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Claricn (Timber (Gmcttc.
VOL. 2.--NO. 1.
Weekly Timber Gazette,
PUBLISHED EVERY
FRIDAY EVENING
AT DARIEN, GEORGIA, BY
ttICIIAUD W. GRUBB.
OFFICE:—Broad Street, Near ike New Offices of
Messrs. Young <£ Lung don, and J. A. Ciarke.
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Timber Gazette, Darien, Georgia.
CITY DIRECTOEY.
County oaircrs.
County Commissioners—T. V. Pease, Chairman, J.
P Gilson, James Walker, James Lachlison, lach
ard L Morris, L. Mclntosh, T. H. GigmUiat.
Clerk B. C. C— Spalding Kenan.
Clerk Superior Court —Isaac M. Aiken.
Ordinary —Lewis Jackson.
Sheriff— James R. Bennett.
Receiver Tux Returns —W. M. Tuomas.
Tax Collector— D. M. Dunwody.
County Treasurer —E. P. Champuey.
Coroner —John H. Burrell.
The Commissioners hold monthly meetings first
Wednesday in each month.
City Officers.
F.x-Off. Mayor —T. P. Pease.
Ex-Offs. Aldermen —Jos. P Gilson JamesSWal
ter, James Lachlison, R. L. Morris, L. Mclntosh,
Thomas 11. Gignilliat.
Cleric and Treasurer— Spalding Kenan.
City Marshal —Robert E. Carr.
Harbor Master —C. H. Stead well.
Inspector General of limber— E. S. Bardsy.
Port Wardens —Isaac M. Amen, John H. Burrell
and James G. Young.
Jailor —Robert E. Carr.
Rector.
Religious services every Sabbath at 11 a. m.. -1 p.
m.. and 7 p. m.. at the colored Babtist Church
Rev. R. Miiiiu, pastor. .....
Relvdous services every Sabbath at 11 a. m., and
3 p. m° at the Methodist Church, colored—Rev.
S. Brown, pastor.
Masonic.
Live Oak Lodge, No. 137, meets ffrst Wednesday
night in each month at their Hall near the Magno
lia House. E. P. Champuey, Worshipful Master,
L. E. B. DeLurme, Secretary.
School*.
Mclntosh High School on tho Ridge. G ar <? n * r
Haggles, Esq., Principal, Miss Clifford Stanford,
Assistant. /
Travellers’ Guide.
The Steamer Carrie, Capt. Joe Smith, arrives
from Savannah every Tuesday morning and leaves
same day for Brunswick and totilla River. Re
turning, arrives from Brunswick and Satilla P.i'tr
every Wednesday night and departs for Saiaunah
Thursday mornings at 8 o’clock.
The Steamer Lizzie Baker, Capt. P Laßose ar
rives from Savannah every Wednesday evening
and departs same night for Brunswick and l’lori
da Returning, arrives from Honda and Biuds
wffik every Saturday evening and leaves same
ln Tho Steamer 1 Clyde, Capt. J. L. Day. makes reg
„la trips up the river to HawkinsvUlo and Dub-
W. Harper runs daily
Brunswick Railroad. Trains fbr Brunswick tove
No. latlop. m. ’Trains for Savanna-i and Macon
leave No. 1 at 2J£ a. m.
IT. s. officers.
Collector of Customs, Brunswick District—John T.
Collins. Headquarters at Brunswick
Deputy Collector of Customs for 1 ort of Darien
Charles H. Townsend.
Boarding Master —J. E. Cornelius.
Postmaster —D. Webster Davis.
Deputy U. S. Marshal —Robert E. Carr.
Superior Court.
Mclntosh Superior Court convenes Tuesdays af
ter the last Mondays m April and November.
Hon. Henry B. Tompkins, Judge, presiding, and
Col. Albert R. Lamar, Solicitor General.
IT. S. Mails.
