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anen amber ifa^ette.
VOL. 2.--NO. 9.
Weekly Timber Gazette, |
PUBLISHED EVERY
FRIDAY EVENING
AT DARIEN, GEORGIA, BY
(U(1IAH! W. GUI Bit.
'OFFICE: —Tirnad Street, Near tke New Offices nf
Messrs. Young <£• Langdon, and J. K. Clarice.
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Special Rates to Yearly and Large Advertisers.
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eordingly.
Communications for individual benefit, or of a
'personal character, charged as advertisements.
Marriages and Obituary notices itotr exceeding
four lines, solicited for publication.' When ex
ceeding that space, charged as advertisements.
Hills for advertisements due upon presentation
after the first insertion, but a spirit of commer
cial liberality will be practiced toward regular pa
trons.
To avoid any misunderstanding, tbe above rules
-will adhered to without deviation.
All letters and commuuicatious should be ad
dressed to the undersigned.
U-M’li VB!1 W. GRI RR,
Tim W-r Gazette, Darien, Georgia.
* JIITY DIRECTORY”"
County Officers.
County Commissioners —T. P. Pease, Chairman, J.
r. Gilson, James Walker, James Lachlison, Itich
■ ard L. Morris, L. Mclntosh, T. H. Giguilliat.
Clerk R. C. C— Spalding Kenan.
Clerk Superior Court —lsaae.M. Aiken.
Ordinary—Lewis Jackson.
Sheriff— T. Butler Blount.
Receiver Tux Returns —S. E. Clarke.
Tax Collector —Allen McDonald.
County Treasurer— E. P. CUampney.
Coroner —John H. Burrell.
The Commissioners hold monthly meetings first
Wednesday in each month.
Citv Officers.
Kx-Off. Mayor —T. P. Pease.
Ex-tiffs. Aldermen —Jos. P. Gilson, James Wal
ker, James Lachlison, It. L. Morris, L. Mclntosh,
Thomas H. Gignilliat.
Clerk and Treasurer —Spalding Kenan.
City Marshal— Robert K. Carr.
Harbor Master —C. H. Steadwell.
Inspector Central of Timber —E. S. Barclay.
Port Wardens —lsaac M. Aiken, John H. Burrell
'and James G. Young.
Jailor —Robert E. Carr.
Masonic.
Live Oak Lodge, No. 187, meets first Wednesday
night in each month at their Hail near the Magno
lia House. E. P. Champney, Worshipful Master,
L. E. B. DeLorme, Secretary.
Schools.
Mclntosh High School on the Ridge. Gardner
Ruggles, Esq., Principal, Aliss Clifford Stanford,
Assistant.
Travellers’ Guide.
The Steamer Reliance, Capt. Nick King, arriv. s
from Savannah every Friday Imorning aud leaves
same day for Brunswick and Satilla Ili)- r. Re
turning, arrives from Brunswick and Sat,lot River
every Saturday night and departs for Savannah
Sunday mornings at S o’clock.
The Steamer Lizzie Baker, Capt. P. Laßose, ar
rives from Savannah every Tuesday eveuing
and departs same night for Brunswick and Flori
da. Returning, arrives from Florida and Bruns
wick every Friday eveuing and loaves same
night foi Savanna'.'.
The Steamer Clyde, Capt. >T. L. Day. ma.,es icg
ula trips up the river to HawkiusviUe and Dub
lin about once a month.
V. s. officers.
Collector of Customs, Brunswick District—John T.
-Collins. Headquarters at Brunswick.
Deputy Collector of Customs for Port nf Darien—
Charles H. Townsend.
Boarding Master—3. 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 in April and November.
Hon. Ileury B. Tompkins, Judge, presiding; and
Col. Albert R. Lamar, Solicitor General.
IT.l T . s. Halls.
The mail arrives from Sterling, No. 1, M & B.
R. R every morning (Sunday excepted) at 10
o’clock, departing same day at 4 p. m. Mail
closes at 3>j p. m. _ .
Side mail for No. 3, A. & G. R. R-, departs at
B>3 o’clock every Tuesday morning and arrives at
gl>. in. every Wednesday-,touching at Riceboro aud
South Newport both ways.
KcllglOHS.
Religious services at tlie Methodist E. Church
•every Sabbath morning and night. Preaching at
the Methodist Church ou the Ridge every Sunday
afternoon at three o’clock. Rev. R. M. Lockwood,
pastor. , ,
Religious services at the Episcopal Church on
the Ridge every Sunday morning at 11 o clock.
