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"WOOTEN ft HOYL,
TTOKNEYS AT LAW,
my Dawson,Ga.
jp, n.
jrOKNKT AT LAW,
liinsos, TEaSELL c«., <ll.
Will nnvnpt attention to ail business cn
l.sed to liis »re. , . 21 v.
SIW!?AOriS & COKER,
Vi Lriieys at Law,
n.t ;i \sfi.r, n F.oniii.t.
j StUMO** M»23 ly W. B. C. CCKKR.
JAMES SPENCE,
Vtion Ley at Law.
;|T Ollier At. 'he Co* rt Hansa. fe’<2X ly
Di?,C. A. CHgATH ARB,
I>nv.s»s, UEORCII,
: Went corner of Public rnnare ■
1 »Y"INTES ih* practice of XecKcine in .".11 itirj
tir.inr.lip?.
i-mva 9->po’mT arfpnLton s o t.h<» trpa»m<'nt of hI!
'■ PP*, ..nJtOsV,, irynk
le nnv t»p tv>*v«ol»p»J Ujt aee.
, iwmstfon, nut\ F\*l‘its ; *nrt fcfrvit sis »r> aeon
-Btie*!option es all tliC sy»r»T>foTO«. rtiira?i"»T nf
ic. o*r. t> pv., Ar rt pmrtps’re Ten #>o*-
n Rv rptnni mail bo will forwprl all fct' the.
rwrr? medicines with full directions. 3 ly.
3.0. RAUSHEKBEftC,
\FKF.RA )i»h Professional Serviers to the cil»*
' 7t»r.fl of f)iws>on and fie sirrrtunrtin? country.
"Tice a♦ D.iw.enn lloKrt—vip stair?. fH»2B fi'U*
DR. D. H FARMER,
Ithrlafc HesUicnct of (V. H’m.
BS.SUUs, near Dawson, 6'«f.
T l r tl an experience of fcO Tear? in the prae
’ tice of medicin*, feel* qualified to treat
I ’.aip ha m*.v bt Salted to at'enrt. fel>23 <f
3. * . PERRYMAN,
i- services s o the c't.i
/ 7,"t<i of r>i»v?on and vicinity a? Prfscrlh
\fj Pit f/Hii lan. Office at his Drug Store
tw the Masonic Hall. Also take® this occasion
s, v to his old army friends, who are constantly
? his advice by leUer, to apply to some re
’Ttahle phrsician person'aTlv, where they can
their cases properly examined, and so pre
ihod for. marl6,Sm
j. p aLlen,
UATHI JjSLq AND
E I’ A 1 It KB E W E L E R •
Dawson, Ga.,
B prepared to do any work in his line in the
very host style. fel>33 If
j7«T«7 smTii,
;UN SMITH A.ND
IVlacliiriist.
: l Georgia.
Kt'purs all kinds <jf Quur, Pistols, Bowing Mu
aw*, etc., etc. 2 Iy .
OAWSOX HOTEI,
oulhtecst Corner Public Septare
DIWSON,GA.
t'H. KAVSHENBEKG,
Üb. 23, dm Proprietor,
Cabinet Shop !
ROGERS & BROWN,
V their Old Stand on Df/wf Street*
\ UE prepared to m.inufartwe Furniture, Pitch
.* as tiedsteady Bureaus, Wardrobes, Ta •
'■‘ 3 » Waahßtandß ? etc. We arc also prepared to
Qt up window sash in the best style on short notice.
38E *Wwi, aprl3,6m b. H. brown.
dO! j. martin,
INFERS his Professional Service to the citizens
' of Chickaiatchalchec, Ga., and the
Grounding country.
A Pn' 14th, 1866.
I, A W €A H I>.
j IE UDdcrpicncd have this daj entered into a
copartnership for the practice of Law in the
3 *nor Courts of the Southwestern and Pataula
'cans. Business entrusted to their care will be
'omptly attended to.
™ ißßßotroß, Atneticus, > Wilst G. Parks,
1 Goonr, Ga. f Dawson, Ga. jls
THE DAWSON WEEK EY JOIIRN AL.
New Livery and Sale Stable,
xusaoa soots
DiAWSON, GA.
Dn. w. w. FARmns, wpa goo d
siock, good vehicles, and good drivers, and
is prepared to send passengers to any of the ad
joining counties. Hacks at the Depot on the ar*
tival of each train. f«.b 23 ly
CHEAP DRUGSTORE!
A VENT & ADAMS.
. (Next to Harper & llarham’.)
BAWSOA, . - CiEOUUVA.
VUE receiving and offering to the public, a largo
and complete assortment ot
Drugs and .Tlcdicincs,
All fresh and good. We are supplied with every
article usually kept in a first class Drug Store.
We will sell Drugs, Dye StuflV, paiuts, oils, etc.
