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VOL. 7.
THE VINDICATOR.
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BY WM. T. RBVIU*,
AT *B.BB t*KK AXNUM. IN ADVAMUK
CMirc uMrth itk of I* tU c Square.
K ATES OF ADVKRTISIXd.
9pr toll 4 wk* . 8 bk> > 8 aw- lvr
1 tack IUO 846 j4to 1 8 OA I2t*>
3 tsobra 1 SO 400 till , 100 C itoo
I tachns tOO j 8 00 1000 1500 28 no
I r*l 5 00 1 10 o ; 8000 MtW 35 l*<
i cv! ?80 1 14 0 j 8500 8500 84) du
lfl 10 00 | tooo I 8300 8060 fIOO
A libotfel aMsciioa mad* to thus*
*4*rrt:siug k.T tbe month or ;.
form OFPRUKS.
ORDINARY ...A J Hi.’ra
Huxiutr . o. * n.w.r.
1 KKK ti t' W It Ee!H-r
TAX MK KJVEK JR. r. t lament*
TAXtOI I JKtTuK J O. i brisMni.
TKEASI IiKH (j J Antboov
MVHVKTOH . v O. V Matthews
UOKoNKH John K -Jones
lOUNTY t<*MJll iHHIt)NISItH
I. .1 Mllnm. A*roj Hihlev.
1' J Keovcw, J k UuoWinsa
J. W gets*
HOARD OK ElH't ATH*N
Jobs IV Park, V 4. J. lisrnc*.
MxliMta R. A l*rkif
A )< Kreemsu. * #r.
BUSINESS CARDS.
It KN It V r. WAItK
Attorney
AT LAVt
H<w*sb*u.i.b, ... Gaosui*.
I'roMipt and tsiikfui siti oliou paid Is al I
bnanrsa re Ousted lu bis ran
H K KEITH,
A Tr ' ,KMr AT
r\ i.av*
tissss’lLi* Obinu
Mill prsetie* lu Meriwrtu*r siel ll*e
r jsot eouipuaing Iks I owns < iVruil
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Atturney
AT
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H irtas pro ngtli *4ltkklsllt*tivs44
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it A BAR KKK,
Attorney
AT
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U’ti'X'- It'*, • • G-T,!t,
5* ill pruetkiu tht- i uvrts of 'b, t owti
ritegu ibs court of Ordinary and
< ur- of M*vi wether louuiy
r T O'tiee on tbs south slit*- of lbs public
qusre. uext d*-r t lb* I hug'More
J>l( 1C . TKKRKLL,
OKKKKH Sir Prnfearwinal srrvtri-a t(*
tl Public Otter with hi* I*l her.
I>r .1 K G Twxvll.at ilm Itrue^torr
hffrffr V- <■ Floyd, I), \) K..
REHHKNT DKXTHIT
• l-rmun,
beiui
Terms • *4 Mi w**rk watrautrd
OEoIuJIA * Ordinary'* OflC,
V'-riaetix-r 1 *Vxtv i (B-t. /Jib lb TV
KViriii T. i. UaWrl ni l llcurv Mir
Uo * AdmimaVrator* of TlwuH'* llolrtct*"
I at* of •*! r'airt) . dec ■*•**< 1. to
the Court. tliat they !<* full) adrwoDterrd
tli*- estate of saci tWraard. ami apply f"f
|mTi >f ttsuitaaton fr*o ihr 'n* •**>< It
Ail®inialr*ior
liiia u Hxr- fore to (it* amt admonish Ml
concerned, U> Olr tix-ir *ibje<tii*, (if any
!* r bar*’ to tnjr aflrr. ‘*a or Iwfnrv tKa
firs* Moodily ro Fd>ruary next. why let ’era
of dismiss!' >u should no* i**x to said Ad
miniaUaturv. an aforesaid.
