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VOL. IV.
CASSVILLE, GEORGIA, THURSDAY, JULY 8. 1852.
NO. 22.
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ADVERTISEMENTS.
BUSINESS DIRECTORY.
AUGUSTUS R. WRIGHT,
CASSVILLE, OA.,
Wile practice Law in the several courts
of Law and Equity in the Cherokee circuit.
April 24. 12—ly.
CHASTAIN & YOUNG,
ATTeXtKTDBXS AT XA*W,
ELLIJAY, OA.,
Wile practice in the counties of the Cher
okee circuit.
April 24. 12—ly-
ROBERT H TATUM,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
TRENTON, QEO.
Business entrusted to his care in any of
the Counties of the Cherokee Circuit, will
meet with prompt attention.
Nov. 21. 43—tf
DANIEL S. PRINTUP,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
HOME, OEO.
Also Agent tor the Bank of the State of
South Carolina, and will make advances on
Cotton shipped to Charleston, only charging
legalinterestforthe time the advauce is made
Sept. 5, 1850.—tf.
JAXX* MILnSC ~ ^ ' JOHN E. GLENN
MliarSB, & GX3BJSTMT,
Attorneys at Law,
CASSVILLE, GA.
March, 4, 1852. 4—tf.
MARCUS A. HIGGS,
A T l’ORNEY AT LAW,
CASSVILLE, GA.
Will attend promptly to all business con
fided to his care.
May 29, 1851. 17—tf.
J. D. PHILLIPS,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
CASSVILLE. GEO.
2-ly.
Feb. 19.
W M. T. WOFFORD,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
CASSVILLE, GEO.
March 15 tf
E. 1). CHISOLM,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
VANWEBT, GA.
Will practice in the Cherokee circuit, and
rill transact any business entrusted to his
COME AND TRY MAC.
AT ADA1RSVILLE, GA.
D. m. HOOD,
W OULD most respectfully inform the
citizens of Adairsville, the surround
ing country, the people in “gineral"—and
the Ladies more especially, that he is now
receiving and opening a very neat and care
fully selected stock of
Spring and Summer Goods,
Dry Goods, Hats, Caps, Bonnets, Boots,
Shoes, Hardware, Cutlery, Drugs and Med
icines, Crockery and Glass-ware, Nails,
Groceries, &c., all of which he most respect
fully and emphatically offers at prices rea
sonable, and to suit the times, which all
will agree must, be low.
He docs not pretend to say that he sells
Goods cheaper than anybody in town—but
there’s one thing he will say,—that if you
will only try him once, you will be certain
to come back and trade with him *' some
more.” His motto is, and always has been,
“ live and let live.”
lie would earnestly request the Ladies
and Gentlemen who trade at Adairsville, to
give him a call and examine his Goods, and
ask the prices, as he consideis it no trouble,
but a pleasure to wait on all, whether they
buy or not.
Joe and Ben are always ready, and ex
tremely anxious to wait on you at all times,
and under any circumstances, and the truth
is, these Boys,—Joe and Ben are mighty
hard to beat; and when Joe is not other
wise employed, he is what can do up your
‘‘Tooth Carpentering’ for you. He can
“pull out" your Teeth, or fill them up
either.
Adairsville, Ga., April 15, 1852.
NEW
Plain and Ornamental
BUGGIES FOR SALE!
T HE undersigned having permanently lo
cated himself in Cassville, and engaged
the sendees of Mr. Robert Melson, who is
well known as a first rate wood workman,
and having procured a good stock of well
seasoned timber, and good fashionable trim
ming, he is prepared to make or repair all
kinds of Buggies, Carriages, tie., in neat
Northern style. All orders will be prompt
ly attended ttyand no disappointment will
be made to who may patronize him un
less in ’casern sickness. Please call and see
and judge for yourselves.
WM. BRADLEY.
N. B. He is also prepared for Glass cut
ting, Gilding and painting signs, both plain
and ornamental, and other ornamental work,
such as Gilding, Bronzing, Painting, &c.
