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Newspaper Page Textt£l)t Cutljbcct ^ppcfll. J. P. SAWTELL,] [H. H. JOKES, I*ropr iotors. TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION: Thre* month* •> 00 Nix Don tbs 12 00 On# rear |3 00 ty* Invariably in ao*asc*. THE CUTHBERT APPEAL. Vol. T. Cuthbert, Q-eorgia, Friday, March 15, 1867. No. 90. Lyrics from the Latin. TKkDUM bat. I wonder where old Verbttm sat, jiuil how lie looked when sitting there, And wbcre'lio hung his Sunday hut, And did ho u»c nn easy shnlr *. Did Mrs. Yirbnm always lcn»k Angelic when her husband entiled T And what was Vcrbum’* favorite book, And hud the Vcfbtlnti «*'re a childT Hut. nothe (tttyeetk tvra|j[Kd in glootu, Scant Vcrbum legends can 1 trace, Impenetrable as the tomb, The darknew I* oVf all their race. The solitary iceord lelt. The consolation com* from that — The (Act that time has not horclt Tbo nation of its Vcrbum ent. [Brooklyn Union. Pshaw I That's nothing—that nint! We've got n mill in the Commercial of fice that will grind out such poetry by 1 t,o yard, if it’* kept in good running nr dor. How's thin—(and tbo machine hasn't been run in n month of Sunday*, neither:) Ninib FIT. I wonder who young Nihil lit, And where It was ho (It, and when ; I'd know just how the fight went on, Aod if young Nihil licked hi* man. Did Nihil let go with hi* right! Did t'other punch him in the golit Did Nihil bore hint to the rupee, And counter on the fellow* nob! In rain i* all my questioning— A full account wa» never writ; And all that I can ever know la limply this—that Nihil fit. [Uuf'olo Commercing ANSWER, TO THE GOOSE. Sic Transit was thu roan he hit, Sic Semper saw him do it, For don’t you know since Nihil fit Svd lime, bactcnuo—"poor llliuni fulL” He hit him -hut, Vcrbum eat — Cum—Graoo Sail* *aw it— A posteriori (ju*t think ol that!) And no one thanked him for it. On terra firma was the field, Gloria inundi! ace urn hit! * l*ax in hello. Sic Tranait yield De nlhllo! that Nihil (It. [AugxuU Omutitvtionalul. Sotncliotly’ll Come To-Night • 1 mu*t bind my hair with the myrtle hough, And gem it with buds of white ; And drive this blush from my burning brow, For-somebody’ll come to night. And while hi* eye* shall discern a grace, lo the braid and the folded Dower, Jlo must not find in my tell-tale face The ipoll of his wondrous power. "I must don the robe which he fondly call* A cloud of enchanting light; And sit where the mellowing moonlight full*, For—somebody'll come to night. And while the robe and the place shall see ill Rut the veriest freak of chance, Til sweet to know (hat hi* ere* will beam With a tenderer, happier glance.” 'Two* thus I sung when th* year* were few That lay on my girlish head, And all the flower* that in fancy grew Were tied with golden thread ■ And • som-body" came and the whispers there I cannot repeat (hem, quite— Rut 1 know my soul went np in prayer, And “*omcbodyY”hcrc to-night. 1 blush no more at the whiaperrd vow, Nor sigh in the rod moonlight; My robo ha* a tint of amber now. And I sit by the nnthrnrlie, All the locks that vied witq the ghewy wren Havo passed to the silver gray, /Jut the lore (but decked than n itk flowers then Is a holier loro to-day. MISCELLANEOUS. TliORUtiKNA’S (UlOKT. The following very curious story is ftnm tbo Kyrbygp.il> Saga, opo or the object and noblest of tiio Icelandic his tories. As it results in nn action unique in its way—n lawsuit brought against u party of ghosts who haunted n house, it well merits attention from all lovers of curiosities. In tbo summer of 1000, thu year in which Christianity wns os Uiblished in Iceland, n vessel came off coast uenr Snoefellness, full of Irish and natives of the Hebrides, with n few Norsemen among them; the ship enmo from Dublin, nncfclny alongside o( Rif, waiting a brocie which might wait her into tho firth to Dogvortharness, goino people went oflfin bunts from tbo ness to trade with tho voajol. They Inund on board a 11ubride woman called Thorgntv nu, who, hinted the sailors, Imd treasures of female attire in her possession, the liko of which had never boon seen Iceland. Now when Thuridn, tho house wife at Prod river, heard this sho was all excitement to get a glimpso of these treasures, for she was n dashing, showy sort of a woman. Sho rowed out to the ship, and on mooting Thorgunna, nskod her if she had really somo