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a/jOHN H. CHRISTY, (
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Devoted to News, Politics and General Progress—Independent in all things.
yOXiTTME XViL
ATHENS, GA.—"WEDNESDAY, MARCH 16,1870.
( TERMS.
] THREE DOLLARS A YEAR.
(_ PAYABLE IN ADYANCB.
NUMBER 1.
Business aM Professional Cards.
StoUct piSKUamj.'
LAVA* CO*».
•■nor BROAD AHD WALL STRUTS, BASK OF
^ ATI«W or-STXiaa.
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DOLLARS pbb tear.
iff^jjjyABIABLY IN ADVANCE.
advertising.
will be inserted at ON
*OW*LL COBB* A
J AH. COBB,... Attorneys at law,
-Li. XTHKNS, GEORGIA. I
OBeeot«t R.H.SmithA Co's Drag8tore.- Norsl
A LBEET L. MITCHELL,
-A\- ATTORNEY-.
at-law.
Denpret’t Ntm Building ~A THEN8, OX. I
Will practice in Clarke and the adjoining i
1 practice I
January 11,1870.
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„ .ill be Imertcd at ONE DOLLAR A LEX. 8. ERWIN,
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Frem the Hoskogoa (Mich.) Entorpriao.
Below the Earth’s Crust.
When we were publishing a paper in Lewis-
burg, West Virginia, several yean ago, a very
singular accident befell a young man there,
which we narrated briefly at the time. A few
days ago, we chanced to meet him here, in
Muskegon, and he narrated his adventure at
our request. It occurred on the farm of Gen.
A. W. G. Davis, in Greenbrier county, in 1856.
We give the story in bis own words, as near as
we can recollect them;
‘ I waa plowing on Gen. Davis’ farm, in 1856,’
said ha, ‘ unsuspicious of being on insecure
ground, when suddenly the earth seemed to
fhU beneath tne. I saw the horses descending,
but was too frightened to let go the plow han-
Habenham and Franklin I The pitch Of the horses with the earth
av~Promptattention will bo fires to the collection | gave my Ml an impetus, and somehow I caught
the mane of one of them in my fall, and so
I - A TUBBS, OX. .
OFFICE lately occupied by lw»r Cobb, on Broad
ltreat. ’ March 4,
Attornej-at-Law,
OJ/icton Broad ttrttl,ottr tkt Hart
Will giro ipoqial attention to eaaof In
io, to tho collection of all elaina entrusted to
JS.
J'k 6* CANDLES,
J_y . Attokmet at Law, Homer, I! auks Co., Q».!
Will praetfee in theeonntieaaf Banka, Jackson, Hall,
nksCo.
..$1.30
.. 5.00
LCOAL ADVERTISING.
I'i tales, per levy or 10 Hoes.........
» martS*R® ®0 day*—.™—
Administrators, Executors.or . ^
^^'‘“iioinUtration «rGuardianship 4.00
D<l>tora and Creditor*.,
E P. LUMPKIN,
. ArroaaaY at Law,
ATHENS, QA.
PB' OOee over Crane A Barry’* (tore, formerly oe- I
enpled by W. G. Delony,E»q. Beptll
.... 6.00
...... 1.50
....„ 8.15
, 0.88
Guardian................... 5.25
Ifiucruln the number of <quar*i In an adrertine-
1 ,r«fclta»ry, count the word*—ooe hundred bein*
tinea. All frantlon* are counted a* full
jflfid.pc’ »<;a*re, each insertion........
.IfaBtht’ Notice* •
i (or 4limi**l 0, » of Administrator.—
ATLANTA
NURSERIES.
ATLANTA, OA.
tttDEN, COLE A CO., Proprietors.—We hare for
Tnlc this waslan a *itpcrior stock of
TIT THKES. GRAPE VINES,
SMALL FRUITS. ROSES,
ORNAMENTAL TREES,
SHRUBBERY, etc., etc.
|i;,< -i.uk have been te*ted Intbe South, and are
*1 n the climate.
Irmlo-acJ rent froo on application.
* aired HARDEN, COLE A CO.
|V**> Em
rVLEM Sc DUNLAP,
Vj ATTORNEYS! AT LX W,
MONROE, W altos Co., Ga.
Will giro prompt attention ta all budneaa entrnated |
to their care. 8 ah’l C. Ddblap, Monroe, Ga.
Dec22—ly J. N. Gums, Lawrenoerille, Ga.
TAMES R. LYLE, 1 ' *
tJ ATToaaar at Law,
Dad! WXTKINSVILLE, OX. I
JOHN M. MATTHEWS,
O Attoknet at Law,
Danielrriile, Ga.
Procpt'attention wiU ba given to any bnaineai on-1
mated to bla care. Marebl4.
HERRINGTON,
ATTORNEY-AT-LAW, Aranas, Go. ]
Office with E. P. Lumpkin, orer the atnre of P. Bar-1
ry A Son. tf Jan 5,1870.
TXTM. L MARLER,
Vt Attomet at Law,
* Jefferson, Jaekaon Co., Ga.
Will gira attention to all bnainea* entreated to bia I
care. Mayl3.
S.*
LARGE STOCK OF
few Goods
IN ATHENS.
LUCAS &1>EARING
1 kh now rfffiiing a large and splendid 8TOCK OP
\ \J00DS, which they offer at greatly reduced prices.
w:« from s distance are invited to examine goods
nhich will compare favorably with any in
dif»’ Drcis floods, -
v.Ictnco’i Dress (ioods,
j.CA»simcres and Vestings, •
ln«' $nd Children's Goods,
Mci Elliptic Hoop Skirts,
lu«l*. Lscc?.Gloves, Hosiery, Blankets, Rugs, and
i^fuioods tbst the trade ret^ret.
h|.Ctllsnd examine.
