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DEVOTED TO NEWS, POLITICS, LITERATURE, AGRICULTURE AND GENERAL PROGRESS-INDEPENDENT IN ALh THINGS,
VOL. X.
IS he Ittraliu
92 OO Yenr in Idvanee.
Arrival of Trains at <;rrriH*s
lioro* Ilrjiot.
DAT PASSENGER •TRAIN'.
From Atlanta, . . D:2 A. M.
From Augusta, • • 1:10 P. M.
NIGHT PASSENGER TRAIN.
From Atlanta • . . 3:33 A. M.
From Augusta, . . . 1:14 A: M
29 H. IT. KING, Agent.
§lui!n;m! Schedule.
Arrival and Departure of Trains.
Kail road.
Day Paisenger Train.
Leave Augusta, 8.45, a. m.
Leave Atlanta, 7:00, n. m.
Arrive at Atlanta, 5:45, p. m.
Arrive at Augusta, 3:30, p. m.
Niqhl Passenger Train.
Leave Augusta, 8:15, p. tn.
Leave Atlanta, 10: Ai, p. m
Arrive at Atlanta, 0:25, a. nt.
Arrive at Augusta, 8:16, a. ni.
ACCOM MODATION TRAIN.
Leaves Atlanta, 6:00 p. m.
Leaves Stone Mountain, 0:45 a. in-
Arrives Atlanta, 8:00 a. m.
Arrives Stone Mountain, 0:15 p. m.
S. K. .JOHNSON, Sup’t.
Western A A limit it* 1* I?
AND ITS CONNECTIONS.
—‘KENN ES \ W 110 IT T E.”—
The following Scltedule takes effect May
23d, 1876:
NORTHWARD.
No 1. No 3. No 11.
Lv Atlanta, 4 20pm 7 o<>am 330 pm
Ar Cartersville, 0 14pm 9 22am 7 19pm
Ar Kingston, 0 4'2pm 9 60am 8 21pm
Ar Dalton, 8 24pm 11 64am 11 18pm
Ar Chattanooga,lo 25pm 160 pm
SOUTHWARD.
No 2. No 4. No 12.
Lv Chattanooga. 4 00pm 5 00am
Ar Dalton, 5 41pm 7 01am 1 00am
Ar Kingston. 7 38pm 9 07am 4 19am
At Cartersville, 8 12pm 9 42am 6 18am
Ar Atlanta, 10 15pm 12 06m 9 30am
ruVtai&n falticotwee iam on Nos 1 and
2. between New Orleans and Baltimore.
Pullman Palace Cars run on Nos. 1 and
8, between Atlan a and Nashville.
Pullman Palace Cars run on Nos. 3 and
2, between Louisville and Atlanta.
o change of cars between New
Orleans, Mobile, Montgomery, Atlanta and
Baltimore, and only one change to New
York.
Passengers leaving Atlanta at 4:10 pm,
arrive in New York the second afternoon
thereafter at 4:oopm.
Excursion Tickets to the Virginia Springs
and various Summer Resorts will be on sale
in New Orleans, Mobile, Montgomery, Co
lumbus, Macon, Savannah, Augusta and
Atlanta.at greatly reduced rates Ist of June
Parties desiring a whole car through to
the Virginia Springs or to Baltimore,
should address the undersigned.
Parties contemplating traveling should
send for a copy of the Kenncsaw Route Ga
xette, containing schedules, etc.
(pg?- Ask for Tickets via “ Kennesaw
Route.” B W WRENN,
Gen’l Pass, and Ticket Agent, Atlanta, Ga
MASONIC.
San Marino lAxlgc. Sin !Si.
GRKENESBORO', GA.
Regular Meetings—First Wednesday
night of each mon h.
M. MARKWALTER, Sec’y.
Greenesloro’ 85. A. C., Xo. 81
GREENESBORO’, GA.
Regular meeting—Third Fiiday night, of
each month. C. 0. NORTON, Sec y.
Luion Point Lodge, Xo. 86.
UNION POINT, Ga.,
Meets regularly the 2d and 4th Thursday
day evenings in each month.
W. O MITCHELL, Seo’y.
Feb. 4, 187 j—tf
# O~Q &
Greene Lodge, Xo. It, I O O S’.
GREENESBORO’, GA.,
Meets regularly every Monday night.
