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DEVOTED TO PEWS, POLITIES, LITERATURE, AGRICULTURE APR GEPERAL PROGRESS—IPREPEPRENT IP AIL THINGS.
VOL. X.
Railroad Schedule.
Arrival and Departure of Trains.
Arrival ol Trains at tiroenes
boro' Hepot.
DAY PASSENGER TRAIN,
from Atlanta, . . 11T‘2 A. M.
From Augusta, . . IL6B A. M.
N GliT PASSENGER TRAIN.,
From Atlanta • . . 3W3 A. M.
From Augusta, . . . 1:14 A. M.
May 29 ~ 11. H. KING, Agent.
Georgia Kailroad.
Day Passenger Train.
Leave Augusta, 8.45, n. m.
Leave Atlanta, 7.00, a. m.
Arrive at Atlantk, 5:45,'p. m.
Arrive at Augusta, ~2:30, p; m.
Night Passenger Train.
Leave Augusta, 8:15, p. in.
Leave Atlanta, 10:30, p. m
Arrive at Atlanta, G:25, a. ni.
Arrive at Augusta, 8:15, a. m.
ACCOMMODATION TRAIN.
Leaves Atlanta, 5:00 p. m.
Leaves Stone Mountain, 6:45 a. m-
Arrives Atlanta, 8:00 a. m.
Arrives Stone Mountain, 6:15 p. in.
S. K. JOHNSON, Sup’t.
*
Western & Atlantic It- R
AND ITS CONNECTIONS.
—“K ENNE SA W ROUT E.”—
The following Schedule takes effect May
23d, 1875:
NORTHWARD.
No 1. No 3. No 11.
Lv Atlanta, 4 20pm 7 00am 330 pm
Ar Cartersville, 6 t4pm 9 22am 7 19pm
•\r Kingston, 6 42pm 9 56am 8 2!pm
Ar Dalton, 8 24pm 11 54am 11 18pm
Ar Chattanooga,lo 25pm 1 56pm
SOUTHWARD.
No 2. No 4. No 12.
Lv Chattanooga, 4 00pm 5 00am
Ar Dalton, 6 41pm 7 01am 100 am
Ar Kingston, 7 38pm 9 07am 4 19am
Ar Cartersville, 8 12pm 9 42am 5 18am
Ar Atlanta, 10 15pm 12 00m 9 30am
Pullman Palace Cars run on Nos. 1 and
2, between New Orleans and Baltimore.
Pullman Palace Cars run on Nos. 1 and
S, between Atlanta (ind Nashville.
Pullman Palace Cars run pn Nos. 3 and
2, between Louisville and Atlanta.
Mg*N? eliaijgo of cars between New
Orleans, Mobile, Montgomery, Atlanta and
Baltitpor.e, and only oue change to New
York.
Passengers leaving Atlanta at 4:10 pm,
arrive in New York ito „00i..l oSpruw"
thereafter (it 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,(it greatly reduced rates Ist of June
PaTbies 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 Kennesaw Route Ga
xette, containing schedules, etc.
insy-Ask for Tickets via “ Kennesaw
Route.” B W. WRENN,
-jen’l Pass, and Ticket Agent, Atlanta, Ga
MASONIC.
San Marino I>od*e. H'o 34.
greenesboro;, ga.
Regular Meetings—First Wednesday
night of each mon'h.
M. MARKWALTEH, Sec’y.
GrcenesfUoro’ It. A. C., A'o. 8?
GREENESBORO’, GA.
Regular meeting—Third Fiiday night of
each month. C. C. NORTON. Sec’y.
Union Pnint l/txlsc, "Vo. 31M1.
UNION POINT, Ga.,
Meets regularly the 2d and 4th Thursday
day evenings in each month.
W. 0. 3\IITGOELL, Sec’y.
Feb. 4, 1875—tf
£ HTf >•
Greene Uotlge, \o. 11, I O O I\
GREENES BOIIO’, G. 4.,
Meets regularly every Monday night.
\Vm. t. dosteii, n. g.
D. S. Holt, R S.
£<s'§§■
Greeneslmvmifeh Lotlge, \o.
320, IndepeiiUent Order Good Templars,
meets at Odd Fellow’s Hall, on 2d and 4tli
Friday nights in each jnoufcb.
J. nENRY WOOD, W. C.
G. W. Miller, Sec'y.
Special Notice.
