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NEWS & PLANTERS’ GAZETTE.
. Ci. (JOTTING, Editor.
No. 21.—NEW SERIES.]
News and Planters ’ Gazette.
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Sales of Land and 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 of an Estate
must be published forty days.
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Court of Ordinary, for leave to sell Land or Ne
groes, must be published for .four months—
notice that application will be made for Letters
of Administration, must be published thirty days;
and Letters of Dismission, six months.
Mail Arrangements.
POST OFFICE, i
Washington, Ga., Sept. 1, 1843. \
EASTERN MAIL.
By this route, Mails are made up for Raytown,
Double-Wells, Crawfordvilie, Camack, Warren
ton, Thompson, Dealing, and Barzelia.
ARRIVES.
Monday, Wednesday, and Friday, at 0, A. M.
CLOSES.
Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday, at 24, P. M
western Mail.
By this route, Mails are made up for all Offi
ces in Soutii-Western Georgia, Alabama, Mis
sissippi, Louisiana, Florida, also Athens, Ga. and
the North-Western part of the State.
arrives —Wednesday and Friday, by 6 A. M.
closes —Tuesday and Thursday, at 12 M.
ABBEVILLE, S.C. MAIL.
By this route, Mails are made up for Danburg,
Pistol Creek, and Petersburg.
ARRIVES.
Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday, by 1 P. M.
CLOSES.
Monday, Wednesday, and Friday, at % A. M.
LEXINGTON MAIL.
jjj By this route, Mails are made up for Centre
ville, State Rights, Scull-shoals, and Salem.
arrives —Monday and Friday, at 0 A. M.
closes —Tuesday and Saturday, at 9 A. M.
APPLING MAIL.
, By this route, Mails are made up for Wrights
boro’, White Oak, Walker’s Quaker Springs.
arrives —Tuesday and Saturday, by 9 A. M.
closes —Monday and Friday, at 9 A. M.
ELBERTON MAIL.
By this route, Mails are made up for Mallo
rysville, (ioosepond, Whites, Mill-Stone, Harri
s'oiiville, and Ruckersville.
Arrives Thursday 8 P. M., and Closes same time.
LIXCOLNTON MAIL.
By this route, Mails are made up for Rehoboth,
. Stoney Point, Goshen, Double Brandies, and
Darby’s.
Arrives Friday, 12 M. | Closes same time.
O’ The Letter Box is tiie proper place to de
posite all matter designed to be transported by
Mail, and such as may be found there at the
times above specified, will be despatched by first
post.
palmer & McMillan,
TAILORS,
HAVE removed to N0.4, Bolton’s Range,
on the West side of the Public Square,
where they will be happy to see all their friends
and customers.
December 21,1843. 17
JOHN A. TRUSLOW,
TAILOR,
HAS removed from Danburg to Mallorys
ville. He will work as cheaply and well
as any Tailor in the county.
January 4, 1844. 3t 19
IRVIN & UARTRELL,
ATTORNEYS AT LAW,
HAVE removed their Office from the Court-
House to the Brick Building of Bolton &
Nolan, on the West side of the Public Square.
Washington, January 4, 1844. 4t 19
COTTING & BUTLER,
ATTORNIES,
riAV£ taken an OFFICE on the North
side of the Public Square, next door to
the Branch Bank of the State of Georgia.
October, 1843. 28
EXECUTOR’S SALE.
WILL be sold on Saturday the 241 h day of
February next, at the residence of Nan
-fcy Harper, late of Lincoln county, deceased, all
t the Perishable Property belonging to said de
ceased, consisting of Stock of various kinds,
Household and Kitchen Furniture, one good
Cotton Gin and Running Gear, one Wheat
Thresher, and various other articles too tedious
to name. Terms made known on the day. of sale.
JOHN HARPER, Ex’r.
January 11,1844. 20
LIST OF LETTERS
REMAINING in the Post-Office at Wash
ington, on the first day of January, 1844.
i
Borom, Amanda Miss Bowen, Sarah M.
