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Bl'. M OITOI’Ib
• Harmony Gkqve, Jackson Cos., (la.
Will practice in all the adjoining counties, and
give prompt attention to all business entrusted to
his care. Collecting claims a specialty.
March 3d. 1577.
WILEY C. HOWARD. IlOl*T S. HOWARD.
. W. C. & R. S. HOWARD,
ATTORN El’S AND COUNSELLORS AT
LA JU,
P 24 Jefferson, Ga.
Law Card.
MY term as Ordinary having expired, 1 am
devoting my time and energies entirely to
the practice of the law. Mr. Robert S. ifow-
ARl> is associated with me. Either or both of us
can always be found at our office, except when
absent on business. Special and careful atten
tion will be given to all business entrusted to us,
and to advising Executors, Administrators and
Guardians in the management of estates. Office,
up-stairs, over Billy Thompson store-room.
WILEY C. HOWARD,
feb‘2l Counsellor at Law, Jefferson. Ga.
Medical and Surgical Notice.
DIC. \\. A. respectfully tenders
his professional services to the citizens of
Jefferson and surrounding country. Residence,
at the old “Watson Homestead,” Sycamore st.
Office, in Col. J. B. Sihnan’s law office. When
not professionally absent, can be found at one or
the other of the above places. Jan 27 Ty
Dr. J. R. Pendergrass,
RESPECTFULLY tenders his professDnal ser
-1 vices to the citizens of Jefferson and surround
ing country ; and by strict attention to his studies
and profession, hopes to merit continued confi
dence. He can be found at his office, north end
of Pendergrass & Hancock’s store, up-stairs, at
all times, when not professionally absent.
January 13th, 1577.
Dk. w. m. ai.iaa abek,
SURGEON DENTIST,
Harmony Grove, Jackson Cos., Ga.
July 10th, 1873. Gin
J. A. B. MAHAFFEY. W. S. M'CAItTY.
\IAHAFFEY & McCARTY,
lU ATT 0 R NEYS AT LA W,
Jefferson, Jackson Cos. Ga.,
Will practice anywhere for money. Prompt at
tention given to all business entrusted to their
care. Patronage solicited. Oct3oly
DR. C. R. GILES
OFFERS his professional services to the citizens
of Jefferson and vicinity. Can l>e/found at
the office recently occupied by Col. .Slraaffcy.
Jan. 22, 1870—-tf
J. J. FLOYD, I J. B. SILMAN.
Covington, Ga. i Jefferson, Ga.
Ul-OVI) A SILIIW
A ATTORNEYS-AT-LAW.
ill practice together in the Superior Courts oi
the counties of Jackson and Walton.
junel2— ly
\\ I. 1*114.1-1. Attorney at lanv,
• JEFFERSON, JACKSON CO.. GA.
Practices in all the Courts, State and Federal.
Prompt and thorough attention given to all
kinds of legal business in Jackson and adjoining
counties. June 12 1875
STANLEY & PINSON,
JEFFERSON 6\1.,
DEALERS in Dry Goods and Family Groce
ries. New supplies constantly received.
Cheap for Cash. Call and examine their stock.
June 10 ly
Charles Corbett,
PLJIX $ ORNAMEXTAL
PAINTER*
/ f ERS his services to the citizens of Jackson
' and surrounding counties. He is prepared
to do all kinds of House-Painting, inside and out
s,d<'—plain and ornamental. Special attention to
fainting Buggies and vehicles of all descriptions.
* 'aarges to suit the times. Address, CHARLES
1 'MiLETT, Camp's Mills, Gwinnett Cos., Ga.
May 2th, 1877.
Jackson Sheriif’s Sale.
Ay ILL be sold, on the first Tuesday in August
’ next, before the Court House door, in the
| "it of Jefferson, Jackson county, Ga., within
10 °?al hours of sale, the following property,
to-wit:
1 hie hundred and four acres of land, more or
,M “- lying and being in said county, on the N'orth
ty'tern Railroad, beginning on a stake on Andrew
jailors land, thence 537, K lb chains, to sweet
; thence N 53. W 58 chains to a chesnut
J-tunip ; thence N 37, K l!l chains to a stake;
icnee S 53. E 56 chains to the beginning corner
near the Nicholson Depot on the Railroad,
the beginning corner. There is a small pine
pole cabin on said land, now occupied by Desde
raona Hill; said land adjoins the lands of Mrs Es
and others ; all in natural forest except about
• reu acres cut down. Property pointed out by
•c endant in fi fa, Daniel Reidling. Notice served
n . 4n ' e l Reidling and Dsdemona Hill, tenants in
\ll Sf i e §? ,on . Levied on and returned to me by
J Porter, L C.