TIM Stockholders qf the Greene County
Fair Association are hereby personally no
,tided that unless they pay up their pro
rata share of an exception I hold against
said Association, 1 will be forced to ifiavn
executions issued against them severally,
.for their proportional parts of said claim.
.Capt. W. M Weaver is authorized to re
ceive and receipt for moneys so paid
(tthlgif JA* N. VRMOR
Sir ffmfL
$3 Ob a \ ear in AOvaiiw.
,1. it, I'AIIK, - - Proprietor.
IV, M. WEAVER, - - Alitor.
BUSINESS' CARDS.
M. W. LEWIS } <( H. G. LEWIS.
HI. V 5. Lewis & Soil,
Aii&rneys at law*
GUEEVENISOROiGIi, - ti l.
april 8,1875-1 y
Philip B. Robifison,
Attorney at Daw,
GREEWSBOROb ." . . GA.
V AI ILL give prompt attention to business
entrusted to his professional care.
Feb. 20, 1873 — 6 ms
H E. H PAyiJlt,
Attorney at Lav/,
- - - GA.
ALL business intrusted to him will re
ceive personal attention.
fibvY-OFFICE —(With Judge Heard.) in
the Court--House, where lie can he found
during business hours. oct 16,’74-tf
Wm. H, Branch,
ATTORNEY AT LAW.
WRfH-LNEDSHSOKO’, .l.
I CONTINUES to give his undivided niten
-1./ tiop to the practice of his Profession.
Returning thanks to his clients for their
encouragement in the past, lie hopes by
Bose application to business to merit a con
tinuance of the same.
pssy“odice over Drug Store of Messrs. B.
Torbert & Cos.
Greenesboro’ Jan 16th 1874—1 y.
JAMES B. PARK,
A.'a'a? ~~ rr ~r tr
AND—
COUNSELOR AT LAW,
GREENESBORO , - - - Urax.
WILL sire prompt, attention to all bu
siness intrusted to Ids professional
cave, in the Counties of Greene. Morgan,
Putnam. Baldwin, Hancock and TaL'li-rro.
nr?"o<Hce —With Holt. Philip B. Rob
inson. april 8,1876—6 ms
W. W. LLMPKIA.
ATTORNEY AT LAW ,
UAiION POINT, - - €ss-
OFFERS Ilia professional services to the
people of Greene and adjoining coun
ties, and hopes, by close attention to busi
sines. to merit and receive a liberal -hare of
patronage. jan23 74 ly.
6 I*. M
, resident
Jm*T
■ tP: oreexesb or o\ aa.
fob. 1. 1874.
r— JS i 7 -gj-
Medical Card.
Dps. GODKIN & HOLT,
XIaYING associated themselves in the
Practice of Medicine, respectfully tender
their services to the citizens of Greexes
boro’ and survomidiog country,
March 4, 1875 tf
MSSTRAL lIWEL.
BY
Mrs. . M. THOMAS,
AUGUSTA. Ga-
Jan. 21 —Iy.
T. Markwalter,
Marble Works t
BROAD Street, AUGUSTA, Ga.
MARBLE Monunien s, Tomb-stones,
Marble Mantles, and Furniture Mar
ble of all kinds, from the plainest to th®
most elaborate, designed and furnished to
order at short notice. All work for the
country carefully boxed., n0v2.1871 —tt
\\T SUING to devote myself entirely to
T V the legitimate business of Clock
and Watch Repairing, from this date, I of
fer my entire Stock of Watches and Jewel
ry at cost, finding that it interferes too
much with the business I prefer.
M. KAKKWALTEII.
Greenesboro’,,Ga., Sept. 24, 1574-tf
¥iwn p{>r <WTAi.O6ifB&.
GREENESBORO', GA., THIJRSDAY, SEPTEMBER 9, 1875.
POETS CORNER.
THE HUMS WsiHm S MIN
SAGE TO HER SON.
Remomber, Dennis, all l hade you say :
Tell him we’re well and liappy, thank
the Lord;
Rut of our troubles since he went away
You'll mind, nvick.and never say a word,
Of care and Doubles, sure, we’ve all
our share.
The finest Summer isn’t always fair.
Tell him the spot'ed lieifercalfed in May,
She died, poor tiling,hut that you needn’t
mind ;
Nor how the consign), rain destroyed the
liny;
But tell him God was ever kind,
And when the fever spread the coun
try o’er,
Ilis mercy kept the ‘sickness’ from
our door.
