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I!» THE CITY OF MACON, CA.
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IT Sales of Land by Administrators,Executors
or Guardians, are required by Law, to be held on
thsiirst Tuesday in the month, between thehours
of ten o’cloak in the Forenoon and three in the
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tors or Guardians, must be at Public Auction, on
the first Tuesday in the month, between the legal
hours of sale,before the Court House of the county
where the LettersTestainentarv.or Administration
or Guardianship tnay have been granted, first giv
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public gazettes of this State,and at the door of the
Court House where such sales are to be held.
SET Notice for the sale of Personal Property
must oe given in like manner Forty Days pre
vious to the day of sale.
to the Debtors and Creditors olan es
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that application will be made to tht
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Three Months —for compelling Titles from Ex
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"“IT. OTTSLEY & SCIT,
H’.i R E UO USE bCOMMISSIOJYM E li CHANTS
Ilf ILL continue Business at their “Fil’C-
Proof Buildings,” on Cotton
.Iren nC. Macon, Ga.
Thankful for past favors, they beg leave to say
they will he constantly «t their post, and that no
efforts shall be spared to advance the interest of
their patrons. Tn ,
They respectfully ask all who have CO i I UA
or other PRODUCE to Store, to call and exam
ine tho safety of their Buildings, before placing
it elsewhere. ,
!Pj»Customarv Advances on Cotton in . tore
w Shipped,and all Business transacted at the
.usual rates.
june 2 y
CONNER A TAYLOR,
J Vnrehouse and Commission Merchants,
AT TIIE OLD STAND OF CONNER & MARTIN,
MACON, C A.
IN presenting our Card to the public, wc will
state, that our best exertions will be given
to promote the interests of our Patrons ; and from
past experience, we hope to be able to do lull
justice to all business which may be confided to
our charge; and also hope fora continuance of
.favors from the old patrons of Conner & Martin.
Orders for Goods filled free of charge.
Advances made on Cotton in Store, and ship*
>ped at the usual rates. Z. T. CONNER,
* \V. VV. TAYLOR.
aug 31 :i4 - (i,n
WILLIAM HUMPHREYS’
F. glish and. American IJRLG ItAREHOUSE
SAVANNAH, GA.
WHOLESALE and Retail Dealer in Eng
lish, French, American and German
DRUGS, MEDICINES, CHEMICALS,
PERFUMERY, be.
Particular attention paid to replenishing Eng
lish and American Ships’ Medicine Chests, ac
cording to the Laws of England
Agent for Messrs. Louden St Cos , Philadelphia;
Dr "Jacob Townsend, New York; Messrs.
Haviland, Risley &. Cos., Augusta ; Daniel
Tibbitt, Providence.
aug 24 1 v
DAVID BCIBi
Justice of the Peace and Notary Public.
MACON, G A .
COMMISSIONER OF DEEDS, &c., for the
States of Alabama, Louisiana, Mississippi,
Texas, Tennessee, Kentucky, Virginia, North
Carolina, South Carolina, Florida, Missouri
New York, Massachusetts, Connecticut, Penn
y lvania, Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Atkansas, New
Jersey, Maine, &c.
Depositions taken, Accounts probated, Deeds
and Mortgages drawn, and all documents and
instruments of writing prepared and authentica
ted for use and record, in any of the above States.
Residence on Walnut Street, near the African
sChurch.
O’Public Office adjoining Dr.M.S.T horn son's
{Botanic Store, opposite the Floyd House,
june 2!) 25 ly
WOOD A LOW ,
GENERAL COMMISSION MERCHANTS,
NEW ORLEANS, LA.
may 25 ___ 20-ly
POOLE A BROTHER,
Forwarding and Commission Merchants,
no. 90 magazine street,
NEW ORLEANS, LA
E. R. Poole. J. M. Poole.
aug 31 34—ly
SASHES, DOORS AND BEINDS.
1 A IUW 1 LIGHTS of SASII, ofall sizes
lU.IHHI from 8 by 10 to 12 by 20.
