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THE GEORGIA ENTER PEMLSB.
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Georgia railroad schedule.
,l.**ve Augusta at $ A. M
Leave Atlanta nt 8 10 A. M
Arrive at Augusta at 6 40 P. M
Arrive at Atlanta at.. u 2J P. M
NIGHT PASSENGER TRA.N
I.ear# Augusta at 8 IS P. M
Leave Atlanta at & P-M
Arrive at Augusta at fl A. M
Arrive at Atlanta at B no A. M
S K, JOIINSON, Superintendent.
W. A. Shelby, M. B.
OfFERfi ins PROFESSIONAL SERVICES
*to A* Rtlken* of Covington and vicinity. May
jv, fnnml.at the Law Oflieo or residence cr Judge
>elJ j. Floyd. 3™ 15
Attention Farmers !
W" ' E Are now selllne envll and other cele.
bmted Hoes at New York prices without
‘freight. Call ;ncl examine them. Tin* l* a aploo
“.WS 1 ”' ,0 "* "mJw**™*.
P n m p ,s
rsRI.L whitman’s Metal-llned Cucumber Wood
Pump. su'taMe for wells of nnv i!*nth. They
will not freeze. Thev can he put -town In a few
•minute* and will ht for year* without repair.—
Jt lathe Cheapest Pump In the United States.
ljy“Cll and examine. T. N. PITTS.
£ugar and Syrup,
(16 Barrel* N. 0. & A. C. * E AC Sugar
•Rlao.'fi Barrels N.O. Syrup, which we will
artlUtllow doW T n E P p rice^ oNA TnoMpg<)^
GOOBERS,
Pea-Milts and Pin and er s
pOR Planting. $1,75 per
FINE MOLASSES.
That Molasses, I declare it to be the best t h ive
seen slnec the war. Fill up my b : : jug, this time.
Hr. Corley.
Syrup/Molasses, etc.
PERSONS indulging in the “sweets of life” can
be furnished cheap by JOE HARRIS.
Lager Beer, Ale & Porter.
IAOER BEER in bottles and on draught, at
a all times. Porter and Ale by the bottle.
.Callln. T. N. PITTS.
.New BOARDING House.
rWill open bv the 15th in-t.. a First class Dav
Hoarding House, in 'lie residence recently "<•-
copied by Judge Lansdell, near the square in Cov
ington. My table sh ill ho siipp ied with the be
the market affords. Give me a trial.
Covington. Jan. 3. 111f. A. N. LAAVSON.
The Covington '-totel.
IR. CARY COX, PROP’K.
'TMUS large and commodious Hotel is alwic
-1 readv for the aeeoininodatiiui of the tr vlinir
p-ihlie. Large comfortable rooms, well Carpeted
—Tables supplied with the very best thocoiintiv
afford-, and nothing left undone that will add to
,t he of its guests. Terms low. >tt
KLKbSINE AND PET HO
OIL 65
TtIAVK lust received a Fine Quality of Pure
Kerosine and Pctro nil. Why will you < hoo-<‘
darkness rather than light when Oil can >c > .
>ao cheap? '• N - 111 1 ‘ j
New Prints Just In ;
w si
. ,E.t J. T. ixwmva ft. su.,o.
Nails,
dominion Nails at 71-4 cents
per pound. Lee & Son.
20,0001b57 of Flour,
PREBH from the Mill, for sale cheap. Npwlb
the time to get good biscuit. J. r. Coble .
Planting Potatoes.
15 Barrels of Planting Potatoes of the follow
ing Varieties: Early Rose. Early (4oo J , ''* < ’ IUK
I*ink Eyes, just received
Covington, Feb. 7,18i3.
FINE whiskies.
THE finest end host and purest Liquors.in the
market, can be found at tl| e^ re^ f nlTTl cy,
Covington, On.
Our Bills arc Duo.
We Would remind customers that nil of our
Bill* fall due in SO days. Those who owe us will
firESjr“ d,ott ‘ e ’ miANH.Uii'joNEs.
