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YEWS & PLANTERS’ GAZETTE.
. COTTING, Editor.
No. 15.—NEW SERIES.]
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NEWS & PLANTERS’ GAZETTE.
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AGENTS.
THE FOLLOWING GENTLEMEN WILL FORWARD THE
NAMES OF ANY WHO MAY WISH TO SUBSCRIBE I
J. T. cj- (r. 11. Wooten, 1 . A. D. Statliam,Danburg,
Mallorysville, B. F. Talom, Liueoln-
Felix O. Edwards, Pe- ton,
tersburg, Elbert, O. A. Lticket!, Crawford-
Gen, Grier, Raytown, ville,
Taliaferro, W. Davenport, Lcxing-
James Bell, l’owelton, ton,
Hancock, S. J. Bush, Irwington,
Wm. B. Nelms, Elber-| Wilkinson,
ton, | Dr. Cain, Cambridge,
John A. Simmons, Go-i Abbeville District,
shen, Lincoln, I South Carolina.
Take JYotice,
ALL persons who have not yet paid their
TAXES, are requested to come forward
and pay them immediately, as I have ma
ny and urgent calls for the money.
J. C. WILLIAMSON,
Tax Collector and Receiver.
December 3, 1840. 14—2 t
WASHINGTON
Jftale Academy,
An Assistant will be wanted in this Institution
for the next year, who shall be competent to in
struct in the branches of an English Education,
usually taught in Academies.
Application to be made to
JOHN J. HUNT, Principal.
Washington, Ga., Nov. 26,1840. 3t 13
NOTICE.
Persons indebted to the Subscriber, are ex
pected to make payment by the 25th day of De
cember. iMr. A. A. Cleveland, is my Agent dur
ing my absence. PAUL J. SEMMES.
Nov. 26. 3t 13
NOTICE.
The Copartnership heretofore existing between
the subscribers, was dissolved on the first day of
January, 1840, by mutual consent.
The business will be continued in the name of
J. A. Jones. The patronage of former customers
is politely requested.
J. A. JONES.
J. N. WINGFIELD.
Nov. 26. 3t 13
JYotice ,
Those who are yet in arrears to the late
Concern of LANE & WINGFIELD, are
informed that their business must be closed
early Ais Wiiifer.
MARK A. LANE.
A. S. WINGFIELD.
Washington, Nov. 12, 1840'. 11 3t
oir We are authorized to announce Mr.
J. C. WILLIAMSON as a Candidate, at the
election in January next, for RECEIVER
and TAX COLLECTOR for the County of
Wilkes.—Oct. 1. (5) ts.
(JCr We are authorized to announce
Major JAMES B. LANDERS, a Candi
date for RECEIVER and TAX COL
LECTOR for Wilkes County, at the elec
tion in January next.—Sept. 17. (3) ts.
To Rent ,
THE LAND belonging to the ESTATE of
BENJ AMIN CATCHINGS, late of Wilkes
county, deceased, from the 10th of December
iiext ANN A RNETT, Adm’trix.
Oct 22, 1840. 8 ts.
I XT JYotice This,£%
The Copartnership heretofore existing
between the Subscribers, was dissolved by
mutual consent, on the Ist day of Novem
ber, 1840 1 .
The Notes and Accounts of said Firrrt
(together with the Accounts of THOMAS
LAWRENCE, which have been transfer
red to LAWRENCE & PETEET,) have
been assigned to Robert A. Toombs and D.
G. Cotting, Esqrs., Who arb alone autho
rized to settle the satne ; ahd to whom
those indebted to both Concerns are re
quested to make immediate payment.
FREDERICK LAWRENCE.
CHENOTH PETEET.
Nov., 1840. 11. st.
WASHINGTON, (WILKES COUNTY, GA.,) DECEMBER 10, IS 10.
FEMALE SEMINARY:
CHANGE IN THE VACATIONS.
The present division of the year into
three terms,including a long vacation of two
months in the Summer, having been found
inconvenient, the Board, at a recent meet
ing, adopted the following resolution :
“ Resolved, That, after the Ist of Jan
nary, 1841, the year shall he divided into
two terms, of five months each, including a
recess of one week, in the middle of each
term ; and that the first term shall com
mence on or about the Ist of January, and
end with the last of May, the second term
shall commence on or about the Ist of July,
and end on the last of November—the
months of .1 une and December being months
of vacation.”