For Cash or Produce,
tW" All orders and prescriptions will be prompt
ly attended to. apr 13tf
NOTICE.
ALL persons indebted to the firm of Glass &,
Whitlock will cull on M. S. Glass and close
she same hy qoto. Uthcrwise all accoucis will bo
immediately placed in suit. The businets of the
firm must and will be closed.
April 20-5 m GLASS & WHITLOCK.
NOTICE.
VLL persons indebted to the estate of William
Keel, late of Calhoun countv, deceased, are
herehv notified to come forward and make payment
immediately, and all persons holding claims against
stid ertate are hereby notified to present them in
accordance with law. B. F. BRAY,
apt 13,3 m Administrator.
LAW NOTICE.
H MORGAN will practice in all the counts
• of the South western, in Irwin of the South
ern, Coffee and Apphnsf of the Brunswick, and
mos' of the courts of the Fatoiila Circuits.
Office on Washington Street, opposite the Ex
press office, Albany, Ga. mayll ly
LAW GA!,!D.
r undershroed will otfend to anv legal busi-
I ness entrusted to his care, in Southwestern
Georgia. Office at Outberr, Randolph eo., Ga.
may 11,1 y E. n. PLATT
ED. RANDOLPH HARDEN,
Attorney at lx aw,
J,il.Bm ( t iIIUVHT, <-.f."
T. H. S TEW ART,
it law,
Cnlhbtri, rtuiutntph County, Oa.,
AH buuniws entrusted to his care will be foith
fnlK to, Jane 1,
LT. DOUGLASS,
Attorney at Law,
.Tune 1 C (JTSSrt f «T, G.f.
!. E. HIGGINBOTHAM,
ATTOIiTET AT LAW,
.Tiuri/ct,, Cathonn County, G«.,
Will ptactio* in all the Courts of the South
western and I’a*«uta Oi’c«irs. June 1
T.K.SISrJSED,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
jul,2m* OGIETHOIin:, Ga.
JS T otioe.
VI.L persons indebted to the estate of John J.
Simpson, deceased, are hereby notified to
make pirment, mid those holding claims against
said estate to present them in terms of the law.
May 11-40. W. G. SIM PSOS, Kx’r.
r. H. §HA€KELFOHB
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
CABILIA, Mitchell Cos., iin.,
AGENT fur purchase and sale of LAAD.
June 1, 1866.
HERBERT FIELDER,
VTTORNEIf and Counsellor at Law,
Cuthher f > Georgia—Will practice in the
counties of Randolph, Stewart., Quitman, Clay,
Miller, Decatur, Calhoun, Terrell, and Sumter, and
in the Supreme Court of the State, and the U S.
District Court Tor the State of Georgia. He will
give prompt attentiou to the collection and paying
over of claims. jul,lm
Notice.
SIXTY days after date application will be made
to the Court of Oidia iry of Terrell county for
lease lo sell the land belonging to tire estate ol
Noah Walker, deceased.
June ‘2.5, ’66. D. G. WALKER, Adni’r.
Dll. S. G. ROBERSON,
SURGEON DENTIST,
May 4 Ciethberl, Georgia.
J AS. LAMAR
D. S. BCTLER,
CHEWALLA HOUSE,
eufaula, ala.
mHE undersigned take pleasure in notifying the
TtraXft pnblie, that the Chewalla Hotel, (late
the Howard House of Eufaula, Ala.,) has under
gone a thorough refitting, and is now open for
the accomodatiou of the travelling public.
The preseut Propfietors will spate no expeßßc
to make it a
FIRST CLASS HOTEL.
A splendid corps of attentive Servants have
beer engaged ; and we Hatter ourselves that we
cai nlease the most fastidious. Clive ns a trial.
BUTLER & LAMAR,
2 6m. Proprietors.
DAWSON, OA., JULY SO, 1800.
CEORGIA, <':i 1 lio mi Count j:
"T Whereas, Martha Feutrcaa applies to me for
letters of administration on tile ealute of J. T. i’en
ttesa, l*to of.aaiil county, deceased—
These ate, therefore to cite and admonish all per
sons concerned to tic and appear at mv office with
n the time prescribed by law, and show cause, if
anv axiats, wliy s»id leiters should net be granted.
Given miller my hand anil officialsienatur* this
June 2U, 186 t». Y\ r . E. GKIKEIN, Otd’y.
CIIOUGIA, Culhomi County.
VI \\ hereas, ltuben MeCorquodule applies to me
tor letters of administration on the estate of Win.
11. Martin, lute of suid county, deceased—
These, aie therefore, to cite and admonish all
persons concerned to he and appear at my office
within tlie time prescribed by law, and show cuuse,
if any exists, why said letters should not issue.
Given under my hand ami ufficinl signature this
June 19, 1886. W. E. GRIFFIN, Ord’y.
