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MILLEDGEVILLE, GEORGIA, TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 20, 2872.
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’err.s, $2.00 Per Annum in Advance
cCitn Directory.
CIT Y G O VFAIN MEN T.
Mayor—Samuel Walker.
Board oi Aldeimen—F B Mapp, E Trice,
T A (J a raker, Ja/ob Caraker, J 1J McComb,
Henry Temple.
Clerk and 1 reasurer—Peter J* air.
Marshal—I B Fair. Policeman—T Tuttle.
Deputy Marshal and Street Overseer—Peter
Ferrell.
Sexton—F Beeland.
Citv Surveyor—Itaync.
City Auctioneer—S J Kidd.
1’,nance Committee—T A Caraker, Temples.
Mapp- ■ .
Street Committee.—J Caraker, Trice, Ale-
Comb .
Laud Committee—MeComb, J Caraker,
Trice.
Cemetery Committee—Temples, Mapp, T A
Caraker.
Board meets 1st and 3d Wednesday nights
in each rn> nth.
Farmers, Please Notice.
W E are in receipt of
BOO bushels Red Clover SEED.
100 “ TIMOTHY.
BOO “ Kentucky Blue GRASS.
200 “ Orchard GRASS
200 •* Red Top or Herds GRASS.
“25 “ Alsike and Sapling- CLOVER.
These SEED have been selected and pur
chased by us in the West, directly from the I
growers, and are fresh and pu:
We keep a complete stock of every class of
IMPLEMENTS, MACHINERY and SEED,
which we would be pleased to have you call
and examine.
ECHOLS A WILSON,
Jackson Street. Augusta, Ga.' and Broad
Street, Atlanta, Ga.
September 5, 35 tf r
H T <ntl€?© 0
r i HIE undersigned respectful!y informs the
A citizens that they are prepared to furnish
Timber, any amount and size, at their Lnm
her Yard in Milledgeville, at low rates. Call
on our Agent, Mr. C. B. Mundy, for terms and
prices. N & A C ARM AN NE Y.
dec!9-tf
POlTPiT.
VINEGAR BITTERS
NATUKE’S
Ju-Jf
Hall.
P h
COUNTY OFFICERS.
M II Bell, Ordinary, office in Masonic
Fair, Clerk Sup’r Court, office in Ma-
ia i Arnold, Sheriff, office in the Mason-
Bonner, Deputy Sheriff, lives in the
Tax Returns—at
ctor, office at his
II Temples, County Treasury,office at his
ic Hall,
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country.
Josias Marshall, Ilec’r
Bust Office.
L N Callaway, Tax Coil
Isaac Cushing, Coroner, res on Wilksonst,
John Gentry, Constable, res on Wayne st,
near the Factory.
MASONIC
No. 3, F A M, meets
ay nights of each month
J C SHEA, W’ M.
Benevolent Lodge
first and second Sa'ur
at Mas.-ni: Hall
G D Ca-e, secretary.
Temple Chapter meets the second and
fourth Saturday nights in each month.
S G WHITE, 1I # P,
G D Cask, secretary.
Miilelgeville Lodge of Perfection, A A S R
meets every Monday night.
SAMUEL G WHITE, S # P, G, M,
Uko D Cask.Exc Grand Aec’y.
/. O. G. T.
M l'.edgeville Lodge, No 115, meets in the
Srnste Chamber at the State House on every
Friday evening at 7 o’clock.
C P Crawford, W C T
E P Lane, secretary.
Cold Water Templars meet at the State
IIme every Saturday afternoon at 3 o’clock.
CIH0II DlttEBTORY.
BAPTIST CHURCH.
Service 1st and 3d Sundays in each month,
at 1! o'clock a m and 7 p m.
Sabbath school at !U o’clock am. S N
Boughten, supt. Rev D E Butler, Pastor.
METHODIST CHURCH
Hour-: of service on Sunday: J1 o’ clock, a
in, and 7 p in.
Sunday school 3 o’clock p m—W E Frank-
land. superintendent.