Burks, John Bishop, Littlcbury
Bailey, Russel Bell, Joseph
Bently, Abe mrs.
Chivers, J Callaway, Seabon
Childers, Darling J Crews, John S
Crosby, Luev mrs. Carter, Mr.
I)
Dickinson, Ann S
F
Fouch, Thomas Farnsworth, James
II
Hopkins, Gilson Haliday, Richard I
Ilill, Wylie Holmes Wylie F
Heard, Elizabeth Hay, Riiody
Harris, Isabella Hancock, James
J
Jordan, John Jarratt, Atha
Jackson, Wychc Jackson, Joseph
Jesse, Mr. 2
L
Long, William Laughter, Ilenry 2
Lane, James II Laughter, Mr.
Lane, Micaja Rev.
M
McLain Mr.
N
Nolan, James 3
P
Peeples, Henry
R
Rainey, Berry
Sutton, Thomas Strother, C It
Statham, A 1> Spratling, Wm J
Sharman, Clement Smith, G B
Smith, Timothy • Smith, Martha C
T
Trumbo, V R Thomas, John M
Thomas, Josiali
W
Walton, John Willard, George A
Wylie, B. F. Woetten, Agnes Miss
Walker, A N Dr. Weed, Wm A
Wootten, Thomas Wellborn, A R 65
Persons asking for Letters from the above list,
will please say they are advertised,
JOSEPH VV. ROBINSON, V. M.
January, 4, 1844. 3t 10
NELSON CARTER,
HEALER IN
Choice Drugs and Medicines,
Chemicals. Patent Medicines,
Surgical and Dental Instruments,
Perfumery, Brushes,
Paints, Oils, Dye-Stuffs,
Window Glass, Spc. fyc.
REIT MORTAR. AUGUSTA , Ga.
October 12, 1843. ly 7
HAVILAND, RISLEY & Cos.
Near the Mansion House, Globe and United
States Hotels,
AUGUSTA, GA.,
DEALERS IN CHOICE
DRUGS AND MEDICINES,
Surgical and Dental Instruments,
Chemicals, Patent Medicines,
Perfumery, Brushes, Paints, Oils,
Window Glass, Dye Stuffs,
&.C. &c.
Being connected with Havii.anp,
Keese &. Cos., New-York, and ILvv-
II.AND, Harral fc Allen, Charles
iPt ton, they are constantly receiving
fresh supplies of every article in
their line, which they are enabled to sell at the
lowest market prices.
O’ All goods sold by them, warranted to be of
the quality represented, or may be returned.
Augusta, August 1843. 51
PHILADELPHIA NEW CASH STORE.
Goods Cheaper than ever !
J. MAYER & BROTHERS.
Respectfully inform the citizens of
Washington and vicinity, that they have
opened a
Stock of Goods
In the New Building on the West side of the
Public Square, one building above Messrs. Bol
ton & Nolan. Their Stock consists of
American and Foreign Dry fy Fancy Goods.
Boots, Shoes, Ready-made Clothing,
and many other articles too tedious to mention.
Call and suit yourselves. Terms
Cash.
November 9,1843. 3m 11
I have a Saddle Horse to hire to
such customers as will use him
well and pay promptly,
tljji Also, for sale, two Milch Cows,
Pi ilfTWin and a few half blooded Berkshire
Pigs. M. J. KAPPEL.
January 4, 1844. 19
JYotice •
ALL persons are forwarned from trading for
a Note of Hand for #SOO, given by me to
James R. Gunn, dated about the 20th of Sep
tember, 1843, due the 25th of December 1844.
As I have received no consideration for said
Note, I shall contest the payment of the same
until I receive such consideration.
JOSEPH E. PINSON.
January 4, 1844. 3t 19
WAi&ai wmmm*
ALL persons indebted to me are requested to
come forward and pay up, as I am about to
leave this place. Those who neglect this re
quest will be put to some trouble and perhaps to
costs.