His shop is near the north-east comer of
the square, where he will do work low for
cash; and produce will be taken at the
market prices. May 6,1352.
Jan. 29, 1852.
51—ly
DAWSON A. WALKER,
ATTORNEY AND COUNSELLOR AT LAW,
Spring Place, Geo.
Refers to Kerbs & Hope, Augusta, Ga.,
Wiley, Banks, & co n Charleston, S. C.
A. Wells & co., Savannah. Ga.
April 24. 12-1 y.
JAMES 0. LONGSTREET,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
CALHOUN, GA.,
Will practice in the several courts of the
Cherokee circuit.
Refer to Hon. John P. King, 1 Augusta,
R. F. Poe, J Ga.
Richard Peters, Esq., Atlanta, Ga.
, W. Akin, Esq., Cassville, Ga.
April 24. 12—ly.
JONES & CRAWFORD,
ATTORNEYS AT LAW,
CALHOUN, GA.
April 24. 12 —ly.
mew goods.
PATTON & TRIMBLE,
ADAIRSVILLE, GA.
H AVE the pleasure of announcing to their
customers and the public generally,
that they are now receiving a large and
handsome stock of Spring and Summer
Goods, selected with great care by one of
the firm in New York, Philadelphia and
Baltimore, which they are offering at unu
sually low prices. Thankful for the liberal
patronage heretofore extended to them, they
would ask a continuance of the same, and
think they can make it the interest of all to
give them a call before buying elsewhere.
We still continue to take in exchange for
Goods, Com, Wheat, Peas, Bacon, Lard,
Feathers, Beeswax, Tallow and Rags.
Adairsville, April 14th, 1852.
9nr Daily Bnad.
A beggar-boy stopped at a rich man’s door,
» I am homeless and friendless, and faint and
poor,”
Said the beggar-boy, ns the tear-drop rolled j
Down his thin cheek, blanched with want and
cold, i
iiOh! give me a crust from your board to-day,
To help the beggar-boy on his way !”
• Not a crust nor a crumb,’ the rich man said,;
• Be off, and work for your daily bread !* ,
j
The rich man went to the parish church— j
His face grew grave as he trod the porch— !
And the thronging poor, the untaught mass, i
Drew back to let the rich man pass.
The service began—the choral hymn
Arose, and swelled thro’ the long aisles dim;'
Then the rich man knelt, and the words he :
said
Were—<• Give us this day our daily bread!” j
the richest men in the Crescent City, and he
owes, perhaps, the greater part of his pros
perity to his act of politeness in the matter
of crossing the streets.
The Sumndrr of Canwallis.
BY LIEUT CHUB.
Many years ago it was a custom in the
State of Maine, in most of the towns, to cele
brate the memorable event of the surrender j i earne( i ^ ca u
of Cornwallis, by going through a mock j now> and whenevcr they m «t they smoke
performance representing that important their pipes and talk about.. that ar’ scrape,”
cuperation on the part of a fallen foe, and
in direct defiance of historical history he
pitched into Washington like a thousand of
brick, and in spite of the efforts of the men
of both nations, succeeded in giving the .. im
mortal” a tremendous licking. So the day
that commenced so gloriously most in-glori-
ously ended.
For many years after the «« Surrender,”
there was a coldness between the Deacon
and ’Squire, but as time rolled on and their
locks became frosted o’er with white, they
joke.” Both are living
like a couple of good, jolly old men, as they
are.—-V. O. Picayune,
fact in our country's history.
The little town of Waterford, situated up
on the banks of the broad and majestic
<< Crooked River,” resolved not to be behind
hand in so great an affair. Accordingly a
meeting was called at the old town-house
on the hill, to make the necessary arrange
ments. Deacon Moses Jones, as he was call
ed, was chosen to enact the character of Text.—If you are honest, honorable men,
Oo the Payment of Debts.
BY DOW, JR.
CJie |tari|-€tllrr.
b'LIUS X. PATTON. ABDA JOHNSON.
PATTON A JOHNSON,
ATTORNEYS AT LAW,
Cassville, Geo.