150 pair BLINDS, for Windows of ail size*.
50 do PANF.L DOORS, different sizes and
thicknesses. For sa'e by
CHARLES VAN HORN,
No. 153 Bay Street, and N0.6 West Broad St.,
Savannah,Ga
july 6 26—ly
JOB PRINTING,
OP every description , neatly and promptly
executed at the Office of the SOUT HERN
TRIBUNE, as neat and theap as <?* e*v other
in the State
m M M mmgm « * 1 U IE L - ■HI 1 . .. . l! ■
thesouthern tribune.
NE IV SERIES-VOLUME 111.
w. s. WILLIFORD,
AUCTION AMD COMMISSION MERCHANT,
MACON, G A .
A LL Kinds of Merchandise and Produce,
or Purchased to Order.
i aM 4 1— 1 y
GODFREY A SOLONIOA'S,
FACTORS AND COMMISSION MERCHANTS
SAVANNAH, GA.
THE undersigned have entered into a co
partnership under the name of GODFREY
&- SOLOMONS, for the transaction of a
General Commission and Factorage Business,
and tender their services to their friends and
Plaiiteis generally.
O’Tliey wi I also make liberal advances on
Produce consigned to them for sale.
J. E. GODFREY,
L. W.SOLOMONS.
oct 2 42—if
DISSOLUTION.
THE copartnership heretofore existing be
meen the undersigned, is dissolved by mu
tual consent—to take e fleet o, the Ist day of Sep
tember next. Z. T. CONNER,
. A. W. MARTIN.
Macon, August 24, 1850.
> PHE W AREHOUSE and COMMISSION
A BUSINESS will be continued in the name
and style of CONNER & TAILOR,
andhe old stand—where they will he ready to
exert themselves to verve all patrons and friends
Z T. CONNER,
W. VV. TAYLOR.
Macon, Aug. 24, 1850. 33—Bin
K E M O V A L.
PAY NL & NTS BET would most respectfully
inform their friends and cusioiners, that
hey have moved their stock of DRUGS and
MEDICINES to the corne.r of the new Brick
Building opposite the Washington Hall, where
Biey will he happy tn see all their old customers
ind others that may favor them with a rail ; and
a here they will keep a gen. nil stock of fresh
DRUGS and M E D I Cl NES, LEECHES,
I’LRFUMERY, &c., and put up Prescriptions
with care and neatness, and always give
satisfaction.
oct 12 4(j
New Hire.
FIVE Tierces of prime quality, just received
and for sale by GEO. T. ROGERS,
dec 1
SUMMER 4 LOTIIING, AT 4 CST.
VI EN’S and BOY’S SI MM Ell CLOTHING
’ I of almost every grade, selling at i ost, at
Dyson s old Stand, by
JOHN S. RICHARDf'CN
july 20 y—ts
Family and Staple Goods.
IOGAN Si ATKINSON are now opening a
J very large assortment of Staple anil Domestic
Goods, suitable for plantation or family uses,
which will be sold low for cash, or to approved
customers.
april 6 13
Splendid Bi'ida’ Dresses.
A FEW magnificent BRIDAL DRESSES,
1\ with trimming* tn suit—verv fine mid fash
ionable. Ladies would do well to call arid ex
amine them, at
april 6 LOGAN & ATKINSON’S.
Ladies' Dress Cioods.
4 SPLENDID assortment of Ginghams, Bar
- ages and Muslins, for morning and evening
dresses. Also, an endless variety of rich and
brilliant summer SILKS,etc. Just received at
LOGAN &l ATKINSON’S,
april 6 13
NEW G4>4>l>S.
IOGAN & ATKINSON have just received !
J and are now opening at their New Store,'
corner of Second and Cherry Streets, a laageand ;
choice took of seasonable Foreign and Amcri j
can DRY GOODS.
They invite their friends and the public to
come and examine the Goods, confident that. '
nothing to equal in style their pesentstock has
ever before been offered in Ma'-on.
