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I«2 00 PE I ANNUM
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23* IST T X O T ,
COVP'OTON. GKOROIA.
[ ,iHAS REDUCED HIS PRICES, so
: that all who have been so unfmrtu
ftmTiTEr nate ns to lose their natursl Teeth
| . .i,*ir places supplied by Art, at very
b*n h*ve pjHeJ H | roH io>iial>le prices,
k**E co *" f ; hfully executed, Office north side
H worn I**
If Square.—* ~‘ u .
fit PRINGLE
L ,Vn\’n associated themselves in the Prac-
Hl AVL f Ml-'DICNE and SURGERY, offer
F, e „fession»l services to the citizens of
fheir p lO TIiCV have opened an offi eon
fc ß vton coun • gq„are, (next, door to S
|he East so on(J al e prepared to attend to
fcIsWALDSS ,pj y i !nVe a i S(l a carefully
t\\ calls promptly- I > y
IfllfeCtrd assortment or the
Larv 3® st W® dlc * n ® 8 »
P ° 1 J . „ .heir Dcrsonal attention to Com
fef„C‘r’«', p ioß., for “1
IS.. ..»■«»" * i,c " to ;iT"," s tt
r's; ■ 1,1 Dr Dbarino Will be found at his
■At nignb • p, lNal B at his rooms imme
"he Store of C. H. San ders & Bao.
tiy 15, 25tf
r~~ '7L7 I would respectfully inform the
Icitizens of Newton, and adjoining
counties, that I have opened a
and HARNESS SHOP
side public square in COVINGTON
| , T_ m prepared to make to order, Harness
pX C , of Repair the same at short notice
Lad in the best sty le. B BROW jp
117 ts
I j. C. MORRIS,
lAttoraoy at Law *
CONYERS, GA.
[- J ajT E S M LEVY,
[watchmaker & Jeweler,
r East side of the Square,
F ON GEORGIA,
CkVre h- is’prepared to Repair Watches, Clocks
Cd Jewel Yin style Particular atteu-
It ativen to repairing Watches injured by in
EjSSI i
|'"ToTepli Y. TINSLEY,
[watchmaker & Jeweler
I ufidly prepared to Repair Watches, Clq-k,
Li .Jewidrv, in the be*t Style, at short nonce.
11l Work Done at Old Prices, and \V a,-ranted.
| 2d door below the Court House.—stf
JOHN s. CARROLL,
dentist
COVINGTON, GEORGIA.
T..<itii Filled, or New Teeth Inserted,l
best Style, and on Reasonable Terms
Offlcs Rear of R. Kill’s Storo.—l ltf
ANDERSON & HUNTER
Arc constantly receiving
[fc'resh and Seasonable Goods,!
All of wl.ich they propose to sell at the
LOWEST CASH PRICES.
♦ also closing out several lines of Goods
—A t and Selow Cost IAQENTSI —
AQENTS FOR
Agricultural Implements,
Clover and Grass Seeds,
And Several of the best
.STANDARD FERTILIZERS
Jan. 14, —16tf
CEO. J. HOWARD,
GROCER AND COMMISSION MERChANT
Marietta street,
Atlanta, Georgia.
Orders for all descriptions of Groceries fil ed
at lowest Market Prices.
Consignments of Country Produce solicited
J6F“Will make returns promptly.—Smso
'Vjfr M A N U P A C TjU R E
Sape ri o> C»o t t|o n Y a',r]n s,
No. 6to 12. & Doi, No. 400 to 700.
Mattresses*
All sizes and qualities to suit orders.
® a t t i ix s,
Os Waste or Good Cotton.
'Wool cardin c.
The quality of thejßoils unsurpassed.
p I-OUR and MEAL
RTIE MILL cannot l>e surpassed in
’be quality, nor the quantity of MEAT, or
* LOUR turned. A supply es Meal or Flour
constantly on hand. Flour of all grades to suit
*n taste and price
-ancy, Double Extra, Extra Family, FiimMy,
buperfine, and Fine. Graham Flour and Griis
~ or der. SHORTS and BKAN, for Stock Feed,
* ,f) hept. The patronage of the public is re
spectfully asked. Satisfaction guaranteed.
A splendid stock of——
® r V Goods and Groceries
on band and for sale Cheap for Cash o rbarter
or all kinds of Country Pruduoe.
