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the best—nothing charged at these rates.
Best Cigars and Tobacco Always
on Hand!
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ALWAYS ON HAND IN FRONT ROOM,
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Amorlous, Ga., Sept. sth, 1882. o.lm
Mrs. M. E. RAINES
IAS JUST .13 3SIVED A
NEW LINE OF
MILLIEIT
CONSISTING OF
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Leghorn Fats,
Round Hats,
tagFluniinllGilKi,
LACES AND FLOWERS.
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to examine her new goods. She has also
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IN WHITE AND BLACK.
mayl7tf
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SC o s tiveness,
Sick Headache,
Clironic Diar
rhoea, Jaundice,
Impurity of the
Blood, Fever and
Ague, Malaria,
and all Diseases
rangement of Liver, Bowels and Kidneys.
SYMPTOMS OF A DISEASED LIVER.
Bad Breath; Pain in the Side, sometimes the
pain is felt under the Shoulder-blade, mistaken for
Rheumatism; general loss of appetite; Bowels
generally costive, sometimes alternating with lax;
the head is troubled with pain, is dull and heavy,
with considerable loss of memory, accompanied
with a painful sensation of leaving undone something
which ought to have been done; a slight, dry cough
and flushed face is sometimes an attendant, often
mistaken for consumption; the patient complains
of weariness and debility; nervous, easily startled;
feet cold or burning, sometimes a prickly sensation
of the skin exists; spirits are low and despondent,
and, although satisfied that exercise would be bene
ficial, yet one can hardly summon up fortitude to
try it—in fact, distrusts every remedy. Several
of the above symptoms attend the disease, but cases
have occurred when but few of them existed, yet
examination after death .has shown the Liver to
have been extensively deranged.
It should be used by all persons, old and
young, whenever any of the above
symptoms appear.
Persons Traveling or Living In Un
healthy Localities, by taking a dose occasion
ally to keep the Liver in healthy action, wifi avoid
all Malaria, Bilious attacks, Dizziness, Nau
sea, Drowsiness, Depression of Spirits, etc. It
will invigorate like a glass of wine, but is no in
toxicating beverage.
If You have eaten anything hard o 2
digestion, or feel heavy after meals, or sleep
less at night, take a dose and you will be relieved.
Time and Doctors* Bills will bo saved
by always keeping the Regulator
' in the House!
For, whatever the ailment may be, a thoroughly
safe purgative, alterative and tonic can
never be out of place. The remedy i> harmless
and does not interfere with business or
pleasure.
IT IS PURELY VEGETABLE,
And has all the power and efficacy >.f Calomel or
Quinine, without any of the injurious after ellects.
A Governor’s Testimony.
Simmons Liver Regulator has been in use in my
family for some time, and I am satisfied it is a
valuable addition to the medical science.
J. Gill Shorter, Governor of /Via.
lion. Alexander H. Stephens, of Ga.,
says: Have derived some benefit from the use of
Simmons Liver Regulator, and wish to give it a
further trial.
“The only Thing that never fails to
Relieve.”—l have used many remedies for Dys
pepsia, Liver Affection and Debility, but never
* nave found anything to benefit me t<> the extent
Simmons Liver Regulator has. I sent from Min
nesota to Georgia for it, and would send further for
such a medicine, and would advise all who are sim
ilarly affected to give it a trial as it seems the only
thing that never fails to relieve.
I*. M. Jannet, Minneapolis, Minn.
Dr. T. W. Mason says: From actual ex
perience m the use of Simmons Liver Regulator in
iny practice I have been and am satisfied to use
and prescribe it as a purgative medicine.
only the Gen nine, which ahvavs
has on the Wrapper the red Z Trade-Murk
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PILLS
A DISORDERED LIVER
IS THE BAHE,
of the present generation. It is for the
Cure of this disease and its attendants,
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digestive organs, giving them vigor to as
similate food. Asa natural result, the
Nervous System is Braced, the Muscles
are Developed, and the Body Robust,
Chills 3?ovor,
E. RIVAL, a Planter at Bayou Sara, La., says:
My plantation Is in a malarial district. For
several years I could not make half a crop on
account of bilious diseases and chills. I was
nearly discouraged when I began tho uso of
TUTT’S PILLS. Tho result was marvelous:
my laborers soon became hearty and robust,
and I have had no further trouble.
They relieve the enerorged Liver, eleanm
the Blood from poisonous languors, end
cause bowels to act naturally, with
out vrbich no one can feel well.
