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C 4BTERSVIIXE EXPRESS.
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Professional cards,
MURREXiXi & BRO.,
resident dentists.
office Over 8. Clayton & Son,
CARTERS GEORGIA
Having permanently located here, ard beinp provi
ded with the latest improvements in Dental Material,
are prepared to do anj thing pertaining Dental Sur
gery. \
ALL WORK WARRANTKD TO GIVE SATISFACTION
i)R?. M. prepare a ‘-Superior Vegetable Tooth
P, w ,ier," guaranteed to contain nothing injurious to
tUe teeth.
exchange hotel,
Cartersvrille, Ga,
BY
BTJIOE &HILL.
The undersigned have associated l n hurines?. and
a'ter refitting aud re-arranging that COMMODIOUS
HOCSK recently occupied hy A. it. Hu Igens as a Fam
ily Grocery and Confectionery, on the EAST BILL
„r the RAIf.ItOAD, near the late BARTOW HOUsK,
. ave opened In the same a FIRST CLASS HOTFL
' >t the Entertainment of the TRAVELING PXjBI.IC,
ildch will be kept upon ilie F.UKOFF.AN PLAN.—
B.uh parties are experienced in the Business, MR
-lIII.LL having been formerly Proprietor of the lyn
lessee House. Dalton, but more recently of tlie Car
tsrsrllle Hotel, and Mr, HOICK formerly Proprietor
f the late Exchange Hotel, Oartersville, Ga., but iuoi e
recently of the Washington Hall. Atlanta, Ga., Mr.
«*<>. AY. Hill Is General Superintendent, and Mrs.
Uuiee Lady Superintendent.
BU ICE & KILL
msy 2*, -3m.
OR. F. M- lOHNSON
Dentist.
r KSPECTFCLLY offers l ie professional
services to the citizens of Oartersville ml?
ami vicinity. He is prepared to do work ~'rxr
on the latest aud moat Improved style.—
Teeth extracted cithr »■ [by means of narcotic
• pray). Wo a „.i warranted, (tillre over .T. Elsas'
Store, CARTELSVILLE, Ga. Feb. 20. JB63wsm
JERE A. HOWARD,
ATTORNEY AND COUNSELLOR AT LAW,
CARTERSVILLE, ga.
PRirCUETT~S 11 QFFORD,
Attorneys at Law
CARTEItsVILLE, GA.
OFFICE OVER ELSAS STORE,
Oct, 17, 186 7,
THOMAS W. MILNER,
Attorney at Law,
r ARTERSVILLE. GEORGIA,
Will attend promptly to business entrusted
t > his care. Oct. 5 wly
JOHN J. JONES
ATTORNEY AT LAW.
Cartersville, Ga.
WII,Ti attend promptly to nil business en
trusted to his care. Will practice in
the Courts oflaw. and equity in the Cherokee
Circuit. Special attention given to the collec
tion of claims. Jan. 1, 1866. ly
John J- Jones.
JOHN Jj6¥Ei
REAL ESTATE A«E\T,
CARTERSVILLE GA
I am authorised m soli, and have oa hand several
Homes and Lot*, and also numerous building lots in the
town of Cartersville. Also several plantations of van
©us sizes in Bartow county. Parties desiring to buy or
sell will do well to give me a call. All communications
romptly answered. July 17. 1806.
S. 11. Patti 11 o,
FASHIONABLE TAILOR,
II 111 attend promptly to the Cutting, Repair- n
J? Inc and Making Boy’s and Men’s Clo-liing.
. tuce In bacif room of Blair Bradshaw s store.
Cartersville, Ga. * l *“
The Cartersville Hotel.
nR. THOMAS MILAM having
charge of this House, would ,e H J J
pleased to accommodate a few Hoard-1| j« gl
«ra with BOARD, with or without 4SL»Br;.
Lodging. Call and see him at once for terms
Cartersville, Jan 17.
W . u’MOOT* ASTLE,
and Watcln and
w Clock Repairer,
In the Front of A. A. Skinner Ac Co's store.
Cartersville, jan 25
~ "s. O'SHI^LDEr -
Fashionable Tailor ,
CARTERSVILLE. BARTOW COUNTY, GEORIG
>1« IS prepared to execute all kinds
of work in the Fashionable Tail
—-Lr, ing line, with neatness and in du- JL£-
table style. Over J. Elsas & Co’s store,
Cartersville, jan 23.
J» H. PUIITELL!
MERCHANT TAILOR,
White Hall Atlanta, Ga,
CLOTHING made to order in the very
latest style, and at short notice.
