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THE WEEKLY
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Is published every
FRIDAY MORNING,
In Oartersville, Bartow Cos., Ga., by
Samuel H. Smith,
EDITOR and PROPRIETOR.
EatrN or Subscription :
fine copv three months, fl.no
on ,> copy si* months, 2.00
One copy one Je» r ' 8.00
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I'l siivert'sementi that do not refer to their regular
i.nilnets will be charged for extra.
~~if~ Advertisements inserted at intervals to be
Charred »s new each Insertion.
The above rules will be strictly adhered to.
professional cards.
MURRELL & BRO.,
RESIDENT DENTISTS.
Office over S. Clayton & Son,
CJttITFRBUIFFF y G*l.,
Having permanently located here, and being provi
ded with the latest improvements in Dental Material,
are prepared to do anything pertaining Dental Sur-
ALL WORK WARRANTED TO GIVF SATISFACTION.
DRS. M. prepare a ‘'Superior Vegetable Tooth
Powder," guaranteed to contain nothing injurious to
the teeth.
EXCHANGE HOTEL,
Cartersville, Ga.,
BY
BTJIOE &c HILL.
The undersigned have associated in business, and
after refitting and re-arranging that COMMODIOUS
HOUSE recently occupied by A. B. Hu Igeria as a Fam
ily Grocery and Confectionery, on the EAST SIDE
of the RAILROAD, near the iate BARTOW HOUSE,
have opened in the same a FIRST CLASS HOTEL,
lortlie Entertainment of the TRAVELING PUBLIC,
which will be kept upon the EUROPEAN PLAN.—
Both parties are experienced In the Gusinesa, Mr.
IIILLL having been formerly Proprietor of the Ten
nessee House, Dalton, but more recently of the Car
tcrsville Hotel, ami Mr. BUICE formerly Proprietor
of the late F.xc-hange Hotel, Cartersville, Ga., hut moie
recently of the Washington Hall, Atlanta, Ga. Mr.
Geo. W. Hill Is General Superintendent, and Mrs.
Euico, Lady Superintendent.
BUICE & HILL.
May 29.—3 m.
DR. F. M.JOHNSON,
Dentist,
RESPECTFULLY offers his Professional
services to the citizens of Cartersville $
and vicinity. He is prepared to do work '<ZTI'Y TYt
on the latest and most improved styie.
Teeth extracted without pain, [by means of narcotic
spray.] W rk all warranted. Office over .T. Elsas’
Store,CARTERSVILLE, Ga. Feb. 20,1SGS.—w5m
JERE A. HOWARD,
ATTORNEY AND COUNSELLOR AT LAW,
CARTERSVILLE, GA.
PRITCHETT & WOFFORD,
Attorneys at Law,
CARTERS! fLI,E, GEORGIA.
OFFICE OVER ELSAS’STORE,
Oct. 17. 1867.
THOMAS W. MILNER,
Attorney at Law,
CARTERSVILLE. ’ GEORGIA.
Will attend promptly to business entrusted
to his care. Oct. 5. ly
JQHN J. JONES,
Attorney at Law,
Cartersville, Ga.,
WILL attend promptly to all business en
trusted to his care. Will practice in the
Courts of Law, and Equity in the Cherokee
Circuit. Special attention given to the collec
ti >n of claims. Jan. 1, 1866. ly
JOHN J. JONES,
REAL ESTATE AGENT,
CARTERSVILLE, GA.
I am authorized to sell, and have on hand several
Houses and Lots, and also numerous building lots in the j
town of Cartersville. Also several plantations of vari- ]
eus sizes in Bartow county. Parties desiring to buy or
sail will do well to give me a call. All communications
promptly answered. July 17. 1860.
S. H. PATILLO,
FASHIONABLE TAILOR,
Will attend promptly to the Cutting, Repair-
ing and Making Boys’ and Men’s Cloihing.
Otice in back room of Blair «fc Bradshaw's store, [b A
Cartersville, Ga. . lit..
THE CARTERSVILLE HOTEL.
Dlv. THOMAS MILAM having
charge of this House, would be |5 » * Y 4
phased to accommodate a few Board- pj J 1 ;
era with BOARD, with or without
Lodging. Call and see him at. once for terms.
Cartersville, Jan 17.
%VK W . R. MOIKTC ASTLE,
Cy Jeweller ami Watcb aaid
w' Clock Repairer,
In Ihe Front of A. A. Skinner 6c Co’s store.
