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I. A. B. MAIIAFFEY. XV. S. M’CARTY.
4IAHAFFEY & McCARTY,
M A T T 0 R NE YS A T L A AY,
Jefferson, .Jackson Cos. Ga..
Wifi*practice anywhere for money. Prompt at
tention given to all business entrusted to their
rare. Patronage solicited. Oct3o fv
ttll.KY C. HOWARD. ROB’T S. HOWARD.
Tloivakb a IIOM AKI).
11 ATTORNEYS AT LAW,*.*
J KFFKUSOX, Ga. f., ~, i,
hill practice together in all the Courts of -Jack
**n and adjacent counties, except the (’ourt of
Ordinary of Jackson county. Sept Ist ’75
DU. W. Ki. AMAWDIdt.
SURGEON DKNTTST.
Harmony Grove, Jackson Cos., Ga.
July 10th, 1875. 6m ;
1’ A. n iLU lIISOA,
G. M ATVIIM VKF.R AND JKWBLKR,
At Df. Win. King’s Drug Store, Deuprbe Dldck,
Athens. Ga. All work done in a superior manner.
and warranted to give satisfaction. Terms, posi~
Urfhf CA S ff. July 10-6 m.
STANLEY & PINSON,
JEFFERSON, GA.,
DEALERS in Dry Goods and Family Groco
•4* ries. New supplies constantly received.
(■heap for Cash. Call and examine their stock.
Jnc 1!) W * 1 - ir * * * * 1 • '** 1 *
BE. JYOITOItIK Attorney at liinv,
• HOAIER, BANKS CO., GA.,
'Fill practice in all trie adjoining Counties, anj
Dv prompt attention to all busiiuiss entrusted to
care, Collecting claims a specialty,
June 19th, 1875. * ly
John u. o vi4iv<s
” harness maker, jf.fferson, ga.
-gw and good buggy and wagon harness always
1 " Repairing same, bridles, saddles, &c.,
l ' l 'anrvshort uotieft. and cheap for cash.
jinel'2—jy
1 I. FLOVIX, J J. B. SILMAN*
D Covington. J Jefferson,; Ga.
ATTORNEYS-AT-L AAV.
* ill practice together in the Superior Courts of
. Col *nties of Jackson and A\ r alton.
junelg—l y *
\\ 1- Altomcv at Law,
p T • JEFFERSON. JACKSON CO.. GA.
prices in all the Courts, State and Federal.
and thorough attention given to all
"as of legal business in Jackson and adjoining
■untie*. June 12, 1875
Medical Notice.
J- O. Hli.liT having located in Jeffer
r SOtl I( >r the purpose of practicing Medicine,
tenders his services to the citizens of
of ' >Wn and county in all the different branches
of I 1 ’ Profession. After a Battering experience
Unote 9h years, he feels justified in saying that
o ' s Prepared to successfully tryat any curable
incident to our climate. He is, for the
' hoarding with Judge John Simpkins, but
his family here soon,
with Col. J. A. B. Malmffey.
Hefereuce can be seen in the office of T. H.
*-black, £sq., C. S. C. ' octlfi
PENDERGRASS & HANCOCK,
Vy LB respectfully fall fhe attention of the
Public to their elegant stbek of
Dry G-oods of all Kinds,
K|:a ■* V-H ADE CIiOTIIINGy
k FIXE LASS I MERES, HATS, CAPS,
WS an ,} Eddies? Bonnets, Hats and
Hardware, Hollow AA'are, Earthen
nn... Pf°k§. Paper, Pens, Inks, Envel-
Bacon. Urd. Sugar Coffee,
"siall f Patent Medicines, iu fact everything
the t, UUU< I in a General Store. Prices to suit
jßes. Jefferson, June 12, 1875. tf
i , Notice to Debtors.
Xk ‘f l l( '*’ sons in any way indebted to the under
rota,. ! yrn,H '- ar e most respectfully requested to
their accounts on or he
at. .1 1 instant—and thereby do me a favor
Gave trouble. JJ L. BAIIEY.
4 <Jt
flic People their own Itulers; Advancement in Education, Science, Agriculture and Southern Manufactures.
dldecrtiseiiieiiis.
