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Professional Cards.
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HAWKINS &. BURKE.
^ttornoya «t Xaaw,
Amencua, Georgif.
Jno. D. CARTER,
ATT«H5*T AT Uff,
Americua, Georgia.
i .(iicc iu Americua Hotel building, corner ol
i*uiar sud College ntreets. may 18 tf.
C. T. GOODE,
Attorney at Law
AMERICUS, GEORGIA.
tr Office over W. T. Davenport's Drugstore.
nlvVltf
JACK BROWN.
A ttoruoy At Liaw,
americus, ga.
a a. Office iu Court Uouso with Judge Stan-
f.,1 feb 16 tf.
N. A. SMITH,
Attoru oy at X* a w,
W ILL practice iu the Courts of Sumter and
a.ljoiuing Conn ties, and iu Circuit Court of
tr office on College street, next to Republi-
ftn office. feb M tf.
SAMUEL LUMPKIN,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
OFFICE UNDER BARLOW HOUSE.
AMERICUS GA.
ecroxT ornur
HAWKINS & GUEBRY,
Attorneys-at-Law,
AXZKICCfl, OX.
uflrr their pr»fe«pit>ual services to the public.
Kill couuuuo to practice in Sumter and adjoin
ing counties, ana iu United SUtea Circuit and
1'wtnct Courts at Savannah. Particular atten-
I,u jjma to collections. _ Office—comer College
juhS-tf
over Oran berry A Co's.
Little Nell.
A little hand and little heart
Pressed tightly to my owa
A tender, loving smile through whidt^A
The light of Ileavea shone; ^
Sweet, eager words frpm the parted lips.
And many a loving hug,
Was given to Me as we sat there,
Near the fire, on tho rug. RxJ
’T was Just at dusk, that pleasant hour
That just precede* the night;
The Mow was falling fast outside.
Within the fire shone bright ;
And baby Nell, scarce throe years ©W,
Had waited, so sho said, . .
A "long, long time” , for Undo Frank.
And soon must go to bed.
How fast ahe talked! That littleteiigl%
Ifow seldom It wal'atill; T I
That baby laugh, as clear and simS^T ;
As the rippling mountain rilL
Her playthings lay unheeded ney.
Spread out npou j^e leer ; _
“1 am so glad you’ve cosae,” she itU^'
"Now tell see just one mace.”
v ' “
"Oh what!" IsaitL and laughed to set
Her merry, roguish look;
"You know," aaid she. a story, sir.
Like what is in my book ;
About that old, good-natured bear,
And Tom, the pipers son.
The baker’s man that made the bread.
And the boy that stole the bun.” v
•So there we sat and chatted thus.
And listened to the storm ;
We watched the snowflakes coming dosri
From our cornersnugand warm.
And pretty soon those little eyes
Were sweetly closed in sleep.
And, dreaming of the "pipers son/*
She lay in slumber deep.
O! loving, trusting childish heart.
May you ever be as now;
May innocence and purity *j|A^
E’re grace that baby brow. ' f
God, keep her safe within thy eare;
Sustain her with thine arm;
So shall our darling little Nell
Be free from earthly harm
There are still about two hundred and
fifty Seminole Indians in Florida. The
Rev. Dr. Collier, a Methodist Missi< snary
among them, reports that they liave
made some progress iu the arts of civili
zation. They have a correct though
limited idea of the Creator, and of a fu
ture state, aud they have a sabbath which
observed as a day of rest. Tho. men
dress very poorly. The women have
calico skirts reaching from their waist
to the ground, then a sack meeting the
skirt, bnttoning in front and completely
veiling the person. They also wear sus
pended from their necks, rolls of varigat-
ed glass beeda weighing from three to
five pounds, and from one to three rows
of silver plates adorn the breast of each.
NOBODY’S BOAT.
Phillip Cook:,
Attorney at Law,
AMERICUS. GEORGIA.
W ILL practice in the Counties of Macon,
Sum Ur, Lee, Webster, Hchley aud Dooly.
Aim, in thr Supreme Court of Georgia
•r Omic* in Waxelbaum'a Building Next to
DR. D. P- HOLLOWAY
DENTIST.
DR. WILLIAM A. GREENE,
AMERICUS, GEORGIA
C ONTINUES to serve his friends of Americus
and surrounding country in all the depar
lacLU of his profession. aprl5-ly
Dr. J. B. HINKLE
W OULD again tender hie services (in all the
branches of the Profeeaion) to the good
l*->i le of Atoencue and Bom ter count!, ana eo-
b<nt« a continuance .of the liberal patronage
heretofore bestowed upon him.
•r special attention given to Surgery.
Hutd-quartera at the Drug Store of Dr. E. J.
rUdrtdge. Residence in the house known as
tbc Foster house, nearly opposite A. A. Adame.
June 8tf
medical card.
friends and the public generally, that he
-j removed his office to the room ” *
wowii’s Confectionery eatablisht
rniicc L ading to Masonic HalL Whore ha will
t found at all times, unless absent on profas-
duty. Ii« solicits bis old friends and the
Dieted generally to call on him, promising *
t at every case to the beet of hie ability.