The mail leaves Darien every Wednesday and
Saturday mornings at 9 o’clock, fo U^ < ?“^| e ’ con l
3 Atlantic and Gulf Railroad, making close con
nection with mails going North South.
The mail arrives from Mclntosh e\v.ry Tuesday
an^i ri elr 8 V6 at n Miht and a half o’clock Wednes
day and Saturday mornings.
Religious.
Religious services at the Methodist E. Church
every Sabbath morning hud night. Preaching at
the Methodist Church on the Ridge every Sunday
afternoon at three o’clock. Rev. H. M. Lockwood,
1 Veligious services at the Episcopal Church on
the Ridge every Sunday morning at ll o clo k.
Colored Mission at DeLurme* Warehouse at 3 p.
m., and at R. K. Walker’s office at 430 p m for
white congregation. Rev. B. F. Chite, ■*
PROFESSIONAL CARDS.
W. Robert Gignilliat,
attorney at law,
DARIEN, GEORGIA.
PROMPT ATTENTION GIVEN TO LEOLAL
1 business in the Eastern and Brunswick Clt
cults, and in the United States Courts 2^iy
nah, Georgia. 1 —"—'
L. E. B. DeLorme,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
AND NOTARY PUBLIC,
DARIEN, GEORAIA.
WIT.L PRACTICE IN THE BRUNSWICK AND
W Eastern Circuits. Patronage solicited. Of
fice opposite Dr. Kenan's. J - ’
Stephen C. Deßrulil,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
BRUNSWICK, GEORGIxV.
WILL PRACTICE IN ALL THE COURTS OF
H the Brunswick Circuit. Special attention
given to the investigation of titles. Jan * * *
~~yi ewlaTxotic e.
Having located in darien, i beg.to
tender my profession services to tho
CiTI/.FAS or DARIEN
and the county of Mclntosh.
Nov. 21-Oin. GEORGE J. KOLLOCK, -d. L.
WALTER A. WAY,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
AND REAL ESTATE AGENT,
DARIEN, GEORGIA.
WILL PRACFICE IN THE SUPERIOR GOURTS
of the Brunswick and Eastern Circuits. Also
in the Federal Courts iu cases of Bankruptcy, &e.
Particular attention given to tho collection of
claims, and the examination of Land Titles, ap 25
M. L. MERSHON,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
BRUNSWICK, GEORGIA,
WILL PRACTICE IN ALL THE COURTS OF
> the Brunswick Circuit and Mclntosh in the
Eastern Circuit. Darien and Brunswick made a
specialty. may 22-ly.
Goodyear & Harris,
ATTORNEYS AT LAW,
BRUNSWICK, GEORGIA.
WILL PRACTICE IN ALL THE COUNTIES OF
1 7 the Brunswick Circuit and the city of Darien,
Ga. Office, corner Newcastle and Gloucester sts,,
over J. S. Blain & Co.’s drug store.- Aug 1-ly.
F; W. MEIuDKIM. S. B. ADAMS.
Meldrim & Adams,
ATTORNEYS AND
COUNSELLORS AT LAW,
Cor. Bay and Barnard Sts. Savannah, Ga.
fi IVE PERSONAL ATTENTION TO CAUSES IN
U the S#)ierior Courts of Chatham, Bryan, Bul
lock, Effingham, Liberty, Mclntosh, Tatuall, Seriv
en counties. Practice in the Stato and Federal
Courts. Prompt attention given to collections.
Reliable correspondence iu all sections of tho
State. BeptUMy.
ITLi3L 3ES. SMJLTXT,
ATTORNEY. AND
COUNSELLOR AT LAW,
BRUNSWICK, GEORGIA.
WILL PRACTICE IN ALL THE COURTS OF
the Brunswick Judicial Circuit, the Supreme
Court of Georgia, and elsewhere by special con
tract. Will examine Titles to Laud, eject Tress
passers, enforce Liens, collect Claims, and, in
short, make a specialty of all the varied duties
and branches of his profession. apr3tf
j. is. a;. baker, m. id.,
OFFERS UIS PROFESSIONAL SERVICE3 TO
tlie public. Special attention given to diseases
of children.
tjHpßills presented first oj each month Pip}-
July 11-Iy.