• Ui .V 757 50 JOHN S. HUNTER, Sheriff.
THE FOREST NEWS.
The People their own Rulers; Advancement in Education, Science, Agriculture and Southern Manufactures.
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A Noted Divine says
They are worth their
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READ WHAT HE SAYS:
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They are worth their weight in gold.
Rev. It. L. SIMPSON, Louisville, Ky.
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TRIUMPH OF SCIENCE.
Gray Hair can be changed to a
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Dr. Tutt’s Hair Dye. It acts like magic,
and is warranted as harmless as water.
Price si.oo. Office 35 Murray St., N. Y.
What is Queen’s Delight?
Read the Answer
It is a plant that grows In the South, and is spe
cially adapted to the cure of diseases of that climate.
NATURE’S OWN REMEDY,
Entering at once into the blood, expelling all scrof
ulous, syphilitic, and rheumatic affections. Alone,
it it a searching alterative, but when combined with
Sarsaparilla, Yellow Dock, and other herbs, it forms
Dr. Tutt’s Sarsaparilla
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The most powerful blood purifier known to medical
science for the cure of old ulcers, diseased joints, foul
discharges from the ears and nostrils, abscesses, skin
diseases, dropsy, kidney complaint, evil effects of
secret practices, disordered liver and spleen. Its use
strengthens the nervous system, imparts a fair com
plexion, and builds up the’ body with
HEALTHY, SOLID FLESH.
As an antidote to syphilitic poison it is strongly
recommended. Hundreds of cases of tiie worst type
have been radically cured by it. Being purely veg
etable its continued use will do no harm. The best
time to take it is during the summer and fall; and
instead of debility, headache, fever and ague, you
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LOCATION —No, 3, Granite Row, south side Broad Street, ATHENS, GA.
May 19, 1877. ly
JEFFERSON, JACKSON COUNTY, GA., SATURDAY, JULY 14, 1877.
Dr. Tutt has been en
gaged in the practice of
medicine thirty years, and
for a long time was demon.
Medical College of Geor
gia, lienee persons using
his Pills have the guaran
tee that they are prepared
on scientific principles,
and are free from all
quackery.
He has succeeded in
combining In them the
heretofore antagonistic
qualities of a strengthen'
iflg,purgative, anda pur
ilying ionic.
Their first apparent ef
fect is to increase the ap
petite by causing the food
to properly assi m i late.
Thus the system is nour
ished, and by their tonic
action on the digestive or
gans, regular and healthy
evacuations are produced.
The rapidity with which
persons take on flesh ,
while under the influence
of these pills, of itself in
dicates their adaptability
to nourish the body, and
hence their efficacy in cur
ing nervous debility, mel
ancholy, dyspepsia, wast
ing of the muscles, slug
gishness of the liver,
chronic constipation, and
FARM AND HOUSEHOLD.
Dried Fruits for Market.
All dried fruits sell principally by color,
which should bo bright; and to obtain the
same in apples and peaches, they should be
prepared for drying before fully ripe. Sliced
apples if not bright, do Tot pay for the trou
ble of slicing, and the finest qualities should
be packed in new barrels top and bottom
lined with paper. Bright quartered apples,
well cored, uniform in cutr, are always more
or less in fair demand, and more attention
should be given to them. Peeled peaches
should be sliced or cut in eighths, and inva-
J.iably -of a. lirigiß colwri iiark qualities -ruie
low, and arc slow of sale Unpeeled peaches
should be cut in halves or quarters. The
largest poaches should be selected for halves,
size being a consideration in them, while the
smaller fruit is fully desirable to be cut for
quarters. They should be kept entirely sep
arate, as when mixed they will not generally
sell at over the price of quarters.
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Corn.
Of all the crops raised, probably none is
of such vast importance to farmers as the
corn crop, and on no account should it be
neglected.
Did yon ever know any fanner to fail
whose cribs were filled with corn ?
Did vou ever know a man to emigrate
whose cribs were filled with corn ?
Did you ever know a man to complain
of hard times whose cribs were filled with
corn ?
Did you ever know a man sold out by the
sheriff whose cribs were filled with corn ?
Did you ever know a man whose houses
and fences were all in good order, and that
such other evidences of prosperity crowned
him, whose cribs were not filled with corn ?