How my dour, meek old friend, Mis
tress Martin used to apeak of her 'Unde
Sim!’ To hear her yon would have
thought ha moat be an angel; yet be was
simply ohd of those nondescript savages
of the ‘good old times,' whose word was
law.
Uncle Sim, however,—I would not do
car Miss Mary’s uncle injustice for the
world—tJnde Sim was undoubtedly, a
grand specimen of his class and period.
When pacing slowly between the fami
ly canvass which hung in Mistress Mary
Martin's old fashioned dining room,
sho would pause, and tell how that lady
mb. blue aatiu, wi£h Abe tortured waist,
litgh‘powdered head) pinners, feathers,
flowers, lappets ruffles—despite them all
—looked not only a dignified but a most
lovely woman—Mistress Mary would tel),
with os much pride as could enter into
her lowly nature, how that very lady
might have eclipsed my Lady Castlc-
maine, and displaced "poor Nelly,
she had not been true to her own noble
I nature, and determined to show the li-
centious Stuart that his court possessed
at least one high-born and pure woman,
who could be the faithful friend of his
ill-used wife.
Indeed Mary Martin could give a little
history benestir each of her ancestral por
traits.
But when she came opposite the bluff
and haughty semblance of » gigantic gen
tleman of the early period of George the
Third, one foot advanced, aa if to crush
—and a hand grasping a riding whip,
if to slay—Thunder seated on his broad,
resolute brow, and lightning flashing
from his blue ox eyes—she would clasp
her eyes as if before a shrine, and whis
per ‘that—that, my dear, is Uuncle Sim
It was a fine picture, and full of char
acter, developing much of the man be
sides his features.
The favorite greyhound, crouched
with fixed look, before that detenniueued
tyrant; the horse held by a painful, peui-
teut looking groom' in the back-ground
—seemed as if fresh from the hands of
‘O'Snllivnn, the Whisperer,’ the ‘Rarey’
of the period ; the very leaves dropped—
the peacock on the distant pedestal had
a dragged look, though his neck was a
mirccle of color—the hill and house and
wood iu the distance were all toned down,
to throw out the figure—all in the fact,
exoept Uncle Sim, were in ubeyance;
while he, the triumphant hero of self-
will, looked as bluff, as determined—no,
certainly not as Bensnal as, but more
blushing’ than—blunt ‘Old Harry’ him
self.
There was u ‘Come on if you will’—
‘Contradict if yon dare’—expression
his defiant face, which made you expect
that somo day he would step ont of the
canvass and knock you down ! It would
have been impossible to feel tranquil
even safe near that picture.
‘Did yon live long with Uncle Sim,
Mistress Mary ?’
- ‘Yes, my dear.'
•Did yon lore him V
5
tree, and then he woqjd give a halloo,
apd they were certain to be well pelted
by Uie faffing fruit. Mia halloo was like
thunder.’
‘Dear Mistress Mary, did he not make
you nwrbns Y
‘I have read,' she answered coldly,
‘that those who have always lived near
Kiagrara never heed the roar of the falL
I was with Undo Sim from boyhood, so
I suppose I' became nsed'to It; but we
had an old cook who declared that Unde
SimVvoioc broke the drum of her ear;
so he gave her a pensicBLV
He does not look like a man who
could bear contradiction.* '
Mary Martin turned her eyes on me in
mute astonishment. At last she repeat
ed—’ * ‘ ■ 1 ,l,l i
Contradictionhe was never contra
dicted but once, and in those days gen
tlemen wore swords, so Uncle Sim ran
his contradictor through thelbody.’
mpossible not to start at that,
and Mary .quickly added :
‘The man should not have provoked
him—he knew that Uncle Sim was very
impulsive ; dear Uncle 8im was so noble,
he told him that if he died he would
the door step he had seized Nobody’s I Hole in the Pocket.
liftrf it ov'r th. rtu^- .. cu . r , M „ Mid in Uo Jin. Wonl.,
hold, ud pUoed U>. Krcat lull m ( , heU lor fire ,
T U “ 8 U 'Jyw lh f P 00 ' “ f6S - one evening, -I wttt to do . little shop-
tiT J, He then thre. Wk the covenng r to . morrow . C . n -, you ,. t m6 h.ve
of white crape, and the low, plaintive J' m onev
irulol .youngchild flowthrough the ^ d x j cau ,-
WL yncle Sim .toggered l»vk u \ ^ D „ fortt> do .i T dru.ingout
thoogh he hmd been “Iio 1 “ his pocket-book. “How mnch do you
oath. Swearing was one of his ways ;
hon«ntnoWm:itWMnomorethMif .. How mach CIU yoo 8p „ e r *Xed
you Midi hod Mid. -Deer me!' -Oh, ^ D , nforlt , milUig .
my! -Lmik-^yl Nothmgmore. “Well, I think I cou do pretty well lor
He did iwee the oath, and enehum |0 . ni lit W U1 twenty-five dollar,
that he was done, and by a woman. answer ?"
