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"if hti % j§ \\V;, -\ v 1 •a % I J V By W. A. & L. SHACKELFORD. THE ECHO. ADVERTISEMENTS: Local Notices 10c. per line each insertion. Regular Business Advertisments, 01.00 per inch lirst insertion. Each subsequent insertion. 50c. per inch. CONTRACT ADVERTISING: space. 1 mo. 3 mos. 6 mos. 12 mos. 1 inch...... fc®' 50 $ cn ggggsg TToo §§§§§§ 2 inches... rf* 00, to 12 00 X column. 05 20 00 % column. O 35 00 column. fcO 45 00 1 column.. 5t oo 60 00 Bills due after first insertion of advertisement SUBSCRIPTION: ONE YEAR....... 82.00 SIX MONTHS..... I.OO THREE MONTHS 50 Terms.— Cash in advance. No paper sent until money received. All papers stopped at expiration of time, unless renewed. sending ,. five „ No club rates; but any one us names and ten dollars will receive the paper one year free of charge. postoffice Morey can be remitted by money or¬ der or registered letter at our risk. Entered at the postoffice in Lexington, Georgia, as second-class mail matter. OUR AGENTS. For Jthe convenience of our subscribers in this county we have ei .ablished the following author¬ agencies. The gentlemen named are ized and will be glad to receipt for new sub¬ scribers or receive any renewals. They have lists and can give you any information con cerning your time: Crawford—C. S. Hargroves. Winterville— J. B. Winter. Stephens—J. E. Freeman. Maxeys—M. J. Nicholson. Glade—G. II. Irbv. Millstone—H. Phillips. Philomath—Willlie Peek. Bairdstown -C. T. Young. Sandy Cross—J. C. Martin. DBS, WILLINGHAM & REYNOLDS, Practicing Physicians, LEXINCTOS, GA. i^vFFEIi their professional services to the peo office. attending calls. office when not J. T. OLIVE, Attorney at Law, LEX1SGTOS. GEORGIA. QFFICE in the old bank building, up-stairs. MILES JOHNSON, Steam Cyeing & Cleaning Establishment, Clayton Street, Opposite Clinard House, ATHENS, GA. “]>AVISJIARRIS & BRYDIE, tonsoral artists ATHENS, GEORGIA, f TAVING recently moved into their large and H nicelv arranged shop in of the Broad Commercial street Hotel Building, near the corner the and College avenue, respectfully invite citi eens of Oglethorpe to cail on them when they want a clean shave or a stylish hair-cut. FOUND AT LAST! Jaelison Sc Brydie, rrvAILORS, No, 51 Clayton Street, Athens, Ga., JL remove greasy spots; suits alter order. clothes Sample* to latest on styles; cut or make to hand. A 11 work guaranteed to gi\ e satisfaction. We have but one price. sept5 CLINARD HOUSE Convenient to Business. CLAYTON ST., ATHENS, GA. C< FECIAL rates given my Oglethorpe triends. 1 A Regular rates reasonable. A. I>. ULIWARB, Proprietor. GLOBE HOTEL, AUGUSTA, GA. » X OCATED in the centre of business and on JL j the principal shopping square. moderate Clean rooms, excellent table, of superior the service, of visitors rates, to the Solicits a share patronage city. B. F. BROWN, Manager. ARNOLD HOUSE, Broad Street, Athens, Ga. X MOST respectfully announce to the citizens JL of Athens, and the travelling furniture public, that and I have iust refurnished with new carpets, the Roane House, formerly the Dorsey House, and am better Transient prepared than entertained ever to en¬ tertain boarders. guests C. ARNOLD in the best manner. MRS. G. Georgia Railroad Company. OFFICE GENERAL MANAGER ,) AUGUSTA, Ga., Nov, 8, 1884. j COMMENCING SUNDAY, 9th inst., the fol yj lowing passenger schedule will be operated Trains ran by 90th meridian time—22 slower than Atlanta time. FAST LINE. NO. 27, WEST DAILY. NO. 28, EAST DAILY. Lv. Washington.7:55 Augusta....7:40 a m Lv. Athens......2:55 Atlanta....2:45 p m 44 a m “ pm Ar. Wash’gt’n. 10:40 a m Ar Winterville.3.14 pm Lv. Athens.....8:00 am “ Lexington. ..3.39 pm Ar. Winterville..8:19am “ Antioch.....3.57 pm “ Lexington. .. 