Vinegar Bitters
Go and get a Fresh Bottle of the cel
ebrated Vinegar Bitters from
ebrateavmg OLD WHITTEN.
Garden Seed,
Lot Just In at
ANDERSON & DkLANEY S.
JOB ARS.
I have an excellent assortment of tine Cigars
mxl smoking and Chewing T^ c ”vhITTEN.
~ GOOD SOAP.
A choice seledlion of fine Soaps
at the Store of G. S. Whitten.
New Barber Shop.
I Toon CUTS and Clean Shaves. Give me a
'rSTd I will guarantee satistaetion. My shop
1* lit the OW Express Office, Covington, Os.
I am better prepared to give satisfaction now
than ever, as my shop is newly fitted up.
16 GEO KG E JOHNSON, Colored Barbel.
New rabinct Shop.
I AM NOW READY to furnish the public with
i all kinds of
FUB NITUHFI.
i and do all kind* of work In the Cabinet line. My
work is warranted, mid sutis.avttou guaranteed.
WOODEN BURIAL CASES and CASKETS.—
\ I.ni u't';mt| Select :i**"Kiiicnt <*f Fine lo<ewooti
Coffin* just received, which will lie Hold at tin*
most reasonable prices. All nlze kept on hand.
A LSO
Coffins Made to Order.
And General Repairing done at prices to suit
the times. <L L. GREER.
Covington, Ga., Jan. 31, 1873. lott
Shepajd, Baldwin & 80.,
WIDLE-AI.E DEALERS IN
FOREIGN AND DOMESTIC
Wines and Liquors,
No. 11 Decatur Street,
[Opposite the H. I. Kimball EloUseJ
ATLANTA ,<GH©RGI\
Orders Solicited. <hnso
A Word to the Ladies
N < )W IS THE TIME to have your FURS nicely
cleaned before puttin ■ them away, to keep the
moth from deetr.ning thorn. Send them by Ex
pre-s to L CIIF.UY’S STEAM DYE WORJtS,
Atlanta, Ga. All kinds of Ladies and Gentlemen’s
Clothing nicely Cleaned or Dyed. Satisfaction
guaranteed. Package* sent to me by Express will
receive prompt attention.
JAM’S LOOHERY.
Atlanta Steam Dye Works.
HENRY D. CAPERS,
Attorney and Counselor At Law.
COVINGTON, GEORGIA.
\ 17TLL Practice in the Courts of the Flint and
W Oemulgee Cir Ult . the Supreme Court of
Georgia, and e>-< w’ere. mder special contract.
Having perfected arrangements for the prosecu
tion of Claims against (he United St ites, I will re
ceive such and forward them to my correspondents
in Washington City.
E. H. Yancey, M. D.
C/FFFRS his Professional Sc rvices to the eiti
z..|is of Covington and surrounding country.—
(tffiee two doer* above Anderson & DeLattey’s
store, on strict le?dinjr t*w:ml thy Collcarf-. A cote
ami Chronic Cases hi.hlo a spoeirilty. ParMciilyr
attention ‘riven to tli • treatment • f fill Mvret <lj*-
omcB. Call always In* t uml at mv Offiee in the j
tiny, and it mv it night, when not pro
feK-ionullv crilleil away.
• When I in m>t tmv * ttU;o 1 wpl leave wonl at
\wVr*on t• t Lm<‘\ v -t.re wheic .1 imjy he
found, or when I will return.
V. H. YANCEY, M. D.
Covin.rten, Fel. (5. 1^73. —lGtf.
Yiirs a^.c 7 Fruit Trscs,
Very 1 ow!
'IVTIES' ASO V Will lte over in a few week for
I pi mtlng out Froit Trees and \ tues. t’ttr
stock is larg", utic! ,mvnt;be to make room
for the present v < nr. •• t' in Ur tlrder-. • e
we will fill ihem pert/ low- lower than ever be
fore. Send for Catalogin'.
AV. XV. CLARK & CO.,
Feh. 14, 1873. Covington. Ga.