DR* SPALDING KENAN,
DARIEN, GEORGIA.
OFFER'S HIS PROFESSIONAL SERVICES TO
tlie citizens of Darien and vicinity. He can be
found at all hours day and night, at his office on
Screven Street, next door to Mr. Wilcox's dwell
ing house. Aug- 8-ly.
D. B. WING,
MEASURER AND INSPECTOR
Timber and Lumber,
DARIEN, GA.
Resprctrully Solicits Patronage,
May 2-ly.
WM. M. YOUNG,
j-ies'Weol.'ejto..
Tr WING had five years experience in tho busi
t ness, I feel satisfied that I can give satisfac
tion. Sly thanks to the public for past patronage,
and hope for a continuance of the same.
WM. M. YOUNG.
dec!2tf Second Street. Darien Ga.
BITRR VINTON,
CONTRACTOR AND BUILDER,
BRUNSWICK, GA.
PLANS and Specifications furnished on short
notice. Will contract to erect Buddings in
every style. Also Superintend Buildings at reas
onable prices. All orders left with J. A. Atwood
& Bros. Darien, Ga., will be attended to with dis
patch. Jaly4tf
barbershop'
—BY —
CLEMON SAEATTIE.
Broad Street, two doors below Scriven St.
DARIEN,'GEORGIA.
SHOP CLOSES AT 11 O’CLOCK SUNDAY
Thanking the ctrtzlNsroF darien and
tlio public generally, for past’ patronage, I
solicit a continuance of the same, and will .still m
dcavor to merit the patronage bestowed upon me
in the future. mar2otf
FALL & WINTER, 1 s7i- 5
EDWARD J. KENNEDY >
MERCIIAXT TAILOR,
12G Broughton Street, Savannah, Georgia.
INVITES the attention of his former patrons
and the public in general to his new selected
stock of fine English and French Digonals, Cassi
meres and Fancy Vestings, all of the choisest
goods adapted to tho season, which will be made
up to order ill the most approved fashion. Ail
goods warranted as represented sepl9-ly
FISK’S PATENT
Metalio Burial Oases.
THE BEST INVENTION KNOWN FOR PRE
SERVING THE DEAD. Also SELF-SEALING
Metalic Cases (two patents elegancy finished) and
handsomest in the market.
Coffins in Rosewood, Mahogany, Black walnut,
Cedar and common woods. We k*ep a full as
sortment of all goods in our line.
J. A. ATWOOD & BROS,
angl-tf (Broad Street,) Darien, Ga.
Georgia Mclntosh co.
Ordinary's Office of said County. )
March 29 th, 1875)
rno ALL WHOM IT MAY CONCERN, BE IT
A known that C. A. Space. Administrator on the
estate ofO. A. Space, deceased, lato of sanl Coun
ty applys for letters of Dismission. If no objec
tion is filed I will pass upon the same at my office
within the time prescribed by law.
LEWIS JACKSON.
aprlo-3m Ordinary Mclntosh County.
DARIEN, GEORGIA, FRIDAY EVENING, MAY 21, 1875.
PAINTING!
CHRIS. MURPHY. CHAS. CLARK.
MURPHY & CLARK
08 Bryan Street, near Dravton, Savannah,
Georgia.
HOUSE, snip, STEAMBOAT, SIGN AND
Ornamental Painters*
GLAZING
GILDING.
GRAINING.
, MARBLING, and
PAPER HANGERS.
We aro prepared to offer estimates for every
description oj Painting in any part of Georgia,
South Carolina and Florida, utad guarantee satis
faction in tho execution of our work. Iu Store a
select stock of the following articles:
PURE ENGLISH B. B. LEAD.
ATLANTIC and all other brands of Lead,
OILS, VARNISHES, PUTTY, and BRUSHES.
