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About The Meriwether County vindicator. (Greenville, Meriwether County, Ga.) 1872-1885 | View Entire Issue (June 20, 1879)
The Meriwether County Vindicator VOL 7 THE VINDICATOR. viihi.isuku KvtKY rmiuf, BY WE TANARUS, REVIEW, AT *.* 00 PER ANNt M.IN Al>V ANCK ty Drnctc south huk public mjcauk ll>m k A4verf ***, 'tim J A 4* h- tl itinllnw |l’ e r 1 met* ji oo 2 5 Ain m> tis oe 2 uciie* ■ 1 54) 500 60 jIOOJ 1 I5H* j uche> ,/ oO 800 10 oe .1500 t 35 W . rn.l I5 00 10 ( 0 20 00 25 00 |35 OJ 5 m 7UU IRO *sM‘Bo©ii >OO JT jluoo 30 00 35 OOtOvi 00 I SIOO ctr v Ht**r ddo Udtioa mi Ih t*> tH 010 j *iU rti*niif *a Ui* n on*U v#wi. COUNTY OFFICERS uwlhnauy A. hi.tou bHEItIFF O. 8. Flounce el EHK 8 C W. H Keren. TAX ItEFKiYKK 15. S Clement* TAX tOU-K*TlUt... ..J O UoU'iiaii THK IbI’HER.... C 5. J. Anthony r l H\ A YOU O. K. Matthews CORONER John It. Join* COl M Y Coil illSfelyNKUS. 1 . Miluiu, A turn Sibley, c. J. Reeves, J. K. Buck* nan J. W. E*ie., lOAlil) OF EDI'CATION. Join’ll Paik, .J. Bull ■> 51* Ron lhcvCS, 1C A- 1 arkcr A. 11. Freeman, B*o - 1 > A1 Oil Lli 1. Ldolilct, F. M. Luiicim lU.FHKbKN TA'UVU. ey .1. U (MM, ‘ U * business cards i>. 11. Ktun. . t iUitNKY ATLAW \ • UllSfc.F< VII.) KU* .I I inrliu la Mill'lll Hull tin* in' iti if i mn|Hmin* I***.* ilmaiUijiicui'* I lion, a A I KINKIN'. h 1 TOR KEY AT 1A W (iUUI N 11. Mt, OA tL Floyd, I). I>. s., r lIAIDKNI JD.NT.bT I \, liIK.kNVII.I K <•* T<sia < I All wmk v aiiautefi. |K i, II TKKttKiX / > i FKt H tit* service l‘ \ ) it*. pt, ii— l fib • v* nh Um Iwti.af.iJ,. J K„ r# ; r*il, t the 8 <*•?. (.Ulii tl’l ||)I|IIUV< (I * OtlttSl I.MI I’laMer* i’v| •lUully invited *•> * sl Au.lm lit Ik (j.H Uto r buyllltl. 1 * 1. keep . .11, it.- (On. w nil i;.. it. lIM . Hlv 1.1 I. i,h H • in I'.lkK HI VO,.VINO (Ot'lo.N I*l. K h iinif hlia loom,) nJ" )* on hand I* i ‘ xhibittnn. We ~i.i-i t>e tin nmtt JH' ’/• <*( uUuf'U (,< nui I’u><hset, ib iv-ry tsith*u!ar It; (t ire ml. Ill* Itliu. e t O.XI WABOII to lit $4 Ml so |o fV4> ;i i haw . it il.e (Ma, |J 20 io flA© on the K.tler* f• ! i ah to Hie aixmiijianyiitg certificate* of eli kti mi plat.teia *1 *>* u.iiik (ii; Jett'* Dili*. UI Ul* • XtfS |li' * ollUi .IBi Ol toU. II Ain cd '<o tbMI . J. A HKKK , A.tut (infi 11, (*,. Hi ck 10, IST'J. Olin'.X.Oll.Mitcli 1. 1870 We, to* no ,n id* i-1. me udng the Uul Ml Improved L si.it Until Oof on Om 'it,. Gin li ol hi (eikil Vl or km* midp t'i i tail gbimtig, safety in running and 11, til Until, ito do the tame work,) c t,.u.k rt fi w* tyuui’, Out the moat oi -- rtin.t feature i ll Attachment f>r >|e n* IU4 aud Improving Ibe sample. Tue lion cotton 1 improved !*y It so o* to briug I" in i to t tent, aud stained md dry coi iri tii 1 to 1 cer t per pound mure In the Oilflin market than on olli* r Gin*. W. 2. BRIDGES. T. TV. MANLEY- J.'l. M \NL£Y. tiuir/w, (ii., M-y 17, IBitt. ToJ. A RLE KB, A#ei,t lor tbe Ouiltll G,o M>.n Tg l>*., at Oii/Eo, On At )oor request, we, planter* and dea!- *ii io cotton, gie to the public onr opi ,‘- kn of your Gin. We take p'eaaure ipsaj g to all in n;ii of ne v Gin, <b*t fi T’ now a wtm'W’fflWW.W 1T tßir B.tU, girned tnt these GklS Wng % fIIoBKK 1 bice in our market than say other, and t he giot are grow lag )o ppblM i v vr. Cot ton ricncd cn them old last tesam at from ore-quarter of a oeat la one cent per 1-or.od abate the millet price. Mr. Gtd- S lett’i Attachic%ct tfo !Taproti *g the eafc ple of tottoc, we are AtMcd, ti What he claim* lor it. The Gin appear* to hare reached perlacflon fo 0!h Machinery. A. C. BOBKEL. T. J. BROOKS. R P. McWiLLfAMS- S. B. MoWILLIAMS. 