8 :44 am “ Maxeys......4.07 Woodvilie. “ Antioch.....9:02 am “ .,4.32 pm 44 Maxeys.....9:11am 44 Union Point.4.45 pm 44 Woodville. -.9:32 am Lv Washington.4.10 pm 44 Union Point.9:35 am Ar Washington,7.20 pm Ar. Atlanta......l :00 pm \r. Augusta. ...8:15 pm Lv Union Point.10:35am Lv Union Point.5.55 pm Ar Woodville.. .16:47urn Ar Woodville...6.07 pm 44 Maxeys......11:12 Antioch.....11:27 am “ Maxeys......6.26 Antioch.....6.35 pm 44 am 44 pm 44 Lexington... 11:40 am 44 Lexington...6.52 Wiuterville..7.16 pm 44 Winterville. 12:05 pm 44 pm Ar Athens......12:25pm 44 Athens......7:35 pm REGULAR TRAIN. LEAVE Athens....... . 9.30 a m Leave W interville..... 10.00 44 . Leave Lexington...... .10.18 4 ‘ Leave Antioch......... 11.01 44 . Leave Maxeys......... .11.13 44 Leave Woodville...... .11.46 44 ARRIVE Union Point .11.55 44 Arrive Atlanta....... . 5.40 p m Arrive Washington... . 2.20 44 Arrive Arrive MilledgevLUe.. Macon......... . 4.49 6.45 44 44 Arrive Augusta....... 3.35 44 ' LEAVE Augusta..... 0.50 a m Leave Macon.......... 7.10 44 Leate Milledgeville.. 9.10 44 Leave Washington.... 11.30 44 Leave Atlanta........ 8.00 44 Leave Union P» int... 2.10 pm LEAVE Woodville... 2.31 44 Leave Maxeys......... 3.01 44 Leave Autioch........ 3.14 44 Leave Lexington...... Winterville..... Leave Arrive Athens........ Trains run daily. Close connection to or from Washington Uons on Mondays. Athena Double daily con nee to and from bv fast mail. JOHN W. GKEEX, Superintendent. E. E.Dorset,G en.Fa--. Agent. LEXINGTON, GEORGIA, FRIDAY MORNING, FEBRUARY 20, 1885. THE IS I DENYING THE FACT! That you can't get along without I And the all-absorbing question is: Where Can We Get them Cheapest, And at the same time get the best. My goods are staple and are quoted regularly, so that there can be no deception as to prices or qual¬ ity. I have on hand and will continue receiving Fresh Groceries, such as Sugar. Coffee, Lard. Hams, Mackerel, Cheese, Meal, and GOLDEN FLEECE Flour —none better; try it. Call special attention to my assortment of Fancy Groceries, Confectioneries, Cigars and Tobacco, which is complete. WINES, LIQUORS! This is a special Department, and I take great care to keep it stocked with the very best Whiskies and Wines to be had. So if you want to buy them reasonably, make it a elsewhere. point to see Yours, niq before squandering your wealth W, BROOKS, Lexington. R. C. LATIMER. W. A. LATIMER. LATIMER BROS.. AT MASONIC BUILDING, LEKIHGTON, GEORGIA. 1LbJL*I*IH BEOS* Keep S. S. S., H. H. P., Brown’s Iron Bitters, Warner’s Kidney Cure, Simmons Liver Regulator, Female Regulator, and all Drugs usually kept in a first-class Store. LATIMER BROS. Have a good line of Dry Goods, Ilats, Boots, Shoes, Notions, warranted Stationery, Hardware, Groceries, Tobacco and Cigars. Goods to be as represented. Will sell as cheap as the cheapest. Give them a cull and • they will do you good. latimer BROS • 9 MASONIC HALL. With our unrivalled Stock of FALL & WINTER GOODS 3 CONSISTING OF Dry Goods, Clothing, Boots, Shoes, Hats, Fancy Goods, Notions, Hosiery, Etc., at prices that compete with ATHENS, ATLANTA OR AUGUSTA. jgp“We have about 250 bushels of Rust-Proof Seed Oats on hand and for sale. Gall early. ARNOLD & STEWART, Brick Store, Lexington, . Y. B. CLIFTON 3 The Athens Photographer, Will make you good Pictures at any time, Fair or Cloudy, it makes no difference. FERRIS & SON, Merchant Tailors & Gents’ Furnishers 820 BROAD STR23ST, SLE Ha? HJ 2% i XJL- MESON AGABEMT, LEXINGTON, GA. rpTU? JL exercises of this Institution will be re sumed on MONDAY, .lANUAltd 12 , 15S5; and the Spring-Term will close on tlicSth of .July with the AnnualjExliibitien. The Kail Term will begin August 10th, and closo 10th of October. KATES OF TUITION: Primary Class, per quarter....... .$4 00 Intermediate Class, per quarter. . 5 00 lligUcr LngUsU l Aass, per quarter.......... 