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Jackson Sheriff’s Sales.
YITILL be sold, on the first Tuesday in Octo
' T her next, before the Court House door in the
town of Jefferson, Jackson county, Ga., within
the legal hours of sale, the following property,
to-wit:
tract of land in said county, containing sixty
eight and three-quarter acres, more or less, ad
joining lands of Watt McLester, colored, Wyatt
Hailey, C. IL. Turner and others, known as the
James Pharr place. About twenty-five acres of
said land in cultivation, balance in forest. Two
good tenant houses on the place. Levied on as
the property of-J. C. Few. col’d, and Mary Carith
ers, col’d, to satisfy a li. fa. for the purchase mo
ney of said land, issued from the Superior Court
of said county in favor of N. G. Trout vs. J. C.
Few, col’d, and Mary Carithers, col’d, as princi
pals, and Washington Carithers as security.
IToncrty pointed out by plaintiff in li. fa. Deed
filed in the Clerk’s oflice as the law directs. No
tire given to Mary Carithers, col’d, and Reese
Few, col’d, tenants in possession, and also to the
maker and the holder of the bond for titles.
Also, at the same time and place, will be sold,
a tract or parcel of land, situate, lying and being
in the 2o7th District, G. M., on the waters of lit
tle Curry's creek, adjoining lands of Jno. M. "Wil
hite, A. T. Bennett and others, the same being
the place whereon S. G. Barnett now resides, con
taining three hundred and forty-two acres, more
or less. Levied on by virtue of and to satisfy al i.
fa. issued from Clarke Superior Court in favor of
James Fi. Randolph, Executor of Joshua 11. Ran
dolph, deceased,,vs. John C. Lumpkin, principal.
G. M. Duke and S. G. Barnett, securities. On
said land there is a tolerably good dwelling house
and necessary out-buildings, and a good orchard ;
about forty or lift}' acres of said land in a high
state of cultivation, the remainder in old field and
forest land. Property pointed out by G. S. Duke,.
Administrator of G. M. Duke, deceased, co-de
fendant. Said li. fa. controlled by said G. S. Duke.
Administrator aforesaid. "Written notice given
S. (i. Barnett, party now in possession, according
to law. ",
nug “29 T. A. McELIIANNON, Sh’if.
| J l OItGI A. Jacksou Coiity.
Whereas, Nathaniel Rooks, Administrator of
James Davis, late of said county', deceased, ap
plies for leave to sell the dower land reverted to
xaid estate by the death of the widow of said de
ceased—
This is to cite all concerned, kindred and cred
itor*. to show cause, if any they can, at the regu
lar term of the Court of Ordinary of said county 7 ,
on the First Alonday in October, 1879, why said
leave should not be granted the applicant.
Given under my official signature, this August
20th. 1879. 11. AY. BELL, Ord’y.
/ 1 I'OKGEA, Jackson Cenuty.
I T
Whereas, C. AY. Hood, Executor of Zilman S.
Hood, deceased, applies for leave to sell the land
belonging to said deceased—
This is to cite all concerned, kindred and cred
itors. to show cause, if any they can, on the first
Monday in October, 1879, at the regular term
of the Court of Ordinary of said county, why said
leave should not be granted the applicant.
Given under my official signature, this August
26th, 1879. H. AY. BELL, Ord’y.
Q.IIORGIA, Jackson County.
Whereas, Z. T. Suddeth, Administrator of S.
Cowan, late of said county, deceased, represents
to the Court, by his petition duly filed, that he
Lis fully administered the estate of said deceased,
and is entitled to a discharge—
this is to cite all concerned, kindred and cred
itors, to show catse, if any they can, on the first
Monday in December. 1 STD, at the regular term of
the Court of Ordinary of said county, why 7 Letters
of Dismission should not be granted the applicant.
Given under my official signature, this August
26th, 1879. 11. \Y. BELL, Ord’y’.
/X f:o2*<;s i. <’onnly.
IX
Whereas, N. I>. Cash. Administrator of Green
Nance, col’d, late of said county, dcc’d, applies
for leave to sell the land belonging to the estate
o.t said deceased—
i his is to cite all concerned, kindred and cred
pors. to show cause, if any they can. at the regu
lar term of tho Court of Ordinary of said county,
°n the first Monday in October, 1870, why said
leave should not be granted the applicant.
