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OllJjH. CHRISTY,)
:,.,r und Proprietor. }
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,, T i|i< LVKGK8T AND CHEAPEST
0 nn ! K8 l> THE STATS 11
TERMS.
TWO DOLLARS a.year,
■r«*v m advDnw: oihtrwi^ THIllfiE VOL-
FinyC,n “
,Kli>'il>^ < l ,l< ', n 'T7n,'i n 0 ,fntii »t th* iirasl rate*.
for snnmmr.maats,
[kilted»» (m , r)tw j OB „
c:*iar?w tm forbid-. *»d
j .ffor.iinrly- !
business JHircttorn.
7 m. MATTUE'.VS,
w*r>**ns£$,S£Z’
t Y K If • K N (i L A X D & F K EL M AN *
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DRY GOODS,
ATHENS, GA. THURSDAY, MARCH 15, 1860.
Number 51.
aOC BRl E
-- SHOES AND BOOTS,
Ilroail Sireet.ATH*R<,
mhdjhr,
JOHN II- CHRISTY,
>j,ir s3ou Watchman ami Franklin Job Office.)
**° * PU*IXjI.\/> FJt.YCY
BOOK and JOB PRINTER,
kroad street, Athens.
, to him will be neatly, correctly
£&~sxr*- w asia?
l.»r «»> *" .
JAMES A. CARLTON,
DEALER IN
• Tancv and Staple Dry Goods,
if {HI) in ).'A’ A A” D CROCKER 7.
( * N,13, Granite Row, ATHENS
“ V. w7lUCAS,
fHOUW.F. AND RETAIL DEALER IJf
dry goods,
20CENIES, HARDWARE. Ac. Ac.
,. No 2, Broad Street, Athsim,
rADY. NICHOLSON & CO.
Wbnl*-*1« and Retail Dealer* in
Uple and Fancy Goods, Groceries,
HARDWARE, CROCKERY, ac.
>X«ir Brick Flore, corner Bridge and Broad at*,
urf , JiTJiEJTS, G«.
c. w. ft H. R. J. LONG,
Wholesale and Retail Druggists,
A Til EATS, GA
MEDICINE AND SURGERY
Dr. G. L MeCLESKEY,
H AVING removed to Athena, offer, hi* proto, tonal
aerrice* to th* citlxen* of the town and conatrv.
WIUi an eapertence of twanty year* constant prac
tice. ba hope, to merit and ehare a liberal patrooue.
•••' «*«> «•>« which was formerly oSa-
p»Ml by the late Judre Dongheny, on College Ave
nue, whan he may be round. JtnS7
iM 1
TAYLOR & LUMPKIN,
f COLLEGE AVENUE, ATHENS, GEORGIA,)
Dealers in.
QUOAR. ttofllee, MoTsmes, Syrnp,,Salt, Bacon,Eard,
hf., W'"*,. brandies. Cigars and Tobacco, nod every
FebS 1859** n ' n,,,y hept In the Groceiy lin*.
WILLIAM N. WHITE,
. WROLRSat.K AHIi UKTA11.
Bookseller and Stationer,
dsfVmppmif MagathteAg rat.
DKAUCk IN
HUB 1C and MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS
LAMPS.FINE CUTLERY, FANCY OOODS,*C.
Lsilleg* Avenne. corner opposite th* Post Ofllrs.
Orders promptly filled at Augusta rates. Mar 1
COACH-MAKING AND REPAIRING.
J\MES B. BURPEE,
. Ai theoldaund of R. S Sehevenell,
offer, for sale a lot of superior article* ol hiaown man-
nfactore, at reduced prices—cooaiiting of
Carriages, Buggies, Rockaways.&c.
Orders for any thing in hi* line will be thankfully
received and promptly executed.
|Cr REPAIRING done at short notice and on reas
onable terms. If January 1
A. M. WYNG & CO.,
DEALER** IN
Hardware, Crockery, China and Glass,
Jan 1857 Broad Street.ATHENS, Ga.
TALMADGE, STARK & HEINS,
DEALERS IN
WATCHES, nock*. Jewelry, Gun*, Piitnls, Fine
” Cutlery, Musical Instrument*, Sheet Musi*, dec
Corner of College Avenue and Clayton sL,
Athens, Ga. Oct 27
J. P. MASON & CO.,
BOOKBINDERS,
P A PEH Rulers and Blank Book Manufac
turers Whitehall Street, Atlanta. Ga.
J. H. CaatsTy, Agent, Athens, Ga.
july22
Jan 10
T. BISHOP & SON,
Wla.Urale and Retail Dealer* in
3roceries, Hardware and Staple
tori
0.
Dry Goods,
_V„ I, flrwul Street, ATHENS.
B. BOMBARD,
DENTIST,
ATHENS, GEORGIA.
i -trick h'uldinsNortbvflhe Fosl Office,
\ venue. J«»3
W.M. PHILLIPS,
A-TTOftJSrEY -A.T X.A-"W,
MARIETTA, ga.
Mtcliff in all tlircnanttesafthe Bine Ridge Dir-
i.iatUe rt-nntv «i Fulton of the Coweta Circuit,
reuiel ouri. and tB IM U 8 Dill. Court,
T. \Y. WALKER,
attorney at law,
Athena, Ga.
iffirE <.r*r ibe new Jewelry Store of Meeera
) ilandevilte, Brosd Street. MM
J. W. HANCOCK,
attorney at law,
danikuvim-k. ga.