7 00 Languages and Higher Mathematics, pr. qr. 8 00 Contingent Expenses, per quarter.......... 25 No student received for less time than one quarter, unless by special agreement; and no de¬ duction for sickness less than a month. Board can be obtained at reasonable rates. For further information apply to Geo. 11. Les¬ ter, Secretary Board of Trustees, or TIIO’S. 1L MOHS. Principal. Lexington, Dec. 10, 1884. PURE DRUGS, Of best Quality. PATENT MEDICINE Of every Description; PERFUMES & EXTRACTS In endless Variety; CARDEN SEEDS For all Seasons; And everything olsc usually to bs had at a first class Drug store, anil a complete lino of Lamps and Lamp Goods and Fancy articles. All pre Her iptions carefully filled by guaranted an experienced in pre seriptionist. Satisfaction every¬ thing at LITTLE’S DRUG STORE, Crawlord, Ga., I EXPERIENCE. “ Calvert, Texas, May 3,1882. “ I wish to express my appreciation of the valuable qualities of Ayer’s Cherry Pectoral as a cough remedy. “ While with Churchill’s army, just before tho battle of Vicksburg, I contracted a se¬ vere cold, which terminated in a dangerous cough. I found no relief till on our march we came to a country store, where, on asking for some remedy, I was urged to try Ayer’s Cher n y Pectoral. “I did so, and was rapidly cured. Sinca then I have kept the Pectoral constantly by hk, for family use, and I have found it to be an invaluable remedy for throat and lung diseases. J. W. Whitley.” Thousands of testimonials certify to the prompt cure of ail bronchial and lung affections, by the uso of Ayer’s Cherry Pectoral. Being very palatable, the young¬ est children take it readily. PREPARED by Dr.J.C.Ayer&Co. ( Loweii,IV3as8. Sold by all Druggists. HAVE YOU TAKEN THE ATLANTA CONSTITUTION FOR 1885? If not, lay this paper down and send for it right now. If you want it every day, Fend for the Daily, which costs #10.00a year, or #5.00 for six months or #2.50 for three months. If you want it every week, send for the Great Weekly, which costs #1.25 a year or #5 for Clubs of Five. THE WEEKLY CONSTITUTION. In flic < hj jspcsl, liiftgent and Best Paper Printed in A inert en. It has 12 pages chock full of news, gossip and sketches every week. It prints more romance than the story papers, more farm news than the agricultural papers, besides more fun than the hiimor ous papers— all the news, ami Bill Arp’s and liet-y Hamilton’s Letters, Uncle Remus’s Sketches, Costs 2 cents andTalmailge’s week. You Sermons. a can’t well farm or keep tat house address without! it Write and ronr name will on a pos card, to us we send you Specimen copies free! THE Address CON8T1TTTION. % 'IGOROUSiHEAtTH^ftM 2D i HARRIS’IhStsgf Hi 5 § cay. $ri 4 nucneroii.i ob mnd ovtir brain lYorlr. Do /vf* A \ fbx v not tcuiporizu whllo nucb A Vi A&uic&l 1 * Y m CUTS cn by pm.mlou* dalii ot A other remedies for fheso trouble*. Gtt onr fro« circa lor acl trial package ar.1 SPERMATORRHEA learn Important facts befori Take viking tri.-.trucnt i!:ath felrewhcro. thousands, p. r m'dy .s curd biA does not in IMPOTEISSY. terfere neaa or •with caure Attention pain or to Incon¬ buil* venience. Founded on tcU Tested tor over 5 entitle medical principle*. years by use In thou¬ tion. Growing in favor and reputa¬ of Direct disease application t« tha sands of c&eee. seat mokes its tpi c'.f.c inff twcee felt without dclcy. The the human natural func s. tlon ' of organ- 11 i-m are restored. Tho a f k »i eniroanoar elements of PAC.CACi D 5 •»: % Lfe wb-.;h fcava been f wasted arc given back. .. Tbo patient becomes SEND ADDREC3 1=4 utreugih rapidly. HARRIS RfiSWEDV CO., fU’f’g Chcir.Wt. RWi North ! 0 !h S* , Bt. Lou!., Bo. Cat Mohtk’8 Tsmtheht. $3; a Hsnna.