E'. STEADMAN, Prop’r.
Ptbadmax, Newton Cos., Ga., Feb. 19, 1869,-13
M- C. & J . F.K I S E R,
'VholpSale and Retail Dealers in
Staple and Fancy Dry Goods, Yankee No
tions, Ilnots and Shoes, flats,
Caps, and Straw Goods,
BEADY made clothing
r s'and of TaHey, Brown, <t C 0.,)
1110 Whitehall street, Atlanta, Ga.
’''DLLMAN, Dealer in Watches, Clocks,
Whit kTi® Jew,lr Y> 6,11,1 Bens, Spectacles, &e.
a,,™' second door above M. l.ynchV
iu ,”i • torc - A tlnnta. Ga. Repairing dune
s *1 style auj warrt amed. —s 4.
THE GEORGIA ENTERPRISE.
DR. O. S. PROPHITT,
Covington Georgia.
Will still continue his business, where he intends
keeping on hand a good supply of
Drugs, Medicines, Paints, Oils, Dye Stuffs,
Together with a Lot of
Ootanic Medicines,
ccutraled Preparations, Fluid Extracts, Ac.
He is also putting up his
Livai* Mocliclnos,
FEMALE TONIC, ANODYNE TAIN KILL IT
Vermifuge, tnti-Bllious Pills,
and many other preparations,
jjTg l- Will give prompt attention to all orders.
PARTICULAR MOTICfi.
Hereafter NO MEDICINE WILL BE DELIV
ERED. or SERVICE RENDERED, except for
j&. S3 3E3: i-m
You nee not call unless you are prepared to
PAY CASH, for I will not Ivesp BooUb.
Oct. 11. 1867. Q, S. PROPHITT.
Rail Road Schedules.
Georgia Railroad.
E. W. COLE, General Superintendent.
Dat Passenger Train (Sundays excepted,)leaves
Augusta at 7 a ra ; leave Atlanta at 5 a m ; ar
rive at Augusta at 3.45 p m ; arrive at Atlanta at 6.30
' nightPassengerTratn leaves Augusta at 10
p.m’; leaves Atlanta at 5.40 p m ; arrives at Augusta
at 3.00 a m ; arrives at Atlanta at 7.45 a m.
Passengers for Milledgevftle, Washington and
Athens Ga , must take the day passenger train from
Amnista and Atlanta, or intermediate points
Passengers for West Point, Montgomery, Selma,
and intermediate points, can take either train. For
Mobile, and New Orleans, must leave Augusta on
Night Passenger Train, at 10 p. m.
Passengers for Nashville, Oonnth, Grand Junc
tion, Memphis, Louisville, and St. Louis, can take
either train and make close connections.
Tiißoron Tickets and baggage checked through
to the above places. Sleeping ears on all night pas
senger trains.
MACON A AUGUSTA RAILROAD.
E. W. COLE, Gen’l Sup’t.
Leave Caimtk daily at 12.40 p. M.; arrive n't Milledge
ville at 4.20 p. m.; leave Milledgeville at b. 45 a. m.;
arrive at Caniak at 10.15 A. M. . t>
Passengers leaving any point on the Georgia K.
R by Dav Passenger train, will make close connec
tion at Catnak for Milledgeville, Ea»onton, and nil
intermediate points on the Macon & Augusta road,
and (fir Macon. Passenger* leaving Milledgeville
at 6.45 A. M., reach Atlanta and Augusta the same
day.
SOUTH CAROLINA RAILROAD.
11. T. Peake, Gencval Sup’t.
Special mail train, going North, leaves Augusta at
355 am, arrives at Kingsville at 11.15 am ; leaves
Kingsville at 12.05 p m, arrives at Angnala at
p. m. Tliis train is designed especially for through
train for Charleston leaves Augusta at 6 am,
and arrives at Charleston ftt3.9 p m ; leaves Charles
ton at 8 a to, and arrives at Augusta at •> p in.
Ni-ht special freight and express train leaves Au
gusta (Sundays exeepfed) at 3.50 p m, and arrives at
Charleston at 4.30 a m ; leaves Charleston at 1.00 p
m, and arrives at Augusta at 6.45 a m.
WESTERN & ATLANTIC R. R-
Cot,. E. llui.bert, General Superintendent.