Purchasers are invited to call and examine Fo
themselves,
oct 9
LOGAN A ATKINSON,
Respectfully inform the public that
they are now disposing of their Stock
of Goods at New York Cost , at their new store,
corner ofTliird and Cherry Streets, formerly
occupied by Messrs. Graves & Wood.
(LFLadies are particularly requested to call
and examine the Goods and prices.
march 2 B—ts
1) RANDY AND SEGARB—A fine article
.1 ) of Old Cognac Brandt, in bottles or by the
gailon—Also a choice article of Segars, at
sept 7 MOULTON’S.
Condon Porter.
VFEW Casks best London Porter, in Quart
and Pint Bottles, just received and for
sale by GEO. T. ROGERS,
june 8
OLD PORT WINE — And Maderia ditto,a
fine article in Bottle, for sale at
MOULTON'S, Agent,
Opposite the burnt square on Cherry street,
june 1
Mercer Potatoes.
]f v BBLS. Mercer Potatoes, very superior,
in fine order, just received and for sale
very cheap by GF.O. T. ROGERS.
Clinmpaignc Cider.
•Jfi BBLS. Newark Cliampaigne Cider,just
received and for sale by
march 9 GEO. T. ROGERS.
Molasses.
HHDS. New Crop Cardenas Molasses,
tCrf j UBt received and for sale bv
march 9 GEO. T. ROGERS.
Maekerel and Herring:.
f\ BBLS. No. 3 Mackerel ; 20 Boxes New
" * Herring, in fine order, just received and
for sale by GEO. T. ROGERS,
ocl 19
COCOA, &c.—Cocoa, Chocolate and Mac
caroni, at MOULTON'S,
sept 7
Baron Sides and Hams.
HHDS. Prime Ilacon Sides, 3000 Haiti*
more and Cincinnati Hams, just received
and for sale cheap, by
octlO GEO. T ROGERS.
Butter and Cheese.
N KEGS Goshen Butter 50 boxes Goshen
ej Cheese, of superior quality, just received
andforsalebv GEO. T ROGERS,
ect U)
MACON, (GA.,) SATURDAY MORNING, JANUARY 25, 1851.
basil a. wise,
TIN - MANUFACTURER, Cherry St., Macon.
RESPECTFULLY informs the public, that
lie is prepared lo execute all orders in the
above line with despatch and upon favorable
terms. He constantly keeps on hand the fol
lowing articles, which purchasers are invited lo
call and examine, viz:
Cooking, Hall, Oiiice, Bedroom and Church
STOVES, of different patterns and qualities.
A large and general assortment of HOLLOW
and TIN WARE, Furnaces, Brass, Copper and
Iron Preserve and Tea Kettles ; Egg Boilers ;
Smoothing and \\ stile Irons ; Glass Laniers
Rat and Mouse Traps, Bird Cages
Cocoa Nut Dippers, Cliafin Dishes
Painted Pails, Cedar and painted Tubs
Brass and Iron bound Water Buckets
Oval and round Trays; Brooms,fillers
Chopping Knives; Rolling Pins
Roasters and Basting Spoons
Britannia Tea Pots and a general assortment
of Japanned Ware, consisting of Sugar Cannis
ters and Boxes ; Tea Canuisters ; Common
and Nursery Lamps, Candlesticks,&c.
JET ROOFING, and all kindsofJOß WORK,
done at the shortest notice.
N. B. Orders front the country for STOVES
or TIN WARE, will he attended to with des
patch and upon the most favorable terms,
nov 2 44
~]YTAPOLEON CAPES—A new and superb
i-N article. Parisian ditto, of every sty le arid
price. Just received by
april 6 LOGAN & ATKINSON.
7 1 LOTUS, CASS) MERES, DRAP DE
ETES, and summer stuff's of every quality,
just received by
april 6 LOGAN & ATKINSON.
Candles.