Did you ever know a planter proud of him
-olf. loved by his neighbors and happy in his
family, whose cribs were not filled with corn ?
Did you ever know a man who had fat
horses and mules, hogs, cattle, sheep and
poultry, whose cribs were not filled with corn ?
Did yon ever know a man who did not
raise it at home, whose cribs were filled with
corn ?
Sijns of a Prosperous Farmer.
When you see his barn larger than his!
house, it shows that he will have large pro- j
fits and small afflictions.
When you sec him driving Lis work instead |
of his work driving him, it shows that he will
never be driven from good resolution, and
that he will certainty work his way to poster
ity.
When 3*oll always see in his wood-shed a
sufficiency for three months or more, it shows
that he will be more than aninety days won
der, in farming operations, and lie is not
sleeping in the house after a drunken frolic.
When he has a house seperate from the
main building purposely for ashes, and an
iron or tin vessel to transport them, it shows
that he never built his dwelling to be a fune
ral pile for his family, and perhaps himself.
When his implements are covered both in
winter and summer it plainly shows that he
will have a good house over his head in the
summer of early life, and winter of old a^e.
When cattle are promptly shielded and fed
in winter, it is evident that he is acting ac
cording to scripture, which sa}’s “that a mer
ciful man is merciful to his beast.”
When he is seen subscribing for a newspa
per and paying in advance, it shows that he
is speaking like a book respecting the latest
improvements in Agriculture, and he never
gets his walking papers to the land of pov
erty.
Sheep.
In the absence of a dog law, we recommend
the following:
The cheapest and best insurance against
dogs killing sheep are bells—plenty of bells.
The sheep dog is a great coward when in ptir.
suit of mischief, and he wants to do it quiet
ly—wants no noise—no alarm. Bells bought
at wholesale do not cost much. Buy a side
of bridle leather at the curriers, for collars,
and put a bell on ever}' sheep, if your flock
is small. The price of one sheep will buy a
gross of bells and leather enough and buck
les to strap them. Put this gross of bells on
a flock of sheep and they will frighten every
dog out of the field. Flock-masters are slow
to adopt a simple and cheap remedy like this,
but will go to the Legislature, hire a lobby
influence, and spend large sums of money to
little purpose. Members of the Legislature
are fond of dogs themselves and do not want
them taxed. They own no sheep and care
but little about their protection.
Colic Mixture. —The following is from an
experienced stable man, who considers it the
most valuable and successful of all remedies,
and worthy to keep always on hand b}' those
who have valuable horses and mules : Half
fluid ounce of chloroform ; half a fluid ounce
tincture of clover ; half a fluid ounce tincture
asafeetida ; galf a pint of whisky. These arc
to be mixed and add one quart of water;
then shake well and give one half of the
whole mixture for a good dose.
To keep fish from smelling—cut off their
noses.
SELECT MISCELLANY.
Drunkenness no Excuse for Crime.
At last a “ respectable brute” who knocks
down his wife, and kicks her after she is
down, is not allowed in a city court to miti
gate 4fce severity of his sentence by the plea
that “fie didn’t know what he was doing be
cause lie was drunk.” It is strange how in
the past, the condition into which so many
first put themselves to give them bogus cour
age and bring out their Inherent brutality,
shonld-be in any way regarded as an excuse
fot their offences. Nine drunken men out of
ten know perfectly well what they arc about.
Theysßhmv cotrsiderffWtr' i method in their
madness. They do not strike or abuse those
whom they are certain will quickly resent
such abuse. A club or a pistol have still
stronger arguing power for the whisky craz
ed brain. Rum, in many cases, is used as a
preparation for crime. It blinds men tem
porarily to consequences and blunts the sen
sibilities. This is exactly the mental condi
tion desired by many when they wish to com
mit a robbery, knock down an offensive man
or beat a woman. The first step taken by
desperation, disappointment or revenge, in
order to materialize the demons of imagina
tion is to “go off and get drunk.” The crim
inal knows that sobriety dulls the edge of
recklessness, wantonness and cruelty. lie
wants it sharpened. There may be little vol
untary reasoning in this matter, but men’s
minds are very apt to reason involuntarily
toward the consummation of any desired end.
Hitherto a premium has been laid on drunk
en crime, especially in eases of domestic bru
tality. The heaviest tax has been on of
fences committed in sobriety. Let the law
be more severe on drunkenness. Let those
people who drink to excess share some of this
responsibility along with the harrassed sa
loon keeper.—A r . Y. Graphic
A Chinese Giant.