Daily passenger train, except. Sunday, leaves At
lanta at 8.15 am, and arrives at Chattanooga at 4.45
pm ; leaves Chattanooga at 4.40 am, and arrives at
Atlanta at 2p m.
Night express passenger train leaves Atlanta at 0.45
pm, and Arrives at Chattanooga at 4.10 a m ; leaves
Chattanooga at 5.50 p m, and arrives at Atlanta at
3.35 a m.
MACON & WESTERN RAILROAD.
E. B. Walker, Gen’l Sup’t.
Day passenger train leaves Macon at 7.V> a m. and
arrives at Atlanta at 2 p m ; leaves Atlanta at 8.15
a.:n, and iurives at Macon at 1.30 p m.
Night passenger train leaves Atlanta at «. 10 p m,
and arrives at. Macon at 4.25 am; leaves Macon at
8.30 p m, ;vnd arrives at Atlanta at 4.30 a m.
Hotels.
United States Hotel.
ATLANTA GEORGIA
WHITAKER * SASSEEN, Proprietors.
\Vithin One Hundred Yards of the General P.issen
ger Depot, corner Alabama and Prior streets,
A M E R I C AN HOTEL,
Alabama street,
ATLANTA, GEORGIA,
Nearest house to the Passenger IlepAt,
WHITE <fc WHITLOCK, Pre uetors.
W. D. Wiley, Clerk.
Having re-leased and renovated ie above
Hotel, we are prepared to entertain uests in a<
most satisfactory manner. Cliarp j fair and
moderate. Our efforts will be to .ease.
Baggage carried to and from Depot .rec of charge
FARE REDUCED!
AUGUSTA HOTEL.
rpniS FIRST CLASS HOTEL is situated on
4 Broad Street, Central to the business por
tion of the City, and convenient to the Tele
graph and Express Offices. The House is large
and commodious, and has been renovated and
newly painted from garret to cellar, and the
bedding nearly all new since the war. The
rooms are large and airy ; clean beds, and the
fare as good as the country affords, and atten
tive and polite servants.
Charges.—Two Dollars per day.
Single Meals 76 Ceuts.
I l ope to merit a liberal share of patronage
from the traveling public.
Give me a trial and judge for yourselves
S. M. JONES, Prop’r.
I> AVI LI O i HOTEL.
Charleston, S. C,
HOARD PER DAT, *3.
A Butterfield, Mrs U. L. IU ttkrfie,
Superintendent Proprietr.
WM. H. GOODRICH ,
SASH, BUNDS, AND DOORS,
On hand, and made to Order,
i August* 3S6in Georgia
COVINGTON OA, APRIL 2, 1869.
A Chain.
The bond that links our sonis together ;
Will ;t la-o through stormy weather ?
Will it moulder and decay
As the long hours pnss away ?
Will it si retch if i'ate divide us,
When dark and weary hours have tried us?
0, if it look too poor and slight,
Let us break the links to night!
It was not forged bv mortal hands,
Or clasped with golden bars and bands ;
Save thine and mine, no other eyes
The slender link can recognize :
In the bright light it seems to fade—
And it is hidden in the shade;
While Heaven nir Earth hath never heard,
Or solemn vow, or plightod word.
Yet what no mortal lmnd could mako,
No mortal power can ever break ;
IV hat words or vows coull never do,
No words or vowr can make untrue ;
And if to other hearts unknown
The dearer and the more our own,
Because too snored and divine
For other eyes save thine and mine.
And see. though slender, it Ssmnfdo
Os love and trust, and can they fade ?
While, if too slight it seem, to hear
The breathings of the summer air,
We know that it c -uld bear the weight—•
Os a most heavy heart of fate,
And as each day and hoar flew
The strung' r for its burden grew
An I, to , we know and feel again
It has been sanctified by pain,
For what God deigrs to try with sorrow,
Ho means not to decay to-morrow;
But through that fiery trial last,
When earthly ties and bonds are past;
What slighter strings dare not endure,
Will mako our love more safe and pure.
Love shall be pnriSod by pain,
And pain be soothed by love again :
So let us.now take heart and go
Cheerfully on through joy and woe :
No change the summer sun can bring,
Or the inconstant skies of spring,
Or the bleak winter’s stormy weather,
Fur we shall meet them, Love, together!
Preseut anti Future Prosperous Condition
of the South.