11 1. practice In Jsrkw.n, Clarke, Madi.ooJHart,
Ggleiborpe ami ElbetL Oct2BIy
NEW ARRANGEMENT. .
REMOVAL OF THE
LANIER HOUSE.
S M. LANIER would announre to the
. public that he 1ms removed from th* old
“ Franklin House” (o the “ Newton House.”
formerly occupied by W. Crawford, wMoli
ill hereafter lie known a* the “ Lanier
House.” With facilities superior to any here
tofore, f-r tha accommodation of the public,
the proprietor hopes that all who favor him
with their patronage will be pleased with
the new arrangement.
|^~ a comfortable omnibus is always
ready to convey passengers to and front the
depot.
Jan. 27.1859.--tf.
IPoetfral Sdertioits.
(Scnend Utisccllang.
SMILES AND TEARS.—A SONG. '
BY C. D. STUART.
The smiles that light some kindred face,
To cheer us when by sorrow bowed.
Are like' the glory beams that chase
The darkness from the anmiher cloud;
Dear, radiant gleaurn.s pf the soul—
The sunshine of affection's aky—
They lift the heart from krief a control
And wipe the tear from sorrow’s eye.
The taar-dropi on some kindred cheek,
When joy is mingled with despair,
Onr spirits’ gloom can lift and break
And leave joy’s light unclouded there;
Can lift and thrill tha trembling heart
And *oo:he ua in life’s saddest hour*.
And sparkle on the soul as clear
As dews that sleep on fainting flowers.
Love’s holy smile and Pity’s tear.
Like angel foot prints from the skies,
They lift it* o’er the mortal sphere
And give us t-Ieams ef Paradise!
O Smiles and T- ars, by these alone,
Had we no higher rapture given,
The heart might hope for glory’s mne—
The soul might wing its way to Heaven.
SPEAK >0 ILL.
Nay, speak no ill I—a kindly word
Can never leave a sting behind.
And, oh 1 to breathe each tale we've heard
la far beneath a noble mind ;
Full of a better seed is sown
By choosing thus s kinder plan ;
For if but little good be known,
Still let.us speak the best we can.
Give us the heart that fain would hide—
Would tain another’s fault efface;
How can it please e’en human pride
To prove humanity but base t
Nol let us reach a higher mood,
A nobler sentiment-of man;
Be earnest in the search of good,
And speak of all the best we can.
Then speak no ill. but lenient be.
Be not the first to make it known.
For life is but a passing day.
No lip may tell how brief its span;
Then, oh 1 the little time we nay.
Let’s speuk of all the best we can.
COUSIN HARRY.
Cousin Harry was father’s ward,
who had come to him when only about
two years obi, long before there were
any other children in the household,
can you listen to me ? I will do all
I may, poor chi Id, to lighten your
burdens. If I thought you did not
quite dislike me, I would ask you to
let me share them with you. I have
loved you long in spite of your aver
sion. I never loved you so much as
Blacksmithing.
T HE subscrilicr has commenced the above
business at the stand formerly ore- pied
by Mr. Monteilh, on Poundry street; where
he will be pleased to receive a share of pub
lic patronage. Hi* work will be done in good
style, at moderate prices. J. C. OUR.
Athens, Feb. 8, 1859.
WILLIAM L. MARLER,
ATTORNEY A.T LAW,
JEEEERS0N, JACKSON CO. GA.
mn.es. —Messrs McUester. and VV STItomp-
r.S< Jff-rMint O W Spence and IV J Peeples
l.-vrenreville; John H Newton. (' f’e.ple*anu
Christy, K-n*, Athena; Law Clark,Gainesville
w . G . D E L 0 N Y,
ATTORNEY -A.T X.-A-'Vv’,
Atiikns. fknaoiA.
Tli.l.».ten.l ivoinotly to all business entrust-
» *4 lo In* car©
tr-Wce.-n llroait street,over l.M.Kenney'sstore.
BENARDO J. ARZE,
BARBER AND HAIR-DRESSER,
R ETURNS his thanks for |>**t pntmnnge,
ami respictfolly solicit* » continuance
of the same, at his uew stand, corner of Broad
street and College Avenue.
Athens, Dec22, 1849
KATIE’S SECRET.
The sunlight is besutiful, mother.
And sweetly the flowers bloom to-day.
And birds in the brandies of nnwtliorn
Are caroling ever so gay.
And down by the rock in the meadow
The rill-ripple* bv with a song,
And, mother, I too have been singing,
The merriest all the day long
Last night I was. weeping, dear mother.
Last niriit 1 was weeping alone ;
The world was so dark aud m» dreary—
My heart, it gtew heavy as stone 1
1 thought ef the lonely and loveless—
All lonely and loveless was I—
scarce can tell why it was, mother,
Rut oh 1 I was wishing to die.
Last night I was weeping, desr mother,
Bat Willie came down by the gate
And whispered “Come out in the moonlight;
"’vc something tp *ay to you Kate.”