LUCAS 4 DEARING.
J'lHILDS, NICKERSON Sc CO.,
\y Dealer, in HARDWARE, IRON, STEEL. Nalla,
Store,, Honae-Forniahing Good,, Agricultural Imple
ment*. Mill-7,udingr, Ac.
Solicit a continuance of pnbllcpatronage. Mayll
C W. MOTES’
. PHOTOGRAPH GALLERY,
(Over Long* A Billnpa' Drag Store, Broad Street.)
PICTURES of all kind*, from tbetmallert Ambro-
type and Porcelain Miniatnra, to the life-aiie Photo
graph.
Ambrotypea and Dagnerraotypea copied to any ala,
desired. Athena, Feb. 20,1867
Repairing and Painting
ICtWifc*. t» r agoaa. Childrens’ Oarrtagee, Wit
I 40e, cheap for CASH OR PRODUCE,
l^shirriigned, near Town Spring, above Lively
i!«, Aihem, Ga. Sept 9 W. EDGE.
JT'NGLAND A SEYMOUR,
Hi Wholesale-and Retail Dealers,
and COMMISSION MERCHANTS,. .
Dupree Hall, Broad .St, Athena, Ga.
Wa are now prepared to atom Cotton at 35 cent, per
bale, and will advance cash when desired. Oct38.
JACOBS Sc MICHAEL,
y Dealer, in
DRY GOODS, CLOTHING, SH0S8. BOOTS,
Hate and Notions. No. 14,under Franklin Home, Bread
Street, Athena, Georgia. Deel
J -H. HUGGINS, • ■*
. Wholesale and Retail Dealer In
DRY GOODS, GROCERIBS, HARDWARE. Ac.
Feb9 Broad Street, Athena, Ga.
If.l R PEN TER S’, BLACKSMITHS'
IlDTiaoers’ Tools, Builders’ Materials, Cabinet
I JLkin’ Good*, and an endleaa variety of article,
I hi oil to mention, for sale by
SUMMEY A NEWTON.
J OHN H. CHRISTY,
Plain and Fanoy BOOK AND JOB PRINTER,
Broad St, Athena, Ga.
OOee eorner Broad and Wall streets, orer the store
James D. Pittard. tf
NO CURE, NO PAY!
OBE FLOWER COUGH SYRUP,
Or Button Bush Syrup.
[11 greatest and nod delicious Cough Remedy of
note. Thousand* of per*no* haro been sarad
»-i price by the timely nae of tbia wonderful Med-
k lor tho cure of Cold*, Cough*, Asthma, Croup,
kf hp Cough, Soro Throat, Bleeding of the Lungs,
la»Lir Throat and Lung Disease*, it possesses al-
< olous powara, and is the moat pleasant and
1 ianatdy in the world for the care of Conaump.
It u pleasant to take and doe* not disagree with
|**t delicate. None genuine unleaa the word*
I -.Flower and Cough Syrup” is blown in each but-
luitho “Globe Fluwer” printed In 3re oolore on
F * 1 ''. which we bare patented a* our Trade Mark.
|m nit any other, or you will get a worthless oonn-
1 io the Laboratory of
ItJEESTOH, WILSON, TAYLOR 8 Ct,
"W. Manufacturer* and Wholesale Dealer* {n
Meli-inoa, Instruments, Chemicals, Paints,
[■'*>*,i)ye Stuff*, Patent Medioines, GardenSeeds,
tltrp* stock* on hand, at low prioes. Cal! and
J’V’wnd fur price*. Drug audChamieal Ware-
t ,J* 1 * throe-storybriok building,corner De-
f ul F«*chtree .trewl,
ATLANTA, OA.
* & L. C. MATTHEWS,
Ittetr old stand, No. 8, corner of Broad
1 Spring Streets.
I their customers and the public -
lh «J of* offering a large and general
*»™taf Staple and Fancy
DRY GOODS, GROCERIES,
Cvookery, Eoots «fc Shoes,
liik?. Y * MA0C CLOTHING,
15 BATHES. SADDLES, BRIDLES, ek, ek,
7 1 -«tra,h price,.
Corn, Small Grain and other Conn-
■tett-Mi Jiv i igh<,,t *** h Pri*«». hope, by
•II..0 to honnees sad fair dealing, to receive
.T »f Public patronage.
” -It
■ hto. 25, JS«7-
[ Rawer*!!«n ,h * ** ,e of Buckeye Reaper and
1 , j' * 1, Moore A Bnrkherdt’s Power end
; K “ h ' rn s "fgho Machine Co.’e Cane Mills
|trtu,t»i •v 0 '*- Wcel.n have a Tin Shop in
UicSSTf* w « Jo •» hinds of Tin, Shoot
T ir« ou k,.j urk- w ® »l*o keep a good stock of
^rth,. 0 ^ -00t “ ,h * heat In Georgia,” bat
P* l *lfordi,i? r, ~ ,n< * 41 * ow pricee.
h m4 co.. ^ fulufo aar sincere tbankete onr
■? A »h*ne end the country, and
‘ t,,f <Mrto,t*m UI1 *° hy,iB4 **» t0 ““if n«®»-
4 . f ? m ,h<l p <M,n *fy strictly attended to.
ithen**u'org'i” * * * l ’ ,Br N’*- 6 Broad
.SUMMEY A NEWTON
®*rde:
m — Flower. Fruit,
Tree, Shrub and Ever
ts Wlth directions for
co’nuu 6 ?^ b y mail. The
lent and judicious as-
the country. Agents
P AVILION HOTEL,
CHARLESTON, S. 0.