Try this remedy fairly, and you will gain
a healthy Digestion, Vigorous Body. Pure
Blood, Str'ing Nerves, aud a Sound ILlvcr.
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Black by a single application of this Dye. It
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its congener, bilious remittent,besides affec
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eradicated and prevented by the use of
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table elixir, indorsed by physicians, and
more extensively used as a remedy for the
above class of disorders,as well as for many
others, than any medicine of the age.
For sale by all Druggists and Dealers
generally.
JOHJTaV McULROY,
NOTARY PUBLIC,
AMERICUS, GA.
Having nothing else to do, 1 will devote
my time to the making out of annual returns
of administrators, guardians, etc., etc. I
will also draw deeds to land, bonds for
titles, etc-, etc. Orders left at the store of
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Recorder offices, will receive prompt atten
tion. CHARGES REASONABLE.
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AMERICUS, GEORGIA; WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 27, 1882.
VEOt WY.
A CLEVER BCS.
[The following clever dun was written
many years ago by a Mr. Howe, while editor
of tbe Pine Knot Journal.]
’Twas on a cold autumnal night,
When clouds obscured fair Venus’ light,
And not a star appeared in sight,
As the thick forest through,
Muggins, as usual “blue,”
’Beat homeward tacking left and right,
When all at once he brought up right,
Against an old dead yew,
At which lie rounded too,
Just when above him flew
An Owl, which on a branch did light,
Some few feet o’er the boozy wight,
And then began, tu whit! tu woo!
Quoth muggins who be you?
You needn’t think to fright,
A fellow of my weight and height,
With you tu whit! tu woo!
You cussed ternal buggaboo;
So squaring off as if to fight,
Said with an oath, Isliant indite,
You d—d Infernal scoundrel you!
For muggins aiut you due,
’Light ami I’ll lick you black or white,
The printer’s paid up, honor bright,
There at the owl withdrew,
And muggins lilizzeled too.
MORAL.
There are some folks who might,
Be caught out late some night,
Who haven’t paid what’s right
They know to who! to who!
\\\S C> US7
A SOMNAMBULIST.
A traveler asked permission to stop
at a farmer’s lionse for the night. The
famer, while inclined to accommodate
the stranger, was unable to do so, all
the rooms in the house being occupied
on this occasion. At last the farmer
said to the traveler that he had a house
a hundred yards from the one he occu
pied and that there was a furnished
room in it but that no one could occupy
it as strange sights were seen there by
those who attempted to sleep there.
The stranger insisted that he could
sleep there. The farmer protested, but
finally expressed his willingness to
allow the stranger to try it. After sup
per they indulged in a conversation till
bed time. The young man expressed a
desire to go to his room. The good
farmer again warned him and reminded
him that no one ever had for more than
a year been able to remain in that house
an entire night; that it was haunted.
The young man with a smile again in
sisted on being shown his room. A
lamp being procured, the farmer went
with him to the house, showed him his
room, bade him a prayerful goodnight
and returned to his house.
The stranger was brave and skepti
cal on the subject of ghosts. He laid
awake a long time waiting for the ap
parition. At length he was gratified.
He noticed a shadow on the wall; (the
light having been turned down low,)
a moment later and a white specrial
figure flittered by his window. He be
gan to feel strangely curious to know
the meaning of all this. He was not
left in suspense but a moment. A
slight, gtaceful figure, clad in a flow
ing white garment, softly, noiselessly
entered his room and steadily and silent
ly approached his couch. A slight
tremor shook his frame, but he remain
ed in his bed with his eyes on the mys
terious object approaching. The figure
reached his bed and lying down beside
the stranger heaved a deep sigh. This
was too much for flesh and blood to
bear. He determined to solve the mys
tery, and with a sensation of mingled
awe, fear and curiosity, he stretched
forth his hand and lo! it was tangible
object, like himself a creature of flesh
and blood, bnt of a more delicate or
ganization and more symmetrically
formed. It was a female. Imagine
the astonishment that must have pos
sessed him at that moment. He took
a jeweled ring from the finger of the
woman, she seemed to be all uncon
scious of it. After a few moments she
rose and left the apartment as silently
and mysteriously as she had entered it
and an hour later the young man was
in the arms of Morpheus, dreaming of
goblins with golden tresses, bright
eyes and jeweled hinds. The next
morning at breakfast the beautiful and
accomplished daughter of the farmer
discovered that she had lost her dia
mond ring, and was sorely perplexed,
when after a diligent search in her room
she could find no trace of it. She was
positive that she had it on when she
retired, and could not imagine how it
had been spirited away. Immediately
after breakfast the young stranger took
the farmer aside, told his story and pre
sented him the ring: The farmer was
dumbfounded. It was his daughter’s
ring. The young man was solicited
warmly by the farmer to remain a few
days as his guest. The result was a
marriage.