first-rate la dv‘s drosses ? Of course sho had; but sho was not going to part with them any one, was the answer, Then might she see them ? humbly asked Thurida. Ves, sho might sec them. So the boxes wero opened, and tho Iceland lady timinod tho foreign apparel. It was good, but not so very remarkable as sho had anticipated; on tho whole she was a bit disnp|M)inted, still she would like to purchase, and she made ubid. Thor- gtinna at onco refused to sell. Thurida then invited the Ilobridee lady homo on a visit, and tbo stranger, only too glad to leave tbo vessel, accepted the invita tion with alacrity. On tho arrival of the lady with her boxes at tho farm, sho asked to see hor bed, and wasshowed a convenient closet in tbo lower part of tho hull. Thera she unlocked her largest trunk, and drew forth a suit of bedclothes of thu most ex quinite workmanship, and she spread over tho bed English linen sheets and a silk on coverlet. From the box sho also extracted tapestry hangings and cur tains to surround the couch: and tho liko of all these things bad never been soon in the island beforo. Thurida opened hor eyes very wide, and asked her guest to share boa-clothes with her. "Not for all tho world” replied tho strange lady, with sharpness. “I’m not going to pig it in tho straw, for yoj ma'am I” An answer which, the Saga write assures us, did not pnti daily gratify the good woman of tho house. Thorgunna was stout and tall, dis posed to becomo fat, with black oye- brows, a thick head of bushy brown bail and soft-eyed. She was not much of talker, nor very merry, und it was her wont to go to church every day before beginning hor daily task. Many poo- pie took her to be about sixty years old. She worked at tho loom every day copt in hay making time, and thun sho went forth into tho fields and stacked hor own hay. The summer that year was wet, ami tho hay had not been car ried on account of tbo rain, so thut Frodriver farm, by autumn, tbo crop was only half cut, and tho rest was still stuiidiiig. One day nppenred bright anil clonic**, mid tho farmer, Thorodd, ordered the houso to turn out fur a general hny-mnk mg. The strange lady worked along with tho rest tossing hay till tho hour of nones, when a black cloud crossei tho sky from the north, and by the time that prayers had been said such a dark liens had comuon that It was almost ini possible to see. The bay-makers, Thorodd’* command, raked their hay together into cocks, but Thorgunna. fur no assignable reason, lelt hers spread. It now boenmo so daik that there was no seeing a hand held up beforo the face, and down cnino tho rain in torrents. It did not last many minute*, and then tho sky cleared, and the evening was ns bright as had been tho morning. It was observed by tho hay-makers on their return to their work, that it had rained blood for nil the grass was stuiu ed. They spread it, and it soon dried up; but Thorgunna triad in vain to dry ttjT An unmitigated wrotch compiles tho following memoranda for young In dies: Have a good piano or none. Bo suro to havo a 'dreadful cold’ when asked to ‘favor tho company.’ Cry ut a wed ding, but don’t faint. Always scream at a spider. Never leavo your curl pa pers in the drawing room. Drop your I hors, it had been so thoroughly saturated have a presentiment that place will short ly become the most sacred in the island, and that dorks will be there who will chant over inc; and do you reimburse yourself for any outlay in carrying this into effect from mv chattels. Let your wife, Thurida, have my scar let gown, lest she be put at the further ilistributior. of my effects, which I pro pose, Mv gold ring I bequouth to-tho church ; but my bed, with its curtains, tapestry, coverlet and sheets, 1 desire to havo burned, so that they go into no body’s possession. This I doeirc, r.ot because I grudge the use of these hand some articles to anybody, but because I foresee that tfio possession of them will bo tho cause of innumorablo quarrels and heartburnings.” Thorodd promised solemnly to fulfill to the letter in every particular. Tho complaint now rapidly gained ground, and before many days Thorgun- nn was dead. Tho farmer put her corpse into a coffin ; then took all the bod fur niture into the open air,*nnd, raising a pile of wood, thing the clothes on top ol it, and was about to firo tho pile, when, with a face pale Irnm anxiety and