J. R. GODKIN, N. G.
D. S. Holt, R S.
M 0 p f-
Greenesboponeli Lodge, Xo,
320, Independent Order Good Templars
meets at, Odd Fellow’s llall, on 2d and 4tL
Friday nights in each month.
J. HENRY WOOD, W. C.
G. W. Miller, Sec’y.
Per day at home
Terms free. Ad
dress G. STINSON & Cos., Portland, Maine
Jan 21 1875-I.r>
business cards.
JAMES B. PARK,
AND—
COUNSELOR AT LAW,
G REENESBOR O', - - - GA.
TT7TLL "ive prompt attention to all bn
? \ si ness intrusted to bis professional
care, in the CVninties of Greene. Morgan.
Putnam, Baldwin. Hancock and Taliaferro
CEP Office—With lion. Philip B. Rob
inson. april 8,1875~-6ins
M. W. LEWIS } <( H. G. LEWIS.
M. W. Lewis & Sosi,
Attorneys at Law,
REEXESIM>MOIGII, - A.
april 8, 1875-ly
Philip B. Robinson,
Attorney at Law,
GREEN SBORO'. . . GA
ID’ILL give prompt attention to business
entrusted to bis professional care.
Feb. 20, 1873—6 ms
Wm. H. Branch,
A TTORNE Y AT LA W.
!ti:i:\l>Hol!o'. gi.
I CONTINUES io give his undivided ntten
t J tion to the practice of his Profession.
Returning thanks to his clients for their
encouragement in the past, lie hopes by
Rose application to business to merit a con
tinuopce of file same.
iVg“' Illice over Drug Store of Messrs. B.
Torbert & <’o.
Greentsboro’ Jan 10th 1874—1 y.
!!. 1.. W. PAI R 1 11
Attorney at Law,
GUEEXESBORO*, - • - A.
\LL business intrusted to him will re
ceive personal attention.
fl^rOFFlCE—‘With Judge Heard.) in
the Court—House, where he can ho found
rl ur \ng ZXxSuivs-3 ntmnr. ■r^**'* r
W. IV. LUMBMilft.
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
I’XTOA POINT, - -n-
OFFERS bis professional services to the
people of Greene and adjoining coun
ties, and hopes, by close attention to husi
siness to merit and receive a liberal y hare of
patronage. jan23 74 ly.
Medical Card.
Drs. OKS & HOLT,
H aving associated tlicniscives in the
Practice of Medicine, respectfti ly fender
their services to the citizens of GkekxES
boro’ and surrounding country.
March 4, 1875—tf
S:r. Win. Morgan,
RESIDENT
'G.?-. .., ; Y DEMIST
GREENESBORO\ GA.
__ _ feb. 1, 1874.
T. H IKK WALTER,
Marble Works,
BROAD Street, AUGUSTA, Ga.
MARBLE Monumen s, Tomb-stones*
Marble Mantles, and Furniture Mar
ble of all kinds, from the plainest to the
most daborate, designed and furnished to
order at short notice. All work for the
country carefully boxed. n0v2,1871 —tf
CENTRAL HOTEL.
13 Y
JJrs. M. ML TIIOMAS,
AUGUSTA. Ga-
Jan 21— Tv
lit SII T NG to devote myself entirely to
\ V the legitimate business of Clock
and Watch Repairing, from this date, 1 of
fer my entire Stock of Watches and Jewel
ry at cost, finding that it interfere* too
much with the business I prefer.
11. Il l KHAV A LTEH.
Greenesboro’, Ga., Sept. 24, 1874-tf
FOR.
Sale or Ilent.
/V fine farm containing (80) eighty
acres, (50 acres original forest), within two
miles of Greenesboro. Apply to
feblltf. W. M. WEAVER.
FO!i SALE
| A Light two-horse CARRIAGE and
j YjL Harness—all new.
T. X. POPULAIX.
Greenesboro', Gn.. June 1 5 —1874, tf
GREENESBORO’, GA., THURSDAY, JUNE 17, 1875.
P<SET’S CORNER.
SAIHM2ST OF ALL.
I have done the saddest th ng to-day
That ever fell to woman’s lot;
I’ve folded all her clothes away,
And every cherished plaything brought
To lay beside them, one by one;
Her birthday gifts and Christmas toys,
And then to weep when all was done,
O'er buried hopes and vanished joys.
Her little dress, in childish haste,
Her own dear hands had laid aside ;
Upon the pins that held Hie waist
I pressed my lips and softly cried.
