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J.T&M 0 8 L E V ,
.ATTORNEY AT LAW,
HAMILTON, .7.1
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WEST POINT, GA
~ ALONZO A. BliZlBB,
.AtTC'KNKY AND CO'JKSKLQR at La ,7,
MOLUZI BUT, GA.
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,ATTQIJN£Y-AT LAW,
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JL ’JSSE'LL .& li US SELL,
_ Attorneys ui Zair,
.U-I-UMIiUS, ..- - -’ < (U.
Will practice in the fjtuto and I’-dcml
:Cou..
Acve & Murdock’:* store.
lt>B Broad Street, Uoi^ipbus. CLi.
(j. a, xtEKHE,
:ME R C HANT T AIL OR,
,I*i B;cai £t„ CeliUibili, VV>
~las cn bairi n l-*n r hp:ae m -r,> a ; is:; ■ f (t, i:-
'j*iaen Drewi (j.ioiiii. E..yi‘sl e.s: l frpnUi
, -Vissiraeu;.',_Vts.tii.gii, <-tc.
CrtiUig done ut leu onabia reta .
yor.r oioti'c-fimmle try me, and l eunr
.aniao pciiec t satis jtetipu in style and ; ike.
'j'ho Old JHuji’k Kovtirio,
jit p. j,
In sllenoo ho gaged upon tj;c lonely pi ico
IVhere onc.e way bU.eJiil-iltoiid s In me,
lint tyjiere time in ilafnrj had, not left a Ijaco
To reui;;id J>!m of days ijiat ttc.v gojje
Bayc a proud r+J th:v.t : cod there still,
And .-pretd its great trin . :,ex r,fc,
As though jit its pride it strove .. co::: cal
The übsc.iKo so luucly and .dreur,
Eut the hour tow ns-1 so culm and :. '.aio
At Uui close of Unit fair summer's eve,
Was uuJjiejeut to awaken in lu.an’ry t he scene
Of the past, ami .the present relieve.
The aged man sat at the base of the oak,
And Iris sud lace glowed vvidi a smile,
As in fancy ho seemed Time's decree to re
voke,
And live ;:i his youth for awhile.,
He saw the neat cottage asit onto had beeu,
Ere it yielded to Dio touch . fdec iy,
And the boy with iiismotUei wits living again
As in yeai.s that had tony; passed away.
He thought of the babe in its mother’s cm-
Cli total iJ.CC,
VVith .spiijt so free, and with brow so fair,
Ere sorrow and age ha . furrowed his liiot.
Or tilled his young .bosom wiih care.
Tic thought of tiii boy with his kite to the
tree lie,
How his glad heart swelled, and his bright
eye .shown,
E.,e that heart had been crushed l>y grief and
disease,
A* u tlyc briglituegsy f vision hav 1 paled
i:do gloom.
lie thought .of the proud youth so umnly, so
brave,
And liic maid lie had loved so well,
Ere dcaihltod consigned her so soon to the
gtaw,
And left him ip sorrow to dv. sil.
iXTocontoious, Ms joy gave .birth to a song,
Ee.ivet.ing, though husky and tony,
Eor.he sang whivt lie sang wlien happy and
young, -
In the Jong, time aye.
From the great pend ant boughs a nightengale
heard him,
•And ceased in the midst of her lay;
While the even’g wind loath !o disturb him,
fr.eaitl.i'j- crept away.
Then tiie hilertce that-*ott let! r*ic*rrd U:n,
When the song ili"d away on the air,
Was :! r!oep a* the fa’i-ry that lam.id li i:i,
And hunted vv.iß the voice ;.-f his c-.i/e.
His bead tlic exh v. ; iv.-’ii-ing,
The M-iiio became iL-cd on r; ■ L
And ft s (1 1 .•■■,' ie; ling
11-..1 t tilled me tr di ■.l . to ,-p.
Ah! neverp-hall fonow •.•-•.veel..uiHjedi-ort,
. m:f- to iii'-'s c * res slnll he aw.-.k-. n;
For ciiiOiiou had stirred the disease at Lie
heart,
1- ad he v.fthed from 1.-is I'evcHe in Heaven.