Prayer meeting every Wednesday at 7
P m - Rev A J Jarrell, Pastor,
PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH
Services every Sabbath (except the second
in each n outh) at 11 a ni and 7 p m.
Sabbath school at 9 1-2 a m T T Windsor
superintendent.
Prayer meeting every Friday at 4 o’clock
p in.
Rev C W Lane, Pastor.
The Episcopal Church has no Pastor at
pr> s *nt.
Free from the Poisonous and
Health-destroying Drugs us
ed in other Hair Prepara
tions.
Ho SUGAR OF LEAD—No
LITHAEGE-No NITRATE
OF SILVER, and is entirely
Transparent and clear as crystal, it will not
soil tne finest fabric—perfectly SAFE, CLEAN
aud EFFICIEN T—desideratum? LONG
SOUGHT FOR AN D FOUND AT LAST !
It restores au.i prevents the JIair from be
coming Gray, imparls a soft, glossy appeai-
ance, removes L'ai dinff, is coo! and refreshing
to the head, checks the Hair fiom failing off.
and restores it to a great extent when prema
turely lost, prevents Headaches, cuips all hu
mors, cutaneous emotions, and unnatural Heat.
AS A DRESSING FOR TIIE I1.4IR IT IS
THE BEST ARTICLE LV THE MARKET.
DR. G. SMITH, Patentee, Groton Junction,
Mass., Prepared only by PROCTOR BROTH
ERS, Gloucester, Mass. The Genuine is put
up in a pauuel bottle, made expressiy for it
with the name of the article blown in (lie- glass.
Ask your Druggist for Nature's Hair restoia
live, and take no other.
For sale in Milledgeville by L. W. HUNT
&CO.
In Sparta, by A. II. BIRDSONG & CO.
p July 2 ly. r Feb2S ’71 ly.
A LUXURY OF THE PERIOD.
J. Walker Proprietor. R H. McDonald & Co.. Druggists and
Gen. Ag t$. Sac Francisco Cal., an i 3-’ and 3 4 Commerce St,N. Y.
MILLIONS Bear Testimony to their
Wonderful Curative Effects.
They are not a vile Fancy Drink, made ot Poor
Until, Whiskey, Proof Spirits and Refuse Li-
q it ors doctored, spiced and sweetened to please the taste,
called “Tonics,” “Appetizers.' 1 “Restorers,'' &c., that
lead the tippler onto drunkenness and ruin, but are a true
Medicine.made from the Native Roots and Herbs of Cali
fornia, free from all Alcoholic Stimulants.
They are the GREAT BLOOD PURIFIER and
A IjIFE GIVING PRINCIPLE, a perfect Reno
vator and Invigorator of the System, carrying off all
poisonous matter and restoring the blood to a healthy con
dition. No person can take these Bitters according to
directions and remain long unwell,provided their bones
are not destroyed by mineral poison or other means,
and the vital organs wasted beyond the point of repair.
They are a Gentle Purgative as well as a
Tonic, possessing, also, the peculiar merit of acting as
a powerful agent in relieving Congestion or Inflammation
of the Liver, and all the Visceral Organs.
FOR FE3IALE COMPLAINTS, in young 'or
old, married or single, at the dawn of womanhood or at
the turn of life, these Tonic Bitters have no equal.
For Inflammatory and Chronic Rheuma
tism ami Gout, Dyspepsia or Indigestion, Bil
ious, Remittent and Intermittent iFevers,
Diseases of the Blood, Liver, Iiidnoys aud
Bladder, these Bitters have been most successful. ;
Such Disenses are caused by Vitiated Blood,
which is generally produced by derangement of the Di
gestive Organs.
DYSPEPSIA OR INDIGESTION, Headache,
Pain in the Shoulders.Coughs, Tightness of the Chest.
Dizziness, Sour Eructations of the Stomach, Bad Taste
in the Mouth. Bilious Attacks. Palpitation of the Heart,
Inflammation of the Lungs, Pain in the regions of the
Kidneys, and a hundred other painful symptoms, are the
oflspringrs of Dyspepsia.