Jackson Sheriff’s Sale.
be sold on the first Tuesday in Fehru-
T t before the Court Douse door, in
JeffcTson, Jack3oii County, Ga, within the local
hours of sale, the following property, to wit:
luo certain tracts of land in said county, one
now u a$ i part ojf thq Overby tract, adjoining
lands of T L Haxristtn. J N Pi us on,. and other*,
Containing according to plat, 234£ acres, more or
css, and the other tract known as the Jacksan
Dell place, adjoining lands of Stephen Roberts, es
tates of R Carithers arid J D Long, and others,
containing 172 acres, more or lesri. The former
t ract of land has a good dwelling house and rioces
iSary out-buildings thereon. On both places there
is.about 125 acres in cultivation, ten of which is
bottpm laricß the balance original forest and old
field—-on the waters of the Oconee river. Said
land sold for purchase money. Pointed out by
plaintiff’s attorney. All levied on as the property
of the defendant, by virtue of a ti fa issued from
the Superior Court. Samuel P Thurmond vs, G C
Thompson. Controlled by Hhnter & Beusse.
A Iso, at the same time and place, will be sold,
nine hundred acres of land, more or less, on the
waters of the artjvrining lands of T
L Harrison, J N Pinson, Stephen Roberts, and
others ; well improved, good buildings, about 200
acres of land in cultivation, 75 of which is bottom
land, the balance.original, Corest and old field,—
Levied on as the property of C C Thompson, by
virtue of a -tax -fi fa ramted by J- L W illiamson. Tax
Collector, vs. sqid Thompgo/i, in favor of the coun-
ty of Jackson. and* Stajte of (Sepfgia. Property
pointed out by defendant. Levy made and return
ed to me by W F Hunter, LU.
Also, at the same time and place, fifty acres of
land, more or less, on the Walnut Fork of, the
Oconee river, adjoining lands ofA'M Park, Jere
miah Murphy and others. Said land is all origi
nal rorest, except fouri acres of old field, with'two
log cabins thereon. Levied on as the property
of E M Mize, by virtiio'of n tax fi fa issued by j
L AY illiamson, T C, in favor of the county of Jack
son and State of Georgia, vs. said Mize. Property
pointed out by defendant. Levy made and re
turned to nfc by 1) M lloherts, L 07
janß ; r J, S. HUNTER, Sb'fti
Money for Some People!
GEORGIA , JACKSON COUNTY—In the
Court of QrAuiwy, January Term, 1676.
IT appearing to the Court by the application of
Alfred Smith and Noah AY Pittman, adminis
trators of Charles Smith, late of said county, de
ceased, for a discharge from their administration
of said deceased’s estate, that the distributive
shares of William Smith, deceased, who was a
brother of said deceased, and of Nancy Pittman,
dcc’d late the wife of Martin H Pitman, late of
Randolph county, Ala., who was a sister to the
deceased, are not paid over because the heirs at
law of each of these distributees have failed to file
their claims and identify thetrisclvts as such, arid
that the residence and some of the names of said
parties are unknown to said Administrators—
Therefore, it is ordered, that said parties be and
they are hereby notified to come forward and claim
their respective interest in the said Charles
.Smith's estate ; and that this order be published
for three months in The Forest News, a newspa
per published in said county of Jackson.
Given under my official signature, at office,
January 3d, 1876.
janS WILEY C. HOWARD, Ordinary.
NOTICE. “
The Court House Repaired.
r |MiERE will be let out to the lowest bidder, bc-
L tween 11 and 1 o’clock, on Wednesday, the
19th dav'-of January, 1876, before the Court House
door, in Jefferson, at public out-cry. the follow
ing contract, te-wit Repairs ori the Court House
of Jackson county. Ist. The Court room to be
plastered where the plastering is off. 2d. The
ceiling overhead, window casings, fire-boards,
front of the -Judge’s seat and bar to be painted,
and the walls white-washed, and two seats made.
3d. The sash and blinds repaired, new glass put
in wherever broken out, blinds painted, doors to
the Court room to be re-hung and adjusted, and
knobs put’on the doors to the four rooms below
stairs. A copy of the above specification may be
found in the office of the Clerk Superior Court,—
This December 23d, 1873.
