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J.A. B. MAHAJFEY. W. K. M’CARTY.
\IAHAFFEY & McCARTY,
U A 1’ T 0 R KEYS A T LAW,
Jefferson, Jackson Cos. Ga.,
Will practice any where for money. Prompt at
tention given to all business entrusted to their
rare. Patronage solicited. Oct3oly
DR. (. R. GILES
OFFERS his professional services to the citizens
of JctfersSn and vicinity. Can be found at
the late residence of Dr. IT. J. Long.
Jan. 22. 187G—tf
STANLEY & PINSON,
JEFFERSON , GA .,
DEALERS in Dry Goods and Family Groce
ries. New supplies constantly received.
Cheap for Cash. Call and examine their stock.
June 19 ly
Medical Notice.
Dr. .1. O. IHWr ha\ ing located in Jeffer
son for the purpose of practicing Medicine,
respectfully tenders his services to the citizens of
tin- town ami county in all the different branches
the profession. After a flattering experience
i nineteen years, he feels jnstified in saying that
his prepared to successfully treat any curable
'tisease incident to our climate. He is, for the
present, boarding with Judge John Simpkins, but
rill move his family here soon.
Office with Col. J. A. B. Mahatfey.
BstTltcferencc can be seen in the office of T. 11.
•’IBI.ACK, Esq., C. S.C. octlG
"ILIA' C. HOWARD. ROB’T S. HOWARD.
Jloward * iiow akd.
11 ATTORNEYS AT LAW,
Jefferson, Ua.
ill practice together in all the Courts of Jack
' adjacent counties, except the Court of
unary of Jackson county. Sept Ist ’75
V A. WH.LI.4.HNOA
WATCHMAKEIi AND JEWELER,
, 1 Ur. \\ m. King’s Drug Store, Deupree Block,
A: !‘ eos -< ; a. All work done in a superior manner,
warranted to give satisfaction. Terms, posi-
JulylO-Gm.
I] *’• WOI'FORD, Attorney t Law,
no ME It BANKS Co s., Ga.
" 1 1 practice in all the adjoining Counties, and
r T ° K°mpt attention to all business entrusted to
fare * fri?* t'ollecting claims a specialty.
J "ne 19th. 1875. ly
J° t <*- OAKFA
" harness maker, jefferson, ga.
eu and good buggy aud wagon harness always
‘ 'arid. Repairing same, bridles, saddles, &c.,
L neon short notice, and cheap for cash.
Jtnel2—i y
; j -FLOYD, I J. R. SILMAN,
T t ovington. Ga. I Jefferson, Ga.
'•>' l A SII.,IAV
, f ATTORN BYS-AT-L AW.
a 'H practice together in the Superior Courts of
antics of .Jackson and Walton.
,i unci •) —ly
\\ L 6*11411, Attorney sit Law,
,* . JEFFERSON, JACKSON CO., GA.
p tu ' es ' n all the Courts, State and Federal,
kin.' '"J 1 ai 'H thorough attention given to all
'’A,. ! H'gal business in Jackson and adjoining
June 12, 1875,
tOA P or Hay at home. Samples
rfV worth $1 free. Stinson A
ortland. Maine. marll
•'Um* an<l tcrms free. TRUE & CO.. Augusta,
nc - marll
F. P. TALMADGE,
DEALER IN
AMERICAN AND IMPORTED WATCHES,
''locks, jewelry, silver §■ plated ware,
MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS, GUNS, PISTOLS, CARTRIDGES, &C.
CLOCKS A.JSTJD JEWELRY’ REPAIRED
In a neat and w orkmanlike manner, and warranted to give entire satisfaction.
Orimineutiil and l*luin Letter*Engraving n*Speoinltj.
AI ION— College Avenue, one door from the Bookstore Corner, ATHENS, GA.
April Ist, 187 G ly
THE FOREST NEWS.
1 lie People their own Rulers; Advancement in Education, Science, Agriculture and Southern Manufactures.