_A-nd SOLD
illlOKGl.t, Terrell 6'oiiuiy:
VI \\ hereas, J. ii. Avent applies to me for letters
of dismission from the estate of William Avent,
late of said county, deceased,
These are therefore to cite and admonish all per
sons concerned tn be and appear at my office with
in tlie time prescribed by law, to show cause, if
any, why said letters should not lie granted.
(liven under my haLd and official signature, this
May U, IS»$. T. M. JONES, Ord'y.
f GEORGIA, Terrell County :
V_A Whereas, W. J. Parker applies to me for let
ters of distension from the administration of the
estate of J. M. F rarer lute of said ccu.itv, deo'sd,
These are, therfore, .to cite and admonish aii
peisons concerned to be and appear at my office
within the lime prescribed by law, and show cause,
if any they have, why said letters should notissue’
Given under my hand and official signature, this
Aprtl 11, 1806. 6in T. M. JONES, Ordinary.
f ' I.OStGiA, Terrell County :
V I WhereHS,-Abrah nn S ißS'ir applies to me for
letters of dismission from the estate of R. jj.
Hooks, late of said county, deceased—
These are, therefore to cite and admonish all per
sons concerned to be and appear at my office with
in the time presciibed by law, and show cause, if
auv exists, why slid letters should not be granted.
Giveu under my hand and official signature, this
May 11, 18C(i.- T. M, JONKS, Ordinary.
/' HOKGIA, Tyrrell, County:
VT Whereas, Louisa Powell applies to mo for let
ters of dismission from the estate of J. J. Powell,
late of said county, deceased—
These are, therefore to cite and admonish all per
sons concerned to be and appear at my office with
in the time prescribed b-y law, and show cause, if
ant exists, whv said letters should not be granted
Given under iuj hand and official signature, this
May 11, 1868. T. JI. JONES, Ordinary.
-Notice.
SIXTY days after date applications will be mede
to the court of Ordinary of Tertell county by
Haly Johnson, Administrator de benis non, for
leave to Sell lands belonging tat the estate of fletb
el Haynes, deceased. U AI.Y JOHNSON,
ouiy 6th, 1866. Adm’r.
TERRELL SHERIFF SALL
ON THE FIRST TUESDAY IN AUGUST next
will be sold before the Court House door, in
tha town ol Dawson, Terrell countv, the follow
in property, to wit: two lots of land Nos. (211 and
215) in the third district of or iginal Lee, now Ter
rel Gout tv, Tevled on tlie ptoperty of Cornelius J.
Tomer under a fifa issued from the Superior Court
ofTerre) County in lat-or of Seth K. Taylor. Prop
erty pointed out.by Plain tiff.
„ JOHN R. TANARUS, GRICE.
July 3rd.—iS6G Dept. Sltff.
OIJTiI D L iiT II o tto, it;
Outhbert, Ga ,
Hotel, formerly known as the ‘ Kiddoo
I House, ’’ is now open and prepared to accom
modate ail who may favor Us with a call. Tue
nuhlic may rest as.sored that _no pains will be
spared to i emler the guests comfortable,
ijt rTTTt m \ 12>T ,T-C
will he suppHtid with, the best the market ami the
couotrv afford. An expeiiesced caterer it .a been
secured, whose whole time will he devoted to tlie
procurement of Cill&tiS Os Cl'fi'y lies*
rrlpiittn. Polite aud attentive gervants, neat
Rooms,’ Si>id Fair, and moderate charges will
surely satisfy our guests
V. W. BOISCLAI.T & ILKO.,
Cuthbert, Ga , May 11,ly Proprietors.
MONEY ADVANCED
ON COTTON.
I WILL buy co«sn of the coming crop, and ad
. ranee on it now—to be delivered in Dawdoo
or Americus by the drat of November wit.
maj 25,2 m K. &&• IsOYLI^SS*
PLANTATION FOR SALE.
rpilE subscriber cflors for sale his plantation, ly-
I iug in Calhoun county, two miles tram Mor
gan, containing six (600) hundred acres of land
one hundred and fifty acres cleared and fifty dead
ened. VVMI sell crop, slock, and provisions, If de
sired. There is sixty acres in cottou—the balance
in corn, Ac. The plantation is all fresh, and very
healthy. W. D CHENEY,
juntß,tf Morgan, «*.
DR. C. T. KEENEY,
RESPECTFULLY tenders liis professional ser
vices to the pitmens of Dawson and vicinity.
Prompt attention given to all cases entrusted to
his eare. Particular attention paid to Small Pox
Office in rear of Dr. Janes’store. june22,ltu
PATRICK & HAVENS,
Wholesale and Retail
BOOKSELLERS. STATIONERS.
And General News Dealer*—Triangular Block,
Cherry Street, JtMucon * Ga» 2 ts
MASSLNRt ru; fcisO.N.