$5 ; 3 nosm St iSwss-aW; ». ; : { " v 'v- . J r. e to A/ < ■? * :y-iacr 3 0 ; ia-st year witliout .TiL 1 l toi5aioni r Sr > pIft P Sn M *ftn - , vk'-as Vnd and BLLBfcf . / : Flower & 2 SKDS, etc. -vsr.mr&oa-w’ - O^X~2.:F 3 1S3 , T , eL Vi’lv"Tn^' s ■ \ RFET- an.! i iirntshinz t.ooiir , the inrttest ! “ 0 ll ^U. nX'MaU ami S t Crumb <Toths line Win-'-.w c^rnusei -hades Wall P.ilee, I-ancrs Co-’ Bowlers, Cnrtsins and bainpics CSs? B Ch“. ami prices. mS, #r f jc 2 £ y ^ COUNTY CURRENCY. COMMENTS CONCERNING COUNTY CARELESSLY CULLED. l'nwiint Though Is nr The Echo’s T.onf er About IMIterent Thing.of oo Ureal Importance. There has been some kind of a balm thrown over the stagnant ponds in this county to stop the miasma that generates Texas fever. Ilut few have been taken with the disease this winter and some of them have gone only to return. It would be good for the diseased if it could be forever eradicated from their systems. At present it takes only three lawyers to look alter the material crime insterests of Oglethorpe county, and they are not kept very busy. It would be better could we get along with none, but those we have are worthy limbs of the law, and we gladly put up with enough misdeeds to keep their souls and bodies together. The whole county is in a holding breath state on the prohibition'question. It is frequently talked of in a quiet way, but no great move will be made by eith¬ er side until some of our neighbor coun¬ ties have decided the question. Then it will, in all probability, be lively. When the proper time comes we will roll up our sleevs and wade into the melee. Week before last we congratulated ourselves on being free from tramps, and to show that advertising pays, four that were died in the wool put up at the Roane House that night to leave next morning before paj ing tlieir bill; and ev¬ er since we have been almost daily visit¬ ed by them. Had we thought of the re¬ sult we would have said nothing about them. Since the passage of the stock law the improvement in cattle lias been more than pcrccptable. Scrubby stock has been killed out and we see nothing hard¬ ly now but large, healthy, tliriving-look ing cattle that pays for the trouble of keeping and giving them attention. Nor has the improvement ceased. In a few years we will have nothing bHt fancy cows, sheep and goats. Spring oats will be the farmer’s sal¬ vation this year, if lie can get suitable weather for planting them, and then have better seasons foe growing them. Alany have depended upon tlieir oat crop and only made arrangements to get corn enough to last them until harvest. Should there he no harvest they will be ill a pickle, as many of our merchants say they will sell no more corn. A county Court is sometimes spoken of, and favored by many. There are many advantages as well ns disadvanta¬ ges in such a court, which we will riot attempt to discuss now. The greatest advantage we see in it is that it will do away with keeping, or trying to keep, prisoners in our jail for six months. With such a court many of them could be tried and disposed of each month. The small number of loafing negroes throughout the comity in comparison to the numbers of former years is notable. This year it seems that they have been either driven by necessity or made it a matter of choice to hire by tbe year to some wldte man, and not depend on dai¬ ly labor or pilfering for a living, ft is a healthy sign for the country. In this county J wc are not very strict on vagrants, yet we have but few of them and , they give us but very little ......i.i„ trouble. \i v ’ ' e (1 ,lavt i.