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>JV IE undersigned, t'"ue to Ins promise, ngiitti
8. presents to the Public more il.ua on u In, |.
they can safely base their calculations relative
to the respective merits of the depleting system
of ihe disciples of Esciilnpitis, and oftlut invig
orating and plilogestic one of which he is proud
to be the advocate.
reliving the stilts of egotism and shafsof rid
icule fir the use of those who have nothing hnt
’er to stand on, and no other weapons for attach
or defence, he selects his standing on truth, and
uses such support only as merit gives him ; and
fir weapons, he chooses simply to assail tin
ranks of lie enemy occasionally with “a little
..lore grape,” in the form of fads,which are evi
il muly the hardest kind us arguments since they
often a.lminister to Ins quiet amusement hy the
tumble dostriidinn they cause anumg the stilts
and ill.; ludicrous effect they produce in causing
certain individuals to laugh, as it is expressed in
I linniely phrase, “oil t’other side the mouth. ’’
Tito Mexicans are not the only people, these
I .lays, whom vanity has blinded to their mvn ile-
Ifni'ts", neither call they claim much superiority
Ini tho way of fancied eminence and blustering
II Mv-nl i over many that live a great deal nearer
■in.ii i. V salutary lesson has latterly been giv
vn the former by the Americans, and the latter
Hmy ere lon g take “ another of the same ” ala
I Ino 1 e ilr. Tin,lor.
After the following there will still he “a few
I til ne left.”
Georgia, lonks County. 1848.
I This certifies hat for more than four or five
I knars aiy wife was afilicteil with a disease pccn-
I liar to her sex, anil notwithstanding all that we
Ip'iihi i|.», sli - still continued to get Worse Tlie
I Pltvsiciaus in attendance h.iu •• iiausled tlicir
['kill without rendering her any assistance till,
Ia 1844, when she was confined to her lied in a
| |ary I, i w condition, I got her last attend ant to go
1 uli me to .Macon and lay her case bpf<>o! Dr
l -'i. liiomson, \vho, withmit having seen her,
numbed and sent her ntedictne that soon rc
cvc.l her, and in the course of a short time re
■ ori! ‘ l to permanent health She has now
9 "■ a well about four years and rejoices in the
■ pnovery ot her long lost health
FRANCIS B. lIASCAL.
Macon June 22d, 1848.
■ 111: M. S. Thomson —Dear Sir: Deeming it
'buy I owe to yourself as well as to the alllicted
I S " - have conc'itiled to give you a short
H ateoie. nt of my case, which votl are at liberty to
if you think that the best mode of thereby
■ th ; interests of suffering hiimanity
*" vi:, y 1811, after considerable exposure to
* I VV; 's attacked with Asthma, which pros-
H "c l ai.i very much, and riolwitlistauding nil
H 11 l lli| l l he done to prevent it, it rnutinued to
~|rn sboat every two weeks till in I84(i, I ap
■ 1 1 '* x „u. Between these attacks 1 bail a very
H rough, which led some of the physicians
H ' vll0 "> I applied to believe that I hail constnnp-
H 1 applied to physicians of both the .Min-
H “."nil 11 itanic schools, of eminent gincial
*1 "lift 'Hi,ms, hut all to no benefit, for I contin-
H" *" jet worse,so much so that I had reduced
H " '' "M n Strong, fleshy man, down to a nice
■I ' <Ml "i and could hardly creep about —When
H j’i' ll|,| l to y ou, I had hut little faith in being
,( 1 '."’"o* l 1 liad witnessed some wonderful
■ '"'lu-ving your treatment, especially the
■ »i, , ;i I V , - Cr " z y worn ’ ,M y ou bought of Aquil
|da re' ;in'i 'a ,l ls P ,!r > > et they gave me eonfi
* edius ■ \ P' ,rßevcr tng *" the use of your
■ , if were hoping against hope,
H [ | 11 o ratified in being able to anno nice
■S|i„|’ t °f' tot'irely well, for I have had but
H it* :l,;k twi'iity months, and that was
* have now regained about
iU "I feel as strong as almost
lr a''ciiieni\"° r !?’ W !" nh '* m y !, se- Without
Bhlli IV.. c. ‘ I,e character of the other cures
, . I ' !f l. llp "fly resulted from your prac
iflßfur , lln ' n«y "f them can heat
|^Htonjitt ep , 'lsthina combined with a
S .' * S ~ heuit classed among the in-
K Must respectfully,yours,
lI.LIG Ilf FOOT.