Atlanta C.'ttst t'ttieit, Gwinnett Herald, and
T,arrange Reporter, will eopv -te -1 1*• ■ roreuiiM •*t
HO, and send Idlt i . W. W. Ci-ai:k A Cos..
Machinsryand Agricultural
T f/T FTjVI •*.&
A. D. HAMMETT,
FNKK AL AGEN T for the sale of Portable
' TT Steam Engines, Saw Mills, Reapers, Gins,
Horse Powers, Thro-her. and Separators, and nil
kinds of Mill or other Machinery, Gum or Leather
Belting. Agricultural Implements, Ac.. Ac.
I have made special arrangement- with the he-t
Manufacturers, to -ell the above articles at fir-t
eo-f, with only Freight and Kxpen-es added.
Persons buying Engines, Saw Mills, Reapers qr
Separators through me, can have them started to
running, free of eharge.
Office at Anderson A Hunter’s store.
A. D. HAMMETT.
Covingten. Ga.. March 29—23tf
GOODS AT ABARGAIN !
I Keep constantly on hand a full supply of the
most sal t ' le merchandise, consisting in part, of
ROOTS A -4IOES, DRY GOODS.
Y ANKEE NO’ IONS, CONFECTION
ERIES, nil I ■ i (, Old Supply of FAMILY
GROCERIES i k p a good snnrlv of
the Fine- an Bpst, WHISKIES.
J-.arge Lot of LATHS, Cheap
fWILL sell all of mv Goods at the very
Lowc-t Figures tor CASH. Give me a call and
examine my Goods and the splendid bargains of
fered. S. N. STALLINGS.
Covington, Ga., Jan. 10.—3 m : 12.
CLOTHING.
TARGE Lot of Clothing Cheap at,
J STEPHENSON & THOMPSON,
CO FFTNfi -
■I wish to inform the citizens of this place and
vicinity, that 1 have opened a large and complete
assortment of METALIC BURIALCASES, GAR
RETS, and COFFINS, of all sizes and Deserip
tinns, at No. 1, DeGive’s o"cra House, Marietta
street. Atlanta, where I ant prepared stall times
to till orders lor any kind of Coffins. I am also
an-eut for TAYLOR’S CORPSE PRESERVE.
| ° ■ C, HOHNEFELD,
| nl 4. Marietta st., Atlanta,
j To Ihe Public.
WE, THE Undersigned, and" certify that we
have saitl melting, heard nothing, nor
do we know anything derogatory to the char
acter of Mrs. Emily Jenkins, formerly Miss
Emilv Johnson. Tin* March ‘Mrk mA.
WILLIAM J. AAlltriNO.
i JI. B. ANDERSON.
1bi.23. TANARUS, J. BAGBY.-
COVINGTON, GKORGIA, APRIL 18, 1873.
New Postal Regulation*.
The “Fat Contributor’’ takoa excep
tion to the netv postal regulatL® in this
wise: “II iliero is absurd
than some of the rulings
of the post-oflioe should
like to see it. For
w"• k:
“ ‘Mail matter depositor In the post
• fiice for mailing, on which yt least, -one
full rate of postage has been paid, should
b* forwarded to its destintfpfojjr charged
with the uiipa : d rate, to on de
livery. The unpaid rate rs douhle/the
prepaid rate, which shoiddphaA'e 'been
paid at the mailing office.W
'I his is to say, il A a letter
so bulky that the postages six cents,
and only affixes one stamp,
B has to pay six cents on the delivery
of the letter. Iri this way, Bis punished
for the ignorance or neglect of
his correspondent. T
Wc have a few rules tt> bmit to tli#
department:
Monthly magazines, polished wcelc
ly must be charged wlten
delivered daily. cx.-
cept to regular are not per
mitted to frank their rejftrts.
If no stamp is fixed ttfyletter, rotain
it. If, however, the -{foefage is over
paid, letter up!
If) ou feel any doubt .about a paper
going with a'one cent..*s£uiip, have two
sent. ■ 0
Seeds ran go by mail as merchandise.
The postmasters are cautioned against
allowing, any old seeds to go through
their mails, however.