■The wml continue, aud hi. triend -Yc." replied the lady, uo cheerlully.
went to lift the child. Upon which Mr. Danforth settled him-
Another oath, with a warning not to ^ ^ iQ ^ and Uying
touch it. .... . ,,, the bills Irom his purae acrosa hia knee
I have earned >t ovm the thnnhold (q CQQnt tLem Pre3eutl , hB M „ np and
it wwmyeurtem child-.t » mine now 1 fte wlu ^ , Ueu Lo
IH P*y her for her cralt! SheHtallnev- looked (boat Mm wilh , ,„pleaed «r.
*’ ln " k '* " lh “ *“ ! 1 “Why. Bailie," he said. “I thought I
had more money than I have, I surety
did have more when wo closed the store
‘Sialic, I, declare, I believe we min t
invent some way to be more economi
cal”
er look it in the face again !
•She will never need to,’said the gen
tleman. ‘She has looked at it her last
Th. great atroug struggled > to the much huve now V" a.ked
table, and .1 hui turner w» exctoble it ^ ^ ^ change
w« nothing U hm gnel. He re^ th. (he cUeer(al o( h „ voice .
marry his widow, hut he reoovered, and lew lme. which the dying mother had ..why. I’ve only got twenty-five dollars
they became such last Irieudi, indeed, placed on the bosom ol the little lnlaut alU) t)ier ..
he If was who so often told me the little when she consigned it to its strange era- ^ w mlK . h jjj lUnt , ou
incident) m !^|jpdy'a^oat.’ J( . die. He lifted it to hia heart with all Lj
Mistress Mary had shown me the re- a mothers tenderness, aud in that heart ,.j tLionwli11 had thirty, lor I remem-
maina ol a very laneilul little boat, bear- he kept it to the last moment ol hia stor- oJ tUng it in my pocket-book.—
ing the name, in a great overshadowed my exiatence. He had never asked who wh „ re UB thut extra five have gone ?"
pend not lar Irom the house. It was had placed‘Nobody's boat'among tho „p er hapayou spent somo on tho way
most carelully preserved beneath a abed, lilies; and though I cannot understand ^ 0 hae rv ed Mrs. Dantortli.
and she had promised to to tell me its how auch a glory ol a man could love „jj 0> ^ not mao h ; 0 «ly a trifle,
history. 1 ^ . and cherish such a weakling as mvaell L met wifli. and Parker iu eighth sUect
‘Let oa sit here,’ suggested the mild yet so it was. No matter how excited he ^ we droppcd into Brooke’ and took a
old lady, ‘then you shall hear.’ became, I had ooly to touch him with duh of OJrtert- ..
•Undo Sim had ail elder sister, who, | my hand, and whisper ‘Uncle Sim,’ and | „ Ana acigat or two> .. aaggMt ed Mrs
i still i
% momout.
early days he loved very mnch; ho
though they never lived happily together,
for they were too much alike to agree— I From the MiwiMippi Pilot
desired to have hi*or her own way. I Tlie Murderer Kulofl.
Of course, it was tho sister’s duty to sub- This man was on the 18th hanged by I dowu ?” suggested Mrs. Dauforth.
mit to the brother; but she did not think | the neck until he was dead. He was | "Well, yes a glass or two. But that
I Danforth.
"Oh, of coarse ; but that was nothing,
I yon know.”
"And a glass of wine to wush tho oys-
Now think ol Mary Martin-L, gentle,
and timid woman—gentle beyond gentle-
- * — h. _■ .* « ,1 jAWa.lilria InW.
It b not often that n man is called to
suffer from successions of bereavements
such as have fallen to the lot of the Rev.
Dr. Woolaey, President of Yale College.
In 1843 he was called upon to bury ona
daughter and two sons during the same
month. In 1832 he parted from wife
and daughter. In 1861 a son and daugh
ter were removed within a month’s spaoc ^ #***\ v -
iv of these singular providences oc- ness—so dove-eyed anfrdorfJs^puv-loT-
coring at regular interval* of nine yeurs ing that tornado of a hdypn®-
eacli, he occasionally remarked that, al- ing! I know that woman frequently
though he waa not superstitious nt all, ho cling to their tyrants aa if ‘tyranny and
dreaded 1870, UnfortunaUy. hb most ‘protecUon’ were synonymous terms s
gloomy foreboding must then have ex- and Dlat if woman b what the world
perienced complete relaxation, for not calk ‘unforfunpldy**he mothertff^Wild,
only a brother and sister but two favorito havT-bwincd, »elfi*h;*camp--Kvery wor-
daughters were followed to the grave. ryiug •whelp’_ofj!»o do
Dr. S. B. HAWKINS.
JJT OFFICE at Dr. Eldridg©’* Dru« Stor*.
lu wikruf near tbs Methodiut Church. I much good sense and truth in the re-
•galn iaodar tha goad peopl* of
■loicncoa and country generally.
Notice.
«P!1E Diatrict Court fcr WeUter eoooty will be
X beUl ou tb. HcipxD Momuil in .very month
l"* BLOUNT,
j. D.C. 12th Diet.
afi«r the third Monday in
»P 21 tf
'• McLxroaua.