FURNITURE. DEMAR and other Varnishes
put up iu quart, pint and half pint bottles, roady
for use.
GROUND and'ENAMELED GLASS, STAINED
and PLAIN, of various colors.
Double and Single thick French, English and
American GLASS.
GOLD LEAF, BRONZE and Glaziers' DIA
MONDS.
Machinery OIL and Axle GREALF.
A select stock of Gold and Plain PAPER HANG
INGS.
Persons desiring work and material in our line
would do well to give us a call before going else
where;
LPAIN AND ORNAMENTAL
SIGH WORK
Executed with neatness and dispatch.
LADDERS! LADDERS!!
Connected with our Paint and Oil Houso will
be found a general assortment of Ladders of ev
ery discretion, and at prices to suit purchasers.
STEP LADDERS
sold by us will be stained to imitate Black Wai
nut, and lettered with the purchasers name if de
sired.
Orders from tho country promptly attended
to, febl3-0m
BRESNAN'S
EUROPEAN HOUSE,
SAVANNAH, - - GEORGIA.
(OPPOSITE NEW MARKET,)
Rooms, with Board, $2 00 a
Bay.
FINE LARGE AND AIRY ROOMS ALWAYS IN
READINESS FOW FAMILIES A'NDJ]
COMMERCIAL TRAVELERS.
ONE OF THE FINEST
RESTAURANTS
In the South attached to the House.
Passengers and Baggage carried FBEE OS
CHARGE to the House.
CAUTION.
To avoid being deceived by drummers of other
so-called Euronean Houses, BE SURE to ask for
Omnibus with BRE3NAN'S EUROPEAN HOUSE
on it.
JOHN MIEHNAN,
Proj>rictor.
sep!9.ly
HEW STORE.
ISAAC JACOBSON,
BROAD ST., DARIEN. CA.
HAS JUST OPENED IN HIS NEW STORE, A
full and complete stock of^,
IDrv Goods,
NOTIONS,.
CLOTHING-,
Boots and Shoes,
Hats & Oa/pj**,
WHITE GOODS, Etc.
Also a full supply of
Groceries,
LIQUORS,
TOBACCO, CIGARS,
Hardware, &c., &c.,
which he is offering very low FOR CASH.
April 3 m3.
GREAT BARGAINS AT
AUCTION !
CALL AND SEE
CHEAP JOHN!
COE. BEOAD AND JACKSON SI A.
WHERE HE WILL OFFER AT AUCTION EV
• ery night Ladies’ and Gents Iloisery, Under
Shirts and Drawers, Shawls, Linen Damask, Wool
en and Oil Table Covers, Handkerchiefs and
Napkins, Bleached and Unbleached jjlieeting
Stationary, Fancy Toilet Soaps, Perfumery, Hard
ware, Table and Pocket Cutlery, and Notions of
every discriptiom
Sales will continue every night until tho en
tire stock is closed out.
MITCHELL & EOSENBUEY,
apilo-tf Auctioneers.
JOSEPH G-OETTE,
Undertakers Ware-Room,
137 Rroughton St., between Bull and Whitaker,
SAVANNNII, GEORGIA.
A FINE and well selected stock Metalic, Maliog
-‘A ony, Walnut Grained and Stained Coffluy
Coffin plates and trimmings always on hand.
Neatest Hearses and carriages furnished for fu
nerals. Ice cases for preserving remains in the
warmest weather. Remains disinterred, boxed
and shipped. Orders from tho country promptly
attended to. Personal attention given to all or
ders, and can be found at any time at tho Ware
rooms. sep!9-ly
A Paper for the People.
THE MORNING NEWS,
| T WOULD REQUIRE THE SCOPE OF QUITE A
fl- large volume to contain the good things that
aro said about the Morning News by its contem
poraries erf the Southern press. It isalmost daily
referred to as “Tho best paper in the South,”
“tho leadingYJeorgia daily,” etc., and is gener
ally conceded to be iu all respects a modern
Southern newspaper.