dis may, rushed forth Thurida, to know what in the name of wonder hor hus band was about to do with those treas ures of needlework, tho coverlet, sheets and curtains of thcstl'ango lady's bod. “Burn them, according to her dying request,” replied Thorodd. ‘•Burn thorn ?’’ochoed Thurina, cast lug up hor hands and eyes, “what non sense I Torgunnn only desired this to bo done bocauso sho was full of onvy lost others should eqjoy these incomparable treasures. “But bIio threatened nil kinds of nils- fortunos unless L obeyed strictly her in junctions; and I promised to fulfill hor in tentions,’’ expostulated the worthy man'. “Oh, that is all fancy I" exclaimed tho wife; "whftt misfortune can these articles possible bring upon us?’’ Thorodd still etnod out; but in this, ns in many another house, tho grey mare was the best horse, and what with en treaties, onibrcees, and tears, ho was forced to oflect a compromise, and linquisb to his wife the hangings und tho coverlet in order that ho might securo immunity for burning tho pillow und thu shoetes. Yet neither were satisfied, says the historian. Next day preparations wero made for Hitting the corpse to Sknlhololt, and trustworthy men wero secured to accom pany it. The body was swathed in lin co, but not stitched up, it wiib thou put into tho coffin and placed on horseback. So they started with it over the moor; and nothing particular happened till they reached Vulbjurnar plain, where there are many pools and tho corpse had repea ted falls into tho mire. Well, after a bit they crossed the Northrnr nt Eynr- ford, but the water was very deep, for there had been heavy rains. At nightfall they reached Stafholt, and asked the farmer to tako them in llo declined peremptorily, probably dis liking tho notion t f housing a corpse, and he shut tlm door in their faces. They could go no further that night ns the lfuita was before them, which is very deep and brand, and could only be traversed in safety by day; no lbry took tho coffin into nn outhouse, and after some trouble persuaded the farmer to let them sleep in his hall; but ho would- not give them any food, so they went suppcrless to bed. .Scarcely, however wan all quiet in tho hnise before strange clatter was beard in tho she serving as larder. One of tho farm ser vants, thinking that thieves wore break ing in, Hole to the door, and on looking in holicld a tall nuked woman, with thick brown hair, busily engaged in preparing food. Tho poor fellow was so frightened that ho fled back lo his bod, quaking like mi aspen loaf. In another moment thi nude figure stalked into tho hull, bear ing victuals in both hunds, and the she placed on tho table. By the dim light tho bearers recognised Thorgunna, handkerchief when you aro going to faint Mind, you are ‘engaged’ if you don't liko your partner. Abjure ring lets on a wet day. Never faint unless it is convenient to full into tho arms of the young gentleman you love. Ketncmber, its vulgar in the extreme, to know what your mother is going to have for dinner. When you go shopping, bo sure to tako your ma along to curry tho bundles. that the sun went down leaving it drip ping blood, and ull her clothes were discolored. Thurida asked what could bo the meaning of tbo portent, and Thor gunna answered that it boded ill to the house and itsinmuten. In tlm ovouing, late, the strange woman returned home, and went to hor closet and stripped off hor stained clothes. .She then lay down in her bed and began to sigh It was soon ascertained that she was ill, Triser—The Kentucky paper* are and when food was brought her she having a big fight now on the subject j would not swallow it. of politics. The Louisville Courier,, Next morning tbo bonder came to her Journal or other leading papers of tho to inquire how sho felt, and to learn what State arc supporting the Democracy turn the sickness was likely to tako. tir the President's policy of reconstrue- Tho poor lady told him that sho feared ' her end was approaching, and she earn estly besought him to attend to her di rections as to the disposal of her proper ty, not changing any particular, as such a chango would entuil misery on tho fam ily. Thorodd declared his readiness to carry out her wishes to the minutest do tail. “This, then,''said she, ‘'is my lust re quest. I desire my body to be taken to |bkalboH,if 1 die of thia disease, for I tion. In tbo