McLaughlin & Burt,
DZSNTFZ0TS*
AMERICUS, GEOBGIA.
AFFICE on Lamar 8tr#at, ovor C. W. Mdet
V Abon'aatore. Patronage aolkitad. Prices
lUiWKinabla. Terms CASH. ay»«m lm‘
;ks of a modern author, that no man last,
r prospered in the world without tho
co-operation of hb wife. If ahe unites
in mutual endeavors or rewards hb labor
with.an endearing smile, with what con
fidence will bo resort to hb merchandise
or hb farm, fly over lands, sail npou the
[ meet difficulty, and encounter dan-
ger. if he knows ho b not. spending **•
strength in vain, but that hb labor will
BROWN HOUSE,
Urtnt of Paxeenger Depot, Mxcon, Ga.,
W. F. BROWN it CO.,
mjl2-5m. Proprietor..
bit moQtblol
■jmpatb/xing
To the Gitizens of American
s cooxideratioo of tho dullnees of ibo timi
h»Tc from this date reduced my prfcaa-
ibc!
HiUHPOOINO “
HAIK CUTTISO
bVUiQ MUSTACHE
_ a. Wilson
«■■—»> SIMMn Emm, by
feel-
How HdUMTTra Mam to Pat a* .otb.' Ma by v.
Sixo 8wo.—The mode of punishment veloped saints, she will quietly but Arm-
iw in Hinir Sing prison b this : Th« ly attach herself the more strongly to the
sinner; tell you—and believe it—th*‘
noose it round the thumb* ol a prisoner *he is not understood;’ that the father ^
and then draw him up by the cord on* his brothers ‘misympaUuzmg,
foot from the floor, and let him hang; end if ho becomes very bad indeed,
there till he faints. They have a con- that hb unhappy family daily expect a
vict now under punbhment whose keeper visit from an ‘inspector’ on his account:
ha. hung him up in this way three time* ff lie w ‘cut’ by every one, ande-voided
! - v * lib once Assochdcs, then thA poor
woman will abandon all for him. and
him hang an hour and ten minute*,
have been told that the Doctor says *h»t
if he had been loft hangingthere five min
a tea longer be would have been a dead
man. After being taken down tho priso
ner b put in a dark cell, in which planks
laid on the flags, with holes bored iu
them and pins driven in, which stick up
herself to atrophy with care and
weeping for the worthless
Certainly,women have many weakness
es but their chief b a sort of affectionate
obstinacy. They will adhere to whatev
er b unfortunte and eveu wicked, with
unreasoning tenacity that yields to no
power save that of death.
iwILree inches. The priwner h«» to While .nell thought, puml wpidly
stand on these pine in hie itockiogs. or through toy mind, Miatrcw Maty » eye.
lie duwn upon them. ' -ere fixed onXb. pWure rnth a depth.ol
> memory anti love that , was to me perfect
Co-orEiuTiox or •m+Xh**.—Thereb ly wonderful
‘Bqw handsome ha was ?* Ahe said at
inch a savage, fierce beauty,
that I only anewered by a question—
‘Washe?’ ' ’ ‘ 1 ' * .
•I do not wonder at yoar asking,’ she
repUed. gentle as ever; there was a no
ble determination—a firm! less—a will—a
power in every action, io ^which no paint
er oonld do justice.*
‘Indeed 1* I exclaimed, wondering
She married a man he had forbid- born in 1819, at St Johns, New Bros- cost five dollars you know.”
den her to speak to, and disgraced her 1 wick. Hb parents were honest respecta- j jj ow Danforth did not know, and
fsinily by a union beneath her. One ble people and gaTe thb son such educa- ,be did have her suspicions ; but like
feud brought ou another—her husband tionol advantages as their means would w i Rti little wife, she kept silent, and let
died as she vras about to become a moth- allow. He early showed a desire for jj r Charles go
and Uncle Sim offered to settle a j reading and digested the contents of all •* Where can the money have got hid
handsome income on her (her husband I the books that fell into hb hands. He awa y ? i’ m 8U re I had it, and I’’
had squandered all her fortune) if she wag ver y ambitious, wishing to enter a aacked every pocket
would give it under her hand that tho profession which tho limited means of “Perhaps there b! -perhaps there b!
she married was a scoundrel and 1 bis parents precluded. He commenced —eagerly cried Charles, beginning to
she begged Uncle Sim to forgive her.’ business as a clerk iu his native town aud turn hb pockets wrong side out. "Yes
'Surely,' I exclaimed, ‘let her husband his employers were twice burned out —j^t as I expected. Here is a hole,
be what htnwould, she could never con- while he was with them. He then enter- uu a that bill must have slipped out of
sent to such a declaration ?’ I ed an Attorney’s office, where he acquir- m y pocket and got here. Look, Sallie, I
She would have died rather.’ ed a rudimentary knowledge of the law ghall have to get you to sew it up.”