O PERM, Adamantine and Tallow,of all sizes,
O Just received and for sale by
june 8 GEO. T ROGERS.
NEW GROCERIES.
Tp H E Subscriber lias just received, direct from
A New York, a fresh supply of new Groceries,
such as fresh Dates, dried Currants, Preserves,
Figs, Sardines, Ciitsup, Pepper Sauce, Citron,
Caper Sauce, Cocoa, New Chocolate, Raisins,
Nuts of all kinds, Rice, Java Coffee, Maccaroni,
Fine Table Salt in boxes or hags, Nutmegs,
Cloves, Pepper, Spice and Ginger, Sperm and
Adamantine Candles, and a great variety of
other articles too numerous to mention.
Also, a fine lot of Fresh Teas, for sale by
THOMAS J MOULTON, Agent,
Opposite .Mr. G. M. Logan's new Brick Building,
aug >1 On Cherry Street.
Solace’s Fine Cut Tobacco.
SOMETHING very superior, just received
and for sale by GEO. T. ROGERS,
sept 22
Flour, Meal, 4'orn,
BACON Hams, Sides and Shoulders;Lard,
Irish and Sweet Potatoes—in store and for
sale by J.B. RICHARDSON,
Cotton Avenue,
march 24 17
Sugars.
TWO Hundred Boxes Segars, a great variety
of brands from common to very fine. For
sale cheap by GEO. T. ROGERS,
june H
Hams. Uniter, Sjmp. Ac.
C 1 I NCI N N ATI Sugar cured 11AMS
> GOSHEN BUTTER
New Orleans Sugar House SYRUP
A few Jars of very white Leaf LARD.
AH of choice quality, just received and for
sale by GEO. T. ROGERS,
dec 1 Cherry Street.
Congress Water.
B> Y T the Box or single bottle, direct from the
I > Springs. Just received and for sale by
june 8 GEO. T. ROGERS.
Canal ami Baltimore Flour.
~| ~i / V BBLS. Extra Superfine FLOUR
HU 25 bhls. Extra Family Flour, very
choice, just received and for sale low hy
net 19 GEO. T. ROGERS.
Mol assies and Syrup.
T Jr HHDS Prime Cuba Molasses; 12 bhls
_L \ ' New Orleans Syrup, just received and
for sale low hy GEO. T. ROGERS.
C 1 ANCLES, Ac.—Sperm and Adamantine
y Candles; Ohio Starch, and Irish Moss, at
sept 7 MOULTON’S.
1 NDIGO and MADDER—At MOULTON’S.
-L sept 7
DRIED FRUIT—At all times, at
june 1 MOULTON’S, Agent.
MAY BUTTER. — Fresh supply of new May
Butter, just received and for sale hy
june J THOS. J. MOULTON, Agent.
Raisins, currants, citron and
PRUNES.—A fine supply, at
june 29 MOULTON'S.
C 4 OFFF.E —Best kind Rio and Java Coffee, at
J sept 7 MOULTON’S.
SARDINES, Tomato Catsup, Pepper Sauce
and Caper Sauce at MOULTON'S,
sept 7
■\TUTMEGS, CLOVES and CINNAMON—
1\ sept 7 At MOULTON'S.
WHITE WAX—At MOULTON’S,
sept 7 Cherry Street
MACKEREI 10 half and 10 qr. bhls. No.
1 Mackerel, just received and for sale hy
oct 22 VV. FREEMAN.
TJICKLF.D CODFISH—A nice article, just
-L received and for «al« bv
june 22 VV. FREEMAN.
4’igars,
I "FIFTEEN Thousand Cigars varioushrands—
among them are some genuine and most ele
gnnt Cigars. Lovers of a good article will be
certain to gel it at VV. FREEMAN’S,
march 3
Wanted to Hire,
4 NEGRO GIRL, from 12 to 14 years of
ix. age, to wait about the house of a small
family. Apply at this offico.
dec 14 49—ts
Fresh Oysters and Fish,
OF the finest kind, may be had every day
from Savannah, at VV. FREEMAN’S
Northern Butter.