1> W. PATTERSON. R- 1L 61>ia T. J. BLOODWOItTU, I am Agent for the Celebrated ECLIPSE PORTABLE ENGINE, manolaeiaxed by Fjjck A C*s for the constiea of Batt* Fayette and Clayton, J. A. RKLKh. march 2b ftm GREENVILLE, MERIWETHER COUNTY. GA., JUNE 20, 1870. POETRY Tlie Hun unit die Picnic. From the Burlington Haw keye. Uuthr the shell-bark hickory tree The pictne man he stands ; A w.selul looking man t he, With hrniMtJ and grimy immi* ; And the sot! that Mick* to hie trouser* Lnoe, 1* the soil ot •even! lan Is. Hi* hair is tumbled, hi* hat is torn, Hn clothe* are like the ground ; He while* he had ne’er tteeu born, Or bom, had ne'er bo> u found. He glare* and scowl* in wrathtut scorn As olt he look* around. At eurly room al! dreaaed In white, lie anight the plCulc park ; Hi* lace w* clean, Ida heatl was light, ilia loud song mocked the lark. Bill now, although lliu o*y is bright, Hi* world, alas I ia dark. In jovou* m od, at early mom, lie *at upon the stniiiji , But soon, as though Ujiou a thorn lie tat, .v ilh might) Jump lie leaped alolt. and *ll in loin In ha le he tli.l em up. For 10, iri hordes the Mg lilac w ants, With uipper* long and slim, Went r-wdlly crawling up his pint*, A lot mad** if waim lot “him ; Ami through the wood* they make Itiin dame, With gasp and groan an 1 vim. And when the rustle least Is spued, And she is killing by, 111- wildw 1 <*■ Ii arland on her head, The love light in her eye, ll' -woe, oh, won! woult lie were ili ad !~ 8 t. in tire custard pie. Ami now they Mind him up tin' In* To 11* tin: picnic nnm#. And up tlio *ln |l-lmr *’* rißjiny aide, Thny laiiiih to a * him i llo< ; They laiimil hear the word* lie ciicd, •*Dad letch ! dllrf gone I dud lihig > And new he wlaheth he weie down. Ami yot he cannot *>•••, .ful how the gignli', Blutc ami Irnwn Kicaped by him may lie ; lie know* he canuot win nble down With Ids Inn k the tree. > <U^k‘o/m4-*hWttp, end v iilng, IfomeWurd nloiie lie .MM ; (,'UV, pie, soil graxe elitrf on hi* clothea, Mom and more plainly ah .*< ; A id lie yowi that lo nny mnrpicuica lie never will go*, he know*. Hut the m> no v c'lwiea, and I * riidiig aim ililniii* Iml in to Id* taHi red brack* ; II- think*. ntt< l all, linil lot* ol lon, Aml bo; elulty, guy ly he *|u a:, i ; And he gd.M to picnic*, one hy one, Nine time* in the next live week*- OKl*ml liitraviiKiini't' in W ali ****** on. The Navy Department ha* moved into it* wine ol the new hull ling, amt the war hpaitment will noon lollow. The dale defiartment i* already familiar to the |>art • I the new boilding it occupim, and which traveler* *ay, i* a* fine a* anything In the *• r I Th elegance <>l the appointment* m this huHding ate beyond deacrlptloi . To ay noth inn of the nmawye eiiaracter of the building iUoll and floe detail of It* architecture, the lurniahtiig i oriental in it* uititfiilficeoce, Wl y a> tnui.h money -bon'd le sjM'iit in filing np public mill** i* beyond my w>mpteb< n*ioh. I was told tbe other day hy an Bogliabman, who had bien in *veiy country ol the world, and in many couotMe* in a diplomatic [unition. that he did not know ol any public bullJ ieg In the world *o extravagantly fu'iiUh- J. Tue apputnuneoU, lalxir, lurnllure, carpet* and oniainenU in tbe room of the rtecretary ol the Navy did not coat lea* than Urn