‘So best.’ and the rules of practice. Several rob- Sallie obediently looked, and could
The child was boro, and she was dan- berries were committed iu the vicinity of hardly restrain a smile as she saw Charles
gerously ill. She wrote to Uncle Sim—’ hb office, the gentleman under whose wit h such an innocent face, hold ont the
‘Well?’ • ° tuition he was studying was a victim and p^j-et in which indeed there was a hole,
'Uncle Sim was a very firm and deci- charging Ruloff with the crime, prosecu- but so exceedingly small a one, that, by
ded man—he loved hb sbter but loved jej him proved him guilty, and he was no manner of means, could a five-cent
hb word better. She wrote once more— sent to the penitentiary for two years, I have made its way through, much
it was to tell him that her child should he was lost to hb friends, after hb release a j^ge bill
never cross the threshold, unless he car- until 1842, when he turned up in Dry- ..j don’t see how it could get through
ried her over in hb arms. After thb no j en , New York, where he commenced as 1 8UC h a sma U hole,” she could not help
dared come near Uncle Sim for a a laborer but hb ready address and aayjng.
whole day, and then he called all the display of learning opened the way to a I "But it must, yon see> because there
servants together and forbade them, on position as drug clerk. Being of a rest- TU no D tber way," argued Charier., log-
pain of immediate dismissal, ever to nature he soon left that and next ap- j *.j declare I’m sorry, Sallie, for
mention hb sister's name in the house, or peared in the the role of teacher in Dry- j s b a p have to cut you off with fifteen
bring him any letters or communication den. He courted and finally married a j 0 Uars thb time. I’m obliged to have
from her. Uncle Sim was very anxious Miss Harriet Schutt against the will of ten to pay a tux bill iu the morning.—
to get tho water lilies, yellow und white, ber parents. Soon after hb marriage he Qan’t yon get along with fifteen ?’’
to grow ou a sheet of water which at that I moved to Lansing and commenced the "I most, I suppose," said Mrs. Dan-
time waa nearly under the breakfast room practice of medicine, and here poisoned j ort b f w ith a light sigh,
bindhfir,'and to prevent their being dis. amo tber aud her child. One evening "Well, that’s a good girl Here then ;
turbed he ordered the boat for duck m j uno 1845, be came to his home and rm to gj ve y0 u so little ; and, if it
fowling to be removed—the water was just suggested that hb child was sick, pro-1 hadn’t been for that unfortunate hole
where the sunk garden is now. One cee ded to mix some medicine, which the m y pocket, you should liave had more.
morning Uncle Sim came down to break- mot ber refused to allow him to administer "Yes, 1 think it must have been the
fast as usual, and the friend who met the infant. Thb was certified by a ho le in your pocket," said Mrs. Danforth
with the Little accident I told you of was neighbor’s child who happened to be in M 8 h e arose to put her money away.—
staying in the house. Uncle Sim—as the house. The next day the blinds of -jbe peculiar einphasb in her voice caus-
you might kuow by the formation of his Buloff’s house remained closed until y e j ber husband to look curiously up at
fine blue eyes—was very short sighted, o’clock, when he went out aud borrowed I p er . p u t the calm, sweet faoe told him
While looking over letters and discuss- a wagon aud took to the 4 cemetery a large not bing, so he speedily forgot the tone
ing their coffee, he perceived what c best containing the mangled remains of glie hmi use d.
seemed to him a very little boat close to bb wife and their child. He came back ^ Danforth, tastefully dressed
the shore, among tho water lilies. I in a few days and reported that he had j j or tbe street, passed through the hall
‘What is that ?’ he inquired. left hb family in the country, but upon nex t morning, she picked up a tinny bit
It looks like a boat,* answered his examination of the matter he was charged q{ w bite paper, which looked as though
friend, who did not dare to say it was w jth abducting hb wife, convicted and m j g bt have fallen from her husbands
sent to Auburn for ten years, and »u L^ket the night before. It appeared to
185G on hb release he was arrested f° r I be a little memorandum, or something
murder, tried and sentenced to be hang- of t b a t sort, and smoothing ont its cram-
w . . ed. An appeal was taken however, and pled fold8> Mrs. Danforth read it:
‘Nobody’s! thundered my uncle— proceedings stayed for a short time, da- j ji. Danforth,
‘How came it there ? r
Indeed sir. nobody knows.’ j the counivance of some of thejauor*| •• ctyrsrs
‘Why was it not removed ?’ family and with him went the jailor, a
‘If yon please answered Jabez, the but- promising young man of eighteen. Ru
ler, who knew Uncle Sim and his way j 0 ff afterwards turned up at Meadrille,
well, aud consequently got near the door; I Pa., where he committed several burglar 1 ri .__ _ H
•if yoo please sir we did not think it was ie>t was arrested and after a short time I ^ ^“ty*of curios expressions as she
quite right.’ released. Ho was then lost track of until liip | iMle paper into her purse.