DRUGGISTS,
JVlacon, - • • Georgia.
r EE attention of Dealers is invited to this old
JL and reliable houee. may 18,6 m
FINDLAY & WIANCHAWS,
Wholesale and Retail Dealers In
Fauuy Family Groceries!
WINES, LIQUORS,
CIGAR. 3 , TOBACCO,
FRUITS, NUTS,
GANDY,
G-enerally,
Secoßd St., opp. First National Bank,
May IS, Sm MACON, GA._
WAfiT WOOTEN,
AUCTION k COMMISSION MERCHANT,
Dawson, Geo.
| LL business entrusted to hi» pare wifi refceive
>\ prompt attention. References: E B Lovless,
M H Baldwin, Dawson,.Ga ;J W Fears, Maroc,
Ga Butler A Peters, Atlanta, Ga. t Irwin A Har
dee,'Savannah, Ga. june2»,«nJ
WIIAT Tin; RVGI.IRUK TOLD.
lam an engineer. Ever sincollio
road vus laid, I’ve travelled over it evei v
dny, or nearly every day. of my life.
For n good while I’ve hail the same en
gine in charge—the Ban Francisco—'the
prettiest engine on the road, and ns well
managed if I say it, as the bush
It was a foulh-western road, running
we’d ray, from A. to Z. At A. iny good
old mother lived ; at Z. I had the sweetest
little wife under the sun, and a baby or
two; and I .also had u dollar or to- put by
for a rainy day. I wss an odd kind of tt
man. Being shut up with the engine,
watching with all your eyes tnd heart and
soul, inside and out, don’t make a man
talkative.
Mv wife's name was Josephine*, and I
called her Jo Some p ople thought me
unsociable, and couldn’t understand how
a yuan could feel friendly without saying
ten words an hour. So, though I had a
few old friends—dear ones, too—l had uot
as acquaintances as most peop'e, aud
dtd not care.to have. The house that held
my wife and babies was the dearest place
on earth to mu eAcept the other bouse that
held my old mother up at A.
I’d never belonged to a dub, or mixed
myself up with strangers in any sneh way,
and never should, if it hadn’t Jjeen fur
Granby. You see Grauby was one of the
shart-holders, a handsome, showy fellow.—
1 liked to talk *.o him, aud we were fiends.
He ofen ratio from T. to A., and hack
again, with me, and once he said :
‘‘You ought to belong lo tlio Scientific
Club, Gudden.”
“Never heard of it,” said I.
“I am a member,’’ said he, -AVe meet
'once a fortnight, and have a jolly good
t me. Wo want thinking men like you.
We have some amongst us now. I'll pro
pose you, if you like.”
I was fond of such things, and I had
id as that I fancied nrglit be worth some
thing. But then an engineer don’t have
too many nights or days to himself, and
the club would take one evening a fort
night from Jo I said :
“I’ll ask her. If site likes it, yes.”
“Ask wlnin ?” sad he.
“J 0.,” said I.
“If every man had asked liis wife, every
man’s wife would have said, ‘Can’t spare
you, my dear,’ and we should have had do
cltfii at all," said Grandv.
But I made no answer. At home I told
Jo. She said : .
‘,l shall truss you, Ned ; bul you'do love
such things, and then if Mr. Granby be
long-', they must be superior in’on,"
“No doubt," said I,
“It isn’t everybody who could he made
a member, said Jo. “Why, of course
30U must say yes.”
tie I sa:d “yes,'’ and Granby proposed
mo. Thursday fort ight I went with him
to the rooms. There were some men with
brains there, some without. Tlie real bus
iness of the evening was the supper, aud
I'd alway-t UetMi a temperate man. 1 ac
tually did net know what effect wine would
have upon me; but coming to drink more
of it thau I ever had before at tlie club ta
ble, If and it put the steam on. Af er so
many glasses I waited to talk ; after so
many more I did.
It seemed like somebody else, the words
were so lofifiy My little ideas came out
and wero listened to. I math; sharp hits ;
I indulged in r partee; I told stories ; I
even came to puns. I heard somebu ly
say to Granby; ‘By Geo’go, that’s
a man worth knowing ! I tliopgld liini
dull at first.’ Yet I knew it was better to
be quief Ned Guelden, with liis ten words
an hour, than the wine-made wit I was.
I was sure o£ it when, three hours after,
I stumbled up stairs nt homo to find Jo.
waiting lor nte, with her babe on her breast.
‘‘You’ve been deceiving me,” said Jo.
T’ve suspected it, but 1 wasn’t sure. A
scientifiic club couldn't smell like a bar
room.”
“Which means I do,” said I, waving in
the middle of the room like a signal flag at
a station, and seeing two Jos.
‘’And look like one,” said J 0..; and she
went and locked herself and the baby in
the spare bed-room.