As the Idol lines of twilight were jr<dli:.•;••
away,
In Hie hash of the t hoar pel; and,
His spirit w. hoiueo .. i of day,
Vt T he:< he ares y. .harec: real.
A Defense; •? Buys:?.
In reply to Mr. Djaiiie.Jlpa. T.,.L.
Jones, ct Kentucky, said:
Jefferson Davis, sir, was born in
Kentucky. Site whi-ridied hor son in
the days of ills var y manhood, and
she o, iii not no tv, in. the gloomy even-
ing. j his checkered life, disown or
dishonor him. lie bore an honored
name in this Republic before the
(Lavs of seces.-i ,'!i. Ha portrayed its
* -i
eloquence ftnd its courage 1.1 ihccoun
cil and in the field. lie spoke and
fought and bled for hia country’*
glory, of which yon are so justly
proud. He was one of -the greatest
ministers of war the Republic ever
had, stud it was his clarioti v -b e and
noble Searing that inspired his .Jss
sissippi rjihanan with the daring
coinage to drive the furious cuargo
at Bejrua Vi-ta, .which, as is were
snatched victory front defeat, and
crowned the American artns vvitu one
of the greattat bat-llos <f th • ivons.
lie stood at li*s rSi.cc in ii.o ctutr
chamber .of .thi- Caj-itol, a great and
honored Senator, end mourned al
most in te.;: his uepa.ture from
those wa'i:). But li'.s Elate com
manded and he felt boun-1 to obey.
e world known Lu atu i'.-: J •, anu
the yorld, uX I*±r:gc rei-pects hinn are
has cap.'ted ia vour dungeon-, in
chain?, ana by all .-tanucr of utg:c
nation attempted upon Ida:, In- own
otTencvß arid lirOteo oi Ins; and now,
idilmuyh teivft. •A. fortune, his eye
dimmer!, and -i - fee.. - • >'W h j
Btiii bearing auu■; •, . u
old. f: ig for v, hi o. he ormo .
j nobly—doing a!i ire c.m to ..e .
| and ciihgbtea our i - .
ope. the resources and to pr. .. e
I the wealth and the fatuo at c >\u
! :non country.
| li there ,ih> mercy k-ft for him '
| Has the goiitleman fro .. . i . *
j history ia.y^iu,,^ud,.h^ : Le.ao pofc-
EAMILTfiWt HARRIS GO., GA„ WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 23, 1876.
cast of 13 1 0 fuin.ii 7 Let liint iminein
ber ilia tiob'o :i;;tg of noble o.'iHjut;r
--• n-sj to (lie coiiouercil through ;i!l
time; let liint remember iho civil
wars, tho rebellions if you please, on
bo continent of ciyiliai l Kut-ope,
and be will iiud that tho great names
on both sides are treasured up in the
! maids and hearts of ramie y iu-ra
li-uis, a common lieiita;" - :.nr.~
niO'i people. Are if. • 1
Caesar and t’oiupey lion.n od alike by
ihe descending ages of K une? Are
not the Legitimists and tho Pretend
ers, the Bourbons and the Boimpanes
held in common renown by ail
Frenchmen? And the. Bound Heads
uud the Cavaliers, Cromwell and
Charles, honored alike Ly all Eng
lishmen? Let me tell the gentle
man that the lime will come, perhaps
near m hand, when tho names of
Grant, and Sherman, and Sheridan,
and Lee, and Jackson, and Brecki-n
--tnige —yea, sir, of the martyred Lin
coln, and the now insulted Jefibrson
l>avi„- —will be read with common
price and common respect by. the
American youth, and the last may be
honored as much ns the first ? Such
is history and such the nature *;yd
character of man. I speak thus in
no invidious sense or with sectional
feeling, I f.ve my whole country.
Thank God., sir, there ate no A’lcg-
h tunes, no Potomac-’, or dividing
linos in my polities. I yield to none
in appreciation of tho common glory
of my country, and in meeting cut
ample piait-e and justice to ail its
heroes and ad its people.