Will practice in the counties of Cass,
lobb, Chattooga, Floyd, Gordon, Murray,
Fhitfield and Walker. (Feb 12.
JOHN A. CRAWFORD.
F. C. SHROPSHIRE.
Another War with Mexico!
VOLUNTEERS WANTED TO SERVE DU
RING THE W.\R 1
\ ND also purchasers wanted for the fol-
IlL lowing new woiks^ust received at the
CHEROKEE BOOK STORE,
CASSVILLE, GA.
CatttP Fires of the Revolution, a large vol
ume, SI 75.
Tom Jones, by Felding, 50cts.
l)re«.m Life, by lk Marvel, $1 50.
Arvine's Moral and Religious Anecdotes,
S3 00.
Mahan’s True Believer, 7 jets.
Kennedy's Swallow Barn, $2 00
Col. Vandcrbomb, 50c —Snarleyow, 25c.
Polly Peablosscm’s Wedding, and other
t&los 50c.
Jacob Faithful, 25c.—Phantom Ship, 25c.
Valley Farm, 25c.—Florence, 25c.
Mormonism Exposed, 15c.—Satathiel. 50c.
Prairie Bird, 30c.—Fowler's Phrenology,
SI 00.
Philosphy of Electro-Physiology, SI 00
Love and Parentage, 30c.
Physiology, animal and mental, 75c-
Self-<-ulturc, 75c.—Memory, 75c.
Matrimony 30c.—Phrenology and Physi
ology, 15c.
All will be sold as early as practicable.—
St. Mary's money, small bills, taken in ex
change for Books. Call early or you may
be too late. JOHN W. BURKE, AgT.
Cassville, June 17,1352.
CRAWFORD & SHROPSHIRE,
ATTOfcftfiVS AT LAW,
CASSVILLE, QEO.
Business entrusted to their care in any of
the-cbuuties of the Cherokee circuit, will
with faithful attention. April 8.
J* R. PARROTT,
attorney at law,
(BAIETSIEOTIO*
March 11.5—ly.
B. HU.
ATTORNEY at lav,
CASBVILLE, GEO.
Is engaged in the practice of the Law in
the counties of Cans, Floyd, Gordon, Whit
field and Walker, in the Cherokee Circuit,
and in Cobb. Cherokee and Gilmer of the
BHe Ridge Circuit.
Particular attention yuan to the collecting
I May 6, 1852.
HOWARD HOUSE.
MARIETTA. GA.
J OHN F. ARNOLD, formerly of the Ma
rietta Hotel, is now at the Howard
House, where he will be glad to entertain
his former friends and patrons, and as many
new friends as may favor him with a call.
Breakfast always ready for the up train of
Car* on arrivaL
Marietta, Geo., May 6th, 1852.
GENTLEMEN’S WEAR.
A fine assortment of Cloths, Caasimers,
Tweeds, Drap D’Ete, Silk Warp Cash-
merette, Linces, Nankeens, tie. at
PATTON k TRIMBLE'S.
Adairsville, April' 14,1852.
A. J. BRADY,
(Whit* Boll ami,) ATLANTA, Geo.
TbEALERin Hardware, Carriage Trim
U mings, Mechanics and Fanners’ Tools,
Groceries, Liquors, fie. [April It.
The Sailor Boy'i Promotion.
One day a sailor, roughly clad, was saun
tering through the streets of New Orleans,
then in rather a damp condition from recent
rain, and the rise of the tide. Turning the
corner of a much frequented and narrow
alley, he observed a young lady standing in
perplexity, apparently measuring the depth
of the muddy water between her and the op
posite side walk, with no very satisfied coun
tenance.
The sailor paused, for he was a great ad
mirer of beauty, and certainly the fair face
that peeped out from under a little chip hat,
and the auburn curls hanging glossy and
unconfined over her muslin dress, might
tempt a curious or admiring glance. Per
plexed, the lady put forth her little foot.
The gallant sailor, with characteristic im
pulsiveness, exclaimed, «That pretty foot,
lady, should not be soiled with the filth of
this lane; wait for a moment only and I
will make you a path.”