Be sure and tell him how the neighbors
came
And cut the corn and stowed it in the
barn;
’Twould be as well to mention them by
name—
Pat Murphy, Ned McCabe, aud James
O'Carn,
And big Tom Daly from behipd the
h ill;
Apd eay, agra—oh, say I miss him
still.
They came with ready hands our toil to
share;
’Tw.u then I missed him most—my own
light band—
I felt, although kind hearts were around
me there,
The kindest heart beat in a foreign land.
Strong hand! brave heart! one sev
ered far from me
By many a weary league of shore and
sea.
And tell him she was with us—he’ll know
who ;
Mavourneen, hasn’t she the winsome
eyes ?
The darkest, deepest, brightest, beautiest
blue
I ever saw, except in summer skies •
And .-uch black hair! i t “ s '‘he blackest
liair
That ever rippled over peck so fair.
Tell him old Pinclier fretted many a day
And moped, poor dog! twas well he
didn’t die,
Crouched by the roadside, how he watched
the way,
And sniffled travelers as they passed
him by.
Hail, rain, or sunshine, sure ’twas all
the same
He listened for the foot that never
came.
Tell him the house is lonesome like and
cold,
The fire itself seems robbed of half its
light ;
But may he ’tis my eyes are growing old.
And things look dim before my failing
sight;
For alt that, tell him’twas myself th.ft£
spun
The shirts you bring, and allifthed
, them every one.
Give him my blessing, morning, noon and
night,
Tell him my prayers are offered for liis
good,
That ho may keep hjs Maker still in sight;
And firmly stand, as his brave father
stood,
True to his name, his country, and his
God,
Faithful at home, and steadfast still
abroad.
—[Dublin Freeman.
ORIGINAL,
[FOR TUB nEltALl).]
KIUIIVIStEMES
OF
Ilidjre Grove Cliureii.
by exotic.
Mr. Editor: —
After reading Reminiseences of Wal
ker’s Church, by Rev. J. W. Talley,
w hich appeared in your excellent paper
of the 26th ult., I have concluded
that Reminiscences of Ridgo Grove
might not he altogether uninteresting
to many of your readers.
Ridge Grove Church was organized
about the year 1826. My first acquain
tance with it was early in the year 1829.
when it was under the ministerial
charge of old father Darley. Tlis pre
decessor, unless I am greativ mistaken,
was Rev. John Collingsworth, who in
Coni'ercnce opposed the licensing of
young George I’., now Bishop fierce,
to preach, od account of the cut and
and trimming of his coat, as it was uot
of the regular Mcthodistic style. Fath-
er Dailey was succeeded by Jeremiah
Norman, remarkable for his homeitiess,
but withal a good mail and apqeptuble
preacher. The bouse of worship was
situated a few hundred yards
of the site of the present edifice I"*' 1 "*'r f
was built of hew pine lugs, with oj>o/.-
ings between the logs sufficient to ad
mit light without the unnecessary ex
pense of windows. There were neilh
er ceiling nor joists, and altogether it
was a very rough aud, as the sequel
proved, unsafe building. Sometime
during the year 1830 or ’3l, just after
the congregation, which had been at
tending week day worship, had been
dismissed, the rafters gave way :.t the
plates, and the whole roof fell within
the walls. Some of the members tho’t
that certain brethren who were desir
ous of having anew Church edifice,
were instrumental in having the roof
prized in, while others suspected that a
wild young man, whop) {he preacher
had reproved very roughly, resorted to
this mean3 of avenging himself. Al
beit. the members went to work and re
constructed the old buildiug, so far as to
raise the roof on a line with the plates
and thus support it with forks and
props, making it quite comfortable in
dry and warm weather. A subscrip
tion list for anew building was soon
started, workmen wore employed and a
new Church was completed during the
year 1831.
Prominent among the old members
of this Church, were Mrs. Margaret
Armor, Mrs. David Sayers. Mrs. Dan
iel Perdue, Anthony Peeler. Seaborn
McMichael and wife. Ezekiel Griffin,
Robt. Griffin and wife (aunt Susan)
who still lives, Robt. Peek and wife,
Comer Peek and wife, Jesse Williams
and wife, William Robbins and wife,
Wm. K., Sylvauus and Henry Walker
and their wives, Jas. Smith ,nd wife,
Jas. aud Thomas Callier an 1 their
wives, Jas. H. Taylor, Jas. P Leonard
ua ohadraqk Firtydand f.iu.iA^
F outers, out your
cannot now Call them to mind, us lie
was then a mere boy. Aunt Susan
Griffin used to entertain the preachers
in a most hospitable manner, and Iter
house was Jfnowrt as the “Preacher’s
Home.” Such indeed it was.