Given uixW aty hand *ixl <OW*ial sign*
tsrr. A J. HINTDN
O M f
AAA A YVKKK hi yottr own town. awl
jkhh no capital rik-] lon can rie
the huaim-aa a trial wiilanj'. e*.
p( IW The heat ojiportunffy eirrr offered
or tboae wiUiaU* work. You ahouM try
nothin* rW until you aee for vnuw If what
you can >in at the buainraa we off*-r No
room toeiplata here. You tan <lr*'itr all
your time or only you r niarr time to the
buntrwm. autl make CTcal jaty fur ei-ry
hour t hat you work Wucum make aa
mm-li an mea. IVnd for nfeeial prirate
i rna ami par irular* which wr mail free
Outfit free. Ikitfl complain of hard
Si mow while you hare aut h a chance Ad
drrae. II HALLKTAf O. P-etland. Me
EXCELSIOR
A C a D E M Y,
SESOIA. GJL,
Oirb and IV ya prepare,! Us ( oOrge or
Practical Life.
Voice culture a specialty in Elocution
Oratory, Conversation and Boog
For particulars addreaa,
A. K. JONEf*. Pria.
11-ti
GRKtdWLLK. MKKIWETHKit COUNTV. GA, DECEMBER 12. 1879.
A. LOWER
GRIFFIN,- • . GEORGIA.
No 84 llil, St
—l‘AAtTtr.t J* *1 In AMI) MItLIK IB
Wslebea. I lurk*
J ewelryStl**’ War*.
Table i-.ulotj
Spectacles, At..
llm Jam received a Fine Stork of
1 W atrkw.
Jewelry,
IMn,
**-
Button*. Ae.,
®8" I buy and aril strictly for lb* CtMI.
6 ill aetl ym anything In an liter as cheap
aa ran ha bought in any city In the slate.
AH my goreis are V 5 iiiumui aa repre
wnt4.
RKFAUUNii A SI’Ki'IAKTV
■M *
IL-ai quality >4 Needles f>r all kind*
of * .■iB Machiueji
Kxaiuinaltnu of my go.*ls and pries rr
sportfully solicited from the ritlxens of
Meriwether
A. LOWER.
alffl San
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11 H UIiUK J K HAfl*.
Ml LI,KIf k H AMS
JOIIHKIIS tK
Ik nil’s, Mim.S, UATIIKK
HARNESS
AM)
SADDLES,
WE* I f’oINT, UKtflttJlA.
\l T Kitiv now ri*fitving tin*
M lfU‘jC**t mill Kf*lr*( , t*l
tnt k of JVut*,
I |>prr Holr. nod ilArnnift !***•< tier
*♦•# t WrM
\1 K liny our direct
'I irom t he Muuuliii l urern
for ( ASH and warrant all our
work to aland
i* 1
\\/ K ItHVe n extensive liar.
VT newt ftlittp in connection
with our atorv aud imk< !o order
a!* luuil vf * wh.
%4t t *ll to usa us when you visit \><*i
I* |<d and nr all) j>)oi you id rri'l itul
Hurt r
Vary Truly,
UH.LFH A HAVi'C
o f,
*—WaUKIIOI'MC NtlTl'K. t
W. C. Oholson’s
FIRE PROOF
■WAREHOUSE,
,r
JjkGHANCE. GEORGIA
f * la-vofd-*H <( oration llie lx*t pl*< for
1 Plant* ra to St Ay* on It *ik tli'-gr <X
ton. -V '
A# J*ai ■*>< a reduced Hai r a twit rt
ently
<*. |*. Wllaarai am, warrhouscmsn,
w*miM la- |>l*-n*rd r*> wait oti liLa old friends
and <-ustouarra aa in fooiat day a
H*aWr with nailii and wati-r under
same roof. KH KK to *1! who a-illn-r wr.u*
or arofct H*nr fled trip-with Ba-
W t . UllOI, ON
nltf
kAAA A MONTH guaranteed pitta
cBwUU day imoie by tlie industrioo*
*vewr SF g 'aagsit| not re<(ulred g** will
start vest. Men. women, l,y* an*l girl*
tanas money faster at weak I>ir us than at
any th ing else The wmk la light and
l p)*-avtat. and su< b a* any cmc can go rigtil
l at Tleise wle, are wise who see thy (xWice
will aend us their addresses at once and see
for themselves (>**lr Outfit and terms
fr'-e. Now is rise time. TVsse already at
w-irk srv laying up large auras of money.