I pray you, sir, let us take our
lessons from the spirit .and preaching
of tho Divine Master. His mercy
and love extended to all, from the
good Alary to the wretched Magda
lene, from the beloved disciple to the
Jew of Tar übs. Why, the gentleman
from Maine v;o. and have had tho
Christ to have rejected Paul because
he had been the chief of sinners, and
yet lie did most and best to promote
tho greatness and glory of his once
persecuted Lord. I implore the gen
tleruau, in the name of peace, and
iiarmony in tni.3 inessea year o. our
history, in the name of patrkni/m
mid union, to strike from Lis substi-
Tuie t!.o invidious ctioepti-'U, that li
, ] , . . .... .
Bet our amnesty V; ts broad and ft.:
iJS tiir ; ■ 81.B 1 . lilt S lii': -i.: *v* Ij>lj>
of Go<!, n - 1 • t l ;.
.j r v'-:,..5
An old Uiii-ii with <° boidiii' 1 .: over
coi ’• ou a hi can yin; ieko'ry
k-.Hdf.iL Hi ,i Laud cnlvred : oLi.’c* on
M street yes?.erd ;/ lo :-n‘k*f
Johnson, ilo left
open as he ■ entire J, an<! w walk
ing across the room, when the oliiv
ering occupant yelk-.! out :
tilmt that do oi ! ”
Did you epe.d; to raa ?” inquired
the cid man, aa he kaiti cl.
‘•Yes, sir, I spoke to you ! ”
“ What did you say ? ”
“ I said shut 5h it door ! ”
“ Which door ? ”
“The one behind yon, sir. Tins is
not a saw-mill sir ? ”
“Did Isay that this was a saw
mid ?” inquired the man. “Don’t
you suppose I know an office from a
r v>
“ Why donlt you shut.that door?”
tcreamed the tuun behitfd the desk.
“ Do you want toe door shut I ’
“Tea.”
“ Then I will shut it. There, the
door it. shut. Now, let me ask.if you
know a man named Johnson?”
‘■Yes; a tkourond oi’ theuil”
“ Will you tell mo tv kero .1 can
find any of them ? ”
“Mo, l won’t! If I know a tail
iion Johnson's I wouldn’t tell you
where you c uld liud .. blamed .o.ue
or Uie lot! ”
“ Very well, sir,” ri.id the * Id man
as he turned to go, “ tiint'a what I
get by obliging you. Not, one in ten
would have shut that door for you.”
“ I don’t waut it shut,” growled
the office man.
“ Then, si., I .shall leave it open,
sir, 1 said the old man as Ire went out.
0*0(1 t:e did. .ci, C 0.. - cuttie v. .iii
down a.. '■' ;.f,or him, but it is
.Join that you can Lit a :n..n after lie
.:ar got Leu hot : i,a siari.
Aiv. :,:aiU! Vis —('on er.ntt
ted act tio jicid, ,ht o ut ■; oil of
iaveiidar, two d:acinus; oil . of rr.se
ruai ';, one .. o.oi.;:.; oil e*uv* -; on.;
i ■ : .n: oil ui cairn' or, ..me umic*.
>|vu t. • c... ipbor in the uc ■ i •
| acid, then aid tin- perfumes. .Viter
jicaaainmk together for it fcv.’ days,
r. 1 1 :■ !
• • * - v... - - u :<it /. * * dj-L
I filUit-C'.l ak.'i bouiotl fyr ;< jjdj}, .
Jlis Honor iui.l Biju’i.
I.o\ II IX V.MX.
“Ma th-i Jack, I’m worry to see
j you here,’’ said his Honor to the
next prisoner a tall woman with
sad eyes.
1 wi-h I hadn’t come !’’ sljo sob-r
bed.
Well, I suppose you couldn’t
help yotirsel ', Martha, but pleaso don’t
looked so mclrnclioliy, Bight now,
when every woman is making .currant
jolly and raspberry jam, you ought
to smile like a. cow in a cornii Id.”
•“Don’t aims'! mol - she wailed as
she wiped her eye*
“I won’t Martha; T wouldn’t abuse
my own grand- 1 Viler. On the con
trary., I ask yo’j'.o cheer up. There’s
light ahead, Martha.”