Within her gaiters, ’neath my chair,
Two half-worn crimson stockings lay,
And with a pang of wild despair,
1 bent and hid them all away.
The purple ribbon that she wore,
The coral rings and pins were there,
And just beneath them on the floor,
The silken band that tied her hair.
A handkerchief that bore her name
Was folded like a tiny shawl;
And. wrapped within this snowy frame,
Just as site left it, lay her doll.
It bled afresh, this wounded heart,
As if with some new sorrow stung,
As with a wild and sudden start,
I came to where her cloak was hung;
I caught it, sobbing, to my heart,
As it it held a missing form,
And in low murmurs fondly blessed
What once had kept my darling warm.
Her gentle fingers seemed to glide
Across my love to soothe my pain,
As from the pockets at the side,
1 drew the gloves that still retain
The impress of those loving hands,
Where magic touch seemed fraught with
power,
To cheer me ’mid the scorching sands
Of sorrow, in life’s desert hour.
Her little hat no more will take
To its embrace her sunny hair ;
I felt that my poor heart must break
To see it lying empty there !
| The beaming °yes it used to shade,
No more with trustful glance wiil shine;
A’’ '..i' ■> el.. y -j. —.l-g Sifati ...a*!,.
Is growing ’twixt her homo and mine.
Her silk and thimble both were laid
With thread and scissors,on the stand;
Her dolly’s dress, but partly made,
Seemed w-aiting for the moulding hand.
The drawing of a blighted vine,
Torn, ruthless, from ft withered tree,
Meet emblems of tier life and mine,
Were the last lines she traced for me.
0 ! was there ever grief like this?
Can sorrow take a form more wild
Than sweeps across us when we miss
The presence of a darling child ?
And is there any hope that cheers
Like this, the heart by anguish riven—
The time was given to mark our tears;
Eternity to measure Heaven.
MIStELUHEBUS.
Slave IsiNite Animals Souls f
[From the New York Sun.]
“ Man and Beast” is the title of a
volume by the lt< v. J. G. Wood (liar
pers), written, as avowed by the author
to show that the lower animals possess
those mental and moral characteristics
which in human beings are supposed to
b T ng to the immortal spirit and not
to the perishable body. Mr. Wood
quotes Bisli p Butler in his preface as
saying in his “ Analogy of Religion.”
<• As to the latent powers and capacities
of lower animals, I see no reason why
they should not be developed in a fu
ture life.’’ That was sufficient author
ity-
In order to prove that aniutais pos
sess those qualities which pertain to
man’s immortal spirit, Mr. W ood cites
more than three hundred anecdotes, all
well authenticated, he asserts, showing
the close resemblance that exists be-
tween the spirits of man and beast.
The following anecdote of a horse
was sent to Mr. Wood by a clergyman :
“ A neighbor of mine possessed a
young foal which with his mother U3ed
to pass our house daily early in the
morning, during our breakfast time,
and had a habit of straying upon a
piece of waste ground in front of our
house. My daughter, who is very par
tial to horses, used to run out and offer
| the little animal a piece of bread.
“ This went on regularly, until at
last, when he was between two and
three years old, he would not wait for
the bread, hut used to go the door,
plant his forefeet on the steps so as to
uain a sufficient elevation, and then lift
the knocker with his nose, afterward
waiting for the expected morsel.”
To illustrate the language of ani
mals, which Mr. Wood very properly
divides into that ol language of ges>
ture, of the eye. and of sound, he begins
with the insect world :
“ Looking at the nervous system of
insects, in whom there is no definite
brain, but merely a succession of gan
glia united by a double nervous cord,
many physiologists have thimght that
reason could not be one of the attri
bates of the insect race. Yet nothing
is more certain than that they urn able
to converse with each other and com
mnnicate ideas ; this fact showing that
they must possess reason. As 4>tr as
we know, hymenopterous msec's —
namely, the bees, wasps, and art's—are
the best linguists of the insect race,
their language being chiefly conducted
by means of their antennae. ’ good
example of this was witnessed by me in
the summer of 1872.
“At breakfast time some pieces of
the white of an egg were left on a
plate. A wasp came in at a window,
and after flying about for a while.