Signs cannot be sent without paying
letter postage, three cents on every lct-i
ter.
Calico prints and foreign prints and
footprints, all go as printed matter, and
pay taken accordingly. Vaccine mat
ter must be properly [pock] marked.
Poetry in its various stages, including
the Etlgar A. Poe stage, must be sent
paid, whether it ever paid to read it or
not.
A postmaster is not permitted to make
any material change in the site of his
post-office without affixing a two cent
-tamp for ever* two ounces. Tic can
charge double postage for sight of the
postmaster. >
Slyrts be mailed at the rate of
two cents for every two ounces of shirt,
ill the owner’s name is on the shirt, let
ter postage must be charged. This rule
is indelible.
A subscriber living in the county in
which the paper is printed can take the
paper, provided he pays in advance for
it, and urges his neighbor to subscribe.
If he does not live in the county in which
he resides, and the paper is not printed
in the county where it has its press work,
then the county must pay double postage
on the man—we m.enn a two cent count)
must be affixed to every postage stamp —
that is to say, every two ounces of man,
we mean the paper county —the man—
well, we must leave this ruling to the
discretion of the postmaster.
A True Friend.
Copcerning the man you call your
friend, tell me will he weep with you in
hours of distress ? Will he faithfully re
prove you to your face, for actions for
which others are ridiculing and censur
ing behind your back? Will he dare to
stand forth in your defense, when de
traction is secretly aiming its deadly
weapon at .your reputation .? Will he
acknowledge you with the same cordiality
and behave to you with the same friendly
attention in the company ot your supe
riors in tank and fortune, as when the
claims of pride do not interfete with
those of friendship ! If misfortunes and
losses should oblige vou to retire into
a walk of like in which you cannot ap
pear with the same liberality as formerly,
will he still think himself happy in your
society, antt instead of withdrawing him
self from pn unprofitable connection take
ploasure in-professing himself your friend
and cheerfully assist you to' support the
■burthen of your afflictions ? When sick
ness .shall call you to retire from the gay
and busy scenes of the world, will he
follow you into your gloomy retreat,
listen with attcnt : on to your “tale of
symptoms,” and administer the balm of
consolation to your fainting spirits ?
Ami lastly, when death shall burst every
earth’y tie, will he shed a tear upon your
grave, and lodge the dear remembrance
of your mutual friendship in his heart ?*
All I* Not Lost,
Those who have been laying tho flat
tering unction to their souls that tho
Democratic party is dead, to-day have
reason to snvie upon the other side of
their mouth. The result of the elections
in Conneticut and Cincinnati, yesterday,
demonstrate that there is life in the old
party yet—and while there is life there
is hope.
The little Nutmeg State has very grace
fully wheeled into her old place iu the
Democratic column, and chosen a Dem
ocrat to fill tho Executive Chair ; while
in Cincinnati the triumph is still more
signal. In the latter city the Democrats
had tlie manhood to spurn the attempted
dictation of the so called Liberals in the
matt r ofselecting a canc.i late for Mayor.
Standing upon their own ground, pre
senting their own candidate—a tried and
true Democrat of the old school—defying
the insolent attempt of defected and dis
carded Radicals to control their action,
they have won the battle ; have gamed a
signal victory, which is not barren.
This is emphatically a triumph of the
honest Democratic masses. At the v’ery
moment it became apparent that a Dem
ocrat Avas to be presented, that preten
tious Liberal (?) organ, the Commercial,
went back to its wallowing in the mire of
ultra Radicalism, and gave its support to
the Radical candidate, while the Enquirer,
which was completely demoralized, give
but a half-hearted support to Mayor
Johnson—a support which was worth
nothing. But without an organ, and in
spite of the faint praise of the Enquirer,
the Democratic Ireetnen came boldly and
nobly to the charge, and have achieved a
.glorious straight Democratic triumph.—
In New Hampshire, Connecticut and Cin--
t in’.ati, wc have the beginning of the end,
if the Democracy of the other States will
prove equally true. —[Louisville Ledger.