E. VINCENT.
January 6,1844. 2f, 20
WASHINGTON, (WILKES COUNTY, GA.,) JANUARY IS, IS 14.
ititorrUjiHrous.
THE DOOM OF THE DRINKER.
The Infuriated Tiger.
•‘Bounds with one lashing spring, the mighty j
brute
wide waving to and fro
His angry fail; red rolls his eye’s dilated
glow.”
“Where his vast neck just mingles with tho
spine,
Sheathed in his form the deadly weapon lies.”
Childe Harold's Pilgrimage.
Upon one evening, a party of collegians
and young bloods of the town had met to- ;
gel her at my room to play and carouse.—
In fact, it was a regular meeting of the j
Sud hunters, who assembled twice in every i
week. We kept it up jollily until mid- j
night, having in that lime managed to get
full of Bacchus, when Somers proposed j
that we should sally forth and astonish the I
town by some well planned and well direc
ted piece of mischief. Without any one of i
us having a very clear conception of our
actions or intentions, we hailed the propo- 1
sition with drunken rapture and started
forth.
A traveling menagerie had arrived in
tiie town the day before, and among the
wonders it contained was a young bear.—
The poor animal had been so well beaten,
that he became very humble, and acquired
a number of amusing tricks. Os this we
were all aware, having visited the menage
rie the day before. Just as we passed the
spot where the animals were confined, it
occurred to me what rare sport it would be
to capture young Bruin, and place him in
the chemical lecture room, to astonish, ou
the next day, the professor and the class.
No sooner had I made a proposition to
this effect, than it was adopted, and all vol
unteered their assistance in carrying it in
to execution. The tent or pavillior. which
covered the beasts, was erected in the great
yard of the principal tavern. The cages
each containing one or more animals, were
iron grated boxes, standing on wheels, by
means of w hich they had been dragged in
to the town. These were ranged around
the interior of the tent, forming a circular
array of wood and iron. Not imagining
that any one would disturb the animals, tiie
showmen and keepers had retired to rest
along with the inmales of tiie tavern, leav
ing the tents entirely unwatchcd. Thus
we were afforded a clear field in which to
execute our scheme. After several of our
number had been posted as sentinels, the
rest crept in under the canvass, and entered
the arena. It was some time before we
could, in tiie deep darkness of the place,
identify the cage in which our friend Bruin
had been placed to sleep. After stumbling
over divers thing which lay scattered about,
and peering here and there in the dark, we
found the object of our search. There in
a substantial cage, was the dim outline of
the animal, his twoeyes flashing drops of
fire at being aroused from his quiet slum
ber.
The next difficulty that occurred to us
was the mode of conveying him to the col
lege, which w as several hundred yards dis
tant. Some of the revellers proposed that
we should throw a halter around his neck
and so drag him along. We rejected this,
not for any personal tear, since w e had ar
rived at that point which makes one oblivi
ous of danger, but lest we should be seen
by some late straggler, and have our fun
spoiled. A better plan was, after much
scheming, devised, and one which met with
universal acquiescence.
In the tavern-yard stood a water hoglts
head, with a sliding lid fastened by means
of a hasp and staple. We had only to roll
this in, slide down the box from the wheels,
open the door immediately in front of the
hogshead, and drive the animal in. We
could then pusn down the lid of the cask,
secure it by means of a rope passed through
the staples, and roll our prisoner and
prison-house to the college.
No sooner was this suggested than we
hastened to put it into execution. The
cage, with our united efforts, was slid qui
etly down from the wheels —Bruin growl
ing all the time with anger—the hogshead
was rolled in and placed open end in front
of the cage and the animal stirred up with
our canes. With a terrific yell he rushed
in, and we closed the lid suddenly down
upon him, fastening it at the same time in
a secure manner. The yell of the bear had
roused the other animals, and our ears were
regaled for the next ten minutes with a va
riety of hideous sounds, that wakened fear
fully thesleeping echoes of the night. The
animal in the hogshead growled, and his
voice came like distant thunder, so deaden
ed was it by the wood in which he lay. His
fellows had no incumbrance to their voices
and they howled as clearly as though they
had been in their native forest.