WM. SEYMOUR,
AY. J. IIAYNIE,
AY. G. steed;
Commissioners of Roads and Revenue
dec2s of Jackson County.
Executor’s Sale.
AGREEABLY to an order of the Court of Or
dinary of Jackson county, will be sold be
fore the Court- Jlon>ie door at -Jefferson, in said
county on the first Tuesday in February, 187(5,
within the legal hours of sale, at public outciy, to
the highest bidder, the following property, to wit:
Lot of land known and distinguished as number
one hundred and sixteen (11(5) in the fourth Dis
trict of originally Lee county, containing two hun
dred and two and a half acres, more or less. Sold
as the property of Jonathan Martin,“late of said
county of Jackson, dcc’d, for the purpose of dis
tribution. Terms, Cash.
T. N. H Kill FILL, Executor
jan 8 t J. Martin, dcc'd.
1 FOItGIA —Jackson County.
Whereas. Alfred Fmith and Noah AY Pittman,
Administrators of Charles Smith, late of Said
county, dec'd, represents to trie Court, by their
petition duly filed, that they have fully administer
ed said Charles Smith's es'tate according to law,
and ask to be discharged from the same and for
letters of dismission—
Therefore, all persons interested are hereby no
tified and required to show cause, if any they can,
on the first Monday in April, 1876, at the reg
ular term of the Court of Ordinary, to he then
held in and for said county, why said Administra
tors should not be discharged and said letters of
dismission be granted, as prayed for by applicants
in their jietition.
Given under my official signature, at office. Jan.
3d. 1876. AYILEY C. HOWARD,
jan 8 Ordinary.
Jackson County.
AYhercan. D G Y'eargin, administrator de hnnis
non ci im testamento annexo of B J Yeargin, dec’d.
represents to the Court in his petition dulv filed
and entered on record, that he has fully adminis
tered B J Yeargin’s estate—
Therefore, all persons concerned are hereby no
tified and required to show cause, if any they can,
at the regular term of the Court of Ordinary, to
be held in and for said county on the first Monday
in April. 1876. why said Administrator should not
he discharged from his administration and recievc
letters of dismission according to law.
Given under my t hand officially, at office, Jan.
3d, 1876. W. C. HOWARD,
jan 8 Ordinary.
QEORGIA —JackNOu County.
John G. Oakes makes application to me for Ex
emption of Rf?rao*i|Uy and setting apart and val
uation of Homestead, and 1 Will pass upon the
same at 11 o'clock, a in., on the 11th day of Jan
uary, 1876* at my office in Jefferson.
Given under my official signature and seal of
office, this Ist of January. 1876.
janS WILEY C HOWARD, Ordinary.
MAGISTRATES’ BXECUTIONS,
PRINTED AT SHORT NOTICE,
At the Forest News Office.
JEFFERSON, JACKSON COUNTY, GA., SATURDAY, JAN’Y 15, 1876.
GLEANINGS.
It is proposed by tlve Legislature of Cali
fornia to punish illegal wife-whipping by
legal husband-whipping.
Edward H, Johnson, a noted thief and ex
press robber, has escaped from the Tennessee
penitentiary through means of bribery.
Four members of the Nashville Medical
Association spoke at the late meeting in favOr
of the revival of bleeding in the treatment of
diseases. •
A majority of the members of the lower
house of the Legislature of Kentucky are re
ported to be identified with the “ granger ’
movement.
It is said that if Speaker Kerr’s health
should prove too poor to enable him to pre
side to be probable that Mr. Lamar will be
chosen as Speaker pro tern.
The Cincinnati Times says that “ Spinner,
who is in Florida, writes his signature in the
sands of a bayou, and the alligators come up
to look at it and immediately get the jim
jams.”
The last words of the San Jose (Cal.) Ad-
vertiser were : “We entered the journalistic
field on a business proposition ; and on the
same proposition, we know when it is time to
die, and we are dead.”
St. Valentine's day comes on Monday this
year. And it’s leap year, too. All Fool’s
day, May day and Christmas day also occur
on Monday. The Fourth of July occurs on
Tuesdaj 7 , as also does the anniversary of the
birth of Washington.