This FIRST-CLA8S Hotel is situated in the very
centra of tho business part of the city, and *8 who
stop there will find every convenience son luxury that
can be procured. Board, per day, $3.00.
R. Hamilton, Supl. Mrs. L. H. BcTTunrlSLD, J
Deoil
tf
Propritlreu.
Sc NEWTON,
Dealers in
Foreign and Domestic HARDWARB,
June# No. 0,Broad street, Athens, Ga.
S C. DOBBS,
. Wholesale and Retail Dealer hi
Staple and Fanoy DRY GOODS, GROCERIBS, Ae.
||Feb0 No. 13 Broad Street,' Athens, 6a.
T BISHOP Sc SON,
. WHOLESALE AND BETAIL GROCERS,
And dealers in Assorted Merchandise, No. 1, Broad
Street, Athens, Ga. Terms cash. OctlO
WAGON YARD IN ATHENS.
rTVHB aukaeviber has fitted np and opened a safs, com'
If ‘ " “ ” ‘
fortable and oomiqodious Wagon Yard, (
»UPI
_ t N River
street, in the neighborhood of the Upper Bridge, where
CORN, FODDER, and an ether necessary supplies can
-he purchased on reasonable terms. Charges moderate.
The highest market price paid for Country Produce,
and Bank bills received In exchange fov Good*.
WI1
July7—tf
FILEY F. HOOD.
held instinctively. What I thought when (Ail
ing, I can hardly tell. At any rate, I did some
rapid thinking. When I landed, I fell on the
horse whose mane I had hold of, and, although
the horse was instantly killed, I waa merely
stunned and confused. On recovering I look
ed up, and the hole through which I had fallen
looked so small I concluded I most have fallen
150 feet. My first thought waa to call for aid
but I instantly recollected the fact that I was
at least a mile from Gon. Davis’ house, and
that tbero was not the remotest probability
that any one had seen my descent into the
earth.
It was then early morning, add as I had
brought ont my dinner with me, no one would
miss me before nightfall. While going over
these facts in my mind, I heard the rash of wa
ter near at band, and it occurred to me that I
must have fallen upon the bed cf Sinking
£reek, which as yon know, falls'into the earth
above Frankfort, and does not come out bnt
once till it reaches the banks of the Greenbrier.
River. To say where I was, or to attempt to
fallow the subterraneous passage, was the next
question. I sometimes took the team to my
own tenant stablos, and therefore might not be
missed for days; so I determined to follow tho
stream- I waded into it, and, judging from its
depth from one to three feet, I. concluded it
must be the identical Sinking Creek spoken of.
Leaving my dead companion behind me, I fol
lowed the stream. For the most part I had
pretty easy work of it, but sometimes I came
to a deep place, where I was forced to swim for
a considerable distance; again was often pre
cipitated headlong into deep water by the pre
cipitous nature of the rocky bedof the stream.
Talk abont the darkness of the grave. The
grave itself could not have been more impale
pably dark than the passage I was following.
The occasional rippling of the wator was an
inexpressibly dear sound to my ears. Day and
night were the same to me. At last wearied
with my efforts, I laid down on a comparative
ly dry rock to rest, and mast have slept for
hoars. When I awoke again, I took to the
water, carefully ascertaining which way it ran,
so as not to lose my labor by retracing my
steps. It seemed to me that the farther I went
the more difficult progress became. When
had gone perhaps a mile, I came to a place
where the archway narrowed so much that
bad to crawl on my hands and knees in the
water.
Here was a dilemma I had not looked for,
I tried either bank of the the river, but found
no passage. I coaid swim under water for
considerable distance, but the distance before
me was unknown, and I halted long before
making the dangerous venture. At last I con
eluded that my fate was equally as doubtful in
returning as in proceeding, and plunged bold-
iy into the current, and soon found that it was
soswift in its confined passage that Ionly needed
to hold my breath to go through. Intheconrse
of twenty or thirty feet, I again got my head
above water, and took a long breathing spell.
Again the archway above seemed to enlarge,
and the bed of the stream became more even
I sped along comparatively rapidly, keeping
my bands outstretched ta prevent my ranning
against the jagged rocks. Wearied out,
again laid down and slept soundly in my wet
clothes.
On awakening, I pursued my course down
An Eloquent and Trutlifnl Speech.
I mean to say,” said the Hon. John Qninoy I
Adams last week, to tho Boston Constitutional |
Club, ” and I say it with a sense ot responsi
bility, that to-day there is nothing of the old I
Constitution of onr fetbers left tons except
what was always understood and believed by I
them to be a mere incident of constitutional |
power, and that is this war power." • •
The old constitutional edifice of the fathers I
was boiltof the white marble of .the States, I
which they brought together voluntarily ae a
work of love, and piled np there one by one I
each in pride and delight, adding stone after!
stone to the beautiful and symmetrical edifice
under which we all live. (Applause.) But what
is thto thing whioh we now see time In Wash-
ingtoot la that btdll-ef those;'Atonesf Is!
that pat together by any such hands as those
which cemented the old capitolf Why, gen
tlemen, If Is built of the volcanic lava, hot yet I
from the results of the ontponringof the monnt
(applause,) and it is clamped together by great
bands of black, rusted, iron fetters. (Applause)
It’s no each edifice at all; and now we have in
the Presidential chair a man who, when ho
swears to protect, and defend, and preserve
the Constitution, seems to think that this is the ]
Constitution which he swears to preserve ”
Alluding to a proposition which was made I
in the Massachusetts Legislature a few days
before to fire a hundred guns on Boston Com
mon in honor of the passage of the fifteenth
amendment, Mr. Adams said: “I was only
sorry that I was not in the Legislature to pro-1
pose, as an amendment to it, that the United I
States be hnmbiy solicited to allow the State I
of Massachusetts to fire that salnte from Fort
Warren, and that the guns might be shotted,
in order to show the procoss by which the |
amendment bad been carried.”