A veritable giant is on exhibition on J
street, between Third and Fourth. The
giant is a shrewd, good-natured and rather
dignified Chinaman, who has donned a man
darin's costume, and sits in a chair large
enough for a summer house, lie is the most
massive man ever seen in this city. A large
handed man cannot encircle his wrist with
one hand, and two of the giant's fingers make
an ordinary hand stretch to encircle them.
A man five feet eight inches can stand erect
under his outstretched arm and not touch it
with his head. Ordinary men have to tilt
their hats and lo >k upward to his face, lie
stands seven feet nine inches high, and claims
that he weighs 412 pounds. He is a finely
proportioned man, not at all corpulent—is,
indeed, hard muscled and compact in frame,
and moves with the ease of ordinary men.—
Sacramento Record - Union .
A Mistaken Diagnosis.
One of our city physicians the other day
engaged to teach a young college graduate
the practical art of healing the sick, lie was
called to a German, who was down with the
delirium tremens, and asked him his age and
business. He was a musician and forty
years old. The learned doctor then told the
student that all brass instruments were so
severe a tax upon the player's larynx that
the throat frequently needed a little wetting
in the form of beer or brandy. A sad result
of this fact was the patient before him. The
latter asked what instrument, lie played. “I
blays zecond viddle most alvays.” The doc
tor collapsed. —Providence Press.
A party of troutfishers camping near Lyons
Dam a few days since witnessed a very novel
incident. A huge rattlesnake was attempt
ing to swallow a somewhat diminutive horned
toad, and seemed likely to succeed if given
sufficient time. The hind legs of the toad
protruded from the saliva-flocked jaws of the
snake, and were occasionally agitated with a
convulsive movement as if the little animal
was impatient of the delay in going down the
reptile's throat. Just as the legs were disap
pearing the body of the snake, just behind
its villainous-looking head, began to swell;
its eves began to bulge, and its spirits seemed
troubled. The parties watching the process
of mastication then became aware that the
plucky little toad was tired of being in the
rattlesnake's jaws and wanted to get out.
The swelling continued, and the snake squirm
ed until the four little horns which formed
the crest of the toad's back burst through the
scales of the snake. The snake floundered
and wriggled in agon}’ until he was dead,
when the toad withdrew from his jaws and
quietly hopped away.— Union {Cal.) Demo
crat.
A singular accident occured at Palo Pinto.
Texas, the other evening. While a Mrs.
Roller was milking a cow her son, a man of
twenty-five years, was standing near with a
stick three or four feet long in his left hand,
the hand resting against the left groin. While
in this position the cow kicked, striking the
end of the stick, and driving the opposite end
against the lower part of Mr. Roller’s abdo
men, producing inguinal hernia, from the
effects of which he died the next evening.
"Why a Jew is in Prison. —The first Jew
we ever heard of in the penitentiary is in at
Raleigh. He is in for murder. His name is
Weill, and he was sent from Union county.
He was Marshal of the town of Monroe, and
in attempting to arrest a man, the man resist
ed and he killed him. He is in for ten years.
Weill is a fine looking young man of excel
lent administrative ability, and is a book
keeper in one of the departments. —Reidsville
Times.
A Fine Distinction.
A young man, whose attire was clean and
neat, and whose general appearance was rath
er prepossessing, stood before the bar of a
Police Court. By his side stood a young
man of about the same age, with a coal-black
face and woolly hair, and who was dressed
with all the gorgeousness of a ‘ swell.”
“What’s j’our name, white man?” asked
the Court.
“McFinnigan, sir.”
“And yours, my man and brother?’’
“Gawge Washin’ton Jones, sail.”
“What#’as the matter, George Washing
ton-?”
“Sail, I'll tell yo’ de truf, sail. 1 was a
goin’ up dc street, sail, las’ night, when I
met this man an’ I kine’ of jostled agin Mm,
sah, an’ he turn’ right roun’, sail, an’ fetch
me a clip on de nose, salt; don I calis an
offisa’ an’ had dat man arrested, an’ dats all
de truf.”
“llow was it, McFinnigan ?”
“Sliure, }’er Oner, an’ it was all the nov
ger’s fault. I was a coinin’ down the av’nie,
quiet as a lam’, sor. sayin’ nothin’ to nobod
d}\ whin that splialpecn came forninst me.
sor, wud his elbow, an* I up an' hit Mm upon
the spur a the momiiit”
“No, sah. he hit me on the nose, sah !”