There is considerable talk in Mississippi
of amending the Constitution, so that no citi
zen can vote unless he can read and write,
and the Democratic press is calling upon the
Legislature to prepare such an amendment
for submission to the people.
Supkkmk Coitirr.—The month of January
promises to be an important one in the Nu
preme Court. The decision in the Grant
parish cases, which involve the constitution
ality of the enforcement act of 1872, is ex
pected to be rendered about the middle of
the month.
A supposed inadvertence in the revision of
the Illinois statutes raises the question wheth
er quit-claim deeds in that State are not con
verted into warranty deeds, the statute mak
ing use of the words “grant, bargain and
sell,” or cither one of them, equivalent to a
warranty.
A friend of Senator Norwood approached
him the other day, and said : “ Colonel, I
would like very much to have some soft posi-.
tion in Washington.” “ The softest place 1
know of,” said the Senator, “is on the roof
of the ex-Attorney-General’s head. Would
you like the place ?” The friend didn’t think
he would. —Sdvanwih News.
A New Orleans negro, recently arraigned
on the charge of murder, promptly pleaded
guilty, aud said : “I do not care alxmt any
trial; there is nothing to save me. If I am
tried I will be kept in prison for years and
hung at last, I would rather have it over at
once.” 11 is younsel found it futile to reason
him out of this opinion.
Remahkaulb Flea.— ln an adjacent coun
ty nearly every resident of a Militia District
petitioned the Ordinary to grant a license for
a bar-room, or “ doggery,” as it is commonly
termed, on the novel ground that it was “ a
public benefit.” Heretofore it has been only
considered a private benefit to the owner.—
The names of the petitioners were duly re
corded by the Ordinary. It would be an in
teresting thing to ascertain the number of
members of the church whose names appear
on the petition. —Atlanta Constitution.
The Nimble Sixpence.— A few days ago
our cashier started a five dollar city bill, with
a white back pasted on it, requesting an en
dorsement by every person through whose
hands it passed in payment of debt. On the
fourth day it had changed owners twelve
times, showing that it paid sixty dollars in
debtedness. Keep the money moving. There
is so little of it that it must be made active.
—Macon Telegraph Messenger.
If the following, from the Newnan Star , be
true, it is the first time any one was ever able
to play such a game upon Seago: “It is
told of AA'est, Edwards & Cos., that the da}"
before their failure they bought two car-loads
of meat from Seago on thirty days time. A
few hours afterwards they employed a A\ res
tern meat dealer, who happened to be in the
city, to go and sell the same meat back to
Seago for the cash! Seago supposing, of
course, that it was a newly arrived cargo from
AVest.
The negroes are dying out. The report of
the Board of Health of New Orleans for the
year 1874, which has just been printed, gives
these figures, which show the annual death
rate among the negroes in that city to be
nearly double that of the whites : The pop
ulation of the city is 210,000 —white, 155,000 ;
colored, 55,000. The percentage of mortality
per 1,000 population, according to race, is in
the case of children under two years of age,
45(5.93 of the white race, and 299.48 of the
colored race. In the total mortality, from all
causes, the death rate is 28.06 among the
j white people, and 45.53 among the black
1 people.
SELECT MISCELLANY.
Flying Machines.
The new flying machine, the invention of
Mr. Simmonds, and intended for use in mil
itary operations, was subjected to a public
trial by the inventor on Chatham lines to-day,
the experimental trial being attended by a
large number of the officers of the royal erigi
neers, among whom were Major V. G. Clav
toft; Secretary of the Royal Engineer Com
mittee; Captain M. I’. Sale, one of the in
structors in field fortifications, and other heads
of departments Connected with the school of
military engineering. A number of non-com
missioned officers and men of the royal engi
neers had been placed at the disposal of Mr.