25,3 t.
U6B. 1868.
AMERICAN HOTEL,
Alabama Street,
dTL.I.VTJ da.
Nearest House to the Passenger Depot.
WHITE & WHITHOCK, Proprietors.
H, U. Wiley t Clerk,
HAVING re leased and renovated the above Hotel,
we are prepared to entertain guests in a most sat
isfactory manner. Charges fair and moderate. Our
sff-rU will be to please. _ . ,
IWBaggage carried to and from Depot free of
charge. apr 2. wtf
PR. SABSEEN. B. W. YORK. It. T. JOURDAN
SASSEEN’S
United States Hotel
Cor. Alabama and Pryor streets,
ATLANTA, GEORGIA.
Within 100 yards of the Passenger Depot.
SASKEEN. YORK and JOURDON, Propr s
J. W. F. BRYSON, )
;• Chrks.
R. T. TOCRTVAN. S
Deo, 20th, tS67-?f.
THE CARTERSVILLE EXPRESS.
VOL. 7.
Ulortsase Sale.
\GRKPABIE to the condition* of a Deed of Tru»t
made and executed bj ,T jhn 11. Ruckman to
i B’inu‘l I!. Smith, on or f bon* the 15th of January.
10*57 to secure the payment of 'he purchase m-ney of
P/2 acre* of land, lying in the 4 h district snd 3rd sec
tion of Bartow countv, and adjoining the town oft ar
teraville, and the place whereon John 11. Kuchman
now resides, will be sold before the Court 11-mse door
in the town rs Cartersville, on the first Tuesday in
.Inly next, within the legal hours of fft’e;*he above
described land containing 82 acres,more or less. Ba'd
land is bounded North by the town of Cartersville,
Hast, by lands of Thoe. II 'Leak. South hy land* of Dr.
W W Leak, and West by lands of J. A. TetreU. The
said Deed of Trust, provides that if the payments on
raid lands are not met within one hundred days after
maturity of notes, the land may besoldand *l'leg per
fected by trustee. af<e- advertising p-operty thirty
day®, and in as much as two notes have come to ma
turity and the additional lapse of time expired, and no
part of said notes have Veen paid, both amounting to
about $1200.00 principal. The above described lands
will be said under provisions of said mortgage or trust
D Pe( j. SAM'L 11. SMITH, Trustee.
May 8-20).
Georgia., Barlow County.
WHEREAS, I). W. K Peacock applies to me for let
ters of adiriinistra'ion on the estate of Lewis Pea
cock, deceased, these are therefore to cite and admon
ish all and singular,the kindred and creditors, of said
deceased, to file their objections, if any they have, in
my office, within the time proscribed bylaw, wbv said
I). TV. K. Peacock should not he appointed administra
tor ns aforesaid, otherwise letters will b* granted him.
Given und-r my band and official sigr>aMl r e. this the
22d .1* of May. TgC-b J. A HOWARD, OrJ.
Georgia, Barlow county.
-\TTIIERE.-IS. Thomas A. Word. Administrator of the
\Y estate of John J. Word, deceased, applies to the
undersigned for letters of dismission from his admin
istration. Therefore all persons concerned arehereby
required to show cause, if any they have, why said
administrator on the first Monday in December next,
should not be discharged. Given under my hand, and
seal of office. This 14tli of May 1563.
J. A. HOWARD,
Ordinary.
Georgia, Harlow County.
TTyHEREAS, Thomas A*. Word, administrator De
\ V lonis non of the of the estate of George Stovall,
deceased, applies to me for letters of dismission from
his administration. Therefore all persons concerned
are hereby required to show cause. If any they have,
why said administration on the first Monday in De
cember next should not be discharged. Given under
mv hand and seal of office. This 14th dav of May,
IStiS. J-A. HOWARD, Ordinary.
Georgia, Bartow County
WHEREAS, Thomas A. Word, administrator Delon’s
non, of the estate of Thomas E. Franklin, deceased,
applies to me for letters of dismissory from ids admin
istration. Therefore all persons concerned are hereby
required to show cause, if any they have, why said
administrator on the firs t Monday in December next,
should not be (Bscha-ged. Given under my hand and
seal of office. This 14 hos May 1808.
J. A. HOWARD, ordinary.
Administrator’s Sale.
TOY virtue of an order form the Court of Ordinary of
D Bartow county, will be sold, on the first Tuesday in
July next, at the'Court House door in said county, be
tween the legal sale hours the following tract or parcel
es land to wit: One undivided half of lot of land No.