Cartersville, Jan. 25.
S. O'SHIELDS,
Fashionable Tailor ,
CARTERSVILLE, BARTOW COUNTY, GEORGIA.
wAd IS prepared to execute all kinds
VA of work in the Fashionable Tail
wilitii oring line, with neatness and in '■V
durable style. Over J. Elsas & Go’s store,
Cartersville, Jan. 23.
J. H. FURTELL,
MERCHANT TAILOR,
White Hall Atlanta, Ga,
(NLOTHING made to order in the very
J latest style, and at short notice.
Oct 25. ly
1868. 1868.
AMERICAN HOTEL,
Alabama Street,
wf Tljji.JV'Tjt, Ga.
Nearest House to the Passenger Depot.
WHITE & WHITHOCK, Proprietors.
W. D. Wiley, Clerk.
HAYING re-leased and renovated the above Hotel,
we are prepared to entertain guests in a most sat
isfactory manner. Charges fair and moderate. Our
efforts viil be to please.
fcy Baggage oarried to and from Depot free of
eharge. April 29. wtf
B. E. BAB3EEN. B. W. YORK. E. T. JOURDAN.
SASSEEN’S
United States Hotel,
Cor. Alabama and Pryor streets,
ATLANTA, GEORGIA.,
Within 100 yards of the Passenger Depot.
SASSEEN, YORK & JOURDON, Propr’s,
J. W. F. BRYSON, )p, .
K. T. JOURDAN, Cle k
Dec. 20th, 1867. ts.
KAYTON'S MEDICINES !
BEDWINS A FOX, Atlanta, Ga„
Are Wholesale Agents for Kayton’s Medicines.
THE CARTERSVILLE EXPRESS.
YOL. 7.
Sale.
I 1 GREK ABLE to the conditions of a Deed of Trust
I il made and executed by John H. Rucktnsn to
' Samuel H. Smith, on or abont the loth of Janun>-y,
; 1967, to secure the payment of the purchase money of
; 32 acres of land, lying In the 4t.*i district and 3rd sec- j
! Hon of Bartow county, and adjoining the town of Csr
: tersville, and the place whereon John 11. Ruckman
j now resides, will be sold before the Court House door
; in the town of Cartersville, on the first Tuesday in
i August next, within the legal hours of tale; the above
described land containing 32 acres, more or less. Su'd
I land is bounded North by the town of Cartersvllie,
j Hast by lands of Thos. H Leak. South by lands of Dr.
j W. W. Leak, and West by lands of J. A. Terrell. The
said Deed of Trust provides that If the payments on
said lands are not met within one hundred days after
maturity of notes, the land may be sold and titles per- I
fected by trustee, afte- advertising property thirty j
day«, and in a, much as the notes have come to mi- '
turity and the additional lapse of time expired, and no 1
part of said notes have been paid, both amoDnting to I
about f220ff.00 principal, the above described lands
will be sold under provisions of said mortgag-or trust
deed. SAM’L. 11. SMITH, Trustee.
July Ist, ’6B. 30« t
Georgia, Harlow County.
ITfIIEREAS, Thomas A. Word, Administrator of the
YV estate of John J. Word, deceased, applies to the
undersigned for letters of dismission from his admin
istration : Therefore, all persons concerned are hereby
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, tills 14th of Mav, 1303.
J. A. HOWARD,
Ordinary.
Georgia, Bartow County.
TT7HEREAS, Thomas A. Word, administrator T>e
YY bonti non of the estate of George Stovall, de
ceased, applies to me for letters of dismission from
his administration: Therefore, all persons concerned
are hereby required to show cause, if any they hare,
why said administrator on the first Monday in De
cember next should not be discharged. Given under
my hand and seal of office, this 14th day of May,
186$. J. A. HOWARD, Ordinary.
Georgia, Harlow County.
WHEREAS, Thomas A. Word, administrator Debon’e
non, of the estate of Thomas E. Franklin, deceased,
applies to me for letters of dismission from his admin
istration : Therefore, ail persons concerned are herehy
required to show cause, If any they have, why said
administrator, on the first Monday in December next,
should not he discharged. Given under my hand and
seal of office, this 14:h of May, ISO S .