Picture Gallery,
Up-Statrs , between the Billy Thompson corner
and Stanley <£• Pinson's.
A. H. BROCK,
T> ESPECTFULLY announces to the ladies and
gentlemen of Jefferson and vicinity, that his
Gallery is now open for the accomodation of all
in w ant of pictures, and that he is prepared to ex
ecute his work in the best style of the art. Call
and examine specimens. Rates reasonable. All
work warranted to give satisfaction. fig
SPRINGDALE NURSERIES,
ATHENS,
"W * HUDG-IN, Proprietor.
HAS now ready for delivery a splendid lot of
1 ot-Grown Plants, suitable for Parlor or Con
servatory dccwtia t ftt -New- Y ork price*; jfwim
ery and Green House, corner Rock-Spring Avenue
and Bobbin-Mill Street. marll tf
THE REASON WHY '
J. H. HUGGINS
Sells goods cheaper now, is because he
has adopted the
CASH SYSTEM!
The ready cash enables him to buy goods very
low, and consequently he is offering to’the public
every thing in his line, such as
- kinds of Crockery and Glass-ware , Lamps ,
Chandeliers. Farmers' Lanterns , Kerosene
Oil.' at wholesale and retail; Family and
Fancy Groceries , Dry Goods , Boots ,
Shoes , Hats, Saddles , Harness
and Leather.
And also a large stock of I.IAIE, both for build
ing and fertilizing purposes, all very low for the
C A SH.
When you go to Athens, don’t forget to call on
J. H. HUGGINS. If you want KEROSENE OIL, at
wholesale or retail, he will supply you at the low
est price. Tf you want CROCK FRY and G LASS
WARE, there’s the place to get it. If you want
TOBACCO. FLOUR , BACON, LARD. SU
GAR, COt FEE and MOLASSES, go there and
you will find it. If you want LIME, for building
or composting with fertilizers, go to
J 11. HUGGINS’,
No. 7, Broad St., Athens.
the place. marlS
TAX RETURNS
For 1876.
JN ORDER that I may get my Digests complet
ed and returned according to law, my Digests
must be closed on the 10th of June. Tax-payers
will please make a note of this, and govern them
selves accordingly. Each tax-payer is required
by law to make their returns in person, unless ex
cused on account of sickness or non-residence.—
One giving in as agent is required to procure a true
statement of the value of the property returned,
under oath. lam desirous, as a public servant of
the citizens of Jackson county, to perform all the
duties of my office with direct reference to justice
lo all men.
I leel. fellow-citizens, truly grateful to you for
placing me in the position I now occupy. * T feel
that the right arm which to-day bleaches on the
gory field of Benton ville. North Carolina, w as lost
in defense of the homes and ladies whom I now
love and respect.
I am. fellow-citizens, your obedient servant,
GEORGE W. BROWN. T. R. J. C.
Below will be found the list of my appointments
for 1876. at which time and place I shall he pleased
to have the tax-payers make their proper returns :
Jelferson. Tuesday, April 4th ; Saturday. April
22d ; Tuesday, May 2d : Saturday. May fith.
Thompson's Mills, Wednesday, May 3d.
Harrisburg. Wednesday, April 12th.
McLester's Mills. Monday, May Ist.
Williamson's Mills, Monday, May 22d.
Clarksboro*. Monday. April 3d, and Monday
and Tuesday, May Bth and Uth.
New Town. Thursday, April 13th, and Thurs
day, May 11th.
White's Mills. Friday. May 12th.
Harmony Grove, Friday, April 14th; Saturday,
May 13th; Monday, May loth.
Wilson's. Monday, April 17th, and Tuesday and
Wednesday. May 10th and 17th.
Miller's, Tuesday, April Uth. and Tuesday and
W ednosday, April 18th and 19th.
Human’s Store, Friday, April 21st.
Appleby's, Monday, April 10th, and Thursday,
April 20th.
Randolph's Store, Saturday, April Sth, and
Tuesday, April 25th.