■jHl ! < " s frj, stlll continues to treat Cltro
■H t'v lio.ii-j? ' ls, ' ,Nre at his office,or either of
■'' tin, "■? ''"uses, and at a distance
«r Hi 1 ”’t r, ,ir ''.v private hand. Those
nl e 'l 'liars !"' r3 """l attention, are treated
nt-88i' ! '"!,.r.0.. r lnontl ', those who do, at the
s, ' ’ ltns - Those who are able to
,, t , do so, without variation front
|,» ' vi "‘an, „” IR,inn t bargain is made,
nt "turn,. ' v ' ll ''o treated gratuitously.
I °*t'l ,a, d, and add'essed
; Hid S. THOMSON, M. D
I Macon, Ga.
VOLUIIB I.
ort r 8 .
The Churck-Yard Stile.
BY MISS ELIZA COOK.
I left thee young and gav, Mary,
When last the thorn was white ;
1 went upon my way, Mary,
And all the world seemed bright :
For though tny love had ne’er been told,
Yet, yeti saw thy form
Beside me, in the midnight watch,
Above tne, in the storm.
And many a blissful dream I bad,
That brought thy gentle smile
Just as it came w 1 ert last we leaned
Upon the church-yard stile.
I’m lirre to seek thee non , Mary,
As all I love the best,
To fondly tell thee now, Mary',
I’ve hid thee in my breast ;
I come to yield thee up my heart,
With hope, and truth and joy,
And crown with manhood’s honest faith
'Fite feelings of the hoy.
I breathed thy name, but every pulse
Grew still and cold the while,
Fori was told thou wert asleep,
I Just hy the church-yard s.ile.
My me-s-mates deemed nte brave, Mary,
Upon the sinking ship ;
But the flowers o’er thy grave, Mary,
Have power to blanch my lip ;
I felt no throb of quailing fear
Amid the wrecking surf,
But pale and weak I tremble here,
Upon tlie osieted turf;
I came to meet thy happy face,
And woo thy gleesomn smile,
And only find thy resting place
Close by the church-yard s.ile.
Oh ! years may puss away, Mary,
And sorrow lose its sting,
For Time is kind they say, Mary,
And flies with headlong wing;
The v. orld may make me old and wise,
And hope may have new birth,
And other joys and other ties
May link tne to the earth ;
Bui memory, living to the last,
Shall treasure up thy smile,
That called me hack to find thy grave,
Close to the church-vard stile-
Tlie Faithful Dog.
A STORY IIF A DA KING RURGLARY.
Tlie Messrs. Hurhert kept a very exten
sive jewelry establishment in one nt > at
large cities, anti for the better security nf
their store against file and other casual
ties, they employed one < f theirclerks to
sleep in it a night. The idea of die store’s
being attacked hy robbers was not for a
moment enierlaitied. hut it whs for other
ohjec s, such as seenri y from site, and the
like, that young Luring, tin l clerk, slept
there, f-T he was not supplied with any
weapons, to repel an attack of thieves
But !.no dark, dreary night lie was awak
ened by a singulni in ise which resembled
that which a party f burglars might pro
duce in an attempt to enter the building,
and, looking towards the hack wind ws,
he soon satisfied himself that one or more
persons were endeavoring, as quietly as
possible, o effect an entrance at that quar
ter. They had already removed a part of
the sash and shutters with their cunningly
devised instruments, and must have been
at work some time before he vvasavvaken
ed.
Now young Loving regretted that he
had no weapon hut not through fear—
that was not a characteristic of the young
gentleman, hut that he might pepper the
rogues a lilt e. At first he determined to
cry out and amuse the watch, but as they
had advanced so far before lie awake, he
tli ugltt he would dtive ihetn off by strat
agem. He slipped on his clo lies quietly,
and approaching the spot where ihe thieves
were busy, he saw the hand of .tie of
them passed inside of the shutter into the
store, in its owner’s endeavors to guide a
small handsaw, with w hich he was cutting
ati aperture for his body to pass through.