Colored Mission at DeLorme’s Warehouse at 3p.
m., and at Ij. K. Walker's office at 4 30 p. m. lor
white congregation. Rev. B. F. Clute, D. D.
Rector.
Regular meeting day St. Andrews vestry, sec
•ond Tuesday of each month, at I*2 o’clock, m.
Religious services every Sabbath at 11a. m., 3 p.
m.. and 7 p. m.. at the colored Babtist Church-
Rev. R. Milliu, pastor.
Religious services every Sabbath at 11 a. m., and
3 p. m., at the Methodist Church, colored—Rev.
•8. Brown, pastor.
PROFESSIONAL CARDS,
W. Robert Gignilliat,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
DARIEN, GEORGIA.
Prompt attention given to all legal
business in the Eastern and Brunswick Cir
cuits, and iu the United States Courts at Sevan
nali, Georgia. apnl .
L. E. B. DeLorme,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
AND NOTARY PUBLIC,
DARIEN, GEORAIA.
ViriLL PRACTICE IN THE BRUNSWICK AND
M Eastern Circuits. Patronage solicited. Oi
bflee opposite Dr. Kenan’s. julj*4 I}.
Stephen C. Deßrulil,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
BRUNSWICK, GEORGIA.
WILL PRACTICE IN ALL THE COURTS OF
the Brunswick Circuit, Special attention
given to the investigation of titles. Jan. 9-tt,
Mi: ■>IC AII \(>TI (E.
HAVING LOCATED IN DARIEN, I BEG TO
tender my profession services to the
CiTIZFXS OF DARIEN
nnd the conntv of Mclntosh.
Nov. 21-6111. GEORGE L KOLLOCK, M. D.
WALTER A. WAY,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
AND REAL ESTATE AGENT,
DARIEN, GEORGIA.
\VTT.T, PRACTICE IN THE SUPERIOR COURTS
’ ’ of the Brunswick aud Eastern Circuits. Also
in the Federal Courts in cases of Bankruptcy, &c.
Particular attention given to the collection of
claims, and tbe examination of Land Titles, ap 25
M. L. MERSHON,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
BRUNS WICK, GEORGIA,
WILL PRACTICE IN ALL THE COURTS OF
I' the Brunswick Circuit aud 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
♦ the Brunswick (’ircuit and the city of Darien,
Ga. Office, corner Newcastle and Gloucester sts,,
over J. S. Blum & Co.’s drug store. Aug 1-ly.
P. W. MELDRIM. s. B. ADAMS.
Meldrlm & Adams,
ATTORNEYS AND
COUNSELLORS AT LAW,
Cor. Bay ami Barnard Sis. Savannah, Ga.
t ' IVE PERSONAL ATTENTION TO CAUSES IN
" ® the Superior < ’ourts of Chatham. Bryan, Bul
lock, Effingham. Liberty, Mclntosh, Tatnall, Scriv
on counties. Practice in the State and Federal
Courts. Prompt attention given to collections.
Reliable correspondence in all sections of the
State, Septv.My.
IE.A 353. SMITH,
ATTORNEY AND
COUNSELLOR AT LAW,
BRUNS WICK, GEO RGI A.
VC ILL PRACTICE IN ALL THE COURTS OF
• * the Brunswick Jadieial Circuit, the Supreme
Court cf Georgia, and elsewhere by special con
tract. Will examine Titles to Land, eject Tress
passers, enforce Liens, collect Claims, and, in
short, make a specialty of all the varied duties
and branches of his profession. aprfftf
GEO. B. MABRY,
ATTORNEY AT LAW
AND SOLICITOR IN EQUITY,
BRUNSWICK, GEORG IA.
| PERSONAL ATTENTION TO ALL CAUSES IN-
B- trusted to my care in the Brunswick Circuit;
and Mclntosh iu the Eastern. Elsewhere by
special contract. junell-Cm
.3. S3. 1.. t6.VK.EIi, 31. SL,
OFFERS HIS PROFESSIONAL SERVICES TO
the public. Special attention given to diseases
OF CHILDREN.
tgr Bills presented first oj each month ..'’©tl
July 11-ly. ;
DR. SPALDIVG
DARIEN, GEORGIA.
(iFFEIis HIS PROFESSIONAL SERVICES TO
7 the 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.
Solicits Patronage,
May 2-lv. _____
WM. M. YOUNO,
JEWBJjEE..