So springing past her into a carpenter's
shop opposite, he bargained for a plank
board that stood in the door way, and com
ing back to the smiling girl, who was just
coquettish enough to accept the services of
the handsome sailor, he bridged the narrow
black stream, and she tripped across with a
merry < thank you,’ and a roguish smile,
making her eyes as dazzling as they could
be.
Alas ! our young sailor was quite charm
ed. What else could make him catch up
and shoulder the plank, and follow the little
witch to her home ? She twice performed
the ceremony of walking the plank, and
each time thanked him with one of her elo
quent smiies. Presently our hero saw the
young lady trip np the marble steps of a
palace of a house and disappear within its
rosewood entrance; for a full minute he
stood still, looking at the door, and then,
with a wonderful big sigh, turned away,
disposed of his drawbridge, and wended his
path back to the ship.
The next day he was astonished with an
order of promotion from the captain. Poqr
Jack was speechless with amazement; he
had not dreamed of being exalted to the
dignity of a second mate’s office on one of
the most splendid ships that sailed out of the
port of New Orleans.
On his rstqru from sea, he had purchased
uooks and become quite a student; but he
expected years to intervene before his ambi
tious hopes would be realized. His superior
officers seemed to look upoq hint with len
iency, and gave him many a fair opportu
nity to gather maritime knowledge, and in
a year the handsome, gentlemanly young
mate had acquired unusual favor in the eyes
of tbe portly commander, Capt. Hume, who
had first taken the little black-eyed fellow,
with b<! neat tarpaulin and tidy bundle, as
his cabin boy.
One night the young man, with all the
officers, was invited to an entertainment at
the Captain's house. He went, and, to his
astonishment, mounted the identical steps
that, two years before, the brightest vision
he had ever seen passed over—a vision he
had never forgotten. Thump, thump, went
his brave heart as he was ushered into the
great parlor; and like a sledge hammer it
beat again when Captain Hume brought for
ward his blue-eyed daughter, and with a
pleasant smile said, •< the young lady once
indebted to you for a safe and dry walk.”
His eyes were all a blaze and his brown
cheeks flushed hotly, as the noble captain
sauntered away, leaving fair Grace at his
side. And in all that assembly there was
not so handsome a couple aa the gallant
sailor and the • pretty ladie.’
It was only a year from that time, that
the second mate trod the quarter-deck, sec
ond in command, and part owner with the
Captain, sot only in his vessel, but in the
aftetioos of his danghter, gentle Grace
Hume, who had always cherished respect,
to say nothing of love, for the black-eyed
sailor.
His homely but earnest act of politeness
towards hiachild had fU.s.ii the
though the youth knew it not, was theca toe
of his first promotian. Bo that now the rid
man has retired from bariwro*, Henry Wells
Is captain Wells, and Grace Hue is, «c-
cording to pofite parlance, Mrs.
Wotls. La fact, our honest sailor is one of
Washington, and ’Squire ’Bijer Wood the
character of Cornwallis. The under officers,
soldiers &c., were to be select-men, whose
duty it was to furnish uniforms and pay
such other expense as the affair should re
quire
Now, as Messrs. Jones and Wood are the
principal heroes of this sketch, a short des
cription of their characters may not be out
of place. Deacon Jones was a wealthy far
mer, proud and religious, at least lie thought
he was, and was on the whole a very wor
thy man. The worst thing about him was
a bad habit of taking « a drop too much,”
but then this was not thought a great deal
Go yc and—pay the printer—Anon.
My Hearers :—There arc many seeming
trifles in this world which you are too apt to
overlook on account of their apparent unim
portance. the neglect of which has plunged
thousands into the deepest mire of misery,
and sunk their characters into inextricable
degradation. Among these ostensible trifles,
that of neglecting to pay one's honest debts
is the most common, and attended with the
worst of consequences. It takes off all the
silken furze from the fine threads of feelin;
—creates a sort of misanthropic coldness
about the heart—skims off the cream that
may chance to rise upon the milk of gener-
of, for everybody in them days took suthiu' ! osity—and makes man look as savagely up-
occasionally. ' j on his brother man as does a dog upon one
Squire Wood was the village lawyer, very : of his species while engaged in the gratifying
aristocratic, but withal a very clever man. | employment of eating his master’s dinner.