09 in the 16th dis. and 3rd sec. of said county. Paid
tot containing 160 acres, more or less. Sold as the
property of Isaac S. Gholston for the b-nefit of the
heirs and creditors of sahl deceased. Terms of sale
cash. G. C. GHOLBTON, Adm’r of
May Bth 1808-lm. J. S. GHOLSTON. dec’d.
Administrator’s Sate.
BY virtue of an order from the Court of Ordinary of
Bartow county, will he sold, on the first. Tuesday
in July next, at the Court House door in said cou ty,
b p tween the legal sale hou-s, one lot in the town of
Adairsv'lle, and described as the Porter lot, adjoining
G. C. Gholston and others, as the property of Robert
Elliott, deceased. Sold for the benefit of the creditors
of said deceased. Terms of sale cash.
A. M. PENN, Adm'r,
May Sth, 1868 Ira. ROBERT ELLIOTT, decM.
Georgia, Harlow County.
SIXTY days after date application will he made to
the Court of Ordinary of said county, for leave to
sell all the real estate belonging to the estate of Joel
Browner, deceased. JOHN F. BRAWNER,
May 8 th. ISGS-2m. Administrator.
Administrator’s Sale.
STATE OF GEORGIA, 1 By virtue of an order from
BARTOW COUNTY. I the Court of Ordinary of
sa',l county, vill.be sold on the first Tuesday in July
lsGt\ at the Court House door in said county, between
the legal sale hours, the following tract or parcel of
land, to wit: Lot No. 226. in the sth dis. and 3rd sec.
of said county, cont rining 160 acres, more or less, the
same being improved with good cabins, etc. -Also, 100
acr>s of land being off the east side of lot No. 245, in
the sch His and 3rd sec. of said county, the same be
ing tolerably Improved. Also, lot No. 94, in the 25th
dis. and 3rd sec. of Gordon county, containing 80
acres, more nr less, being part of said lot, and lot No.
87. in the 25th die. and Brd see. of Gordon county, con
taining 160 acres, more or less, the same being_ im
proved and partin cultivation. Also lot No. 575, in
the 19th dis. and 3,1 sec. of Paulding comity, containing
40 acres, more or less, the same being sold for the
purpose of division amongst the Distributees of Jo
seph 11. Jones, deceased. Terms of the srie cash.
LEVI HEFNER,
8. B. JONES,
Administrators.
May Bth, 1809-lm. JO3EPIIII. JONE3, dec'd.
Georgia Batrow County,
...UF.REAS. Thog. XL Baker, applies to me for letters
VV of Guardianship of the person* and property of Vir
gil A. Brawnor, Victoria Btawner, and Adeßa Braw
ner, minor children of Wnt. B. Brawner, deceased of
said County, under 14 years of age. These are to cite
all persons concerned to 6how cause, if any they have,
within the lime prescribed by law, why said letters
should not be granted said applicant,otherwise they will
b‘‘ granted. Given under my hand official signature,
this June Ist, 1868. J. A. Howard, Ord’y.
Georgia Hartow County',
ITfUKREA?, John N. Dobbs, Guardian of the person
VV and property of Elizabeth A. Dobbs, a minor of
said County.having fully discharged his trust, applies
to be dismissed from his Guardianship, as aforesaid.—
Therefore, all persons concerned are hereby notified
and required, to appear at my office, on, or before the
first Monday in August next.’, and show cause, if any
they have, why said J. N. Dobbs, should not be d-s
--missed from his Guardianship. Given under my
hand and official signature, this June Ist, 1863.
J. A. HOWARD, Ordinary, B. C.
F. M ddleman. C. I Brown.
F.. M. EDOL EM A N & CO.,
Wholesale Dealers in
Boots, Shoes- £ eather,
French and American Calf Skins,
LASTS, PEGS, LINING AND BINDING
szßziisrs,
SHOE FINDINGS, AC., A9.
Next door to Moore A Marsh, Decatur Street,
Atlaata, Ga,
Manufacturers and Merchants will find
to their advantage to call on us befc-e making thetr
purchases. apr. 29, IStiS.wtf
FORCE'S BOOT iNDSHOE
House.
ARE now receiving tludr FALL and 3u**^,
WINTER STOCK of BOOTS AND JNS \
SHOES, the largest ever brought to
this market. These goods came direct eCt
from the Eastern manufactories, and will be sold to
Country Merchants and the Trade at New York prices,
expenses added, consisting of Mens’, Boys’, Youths’,
»nd Childrens’ Wax. Ktp, Calf, and Butt Brogans and
Bulmora’s—Boots of all styles, thick, wax, kip, calf,
dos the finest q tallties. Ladies’, Misses’, and Chil
aC .Brats anl Shoes, of every style, and al! made to
ler . G. 11. FORCE.