. .Tho following are given as the correct pro
portions of a perfect “humanform divine:’
“The height should be exactly equal to the
distance between the tips of the middle finger
of either hand when the arms are fully extend
ed. Ten times the length of the foot, or five
times tho diameter of the cheat from one arm-
pit to the other, should also each give the ex
act height of the whole body. The distance
from the junction of the thighs to the ground
should bo the same as from that point to the
crown of tho head. The knee should be pre
cisely midway between the same point and the
bottom of the heel. The distance from the
elbow to the tip of the middle finger should be
the same as from tho elbow to tbe middlo line
of tho breast. From tho top of the head to
the level of the chin to that of the arm-pits,
and from the heel to tbe toe.”
NEW COTTON and WOOLLEN I thesubterranean stream, and atlastin the long
distance ahead, saw a glimmer that looked
very bright in tbe darkness I was then shut, in
Nearing this, I found that it did not increase
in brightness; and when I had gone perhaps
a mile, I came to another place where my path
narrowed to the very tunnel filled by the wa
ter. My case had now beoome more desperate.
MILLS.
I HEREBY cull the attention of tho pnbllo to my I
COTTON and WOOLLEN MILLS, soron miles I
west of Athens, and one mile below Mr. Parr’s Mills.
The Wool Cards ara dote* splendid werh—thslosp in
carding clean wool being abont one pound in forty. I
am also prepared to Gin Cotton, whiob I propose to boy,
and pey from one-belf to one cent, per lb. mere than
tbe Athene price in cash, orin trade at tbe lowest sesh
prices. I AM DETERMINED TO GIVE SATIS
FACTION ! So please giro mo a call. Call soon.eall
often, and call Loon! SepS H. T. FOWLER.
I could not possibly retrace my steps, so I sub
mitted myself to the current, and was immea
surably oveijoyed to find myself rapidly swept
1VT /-v-r-r-r 1 C2 into daj light. Exhausted and half drowned,
JJN GW VTUUU.O. | J crept ,^ t upon ^ laodi ^ was g, 0 t long in
recognizing tbe objects about me. Iliad come
ont into the Greenbrier river, as I knew from
.the familiar look of Gen. Davis’ mill on the
bank. On reaching home, I found that I had
boon over forty-eight hoars in making my per
ilous journey of six miles underground.’
Tho hole where this man went through is
-■ —— _ . , f _ now fenced round. On listening, one can plain-
Moipd^V»^^‘“iur^“b*rg^ SS inure.t. ^f. I ly hear the msh of water below, and a stone
cennnt sell cash goods on Hme and get nointerert. thrown down Will sometimes 1)0 heartl tO Splash
W E have in store and daily arriving, a wall falcated
stock of Dry Good*, Shoes, Hats, Hardware, Gro
ceries, Woods® Ware, Yankee H.t«M *nd »rn s 4; a
Urge lot of all grades of Flour, from S7 to$ll per bar-
rel, which we will cell low foyeasb or Country’Produce.
Cotton 1* always wanted, lot cash and goods.
We mast beg our customer* to psy ns ea*b for cash
articles, such as Corn. Flour, Bacon. Imrd and all kind,
of grain. A large lot of Swede* and English Iron, li
*°lVwV'.hMld **?!*£* of tho oesh artlclo* on time, SO
ENGLAND A SEYMOUR,
Under Penprcc’e Hall. Broed «t
1 P r *P*M by mall. Also,
U ml * the new Potatoes, Ae.,
NoY er » t c .*• Rot® Potato, prepaid, for
per 103j $15
ft *«T*nt srerblooming
^Colony Nurseries and Seed
Established la 1842.
'SSlfuJS 1 * Mole Traps,
w *« OUG>. Weeh-
d <,ri “ 4 «“»ee. for sole by
_ SUMMEY A NEWTON
iJfiOLmo Corn!
r «* tk **»teZ W ?' c,rd & Hampton’s
Wt.7. ehu !*' E *‘ r4 Prolific Corn,
P^tW2£,V»«I«bt.teIk» from each
I lttmr '«* tee stalk.
i Cape
Jcnlt—3m
ATHENS GROVE INSTITUTE.
CORPS OF INSTRUCTORS.
GEORGE BANCROFT, A. B.
HOWARD VAN EPPS, A. B.
T HE first sefsieo of tbe eehool fcnbsTto known os
“Carlton Hillyer’e School,” undertbeaboT..^.
and a new organisation throughout, will commence
Monday,*Jan.l7tb, 1870. PartlouUr attention is call
ed to our reduced
BATES OF TUITION.
B. Primary, for cession of 6 months, one-half
payable In odrence “— 24 00
$M$
36.30
Primary
A.
B. Prep’tory “
*For furthTr particulars, eee circnUr. ' Janlf 3t.