Fearful of being discovered we remained
quiet for a time, holding our very breaths
in suspense. But no one disturbed, or
thought of disturbing us. The animals of
ten started a chorus of strange noises during
tiie night, and the keepers thinking nothing
unusual to be the matter, merely cursed
the unruly beasts for destroying the unity
of their rest, and turning back, went to sleep
again.
As soon as quiet was restored, we slit a
hole in the canvass, for we were afraid to
emerge by the aperture which faced the
tavern, rolled our hogshead through the
yard to the back gate, which we unfasten
ed and then passing into the road, started
at a quick rate for our spot of destination.
Over and over went the hogshead, the ani
mal within growling at the rough treatment
PUBLISHED EVERY THURSDAY MORNING.
he experienced, wo nearly convulsed with
laughter at tiie uncouthness of the noise
which lie made.
At length we reached tho back part of
the college, when one of our party climbed
over the wall and unfastened the gate. \Ve
rolled in our prize to the back door of the
laboratory, which was the place where our
professor of chemistry lectured. Wo found
that in consequence of the narrowness of
the door, the hogshead would not enter. —
Such being tiie case, we were about to start
tiie animal through the open door, when an
idea more redolent of fun struck the fancy
ofSomers. Back of the lecture room was
a small apartment containing odds and
ends, and which was not visited, perhaps,
once a month. He said rightly that if we
placed Bruin in this apartment, he would
not likely be discovered until sometime du
ring the lecture of the chemical professor,
when the noise he would be apt to make at
tracting attention, tiie plot would readily
he brought to a crisis. We joined our
strength, and, upon our shoulders, up went
the hogshead, until it was placed on a level
with the window. A light young fellow,
the smallest of the parly climbed up, hois
ted the window, and slided tip the lid of the
cask. VVe shook tiie hogshead violently,
hut at first to no purpose. The animal
was thoroughly frightened, and lay still, or
with only an occasional growl. We shook
it again, and he started. There was but
one possible mode of progression, which
was straight forward ; and the brute gave a
spring through the window. There was a
crash ofglass, a howl, and the terrified atii
mat, crouching in the corner, remained si
lent. Our little companion closed the sash
und leaped down. We rolled the hogshead
up into a corner of the yard, and, returned
to our rooms, continued our revelry till
near day-light.
It was about uoon when I awoke. 1
hurried on my clothes, passed a wet towel
round my head, swallowed some soda wa
ter, and afterwards a cup ofcoflee, and then
hastened to the college. It was tiie hour
of the professor of chemistry, and I entered
the room just as he had commenced to des
cant upon his subject. The class were all
wrapt in attention ; for the lecturer was an
able man, and was treating upon “Light,”
a matter of interest, and capable of beauti
ful illustration. He had scarcely finished
his short and eloquent ezordium, before we
heard a crasli of bottles and a low, startling
growl in the next room. The professor
started, and stopped a moment, while those
of the class not in the secret, looked at each
other in astonishment. There was a pause
ofa few seconds’ duration—and then the
professor proceeded.
1 began to feel alarmed. I remembered
what had been done the night before. Un
der ordinary circumstances, there was no
daoger to be apprehended. The bear was
tame enough, and had been whipped until
he had imbibed a proper sense of the supe
riority of man. But from the sounds, 1
judged that Bruin had worked himself into
the room, only separated from us bv a thin
partition full oi’ windows, in which were
kept the various drugs used in illustrative
experiments. There were a great many
carboys and bottles of acid in that room.—
Should lie overset any of these, and their
contents touch his skin, he would be apt to
break through the windows of tiie apart
ment, and do some mischief before we could
secure him. By tiie looks of mv compan
ions, I saw they entertained the very same
fears.