tbou*and dollar*. *1 hete nevet wa* eueb roagnifeerce. Ebony and ma hogany every w here, axel rag* tbal cod a prince’s ranaom. IVhat desk*, wbat mir ipr*, wbat ebsir* ! Mr. Ktml’* room i not te be compared lo Mr. Thompson’*, al tkough Kvart*’ b Umi Sne lor any king. The furniture all over this building it too One and too coally. Tue carpet* are tbe beat Uncle 8 .m’* money can bay, and the laroiMire ie the best that can be made. There are mo t carved clochcaet* and carv mgs on detki, and aolaa, and wa/drohe* and mirror frames than tbe*e ought to be, ceaslderiog that our government expect • are rncoiog ahead ol cur teceipu.— Philadelphia Titoea Conespi nd-Dt. The Grand Canon of the Arkansas L one mile* in length, being tbe narrow winding way of the river through granite. Ibe wall* riring in many places to the height of 2.A00 feet. Tbi* rock bound rhr pathway wa* discovered by the Hpaotoh missionaries aa early a* 1512. From that lime it 1* not known that any aaimal life passed through It until the to turner ol 1870- Lett week a train of car* ufc the Bant* Pe Railroad nude the pas sage • Along tbe paliaaoe that forms the not them bomdary ol the gjrge, and about ten led above the boiling water*, tbe ec klt,ee: ha* carted a road bed. i. New (htna'Mntr) ter the Prcai deiicjr and hta Record. Mark Twain has published the folio* - mg open letter to his countrymen of cither ot any party : I have pretty much made up my mind to run lor president. What the country wants is a candidate who cannot be injur ed by Investigation ol his (test history, *o ibti the enemies of the party wiil be una ble to rake up anything ngniust him that uobody ecr heaid ol l>elore. It you know lire worst about a candidate to begin with, every attempt to *pring things on him will be check mates). Now lam going to en ter the Held with un open record. 1 am goiug to own up in advanco to all the wickedness l have done, and it uuy Oon gresaioual TomutlUee is oUpose 1 to prowl around my biography, in the hope o! find ing any dark amt deadly deed that I have secreted, why—let it prowl. In the first {dace, 1 admit ilia 1 1 (reed a rheumatic gmndtather ol mine In the wili er ol 1850. He wa* old and Inexpert In climbing tree*, but with the boat ties* bru tality that 1* characteristic ot me 1 ran him r ut ot the trout door in bis night shirt at the point ot the (hot gun, and caused biui to bowl up a maple tree, where he r<- Drained alt t ight while I emptied shot into this le,r. 1 did thl* because tie snoiti.t. 1 will do it again it cut have another grand tattier. lam a* Inhuman now as l was in iB6O. 1 caudidly acknowledge that 1 ran away *( the battle oi Oettyelmrg. My fiiends have trlcii to smother ever ltd* tact by as serting that I did so lor the purpose ol lui iiatiug Washington, who vvuul into the woods at Valley Forge tor the purp '*e of •rtjlug tih) pruyet*. it wa* a tuiseiabie ■nbterluve. 1 struck out In a straight line for tin Tropic ofCancei because I was scar ec. I wantnd my country saved, but I pre lerred to ti*ve somebody el save It. I entertain that preference yet. 11 the bub ).i ago, on lire 22 i ol February, as slid saw tire military pass by, air, ye’ ; Wash ington is dead, and the worst of it' r* that lit* mantel piece don’t rCeill to have ialfetl on any man qnw living. tile leputatiou cm be obtaim'd m'y at the cannon'* inouib.l am willing to go tbete Idr it, provided the cannon Is empty* It It is loidc.l, tuy immortal and Inflexible pur