J. A. HOWARD, Ordinary.
F. M. Eddleman. C. I. Brown.
F, M. EDDLEMAN & C 0,,
Wholesale Dealers In
Boots, Shoes, Leather,
French and American Calf Skins,
LASTS, PEGS, LINING AND BINDING
siKiiisrs,
SHOE FINDINGS, AO., AO.
Next door to Moore A Marsh. Decatur Street,
Atlanta, Ga.
fSf'Shne Manufacturers and Merchants will find it
to their advantage to call on us before making their
purchases. .dpril 29, 186$. wtf
FORCE'S BOOT AND SHOE
House,
ATLANTA, GA.,
TS now receiving their FALL and tUaff.
WINTER STOCK of BOOTS AND \
BHOES, the largest ever brought to
this market. These goods came direct
from the Eastern manufactories, and will be sold to
Country Merchants and the Trade at New York prices,
expenses added, consisting of Men’s, Boys’, Youths’,
and Children’s Wax. Kip, Oalf, and Buff Brogans and
Balmorals—Boots of all styles, thick, wax, kip, calf,
and of the finest qualities. Ladles’, Misses’, and Chil
drens’ Boots and Shoes, of every style, and all made to
order. G. H. FORCE.
B. W. FORCE, formerly of Charleston, will be glad
to see his old customers.
Oct. 10. ly
ELACKSXYIITHING.
o
SE! 1 1 M. GOODSON.
Having computed their new
Shop, adjoining Strange’s Tin Shop, on
West side of Railroad, Cartersville, Ga., are
prepared to do ALL KINDS OF WORK in
the BKACKSMITHING Line, They flatter
themselves that they can do as good work,
and at as low pi ice, as any like establishment
in town. They ask a reasonable share of the
public patronage, and promise satisfaction both
in the character of their work and the rea
sonableness of their charges.
A. & M. GOODSON,
Cartersville, Ga.
Jan. 31, 1868. wly.
V. R. TOMMEY, J. S. STEWARD
Newton Cos., Ga. Oxford, Ga.
TOMMEY & STEWART,
IMPORTERS AND DEALERS IN
HARDWARE,
At the Sign of tb#
MILL SAW anti GAME COCK,
Whitehall Street, Atlanta, Ga.,
RESPECTFULLY call the attention of Merchants
and others to their LARGE AND WELL ASSORT
ED STOCK of
Foreign and Domestic HardYYare,
C .insisting in part of
Iron, Steel, Nails,
Builders’ anil Carriage Materials,
Agricultural Implements,
Grain Cradles,
Svthe Blades,
Tools of all kinds, <fcc., <fcc.
ALSO,
LEATHER, LIME AND COTTON YARNS.
AGENTS FOR
Hook’s Anti-Friction Metal.
Baugh’s Rawbone Super-Phosphate of
Lime,
Buffalo Scale Works,
Nonpareil Washing Machines.
PROPRIETORS AND AGENTS FOR
Brook's I'aient Portable dot
ton an«l Hay Screw and
Revolving Presa,
In over one hundred Counties in Georgia!
County Rights for
June 6 ly
Errors of' louflt.
A Gentleman who suffered for years from
Nervous Debility, Premature Decay, and all
the effects of youthful indiscretion, will, for the
sake of suffeiing humanity, send free to all
who need it, the recipe and directions for
making the simple remedy by which he was
cured. Sufferers wishing to profit by the
advertiser’s experience, can do so by address'
ing, in perfect confidence.
JOHN B. OGDEN,
42 Cedar Sf., N. Y’ork.
KAYTON'S OIL OF LIFE!
Cures Sprains, Bruisse, Swellings, and Corns.
KAYTON'S MAGIC CURE!
Cures Coughs, Colds, and Sore Throat.
KAYTON'S MEDICINES!
For sale in CARTERSVILLE. Ga., by
W. L, KIRKPATRICK, Druggist.
CARTERSVILLE, BARTOW COUNTY, GA.. JULY 81, 1808.
PIANO FORTES!
TIIHE undersigned would announce to the
J citizens of Cartersville and vicinity that
he is fully pepared to furnish
r=¥'t*a PIANO FORKS,a®**
Tiirn 7or 7 1-3 rnni
OC rA VEB, with all the very latest improve
ments, and most elegant style and workman
ship, one hundred dollars less than they can
he purchased elsewhere south. They will he
fully warranted.
IHanos Tuned and Repaired,
In the very best manner, and all work warrant
ed, 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,
Kennesaw House, Marietta, Ga.