Extract from the minutes,
E. M. BURTON, Secretary.
Nov. 12, 1940. 11. 4t.
• finsfist de Laines,
Just received, direct from New York, a
handsome assortment of MUSLIN DE
LAINES, which will be disposed of on
reasonable terms, bv the subscriber,
MARK A. LANE.
Washington, Nov. 19, 1840. 12 3t
Just Received ,
A few pieces, latest stvle,
PLAID BONNET RIBBONS,
of superior quality.
WILLIS & CALLAWAY.
AVashington, Oct. 29. 9 ts.
ct* Look Here. XD
BARGAINS ! BARGAINS !!
fJMIE Subscriber is now receiving and opening
a large Stock of Goods, purchased by him
self in New York, at reduced prices, which he
oilers for cash at lower prices than ever bought
in this market.
His customers will be furnished on a credit as
usual, at very reduced prices.
Those who wish bargains, would do well to
call and examine his stock before purchasing
lesewhere.
The assortment is general, and comprises al
most every article usually kept in a Retail Dry
Goods Store.
MARK A. LANE.
October 15, 1840. 7 ts.
Tailoring,
PTIHE Subscriber respectfully informs the Citi
-* zens of Wilkes county, that he has located
himself at Major Johnson Norman’s, nine miles
west of Washington, where he will be happy-to
serve all Who may wish to have any thing done in
his line of business. All his work will be exe
cuted in the most neat, faithful, and fashionable
manner. The following are his cash jiric.es :
Making first-rate Coat : : : : §6 (10
Edging Do. : : : 3 00
Ditto, second quality : : : : 5 00
Ditto, third quality : : : : 4 09
Ala king Pantaloons or Vest : : 1 50
Ditto, Overcoat : : : : : 7 00
Cutting Coat :::::: : 50
Ditto, Pantaloons or Vest : : 25
He will be thankful for anv custom in his busi
ness ; and as his prices are very low, he lias de
termined to keep no books, and do altogether a
cash business.
JOHN 11. RHODES.
September 14, 1840. (3) ts.
WAREHOUSE AND COMMISSION
BUSINESS.
R. B. WHITE,
®“’ jQf
Georgia. ihiMiiMieirt,
fIA HE Warehouse is fire-
A proof— eligibly located above
high-water mark.
All Cotton consigned per Railroad, will
receive prompt attention.
September 3, 1840. (1)
GEORGIA : Wilkes County.
Superior Court,
JULY TERM, 1 840.
fIMIE petition of James 11. Spratlin, respect
fully sheweth to the Court, that James Jones,
of said county, did, on the eighteenth day of May,
eighteen hundred and forty, for the purpose of bet
ter securing unto the said James H. Spratlin the
payment of a note drawn by the said James
Jones, on the ninth of May, and year aforesaid,for
one hundred and fifty 52-100 dollars, and
payable to the said James 11. Spratlin one day
after date, mortgage unto tiie said James 11., the
tract or parcel ol land lying and being in said
county, on the waters of Clark’s Creek, ana ad
joining lands of John C. Dodson, John T. Woot
ten, and others, containing sixty acres more or
less : And it appearing to the Court that the
note for the securing of whose payment the
said mortgage was given, has not been paid,
and the time at which said note and mortgage
became due, lias long since expired, and that
the said James H. Spratlin prays that a Rule
Nisi may be granted for the foreclosure of the
Equity of redemption in and to the tract of land
so mortgaged as aforesaid, and that the same
may be sold.
On motion, it is therefore ordered by the
Court, that unless the principle sum due of one
hundred and fifty and 02-lUO dollars, together
with interest accrued and the cost thereon, shall
be paid into Colirt by the next Term of the Su
perior Court of said county, the Equity of Re
demption in and Unto the said mortgaged premises
shall be forever barred and foreclosed, and the
said tract of land mortgaged as aforesaid be sold:
And it is further ordered, that this rule be pub
lished in one of the public gazettes of this State
once a mouth for four months, or served on the
mortgagor or his special agent, at least three
months previous to the sitting of the Court in
which the money is directed to be paid.