This is the fame that the Morning News covets,
and no pains will be spared hereafter to make it
still worthier of the confidence and patronago of
the people of Georgia and Florida. The ample
resources of the establishment will be devoted to
the improvement of tlie paper in respect to its
already large facilities for gathering the current
news of the and ay, and its staff of special corres
pondents has been reorganized with a view to
meeting every possible contingency that may
arise.
Although the Morning News lias little or no
competition within the field of its circulation,
nevertheless no effort will be considered too ex
pensive that give the earliest and freshost infor
mation to its readers. In this respect there will
be no relaxation of the endeavor to keep it far
ahead of its contemporaries.
The features that have rendered tho paper so
popular will ho maintained. The oditorial de
partment will be conducted with the same digni
fied thoughtfulness, conservative vigor, and earn
est devotion to principal that havo characterized
it. The racy reliability of the local, and the ac
curacy aud completeness of the commercial do
partmerts, will bo kept up to tho old standard,
aud improvements will be made whatover they
are suggested by experience.
The Morning News is the only Savannah paper
that publishes tho Associated Press dispatches
and the Telegraphic Market Reports authorized
by the Commercial Bureau of New York City. In
addition to this, the Locad Market reports will be
full and reliable, and will enable business men of
Georgia and Florida to form estimates as accu
rate and as intelligent as if they were in the
city.
In a word, tho Morning News will comprise
every feature that renders the modern newspaper
attractive, and its readers may confidently look
to its columns for the latest information in regard
to everything of current interest, It will admit
of no rivalry iu its own proper field, and will al
low no compeditor to outstrip it in any depart
ment of journalistic enterprise.
TERMS:
Daily, one year SIO.OO
Six months 6.00
Three months 2.50
Tri-Weekly, one year 0.00
Six months 3.00
Three months 1.50
Weekly, one year 2.00
Six months 1.00
Three months 50
Money may he sent by Post Office Order or by
Express, at the expense of the undersigned.
Send for specimen copy. Address
J. H. ESTILL,
mar 27 Savannah, Ga.
Mclntosh county
HIGH SCHOOL.
THIS SCHOOL will open at the SCHOOL HOUSE
on the Ridge at 9 o’clock, a. ill. on MONDAY,
the 19th day of October, 1874, under charge of
GARDNER RUGGLES,
Principal.
MISS CLIFFORD STANFORD,
Assistant.
The trustees desire tho prompt and punctua
attendance of all pupils with such books as they
may now have.
For further particulars apply to the Chairman
of the Board. E. S. BARCLAY.
octl7-tf Chairman.
ST, THEUS HOUSE; -
HOTEL AND RESTUARANT,
European Plan.
Corner Broad and Jackson Streets,
DARIEN, GEORGIA.
Board and lodging, $1.50 per day.
Meals and Lodging. Fifty Cents each, Meals
at the Kestuaraut can be had at all hours, and
anything called for that the market affords can
be had at low prices.
Satisfaction guaranteed. The patronage of tho
TIMBER CUTTERS respectfully solicited. My
terms are Strictly Cash. THOMAS THEUS,
mar'27-tf Proprietor,
The Weekly Register.
PUBLISHED AT
Savannah, Georgia.
BY
OTTO & Ul ÜBAIiD.
THU CHEAPEST PAPER ill the SOUTH.
ONLY $1 00 PER ANNUM.
TOBWOFK OF Aid. KINDS PROMTLY AT
*J tended to. Orders by mail receive immedi
ate attention. Address,
OTTO & HUBBARD,
aprlO-tf 157 Bay St. Savannah, Ga.
WHAT WAS HIS CREED.
Ho left iPload of antharcito
In front of a poor woman’s door,
When the deep snow, frozen and white,
Wrapped the streot and square, mountain aud
moor.
That was his deed;
He did it well;
“What was his creed t”
I cannot tell.