pone fa to get over the fence and go home. My Invariable practice in wsr but been to tiring* out of every fight two* third* tnora ni.ntliau l had whet. 1 went in. Tbi* l einx to mu l lie N iiwleouio In it* gran deur. My fin-u Its! view* are of the 111 oaf dccldi ml cha aeter, but th>*y are uot likely pr iu| ,to luci. Hne my popularity with the advocatoa ol li.lliilon. Ido not Insist tip on upceial tupratnacy of tag money. The gnat lond .muntai principal of my tile lain lake any kind I can gc’. Tbe rumor that 1 buried a dead aunt un der mv grapevine wa* correct. 'I lia vine needed teitlllz ng, my aunt had hi bo bu iie I, amt I dedicated her to till* high pur me I) >e tbat iuA’me for the IVeal knev I 'fne Gou-tlintioji ol our comity duct not *ay *oi- No other QilliMu wa* ev er considered unworthy of tbt* office be came lie enriched hi- grapevine* whh hi dcml relative*. Why should ibe M'locted a* the first victim ol an absurd preJ iJtoo f 1 admit alao Dial i am not a Iricnd of the poor man. I rsgird the p*>or man, in hi* pie-ent condition, a* so much watted raw miterial. (Jet up and properly canned, he might Ire tnwin o*clnl hi fatten the native* of the cannibal Island* and to Improve our export tiade with that region. I shall it* commend legislation on the subject In my lint message. My canipalgu cry will tie : l>elccate the {Dior working nan ; etui! him Into sausage* I Tlieae are atioul the wor*t part* of my record. O r them I come before tbe coun try. It my country don't want me I will go track again. Hut I recommend myself at a sab man- a man who start* horn tbe b i*l* of U.Ut depravity and propose* to be fleudldj to the last. No Din ok lag la Herr, You cau'i smoke in here, said a John street conductor to a countryman, who was pulling away vigorously at a five-rent cigar tn a car hall fall ot lediea. Tbe tnan didn’t etwee to hear. f say, cried tbe man of the belt-punch,ln a louder k<-y, U yon want to smoke come out here on the platform. All right, returned tbe passenger, and be stepped out. Dido’t think It would hart noth in’, be raid apologetically; seeln's there ain’t any straw in tbe car to catch Are. Bui there are ladies there. Ob, ye* ; didn’t think uotbia’ about that. Might get aehea on their ngows and spile ’em. It isn’t so much that, explained the con doctor, but ladies object to smoke. 'Well* I didn’t ask any ol ’em to smoke, did l t They nee'du’t object before they’re invited. Yob don’t understand. Smoking is dis agreeable to ladies. Beet reason in tbe world why Urey shouldn't practice iu Caleb me sosokiag ‘I it was disagreeable to ms I And be tran quilly puffed away at bie five center.— Cincinnati BeturJay Night, FORCED INTO PERJURY. t A lAtryei's method #1 Snpprcw sing the Truth, From the Cincinnati Star. The other d*y it was necessary fur Mr. Plndrr to go into court as a witn ■**. Mr. Finder kbows the nature ol an oath and he isn't a man who won Id pm jure jilinsr It lor the higge-t aud ocst linn !u Michigan. Mr. Pmdcr wa* ordered to stand up, ralnc liif right hand, and swear that he would tell the truth, the whole truth, and noli - tug but the trflili. Then Ue su down am) a lawyei tag an : Mr. fiuder, you saw this at! J ■, did you* 1 csl. Wei!, state lo the Jury what took pl.tcr*. Well, 1 war sitting jo the Louse, and my w i e sc Iduily called— Jpiud your wife, Mr. Finder, it - terrupted the lawyer. Why, sir, uiy wile called to— Never mind your wile, l say ! 