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GEOSGE F. PIERCE, Jr,
M MM,
Sparta , Ga.
Office in Law fluilding, west of tho G.II
PROFESSIONAL CARD
j ,11. 1;,V. UUIII1AW, ll.«oliful pint
1 / pstfonage. Vfit tak. s ptoasur* in announcing hft'dieinc
that lie 1 eoiititmes the practice of
and Surgery in the town ui Hpwta.
llr* Having 0. W-TyiirliHiii kif^i^i^ted, in practice, with. his tho brother other
ono or
of them tuny lie found at tlwir office nf all tifnes
of the day. «•: > ( . *»i »i
U<it" Special Manimi in given to the trmtr
noni tKChiaRut UiMfyteB und disc.u'vs peculiar
to Females. Fn 12—ly
-ass?
S 3 sci, jon r jusY'
( *0 1 X 11 .
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513-4 l!reutl Street.
Umhf Central Hotel, Augutfa, Georgia.
Dealers In
FI.^K twK^CEJttlKS,
WirutD, Li<iucrs and Cigars ;
ALSO,
GCN’IIG ( OMUIb’X MMiCLiANTS
April 8U iac«. ly.
iihartari A*
Trimmer & Upholsterer,
Burners Maker and Repairer,
Sparta, Ga.
■m/I AY l»« found in the upper story of J A,
prepared [y | Soudd.iy’n Carriage the public tfhop, in wiiere Ida line lio of is
to serve
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JEWEL’S MILLS.
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Cost Cjj'yt} at CulvkrtoN, Ga.
w E WILL this MANUFACTURE tho WOOL following FOR
CUSTOMH1W season, on
terms :
Wc 1 Manufactured yard iuAEANS (ool’d warp) at
Manul’aetiHrsii .») cents per ;
into Kerseys at 20el* per yard;
or Carded into ROLLS at.12,l cents per lb.
Sheetings, Shirtiugn, Dsuaburgs and Yarns
coustaully on hand.
wool Wanted,
' In Exchange for Goods, ut market value, or
lor CASH.
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Carriage,Buggy & wagon
REPOSITORY
,J JAMES Carriage A. bliop, SCUD1UY at his old has staod,_ rc-opened whero his ho
is prepared to serve Ids old friends and patrons
and Ids business, the public generally, in every branch of
either with New Work, Repairing
or Renovating nf rsiil|sni. Buggies, Wagons,
&o., at thc most reasonable prices. He has in
his employ tho well known freednian Tom
Coles, nlius Tom Thompson, and will warrant
all work to stand tho tost, Tom Is a thorough
Democrat*
Mr, M. Will also do all manner of lJIack
smith work pertaining to his business, and
solicits a sham-of the public patronage.
Sparta, April 2C—• 8tu
Nbw Cabinet Shop.
JOHN FRIESE,
MANUFACTURER AND DEALER IN
ALL KINDS DP FURNITURE, *
li 14 ESFECTFULLY Informs the citizens of
» s part a and vicinity that lie has re¬
cently opeael in this place au establishment
for the
Mittin^duro aud Ucpalriiis
OF FURNITURE OF EVERY DESCRIPTION,
aud will keep ou hand » lull a-sortuicut ot
UedNteadfl, Tut>U>n, Chairs, &c.
or nmko to order nny article in the cabinet
line at thc lowest prices aud at short notice.
Call and see hint.
JKfir win also supply C ollin* at
•liort Botlt'v.
jan. 15. *
Jar rail?* MofeI-~iVrn»6vr£, y a .
X *1 )U1L I BhOWH, Proprietor, located at the
depot. Only first elas- hp*tlin the city
ITNTLLiPEiN'iDEISrT I2ST ALL THINGS-ISTEUTP,AL IIST NOTTLNTGft
SPARTA, HANCOCK COUNTY, GA., JUNE 18 , 1809 .
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f* Poetry.
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TO 4 illRU
WHICH FLED ON THE AUTHOR S APPROACH
Bright bird of the summer
That sung on the tree,
Why leave the wild bush
Of the woodland to me:—
Why deem me of those
Who in wirfter’s bleak hour,
* ~ Refuse thee repose
In the break or the bower ?