JUST RECEIVED
A* 81?™*’ * ,ot of choi nplGiNS a E dobbs.
Tubs, Buckets,
I RON and brass bound Churns, Brooms, Baskets
^Trays, Mat. and Rope, fo^al.^ & NEWTON
Iron, Steel,
H ollow-ware, Nails, hooi, axo*. Chain, and
Rubber Belting, for sale by ______
janeO SUMMEY A NEWTON.
Fine Hn.ir and Tooth Brushes,
At LONGS A BILLUPS’.
thrown down will sometimes bo heard to splash
in'the stream.
. .In the East Indian rebellion Col. Franks,
after an engagement near the village of Cham
ha, took many prisoners, one of whom, a Ben
galee, aged 54, was conducted before the au
thorities to undergo certain interrogations.—
The changes that this man’s appearance un
derwent are recorded by Surgeon Major Famy,
The prisoner, for the first time, seemed to real
ize tho dangor of his situation, when be found
bim8olf stripped and surronnded with soldiers.
He trembled violently—terror and despair be
ing depicted on his countenance; and when
replying to questions addressed to him, be ap
peared absolutely stupefied with fear. “Then,
under onr eyes," continues tho narrator, Mr.
Famy, “ and in tho spaco of some half an hour,
his hair, which wo had seen to bo of a brilliant
black, becamo gray on every part of his head.
The sergeant who had charge of tho prisoner
| cried out, ‘ho is turning gray,’ and called our
attention to this singular phenomenon, of whic i
I thus, with many other persons, was enabled
to observe thecompletion throughall itsphases
..Ayoung fanner who enquired the best
way to start a nursery wastold to got married.
Mecca.—It is annonneed that an unusual!
number of pilgrims are expected to be present I
at Mecca on the’ occasion of the festival of tbe I
Arrafatt.’ Over 150,000 visitors, it is antici-1
pa ted, Will be present in Mecca. The jKlgriins
visit Meoca in the ’ Dhulhajja,’ or Month of the
Pilgrims, commencing this year on March 4th.
One of the rites consists in standing on Monnt I
Arafatt, near Mecca, until sunset. This cere-1
mony takes place this year on Friday, March
lltb, the Mohammedan weekly holy day, and,
according to the traditions of' that sect, con
fers as mnch merit as three visits to Mecca in I
other years. The immenswerowds now assem
bling in tbe vicinity of Mecca have been sub
jected to sanitary regulations by the Ehedevi,
as tho cholera has already made its appearance I
among the pilgrims coming from the Persian
Gulf, and it is feared that the deaths from that
disease may be as numerous as in the year 1865, |
when the mortality was frightful.
Danger from Eating Nuts.—Medical I
men advise that salt should be taken with nuts,
especially when eaten at night. One time, says
a writer, while enjoying a visit from an Eng-1
lishman, hickory nuts were served in the even
ing, when my English friend called for salt, I
stating that be knew a case of a woman eating
heartily of nuts in tbe evening, who was taken
violently ill. The celebrated Dr. Abernethy
was sent for, bnt it was after he had become
too fond of his cup, and he was not in a condi
tion to go. He muttered “ salt, salt,” of which
no notice was taken. Next morning he went
to the place, and she was a corpse. He said
that bad they given her salt it wonld have re-1
lievedber; if they wonld allow him to make
an examination, he wonld convince them. On
opening the stomach the nuts were found in a
mass. He sprinkled salt on this, and imam-1
diately it dissolved.
WAYSIDE GATHERINGS.
Brown came home with a block eye. To I
his wife’s inquires, he replied, that having ask-1
ed himself a’question, be received such a sau
cy answer that he had been obliged to resent it. I
. Hint to a lover: To succeed as a suitor, |
you most suit her well.
..The girls of Troy, New York, sleep withl
revolvers under their pillows. It to unsafe to |
burgle anywhere in that vicinity.
. .Dogs can’t sing Old Hundred, but we know |
some abont town that can bowl like sixty.
. .When women get tbe right of suffrage they |
will all be “ ballot girls.”
..Ayonngwoman should not forget that}
when once the door of the heart is opened to I
a guest there is no knowing who will come inr|
next.
.The woman who undertook to scour the |
woods has abandoned tbe job, owing to tho
high price of soap. The last that was heard)
of her site was skimming the sea.
Yon ought not to come to our dance in |
boots with nails in ’em.” “Ibaveu’t.” “Then|
you’ve had your toes cut off.”
.A lecturer at Patterson, New Jersey, ask- I
ed bis audience in stentorian tones, “ What
did Moses say 1” “ Shoo fly I” was tho answer |
from a dozen boys in the gallery.
..‘Ma, somebody is going to die,’ said a I
knowing little follow who was looking out of
the window into the street. * Why V * ’Cause |
tho doctor’s just gone by,’ was tho reply.
..Daring a religions excitement in Boston, |
a person mot a neighbor, who took him by the |
hand and said:
‘ I have becomo a Christian.’
* I am glad of it,’ he replied. * Suppose wo I
now bave a settlement of that little account |
between us. Pay me what thou owest.’
* No,’ said tho new-born child, turning on his |
heel: ‘Religion is religion, and business is J
business.’
For the Southern Wotehmoa.
TO
I have a simple treasure
No Tulgar eyes een eee—
A little buneh of pine leaves
Stripp’d from their parent tree;
And though the loavee are wither’d
And withered is the stem,
To me they are mere precious
Then India’s purest gem.
When roses fade and wither.