He is also agent for the sale of all kinds ot
ORGANS. Jan. 25. wtf
TO2THE LADIES.
mmlm~mmi
PREMIUM FAMILY
SEWING MACHINES,
rpHE best Machine for every description of
J Family-sewing made.
Call and examine Machine and specimen of
work over S. Clayton & Son’s store, Carters
ville, Ga. S. H. PATTILLO,
Agent for Bartow county.
Dec. 13, 1867. ts
wumwa*
<=JA Act vc 'lane ve<A 99ty J7Co,/-
- —or—
D RUGS, &c.,
jfiodJi AAiexAoie-loem omoAci A/tc
BARTOW HOUSE,
oonoAin AooxiAco/ on
Main Street,
neccA oAoot Ao
GILBERT &CO HARDW/f&E HOUSE.
AAy jA* c ’ idoner A aAAen Aron f-J
ytvc'tv Ao A Ace
MEDTGII7ES,
cm <A cSF am dc/Any or AA fID
AtcAci 191 my AfttOj XttcAo ori
MEDICINES, OIL,
PAINTS, GLASS, &C.,
AS C H E A P
otX com Ate jAoetitfA ojA A Ate Xame
ytra/tAy cAxcioAtc-lc. %e=
oiAAy Xo AictA a co9i Atna=
a nee AAie AmoAjieXX
Atave kecetveo/.
J. F. BEST, M. 1).,
Druggist and Pharmaceutist,
Feb. 7, 1868. wly Cartersville Ga.
SADDLERY AND HARNESS
MANUFACTORY,
THE undersigned, determined to give the
people of Bartow and adjoining eounties
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
MANUFACTORY,
where they propose to put up everything in
tlacir line in the neatest, most substantial and
durable mannor, and at pricOM that will
defy competition. They flattcrthem
selves that they can and will do work, which,
in every respect, will compare favorably with
any work done North or Souih, t>ofll In
quality and price. I .et no one ig
nore our work because it is done in the South,
nor our piices, before giving us a tiial, for that
is all wc 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, it prompt attention, good work, and mode
late charges will secure that end. Rooms in
the front of the Eclipse Sale and Livery Stable.
THOMPSON <& STOCKS,
Cartersville, Ga.
Jan. 7. 1868. wly
JORDAN, HOWARD & HARRALSON,
TOBACCO
Commission Merchants,
Whitehall Street,
ATLANTA, GEORGIA,
Keep constantly on hand, a large
and fine Assortment of CHEW
ING and SMOKING TO.
BACCO, CIGARS, &c., which
we offer at the Lowest Whole
sale prices.
June 10, IS6B. wtf
KAYTON'S OIL OF LIFE!
Cures any Pain or Ache in from one to five minutes'
KAYTON’S DYSPEPTIC PILLS!
Cures Liver Complaints and Dyspepsia.
KAYTON'S DYSPEPTIC PILLS !
Cures Sick Headache and all Bilious Disorders.
KAYTON'S OIL OF LIFE!
Cnres Pain in the Back, Breast, Sides, Shoulders, and
Joints.
KAYTON'S MAGIC CURE!
• Cures Piarrhcc and Cramp Cholic.
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GOODS.
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GOODS!
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\T7E ARE NOW OFFERING a Splen-
YV did WELL SELECTED STOCK of
I D IR, TT-C3- OOns ,
BOOTS, SHOES, HATS, CLOTHING.
GROCERIES, ETC., ETC., ETC.
WE WILL CONTINUE TO RECEIVE
GOODS of ALL DESCRIPTIONS DAILY,
AND WOULD RESPECTFULLY SAY
TO BUYERS COMING TO THIS PLACE
THAT WE CAN SHOW NEW GOODS
WHICH WE GUARANTEE CAN BE
BOUGHT AT LESS THAN ANY PLACE
IN THIS MARKET.
Call and see Us,
and convince
yourselves.
Remember the
. UNDER COURT HOUSE,
EAST SIDE RAILROAD.
LOEWEHSTEIN & PFEIFER.
Cartersville, Ga.
May 14, 1868.
To Consumptives.