I alighted on the plate. went to a piece
of tb egg and fried to carry it off
Wishing to see what the insect would
do, I would not allow it to bo disturbed
After unavailing attempts to lift the
piece of egg, the wasp left it and flew
out of the window. Presently two
wasps came in, flew directly to the
plate, picked up the piece of egg, and
in some way or other contrived to get
it out of the window. These were evi
dently the first wasp and a companion
whom it had brought to help it.
“ I had a suspicion tha' when the
wasps reached their home they wul
tell their companions of their g -oj for
tune, and so I put some more egg on
the plate and waited. In a very short
time wasp after wasp came in, went to
the plate without hesitation, And car
ried off a piece of egg. The
stream of wasps was so regular that T
was able to trace them to their nest
which was in a lane ‘about had. a mile
ito o Sgy O’Jtme. ,
“ The insect bad evidently reasoned
with itself that, although the piece of
egg was too heavy for one wasp, it
might be carried by two; so it went off
to find a companion, told it the state of
things, and induced it to help in carry
ing off the coveted morsel. The tw>-
had told the other inhabitants of the
nest that there was a supply of new
and dainty fond in reach, and had
acted as guides to the locality. Here
is a positive proof that these insects
possess a very definite language of their
own, for it is impossible that human
beings could have acted in a more ra
tional manner.”
The following aff irds a remarkable
. proof of the capability possessed by the
lower animals of understandhg the
language of man :
“ A gentleman of property had a
mastiff of great size, very wtchful,
and altogether a fine, intelligent ani
mal. Though often let out t. ranee
about, lie was in genera! chined up
during the day.
“On a certain day when hdwas let
oat he was observed to attach himself
particularly to his master. Alien the
servant came, as usual, to fastm him
up, he clung so determined!] to his
master’s feet, showed such angr when
they attempted to force him any, and
altogether was so peculiar in Is man
ner, that the gentleman desired him to
be left as he was.
11 With him the dog confined the
whole day, and when night c)tte on
still he stayed; and on goinj to his
bed room the d<>g resolutely anifor the
first time in his life went up wh him,
and rushing into the room, ton) refuge
under the bed whence neitle blows
nor caresses could draw him.
“In the midst of the nigha man
hurst into the room with a drger in
his hand, with which he attepted to
murder the sleeper. But led g
dashed at the robber’s neek.tstencd
his fangs in him, and so kH him
down that his master had tint to call
for assistance and secure thcruffian,
who turned out to be the eghman.
He afterward confessed that ( seeing
his master receive a large sum dunney,
ho aud the groom conspired tocher to
rob and murder him, and that ley had
plotted the whole scheme fcether,
leaning over the dog’s kennel/
From Bennett’s “ Wandetgs in
New South Wales” Air. Wodquotes
a story of two “ mandarin Idueks.
These birds in China are exodingly
valuable. It seems that thelaro so
proverbial for their conjugaEdelity
1 that in the marriage ccrcmenibf that
country a pair of them are carried
about as emblems of the lovo which
ought to animate the married couple.
Mr. Bennett’s story is as follows :
“ A mandarin drake was stolen one
night from Mr. Beale’s aviary, along
with some other birds. The mate of
the drake, the duck, was left behind.
The morning following the loss of her
husband the female was seen in a most
disconsolate condition Brooding in
secret sorrow.she remained in a retired
part of the aviary, pondering over the
severe loss she had just maintained.
While she was thus delivering her
soul to grief, a gay, prim drake, who
had not long before lost his dear duck.
which had been accidentally killed,
trimmed his beautful feathers, and.
pitying the forlorn condition of the be
reaved, waddled toward her, and. after
devoting much of his time and all of
his attention to the unfortunate fe
male, he offered her his protection.
Bho. however, refused all his offers,
Having made, in au l h'e tjuacks, a
solemn vow to live and die a widow if
her mate aid not return.
“ From the day of her loss she for
sook her accustomed pleasures, refused
most of her food, and no consolation
that could be offered her by any of her
i ribe seemed to have the least effect.
Every endeavor was made to recover
the lost bird, as it was not expected
that the beautiful creature would be
ki h-d. Some time alter the loss a per
s n accidentally passing a hut’ over
heard some Chinese of the lower class
conversing,- and understood enough of
their language to heir one of them say
“ It would ho a pity to kill so hand
some a bird.” “How then,” said an
other, “ can we dispose of it ?” The
hut was noted, as it was immediately
suspected that the Inst mandarin drake
was the subject of conversation. A
servant was sent, and after some trouble
dollars for him. He was then brought
back to the aviary in one of the usual
cane cages.
