francisco, has this day made and recorded, according to statute; her declaration that she intends to carry on- business in her own name, and on her own account, to wit: the real estate and auction business: Now, therefore, she gives notice, that from this date, she shall be individually responsible in her on account of her said businessand she intends ti> avail herself of all the- pro visions of an act entitled ‘An act to author ize married women to transact business in their own name as sole trader.’ EUNICE SMITH.” matism and all other ’isms. Diary and the worst and the worst cases of (linen) collary. These and ten thousand other diseases yield to its healing properties. A thick folio vol- I ume of evidence in its favor will appear shortly. Subscribers solicited. Fratsklin and the B»rbcr. f On Dr. Franklin’s arrival at Paris as Plen- | ipotentiary fropThe United Slates, daring the Revolution, the King expressed a wish to see him immediately. As there Was ito going lathe Court of France in those day 8 * without permission of the' wigmaker, a wig- maker of course was sent for.- Ift « few minutes a richly dressed Mon sieur, with his arms folded in a prodigious muff" of furs, and a lobg sword by his side, made Lis appearance. It was the King’s wigmaker, with a servant in livery, a long sword by his side loo, and a load of sweet- scented band boxes, full of “de wig,” as he said, “de superb wig for de great Dr. Frank lin?’ One of the wigs was tried on, a' world too 1 small 1 Band box after band box was tried, but with small success. The wigmaker fell into a most violent rage, to- the extreme mortification of Dr.- Franklin, that a gentle man so bedecked with silks and perfume; should, notwith standing, be such a child. Presently, however, as in the transports of a great discoverer, the wigmaker cried out that be knew where the fault fay—not in his wig ais too small! “O no,” said lie, “my wig no too small, but the doctor’s head too- big—great deal too- big, by gar 1” Franklin, smiling, replied, that the fatrft could hardly lie there; for that his head was made by God- Almighty himself; who was- not subject to err, Upon this the wigmaker took- iff a little ;> but still he contended that there must be something the matter with Dr. Franklin’s head. It was at any rate, out of fashion.— He begged Dr. F. would pfeRse for remem^ her, dat his head had not de honcer to be made 1 in- Paree. No, by g/tr 1 for if it had been made iu Paree, it no* bi» more dan- half such a head. None of the French No bles, he swore, had a head anything like his. For de great Disk ©‘’Orleans, nor the grand mcmareh himself, had such ahead as Doctor Frankli#, And he did not see, he said, what business any body had wida head more big dan de head- of the grand- mon arque. Pleased to see the poor wigmaker recover his good humor,©r. Franklin could 1 not find it in his heart to put a check to his ebildish rant, but related one of his fine anecdotes, which struck the wigmaker with such an idea of his wit; that as lie retired, which he did bowing most profoundly, lie shrugged kia shoulders, and; with a most significant arch look, said ; “Ah, Doctor Franklin ! Doctor Franklin I I no wonder your head too big for my wig. By gar, I fraid your &ead too big for all de French nation.” The following anecdote, illustrative of railroad facility,|is very pointed: A travel er inquired of a negro the distance to a cer tain point. “Dat ’pends on circumstance,” replied the darkey. “1/ you gwine a foot it’ll take you about a day; if you guine in de stage or de homneybus, you make it in half a day; but you git in one of dese smoky wago®, you be almos’ dar now. A Giant Girl is now exhibiting in Charleston, who is represented^ be “only 18 yearn old, weighing 512 pounds, meas uring 2 feet 4 inches around the arm, 5 feet around the waist, and remarkably well pro portioned.” The exhibition of such a spe cimen of mortality in fulI Bloomer Costume, California.—This, State contains four hundred thousand square miles. This would in which she is advertised to appear, mus friva fiicrht States aa laro-a ns New Ynrlr Ka on a.. , give eight States as large as New York State, fifty as large as New Jersey, and fifty seven as large a Massachusetts. With a population equal per square mile to that of New Jersey,,California would support eigh teen millions ofinhabitants ; if equal to New York, twenty millions; and if equal to Mas- sachusets, forty millions—or fifteen millions more than the present population^ of the en tire United States. Additional by the Black Warrior.—Ad vices received at New York by the Steam ship Black Warrior from Havana, state that the Captain General was moving his array consisting of twenty thousand men, and or ganizing them for active service. It is a bad action that success cann 0 ^ be an interesting Chronicle. spectacle. — Auyuetee Curious Suit.—A few days since, in St. Louis, Missouri, a game chicken escaped from his owner, ran into a drug store, flew against a bottle, upset it, aDd thus set evap orating eight ounees of otto of roses. The druggist has sued the owner of the rooster, laying damages at $65, the value of the perfume wasted. A man, praising porter, said that it was so excellent a beverage, that taken iu great quantities it always makes him fat. “I have seen the time,” said another, “when it made yon-Tean.” “When, I should like to know?” asked the eulogist. “Why, no longer ago than last night—agaiust a wall.” A Close .Race. It would be well if all passengers could keep themselves as firmly aloof from ex citement in a-steamboat race, as a venera ble Friend of Rhode Island did, on the oc casion of a race between two- contending steamers, on one occasion, ra Long Island Sound. The boats had been ranmng with no visible advantage on either side for a great distance,- and groups of excited per sons were on the deck, discussing their sev eral ekances of triumph, and finally appeal ed to the “Friend” in question: “Don’t you think we’ve gained ©n her in coming the last forty miles?” “Yes,” replied the Quaker, with imper turbable gravity, “I should-say, from- pres ent appearances, that we had!" “Do you? Well, Mr. Brown, how much should you think Ave have gained-upon her? 4t “I may be mistaken,” replied our “Friend,” “for I have small gifts at correct ly calculating differences of distance; but I should think that in the last fifty miles we had gained upon her about half an inch!" He was tqo“clo8e” an observer t-o be both ered with any further questioning, from the exeited by-standers. Well Informedf.—The-New York Sunday Times says that one of the “upper ten” or eodfish' ariatoeracy and a gentleman in- “fair and regular standing” in the congregation of one of our city cb u rehes,- entered Tohnan’s music store a day or- two since, and stated his wishes in this wise: “Have yon Solomon’s Song?; I< want to get a copy.” “No, no,” said the salesman, not being able to recolleet at the moment any litho graphed sheet with that title,- “No, I- am a- fraid not.” “Ah,” said the amateur, drawing on his kids, “perhaps it isn’t out yet. Our pastor spoke of it last Sunday as a production of great genius and beauty, and I want my daughter to learn it. The shopman- with what gravity he could command, regretted that he had no copies in yet, and the customer left just in time to save the vest buttons of the book-keeper at the desk. A witty lawyer once jocosely asked a boarding house keeper the following ques tions— “Mr.——, if a man gives you $500 to keep for him, and dies, what do you- do; do you pray for him?” “No, sir, replied Mr. :——“I pray for another, like him. M “Gentlemen and Ladies,” said the show man, “here you have a magnificent painting of Daniel in the Lion’s Den. Daniel can easily be distinguished from the lions by the green cotton umbrella under his left arm.’ It may be necessary sometimes to hold a candle to the devil. It is batter to be happy than wise. It is a long lane that has no turning. m yagi