1 want t > know vliat y on know. Mr. Finder had been sworn to tell the truth, and the whole truth, but : at the cutset trie lawyer wouldn't lot him do ei ther one. Tliou he began ; I was anting in my-house, when— -1 don’t want to know what happened iu your hAnte. Alight. tiVik place la the street, aid U you were bn too p.,t t wn r pi know (Cl 'si Weil, 1 beard loud talking, an 1 I wan’t to know It you saw the defend ant stifka the ptainiUt, Interrupted the lawyer. Mr. Phider had sworn to tell all about it In a trtdSfful msntter, but lie wa* now or dered to leave out mure thin tinli ol the whole truth, aud begin here It tmlud the lawyer/ VVlreuT cros-ed the atre.it, a woman said I difii’vOare What a wool ii sail, sir! alioule I |lp) lawyer. What that woiuiu said obniild have boo. i tolar, Moonrding to the nalli taken, but the lawyer wonidu't ham it. Will t saw two men fl jiilog the |.laln illl nod dchmdaut here, observed M r . l’lu* ilef. Do yon swear that those were the men t Mr. Finder Imd sworn lo tell the truth, Hie whole truta, and nothing the truth, and the lawyer turned right about and hinted that lie (tight not have seen wtiat he had*worn he saw. These wwe the two man, he answered. Anth-vu saw blow* at ruck t id. A- * , Now u claim that n-1 a single blow pasted I shouiud the lawyer. He was d< lending a man wlti. a Id it k eye and a busied nose, who Imd Imivii in rested while ft {ldlng. amt yet lie claimed that PlnUcr didn't see a blow struck. I heirtf— No ma'Uir what you heard. Mi. Ploder had heard plaint iff dare de fendant to ati ike him ; aml lie had iw *rn to tell the truth, and yet tbe lawyer loiced him itil'i peij'iry. Ho wouldn’t let him leil the wliole truth—mi oven It ill It. Did you ec the lilowa pawed t resumed ihe lawyer. 1 did. And y.tu new the plaintiff *t:ik the dr fendunt first 't No, fciy the defendant struck fl *l - yon k HOW Wl.nt )OU MM* swear 1 ng*V> f Didn't yuu Jo t take no oath to HU Uie truth In the case 1 I did. And y<m are trying to mislead the Jury liy suppressing part of the truth—by tel'- Ing wbat jr,)u wldi to and euppresslng what odon’t f No, sir, Just as 1 bund— You beard 1 We don’t want to knn* what jro board. Mr. Pi4er didn’t west to suppress any thing, but be was forceifto ; be wanted to tell all about it, but they wouhlu’i let biin; tie wanted to- tall the whole truth, but they wouldn't have it They made him perjure himself while swearing fo tell the truth, the whole truth, abd twitting but the truth. Tbe Memphis papers sav that the cur rent ruawtptaef corn tn that city from tbe northwwt show beyond dispute that, tbe farmers, instead of planting relatively mon corn arc planting each year leas. Daring tbe Oral five months of this year, for exam ple, 48,bt0 m u# sucks of corn were receiv ed In Memphis than (hiring the first five mouths of 1878. We have reavm, adds tbe Appest, to fear tliet leas corn ho* been put In tlifa spring than on that ol last year, 'i here appearSjto be an excitement abou raising cotton tod boylng lottery ticket* that paralyze* the Jr dement, ami that blinda the mind lo future consequence*. Le: a heavy southern demand tor ccm be come prevalent, and sometime In tbe course of three or four years, an ever whelming call lor it will set in Irom Eu rope at the same time tbe south is needier large supplies , then where will tbe *)!