They invigorate the Stomach and stimulate the torpid
Liver and Bowels, which render them of unequalled effi
cacy in cleansing the blood of all impurities, and impart
ing new life and vigor to the whole system.
FOR SK IN DISEASES, Eruptions. Tetter, Sal-.
Rheum, Blotches, Spots, Pimples, Pustules, Bolls, Car
buncles, King-Worms, Scald Head, Sore Eyes, Erysipelas,
Itch.Scurfs, Discolorations of the Skin, Humors and Dis.
eases of the Skin, of whatever name or nature, are literally
dug up and carried out of the system in a short time by
the use ol these Bitters. One bottle in such cases will
convince the most incredulous of their curative effects.
Cleanse the Vitiated Blood whenever you find its im
purities bursting throughthe skin in Pimples, Erup
tions or Sores; cleanse it when you find it obstructed and
sluggish in the veins; cleanse it when it is foul, and
your feelings will tell you when. Keep the blood purej
and the health of the system will follow.
Pin, Tape, cud oilier Worms, lurking in the
system of so many thousands, gre effectually destroyed
and removed. Says a distinguished physiologist, there
is scarcely an individual upon the face of the earth
whose body is exempt from the presence of worms. It
is not upon the healthy elements of the body that
worms exist, but upon the diseased humors and slimy
deposits that breed these living monsters of disease. No
System of Medicine, no vermifuges, no anthelmintics,
will free the system from worms like these Bitters.
J. WALKER, Proprietor. R. H. MCDONALD & CO.,
D r,, ggists and Gen. Agents, San Francisco, California,
"“‘and 32 and 34 Commerce Street, New York.
BSPSOLL) BY ALL DRUGGISTS AND DEALERS,
For Sale by JOHN M. CLAI K, D upi.-t.
Mille Levilla G i
i he little poem below, contains
j awVtd of truth, sen.-c, experience, phil
osophy and theology, expressed plainly,
wisely, modestly, terse ! y, forcibly.
Step by Step.
Heaven is not reached by a single bound ;
But we build the ladder by which we rise
From the lowly earth to the vaulted skies.
And we mount to its summit round by round.
I count these things to be grandly true,
That, no de deed is a step toward God-
Lifting the soul from the common sod
To a purer air and a broader view.
| We rise by the things that are under our feet,
By what we have mast red in greed and
gain,
By the pride depo.sed and the pa-sioa slain,
Aud the vanquished ill we hourly meet.
We hope, we resolve, we aspire, we trust,
When the morning calls to life and light,
But our he irt grows weary and ere the night
O ir lives are trailing in the sordid dust.
boy
with rainer
Mv
ask
l
\\ ings for the angels, but feet for the men ;
V* e must borrow the wings to find the
way —
and
Y\ e may hope, ai d resolve, and aspire
pray,
I/iib our foot must rise or we full
O ily iu dre tins is the lad ler thrown
From the weary earth to the sapphire wall;
Lutiho dreams depart aril the visions fall,
And the sleeper wakes on his pillow/ of stone.
He iven i; not reached in a single bound ;
But we build the ladder by which we rise
From the lowly earth to the vaulted skies
And we mount to the summit round by round.
—J. G. Holland.
f™® B^Bt?CTE3SE=^Tase3!a3!aSfcaE3aSSaS!II
iilisfcilancmts.
a limit!, sickly
weak mind.
“it litust have i-erti nil* r midutoTii
when we were roused at home bv ;i
;i violent knocking at the t
father spoke fnurj the win
ing what was uanted, an
our neighbor, .Mr. WMit-is, ;
anxiously :
“1 - Sammy hcip ?’’
“N>. Is he cot at home ?
“He has not been home sine
set. I am very much uoiriet
c iuse he is not well.”
“1 1! ask \Y ilhe if he has seen him.”