B. W. FORCE, formerly of Charleston will be glad
to see his old cus.omers. Atlanta, Ga., Oct. 10-iy.
BLACXSDIITHING
H °M. GOODSON.
-pjAVING (JOMFLTF.D THEIR NEW
Hbop adjoining Strange’s Tin Shop, on 'West
6idc of Railroad, Cartersville, Ga.. are prepared
to do all kinds of work in the Blacksmithing
line. They flatter themselves, that they can
Jo as good work, and at as low pi ice, as any
like establishment in town. They ask area-
share of the public patronage. anJ
promise satisfaction both in the character of
their work and the reasonableness of their
charges. A. ft M. GOODSON.
('artcrs'ilß' Ga.. Jau. 31st, 1 80S-wlv.
CARTERSVILLE, BARTOW COUNTY, GA., JULY J. iBGB.
pianofortes:
riIHE undersigned would announce to the
| citizens of Cartersville and vicinity that
he is fully pepared to furnish
mi
OCTAVES, with nil the very latest improve
ments, and most elegant style and workman
ship, one hundred dollars less than they can
be purchased elsewhere south. They will be
fully warranted,
PIANOS TUNED and REPAIRED
In the very best manner, and all work warran
ted, and shall be pleased to give all orders
prompt attention.
MR, S. T. ANDERSON will kindly give
further information at present, and deliver any
orders, or you can address, by mail.
F, L, PREYER, Kenncsttw House,
Marietta, Ga,
He is also agent for the sale of all kinds ol
ORGANS, Jan Yswtf
TO THE LADIES.
PREMIUM FAMILY
SEALING MACHINES.
EjpHE best machine for every description of
family sewing made.
Gall and examine machine and specimen of
work over S. Clayton & Son’s store, Carters
ville, Ga. ' S. H. PATTILLO,
Agent for Bartow countv.
Dec. 13th, 180 7-ts.
•- J' /ave i emovee/at y
'/
D R U G S, &C,
f<om //< eifo 'tc loom tin.c/el //tc
BARTOW HOUSE,
ant/ ant no in /oca/et/ on
MAIN ST,
'next t/00l /a
GILBERT & CO., HARDWARE HOUSE.
a//en ft on t-J
ey e veil /o /Ze c/td /ienAt ny
MEDIOIXES,
ant/ c=/Z' J a'in JcZ/tny a// ai=
ftc/ed tit wt.y Ztncj dite/i ai
MEDICINES, OIL,
PAINTS, GLASS, &C-,
AS CHEAP
titk can Ze forint/ e/Znc dai/te
t/tta/iYy e/jeitt /etc. 4,c=
do/tetZ a conYmu=
ance Z/te aJ Y Ztiit/iieJi
Ztavc tccctvet/
J” P l . BEST' TvE._D.
Druggist and Pharmaceutist.
Felt. 7th, 1868-wlv, Cartersville Ga.
SADDLERY AND HARNESS
ffIUNU FACTORY,
THE undersigned, determined to give the
people of Bartow and adjoining counties
no excuse for going’ abroad to purchase their
SADDLES, BRIDLES, HARNESS, &C.,
and for repairing the same, have opened, in
the town of Cartersville, a regular,
SADDLE and harness manufac
tory,
where they propose to piu up everything in
their line in the neatest, most substantial and
durable mannor, anil at |»I’ICCS that will
defy competition. They flattertbem
selves that they can and will do work, which,
in every respect, will compare favorably with
any work done North or South, both ill
quality and price. Let no one ig
nore our work because it is done in the youth,
nor our pi ices, before giving us a tiial, for that
ts al) we ask to secure trade. Our work is all
Warranted and that is a sufficient guar
antee to purchasers. We are determined to
build up a name and business in Cartersville
that will be a heritage to our children after
us, if prompt attention, good work, and mode
late charges will secure that end, Rooms ir.
the front of the Eclipse Sale and Livery Stable,
THOMPSON & STOCKS.
Cartersville, Ga,
Jan. 7th. 18G8-wly,
Herring & Leyden,
CLOTHING HOUSE,
Comprising all Branches of the business represented
In the
Custom ank Scpartmntis o
Mens’, Boys’ and
Childrens’ Clothing,
With FT'RNISHING GOODS of every description, at
hOWER PRICES for READY CASH ONLY than ever
Std in this market. HERRING A LEYDEN,
Whitehall Street., Atlanta, Ga.