„„„ ' nPV ,<fr er Known known a ,l neirro n f ? or white woree man arrested as such ill this county, not that we do not observe the laws of the land, but because we manage some way to keep down this class of law-breakers. They are a curse to any section, and we are glad we are not so cursed. The amount of bacon being sold by our merchants is a subject of general dis¬ cussion. Never before have such enor¬ mous amounts been disposed of so early in the year. Some are inclined to con¬ sider the fact an ill omen, but we don’t It shows to us that our people are calcu¬ lating for the future and laying in their , supply . while ..... it cheap. .... Why year » is not buy it now rather than later on when prices are higher? There are more than one or two men in this county who are all the time un easy about cyclones and tornadoes ; and it seems that their fears are not unfound ed. • TLeo J hey art* arc fronnent frequent ennmrh enough In to keep keen theinael veH ever impressed upon a mind, and damaffin? ” enough * to cause crave fears. Yet they are predicted . more r fre quent than ever during the spring and summer. Pit* will be as numerous as wells if some change is not made in the . ___ Homf nOME of of our our people people are are taking talcing advan- ajvan tbe northern loan association represented in this county by J. T. Olive, *, ............ he can pay it back when due, we don t know but what it is a good idea to bor row ibis money if it cannot be had at a less rate of interest. Fifteen per cent. interest on money is , better than . twenty- . , "" c : e,lit ’ no matter wliere the money comes from. The trouble with most of our landowo- VOL. XI—No, 20. ers is though tlieir lands are so incum¬ bered as to keep them from giving the security required by these northern cap¬ italists. It is bad to notice the general neglect of truit trees and orchards throughout the county. It is now time they were receiving attention and being trimmed and worked, yet we see very little of it being done. Fruit is not a troublesome luxury, as many think, but diet Intend¬ ed for summer and to keep down many diseases. It you will notice those who have no fruit you will see the good it docs. Get your trees in trim within the next few weeks. We feel pretty bad over the partial destruction of the out crop. It is euough lo discourage a farmers to have as prom¬ ising a prospect as was two weeks ago, and then see it destroyed in a few days. But such is life; wc need not expect ev¬ erything to-work out for the best, or just as wo would have it. Only let the back¬ set spur us up to strenuous efforts to make up for the loss with some other crop. Never give up, and success will come in some way. “We are going to start out behind this year,” said a planter the other day. “It only likes about fifteen days until corn planting time now, and we have not ploughed a furrow.” Rather had ; but the fifteen days part astonishes us. The first week in March used lobe the time for planting corn, but King Cotton’s ed¬ ict lias changed it to tbe, first of April. If we.will use every suitable day between now and then, enough will be planted to dn the county if it turns out any thing like it ought to. We have heard tho question asked, “Why is it that so many other counties in the state are out of debt with money in their treasuries, while Oglethorpe is always behind ?” It is a pretty hard question to answer, but suppose it is be¬ cause the people of these other counties are taxed heavier for county purposes than we. Our commissioners have been almost too close in this line. We say levy a sufficient tax and save the pay¬ ment of interest. Don’t that strike you as the better plan ? We have learned why there is so much sueing in our justice courts. Our mer¬ chants have adopted a plan of taking notes for whatever amount a customer falls behind in payment for the last year’s supplies and then getting judg¬ ment on it right away, so that should the debtor show title to any property the creditor will be ready to nab it with the oldest execution. Many of the judg¬ ments will lie dormuut for several years and then made good, unexpectedly to the person against whom they are. Long Staple Cotton. A