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About News & planters' gazette. (Washington, Wilkes County [sic], Ga.) 1840-1844 | View Entire Issue (Oct. 6, 1842)
NEWS & PLANTERS’ CJAZETTE. . . COTTING, Editor: No. 6.—NEW SERIES.] HEWS & PLANTERS- GAZETTE T E R 51 S : Published weekly at Three Dollars por annum it paid at the time of sklkscribiog; or Three Dollars and Fifty Cents, if not paid till the expi ration of six months. No paper to be discontinued, unless at the option of the Editor, without the settlement oi all arrearages. O” Litters, on business, must be post paid, to insure attention. No communication shall he published, unless we arc made acquainted with the ■name of the author. TO ADVERTISERS. Advertisements, not exceeding one square,first insertion, Seventy-fire Cents; and for each nut sequent insertion, Fifty Cents. A reduction wil be made of twenty-five per cent, to I hose who advertise by the year. Advertisements not limited when handed in, will be inserted till for bid, and charged accordingly. Sales of Land ami Negroes by Executors, Ad ministrators, and Guardians, are required by law, to be advertised, in a public Gazette, sixty days previous to the day of sale. The sales of Personal Property must be adver tised in like manner, forty days. Notice to Debtors and Creditors df an Estate must be published forty days. Notice that application will be made to the Court of Ordinary, for leave to soli Land or Ne groes, must be published weekly for four months ; notice that application will he made for Letters o! Administration, must be published thirty days; and betters of Dismission, six months. Mail Arrangements. POST OFF WE, > Washington, Go., January, 1842. S AUGUSTA MAIL, ARRIVES. Monday, Wednesday, and Friday, at 5, A. M. j CLOSES. Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday, at 2-1, P. M. MILLEDGEVILLE MAIL. ARRIVES. Sunday, Wednesday, and Friday, at 8, A. M. j CLOSER. Monday, Wednesday, and Friday, at 11, A. M. ; CAROLINA MAIL. ARRIVES. .Monday, Wednesday, and Friday, at 11, A. M. CLOSES. Sunday, Wednesday, and Friday, at 8, A. M. ATHENS MAIL. t iIRJVES. Saturday and Wednesday, at 0, A. M. CLOSES. Saturday and Wednesday, at 9, A. M. ELBERTON MAIL. ARRIVES. CLOSES. Thursday, at 8, P. M. | Thursday, at 8, P. M. LINCOLNTON MAIL. ARRIVES. CLOSES. Friday, at 12, M. j Friday, at 12, M. Dotting & butler, ATTORNIES, HAVE taken an OFFICE over G. P. Co zart’s Store. January, 1842. 28 j Notice to Debtors and Creditors. \ LI, persons indebted to the Estate of James ‘• *- Lindsay, late of Wilkes county, deceased, are requested to make payment immediately, and those having any demands will present them in terms of the law for payment, to HENRY P.’ WOOTTEN, ) - . WILLIS H. LINDSAY, $ KS ‘ LETITIA LINDSAY, Ex’x. September 29,1842. 6t 5 Notice to Debtors and Creditors. ALL persons indebted to the Estate of Allen Hailiday, late of Wilkes county, deceased, are requested to make payment immediately, and those having demands against the same are hereby notified to present the same in terms of the law, to NANCY IIALLIDAY, Ex’x. September 8,1842. 6t 2 Notice to Debtors and Creditors. ALL persons indebted to the Estate of Abner Wellborn, late ot Wilkes county, deceased, are requested to make immediate payment, and those having demands will present them for pay ment, in terms of the law, to N. WYLIE, Ex’r. September 8, 1842. Ot 2 ~ ADMINISTRATOR’S SALE. WILL be sold on the first Tuesday in De cember next, before ihe Court-House door in the town of Lexington, Oglethorpe coun ty, between the usual hours of saie, the lollow ing Tracts of Land lying and being in the coun ty of Oglethorpe: One Tract of Land containing (657) six hun dred and fifty-seven Acres of Land, more or less, known as the John S. McGehee tract, adjoining lands of Richard Iloff, James T. Johnson, and Nathan Mattox. Also, one other Tract, contain ing (630) six hundred and thirty Acres of Land, more or less, known as the John Gilmer tract, on Broad River, adjoining lands of Nathan Mat tox and James T. Johnson, and the above des- cribed lands. ALSO, Will be sold on the same day and between the lawful hours of sale, in the county of Elbert, before the Court-House door, one House and Lot in the Town of Elberton, and twenty-four Acres of Land, more or less, in the Commons of said Town of Elberton, belonging to the Estate of Z. Reid, deceased, late of Oglethorpe county. Sold pursuant to an order of the Inferior Court of Oglethorpe county, while sitting for Ordinary proposes. Terms made known on the day of REBECCA REID, Adm’x. LINDSAY H. SMITH, Adm’r. September 29, 1842. 