“In another moment father was
by my bed, and I told him where
they would find Sammy. Never
shall I forget the father’s cry of hor
ror :
“It will kill him ! My poor, timid
boy. He is afraid of the dark, and
the doctor has lold us we must hu
mor him, because he is not strong
enough to bear fright. Wii'
: k 1 i
sun
, be
tery, and be grateful that you have I
escaped becoming a spendth-ilt fool j A cvnic remarks
on the one hand, or a niggardly , time a woman forget
knave on the oilier, despised l>> your j when site is sea-sick.
friends and contemned hy the world. T
Who does not prefer the fide of AM, Bd.ings says:
naschar to that of Mary Russell M,, ! P ,,w . , ° sil s fl uare on a
fa—aesiM!
Humorous.
that the
s to he v
come with me, Mr. Goodwin ?”
you
“I was dressing as rapidly as I
could, and was by my father’s side
when he lighted a lantern and joined
Mr. Willets.
“Let me go !” J begged. “I nev
er meant to hurt him. 1 wouldn’t
mind staying there all night a bit.
and I did not think it would ready
hurt him. Oh ! sir do you think it
will kill him ! It was all a joke, just
for fun.”
“God forgive you boy,” he an-
s we red me in a choked voiee. “1
am afraid il will be be dear fun far
us all. Sammy, my poor boy ! Who
will tell his mother if harm Ins come
to him f Our only one—our poor,
sickly boy!”
“So he lamented as he hurried
across the field, eveiy word increas
ing my tenor and remorse, li was
my proposal, and l fell myself the
jonly guilty one, though the others
had helped me to carry out the cruel
. . ,j "ke that seemed anything but fin
t was rather a favorite excuse | now. We reached the barn at last,
wiu, Willie Goodwin, whenever he ! an d undid the heavy
Just for Fun.
BY S. ANN IB FROST.
was deep in mischief, or had to plead
guilty when accu-ed of some boy
ish scrope, that it was done jusl for
fun.
gar
The Great Southern Tonic.
Ttt&’-CffiEAT* -BLOOD P URJ FTER.
mi
Possessing powerful invigorating
flPERYIES&A PLEASANT DRINK.
These Bitters are positively invaluable in
•AB-SK'IN;DISEASES& ERUPTI0 N S .
They purify the system, and will cure
r.emittent and Intermittent Fevers,
NERVOUS DISEASES.LIVER COMPLAINT
and are a preventive of Chills and Fever.
All yield to their powerful efficacy.
mcooo FOfiTHfrMENTAL ORGANIZATION
Arc an antidote to change of Water and Diet. |
to the wasted frame, and correct all 1
Will save days of suffering to the sick, and l
CURES foEVER WELL P EO P L E
The gTand Panacea for all the ills of life.
TRY-iON E.yBQTTLE
PHYSICIANS THERE,
PRESCRIBE IT HI
THEIR
2IAEI
Tryone bo t t l e.
MILLER, BISSELL &. BURRUM. Whole
fca e Av.-nts, and Wholesale Gro< e "s and Com-
nimi mi Merchants, 177 Brjad Street, AU-
OUST A, GA.
LAWTON. HART & CO.
FACTORS AND
Commission Merchants,
ff&M
Universally Popular Stomachic and
Appetizer.
BETTER TONIC THAN QUININE.
'Popularity is a pretty good guarantee of
merit in this scrutinizing an intelligent age,
and tried by this criteriond SUMTER BIT
TERS stands first among the invigorating and
regulating medicines of the present day.
OLD PREJUDICES ARE DYING OUT.
Everybody says SUMTER BITTERS
Cures Dyspepsia,
Prevents Chills and Fever,
Creates Appetite,
Restores the Nerves.
Cures Debility,
Purifies the Blood,
Restores Tone to the Stomach,
Pleasant to the Taste,
Exhilarating to the Body,
And is the most
POPULAR. BITTERS
For sale by L. W. HUNT & CO.,
Milledgeville, Ga.
For sale by A. H. BIRDSONG &
CO , Sparta, Ga.
jan29—r p
MILLEDGEVILLE HOTEL
BAR AND
Lager Beer Saloon.