Advice to Consumptives.
On the appearance of the first symp
toms—as general debility, loss of ap
petite, pallor, chilly sensations, fol
lowed by night sweats and cough,
prompt measures of relief should be
taken. Consumption is scrofulous
disease of the lungs; therefore use the
great anti-scrofulous or blood-purifier
and strength-restorer, Dr. Pierce’s
“Golden Medical Discovery.” Supe
rior to Cod liver oil as a nutritive, and
unsurpassed as a pectoral. For weak
lungs, spitting of blood, and kindred
affections it h#< no equal. Sold by
druggists. For Dr. Pierce’s treatise
on consumption send two stamps.
World’s Dispensary Medical Associa
tion, Buffalo, N. Y.
We are taught, to clothe our minds
as we do our bodies, after the fashion
in vogue, and it is accounted fantasti
cal, or something worse, not to do so.
If yon want to get the worth of your money
In Cigars and Pipes, call at
Dr. Eldridge’s Drug Store
SPEECH OF
GOV. A. 11. COLQUITT,
DELIVERED AT
Americus, September 20tli ISS2.
A Stinoino,Stirring Campaign Speech
in Which Personalities Plat a
Large Part, and the Object is some
one Connected With a Macon
Newspaper —A Notable Speech.
After the conclusion of the s[ eech of
Hon. A. 11. Stephens and Hon. Thos.
Hardemas, Dr. J. It. Iliukle presented
Gov. Colquitt to the gathering in a few
well-chosen and well spoken sentences
that were followed with cheers, and the
Governor arose in a storm of applause
and said:
Fellow Citizens—
I join this vast crowd to-day in joy
ful ratification of the action of the last
Democratic Convention of Georgia.
The reasons for this are multifarious
and of unanswerable strength. The
reasons urged in objection are as false
as they are futile. Why do the ene
mies of Democracy here in Georgia, as
well as every where else, say that we
should not accept the action of the con
vention and vote for Mr. Stephens. Do
these men of strife and schism say that
his nomination was one not fit to be
made? Do they say that his private
life is not pure—that his public life has
been a failure? Do they dare say that
his deeds of benevolence, like those of
thousands of others, have all been per
formed for his own good—that his char
ities ended where the world says they
ought to have begun? Do these ob
jectors say that the State of Georgia
and the entire south are not honored by
such a career and history as his? Noth
ing of the sort is said or dared by the
men who, by the saddest misuse of the
powers which heaven has granted them,
are laboring night and day to pull down
the Democratic party and to sink with
it the noblest fortunes of our State and
country. These malcontents rave
against Democratic organization and
ask yon to reject as noble work as it
ever made itself responsible for, because
they say Mr. Stephens, onr standard
bearer, was brought out by the bosses.
Who are these bossec? Where have
they lived and hectored? Where are
the wrecks and ruins which their bit
ter, rule has achieved? Let not a false
modesty hide the historical fact that in
this year of the “decline and fall of
Georgia” the dreadful bosses are divid
ed into three parts. One-third Brown,
anotlior third OuidOll, and last, blit haO
least, in sin, your humble speaker.
There stands Brown and Gordon, and
if the enemies of true Democracy in
Georgia feel strong and pugnacious
enough to attempt to butt or kick them
from their pedestrals, let them try the
temper of horn or heel, aud then tell us
how they have prospered by the ven
ture.
As for myself I have exercised the
right of a Georgian to entertain my
convictions and express my views as to
what ivas best for the honor and inter
ests of my native State. . This 'is all I
shall continue to ‘do, in spite of the
effort to discredit my opinion, by the
senseless cry of “bosses.” An Atlanta
ring of bosses! I have known of no
ring in Atlanta for any local object, or
to advance the ambition of particular
men. 1/ there is such a ring I have
not had the honor of being in it, for in
the Gubernatorial Convention of the
past it has been my misfortune to be
opposed by Atlanta through its chosen
delegates. If there is an Atlanta ring
it has not used its power in my behalf.