5 EVERY VARIETY OF EXECUTED AT THIS © IF ? 3 ’©. E , I M. P. Callaway &Cos. |> ESPECTFULLY inform their friends and customers, that they are now receiving j from Ncw-York and opening at their NEW BRICK STORE, A SELECT STOCK OF Fall anti Winter GOODS, Among which may he found the following : Cloths, Cassimeres, Saltinets, Kentucky Jeans, Flannels, Linseys and Kerseys, BLANKETS, Muslin de Lain, plain and printed; Alipacca Cloth for riding dresses ; English and German Merinos: Pilot and Beaver Cloths for overcoats; Hats and Bonnet.-, new style ; English and A merican Prints, SMMhn a great variety, Ate. Hardware and Cut it ry, Crockery, Saddlery, Shoes, GROCERIES, Bagging and Twine. Also, a few casks CHEESE. 3A’ All of which, they trust, cannot fail to please both in stylos and prices. Washin.-'to-t, Sent. VH, 1342. 6 JLnntis far Sale, a The Subscriber offers tor sale his Piantat on, on Savannah River, forty miles above Augusta, containing (1,053) one thousand and fifty-three Acres, enjoining lands of Messrs. Cantelow and Anthony ; about six hundred Acres in the woods, with a good framed Dwelling-House, a first-rate ; Gin-House and Packing Screw, a barn Crib, and j other out-buildings necessary for a farm. Also, j one other Tract containing (140) one hundred j and forty Acres, adjoining the above tract, tho j Land is of the first quality for Corn, Cotton, or j small grain, well watered with several gooii [ Springs of as pure water as any in the up-ccun- , try. Also, his House and Lot in the village of! Lincolnton, attached to which is (190) one hun dred Acres of Land, of which sixty is in the woods. If not sold privately, will be offered to the highest bidder on the fourth Monday in Oc tober next. Any person wishing to purchase such Lands will be induced to trade after exam ining the above premises no doubt. The terms will be easy. N. FOX. j Lincolnton, August 26,1842. 1 Reduction 2 TIAIIE Subscriber respectfully informs the I A public, that owing to the change in times, he will work at the following reduced prices: Putting in Main-spring, §2 00 “ Hair “ 1 00 “ Verges, 2 59 “ New Chain, 1 09 best Lunett Chrystals, 75 “ Flint “ 59 “ Common “ 371 Cleaning Lover Watch, 1 50” “ Common “ 75 And all other work in proportion. 33” Work entrusted to his care will be prompt ly and faithfully executed, and as the prices are considerably reduced, he hopes still to receive a share of public patronage.’ 33” All work warranted, and unless satisfac tion is given, no charge made. R. 11. VICKERS. May 5,1812. m ADMINISTRATOR’S SALE. X?S/ r ILL be sold on the first Tuesday in De * * comber next, before tire Court-House door in Washington, Wilkes county, between the legal hours of sale, a Tract of Land lying in said county, on the waters ofßeaverdam Creek, adjoining lands of Samuel T. Burns and others, containing six hundred Acres, more or less, (subject to the widow’s dower,) belonging to the Estate of Edward Jones, deceased. Sold by or der of the Honorable the Inferior Court ot said county. Terms will be made known on the day . of sale. FELIX_ G. HENDERSON, Adrn’r. de August 25,1842. 52 bonis non. GEORGIA, 1 Whereas, Isaiah T. Irvin,Ad- Lincoln county, j ministrator on the Estate of David Murray, deceased, applies to me for Let lers of Dismission. These are, therefore, to cite, summon, and ad monish, ali and singular, the kindred and credit ors of said deceased, to be and appear at my of fice, within the time prescribed by law, to shew cause (if any they have,) why said letters should not be granted. Given under my hand at office, this 5i h of Sep tember, 1842. HUGH HENDERSON, Clerk C. O. September 8. u.iia 2 GEORGIA, 1 Whereas, Archibald S. Wilkes County, y Wingfield, Guardian lor Ar chibald S. llays, applies to mo for Letters of dismission. These are, therefore, to cite, summon, and ad monish, all and singular the kindred and creditors of said Minor, to be and appear at my olid e, within the time prescribed by law, to shew cause (if any they have) why sa id kilters should not be