Thompson's Store. Monday. April 24th.
House’s, Friday, April 7th. and Wednesday and
Thursday, April 26th and 27th.
Chandler's, Thursday, Friday and Saturday,
April 6th. 2Sth and 29th.
Saiitafee, Wednesday, April sth, and Thursday
and Friday, May 4th and sth.
Farmers will please come prepared to
make returns of the quantity of ’“Crops produced*’
last year, and of the amount of land to he culti
vated in the various “ Crops planted” for this
year.
marlS G. AY. BROAVN, T. It. of J. O.
Ja cksoji . Mortgage Shel 'iff's
Sale.
VI7TLL be sold on the first Tuesday in May
TT next, before the Court House door, in Jef
ferson. Jackson county, Ga. within the legal hours
of sale, the following property, to wit:
One house aud lot in the town of Jefferson, con
taining three-fourths of an acre, more or less, with
a good dwelling house and necessary out-buildings
thereon, hounded as follows : On the East by the
main street leading towards Gainesville, on the
South by J E Randolph's home lot. on the AYest
by a hack street on the North by J F. Randolph's
clover lot and horse lot ; said lot embracing the
lot known as the J R North office lot, and more
particularly known as the R A Gowan house and
lot. Levied on as the property of P F Lamar, Sr.
by virtue of a mortgage fi fa issued from the Su
perior Court of said county in favor of Thomas R
Holder vs P F Lamar. Property pointed out in
said mortgage fi fa. Notice served on P F Lamar,
defendant, and C C Thompson, tenant in posses
sion. as the law directs.
marll (810) J. S. HUNTER, Sli ff.
Job Printing at reasonable rates
JEFFERSON, JACKSON COUNTY, GA., SATURDAY. APRIL 22,1876.
SELECT MISCELLANY.
Brains as a Study.
The student of comparative anatom}' may
find in Munich rare facilities for his pursuit,
and he can enjoy advantages for studying
the human brain which exist nowhere else in
the world. Some of the readers of the
Courant may be interested in an unscientific
word or two about what I saw the other day
at the Institution for the Insane. The
Director, Herr Professor Bernhardt Guddin,
invented some years ago a method of minute
ly examining the brain, which I believe is
new, and a machine for facilitating the oper
ation which is original. By means of his
process the structure of the brain is studied
at leisure and more thorougljy than it has
ever been before. The process is this:
Y\ hen the brain is taken from the head entire,
it is submitted to a process which hardens
it. This is accomplished by soaking it in a
solution of bichromite of potash. It requires
two years to give the brain of a man the re
quisite solidity; the smaller brain of an
inferior animal will harden in three months.
The mass is then imbedded in wax and fitted
into a circular basin having a screw under
neath by which the brain can be raised or
lowered. The screw is turned so as to bring
the substance just above the rim of the basin,
and a long razor-like knife, resting upon the
rim, is drawn over it, slicing off a paring
from the brain, thin or thick, as the anato
mist wishes. The operation is repeated until
the brain—sliced, let us say, vertically, from
the front to the back—is separated into a
series of thin plates of laminae. These lami
me are then put up in Venetian varnish, be
tween glass, labelled and numbered in the
order they are cut off, and they are ready for
examination under the microscope. The
substance first, however, is a little tinged
with vermillion, in order to render the trans
lucent, thin laminae visible. The color, how
ever, does not at all obliterate the distinction
between the gray and the white substance of
the brain. In the room where I saw this
process were brains in all the stages, brains
of men, of dogs, oxen, rabbits, doves, etc.—
jars full of them, like some new and unpleas
ant sort of pickle. And about the room
were cases with shelves, and boxes, filled
with brains, sliced, dried and put away for
examination. Standing together in one cor
ner were a dozen boxes, a foot and a half
long and six inches square, fitted with a
slide and filled with the glass containing the
laminae.
‘‘llow many brains,*’ I asked, “are con
tained in those boxes.”