W E have got it. What? The best of
Whiskies, Brandies, Gin, Rum, Wines,
Lager Beer, Cigars, and everything found in
a first-class bar My terms are cash, but Ur
15 cents you can get a good driuk I am a
mixer. Give me a trial.
jaul6-3m G. W.HJLDER.
DARBY’S
Jii,
IIS-IJI B S Ml.,
y.
F
m
BID
f jlUit) invaluable Family Medicine, loi
-4- purifying, cleansing, removing ba>r
odors iu all kinds oi sickness; for burns
sores, wounds, stings; for Erysipelas,
rheumatism, and all skin diseases; for
catarrh, sore mouth, sure throat, diptberia;
for colic, diarrhoea, cholera; as awash to
soften and beautify the skin; to remove
nk spots, mildew, fruit stains, laken in
tcrnally as well as applied externally; so
highly recommended by all who hive used
it—is for sale by ail Diuggists and Coun
ty Merchants, and may bm.ordered di
rectly of the
T7arbT"TR<) 1*11 Y LACTIO 00“*"
161 William Street, N. I T .
p Dec24’70 ly. r.Uay2 nJuuo3 ly
SSBSBBgSESBjSSSfcSSgaS
Wm. H. Tison. Wm. W. Goudan
TIS0N & GORDON,
(estaiilishkd, 1854.)
COTTON FACTORS
AND
Commission Merchants,
112 BAY SIEBET
SAVANNAH, GA.
B VGGIXG AND IRON TIES ADVAN
CED on Cri ps.
Li ieral Cash Advances made on Consign
ment of Cotton. Careful attention to all busi
ness, and prompt returns Guaranteed,
oct.!) r i n 4m.
Many a time he resolved to try to
be more orderly and let boyish
pranks alone, but the next prospect
of lun would banish all his good res
olutions, until the penalty tecalled
them again. He was nearly fifteen
ulien the tragedy I am about to tell
you sobeied him for life. He was
a middle-aged man when he told me
the story, but even then he could
not speak without emotion of bis
last piece of “fun.”
“We had neen out for a walk,” he
told me, “Frankie Ford, Torn Lee,
and 1, and were coining home at
twilight, when we met Sammy Wil
lets, who was rather a favorite but
for leasing, with all the boys. He
was a very timid, rather sickly boy,
of about fourteen, peevish and easi
ly irritated, and the rougher, strong
er boys said, a coward. As soon as
we saw him coining, the spirit or
mischief seemed to possess us all,
and each one planed how to lease
the poor timid boy.
“Let’s hide and jump at him,” one
suggested.
Cotton Food.
FERTILIZER specially for ] COTTON
Sei
Buy it
Send for circular before purchasing.
f sual alvances made oa Cvtion in Store
y r in 4m
Trv it, and you will ue\er regie:
J A. F. SKINNt R,
Agent Milledgeville.
F W Sims, General Agents,
janl6-3in r* Savannah, Ga.
PLAMTiis* HOTEL.
Augusta, Ga.
The only Hotel in the_City where Gas is used
throughout
JCUN A. GOLDSTEIN
M. Dvp, J. T. Bothwell, J. M. Dye,Jr.
DYE, BOTHWELL A CO.,
COTTON FACTORS
—AND—
C 4>J2 JUSSI o:n M E RC S3 A V T S
NO. 143 REYNOLDS ST.,
AUGUSTA, - - - GEORGIA.
L IBERAL advances made on cotton and
other produce when required. Orders
for Bagging, Ties and family supplies prompt
ly filled. All business entrusted to us will have
our prompt personal attention.
Commission for selling Cotton, percent 1.4
Sep. 23 89 Cm
W. Duncan. J. H Johnston. M. Maclean
“Lei’s tell him his house is on
fire, and see him run,” cried anoth
er.
“I’ll tell you what we’ll do,” 1
said. ‘We’ll coax him down to
Ruthland’s barn for a game of
romps, and shut him up!’