granted. Given under my hand at Oliice, tins sth day of September, 1842. JOHN H. DYSON, c. c. 0. September 8. m6m 2 GEORGIA : ) Whereas, Berry A. Arnett, Wilkes County. £ Administrator on the Estate of Robert L. McKinney, deceased, applies to me for Letters of Dismission. This is, therefore, to cite, summon, and admonish, all and singular, the kindred and creditors of said deceased, to be and appearat, my office within the time prescribed by law, to show cause, (if any they have,) why said letters should not be granted. Given under my hand at office, this 28th of Sept 1842. JOHN 11. DYSON, C. C. O September 29. mlim 5 GEORGIA , Elbert county . months after date application will be made to the Honorable the Inferior Court of Elbert county, while sitting as a Court of Or dinary, for leave to sell all the Lands belonging to the Estate of Robert Middleton, deceased, this 23d July, 1842. THOMAS J. HEARD, Adm’r. de bonis non. July 28, 1842. m4m 48 WASHINGTON, (WILKES COUNTY, GA.,) OCTOKKK , ISIS. Tj& rs From the Portland Transcript. • ‘Vo have read some little poetry in mir day and have been variously affected by it, but our feelings were never so wrought upon as in read ing the following lines. Wo do not believe there is to be found in all tho poetry that has been written, either aucifwt or modern, three stanzas containing more of the ‘ real ore’—tho pure, un adulterated essence—tlian will be found in.the aricle below. This is high praise, but we tin, hesitatingly submit our better opinions to the better judgment of our brethren. Our corres pondent has our thanks for this exquisite pro duction. STAN Z A S . When the cool storm howls round your door, 1 And you by tight of taper, Sit cosily by the evening tire Enjoying the last paper— Just think of him whose work thus helps To wear away the winter, And put this query to yourself- Have I paid up the Printer .’ From east and west—from north and south— From lands beyond the water, lie daily, weekly, brings you news From every nook ami quarter— No slave on earth toils more than he i Through summer’s heat and winter; How can you for a moment then Neglect to pay the Printer ! \ our other bills you promptly pay, Wherever you'do owe, sir, The butcher tor his meat is paid. For ‘ sundries’ is the grocer ; The tailor and the shoemaker, The hatter and the vintner, All get their pay—then why neglect To settle with the Printer ! M ISCEEL AN EOUB. From the Family Companion. HOMESPUN YARNS. POLLY peablossom’s WEDDING. “ My stars ! that parson is powerful slow a coming. 1 reckon lie w’aut so tedious gitting to his own wedding as he is coming here,” said one of the brides-maids of Miss j Polly Peablossom, as she bit her lips to ! make them rosy, and peeped into a small looking glass for the twentieth time. ‘ He preaches enough about the shortness of a life time,” remarked another pouting. Miss, “ and how we ought to improve our opportunities, not to be creeping along like a snail, when a whole wedding party is waiting for him, and the waffles are getting cold and chickens burning to a crisp.” ‘ Have patience girls, may be the man’s lost his spurs and can’t get along any fast er,’ was the consolitary appeal of an arch looking damsel, as she finished the last ofa bunch ofgrapes. ‘Or perhaps his old fox-eared horse has jumped out of the pasture, and the old gen tleman has to take it a foot,” surmised the fourth brides-maid. The bride used industrious efforts to ap pear patient, and rather iudifferent amid"* the general restiveness of her aids, and would occasionally affect extreme merri ment ; but her shrewd attendants charged her with being fidgetty, and rather more j uneasy than she wanted folks to believe. •Hello, Floyd!’ shouted old Captain Peablossom out of doors to his copperas trowsered son, who was entertaining the young beaux of the neighborhood with feats of agility in jumping with weights— ‘ Floyd throw down them rooks and put the bridle on Snip and ride down the road and see if you can’t see Parson Gympsy, and tell him hurry along, we are all waiting for him. He must think weddings are like his meet ings, that can lie put oil'to the ‘ Sunday af ter the fourth Saturday in next month,’ af the crowd’s all gathered and ready to hear the preaching. If you don’t meet him, go clean lo his house. I'spcct he’s heard that Bushy Creek Ned is here with his fiddle, and has taken a scare.’ As the night was wearing on, and no Parson had come yet to unite the destinies of George Washington Hodgkins and “the amiable and accomplished” Miss Polly Peablossom, the former individual intima ted to his intended, the propriety of passing off the time by .having a dance. Polly asked her ma,’ and her ma’ after arguing that it was not the fashion in her time, in North Carolina, to dance before the ceremony, at last consented. The artist from Bushy Creek was called in, and, after much tuning and spitting on the screws, he stamped his foot and struck up “ Money Musk,” and away went the country dance. Polly Peablossom at the head, with Thomas Jefferson Hodgkins as her partner, and George Washington Hodg kins next, witlt Polly’s sister, Luvisa, for his partner. Polly danced to every gen tleman, and Thomas Jefferson danced to every lady ; then up and down in the mid dle and hands all round. Next came Geo. Washington and his partner, who under went the same process ; “ and so on through the whole,” as Daboll’s arithmetic says. The yard was lit up by three or four large lightwood fires, which gave a picturesque appearance to the groups outside On one side of the house was Daniel Newnan Pea blossom and a bevy of youngsters, who ci ther could not, or did not desire to get into the dance—probably the former- —and who PUBLISH 1$ D E V EIIY THU USD a Y M ORNING. I amused themselves by jumping and wrest ! l' n S- On the other side, a group of mat- I rons sat under the trees, in chairs, and dis coursed ol the mysteries of making butter, curing chickens of the pip and children of I the croup, besides lamenting the misfortunes ! some neighbor,or the indiscretion of some ! neighbor s daughter, who had ran away and ! married a circus rider. A few pensive .couples, eschewing tho “giddy dunce,” j I promenaded the yard and admired the moon, or r wondered if all them little stars were i worlds like this.” Perhaps they may have ; sighed sentimentally at the folly of the inus- i I quitors & bugs which were attracted round | j the fires to get their pretty little wings j ! scorched, and lose their precious lives ; or i j they may have talked of “ true love,” and | plighted their vows, for aught wo know. Old Captain Peablossom and his pipe, \ during the while, were the centre ofa cir- J cle in front of the house, who had gathered I around the worthy man’s arm-chair to listen | to his “twice-told tales” of “ hair-breadth i scapes,” of “ the battles and sieges he had j passed”—for you must know the Captain ! | was not a “summer soldier, and sun-shine } patriot,” he had burned gun-powder in dc j fence of his beloved country. At the especial request of Squire Tomp l kins, the Captain narrated the perilous ad ventures of Nevvnan’s little band among tho Seminoles. How “ Bold Newnan” and his men lived on alligator flesh and parched j corn, and marched bare-footed through saw-palmetto ; how they met Bowlegs and ; ins warriors near Pain’s prairie, and what I lighting was there. The amusing incident i i of Bill Cone and the terrapin shell, raised ‘ j shouts of laughter among the young brood, i who had flocked around to hear of the wars. Bill, (ihe “ Camden Bard,” peace to his j ashes,) as the Captain familiarly called I j him, was sitting one day against the logs J sos the breast-work, drinking soup out of a I j terrapin she!), when a random shot from the j enemy broke the shell and spilt his soup, j j whereupon he raised his head over the j j breast-work and sung out, “Oh, you bug- j j ger, you couldn’t do that again if you tried j forty times.” Then the Captain after rc j prated importunics, laid down his pipe, j cleared his throat and sung, j “We marched on to our next station, The Ingcus on before did hide, They shot aud killed Bold Newnan’s nigger, And two other white men by his side.” The remainder of the epic we have for- ; gotten. | After calling out for a chunk of fire and j i relighting his pipe, he dashed at once over ( into Alabama, in General Floyd’s army, : and fought the battles of Calebee and Otas- j see over again in detail. The artillery in Baldwin county blazed away and made the little boys aforesaid think they could hear thunder almost, and llte rifles from Putnam made their patriotic young spirits j long to revenge