There was another crash and growl.—
The professor stopped again, and the class
looked around in dismay. Those who were
acquainted with the cause of the noise,
could scarcely keep their countenances. —
In spite of the alarm under which they la
bored, there was something so ludicrous in
the growl, especially when we figured to
ourselves the coming consternation of the
class, that they could hardly refrain from
laughing outright. The professor who
could not exactly tell from whence the
sound proceeded, and thought it a trick of
the class, reproved them severely, and then
continued his lecture. “Gentlemen,” said
he, preparing for a brilliant experiment, “1
will show you a most startling effect.”
And lie did. Hark ! there was a sudden
crash, as if every bottle in the place had
been destroyed at once—a smoke rose up—
there was a terrific howl, that made the
blood curdle and the marrow thrill—and
through that frail glass—Father ofTruth !
we had mistaken the cage—there leapt
forth infuriated with tiie burning liquid,
which streamed over him—horror! —an un
tamed royal tiger.
No words can describe the consternation
of the class. Not one stirred. Petrified
by horror—motionless—breathless —there
we sat. Not a muscle quivered, so rigid
were we with our intense fear. It was our
preservation. Maddened with the pain,
the animal rushed on with terrific bounds,
and, meeting with no obstacle passed down
the stairs into tlie great hall. There, as
lie leaped and rolled, and howled in his
agony, the eldest daughter of our janitor,
coming with a message, unwittingly en
tered. She screamed and fell. The tiger,
frantic with the acid, which was eating to
his very flesh, heeded her not. On he pas
sed, and the girl lived. Better had she
died, for never more shone the light of rea
son on her vacant eyes. From that day
forth, site was a gibbering incurable idiot.
On passed the tiger—on! on! on! through
the streets, with the populace flying to eve
ry side for shelter—past his old prison,
wherC the keepers stood wondering at his
escape—on he went, bound after bound,
howling, screaming with agony. On he
went, while behind, before, and around, |
rose up the mingled cry of men, women J
and children—“ The tiger! the tiger!”
At the extremity of the main .street. a !
traveller was riding quietly to his home.!
He hoard the noise behind him, and, eas- j
ting his eyes around, saw the cause, lie
spurred his horse, who started snorting with j
terror, (or lie saw the coming of tlie migh
ty animal as well as his master. It was
in vain. The tiger noted not the man.—
lie saw only the terrified steed. One leap !
—the distance was just saved ; and struck :
his claws in the hindquarters of the horse, !
who, unmindful of his double burthen, |
rushed on, bearing the fearful load as tliu’
it were a feather’s weight. The man re I
ceived no hurt. With the presence of mind !
and coolness mast determined ; for it resul
ted front despair, he drew his bowie-knife
from his bosom, and, with a firm stroke, j
buried it to the hilt in the neck of the tiger. \
The spinal marrow of tiie royal brute was j
severed, and lie died on tiie instant. But
he did not release his hold. Still, with the
death-grip, lie clung to his place, his eyes
glassed and glaring, and his claws sunk
deep into the flesh. On went tho horse,
snorting, plunging, and screaming in min
gled pain and terror; on he went, until ex
hausted by faligue and loss of blood he fell
prostrate. Those who came that way an
hour after, cautiously and timidly, saw the
three stretched together. They watched j
awhile and found they did not move. They
stole up ; lo the horse and tiger were dead, :
and over their lifeless forms was the travel
er, insensible, though alive, and still gras
ping in his hand tho friendly knife.
From tiie Southern Literary Messenger.
NO TIME TO STUDY.
What a painful sight to behold a young
man calmly and deliberately settled down
into the conviction that he has no time to
study. Bearing the inv'ge of Him, who
is all Spirit, and exhibiting in himself eve
ry manifestation of that glorious essence j
which constitutes the true man, and still
willing that his better part should rttn to
waste. With a field in possession which,
by proper cultivation, might produce a
thousand beautiful flowers,w hose fragrance,
perhaps, might be wafted through tiie moral
world for ages, he is satisfied to vegetate a
bed of noxious arid poisonous weeds, with
here and there a sickly plant of higher’
worth, which, becoming choked, withers
and dies in a day.