Given under my official signature, this August
27th, 1870. ‘ 11. W. BELL, Old y.
| aiOßSiilA, Jackson Comity.
W hereas. Mrs. MalittaSaul, Administratrix on
hue estate of G. W. Saul, late of said county, de
ceased, applies for leave to sell a portion of the
land belonging to said estate—
-1 his is to cite all concerned, kindred and cred
jteirs. to show cause, if any they can. at the regu
lar term of the Court of Ordinary of said county,
pn the first Monday in October, 1879, why said
leave should not be granted the applicant.
Given under my official signature, this August
20th. 1879. H. W. BELL, Crd’y.
Jackson County.
Whereas, 0. 11. P. Pettyjohn, Administrator
°n the estate of Temperance Pettyjohn, late of
said county, deceased, applies for leave to sell the
fmds belonging to said estate —
This is to cite all persons concerned, kindred
find creditors, to show cause, if any they can. at
the regular term of the Court of Ordinary, to be
' Id in and for said county on the first Monday in
October, 1879, why said leave should not be
granted the applicant.
Given under my official signature, this Septem
ber 2d, 1879. . 11. W. BELL, Ord’y.
light job work,
Executed promptly, at this office.
The People their own Rulers ; Advancement in Education, Science, Agriculture and Southern Manufactures.
NOTICE TO CONTRACTORS.
WILL bo let to the lowest bidder, before the
Ordinary’s Office in Jefferson, Ga., on Sat
urday', the 11th day of October next, the contract
for building a Queen Post Truss Bridge across
the Mulberry river at what is known as the White
Bridge location, with fifty' or fifty-five feet span,
extending from south-west bank of river, and one
short span. The contractor will be allowed to
use the flooring on the present bridge on the ends
of the new bridge. Timbers to be all heart, and
all work must be done in workman-like manner.
The person bidding off said contract will be re
quired to give bond with good security, condition
al for faithful compliance of contract, in a sum
equal to the amount of bid, immediately after the
letting.
Full and complete specifications can be scon at
my office. H. W. BELL, Ord’y.
Also, at the same time and place, and on the
same terms, will he let the contract for taking up
the flooring and banisters on the Hurricane Shoal
Bridge and putting in on the three spans over the
water new heart sleepers, 6 by 12 inches, five to
each span, and replacing floor and banisters.
sepl2 H. W. BELL, Ord’y.
j EOISGIA, Jackson Coiiiify.
Whereas, J. B. Pendergrass, Administrator of
the estate of N. 11. Pendergrass, late of said coun
ty, deceased, applies for leave to sell the real es
tate belonging to said deceased—
This is to cite all concerned, kindred and cred
itors, to show cause, if any they can, at the regu
lar term of the Court of Ordinary of said county,
on the first Monday in October, 1879, why said
leave should not be granted the applicant.
Given under my official signature, this August
26th, 1579. 11. W. BELL, Ord'y.
Jackson Comity.
Whereas, Airs. Saliie S. Hancock, Administra
trix on the estate of R. J. Hancock, late of said
county, dec’d, applies for leave to sell the real
estate belonging to said estate—
This is to cite all concerned, kindred and cred
itors, to show cause, if any they can, at the regu
lar term of the Court of Ordinary of said county',
on the first Alonday m October, 1879, why said
leave should not be granted the applicant.
Given under my official signature, this August
2Gth, 1579. 11. W. BELL, Ord'y.
OEOKWIA, Jackson County.
Whereas, Henry Alerlc, Administrator of Geo.
Merk, late of said county, deceased, applies for
leave to sell the lands belonging to the estate of
said deceased—
This is to cite all concerned, kindred and cred
itors, to show cause, if any, at the regular term
of the Court of Ordinary of said county', on the
iirst Monday in October, 1879, why said leave
should not be granted the applicant.
Given under my official signature, this August
26th, 1879. H. W. BELL, Ord’y.
SA, Jackson County.