The Squire imagined that he knew consul- j One debt begets anoolier. I have always
•rably more than what liis neighbors gave j observed that he who owes a man a dollar is
him credit for. This may be safely set sure also to owe him a grudge ; and he is
down as his greatest fault. Both the Squire
and the Deacon felt proud of their positions
in this great affair, and both meant to do
their best.
The morning of the great day dawned
beautifully. The Deacon dressed as Gen.
Washington, and mounted on his «iron
gray,” retired with his men dressed as «« Con
tinentals true at an early hour, to a grove
near the village, where the ceremony was to
take place.
Cornwallis (pro tem) was also np' and
dressed before light, and stationed himself,
with his men dressed as Britishers, behind
the «. mils.”
The programe of the day's performance
was as follows: The two companies were to
meet in front of the tavern, on the common,
exchange shots, skirmish a little—in which
Cornwallis was to be most essentially whip
ped, and then ingloriously surrender.
At early dawn thousands poured into the
little village, to see the fun and celebrate
the great day. Punch, rum flip and ginger
bread were in great demand. At 0 o'clock
the two companies marched into the village
and arrayed themselves into fighting posi
tion, reminding the spectator of the time
when.
.. Brave Wolf drew up his men
In style most pretty,
On the plains of Abraham,
Before the city.”
The two commanders were greatly excited,
and Washington I regret to say, was in any
thing but a fit condition to act out the great
part he was to perform. He had been drink
ing freely all the morning, and now, when
the interesting ceremony was about to com
mence, was so tight, or rather loose, that it
*as with difficulty he could sit in his sad
dle. He, however, did not know but what
he was all right nor did his men. Corn
wallis was not intoxicated, but a little agi
tated or rather elated.
Everything being ready the company ex
changed shots. Bang! whang!! bang!!!
went the guns, while the two commander*
yelled like so many stuck pigs.
..That’s it (hie) my brave boys! give it
to ’em them owdacious red coats!” bellowed
Washington,
..On Romans!” yelled the excited Corn
wallis, who had seen a theatrical exhibition
once, and who remembered the heroic ap
peals of the Thespian beligerants; ..breaths
there a man so dead that won’t fight like
thunder
..Go it Continentals!—down with taxa
tion on tea !” bellowed Washington in a very
patriotic voice, and narrowly escaped cut
ting his hors's ear off with the flourish of his
sword. The fighting now ceased, the com
panies were drawn up in a straight line, and
Cornwallis dismounted and presented his
sword to Washington.
.. Well, old boy,” said the immortal, as he
cuffed his hors's ears with his cocked hat;
.. what'n thunder do you want ?”
•< Gen George Washington !” replied Corn
wallis, «<T surrender up to you myself, sword
and men!”
.. Yon do, do ye r” sneeringly replied the
General.
always more ready to pay compound inter
est on the latter than on the former. Oh,
my friends, to be over head and ears in love
is as bad a predicament as a person ought
ever to be in; but to be so deeply in debt
that you can’t sleep of nights without being
haunted by the ghost of some insatiate cred
itor, is enough to give a man the hydropho
bia—make him bite a wheelbarrow—cause
it to run mad, and create a great consterna
tion among the lamp-posts.