Addr<sa TKt'K Jk €<., Augusta. Maine
/WfEKIFFIi MALE.
Will lih mM lief<ST tlie court lean*- (Vor
in the town 'if Orev-nrillr. Meriwether (vain
ly <*a. on tbr first Tuesday in January,
IHMtI, lietweea tlie legal b>asn> of sale, <*e
undivided one--iglith interest in the wh*4e
of that 'met of land ia the 10th 'BatrkA of
Meriwether mainly. Da. containing 4-Vl
acre*, more <<r lesa consisting 'if lota of laial
Wi lll, ll2,ar*) 113, tlie aasne Mng the
place >r tract of hnut <m which Jaaiea Howe
lived at the time <4 hi* death arid on which
bis widow lived at the time of lier death,
said andlvidrd 'v^--eighth interest in aairl
land levied c m aa the property <4 TV anas
H Rowe to satisfy a fi. fa from Justice
Court of the M7th district, O. M. in favor o
J W. Kate* va T. K. Rowe-, levy made and
settwned to ne by J. W. Fuller. L. f.
f> n. FI-ORKNCK.
!>.• IV* •. 1. f*. M. f.
Mother Shipton’s Prophecy.
Tbr following remarkable pntphecy.
known aa “Mother Shtpion'a, waa pub
lished in 14AH. It waa repuNiskad in 1841
All the events predicted in k, aavr the laat,
wblrli la to happen in tiro future, hare
ootite to paaa
f'arriajea with,att horse* altall go,
Ami accident* fill the world with woe
Around lhr world thought* shall fly
In twinkling of an rw.
55 at rr altall yet more wonders tio,
i Now strange, Yet altall be true
The world upwidc alia)! be.
Ami greld hr found at run of tree.
Through lulls mail altall ride.
Ami no Lora, or mule be at hit aide.
Under water men altall walk
Shall ride, altall aleep. altall talk. ’
In tV-*--
In while, in Mack, In preen.
Ir n in the Witter -lihll float
A* easy aa a wooden ltout.
Gold alinll lie found ami found.
In a >*.!*.’Vw'X.'i, ■ vi'i known.
Kir, and a at, r alia!! wonder* do,
l" upland al laat alinll :idnd. n Jen.
The world to a t end shall t o t,. ,
Iti eipliteen Inn.dn U untl eiiflit) one.
•Tin-: b<>\NnHiTT f nLwj.”
An ln(<“ii'htintj; Aocinmt of Its
Ori^iu.