The Rev. EDWARD A. WILSON will send, free of
charge, to all who desire it, the prescription with the
direction* for making and u*ing the simple remedy by
which he was cured of a lung affection and that dread
disease Consumption. Hi* only object is to benefit
the afflicted, and ho hopes every sufferer will try this
prescription, as it will cost them nothing, and may
prove a blessing. Please address
Rev. EDWARD A. WILSON,
No. 165 South Second St., Williamsburg, N. fork.
CAULIFLOWER.
A Side Splitter.
ACCIDENTS AND INCIDENTS.
The following i? a laughable account
of the missfcrtunes that befell an A mcr
ican gentlemen upon a visit to a young
lady in Paris, to whom he bore letters
of introduction. After relating a num
ber of ludicrous and amusing mistakes 1
upon the entrance into the presence of
the lady, he thus proceeds :
“The ordinary routine of French
dinner commenced. A regular series
of servants appeared each instant at our j
elbows, inviting us to partake of a 1
thousand different kinds of wine, under
strings of names which I no more tin-
derstood than I understood their com
position, or they did my gaucheries.—
Resolute to avoid all further opportuni**
ties for displaying my predominant
trait I sat in the most obstinate silence, 1
saying ves to everything that was off- |
ered to me. and eating with the most
devoted application, till mv fair neigh
bor, tired of my tactiturnity and her
own, at length herself began a convert
sation by inquiring how I was pleased
with the opera. I was just raising a
large morsel of potato to my mouth,
sod in order to reply as soon as possi
ble, I hastily thrust it in, intending to
swallow it hastily. Heavens ! It was
as hot as burning lava. What could I
do? The lady’s eyes were fixed upon
me waiting a reply to her question.—
But my mouth was in a flame. I roll
ed the burning morsel hither and thith
er, rocking my head from side to side :
while my eyes, which involuntarily I
had fixed on her, were strained Irom
the sockets. She regarded my grima
ces, the cause of which she was igno*
rant, with an expression ol amusement
and surprise, at which I tan laugh
now when I think of it.
“Monsier is ill!” at length she gen
tly and in an auxious tone inquired.—
I could stand no more. My mouth
was flaying with intolerable pain : so,
quietly abandoning the point, I opened
it to the utmost, and out dropped the
inlernal brand upon my own plate,—
Not the slightest tendency to risibility
ruffled the impenetrable politeness of
thelady. She soothingly condoled with
me of my misfortune, then gradually
led the conversation to a variety of
topics, till exerting the magic influence
that true politeness always exercises,
I began to forget even my own blun
ders. Gradually my cheeks burned
less painfully, and I could join in con.
versation without the fear that every
word I uttered shared the fate of the
action I attempted ; I even ventured to
hope, nay to congratulate myself that
the catalogue of calamities was com
pleted for the day.
“Let no man call himself happy be
fore death,” said Solon, and he said
wisely. The Ides of March were not
over. Before us stood a disli of cauli
flower, nicely done in butter. This l
naturally enough took for custard pud
ding, which it sufficiently resembled. —
Unfortunately my own vocabulary was
not yet extensive enough to embrace
all the technicalities of the table, and
when my fair neighbor inquired it I was
fond of chorjleur, I verily took it to be
the French for custard pudding, and so
huge was my panegyric fit that my
plate was bountifully laden with it.—
Alas, one single mouthful was enough
to dispel my illusion.
Would to heaven that the chorjleur had
vanished with it. But that remained
bodily, and as l gazed despondingly on
the large mass that loomed almost as
large and burning as Vesuvius, my
heart died within me. Ashamed to
confess my mistake, although I could
as readily have swallowed an equal
quantity of soft soap, I struggled man
fully on against the mountainous heap
at its. base—and shutting my eyes and
opening my mouth to inhale as large
masses as I could without stopping to
taste it. But my stomach soon began
intelligibly enough to intimate its inten
tion to admit no more ofthis nauseau
stranger bcneaih its roof, if not even
expelling that which had gained an un
welcome admission.
The seriousness of the task I had un
dertaken, and the resolution necessary
to execute it, had given an earnestness
and rapidity to my exertion which ap
petite could not have aspired, when
my plate, having got somewhat over
the edge of the table, upon my leaning
forward tilted up, and down slid the
disgusting mass into my lap. My hand
kerchief unable to bear so weighty a
load, bent under in its turn, and a great
portion of it landed safely in my hat.