Simmonds, to assist him in carrying out the
experimental trials. The machine, which
may be said to consist of the two independent
parts, is nothing more than a huge, square
shaped, light canvas covering, stretched on
four slight but strong ash poles, or arms
placed at right angles to each other, the cov
ering being further attached to a centre pole
—resembling nothing so much as the handle
of an enormous umbrella—by means of light
galvanized wires, the entire machine being°in
appearance an enormous square-shaped um
brella, the largest of the two parts, or, more
properly, machines, weighing about one hun
dred weight, and the other, which is smaller,
somewhat less. From the extremities of each
of the four arms is attached a rope of consid
erable length, the four ropes being brought to
a point—somewhat similar, in this respect, to
a parachute—so as to support a man, the ma
chine being intended for reconnoitering ob
servations in connection with an army in the
field. During the experiments to-day sand
bags were employed to represent the weight
of a man. The smallest of the two machines
was first tried, but owing to there being lit
tle wind it attained an elevation of but a few
feet only, a number of sappers of the Roynl
Engineers running away with the rope* to
which the machine was attached, much in the
same way as that adopted by children when
flying their kites. After repeated attempts
in this way, Mr. Simmonds only succeeded
in inducing the machine to rise up about
twenty feet, when it would immediately fall
with great force to the ground. After some
time spent in these fruitless efforts, which oc
casioned much impatience among the specta
tors, it was decided, at the reguest of the
royal engineer officers present, to try to raise
the largest of the two machines, which had
been lying during the former part of the ex
periments in the centre of Chatham lines,
where it was swaying backward and forward
with the little wind blowing. The same
method of raising the larger machine as that
adopted tewJthe previous experiments was
again employed, a number of men of the royal
engineers being stationed at the end of the
rope, about three hundred yards away, the
machine itself being held up to face the wind
by several other sappers. At a given signal
from Mr. Simmonds a run by the men was
made, when the machine rose to a height of
about fifty or sixty feet, and then came to the
ground. A re-adjustment of the four guiding
ropes and wires having been made, a further
attempt to raise the machine was tried; but,
although an altitude of rather mpre than one
hundred feet was obtained, the flying machine
obstinately refused to remain in the air, but
fell with a crash to the ground, breaking one
of its four-arm poles, and sustaining other
damage. The cause of the collapse of the
machine was stated by Air. Simmonds to lmye
been occasioned by the ballast attached to it
not being of sufficient weight, arid the four
ropes which were connected with the ends
described not being of the proper length.—
After a consultation it. was decided to abandon
any further trials on the occasion with the
large machine, as some time woufcl be.requir
ed to substitute anew arm-pole for that
broken, and the machine was at once strip
ped of its Canvas covering. A second series
of attempts to raise the smaller of the ma
chines was then made, but with little or no
better results than those previously achieved,
and, after upward of two hours had been con
sumed in carrying out the trials, the experi
ments were for the present abandoned.—
Chatham Correspondence {Dec. 15 tJi) London
Netes.
“Give Me an Easy Shave.”
A man who had been nearly talked to death
by loquacious barbers, went into a shop the
other day which he had never patronized be
fore, and handed one of the artists a card
bearing the words, “ Give me an easy shave.”
The barber motioned him to a chair, and then
turning around, winked at his fellow-laborers,
and said: “Here’s a deaf and dumb un,
boys ; wants an easy shave.” “ Well, if you
gash him he can’t talk back,” replied one
who was lolling in liis chair, waiting for
“next.” “No ; you bet he can’t,” returned
the first. “An easy shave be blowed I AATiy,
he’s got bristles on him like a Texas boar,
and his skin looks tougher than a canal
mule’s.” The boys laughed, and the opera
tor, who in the meantime had lathered the
man’s face, indulged in further comments as
he urged the razor over the facial territory
before him. “ AATiat a nose that is,” said he.
“ If he should sneeze, whe*e would I be ?
A\~ell, his cheek is harder than a razor hone.”
“ I)o you want us to help hold his nose back
while you go over his lips, Johnny ?” asked
another of the idle razor-wielders. “Don’t
know but I will want a little help.” “Be
careful and don’t drop your razor down his
ear, or you'll lose it,” admonished another.
“ AV r hat a dirty head he‘s got,” observed John
ny, as he ran his fingers through the man’s
hair. “I say, some of you fellows write a
card and ask him if he don’t want a shampoo.”