HAVING hail five years experience in the busi
ness, I feel satisfied that I can give satisfac
tion. My thanks to the public for past patronage,
and hope for a continuance of the same.
WM. M. YOUNG.
decl2tf Second Street, Darien Ga.
BURR WIN TON.
CONTRACTOR AND BUILDER,
BRUNSWICK, GA.
TILANS and Specifications furnished on short
* notice. Will contract to erect Buildings in
every style. Also Superintend Buildings at reas
onable prices. All orders left with J. A. Atwood
& Bros Darien, Ga., will he attended to with dis
patch. juiyitf
BARBER SHOP,
—BY—
CLEMOjST SAB AT TIE.
Broad Street, two doors below Scrivcn St.
DARIEN, GEORGIA.
SHOP CLOSES AT 11 O’CLOCK SUNDAY
rrHANKING TnE CITIZENS OF DARIEN AND
I the public generally, for past patronage, I
solicit a continuance of the same, and will .still in
deavor to merit the patronage bestowed upon me
in the future. mar2otf
FALL & WINTER, IS? 4-5
EDWARD J. KENNEDY
3IEKCIIAXT TAIJLOK,
I*2o Broughton Street, Savannah, Georgia.
INVITES the attention of liis former patrons
amt the public in general to his new selected
stock of fine English and French Digonals, Cat
meres and Fancy Vestings, all of the choises.
goods adapted to the season, which will be made
up to order in the most approved tashion. All
goods warranted as represented sepl9-ly
FISK'S PATENT
Metalic Burial Gases.
THE BEST INVENTION KNOWN FOR PRE
SERVING THE DEA D. Also SELF-SEALING
Metalic Oases (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 noods in our line.
J. A. ATWOOD & BROS,
augl-tf (Broad Street J Darien, Ga.
DARIEN. GEORGIA, FRIDAY EVENING, JULY 10, 1575.
PAINTING!
CHRIS. MURPHY. CHAS. CLARK.
MURPHY & CLARK
93 Bryan Street, near Drayton, Savannah,
Georgia.
HOUSE, SHIP, STEAMBOAT, SIGN AND
Ornamental Painters,
GLAZING,
GILDING.
GRAINING,
MARBLING, and
PAPER HANGERS.
We are prepared to offer estimates for every
description q; Painting in any part of Georgia,
South Carolina and Florida, and guarantee satis
faction in the execution of our work. Iu Store a
select stock of the following articles :
PURE ENGLISH 11. B. LEAD.
ATLANTIC and all other brands of Lead,
OILS, VARNISHES, PUTTY, aud BRUSHES.
FURNITURE. DEMAR and other Varnishes
put up iu quart, pint and hall'pint bottles, ready
for use.
GROUND andtENAMELED 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.
PLAIN AND ORNAMENTAL
8 EGN WORK
Executed with neatness and dispatch.
LADDERS! LADDERS!!
Connected with our Paint aud Oil House will
be found a general assortment of Ladders of ev
ery discription, aud at prices to suit purcliaeers.
STEP LADDERS
sold by us will be stained to imitate Black Wai
nut. aud lettered with the perchasers name if de
sired.
Orders from the country promptly attended
to, febl3-6m
BRESNAN'S
EUROPEAN HOUSE,
SAVANNAH, - - GEORGIA.
(OPPOSITE NEW MARKET,)
Rooms, with Board, $2 00 a
Day.
FINE LARGE AND '.TRY ROOMS ALWAYS IN
READINESS FOR FAMILIES AND
COMMERCIAL TRAVELERS.
ONE OF THE FINEST
RESTAURANTS
In the South attached to the House.
JOIIX BRESXAX,
l*ropr!clor.
sepl9.ly
The Savannah Advertiser
PUBLISHED DAILY AND WEEKLY, AT
SAVANNAH, GEORGIA.
COE. N. NICHOLS,
Publisher.
The Advf.htisuh is a jive comprehensive news
paper, publishing the latest News and Market Re
ports from all parts of the country, particular
attention being given to Savannah s Local and
Commercial affairs.
IN POLITICS
The Advebtiseb will be ahold ami fearless expo
nent of tho Democratic Conservative Creed.
TO ADVERTISERS
Unexcelled advantages are offered, our large aud
increasing circulation rendering the Advebtiseb
a valuable advertising medium.
TERMS BY MAIL,
Postage Pre-paid by Publisher
Daily, 1 year $8 00
“ 6 months 4 00
o 3 “ 2 00
Weekly. 1 year 1 75
• 0 months 1 0q
BRUNSWICK
Foundry ant! Machine
WORKS.