■ •• -'*#*>► •
Carl Schurz predicted that Grant
would present himself a third time as a
candidate for President, declaring that
he already wielded a more despotic sway
than did any sovereign in Europe. It
was reasoned, and correctly, that for the
third time Grant might prefer and make
good the same claims as were advanced
by him for re-election. Under lum the
Government has been centralized, and the
rights of States have been swept away by
armi cl sol lin y parade of his use of tho
military. Now ihat he has gained so
complete a control over many States by
the aid of the military, and the establish
ment of carpet-bag government subserv
ient to his will, he grows bolder and al
lows his friends to tear off the mask which
has so long concealed his intentions.
There is something dreadfully annoy
ing in watching a person doing ,a simple
thing ir. a bungling manner. A man
thought a neighbor wasn’t harnessing a
mule as he ought to, and took hold to
help, and immediately exchanged the
role of Samaritan for a roll in the mud
lie says no man need to look for happi
ness in this world.
i mm ———
The wasp with a yellow bustle is no
insignificant agent in dispersing a crowd,
but a nervous woman making through a
crowd for the cars with a valise in one
hand and an umbrella in the other is
about as appalling an object as the hu
man mind can concei\ r e and maintain its
balance.
-o
Women think that people are growing
overfussy nowadays. It a man dies and
two or three grains of strychnine, or
half a pound of arsenic, or an ounce or
so of antimony be found in his stomach,
his poor wife has to go off to prison and
go through a trial, and see her name in
the newspapers, and be acquitted, and
neglects her sewing until she has not a
thing fit to wear.
A young man entered a rest urant,
being attracted by the sign, “Fresh
boiled crabs, fifteen cents.” He sat
down, had a crab dished up, ate it, and
threw (iown fifteen cents on the counter.
The keeper demanded a quarter, “I
thought that the sign read fifteen cents ?”
suggested the young man. “So it does,
ft’s twenty-five cents when you take em
here, and fifteen cents when you take
’em home.’’ “Well,” was the reply,
“I’m taking this home,” and he cooliy
walked out.
By anew French law the sale of liquor
' to drunkards or minors is punishable by
j fine and imprisonment, and the cost ot
I being drunk and disorderly in public
rangt s from 5 francs for n first offence to
750 francs and disfranchisement for two
i years. •
We, Are Growing Old. W
We aro growing old—how "the thought will
rise #
When a glnnce is backward cast ,
On smite long remembered spot that lies
Tn thn silence et tho past! r ~J*
It tntty ho tho shrine of early vowa, ’ Mm
Or the tom It of enrly tears; .
But it seems like n fur off i*lo to n, • *0
In tho stormy sea of years, , *
0, wide nnd wild tiro tho Wsivds that jdwt
r\ * * y
tJur stops Iromits grt’onness niyr ;
And we ntiss the joy of, many a heart,
And the light of tpTtny n hrojv,
For deep o’er many a stately Karki
Have the whelming billows rolled, •*
That steered with ns from that etfrly in^rl^-
O, friends, we arc growing oldjf-
O'J in the dimness and the dus v j% .
Of our daily toil nnd cares,
O'd in the wreck- of Hve nmMWtt, • ‘ 49
• _
Which our burdened memory
Each form may wear to the pas.-3p g
The bloom of life’s froshness'vef,
And beams may brighten our litter AJI
Which the morning never ni^. f j
But oh, the chnugoa wo have s^m^
In the far and Vinding # m t
The grave* that have in our
And the locks that liajtc grown gray 1 J
The winters still on our path mayj
The sable or the gold ; * 'o* t.
Eiit wc saw their snows upon brighter
And, friends, wc are growing oljl
We have gained the world's cold
We have loan e l to pait-e nndffoar;
But whete are the lying founts whoso flow
AV'as a joy of heart to hear?
We have won the wealth of many a clime,
And tho lore of many a page,
But where is the hope that saw in time
But its boundless heritage?
Will it cotno again when the violet wakes,
And the woods their youth renew ?
AYo have stood in the light of sunny brakes
When the bloom was deep and blue;
And our soul- might joy in the spring-time
then,
But the joy was faint an 1 cold,
For it could never give us the youth again
Of hearts that nro growing old.