True copy from the Minutes, 2d September,
1840. JOHN H. DYSON, Clerk.
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For Sale ,
A PLANTATION,
THIRTEEN MILES FROM
COLUMBUS,
ON THE LAGRANGE ROAD.
rrUIU Subscriber would sell low and upon ac
commodating terms, a PLANTATION, 13
miles from Columbus, on the Lagrange road,
containing I'WO HUNDRED ACRES of
LAND; forty acres of which were cleared last
year. There are upon the premises a
good Dwelling House, and every ne
cessary outhouse ; and well supplied JJ j J |jj|sp
witli good water.
For further particulars, apply to
A. R. LYON.
October 8, 1840. (6) s.m.3m.
ADMINISTRATOR’S SALE.
Will be sold at Elberton, on the First Tuesday
in JANUARY next, between the usual hours
of sale, the following property ; to wit,
ONE HUNDRED and EIGHTY ACRES of
LAND, more or less, lying on Beaver Dam
Creek, adjoining Haley Butler and others. Sold
as the property of George Turman, deceased, for
the benefit of the heirs and creditors of said de
ceased. WILLIAM PULLIAM, Adminis’tor.
Nov. 5, 1240. 10. m2m
EXECUTORS SALE.
On the First Tuesday in January, 1841, agree
able to the last will and testament of Thomas
Dallas, deceased, late of Lincon county, will be
sold at the Court House door of said county,
SIX HUNDRED ACRES of LAND, more or
less, being and lying on the waters of Soap
Creek,adjoining lands of Messrs. Guise,Merceer,
and Frazer. Terms made known on the day of
sale. WILLIAM DALLIS, Executor.
REBECCA DALLIS, Executrix.
Nov. 5, 1940. 10
ADMINISTRATORS SALE.
Pursuant to an order of the Honorable thelnle
ferior Court of Wilkes county, while sitting
forordinary purposes, will be sold at the Court
House in Washington, on the First Tuesday
in JANUARY next, the following property ;
to wit,
ONE DWELLING HOUSE, with a kitchen
attached and a Grocery Store, now in the occu
panev of Robert M. Moon; ONE HOUSE, oc
cupied by Dr. Ficklen, and Cutting & Butler;
ONE HOUSE, occujiied by W. ii. Moon, as a
Saddlery—all on Main-street.
Also, a HOUSE and LOT, comprising about
throe acres, adjoining Daniel Lee and others.
Also, NINE NEGROES, among whom is an
excellent Bricklayer and Plasterer.
All being the property of John Retan, deceased.
Terms —Twelve months credit, bond and so- i
curity being given.
LEWIS S. BROWN, ) Administra-
JOIIN 11. DYSON, ( tors.
Nov. 2,1840. [Nov. 12. 11. Con. f. In. Press.]
EXECUTORS SALE.
On the 14th day of December, 1840, agreeable
to the last will and testament of Thomas
Dallas, deceased, late of Lincoln county, will
be sold at public outcry, at the late residence
of said deceased,
All the PERISHABLE PROPERTY belong
ing to the Estate of Thomas Dallis, deceased,
viz., Corn, Fodder, Wheat, Oats, Pease, Horses,
Cattle, Sheeji, Hogs, Geese, Plantation Tools,
Wagon and Gear, and sundry other articles.
Sale to continue from day to day, till all is sold.
Terms made known on tiie day of sale.
WILLIAM DALLIS, Executor.
REBECCA DALLIS, Executrix.
Nov. 5, 1840. 10
ADMINISTRATRIX’S SALE OF PERISH. I
ABLE PROPERTY.
Will be sold on Thursday, the 10th day of De
cember next, at the late residence of Mildred
Carlton, deceased,
ALL the PERISHABLE PROPERTY be
- * longing to the ESTATE of MILDRED
CARLTON, late of Wilkes county, deceased,
consisting of Household and Kitchen Furniture ;
Stock of Horses, Cows, Hogs, Corn, Fodder, &c.
Terms will be made known on the day ol
Sale. ANN ARNETT, Adm’trix.
October 22, 1840. 8
ADMINISTRATORS SALE.
Will be sold at Elberton, on the First Tuesday
in JANUARY next, between the usual hours
of sale, tiie following property; to wit,
ONE HUNDRED ACRES of LAND, more
or less, lying on Beaver Darn Creek, adjoining
Haley Butler and others. Sold as the property
of Violetta Turman, deceased, for the benefit of
the heirs and creditors.
WILLIAM PULI,IAM, \ Adminis-
THOMAS J. TURMAN, ( trators.
Nov. 5, 1840. 10 m2m
ADMINISTRATOR’S SALE.