‘Of course, it was quite wrong; remove about 1861, wheu he was sent to Sing r y, ^ 8ho to berself, "I think
it instantly.’ . Sing for two years for burglarly. While ^ ^ aTe discovered the hole in Charles’
•Yes sir I only there’s something in it.’J i n prbon he mode the acquaintance of I
Uncle Sim seized the telescope which I Dexter, who with the jailor, afterwards j drew another little sigh, and then
always by on the table, and looked shared -all hb fortunes. These three weu t down about her shopping
through it towards tho lake. precocious villains formed a copartner- j ntunt on ma king fifteen dollars go as far
•I see nothing,’ he said, ‘but tho man’s 1 *bip iu tho city of New York and led a I ^ pngaible.
_ cheat that sold me that glass—it b good I thieving life from 1864 to 1870. On the Mrs. Danforth said not a word of her
for nothing. I have not paid him for it, night of the 17tli of August, of the ^ discovery ; but she was a sharp little
end never will until he comes for hb named year, they entered a store, and meant to follow it up. Char-
a '’‘ , V vras a careless fellow, and left hb
‘I try to do as well aa I can Charley."
‘I know you do, dear. You’re a good
little Sallie, and I don’t mean to scold.
But there b an awful teak in our expen
ses somewhere. I find I havnt made
near so much thb year as I ought to.—
And'we must try to stop it, you know.”
You think it b the household expense
then ?” said Mra. Dauforth dryly.
"Of course ; must be you know; for
where else . could it be ? It is toy own
private Income ; so it can*t be through
the business. I don’t have an extrava
gant tailor’s bill—”
‘No ; bat I am afraid your hole in
your pocket sometimes,” interrupted
Mrs. Danforth, mischievously.
Why, what do. you mean ?” asked
Charles, in real, unfeigned surprise.
Oh, only trifle^!—wine, oysters, cigars,
occasional trips down the river, tickets,
to the theatre, and all that"
"But, Sallie, you wouldn’t have a man
give up all hb pleasuies, would you.?’’
"No; but when he wonts economy
practiced iu hb family, l*d like to have
him practice it himself.”
"Well, I’m sure I do. What I spend
for those things b a mere nothing, Sal
lie—a mere nothing, I assure you.”
Without reply iug Mrs. Danforth rose,
went to tho secretary, and unlocked her
writing desk. From it she took a thick
roll of.Amall papers, and brought them
to Charles.
There 1” said she ; "I found all these
just where you happened to drop them
the fioor, under the grate,
wash stand, anywhere and everywhere—
—and they tell me that in little
four months a mere nothing has cost you
four hundred and fifty dollars. Look
for yourself.” -
Charles took tho papers without a word
spread them out before him, and slowly
looked over them, one by one.
When he had flubbed he rolled them
up again, stuck the roll iu his pocket and
sat silent for a while, lookiug into the
fire with a very peculiar expression on
hb countenance.
Weil,” asked Mrs. Danforth, smil
ing, have yon found the hole in your
pocket ?
Charles got up from hb seat, deliber
ately walked over to Sallie’s chair, and
stooping down, kissed her pretty mouth.
There, Sallie, said he, "if you will
never say another word about that, I
will get you the handsomest present I
ean find.”
‘And you will mend the hole iu your
pocket ?” asked Sallie, rogneishly.
Y’es, I’ll promise that. You won’t fiud
any more holes, Billie, that you
sew up with u needle and thread.’
Now reader, hunt for the moral, and
may heaven speed the quest
TIIE WOOSTER MYSTERY.
Auecdote of Saul, tbe Banker.
Archibald Saul the wealthy banker,
was well known on Change in hb day.
He was a small, wiry man, keeu and
shrewd, and a great stickler for form.
His clerks were aware of his preebion,
end failed not to do their work according
to the rules and forms laid down. One
day Saul called his private secretary and
dire cted him to write to Mr. B-
(From the "Wooster (Ohio) ltepublu-iui.
The evil spirit, or It, haunting the
house of Mr. David Hofiman. in the
tubutbr of-Wooster, continues in its tur-
bnleut ways, and remain* a mystery. It
b tha theme of conversation and specula
tion amoug all classes of the city, and
creates the sensation of curiosity, amuse
ment or fear according to individual
tern perament Practical people charge
tha t tho so-called manifestations aro the
legerdemain tricks of the living female
members of the family, but thus far
have no facts to sastaiu the. theory,
although considerable detective ability
has been exercised.
The family indignantly deny, and with
plausible argument assert their innocence
and invite investigation by tho hundreds
who visit their house. They state that
they, are aa much confounded at what
plead) a» other pawon*. aud an*
very anxious to be relieved of their un
known malignant enemy, who is rianing
them financially, and iu every uiauuiT
giving them the greatest discomfort. —
They are afraid to sleep in seperate
chambers, aud therefore bed in one room
frequently disturbed and frightened l»y
unearthly noises. Nothing they possess
appears safe. Clothiug, furniture und
provisions alike disappear. Crockery
wore flies to pieces ; five dollars’ worth
of lard, a quantity of butter, eggs und
several other things pertaining to the
larder . unceremoniously disappeared
lately.