Whereas, S. S. Smith and T. S. Shankle. Ad
ministrators of Samuel Smith, Sr., deceased, ap
plies for leave to sell the lands of said deceased
lying in said county —
i bis is to cite all concerned, kindred and cred
itors, to show cause, if any, on the first Alonday
in October. 1879. at the regular term of the Court
of Ordinary of said county, why said leave should
not he granted the applicants.
Given under my official signature, this August
26th, 1579. " 11. W. BELL, Ord’y.
Juekswu Conuty.
AVhereas. Henry Merk and J. G. Dunahoo, Ex
ecutors of Samuel Garrison, late of said county,
deceased, applies for leave to sell a portion of the
lands belonging to said deceased—
This is to cite all concerned, kindred and cred
itors. to show cause, if any, at the regular term of
the Court of Ordinary of said county, on the first
.Monday in October, 1879, why said leave should
not be granted the applicants.
Given under my official signature, this August
126th, 1879. H. W. BELL, Ord’y.
f AVhereas, Thos. D. Scott makes application, in
proper form, for Letters of Administration on the
estate of Columbus Long, col., late of said county,
deceased —
This is to cite all concerned, kindred and cred
itors, to show cause, if any they can, at the regu
lar term of the Court of Ordinary of said county,
on the first Alonday in October, 1879, why said
letters should not be granted.
Given under my official signature, this August
26th,1879. H. AY. BELL, Ord’y.
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JEFFERSON, JACKSON COUNTY, GA., FRIDAY. SEPTEMBER 19.1579.
“MORNING-GLORY.”
BY “A COU NT R Y P ARSON.”
I wish you might have seen her on that
morning long ago. I don’t believe Van Dyck
himself ever put on canvas a more winsome
court beauty in all his life than Morning-
Glory. The sturdy Vermont hills were all
about her, and the river and the valley' were
not far away. The day had hardly begun,
hut the men were carrying in the brimming
pails of milk and the cows were sauntering
down the lane with that delightful air of
reverie which a cow knows so well how to
assume. White-Faee and Starry-Eye and
Ruby and a dozen others leisurely whisking
their tails at the early fly, stopping a moment
to snatch an inviting bunch of grass, crunch
ing the appetizing morsel as they went on.
The September morning was as fresh and
fair as the young girl walking down the
beaten path of the lane. The sunlight only
made the gold of her hair more dazzling ;
not “frizzed” or “banged,” but in a single
;oil, like a Greek statue, it rested like a crown
above the brown eyes ; the carriage was free
and graceful, the step elastic; the whole
movement would have indicated perfect health
if you had not seen the face. Sixteeu sum
mers like the present had drifted past her in
her mountain home. No, not like the pres
ent, for Morning-Glory had suddenly come
into her birthright—she was a wornau. A
child last night, enjoying with a child’s zest
her country life; to-day, with a woman’s
hopes and a woman's fears, llow subtle the
change and how quick it comes ! Woe be to
him who rudely stirs the sleeping waters.
She lifted the bars to their place as in a
dream, the fine contour of her shapely figure
well expressed in the act, and leaned upon
them with bowed head a moment, and then
watched the fog lazily climbing the valley.
“A penny for your thoughts, Morning-
Glory',’’ came from an adjoining lot, and a
young man cleared the wall at a. bound as
she started at his voice, and joined her in
the walk home. A summer-morning idyl,
you say, of no interest to those who have got
beyond such nonsense. But soft, dear sir !
1 saw a gray head furtively wipe away 7 a tear
the other day, Chambers’ Miscellany in his
hand, and only' a love story which touched
his heart. The young man was spending
his vacation at her father's farm. lie had
just graduated at college, and would enter
the seminary in the fall. Meanwhile he held
his own with the other hired men in the long
day's work. “He'll wilt,” they said. “These
college-learned chaps can’t stand much.”
But they were glad to cry quarter as he, with
a quiet smile, struck out with what he styled
the Grecian curve, in the meadow, the first
day of mowing.
“If tho gods mowed like that they must
have been uncommon tough,'’ said one of the
men, as lie stared at Ransom Sayles bowl
away through the tall grass. That settled
the men ; they respected muscle, and Sayles
had not dipped his oar in the river without
toughening the arm that handled it. They
soon learned to respect the man. Deacon
John Raymond had morning “prayers,” even
in the busiest season, and when, on the sec
ond morning after bis arrival, Sayles was
invited to lead the devotion, Sam, one of the
hired men. said “he prayed like Jehosophat.”
