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The Meriwether Comity Vindicator.
VOL. 3
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GREENVILLE, MERIWETHER COUNTY, Otißßt. APRIL 2.1, 175.
Without k Parai.i ki. —The <!• r ih* '
r Or J llnolfigld'l ft pmlc Bt-cidor K
*ey >r,d |U ocA-IH ii t!)C4iMmU ol f I'l'll'a'
emolfcs Or-Vm ci)io in so thick .■)).'
*si that liit* P>oprie!or has. he. l-don?
rlie<B ohaMb to till thorn a!!. Ho i* t)*t>p\
t i tatc that atfaceomonu are now cmnptet*
*iv which ho Is prepare.! to mamifactan
F. tn sk* Ri l’<:luTot .ri a' r Wt WjW 1" ih l
U *t itiotr wisniv mrr Tn* T>o s.ippll 1.-
Plus cians. ol high reptile are using llw
ir.-a! remt-dv, in ilaij; p'aelice. nil oV<
titorgla ! foredtrr no worn at) he >lju(n*
irum sjispoa eI. n-p-nil<Hl or lieegnl
owfisifHstion l'liia valuaMe me.lienu
l<re|)4 .4 tv 1. H HradhtM, Dnigyis.
Atlanta, ilr amts do) fl .TO per In .file
be lespe tt! .tlilggtsis through**)'.
America.
tapping t'lil’li. mid all tliitt tN*iT
of Till us.
Ami t ! ere they sat a popping corn,
Juiiii 3t ’aaattA S i*tn tYj’tw*:
.1 iui vc t a)out as as. o\,
Ami Susan lai as butter.
A it Ijltgrc. l hey MtljfnJ skelhij lfc*
A inl u.h 4-li'ifi sah Etrl tin S|i\
Anfl hitehed the’u chairs .up higher.
Th ft Sttsan she the popper shook,
Then John lie slnnrk the pcH)t>er,
Trll b th tUeu isc -s glow as )<*>l
As s.iuce-p-ms intnle of copper.
AwH lliert they shelteil'an.l |Mpped a, >1 ate.
All kind* of IVo * poking.
Ami be haw b.wt' i at in-r tomoKs.
And slig at hl*jo*nig.
Ami slit' they popped and still they ate,
uhshu-’s- uumlh w ur. tike a hulHJr l J —l—
Milled tbo fire, and apffnjMi'd salt,
Amd sft-Sik itSi^sfr-s+k-4to-- popper,-
The i l"i k struek nine, tire c m-k struck ten,.
Ami si li the corn kept popping ,
It sHuek eleven, ami then struck twelve,
Au ■ t surr no signs o! aiiTjfjrlng,
A •! J-dot-lie ale, *)4 Sue alu thoftghl,
lU< e.nn del ju.p nd patls-r,
*** .% y*‘ rfsty,-loßp‘<sßg>a,
>n- -ill ; ’.) hll Ml!--), ilk- -Mm o’. I- < k,
i-—’ft t:i*-ul tmltg-s*4-*rt ,
I'm >|-i. --I aii ilos p-ippinc c-rrn
1' iy d-Ur'l ypil t ->{' I l)C q n-ati.-o f*
Hon, Aletniulei' 11. MeplH-ns.
IV- give MOM hvf otfi ipai ato tb- tctlcl j
- I lion. A II BteplienS, wbl-ll will he
luutni-t-i th.a kstit!. Mr. Hitplitu-’ high
j-- Ini, .*: st.i-i-tiiig t*r llefirgi-), ami his cs
■ os- f. tii ins- --n hl p-isiuon In the lust
t hi. ii- ■-, hr <‘v- iU--i u imhci i--s* luqiiirte*
rr,-iiiliog Uun. - t : .
In uu Intei he dr f- riili him du Against
ihe - liarg- A tua-le, lad *he leitei js uyi-.iii -
I- --11-iii,-;i m oil- advice iu Um lavipl*.
Hb- ' r-intrnttal yviili n*srrttt*|r rhit* be ha*
it voted lo bmni-dti an n n-paituu '
j i olumbti* Times.
ifiihi 1 itfhut Quo ir.ui> _ "To
IMy
A* Mabel
IMS olid, ''i|o,„l tiyc, ijiuir, in .l, HtMlc on*'
toippy P> ilny," and Isavju* a Joss m lit*
j < y cheek" . Ic; \viit back to her' klilt
; Png, — —? ..