Oa club night, as I was dressed to go,
Jo. s ood before me.
“Ned,” said-she, “I never had a fault to
find with you before, I’R say that. You’ve
been kind, and good, and loving always ;
but I should be sorry we ever met il yon
were to go on this way. IXn’t ask mo
what I mean. You know.''
‘Jo.,” said I, “it’s only cn club nights.”
“It will grow,” said she.
Then she put her arm about my neck.
“Ned,” said she, “do you think a
a thing so much like a bottled-up and
strapped-down demon us steam is, is fit to
be put into the bands of a drunken man ?
And some day, mark my words, the time
wiH come when not only Thursday nights,
but all the days of the week will be the
same. I’ve often beard you wonder what
the feelings of an engineer who has a! out
the same as Inurdercd a train lull of peo
ple must bo, and you’ll know ifyou don’t
blop where you are. A steady hand and
a clear head have been your blessings all
these years. Don’t throw them away,
Ned. If you don’t care for my hove, don’t
ruin yourself.”
My little Jo. ! She kpoke ftom her
heart, and T bent over her and kissed her.
“Don’t'be afraid, chi'd,”X said; “I’ll
never pain you ngmir”
And l meant it, but at twJve that night
I fell that I had forgotten the promise and
try resolution.
"l cWfldu't go home to Jo. I made tip
my mind to sleep on the club sofa andleave
the place for good next day. Already I
fit my brain reel as it never bad before
lb an hour I was in a kiud of stupor.
It was liicrning. A waiter stood ready
to brush my coat. 1 saw a grin on bis
black face. My head seemed about to
burst; my band trembled I looked atmy
watch ; 1 had ju-t five minutes to reach the
depot.
Jo.’s wo ds ctm.o into my mird. Was
1 tit to take charge of the engine ? I was
n>t fit to answer. * 1 ought to have asked
some sober man. As it was, I only taught
my hat and ru-hed ewtty. 1 was just in
time.
The San Francisco glittered in the
morning min. The ears were fit rg rapidly-
From my post I could hear the people
talking—bidding each other good-bye,
promising to write and to come again.—
Amongst them was an old gentleman I
know by sight-one of the shareholders;
he was bidding two timid girls adieu
“Good-bye, Kitty—good-bye, I.ue.” I
hoard him say ; “don’t he nervous. The
San I ranoise lis the safest engine on tlie
line, and Guo’den tho most careful engin
eer. I wouldn’t bo afrakl to trust every
mortal I love in a hatch to their keeping.
Nothing could htppcn wrong with tlie two
together.”
I said, “111 get through it somehow, and
Jo. shall never have to talk to me again.’’
After all it was easy enough. I reeled us
Isp ike. I hoitrd tlm sigmrl We were ofl.
Five hours from L. to D ; five hours
hack. On the last 1 should bo m j self
ttgain, I knew now. I miw ,a led flutter,
and never guessed what it Was until we
were past the flag. I heard a shriek, nnd
we had passed tlie down train at a wrong
pluce. Two minutes more nnd wo slum Id
have had a col inn in. Somebody told me.
I laughed, 1 beard him say respectfully :
“Os com so, M r. G uolden, you knew what
you were about.”
Then I was alone and wondering wheth
er I should goslowor or fas'or. I did soine
tirng, the cars rushed On at a fearful rate.
Ihe same man who had spoken to me
b fore was stundidg near me. I heard
some question.
II iw many ntilrs cn hour, were wo mak
ing I didn’t ku tw.
Baltic, rattle, rattle! I was trying to
slacken the speed of tho Sun Frnneifco. I
could not remember what I should do.
Was it this or that? Faster—only faster.
I was playing with the engine like a child
Suddenly there was a horrible roar—a
crash ; I was flung somewhere. It wag in
to the water. By a niirracle, I w»s only
sobered, not hurt. I gained the shore ; I
stood upon the ground between the track
afid the rivers edg 1 , anti stood tkere gazing
at my work.
The engine was in fiagmentv, the cars in
splinters ; dead, dying and wounded were
strewn around, m< n, women and ehiidren
—old age and tender youth. There were
groans and shritks of despair. Tlie maimed
crcfd out in pain ; the uninjured bewailed
the r dead; and a voico unheard by any
other, was in my ear whisperring, “mur ;
derer I”
The news bad gone back to A n and
people oatuo thronging down to fiud their
friends. The dead wire streebed on the
grass. I went with some of the distracted
to find their lort ones. Searching for an
old man’s daughter, I oame to this: a place
under the trees,*and five bo ’ins lying in all
their rigid horror—an old woman a voung
one,a baby, and two tiny children. It was
fancy-pure fancy, horn of mV, anc')ish.«t.fu>«
my 01a mother, my wile, my littTe children :
all cold and dead.