1
When winter came down,
Bringing death on his wings,
Thou felt’dst not his frown,
Nor the.lightnings he fliuga ;
Then young one of summer
Say why dost thou fly,', ' ’
, J4 Giving back tho wot grief
To my heart and mine eye.
Does nature direct thee
To see us as foes,
A3 she made thee too pure
For our tears aijd.our woes? .*
Oh ! 'tia the same nature
That made thee eo bright,
Wliidli rendcced my spirit
Far darker thau night.
But nature gives pity
Where nature gives breath ;
Then come with thy song (
From the brier on the heath—
And oh I I shall bless thee,
With bosom as lone,
as ever looked up
1 To eternity's throne.
For my soul hath a friend
In thine innocent strain ;
Which thro’ earth and thro’ ocean
I’ve Jooked for in vain.
Then, bird of the summer
That sung on the tree,
Come share the wild hush
Of tho wocdlatid with me.
Miscellany,
lOKLLA It .44'.
“I have always had a great desire to be¬
come un fikdoptod child.” These words
were spoxeu by a. lovely girl of seventeen
summers. Then she changed ns quick as
thought and, began to soliloquise thus
how very lovely and sublime everything
appears this bright spring afternoon : I
feci as though I can not stay within doors.
I could wander along over flowery mead**
ows, where the daisies rear their heads
from their tiny cups as 1 pass to do me
homage; then I would wander through
the old pine grove and throw myself down
upon a mossy bed at the foot of sou c aged
tree and list to its sacred meanings, as the
gentle breeze wafts its boughs to and fro.
There is always music in the sound of the
wind as it blows gently through the trees.
Then up again I would start and ramble
over the hiils already carpeted with velvet
moss, here and t!)cro dotted over with
tho violet blue. “Sweet emblem of mod¬
esty.” Then I would wind my way
the bunks of the flowing brook and there
listen to the aong it sings to one flowing
through a a narrow channel forming thou¬
sands of sparkling diamonds, as it ripples
over the tiny pebbles aud again dashing
itself over a rugged ascent of nocks, and
in its fall to the bed below, exhibiting all
the brilliant colors*of-the rainbow. And
thou “leave off that idle prattling Idella,
so unbecoming to one of your ago, and tell
me why that great deriro to become an
adopted daughter. My dear child, is it
that you nrc discontented with the dispen*
sations of Providence, in not allotting to
you the rich things of this life. My
daughter, I least expected that of you, one
who. has always so meekly bowed to the
lot assigned you, be it ever so humble.—
Remember, my child, that our lleaveuly
Father has given to all some special pur¬
pose to perform. Thus spoke Mrs. Ray,
who was surprised.
Dearest Mother, think not for one mo
incut that 1 am discon ted with my Into, uo
never, replied Idella.
Well, why tlieu, this groat desire to
change your station of life ?
My desire is to be adopted by some ono
who can give me the means of alleviating
the suffering of the poor; to euable me to
visit the miserable hovels of the pauper,
and change tears of sorrow into tears of
joy ; to iced tho hungry, to clothe the na¬
ked. Oh! it would be my chief delight to
sally forth, when the sun rises in all its
splendor, to seek out thc destitute. But
first of all, dear mother, 1 would place you
above want, you should no more have to
turn your hand to severe labor for a live¬
lihood. It is lor this reason, dear mother,
that I made that wish.
1'crhaps yon way one day realize your
desire, Heaven grant that you may find
some kind friend, when my mortal body is
tnoulderhjgi in yonder churchyard, to ns
you to-accomplished the darling ob
jeet in your heart.
This conversation took place between
Mrs. Kay and her lovely daughter one
bright afternoon as they sat 'by an open
window over looking vine clad hills nhd
verdant dales, all clothed in their luxuri
ant robes of green. It was indeed a beau*
tiful scene on that lovely afternoon.