Oh I mother, to him 1 am dearer
Than all the wide world lie.ide f
He told me so out in ibe moonlight—
He called me his darling bride 1
So now I will gather me roses
To twine in my long braided hair ;
Aud Wtllinwill come in the evening
And smile when he sees me so fair;
And out in the moonlight we’ll wander.
And down by the old hawthorn tree— ^
Oli! mothet, 1 wonder if any
Were ever so happy as we f
Minnie.
J. W. REAVES !f CO.
"HOI. F. ft \ |. K AND a *T A I T.
E\i«krs in Grocrrie*« Dry Good*, Crockery,
lUrJwkre, 4c.
So, 15, under Franklin flu«*t,
*m*4 Rlrret, Athens. On.
II. GII LELAND,
DKNTIST,
WATKINSVILLE OA.,
E8PRCTFULLY solicits the patronage
«f the surroundingConutry.
W* Full satisfaction will be given in their
’fusion. April 22.—tf
WHITE ft RITCH, - ,
WHOLESALE AND RETAIL
lotki e rs and Merchant Tailors
ilr.Md Street, ATHENS,Ga.
PATRICK BARRY,
N OW takes occasion to return his thanks
to his former liberal palrou*. He re
spectfully solicit* u continuance of their cus
tom. and invites all to exomine bis new
slock of
HATS, CAPS, BOOTS and
SHOES!
Hs lias laid in an ample supply of Su
perior Silk Hate, Preach Hats, (»
near'article of exquisite texture, ) and fine
Woolen Hat8 0f ull shades mid qualities;
Velvet, Cloth and Glazed Caps.
ALSO—Ad uneqii«ll<Hl selection of (»«nt*\
Ludies, Boys* und Moses* Shoe*.
Gaiters, Slippers, Bootees,
In every verietyof style, t.» which he would
call special attention.
Besides his stock of ready made boots and
shoes, he is prepared on the shortest notice
Jo make a* neat a boot as any manufacturer
in the town. Having-experienced workmen
always in his shop and a plentiful supply
of leather and finding*, inch «a
FINE CABF SKIN & SOLE LEATHER,
LINING AND BINDINGS,
He i* enabled to more than sustain his
long established reputation.
• REMEMBER
There is no excuse Lrr going ill-shod when
you can always get a neat fittiug and sub
stantial boot or shoe by calling at ,
' Athens, April 28. F■ BARRY S
D SLOAN & OATMAN,
r DKU.cRsin
^ Italian Kyi/pliu,<<fr American
STATUARY,
MBAST TKNNK88EE MARBLE.
jo\i ur.XTS,Tuinh*, l!rn« smt Vase*; StarW*
*' band uni tiling Marble. *3rAU.>nUf.
ATLAJfTA, GA.
t’rane. June I
J. R. DAVIS,
LAND BROKER, COLT ECTOR AND
GENERAL AGENT,
B URIITESR attended trm any county of Jhia State
ciifica corner of Jackson and Elti* i-
O.i30 tv AUGUSTA, GA.
■aptly
»rto Mr
BOOT AND SHOE MAKING!
N. W. IIACDRUP
W ‘ OUtD rc*pectfiiHy inform, hi* fnemj*
aud tlie pubije awflwj* be.i*-
| now roiiDufacturM»F *t
j the Northwest corner of Collage'Avenue sn<i
i Clayton etreat every description of fine
II. S. COLEMAN.
I ATTORNEY AT DAW, ^ Clayton street every dcecriptioi
bBVELAND WHITK COUNTS). 'GA., Boot*—mch aafine pump-soled Dreas Boot*.
^ krjet.ee „ ,h. „f Whh *. ItolU. [W** Dr ^ l^f Vj^v^sniT^
J Uo^lji, lUtrr.him aait Bank*. I Boots, *c. Mado of tlie very hevt and hues
. «•! lu.imjii atientlnn riven »o collecfiax. I material that can be had. ami all y&nrb w *r
I I'll- I
-Or*«ty, Kicholsoa k. Co.
Athens, Ga.
! ranted n> be a» good as any manufactured in
ATHENS STEAM COMPANY, |delvor tomerit.^ndWpea tu^eeeivea liber
*• NICKERSON. AoauTfcSns’T. iul share of custom.
l r ^nuiJUW.AourtDPiJM. |HI WIIW m ru«H*im
M 'M'FA.-Tt’nKBSof Circwlar Raw M ,,, a. Athena, Jan. 12. I860.—ly,
time.,fortiuss n <1llf ( i M PU.MPtt, I r
"'t"** I Will, G'n,amt all oilier
t.. ‘ II! 1 \i; I*,,* anil H**», C**ti «os olcv-
... -'MITIIING.Ucpairincardf'iniahiiiy;
r—" u,, ' d . Oalect patterns of Iron Paneiog,
JJj»«»*n. Jan 8. 1857.
I. M. KENNEY,
t'OSVTAVTt.T Kmtra 03 H*an -
17? 1Ie 4 Taney Dry Goods,
^ NO CHOICE FAMILY GROCERIES,
»»teuk.oi to prompt payiai enstomara. Jfaal
INDIA HTJBBEB BELTING.
RADY. Nicholsrn A Co, keep con.lantly
on hand a general assortment of India
liiher Belting, which will be sold »t N"e*
York prices. ... Jau. -0.