that gallant corps. And the Squire was astonished at the narrow es- I capo his friend had of falling into the hands of Weatherford and his savages, when he was miraculously rescued by Timpoocheo Carnard, the Uchee chief. At tin's stage of affairs, Floyd (not the General, hut the embassador,) rode up with a mysterious look on his countenance. Tho dancers left off in the middle of a set and assembled around tho messenger, to hear the news of the parson. The old ladies crowded up too, and the Captain and the Squire were eager to hear. But Floyd felt the importance of his situation, and was in no hurry to divest himselfof the momentary dignity. “ Well, as I rode on down to Boggy Gut, I saw”— “ Who cares what tlie devil you saw,” exclaimed the impatient Captain ; “tell us if the parson is coming, first, and you may take all night to tell the balance, if you ! like, afterwards.” “I saw” —continued Floyd pertinacious- ‘ ‘y , , I “ Well, my dear, what did you sec ? said Mrs. Peahlossom. “ I saw that somebody had toolcen away some of the rails on the crossway, or they had washed away or somehow”— “ Did any body ever hear the like ?” said the Captain. “ And so I go! down,” said Floyd, “ and hunted some more and fixed over the bog gy place.” Here Polly laid her hand upon his arm and requested, with a beseeching look, to know if the parson was on the way. “ I’ll tell you all about it presently, Pol ly ; and then when I got to the run of the creek, then”— “ O, the devil,” ejaculated Captain Pea blossom, “stalled again.” “ Be still honey, let the child toll it his own way ; lie always w'ould have his way', you know since we had to humor him so when he had the measles,” interrupted the old lady. Daniel Newnan Peablossom, at this junc ture, facetiously laid down on the ground with the root of an old oak for his pillow, and called out vawningly to his pa, to “wake him when brother Floyd had cross ed over the nm of the creek and arrived safely at the parson’s. This caused loud laughter. P'loyd simply noticed it by observing to his brother, “ Yes, you think you are migh ty smart before all these folks !” and resu med his route to Parson Gympsy’s with as little prospect of reaching the end of his story, as ever. Mrs. Peablossom tried to coax him to “ gist” say if the Parson was coming or not. Polly begged him, and all the brides maids j implored.” But Floyd “went on his wav rejoicing.” | “When I come to the l’iiiey flat,” he j continued, “ old Snip seed something white over in the hay-gall, and shied <•’ an out..’ | the road, and I’—where 1 ’ —where he w. old have t> • I would be hard to say, it tia < ■. ..ji had not interfered. That gentleman, with a peculia in . the eye, remarked, “Well, thert/s on way 1 can bring him to a showing,” as h took a large horn from between the 1 ■ - ! and rung a “ wood note wild,” that r . pack of hounds to yelping. A few m>■ ■ ; notes, as loud as those that issued f: “ Roland’s horn at Ronces-valh s,” suflicient invitation to every hound, fine and “ cur of low degree”that followed tin guests, to join ill chorus. The Captain aa - a man of good lungs, and “ the way ho did ; blow was the way,” as Squire Tompkins afterwards very happily described it, and ; as there were in the canine choir some thir j \y voices of every key, the music may he i imagined better than described. Mrs. Ta- ■ , bitha i idwell, the first brides.maid, pul her | hands to her ears and cried out “ My stars f | ] we shall all git Mow'd away.” the desired effect of abbreviating the j messenger’s story was-produced, as that j prolix personage in coperas pants, was seen to take Polly aside, and whisper something | in her ear.* _ “O, Floyd, you are joking ; you ought nt to serve me so. An’t you joking, bub ?” j asked Polly, with a leek tiiat seemed to beg | he would say yes. i “ It's true as preaching,” lie replied ; | “ the cake’s all dough.” j Polly whispered something to her moth ’ er, who threw up her hands and exclaimed, ! “Oh, my!” and then whispered tho secret to some other lady, and away it w'ent.