“Oh,” replied the Professor, “onl} T one,
only the brain of one man ; but it has been
sliced into 700 plates. But we cut the brains
of animals thinner. There in that case is
the brain of a dog ; it is 1,100 plates.”
You will understand bv this the facility a
student would have for examining the struc
ture of the brain. Beginning at the front,
let us say, he can trace, with a perfect cer
tainty, back to the base of the brain and
spinal column every nerve, every tissue,
every minutest fibre. He cannot only learn
the origin of all, but the direction of each.
Without necessity of enlarging upon it. you
will see how completely this process lays the
brain open to study, and study that may be
pursued months or years on the same brain.
Of course, brains are sliced in any direction,
longitudinally as well as transversely, and
horizontally as well as vertically. These
admirable preparations have been, as yet,
very little studied, but they will no doul>t
yield valuable results. The experiments
with animals consist in removing the whole
or part of the brain from the living creature
when it is in extreme youth, and then observ
ing the result in maturity. Take, for in
stance a god. A portion of the puppy’s brian is
cut out. He is then allowed to grow up,
and at the end of the year he is killed and
his brain is prepared in the manner I have
described. Take out a quarter of a dog’s
brain, or even one entire lobe, and he does
not mind it much ; there is probably unusual
activity in the half remaining. If more than
half of both lobes (from the front) is removed,
the brain even grows a little again, and the
animal performs his ordinary functions. If
all the brain is taken, the dog lives, but he is
little better than an idiot; his food must be
put into his mouth, he can direct his steps
with no certainty, and his eyes see without
recognition. —Hartford Courant.
Household Altars.
It is a sad fact that in many households,
nominally Christian, there is no family altar
and no household recognition of God. The
Bible is an unopened book, and there is no
open acknowledgement of allegiance to God,
the Father in heaven. A godless, prayerless
household is a terrible spectacle, especially
when there is an outward profession of better
things. The evils are magnified manifold
where there are young children. AYhat can
compensate for the sweet and tender influ
ences of well-conducted family worship on
the minds and hearts of the little ones ? Pa
rents who omit it not only provoke the wrath
of the Lord, but neglect the best and most
natural means of religious education, and
thus put in fearful jeopardy the souls of their
children. It was not an idle superstition
that bade the simple-minded, devout Nor
wegian girl to flee from the house where she
had engaged service, because there were no
“prayers in the house.*’ A prayerless soul
is a fearful anomaly. But a home where
children are born and nurtured and reared —
where loved ones sicken and suffer and die—
where, in the eyes of the children, the father
should be the type of the “All Father in hea
ven,” and the mother the ideal of all that is
tender and affectionate and devout—where
all precious memories should be garnered by
hidden treasures, and where all holy and
pure influences and associations should per
vade the very air—with no open Bible and
no voice of song, prayer or praise—what
shall we say of that home ? One can hardly
conceive it possible that such a home could
exist in a Christian land. No wonder that
the curse of the Lord hangs in dark relief
over the families that call not on His name.
The late A. T. Stewart gave employment
to seven thousand persons.
Judge Guild’s Charge to the Grand Jury.
M e give below an extract from the charge
of his honor. Judge Guild, to the grand jury
of the preseut term of the circuit court:
I come now to charge you upon a high
misdemeanor which is so common in the land,
and which it is now your high duty to notice,
and bring the offenders to justice, whosoever
they may be. I allude to the vicious habit
of carrying about the person concealed weap
ons. More than half the homicides which
occur grow out of this debased practice.