DENTISTRY!
f* *’ * C. K.UTWER will -visit
I’mfield, While I’lains
SSS! “»*mgto», Mount Zi<*»,
ra. „’*■ Dxmelaville, Fort
J«n , ' r ?' : ' nrnt "Bee in
■ *9. laco-tf
^lobratetf
^». 0BADy ’
NOTICE.
-I7A.YINO a?e <crated with mo. in the Watch
JuL and Jewelry Business. >fr. George A
Homer, we shall keep eon-Hmtly on bnnd, a
fine dejection of gf>oili) of ihe Intest styles.-—
The busines* will be conducted under the
•«fl 1 j; '* *» *' C ”ak*mt.DS.
LADY BYRON’S FAREWELL.
Those who are familiar with Byron’s Poems,
will very readily see the appropriate beauty
of the following lines, which seem to be a
reply to those uf the great Bard, com mime
iug-. -
“ Fare thee or ell / and if forever.
Still forever fare thee well /”
Yts, farewell 1 fcrewell forever 1
Thou, thyself, hast fix’d our doom 1
Bade Hope's awee'est Blossoms wither,
Never more fur me to bloom ! .
•• Unforgiving” thoulia*t call’d me:
Didst thou ever say “forgive I”
For the wretch, whose wiles enthrall’d thee,
Thou didst seem alone to live.
Short the span which time hath gived,
To complete thy love’* decay ;
By unhallow'd passions driven,
”Soon thy heart was taught to stray.
Liv’d for me that feeling tender.
Which so well tliy verse can show 1—
From my arms why didst ilia i wander,
My endearments why foregot
Wrapt in dreams of joy abiding.
On my breast thy head hath lain ;
In th; love and truth confiding,
Bliss I ne’er can know again.
When thy heart, by me‘‘‘glanced over,"
Fiist disclos’d it* guilty stain.
Would these eyes lioil clos'd forever,
"Ne’er to Weep tliy crime again !
But, by Heaven's recording spirit.
May that vow forgotten be!—
Life',' though now a load. I’ll bear it.
For the babe I’ve borne to tltee ;—
H» whose lovely feel ures—let me
All jnv weakness here confess.
Whilst the straggling Lears' permit
All her faiher’s 1 cau trace .
Hi*, whose imago never leaves roe.
Whose rehitinbrance yet f prize.
Who the bilte:eat feeling give* me,—
/ Still to love where I despise. ~ , -
With regret ar.d sorrow, rather,
Vt here our child's first aceeul* flow,
; I will teach her Ip any ” father,” , t ;
But his guile she neVr shall know.
Whilst to morrow sml to morrow
8 . Wake-welo » widow’d bed, ,
’ In soother's arms, no sorrow
Wilt thou fe«d. no tears wilt shed. .
For the world’s applause I sought not,
When 1 tore my self fr«in thee;
01 iu praise or Maine 1 thought not—
What is_ pniis'e’or blame to met
in whom my soul delighted,
i- From lii* breastmy image drove;
, With cmteinpt my troth requited,
And preferr’d a wanton* lovel
T1 nc nrt prouti-; snd mark me, Byron!
■ Toe a soul proud as thine own;
Soft to love, but hard as-iron, ,
' When despite.op me is thrown !-
But farewell V—I’ll not uplgaid thee.
Never, never. wi*lljhee ill;
Wretched though /Aycrimes have madems.
If thou cunaf, be happy still 1 - ...
and was held there with all thb affec
tion due to a son for many a year,
until he longed to be off—out into
the great world to try his fortune.—
At sixteen he went away, and after
sixteen more years he was coming
back again from some wonderful re
gion that was a sort of fairy land to
us, his little cousins at home, I being
the only one of them that remember
ed him.
He was coming to find many changes
in his old home, and the greatest of
all in the absence of “our mother,’’
the sweet, gentle, yet strong, * pre
siding genius of th« household.
On the evening of the day of Har
ry’s expected arrival I sat by the
window pleasantly entranced, when
suddenly a pair of strong arms were
thrown around me, two or threo re
sounding kisses were given upon my
cheek, a hearty voice called ine‘dear
Alice,’ and a brewn face, with deep,
dark eyes, brimming with feeling,
bent over me iu close proximity to
my own.
I rose in undignified haste and ex
treme confusion. Angry words rose
to my lips, inappropriate doubtless,
for 1 had no time to recall my facul
ties from their wanderings.
“ Don’t you know me, Alice ? Is
this the welcome ‘little Alice’ gives
to cousin Hurry ? Was it for this I
hastened hither, the instant the train
arrived at tlie station—to be scolded
by ‘baby Alice ?’ ’’
His look was half rueful, half mer
ry, and I was not appeased.
“ I am glad to see you, Cousin
Harry,’* I said, with more coldness
in my tone than words, as I gave my
hand.
He looktd at me for a moment,
and then lie would have renewed the
caress which had been his first greet
ing, but I drew haughtily aside.
“You forget, Mr. Lester, that I
am ‘baby Alice’ no longer. Sixteen
years have not left me unchanged any
more than yourself.”
“-I perceive that they have not,”
he answered sadly, lifting his hat and
bowing as he offered his arm to con
duct me to the house. “They have
but changed me outwardly,” he add
ed slowly, “and have left my heart
untouched. ‘Baby Alice’ loved me.”