-oot um grower he? Me will be crushed, and among tbe cottsn stalk* there will be beard weeping sod wailing ane gnashing of teeth. A Utica paper awya that Van Alstyee, the burglar, pasted tbenoah Utica the oth er day, ea rout* to Aobaro, where be will •pend ftftmi years. A sympathetic 010 gentleman at tbe depot asked him.: My poor vovag roan, wbat earned pour dowa tall 7 Aoa Vaa replied, It wa* uaining m be an Ameriraa cowgressmto. ttirnlii Snnre. There were two men got into a trout ot the store to day, said a North-end man at the .-upper table, and I tell y. u ti look, and preity hard lor one ot them. Tim blggost one grabbed a cait stake end drew it back. 1 thought sure lie was cuing t knock the oil er's brains out, nod 1 j itnpe>' in between them. '1 he laintly had lister ed w ith wrapt at tenimn, and as the htsd paused in his nar rative the young heir, whom reaped lot his lather's bravery was immeasurable, proudly remarked. He coul ln'l knock any brainy out of you. could he, lather ? Thu head of the la uily gazed long and eanietUy al the neir, as if to detect evl demos of a daw nine humorist, but as tire youth continued w ilh gnmr iunocenoa 'o munch iita lourih tart, ha yaped and re tumcHl hi- kupfier.—Roekiand Oourter. Fl. uter and (iiatigr. VVo gave our readmit) (lie last issue ol the I’mntcr uni Ornnie an exi.act from a letter of youug Mr. IVteu to Colonel Richard Peters, stat .ng the lumvy r..vsge? by dogs in tin splendin flock ol llmrougiibrcd mi l Inn ■dieep. 1 liis imblira'l'H has invoked lire toliowlirg Idler IromDi.Wm. H. Harden, Bmyrna, Cobb county, Georgia, to Colonel Patera, dated June 4h, 1810 1 notice Hum the pnpeis tlnitlliu dogs have liecn 1 playing havfic with your sliecp. Thy made n mid mi me night ticlore hist nud killed six and woun 'od tlltcmi. My II ink consists ol fifty. My (beep are alway s fee tied every night in a lot at the house ill) llii.* cattle. On lire night they weie killed they were iu an enclosure ot 1,-a. than a ijua UT of nn acre with nine lie.id ol entile. Ho (bat cncl wing entile with sheep is t.o protection. 1 had nlnay* counted largely on this for protecting sheep. Among the *lnlii was lho south down rum I bought ol you. lie Imd on a bell, the inly one in tlm Hock. 8o die bell '* not n pioteetkin. My main object In wilting to you i> to could ns to abut stepv lo take before ibc next legislature, which I* to convene In n lew weeks, na In nil |it ol mli 11 1 Ly it will (loss a dog Inw in some shvpc, ns public opiulou seems to lie lor it. Unless wo lihvii Mime legUliithiu I the nl Jeet I wi I nbaildon tlm sheep hnaiiHM*. Tills show* the wnr ol deetruc- Ik-n ' I sheep by dogs to lie progtelisliig In ivory lively uny, and It is simply accu mulating enusc for h-gialaltve sctlou to etoUcl a gient and valuable industry Irom utter aniillillutl .o. It la atutod that hi Cobb county > the luet month uot lesa tiian ISO sill-op were killed hy dogs. It li* been supposed (list |wutilng rlioep with eallle would keoii ofl dog*. Dr. liar dtfti's exporieneo i xplodus that Idea. Ii Ini* also been believed Hint putting liells On the flock would deer dogs, bill tbni hies in i Is.. i xphidcd hy I);. HardeVs tel ler. Among o her nothin* It li. n been currently Iwlievei! Hint nil sheep were bn hi Ihe neck by dogs, and a collar lias been invented lor protecting the sheep’s neck, <)l ll.e thirty sheep killed lor Colonel IV trts the other day, by ttto 1 irgc and three smn'l (logs, lime wa* not one bitten In Hie tin *k, *.. the value of s collar i explod ed. <i .e by one tbe expeiintents lor pri Ii .