Will be sold on WEDNESDAY the 13th
day of January next, at the residence of
John T. Dent, deceased, late of Wilkes
county, all the
Perishable Property
belonging to the estate of said deceased—
consisting of CORN, FODDER, HOUSE
HOLD and KITCHEN FURNITURE.
ALSO,
Will be rented and hired at the same time
and place the Plantation and iXe
gTOes, belonging to the estate of said de
ceased.
THOMAS BLAKEY, Adm’r.
December 3, 1840. 14—tds
ADMINISTRATOR’S SALE.
Will be sold at the Court House in Cassville,
Cass county, on the first Tuesday in Februa
ry next, agreeable to an order of the Honora
ble Inferior Court of Wilkes county, while
sitting for ordinary purposes.
LOT OF LAND number 534, 19, 3, Cher
okee originally, now Cass county
ALSO,
On the same day, at Cutlibert, in Randolph co.
Lot numher 216, in the fourth district, originally
Lee, now Randolph county.
ALSO,
At the Court House door in Wilkes county on
tiie same day (215) two hundred and fifteen a
cres of land, more or less, on the waters of Clark’s
creek adjoining Lewis Moore, and others. All
belonging to the estate of John Moore, deceased.
Terms made known on the day of sale.
SARAH MOORE, Adm’x.
J. P. HAMMOCK, Adm’r.
Decembers, 1840. 9t—l4.
ADMINISTRATORS SALE.
Agreeable to an order of the Honorable the In
ferior Court of Stewart county, while sitting as
a Court of Ordinary, will be sold on the First
Tuesday in JANUARY next, at the Court
House door in said county, within the usual
hours of sale,
A NEGRO WOMAN, named Laura, belong
ing to the Estate of A. 11. Shepherd, deceased.
Said woman sold for the benefit of the heirs
and creditors of said Estate.
JAMES M. SMYTHE, Adm’tor.
ANNE E. SHEPHERD, Adm’trix.
Nov. 5, 1840. 10
ADMINISTRATOR’S SALE.
Will be sold on the First Tuesday in February
next, before the Court-house door, by order of
the Hon. the Inferior Court of Wilkes county,
between the legal hours of sale, the following
property; to-wit,
ALL that Tract or Parcel of Land, known as
the Crosby Tract, lying on the waters of Kittle
Creek, in said county, belonging to the Estate of
William H. Daniel, late of YVilkes county, de
ceased. Terms at time of sale.
D. W. McJUNKIN, Administrator.
Nov. 19, 1840. 12
ADMINISTRATOR’S SALE.
Will be sold on the FIRST TUESDAY in
JANUARY next, at the Court House door in
Wilkes county, agreeable to an order of the
Hon. the Inferior Court of said county, while
sitting for ordinary purposes,
rjlWO LIKELY NEGRO MEN ; one by
the name of Billy, an excellant. Blacksmith,
and one by the name of Collin. •
Sold as the property of Thomas C, Porter, de
ceased, for the benefit of the heirs and creditors
of said estate. Terms will be made known on the
day of sale. AUGUSTUS W. FLYNT,
Oct. 29,1840. 9 Administrator.
NEGROES FOR SALE.
Will be sold at the residence of the subscriber, on
the State Road, seven miles below Washing
ton, Wilkes county, on Saturday, the 2nd of j
January next, to the highest bidder,
TEN or TWELVE likely NEGROES;!
among which is a good wagoner and first-rate l
field hand ; a first-rate Cook, Washer and 1-
roner; another good Cook and Field-hand ; some
very likely boys,girls, and children. The above
are Negroes of good families, and can be well
recommended by all persons who know them.
Terms will be Cash, for a part of the Negroes,
and Notes payable twelve mouths after date, for
the balance. WILLIAM BARNETT.
Xm-. 20. 4t 13
ADMINISTRATRIX’S SALE.
Will he sold on Thursday the 31st day of De
! comber next, at the residence of the late Mrs.
Benedict Ann Crews, in Wilkes county, all the [
j jierishable property of said deceased, consisting
of Household and Kitchen Furniture, Plantation |
Utensils, together with the crop of Cotton, Corn,
Fodder, Oats, Potatoes, Pens, Kc. Terms, all
. ii!',.; under §5. cash, over that sum 12 months
credit. ELIZA MAN KIN, Adm’x.
Nov 20 13
EXECUTOR’S SALE.