Young Loring felt inclined to chop off
the ha il wi It a small hatchet that lay
hard by, hut lie refrained, and bethought
himself of a powerful preparation of a
caustic vitiiol and other penetrating stuff’s
that were used in the testing of the purity
of silver and other metals. One drop of
this would eat instantly into the flesh, and
produce a poisonous sore in ten minutes’
time. He cautiously dropped a little upon
the burglar’s hand, and awaited the re
sult.
‘ Bill,’ at length exclaimed theburglar to
his comrade, ‘ I’ve got a cursed burning
on the back of my hand. It’s so sore 1
can hardly work this saw. Phew! how it
smai ts ! I guess I’ve cut it with the saw.
Hold the dark lantern here.’
* Fudge!’ replied hiscotnpanion, ‘ change
hands then, hut don’t stop.’
‘Take the saw yourself, then! I can’t
stand tliH pain !’
And while the discomfitted burglar with
drew to groan over the supposed cut, the
other took his place with the saw, and in a
moment after received a few drops of the
fiery liquid up >tt the back of his hand, and
was soon groaning with agony.
‘Curse this 6aw ! it has cut me, too !’
groaned the second thief.
JIACOAf, (GA.' SATURDAY M«R\I.\G, NOVEMBER 3, 1819.
And after sundry oaths mutually ex
changed, until the first and worst attack of
pain was over, they renewed the attempt
to make an entrance.
'1 he clerk permitted them to go on a
while uninterruptedly, knowing that at
any moment he could stop their efforts by
crying out. but he hoped to hear some,
watchman passing the front of the store,
upon whom he could call to secure the]
r uges, and he resolved to wait for this
untt! t would do to wait no longer. But
soon the burglars had so much enlarged
the hole, that they would shortly be able
to enter by ii themselves.
JSeeittg that he must do something to
s’op them, the clerk crept in the dai k close
at one sid • of the window, and uttered a
"\v, hut fierce grand, in imitation of a
dog. Both of the rouges stepped hack at
this unexpected interru tion.
‘Hang it, Bill, there’s a cursed dog in
there. I didn’t know that the Hurbeits
kept one,’said one to another.
‘.\ dog] that’s had. Curse’em, if it
j was a man, why a shot or a ditk stroke
, would fix him ; but a dog is quite another ,
tiling, for, if we shot him he'd he sure to
| half kill one of us !’
‘ Bow, wow, wow !’ cried tliec’erk, with
| all his power, as he saw them preparing to
resume their work.
‘ Confound the dog !’ exclaimed both.
‘ Never tnitul; go ahead, Bill, and get
it open, now. I’ll fix him when we get
in.’
The burglar addressed as Bill, thrust
his hand in once more wrench off tlie last
piece of wood that obstructed their en
trance, when the clerk, having already
armed himself w ith a large pair of pin
cers, seized the rubber's hand as though
in a vice, and sat up such an outrageous
harking that the whole neighborhood was
alarmed.
‘ For heaven’s sake. Jark, lend us a hand
here : the ett sed animal is biting my hand
half off! said the burg ar to his confeder
ate.
‘ Pull it away— pu’l it away quick.'
* 1 can’t.’
‘ (five it a jerk !’ said the oilier.
* O o-o ! I can’t ! murder, murder!’
1 he cry, added to the bellnwings of the
supposed dog, soon brought the watch in
good earnest, and the thief, who was at
liberty to do so, ran for his life.
The watchmen’s lights showed Bill
Sikes that he had been b.l.cn by a pair <>J
pirn era.
This is a fact, and occurred in N. York
City during the winter of 1841; and Bill
Si es served out his imprisonment at
Blackwell’s Island.
'I A king Tot.n. — A snow having fallen,
the young folks of the village got up a
grand sleighing party to a country tavern
at some distance, and the interesting Wid
ow Lambkin sat in the same sleigh, under
the same buffalo robe with tnvself.