The plate righted as I raised my person,
and saw as I glanced my eyes around
the table that no one had noticed my
disaster, 1 inwardly congratulated my
self that the nauseous deception was
•0 happily disposed of. Resolved not
to he detected. I instantly rolled my
handkerchief together, with its remain
ing contents, and whipped it into mv
pocket. The dinner table was at
length deserted for the drawing room,
where coffee and liquors weie served
around. Meantime I had sought out
what 1 considered a sale hiding place
for my hat beneath a chair in the din
ing room, tar I dared not carry it any
longer in my hand, having first thrown
a morsel of paper to hide the cauliflow
er, should any one chance in seeking
for his own hat to look into mine.—
On my return to the drawing, 1 < hanc
ed to be seated by the lad) by whom I
had set at table. Our conversation was
resumed, and we were in the midst of
an animated discuss-on, when a huge
spider was seen running up her arm.
“Take it off, take it ofl !” she ejac
ulated in a terrified voice.
I was always afraid of spiders ; so to
avoid touching him with my right hand,
I caught my pocket handkerchief and
clapped it on the miscreant,' who was
already mounting over her temple with
rapid strides. Gracious heavens ! 1
forgot the cauliflower, which was now
plastered over her face like an etnmol
lient poallice, fairly killing the spider,
and blinding an eye of the lady—while
little streamlets of soft butter rolled
gently down her neck and bosom.
“Mon dieu ! Monsieur! exclaimed
the astonished fair.
“Mon dieu !” was re-echoed from
every person’s mouth.
“Have you cut your hand?’ inquired
one.
“No, no !—the spider—Monsieur is
killing the spider. What a quantity of
entrials!” ejaculated an astonished
Frenchman, unconsciously to himself.
Well might he be astonished ; the
spray of the execrable vegetable had
spotted her dress from head to foot. —
For myself, ihe moment the accident
occurred, 1 had mechanically returned
my handkerchief to my pocket, but its
contents remained.
“Whatja monster it must havebeen.”
observed a young lady, as she helped
to relieve my victim from her cruel po
sition.
“I declare 1 should think it had been
living upon cauliflower.”
At that moment I felt someone touch
and on turning round, I saw my
companion who had come with me.
“Look at your i antaloons,” he whis
pered. Already half dead with confus
ion and disaster I had caused, I cast my
eyes on my once white dress, and saw
at a glance the horrible extent of my
dilemma. I bad been silting on the fa
tal pocket and had crushed out liquid
butter ar.d the soft paste-like vegetable
which bad bedaubed and dripped down
them, till it seemed as if it were actually
dissolving my pantaloons.
Darting from the spot, I sprang to
the place where I had left my hat, but
before I could reach"it, a sudden storm
of wrath was heard at the door.
“Sacra! bete !” the R. in the first
word being made to roll like the watch
man’s rattle, mingled with an epithet
and name that an angry Frenchman
never spare, was heard ringing like a
fierce tempest without the door. Sud
denly there was a pause, a gurging
sound, as of one swallowing involunta
ry, and the storm of wrath broke out
again with redoubled fury. I seized
ray bat and opened the door, and the
whole matter was explained ; we had
exchanged hats, and there he stood,
the soft cauliflower gushing d*»wn his
cheeks, blinding his eyes, filling his
mouth, hair, mustaches, ears and whis
kers. Never shall I forget that mem
orable spectacle. There he stood as
tride like the Colossus, and stooping
gently forward, his eyes fiercely closed
his arms drooping out from his body
and dripping cauliflower and butter
from every pore.
I staid no longer ; but returning his
hat, I rushed from the bouse, jumped
into a “fiacre,” and arrived safely
home, heartly resolved that, to my latest
hour, I would never again deliver a let
ter of intioduction,
CURIOSITIES OF DIET.
WHAT FOOD FED THE STOMACH OF GREAT
MEN.
The word gastronomy, which ex
presses all the attributes of good living
in their perfection, is scarcely half a
century old, and is of course due to the
French, who compounded it, with thci r
usual skill in adaptation, from Greek.
From the indiscriminate and vulgar
gluttony of Vittellius and Heliogab this,
those old heathens of the Decline and
Fall, to the refined and delicate taste
of the epicurean Lucullus, there is a
wide interval, Yet, no human being
NO. 0.
is wholly without interest in the science
of gastronomy, since there is none bu
must eat to live. They who reverse
the rule and only live to eat, are not
gourmands in the true sense, and lose
the zest of pleasure in the overtasking
of the palate. One of the most refined
and philosophic of modern writers la
ments wiili pathetic earnestness the
dire necessities that compel us all to
pay tribute to the cupboard in the de
claration : “lean get rid of everything
but this perpetual stomach ; he must
eat, and I cannot make him respecta
ble.”