And every leal is dead,
Around a fragance lingers,
Altho’ their bloom is shed;
Bnt these are only lovely
Since they, one summer’s day,
Ware clasped by trembling finger*
That now are far away.
These iifeiees leavea are eilent
To all the world bat ma;
Unto my heart they whisper
These words, “ I pint far lies.”
And, as the shells of ocean
Echo tbe sonnding sea.
So will those loaves awaken
Sweet memories of thee.
For tho Soatbern Watchman.
FOR MY GRAND-DAUGHTER, MARY E. G.
BT “A axOROia TKAVELLBB.”
I with not, Mary, to offend,
But write tho language of a friend,
For though, my dear, from school you’re freed,
You’ve entered on a cask indeed:
To act, as yon proceed through life,
Ae daughter, mother, friend and wife.
No doubt within the sehool confined
Yoar charming, lively, aotiva mind.
By fancy’s aid contrived to dress
Gey painted scenes of happiness,
And thought in all your future hoars
To find yoar pathway strewed with flowers.
Ah! lovely maid, too soon yen’ll find
Yoar happiest days are loft behind-
To grief and sorrow we were born;
Each flower, we eee conceals a thorn,
Like traitors, who with bidden dart,
First soothe and win, then wound the heart.
Though life is an uneven road,
• And thoagb uncertain’* onr abode
Within this fragile house of eley,
Yet there era moons to soothe the way.
From my experience, dearly bought,
Blush not, my daughter, ta be tonght.
. And first, deer girl, eaeh night and morn
Lift ap yonr spotless soul to Heavan,
Tho Power who gave yon Ufa odors,
His wrath apptase, His grace implore.
’Tis oar first daty, noxt to this,
To study onr earthly parents’ bUss—
Increase their joys, soothe their cores,
And have no will, no wish, bat their’s;
Whato’er they bid yon do or say,
Dispatn not; choerfelly obey
Their just commands, and it severe,
Remonstrate only with a tear,
For though unkindness grieves tbs heart*
Submission is tho daughter’s port
Part of yoar happiness depends
Oa a jndieiens choice aaf.frtendst
If e’er your heart’s by grief oppressed,
Repose it in a mother’s breast;
To hor eaeh secret thought impart—
Use no disguise—detest all art;
’ Bo candid, open and sincere;
A mother’s lava you cannot fear;
She’l! be a kind and faithfal friend,
And teach yon how eeoh fault to mend.
To others be polite and kind,
Bnt oaaUone how yon speak yonr mind,
Yat should it be yonr lot to meet
A woman prudent and disereet,
Whose tongae to slander ne’er was prone,
Who makes yonr joys and griefs her own,
Prise hor, for ’tis from bonntooa* Heaven,
The choicest gift that can be given.
If to misfortune’s school you’re brought,
Sad sorrow’s lesson to be taught;
If foresd from yonr dear parent’s side,
To pass through life without a guide,
Bo circumspect, bo eantioas then;
Beware of all, bnt most of men,
For they will study to betray,
And make oar helpless sex their prey.
Fr< m virtue's bright, refulgent throne,
With banefnl hands will drag yon down,
Dishonor first, then leave to moarn
Those blessing* which can ne’er return.
(A* tho young bird who, from the nest,
jte mother’s fostering wings and breast.
Timidly venture* through the air.
Far from the tender parent’s oar*;
If ehanee some hawk btholde it fly.
He vie*, it with an eager eye.
Panned and olenched within his power,
It faUs, poor bird, to riso no more.)
In friendship with the other sex
Be eantioas; they are apt to vox;
Nor vainly think that yon should prove
The pleasures of Platonic love;
It is aphantom in tbo way,
To load poor thoaghtleas girls astray.
Tho' man by nature was designed
A guardian for weak womankind,
Endowed with reason, sense and care,
To shield from wrong tho helpless fair,
No sooner did tbe tyrant see
Woman from avery blemish free
Than, heedless of the guardian port,
Ho strove by moon, sednetire art,
To rob hor of her brightest charms,
And fill her breast with wild alarms,
Reversed kind nature), geode plan.
And woman’* now the’ slave of man.
To lover* act with modest spirit, .
Treat thorn according to their merit;
Encourage not, frem foolish pride,
Fifty to dangle at yonr sido,
Bnt if yoadoi not like a man,
Dismiss him gently as yon con;
Thank him, bat any ’twould be in vain
Ever to nrgo his suit again.
Bnt if the man whom yon approve '
Should .softly tell a tale of love,
Lot yonr flushed ehoek and downcast syo
In silsnce modestly reply;
Bnt don’t too easily belisva,
For man, my daughter, will deceive.
When once the nuptial knot is tied,
And my'sweet girl beoomes a bride,
Be it yoar ears to keep yonr own
Tho heart yoar virgin sweetness won;
Kind to his friends and those he loves,
Be snro to like whom he approves.
Let neatness o’er yoar dress preside, -
Let prudence all yoar actions guide ;
Far from yoar bosom over chase
The green-eyed Bond, and in its place
Encourage mutual confidence,
For Jealonsy, if not driven hence,
Will on yoar inmost vitais prey, >'
And steal yoar heart’s repose away.
To servants gcntleitnsagegive;
’Tis bard enough that thay should live
In servitude, without iU-satnre
From those they servo. A fellow-creature,
Though pla«ed in ere bo tow degree,
Fools grief and pain as well as we.
In every station, soek not wealth.
Nor pray for anght save peace and health,
For by mankind it is confesssd,
Tho middlo sphere is still the best;
Contentment there her throne will fix,
And fly the gilded coach end six.