Rulhlaud’s barn was a large barn
standing alone, at some distance
from any other building. The farm
house to which it had belonged had
been destroyed by fire, and the
great barn had been leIt standing
when Ruthland deserted the place
and went West, It was a favorits
play room for all the village boys,
who spent long Saturday afternoons
in it, making ii a gymnasium and
recitation hall, as occasion required.
“Although it was twilight, the
summer evenings were long, and
Sammy was not surprised to be told
we were going to Ruthland’s barn
for an hour of play before bed-time.
He was quite willing to join us,
and we were soon in the old barn,
making it ring with our shouts and
laughter.
“The hour passed rapidly, and it
was getting quite dark, when we
sent Sammy into lhe hay-loft on
some errand, ran out ourselves
and drew the big doors after us. It
was harder work to fasten them
with the rusty iron latch, but we
aocomplished this, loo, and then ran
off.
astenings at the
door. Mr. Willets called his boy by
name every moment, bul no answer
came. It seemed to me hours before
the heavy doors swung back. One
of them would not open wide, and
looking in to see to see the cause, we
found poor Sammy, white and sense
less, lying on the floor behind it. His
father lifted him.
“ He is not dead ! ” he said, “Can
we get water r”
“1 hurried to the well and brought
water, but tne boy was too far gone
lor that. Oh] the long distance it
seemed to Mr. Willets’, and beyond
that to the doctor’s, where I ran at
once. Never shall I forget the face
ol Sammy’s mother as she took the
buy’s face in her hands, and looks
ed into it. It was so white and
still, I dared scarcely believe he
really 1 iv< d as I hurried to the doc
tor s. He diil live, recovering his
health alter a long, dangerous ill
ness; but his mind was gone forever.
Some fright in those lonely hours ot
darkness gave a shock to the weak
mind that was never cured, and he
lived only to be an idiot.
“It is some years now since we
laid him in his quiet grave, the vic
tim of a boyish prank. I tell you it
was the last piece of mischief I ever
did ‘just for fun.”—Methodist.
: ord> father? An I now that the
?an e old solid, steady, life-iomi e\
[ isle nee of honest in nor lies Indore
| y»u, rejoice ami be exceedingly glad.
Man was made to earn his bread bv
the .-we it of hi- brow, and for the
rein fining years ol your probation on
earih you will have the proud con
sciousness that you are fulfilling tin*
ohj- ets of your creation. And if'this
sloes not make you happier than a
thousand opera houses, then you are
mu tin* men wv lake you to be. Per
haps you came within a hundred of
drawing the capital pfize. If so, you
have only to keep on for a century
longer, ami a o fin of a single num
ber per annum wili bring you at iast
tolhe goldengoal and to utter mis*
er y. Remain poor, and be happy,
[Charleston News.
- . »
An infidel was lecturing on his
favorite topic, against the Bible aud
Christinnittj, in one of the large towns
in the north of England. He was
peculiarly bitter against the word of
God. At tiie conclusion of the lec
ture, feeling much delighted with
ms effort, he said, “Il any one wash
es to reply, lot him come forward
and speak.”
Alter a hr ef pause, a middle aged
woman came up to ibe stand and
.-aid, bii, l wish to ask you a oues-
tion?”
“Well, mv gooi
the question?”
“ Yen years ago,” said she, “J
Was left a wid nv with eight small
children; my husband died poor; h
•eft me not much except a Ibble.
That book has b-en read daily, and
I’ve found svvet t comfort and great
support in its gracious tiuth-. God
has blessed me and mv childr- n
and has mercifully supplied my
wants and theirs. I have a good
hope in Jesus Christ, and expect
when I die to dwell with him forev
er. Now, sir, what has youi be
lief done for v on?”
Rather confused, the infidel re
plied: “My good woman, I’ve
sire to interfere with
ment.”
“lhat is not the question. What
has your way of thinking done for
you?”
Much confounded, the man beat
a retreat amid the laughter of a
large congregation, who felt the
widow had surely and effectively
arts.
lately
the hoi
the tin
P‘» to
days
hurling, is one ol the lost
A cemetary sculptor !
fished tins card : “As
are approaching, and
presents is nearing, I beg t . ; gj
ten tion to my stock of tombstones.”