I was still too vexed to reply kind
ly, and the approach of my father
saved me from the necessity.
From this slight cause of variance
flowed years of unhappiness. I loved
Harry dearly, but no opportunity of
conciliation and explanation offered.
He came and went, and went and
came—years passed—my younger
sister Beulah married and went
abroad; my father’s step grew feeble
with age—and still Harry’s heart
and mine were kept coldly apart, un
til a bereavement came that was over
whelming and without compensation.
Our father was found sitting beside
his library table one morning quite
dead and cold. In the silent watches
of the night his spirit had passed
away, leaving upon his pale features
the impression of a smile unearthly
in its beauty.
But for Harry I know not how I
could have endured the heavy bur
den of cares and sorrows that this
melancholy event cast upon me. His
presence seemed to bring order and
peace to my confused and struggling
thoughts. He controlled the house
hold revolutionised by this terrible
bereavement, and ordered and direct
ed-all things as if he had been a son
indeed, as he was in the love of him
who. was gone from us forever. In
expressibly consoling and soothing
above all to me was this precious
care, and when all was over the new
dread came upon mo that I was to
lose this also, and be left quite alone
with my heavy charge-—the four wild,
but generous and thoughtless boys,
and Helena, our wayward pet, who
needed a stronger hand than mine to
guide them aright upon the -path of
It was the evening of the day that
followed my father’s funeral. We
sat alone for hours. Harry was to
leave us the next morning.
I had nerved myself to calmness
and-tried—not vainly—to speak in
quiet and measured tones. But at
length, as the hour of parting ap
proached, and I felt the strong arm
that had upheld me through the sor
row of the past days receding from
me, I could no longer feign. All the
passionate grief that I had so long
repressed would burst forth. It must
have its moan, its one unrestrained
outbreak, even if I died the next mo
ment, or my heart were frozen ever
after.
now in your sorrow and desolation.
Do you think you could become my
wife, and let me care fo£.. you and
these children ?” . : 'R
I do not know what was my an
swer, but he was satisfied, and as soon
as our year of mourning expired I
became Cousin Ilarry’a wife. I have
been very happy, and so I am sure
h«3 he, tfche tenderest devotion could
make him so. And he, so 1 wise and
stvong, and yet so fresh .and genial,
has been an inestimable blessing to
the dear children who are our joint
charge.
Only yesterday I found in a pi i-
vate drawer, the stained handker
chief that was once steeped in my
teara—preserved by my dear hus
band »s a memento of that hour when
my grief opened to him the long
guarded portals of the heart he sought.
—New York Ledger.
Pay Up!
HOSE iiMebtril to u*by
_ will please to con.e forw»r<l ami pay tip.
mid tliein tliat have hail long standi* ac
co 'id.* s •nrSTwrss-oSr
AtheL«,Feb 2, i860.
. ..Why is killing beislike a confe
ou unbuzz’um.
... The horror of matrimony—dead
latchkey- Regular diet fur married
men at home—tongue.
Harry had risen and taken his
chamber candlestick from the table,
and the next moment I knew he would
hold my hand' in his and speak the
farewell that would leave me deso
late. I buried my face upon the arm
of the eofa, and a great cry burst
from my lips. I knew that Harry
was standing near me, but he was si-
MY WIFE’S PIANO.
The deed is accomplished. My
j wife has got a piano, and now fare
well the tranquil mind—farewell con
tent and the eveuing papers, and the
big cigars that make ambition vir
tue, oh, farewell! “And, oh! ye
mortal engines, whose rude throats
the immortal Jove’s dread clamors
counterfeit!” But stop, I can’t bid
them farewell, for one of them has
just arrived. It came on a dray.—
Six men carried it into the parlor
and it grunted awfully. It weighs
a ton, shines like a mirror, and has
carved Cupids climbing up its limbs.
And such lungs—whew ! My. wife
has commenced to practise, and the
first time she touched the machine,
I thought we were in the midst of a
thunderstorm, and the lightning had
struck the crockery chest. The cat,
with tail erect, took a bee line for a
particular friend upon thu back fence,
demolishing a six shilling pane of
glass. The baby awoke, and the
little fellow tried his best to beat
the instrument, but he couldn’t do
it; it beat him. A teacher has been
into the house. He says he is the
last of Napoleon’s grand army. He
wears a huge moustache, looks at
me fiercely, sin -Hs of garlic, and
goes by the name of Count.—
He played an extract de opera the
other night. He run his fingers
thro’ his hair twice, then grinned,
then he cocked his eyes up at the
e'eiling, like a monkey hunting flies
and then came down one of his fin
gers, and I heard a delightful sound,
similar to that produced by a cock
roach dancing upon the tenor string
of a fiddle. Down came another
finger and I was reminded of the
wind whistling through a knot hole
in a hen coop. lie touched his
thumb, and 1 thought that I was in
an orchard listening to the distant
brayiug of » jackass. Now he ran
his fingers along the keys, and I
thought of a boy rattling a stick
along a picket fence. All of a sud
den he stopped and 1 thought some
thing had happened. Then down
came both fists,* and oh, Lord! such
a noise was never heard before.—
I thought the house and walls were
caving in. I imagined I was in the
cellar, and a ton of coal was falling
upon my head. I thought the ma
chine had bursted, when the infer
nal noise stopped, aud I heard my
wife ejaculate-*—
“Exquisite !”