Sam's Bible knowledge was limited, and he
doubtless got the names a little mixed, but
he told the men. when they were grinding
the scythes in the shed, “that he talked as if
he was acquainted with the Almighty, and it
was powerfully well done.”
That wa9 three months before. Ransom
Sayles had done his day's work. Sometimes
walking in the gloaming with Carrie Ray
mond—Miss Carrie, he had called her at
first, with stately courtes} T ANARUS, but now he had
christened her “Morning-Glory”—they had
talked of books, authors, art, morals—a thou
SELECT MISCELLANY.
Books of the Old Testament.
The great Jehovah speaks to us
In Genesis and Exodus
Leviticus and Numbers sec,
Followed by' Deuteronomy.
Joshua and Judges sway the land,
Ruth gleans a sheaf with trembling hand.
Samuel and numerous Kings appear,
Whose Chronicles wc wondering hear;
Ezra and Xehemiah now,
Esther the beauteous mourner show.
Job speaks In sighs, David in Psalms,
The Proverbs teach to scatter aims ;
Ecclesiastics then comes on,
And the sweet songs of Solomon.
Isaiah, Jeremiah then.
AVith Lamentations takes the pen.
Ezekiel, Daniel, Hosca’s ly'res,
Swell Joel, Amos, Obadah’s;
Next Jonah Alicah, Nahum come,
And lofty' Habakkuk finds room;
While Zephania. Haggai calls.
Rapt Zachariah builds his walls;
And Malachi with garments rent,
Concludes the ancient testament.
Books of the New Testament.
Matthew, Alark, Luke and John,
Act of Apostles follow on ;
The Romans and Corinthians learn,
Galatians and Ephesians turn;
Phillippians and Collossians next,
With Thessalonians have the text.
To Timothy the truth is shown—■
To Titus and to Philemon.
The Hebrews has Paul’s parting words,
AY hen James, the brother of our Lord,
And Peter and beloved John
Take up the strain and bear it ©n.
Jude’s solemn words great tilings reveal,
And Revelation sets the seal.
— J)r. Staughton.
sand things that hover in the air before the
eyes of youth—but never of love. Morning-
Glory wanted nothing of it. She was satis
fied with her present, and Ransom. Well, it
was the old story 7 . He knew now what the
grand passion was that stirred the old Greeks.
This mountain flower, with the dew on its
crimson petals, that had -never felt the
scorching sun, twining about the old home
stead, how he had watched it, wishing he
might put out his hand and take it. Hut
Sayles had iron in his blood. lie was pen
niless, with an aged mother looking to him
for care. And she was only a child—this
girl—in years, lie had his future yet to
make, and she, womanly as she was, might
not hear the strain of waiting; and then,
too, frank as she was in all their talks, he
could never penetrate beyond a certain maid
enly 7 reserve. She would never give herself
to any 7 man unasked ; he doubted what an
answer would he, for this country girl, in her
sweet simplicity, was worthy of the best love
the world contained.
And so he went hack to liis work and
made no sign. If the vision of a golden
haired girl, with beseeching brown eyes
mixed itself up with Greek exegesis and
Hebrew idioms, lie doggedly applied himself
to the work in hand and tried to forget. But
“Morning-Glory” had had the chrism laid
upon her lips, which must become in woman's
lives heavenly 7 manna or apples of Sodom.
From no fault of Ransom Sayles, remember,
for he had observed the strictest honor; he
had not allowed himself a word, or touch, or
look, that might mean love, and she thanked
him in her heart for it in the years that fol
lowed ; hut she knew now lie had her heart
unasked, and he henceforth should be the
precious secret of her life. Many 7 a woman
has lived and died unwedded, the perfume
of her life the only evidence of a hidden
sacrifice. “Morning-Glory” rounded into
womanhood, the bloom grew brighter ; culture
added to simplicity’, self-possession to grace;
her character shaping itself into womanli
ness, as she thought what he would admire
and honor; expecting nothing, hoping noth
ing, but having one summer among her
choicest memories.