P. HERTEL, Proprietor.
Boilers and Engines
MADE AND REPAIRED.
Saw Mills, Steam Boats and General
Machinery Repairs a Specialty.
Always on band,
Sugar Mills, Pans, Gearing,
Etc., Etc.
All work nealty and promptly executed, and
satisfaction guaranteed.
For -ale at the works now, one Sixty Horse
Power Engin j aud two Timmons Saw Carriages,
also two Steam Pumps.
P. HERTEL.
dec Mi Bay Street, Brunswick, o*.
A Paper for Hie People.
THE MORNING NEWS.
TT WOULD REQUIRE THE SCOPE OF QUITE A
* large volume to contain the good things that
are said about the Morning News by its oontera
porariesof the Southern press. It is almost daily
referred to as “The best paper iu the South,”
‘•the leading Georgia daily,” etc., and is gener
ally couceded to bo in all respects a modern
Southern newspaper.
This is the fame that the Morning News covets,
aud no pains will be spared hereafter to make it
still worthier of the confidence and patronage of
the peoplo of Georgia and Florida. The ample
resources of the establishment will bo devoted to
the improvement of the 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 uo
competition within the field of its circulation,
nevertheless no effort will ho considered too ex
pensive that give the earliest and freshest 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 the paper so
popular will he maintained. Tho editorial de
partment will be conducted with the same digni
fied thoughtfulness, conservative vigor, and earn
est devotion to principal that have characterized
it. The racy reliability of tho local, and the ac
curacy and completeness of tho commercial dc
partmerts, will bo kept up to tho old standard,
and improvements will be made whatever they
are suggested by experience.
Tbe Morning News is the only Savannah paper
that publishes the Associated Press and ispatches
aud the Telegraphic Market Reports authorized
by the Commercial Bureau of New York City. Iu
addition to this, the Local Market reports will be
full aud reliable, aud will enable businessmen of
Georgia and Florida to form estimates as accu
rate and as intelligent as if they were in the
city.
In a word, tho Moruing 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 slll.OO
Six months 5.00
Three months 2.50
Tri-Weekly, one year 6.00
Six mouths 3.00
Three months 1.50
Weekly, ono year 2.00
Six months 1.00
Three months 50
Money may be sent by Post Office Order or by
Express, at the expense of the undersigned.
Send for specimen copy. Address
J. U. ESTILL,
mar 27 Savannah, Ga.
Mclntosh county
HIG-il SCHIOOIi.
mHIS SCHOOL will open at the SCHOOL HOUSE
on the Ridge at 9 o’clock, a. m. on MONDAY,
the 19th day of October, 1874, under charge of
GARDNER RUGGLES,
Principal.
MISS CLIFFORD STANFORD,
Assistant.
The trustees desire the prompt and punctua
attendance of all pupils with such hooks as they
may now have.
For further particulars apply to the Chairman
ofthe Board. E. S, BARCLAY.
Octl7-tf Chairman.
ST. THEUS HOUSE.
HOTEL AND RESTTJARANT,
lliiroiiean Plmt.
Corner Broad and Jackson Streets,
DARIEN, GEORGIA.
Board and lodging, fi.no per day.
Meals and Lodging. Fiity Ceuta each, Meals
at the Restuarant can be had at all hours, and
anything called for that the market affords can
be hail at low prices.
Satisfaction guaranteed. The patronago of tho
TIMBER CUTTERS respectfully solicited. My
terms are Strictly Cash. THOMAS THEUS,
mar27-tf Proprietor,
Re Weekly Register.
PUBLISHED AT
Savannah, G-eorgia.
BY
OTTO & HdSltVKI*.
THE CHEAPEST PAPER 111 (lie SOUTH.
ONLY $1 00 PER ANNUM.
JOBWOPK OF ALL KINDS PROMTLY AT
>l tended to. Orders by mail receive immedi
ate attention. Address,
OTTO k HUBBARD,
aprlO-tf 157 Bay St. Savannah, Ga.
JOSEPH G-OETTE,
Undertakers Ware-Room,
137 Broughton St., between Bull and Whitaker,
SAVANNNH, GEORGIA.
\FINE and well selected stock Metalic, Mahog
- ony, Walnut Grained and Stained Cofflny
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
aud shipped. I irders from the country promptly
attended to. Personal attention given to all or
ders, and can be found at any time at the Ware
rooms. seply-ly
Georgia Mclntosh co.