\\ hen I was a boy, the “bullies” of one creek
would meet those of another creek upon the
muster ground, a ring would be formed, and
a fair fight was (fed ; no concealed weapon
was drawn and a citizen slain: all their
muscles were brought into play, which ended
in a knock-down and an occasional bite—no
one slain. But, now, the desperado, with
his pistols buckled around him, seeks his
victim, insults an unarmed man sensitive of
his honor, and if he make an effort to repel
the insult, the pistol is drawn, anew grave
is made and a helpless widow and orphans
are left to mourn the loss of husband and
father. This evil practice is one of the off
shoots of laziness, and indisposition to pur
sue some virtuous and laudable employment
which will always secure a reasonable living
and bring home to a young man an honest
reputation. Whenever young men depart
from this laudable course, put on and wear
broad-cloth, silks, kid-gloves and “prunellas,”
attend upon gambling houses and saloons
and idle away their precious time, they are
sure to fall into vicious habits : such charac
ters as those who loiter about whisky shops
and attend regularly upon gambling hells,
think themselves disgraced if they have
never “killed their man,” so they arm them
selves with the deadly pistol and seek an
occasion in which to use it, that they may be
lionized by the gentler sex, thinking it will
give them position or caste with them, who
in every age have appreciated bravery—but
the bravery displayed by men should be
courage exhibited in defense of their country
and not the bully ism of the murderer. We
are fallen upon evil times—carrying pistols
—dress and parade—giving entertainments
attended with the extraordinary expenditures,
such as no honest calling can afford. Too
much extravagance and too little work are
the fruitful causes of most of the evils of our
time. Genuine mirth and virtue are under
going a decay ; in the cities especially, they
are stifled and becoming extinct. In this
train of vicious habits is this disreputable
practice of carrying concealed weapons. The
juries of the country and a virtuous public
sentiment should banish this habit from the
land as they have driven dueling and the
bowie knife beyond the borders of civiliza
tion . — Exchange.
Legal Holidays.
TIIE LAST ACT OF TIIE LEGISLATURE IX REF-
F.RENCE TO TIIE MATTER.
The following act in reference to legal hol
idays was passed by the Legislature at its
recent session :
An act to be entitled an act to altar and
amend an act entitled an act to designate
the holidays to he observed in the accept
ance and payment of hills of exchange,
bank checks and promissory notes, ap
proved February 23, 1875, and when pro
test and notice to endorsers is necessary,
and days of grace shall be allowed, and
for other purposes therein named.
Section 1. Be it enacted by the General
Assembly of the State of Georgia, That from
and after the passage of this Act, the second
and third sections of the above recited act
are hereby repealed and the following substi
tuted in their place and stead, to-wit: That
whenever the first day of January, the twen
ty-second of February, the twenty-sixth day of
April, the fourth day of July, or the twenty
fifth day of December shall fall upon Sunday,
the Monday next following shall he deemed
a public holiday, and papers due on such
Sunday shall be payable on the Saturday
next preceding, and papers which would oth
erwise be payable on said Monday shall be
payable on the Tuesday next thereafter.
Section 2. Be it further enacted by the
authority aforesaid, That whenever either of
the above named days shall fall on Saturday,
the papers due on the Sunday following shall
be payable on the Monday next succeeding.
Section 3. Be it further enacted by the
authority aforesaid, That whenever either of
the above named days shall fall on Monday,
the papery which would otherwise be payable
on that day, shall be payable on the Tuesday
next succeeding.
Section 4. Be it further enacted by the
authority aforesaid, That it shall not be ne
cessary to protest, as now required bylaw, in
order to bind endorsers, except in the follow
ing cases, to wit: 1. When a paper is made
payable on its face at a bank or banker's
office. 2. AAUien it is discounted at a bank
or banker’s office. 3. A\ T hen it is left at a
bank or banker’s office for collection, and in
all such cases days of grace shall he allowed.
Section 5. Repeals conflicting laws.
Make the Boys Learn to Swim.
Capt. Webb, the great swimmer, writes in
Cassell's Family Magazine: “It is the duty
of ever}’ parent to insist on his son’s learning
to swim. To teach a very young child to
swim, the best place is a large puddle in the
sand, at low tide. The child, like a puppy,
will begin by paddling. If you throw a cork
into the water you will see the puppy run in
up to its depth and give a short bark ; and
the chances are. especially if there is a grown
up dog that can swim to set him an example,
that in a day or two he will take his plunge
of his own accord, and very proud he will be
of his first success ; only here again, don’t
overdo it. As soon as the puppy has been
in, walk away, and call him, and he will be
more anxious to go into the water another
time. Now, treat your child like your pup
py. Entice him to go in, and if you can get
some older child who can swim to go in with
him all the better, but let the child do just
as he likes. Get two children to play at
splashing one another; they will enjoy the
fun, and gradually getting excited, will ven
ture deeper and deeper.”