‘Oh, oh—don’t!’ she exclaimed, as we
came to the first bridge, catching me by
the arm, and turning Iter veiled face to
wards me, while her little eyes twinkled
through the gauze, in the moonlight.
* Don't what V 1 asked ; ‘ I’m not doing
any thing.’
‘ Well, hut 1 thought you were going to
ta e toll,’ replied Mrs. Lambkin.
‘ Toll?’ I rej ined ‘ What’s that ?’
•Now, do tell ?’ exclaimed the widow,
her clear laugh ringing above the music of
tho bells. ‘ i r. Mellows pretends that he
don t kn \v what toll is !’
‘ Indeed, 1 don’t then,’ I said, laughing
in turn.
‘ Don’t know that the gentlemen, when
they go a-sleighing, claim a kiss as toll
when they cross a bridge! Well, I never !’
But shall 1 tell it all 1 The struggles
of the widow to hold the veil were not
sufficient to tear it, ami somehow, when
tlie veil was removed, her face vvas turned
directly towards my own, and tlie snow
glistening in tfie moonlight, and the horse
trotting on of himself, the toll was taken
for tlie first time in the life of Dr. Mel
lows.
Soon we came to a long bridge, hut the
widow said ii was ‘no use to tesist,’ and
she paid up as soon as vve reached it.
‘ But you won't lake toll for every span,
will you doctor V she asked. To which
the only reply was a practical negative to
tlie question.
Did you ever, render, sleigh ride with a
widow, and take toll at the b.idges?—
The Doctor.
Punctuality. —Method, as Mrs. Moor
says, is the very hinge of business, and
there is no business without punctuality.
Punctuality is important, because it sub
serves the peace and good temper of a
family ; tlie want of it not only infringes on
necessary duty, but sometimes excludes
this duty. Punctuality is impor’ant as it
gains time ; it is like packing things in a
box; a good packer will get in Halt’ as much
more as a bad one. The calmness of mind
which il produces is another advantage of
punctuality ; a disorderly man is always in
a hurry : be has no time to speak with you,
because he is going elsewhere ; and when
he gets there he is too late for his business,
or he must hurry away to another before
lie can finish it. It was a wise maxim of
the Duke of Newcastle—“l do one thing
at a time.” Punctuality gives weight to
character—“such a man has made an ap
pointment ; then I know he will keep it.”
And this generates punctuality in you ;
for like other virtues it propagates itself.
How Captain Adams did It.
“ My father,” said the General, “ told
Colonel Wood, one evening, that he was
going over to F. the next day morning, to
.collect a debt of Captain Adams, and in
vited Colonel Wood to ride over with him.
‘We shall get a fine breakfast,’said the
old man, 4 ami be bark by noon.”
t So, th§ next morning, away went my
«ier and Col. W. to collect the debt of
jjtain Adams. It was a fine frosty morn
ing. and after a two hunts’ ride they ar
rived at the Captain's tavern. As they
drove up, out came tiie Captain and right
glad di<l lie seem to see my father and
, Col. Wood.
| ‘ Walk in, gentlemen,’ said he, —‘take
a seat in No. 1. Hello, Bam ! take this
horse to the stable, and rub him down well.
Os course you'll have breakfast genile
' men ! Jim —kill a couple of fat pullets,
and gel breakfast for two—all ready, gen
tlemen, in half an hour.’
Well, when my lather and Col. W. had
warmed themselves, the Col, pr< p sod to
take a stroll about town, whi e my father
was set ling with tlie Captain ; hut no
sooner diJ father enter the bar room than
tha Captain began again.
‘ Here's a nice toddy,’ said he; ‘I don’t
believe you have tasted a better —try it.’
And sine enough, my father found it tlie
very best pin t ddy he ever did try. Be
fore he could finish smacking his lips, the
Captain was at him attain, and kept up
such a continual jabbering that my father
couldn’t get his debt in edgewise.
Presently in came the Colonel, and the
hell rang for breakfast. Everything was
neat as anew pin, line steak, prime chick
ens, fresh eggs and rare coffee, and then
such toast.
‘ Take it easy,’ said the Captain, as he
bowed in and out with the fixins. ‘l’ll
have the horse at tlie door in good time.’