“There's no light for me!” she
said, as she.carefully widod her nose.
“It may that you have loved in
Wain?” ho queried.
“Yes, sir—tltat’s it’s it, sir.”
“ Well, I can’t blamo you then (or
throwing a dead over into our
neighbor’s garden and raising a row.
I have loved in vain, I loved fat
woman once. Ah! site was beauti
ful —she was gorgeous she was
worth two yoke of oxen and the best
co3'*> sheilct in Medina county. My
love was vain. She turned away
from me as the polar bear turns from
a drifting barrel full of dollar-storc
diamoud-s and v.-i-h os they were veal
cutlets. It was years and years ago*
Martha, but even when I think of it
now i feel as if i could tear a three
story hap.se down and pick iny teeth
with tho splinters.”
“ She sol. Led mouth
“Go home, Martha,” said lie hus
kily,' “go home a id put the Monday
washing to soak and be prepared to
enter upon tho arduous duties ol the
coming week. Don’t be Tuck less any
more—don't any more cats
around — remember that other hearts
Buffer with yours.”
A WXLLISU St Alt.
“ You needn't have no trigl over
me,” said WiliiamLl’almer a-- he toed
the mark.
“ Yon want to plead guilty, oh ?’’
“ Yes, sir—sen !me light up.”
“I'll „„ud. you up, of oca iso, bat
I .r-n’t the pure r.ir of liberty any
charms for con? Hadn't you rather
t ide on the ferry boats and seethe
women faint away when their kits
blow ,if than to go up to the Retreat
Ai.d make chairs ?
“ 80, sir—l'm tired, hr: gry, strap
ped and discouraged.
“ Will sixty days do you?”
“ I duuno.”
“Weil, sny four months?” I'd
rather you <1 make it six. I want to
hit down and think, and get fat, and
regain ruy health. I’m all shuttered
to pieces.”
“fjix it is, Mr. Palmer, and if I
could send you for lifty years I’d do
that. I See you haven’t got any
stamina of character. You are an
old log, content to Uoat with the
current. When you sit down you
want someone to rig a derrick and
hoist you up, so as to save exertion.
I’ll send word up by (lie drive), and
I’ll Let my farm in Canada against a
hat that you’d step around high
while your sentence .lasts. — Free
Pres,?.
Phessed to Death in a Cotton
Scni:w.-r-The Charlotte (X. C.) (ob
server says that m <v; that city a son
of Mr. Kliison vYall r, ten or twelve
years of age, was crushed to death
in a col lon screw. <lt is ii :j f known
why the little fellow went into the
screw, but. no one was aware of bis
presence tiler.*, and it is supposed lie
w'u; asleep when lie machinery was
put. in operation. After the bale bad
b-.- :;i pren-ed, a portion of one of the
little lay v feet was discovered pro
truding from i’, and the investigation
which ibis led to revealed the hor
rible -fact tli.il the unfortunate child
h i been p-'ckeu in the bale of cot
ton. He was crushed out of nil
sfe ipe, as ca t be imagined when it ia
remembered ife t the whole ni;ichin
<T7 of tiie screw had ii.B full force
force upon his body.
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A youi.*vrut-n, . whoso repu -
nitiou loi Y‘r.”•.-.y v. n., jg.lo of tin*
!,(. i*t, vi:l t</ ]i j * i fiMin ha
A- "Dfe' r; * iC VTGpt i<s' j
of w i.ippit ' tbi'-lren. “ by,” s.i.d
ho, “ the only thing my failin' whip
,,cd me tor, v> .i tell eg tite truth. ’’
“Well,” retorted the doctor, “it
c; Ted you oi ii, did’nt it:’’’
Cht':i{) (sov.'nuuusi!.
T heard a man ;jy, a few days
I since, ho “ was not in favor of cheap
j government.” The eotiveivo of that,
: without roii)c quahlieaiion, is, he is
in favor of a costly one, and, tli ro
fore, in favor of the present one, fed
j oral, state and county. Let us see.
j Harris county has increased her taxes
and expenses about ->-1,000 annually
above what they were six years since
—about Go per cent. Aiul the peo
ple are Go per t-mt poorer, making a
gap between the people and tho gov
ernment 1;*0 per cent. Thirty-live
per cent more for the county and 33
per cent*less for tho people, it will
ho government and no people.