'I * wtoj 11 >. wracKurd -iwny ml bDr
■< 1, w ijili* ft stitfif i.tfV, 'oititiif bye, M iltui j
: 'it i e a nn! ■ lie It ij py to-day."
i*,-I In y, fi iiuliiiit, gn •! hvc ! old fir* t
And Mi'*! tliK w another kl* lo
and b 'iiu> i of! to m: i*il, di> iiy.tt' g l.yi
•!*•• 1 alt* r lift.
Just ati* <i lof her was hat dear frh nI,
'"Hn~;rt *h. n“‘ : -the M b 1 IM'i - In ‘ r.' tin r;
••y* r lo overtake bq*.
"ii (at to,'l lli*’' v e, it her ii < 1
l 1* lit* and, i ante I’btiitr <'*un<|i-iH an I hi*:
Will; ►.til l, Dora. A good ,illc they hd i
come Hu* t;<-l<l morning, end D**m Was
crying because (,),,• i.vaij cold tun I lireo,
irn* Fran by ami loft them; tut some
e ho voice aaid ‘ Make anm ortC happy.”
Hite look' and oti a’ her fiifeud, stglied a li'lltt
gh, then turned t r'ilgbtjrruand arid atm
b ek'to Hu ’ Dor*.
Tlti j* 100 gyr, *tre Mid t*> Pbl
Ip, Put Dots os then, take hold, and
we'ilstre a span.
You'rii reel good, Mabel ■ Dor* i* real
tirp'J. I’ve lirlpe'l her all I can. And
Pomp UttoJ I.kryuii- m* ut 9B ’ <
Don*t i?Pf,DoR tfeil have you there
in fire tniiMJte*, be said, f* they start* 4.
B ’be Wars bed already Been driven
beet by tfnrprmpects o! • ride-
And wheD at butt Philip and Mabel
; drew up i. grwn l A**-* tot a t***> 1
i nappy iff;rl they IN ed bom til* aled ; Phil
I i>, too, hail beta made happy.
Thank you, said Pnlllp afcaln, a they
•topped. “You’ve diode m with im py,”
*Ab, Mid Mabel, tbat’s what I did it lor.
onn sbe told what her grandmother had
| said to her at starting.
Weli,aaii Philip, you can count two
| yon have made happy already. Good title
I bdiW wot
“And grandma,” said Mabel, as jibe
j told of th* <SI tome other thing-* at
I night, “we a tight to con at it three, l</r It
! male toe ha VVf to*.”~-{ Advent Gti fettu
; TttneS. *
To a toast of “The babies—God bless
I : tJj£B r a railway conductor responded as
follows : ‘May their route through life be
pTeam.it lifijld#'dgHjJfrt'' tie *
thir t: j*f I?aif!nCrtjai'Ti and not back
reaid. 31iy their fatheflt be* aaie conduc
tors, their mothers faithful lenders, and
their switch Deter misplaced.
lighting wit It I’oisoit
I was spending some days, not man.'
jTars ago, in a Wuitiful litt.e toUWrj'
We, and in a family that had ntofe tlian
,’emmW altracti us to one ho love.-
lotnesttc rife as well as tn.ystll. The lini*
ircle haddti it jeortiof jantl iuAuc*t-4hau
I have open seen developed lu the same
u' lnlu r of pi r ont
The lather of the family—*l avast too
rung to f> el that be was eldilW 4o that
ppe latlou—wus a line, frank-hearted
oung n et hanie, wi.h a w ide world ol lik
botin itig in his veins au energy that when
fully aroused, drove everything violently
betofe hint; and a watmth ( dUjxvsition
that won lam tuory lriyjulvhii) Umti it had
I then given hint ol lire goods ol iliia world.
Hi- wile, to wh“tu he had hem married
T‘.f lour years, was stiiguiojiy bfauthalr
They hud two chililren—thy one a laugh
ing brown-eyed ami browu-haiied little
Uiry-X'f thr.e years; her rom ntic name
asßlo**oin. The a. cond was a eiowlng,
laughing, li!tpe-eyed, plump little beauty
or less rtiah n 'you, [Teinitiug to thtve
‘all the eTi-tiius of life elder al her ago.