ROCK ISXi-AJSTO
Manufacturing Cos.,
itINE all-wool SPRING CASSIMERES, JEANS. AP.,
1' on consignment, VERY LOW to Wholesale buyers.
Merchants are invited to call and see Styles and Prices.
HERRING A LEYDEN,
Whitehall Street, Atlanta, Ga.
Domestics
At wholesale only.
4.1 Sheeting,
7-8 Shirting,
3-1 Shirting,
7-8 Drills
Osnaburgs,
Stripes,
Yarns,
Burlaps,
For sale al FACTOR\ PRIL LS by
HERRING A LEYDEN. Agents,
Whitehall Street, Atlanta, Ga,
mar 2H w3m
NEW
GOODS
Cheap
GOODS,
AT
L o e ip e n .s l c in
4*
Pfe ijer ’ s .
\T7~K ARE NOW OFFERING A Sp'en
W did WELL SELECTED STOCK OF
ID Hr&YT-G- O O ms* BOOTS.
SHOES, IIATS, CLOTHING. GROCE
RIES, ETC., ETC, ETC.
WE WILT, CONTINUE TO RECEIVE
GOODS OF ALL DESCRIPTIONS Daily,
AND WOULD CALL THE ATTENTION
OF BUYERS COMING TO THIS PLACE
THA’I WE CAN SHOW NEW GOODS
WHICH WE GUARANTEE CAN BE
BOUGHT AT LESS THAN ANY PLACE
IN THIS MARKET.
Call and see l. r s,
an and convince
»■
tfourse l r e s .
Remember th e
UNDE* COURTHOUSE.
EAS 1 ’ SIDE RAILROAD.
LOF.WENSTEIN & PFEIFER,
Cartersville , Ga.
May 14, 1368,
To Consumptives.
The Rev. KDWARD A. WILSON will send, fire "
charpe, to all who desire it, the prescription with the
directions for making aud using the fiuip ,e remedy by
which he was cured of a lung affection and that dread
disease Coneunintion. IBs only object is to benefit
the afflict O'l, and he hopes every sufferer will try tins
prescription, as it will cost them nothing, aud rnsy
prove a blessing. Please address
1 Rev. Et>WAR!> A. WIU»ON.
| Sj, 165 South Second Street, Williamsburg. New 1 ork
J. E. Roberts,
SUCCESSOR TO ROBERTS A STOCKS.
X>eaUM’ in
PRODUCE,
GROCERIES
AND
CONFECTIONERIES. ETC.
Now Brick Building, Main St,,
Cartersville* Geo.
April 2'J wGiu
J K W E JLj ILR .
t Watches,
Clocks, mMk
and Jf welry,
REPAIRED BY
W. O. GKEEET,
CARTERSVILLE, GA.
All work warrnnted. In the room with U. Ilennftt,
Orocer, Maine Street, Fast side of Railroad, apr. 29
SMITH & RICHMOND,-
Wholesale Tobacco
AND
COMMISSION MERCHANTS,
Alabama Street. Atlanta , Ga.
rROMPT attention given to filling orders and the
of merchandise, product, etc. .March26w6m
Steam ,
Planeing, Sawing and Matching.
GRIST-MILL.
Sash Blind and Door
OTO IR, YT.
SL/GH & M^ELREATh.
T,HE above firm are happy to announce to the public
generally that, having got their steam machinery ,
n successful operation, they are prepared to Plant",
Saw, Tougue and Groove, aril to contract to Build
Houses, and do nearly all kinds of Wood Work, and
guarantee satisfaction in all contracts we make, bo'h
as to time and the character of our work. Oitr ma
chinery, being propelled by steam, enables us to do
work with great rapidity, and, consequently, at very
low figo-es. Having a Steam Saw Mill near Carters
ville wk ire wc have onrow.i lumber sawed in connec
tion with our steam manufactory at this place, we flat
ter ourselves that we can do work quicker and cheaper
than any other contractors in North Georgia.
We are also prepared to grind corn, and will have
our Wheat Mi’l ready to grind wheat hy harvest time.
Our mill end machinery is on the old site of the late
Magnol a Steam Merchant Mill*, Cartersville, Ga.
april 29, 186S.wtf
It. GILREATH S SON.
Are receiving anew stock of
p ring and
summer goods,
seVcted by one of the firm in person, consisting, In
part, of
Gents’
Ladies’ Dress Goods,
Rrady-.lMadc CEOTiIiA'G ,
labttjs’, JHisstfi’ an& Gents' jtlats,
Boots and Shoes,
Hardware,
queensware.