If e’er your heart feels joy sineora,
Twill be to dry ofiliotion’s tear;
To visit the distressed and poor;
To ehoee pal* famine from yoar door.
To humble merit he a friend.
The character aspersed dofond.
While Mary thne hor time employs,
Pare and nnmixod will be her joys;
And when, at length, tho hand of death
Shall steal away yoar vital breath,
That ghastly king will only be
A messenger of joy to thee.
To take thee from this world below,
To on* where joys ne’er cease to flow.
Placed on a throne and robed in white,
.Too glorious far for mortal *ifbt£
Joining the angels’ heavenly lays*.
Glorious, immortal hymns of praise.
The radiant and sjlph-like Mrs. T. wore
hoops. She showed to good advantage, and
created a sensation w here ver she appeared. She
was the gayest of the gay.
Miss C. L. B. had her fine nose elegantly en
ameled, and the easy grace with which she
blew it from time to time, marked her as a
cultivated and accomplished woman of the
world; its exquisitely modulated tone excited
the admiration of ail who had the happiness to
hear it.
Being offended with Misa X, and our ac
quaintance having ceased permanently, I will
take this opportunity of observing to her that
it is of no use for her to be sloping off to every
ball that takes place, and flourishing around
with a brass oyster-knife skewed through her
waterfall, and smiling her sickly smile, with
her dismal pug nose in the air. There is no
use in it—she don’t fool anybody. Everybody
knows she is old; everybody knows she is re
paired (you might almost say built) with ar-
tifical bones and hair and muscles and things,
from the ground up—put together scrap by
scrap; and everybody knows,, also, that all one
would have to do would bo to pall out hor key-
pin and she would go to pieces like a Chinese
puzzle. There, now, my faded flower, take
that paragraph home with you and amuse
yourself with it; and if ever you turn your
wart of a nose up at me again, I will sit down
and write something that wllljust make you
rise up and howl.
Mark Twain.
Lost in a Snow Drift.
We think the following story • too good to
I keep,’ and, as we promise not to betray tho
I hero's name and place of residence, wo hope
ho will forgive us for telling how he got lost in
| a snow storm:
It was a pleasant place—the houso of tbo
I doctor—just ou the edge of tho woods. The
house was one of those neat little cottages
where one expects always to find comfort,
peace and happiness.
Half Cash and Half Barter--A Cote Trick.
A Connecticut broom pedler—a shrewd chap,
from over among the steady habits, wooden
clocks, schoolmasters, and other fixings—drove
through the streets of Providence heavily la
den with corn brooms. He bad called at sev
eral stores and offered his load, or ever so
small a portion of it; but when he wanted the
cash, and nothing else, in payment, they had
brooms enough, and that he might go further.
At length he drove np to a large whoiesalo
store on tbe West side, and once more offered
his wares.
Well, I want the brooms badly enough,”
said the merchant, “ but what will you take ia
pay t”
This was a poser. The pedler was aching
to get rid of his brooms; he despised the very
sight of his brooms; but be would no sooner
sell a single broom for cash than the whole load
for any other article—especially that which
he could not dispose of so readily as ha coaid
brooms. After a moment’s hesitation, howev
er, he screwed his courage to the sticking point I It was almost hidden among the trees, with
—it required some courage after having lost I which the ground had been so lavishly adorn-
his load half a dozen times by a similar an- | ed. Some were so large that you would think
swer—and frankly told the merchant he must
have cash. Of course, the merchant protested
that cash was scarce, and that he must pur
chase, if he purchased at all, with what he had
in his store to pay with- He really wanted
the brooms and did not hesitate to say so. But
the times were bard, and he had notes to pay
and had goods that must be disposed of.
Finally, ho said ho would put tbe goods at
the cost price, for the sake of trading, and
wonld take the whole load of brooms which tho
pedler had labored so unsuccessfully at the
other stores to dispose of.
So unload the brooms,’said he to tbe man
from Connecticut, ‘and select any articles
from my store, and you shall hare them at cost
price.’
Tho pedfer scratchad bis bbad. There was
an idea there, as the sequal shows plainly
enongfa.
I toll youwhat it is,’ he answered at; last
just say them terms for half the load, and cash
for t’other half, and I’m your man Blowed
if I don’t sell out, if Connecticut sinks with all
her broom stuff, the next minute.'
The merchant hesitated a moment, but fi-
nally concluded tho change a good one. Ho
they must be centuries old.
The doctor and his wife lived here alone,
with the exception of a boy whom the doctor
had taken to do chores for him and to be Cbm-
pany for bis parents; for although, as I bavo
said, be was getting old, tho peoplo of the lit
tle village near could not bave been persuaded
to give up their faitbful physician.
Ono day it had been snowing—such a snow
storm as you Western people seldom see. Tbe
beautiful white flakes seemed to vie with each
other to see which should reach its destination
soonest, and the sky above seemed ono end
less sheet of snow.
Well,’ said the doctor to bis wife, as he re
turned from his round of calls, * I am glad
there are not many sick just now, for an old
man like me;’ and he shook the snow from his
great coat, and handed it to Brace to hang up,
saying that he should not need it any more
that night.
Just as he had seated himself at the tea-ta
ble, and his wife was pouring ont his tea, a
loud rap was heard at the door.
‘It is some belated traveller,’ decided the
doctor, as he arose to open the door.
I want you to go and see my wife, doctor,’
would be getting half the brooms for something I said the visitor, as ho seated himself by tho
that would not sell as readily; as for the cost fire.
price, it was easily gammon in regard to it.
