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The Meriwether County Vindicator
VOL 7
THE VINDICATOR.
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BY WE TANARUS, REVIEW,
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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.
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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'.
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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