Oh, away with such nonsense! Onee
in a century,or may be nearer the truth,
once in a thousand years, a man may
arise in the midst of a free people, and
be so strong—so good—,-:o wise, that
the people will, during the sway of his
greatness, abdicate their own judgment
aud volition. But not in your day and
mine have we had such a character
among us. No, my friends, if we can’t
accept Alexander H. Stephens with all
the maturity and glory of his well earn
ed fame, as a boss, we need not look
for timber in Georgia, or the world out
of which to carve one.
Hear me to-day when I make the de
claration that this charge against the
nomination of Mr. Stephens is a false
hood without“metes or bounds.” Never
in my life have 1 had occasion to note
a fuller, fairer or a more decisive ex
pression of choice made by the people
of Georgia of a candidate than was
made in the instance of Mr. Stephens.
The propriety, fitness, wisdom—yea,
necessity—of his selection was fully
discussed and acted on in the primaries
of the party throughout tho entire
State.
In this connection I will call your at
tention to what demands rebuke as one
of the littlest, in spirit, and most auda
cious in mendacity, of any of the edi
torial outgivings published in my day.
It is, I suppose, tho culmination of a
purpose long entertained, and with a
diabolical persistency adhered to to de
stroy me if possible. But while the
subject is fruitful in suggestions of very
many things of a like sort, I will not
detain you by now referring to those.
Here is an editorial appearing Septem
ber 15th in the Telegraph and Messen
ger. I will give you only the salient
points of it, as I would not weary you.
This whipper-in ot the Georgia demo
cracy says, in au editorial entitled, “A
Flank Movement by the Boss:”
The Senatorial rumor to which we
had occasion to refer only a short time
since, has fully bloomed out. It seems
that Colquitt was on the point of ap
pointing young Ben Rill to fill his fath
er’s vacancy. In order to take such a
step, he felt the necessity of support,
and a petition, tho usual resource, was
adopted. But the petition has this dan
ger attached to it. It must necessarily
take the public into confidence. Iti
this case it proved immediately fatal.
A puncture from the press, and death
was the result. It was a most misera
ble and untimely effort to save the fall
ing fortunes ot Colquitt by invoking
the name and fame of the dead Ben Hill,
by an attempt to use his friends.
******
It was proposed to dazzle young Ben
Hill with this, in the hope that he and
his father’s friends would rally to the
support of Colquitt for the full term.
In all the doings of this Colquitt ring,
nothing has been more selfish and
shameless than this. It was simply an
outrage to drag the memory of a great
dead man, upon whose grave the grass
has not yet grown, into the arena of
political discussion for such a purpose
and at such a time.
And in another paragraph we have
this:
The move of Governor Colquitt in
the Senatorial matter was a cunning
one, but he overdid the thing. He can
not successfully win over to himself
the support of Senator Hill’s thousands
of friends by such transparent trickery.
If such a shocking imputation as tho
above language conveys was deserved I
will not undertake to deny in this pres
ence that any reprobation of it could be
too severe. Such chaffering and specu
lation around the coffin whose inmate
the State was lamenting in profoundest
grief, would have been simply mon
strous and heinous. If I -were guilty
of it I were a brute—bnt if I am inno
cent the creature that charges it is one.
I now give you the commentary on this
text. You all know Captain Jackson.
If you do not now, in the near future
you will. I claim for his own exalted
private character and for his reputation
as the Chairman of the State Executive
Committee of the Democratic party, the
fullest credence. Here is what he says
about this matter of the appointment of
young Mr. Hill and my connection
with it:
“Some days before the death of Sena
tor Hill, but when it was known to the
public to be imminent, I remarked to
some friends that the best disposition
that could be made of the utiexpired
term was to fill it by the appointment
of his eldest son, who bore his name;
that no more appropriate tribute could
be paid to the memory of the eminent
sufferer who had filled so large a space
in the political history of Georgia; that
ltl Onn ti.ocj n of .TrootAHllg
promise, a cultivated gentleman, and
one who would reflect naught but honor
on the State. After the death, as I sat
by the casket that held all that was
mortal of the great Senator, on duty as
a member of the bar in the house over
whelmed by mourning, l repeated sub
stantially what I had said before as to
the unexpired term, adding that such a
course would lift the stricken family
from the grave to the present and the
future. Upon occasions since I have
made the same remarks to others, and
the suggestion seemed to meet with uni
versal approval. Last week Major W.