The card was written and presented to the
man, who shook his head at it, and the job
being finished, he rose from the chair. “ It’s
all right, boys*” said he, as he laid down his
fifteen cents. “I didn’t mind your talk any.
I could stand it first rate so long as you
didn't say anything about the base-hall, third
term or the whiskey ring frauds.'’ He disap
peared, and those barbers sat down and
thought about him. —Chicago Times v
Seeing that it's centennial year, why don't
you make your husband swear-off for 100
years ‘i It's just as easy as for one.
THE OLD YEAR.
A ou co*Tin to us joyfully, poor old year.
W ith singing and ringing and hearty good cheer,
And the cet rosy lips of children young.
Lisped “Happy New Yeftr !’* in their soft baby
tongue, J
And grey-headed sites, laughed loud at j our birth.
And glad mothers and daughters jolitfed in the
mirth.
A hundred dimpled hands rose high in gl<?tq
To clap a joyful welcome, old year to thee ;
And many 4 hearthstone long had been stiii,
here oncri little feet pattered round at their Wilt*
but you brought back the sunshine, poor old year,
lhe absent ones gathered round tlie hearth so
dear.
How loudly the bells pealed forth their sweet
chimes,
A nd the school boy shouted his merriest rhymcS
The streets were all stir, and bustle, and noise, '
A\ lth the j oiliest voices of girls and boys.
And many a young girl, pretty and bright.
Smiled over hen journal, on that “ New Year’s
Night,”
As she wrote with high hopes feeling so strong.
” Now this year, I'll be good and do nothing
wrong.
“ I 11 study to improve this bright young mind,
i’ll try hard to be good, and gentle and kind,
AN herever duty calls, I’ll go with joy.
And one thing is sure, I'll not flirt with a boy."
Dear girl! hearts much older than your's, felt
strong*.
And hopefully thought they would give up the
wrong,
Now, old year, unfold thyself, let us see.
Before we shall say, our last good-bye to thee*
Well, where are the lips, so rosy and bright.
1 hat chattered and smiled, to see the New Year's
light,
Some of them still lisp in their baby way,
But the rest are talking in Heaven to-day.
And the round dimpled fingers, where are they 1
Some of them are busy, with their dolls at play'
But some grew fired , and now tliey are still,
In Heaven, 1 guess, they are doing IJis will.
T hero arc mothers who complained, of the noise
Made by the boots of the merry footed boys,
But now they would give worlds, to hear once
more
A boy's muddy tramp on their nursery floor,
1 he fair young girls—let us see—there are Some
N\ ho forgot the sweet claims of mother and home,
They kept their word, ** did not flirt With rt
But said yes, and stuck to it, much to their joy,
And (he hcarts of the old folks now are sad,
NN hich at this year's birth, were so merry and
- gbub
1 hey miss a light step in parlor and hall.
And no daughter answers to poor mother’s call.
And the still small voice “has whispered to some.”
And the Spirit has echoed the sweet word “come!”
But alas! like the gentle dew at morn,
NN hile they were busy here and there it was gone.
A Southern War Secret Revealed.
As has already been announced, Hon. A.
11. H. Stuart and J. N. Opie, of Augusta coun
ty, A r a., are rival candidates for the Legisla
ture of that, State, and made speeches at a
political meeting held in Staunton recently.
A correspondent of the Richmond Dispatch
says that, among some personal reminiscences
related by Mr. Stuart in his speech, was one
connected with the peace negotiations of the
late Confederacy that has never been made
public, lie read a note from Hon. Judah F.
Benjamin, dated March 25, 1864, asking him
to come to Richmond for an interview with
President Davis on business, the subject of
which was too important to be committed to
paper, lie went, and was informed by Pres
ident Davis that the Confederate Congress
had voted a secret service fund of $3,000,000
in gold, to be used in creating a peace senti
ment at the North. After looking over the
whole country, the “President” had selected
Mr. Stuart as the man for the mission. He
was to sail for Nassau, and thence for Hali
fax. and there, from the border of Canada, ~
could operate on prominent men. The fund
ol $3,000,000 was to be at his absolute dis
posal, and he Was not to be required to fur
nish vouchers for its disbursement. Mr,
Stuart declined the tender, and C. C. Clay, of
Alabama, and two other gentlemen were ap
pointed. The Greeley correspondence and
the “ To whom it may concern” of President
Lincoln followed this mission,
Christmas—A Monstrous Paradox.