Mrs. David Sayers was a very large
fleshy woman. In those days gigs
were very lashionable. Mrs. Sayers
literally filled her gig. 1 have often
seen her “old Gray” pull and tug to
get her and the gig over the bad roads.
When “old gray” died, uncle Davy
thought his plow horses worked too
hard during the week to be driven to
Church on Suudays, so the old lady
would go in an ox cart. Uncle Davy
was too proud ! to stand this style of
conveyance long, and provided her with
a fine coach and pair qf horses. Tho’
not a professor of religion, uncle Davy
Sayers was a kind hearted man and a
good neighbor.
Of all those named as members of
the Ridge Grove Church, I know of
but two who are now living, viz : aunt
Susan Griffin and uncle Jimpiie Smith.
Win. K. Walker contributed the land
whereon the new Church was built. —
Several members of his family are bu
ried in the Church-yard. He moved
to a distant State years ago, and has
since gone to his reward.
The first Circuit preachers sent to
the new Church were Revs. Kpy and
Elliott. The former (Caleb W. Key.)
still lives and is widely and favorably
known throughout the land. It was
he who, in the name of the Trinity,
poured water on the head of the writer
m administering baptism In defer
cnee to a kind father’s wishes, it was
aequisced in. Afterwards he was bap
tized in Shoulderbone creek, near old
Mt. Gilead, by Rev. Geo. Carter, hav
ing previously been received into Ridge
Grove Church by Rev. John Oliver.
I leave others to their choipc, immer
sion was mine. If there was less in
tolerance and mqre fraternjty among
professed Christians, thero would be
more religion and infinitely more hap
piness in this bleak world, and a great
er assurance of eternal life hereafter. —
If men and women are worthy and con
sistent members ofthe Church invisible ,
it matters but little,to what branch of
the visible Church they may belong.—
Il Lct every one be persuaded in his
own mind,” is the language of the in
spired Apostle. There are no sects in
heaven. Many of every name have
gone, and many more will follow them,
into the Church Triumphant, where all
will worship and commune together as
children of one Father and one family
I must beg your readers to pardon this
digression in an old man.
The successor of Key and Elliott
was Joshua Glenn. He was an excel
lent Christian gentleman, and a first
rate preacher. After him came Mala
chi Mahaffa, a man of moderate attaiiir
ments. and of most arbitrary disposition.
On one oceasion, the class-leader at
Ridge Grove committed an indiscretion
and reported his case to the Church,
acknowledging his error and asking
the forgiveness of the brethren. Ma
haffa was for depriving him of his of
fice and putßpg trim op probation But
the Church would not acquiesce, and
the brother remained “in statu quo.”—
Mac was a homely man, but was rath
er vain of his personnel ; he wore his
hair (which was flaxen white) a hi
John Wesley and was once observed
combing it while offering the
opening prayer to the services. Mae
fell from grace, and kept a cross road
grog-shop, for a time, but I believe was
ultimately reclaimed.
Rev. John Oliver was on the Cir
cuit in 1837. lie was a plain, unpre
tending man of fine native ability, and
an excellent preacher. Dr. Pqrcfoy
was in charge ip 1839. He was some
what erratic and sensational. On one
occasion, during an excessive drouth,
he suggested in one of his sermons,that
<lie water might all be drying up to fa
vor the combustion of the earth as in
his opinion the end was near at hand.
The following amusing incident is
said to have occurred in an adjoining
county. Dr. Purefoy was conducting a
protracted meeting of great interest,
and the excitement run high. 'Jhe al
tar was crowded with anxious mourn
ers, and the Tr. was singing the very
familiar hymn, beginning,
“When I was sinking down.”
Seeing Miss Angelina , a young
of high spirit, in the congregation,
ing to break dotfW inMrwyod hop
her frog) jthe altar, he extemporized,
and sang to the saipe tune, the follow
ing:
'‘Angelina you tnußt die,
You must die;
Angelina you must die.”
When, to tjie astonishment of the Dr.
and his entire congregation, she took up
the refrain; and respouded :
“And so must you,
As well as I,
Doctor Purefoy —Purefty.’’