Every family ought to have a newspaper.
Our Minister’s Sermon.
The minister said last night, says he,
“ Don't be afraid of givin*;
Tf your life ain’t worth nothin’ to other folks.
Why, what's the use of livin'?’’
And that’s what T say to my wife, says I,
There’s Brown, the mis'rable sinner.
He’d sooner a beggar would starve than give
A cent towards buyin' a dinner.
I tell you our minister is prime, he is.
But 1 couldn’t quite determine.
M hen I heard him a givin’ it right and left,
Just who was hit by his sermon.
Of course there couldn’t he no mistake
M hen he talked of long-winded prayin’
For Peters and Johnson they sot and scowled.
At every word he was savin'.
And the minister he went on to say,
There's various kinds of cheatin'.
And religion's as good for every day
As it is to bring to lneetin’.
I don't think much of the man that gives
The loud amens at my preachin’.
And spends his time the udlowin’ week
In cheatin' and overreachin'.”
I guess that dose was hitter enough
For a man like Jones to swallow ;
But I noticed he didn’t open his mouth.
Not once, after that, to holler;
Hurrah, says I. for the minister—
Of course I said it quiet—
Give us some more of this open talk,
It's very refreshin’ diet.
The minister hit ’em every time.
And when lie spoke of fashion.
And riggin’s out in hows and things,
As woman's rulin’ passion,
And coming to church to see the styles,
1 couldn't help si-winkin'
And a-nudgin’ my wife.and says I. “That's you,”
And I guess it sot her thinkin’.
Says 1 to myself, that sermon's pat.
But man is a queer creation.
And I’m much afraid that most of the folks
Won't take the application.
Now, if he had said a word about
My personal mode of sinnin’.
I'd have gone to work to right myself,
And not set there a-grinnin'.
Just then the minister says, says lie.
“And now I’ve come to the fellers
Who'vc lost this shower by usin’ their friends
Asa sort o' moral umbrellas,
Go home,” says he, “and find your faults,
Instead of huntin’ your brothers,
Go home,” says he, “ and wear the coats
You tried to fit for others.”
My wife she nudged, and Brown he winked,
And there was lots o’ smilin’,
And lots o' lookin’ at our pew,
It spt my blood a-bilin’.
Says I to myself, our minister
Is gettin’ a little hitter.
I’ll tell him. when the meetin's out, that I
Ain’t at all that kind of a critter.
Xew JTaren Register.
A Glimpse of General Washington.
One other scene may properly be added to
this brief recoxl of the struggle and triumph
of old New Yo - k. There came a sunshiny
day in April 1789. when George Washington,
president elect of the United States by the
unanimous voice of the people, stood on the
balcony in fro it of the senate chamber in the
old Federal ha’l on Wall street, to take the
oath of office. An immense multitude filled
the streets and the windows and roofs of the
adjoining houses. Clad in dark brown cloth,
of American mimifacture, with hair powder
ed, and with white silk stockings, silver shoe
buckles and steel-hilted dress sword, the
hero who had led the colonies to their inde
pendence came modestly forward to take up
the burdens that peace had brought. Pro
found silence fell upon the multitude as
Washington responded solemnly ‘I swear—
so help me God.’
Then, amid cheers, the display of flags,
and the ringing of all the bells in the city,
our first president turned to face the duties
his countrymen had imposed upon him. In
sight of those who would have made an idol
of him, Washington’s first act was to seek the
aid of other aid than his own. In the calm
sunshine of that April afternoon, fragrant
with the presence of seed-time and the prom
ise of harvest, we leave him on his knees in
old St. Paul's, bowed with the simplicity of
a child at the feet of the Supreme Ruler of
the universe.— Scribner.