It is remarkable as a singular fact, tlint
there has been vet no reflux From the South of
currency to.the North ; for an unusual amount
has been sent Sou:h, and its mer
chants, it is stated, have purchased Ireely of
merchandise-, paying largely in cash, yet these
payments have been largely exceeded by the
receipts in the South on account of cotton.
It is concluded that a large amount of cur
rency has been hoarded by the planters to be
held out of circulation until their wants compel
them to purchase merchandise; and as the total
realized on the cotton crop is unusually large,
the amount thus kept stagnant, our New York
authority thinks, must be proportionally large.
The r&cuperaliun of the South is simply a
question of time. Her products are necessary
to the wealth of the country, and so long as
she is allowed to devote her energies to her
great prominent agricultural interest, she can
n..t lie bept down in material progress.
The ord.-ai through which she has passed, has
taught the farming and planting interest to
husband its resources; to curtail its expenses;
to practice economy, where, in former years,
it was prodigal; to live within its means, and
to take care of the fruits of its labor.
The annual surplus, instead of being inves-.
ted in large part in the acquisition of slave
labor and in luxuries procured from the North,
can now be to tlie same extent devoted by the
farmers and planters to the improvement and
enriching of their lands, and the beautifying
of their homesteads, and in building railroads
and factories, and devoted to other investments
which will promote their comfort, enrich their
section, and ultimately result in regaining the
position of importance formerly occupied by
it, and which gave it the influence which
weighed so much in advancing tlio progress
and prosperity of the country.
Population and wealth will follow in due
course of tijue, and with their accession, the
respect and influence which are inevitable.
Wo have only to devote our energies to the
work of industrial development in order to
regain not only what has been lost, but to ad
vance far beyond what we had formerly con
iceivod.
With the natural bounties which have been
bestowed upon us, our toil, our climate, our
minerals, our harbors, we shall attain a promi"
nence and prosperity far beyond those hitherto
possessed. The destiny of the South is on*
ward and upward.—[Petersburg Express.
Development bv Electricity. —A foreign
physician has recently started the theory that
children may be improved in mind as well as
in body by the use of electricity. lie gives
the iffstaneo of a child, which was a phenom
enon of deformity and stupidity, which, under
the iuflucnce of electricity grew three oenti
meters in a single month, and has since been
always first instead of last in his olass. Veg
etation is much richer and more rapid in its
growth when electrified than otherwise. The
theorist proposes by way of experiment, that
the six lowest pupils of each class in a lyceum
or college be subjected to this electric treat*
ment.
Weeds are God's policemen. They mako
lazy farmers cultivate the soil, which without
them, would never be stirred and consequently
never produce a crop. A good farmer hoes
often, weeds or no weeds, but a slack fellow
never uses the hoe if he can Gud any excuse
to avoid it.
Extraordinary Views jof GdiictrO Forrest.
A correspondent of the Louisville Courier-
Journal writes lia follows’;
A few days ago General Forrest and Major
Minor Mevriwether, Engineer of tlio levees on
the Mississippi, were niy conn anions part of
the way from New Orleans. As we passed
through beautiful tracts of country lying waste
I asked O'chcval Forrest how it could ever be
repopu luted.
il Wiih negroes,3 was.bis reply; ‘‘they are
the best lab ircrs we have ever had in the South.
These among us behaved during the war in,
such ti manner thut 1 shall always respect
them for it, and I would niff have one of mine
enslave.! again if I could. My houso servants,
continued he, are with me yet in Memphis, and
never would have me.”
But said I, you liavc had the name of being
hard on that peculiar
It is not true, sail he with energy, l have
always feit kindiy toward them, and always
treated them kindly. Even the Fort Pillow
massacre was investigated, ftnd the Federal
officers to a man stated tiiat I was n.it to blame.
The fort never hauled down the flag; I cut it
down with my own hands, and did all I could
to Stop tho tiring.”
But how, General, continued I, are you Ur
repopu late with negroes?
Get them from Africa, was his startling
reply ; they’ll improve aflor getting heto pare
the most imitative creatures in the world, and
if you put them in rquads of ton, with one
experienced leader in each squad, they will
soon revive our country. 1 want Northmen to
come here, and* would protect any man who
comes to build up the country with my life;
but they won't come ; Europeans won’t come;
theu, I say, let’s get Africans. By pursuing
a libertil policy ' ttf them we can benefit them
and they us. The prisoners taken in war over
there can all he turned over to us, and emi
grate and be freedmen here.