Three years had passed. Sayles had
graduated; declining larger fields, he had
accepted the charge of a small country
church. The mother who had cheered him
on saw him a minister of the gospel, and
then the Lord called her homo.
But Ransom was in debt for his education,
and his sturdy 7 independence would notallow
him any 7 luxury of life until that obligation
was met. If lie grew weary at tinie3, lie
only interested himself more nearly in his
people ; but sometimes a September morning
on a hillside farm would rise up in memory
before him, and a fair face with a strange
witchery in the brown ey r es would cause
almost a sob to break from his lips.
But all sacrifices have an end. Ransom
Sayles would not bo hampered by a debt,
lie had waited until the child had blossomed
into the woman. The 'ast payment on his
debt had been made, his vacation had come ;
he would try his fate, for he was not over
confident of his power of inspiring love in
the heart of any woman.
The farm house was in sight as dusk came
on at the close of an August da3 T . “ Saiu”
was carrying the last pail of milk as Sayles
came up. “Ah. Mr. Sayles,” said Sam, “I
am right glad to sec you.” “ How is Deacon
Raymond ?” asked Ransom ; he had almost
said “Morning-Glor}-,” for it seemed but a
day since be went away. “The deacon is
well,” said Sam, hesitatingly looking askance
at Sayles ; “but Miss Carrie met with an
accident. Old Tom” —and Sam grumbled
out something almost profane—“ran away.”
Ransom Sayles turned and entered tlie house ;
nothing was changed; the family were at
tea, but Morning-Glory was in a great arm
chair in the front room, before ) r ou reach the
kitchen at the end of the long hall. Ransom
shuddered as he stood on the threshold, he
knew not why, for he was not a superstitious
man, then opened the door ; she was facing
the west and evidently thought it some of the
family. Tho setting sun lighted up the room
and fell upon her hair. There flashed through
his mind the figure of the crown which Rev
elation speaks of. and then he stood by her
side ; she turned her head, the eyes softened
by some tender memory ; her face flushed in
a moment, and she put out her hand. “1
was thinking of you, Ransom.” “What
about me ?” he asked, as if they had met tlie
day before. “Why, don’t you know you said
once,” and she laughed softly, “that you
would be true to your conviction of duty,
even though it cost the sacrifice of a lifetime ?”
She had never called him Ransom before,
and they had not met for three years, lie
had become much more of a man, and she,
as she half-reclined there, into what a ripe,
beautiful woman she had developed! lie
had done well to wait, and what a tender,
trusting air she had. “But what about the
accident?” he asked anxiously. She grew a
little sober, said the doctor would be in again
to-morrow, and changed the subject.
That evening was one to be remembered
long after. He told his love, and she, with
shy reserve, revealed her heart; but there
were strange pauses on her part all tbo
evening through, and when he bid her good
night he thought, as he kissed her, there
were tears on her face.
The morning brought the family physician
while Ransom was out on the hill refreshing
his memory with familiar scenes. When he
returned the doctor had gone. “AA r hat did
he say?” “Shall I tell you?” she replied
to his question, as she turned her face away.
“The accident was severer than you know;
there is no hope ; it is only a question of
time.” “But you are so fresh and blooming,”
ho gasped. “I was in perfect health when
it occurred. It is internal, but there is no
help.”
Perhaps this old-fashioned tale might end
here, as what wc call poetic justice is viola
ted in the sequel, but real life takes little
account of poetic justice in her reckoning.
Ransom Sayles had studied belles-lettres
and divinity in preparation for his work of
saving men ; but as he waited in those au
tumn days, knowing that only the remem
brance of the days that were dead would soon
he liia, he learned obedience by the things
which ho suffered, lie saw the rich, rare life
fade away, an argosy of priceless wealth
sail into the mist; saw how rich it was
freighted for years of work, and that it was
his very own, and then must needs say’ fare
well ! There was no weak sentiment about
these two souls as they stood at the parting
of a final voyage for one. I have dono my
work ill in sketching this man, if you think
he gave up or only half lived after this. So
fast ho grew in these few weeks that when
“Morning-Glory” was laid under tho daisies
he comforted the people and read the simply
service. The stricken parents found in him
a son of consolation. And ho went forth to
rare achievements in helpfulness to men, in
spired by his love for the Morning-Glory
which bloomed on high.