Oblin* Aliy’s Office of said County. )
March 2Uth, 1875 }
mo ALL WHOM IT MAY CONCERN, BE IT
* known that C. A. Space, Administrator ou the
estate of G. A. Space, deceased, kite of said Coun
ty curlys for letters of Dismission. If no objec
tion's filed I will pass upon the same at my office
within the time prescribed by law.
LEWIS JACKSON,
aprlo-3m Ordinary Mclntosh County.
“GEORGIA, McINTOSH CO.
Obdinary’s Office of said County.
JACOB A DAMS, ADMINISTRATOR ON THE
Estate of Hayman Rothchilds. having petition
ed to be discharged from said Administration : all
persons who are concerned aro required, within
the time fixed by law, to show cause if any they
have, why the said Jacob Adams should not be
discharged ace ruing to tho prayer of the peti
tion.
Given under my hand and Seal of Office, this
24th dav of March 1875.
. ' LEWIS JACKSON.
maa27-3m Ordinary Mclntosh County.
Finding Out the Secret.
Mrs. Brown and her gossip, Mrs.
White, were conversing about hus
bands and the Freemasory. Mr.
Brown was a Freemason; and the
fact of not being able to share the
secrets of the order with him made
Mrs. Brown very unhappy. She
was pouring out her grief to Mrs.
White, and saying for the thous
andth time, “I wonder what they do
in the lodge room?”
“I have no doubt but it’s dread
ful,” replied Mrs. White. “But if
my husband was a Mason, I’ll bet
I’d find out what lie did.”
“But how? They dare not tell.”
“Ah! but I'd make him tell.”
“How! oh, how! asked Mrs.
Brown anxiously.
“Hush! I’ll tell you; but don’t
breathe it for the world, because it
is a dead secret.
“No, no: I won’t.”
“Well do you know that tickling
a person’s ear when they are asleep
will make them talk?”
‘No. Will’t though ?”
“Yes. Now you wait till Brown
conies home from the lodge next
time, and have a broom straw in the
bed with you. When he gets asleep
you tickle his car with it gently, and
he will begin to talk about what he
has been doing at the lodge, and in
this way you can get the whole of
the business out of him.”
“Gracious me! You don’t say so,
Mrs. White?”
“To be sure I do. I always get
my husband’s secret’s out of him in
this way.”
“I’ll do it!”
“And you’ll tell me about it,won’t
you?”
“Certainly. But you must never
say anything about it.”
“Oh of course not. I’m very’ close
mouthed,’* replied Mrs. White earn
estly.
So it was agreed upon, and they
separated. But unfortunately Mr.
White had overheard the conspira
cy, and lost no time to inform Mr.
Brown, who laughed heartily over
it.
A few minutes afterward Brown
attended a meeting of his lodge,and
his wife was all anxiety regarding
it. On retiring she armed herself
with a spary from her broom and
wakefully waited for her lord and
master to return. At last she had
almost broken down the veil of se
crecy which had troubled her so
long, and her heart beat wildly
when she heard him open the front
door and come in.
Of Course she preferred to be
asleep and did not see the comical
smile on her husband’s face as lie
turned up the gas and began dis
robing for bed. But he said noth
ing, and in a few moments ho was
comfortably tucked iu and giving
out premonitory indications of ap
proaching sleep.
Then Mrs. Bro.vn opened her
eyes cautiously, and convinced her
self that he had gone to that land
from which sleepy husbands never
return until some time next day.
Cautiously she reached under the
pillow, and took the broom straw
from its hiding place. Then she
reached over carefully and began to
tickle her husbands ear, and he was
all the while doing his best to keep
from exploding with laughter.
Finally he began to talk a little,
and her ears were keenly alive to
every sylable.
“Yes, he must die,” said he. “He
betrayed our secrets to his wife. I’ve
got to kill him—the lot fell on
me.”
Mrs Brown screamed and leaped
from the bed, while her husband,
unable to control himself, gave vent
to his laughter, and disturbed the
neighbors for the next ten minutes •
But they never came to any under
standing about tho strange affair.
She never asked what he was laugh
ing at, and he never inquired what
it was which made her scream and
leap out of bed so quickly.
Mrs. Brown and Mrs. M hite
don’t speak now. She thinks Mrs.
White played a joke on her, and
she seems ta have lost much of her
anxiety regrading the secrecy of
Freemasonry.