So many persons are -constantly cull
ing at the house that the family admit
bnt few ou account of pressure. About
three hundred were refused last Sabbath.
occasion, several were declined
admission because somo spiritualist;;
were at that moment deep in the mystic
rites of holding a "circle,” to which
faith it is kaid, Mrs. Hoffman is almost
persuaded, having no other 1 articular
religion. 4 j
Tho evil genius of her house, she
sometimes is constrained to believe, is
the spirit of her'deceased sister, who
died in Holmes county, Ohio, a few
months before it begau operations.—
Again she immagined that it might be the
ghost of her father ; yet thinks he
wouldn’t have the heart to liewitch her
family. And so on, nntil mony are under
suspicion of not being as good ns they
might be.-
Iu fact, for "ways thut are dark,” the
operations at the house are peculiar. M r.
H effmau, who is a common place man,
and one well known for many years in
Wayne county as nn upright citizen,
cannot see through tho millstone, rd»
though himself a miller. He wants to go
away for It never molests him only when
he b with hb family, when the spirit busi
ness b above par, cultiug up his clothes,
purloining his money which he works
f- ■* . .. * a. 1.:
Uncle Sim rang the bell
‘Whose boat is that ?’
•Nobody’s, sir,’ was the reply.
a Breolu A Co., Dr.
ring which period ho <mH through i Mlf ^ friMda.:.~ --•J-00
■ “ 1 jailor, .. c«.r» •• “ *
Deceived t
l payment.
Brooks A Co.
Little Mrs. Danforth’s pretty face wore
a rising merchant and importer.
"Write,” said the banker, "that I have
transacted the business which he intrust
ed to me agreeably to hb wishes.”
The secretary at hb desk, wrote, and
when the body of the communication had
been completed, he turned and asked,—
"With what form shall I close tho let
ter, Sir ?** ^
‘You may place,” said Sanl, "/ luivr
the honor to he yours."
Yes, sir.”
‘Ah! Wait. Tell me.—Has Mr. B
—settled his accounts to date ?”
‘Yes, sir. Hb accounts were settled
promptly and cheerfully.”
‘Ah ! Then you may place—I hat
tlie honor to he your very humble servant.
'By the way,” said the secretary', "I
forgot to iell you that Mr. B has
chartered two new ships, and hb ventures
are not only brilliant, but safe. He b
regarded by the knowing ones
of remarkable abilities.”
Ab-ha! Indeed ! Place quickly—
I have the ltonor to be, Sir, with the higest
consideration and respect, your Humfde
and very Obedient Servant /”
be rewarded by Uxe *w«eU of home.— ^e r^uty mast have Been.
Solitude and duappointment enter the ‘And what a voice he had,' she contin-
^iatovj tf • tasi/s lif^Jip^Al^ie.tfclt^alf ced; q t W aslike a speaking trumpet. ^
l!TasMdate ^tar*happr^hours, while tor .w£en the masons were puttin g up&! ^ I *®*Some of the paper* are calling the
_ioney 1 Ah! ah ! let the scoundrel come J an( i being attacked by a clerk, killed
for hb money!’ I him. The noise aroused tho town, and
It was exceedingly droll to hear Mb- the citizen* started iu pursuit of the
tress Mary Martin repeat Uncle Sim’s murderers, and run them into the Che-
violent language in her little meek, soft I nango river, where Dexter and Jarvis
voice ; it was a* if a wren imitated the (the jailor) was drowned, and Buloff cap-
scream of an eagle. tured. He was convicted and hung,
‘Why don’t you go instantly and re- refusing all prayers, and cursing every-
move fftJbbdy’a boat 7 repeated Uncle body to the moment of hb death.
Sim with terriffic calmness.
new steeple to the parbcfcnriih at hi* ex
pense (fee hb generosity was unbounded)
he shouted out *omething to them about
0-Ceptai* N. Douringaex, - • patriot- itein^mrity, and they mid the vibra
te Spaniard, >ba* drawn some public at- thm threw down the ete
tention to himjell bj frying tho on *
tongoo ol opotriotlo Cohan. Hoh.il’■
lor bntUut
t&.Nev Haven bout, ol A boo*-'
chotfnut tree that blowouts on ooo aide
only o*o yew, on the btheraida the next
yew, for •U wotMirt'yMnJtoiitben
interrupt, tho regularity by blooming all
over os the .event* yew.
ateeple; two men
UBed, but dwa HneU Sim provi.
U^naeantly for their -widowi.’