Sometimes the Dr. preached, and uniiie
tin.es he practiced physic, just as the
spirit seemed to move him. He was,
however, notwithstanding his eceentri
cities, very acceptable as a preacher.
The local preachers who favored the
Church with Sunday preaching, were
Revs. Nathan Talley,Hinton Crawford,
Henry Lewis and Dr Edwin 11. Ma
con. Occasionally Col. Adams, of
Putnam county, filled an appointment
He invariably gave his religious expe
rience before concluding his sermon
It was good, and his congregation appa
rently never tired of hearing it. Dr.
Lovie Pierce sometimes preached funer
al sermons.
Dr. James R. Thomas, formerly Pre
sident of Emory College, preached his
first sermon in this Church from the
text: “God is love.” Revs. James F.
Billingslca, Robt. Jones, Jas. IP Tay
lor and Absalom Ware, local preachers,
living in the neighborhood, preached to
this Church. Uncle Johnny Walker,
a class-leader at Walker’s Church,
sometimes attended services, and al
ways spoke in meeting with much feel
ing and to the edification of his hear
ers.
James Callier was the class leader at
Ridge Grove. He was a man of zeal,
with knowledge and a most efficient
member of the official Hoard. Old un
cle Anthony Peeler always sang a vol
untary before the regular services. His
favorite hymns were ‘'How happy are
they,” “Come thou fount of every
blessing.” and “0 for a closer walk
with God.” He knew but little about
music, and sometimes his singing was
ludicrous, but he sang the hyuin thro’
tune or no tune.
Rev. Nathan Talley used to preach
with great earnestness about the blue
flames —the sulphurous fumes and the
mudsills of Hell. As I listened to him
I could feel my hair stand on end, and
sometimes imagine I could hear the
groans of tho lost. Impressions thus
made on the minds f the young eom<>-
times prove huFtful and weaken their
confidence, when they grow old enough
to think for themselves. Preaching
has changed greatly since that clay;
ministers are better educated aud ap
peal more to reason and the higher
principle of love. At that day much
of it was sensational and, as a result,the
religion was emotional. Now-a-davs
it is founded on a fixed principle in the
heart, to follow the plum line of recti
tude quietly aud smoothly along with
out great demonstration of feeling,—
The memories of long ago are sweet.
May they linger about my pathway
and shed a halo around my dying pil
low.
The Lord's Prayer.
Ilero is something curious for
you. It is the Lord’s Prayer in
the English of former times, and it
shows how the language has
changed;
TIIE ENGLISH FORMS OF TJIg LORD’S
PRAYER, A. D. 1258.
Fader uro in houne, haleewino
beoth thi nenne cutner thi kuner
iche thi wille bsoth idon in huer.e
and in The enerch dawe bried of
ous thi 1 k dawe. An 1 worzlf ure
dettes, as vi vorsifen ure dettoures
And iene ous nough into tempta
tion, hot delyvoros of uvel.—
Amen.
a. and. 130 U.
Fader our in hevenne, Ilalewyd
by thi name, thi kingdom tome -
Thi wille be done as in hovene and
in ertho. (jure urcho days bred
give us to-day. And forgive us
oyre dettes, as we forgive our det
tourcs. And ledo us not into
temptation. Bote delyvere us of
eutd. Amen.
a. n. 1583.
Our father which art in heauen,
sanctified bo thy
as in heauen, in eafmalso Giue vs
to-day our superstantial bread.—
And read vg no,t temptation. But
deliuer vs from eufl. Amen.
A. D. 1611.
Our father which art in heauen,
hallowed be thy Namo. Thy king
dom com?- Thv will be done in
earth ns it in heauen. Gique us
this day our dayly bread. And
lede vs not into temptation, but he
deliuer vs from euil. For thino is
the kingdom and the power, and
the glory for cuer. Amen.
f'aitfne Sitjtnctty.
•
An interesting example of the
excercise of reason on tho part of a
dog is published in the Philadel
phia Medical Times. The incident
happened some thirty years ago,
and is told as follows:
“A man nutned Cosgrove, the
keeper of low tavern near the
railroatl station, had his arm brok
en, and came many times to the
office to have the dressings arrang
ed. lie was always accompanied
by a large most ferocious-losing
bull-dog, that watched me most at
tentively, and most unpleasantly to
me, while bandaging his master's,
arm. Aft w weeks after Cosgrove s
case was discharged, I heard a
noise at the office door, as if some
animal was pawing it, and, on
opening it, saw there this huge bull
dog, accompanied by another dog
that held up one of its front legs,
evidently broken. They entered
the offioe. 1 cut several pieces of
wood, and fastened them firmly to
tho leg with adhesive plaster, after
straighteningthe limb. They left
immediately. The dog that came
with .Cosgrove’s dog I never saw
before nor since.”