Breakfast ended, sure enough, there was
the lioree already, and all tny father and
Col. Wood had to do vvas to jump in.
‘ Well,’ said the Captain, as he gave the
reigns to tny father, ‘all right, I take it
gentlemen—call again soon—d<>—pleas
ant ride to you—good morning !’
Now, as they drove along home, said
Col. V/. to my father,
‘ Did you get your debt paid V
‘ No,’ said my father. ‘ What prime
toast.’
‘ Yes,’replied the Colonel, ' but why
didn’t you get your money?’
‘ Why,’ B-aid my father, ‘ the fellow bluff
ed tne square oft’ with his b own toast and
gin toddy; I’ll he whipped if he gave me
a chance to ask him for it.’
L'gic. —‘ The orifice of the typhantum
appears to be enlaiged, and the globules
of the abdominal functions are much de
ferred in this patient’ remarked the quack
doctor, as he held a sick mart’s arm.
* Lord, doctor, where was you b in?’in
quit ed the old lady.
‘ lit Germany, madam ; in Germany.
Finished my education in France.’
' 1 thought so. 1 knew so,’ replied tlie
old woman, * nobody was ever born in this
country that knows as much as you do!’
An 0»d Firm —Some years ago their
existed a firm in a New Fnglatid town,
ihe name of which was 'Sparks & Flint.’
They failed, and S arks, the senior pait
ner made tracks for regions unknown.
Poor Flint endeavored to make the credi
tors su pose the failure originated from
his having connection with a rascal like
Sparks. A village way wrote the follow
ing lines upon the shut up store door :
“ Flint” and “Sparks’’ in contact came,
To trade and deal—or die ;
From the “ connection" rose a flantc,
Which caused “ Sparks” to fly.
Now which should hear the blow and dint
David Sparks or Jonathan Flint ?”
Progress of Improvement — ‘Moth
er,’ asked a six foot gawkev, after two
hours of brown study, ‘what did you and
dad used to do when he come a courtin’
you ?’
‘Good airth and seas! what dev. you
mem, Jttdehiah V
‘ Why, 1 went a courtin’ last Sunday
night —1 went to Deacon Doolittle’s to see
Peggy, and she told rue 1 didn’t know
how to court. 1 axt her to show tne how,
and says she ‘ax your rnattn.’ So now 1 |
want to know what you and father did.’
‘ La, sus ! Why, Jed, we used to sit hy j
the site, and eat roast turkeys and mince j
pies, and drink cider, and watch the crick
ets runnin’ round the hearth.’
‘ Good gracious! times aint as they used
to was, mother, that’s sartin. 1 was all
slicked up to kill, and looked tearin’
scrumpshus, and the only tiling Peggy gin
me was a raw cold pickle !’
A Practical Man. — In a recent trial
for an assault and battery, in Pennsylva
nia, the counsel for tlie defendant asked
one of the witnessess, a stout athletic man,
to describe the manner in which the plain
tiff vvas assaulted ; when he immediately
took hold of the counsel by the collar, and
gave him a tremendous shaking, to the no
small amusement of tho judges, specta
tors, &c., who were convulsed with laugh
ter.
Laziness grows on people ; it begins in
cobwebs, and ends in iron chains. The
more business a man has to do, the more
he is able to accomplish, for he learns to
economize his time.
NUMBER 19.
A Parody. —There is much good com
mon sense in the following version of an
old poem :
John Alcohol, my Joe John,
When vve were first acquaint,
I’d money in my pockets, John,
Which now I know there ain’t.
I spent it all in treating, John,
Because 1 loved you so:
But mark me how you’ve treated me !
John Alcohol, my Joe.
We've been too long together,
So you must take one road, John,
And I will take the other;
John Alcohol, my Joe John,
For wo may tumbledown, John
If hanrl in hand we go,
And I will hove the bill to foot,
John Alcohol, my Joe.