An experienced boy says he re-
gards hunger and the chastening rot]
as about the same timer. Thev ~
make him holler.
Brisk
joth
my hat
me by
d woman, what is
your
no de-
'j-y-,
To Disappointed Ticket-Holders.
silenced the infidel.
Till VC 4 AT L TATJATCTAAT “Just as we were at the edge of
DUMfAiS Of JUllJMo 1 UiN 7 i the field, we heard one fearful
scream, but we only hurried on,
laughing at the thought of Sammy’s
discomfiture.
“I must say in our defence, that
passing one night in the old barn
would have been no great misfortune
to any of us. We were all hearty,
country boys, full of life and health ;
free from superstition or morbid
fears, and we could none of us real
ize what the dark loneliness was to
Cotton Factors
AND
General Commission
M e r c h a n t s
9-2 Buy Street,
SAVANNAH, GA,
We arc prepared to make the Usual
advaucs oil Cotton. oct. 9 reen 4m.
Gentlemen, we congratulate you
You did not win the Academy of Mu
sic, nor the one hundred thousand
dollais, nor the ten thousand dollars,
nor any other considerable prize.—
Nevertheless we congratulate you.
You have had a good lime. During
the past four, five, or more months,
you have dreamed delicious dreams
Hope, the siren, was ever present
with you. Welcoming you with
radiant smile In the morning, she
followed you thrrough the toil and
worry of the day, accompanied you
to you to your couch and flattered
your rest with golden anticipations.
Your waking moments were more
blissful even than your hours of re
pose. How often has the town clock,
striking after midnight hours, dis
turbed you in the disposition of your
property! What good follows you
intend to be—how much wiser and
better than all the mean creatures
who had drawn the capital prizes
before you ! So much for father and
mother; so much lor poor relatives
and needy friends; so much for ob
jects of charily—the rest to be care
fully invested so that you could not
waste it if you tried ever so hard.
And oh ! such a present for the sweet
heart! The widow’s heart should
leap for joy, and the orphan should
shout with rapture. The pleasant
surprises you planned would have
made your own life and the lives of
others a romance.
Think of this and be thankful.
Months of bliss, and only five dollars
to pay for it all. Confess, it is the
cheapest, sweetest and most lasting
pleasure you ever had. Remember,
too, that nobody ever did make
good use of money drawn in a lot-
LIFE’S PICTURES.
A story is told of a rich landlord
who once oppressed a poor widow,
who was uniortunate enough to be
his tenant, finally turning her out
into the street on a cold day in Win
ter. Her son, a mere child, less
than a dozen years old, remembered
the cruel scene, and in after years
became an artist, and painted the
scene in a vivid manner, p!a ring the
picture where the landlord could see
it, who turned pale at having his for
mer infamy brought to mind so fbrei-
bly, and oflered large sums of money
for the picture, that he might hide it
from his own and other people’s gaze.
But all in vain ; he could not buy
the picture, and tor a long time it
remained at his very threshold, as
it were, a silent evidence ot his for
mer infamy.
So has each human being an in-
VL-ible painter at his elbow, painting
on the soul’s canvas a record of the
acts and scenes ol life, depicting the fifteen miles from B i.-ton, th
passions of his career with an inten
sity that at some future day will
haunt with their truthful denuncia
tions and biting rebukes.
Happy fo: us, then, if such dark,
sombre scenes are few, and their
smouldering fires are eclipsed by
fairer and more holy scenes, when
we gaze back on the panorama of
our past lives, and review our ca
reer before entering upon another
one of greater capabilities! Happy
for us, then, if our race after happi
ness, has not been a mere scramble
alter riches, and il we had not grov
eled so long in the earth beneath our
feet that we have lost sight of the
beautiful skies above us. Yes, hap
py indeed if we had no haunting
picture of glaring misdeed, or per
verted aspiration to point its ghoul
ish finger f*rer at us, or greet us with
its sickly grin ot malicious torment,
as we turn this way and that in a
vain endeavor to escape its upbraid-
Ko advertise- ns U 1 •
“W ill the fellow who
at a college sociable olilioe
wealing the same in broad daylight.’*
It is said that if you take two let
ters from money, there will tie imt
One left. We have heard of a mm
who took money Irnm two letters,
and there wasn’t any left.