D. Luekie asked me why I did not move
practically in the matter by preparing
a petition for signatures, and suggested
that I ought to do so at once. Whilst
I had not heretofore contemplated tak
ing an active part in the matter, yet as
no one else had moved, and I was de
cided in my views as to the propriety
of the action, I prepared the petition as
soon as my time permitted, and pre
sented it for signatures. Neither Gov
ernor Colquitt nor any member of the
family of the late Senator Hill had
any knowledge from me as to what I
was doing. I never communicated
with them, directly or indirectly, in ref
erence to the matter of the petition. If
they had any information on the sub
ject it was from others than myself
and without my knowledge. In other
words, in no way or manner, directly or
indirectly, did they, or any one of them,
or any member of Senator Hill’s fam
ily, influence my action.
There is no use in expatiating on
language as explicit as this or in en
larging on an argument as entirely con
clusive as Captain Jackson makes
here.”
Now here is the case. A charge in
volving a result, if true, that should
consign me to the execration and con
tempt of mankind is made. No man,
with any sense of honor or justice,
would have made such a charge with
out indubitable evidence of its truth.
Was it true? Read the letter of Cap
"tain Jackson and see. But granting
in abundant charity that there was
some mistake—some misinformation in
making the original charge—the truth
was furnished the offending and ag
gressive party. How was it received?
Did the spirit, of the wrong doer rise to
the status even of a generous enemy?
Did he frankly avow his error, and say:
•‘While I hate and would destroy him;
while I would crush him if I could, 1
would not besmirch him with a lie.”
No, even this petty measure of justice
is refused, and he comes hack in a sub
sequent article. In that article he ac
quits Captain Jackson and Mr. Hill of
all wrong, but with an audacious de
fiance of truth “stands” on the false
hood as to Governor Colquitt.
I have been often asked what is the
meaning of this editor’s rage and his
presistent vituperntion of me, I am a
man of peace, and I think my whole
life proves that I have hated and avoid
ed strife. I trust lam even of a for
giving temper. You all know that
same temper in the last five years has
had experience enough to have perfect
ed itself in the virtue of forgeviness if
it were possible. I will tell you.
When I came into office as governor I
had to act upon this man’s application
for reappointment as solicitor of the
eastern circuit. As was my bounden
duty I made inquiry as to the fitness of
the appointment, and after a most fair
and exhaustive investigation into the
matter of his qualifications for the re
sponsible post he was seeking, I was
forced in good conscience to reject his
solicitations and appoint another. It is
the old tale. The poet says that “hell
has no fury like a woman scorned,” but
that is clearly a mistake. There is no
fury, no hatred on this earth more im
placable, more savage than that of the
disappointed applicant for office. There
are a few honorable and magnanimous
exceptions whose names I would mag
nify if I could. But ibis editor is not
with the exceptions. From the day
his application for office was refused
to the present hour I have been follow
ed by a hatred on tho part of this man
that has been at times devilish and
maglignant. By an editorial fling he
attempted to originate|and spread a
scandal on private life, that is too foul
to be mentioned in this presence. I will
not refer to the many inuendoes he has
published and the ungenerous use he
has made of his advantage as an editor
to scatter thoso which were intended to
injure my personal character. The
protection of my name from this sort of
malignity and attack I suppose is my
own private concern; but whe this
rage carried him into the domains of
my religions walk, I think a decent re
gard for public morality and religions
sentiment should overawe him. It is
a sad thing indeed when a man in pub
lic life cannot attend as an interested
visitor a camp-meeting or Sunday
school celebration without being re
ferred to in language bordering on blas
phemy. I can recall the day in Geor
gia when public opinion would not
tolerate an editor who tried to destroy
his party nor one who was daring
enough to crack editorial jokes and cast
paltry slurs on religious observance.
But I must not suffer the little good
that I might do to he hereafter made
impossible by calumnies and belittling
decrials, when it may be avoided by
exposing the malice and purpose which
prompt them.
The malice of this man respects
neither opportunity or person. Inspired
by a venom that is the result of a life
of envious observance and failure and
disappointment, he assaults almost
daily with fling and inuendo and.in
sults a man who is three thousand
miles away, wl(t .rto of waivio
rolling between—a man who, having
served his country valiantly and hon
orably in peace and in war, is now in
Europe invokiug the aid of foreign
capital to build up the Boutli and the
interest of foreign capitalists in the de
velopment of southern indust'ip. I
allude to General Gordon. He has
retired from public life. He has laid
aside his senatorial robes as he laid
aside his sword, and he is a private
citizen. Without rank or insignia, he
is to-day receiving the courtesies of
royal blood, the welcome guest of the
highest dignitaries, banqueted by men
whose word is law in the world of
finance, and who can be potent in
hastening the progress of the south. It
does seem that every Georgian would
have felt a thrill of pride at the honors
paid this private citizen of Georgia in
foreign land and would have held up
his hands in the work in which he is
engaged and in the successful issue of
which even the humblest Georgian is
interested. But the malicious spite of
this man knows no bounds. He hates
for the sullen love of hate and slanders
for the love of slander. His assaults
on General Gordon under the circum
stances is equalled in its disregard of
propriety and honor and in its prosti
tution of a great newspaper to the pur
poses of personal malice.