Tho last Grand Jury congratulated
tho people on being out of debt as a
oouat.y, and the roads were in good
condition. Tho debt part should
have been written in dim pencil lino
and read in an under tone, at and as to
tjh roads, some portions of road
havn’L been touched, and some of Tho
most supe-ficjjl work done I have
ever seen ; but that’s out of the line.
In I£o7 the legislature of Ga. re
stiioted the amount to be noted by
idle per oeniutu assumed to $375,000.
The writer, before the war, was
worth in property, about Id times of
what be is worth r.oiv and didn’t
pay twice as much tax as lie pays
now. 11l a arithmetic says that lie
pays now, about 7J- times, or more,
in the ratio of Ids property than he
did then. Is that 750 per cent? I
ttypk we paid at one time before tho
war, 1-14 of one .per cent, or.shput
7 cents on tho dollars. We
pay now 50 cents. Wo were wqrtb
then jibqut 600 millions; now 201
uillious. We now raise, ad valorem,
on the 231 millions, about 1.305.000
dollars, outside of the specific taxes,
whiskey, rental etc. Bullock spent,
1 t' ink, $.1,800,000 a year. Smith,
well—occasionally—at any rate —a
portion of tho time-r $2,500,000 and
$2,220,000. The Rads reached high
water mark in salaries and pay for
public service and position, and tho
Democrats run thorn out, and put
down for a year or so, hut soon put
back about ail but the two dollars
per diem of Legislators, as that was
a sort of personal matter, and there
they have kept evqr since, and now
they propose to rains $150,000, more
on dog ', and perhaps come by con
solidation.
In, or about the time .of Fillmore
and Pierce, §00,000,000, sufficed for
the Federal Government.. Now,
about §]90,000,000, besides about
§120,000,000 for in: cyest oil public
debt. Mr. Dawes, Republican lead r
in Congress, two years since, seri
ously and solemly warned the party
in power, “it was time fpr retrench
ment. Extravagance had gone its
length, np longer to be subdued;'
that, the machinery was no more com
plicated now than in earlier years,
and but little n.oro expense : m or
sary.” Cheap or costly, which is h ?
When the whole amount of actual
circulation in tiie land goes through
the treasuries atjngally and suspended
from active circulation.
Oil) FaililKß.
Couldn’t Tull a Juis — As ono of
the dozen old v.oin-n who drive
milk-carts around Detroit was rat
tling across the Campus Marinas yes
terday a chap wearing lavender pants
and a bright blue* ueefelic motioned
for her to sto;.', and then approached
and inquired :
“Do you put water in your milk?”
“Ye-, sir,” was her prompt. reply.
“Ah, ha! So you own right up, do
you
‘Acs, sir.”
Her prompt replies rather stagger
ed him, but after some hesitation h
asked :
“And what makes you do it”
‘".Because it’s much healthier for
calves when mixed half and half!”
she retorted.
j5Le unitid f r him to usk another
(piesli 'C, but he couldn’t t hoik of any
—For oyster puiies in b,utter,'
make a baiter with the y.eik of one
egg, or more, according to the qua
lity of oysters you in tain i t.o prepare,
.a .iil.!.* nutiri souie beaten m.tc.', :.
lit tie f! .ar and . Balt: dip in tbsi oy
sters au-d / tlmtn in laid to a ulus
ir owai. If preferxsl .1 litj!e , ;.:t;.
may ha shred v-wy fi.nc ami m:x.- i
with butter. The batter may a!.-,o be
i.ii.i- thicker and formed into the
shape, of a | : tiy, put into a tin mold,
ha oyster being ahop. v : io Ull-.l COV.
e red over, a.id ;he Vv i.oie l;&i;vd as a
pudiu” .
An In.'iaooii!, Old LwJy.