Also, a well selected" stock of
I GROCERIES,
; To which we invite the attention of our friend*, and
I fccg them tocsl aud examine—especially to hoy from
! us, as quick sales and riiort profits is «ur motto.
N GILKEVTH A 80V.
april ;e 1868. Cartersville Ua.
All l>e«i>erandiini.
BY BYBII..
“I sltnii never understand tLis. M v
mind is not deep enough to iallimn the
subject. lam utterly lost amid iis in
tricacies ami as the fair, timid Kina
raised her lace to mine a shade of hope
less expression passed over it.
“All! Elna, mv dear j oune friend,
yours is not the first, nor will it be the
last, puzzled brain to grow weary striv
ing to grasp abstruse ideas.
“How many things in life arc real
and substantial ! how many false and
shadoway ?—are problems which mas
ter minds of the world have been vain
ly trying to solve for ages, and which
will, doubtless, till time shall cease to
be. Still, is there any case so desper
ate as to be altogether hopeless ?
“Centuries roll on, and each, as it
comes aud goes, brings or takes with it
degrees of enlightenment and relinc.
meat. .Much is lost, blit much is also
gained.
‘ Science, with its rapid stride, moves
forward, and, as if with magic spell, is
constantly revealing something new ;
yet the startling, mysterious wonders—
Life, Death, Eternity—are still unl.ilh
omed.
“How much of former research lies
hidden lehind the Dark Ages, we know
not ; hotv much of the present will
sink into oblivion we cannot divine.
“Joys and sorrows, hopes and fears,
cravings and struggles, realization and
disappointment, are the common lot.—
These, and these only, to outward mor
tal ken. make up the sum of life, and it
is mankind’s part in the great drama to
count the joys and cherish the hopes,
to shun the struggles and shrink from
the fears, to smile o’er the realization
and frown o’er the disappointments.
“The visionary shrines either his
his love a Divinity, the phi
losopher his reason, the practical man
his principles, while the miser makes
Mammon his God, To ill these lilt*
is a feeverish, fitful dream. The true
Christian is alone content mid calm
amid the various fluctuations of the
world.”
Here 1 found Etna’s blue eyes dila
ting, and the grieved, hopeless expres
sion giving way to one of wonder and
inquiry. She drew a long breath ol
relief, as I ceased, and exclaimed :
“Why, mercy on me, Sybil ! what
are you talking about ! You have
wandered off into one of your strains
that I no more comprehend than I do
this end she gently tapped the book
she liehl in her hand. 1 felt myself
blushing vividly.
“My ideas don’t seem clear to you,
Elna, Well never mind this morn
ing. Shall I tell you a story ?”
“A story ? ves do please ; 1 have
such a passion, for stories. Indeed,
you know they are my grand passion.’
She laid aside her book, nestled down
bv my side, and laid her head confid
ingly upon my shoulder.
“Well, once upon a time there was
a noble youth, who wooed and won a
lovely maiden. God had given 10 both
talent and ambition, and also implant"
ed in their hearts a pure and earnest
love for Himself and for each other.—
Tliev were thoroughly united in
thought, leel'ng, ard sentiment, ami
were very, very happy. They were,
indeed, as the poet so beautifully ex*
presses it, like
“Two rosou on one slender spray,"
who,
“In sweet communion grew,
Together bailed the mornitig ray,
And dra..k the evening dew."
And
“While thus sweetly wreathed in mossy green
There sprang a little hud between.”
“Yes, to the loving pair was given
a strong, though little tie to bind them
more closely to each other.
“Oh ! how they loved anti cherish
ed tiiis little bud of promise ! What
plans they laid for, and what pictures
thevdreA of their future, which seem
ed all so bright ! But, alas ! there
came a fell stroke and severed the lar
ger stem, leaving the weaker one to
shelter aud nourish the Lille hud.
“How dark and hopeless, at first,
seemed the shadow o’rr toe youmr
widow’s lile ! How was now ever to
be realized any ol the fond anticipa
tions she had so cherished ! What
could life ever he again to her. now
that death had lain him low
“But through the mist glimmered the
light of faith, and it grew brighter and
brighter as days passed on. He was
not lost, only transplanted to a fairer
garden in a purer clime,
“\nd now she taught anti cherished
the child. She instilled holy precepts
into her heart, and imbued her soul
witlt elevating thoughts, her mind with
poblc purposes. TwiL fulfil aH his
wishes fov her- she whispered to herself.
NO. •_>.