1 was spuing, on" nltctnuou it fTapiTfT
little Mjytn. with my toft on iw chairs,
trading a pleasant liitlc book, la a Mate
hr t ween sleep and swaM—iny host sway
lal Uu ainp.ui hamlred yanl* off, and ruy~
pietty Uulu hoate-a engwgnl in her ftmtso .
holand
msulence hy-jiscn.’an) that liiungltl me .Jit
i*uy hat like an aleeuic shock. It wn* a
jv in an a voice, ami had tn it an excess of
| g"uy that can uot lie Imtieatad bv words;
: si loud that tt rang over that quiet little
i vt'lage. and brought every ie 'ortli tn as
Ictufidu theoatun
1 |>r>ng to the dm>r that aeparuletl the
sitting room Iron* the dining ajiaitnfents,
aud saw the whole ala glaocA. The
young mother stood at the door, with hm
litst horn— our durliiM lMossoni, in hei
slips, dying ! A briel amt bunded word
lioui her told llic sad stiiry. The little
oiil had accompanied a chlld-unete wp
st tils, aud while the atlentiou of the ohlei
chi el wa*(• <i M’iTuiisK of- )r.. U gSS Ay, SSSfc,
•8-Jgod a UiUln~irexirroalv auAllmsto hi
alcohol, aud had drank enough tn have
taken *way (wurtly stu b live*. The little
tiling Inol lotiered down stab*, ami the
im tin i had mol her at the 1 sliding with
llu- empty hnlllwiu her hand, and lls® pdl
sou 1 >o>dng Iroin her intmth-th-- elrilrt all
um oustdous of the Ivariul thing *lie hAd
uurm. Was it any wonder that A temßW
ahrii k rang nut ov*r Um quiet alul
Hist Already llnj occupsnU of liousu* Uicar
won- lushing towa#d <4** apnl whore thy
upMhor *Paid 1 " '
lint a lea uuwnont* could (iAssibly have
••lap-sad siuec th* poison was taken, and
ycl Uia uttucl was afrosdy learful. After
Um. fitlaihrfela*irWr<w, fWf uSffßt r~lii<Y
amli-l'Hrtl with tli*child In tier arm*, irntk
oig no eiloit I r It* r*'ll*f, and Indeed, 1*
evuind Imp* ie, for nlre*t]y 111" ulilitlt
• p ,i*ihj wemed thltnucil tlirrigh rtir fnmr;
| lb* bruv n eyea hadjioM their lo'ter ; tin*
Isu'if wm blanktioixi M II uflvr deaP) ; ant!
1 tUctretb were tight net lrt n r' nviMvr
*pa*ui Uiat *-vldimtly would not pat* away.
} t fcsiMir,irtflJt Thcpttlg liii itarting tnr g tmr
iiusitt, nut tbal it waa boprli.K*, and Hunt
turned away unable .to bear a mother'i
agony. The Utile door *n alien !y hall
ft.Um| with vlli?r*; arid *ob* and m<mti*,
j anil iiaeol*li<llM over the fate of th# dying
•do id, were In ard in every dlrrh’thm, tl)ii>
gied viih *j lick nd litnrled *|Uetlon a*
•u tin manner or It* occurrence, and vaiu
at tain | it* at anawering, whleli added an op
;vv*irt|4 eonlUMon to lire BulOtlW oj lie
; .tene.
The IHtle pky'ellow'* uncle, who had
lives tip.*lair* with the dilld, had run It;
*tauUy Ui call th* father, and but a fi ; w
mouien'a e!apa**l before lie iprang Into th*
niKidic of tbs group, fie had been told all
and 'a*Juai no tjutsallona 1 had tin**: to
ii inark flmt hi* eyes araa Very alern, and
that bra tip* were very (Wudy compie**ed.
Diner* too, remark'd It ; and I knf w nihil
ward, that ainuimnr ran around thn cjtt.it
oi how *irange K w that lie In trayvd
no feeling.
He reached ou l.bis bauds and took the
child hoot it* motuer. It* eyes were now
dosed, and a wb'rt* ooze coming ftom
betweea the blackened Ilf*w. Was tvri
‘dcaU* inpiu as utud t I saw him open the
eyelids, aud give a sigh of rebel. He told
me afterward that the eye waa not sunken
and so death bid not begun. He then
attempted to open her month, but the tfteui
were tight set, and resist ed bis efto ts.
Hut with a toeee 11. at seemed utmost bru
tal, be wrenched the teeth apart, and open
ed tit* mouth.
Hbasae 1 cried one of the bystanders-
The father did out head him, hut motioned
to a neighbor to take lbs child In hi* arms
lie did so.
Hr Lug sis the egg-basket, h ajxtke very
sternly, abauat without opening hie teeth,
to the servant.