“As soon as the bird recognized the
iviary, he expressed his joy by qack
in<r vehemently and flapping his wings
The interval of three weeks had claps
ed since he had been taken away; but
when the furl am duck heard the note
of her lost husband, she quacked, even
to screaming with ecstasy, and flew as
far as she could in the aviary to greet
him on the restoration. lieing let out
of the cage the drane immediately en
tered the aviary, and the unfortunate
couple were again united. They quack
ed, crossed necks, bathed together, and
are then supposed to have related all
their mutual hopes and fears during
their long separation. As for the un
fortunate widower, who kindly offered
consolation to the duck when over
whelmed with grief, she, in a most un
grateful manner, informed her drake of
the impudent and gallant proposals he
had made to hpr during his absonce.—
It is merely snppositi n that she didsn;
but at ■ 11 events the result was that on
the day following his return the recov
ered drake attacked the other, peeked
his eyes out, and inflicted on him so
many other injuries as to occasion his
death in a few days. Thus did this
unfortunate drake meet with a prema
ture and violent death for his kindness
and attention to an unfortunate lady be
coming a victim to conjugal fidelity.
Southern Words.
[From the Mobile Register.]
The English language is spoken with
greater purity hv the educated classes,
and more correctly by the peasantry of
the Southern States, than in any other
section of the Union. There are two
words in common use at the Sontb
which are not heard north of the Poto
mac. The word “fice,” to designate a
small, worthless cur. is, according to
Dr. Sche'e de Vere, legitimately de
rived from the Anglo-Norman. The
fiee, he says, is the last small remnant
of the old English foisting eur, or foist
ing bound, and quotes Nares as giving
the whole process of gradual corrup
tion : Foisting, foisty, foist, fyst, fyr.f
and fyst A fsting hound is mentioned
in Harrison’s England.
The word “ tote,” in such general
use over the South has equally as
legitimate a derivation. The other day
a Georgia paper said that Mr. A. H.
Stephens cou and not have made acer- j
tain remark, because he understood the
English language too well te make use
of such a slang word as “tote.” We
resent the indignity cast upon “tote.’
We cling to “tote” as the Anglo-Saxon
nations clings to Magna-Charta. It
remindsjus of our descent from a liberty
loving people, and preserves the memo
ry of justice. The writ by which a
peasant aggrieved in the Baron’s Court
was enabled to carry (tollere) his case
up to the County Court was known ns
the writ of toft, commonly pronounced
tote. This privilege which the humble
farmer had of toting his case up from
his own landlord to a less prejudi cd
court was dear to every Englishman
The people of the South will not eur
render that w- rd. it is as dear to our
yeomen as t lie Common Law itse.f.
Bati'iiciioii anti Bccupcra
lion of Forests.
[From the Baltimore Sun.]
A contemporary justly observes
that there is no more profitable in
quiry for census-takers to make
than this one ; Ilow much fertile
land in the United States has been
rendered unfit for the use and oc
cupation of the farmer by the reck
less destruction of limber* This
inquiry receives appropriate an!
serious emphasis from the destruc
tive fires which have during the
past week devastated the forests of
Pennsylvatda and portions of New
England and the Northwest The
present fires of Pennsylvania, con
sumin'' between two ami three mill
ions of dollars’ worth of property
andjdepriving several thousand peo
ple of their homes, arc supposod to
have arisen from so insignificant a
cause as a spark from a passing lo
comotive or the bivouac fires of
reckless tramps. The fact .hut
this has happened before tho regu
lar Urouguns oi auu'nni>wn-it -A
remarkable.
It is plain, that if practicable,
some system should be adopted not
only to guard against perils which
map recur at any moment during
a dry season, but to preserve Am
erican forests from all the destruc
tive agencies to which they arc ex
posed. So far as fire is concerned
it would seem that State legislation
might make some provision for their
protection, so as to render forest
fires ft least less frequent than they
are now. But even this terrible
agent doe3 not seem to work as
great havoc in our once immense
forests as the wanton destruction by
the hands of man. We do not see
how legislation could protect the
forests from this instrumentality of
ruin, except where the timbered
lands are government reservations,
but their preservation and exten
sion could be encouraged. The de
mands for housebuilding and ship
building are no doubt great, tho'
the latter has diminished of late
years, while an immense quantity
has been employed for fuel to warm
dwellings and teed locomotives,and
to put under the rails of our iron
roads.