•‘lint tin: iron hand of misfntlime had
not vet finished its eruei crushing.—
The rude blasts of adversity's letter
wind came sweeping along ami scat.,
tered the protecting leaves of all her
word I y weal'll to the four corners of
lie earth, leaving her hire to brave the
icy cooldness ol poverty. And did she
now despair ? Ah ! no. Site strug
gled on, toiling to educate the child,
till soon affliction fastened disease up*
on her vitals. Sorrow’s tempest heat
verv pitilessly on her head, yet she did
not give up until the child was stiong
enough in take her place, aud be to her
what she had been to it.
•‘And when silver threads had east
a thick grey veil over her once raven
lock* - , she laid her weary head on the
child’s bosom ant' peacefully breathed
her last, leaving the stricken one with
confident belief that her hud of prom*
ise would yet he hers again in the gar
den of immortality , where her pure
spirit winged its flight to join the coin*
panion of her youth.”
Lina was weeping on mv shoulder
end sobbed amid her tears :
‘•And the child ?”
Is striving to keep the motto that eve*
rv act of her mother’s life impressed
upon her soul —nil dexprrumlum,
\en spaper lirroi s.
The World says that “ex-Gov. An
drew was born in 1818, previous to
which event lie lind two strokes of ap
oplexy, one in 1804 and the 'other in
isoy.”
Tne classic London Spectator makes
a curious slip when it speaks of Matil
da Griggs, who “was stabbed by a lov
er to whom she had borne a child in
thirteen places*”
A New Albany (lud.) paper says
that in that city, “an iron thief was ar
retted after a hard chase.”
A notice of a recent steamboat explo
sion in a Western paper ends as fol
fotvs :
‘•TheCaptain swam ashore. So did
the chambermaid ; she was insured lor
§15,000, and loaded with iron.”
An editor referring to patent metallic
air-tight coffins, says :
“No person having once tried one of
these coffins will never use any other.
Here is a peculiar “freak of nature”
from the Granite State :
“During a recent severe thunder
storm in our viciuilv a cow was struck
by lightning and instantly killed, be
longing to the village physician, who
had a beautiful call four days old.”
Not typographical, it is true, hut
none the less amusing are the follow i
ing:
An honest farmer writes to the chair
man of an agricultural society :
“Gentlemen please put me down on
jour list of eat lie f -r a hull.”
At a prayer meeting in New Hamp
shire, a worthy layman spoke of a
poor boy “whose father was a drunk
ard and whose mother was a widow.”
At a negro hall, in lieu of “Nottrans
ferable” on the tickets, a notice was
posted over the door, “No gentleman
admitted unless lie comes himself.”
An American lecturer of note sol
emnly said one evening : “Parents, you
have children, or if you have not your
danglers may have.”
\ Western ed'lnr once wrote : “A
correspondent asks whether the battle
of Waterloo occurred before or alter
the commencement of the Christian
era. We answer it did.”
Those two observing men, one of
whom said “lie had always noticed
that when lie lived through the month
of May, he lived through the jear
and the other who said at a wedding,
“he had remarked that tno.-e women
than men had been married that year,
were neither of them Irishmen.”
Newspapers that “classify reading
matter make occasional errors, of
which the following will do as sam
ples :
A New York paper publishes an ac.,
count of a funeral under the head ol
“Out door Sports.”
A Massachusetts paper, under the
head of-Books and Magazines,” con*
tains the following :
“A Worcester cow has had seven
calves in three years. Her last last
exploit was to have ‘three at a lick' on
Thursday.”
A Syracuse printer, in setting up a
book publisher’s advertisement, con
gtrued one Dickens’ works thus ,
.Barney,’ by Rudge—Bl 50.”
A reporter for a London paper wrote
ihe verdict of a coroners jury : “Died
from hemorrhage,” and the public gain
ed the information the next day that
the deceased “dudlimn her marriage.”
.1 “.ATU.VMXG” I.QVH IXTITR
t‘
The following, which vra* picked up
on the street the other day., is sold ini’ *
ly splendiferous, and we recommend n
as a model to letter-writers.