“ What the deuce is the matter
The answer was, “Why, dear, that’s
LaSomnambula!” “D—nSomnam-
bula!” thought I; and the Count
rolled up his sheet of paper. He
calls it music; but for the life of me,
1 can’t make it look • like anything
else than a rail fence with a lot of
juvenile niggers climbing over. Be
fore that instrument of torture came
into the house, I could enjoy myself,
but now every darned woman in the
neighborhood must be invited to hear
the new piano, and every time the
blasted thing shrieks out, like a
locomotive with the bronchitis, I have
to praise its tone, and when the
invited guests are playing, I have
to say, “Exquisite!’’ Delightful!”
“Heavenly !” and all such trash, j^ook
while at the same time, I know just
as much about music as a blind
codfish. There are more tuning
hammers than comforts in our house,
aiid—and I wish the inventor of the
piano was troubled with a ' perpetual
nightmare, and obliged to sleep in
one of his instruments all his life.
As for myself, I had rather put my
head under a tin pan and be drummed
to sleep with a pair of smoothing
irons than hear “La Somnambula,”
or any other La thumped out of a
piano. Scatter pennies in front of
my house, and draw together all the
wandering minstrels in the city, hand
organs, banjos, fiddles, tamborines,
rattling bones, and fish horns; let a
juvenile monkey crawl in at my
windows in search of three cent pieces
—let me bo awakened at midnight by
the cry of murder!—ring the bells
state that all the pieces of brass, wiri
and ivory keys they are welcome to.,
but the-skeleton I want for a re
frigerator.
The Smith Famllj.
“Gentlemen”, said a candidate for
Congress, “ray name is Smith, and!
am proud to say I am not ashamed of
it. It may be that no person in
this crowd owns that very uncom
mon name. If, however, there be
one such, let . him hold up his head,
pull up his dicky, turn out his toes,
take courage, and thank his stars
that there are a few more of the
samesort.
••Smith, gentlemen, is an illustrious name.
And stands ever high in the anualsoffaine;
Let White, Brown, and Joues increase as
they v/UI,"
Believe me that Smith will outnumber
them still.'
“Gentlemen, I am proud of being
an original Smith; not a Smyth, but
a regular S-m-i-t-h Smith. Putting
a Y in the middle or an E at the
end won’t do, gentlemen. Who ev
er heard of a great man by the name
of Smyth or Smythe? Echo an
swers who, and everybody says wo-
hody. But as for Smith, plain
S-m-i-t-h, why the pillars of fame
arc covered with that honored rever
ed name. Who were the most racy,
witty, and popular authors of this
century ? Horace and Albert Smith.
Who the most original, pithy, and
humorous preacher ? Rev. Sidney
Smith. To go further back—who
was the bravest and boldest soldier
in Sumter's army in the Revolution?
A Smith. Who palavered with Pow
hatan, gallivanted with Pocahontas,
and became the ancestor of the first
families in Virginia? A Smith
again. And who 1 ask—and I ask
the question more seriously and. bo-
ti»e good things which God has giren linger lived, ller voice was clothed
you in this world, and to those lie in death, and trembling hands had
has promised to his followers in the
next; He who goes intoJiis garden
to look for cobwebs and spiders, no
doubt will find them ; while he who
looks for a flower may returrt into
his bouse with one blooming in his
bosom.
For all-fits of doubt, perplexity, and
fear, whether they respect the body
or the mind, whe; • they are load’
to the shoulders, the head, or the
heart, the following is & rat;;o <1 cure,
which may be relied on. I bad R
from the Great Physician; “Cast
thy burden on the Lord, and he will
sustain thee."
bound Urose truant tresses around
her whitt brow.
By tlie great white throne, by the
iver of eternal gladness, she was
st iking her golden harp, and sing
ing in the gushing fullness of imper
ishable glory !—Arthur t Home Mag-
sine,
Anecdote.
A Washington correspondent of
the Cleveland Plaindealer, under date
of February 4, notenig a visit to the
White House says the President did
his full share of joking and telling
anecdotes, among which he says- he
related an anecdote of an eminent
lawyer of Pittsburg, which was well
told and will bear repeating.
. James Ross was fitted first for the
ministry, nnd being about to preach his
trial sermon, which he had committed
to memory, lie went to the woods
alone, as he supposed, for the last
rehearsal. A venerable old patriarch
of the church, Father McMillan,
suspecting Ross’ intention as well as
his piety, followed at a safe distance,
and creeping up behind the ambitious
youth, stood secreted behind a tree.