A Slight Mistake. — An aged gentle
man from the Borders lately resolved to
visit tlie ‘famous London town,’ and ar
rived in that city in tlie month of June. A
few days after his arrival, having walked
from mom to eve under a sultry sun, he
became fatigued, and wishful to rest him
self, lie entered Madame Tussaud’s exhi
bition of wax work, and sat down. He
had scarcely dune so, when baltny sleep
stole o’er him. A family party coming up,
tlie venerable gen 'email in the chair vvas
taken for one of Madame T’s wax-work
figures, and, accordingly, the party stoc.d
to gaze at him. The sire nodded; they
admired !
‘ Well,’ quoth the mother, ‘ how nat
ural !’
At this tlie father—a bit of a ethic in bis
own way—planted himself in front of tlie
supposed figure, and with all the severity
of ati Edinburgh reviewer, forthwith be
gan to point out all its faults, and to show
llie many grievous errors into which the
at list had fallen. But all that he had said
of its faults could not restrain the young
est girl from embracing the image—to be
stow a kiss! She did so, and the Border
er awoke. What the feelings of the par
ty were, it would bo difficult to describe.
One of them, in relating the incident, re
marked that he had heard of the confusion
at the building of the Tower of Babel,
hut he questions whether it vvas so great
as that of the party on this occasion.
Tiif. Truth.—A well known inhabitan
of U 1 version, one of the members of the
Society of Friends, vvas conversing in the
streets, the other day, with a professional
friend, when a female, who had evidently
been suffering from severe affliction, pass
ed by. The Friend, perceiving her weak
condi ion, acc s ed her, and said,
‘ Thou seeuiest very poorly; art thou
ill V
The woman replied that she vvas just
recovering from the effects of a prolonged
sickness, adding that she vvas very poor,
and would he thankful for any assistance
He immediately rejoined—
‘ Here is a shilling for thee—it is more
than God Almighty ever gave me.’
IDs friend, who was standing near, vvas
much shocked by this observation, and
was in the act of remonstrating when he
was interrupted by the exclamation,
‘Nay! tliou, a pr-fessiottal man, ought
to know tli at what I have said is nothing
hut the truth. God never gives us any
thing; He only lends us what we have.’
Too Smart.— The other day, one of
widow B’s admirers was complaining of
the t nth-ache. Mrs. B’s boy immediate
ly spoke up —
‘ Well sir, why don’t you do as ma does ?
She lakes her teeth out and puts ’em back
whenever she wants to.’
A few minutes afterwards, tho boy was
whipped on some pretence or other.
Popularity Defined. —' Was Brown
a popular man when he lived in your
town ?’ inquired a busy-body of bis friend.
‘ l should think he was, replied the gen
tleman, as many persons endeavored to
prevent his leaving, and several of them,
including the sheriff’ the deputy, and sev
eral constables, followed him for sumo dis
tance.’
A Question and Answer. —‘Arc you
going ?’
‘ Why, ye-es. The fact is that your
parly is so slow, and 1 am really so infer
nally bored, that I shall go somewhere
and smoke a quiet segar.’
‘ Well, good night. As you are by no
means handsome, a great puppy, and no!
in the least amusing, I think it the best
thing you can do.’
A pint to stop at. —‘ I think,’ said an
old toper, commenting upon the habits of
a young man who was fast making a beast
of himself, ‘ when a man reaches a certain
pint in drinkin’ he ort to stop.’
‘ Well, 1 think,’ said old Beeswax, dry
ly, ‘ he ought to stop before he reaches a
pint."
Notability. —‘ The man who puff’s to
bacco-smoke in ladies’ faces arrived in
town last week. He came in company
with the man who whistles at reading
rooms. The lady who carries babies to
the theatre is expected.’
It is in vain to regret a misfortune
when it is past retrieving, but few have
philosophy or strength enough to profit
by it.
BOOK AND JOB PRINTING,
Will be executed in the most approved style
and on the best terms,at the Officio/ the
3CTJTHEPi.it ktjsetjm,
-BY—
WM. n. HARRISON.
From Wright's Casket.
‘*l Thank Thee Mother.”
BY CARL LINDEN.
It is only now having passed the days
I of childhood, and attained maturer years,
that I can look hack and perceive the real
j value of my mother’s tender care.
Her influence kept me from ail impure
[ compainions, and restiained my feet from
! wandering paths. She gave a bia9 to
taste from the purest models ; she cultiva
ted the tender emotions and fine feelings
of the heart.