— such whispering and throwing up of hands I and eyes, is rarely seen at at a qualmi j meeting. Consternation was in every fee. I Poor Polly was a very personification <>• | “Patience on a monument, smiling gr; on I and yellow melancholy.” j The Captain, discovering that something i was the matter, drove off the dogs and tn I quired what had happered to cause such { confusion. “What the devil’s the matter now 1” he said ; you all look a- down in | tho mouth as we did on the Sanlaffe , (B*. Fe) when the quarter-inaster told us the I provisions had all give out. What's th • j matter? Won’t somebody tell me! Old i j Oman, has the dogs got into the kitchen and 1 I cat up all the supper, or what else has | \ come to pass ? Out with it.” ! “Ah, old man, bad news!” said tiie wife, I with a sigh. “Well, what is it? You are all getting las bad as Floyd, larrifying a fellow to ! death.” “Parson Gympsy was digging a net” horse trough , and cut his leg to the bone with the footadze, and can't come —O, dear!” i ‘I wish he had taken a fancy to ’a done j it a week ago, so we mout ’a got another parson, or as long as no other time would suit but to-day, 1 wish he had cut his deni V eternal head off. “O, my husband,” exclaimed Mrs. P, a blossom. Brushy Creek Ned, standing in the piaz za with his fiddle, struck up the old tune of “ We’U dance all night, ’till broad day light, And go homo with the gals in the morning ’ Ned’s hint caused a movement towards the dancing room, among tho young peo ple, when the Captain, as if waking from a revery, exclaimed in a loud voice, “Q,the devil! what are we all thinking of? Why Iter's Squire Tompkins, he can perform the ceremony. If a man can't marry folks what’s the use of being squire at all? Manna did not come in better time, to the j children of Israel in the wilderness, than this discovery of the worthy captain. It j was as vivifying as a shower of rain on corn j that is about to shoot and tassel, especially 1 ’ to G. W. Hodskins and his lady-love. Squire Tompkins was a newly elected magistrate, and somewhat diffident of his a bilities in this untried department. lie cx- | pressed a hint of Tie sort, which the Captain only noticed with the exclamation, “Hoot,’ toot!” Mrs. Peahlossom insinuated to her bus- j band, that in her day the “quality” or bet ter sort of people in North Carolina, had a prejudice agin being married by a magis j trate. To which the old gentleman replied, 1 “None of your nonsense, old lady ; none of your Dublin county aristocracy about here now. The belter sort of-people, 1 think you say! Now you know North Ca’lina an’t the best State in the country, no how, and Dublin’s the poorest county in the State.— Better sort of people, is it! Quality , eh?— Who the devil’s better than we arc ‘? A’nt we honest? A’nt we raised our children decent, and learned them how to read and write and cipher? Why, damn it, we are the very lent sort of people. Stuff! non sense! The wedding shall go on ; Polly shall have a husband.” Mrs. P’s. eye lit up, her cheek flushed, as she heard‘the old \ North State’ spoken of so disparagingly ; j but she was a woman of good sense, and | reserved the castigation for a future curtain j lecture. Things were soon arraaged for the wed ding, and as the old wooden clock on the mantelpiece struck one, the bridal party were duly arranged on the floor, and the crowd gathered round, eager to behold c very twinkle of the bridegroom's eye, and every blush of the.blooming bride. The bridesmaids and their male atten dants were arranged in couples, as in a co tillion, to form a hollow square, in theeen | ter of which were the squire and the betro- I thing parties. Each of the attendants bore ’ a candle : MNs Tnbitha held in lier’s a itt. .9. KAPPEfi, fr infer. long brass candlestick, which had belonged to Poll v s grandmother,■ in shape and length I somewhat resembling ‘Ch opaua’s needle;” W’s Luvisa bore a flat tin one ; the third cedant bore sueli an article as is usually mb i! on a nail against the wall, and !i had a curiously devised some* ’ ■ <>ut ~f wood with a pocket kniii-. ■i Dr her supply of candle • ndants held naked can ■ , Polly was dressed in v b: flower with its green and the whisper went ■ ‘!. N-- ttvn't she look pretty?”— | G i. >■ W .chiti -. ilodgskitis, rejoiced ill ; •• s i‘h. -• “ i;. and a vest and panta- I ■ 1,1 -. *r; the vest was straight j•- ion :! ! .; i Continental officer's in tho | IB volt. Hid had eagle buttons on it.