I see men here to-day whose patriotic
hearts understand the call of their
country. All about me I see those
who shared my hunger and many
marches and bloody struggles, and in
the days that, though past, will never,
never be forgotten. Where was this
valiant soul, this burning patriot, this
chevalier without fear and without re
proach, this phenomenal character who,
to hear him talk of Gordon, Brown,
myself and others, yon would suppose
all his life “felt a stain like a wound.”
Why, I will tell you where he was.
When some of you were marching aud
fighting with Gordon and myself as
Stoneivell Jackson’s foot cavalry, he
was safely ensconced in a bomb proof
position in Richmond with a quill be
hind his ear.
Then, how little like the present, he
was a man of peace and did believe
strongly in the paths of industry. But
he had to evacuate even his beloved
bomb-proof. Richmond fell and his
peaceful office fell with it, and this ten
der plant was soon transplanted to the
lines around Columbus. We all re
member the day when Wilson the
raider was marching on the city. Worn
down as tho body was, sick as the soul
must have been with our losses and
perils—even at that hour Columbus
was glorified, and will be forever by the
spirit rallied her people to the rescue.
The women at that day cried shame on
the laggard; the little boy, just big
enough to carry his gun for the cock
robins, was in the trenches; venerable
W. H. Young,, his head as white as
cotton and so deaf that he could not
hear tho peal of the cannon, was there
and received a bayonet wound. Dr.
Devotie, holy man of God as he was,
laid away his clerical robes for the hour,
and was as ready to fight for his peo
j FOUR DOLLARS PER ANNUM.
pie and home as to pray for them. All,
all, self-marshled, was there. All, did
I say? No, not all. One, and from
the size of him now, as he rants and
fumes in the columns of the Telegraph
and Messenger, dealing out death and
destruction—he must have been a host
in himself—that one was not there.
All answered to the roll call—all but
him. And where was he? He was
then fleeing from the defense of his home
and his hearthstone and his wife and
his little ones, and when his name was
reached, “Absent and not accounted
for” was the word that ran around the
line. Thank God, no matter how
much he may write of “a flank move
ment by the boss,” he can never charge
a “flank movement” like that on me!
It is bad to be spoken evil of, I feel;
but I have my choice of defamers,
When my party, my candidate, my
life, my character, are to be maligned,
let the evil work be done by one whose
own life and example gives earnest
that the effort is harmless.”
Mary’s Lamb on anew Principle.
Mollie had a little lamb as black as
a rubber shoe, and everywhere that
Mollie went he emigrated, too.
He went with her to church one day
—the folks hilarous grew to see him
walk demurely into Deacon Allen’s
pew.
The worthy deacon quietly let his
angry passion rise, and gave it an un
christian kick between the sad brown
eyes.
This landed rammy in the aisle; the
deacon followed fast, and raised his
foot again; alas! that first kick was his
last.
For Mr. Sheep walked slowly back
about a rod, ’tis said, and ere the dea
con could retreat he stood him on his
head. The congregation then arose and
went for that ’ere sheep; several well
directed butts just piled them in a heap.
Then rushed them straightway for
the door with curses long and loud,
while ramm v struck the hindmost man
and shoved him through the crowd.
The minister had often heard that
kindness would subdue the fiercest
beast. ,T Ahal” he said, “I’ll try that
game on you.”
And so he kindly, gently called,
“come rammy, rammy, ram; to see the
folks treat you so I grieve and sorry
am.”
With kind and gentle words he came
irom that tall pulpit down, saying:
“Rammy, rammy, ram—best sheepy in
the town.”
The ram quite dropped its humble
air, and lObiO from Off ltd fVtJt, dlltl wlicix
the parson landed ho was behind the
hinemost seat.
As he shot out the door, and closed
it with a slam, he named a California
town—l think ’twas “Yuba Dam.”—
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