But alas ! how soon aro onr oarthly
dreams blown recklessly down tltb current
of life. Our brightest n*hl£ hopes are soonest
30.0 and there is left hut the
grim shadows of the past, and the visible
present staring us in the face, to teach us
to build no more air custlcs so easily blown
away.
el el ft’ fate, “t io-day all rs t-’ hrieht t " and S 1 lovely, fT
and tomorrow all shadowed o’er with the
clouds -of Ah! little indeed, did
Idella think that she should so soon have
to try the fortunes of this cold hard world
alono. Summer was now far advanced,
and just at the time when all nature lures
us to her lovely vine chid hills, and invites
us t.) partake of her bountiful repast.—
This day of all others was the most beauti
fui, too beautiful indeed to be marred by
sadness, but alas! that unexpected visitor,
who steals from us our best and
friends, was waiting bis masters willto en><
ter this homo-circle and break the tie
which bound Idella’s heart to earth. On
this lovely day wc find a gentle breeze
wafting to and fro tlio branches of those
venerable o-ks, and winding its way
through the window to fan the fevered
brow of that sainted mother. The day
wore on. At sun set we find the so,
rowing friends of widow Ray gathered
around her expiring form, Heavenly an¬
gels hovered around that bed waiting to
bear tha* spirit to rec.ive its spotless robe
and golden crown, where she should* sing
cndlesa praise to her creator. But our
heroin, where is she, closely nestled by
the side of her beloved mother kneels
Idella lit tin • Uer sweet voioc in prayer to
Heaven to give her strength to bear this
trial. 8he hears the lecbled vo.ee of her
mother requesting her to sing that dear
old pong, “When shill we meet again,”
ari(1 ♦H**xlcar soft voice of Idella rang out
upon the evening That voice usu
ally so sprightly is now miuglcd with
tone of sadness. But tho worst must come,
a few more struggles and all is over, and
the spirit lias flown to the land that gave
it. Idella proved her love for her Maker
by humble submission to his decree. Sho
pays the last tribute of respect to her rev¬
erend parent and returns to her home, al¬
most broken hearted but determined by
the help o ■ her Creator to serve him bet
ter. 8he sits and muses on the past and
imagines there wore times when she should
have honored her mother more, but Idel
la was all that a mother could desire her
to lie.
When we Jast spoke of our heroin, it
was summer, winter has nearly past, it is
now . beautiful day in Mareh, .be fa sit,
tin- by a bright fire with her needle work
fallen carelessly by her side, she was
thinking of tho past, present and future,
musing over tl.o happy and sad scenes
her life, when a quick aud hasty rup was
heard at the street door, wasitadr^aui ? no,
she certainly had heard that knock before.
She rises and advances to the door but
ere she reaches it she is encircled in the
loving embrace of one that is dear, yes ^
dearer than life to her.
Wc can only imagine what followed
that meeting oF lovers. The visitor had
loved her in early days, and long before
pledged his love to her. He with his fa¬
thers family had moved to a distant coun¬
try, and from various causes had nut writ *
ten to Idella in some time. lie was now
of ago and had come to claim hie chosen
bride. Their old vows soon being renew
ed, a wedding followed, yes a quiet little
wedding took place, and Oliver Branck
started with his precious charge to his
Italian home;
80 Idella did not become an adopted
daughter , . 4 but , kind .. , Providence ,, ., placed . . , her
,n a position far more desirable and bless*
ei icr with means to relieve tho suftering
0 a t le poor vntlun her reach.
ANON.
A crusty old bachelor, not liking the
way his landlady’s daughter had of appro
priating liis hair oil, filled, his bottle with
liquid glue the day before a ball, to which
she was going. She stayed at home in
consequence.
“ 31 y son holdup your head, aud tell
who was thc strongest man ?’* “Jonah.”
“\\ hy so ! ’ “Cause the whale couldn’t
hold him after he got him down.” '
How Tliey Fell la Love.
They had “grown up” together in the
full sense of the term—and that was just
the matter. They had eaten each other’s
mud and pies, taken the croup in each
other’s snow forts, cried out the sums on
each other’s slates, tipped over each other’s
ink bottles, sapped up the ink with their
mutual handkerchiefs, “told” of each other
in about equal proportions, and “made up”
in a common exuberance of §obs and sas~
safras. wood^ They had played at lovers behind
the been marriod by the prize
sperker, been devorecd by the ,«fcrt base,”
been re-umted housetops by the ministerg daughter,
and gone to in the peat
swamp at regular intervals, as far back as
their memory, extended. -She had* blue
eyes, and -never 3 understood vulgar frac-,
tioue. He S to »l e , so that the
T One & uay i 10 slip T ‘rtl braided t her t hair SS ' '• in , two
little braids behind and tied it with a piuk
ribbon at time cents a yard.