Will lie sold on Wednesday the oth day of
January next, at the late residence of James
Ridgway, deceased, in Elbert county, a part of
the perishable property belonging to the estate of
said deceased, consisting of Horses, Cows, Sheep
Gcals, one Road-wagon and geer, one Still, and
many other articles not here mentioned. Terms
will be made known on the day of sale.
ROBERT C. RIDGWAY, Ex’r.
Nov. 10. 5t 13
MISCELLANEOUS.
From the New Orleans Picayune.
PRAIRIE SKETCHES.
Legend of Pawnee Rock. —The rock is
cleft as if by the lightning, and one portion
of it stands inaccessible, except by a dan
gerous jump from the other part. Thus
deserved, this solitary heap of stone bears
some resemblance to the huge head of a
buried monster, with its jaws open, gasping
for air and liberty.
From the legend, as told, and even to
this day believed by the Pawnees, it is evi
dent there had been in practice among the
Great Medicines a system of imposition
very similar to the exploded religious char
latanry of ancient times in other countries.
This petrified Gorgeon was represented by
the priests as the bad spirit who caused
earth-tremblings, storms and inundations of
the land. lie was at certain times of the
year to be conciliated with presents, and in
hunting seasons especially plentiful stores
of the finest buffalo meat were always plac
ed in the jaws of Pawnee Rock before the
hunters dare venture upon regaling them
selves. When war was to be made or
sickness spread among the tribes, or any
calamity or danger threatened the people,
the first thing thought of was a pilgrimage
to the rock, where prayers and presents
were duly offered up, and the pleasures of
Manito was made known with mysterious j
solemnity by the priests. Malefactors were I
sometimes dropped into the bad monster's !
jaws, tied hand and foot and left through j
the night to his fate. Then the next day j
the whole tribe would return and find the j
clean picked bones of the criminal scattered j
about the rock. Os course he had been
eaten by the earth fiend, and none but the
cunning priests themselves ever suspected
the wolves of the unhappy man’s death.
They tell also how this monster of stone
was once free and used to travel about the
land drinking the rivers dry, tearing up the
trees, upon which he existed, and tumbling
in the night great stones down the moun
tain side. It was him, they say, who caus
ed the prairies, by eating away the trees
and even tearing up their roots, so that they
never sprouted again. At length Manito
enchained him here in the earth lest he
should destroy the red men, and now he is
quite harmless, save that now and then he
groans and spits forth storms and shakes
the earth with struggles to he free.
A terrible punishment, it is said, is sure
to fall upon any who are rash enough to i
interfere with the fate of a condemned crim
inal, and one little story is told, of deep and
pathetic interest—doubtless, too, the rela- |
tion of an actual occurrence—which we I
shall here set down, if possible, in thesame
simple manner in which we heard it.
A white hoy, the son of a Canadian trap- j
per who was drowned in one of the forks of
(lie Piattc, had fallen among a tribe of
Pawnees, and lived with them until man
hood found him one of the bravest and most
expert of the young warriors of the nation.
He loved the daughter of (he chief in whose
wigwam he had been nurtured, and the
devoted Indian girl gave up her whole heart
and being to the young American. Though
Indian in all his habits and tastes, he vet
possessed instinctively the superior intelli
gence of his own nation, and, though yield
ing obedience to the superstitious observ
ances of the tribe, his lip curled in deris
ion whenever culled upon to practise them.
The priests read these thoughts in the
young Canadian’s mind, and his destruc
tion was soon resolved upon. Being in
high favor with the whole tribe, they could
not proceed directly against him, but thro’
the girl he loved, the old chief’s daughter,
they determined to inflict their first stroke
of revenge.
An alarming visitation of the small pox
soon afforded the vengeful Great Medicines
an opportunity to carry out their designs.
They addressed the Great Spirit with mys
tic rites and incantations, and then pro
nounced to the tribe the will of Manito that
the old chief’s daughter should be sacrific
ed to the stone fiend of the prairie. Dis-
Yl. J. K APPEL, M m r inter.
j [Jilting one of those decrees was a thing
j never dreamed of among the Pawnees, and
the young Canadian knew that to offer ev
| en the slightest opposition Would be to turn
| the whole nation against him, even to the
I very father of his betrothed, and inevitably
j stamp his own destruction. The priests
j expected him to oppose the decree, which
was the end they aimed at, as then they
would have pronounced the same doom up
on himself, and nothing could have saved
him or the poor Indian girl. So only de
spair or the alternative of some desperate
stratagem was left for the voung white
lover.