—- | Ii —v were a fine looking couple. [ When every filing was ready ; a pause j ensm ii, and all eyes were turned on the | squire, who seemed to be, undergoing a : mental agony, sueii as fourlli of July ora- I feel, when they forget their speeches, ! or a boy at exhibition, w ho has to be promp j tn! (rein behind the scenes. The truth was i Squi-e Tompkins wasu man of forms, but had always taken them fiom form-books, | and nevi i trusted h:s memory. On this ! this occasion he had no “Georgia Justice” j or any other book from which lo read the j marriage ceremony, and was at a loss how ito proceed. lie thought over every thing ; he had ever learned ‘by heart,’ even to •Thirty tkys hath the month of September, Pile same may be said of June : April, No vember ; j bn: all in vain ; he could recollect nothing !'i it suited such an occasion. A suppres ! i Cerall over the room, admonished. 1 e lie must proceed with something, 1 ih agony of desperation, lie began: Knew all men by these presents, that V— '■ r In- pa used and looked up to ihe ceiling j wh.h- an audible voice in a corner of the | room was heard to say. “lie’s drawing a I iced to a tract of land,” and they all | laughed. •hi Ihe name of God, Amen!’ he be ! ran a. second time, only to Ik ar another . voice in a 10, • a!. ; ■ say, ‘H-’s making his will now. :!i"i ■: In he couldn't live j long, he looks so p hi! bad.’ ■ Kota I ere .Cirri to .sleep, 1 pray Ilf Lord! was the next essay, win n s me erudite gen. ticinan remark J, ■; not dead, but slee peth.” “O yes! O yes’ ‘■nntinut-d the Squire. One voice repli-d ‘Ob uc’ oh no! dont let’s;” another whispered -‘\Y■ >. Ball!” Some per } son out doors sung out, ‘Come into court!’ and the laughter was general. The brides i maids spilt the fallow from their candles | all over the floor, in the vain attempt to ! look serious. One of them had a red mark •ii her lip foi a month afterwards, where had bit it. The bridegroom put his | bauds in his pockets and took them out a i gain ; ihe bride looked like she would faint; i and so did the Squire. But the Squire was an indefatigable man j and kept trying. Ilis next effort was. I To all and singular, the slier’ ‘Let’s run! He’s going to level on us,’ said two | or three at once. Here a gleam of light flashed acoss the | face of Squire Tompkins. That dignitary I look around all at once, with as much j self-satisfaction as Archimedes could have I felt, when he discovered the method of as certaining th.c- -pacific gravity of bodies.— j In a grave and dignified manner he said. | “Mr Mode- ‘iis 1. Id up your right hand.” j George Y;■ obeyed and held up his hand. “M : -. Polly, hold up yours.”— ! Polly in hoi confusion held up heiTeft hand. [‘The other hand. Miss Peahlossom.’ And i the Squire proceed in a loud and composed i manner to qualify them, ‘you and each of you do solemnly . swear, in the presence of | Almighty God and the present company, that. j you will perform all and singular the fmic j tions of a husband or wife as the case maybe , ; to the best of your knowledge and ability, so | help you God!’ “Good, as wheat,” said Captain Peablos ! siim. “Polly, my gal, come kiss your old ! father. 1 have never felt so happy since the day I was discharged from the army, and set out homewards to see vour moth er,” Boarding by the Week. —The last good story from the Springs is, that of a gentle man who took board at a house where but seven dollars per week was charged. He remained five days, and on leaving, receiv ed a hill of ten dollars, which he promptly paid. It presently occurred to him that something was wrong, and he asked the landlord if his terms were not seven dollars per week 1 “ Oil yes,” said the host, “ but vou have been here only five da vs, and we j charge two dollars per day.” “Oh well ‘ then,” returned ‘he •. isitor with exceeding i naicete, “ Give nv back the three dollars, land I will stay with you the rest of the week.” N. Y. Mirror. A fellow was recently found by a lady of Cincinnati in In r parlor under suspicious circumstances. Locking the door to pre j vent his escape she. called for help and her I brother-in-law coming in to her assistance, j thev searched him and found his pockets I stuffed with valuables which he had taken I from a bureau. Mo was immediately tied !to a bed-post, and the lady wore up a ■ broomstick and several other articles of j length over his shoulders, after which ho ’ was suffered to depart [YOUIMM YXYJII.