When they walked home his° together lie
touched it gently, to signify approba
ballon, and she blushed like a May flower,
It could not have been long after that anjl be
fore she grew le gibing shy pt singing school^
was apt lo home with her broth
er. In another year, when ho went to l 3 t.
Davids’college, she oried herself to sleep,
forgot to crimp her hair, and said that
nothing was the matter. So, of course,
when he catnejiome from his first vacation,
it all. happened as it could not very well
help happening, and as I suppose it must
go on happening lo the cud of all young
things’ dreaming, or of old ones’ warning. wiS.
She sat in the choir in a blue dress
spots, with a pink bonnet and pink cheeks,
and sang in very sweet little country voice.
that quivered and curled about the pillars
of the sunny white meeting-house like an
incense m an open field on a May day, you
might lmvb ra&ier thought, or you might not.—
lie grew tali, rather quiet, with
long hair and the uumistakeable St. l>a
vid’s shawl, sat below in his father’s box
listened,
One Sunday it chanced that the llev.
Mr. Love, the recently settled and very
popular sheplierd of tho “meeting-house,”
feb moved in the spirit to preach to his
flock a peruum upon Christian amity, and
suggest to its most fitting mu-ical'ac
ijqmpaniment hymn 8-37 of. rim “Sweet
Sitter of Israel” (just introduced.) All,
excellent mothers with washing days
on your minds, and ye fathers struggling
to keep youf faitK under (he discovery of
Turn s first cigar, do you never suspect iu
your stupid good hearts, the tears of solid
comfoqt rolling Into your spectacles as you
s.r.g, and the souls aglow with all the hid¬
den meanings of fellowship in the one
Master whom Uwsy v ,who love not never
know—-do you h«^ev 8uk pQC ^ t hc flirtations
conducted over that admirable WI , v jt
may be very much too bad, but ji l a ver y
much tho case. It is quite as bad in u,;
to suggest the sacrilege to your people.—
Bless your indignant souls, they stand iu
need of no suggestion. Ask them. Ido
uot deny that it is aUroctous iu me to
spoil tbe.bW lot yea; but that is another
uuttor. bite then tu her blue and white
these, with a sunbeam straggling; through
a little ground-glass gal.ery window upon
her punk bonnet, sang :
“Blest be the tie that muds
Our hearts in Christian lure
The fellowship of kindred minds
Is like to that above.”
It struck hint that her voice was less
* l ^ e j nccnie now, and more liCe melted
s ^ vcr J which was a very good fancy, by
fhc way, and he would make a note of it
a .R ai »st some indefinite exigencies as class
orator.
“When we asunder part,
It gives us inward pain;
Dal wc shall still be joined in heart.”
And he turning round with the audi
cnee, hack to thc Rev. Mr. Love, as was
I the fashion in the Bloomsbury First
Church, lilted hr. face to hcr’s, and their
i foolish young eyes met—met and dropped,
aud the wor* was done.
■ Elizabeth Stuart Phdpc.
An , . : ; 1 S# „ tb
; I “““P*^ ? »
enter moved to ^ ermont lately, and soon
afterward his family was increased bv the
ofa „ native Vermonter,” His
1 ^ b of |yur fiwt
^ a wa3 at
lue ] witll i lia { ltt i 0 brother, but after
| a f ev wce t s b C g S n to tire of his crying,
andgota little tired of fancied neglect,
One day he climbed up into his father,s
J.j,, an fl asked hitu. “Papa, which do vou
)ik e be-t, me or baby?” Thc father,
thinking to please the little prattler, an
swere( I that he liked him best. After a
gerioCH thon2htj thc ghrewd youth said,
“Pa, I know why ycu like me best.”—
“Why ?” asked the Ltbcr. “It’s because
| I’m a Southern man, and baby is a d—d
Yankee,” replied the little hupeful.
What an Orange Peel i>|«i.