The day of doom arrived, and a mourn
ing train of warriors and women left the
village and set forward to the distant rock.
1 The •song of sacrifice was ehaunted at
j nightfall, and the young betrothed of the
white man was consigned to the rocky jaws
of her lonely desert bridegroom, while [he
poor Indians turned back to their hpmes
again, believing the angry s|iirit was ap
peased and they would now be released
from the terrible disease under whied they
were groaning.
That night the young white man disap
peared from the village and was never
heard of more. The Indian legend ends
here, and nothing further is told of the for
est girl and her lover. But as the tra
ders elaborate the story, it would seem that
the lover sought Pawnee Rock in the night,
released his betrothed, and, not daring to
be seen again among the Pawnees, they
wandered about the wilderness, seeking to
reach the white settlements of Missouri.—
Not many years since a rude cross was
discovered upon the bank of a small creek
which the Santa Fe traders cross in their
progress, and upon digging beneath it, the
bones of a female were found, together with
beads and ornaments such as are usually
worn by a Pawnee girl. This incident has
been attached as a sequel to the Legend of
the Rock, and the place ts now pointed out
as the poor girl’s lonely grave. But the
most ingenious story teller among the old
travellers has never yet attempted to finish
the narrative with the fate of the young
white warrior.
MARINER’S COMPASS.
A shepherd of Italy, by the name of Mag.
nes, was the first to discover the properties
of the loadstone, a mineral which gives po
larity to iron, from the circumstance of his
walking over a quarry, and smajl portions
of this stone adhering to the iron nails irt
his sandals.
In the year 1324, John de Gioja, a han
dicraftsman of Naples, first discovered that
a piece of iron rubbed with loadstone, and
then suspended on its centre of gravity, had
the property of pointing to the north star,
and he was the first to apply needles on
centres for the purposes of navigation.
John tried his needles at different places
in Italy, and moored a vessel in the Medi
terranean, to ascertain whether this mag
netic power was the same on water as up
on land. The name of the magnet was
given to the loadstone, and to the needle.
The division of the “shipman’s card,”
was first made into four quarters, then into
i 16 and 32 points, and ultimately into 300.
The graduation was progressive, and
! marked out upon a moveable disk. It was
not until the middle of the last century that
the needle and card were combined, and
hung on a common centre.
In the time of Columbus, nearly two
hundred years after the discovery of the
magnetic needle by John de Gioja, the
card was placed under the needle.
It is worthy of remark, that this highly
useful instrument, discovered, not invented
through any scientific or theoretical de
ductions should still continue to puzzle
and baflle the philosopher in his attempts to
discover the cause of its variation in the
different parts of the earth..
To the Italians we are indebted for the
compass, and early enterprise in navigation
and to a Philadelphian for the discovery of
j the quadrant, by Godfrey.— Hunt’s Mag.
Depth oj the Ocean. —The sea was re
j cently sounded, by lead and line, in lati
i tude 57 degrees south, and 85 degrees 7m.
west longitude from Paris, by the officers
j of the French ship Venus during her voy
age of discovery, at a depth of 3470 yards,
or 2 1-2 miles, no bottom was found. The
weather was very serene, and it is said,
the hauling in the lead took sixty sailors
upwards of two hours. In another place
in the Pacific Ocean, no bottom was found
at the depth of 4140 yards.
Sui/or’s Yarn. —A sailor wasoncetelling
of a country where the sun was so hot that
the inhabitants used no fire.
“How do they bile their vittles then?”
said an elderly lady.
‘•Why, you see,” said Jack, “a big glass
is rigged in the tops of the chimneys, which
brings the sun in a fodus right into the
kettle.”
“La, me ! what a curious world,” said
the old lady, as she replaced her spectacles
on her nosh.— Syracuse Signal.
A lady once heard a man preach, and
was so enraptured with him that she sent
him a letter to the following effect:—“Dear
Sir, —There’s my hand,(my heart you have
already,) with my fortune, which is very
considerable. Will you aedept ? I am, <fec.
Anna.” The clergyman, unmoved by the
entreaties of the lovely fair one, replied in
the following terms:—“Madam,-Give your
hand to industry, your dowry to the poor,
and your heart to God.”— The lady must
have been sixty at least.
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