I had an interest, said'he, in the Wanderer,
and we brought over four hundred; only six
per cent, died. They were very fond of grass
hoppers and bugs, but I taught them to eat
choked meat and they were as good niggers as
any I e-er had. When prejudice gets over, ou r
government will foster this scheme. There is
no need of a war of races. I want to see the
whole country prosper. It’s my country, anil
I d'.n't intend to give it up as long as I can do
anything to Luild it up. lam an American,
and from the day I surrendered have been for
the United States,”
A spring wagon has been invented by a
gentleman of Maysville, Ky., which ha pre*
poses to run without any kind of animal or
steam power. He has already perfected a
small model, which runs up or down hill very
rapidly. Tho power is received from an im
mense coiled steel spring, whioh will run for
half an hour without being wound up. In
going up hill the spring exhausts itself, but in
going down hill winds itself up. The inventor
claims that he can carry very heavy loads over
any ordinary road.
Never complain of your Girth, your training,
your employment, yi.or hardships; never fancy
that you could lie something, if you only had
u different lot assigned you.
C-eal undoistnuda his own plan and he under
stands what you want a great deal better than
you do. The very things that you deprecate
as futal limitations or obstructions, are proba
bly what you most want. What you call hin
drances, obstacle*,and discouragements may be
God’s opportunities; and it is nothing new
that the patient should dislike his medicines,
or any certain proofs that they aro poisons.—
No! A truce to such impatience! Check that
devilish envy which gnaws your heart, because
you are not in the same lot with others; bring
down your soul, or rather bring it up to receive
God’s will, and do his work in your lot, in your
Sphere, under your obscurity, against* your
temptations ; and you will find that your con
dition is never opposed to your good, but really
consistent with if.
—'■ ... V-«3E-* :
A wealthy man was one day so much amused
at the wit of bis foolLh attendant, that he gave
him iiis cane, and told him that whenever he
should find a greater fool than himself, he must
return the cane. In process of time the rich
man neared his death. Sending for his fool,
be bade him farewell. Where are you going?
asked tho fool. To another world, answered
the rich man. When will you return? Oh,
never. Have you made preparations for this
long journey? Ala* 1 I have not. Then,
master, take back your cane; never could there
be a folly so great as that.
Kind Words.
They never blister tI.Q tongue nor lips. And
we have never heard of any mental trouble
arising from this quartor. Though they do
not cost muoh, yet they accomplish much.—
They help one’s nature and good will. Soft
words soften our own soul. Angry words are
fuel to the flames of wrath, and make it blaze
more fiercely.
Kind words make other people good hatured.
Cold words freeze people, hot words scorch
them, and bitter words make them bitter, and
wrathful words mako them wrathful. There
is such a rush of all other kinds of words in
our days, tiiat it seems desirable to give any
kind words a chance among them; There are
vain words, and idle words, and hasty words,
and spiteful words, and silly words, and empty
words, and boisterous words, and warlike
words. Kind words also produce their own
image in men’s souls. And a beautiful image
it is. They sootlio and quiet and comfort tho
bearer. They shame him out of his sour,
morose, unkind feelings. Wo have not yet
begun to use kind words iu such abundance as
they ought to be used.
Religions Insincerity.
Ts all the hypocrites who take refuge from
the world’s opinion under the cloak of reli
gion, and 'neath the shadow of the churches
reach heaven, then will the Supreme Being
need pity. But wo have this consolation—the
hypocrites, the Puritanical deceivers, the long
faced, ranting, canting, whining, whited se
pulchers, full of uncleanness and hypocrisy,
Aa'ntiot enter into the homo of the biesaed or
the beautiful eternal. No man under Ilis
great arch, more loves the causo of Christiani
ty, more venerates religion, more respects,
those who ar6 deserving of religious respect
than does the writor of this. No man more
loves that which is good and honest, and beau
tiful of mind and character, than does the ed
itor of this paper.
Ancf no Otic in all the land has more con
tempt for the hollowness, hypocrisy, and mock
religion, and the efforts of thousands to fool
theiiHeHow-men by wearing long faces and
maskß having enraved thereon pictures of
churches and religious forms, than do we.