Blessed “in his basket and in his store,”
Iu sitting down and rising lip;
When more he got ho gave the moro,
Withholdihg not the crust aud cup;
He took the lead
In each good task,
“What was his creod ?”
I did not ask.
II ■ i h&rity was like tho snow,
Holt, white and sileut in its fall;
Not like tho noißy winds that blow
From the shivering troos the leaves, a pall.
For flowers and weed.
Drooping below,
“What was his creed?”
The poor may know.
He had a great faith In loave.s of bread
For Hungry people, young aud old,
And hope inspired, kind words he said
To those he sheltered from the cold;
For wo must feed
As well as pray.
“What was his croed?”
I cannot say.
In words he did not put his trust;
His faith in words he never writ;
He loved to sharo iiis cup and crust
With all mankind who needed it.
In time of ueod
A friend was he.
“What waß his creed?"
Ho told me net.
He put his trust In heaven, and ho
Worked well with hand and head;
And what he gave in charity
Sweetened his sleep and daily bread
Let us take heed,
F“T ltfe is brief.
“What waß his creed ?”
“What his belief?”
A Sensible View of Boys.
Anxious mothers, who cherish
the idea that their noisy, apparent
ly reckless boys are liable at any
time to be brought home dead, kill
ed by some accident, carelessly in
curred, give themselves a great deal
of unnecessary trouble. Boys are
by no means so venturesome as is
supposed, and are not fools by any
manner of means. A boy will run
out in the street and stand as if he
would be ruu over. But notice, be
fore he stands ho will catch the
driver’s eye, and ho fears no dan
ger. He climbs a roof, a tree or he
walks a rafter, but he is sure-footed,
and seldom places himself in real
danger of his life. Ho takes his
chances on a slight injury or a fall
there as we all do. In tho winter
boys are unusually timid, and where
one is drowned it is rarely from his
own fault or venturesomeness. It
is more often the result of unfore
seen contingencies.
They jump on wagons, but always
from behind. In coasting, the acci
dent is not often the fault of the lad
or the sled. It is oftener the fault
of a heedless driver of a team.
When a runaway comes along, a
boy never tries to stop the team —
no, he breaks for shelter. Boys
rarely run risks at fires, and a boy
run over by an engine is almost un
heard of. Tho boy who is run over
in the street is not tho Arab, but
the boy with the expensive clothes
on; the boy just fresh from a careful
mother’s admonitions to be careful;
the boy always held in restraint:
who has had “accident” dinged into
his ears so contiualjy that when he
encounters one he falls a victim to
lack of presence of mind, and may
be, the fear of a father’s or mother’s
wrath. So long as boys are boys
they are liable to danger from vari
ous sources; but a hair breadth es
cape is not a calamity. A boy’s life
becomes safer from tho moment he
is badly frightened \jy the danger of
losing it.
Handling Wet Soil. —On this
subject the California Agriculturist
says: Better not do it, because it is
an injury to it—an injury that years
of careful culture can not remedy.
Heavy soil once puddled and packed
when wet, remains so far a long
time. Every step the horses take
on wet soil,' puddles it. The plow
turns it over without pulverizing it,
and leaves a stiff glaze on the fur
rows. Better bo idle a few days, or
even sow the grain without plowing,
and scratch when tho surface dries
off, than ruin or seriously injure the
soil by puddle-plowing. This is the
way that some farmers have of rush
ing through when they get started,
rain or shine, mud or mellow, re
gardless of consequences, is not ac
cording to the dictates of common
sense, and is not profitable either.
Better pay your hired man to let it
alone, than to plow the soil when
too wet.
An Exchange says the read
ing of a good and well conducted
newspaper, even for the spaco of
one quarter of a year, brings more
sound instruction, and leaves a
deeper impression, than would
probably be acquired at the best
schocl in twelve mont’s Talk to
the members of a family who read
the papers, and compare their intel
ligence and information with those
who do not. The differ; nee is be
yond comparison.