The most graphic and thoughtful ino
ern historians, far from despising sueii
trifles as the personal traits and foibles
of great men, dwell upon all such items
with interest, as among the best reve
lations of character. When we read
of the reformer Luther, that he was
was full of habit and a hearty eater,
that he loved Rhine wine anil Torgan
beer, we get at once an insight into
the life and spirit ol the man that is
worth whole volumes in folio of con
troversial theology.
Charlemagne, the first Western empe
ror, who died in 1814, although a ve
ry frugal liver, was extremely fond of
game. On Ordinary occasions, writes
Oapefigne, there were but four plates
on bis dinner tables, besides a piece of
game which the hunters brought to the
emperor ready spitted, since they
knew this was his favorite meat. The
historian adds that this prince used
rarely to drink more than three times
at his repast.
Augustus Ctesar was fond of brown
bread, little fish, cheese made of new
cow’s milk, and fresh figs. Suetonius
ielates that he drank habitually but three
glasses at each meal, which shows him
to have been of much more sober and
simple tastes than most oi his success
ors.
Apicus, the celebratsd Roman gour
mand, whose name has furnished a
proverbial phrase to the literature ol
dietetics, was passionately fond of lob
sters. Small blame to him for that,
since this is the most delicate and de
licious of shell-fish next to the oyster,
which must ever bear away the palm.
Having heard that the coast of Africa
yielded lobsters larger and more deli
rale than the Italian, Apicius immedi
ately chartered a vessel, and set sail to
ascertain the fact and bear home the
prizes across the Mediterranean. A
rich old fellow was this Apicius, who
spent on his table a hundred million
sesterces, (about §4,000,000 of our
money,) and one fine day, having cast
up his accounts, and found that il his
debts were paid he should have left
but ten million sesterces,, r ($500,000,)
be quietly swallowed poison, through
fear of dying of hunger.
The Latin poet Martial, who died
in the year 105 ol our era, had a spe
cial taste for the thrush and the hare,
a preference which he himself declared
in this epigram : "Inter avea turdus, si
quis, mejudice, certet, Inter quadru
peds gloria prima lepus."
The Emperor Alexander Sevcrus
was so fond of rabbit that, according
to his biographer. Lampridius, he ate
one at every meal.
Frederick, Emperor of Germany,
who died iu 1493, was madly in love
with melons, and his immoderate pas
sion for them fitnlly carried him to the
tomb as the consequence ol an indiges
tion. The same accident, and from
precisely the same cause, put an end to
the career of the Emperor Maximilian
11. of Germany.
Tasso, the Italian poet, had a mark
ed predilection for sugared dishes well
baked in the oven, and all kinds of
fruits and confectionery. He was s®
fond of sugar that he always put it in
his salad.
Henry IV. of France had a passion
ate fondness for melons, and for oys
ters. He used to eat immoderately of
both ; but it would appear that the
wine of Arbois, of which he made a
great use, saved him from the iniliges
tion to which the great indulgence
in such aliments exposed him.
Charles XII. King of Sweden, was
certainly not a difficult eater, since
Voltaire records that a slice of bread
and blitter was his supreme choice in
matters of diet.
Crebillon, JUs, the French novelist*
who died in 1777, was an insatiable
devourer of oysters.
A certain English gentleman named
Rogerson. gave great preference to or
tolans—at least the final act ofhis life
seems to prove this. We are assured
that this desciple of Apicius expended,
in the space of nine months, the almost
incredible sum of one hundred a fifty
thousand pounds sterling upon his table
end culinary experiments. In fact bis
whole fortune had been thus swallowed
up; and, seeing himself reduced to
want, he cnployed a guinea, the last
that remained to hiiii out of his large
fortune lo the preparation of an ortolan,
his favorite meat. Then having tasted
with all tiie delectation of a consummate
epicure this ultimate dish, he quietly
fell back and blew his brains out.
The French Marshal Hocoquinconrt,
who died in 1058, bud a particular pen
chant for sheep’s tails, and kept all his
life a cook who knew how to prepare a
savory dish of this caudal million, which
the Marshal dispensed to his officers lo
put them in good stomach l;r battle.