What do you wat erf *? What can
you d* with ill He's crazy, and many
such remarks followed, hot the basket was
ifte seized one of ibe eggs, broke It, In
serted his finger* UtaTecb (he teeth, and
wrenched them open by force, though they
ahul with so convulsive a motion a* to
tear flea Arab iron, bis Ungers, end pourau
(he albumen into (lie tbroal. There waa a
s-igbt ett'fjrgfe, nothing more, sou the
spectators were horrified at the action.
‘DJn't, the child is dying,' said one.
Piease don' hurt the little thing—it can't
live!’ the tuotkeivtt^|g^yuioc to *y, l\v
iug Iter hand
M oy, he tig rrol atam’y,
w . i e his u-eth.. werg from their
clciicliing, and Ida Hgbo gg h erd as it he
were entering a m|B*> ‘atwl don't any ol
yon meddle w iilyjat,. keeg gifT !’
The hysixOihiphi^jgi^giiuiUiarilv >beyc<!
with many harsh imp* As “1“*') hi* erueilv
but he did not. heed Iheui ami went uu
An- tin r act w.a btolu-ti. and still liter
was no.sign of die. Then the whole bod
ol bystander* Uioke wvt iulo a loud iru
min, And ctic* bride !’ ‘Let tin
1 1,11.1 die in pe*f|.Jh4* >* erar.y -lake llu
child away l*W*Airt*-we:e lieard around
W .V - •mMf&nr , .
He desit*Mh*% J %TOmcnt from bis ef
fiwta, anfftMiaKlAHifi-w fi-hi.Tiiess which
hast IhiTO to Uli nalure, hut
tut one wlmaiinwaid tbrgot i'.
f-Yvo ,*H f Take her away,
will ymwt’ lH*'*>Ut t,:t empty
lag egs aAw iW.’.tfHhs'wfma euiiy liie
Usttikwnti
• -1U
ff|etfiwH- bdfn‘jlN|l%Jog tgrturc-l to tie :th
Iterserfon Tier loish.,nJ’*
taiher, wh.Hdip'.ifti tiiMciii fttrived.
•til,, t she gasped, In
wtti rry yoorw sriujnm. tjc u tortttr
Tito gr*ed4tfhee •hntetHnriTsrd a tep
at imtifaf, thottgiii the pm
peoifttig an otrtS|eqst* mte; but he lnp
iWKg:
‘Uari 4U$ bisn at-ute. The child will
■lie II totMl IM
oto'e If not a> u wool
t-i ftHtt fdf ttb wdr ff. T:,e child la hi*—
Id him tm it at Ua plotmmj.'
,n..i-o ti.jisft T~tt>A|bli-n‘ r* "i- eyeitiU,
convuUire myWnjigny tU the cheat, and tin
b elli The father aeiai-d
hll c-blttr b**rd iwnward, and Uu-
1 1< Hkon
til a* the I etching cesati-l,
he fe(ieNß|a| fgpt-iiiiu-.nl - the life is
,tu_yulufgMMfeM.W.ii.Uu* la-'e luoiug Its
• Ittataat. More than l iven
iy ttmeaftlpibeft na I Ini- n adminivirrtsl.
ami niuflwNiW'holf thusi- ilinoa l-djowed
by the Cgg|ttjWt*lt ct Hie pti-a-m, when the
<2f k I-rther deanee-l, sn-l Hie
ifitle siiffettjr lay Jo-t alive in los srm.
eyhatulgtlOnfliu'e tile tei i ildy ahaltued,
hnM*w4}
Tllinl/iMif iftir ei-ee-.|lv for everll n
Hint (h'tgu n itl.m waa over--whi n the
I hVsiclaßrfia-K&Otl siniinioind. ami they.
uSwlhaT ■Vo ii bn!, H-. h -mu luUht,
ll#t*fN(BpMl(y Wveks dstruggle hclwccii
l|*a|fato*’w!mn relieved Irii ti-ls had
*lMf* t*af wrongn-t linn In -i;
w idyl anrro-t till w iln lia-i
liiwigo &*Pflp'd*dh her kisoaa aivl tens,
and WfMfe'thu', tridr f IBmJ, only mch
lota'tsggjl-fo-rtni dt‘U*riiilinitloii could have
'“ Vl i’’l 'hen -be- in o r sal -I w i
ij.dmrWiffid lid wi fit Ilka a t’hii.l.