Falconiudoe.
Elmwood Parsonage.
What to Fray For.
Prayer, in its simple definition, is the desire
of the heart offered up to God, and, in an
evangelical sense, in the name of Jesus
Christ: for no prayer is acceptable to God
unless offered “ in the name of the great
mediator.” Hence, desire is the basis of
prayer, as we cannot pray for what we do not
desire. Men may use forms of speech and
.veil-constructed sentences, hut if the desire
of the heart he not expressed in them, they
are not prayer in the sight of God. AVe may
judge, therefore, whether men know what to
pray for, by considering whether they know
what to desire. Certaiuly men make con
tinual mistakes in this matter. They often
desire what would not be good for them.
They desire things pertaining to this life,
rather than the life to come; they aro more
concerned for the body than the soul; they
put the secondary or tertiary in the place of
the primary, and, if they pray, their prayer
must be according to their desire.— Rev.
Joseph Iloldich, D.D.
Do men know what they 7 should pray for?
\Ve ask in reply, “Do men know what they
should live for?” They certainly live for
what they desire, and they desire what-they
live for. Their mode of living is the ex
ponent of their desire. If a man lives only 7
to he the wealthiest man on ’change, or to
have the largest amount in the bank ; or if a
lady pines for the most magnificent wardrobe,
house, establishment, and equipage, these are
the things they desire and live for; and, if
they pray, these are what they pray for.
True, they 7 would not venture to put them into
words before God ; but if they do not pray
for what they desire and live for, their prayers
are a mockery. So, if a man desires a sancti
fied spirit, he will live for it.
If it be the province of true culture to avoid
scandal, and gossip, and evil report, how
much more is it the part of the true Christian
to avoid all harsh judgment, and to judge no
one quite so severely as himself. How the
precious hours arc wasted in idle talk, in
severe censure and criticism of others, in idle,
ignoble gossip. The Christian should be
above all this—grandly above it. The true
Christian i9 ever on duty at the court of his
king, and will not lightly and foolishly fritter
away the hours that should be devoted to his
Sovereign. —Christian at Work.
The more totally we are devoted to God,
the more independent we shall be for pleasure
on all other beings. What a sublime con
solation ! If we can not havo the creatures,
wc can have the Creator. And then, ere long,
we shall see and love, and be loved by the
noblest of his creatures, the great inhabitants
of that superior world, where none of the im
perfections of vain and fickle mortals can
intrude.
lie who cannot find time to consult his
biblo, will one day find lie has time to be
sick; he who has no time to pray, must find
time to die ; he who can find no time to re
fleet, is most likely to find time to sin ; he
who cannot find time for repentance, will find
aji eternit} 7 in which repentance will be of no
avail; he who cannot find time to work for
others, may find an eternity in which to suffer
for himseif. —Hannah Moore.
$ TERMS, $1.50 PER ANNUM.
} SI.OO For Six Months.
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A Hasty Funoral.
ItT J. 8.
Away back In the forties there resided ta
Orange county, N. Y., a good old I‘resbyterlan
minister, who was pastor of a rural congrega
tion, where he had preached over thirty years,
having officiated at the marriage and burial
of his people to the second and third genera
tion. lie was a typo of the old-fashioned
pastor who, forty years ago, was the center
around which all the social and religious life
of the rural communities revolved, and was
the confidential friend and adviser of nearly
every inan, woman and child in the district.
Of course, one of his most laborious duties
was preaching funeral sermons, and hardly
a week passed in which he was not called
upon to perform the last sad rite for some
member of his flock. This duty necessitated
his keeping a horse and buggy, and his con
gregation always provided him with as fine
a roadster as could be found ; and the county
which produced Dexter and a score of other
noted trotters was always full of splendid
horses. At the time wc are writing of, he
owned a splendid horse, which was the pet
of his large family of boys and girls.