A man from the country invested five
cents in the purchase of an orange, and
preparatory to getting hirasdf outside
of it, threw the peel on the side
walk. Soon after, a young woman came
Y“ T'n a U' W0Uun " nJ wa 8 j°
, . ,
ll,o man ^..owa, to marry Lcrln.d co.oe
£ ‘jT- . p »f.^s,nc v.u* obliged
s ,, oaw*
, tluZYZ
x? »"* fi. , wLh , . , t»o off „ ,h , e ,r»ck. a„d
, !* * 10 ^‘ '- rs a c 10 ^ c "/ forcing
“ s a un ,r J ° r a®
mc c y* >*sura!ice oupuny, in which
™ M&k T" 1 * 1 . UJ fo? j™
*» Ongettifuei ® to £ ^
P ‘* U , \ ha . ^und « ? a .arrangement hi§ T^cd r absence which hjA Lq
™ °; 0a, V lete > afc * P ecu ^ury
of
^cantunc the injured & suffered
^ ! } Y fe h *° e,,fa cw.iyed, f lcd her which health bad
a * ° f^nuge UI ’, U was 1,10 7° U °" man? aad a
US ?, ro '® 1 ie cn o J g e ®‘ c “t and tnained
1U!,Ci,ota . ^ ll
a .?' 0W 11 ‘ » uUr su,a
C !“,' ltn ' \ 1Ih Y worko(3 u P on the uimd
0 118 M u 1 ! f f Jti 13 no ' Y i?l l,ie 1I)Sane
UQ1 10 lni ctown - Her father, out
[ J " ed the conduct of the young man,
J10U ®^ asU!t or rcac 0 P 10In5sc > » nu
Y J‘ ,bt recovore tcn 1 0U8an dollars-—-
1C aUAle ^ ^ aa ex P ense o t ic w 10 e a
>
-, . thus far, has been eno mous es any
0 J CJn see - *-imi ar eases are like y to
so on S as r co l l0 will persist in
tbrowtng orange pe^undW
diaries Lever as a JoKer.
The last number of Every Saturday
copies from if lack wood a ca/o’tal story by
Cornelius O’Dowd, of a practical joke he
played in his youm, T£?f days. It has ap¬
plication to ether reporters than Lever,
and other p oQT speakers than tho Marquis
of D--- > whore the report of a speech
is much better than the speech itself.
Mr. Boynton was to have made a grand
ultra Tory speech, in the Dublin Rotunda,
against the emancipation, when, after the
meeting had assembled, it was announced
that the Marquis ofD-, a great territori¬
al magnate, wished to‘speak to the reso’u*.
tion. Tho leaders gave way, and, to Mr.
Boyntons disgust, the l’ecr made a
speech destructive of his own case. Boyn¬
ton's rage caught the attention of Corneli¬
us O'Dowd; he told the dismayed leader
of the party he would give the Marquis a
speech. lie wrote out Boynton’s, it was
published, the Marquis was declared ev¬
erywhere to he a great orator, and ever af¬
ter believed that Lo had uttered the great
speech, while Boynton was convinced that
v *'s notes had becu put Lined.
* % Doa. A
u,, orthman and ms
,,
^..nan } rire n[]j “„*d c a t tlte^doet.^nc’formlrd 1 jn ? • <» •
with a „ hi8 stM th> lulnt ! d J
^ thc fioU> bt llin , ae Jas , h . ul
llim fast wilh hil tceth . The aporttnan
presently 1 * took tho hare by J the ears, ’ and
said to (lie dog, “Let go! let go! The
do-5 f immediately let it in, and the
«P^«" ..... hare tnto gamrlag.
...
* P co P l<J ‘ lroni thc Vll!a n° bad wit
no£sed it, and an olJ peasant among them
said : “The miser is just like this dog.
Avarice calls cut to the miser, ‘Ilie on !
hie and the blinded man obeys, and pur¬
sues with ail bis powers the riches of this
world. But at last comes Death, and says,
‘Let go ! let go I’ and the wretched man is
obliged to give up, without eveu enjoying
them, the riches which he has obtained
witU M mueh
„ who heapj up „ ca3UfB must tce
t Ue day
Wlieu death wHj come, aud sweep them
away,
Josh Billings weicomssprit g a* iollovvs:
Spring came this )car a?o n.utch as usu
a b bail butuous virgin, 60 V 0 years old
and upwards, hale and burly old gal, wel
cum lew York State and parts adjacent
Now the birds jaw, now the cattle holler,
Dow the pigs skream, now the geese war
hte, now the kats sigh, and natur is frisky
virtuous bed-bug and the nobby cock
roach iz singing Yankee Doodle and‘com
ing thru the rhi.’ Now may be seen the
musketeer, that gray outlined critter ov
destiny, solitary and alone, examining his
^ year’s bill, and now may Le heard,
with the naked ear, the hoarse sbanglvigh
bawIl “S in th e barnyard.”