•'ion DM. The luct leuialns tbit ouly tliroog some sort ol nppropiinlc IcgUlu tlon ran the | r itedioti be given thul will -nve *hee|i husbandry. We again call the attention oil tin l< inner* to this Imp n taut nint er and urge ti nt iucli Inlloeudc he brought tojiesr on the general asaenhly as vvIII eauMt proper legislative notion. it ws* shown in Hie senate last week that lihude Dlsud with a population ol 273,b(W, never cast* 24,000 votes, and jet has two representative* in o i.gn s*. In all other atatc* Ihe nuinlier ol voters in a Oongrisslouul diatifot U Irom twenty to tfairty-l'jurlhous*ud. It is evident, najs the Courier J utuul, that au Immense nuin tier ol Voteis are dulrancliiaed iu Rbod<* Island, and, consequently, the tepiiscpta (|on ol the state should be reduced ooc- Imll. Hlaine is very seiiou* to teduce reptis<-niUuii in some ol the states, and lie bad latter uko It mild IsDll I iu baud, ■' > - —mama • e ■ Cmigiassnieu L <we, the A'ahama Grecn acker, whose na no was signed to the au ti-c.>atiiiou dispatch sent to the Colutuhua, Ohio, ConvenlKih, denier that he ever •igned it. Hu says the grecnbackora are battling lor a principle, a:nl that as Uor rfil Ewing ropreaenU Hist principle he ought to, and will receive the support ol tbe Nationals. Tbe man who will take a newspaper lor ycai* am) then get mad and order (it stop pel when he is dunned tor tubacrlptton without settling the Lalauce due baa a pleaaant Job to waiting lot him when he rife*, lie will be employed in polishing the jKiloi* on old Nick’s tail with a red hvtl fl e. autl eveiytiiuc he strikes the quick two able bodied imps will plunge turn in a vat of boiling printer's Ink.—Gainesville Eagle. A man coming out oi a certain newspa per i See, with ou* eye gouged out, hi, nose spread all over bis lacs, and one ol nis ears chewed off, replied to a policeman who interviewed him, I didn't like him, I didn’t tike on article that 'peered in the paper last week, an’ 1 went in ter see the man who writ it, an’ he war there f—N Y. Tribune. 1111 inn rotia, Claris rails liar tuiahand, when he take* her in tils arms to kiia her, a aelt-seatlnir envelope. \ A question that is giving the law stu dent* the headache, Can a roan marry hta widow’* *lster f \ t)<iy with hii elbows out wa ashed tlie cause, and replied : I laughed In aty sleeves till I burst them. H w can 1 leave thee f said Adam to Eve. She male, no icply, but jioftPed calmly to a fi.' tree in the and I*l one _ ' It Is eaejer lorn ne die to go tiiiougfi the eye ol a i icji tuau than tor an editor to please everybody. Au am itrnr *ing''r Ii ightoued a pair ol canary hirUa to de till, it was • case of 1 kilting two birds witii one** tone. VVlmt la the difieienee between the woa'h er and the baby f Oue never rains but It pourl, th • othe never paini but It roar*. ffls one lot tiro physiological a>ys(one* why a bo,’s hands will blister so much ►o.mer on a hoe handle than they will on a basi'-trail hat. An r xchauge tells ot an Alabama lady who ci les nearly all the tlmoaud yet grows tat. The fat Is tai lon in tie!