Waverly man hid his wife’s
false teeth in the coal shed to keep
her from going to a sociable. She
had to stay at home, but slie wept
and sclireeclied and told him, “I
more gan gaf begeive gou know ah
about my geefe gou migerable bow
legged kief, I coug tear ge eyge out
o’ gour head, gou nagty, mean,
sgeakig migerable sgougrel,” and
so he didn’t have such a very good
time after all.
>jc%,Thc Jesup Georgian chronic
les aii elopement among the elite of
Appling county.
$2.50 A YEAH,
A Vision of Death.
Sheriff Ramsey, at Ellis on the
Kansas Pacific Railroad, got after a
theif with a determination to catch
him or perish in the attempt. Tho
desperate character of the hunted
man was well known. He was a
daring marauder, and having long
lived in open defiance of the law, it
was pretty certain he w T ould not al
low himself to be taken alive. Mrs.
Ramsey, the wife of the Sheriff, was
extremely anxious for the safety of
her husband, and dreamed a bad
dream one night. She was terribly
distressed about it and expressed
the conviction that her husband was
killed. She enlisted the sympathies
of a Doctor O’Brien of Ellis, and
the two stalled out towards Hays;
where the Sheriff w r as supposed to
be in quest of his game. On the
journey the doctor and Mrs-. Ram
sey met a wagon ten miles south of
Stocton, containing the corpse of
the Sheriff, shot through the body
in his encounter with the theif. Tho
sight of her dead husband dethroned
Mrs. Ramsey’s reason, and she is
now a raving maniac. Her dream
was fulfilled in every particular.
Many miles away she saw her hus
band fire the first shot at the theif-,
hitting him. Then both fired sim
ultaneously. The theif fell dead
with a bullet in his heart. Ramsey
fell also, mortally wounded, the bait
having passed entirely through his
body. He lived only an hour. All
these things happened in reality.
Then tho woman saw the wagon
starting with her husband’s lifeless
body in it. When Mrs. Ramsey,
traveling with the doctor, saw tho
wagon on the road she knew it afar
off. It was all very like a dream,
even to the doctor, as he drove
along with the woman, whose vision
was turned in the direction of the
unknown, which she pierced so
clearly. Her eyes are still looking
for the coming of her husband, and
they will look on forever. To her
he is not dead, but coming. She
stumbled over his corpse and in her
mind he rose from the dead.
A Judicious Wife.
A judicious wife always snipping
off’ from her husband’s moral na
tuie little twigs that are growing
in wrong directions. She keeps
him in shape by continual pruning.
If you say anything silly, she
will tell you so. If you declare that
you will do some absurd thing she
will find means of preventing your
doing it. And by far the chief part
of all the common-sense there is in
this world, belongs unquestionably
to a woman. The wisest things a
man commonly does are those
which his wife counsels [him to do.
A wife is the grand wielder of mor
al pruning knife. If Johnson’s
wife had lived, there would have
been no hoarding up of orange-peel,
no touching all the posts in walk
ing along the streets, no eating and
drinking with a disgusting voracity.
If Oliver Goldsmith had been mar
ried he would never Lave worn
that memorable and ridiculous coat.
Whenever you find a man whom
you know little about, oddly dress
ed, or talking absurdly, or exhibit
ing any eccentricity of manner, you
may be tolerably sure that he is not
a married man; for the corners are
rouned off —the little shoots are
pruned away—in married men.
Wives have generally much more
sense than their husbands, especi
ally when their husbands are clever
men. The wife’s advices are like
the ballast that keeps the ship'
steady; they are the wholesome
shears, snipping off little growths of
self-conceit.
Virtue in Whistling. —An old
farmer once said to us that he would
not have a hired man on his farm
that did not habitually whistle. He
always hired whistlers. Said he
never knew a whistling laborer to
find fault with his food, his bed, or
complain of any extra work he wi.a
asked to perform. Such a man was
generally kind to children and tc*
animals in his care. He would
whistle a chilled lamb into warmth
and life, and would bring in a hat
ful of eggs from the barn with
out breaking one of them. He
found such a man more careful
about closing gates, putting up bars
and peeing that the nuts are on his
plough were all properly tightened
before he took it into the field. He
never knew a whistling hired man
to kick or beat a cow, nor drive her
on a running as to the battle. He
bad noticed that sheep he fed in the
yard and shed gathtred around him
as ho whistled, without fear. He
never had employed a whistler
that was not thoughtful and eco
nomical.- E.rrhnnqr-,