How di 1 they come on the (rain ? What
chanco had brought• tl.ir about? No oce
oould answer. I groaned, I screamed, I
tore my hair, I gazed on the good o’d face
nf her who had given me birth, on the love
ly features of my wife, cn my innooent
ehiidren. I called them by name; there
was co answer, There never could be,
and as I comprehended this, onward up the
tra <-k thundered another traiu. Its red eye
glared upon tue ; 1 flung injaclf before it,
and felt it crushirg me to atoms,!
“His head is extrccady hot,” said some
body.
I opened iny eys and saw my wife.
“How do you fesl?’’ she said, a littlo bet
ter ?”
I was so rejoiced and astonished by the
sight of her that I would Hot speak at first.
Sbo ref eated the question.
I mu-t be crushed to prices, Ia aid, for
the train ran over me, but I feel no pain.
“There he goes abeut the train again,”
b'-iid my wife. “Why, Ned.”
I tried to move,—there was nothing ihe
matter with me, I tat up. I was in my own
room; oposite to me a crib, in whieh two
children were asleep, beside me a tiny bald
baby head. My wife aid uiy children were
safe 1 Was l delirious or could ii be ?
“Jo,” cried I, tell me what has happened.
“It’s Bine o’clock, ratd Jo. “You came
home in such a dreadful state from the olub
that I could’nt wake you. You wasn’t fit
to manage steam, and risk people’s lives.
The San Francises is half way to A ,
, and you have been frightening tne to death
with your dreadful talk !’*
And Jo. began to cry.
It was a drean;—only an awful dream.
But I had lived through il as if it were re
ality
“Is there a Bible in the boose, Jo. ?”
said I. ,
“Are we heathens ?” asked Jo.
“Give it to me this moment, Jo.
Sue brought ii, amd I put my hand os it
and took an oath—to solemn to repeat hero
—that what had happened Dover should
oocur again. It never has. And if the
j San Francisco ever cutties jo grief, the ver
i diet will not he, as it ought to be so often
| —-The eto/inrer teas drunk.
The Latott or WojiKif.—A womnn has
ho huturuf- gift more b witchii g than a
sweet laugh. It is l.ke the sound of flutes
on the water. It leaps from her in» clear,
sparkling rill; *nd the bea t that hears it
feels as if bathed in the cool, exhilarating
s ring. II ve you ever pursue lan uufer
ceeti fugitive through trees, led on by a
fairy laugh— now here, now tl e c, m w lost,
now found ? We have; and we are pdf
suing that wandering voice to this dav
Sometimes it comes to us in the midst of
care, or sorrow, or irksome business, and
then we tarn away and listen, and hear the
evil spirit of mind. How much we owe
that sweet faugh ! It turns pros* to poe
try ; it flings flowers of sunshine over the
dvrkness of the wood in which we are tra.v
eling; it touches with light even our sleep,
which is no more than the image of death,
but ts consumed with dreams that uro the
shadows of immortality.— Prentice.
thij Last kcRRA-Tiaa wofxuu
TU« Intrepid Lover uitd tin* Hash'
Groeetjr.
COPYRIGHT BISCt'RED.
cuapthii onk.
“I'll steal the heart of the old man's dsrlrr.”—
(Oldfelluw.
A young grooer of gord character aud
oorreet habits, commenced business in n
good and improved neighborhood. iTis
Htock was small as Wore h’a means, and his
stock of customers still muailor. . Jtiia sales
hardly met his esper sts, and was evi
denfly going “Juwn hill,” aud an old grocer
on the opposite corner, predicted that ho
would soon be at tha bottom.
The young grocer had reason to regret
this opinion of tho old grocer, as will ap
pear. The latter ha 1 a daughter that had
won the heart of tho former. Ho oft red
himself to her and was
done however, with tho assurance that he
was the man of her cheioo. and that she
acted in obedience to her fathera commands.
Assured of the affections of the woman of
his choice, ho set himself about removing
tho obstacle in the way of their union—the
fathor’s objection to bis pecuniary prospects.
CHAPTER TWO.
A “presto change” conies orcr them both.
[Deservedly »nouvmou3
A year elapsed, and lo ! what, a ohauge !
The young grocer now going tip hill, with
ilto power of a steam locomotive, customers
flocked to his storo from all quarter-, nnd
even many had loft the old established
stand on tho opposite oorucr, for tho young
favorite. There was a mystery übout it
which puzzled the old grooer si rely, and
which he could not unravel. He at length
became uearly sick with losses and aggrtiva
tions and with vain attempts to discover the
secret of bis neighbors snceet?.
CHAPTER THREE.
“I’ll relent—come to my arms I" (Never written )
At this juncture, Angelica (for that was
rbo daughter’s namrj contrived to bring
about an apparently accidental interview be
tween the parties. Alter the old man had
beooma, through tb j intervention of the
daughter, tolerably good humored, he in
quired with great earnestness of the young
man tow he had contrived k> effect so much
ia one year, to thus extend bi3 business, oud
draw off the customers from the older
stand ?