When a man and a woman are
made one, the question i--, which
one? Sometimes there is a long strug
gle between them before the matter
is Settled.
An Indiana cooper put his son in
side a cask he was finishing, to hold
the head up. At last accounts he
wa.- trying to find some wav to <»et
him out through the hung bole. °
“How would you like to sit on a ju
ry?” a.-kod a gentleman of a strong-
minded old maid. “I’d as soon sit
on a I ratchet, said the spinster, with
a shake of her bombazine skirt.
A gentleman traveling in Ireland,
j said to a very importunate beggar,
J “You have lost all your teeth.”"The
| beggar quickly answered, “An it’s
j time l parted with urn, when I’d
nothing for urn to do.”
“You can’t do too much fbr your
employers, man,” said somebody to
| a big fisted, strong backed mun-of-
aii-work, on the wharf the other day
“Arrah,” replied Pat, with empha
sis, “neither will J.”
A little girl not far from Schenec
tady, alter noticing lor some time
ihe glittering gold-filling m her
aunt’s front teeth, exdai i.ed, Aunt
Mary, I wish I had cooper-toed
teeth like yours.”
A pastar was leaving ti«
o’clock on Saturday
ing: “I have half of •
write yet; don’t you pity me?” To
which we responded : “O, no ! Not
you, bui the people.”
This was fair. “Would you be-
| lieve it,” said Rev. Mr. Glibtongue,
to one of his elders, “I never thought
of ffiat subject till I got into the pul
pit.” To which his elder replied :
“That’s just what wife and 1 were
saying on our way from church.
At the late Plymouth church pic-
uie, Mr. Beecher was asked why he
did not dance. “There is but one
reason,” he replied, “I don’t know
how. The only dancing lever did,
was when my father furnished the
music, and used me as a fiddle. I
took all the steps then.”
A Pennsylvania editor, in ac
knowledging the gift of a peck of
potatoes, says: “It is such kind
nesses as these lhat bring tears to
our eyes. One peck of potatoes
makes the whole world kin. We
trusted in Providence, and this is
our reward. We would like a little
wood and some turnips, but that
would be asking too much, so we
will try to do without them.' 1 ’
At an annual examination recent
ly of a certain school not more than
ie mas
ter asked one ol the scholars, “What
the Pilgrims came over to America
in,” and had his equanimity some
what disturbed by the reply : “Two
steamer®.” Turning to another
scholar, he endeavored to set mat
ters right by a3king“When the Pil
grims landed,” and was again floor
ed by the answer: “I860!”
at ten
, remark
jjmon to
An Amherst Sophomore has de
vised a new way of'telling bad news.
He writes home to his father, “I
came near losing thirty-seven dol
lars last week.” Anxious parent
writes back that he is thankful the
money was not lost, and wants to
know “how near.” By return mail,
“came within one of it—less thirty-
six.”
A celebrated preacher of the 17th
century, in a sermon to a crowded
audience, described the terrors of
the last judgment with such elo
quence, pathos and force of action,
lhat some of his audience not only
burst into tears, but sent forth pierc
ing cries, as il the Judge himself had
been present, and was about to pa-s
upon them their final sentence. In
the height of inis excitement the
preacher called upon them to drv
their tears and cease their cries, as
he was about to add somethin^ still
more awful and astonishing than any
thing he had yet brought before them
Silence being restored, he with an
agitated countenance and solemn
voice addressed them thns: “In one
quarter of an hour from this lime the
emottons which you have just now
exhibited will be stifled; the remem
brance ol the fearful truths which
excited them will vanish; you will
return to your carnal occupations or
sinful pleasures with your usual
avidity, and you will treat all you
have beard *as a tale that is told.’ ”