FIRKINS PRIME BUTTER, of the
w* * well known quality received every Fall
frpsh from some of the best dairies at the North.
Just received bv VV. FREEM AN
dec 8
43 o c t r s .
[for the southern tribune ]
LINES
Upon the death of the late S. S. Prentiss, of Miss.
BV L. L. WILSON.
Oh ! I have roaiu'd o'er fertile fields,
In regions far away—
The lofty dome that rear'd its head,
I’ve seen in ruins lay
The wrecks of grandeur I have seen,
Have seen the mighty fall—
' And youth and beauty prostrate lie,
Beneath oblivion's pall t
Where human genius hath devis'd
To rear a mansion grand,
I’ve seen it crumble to decay,
’Neath Time’s oblivious hand.
All these I’ve sternly look’d upon,
Nor yet with heart of grief—
Because ’tis Nature’s own decay,
Just like the falling leaf!
But oh ! to see a man of might,
Os high majestic mind,
And cultivated genius rare,
That every grace combin'd.
Nor wreck of Time, nor fallen dome,
Can grieve me thus to see,
A great man laid beneath the sod,
By Fate’s cold stern decree !
A Yankee at the Adams House.
Some weeks ago, a very long brown
Down Easter, attired in one of those cos
tumes which are nowhere to be met with
except upon the stage, a tall bell crowned
hat, short waisled blue coat, with enor
mous pewter buttons, a vest as yellow as a
barberry blossom, a pair of corduroys
whose highest ambition seemed to main
tain their ascendancy over a pair of enor
mous cowhides that had trodden many a
hundred miles of logging-paths, “might
have been seen,” Jack-knife and shingle
in band wending bis way up Long wars,
in the realization of his life-long anticipa
tions of “seenin’Boston.” Attho corner
of Merchants’ Row, his progress was ar
rested by the lumbering transit of a two.
story house on wheels drawn by half a
dozen yoke of oxen, with the people in
side pursuing their usual avocations.
What un arth is that ere ] he asked a
by-stander.
Ob! nothing, replied the "towneythe
folks are only moving—that’s all. When
we move down here—we do it, house and
all.
Je-rusalem ! Wall! that beats all »a
tur. Wall cap’n what’s that ’ere big stun
house over the left ?
That’s the new Custom House, li’s a
mighty bad location, but they’re going to
move it next week.
Thunder and Molasses ! it’ll take all the
oxen in creation for to start her!
Oh ! they use elephants for moving such
large buildings.
And how many elephants it'll take]
Upwards of a hundred.
The Yankee cut a deep gash in his
shingle and walked on.
Ho next inquired for the Adams House
for he had "hearn tell” of that, ami was
determined “to progress during his juve
nility, aware of the impossibility of doing
so at a more advanced age.”
He soon found the “tavern” and the
“deacons,” liberally “darning the expense.’’
Having “slicked up” a little, he witnessed
with some amazement the operations of a
setvant on the gong, simply remarking
that "he know’d what sheet lightnin’ was.
but this was the fust time he’d ever heard
of sheet thunder.” He followed the
ciowd into the dining hall, and was usher
ed to a seat, where he ensconced himself,
tucking his towel under his chin with a
sort of desparation, as if ho was going to
be shaved or scalped.
The sight of the covered dishes added
to his amazement. Dod dern it! he ex
claimed, es I ever heerd ofcookin’ on the
table! hut here they’ve gone and sol tin
kitchens alloverthe lot. Whar’s the fire
to come from—that’s what I'd like to
know ]
He got along with the soup very well,
and was pausing for breath, before he fin
ished it, when a waiter snatched his plate
away and was running off with it.
Hello! you sir! vociferated the Yan
kee —I see you—fetch that ere back quick
er’n link lightning or else you’ll hev your
head punched.
His plate was returned, and he finished
bis with dignity. After waiting a
moment, he raised his voice again, and
summoned the offending waiter sternly.