The Fire that Old Nick Built.
We find in an exchange the following cap
ital imitation of the style of the “ house that
Jack built.” and wish it might become a
household favorite :
Intemperance—This is the fire that old
Nick built.
Moderate drinking—This is the fuel that
feeds the fire that old Nick built.
Rum-selling—This is the axe that cuts the
wood that feeds the fire that old Nick built.
Love of Money—This is the stone that
grinds the axe that cuts the wood that feeds
the fire that old Nick built.
Public Opinion—This is the sledge with its
face of steel that batters the stone that grinds
the axe that cuts the wood that feeds the fire
that old Nick built.
A Temperance Meeting—This is one of the
blows that we quietly deal to fathom the
sledge with its edge of steel that batters the
stone that grinds the axe that cuts the wood
that feeds the fire that old Nick built.
Eternal Truth—This is the spirit so gentle
and still that nerves the smith to work with
a will to give the force to the blows that we
quietly deal to fathom the sledge with its
face of steel that batters the stone that grinds
the axe that cuts the wood that feeds the fire
that old Nick built.
That was a shrewd girl, and not devoid of
sense either, who remarked, when other girls
were making fun of her short skirts, and af
fected to be shocked at the exhibition there
of at a party : “If you’d only pull up your
dresses about your neck, where they ought to
be, they’d be as short as mine !** She was
not troubled any more.
One friend to another, who has just return
ed from a trip abroad : “ Did you enjoy your
European tour ?” “ Very much indeed !”
“ Did you call on any of the big ones?”
“Yes; I called on two queens one evening.”
“ Called on two queens ! Was it a pleasant
affair ?” “No, not very ; for after I called I
found the other chap had three kings.”
“ After all,” said a keen old Democrat, the
other day, “ the candidates of the Democratic
party is narrowing clown to Bayard.”
s TERMS, $2,00 PER ANNUM,
l SI.OO FOR SIX MONTHS.
The Borrower.
Mr. Butterwick called in to see me the oth
er day. and in the course of the conversation,
he said :
“I am going to move. 1 can't stand those
Thompsons, next door to me, any longer.—
They're the awfullest people to borrow things
that I ever saw. Coffee and sugar, and but'
ter. and flour. I don't mind so much, although
when a woman borrows high price sugar and
Java coffee and sends back sand and chickory,
a man naturally feels billions and mad. But
they've borrowed pretty nigh everything in
the house. First it’s one thing and then it’s
another, from morning till night, right straight
along. Now. there's the poker. A poker®*
piece of machinery that you’d think anybody
might go around and buy. or if they couldn’t
afford it they might use a fence paling to
shake up the fire. But Mrs. Thompson seems
to hanker after our poker. She borrows it
fifteen or twenty times a day : and last Satur
day she sent for it thirty-four times. She
pays a boy two dollars a week to run over
and borrow that poker; and she's Used it so‘
much that it’s all bent up like a corkscrew.
“Now take chairs for instance. She asks
us to lend our chairs three times a day. at
every meal; and she borrows the rocking
chair whenever she wants to rock the baby to
sleep. A couple of times she sent over for a
sofa, and when the boy came back with it he
said Mrs. Thompson was mad as thunder, and
kept growling around the house all day be
cause there were no castors on it. Last Mon
day she borrowed our wash-boiler, and we had
to put off our washing until Tuesday. She
did her preserving in it, and the consequence
was all our clothes were full of preserved
peaches. I’ve got on an undershirt now that
I'm mighty doubtful if I’ll ever get off, it's
stuck to me so tight. Every now and then
she has company, and then she borrows our
hired girl and all the parlor furniture; once,
because I wouldn't carry the piano over for
her and take down the chandelier, she told
our girl that there were rumors about town
that I was a reformed pirate.