controversy many "palpa ble hits" are made, among them, tbe Courier gets off the following good one : The Frankfirt Commonwealth calls the Journal tbe "tender” of tbo Courier. Wc would advise tbo Frankfort con cern to let tho Journal alone, or it will wake up some fine incrtiing and find it self turned mi to a switched locomotive with a "tender” behind. appearance continued all tho while that the men ant by tho fire, and was visible very evening’ after. Thorodd asked Thorir Stumping, his bailiff’, what was )ortended ? and the innn replied that it mded death to nomo one, but to whom ho Could not say. Shortly after a shepherd onmo jn, gloomy and muttering to himself in a strange manner. When addressed ho an swered wildly, nnd they thought ho must havo lost his wits. Thu man remained in this state for sonic little while. Ono night ho weut to bod as usual, but in tho morning, when tho men enmo to wnko him, they found him laying dead in his place. II n was buriod in the church, A few nights after strango sounds were hoard outside tho house; nnd one night when Thorir Stutnplog went out of the door for sumo purpose, he saw tho shepherd stride past him. Thorir at tempted to slip in doors again, but the shepherd grasped him, and lifter n short tussle ('list him in, so that lie fell upon tho hall floor bruised and severely in- •ured. llo succeeded in crawling to his >cd, but ho never rose from it again. His body was purple and swollen. Af ter a few days ho die.!, and was buried in the churchyard. Immediately after his spectra was seen to walk in company with that of tho shepherd. A servant of Thorir now sickened, nnd uftor n few day’s illness died, Within a few days five more died. Tho fast preceding Christmas approached,though in those days tho fashion of fast ing wqa not introduced. In tho closet containing dried fish, the stack was so big that thu door could not bo closed, and when fish wore wanted, a luddor was placed against the pile nnd tho top tisli wero taken away for use. In tho ovening, ns men sat over tho fire, the stack of dried stock-fish suddenly was upset, and when peoplo went to exam ine it, they could discover no cause.— Just beforo Yule, also, Thorodd, the bonder, went out in n long-boat with soven men to Ness, after somo fish, and they wero out all night. The same evening, the fires having boon kindled in tho hall nt Frod River, a fionl’s head ap peared lo riso out of the door of the npnrtmont. A servant girl who first saw it, rtishud to the door, und catching up a bludgeon which lay beside it, struck at the seal’s head. Tho blow made tho licud rise higher out of the Hour, and it turned its eyes towards tho bed-curtains of Tborgunnn. A house-child now took tho stick nnd beat nt tho apparition, but bo fared no better, for the fiend rose higher nt ouch slroko till its fore-fioi appeared, nnd the fellow was so fright ened that he fainted away. Then up came Kinrtan, tho bonder’s son, a lud of twelve, and snatching up n largo iron mullet for bcuting the fish, ho brought it down with n crash on tho seals hand.— llo struck again nnd again, till hodrnvo it into the Hoor, much as ono would drive a pile ; ho then bent down the earth over it. It was noticed by ull that on evory occasion tho lad Kiurtun was the Duly ono who had any power over the apparition. Next morning it was ascertained that Thorodd and his men had been lost, for tbo boat bad been driven nriiorn near Enni; but tho bod ies wore never recovered. Thurida, and hor son Kinrtan, imme diately invited all their kindred nnd neighbors to a funerul feast. They had brewed for Yule, and now they kept lhe banquet in commemoration of tho dead. When all tho company had ar rived, and had taken thoir places—tho seats of tho dead men being an custom ary, left vacant—tho hall door was dark ened, nnd tho guests beheld Thorodd nnd bin sorvnritfl enter, dripping with wa ter. All wore gratified, for ntthat timo it was considered a token of favorable acceptance with the goddess Han if the dona man came to tho wake; “and,” says tho Saga writer, "though woaro Chrisliau men, nnd baptized, wo have faith m tho sumo token still.” The nml they understood now that she reuen- j spectres walked through the hall with- ted tho churlishness of the host, and hud . <,m greeting any one, nnd sat down bo-' ovi'lo food for them. ) f,, ro t| 10 fj I0 The servants lied in nil bull