The churches of the present day have be*
come, with very few exceptions, but political
machines, caucus-rooms, wherein sach week
Christ is crucified afresh for the benefit of
the negro or some drunken politician, who
would sacrifice not only his own soul but tho
cause of his Savior, to obtain some office, grat
ify some spite, or fill his purse 6r place of res
idence with stolen property.
It may undeniably bo said that church and
state, that religion and politics, are the two
great thieves between which truth is crucified
hourly. Had there been no religious bigotry
and intolerance iu the country, there would
have been no late terrible war.
Ilad those who professed to teach religion,
taught Christ and him erucified, love on
earth, peace and good will to all men ; had
the so-called religionists of America been one
half as liberal in practice as in theory, there
would not have been the fearful slaughter, the
reckless disregard, the terrible hastening of
souls unprepared into the eternal, as we hare
seen within the past few years.
If the ministers of the gospel, sot apart and
ordained to teach us the road to Heaven, had
confined themselves to their legitimate duties
and honored their sacred calling, the country
would be much better off than at present, and
there would be more men in whose hearts
could be found true religion than we now have
with us.
It inis been the aim of certain churches in
America to preach only politics. Their dea
cons, their elders, their professors of religion
prate-over virtues they possess not; teach
morality, sobriety, temperance, and religion
in their Sabbath schools, yet invariably vote
for the retention of thieves, swindlers. corrupt
men, tricky politicians, drunkards, and unwor
thy persons to bold office and legislate for the
people.
We cannot see one bit of religion in passing
by a half starved beggar in the street who is
dying for a sixpence, for the sake of putting
an* unbroken dollar on the
at church. We cannot see why it is that the
eyes of Christians follow up their church
spirets, noticing tho height and beauty there
of, with no disposition to look into'tho cellars,
cabin*, and homes of the poor. We cannot
see why it is that women put on their dia
monds, their silks, and all the fineries and
trickeries of fashion when they go to the place
of worship to o)>en theirihearU to God, when
the Bible aud true religion so earnestly de
nounce them for so doing. We cannot soe
why it is that professors of religion should ar
ray themselves as if for ball or festival when
attending church, professing to worship God
iu meekness and humility.
We cannot find religion in this hunting over
of a fashion book six days of the week and
looking at a hymn book or Bible ten minutes
of a Sabbath, all the while professing to pos*
sess that Heavenly love, Christian meekness,
and contempt for outward show, upon which
professors of religion base their hopes for a
happy immortality. When we look about in
the cities and country Jseeing how
many there are of the poor the needy, and the
suffering; when we look at the magnificent
churches where thousands aud thousands of
dollars are foolishly expended for style, we
cannot but think the religion of this country
is very lame ; when wo see ministers of reli
gion, who have professed purification from
worldliness, more intent upon pleasing the
rich than the poor, more intent upon following
fashion than Jesus ; more intent upon political
than religion conquests; mors intent upon
pleasing silk than calico; more intent upon
winning smiles from hypocrisy than truth—
we cannot help thinking but that very much
of the so-called religion of the day is .but a
hollow, mockiuh, unebristianliks, hell-deserv
ing invention of the devil, intended to catch
and hold hypocrites for punishment hereafter.
—[N. Y r . Democrat.
A modern philosopher has appropriated
man’s full extreme as follows:
7 years in childhood's sport and play 7
7 years in school from day to day 14
7 years in trade or college life .21
7 years to find a place and wife 28
7* years to pleasure’s follies given 35
7 years to business hardly driven 42
7 years for some a wild goose chase 49
7 years for wealth, a bootless race 56
7 years for hoarding for your heir 63
7 years in weakness spend, and care 70
Then die and go—you should know where.
Oaths are vulgar, senseless, offensive, impi
ous ; like obscene words, they leave a noisome
trail upon the lips and a stamp of odium upon
the soul. They are inexcusable. Thoy grat
ify no sense, while they outrage ta*te and
dignity.
VOL 4, NO. 20
A Man and Ilis Wile Murdered in Bed.
A great deal of excitement prevails in Leb
enon, lad., on account of the murder of A. J.