,1/y Dear . Miss (. l -very fime I
think of you mv heart flops up ami
down like a churn dasher. Sensniiop'
of unutterable joy caper over it l*k'‘
young goats over a stable root, a <l,
thrill through it like Spnn-lrnw-•ers.-~
Asa gosling swimiuylh with delight in
a mud puddle, so l swim in a sea of
glory. Visions ol ecsiatlc rapture,
thicker than the hairs in a blacking
brush, ami brighter titan the hues of a
humming bird’s pinions. visit
me in mv slumbers ; and borne on iheii
, invisible wings, your image stands be-
I fore me, and I reach out to grasp it
like an old pointer snapping at a Idiie
hottle fly. When I fir. 4 beheld your
angelic perfections I was hew il
ardmv brain whirled around lik,»* a
lnimlde*bee under a glass tumbler. —
My eyes stood open like a cellar door
in country towns, and 1 lilted, up my
cais to catch the silvery accents of
your voice. Mv tongue refused lo wag
and in a silent admiration I drank in
the sweet infection of love as a thirsty
man swallovveth a tumbler of l ot whis
ky punch. S>nce the light of your fare
fell upon mv life. 1 sometimes feel as if
I could lift myself up by m v hoot straps
to the top of the Presbyterian sfeepl*
and pull the hell rope forsinging school.
Day and night \on are mv thoughts. -
When Aurora, bln-bulg like a bride,
rises from her silOmicouch ; w lpui the
jay bird pipes lay on the
apple tree by me spring hyuse ; when
the chanticleer’s jfTiViTl clarion herald*
the coming rwvfrn ; when the awakened
pig arisetli from his hod and gnimrih
and goetli for his morning refresh
ments; when the drowsy beetle wild Is
his droning flight at sultry noontide,
and when the lowing rows come home
at milking lime, I think of thee; an t
like a piece of gum elastic my heart
seems to streleh across mv bosom.-
Your hair is like tlq* m ine of a sorrel
horse powdered with gold ; and the
brass pin skewered through your w i
tcr fall billed me with unbounded awe.
Your forehead is smoother than the el
bow of an old coat ; your eyes are glo
rious to behold. In their liquid depth*
I saw legions of little Cupids bat'Hng
like a cohort of ants in an old or ov
cracker. When their tire hit m : lu'l
upon mv manly breast, it pefuie tied
mv entire anatomy like a load ol bird,
shot would go through a rollon apple.
Your nose is fr mi a chunk of Parisian
marble, and vour mouth puckered w ith
sweetness. Nectar lingers on your lip*
like honey on a bear’s paws, and myr
iads of unfledged kisses are there read
v to flv net and light somewere like
blue birds out of the parent nest. Your
laugh sings on my cars like the wind
harp’s strings or the bleat of a stray
lamb on the bleak hillside. 1 lie dim
ples in your checks are hljv; hovers in
beds of roses or hollows- in cakes of
Imme-made sugar. .
lam d\ing to fly to youjr preset o*
ami pour out ih-e burning ejoqjumee nt
my love, as thrifty housewives pour
out the hot cofloe. Away from yon l
am as melauclio’y as a sick rat. S*m> *-
times l can hear the June bqgs-ol de*-
poi.dencv buzzing in my ears, and !< • 1
the cold lizaids of despair- crawling
down mv hack. 1 ncout!) (ears, like tv
thotts-and minnows-, nibble, at my spir
its. and t»v soul t* pierced through
with doubts as an e*ld cheese Is bored
with skippers.
Mv love for you is stronger than il e
smell oljOfrey’s pateqt butler, or the
kick of a young cow, and more unsel
fish than a kitten’s first caterwaul. As
the songbird hankers lor the light <f
day. lie*, cautious mmjse fi r the fi« sk»
bacon in the trapas, a lean pup hank
ers after newr milk, so J long !» r
thee.
You. are fairer l,hpn a speckled pul
let. specter than -a Yankee doughnut
fried in sorghum lijolp-ses, brighter
than the top knot plumage in the head
of a Muscovy duck. Vow arc candy
kisses, raisins, ;>oi;nd e.a.kij and sweet*
died toddy altogether.
It tlj.csa! few re marks mil enable vn
to see the inside of w.y soul, and mip to
win your affections, I shall he as hap; v
as a woodpecker on a cherry tree, or a
stage horse in a green pastHre ; if y« *•
cannot reciprocate my thrilling passion
[ will pine avrav like a poisoi.tU bed
bug, and fall away Irom the flourishing
vine ol life, mi untimely branch. and,
in the coming years, w lieu the shadow s
grow from the lulls, anti the philoso
phic frog sings his clieeifnl evening
Ityinas, von. happy in another’s lot ,
can come awd drop a tear, and catch a
cold upon ills; last r. sting place nt
j cum-* Ke.vMiNo\i*r3 Mrourss.
A Caledonia piper, in a.i obituary
of a voting lady w ho died lately, clos
ed bv say ing ;
• SJic had an amiable temper, and
was uncommonly fond ot ice ere; m
and other delicacies.”