were among tho fish, tossing them about; nnd this went on night nnd day A man sot tho ladder ngninst tho stack, nnd olimbod to tho top. IIo observed omorging from a pilo of stock fish a tail liko that of a cow which has boon singed, but soft and covered with hair like that of a soal. Tho fellow caught the tail nnd pulled at it, calling lustily for help. Up ran men and wornon, nml all drag ged at the tail, but none of them could pull it out; it seemed stiff and dead, yet suddenly it was whisked out of their hands, und rasped tho akin of their minis. Tho stack was now taken down mt no traces of the tail could bo found, only il was discovered that tho skin had been peeled oft' tho fish, and nt tbo bot tom of tho stack not a bit of tlosb was left upon them. Tluirgrima, tho widow of Thorir Btumplog, fell sick ahortly aftor this") on iho evening of hor burial sho was seen in company with Thorir nnd his party. All those who hnd seen tho tail wore now attacked, and died—men nml wo men. In tho autumn there hnd boon thirty household servants nt Frod-riVcr, of tlieso now eighteen wero dead, tho ghosts had frightened fivo away, and nt the beginning of tho month Gor, thcro romninud but seven. Tilings hnd thus como to such a pass as to render ruin imminent, unless some decisive measure were pursued to rid tho house of tho spectres which haunted it. Kiurtun, accordingly, determined on con sulting Snorri, tho Patriarch, his moth er’s brother, and ono of tho shrewdest •non Iceland ever produced, Kinrtan reached his uncle's houso nt Ilclgnfcll nt Iho same time that n priest arrived from Giz.or White, the apostle of Ireland Snorri advisod Kinrtan to tako the priest with him to Frod-river, to burn all tbo bed furnituro of Thorgunna, to hold a court nt bis door, nml bring a formal action at law against tho spectres and then to got tbo priest lo sprinkle tho houso with holy water, and to shrive the survivors on tho farm. Along with him Snorri sent his son Tliord Kauai, with six men, that ho might summons Kinrtnn’s father, considering that thcro might bo a little delicacy in tbo son bringing an not on against tbo ghost of Ilia own father. Bo it was settled, nnd Kinrtan rode homo. On his way ho called nt neigh bors’ house* and asked help; so that by the time lie reached Frod-river his par ty was considerably swelled. It was 0a mllenins-day, and they drew up at tho furm door just aftor the fires hnd been lighted, and tho ghosts hnd muned their customary places. Kinrtan found his mother in bed, with nil the premonitory symptoms of tim same com plaint which had carried oil’so many others in tho house. Tho lad passed tho spectacle, nnd going updo tho bod of Thorgunna, romovod tho quilt nnd curtains and every article which' hnd be longed to her. Then lie pushed boldly up to tho lire past the ghosts and look o brand from it. In a few minutes ho hnd mndo a pilo of brushwood, and hnd thrown the lied- l'urnituro on top. The flame* roared up nrouml iho luckless articles nnd con sumed them. A court was next Cffnftti- til tod at tbo door, according to proper legal forms, and Kinrt an summonsed Thorir Btumplog, whilst Tbord Katie! summonsed Thwodd for entering a gen tleman'* house without pci'inission, und bringing mischief und death among his retainers. Every spectro there present wns sum moused by name In duo nnd legal form. Tho plaintiffs argued their cane, and wit* nesses were called nnd examined. Tho defendants wero nskod what exception* they had to plead, and upon their re maining silent, sentence was pronounced. Each ouso was taken separately, nnd the court Rat long. Tho first action (Im posed of was that against Thorir. He wns ordered to leave tho houso forth with. Upon hom ing this doeroe of tho court, Btumplog fcMo from bis choir, and fcaid,-- "I sat whilst sit t might/’ nnd hob bled out of tbo hall by the door oppo site to that before which the court was held. Tho cnBO of tho shepherd wns next disposed of. On hearing tho sentence ho rose,- £l)c (Eutl)bcct Appeal. RATIOS OF ADVERTISING i On* dollar per iqusr* if Ma lint* for th* flnt I* •srlion, sod H*»*nty-li»s Cent* p*r *qu*r* (or ***ti subsequent insertion, not exceeding three. On* squsre (lire* month* I I On* *qu*ro on* jreor..» *0 0(1 Fourth of* column six Month I £0 off Half column *ix month* 7« 00 One coin.nn *lx month* 100 •* left her ootVm lo provl 1 ho f irmer and his wife were now speed-1 directions, and tho dead men sat silent- ily brought to terms, and leaving their hy rn uud tho flames till the fire died out, beds they displayed tho utmost alacrity j then they lelt tho houso as they had co in supplying all thu necessities of their torod it. This happened every evening guests. A fire was lighted; the wet ns long n s the feast continued, and sumo clothes were taken oil tho travellers ; deemed that nt tho conclusion of tho fos- curd and beer, and a slow of iculund- tivitic* the apparition would cease. Tho moss, set beforo them. ! wnko terminated, and tho visitors c’ii llist!