It is an erroneous idea that we have no
time to study. Not one in a hundred of
those who make the assertion, tells the
truth. The same individuals that cherish
this notion, throw away time every day.—
A few fragments of a day will, in a short
time, equal a whole one, and in that period,
no inconsiderable amount of labor, mental
or physical, may be accomplished.
No time to study! Why, Roger Sher
man studied on his shoe-bench ; there he
fitted himself for a higher bench—a judge’s.
llis name, he afterwards had the honor—
with tiie boldness—to record with the long
list of worthies, who signed that noble in
strument, w hich, through all future time,
will give glory’ to the eighteenth century—
the Declaration of American Independence.
Franklin found time to study when his bu
siness as printer pressed heaviest. Mo
ments that might have been given to vain
musements or wasted in idleness, he de
voted to reading and to thinking. Had he
not so done, the gems of w isdom, w hich now
shine Highest in our nation’s archives,
would never have been bequeathed to us ;
some of the most beautiful fields of phi
losophy might still lie concealed from
the admiring gaze of the lovers of science ;
and the lightnings of Heaven still be shoot
ing through illimitable space, wholly un
bridled, and bidding full defiance to human
agency. Dr. Rush, of Philadelphia, found
time to study in his carriage while making
visits to his patients. By economizing time
and being diligent in the pursuit of useful
know ledge, he has left behind him several
volumes of sound erudite disquisitions,
some of the utmost importance to the medi
cal student and others of equal and para
mount value to all classes. Baron Cuvier,
the noted French naturalist, also employed
his time in study while passing in his car
riage from place to place. By his untir
ing zeal after knowledge, and more parti
cularly knowledge pertaining to natural
history, lie accomplished more perhaps for
that branch of tiie physical sciencies than
any man that has ever lived. As the fa
ther of Comparative Anatomy, his name
has become inseparably blended with that
science and its glory will never fade, till
the light of science is extinguished.
But why multiply these illustrations
which random thought so rapidly suggests?
Enough that every great man—every tru
ly, deservedly great man, has wrought bis
greatness for himself—wrought it through
the aid of instruments obtainable by all—
energy, petseverence, mental discipline,
“action; noble god-like action !”
And who would not be a great man ?
great in goodness, great in usefulness ; and
great in all those qualities of mental and
moral excellence which it is the preroga
tive of rational man alone to possess, and
his highest glory to exhibit? lie who has
no desire for such distinction, has lost sight
of his being’s true purpose ; be can make
but few foot prints on the shores of life
which will retain their impression, or which,
at least, surviving associates could wish to
ba permanent. Oh ! we were created for
purposes high as Heaven itself and time is
in the possession of every one sufficient to
Iff. J. KAPPEL, Printer .
j fit himself for the fulfilment. But let the
j young especially be frugal in tlie use of its
fleeting moments. There are none to w aste.
! “Youth is not rich ill time ;it may be poor ;
l’art with it as with money ; pay
No moment, but in purchase of its worth.”
So doing, you may find much time to stu
| dy, much time for improvement in every
j respect, and living or dead, be a blessing to
: tho world ofmonkind.
Poisoning Indians. — The following is an
! extract front the speech lately delivered by
j President Houston.
I “I ask you to go back with me to ’39.
Our intercourse with the Indians was ohar
| acidized by flagrant violations of justice
lon our part. They came in among us pea
ceably and tranquil. When they returned
home, traders went out with them, packing
poison, witit a view to kill offall those who
sat down to the first table ; for they do not
I treat their ladies with quite so much res.
poet as we ; they are rather ungallant, and
always cat first. Wliat was the result?