The bargain was struck, the brooms were
brought in, and the cash for half of them was
paid over.
Now wbat will you have for the remainder
of yonr bill t’ asked the merchant.
The peddler scratched his head again, and
this time more vigorously. He walked the floor,
whistled and drummed with his fingers on tho
head of a barrel. By-and-by his reply came—
slowly, deliberately and emphatically :
“ You Providence feUers are cute; you sell
at cost, pretty much ail of you, and make mon
ey. I don’t soe how its done. Now, I don’t
‘ What, go ton miles such a night as this f
It is impossible,’ retorted the doctor.
I fear she will die,’ said the man, ‘ unless
you do. I have a man here with me, and wo
have shovels; we will see you safe through, if
you will go.’
The amount of it was the doctor wont.
It is not my purpose to dwell on his ride
there; for tt was made comparatively easy by
the aid of strong arms and shovels; nor of tbe
sick woman, but ot bis journey home. The
snow was still whirling thick aud fast as tho
doctor tucked himself snugly iu his light cut
ter for tho homeward trip, aud started briskly.
know about your goods, barrin’ one article, for Nellie was anxious to get homo to her warm
and ef I take anything else I may be cheated, stable.
So, scein’ as ’twou’t make any odds with you, The doctor was not very: well acquainted
I guess I’ll take brooms. I know thorn like a with the round-about way ho came, and with
book, and can swear to jest what you paid for tho darkness and the blinding snow, he soon
’em-” became bewildered. So after a while, thinking
And so saying, the peddler commenced re- he bad ridden farther than the distance to bis
loading his brooms, and having deposited half home, he thought he would trust his horse
of his former load jumped on his cart with a [to get him out of the difficulty, and gavo
regular Connecticut grin, and leaving the mer
chant cursing his impudence and his own stu
pidity, drove off in search of another customer-
Nellie full liberty to cbooae her own road; so,
j after he had gone ou for somo time longer,
Nellio stopped and whinnied. The doctor nn-
muffled a little, and peered round in tho dark-
| ness and snow.
'Why, Nellie, where arc wet’ho raid. ‘This
I looks like Chestnut Ridge; yes, there’s the
opening in the trees at thatura of the road, on
the brow of tbe hill—this must be Chestnut
The Bal Masque.
AFTER” JENKINS.
A grand aflairofa ball—the Pioneers’—came
off at tbo Occidental some time ago. The fol
lowing notes of the costumes worn by the
belles of the occasion may not be uninteresting [ Bidge—eight miles from home. Well, Nellio,
to the general reader, and Jenkins may get an wo ^ ^ we u camp for tho night, for wo can’t
idea therefrom: get home.’
Mrs. W. M. attired in an elegant pate de foie ‘How lucky that Braco supplied us well with
^ras,' made expressly for hor, aud was greatly | blankots,’ soliloquized the doctor, as ho , un
hitched Nellie from the cutter, and fastened
admired.
Miss S. had her hair done up. She was the
centre of attraction for the gentlemen and tho
envy of all the ladies.
Miss G. W. was tastefully dressed in a tout
ensemble, and was greeted with. deafening ap- asleep.
one of the blankets on her, and turned her
loose to look out for herself. Then turning tho
cutter up, he wrapped himsolf iu his blankots
and crawlctf into his hovel bod, and was soon
plauso wherever sho went.
His faithful dog was very uneasy all night at
Mrs. C. N. was superbly arrayed in white kid bis master's absence, and bounded out at the
gloves. Her modest and engaging manner ao- flf8t opportunity to look for him. Finding the
corded well with tho unpretending simplicity ©utter iu such a novel condition, he began to
of her costume, and caused her to be regarded finely around it.
w iffi absorbing interest by every one. you can judge of the doctor's astonishment,
c ar “ m ff Mias M. M. B. appeared in a w heu he came oat of his bed-room, to find
thrilling waterfall, whoso exceeding grace and himself in his own door-yard, and Nellie stand-
volume compelled the homage of pioneers and L g at the stable door, wondering, no doubt,
einigrants alike. How beautiful she was! j why sho was treated so coolly—Western Rural.
The queenly Mrs. L. R. was attractively at- ——
tired in her new and beautiful false teeth, and ..‘Whathave you got that's good t’ said a
tho bon jour effect they naturally produced was hungry traveller, as he seated himself at a
heightened by her enchanting and well-sns- dinner table in Salt Lake City,
tainedsmile. The manner of the lady is charm- ‘ Oh, we’ve got roast beef, com beef, roast
ing pensive and melancholy, and her troops of mutton, boiled and fried ham and broiled cur-
admirers desired no greater happiness than to | low.’
get on the scent of her sozodont-sweetenod ‘What Is curlew t’ said tho stranger,
sighs, and track her through h?r sinuous course | ‘Curlew! Why, curlew is a bird something
like a snipe.’
‘ Could it fly 1’
* Yes.’
* Did it have wings V
‘Yes.’
‘ Then I don’t want any curlew in mine.—
Anything that had wings and could fly, and
didn’t leave this damned country, I dou’t want
for dinner.*
among the gay and restless multitude.
Miss R. P. with that repugnance to ostenta
tion in dress which is so peculiar to her, was
attired in a simple white lace collar, fastened
with a neat pearl button solitaire. The fino
contrast between tho sparkling vivacity of her
natural optic and the steadfast attentiveness
of her placid glass eye, wasthosubjectof gener
al and enthusiastic remark.