While all sections have been in
jured to a greater or less degree
from the wasteful use of our forests,
New England is said to have been
the greatest sufferer, having been
so stripped of timber as to lead to
the alarming frequency of freshets
and droughts there, causing serious
interruption noth to agricultural
and manufacturing industries. If.
however, no plan can be devised to
prevent needless waste in the use
of forest trees, it is entirely prac
ticable so to secure recuperation
from waste, which is provided by
the reproductive powers existing in
all the vegetable as well as animal
kingdom. To plant a treo for eve
ry tree that is cut down in certain
sections where needed could be re
sorted to for the benefit 0/ posteri
ty. The creative energies of na
ture require but little labor or cost
to enable them to overcomo ali the
agencies of destruction.
—lf you always live with those
who are lame, you will yourself
learn to limp.
FACETIOUS-
—Voices of the night—Cats.
—i m
—A child’s kingdom—Lapland.
m •
Old Gaunit'j’s Definition. Pera
petual motion—A lady's tongue.
——
When is a young man’s arm like
the Gospel ? When it maketh glad tl 9
waist places.
imati O—■
—The follow ing sentence will show
the importance of the position of a
comma - “ Woman —Without her man,
is a hrute.”
—The word d-e-b t is composed of
the initials of ‘‘dun every body twice”
C re-d-i t is formed of the initial let
ters of *• call regularly every day—l’ll
trust.”
■< ■ l|a
—“Mother, I’m afraid a fever would
go hard with me.” “ Why, my son :”
"Because, you know, mother, I’m so
small there wouldn’t be room for it to
turn.”
—An indignaut orator, at a recent
p; liticnl meeting, in refuting art oppo
nent, thundered out: “ Mr. Chairman,
I scorn the allegation and I defy the
alligator."
—“ You need a little sun and aff.”
said a physician to a maideu patient
seeking his advice “Ifl do was the
curt reply, “ I’ll have to wait till I get
a husband.”
•
—To make littlo boy’s trowsers lHit,
when you make a suit of clothes for
them, finish the coat first, and by so
doing you will make the trowsers lrsfc
It is the only way the thing can be
done.
— ■
A loquacious blockhead, after bab
bling some time to Lord Erskine, ob*
served ho was afraid ho was obtruding
on bis lordship's ear. “Oh, not at
"" 1 EVs'l-tne: “I have not been
listening.”
—An inebriated man, walking along
the street, regarded the moon with
sovereign contempt: tl You needn't
feel so proud.” he said, “ you are full
once a mouth, and I am full every
night.”
When they take the next census
in Arkansas they will miss Peter Day
ton. Tho old man found a package
and threw it into the store to see
whether it was powder or sand. It
wasn't sand.
—A little boy carrying some eggs
home from the grocery, dropped them.
“ Did you break any ? ’ asked his
mother, when he told her of it. “No,”
said the little follow, “ but the shells
came off some of ’em.”
A Western iarmer complains that
a hook and ladder company lias been
organiztd in his neighborhood. He
states that the ladder is used after
night for climbing into his chicketi
house, after which the hooking i3 done,
—A married man in New Hamp
shire has adopted an original method
of economy. One morning, recently,
when he knew his wife would see him,
he kissed the servant girl. The house
expenses were instantly reduced S3OO
per year.
■a •
—A young fellow eating some Che
shire cheese, full of skippers, at a
tavern one night, exclaimed : “Now I
have done as much as Sampson, for I
have slain my thousands and tens of
thousands.’’ “ Yes,” retorted another,
“ and with the jaw bone of an ass,”
—An urchin, hearing his father
read an article in the paper in rela
tion to anew invention of bricks of
glass, exclaimed: ‘"Glass bricks!”
I know what them is.” “What
are they ?” inquired one of tho
family. “Tumblers of liquor,”
said the juvenile.
—An American clergyman exclaim*
cd to his hearers: “ Eternity: Why
you don’t know the meaning of the
word, nor I either, hardly. It is for
ever and ever, and five or six ever
lastings a-top of that. You mighs
place a row of figures from here to sun
set, and cypher them all up, and it
wouldn’t begin to tell how many ages
long eternity is. W’hy, my friends,
after millions and millions of years had
ruffed away in eternity it would bes
hundred thousand years to breakfiisj
time.”
NO. 24