Boss spread himself, and finally
wound up with “Amen ! I’ll be dam’ti
if that won’t just suit old McMillan,”
and wheeling on his heel, old Mc
Millan stood before him. “No, James
Ross,’’ said the ohl man, “that docs
not just suit old McMdlan, nor will
berly—who I say, is that man, and' you do for a preacher.” Ross rc-
what is his name, who has fought the viewed the evidence of his calling,
most battles, made the most speeches, : and concluded that the law was “just
preached the most sermons, held the the thing for him.”
most offices, sung the most songs,; —w
written the most poems, courted the. Singular Fact,
most women, and married the most 1 Were the atmosphere at all times
widows ? History ‘says, I say, and of a uniform temperature, there never
everybody says, John Smith.” would be bail, rain, nor snow. The
water absorbed by it in evaporation
from the sea and the earth’s surface
would descend in an imperceptible
...Traveler dismounts-nt a tavern
—Halloa, landlord, can I get lodg
ings here to-night ?
Landlord—N o, sir.
Tra.veler-r-Can’tyou even give mo
a blanket, and a bunch of shavings
for a pillow in yonr bar-room?
, -Landlord—No, sir, thore’s not a
square foot of space unoccupied auy-
wherc in the house..
Traveler-Then I'll thank you to
shove a pole out ofyour second flooi
window, and I'll roost on that.
Cure for Bone Felon.—Take a
piece of rock salt about the size of a
butternut—wrnp it in a cabbage leaf,
if to be had ; if not, in a piece of wet
brown paper, and cover it with coals,
as you would to roust an onion,
After it has been roasting about
twenty minutes take it from the fire
and powder it very fine. Mix it with
as rnucb common soap as will make a
salve. If the soap be not pretty
strong of turpentine—which may bo
known by the smell—then add a
little turpentine. Apply the salve to
the part affected. In the course of <
a few hours—sometimes in a few
minutes—the pain will be relieved.
After this, if suppuration take place,
it must be treated like a common
sore.
...Don’t force a man to take your
advice. You can advise him tfl take
a bath without pitching him into the
river.
The Twin Roses.
Far down a lonely secluded valley,
seldom trod by the foot of man, by vapor, or cease to be absorbed by the
the murmuring brook, whose pure air when it was once fully saturated,
waters wander through bright green ' The absorbing power of the atmos-
fielils and shady lanes, grew side by phere, and consequently its capacity
side, two rose bushes. Long had to retain humidity, is proportionate-
grown together, nourished by the ly greater in warm than in cold air.
passing stream, and holding them-' The air near the surface of the earth ( _
selves from the rude gaze of the world is warmer than it is in the region of she manufactured it.-
happy and content in the solitude in the clouds. The higher the ascent
which Nature had planted them, j from the earth, the colder does the
One bright summer’s morning two air become. Hence the perpetual
green buds appeared upon the rose snow on very high mountains in the
hottest climate.
...The violet grows low and covers
itself with its own tears, and of, all
flowers yields the sweetest
ranee. Such is liumilitv.
...Women can easily preserve their
youth;for she who captivates the heart
anti understanding never grows old.
Fitrt
...An old lady being asked to sub
scribe to a newspaper,decliued,on the
ground that when she wanted news
tree ; very small they were at first,
it is true, but day by day they grew
in size and beauty, each day growing
lovelier, till one morning they appear
ed upon the stems two beautiful white
roses. With strange delight they
raised their heads and looked trem
blingly around, but naught in the
green valley resembled themselves;
and, with wonder at their new-found
existence, step by step they neared
each other, and twmed themselves in
to one. No longer were they un
noticed by all, save by the pearly
brook. The other flowers of the field
acknowledged their superiority, and
bowed their heads before them; but
the twin roses heeded them not. A.11
day long their perfume floated through
the valley, casting sweet incense on
the summer air; and, as night drew
A Clerical Anecdote.
The Rev. Dr. P , of Brook
line, belonged to the old school di
vines, arid while attending to his
usual Sabbath ministrations, manag
ed to discover who of bis congrega
tion were absent, his first duty on
Monday morning being to call on
out
the absentees, and to find
they were not at church.
Among those whose places
often vacant, was one man who
but little for the sauctity of th** 7 l
...Don't expect to be called a good
fellow a moment longer than you
consent to do precisely what other
people wish you to do.
A married woman was telling a
staid single lady, ralher on the wrong
side of fifty, of some domestic troubles
which she in part attributed to the
irregularities of her Imsband. “Wei!,”
said the oil maid, “you have brought
these troubles ou yourself. I told
you not to marry him. I was sure
he would not make you a good hus-
' “7 band.” “He is not a good one to be
sure, madam,’’ replied the woman,
ut he is better than none. ,}
On tnking his usual Monday morn
ing rounds, Dr. P , was sure
to visit Mr. C., as we will call him.
Said the good man:
Why were you not at church
nigh, silently they crept together, yesterday
closed their pale leaves, and hung their “.Had other busin ess to attend to,”
modest heads towards the stream, was the blunt reply.
Then the bright stars came forth; “ Mr. C,” said the clergyman
Things You must not Do.—Nev-
abuse one who was once your
bosom friend, however bitter now.
Never insult poverty.
Never speak contemptuously of wo
the pale moon silently performed her solemnly, “there will be no preach- men '
journey on high; the tall trees bowed ing in hell."
their green branches as the breeze “ Well, it won’t be for the want of
swept through them ; andthejtight ministers, was the quick rejoin lei.’
irds sweetly sang till morning This was a hard cut, and the good
old doctor shook his head, and went
on his way, ruminating, doubtless,
upon the doctrine of total depravity.
lent, and believing that he despised! and have a devil of a time generally
my weakness I strove to hush my
cries and dry my tears. But they
not be controlled. Suddenly
land that hung by my side
in his. I did not withdraw
lad was lifted and laid
’s shoulder. Still he
but dried my tears with
iandkerchief, until my
( grew fainter,
id, at last, “Alice,
i - ' icikX
birds sweetly sang till morning
dawned. Once a pebble rolled down
the mountain into the brook, causing
its pure waters to dance on all sides.