Three hundred and fifty Commanclies were
poisoned—and died ! More were poisoned
but some tecovered. The survivors burn
ed the men who had so treacherously sacri
ficed so many of their people. Tit is was
proclaimed as a foul massacre ofthe whites,
j on the part of the Indians ; hut it was only
j murdering traders wito, in fact, laid niur-
S dered them.”
KISSING THE BRIDE.
I Some thirty years ago, when the custom
’ of kissing was more in vogue amour; the
i r> n e*
1 ministers than at the present day, tiie con
! gregation of old Mr. W., in one of the west
j ern towns in this county, were much exer
cised about their parson, on account of his
indulging in such practices. They con
| side red it unbecoming their spiritual guide,
! and tiie deacons of tho church w ere filially
; appointed to wait upon Mr. W. and renion
! strate with hint on his conduct in the par
i tietilar referred to. They accordingly
; called at the house of tiie parson, and w ore
received \ery kindly by the old gentleman,
who listened patiently to their reasons why
he should desist, but he told them that it
was a part of the ceremony, which he had
rarely omitted, and one which he view ed as
perfectly innocent, botlt in its performance
’ and its tendency. After discussing the
| subject for a length of time, the deacons
I fiuding their arguments unavailing, at
tempted the force of ridicule. The parson
bore it all very patiently, without making
much reply, when one ofthe “commission,
ers,” in reply to Mr. VV., who said lie al
ways had and -should “ kiss the bride,”
asked him whether, in case tiie parties
were colored, he would adhere to that rule?
“No, no,” said Mr. W., “ whenever that
occurs, 1 shall send for my deacons.” The
meeting was dissolved, and nothing more
was ever heard against old I’arson W’s.
saluting the bride.
New Ilaecn Palladium.
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VALUE OF A KISS.
Different persons have different tastes,
and this peculiarly extends even to juries.
One, some time ago, gave a gentleman 500
dollars because another man kissed his
wife, but a jury in Dedham, Mass., decla
red that one was not worth 300, the whole
amount demanded. The peculiar charac
teristics in the latter instance ofthe mouth
kissed are not mentioned, and there may be
something in the lips themselves which
would probabiy justify the jury’s decision,
but as the lady is described as twenty-five
and tiie gentleman sixty-five, and as he is
said to have kissed her with apparent sat
isfaction, the imputation of bad taste would
seem to rest upon the jury. The case was
as follows :—A Mr. Horson, of Dorchester,
brought an action on a promissory note of
S3OO against Lydia Withington ; and tho
payment of the note was resisted on the
ground that it was given without consider
ation. It was set up and proved in defence
that the brother of the defendant hud kissed
the plaintiffs wife, and being caught in the
“catastrophe,” the plaintiff compelled him
to obtain his sister’s note for S3OO under
threat of a criminal prosecution. Major
Samuel Withington, the man who bestowed
the kiss upon Mrs. llorson, described the
kiss as being one of pure friendship; do
cile in its nature, and perfectly harmless.
She was a perfect stranger to him ; he had
called upon her at her house, and became
so interested, that on parting, he ventured
to kiss her. It not appearing that this inti
tnaev had gone any tartherthan a kiss, the
jury decided that it was not wortli S3OO ; or
if it was, that the sister of the gay Major
was not the proper person to pay for it; and
they gave a verdict for the defence accor
dingly.
A DIALOGUE.
“I say, boy, whose horse is that you’r
riding ?”
“ Why, it’s daddy’s.”
“ Who is your daddy ?”
“ Don’t you know ? Why, Uncle Pete
Jonee.”
“ So—vou are the son of your uncle ?
“ Why, yes, I calculate 1 am. Vou see,
dad got to be a w idower, and married rov
er’s sister ; so I reckon he’s my uncle.
* 4 130y, vou are not far removed from a
fool.” * , . , .
“ Well, as we aint more n three feet a
part, 1 think just as you say.”
“Good morning.”
“Good mornin.” You didn't come it
; that time, stranger.
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