My dear friends—the debt that sits heav
iest on the conscience of a mortal—provided
he has any—is the debts due the printer.—
It presses harder on one’s bosom than the
nightmare—galls the soul—frets and chafes
•very ennobling sentiment—squeezes all the
juica of fraternal sympathy from the heart,
and leaves it dryer than the surface of a
roasted potatoe. A man who wrongs the
printer out of a single cent can never expect
to enjoy comfort in this world, and may well
have doubts of finding happiness in any oth
er. He will be sure to go down to the grave
ere time shall have bedecked his brow with
the silver blossoms of age; and the green
leaves of hope will fall before the first bud
of enjoyment has expanded. It is true the
mushrooms of peace may spring up during a
short night of forgetfulness, but they will
all wither beneath the scorching rays of
remorse. How can you, my friends, ever
have the wickedness and cruelty to cheat
the printer, when you consider how much he
has done, and is every day doing, for you-
He has poured into the treasuries of your
minds sume of the most valuable gifts that
anything short of a God can bestow; ay,
riches with which you would not part for
the possession of the whole world and a
mortgage on a small corner of heaven.—
With the keyes of magic, as it were, he has
opened the iron-cased doors of the human un
derstanding-dispelled the darkness of igno
rance, and lit np the lamps of knowledge
and wisdom. That mighty engine—the
Press—is surrounded by true glory, and its
effulgence extends all over the broad empire
of the mind, illuminating the darkest ave
nues of the heart; and yet the printer—the
man who toils at the lever of this soul-en
lightening instrument—is often robbed of
his hard-earned bread by those whom he has
delivered from mental bondage, and placed
in a paradise to lay off and grow fat upon
the fruits of his labor!
Oh, you ungrateful sinner; if you have
hearts moistened with the dew of mercy, in
stead of gizzards filled with gravel, take
heed what I say onto you. If there be one
among you in this congregation whose ac
count is not settled with the printer, go and
adjust it immediately, and be able to hold
up your head in society, like a giraffe; be
respected by the wise and the good—free
from the tortures of a guilty conscience—the
mortification of repeated dans—and escape
from falling into the clutches of those licens
ed thieves, the lawyers. If yon are honest
and honorable men, you will go forthwith
and pay the printer. You will not wait for
the morrow—because there is no to-morrow;
it is but a visionary receptacle for unre
deemed promises; an addled egg in the great
nest of the future; the debtor's hope and
..Yes,General,” said Cornwallis, ..the
British Lion prostrates himself at the foot the creditor's curse. If you are dishonest,
of the American Eagle?” low-minded sons of Satan, I don't suppose
••Eagle! Eagle!” yelled Washington,
rolling off his horse and hitting the Briton a
tremendous blow on the head with the fiat
ride of his sword; ..do ye call me an eagle!”
Take that! ami that!! and that!!” yelled
the infuriated Washington; ..peehapeyou'U
Sail ms an e^le again, you
Cornwallis was down, hut only M * m®-
SMBt, for he jumped up sad shook himself,
sad the*, with aa entirely ualooked for re-
you will ever pay the printer,as you have no
reputation to kae—no character to sustain
—and no morals to cultivate. But, let me
tell you, my friends, that if you don't do it
your path to tbe tomb will be strewn with
thorns—you will have to gather jour drily
food from bramble*; your children well die
ef dysentery, arid you yourselves will never
enjoy the blessings of health. 1 once called
on a sick person whom the doctors had giv
es up aj a gone case. I asked him if be had
made his peace with his maker ? He said he
thought he had squared up. I inquired if
he had forgiven all his enemies ? He replied,
yes. I then asked him if he had made his
peace with his printer ? He hesitated for a
moment, and then said he believed he owed
him something like about two dollars and :
fifty cents, which he desired to have paid be
fore he bid good-bye to the world. His de
sire was immediately gratified; and from
that moment he became convalescent. He
is now living in the enjoyment of health and
prosperity; at peace with his own conscience,
his God. and the whole world. Let this be
an example to you, my friends. Patronize
the printer; take the papers; pay for them
in advance; and your days will be long on
earth, and overflowing with the honey of
happiness.
My hearers ! pay all your debts and keep
an honorable reckoning with your fellow-
men ; but, above all, keep paying, by daily
instalments, the everlasting debt of grati
tude which you owe to him from whom you
obtained capital snflicicnt to bring the first
transactions of life; so that, when you come
to balance accounts at the day of general
settlement, all things may appear fair and
above board! So mote it be !
Yankre Inqnisitiyrnns.
A gentleman riding in an Eastern rail
road car, which was rather sparsely sup
plied with passengers, observed in the seat
before him a lean, slab-sided Yankee, every
feature of whose face seemed to ask a ques
tion ; and a little circumstance soon proved
that he possessed a most .. inquiring mind.”