Truth Clearly Spoken.
The recent Convention of Democrats
and Liberal Republicans for the State of
Michigan adopted the following among
the resolutions of their platform :
“That every actor in and promoter of
the recent legislation which, disregard
ing the great but den of the national debt
and the stringency of money now serious
ly affecting all classes of business, with
out necessity or propriety doubled the
salary of the President and the pay of
members of Congress retroactiv'ely, and
is in the future increased to more than
£6O per diem for all the time of Iheir
actual attendance on sessions, ought to
be whelmed in such a flood of scorn
and obloquy as to secure a speedy change
of the law, and to deter all their success
ors from repeating the scandal and in
famy of such enactments.”
This, says the New York Sun, de
scribes in appropriate language one of
the most scandalous transactions in our
history. There is one fact connected
with the affair, however, which has not
yet been presented to the people with
sufficient force and prominence. This
fact is that President Grant personally
exerted his influence with members of
Congress to secure the passage of the
bill. lie lobbied for the increase of his
own salary. He had agreed to serve as
President' for £25,000 a year, hut for
getting ’.hat he was bound in honor by
such agreement, he went to members of
Congress and besought their aid to ac
complish this unprecedented act of plun
der. If the members of Congress who
voted for the bill merit the public con
demnation, President Grant merits it
much more than they.
Gov. Ilartrnnft, of Pennsylvania, has
approved the hill repealing the Bucka
lew cumulative voting section lo the
State law regulating borough elections.
It is claimed that the plan has not work
ed well, and that neither party desired
its continuance. Mr. Buckalew, howev
er, is grieved, and hopes for a fair trial
of the scheme in other States.
This is the way a delighted Michigan
“local” puts it: Brighter days are corn
ing—just think of it. Blue birds, dan
delions, caravans, scissors-grirulers, arti
chokes. violets and hand-organs, will soon
sing, shine, show, sharpen, scent and
shriek that Spring has oome.
Philadelphia is waging war upon her
street beggars, it having been discovered
that one of the most noted, whose in
come from fraud oftimes amounted to
twenty dollars a day, lives in an aristo
cratic quarter, loans money at usury, and
gets drunk nightly. Another, a deform
ed young woman, owns a row of houses,
and is a large dealer in real estate.
The public laundry interest, which has
lately grown to extensive proportions, is
shaking with alarm lest the influx of
Japanese should bo followed by tho in
troduction of paper shirts, paper pocket
handkerchiefs and other articles that, like
the Italian immigrants, “won’t, wash.”
I %VE RE* E\(iE.
r Once, here. Ilewuof
ftf'd biMle/lmt he wu dyn.
t a tytre, and sold refdy
ihirtr!oh - lr ° had * JttUßh
+‘jr'v]lm '">• rorvdy ni l#, tro. She *&■
'■'!]/i"’r hiihnf’s cam/Sh had a golden
Her eyes bright that when he
[#red Dirnug#tho mist of the future she al
ways started a rain-lnw same furlongs ahead.
She wore long foe, , too, she was cradled
Mj/' 8 r P ° r 4r" r i Sh" was swsetefthan
pies, fi K |,t Inu/els nfsiiznr, ami eler
jjn*fHuyrffs of gum JJmpe fflfed. She was to
iweet -that aft ate £ipe ffmehos for njckle/,
r'tnd so she had to carry a
in fjpdf putting the rcat of
4lbf W' ir f "caching t
Ye gods, a ramnlo ffke ftuvt made d<Fof eyC
iron, scoured once a put jiipotaan'
umbrella stand, woid#
hnd-a iorerrir’lt ePa man. lie knew that
her eoflve.Phd n/r heap with the
lessons of advorjdtA he knew in his in
most soul thm.it was diluted with the milk of
humpn
fdid lore that
love neaor and he got
in' a mud puddle got half over it, as
•W%vs.: ,/ . f
'* A min of crimson hue saw this fe-
To see was to apze'and to gaze Ws to
love. 110 swore anSawaJJt that shy
Should bo add though he had'
to take her fother B ont n clamming with hint
and and though he had
shoot wine bottle loaded
with .grape shot. * £
the jjale, cold moonbeams.,.- Their lips touch
ed, and there was a sound like a
its hoof out of the mud. A female Mice
said :
“Alfred, dear Alf, remember at seven to
morrow night, precisely, or I will never for
give you.” (She wanted to go to the circus.)