Why is a pretty girls foot like the letter
Y ? JieciAibc it is at the end of beauty*.
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NO. 8
Scraps,
F ° rcif! " ™ sel »~t!oun S el. < hip S
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(Jood beads for accounts—Bill-heads. *
The flower of loveliness—Pearl powder. *
Female p !l| t~' >i,:,> jrit—if fiin* r of Has
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tired ?an wo-ti o» ,tU
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HjwTo £. fuei %e*mus!c a 1
’* U^Sta 157 8 VSjSSSS iPV'VW? 1 *
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W «r to 4 M 40
rfiy.t|iat lights
z*,i\ *<ft %ahm lo
How fob. find ;steadyemplo?ine»Wgel
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^ *0 State prison.
please, , ^‘’T* but only^^ ** ••
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^ ^»°2 fj$$[ tfsVhal l^en * ij^eift'n
the bu,uliy a six t^orlbmY^’’ year ofj nuiaincc oi^ng
ing a light into J
If your wife run^ away, will.fie ijTruu foolSn
her, if .you do, there .nprftM two
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rac2
Prentice says tliat man was
erat i on at the creation. - . ISLJ 8i*
^ # <4sidc issue> „ ___> mvd
^A , a-moib 4 m%,
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^ataibutiou ^ 1 h>x.- t-vw'-J i mi
writer
shat physio” is tl^ art of
patient, while n.-.ture cures the disease. A
If u man is’murdered by his worktao*^
should the coroner render a verdict
“killed by his own hands ?” k
Blifkins recently observed that clothes
and mauners didn’t make the man, but
when he is made they greatly improve his
appearance.
Young housekeeper—‘Why, Bmlget,
you have put too much garlic into the
omelet.’ Bridget—‘Sure, ina’m, and I
did it because the eggs were bad.”
The Corsicana (Tex’s) Observer announ¬
ces that courting can still go on, but get¬
ting married is played out. Cause what?
marriage licenses are not to be had.
Josh Billings says : “I am violently op a
posed tew ardent speerits as a bevridge,
but for manufacturin' purposes I think %
little of it tastes good.” P
A Printers Toast.—“Women—tho fair
est work in creation. The edition is very
large, and uo man should be without a
COpy.” (r
A teacher, in trying to explain passive
verbs to a class, said to one of the boys :
“Now, observe, if I say, “John it beat,
en,” what is John’s relation to tho verb f
“John gets licked,” answered the boy/
“No, no, % you blockhead; what does 1
John do ?
“I duurier unless he hollers.”
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inks tells a^g ood story of a man on a
Mississippi atuanm^who was questioned by
a Y ankee. TUc gentleman, to humor the
fellow, replied to all tiu-^uestions straight¬
forwardly until the inquiry was foixly
puzzled for au interrogatory. * last he
inquired: _
“Look hero, Squire—-where waa'y^
born?” . .*,» <■*;
“I was botn,” said th* victim, “in Bos¬
ton, Trcuiont-otr^c, No. 44 , lefthand side,
on the 1 August, 1820 , at 5 o’clock
j n tuc afternoon; physician, Dr, Warren;
nurse, Sally Benjamin.”
Yankee was answered completely. For'
a moment he was struck. Soon, however,
his Lee brightened, and he quickly said:
“Yeas ; wall, I calculate you dou’t re¬
collect whether it was a frame or a brick
house, dew ye ?” ,
Fast. —A clergyman, in the oouoty of
Durham, had taught an old man in his
parish to read, and he had found him ao
apt pupil. After tha lessons were finish¬
ed, he had not been able to call at the coU
tage for sometime, and when he did h«
otil y fouud ^be wife at home. “How’s
John?” “He’s oanny, .sir,” said the wife,
"How docs lie get on with his reading ?”
‘ Nicely, sir.” “Ah, I suppose he’ll read
his Bible very comfortably now.” “Bible,
sir! bless you he was out of ..im Bible
aud into thc newspaper long ago.”
A Western farmer recently hung up »
hoop skirt in his corn field to filighten
away the crows. The crows went away,}
but the field was full of boys.