Ek’frfe 'o dsi. apd bpi -art eyas
Sir* -■u-^inJiwwMAgftidiri) 1 -fca?—llm- l ■
Uu-ihour lb oy l a tint lirini-s i.a OiT
ling a rixol.wl on aa llntl ol tin- y uur
la'Tiei’s sirnjgle lor the- i(c ol liis .cblnl
that Fialit widi P-iis-ui which I have on >
Ia indy imttea- is) r>if-n use bermr-r drsrnp
lice, dh’Trwbmtotrs tvrtvrro +torrr Mi--
cvhavy,
*oiitdn*t Swear lo It.
I Uappciud to tic in cuntl the olbur day,
jTiTT u, Hun l;.",lii|) w-t rSlb.'d to tlr'
- H-.tn'a
aili <v tda which hoi ti n
iih. 'l yi .ti* ImJoip, mu I wlu’ti ilie entm •
hir the otliei aide bark up lint < ro*a-qUva
lo lli, cvl.Junl ai It Wtt* Lo allow tiiat lilt;
aitm'aaat the pciimj In qneat ion niuat liav,-
I* cii ti) young lo In ar a ridiulilu iiiiuuo.)
ol tin; event* the)tin occurring.
,J u vl* tt an the lawyer a atout, ponij on*,
ruu ! -V"lce4 a, wtorae ftvoiite tra-rtlm
wai the brow-!*-ailng and hectoring ol
wiiiicre*. With a lieree io"lt, kiitl wnh an
adu,"i>l*lilng iiii'Uou of lri> light hnu
hngot, fie 'hi'iifd bl* ku’Lery—
‘Jfow, Mr! L'trilayr you awr-ar povlnvoly
hi/ibeo; event* which trcccne.J two an i
la eiTryyrtriritg') T
'J do,sir,’ replied Dunlap, with a meek
ae* i/nloiiphed and unirouhtid by thei
bin ter.
llferacmtrer, tf,' thundered Jnrviv, with
awful emphasis, ‘you are on your oath.
You kuof the penalty of pej'rv. V>*u
bad Iretter Col offer here testimony which
ia not of your own jeisonul knowledge.
Now, answer me air ; how old are you f
‘Homewhere alrogt thirty tince,’ replied
Hm altera moment** r,ftecuon
‘What do you nr mi by that, air? Doa’t
you know your ext* age f
The whiles* shook in* bead in mild,
meek silence
‘What sir,*cried iJatvls, wHli.a wilheiiug
look upon the witness, and bimiipliau!
glance toward the Jury, ’don't yon know
your own ngC T Don’t yon know llie dale
cd yotlr htrth T
With a nod and a smile, mel witii a
mildness which was like the gentle Islibig
of the sunshine, Dunlap answered :
‘jSet ot my own personal knowledge, sir,
fiie only ligot In roy pi)ss- .iofi upon the
matter I have gained from others 1 was
undoubtedly present at the date <d which
you #[H-ak ; hot >y tytreme--I might say,
my infinitesimaf—youll; at that parlcbiar
jieriod et time fbend me so devdd ol tutn-
Inl power that I dare not In your pies.be*,
*r, swear that of my nan knowledge I
know anything about It. I am tree to
confess, ah’, .haf I have my rtmembt slice
thereof whatever/
The gwdal *uctogirti<jd <M thg face id the
court i. as a sign that k general smile would
be tolerated, and eeveral ol the jury smiled
audibly.
boas’* testimony waa not shaken.
“Rittlle Awn) Old fSttl."
A woman sat In a wagon on a hack
stmet, aaal'.ing the Coming of her hu-Uaud.
A three ye ti old child leaned on her knee,
uu] prattled won.'.eiiugly of the cm lons
things that arose on every hand. Finally
Imebdti-gft-w weary o|- eight aeelng and
nnpatiout of the dvlav.
Why don't pap* tome 1 asked the little
girl. \
The worn-n's blow* contracted aa she
--lid , l reckon he's off some place gelling
li unk.
What ia drunk, nvtmma.
Y'-mr hiute of a father is.
What is it like! continued the arllos*
Child.
It's like to w orry your moiht r into her
grave, almost sobbed the wretched #-nuai>.
For two hvftg tdroT* Shg KWidlod hi
coming, and dm l ig that time *be got out
of the wagou and wYnt and loiike.) Hrmm.l
the corner at least fiftron times. Each
time she returned shaking .her list snd
muttering, and climbing back into the
wag-di atirit-TWh on the afirt with a Torcu
Mdel*‘ nearly bounced the clilld’a big
tpicethintnir eyWnToFRs bead. Its the
limp of h.i|sS ftickcmt and spluttered on
the point of going out, the vile sinner re
turned. lltf cainc with a hcsllatiltg >lep
leeliug Ills wuy cautiously along hy the
bulitttn,' nntH he got lo the corner. There
he paused a moment, pul the hair out o(
lita nyca, tlre _hi*—coat- s'eva amass hot
month, and then skipped out t-.waid the
wagon, lie mnnagsd to nearly raa<-h the
hind wheel before lie lull, lie got up say
lug:
Hot b ick shqulck ’acould. Talking blah
nsas to Mls'r Kennedy.