groat many persons have been en¬ quiring about sen-island or long staple cotton ; and to give them desired infor mation [ ask the courtesy of your valua¬ ble columns. Long staple cotton should be planted in rows four or five feet apart. I should be dropped in the drill two feet’upart, and only two stalks left in the hill in hoeing. It should be planted in March; or earlier if tbe season will admit. Plant¬ ed as indicated a peck of seed will plant an acre, or at a least a bushel will plant three acres of land. Last year I produced three bales bales weigh¬ I ing 1,826 pounds ; two of these sold in Bavannali—the and two weighing 786 pounds—at $21o. I 28J have 2!l bale cents—net¬ hand, ting me bring one on the throe and if it should 26 cents bales will net me $850. I produced this crop on six acres of ordinary land—well manured with a ricli compost. 'Hie cul¬ tivation cost me no mote than other cot¬ ton. The picking costs $1 per hundred, or in the aggregate $10; ginning on the improved Horn gin—$1.00 per hundred —$19.89; bagging and ties, $0.20, show¬ ing a net profit of $287 on six acres of land—which is certainly paying thirty three per cent better than a short staple cotton. Decatur county will produce long staple cotton as well as the western counties of Florida. We can also pro¬ duce ns fine a cotton in length and strength of staple .—ISainbride Jkmocrat. Facts About (lotion. Cotton was first grown by the early colonists in 1621, but it was notanartic le of general home consumption or of export for many years In 1748 seven bags of cotton-wool, valued at A-l 11s od a bag.were among the exports of Charles ton, »S. C.; anil alter toe revolution the growth and exportation of the sea island cotton had commenced,seed having been stained from one of the leeward isles. Originally the cotton was separated afterward from .be seed with the fingers, and among "f l hen. r ® he employment of a Tmo long Bow fitted with a number of Hiring* which. being vibrated by the blows of a wooden mallet while in contact with a bunch of ^ Rt) i, whfiftk the seed and dust from the [Ser ^ ^ Jjubreuill a vv filthy of New Orleans, invented a clean j n g machine, which was «o far successful as to give quite an impulse to the cotton culture in Louisiana, and several other inventions were subsequently used in other sections of the .South, but eon of t | iem accomplished the desired work. In 1794 Eli Whitney, then residing in Oeor gia, discovered the saw gin, which re jsArMSr.tSS r ^ pounds dav instead of 3 a one [M)Ull( j i | le had been able t#do by baud. This wonderful labor--aving raacliine has - xert-d an influeuce on the indn-.rial interests of the world, and has placed ^ H|)J „ ur na ti„nal ex-.ort*.— At lanOi ConttitutUm. Give your lx»y Smith** Worm oil. HOME-SPUN FUN, SPUN FROM YARNS PRODUCED IN OGLETHORPE COUNTY. A Few of The Solemn llnppeniiings (hat we Kim Ipon in Our Wauderiugs. The Lust Work, of Our Fighting Editor Before lie Left for the West to Chaw up n Whole BhiiiI of Wild Indians that Uncle Sam Can’t Manage. Tackle Him. A FULL GRADUATE. To be teased about the mistakes he made when he first went to clerking did not set well with Aunt Wash by a long jump. It made him as mad ns blazes to be laughed at about them, so he decided he would, by bard study, learn to be a graduated clerk, believing that that was the only way to stop the fun. He stud¬ ied the names of goods by day and would read up on them by night. Colors both¬ ered him more than anything else, and being asked for pink and not knowing what color it was, resorted to an encyclo¬ pedia for light on the subject, anti fou ml that pink was a pnlo red. In a few days a young lady asked for soma pink lawn. “Got plenty of it, mum, in different shades. This, I think, i- the prettiest.” And he threw down a piece that was pale blue. “That’s