Kalkelate to starve me I
No, sir.
Wall—why don’t you fetch on some
fresh fodder—darn ye ?
Th cre’s the carle, sir.
11 hire's the cart ] And what in the
thunder am I to do with the cart when
I’ve got it. Lookout you pesky sarpent,
or you’lle catch it.
The hill of fare.
I don't pay my hill till I’ve had my fod
der.
The waiter humbly explained his mean
ing.
What’s all these crack-jay names mean?
Give me somthin’ plain and hearty—biletl
corn beef-—and fetch it about the quirkes
while I look over this paper and *ee
what else I’ll hev. The meat was brough*
him.
Hold on ! was the next order. What’s
this here] M-a c-c-a—Read it, wount
you, sir ]
Macaroni, Sir.
All right cap’n—hurry iton.
The dish was brought.
The eternal cuss! roared the Down
Easter, es I liaint as great a mind as ever
1 had to ker-wo-lop yer, and made an ex
ample of ye oti the spot. What do ye
mean by runnin’your rigs on mo jes be
cause I’m a stranger in these parts ! Take
away your darned hiled pipe stems and
fetch us on some cabbage. That’s right.—
And now squire, some vinegar.
\ snegar’s in the castor, sir, replied the
waiter, and made good his retreat.
In the castor, is it, hey] soliloquized
the Yankee; and where in thunder is the
castor!
The young gentleman opposite pushed
it towards him. He looked at it—took
the stopper out of the vinegar, and taking
up the castor by the bottom, turned it up.
But all the cruets manifested a desire to
illustrate the laws of gravity and leap from
their locations, and the Yankee was coin’
pelled to set it down again.
Jerusalem! he exclaimed. This here
is a curious contrivance, and no mistake.
How on nirtli am l to get atthe tainal vin
egar] I’ll try it once more.
Again he canted the castor, hut this
time all I lie stopples tumbled out.
Thunderation he.roared, here’s a pretty
mess’ Darn it all! —here I’ve got the
darnd caster all into my gravy, and tb e
darned red led on my cabbage, and the
yaller on my ’tater. Darn the thing !
My friend, said the gentleman opposite,
with a strong control over his lisible mus
cles, it appears to me if 1 were in want of
vinegar, that 1 should take the vinegar
cruet out of the stand, and by that means
I should avoid all trouble.
Here the whole company, waiters and
all, hurst into a convulsive fit of laughter.
The Yankee rose in a rage, upsetting his
chair, and glaring defiance on his neigh
bors.
How in tho name of all the tarnal cuss
es in creation ! he yelled, should I know
anything about how the darn thing worked
when I never seed one of ’em afore ]—
You’ve hatched this up agin me, I know
it. Whar’s the landlord I—fetch your bill
on—l’ll get out of this. I haint cat ten
cents worth, but I’ll pay up like a book—
and cuss and quit. And if ever 1 set to
eat a meals vittels in Boston town again
you may take my bide and tan it. Darn
your castors —and your castorile—and you
too, one and all!” And flinging down a
dollar on the table, he seized his white
bell-top from the hand of the trembling
waiter and vamosed. Down Washington
and State Street be streaked it like a com
et, and never slacked bis pace till he pull
ed up on board the Kennebec.
Captain, said he to the commander,
cast off your line jest as .quick as you’re a
mind to, and if ever you catch me want
ing to see Boston agin, jest you catch me
hy the slach and throw me right into that
ere biler, boots and all ! —Yankee Blade.
Woman. — It is the part of woman, like
her own beautiful planet, to cheer the
darkness—to he both the morning and
evening star of man’s life—tho light of her
eye is the first to rise and the last to set
upon manhood’s day of trial and suffering.
Woman’s love is a good deal like cammo
mile—the more it’s trod on, the faster it
grows. To give a girl “air,” we konw of
nothing worse than too ardent attachment.
A little water makes some fires burn the
faster.