3-diu Willlamsou Tompkins you’re
drunk I tbilmnilly qsseiteil me woman.
You're prrJMishfd tn'Jear— only drank
irlnss beer or two. Rem’s harmless 'll’ in
lercsb Jng lirvcrish. .
Jl don’t ►ea why you slemld makn i beast
of yourso'f every limp you i;om lo town
I'll never b.> raui-ht aw.iy from homo with
voti again. Yon dlsjrtcn yourself and
vour family. Y-m're a prelly specimen
Kuttlc awng, rnlt’c away, ole gal, rattle
away. You'd make a good ntirhshtief—
hip—r*'le away, and as John wrapped
himself around one ol the sp kes, another
I}ea Mmck him:
You s|Kike, an' a wheel spnke. 'E all
these spokes an' the wagon tongno could
lufk, noUnlv hear ’em 'I yon wa* In
dm 1 melts to vicinity with your eforlitsht
mg—
I)i-I my papa get drunk t a-dt* the little
girl, icncUUig out her hands to him.
lie straightened Up, and (lie ref blush of
shame chased the reckless cast out ol hi*
lace. Ha Oltnihcd into the w-igon, took
the rain*, and- averting -hi* head, that
across ilie r i i.t Mr c'-dd. drove silent'
ly aw ay.
Tii it child will ave John WIIIIamKon
Tiompl-lna, in aplts of her kharp uingutol
MnoUt'T. r— —
rui kiiii* of Tin; IToridlnna
A iccmit letter written from Florida ssijra:
-At Tiaaii. wlu ti: ka cuunectud or rather
wait tor Ht Attiruallnr'a triln we have hull
a ‘ot feu obi rvtion*. fSluca 'he advant
ol Ho Vtnkuu every coneclvabli) dwl r
and agency have been etnphrye I to decoy
him out ‘dhi, apate khilllug, and well truly
we atjlaliu how adroitly th;a haa been
and ui".
What do you keep here f a*ka a burly
| hob of New llamp.hire. Causa, alligator*
! uni oyvtera, rephe, Floridian Any 'ga
j'Or* 11,1* morning f(J .rry to Inform you
I l*t one )u*t bgen lohl. Vary idea uanc*.
What arc they made off Palmetto, air.
II'W inany e*n yon make a day f Only
tin e, and it i* haul work at that. What
lo you ask? One dollar apico. Wall, glv#
ure fire.
Cooking around on the hank* of white
amid that glared him in the face, he contin
ued: Whitt do you live off ol In the um
merf Fiali! What In thy wintef Yankee* I
When a man baud* an editor an article
for publhiatinn, and a*k < Mm to ‘ft* It up 1
le caure be *wfH# it In a hurry/ and hadn't
time to raviee if, you may know that hr,
commenced the article directly after aupper
and wre-tlad witli it antil after midnight,
rewriling It fourteen lime*, deatroyed a
tpilre ol l<arl.cap, asd Irleaked Irh pen every
two in in ults*. That'* ’.be way they guntr
ally write an article wires they are In a
harry sod have no tlise to revlee ft.
The Hon. B V W ade has dcJioed to be
the republican candidate Cur the governor,
sli'ip of Ohio, His first reason, as given In
hie letter, Is that, his voice fs not strung
enough to make a speech, snd tiie second
reason iii*t lie would sooner beg lor eld
clothes ttiso ask any mortal mail Hot office
A third reason la that be cannot a ford to
take the position. It eoerna cruel, yet we
cannot avoid statli.g tl>e fourth reason,
which Mr. Wade does not give. It is that
the democratic m jorlty in Ohio la about
forty thousand. Tills reason nukes all hfe
otlier eacusee seem unnecessary.—(N. Y.
Herald J
Perhaps one oogV n-it to mention su- h
things, says the Oourfer/rtum and, hut p's
hard to keep trour thi-iking bow different
tb* history ot tMe eooolry might hare
h*M if Ulysses B. Grsut, Benjamin f But
ler, and Henry Ward U.-echer had been
girls.
The best ot boe%—elhowes.
TO
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r —
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