not pink, said the lady. “It is blue.” “I see,” said Auntie. "But if pale red is pink, ain’t pale blue pink, too, of a different shade ?” lie missed the sale. TAi.KINU AS ROME TALKS. Dr. Reynolds never lets ail idea slip that will engracc him in the opinions of his patients. If lie goes to see ail edu¬ cated patient he calls everything by its doctorlogical name, always longer thnn your arm, and legs, too, but if lie goes to see uneducated folks lie calls them by the names iie supposes his patient uses. He oven goes so far as to say “cliist” for “chest,” when ho thinks lie is among people that talk that way. In other words his intention is to “talk while in Rome ns Romans talk.” Nil many days ago he was called to see a woman whoso mansion was a log cabin, and the surroundings correspond¬ ing. He left, as a prescription, to put a inusturd plaster over her “chist” so that it would he entirely covered. When lie made his next cull he asked after the plaster, and was astounded when answered : “Doctor, we ain’t got no chist, but put the plaster on a trunk, thinking they were about the same. It took a mighty big ’un.” The patient died. TRULY CONVERTED CONVERT. Negroes arc strange animals. Or rath¬ er they are more of a cross between an animal and a bird, as they mimic what¬ ever is done by the whites ns would a monkey and repeat whutever is said by tlieir enucassion friends as would a par¬ rot. They carry this mimicing business into their churches as well as elsewhere, going tlirough the motions without, in many instances, ever being buptized by the Holy Sp’rit. Not long since, soon after the whites had had a revival at one of our churches, the colored population had one at their church and many “jined.” The preach¬ er appointed a day to baptize them, and a large crowd gathered to see the work. The applicants were standing around the pool, and the preacher led the first into tlio water, soused him under in an off¬ hand manner, and came near strangling him to death. When the applicant came out of the water coughing, pulling and grumbling, another of the applicants looked at him intently for a while and rcinnrked : “I jess tell yer, some of yer is gwirie to git drownded at yer d—n foolishness yet, if yer don’t mind.” He broke up the meeting. THE SNOW. THE SNOW. We bad no idea a disease called “writ 'ing poetry on snow” was contagious un¬ til last Friday. We have no idea when we were close enough to Tennyson, Longfellow or Shakespeare to contract the serious malady, but it developed it se jf on the day above named and we rou ]j m ,t refrain from writing: Good '/j^j^'Vi/ronKhUiVi^ Lord, pity and send us no morel „ comP8 n ke chips of elder pith, Mon- than we have any business with; ,fllt can endure it better than to sleep with Jou Smith, *' < ’ r,tu » 8 “ , " ch “> «*»"’■ J - ,>oster - H’s of no use—it’s only a pester— It’s only a bother, a cold-toe infester; But the same might be said of T. Rufus Lester. It bites onr finders and freezes our toes, And drifts in banks on George Smith’s long nose, Whate, *« R hi made for the following shows. as should the dinger little Willie Deadwyler. j t * g made into delight croup-giving frozen snow eyesgleam, cream Ami ate with that makes onr As does Walt lister’s when on Miss —they | t increases the figures of the coat dealer’s hill, And doubles the flow of the juice from the still That tangles up the legs of Latimer, WU1. it causes ns to hunt for the mutton snot, massstsssss. But the sun cemes out and drives it away, we<- nTii^ L-g- uf I«cl^l“away, < And is imt pushed for room). Thcsnow, «ho .now; ithas madeof« a poet, Though b> th we lines you d liardly know it. r ° r ,H ' uhc '' tl,uir rh 3 ,rac «»«* Of But poetic they’ve rhyme taken they slightly wits, and smack; until they our i back, for Editor Shack. Won’t you fee! sorry i»oor