“On the spur a the moiiiint”
“On de nose, sail.”
“Never mind fine distinctions.” said his
Honor, “it costs a man $lO in this Court to
lnt a man, whether it be upon the spur of the
moment or upon the nose. George Washing
ton, you are discharged ” —New York World.
A Land Slide.
About a quarter of a mile from the depot
at Schodaek, on the Boston and Albam* Rail
road. through the farm of Peter Timeson runs
a creek which supplies the paper mills of
Horton Harbor and Van Bentlmysen Sons,
of Albany. A short distance from the creek
on the farm, there was, until last Tuesday, an
immense hill, or mound of earth. Early on
Tuesday morning this hill began sliding and
filling up the bed of the creek, and has com
pletely dammed it, tiyning the course of the
stream over another farm—a large lake has
been formed where before were thrifty fields
of corn and meadow. Hundreds of persons
have visited the spot, and careful engineers
say that fully a million tons of earth have
been displaced. Aspring was directly under
neath the centre of the hill, and a stream of
pure, c >ol water now runs from it, having
already made a channel for itself through
the debris. The cause of this singular ehr.ime
in the topography ofthe locality is attributed
to the undermining of the hill by the spring—
Albany Express, June IG.
mPBro. Martin, of the Col umbus Times,
lias had his hen-roost cleared of chickens,
and relieves his mind as follows ;
What we want, and a breed that will pay,
is a kind of chicken that never shuts their
eyes, and are as nimble as the celebrated
hogs of a North Carolinian. At a fair held
in his State, he exhibited his “razor hacks’’
with great pride. The judges could not see
their best qualities until they heard them
explained. The gentleman who exhibited
them remarked: “Messrs. Judges, in my
section we wouldn’t give ad n for a hog
that can’t outrun a nigger.”
We not only want some of those North
Carolina hogs, but a few chickens of the
same characteristics; and they would sell
well.
Cause and Cure of Hydrophobia.—A
Hartford doctor of a quarter of a century’s
experience has treated four cases of lmlro
phobia, three of them successfully, and he
supports the old country theory in regard to
the disease. An examination of the dog was
made in each instance, and a worm or tna< r
got was found at the root of the tongue in
three or four ofthe number, and in the fourth
a worm was found near the root of a tooth.
The removal of the worm is not only a pre
ventive of the disease, but also a cure, this
experiment having been tried on a dog suffer
ing from hydrophobia, and the removal of
the worm proving a cure.— Boston Advertiser.
A Mare’s Grief for Its Dead Colt.—
Graystocking, a thoroughbred mare, lost a
fine colt in Milton the other day. The colt
was four da}'S old. Gnu-stocking is a grand
daughter of Lexington. The father of the
colt was a grandson of Lexington. The
grief of the mare over the dead colt was ter
rible to witness. She was shut up in the
stable, and the colt la.}' dead in the passage
outside. There was an air hole through the
roof of the stable, and in her ravings the
mare actually got on her hind legs and poked
her head through the hole. —Reidsville Times.
The Colored Woman Preacher.— The
name of the colored female preacher from
Columbia is the Rev. E. A. Williams. She
has been regularly licensed by Bishop J. M.
Brown, of the A. M. E. Church, and has been
preaching about twenty-seven years. Her
mission here is to raise money for the build
ing of a church edifice in Orangeburg, S. C M
not Columbia. She had an immense audi
ence to hear her in the Christian Chapel.—
Wilmington Star.
s TERMS, $2.00 PER ANNUM;
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GLEANINGS.
The Nicholts government has already
tracked up the defalcation of Packard's sub*
ordinates to the tune of $155,000.
Clerk Adams' latest report, shows that the
Democratic majority of the House ia sure to’
be eleven, and may be eighteen.
Merriday Martin, a Macon cabinet mnk£r,
died last week from the eiTects of a fish hook
snag in the palm of Ids hand.
Six months before marriage lie says, “ Dar*
ling. I could kiss the ground von walk on
and six months after marriage she says, “ you
kiss my foot/’
Apologetically a New Hampshire, paper
sa}'s that if it. devotes more space to the po
tato hugs than to the legislature, it is because
the bugs arc doing the most work.
(Jen. Joe Hooker gets up at four o’clock to
heat* the birds sing. He got up earlier than
that down in the wilderness to hear the bul
lets sing.