Voltaire was extravagantly loud of
coffee, which he drank to excess, as Dr.
Johnson did tea. The same character
istic was exhibited by the naturalist
Buffon, who always lived übon coffee,
Frederick the Great, ol Piussia, bad
a notable predilection for a dish called
•• po!enta\ ” this was a species of bir
leycake, reduced to powder, and roast
ed. On this, and a cup of coffee, (in
bis passion for which this prince fairly
rivaled bis friend Voltaire.) be used to
regale himself with much guslo. Not
a very great debauch lor a king, or a
philosopher.
Napoleon was another great coffee
drinker, and would take sometimes
twenty cups per day, without apparent
injury. It was his only marked taste
m dietary matters, and other pleasures
of the table having been, in a measute,
indifferent to him. This caused bis
chamberlain, M. Gussy, a retiowcd
gourmand to lament that “the sentiment
ol the cuisine ” was wholly wanting to
the emperor ; and he cited this defect
as evidence that even the greatest man
cannot be perfect.
The Josh Hillings l’apers.
CHIPS.
Don’t mistake a dounkast eye lor
modesty ; dounkast eyes are often on
the lookout sideways.
It is one thing lew take the chances
ami quite another thing to Jind them.
It is not the whole ov our duty tew
fuller the example of good men ; hilt
few leave behind us sum decent tracks
for others tew foller.
Rumor is a spark at fust, then a fire,
then a conflagration, then ashes.
The wust enemy that a man can hnv
is flattery ; il is wuss than abuse ; it is
better to be knocked endways by a foe
than tew be bowed sideways with the
quill or a windy friend.
Death is a cessation of hospitality's ;
a flag of truce, tew the righteous a gain,
and lew the wicked no loss.
If you are looking alter happiness
don’t take the turnpike, take one of the
byroads ; you will avoid the tollgates,
and find it less crowded and dusty.
Mulch buty is like the strawberry,
soon out ov sezon, but exqtiisil while
it diiz last, and like the strawberry ain’t
perfeckt without a good deal of su
gar,
Rules for longlife are liksguidboards
to a deserted cittv.
Hipokrasy is one of the vices that
yu kant konvert ; yu might nz well un
dertake to git the wiggle out ova snake
or the grease out of fat pork.
A witty writer is like a porkupine,
hiz quill makes no distinktio.i between
a friend and a foe.
About ime-half the discomfort ov this
life iz the result ov giiting tired of our
selves.
Solitude wttd be zn excellent place
tew go tew if a man could leave bis
baggage (or sin) behind hiui.
He that marrys a Christian woman
iz the son-in-law ov Divine Provi
dence.
Menny a young person haz died old
by living a long time alter they w.iz
dead, and menny an old person haz
died long before their time cum by be
ing dead while they was a living.
Precepts are stuff tew bring up
young ones ; or il iz like sending them
down cellar without enny handle tew
learn them tew see in the dark.
There iz no such a thing nz acksi
dents ; if one tiling happens by ark si
dent, awl things may ; heaven has no
beitreau ov aeksidents.
We should be kerlul how we encour
age luxurys ; it iz but a step forward
frum hoe-cake to plum-pudding, but
it iz a mile and a half, by the nearest
road, when we have tew go back again.
Smiles and tears cum Iron) the same
fountain, and as the showers of heaven
are followed by the sunshine, to glad
den the earth so duz joy follow sad
ness, tew make the soul cheerful.
Tliare iz just az much jetousy (it i z
only less dangerous) among the lowly
as among the rich ; the poor devil with
a whole loaf under his arm iz the lord
ol his naborhood. and the loaves look
on with envious wonder while he struts
up and down the alley.
We only love them that we fear.
This may be only one of my |j rß , hut
it looks so tew me front where I stand
now.
The best comlishun in life iz tint t,,
be so rich as tew be envyd, nor so
poor az to be damned,
Iz it charily tew give a thankless
cuss in need? certainly ; just az much
az it would be tew save a drovvitiu*
cow.
Just praiz iz the vernakular ov good
deeds,
Whare thare iz grate virtue, thare
must have been grate vices, or else a
very poor sile, that raiziz nothing but
what haz bin planted, and wcli tended
anil manured at that.
Revenge iz jist as natral as milk ; \ u
will see little bits ov bovs club the post
that they bump their heads agatust.