lie said : “Hattie, dear Hat, I will be here,”
Tn the shade of a tree stood a man who wm
to knock that circus business endways. At
they parted he said “Aha !” twjfe, and thea
dashed into the thickening gloom and darted,
after his rival cuss. lie followed him to hi*
home. lie raised the window and he stole hia
boots. lie took those boots home, and then
and there perpetrated a crime unparalleled in
the annals of history. He deliberately
a saddle-rock banana skin, and he half-soled
and heeled those boots with that banana skin.
’Twas night. The golden stars were wink
ing at each other (ahove you will see tho
stars.) The moon was showing her man to
an admiring world. Grasshoppers had grast
hopped for the last time that day. The bull
frogs were singing their evening hymns, and
the cats were warbling their evening hymn*
too. Nothing was working, save the yeast in
the buckwheat-cako jar.
A young female, dressed to kill, stood lean
ing against a door-post. She was wringing
her hands and yelling, “Cruel, cruel wore.”
Far better had she boen at her crochet worki
The grease on her gnl den locks would hard
brought ten cents for soa)> fat. A shadow
stolo across her path. ’Twas a he shadow.—
Tt said,‘Ahem !’ She ahome 1 back, for she
owned a patent hemmer. It advanced stead
ily, and exclaimed, “Why Hattie !” She ad]
vanced with a cat-like tread, and ejaculated,,
“Why, Doe,” (it was a dry Doc.) She spoke
one minute—subject, the instability of man
then they crooked elbows and glided into the
thickening gloom. This makes three in the
thickening gloom.
A form—a male form— approaching. fj
slides and slips and shuffl >s along, tumbling
over lamp-posts an 1 mackerel barrels. Doo
says to Hattie:
“Sec there, look! link! alas, ho v drunk!”
Sho shrank back and clutched Doc’s arras
more closely, and then exclaimed:
“’Tis,’taint! ’taint,’tie! my long-lost Al
fred !”
“Yes, and drunk as thunder!’’ cried Doc.
’Twas night again. Alfred wasbeing kicked
off the stoop by Doc .and Miss Hattie’s father/
assisted by Miss Hittie. A few months after,
Die led his blushing bride, with a string of 1
lilu-hing bridesmaids, to the blushing priest.
Then he took her to her now homo—a bran
new house—with a tank of water in the top
that hell a thousand gallons. * *
Time rolled on without wheels. Months
flew by without wings. Alf thought his legs
had gin out. Tlirco tumbles to a yard was
bis only gait, tbe only gait to a yard ho
owned. One day sat- upon tho grass be
moaning liia sad fate, when a goat—they
call ’em billy goats because they eat hand-bills
sent by some fairy hand, approached a.ad
shewed all the bottoms of his bools off, and on
arising he found himself restored to health.
Tie swore to be revenged for thoso banana
skins. He dressed himself in tho disguiso of
his lost uncle. lie visited her one cold, bint-,
terv night. He was invited to make her hoMo
his homo until morning. In tho dead of Dighfc
he arose. He drew forth a largo augur, and
he stood upon a table and bored through tho
wall overhead right into that awful tank of
water. With one wild shriek, which was its
last, the pent-up waters rushed forth and
drowned the whole kit ami caboodle 0 f ’em
Not a vestige of tho house remains. \
A curious little incuhmT lately occur
red in connection with the ladies’ gallery
in the House of Commons, Haifa leaf
from a pccketbook, folded up, fell f rom
the ladies’ gallery and alighted upon a
reporter s note book. Upon it was in
scribed the following inquiry; “Ilo*
much longer, my pet
'No 26.