—a little noise in the out-hoiiso ! pursed. The lire was lighted as usual part, she followed tho others, saying,■ It is only I horgtiuun stepping back into toward* dusk, nnd in, ns beforo, came j "I remained whilst lo remain was law- her coffin. Thorodd nnd his retinue, dripping with ful.” Nothing transpired of any moment water; they sat down before tho hearth I Each who left said a few words which during the rest of tho journey. Tho n nd bogan to wring out thoir cotbo*.— evincod a disinclination to desert the bearers bad but to narrate tho story of | Next enmo in the spectres of Thorir j fireside for the grave nml soa-doptlis. the preceding night* events, and they j Stumping and the »ix who hnd died in' Tho last to go was Thorodd, and ho were sure of u ready welcome wherever bod after bint, and Imd been buried ;' said,— "I go; hotter had I been dismissed be fore,” no vanished through the door. When Tluirgrima wad ordered to de they halted. | tliuy wero covered with mould, und they At Skulholt nil went well; tho dork* proceeded to ahako tho mould off their accepted the gold ring, and chanted over' clothes upon Thorodd nnd his men. Tho the body ; they buried her deep, nnd put green turf over hor. So their errand ac complished, tbo servants of Thorodd re turned homo. At Frod river thcro wns a largo ball, with closed bod room nt tho end of it. On cither side of tho hull wero closets ; in ono of these dried fi-h were stacked up, and Hour was kopt in tho other. Ev ery evening, about menl timo, a groat fire was lighted in tho hull, and men used to sit long before it era they adjourned to supper. Tho same night that the fu neral party returned the men wero sit ting chatting around tho fire, when *ud denly they perceived a phosphorescent half moon growing into brilliancy on the wall of the apartment, und travel slowly round tho hall against the turn This inmates of tho house deserted tho room/ and remained without light in another apartment. Next day tiio fire was not lighted in tho hall, but in tho other room; tho farm-people reckoning upon tho ghosts keeping to tho hall. But no ! in enmo tho spectral train, and upon the living men vacating their scats, the ghosts occupied them, nnd sat grimly looking into the rod fire till it died out, whilst the terrified servants spent the evening in tho hall. On tho third day two file* wore kindled—ono in tho hull for the ghosts, and another in thfc small chamber for the living men; and ho it had to bo dono throughout tho whole of Yule. Fresh disturbances now began in the &-h cluect, nnd it eeeinud a* though a “There is now rio peace for Us heto j wo lire flitting ono by ono.” After this Kiurtun went in, and the priest took holy water and sprinkled the walls of the houso ; then ho sung mas*, nnd performed many ceremonies. Ho tho .Spectres hantod Frod-river fid more, and Thurida got better rapid iy ; nnd tho prospect of the farm mended Bpoedily. A shoemaker in Richmond fin ished a pair of shoes soventoen and a half inches long and five inches and a half wido, fur a negro man. He will have to go to tho forks of a road to find a bool jack. A French Alumnae. Tho following almanac is reputod to bo good authority, but mnjr not be quite adapted to this latitude : January. — Ho who is born In Ibis month will bo laborious, and a Inver of good wine, but very subject to infidelity, lie may too often forgot to pay hi* debts, but bo will bo complacent, nnd withal a fine singer. The lady born in tills month will bo a pretty, prudent houaowifo) rather muluuchoily, but very good tem pered. Fkbruaht,—Tho man born In this month will love monoy much, but tbo h die* more; lie will bo stingy nt home, but prodigal abroad. Tho ludy will bo a humane und uft’uotionnlo wife and ten der mother. March. --Tho man born In thin month will bo rather handsome, ho will be hon est and prudent, but die poor. The lady will bo u passionate chatter-box, some thing given to fighting, und in old ago too fond of tho bottle. Arair..