“ Perfectly scandalous ! They think noth
ing of sending over after a couple of bed
steads or the entry carpet; and the other day
Thompson says to me: “Butterwick, does
your pump-log pull up easy?” And when I
said I thought maybe it did, he said. “Well,
I'd like to borrow it for a few days till I can
get one. for mine is all rotted away.” The
only wonder to me is that he didn’t try to
borrow the well along with it.
“And then on Thursday, Mrs. Thompson
sent that boy over to know if Mrs. Butter
wick wouldn’t lend her our front door. She
said their's was away being painted, and she
was afraid the baby would catch cold. When
I asked him what he supposed we were going
to do to keep comfortable without any front
door, he said Mrs. Thompson said she reckon
ed we might tack up a bed-quilt or something.
And when I refused, the boy said Mrs.
Thompson told him if I would not send over
the front door to ask Mrs. Butterwick to lend
her a pair of striped stockings and a horse
hair bustle, and to borrow the coal scuttle till
Monday. What in the name of Moses she is
going to do with a coal scuttle and bustle, I
can’t conceive.
“ But they are the most extraordinary peo
ple ! Last Fourth of July, was it? Yes—
last Fourth of July the boy came over and
told Mrs. Bntterwick that Mrs. Thompson
would be much obliged if she would lend her
the twins for a few minutes—said Mrs. Thomp
son wanted ’em to suck off anew bottle top.
because it made her baby sick to taste new
India rubber! Cheeky, wasn’t it ? but that’s
her wav. Why, I’ve known her to take off
our Johnny’s pants when he’s been over there
with her children, and send him home bare
legged to tell his mother that she'd borrowed
’em for a pattern. And on Thompson’s birth
day she said her house was so small for a
party that if we’d lend her ours we might
come in the evening and dance with the com
pany if we wouldn't let on that she lived
there! Yes, sir; I’m going to move. I’d
rather live next door to a lunatic asylum, and
have maniacs pouring red hot shot over the
fence every hour in the day. Indeed I would.”
—Max Actelcr.
The record of the running races in the
United States in 1875, with the value of the
stakes, is quite respectable when standing by
itself, or even when compared with the re
cord of English racing seasons of 1875, but
it is dwarfed when placed alongside of the
trotting and pacing record of the United
States during the same period. The number
of running races in the United States in 1875
was 880; in England, something less than
2,000. The number of trotting and pacing
races which took place in the United States
and Canada in 1875, of which there is record,
wms 3,304. The purse and stakes in the run
ning races in the United States amounted to
•about $400,000; in the trotting and pacing
races in the United States and Canada they
amounted to $1,418,791, and the nninber of
horses engaged was upwards of 5,400. Nine
ty per cent, of the horses engaged were capa
ble of trotting in 3 :40 or better. This state
ment of itself shows what wonderful improve
ment has been made in the trotting horse
within the past t wenty years. Runninghorses
are scarcely any better now than they were a
score of } ? ears ago; hot the trotter has de
veloped remarkably.
The colored Methodist Episcopal church in
America has now four Bishops and a member
ship of 200,000 in the Southern and Western
States.
“ The Lost —A magnificent picture
14 x 18 inches in size, beautiful in design and ar
tistic in execution. It represents a confederate
soldier after the war returning to his home, which
he finds lonely and desolate. In front of the
ruined cottage, telling a sad tale of the miseries
of war. are two graves with rude crosses, on one
of which some friendly hand has hung a garland.
To the right the calm river and the rising moon
indicate peace and rest. The stars, seen through
the trees, represent the Southern Cross. It is a
picture that will touch every Southern heart, and
should find a place in every Southern home. One
copy sent by mail, mounted on a roller and post
paid, on receipt of 25 cents, or three for 60 cents.
Address John Burrow & Cos., Bristol, Tenn.
Agents wanted everywhere to sell our sheap and
popular pictures. $5 to $lO per day easily made.
No money required until pictures are sold. Send
stamp for catalogue and terms. April-S-St.
NUMBER 46.