Tho young naan evaded an answer; but
Inquired if he bad any further objections to
his union with Angelica.
“None," replied he, “provided you reveal
the secret of your success to me.”
This the young mai promitod, when his
happintss was made complete. The old man
commended his prudence on this point.
Tho affair was settlcd,aßd the marriage soon
took place.
chapter vovjk.
“A secret most misterious.” —[duller il- 01-uh
customers of the two stores- Angelica and
Thomas looked as happy and as well as
could he, and the old gentleman was, if pos
sible, happier titan they The weding take
was about to be cut, when the old man call
ed out for the cecret.
“Aye, the secret— the secret 1" exclaimed
fifty others.
“It is a very simple matter,” said Tl.onias
“I apVKBTWe!”
Tlie old man was a very old fashioned
man, and while ho shooK Thomas hourtily
by the hand , and kissed Angelica fifty times
over, he merely muttered, “Why the dick
ens didn’t I think of that ?’ !
Tlie Mad Slone.
A Ridhmond, Virginia, corespondent of
the New York Times states that a gentleman
iu opo of the iufccrior counties of the Old Do-
recently, whil-t having a ditch dug
diseftvered a quan'ity el’ stono resembling
the Pouto or Mid Sit-no, Ho reHt pieces
of it to a physician iu Halifax, with the re
quest that he would give it a trial. No
case of hydrophobia preset.ted it self; hut
one day last week a negro man while gath
ering hay in a fidd was bitteri by a copper
headeg snake. ThoDegro immediately tied
his suspender tightly around the arm, abovo
the bite, and swiftly sought the aid of iho
physician. When he arrived at tho office
his amt was already greatly Swolcn and
gave him great join, although but a very
short time had elapsed since the bit©. The
physician promptly applied the Mad Stone,
wnioh adhered firmly to the arm for several
moments when it dropped off. Tho pain
of the wound was Oontlderahly assuaged.
Tho stono was soaked in warm water aßd
again applied. It was not long before it
dropped off agaiD, and the third time, it ad
hered but a moment, the bandage was re
moved from his arm, atid the negro returned
to his work, the bite was’ now hannhsi, al
though less than tw«| hours after the snake
had struck him.
If the stone thus extrao.s tho poison from
the bite of a snake as it does from that of a
rabid and why may it not do the same
tbiog iu other cases of poison, reasoned the
physician. Experimenting further lie sub
sequently applied it to venereal blossom
with the same result.
It is believed that ehlsidfSnMe quantities
of the Mad Stone are to bi: feund wttere tost
the Doctor, in this case,had, came from.' If
this be so, steps ought to be takoa te place
as much of it as pmsiblo in the pots sseub of
tho medical fraternity. g[ eennsn» have
beet) left with an eminent, chemist iu New
York for an at »ly is.
At an examination in the College of Sut
geons, a candidate was asked by Abernathy,
“what .would you do if man was blown up
with powder ?”
“Wait till he comes down,” he ctoly jre
plied.
“True” replied Abernathy, “and supnge I
should kick you fortuch an impertinent an
swer, what muscles would 1 put in rnotipu ?”
Tbe'fLx rs and extensors of iny aims, for
I wou'"d knock you down immediately ’:**
He received a diploma.
Why does a Man injure biß stainre by pn
oouraging the growth of Lis whiskers? Be
caueo bo lAgios to grow ioten
VOL. I. SO. 24.
A l'leMlEjt liu ifteot rtf flic War.
Now and their a little smile brinbteo*
War and ? rlru Yi» ; ag-\ like a flub of sunlight
yi an angry Jay. 1 remember one that
!iZ Li f i t? and ,ls g unrrß0 ‘yP’’- Ho ameni
° ’■/ Barc »o/ew, how prooiotn they
.. L . k, 1 I :t m ° ?*ve you one apocitnou of
that fttOe touch of nature, whioh iMikt*
the whoJt world aii*.”"
Dues on a time, the thiid Ohir, belong
ing to Straights coniuiiud catered a towti.
on route ror Itichinood, prisoner- of war
\\ orn down, famished, hearts heavy and
and kna pi sets light, they were herded like
dumb driven cattle, to pare the night. A
regiment of the fifty fourth Virgmaia, being
camped near hy, many of tho men oatne
st.roiing about to sec the sorry show of poor
swpperless yankees. They di 1 not st y long
however, but ha*tenci bnek to camp, aa4
returnod again with o 'ffeo kettles, oor.t
,ro . —.fye best they had, and
straightway little lire* began to twinkle, ba
con was suffering the martrydom of tb«
Saint -of the gridiron, and the aroma of ooff
e ~ ro . Be fragrant cloud of a thanks
ofr ‘ring. Our huugry boys ate and wore
satisfied; and for that one night our coni:
mon humanity stood acquitted of the heavy
citargerd total depravity with whioh it id
blackened. N:g!;t ea ye on and otlr boys
departed.