—Tbo man who has the misfor tune to bo born m this month Will bo sub ject to maladies. He will travel to bis advantage, for he will marry a rich nnd handsome heiress, who will make—what, no doubt, you all understand. Tbo ludy w ill be tall and stout, with a little mouth, little foot, littlo wit, but n groat talker, nml willml a great liar. Mat.—Tho man horn in this month will bo handsome andnminblo. IIo will mnko hi* wife happy. Tho Indy will bo equally blest in every rcspoct. June.—Tho man will bo o' a small stntuo, panaionntoly fond of women nml children, but will not be loved in return. Tho lady will bo a giddy personage, fond of coffee; sho will marry nt the ago of twenty-one, nnd bo a fool at forty-fivo. Jci.y.—'Tho man will ho fair; ho will suffer death for tho wicked woman ho loves. Tho female of this month will ho pnsHubly handsome with a sharp nose and sulky temper. Auai’8T.«-Tlio mnn will bo ambitious and courageous, but too apt to cheat.—■ Ho will Imvo several maladies nnd two wives. Tho lady will be amiable and tvvida married j but hor second husband will cause hor to regrol the first. BbptxMDkr,—He that is burn in this month will bo wise, strong and prudent; but too easy with Iris wlfo, nnd who will cause him much uneasiness. The lady round faced, fair haired, witty, discreet, uflublo, und loved by her friends. Octobbb.—Tho mnn will have a hand- somo faco and florid complexion, ho will bo wickud in bis youth und always incon stant. lie will promise ono thing nnd do another) and remain poor. The lady will be pretty, u little given to contra diction, a little coquottisli, nnd sometime* a littlo too fund of wiuo—sho will give tho preference to cau de vie. Sho will liaVc three huflbnnd* who will dio with grief; nnd sho will best know why. Novrmrkr.—The mnn born now will havo n fine face, and bo a gay decoiver. Tho lady of this month will bo largo, liberal and full of novelty, DrcEmreq.—'Tho mnn born In this month will bo a good aort of u person, though passionate. Ho will devote him- self to tho array, nnd bo betrayed by his wife. Tho lady will bo amiablo and handsome, with a good voice and well- proportioned body; she will lin rtfnitled twice, remain poor, Wut continuo holiest. MoxUMRXTAI. I.KOAl, pRINCIPI.BR IN Mkrcantilr Law.—Tho following gen- oral rules are worthy of preservation: 1. That which i* originully void does not by lapso of time become vulid. 2. A personal right of notion die* with iho person. 8. Tho law compel* no one to do irc- possibilities. 4. No nerson shall bo twice veiled for ono and tho same cuuno. 5. The groater contrtifm tho Ion*. 6. The law favors things which are in the cuHtodv of the law. I. The husband nnd wife dffl one per eon. 8. Every not shall be taken most strortg- ly against tho maker. 0. When two titlos occur tho older should bo preferred. 10. Agrcctneht overrules tho law. II. lie who derives tbo advantage ought to sustain the burden. B2. No man shall takd advantage of his own wrong. . 13. When tho fight i* equal the claim of Iho parly in actual possession shall prevail. 14. Ho has the best title who was first in tho point of time. 15. A right of addon cannot arise out of fraud. 10. It is fraud to concetti fraud. 17. Tho law iiHsists thoeo who aro vigilant, and not thoso who sleep thoir rights. 18. Ignornnco of tho law excuse* no ono. 1ft. Who docs not oppose what ho might oppose soems to consent. 20. W hen contrary law* oomo in ques tion tho inferior law must yield to tbe superior; tiio law gonornl to the law special | an old law to a now ono; man’s laws to God’S laws. You can tell b'>w wide a man’s repu tation is, but you can’t tell how Iongt Somo years ago a young girl named Amelia Lee, while practicing singing in the parish church of Spalding/ England, was bitten by a bat which lighted oh hor face. Since that lime she Ima been frequently attacked with fits of long slacp, and MU remain in this stufo for weeks. HUMOROUS.' Misery lo^es company, and flo doe* n mnrriugnuble young lady.' “Wefe you gnfded in your conduct whllo in Now York ?” snid a fotheir trf his son who’had ju*t rotnTned home from hi* visit to the city, “Yo* sir ; part ot tho timo by two polfoemen ” "Tho young men of America : (heir arm* our support; our arm* their re ward. Fall in men, full io.” How many young ladies would it tako to reach from Edinburg to London, n distance of 400 miles f Why 400 of cnur*o ; because a Miss is aif good afl a mile. A Vain SrARcn.