“No." she said, and the wrinkles in her
face smoothed out pleasantly, “No, I do not
remember the last, seventeen-year locusts. I
was an infant then.*’ —Newark Call.
A little colored girl blown from a bridge
near Milledgeville descended sixty feet in
perfect safety by means of her parasol acting
as a parachute.
The Jesnp Sentinel says: “There is a
man living in Crawford county who wore Wo
man’s dresses and served ns a cook and wash
erwoman during the war rather than be con
scripted. Pretty sharp.
The Pan-Presbyterian Council has bril
liantly opened in Edinburgh, attended by
300 delegates and about 5,000 visitors. Pa
triotic exercises were indulged in on the 4th
inst.
bor the month of June thirty-two mercan
tile failures have been reported, with liabil
ities ol two million dollars. This exceeds
the liabilities of the failures in May. Evi
dently the era of prosperity has not set in
quite yet.
John F. Quarles, the new consul at Malaga,
Spain, is a (Jeorgia negro of thirty-two, soil 1
of an Atlanta minister, and pretty well edu
cated. who held the Port Mahan (Spain) Con
sulate by appointment of President Grant
until it was dropped last winter. He mar
ried in Spain, and speaks the Spanish lan
guage fluently.
In Dubuque, lowa, one woman who owns
several houses and lots, and another who has
a good bank account, have been receiving
money all along from the county. In St*.
Pan! a woman purelmsieg a valuable lot of a
real estate dealer asked that nothing should
he said about it, in the newspapers, as she was'
“getting a little aid from the county !”
The present, Governor of Ohio, Mr. Young,
who obtained his office when Hayes went to
Washington to figure as President, is a Ro
man Catholic, and a very good man. too, we
believe. The Republican Mayor of Cincin
nati is also noted for his pronounced Catholic
sympathies. These facts in themselves arc
of no importance; but they contradict the
common impression that Catholics generally
go with the Democratic party.
Two convicts in the prison at San Queen
tin, Cal., retired to a private part of the estab
lishment to fight with knives. They bore an
aggregate of seventeen cuts when their duel
was stopped by officers. One had more than
an even share of the wounds, and was nearly
dead. The other was given twenty-five lash
es on the bare back, by the way of balancing
the account.
Mr. George W. Nowlin, of Trezevant, Tenn.,
writes to inquire whether “ molasses*’ is a sin
gular or a plural word, and whether we should
say “these molasses” or “this molasses.”—
We answer that it is a singnlar word, and
that the pronoun used with it must likewise
be similar. It is impossible to say “these
molasses” or “those molasses.” “This mo
lasses” or “that molasses” is the only cor
rect phrase.
Gov. Carroll, of Maryland, was married a
month ago to Miss Thompson; two of whoso'
sisters were already married to two brothers
of the Governor, and now his only single
brother is engaged to his wife's only single
sister. I his way the C arroll boys have of
gobbling all the Thompson gilds, or the
Thompson girls have of gobbling up the Car
roll boys, of both have of gobbling up one an
other, is a species of matrimonial monopoly
that the rest of the ybuhg folks 6f the State
ought to frown down.
The champion murderer, so far as heard
from, is William Lungley, arrested in I>eSo
to Parish, Louisiana, the other day. Lungley
confessed that lie had been guilty of thirty
two murders in Texas, and only regretted
that he had not added another to the list.—
There is evidently room for improvement in
a region in which a man can commit thirty
two murders before being seized by the arm
of the law. People who think of emigrating
to Texas will be pleased to learn Chat Lung-
Icy anticipates being hanged.
The name of the terrible “Mollie Ma
guires” comes from Ireland. Some fifty years
ago a poor old woman in Ireland had her cot
tage pulled down over her head by her land
lord. Her name was Mollie Maguire, and she
died of grief and exposure. Thereupon her sons
and some neighbor lads formed themselves
into a secret band, and vowed and took fierce’
revenge On Trisli landlords generally. The
band spread rapidly, and they called them
selves the “ Mollie Maguires,” and Irsh coal
miners brought the name to America.
ld^ J ‘‘My friends.” said a returned mission
ary, at an anniversary meeting, “let us avoid*
sectarian bitterness. The inhabitants of
Hiiidooatan, where I have been laboring for
many years, have a proverb that, though you
bathe a dog’s tail in oil and bind it in splints,
yet you cannot get the crook out of it. Now!
a man's sectarian bias is simply the crook in
the dog’s tail, which cannot be eradicated;
and I hold that should be allowed
to wag his own peelWrity in peace.”
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