$2.50 A YEAR.
An Irrep; essible Pussy-
We liave been trying to lose our
cat. We are somewhat fond of her,
but she bad a way of producing kit
tens every few months in various
portions of the hous e that was 'veiy
disagreeable; and on the evening
when her maternal duties were not
urgent she used to mount the back
fenco and spit, and yowl with a
screech like a fog whistle. So she
became a nuisance, and we deter
mined to lose her. I had a grudge
against my wife’s aunt, and the first
time she came to visit us I gave the
cat to her, and she took it up to
Philadelphia (about thirty miles) in
a basket. There was only one cat
when my aunt started, but when
she got homo there were six. The
cat had kittens in the basket on the
way up. I believe that cat would
have had kittens on the top of the
Baptist Church steeple, if she could
have got there. We had peace
around the liouso for a couple ot
nights; but on the third night wo
were startled by a scream fi om the
back yard like the yell of a Com
manche Indian with the delirium
tremens. I looked out at the win
dow and observed our cat engaged
in an excited argument with anoth
er cat on the smoke house roof. She
had come back. The next day I
traded her off for a bunch of beets
to a farmer from over the river in
New Jersey, and he took her home.
I know then that we had lost her fi
nally, and as night after night went
without any noise, we felt glad that
she was lost for good. A few months
afterwards, as I was going up to
bed, I saw a wet and dragged ani
mal in the hall. Upon close inspec
tion I found that it w T as our cat.
She had swam the river and como
home; and she had just had kittens
on the front stairs. The farmer
subsequently rnado me pay him four
prices for the beets. That evening
she resumed her vocalization on tho
back fence, and from the vigor sho
displayed I judge she was trying to
converse with another cat on tho
other 6ide of the river, two milco
distance. Tho next day I tied a
brick to her neck and chucked her
into the stream. Two hours after
wards she was in the yard again,-
damp, and with a cold in her lungs,
but still inclined to be sociable with
the other cats, and still able to woflc
off a shriek that waked all the ba
bies in the neighborhood. As she
didn’t seem inclined to stay lost I
took her out next morning and
hitched her with a rope to a near
car of tho express train, and in a
few moments she was proceeding
up the track with frightful velocity,
clawing and spitting and hollowing,
as she was carried along. That af
ternoon I drowned the kittens, and’
just as they breathed their last, thh
breakman on the railroad called and
said somebody had fastened my cat
to his train, but he had rescued her
and brought her back, for which
service he wanted two dollars. Sho
seemed to have an unconquerable
indisposition not to remain lost. Sho
w r as not much out of repair. One
of her legs was broken, but her
voiße w r as sound, and while commu
ning with another cat that evening,
she emitted one wjjd shriek which
brought Cooley over to my house
with his gun to ascertain who was
that cried “murder!”
A few days passed when she had
kittens again on the parlor sofa;
and that night I hitched to a couple
skyrockets I had brought and
touched them off She whizzed for
a wjiile around among the stars,
and I thowght I saw the corpse fall
over towards "Wilmington; but tho
next evening while coming homo'
from church, I saw some cats hold-'
ing a synod in the front yard. One"
of them was our cat singed, and a
little discouraged, but still capable
of drowning out all the other cats
in a chorus. She still remained un
lost. —Max Adder.
ggp- A Texas editor is trying to
keep society straight in his town,
and when he sees anything he does
not like, he speaks about it. To one
young woman he says; “We suggest
to a certain young lady of our' vil
lage to hold her peace,- unless she
can talk without trying, or seeming
to try, to shake her chignon when
she wags her tongue. It adds no'
force to her words; and looks out of
place to us.”
■ :
flgf” “Now, then, children,” said a
parish school mistress showing her
children off on examination day,
“who loves all men ?” “You, mis
sus,” was the unexpected reply.
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When two young hearts that
beat as one attend device services
in the evening, it is bashfulness
that leads them to select a seat in
the most rJaeure pew under tlm
gallon*.