—The man who n*v- rr told an editor how ho could hotter his pnptfr has gone to marry a woman tliut hud never kicked into a looking- glass. A laboring mnn in Providoncfr, R. I., Ims been sent to jail for ten days for fall ing asleep in church. Tho Journal thinks tbo clergyman ought to bo fined for not prenclilng io a* to ksep him awake. A gentleman, walking with Wo ladio* stopped on a hogshead hoop that flow up nnd struck him in tbo faco—“Good S raciouH I’’ said ho, “Which of you ropped that ?” Tho following was found posted on- tfio wnll of a country post office I Lost a rod kaf. Ho had a red Bpot on l of his behind leggs. Mo wa* a she kaf. I will give three shillini to everyboddi io bring him homo." Somo mischievous wags, ono nigh! piffled down a turner’s sign, und put it ovor a lawyer’s door ; in tho morning it rend. “All sorts of twisting und turning dono horo.” Tho pompon* epitaph frf a closo fisted citizen, closed with the following passage ofscripturo: “IIo that givoth to thd poor lendeth to the Lord." '*Thnt may l)o," soliloquized Sambo, “but when dut man died, de Lord didn’t owe him a red cent.'’ A poor woman who 1 had attended several confirmation*, Was a! length ro- cr/gnizod by tho birinfp. “Pray, have I not seen yon horo beforo ?” said hi* Lordship. "Yon," ropliod tho woman» “I got mo confirmod nn often as I non ; thoy toll mo it is good for the rbeuraa- tiz I" x A countryman not long ago, flu hi* first sight of n locomotive, declared lnJ thought it wns tho devil on whoelsi "Faith and ye'o worse than myself/* snid an Irishman bystander, “for the that timo that I ever saw tho crentur, I thought it wuh a steamboat bunting for water.” A Witty odltcrr, Wlfo has Just fnilod, say* ho aid it with nil the honors of war, and retired from tho field with colors Hying—mhcrifi’* (tag fluttering from two windows mid the door, and a white flag hung out from his person as a token of surrender. Srandrrous.—A Miserable Md bache lor poked bis head into our sanutuni dot»r tho other day and proposed tbo follow ing : "Why are young ladles kiwfintf each other like an emblem of christiunity.”' Wo told him wo did not know. He nnswurod. “Bccauso ‘.hey aro doing unto oatfh other as they would that men should do unto them." Out of gnllnntry Wo hurled otfr Ink* stand nt his head n* ho diHappeatod out of the door for the outrageous libel. Tbo impudent fellow— Viryiniatt. "I wish I hnd your head,” said a Indy ono duy, to « genUenfatt who had strived for her a knotty point. "And I wish 1 had your heart.” was the replf, "Well,” said "he, "sinco ynttr head nnd my heart can agree, I don’t see \yhy thoy should not go into pnrtnorship.” Nor Bad tor Sssfoo.— j A Richmond coturnporary relate* : At the Opera Houso the other night, tho Pillowing scone occurred: Tim —Now, look horo, niggor, enn you tell mo tho difference between • man's occupation and Ilia business J Josh.—Why ’tnnt no difforonco. A mnn'* occupation is his business, end liis business is his occupation. Tim,—Now, nigger, is you a fool ? Aiut Jeff. Davis in occupation of For* tress Monroe, and is lie got any bus- incssdar ? Josh.—Dat nigger alwuy* tfae smsrt. Tiik Trro and tub Editor.—Tbe Inw* yor editor of a country paper, who wrote a very "blind hand,” ivas frequently an noyed by Compositors’ inquiries concern ing words which they coUld not dueiph* or. Ono day a compositor/ ns littlo ac quainted with tho diapositiort of tho ed itor as hd was with tllo band-writing, untorod the sanctum, and; holding tho copy before his eyes, inquirod want a certain crooked mark aid id for. The editor did not wish at that timo tribe in terrupted) and eaclniined, "Go to tho doVil." The compositor rotirod/ not to his Sa* tunic Majesty, but to tho composing room. When the editor read his proof* ho Imd tho pleasure to see a lino in his lenditig editorial read i "Ho (Mr. Webster) will, In all prob ability, go to the devil " The copy was lock d for, an I the crooked mark was walked "be noraiaa* tdtJ.”

Georgia Historic Newspapers

The Cuthbert appeal. (Cuthbert, Ga.) 1866-1884, March 15, 1867, Image 1