The Nashville American has this squib in
its issue of the 26th ult:
“The boys had a high old time, if not a
High old drunk, yesterday. But then it was
Christmas,”
AV r hat a ghastly paragraph that is! The
advent of the Child Jesus is celebrated wflfe
a “high old drunk” and a very carnival of
crime, The natal day of the Prince Of Peace
is turned into a Saturnalian orgic, as shock
ing as it is disgraceful.
AY hen we contemplate the riototfs manner
in which Christmas day is passed by only
too many persons, it need not be marvelled
at that the infidel is hardened in his want of
reverence for those who pretend to be Chris
tians. Surely there can be n<y particular joy
in heaven over the way thousands of the so
called followers of Jesus celebrate his first
appearance on earth for the redemption of
the world. If it Were fret for the sanctity
thrown round the day by those who piously
and decently regard it, we should be inclined
to believe that its abolishment as a licentious
holiday would be a credit to the legislation of
any common-wealth or country Where scan
dals so grievously aboffud as they do in the
United States. —Augusta Constitutionalist.
A Man Disemboweled by an Infuriated
Hog.— One of the most horrible and loath
some deaths any one can imagine' occurred
at Lansingville yesterday morning'. The Vic
tim was AA illiain P. Baker, a Well-known
wagon maker of that village. He Was missed
sometime during the forenoon, and search
was made, when he was found in the hog-pen
dead, with his bowels torn out. llow he eatne
to be in the pen is not known, but it is sup
posed he was attending the pig when he faint
ed, aud the animal attacked and killed him.
lie was not in very good health. There was
but one pig in the pen. and that not a very
large-sbied one. There was blood on Mr.
Baker's hand, showing that lie must have
come to Ins senses sufficiently to try to drive
the hog off]. There were marks on his face
where the voracious animal had bitten him,
—lthica {N. Y.) Herald*
$ TERMS, $2.00 PER ANNUM)
( SI.OO FOR SIX MONTHS.
FACTS AND FANCIES.
Stealing a dress to he baptized fii is ond
of the eases in w hich the end rides hdt justi*
fy the Tlidaririessj
“ Go ottt, yfcMlng tnan * she’s nttt here*’ said
a Pennsylvania poacher tfisf Sunday, itl th#
midst of his sermon, to a ydiith Wlidifi he 9a#
standing hesitatingly in the doorway.
I he St. Louis jß+j)it?>firrm records the casd
Of a family traveling eighty miles to see A
circUs* During the last year many a circa#
has traveled that far to sec a family.
Success iti iife is very apt to make us for
get the time when We Were Hot much. It i
just so with the frog on the jump : he can’t
remember when he was a tadpdld, htii Other
folks can.
An Towa farmer, who has five girls, take#
each one in turn Sunday afternoon and rubs
her teeth with an onion, and, as he qnictly
remarks, “none Of’em ever hfis a beau a m>
corn! time.’’
A dish-washing machihc is the latdst fit?
vention. I hey will continue to invent wash*
wringers, ironers, sewers and one thing and
another, till women won’t be worth fifteen
cents a dozen for any purpose.
A lady applying for ndmissioil to thd jlinlof
class of an eastern seminary, being question*
ed by the president as to lier qualifications*
replied: “I ain't milch of an arithmetickef
but I am an elegant gfttmtllarist.”
A young man asked hi# bachelor uncle f
h ft t advice would you give to a young
man who was contemplating matrimony ?”
“ I should advise him to keep on contemplat*
ing it.”
“ My son. said a dying grocer to his prob*
able successor to the business, “never put
sand in the sugar. Cherish a reputation fof
fair and honorable dealings with your felloW
men, rind Use terra alba instead ; it’s quite a#
heavy and don't grit on the teeth.”
The gossips tell a story of a West Albany
woman who Was purchasing some cups and
saucers last Week, trt fhd effect that wheil
asked what color she Would have, replied,
“Why, t ain't particular, ail} 4 Cbltfr that won’t
show dirt.”