BOOK AND JOB PRINTING,
IVtU be rjcei.nted in eteaUot style,
and upon the martfahorrUe
terms, al th& Office oj the
3CYTS3iE.IT TPiSYITE,
-BY—
WM. B. HARRISOX.-
NUMBER 4.
Yaxkf.e Doodle with Variation*.—
We have a young lady acquaintance who
ts a very fine peif.umer on the piano.—
Calling at her house the other afternoon,
ior a few moment.-, she enteituined us
with a few favorite pieces, together wiili
two or three of the most admired songs of
the day. Now, our friend’s house is in
rather close proximity to the street, and
the parlor is not proof to the rude gaze of
the passers-by, or of those who are so rude
as to lake advantage of this too common
fault of constructing dwellings in cities.—®
While in the midst of her musical efforts,
a tall young Kvntuckitn, who had just
made his egress from the‘barrens’ where
lie was horn and raised, chanced to saun
ter along the street, and charmed with the
novel music, hut rather uninformed as to
the conventional rules of city society, ap
proached the parlor window, and with
eyes dilated ami mouth extended, stood
there enraptured while she sang, “Give
me a cot in the valley I love.”
“Are you fond of music I” inquired the
lady, who is fond of a bit of sport.
“Well, 1 am that very thing,” retorted
the blunt Kentuckian.
"Do you play !” asked our friend in s
quizzical manner.
“I can play right smart tunes on the
fife.” said the countryman, “hut d—n me,
if 1 ever saw anybody play on a bureau
before!’’
‘■'l his is what wo call a piano, sir,” said
the performer, “did you never hear of
such an instrument?"
“ No, sir ee!” said Iventock, “there’s
no such critters in our parts, as that, but it
makes mighty nice kind o’ music. Can
you play YankeeDondle on that machine]’
said he suddenly, and with great earnest
ness of manner.
The lady answered in tho affirmative,
and this popular national air, was perfor
med in truly artistic style. But the un
culivated car of the rustic could hatdly
hear thro’ the “vai iutious,” a single strain
of his much loved tune, and at the close of
of tho piece he exclaimed—
“ls that Yankee Doodle?”
“ Yes, sir, that is Yankee Doodle with
the variations.”
“ Well!” ejaculatedKentuck,thrusting
each hand into a pocket preparatory to a
start, “that may do for you city folks, hut
give me the naked Yankee Doodle."
And off he went.
Truthful Savings. — lie that runs a
gainst lime has an antagonist not subject
to casualties.
When Dr. Doddridge asked his little
daughter, who died so early, why every
thing seemed to live her, she answered,
“l cannot tell unless it be, because I love
every body.” This was not only a strik
ing, hut a veryjudicious reply.
Want of sense renders some people ob
stinate, while wisdom makes them firm;
since that which would be obstinacy in a
wrong cause become firmness in a right
one. To discriminate between the two is
often difficult.
To be really and truly independent is to
support ourselves hy our owu exer
tions.
A man cannot possess anything that ia
better than a good woman, tu»rany T thing
that is worse than a bad one.
Who overcomes hy force hath overcome
but half his foe.
He who never relaxes into sportive
ness is a wearisome companion; hut be
ware of him who jests at everything 1
Young men are as apt to think them
selves wise enough, as drunken men are
to think theseives sober enough.
Time is a most valuable steed, which,
while we ride, we cannot control; and
which, if we do not well, will certainly
throw us, lovers, in particular, who trifle
with him; are sure afterwards to repent
of it.
If a man be compassionate towards the
affliction of others, it shows that his heart
is like tho noble tree that has wounded
itself when it gave the halm.
He who saith there is no such thing as
an honest man, you rnay ho sure he is a
knave.
No precedent can give sanction to in
justice.
The greatest advantage I know of be
ing thought a wit hy the world is. that it
gives one the greater freedom of playing
the fool.— Tope.
I'^’Dignity—(as generally assumed}—.
is a disguise for stupidity.