Before him, occupying the entire seat, sat a
lady dressed in deep black; and after shift
ing his position several times, and maneeu-
vering to get an opportunity to look at her
in the face, he at length caught her eye.—
lie noded familiarly to her, and asked, with
a nasal twang utterly incapable of being
imitated.
.. In affliction ?”
.. Yes, sir,” replied the lady.
.. Pa-rents—father or mother r”
.«No, sir.”
<« Child, perhaps ? boy or gal ?”
»• No, sir—not a child. I have no chil
dren.”
.. Husband ?”
.. Yes.”
.. Hem : cliolery ? a trading-man, may
be ?”
.. My husband was a sea-faring man—the
captain of a vessel. He didn’t die of the
cholera; he was drowned.”
.. O, drown-ed, ch ?” pursued the inquisi
tor, hesitating for an instant. « Save his
chist ?” he asked.
.. Yes, the vessel was saved, and my hus
band's effects.”
.. Was they;” asked the Yankee, his eyes
brightened up
.. Pious man he continued.
.. He was; a member of the Methodist
church.”
The next question was a little delayed ;
but it came.
«. Don’t you think you’ve great cause to
be thankful that he was a pious man, and
saved his chist 7”
.. I do,” said the widow, abruptly, turn
ing her head to look out of the car window.
The indefatigable ..pump'’ changed his
position, held the widow by his .. glittering
eye” once more, and propounded one more
query, in a lower tone, with his head slight
ly inclined forward over the back of th*
seat.
. Was you cariating to get married, a-
gin 7”
.. Sir!” said the widow, indignantly, ..you
are impertinent!”
And she left her seat, and took another
on the opposite side of the car.
«<. Pears to be a little huffy !” said the
bore, turning to our narator, behind him.
own bosom,.. is lawfully mine own, for it is
the price of the cock ?”
.. And what did your neighbors say of the
transaction ? Did they not think this rich
man an arrant rogue ?”
.. Rogue!” said my friend, repeating my
last words with amazement, .. they consid
ered him a pious and a clever man.”
Sharp enough, thought I; but delicate a-
bout exposing my ignorance, I judiciously
held my peace.
Agrifiitturr.
.. Nathan, where is the shovel ? Here I’ve
been hunting long enough to do my work
twice over, and can’t find the shovel.”
The farmer was wroth.
.. I don't know Where ’tis, father, sum
mers about, I suppose.”
The two ruined in the search.
.. Nathan, yott have left the shovel where
you have worked, I know. Why don't you
always put the tools in their places ?”
..Where is the place for the shovel, I
would like to know, father ?”
He could'nt tell. He had no place.—
Sometimes it was laid in the wagon, and oc
casionally accompanied that vehicle when
harnessed in a hurry. Sometimes it was
bung up with the harness, to fall down when
not wanted, or get covered up when it was.
A great deal of shoe-leather had come to
naught by the shovel. It had at times more
than the oblivionsness of Sir John Franklin,
and defied discovery. So it was with all the
other tools. They would seem to vanish at
times, and then come to light rusty as old
anchors.
The farmer's barn was crowded. He had
no .. spare room” there There was several
in his dwelling. But the barn waa always
crammed—it was a kind of mammoth saus-
sage—stuffed every year. So there was no
room for a special apartment for the tools.
In his imagination he never saw his hoes
hung on a long cleat, his chains all regular
in a row, his rakes and his long fork over
head; certaialy he was never anxious for
such a convenient room,
Why?
His father never had a tool house, and
his father was called a good farmer.
So he was, then—in his day—but there
arc better husbandmen now, let me say, and
I desire to shock no one's veneration.
Did they find the shovel ? No! they might
as well have searched for the philosopher's
stone, seemingly. Nathan started for Mr.
Goodman's to borrow one. Their work must
be done, and borrow he must.
I don't know as you can find one in my
tool house,” replied Mr. Goodman.