She lives down on Baker street, and
she has a daughter about eighteen
years old. The old lady retains all
her sii))jdicity n I innocence and slid
doesn’t go two cents on stale. The
other evening when a “splendid
catch” called to escort the daughter
to the opera the mother wouldn’t
take tile hint to keep still, and would
not lie Ip carry out the daughter's idea
that they had wealth. While help
ing her daughter got ready site ask
ed :
“Mary, are you going to wear the
shoes vs nil cua- heel oil', or tho pair
with holes in ’em?”
Mary didn't seem to hoar, and the
mother inquired :
Are you going to wear that dollar
gold chain and that washed locket,
or will you wear the diamond father
bought at the hardware store?”
Mary winked at her, and tho young
man blushed, but tho old lady went
on:
“Are you going to borrow Mra.
Brown’s shawl, or wear mine?"
?I:u-y bustled around the room, and
tho,mother'raid :
“Be careful of your dross, yon
know it’s tho only one you’ve got,
and you can’t luvo another ,putili the
mortgage on this place is lifted.”
Mary remarked toiler escort that
it promised to be a beautiful evening,
andfis fcbo her gloyo her
mother asked :•
“Thoso are .Hardy’s gloves,
ain’t they ? She’s boeit a good neigh
bor to u, and I dhVt know how you
would manage to go anywhere if nhs
didn’t live near us.’.'
Mary was hurrying to get out of
tho room, when the, mother raised
her voice once more and asked :
“Did you run in to Mrs. Jewett’s
and borrrvr her bracelet and fan?
Yes I see you did. Well, now you
hook real stylish, and I hope you’ll
have a good limu.’’
Mary sits in her window end sighs
for the splendid man to come and
.beat her around soma more, but lie
hasn’t been there since that til; lit,
Tho old lady, too, saya that ho look
ed like a nice young man, and she
hopes Im hasn’t been billed by the
treat ouv.
The So'rt Foiiutaki Boy.
]le was riii s i ng tho glass when the
old lady entered lifts store. It wits
hot weather, and the .soda fountain
looked so tempting that she con
quered her avoriccs and and walked
over and told the boy that aj o would
take a glass.
“Do you wish for ally in it ?” be
inquired in a whisper.
“A ily I gras! us! no!” she replied
a look of disgust on her face.
.“ Just as you eay, madam,” lie
went on us he drew some lemon
syrup. “People are so different in
taste, you know. .Some object to iiiea
ard some don’t. I’il mix sonic' pine
apple syrup with this lemon, and now
will you have a great deal of gas
and a little w or, or a great deal of
water and little gay?’’
“ I’m puriv thirsty,” she said.
“ Well, then, you want uyorc v, &‘cr
tlian gas, and there won’t he no much
danger of sa explosion..”
“ Explosion ?” the queried.
“That was the word, madam. We
hare had but tew such here
tiiia giuuuier, and I truly hope that
we may have no more.”
“ Does soda water blow up, .'oiks ?
“T.nfc depends ou tiie state of
their haaitii. Borne people could
stand here and drink all day, while
others might get the gis tipped up
this way, and boom ! they’d go !”
“.Bum ?”
“ Y )-’m—Hy into a lliou*:tud pioces.
You never saw a humau being ex
plode, did you ?”
Y <rcy, no 1”
“ Web, you don't have the leas l
warning. They may be laughing or
la king, and ad a once the store is
filled with false h:.ir, monogram gar
tern, liu uli n, cosset*, Hot, leeih and
r died plate jewelry. It wukea n
gn-at round here, and }i wo lind’i
three ol the .smartest negroes in
to wn to pick up and sweep out, v. e’ i
Imre t.> Bint tip tlm store for a u hole
a t "Hjus niter an cxplodon.”
If stood with the gla-’s in hi
hand rgiiaiittg the syrup and wait
ing, a. id ?Ua said :
“ I dii.’t suppose it was dangerous
| slutl'”
as I toid you, it depends
ro oi tuu 0j...0rn, ti yuUi
: 4 ybu* t digestion
$2.00 A YEAR.
<
impaired, ono glass of soda would
blow you higlior than Gildottoy’s
Idle, mid tho coroner would bo lucky
to find >' much as your spectacles to
hold an inquest on. If your system
is all right you may drink a hundred
ulasacs mid )oej no disastrous effects.