Then the dew drops kissed the pale
roses; and again the brook flowed
on as before. Oh ! then how beauti
ful was the valley I But the white
roses were not always to deck the
stream. One day a rude handpulled
one of the flowers and bore it from
its companion. Days passed, but the
now solitary rose held not up its
head as formerly; silently it drooped,
and finally withered ; -and the roses
were soon forgotten by all save the
in the valley. Thus it some
times is with man. When those
whom we long have loved and cherish
ed are torn from our side, we pine
for therp till we meet them in an
other world. Still the birds sing,
the" trees bend and brooks murmur ;
but the twin roses will never bloom
again.
^ Cure tor Fits.
For a fit of passion, walk out into
the'open air. You may speak your
mind to the winds without hurting
any one or proclaiming yourself a
simpleton. , _ ...
i For a fit of idleness, count the! 8 f a L a ;
ticking of a clock. Do this for. one f
hour, and you will be glad to pull off!
your coat the next and go to work, - [
For a fit of extravagance and folly, [
“Always Sin-ins”
While talking with a neighbor, I
heard a sweet, plaintive voice sing
ing that beautiful hymn:
“Jesus, lover of my aoul!" ,
The child was tip stairs; I knew
it was a child’s voice from its silvery
softness. I listened awhile, and then
said, _
“That child has a sweet voice.”
“Yes, she has,” returned my friend,
“she is always singing!”
Always singing.
Sweet, happy child ! Bird of an
gel wing! Who would not envy tbee
that gushing flood of happiness with
in thy souil! A sou! strong to will
and to do; a soul lighted with the
smile of Jesus and anchored on
surest'hope; a soul that wif
than a child’s strength shall _
dark waves as it. goes down the sur
ging tide of death.
Always siuging!
I passed that way again. Summer
was here in her fullness, strewing the
earth with flowers and. the sky with
The same ^weet voico was
thrilling on the air,
Oli had l wings liktt a tlova, I would flj
• ;Th:s time the little singer was in
the yard. 1 gaztd upon the spiritu-
i 7V'\ ”* T v ...When we see a pretty female foot
to a beautiful woman, on theprinci
that all is well that ends well.
Never blow your noso between
your thumb and finger.
Never eat a hearty supper. st&iBnjtK
Never stop to talk in a church aislafeSf
after service is over
Never smile at tlio expense of
yoar religion or your Bible.
—.Agriculture is the art of all arts ;
without it, man would be a savage,
and the World a wilderness.
...A debating club in Worcester
lately discussed the important ques
tion, “Whether a rooster’s knowl
edge of day-break is the result of ob
servation or instinct?”
...Mr. Rarey. the-horse-tamer, has
gone to Arabia bn a pleasure tour,
and to examine the mode of dealing
with the hbjMi by the inhabitants oi
the desert. -
—do all this and I will not complain;
but banish the pianos. My piano is
hot to go. I am going to launch the
infernal machine out of the window'
the first dark night, and, my friends,
I advise you to sleep with cotton in
your ears or when she gives her dying
grunt, you’ll think ynu’ve fallen out
of bed, or a fallen star has gone to
roost upon your housetop. For in
formation of Young America, I will
convinced
go to tlie work-house, and speak with al softness of her features—the sweet
the inmates of a jail, and you will be ' eyes like “brown birds flying to the
light,” the fine expressive lips, the
; dark silken curls; I felt that she
would scon have her Wish answered,
! and “find a refuge in Heaven.”
Always singing ! ”«•
Autumn came; the wild swan was
the leaves
:rees, and
the gross,
tered from tin-
shutter of the house where mv little
Wlu> maked his b**d of brier and thorn
Must b* content to He forlorn.
For a fit of ambition, go into tlie
church-yard, and read the grave
stones : they will t -11 you tlie end of
ambition. Tlie grave will soon Le
your, bed-chamber, the earth your
pillow, corruption your father, and
the worm your mother and sister.
For a fit of despondency, look on
“Iui afraid.” said a. lady to her
husband, “that I am going to have a
stiff neck.” “Not at all improbable,
my dear,” replied the apouse, “I’ve
seen strong symptoms of it, ever since
we wer e married.’’
...A young man visiting a prison
in Maine, inquired of some of the
prisoners the cause of their being in
such a place. At last lie asked a
small girl the cause of her being in
prison. Iler answer was “that she
stole a saw-mill, and went back after
the pond and was arrested.” The
young man left immediately.
ortune has been considered
th e guardian d of fools; and
she is very kind in helping those who
cannot help themselves. ,
£
...A letter from St Louis says the
Reman Catholic; havo by far the
most church property there, and are j*.
more numerous than any other de
nomination. It is said that their
church seminary and charity p operty
in, that city, which is not in veil, h
tv-,<); h S 1 V ’ ” 1 " ’