- -Wlrntn-vote, ho mint howel'
•Ob; indeed, it n whntmightbe
voieeo in thee* degenerate d»jm Whwi
ever he tmlted me jiut rimpty Mery-tho
whole boew ebook. Ho often. Ihnro
been told, nmowd huviritorein notomn,
by getting Ahem under an «pple orgiew
door in liis lmnd; only there’s something I o( ft,, woman-anlfrage women
in it that squeaks.’ j ^ , h; . , Delaware man write.:
It w«i well he knew Uncle Sim’^way* ben Sunday, tlmt i. .gay old
for before tbe door was closed tha tele- Ubicken—hall bantam. 8he Used to lay
scope retried against it, and tell broken eggl >nc j batch them during the lint five
to tho ground. Whenerer Undo Sim ber lile. She then ceaaed to
rtnaalted anything—o aidebmul, or * win-1 b.y—changed her manner and looks to
dow, or . man, or a looking-glam—it re* I yjoee ol a rooster, and now Crows lor day
newed hia strength and spirit. and all day, Oghta the other rooelera,
cowardly crow !* he exclaimed, “they I hntes with tha bena.“
think it’s something enperoatnrel. No-
body's boat,’ indeed, rll eoon find out I u eatimatedthat there are 255.000
retried through the hall likoapieoe I * kmhm 8
of artillery, and belore hi. bind
in the United States
without counting the-whool
notes and memorandums lying around
loose, and whenever she found any of
thorn, instead of tossing them into the
fire, she carefully saved them, and laid
them away for future reference. In the
space of three or four months she be
came almost alarmed to see what» pile
of these little papers she accumulated.
The hole was a great deal larger than
she b*d imagined. But she said not a
word on the subject.
One night, only • few days before
Christmas, Charley returned from the
store with » perplexed face. After sup
per was over, and the children goue to
bed, of sitting down to read or
chat to os was his wont, he took
his pencil and expense book, and began
to make calculations,
Mra. Danforth, sat*, at her work, quiet
ly observant, bat laying nothing. Alter
a long while, Charlie laid aside his pa
per * n A pencil, drew a long sigh of re-
lUf, and broke the dreee:
The Breaking of a Wedding Ring.—
An article in Chambers* Journal on mat
rimonial superstition contains the follow
ing :
•The breaking of a wedding ring is a
omen that the wearer will soon be left
widow. A correspondent of Notes and
Queries found this fancy current in Essex
few years ago. A man had been murd
ered in thatfoountj, and his widow said
"I thought I should soon loose him,
for I broke my wedding ring the other
day; and my sister too lost her husband
after breaking her ring. It is a sure
sign!” Such superstitious notions ore
far more prevalent than one would sup
pose, and the school master will have
work hard and long before they are
tirely eradicated in our land.”
Boon Weak Woman.—Miss Busan Nip-
sr, who lives in a small tenement,
lone woman, was quite "flustrsted” the
other morning by an early call from
bachelor neighbor.
'What do you come here after ?” said
Miss Nipper.
'I came to borrow matches,” he meek
ly replied.
'Matches I That’s a likely story. Why
don't you make a mutch I I know what
you come for," cried the exasperated
Virgin os she becked the the Bachelor into
a corner. "You came here to hug
kissmealmosttodeath 1 Bat you shan’t,
without you’re the strongest, and Jit
Lord knows you ml"
hard for, and taking away liis provisions
which he provides for liis family. All his
good clothes are goue. His old working
suit lie protects from the destroyer l»y
placing it under liis pillow at night, liis
money—what little he lias—lie saves by
wrapping his pocket-book in a handker
chief which ho ties around liis body un
derneath liis shirt. He remains with tlie
family because of their beseeching tears
to stay as the protector. They
become almost frantic with grief if the
old man offers to go. He is a kind fath-
and a good husband ; und, if tho out
rages upon him ore committed by mem
bers of his family, it would be ungrate
ful if not worse.
When his boots were returned, all cut
pieces, a copy af the New Testnment
lay over them, opened at xviii chapter
Acts. At two subsequent times the
Testament mysteriously opened at iii
chapter of Acts and xiv SI John. Tho
leaf was turned down in each instance,
marked.
Many seemingly strange things are
done. For example, a trunk was packed
end locked, preparatory to moving.—
When no one was near it thb lid was
raised by an unseen hand, and the cloth
ing thrown out upon the floor. The trunk
was repacked and locked; again the lid
lifted, and a muff at the bottom
thrown out, without the least disturbing
the apparel on top. This manifestation
finally concluded by It sawing tho lock
out of the 'trunk.
Night appears to bo the season of great
est annoyance, full of noises, rapping
and general disturbance. One night tho
two daughters were awakened from sleep
by the sensation of being punctured with
pins, and sprang from the bed and ran
into their parent’s room, where they re
mained, afraid to return to their owu
chamber. The clothing of tho family
having nearly all been destroyed, tlie
spirits turn attention to that of visitors
and play havoc. Several persons’
clothes have been cut while in the house,
one lady having her dress ruined and
another rent, and this, tod, done in day
light, in the presence of individuals who
the watch for such depreda
tions.
Qne afternoon lately, at the request of
C, M. Kenton, editor of the Shreve
Minor, jour reporter accompanied him
and two other gentlemen to Mr. Hoff
man’s house, where they were shown
every courtesy, by way of exhibiting
piles of cat-up garments, etc., and re
lating the various..annoyances to which,
the family were almost daily and
subjected. When about to take:
departure, it was found that the repcrtei’e
hat was dashed, so to speak, into^rib
bons. The hat was upon a small stand
in the room where all were, and could
not have been moved from it* place or
the action would have been observed.
The cats were dear, as if done with
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