No t, then you’ll have a good doal
of water and but littlo gas, eh ?’*
Hie glide c. deprecatory motion
and asked :
“How’s tho atulFnpide?”
“ Well, I can’t go on and explain sill
Iho process. Thoi'o’s mirbio dust,
aci 1, gas, sugar-coated pills, giant
powder, coinage* water and kerosene
.II mixed together and distilled. The
distilled liquor is placed in a retort,
ivhv’.e t cbomjvftl action separate*
and the gas forces it up separate
pipes.’
“ Kerosene and pills I” she gaape^.
“That’s what I said, madam- You
look inii'.cm,it and honest, and I hope
,/oc wo;,”, say anything about it. I
Uui i this fountain in order to sup
port a widowed mother and seven
fatherless children. If you say any
thing I’d he discharged, and if I were
disehirged I should commit suicide
You’ll liavo plenty of wator, eh?’’
“No sir, I won’t,” slio replied.
‘Do yyti suppose I’d drink acids nud
kerosene ?’’
“ Not in their crude state, mpdara,
butjjin this process
“ I don’t care for tho process 1”
„ fccy napped ; “ I would’nt touch
stuff!”
“It is a mild bavorago, madam,
and the doc ”
“ Well, 1 don’t want any. When
Igo ty swallpwing tar and lard and
koroscjje you’ll know iL Vtposcu I’d
l,;auk some and exploded !’’
}' iyoa’t mention it,’’ be whispered*
“Don’t speak of it!”
“ jjl’m sorry for von, young man
but there’s a cov,i..ah!c,l:>ing right in
sight of our house, and I think —I—!”
“ Yol’.’il drive uie to a suicide’s
grave, you mean I’’
She sipwered j’cr spectacle? j Ook a
; long look at him, und went out with
out replying.
A Friukd to the,Pooh. —An earn
est looking atranger entered the I)i
--reetor’s office yesterday and asked
how the poor camo on,'Dud f.fter a
little conversion, said : 1
“Please name some poor widow
who would like a barrel of flour.”
“I’ll La onjy Stoo glad,” r< plEp
the official. “ Mrs. S would like
ono.
“ Would she J”
“-I know she would.’’
“ Well, I hope you’ll send one up !”
sighed tiie stranger us he bucked fpjr
the door,
HigL.Sj id a grand’thing, says
tho Ai buna Herald, when ho confrou
ted Blaine and bis angry adherents,
and exclaimed, “I tell you that this
reckless iiijsvepres: ntation of the
South must stop hero. I put you up
on notice that when hereafter you
make any assertion against her,
you must be prepared to substantiate
it with proof !”
,i. n
Lakj.kst irr ilia I.ovk. —A newly
njarrh and couple from somewhere down
the Laming road wore ridingdj a
Grand River car and the groom insis
ted . bulbing the bride's baud in his
big red paw.
‘Ohlno, don’t!’ she said, as slip
jerked her,hand away.
‘Oh ! luv, let me hold your hand,
just ten minutesl’ he pleaded,
‘Shoo! Don’t you see they are look
ing at us ? she whispered.
‘Tiny are, eli!’ he replied, looking
up and down the ear, ‘Wall, now, 1
&u going to put my arm right arouud
y •, ,r; <J if any fellow in this ear bates
io sit crooked I’ll git up and uaop the
floor with him until I wear him out
to Lis shoulder, blades,l’
His arm encircled her, and the oi
lier passengers looked as Bolou n as if
they were ou their way home from a
funeral.
Thu Thomaslon Herald advocates
tho re-election of J as. M. {Smith to.r
Governor.
A Doctor in Baiuhridgo lias a fe
re,Jy refused three offers ot mai
liaqe since leaj) year begun, dipjt
i o :sor must be hugging some delu
6i\ o phantom.
1.Li,..s m r>..il.O'.r county A:a.,
sold at mortgago sab, hwt " eek,
wrought from livo cents to live dol
lars per core, Sixteen hundred acred
tfU’tf gold,
. H. .