For that faith which works beyond the
present, and views eternal objects near—
“ The hope that nnchors there my bark.
Immovably"—
ihe charity that looks with less severe eye
on other’s errors than my own; for what
ever my Heavenly Father has given mo
talent or gtace to be, that i ascribe to his
blessing on my mother’s care.
Now as the silver threads thicken upon
her temple locks, when her eye loses its
lustre, and her hand its strength—l would
pour around her path all the treasures of
filial effection. With gratitude would I
acknowledge the training that gives nte
mental power. I would reflect hack on
her whatever halo may encircle the brow
of my immortal spirit.
Yes, my Mother, now I seethe (ruth
and beauty of that love that guarded my
infant years, and followed me through in
creasing days, has ripened into sisterly af
fection. For this fountain and its cease
less streams, —1 thank thee Mather !
It has not been in vain, in my innocent
soul I feel its sum is not yet counted, its
importance is not yet calculated. For thy
watchful, sleepless care—for thy prayerful
heavenly companionship—/ thank thee.
Mother !
When these thrilling nerves—this beat
ing pulse—this throbbing head and boun
ding heart, shall know their last repose—
(hen with louder voice in firmer tone and
sweeter tune, will 1 thank thee. Mother !
May our Heavenly Father grant to thy
declining years the fulfilment of all their
earthly expectations—the bright fruition of
thy heavenly hopes!
Nations without Fire. — During the
ancient days of \\ e!ch Royalty, among the
twenty-four ranks ofservants that attended
The Court, was one called “The King’s
This was a young gentle
fhan whose duty it was to sit upon the
floor with his hack towards the fire and
hold the king’s feet in his bosom all the
time he sat at tlie table, to keep them warm
and comfortable.
It is said that site was entirely unknown
to many of the nations of antiquity, and
even at the present day it is unknown in
some parts of Africa.
The inhabitants of tlie Marian Islands,
which were discovered in 1551 had no
idea if fire, and expressed the greatest as
tonishment on first beholding it—believing
it to be some kind of living animal which
livid on wood.
An Anecootb of Lamb. —A Cheese
monger, who, having realized a large for •
tune, retired with a genteel wife and still
genteeler daughter, to enjoy tho “otivm
cum digni'alc" in a nobleman sort of way
at Highgate, where he had a superb villa,
was above all things most anxious to con
ceal from every one of his acquaintances
that he had ever been engaged in trade at
all—more especially in so low a calling as
that of “Cheesemonger.” It was the can
ker in his bloom rose of life, and any allu
sion, however accidental, was construed by
him into a deadly and and never to be for
given insult.
In a large party, at the house of the
villago clergyman, Coleridge, Lamb, and
the quondam cheesemonger were each
present. In a discussion on the hard Poor
Law, which was then agitating the politi
cal and social circles of London, the reti
red tradesman took high ground, and irri
tated the kind-hearted Fliza by violent
denunciations of the poor ; turning round,
and with great appearance of triumph
over the silent wit, he said to the company
generally, but move particularly to Lamb,
“You must bear in mind, sir, that 1 have
got rid of all that stuff which you Poets
call the “Milk of Human Kindness.”
Lamb looked at him sleactiiy and gave in
his acquiescence in these words—“ Yes,
sir, 1 am aware of it—you turned it all
in’o cheese several years ago.” Tlie reti
red cheesemonger was inconsolable.
IFT 7 * A pernicious youngster being ask
ed how many genders there were, re
plied :
“Three, sir—the masculine, feminine,
and neutral.”
“Very well done, my son—now go on
to define them.”
“The masculiue is men, the feminine
is women, and the neutral is old maids
and politicians!”
Did you ever. —A quaint writer of sen
tence says—“l have seen women so deli
cate that they were afraid to ride, for fear
the horse might run away—aftaid to sail
for fear the the boat might upset —afraid to
walk for fear the dew might fall—but I
never saw one afraid to get married.”
C’p 3 Pride is as loud a beggar as want,
3nd a great deal more saucy.
A Sweet Command. —* Now, put that
right back where you took it from !’ as the
girl said when her lover snatched a kiss.