Nathan noticed that he bore down on some
of his words like a man on a plow beam.—
Didn’t he mean something ? Nathan went to
the tool room thoughtfully. A door on
wheels opened with a slight push, and there
were Goodman's tools—enough, Nathan
thought, to equip a company of Sappers and
miners! Hatchets, axes, saws, tree-scrapers,
grafting tools, hoes, diggers, shovels, spades,
pick-axes, crow-bars, plows, harrows, culti
vators, seed-sowers, sieves, trowels, rakes,
pitch-forks, flails, chains, yokes, muzzles,
ropes, crow-twinc, baskets, measures, all
were there, neatly and compactly arranged.
It was Goodman’s ark—to save him from the
deluge of unthrift! Here every night the
tools were brought in and wiped clean and
hnng np in their places. The next morning
a job could be commenced at once, Good
man knew. He partitioned off a large room
in his new barn for tools It was central
and easy of access. It was a pleasant place
for a visitor; the tools were the host of their
kind. Every new shovel or rake, or fork,
before used, was well eiled with linseed oil,
which left the wood smooth and impervious
to water. Goodman often says, •« I had
rather have the few hundred dollars I have
spent for tools so invested than the same in
.. She needn’t be mad; I didn't want to ; rail road stock. It pays bettor. ’
hurt her feelius- What did they make you j Now there is no patent ou Goodman s plan,
pay for that tunbrel you've gut in your j and I hope many will go into it; the more
hand? It's a real pooty one!” !..successful imitations’ the better. Com-
, real jwoty
Craft.
There was in his native village a wealthy
Jew, who was seized with a dangerous ill
ness. Seeing death approach, in spite of
the Physician's skill, he bethought him of a
vow; so he solemnly promised that if God
would restore him to health, he, on his part,
on his recovery, would sell a certain fat
beast in his stall, and devote the proceeds
to the Lord. The man recovered, and in
due time appeared before the door of the
synagogue, driving before him a goodly ox.
.. This ox,” replied the owner,.«I value at
two shillings (I substitute English money,)
but this cock,” he added, ostentatiously ex
hibiting a chanticleer, ,< I estimate at twen
ty pounds.” The butchers laughed at him;
they thought he was joking. However, as
he gravely persisted that he was in earnest,
one of them taking him at his word, put
down two shillings for the ox. »• Softly my
good friend,” rejoined the seller, *• I have
made a vow not to sell the ox without the
cock; you must buy both or be content with
neither.”
Great was the surprise of the bystander*,
who could not conceive what perversity pos
sessed their wealthy neighbor. Bat the
cock bang valued for two shillings, and the
ox for twenty pounds, the bargain waa con
cluded and the money paid. Our worthy
Jew now walks to the Rabbi, cash in band.
.. This,” said he, handing the two shillings,
.. I devote to the service of the synagogue,
being the price of the ox which 1 had vowed;
anl this, placing the twenty pounds in his
monveealth.
A Yankee in Italy.—A correspondent
of the Boston Transcript, writing from Na
ples, thus describes an amusing interview
with a live Yankee;
. The other day, on reaching the top of
Vesuvius, I descried a man sitting astride of
a block of lava. I don't know why, but I
marked him at once for one of my country
men. As I advanced towards him I could
not help noticing the cool manner in whieh
he and Vesuvius were taking a smoke togeth
er. ffis . long nine’ was run out like a bow
sprit, an 1 he took the whole affair as calmly
as one could look at a kitchen fire at home.
As soon as I came up with him he bawled
out Hullo, stranger! pooty considerable
lot of lavy around here! Any news from
down below ? You hain t tuckered out yet,
be ye ?’ On asking him if he had looked in
the crater, he replied, • Yaas! but I burnt
tbe legs off my trousers, though, I tell yew?
He. turned out to be a man from New En
gland, who came up from Marseilles to see
the volcano.
Importance or Emphasis,—A stranger
from the country observing an ordinary rol
ling rule on a table, took it up, and « in
quiring its use, was answered— It is a rule
for Counting-houses ” Too well-bread, as
he construed politeness, to ask unnecessary
questions, he turned it over and over, and
up and down repeatedly, and at last, in a