*. What a deliyh lul follow that Edward h -so Jolly—Li* pockot book always open, v Yea, to anyone that wants to put afiy tiling into it. Wueu asked liuw the ladies were draes ed at a liudiiounble parly the other eve ning, amo lest youth replied : A Ural at much a* an oj*ler on a liaii shell. Time, twelve o’clock. Btie—Oeorge are vu to exhibit iu that dog ahoW 7 He— No; wtiy r tthc—On, uothlng, only you are such a tine neper. Exit young man. There it an n nu Arbor Hill who U Infernally lazy tliat Ilia friends lay it i* itn pustible t* cut trim to the quick, siuee he hasn't gut any. Atinospliuilc sir is so henvy that iu weight upon the body is fl linen pounds to *tq mrc Inch. People can now under stand why it Is so hard to raise the wind. Mary AndciSoD made $30,000 this last •cason, lie Idea unearthing aeven , new y..itng men who would gladly die for lies on u sal my o! $8 |mr week.— Free I’rcaa. Judge— Jlavejfou anything to otter io the court balers sapience i pasvod on you t Prisoner— No, Judge. I had teu dollar*,but my lawyetH took Hint. Now the wind* that wdlly breathe, and the It ia or* that garland* wreathe, a gen tie hint ol summer in the mlud implants ; and su do the beetles and the spiders and the ant . . A girl w.ll a ratio wilt • croquet mallet in the hit sun fir hours and net complain, lint just ark her to hang on to the wooden end ol a broom lot a lew minute* and ho will have a fit. „ A girl in bt L mis jiiodo an u<vlul inls- Uku tbe other day. Hie married a man under the luii iomlou that lie wa* her fi„- ttier'a coacliiusii, and he turned out to boa .Mexican nobleman. La I xc aimed a titaldeu lady, looking up liom Hie psper bc wa* reojlng wlieu I wed to aclio dw* wer* taught that we had live eensos, but her* la au article talk ing about Hit; tenth census. A man in Michigan swapped bis horse lor a w|!c. An old ba.lwlor acquaintance •aid he’d bet there was * ,inditing wrong willi the horse, or it* owner woulJ uevtfr have tooled it away ie that reckless tuau- ItO'. A:c iull|>* Voiy a eel, m* t asked a young loui-vcar-old. Wliy do you aek,nijr dear 7 replied her mother. Cause papa told our B roian that her two-llpa were sweeter than wine J Hy. busan took a new departuie that aUeruoop. An Oil city boy who bad runaway Irom home mid returned, wna arkod 1( bis talker .tiled the laitrd call tor the prodigal. Not much, lie replied , be didn’t kill tbe tatted call, but became i ear (ticking tbe prodi gal. A bail pin, ai) a an cxcbanne, ta am/ useful article to a woman. It terete tbe pui{>oa ot lootlipb.k, buttonhook aud hair lantener, bot all ibla w uo excuse for bav ii, k one in y„ur yeat pocket wbeo your wile don’t know where It eomea from. Kidi r klitei (to little one, who appeaia to lake grout luti'r*stln Mr. Bkibbeue)* Come Utile |Nrt, it ia time your tyea ware ahot in alcep. Little pet—l Ibiuk not. Mother told me to koei uiy eyee open wbeo you aud Mr. Bkibbena were together. Wbo'e tbe paetnr, my dear r waked e H od lady Irom tbe couetry, addressing ber daughter, wbo baa been llflog o tbe city ball a year or a<>. Heally, mother, I hardly know. 1 never aaw bun. lie wee rway on vacation iat Bimmer, aud now be baa aUrted on hla lecPWi'ig tour lor tbe Winter. 1 ma/ get acquainted with biu* uext Bpring. Ab.yea; aald lira. ParUngton aomc Over on West 1111!, aay* tbe Burlington Hawkey®, a man wa-ta to matob bia hired girl against lime for |fiOO, to amaab one tbouaaod cblua cupt io one thooaani quar ter bourt, gata money to go to tbe mas , and puab tbota barred. Junior clerk—Would you kiodly permU me to absent myeell to-morrow to attend my ta'.bei’a luncr.lf Heed ol tbe dnr. (deep In figure*)-You may go, liawkiua f but, pray, do not let It happen egelJ I 0 didst thou not know wbtt now 1 I eel t lie murmured In her ear ; Ber train went t-r-r-ip beoeatb*bia heel t U J do—you fed your bur /" —'Temperance Journal NO 27