1 he prisoneis in dtl* time were cxchang
etl, and by and -by they oamped within
rifleshot at Kelly Ferry, on tha bank of
tlie ronnessco. But often around the oamp
fires I heard th ft[n talk of the fifty fourth
V irginia, hoard them wonder where they
were, uni dismissed the chance that they
might ever meet, When they diseu sod
the damnable “Johnny rebs,” tho name of
one regitnent you may be sure was tucked
a-way in a snug place, quite out of therangh
of hard words. And now comes the sequel
which makes a beautiful poem of the whole
of it.w
On the day of the storming of Mission
ary Ridge, among the regiments taken pris
oners was the fifty-fourth Virginnin, and on
Friday it trailed its way across the pontoon
bridges gnd along the mountain roadg hino
milts, to Kelly’s Ferry. Arriving there,
it *e t’ed along the banks like wasp s , await
ing the boat, heme of tho Ohio boys wire
on duty at the landing when it arrived.
“\\ hat regiment is this said they; and
when the answur was given, they started tp
tho camp hike quarter horses, and shouted
as tbev rushed, the 54 h Virginaia is at the
Ferry !.—the camp swarmed in three min
ntes—treasures of oeffee, tobacco, ruga-;
beef, preserved peaches, overy thing was
turned out in force,, and you may beloivo
they Went ladened with plenty at tho dou
ble quick to the L-rry. The same old srßnd
and yet how strangely changed—the tviink
link fires, the greatful iueense, the bungrf
captives; but hosts and guests had obuiigi 1
plaoes ; the starlit fold floated aloft fiftLii
bonnie blue flag, a debt of honob was paid
to the utmost furtLiog.
And there it was that horrid war studied A
human smde, and a groatful gentle 1 ghk
flickered f. r a moment at the point of the
bayonet* And yeb should the fifty-fourth
Virginia rotura tomorrow, with atths in
their in hand to the Tennessee, Ihb fid.
Ohio would meet them on the bank,
them foot by foot, aud beat them back with
rain so [.ittiless the rim would run red.
False Calves, tiosyus akd I’iami’Eß?.
—A Mississippi "paper has the following;
The Lise -calves tire rendered necessary by
the now style of “tilting hoops,” which go
very fur toward exposing what ad
only elrpatued of, or existed only in imagi
nation. In tiie language of an exchange .
“These e«lve» are not a fleeting i-how,
For mart’s illasion given,
Tlrey're filled with brand, or stuffed filth tow*
And swell about a fool 01 80,
And look first rat", by bea veil.”
I The ful e bosom- are made of fine Vl'iro
|in tbo shape of a biros n et, with a sinall
spring m them, teally look and foci
quite natural
The plumjiers are. fastened on the teeth
in such a manner as to make the face lbok
round and plump, and are calculated to de
eivo tho unsuspecting. Voting gehtlemaii
need have no fears us regards the Indian in
this section—they are all right and nHed
no artificial fixins—but we do ad vim them
never to inarry a Yankee girl xvilhcilt a
full inv sis gallon.
OOBTOF War “Givt me," says a recent
vogorows Writer, “ tße money that has been
spent in wir, and and 1 will purchase every
loot of land upon the globe. I will clothe
every man, woman ana child in attire that
kings and queens would be proud rs. I
wilt build a school house upon every hill
side, and every valbty over the whole habi
table eaith ; 1 will supply that school house
with a ccuipelaut teacher; I will build an
acadamy in evey town, ard endow it, a col
lege in every fill it with able pre
professor*, 1 will crown every hill with a
church consecrated to the promulgation of
the gospel of peace; I will support in its
pulpit in able tVacher of righteousness, sc
that on every Sabbath morning the chime od
one hill should aatwer the chime on andtk
er around the earth’s brcajd ciremufcrencr,
and the voice of prayer and the eot>g of praiso
should ascend like a nniversil holocaust to
llc*aveb.”
“My wife,” Buid u wag tho other day
“came near calling me honey last night!”
Indeed I how wa^that?
Why, she called mb tfld beeswax.
“Como, Bob, how much have yoti
cleared by your speculations ?” said a
friend to hie eompanioh.
“I loured answered Bob with a frown
* why, i’ve cleared my packets.”
A negro mm about dying, was told by
his mini te- that he frtiwrt forgive a certauf
dm key against w hom ho seemed to enter
i tain very bitter fee ings. “res, gab,” be
; replied, “If I dies, I forgive dat Lig; hot if
I I gets well, dat nig must take eare.”
False Ueth are obj c iouable bnt not *d
much s6 as fake tongue* behind them.