One day in the winter of 184- he was called
upon to attend the funeral of one of hi
parishioners who lived some miles distant
from the parsonage. In the early part of the
day he drove to the house of mourning, and
hitched “Ned” to the fence, while the cere
monies proceeded within the house. The
day was one of those cold, clear days, in
which the blood is sent dancing to the ends
of one's fingers, and which, if a person is
comfortably clothed, is like wine to the
spirits; and, while waiting, Ned had uneasily
stamped the ground in his anxiety to be
bounding over the stony road.
At last the sermon was over, the final look
given by surviving relatives, and tho coffin
placed in the hearse. At the head of the
procession was, of course, the parson, who
was to lead the way to the cemetery, situated
some ten miles distant. 13y this time Ned
had become thoroughly chilled, and, when he
was gently touched hy the whip as the sig
nal for starting, he took the bits in his teeth
and started off at a rate of speed which nearly
took the minister’s breath away. In vain he
pulled and sawed upon the bits, the high
spirited horse felt his blood coursing through
his veins at a rapid rate, and, while he was
usually a gentle and mild-mannered horse
when attending funerals, on this occasion ha
was evidently intoxicated with the atmosphere
and was bound to show his metal.
At first the driver of the hearse thought
that the parson would soon slacken his speed,
and did not urge bis team out of their ac
customed funeral rate of speed, but the dis
tance between the hearse and the parson
constantly increased, and at last ho coucludod
that the good minister was thinking more of
the comfort of the mourners than the pro
prieties of the occasion, aud was driving hi*
horse fast so as to get out of the cold. Under
taker like, he resolved that ho would have
the corpse at the grave on time, and whipped
up his horse in a vain effort to overtake tho
flying parson. This, in turn, spurred tho
occupants of the other carriages, and they
gave the reins to their horses, so as not to
be outrua by a corpse.
Looking baek, our good man found, to his
dismay, that the example set by Ned had
been followed by the balance of the cortege,
lie redoubled his efforts to stop, but Ned
only took the bits more firmly in his mouth,
and fairly lifted the driver off his seat. Find
ing it no use, ho resignedly gave Ned hi*
own way, and confined himself to keeping
the carriage in the roadway ; and probably
no corpse was ever hustled over the stonea
to burial faster than were the last remains
of this staid citizen of old Orange.
When Ned got to the burial ground ho
seemed to recover his sense of the proprieties
of the occasion, and meekly walked up to the
entrance aud stopped.
The parson’s hands were worn sore in trying;
to stop this John Gilpin race, and he had to
wait for nearly half an hour before the balance
of the party came up, when the ceremonies
were properly concluded.
Although our parson lived for many year*
after this, lie often would speak of the morti
fication which he endured when he saw the?
speed which he had unwittingly induced the
procession to take ; and yet, being a man
who could enjoy a joke even on the most
solemn occasions, he often related, with a,
merry twinkle in his eye, the extreme ludi
crousness of the scene when the hearse and
mourners came in sight as he was waiting at
the cemetery, each driver nrgiug his horse
to his utmost speed, as though they were or*
the last quarter-mile in an English hurdle
race. It is needless to add that ever after
ward Ned was driven with a safety rein.
A Quick-Witted Lad.
The Hartford correspondent of the Spring
field Republican says: That was a pretty
bright thought of one of the Battersons, who,
when employed some years sinco as a lad in
an office in New York, was sent to present a
bill to a shaky concern, with orders to collect
it at all hazards. After much urging the
head of the debtor house gave him a check
for §IOO, the amount of the bill. Hurrying
to the bank at which it was payable, the lad
presented the check only to be told. “ Not
enough funds to meet it.” “ How much is
the account short ?” was the boy' 9 quick
retort. “Seven dollars,” said the teller. It
lacked but a minute or two to three o’clock,
and the teller was about to close the door on
the boy when the latter suddenly pulled
seven dollars from his own pocket, and push
ing it over with a deposit check, said : “Put
that to the credit of & Co.,’* the parties
who had given the check. The teller did so,
when the lad at once presented the check for
§IOO, and drawing the full amount thereof
went back to his employers in triumph. But,
as he puts it, & Cos., who failed the very
next day, were hopping mad when they found
they had no funds in their bank.”
NUMBER 15.