“We need the means for organ
izing the Democratic party in this
State,” said a leading politician.
A Western man responded prompt
ly by telegraph: “Will ship to
dav one barrel whisky and one
orator; invoice by mail.”
Bakers are a crusty lot of fel
low?. and fond of loafing.
HIT INI) HUMOR.
Cologn e is called the Scentimental
city.
' I** ♦ ill
A man who is ahpays in a stew gen
erally goes to pot.
— -mm ♦ tm
Peru will pay off her debt with
guano—scent for eent.
’J he extra sleep obtained by the use
of a mosquito canopy is net gain.
A tourist who was asked in whet part
of Switzerland he felt the heat most,
replied, “ When I was going to Herne.”
When freedom from hep mountain
height uufurled her standard to tjie air,
her skirts, pinned back so very tjghp,
made her appear exceeding spare.
0 ■ m *-•+-
1 never place luucli reliance on a
man who is always telling what
would have done had he been there.
I have noticed that somehow this kind
of ps pje never get. there.
A merchant who does nut advertise
can no more succeed in Jrawing cus
tom, than can a young lady, without a
bustle and a few pounds of false hair,
succeed in drawing beaux.
“ Mail,” said yictCip Hugo, “was the
conundrum of the eighteenth century ;
woman is the conundrum of the nine
teenth century.” We can’t guess her,
hut we’ll never give her up—no, never!
Soun alter the death of the poef
Wordsworth, a man met a farmer of
the neighborhood, and said to him :
“ You have had a great loss.”
“ What loss ?”
“ Why, you have lost the great poet.’*
“ Oli, ay,” said the farmer, “ he’
dead ; but ah hev no doubt t’ wife will
carry an t’ business, and ma}f it u
profitable irvor it was.”
“ I am surprised that yog W*l3cw
‘leave me, Patjgc^” boar( j cr , .* when I
>¥ris good a table as anyone in town.”
“Oeh, mam. an’ yer thable may he
good enough, but niver a dacent bit do
ye put upon it, sure.”
‘■Ob, my friends,” exclaimed a tem
perance orator, “that I had a windovr
in my heart, that you might lock iq
and see the truth of sh.at I tell you
“Wouldn’t a pain in your stomach do
just as Well ?” asked a small .boy,-
I 1
An exchange paper oaks, very inno
cently, if it is any harm for yrung la
dies to sit in tbe lapse of ages. Anoth
er replies, that it all depends on th*
kind of ages selected. Those from 18
to 25 it puts down as extra hazardous.
A man in Ohio, who was dai-iy look
ing for an event in Jais family, took a
solemn vow that rf it was a boy, he'd
quit cheping tobacco and drinking.—
It came throe girls, and he drank him
self into delirium tremens in a week,
and jumped out of a sixth-story win
dow.
“I say, landlord,” said a yankee,
“that’s a dirty towel for a man to wipe
on.” The landlord with a look of
amazement, replied: “Well, sir, you're
mighty particular. or seventy
of uiy boarde.s have wiped on that tow
ei .this morning', ahd you are the
one to frnd fault.”
President Fil'uiore, upon his elewu
lion to the Presidential Chair, w|i
obliged, in conformity with hs now
station, to purchase a carriage and
horses. The horses were soon drain*
,d.and Mr Preston, of South Carolina,
offered to dispose of his fine coach,
which was accordingly sent to the uew
President tor his inspection.
Iri-di Jemmy, 'he White House
coachman, was on hand when Mr. Fii.l
more called at the stable to inspect it,
and wishing an opinion from Jemmy,
as to the fi'ncss of ihc ooaih,
him if he thought it fine enough.
“Och it’s a fine coach, your honor,”
siid Jeuimy.
‘•Rut is it good enough, Jemmy?’-’
said the President.
Jemmy, with a doubtful scratch of
hi< head, answered again in the same
manner; when Mr. Fillmore, wanting
a positive auswer, said :
“Jemmy, do you think second hand
carriage would do for a President ?”
“Och,” said Jemmy, “rnmetufcei
your honor's a second hand President,
and sure it’s just right.”
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