Todd and his wife, near that place [on Thurso
day. At an early hour on Friday morning, and
man by the name of Bright callod at Todd’l
house to go with him to their daily work.;—
Bright was unable to get any answer from the
inside, and could not open the door. lie look*
ed into the window and saw the murdered
man and woman. He wont to the neigh
bors and gave the warning and sent to thi»
place fur a Coroner, who summoned a jury
and went to the place of the murder. Todd
was found lying on the floor with his throat
cut from car. to ear, arid a bullet halo in hie
breast, and a riflo gun laying about throe feet
from his Ixnly. Both his hands were clasped
on his breast ovor tho bullet hole. Ills throat
had been cut while in bod, where'bo had blod
to death, and then dragged out of bed and
thrown on the floor and shot. His wife. WiiS
lying in bed with the bed clothes and her night
clothes all in perfect order. Tho back aide o
her head was mashed in, and there were sever
al cuts across her face and arms and on be?
head. An old hatchet was found in the Mi
and an old caso knife was found on the flrior
Both were bloody, and there was hair on thd
hatchet. No clue has yet been obtained as U
who could have committed this bloody
deed,—[Ex.
Stand Head.— At a recent examination in a
female school the question was put to a claw
of little girls : 1 v»
‘Who makes tho laws of offr Government?
‘Congress,’ was ths ready reply, •« i T
‘How it Congress divided? was -the next
question. But the little girl failed to answer
it. Another little girl in the class raised np
her hand, indicating that she could answer it
‘Well, Miss Sallie, what do you say the di*
vision is ?’
Instantly, with an air of confidence as trell
as triumph, she answered :
‘Civilized, half civilized, and savage.’
Mr. Snipe’s Litany. . T
From doctor’s pills and Western chills and
other ills, deliver us.
From want of gold, and wives that scold,
and maidens; old, and sharpers bold, deliver
us.
From stinging flies, and greenish eyes, :and
baker’s pies, and babies’ cries, a man that lies,
and cloudy skies, and love that dies, fickle
ties, and gaudy dyes, deliver us.
From bearded females, and strong re : nded
women, (this don’t jingle) femalo lecturers,
and all other masculine ladies, deliver us.
From creaking doors and wife that snores
confounded| bores, deliver us.
From Catbrol gripes, and Mrs. Snipes, de
liver us.
From modsst girls with waving curls, nod
teeth of pearls—oh! never mind.
Good Will.
Prentice, of the Louisville Journal says
many good things, and now he intimates what
his will would be if be was rich. What an
idea, to suppose an editor could be rich I lie
says :
If I possessed the most valuable things in
the world, and was about to will them away
the following would bo my plan of distribu*
tion:
I would give tlie world truth and friendship,
which are so very scarce.
The physicians, skill and learning.
I would give printers their pay.
To gossipping women, good sense, modesty,
large waists, and natural teeth.
To young sports and dandies, common sense,
little cash, and hard labor.
To old maids, good tampers, smooth facas,
little talk and good husbands.
To old bachelors, love of virtue, children and
wives.
Speaking of the effect of habits of sobriety,
Mr. Barnum says : ,-nj
“Two men will start together in life, the
one keeping his head cool with water, the oth
er muddling his head witli liquor. At the end
of ten years the former will have achieved
success, the latter will bo dropping Into a
drunkard’s grave ; but just before be drops
you’ll bear him say, “ 'stonishing what differ*
ence 'er is in life ! That feller started sanie’s
I did, and everything he touched turned to gol’
and everything I touched turned to ashes—
'stonishing what a difference ’er is in life !’’
“Blowing their horns,” —A brass band.
A heavy shower —-is a reign of teffor.
A little shaver—is a barber’s boy.
Never tell a bells a secret; it will be told.
A rare thing—to see a young lady jump
over a fence.
If you want to “kiok the bucket” fall into
a well. 1
A Golden Thought. —We know not <ho
author of the following, but it ia one of the
most beautiful productions of the hum&rrmwd
we have ever read :
“Nature will be reported. All things are
engaged in writing their own history. The
plant and the pebbie go attended by their own
shadows. The rock leaves its scratches on the
mountain side, the river its bed in the soil;
tho fern and the leaf their modest epitaph in
the coal. The falling drop makes its sepul
cher in tho sand or stone : not a foot stop in
tire snow or along the ground but prints in
characters more or less lasting, a map of its
march ; every aet of man inscribes its memo>
rios on its followers and his own faco. The
air is full of sounds, tho sky of tokens, ths’
ground is all memoranda and signatures, and
every object is covered over with hints whirh
speak to the intelligent.”