Yes, women are unreasonable, and yOii inky
have remarked that when one of them sits
down in anew silk dress on a chair where a
neighbor’s child has carelessly deposited tw(f
cents’ worth of taffy, she will go on abottt It
just as bad as if it were two dollars Worth,
they were talking of a death recently*
when one man asked : “What Wefe his last
words?” “lie didn’t say artything,”' Was tilt?
reply. “That Was jnst like him',’ 7 said th#
first mart, with an approving nod ; “there watf
ho gis about him. lie was all business.”
When you see a man wearing a glossy ne#
hat, and a 1 the same time, having on a rag*
ged coat and broken shoes, pants with twfl
much spring at the bottom, and too littln
thickness at the knees, yOn may khOMr that
lie has been betting on the election.
there may be, and doubtless is a wide dif
ference of opinion as to the time in life at
which a person should begin church-golrtg f
but we have never been able to see
eternal fitness in the attendance of a young
lady at the lascinating age of two months.
A Chinaman at Truekee, California being
detected the other day in an attempt td etebt
a piece of rubber hose, was kfcfeed around
the entire block by the irate owner, and aft
er lie had thoroughly exhausted himself and
worn out the seat of the Celestial's pantaloons#
John calmly propounded the following ques
tion : “ You no likee lendum ?*
TWo boys Wefe enjoying the sun on
postoffllce steps in Detroit, on Saturday, when
one of them asked : What yer going to git
your dad for Christmas ?” “That’s all fixed/'
replied the other. “Dad hates candy, and
I'm going to put a pound in his stocking/
He'll take a bite or two and give the rest to
me, and that's the way that tiling’ll work/’
Save Dat Pocket-Book.
A negro planter came tfp to
the other day, sold his cotton, put his money
in his pocket-book and started dhow thtf
river. Leaning too far over the guards •
the boat backed btit, he' fell overboard/ m*
portemonnaie whicli was in'Ms- sid* pocket
floated out and rode with his hat Oh the snr>
■ face of the water, while the current cafffatf
the negro away. The yawl Was lowered/-
assistance at once started towards* thcf
drowning man, who,-perceiving Ilfs' treasure
floating off, raised his voice ami HiOuted >
“Save dat pocket book !”
11 is- head went under and be disnp--
peared. As lie rose up again,- he gasped
“Dar’s sflB m dfalv pocket-book !’’
Scarcely had be uttered the words,- before
he sank a second time/
The yawl eanx; within feach just in*
jto rescue the drowning African as he c&to#
to the surface for the’ last time. As soon a#
the water was wiped from his nose antf
mouth so that he could see and speak,, he
asked :
! “Did—did you save dat po;ket-b6bf£? /r
"No!" was the' response,
i “A\ sli den,'’ said tdie n-egFC? regretfuffy/
“what de dCbbil was de use ob savin’ mer*
| BiXCK Thieves Caught in a Deadfall/
—The Norfolk Vifgiriun has learned 6f are-'
marka’bl'e Occtfrre’nce ifr fcsMftd, ire
which IVfr. Clarence MeeTfins acted- sh6‘ pffft'
cipal part, and by wbkvb five negro thieve*
lost their lives. It appears that a few even*’
ings since Mr. Meekins was awakened front
Jiis steep by hearing a noise on bis premises/
and on getting up and going t<Vli'ftp ddtff fomxf
I some parties Were attempt#*/ id rob hi#
j smoke-hotkey lie immediately secured hi#
;guf>,- and advanced cautiously towards the
sinokeJiouse, when he' discovered ft tfftlrl aetd'
ed on- a pry on which fefctcd one end df the
buildbig/ faking airit, he fired, ami the party
fell to the grorthd mortally woimded. On ex-'
aminatioif, Mr. TPfeekins discovered MW to W
a negro, and,- farther, that by the bYdMfng
falling back it ImVt crushed to death four oth
er negroes who haf<f cretJ nntferf the raised
part, and were engf&fevt in abstract??!** the
contents. Mr. Meekin's Once' f£p6Yt&rt the
circumstance to the authorities Mtk{ Was by
them honorably acquitted.
NUMBER 32.