That the air and words of thin atirrinp amp
were eotn|awed tti an hour by it* brilliant
younp author, i. known to but few ; tin
at• ,ry of it* oripiu baa never lx* n writ
ten
lit Jantniry IH#l, 1 wit* in nttrivhinc-r *s
it looker on at lh< Mt <-li>vi|i|ii Stale fonven
ttan, whkli pnaaeti iliantdtMUmi of amts
al< n. In tin laitiT dm* of the |ireeediii({
Dr euila-r, South < mollim had luitlHted the
i*vohiUon In. "|t<iiii|i <Nil of the Crdon "
Miaal**i|>(>i the next to follow atilt
When licr convention met nl hu kwai the
flral week in Jiimiary. lion, W S. linm
w* ■ b>aa n t>ri *idrirl ot that 1 1 (It. whic h
niliulien and mi ll tiu u a* lion Walker Itna.ke,
(lenirnl J J. (leorpe, lion .1 I, A Iron
Wiley F IlnrrtcM. :ml oilier* well known in
■it i'in eji U ir, J |icc:i 'ln deep r'lert
“'.‘V Wii'ieli elii.rnetrrli.eii tin peter il!itj>!ii *
that apli tn'ld I m'j of gcMn I JHv V
did nut filth 11l f tv,ml..!(■ >,m, n.rny ip|Hiii ,
into 'll w i.iiij ili ci wlon on the otli
ef ilNlill, 'lie iLi-lltii rHllnua were chliil, alufe*
unlike nmnly. nnd dlunltl.! Indti nlli g
Hat from their aider Mnlra they |iarled
(oinpnry more iu nunm tiiitn in ttui’er
(Jnlte a uuinlaT of Ilia ineinl ra hud iiecn
elieled na 1 ttion men or <'o nprritiioitDta,
inatnieted to raHloael n wnltfnt* for the
overt Hi t ;" tin- fhiidn rn Stritea, menu
time, to inter into h't*fi naivt leiijpn- with
iiik iiinitlief, rendx to feaiat tlie ft rat ojati
it 11 a- k liy the K'dctal tioreritlni-ld it|am the
IHcultur iimlittillon The mapirity, liow ev
er looked itjei i Ihla ai lieuic na uli#ly Inn
| r li tiealile for, the) llieie wllll la
no oja-n tre|'Me* njaui upon our riffhta , aii
olltnmiam will work liv ttlow ineidiiHiaagen
claa. Hod. befma we dream of aueli a reault.
we fclinll lie Imhi nl Imnd and foil A more
di|(nifled, alii*', (ait riot Ice, dellla-rattve and
e.'.rneal inveatl;;Mtiotj o( a j;ret ipnatlon wa*
nixer, for u minfla iof dnva, more y*rare|y
(Minted. It wua a hitler trial to men tylioae
fiithcra. like lliemaelrea, had follow<d the
a any liarmrr ÜBih r a in w nud untried atan
dard . it wna hard to j art (aitn|iaiiy with
tin ae .pic uduJ mrmorira which Imd ta-cayne
I lie la-at [airtion of (Hir <**iotrr'a proud Itia
tory : Htnl when, finally, juat nl twilight
fell oyer the Skate.liouae on the evening of
Janunry Vth. JWl,jui I the I’reahleiit of the
(‘imventioo, tiie vi/t* hiiving lay-it animunc
ed. loan-, and alowly unfuthsdthe lltfle blue
flat; with it* aingle red alai In the cent re,and
-|iror lalmeai that Miaaiaeippl had ">linaolvcd
fh • faelideal lain<L wtih li had connected
lier ' with tin t.’nlon of our fatisent ; atrung
incti bowed their liouli ami w-,it I ahull
na cr ceaae to recall thia. the nviat aoJemnly
itnl*r(-t*ivc accne I have eyer witm-aacd !
Hut I have la-cn led away by Ihmc inem
orh-a from tlie olijcct of tny k'-teh, the uri
gin of the
“sotrste ni t k n.to.
I.hjring the last few days of tlx- Conven
tion, Harry McCarthy, snpyeirtcd by a
yoting lady, wlio acrmparii(d hiui in his
• glaal and selected songs, was giving a var,-
ety of enlc-rtaiomcnta at Angelo'a Hall, in
tliat city, consisting of songs, * ri>,u and
conn* daucing. instrunx-utal oitwic, Ac,
t>n tlx* afHTn*-,*i 'jf tlie 9th 'if Januarr,
Ju'tg*- WUry P. Harris*, late Chief Justice,
and one of the soundest lawyer* living, met
the gifted young Irishman *ai the atreec.aud
w-niarkid
"Msr, the (Vniventhin will ad*gH theordi
nance of seceagioe sometime this afleruoun.
and y**u will have a large aixlienra- this
evening. Permit me to offer a suggestion
Why can yesi in 4 comjvxx- s song pertinent
to the oocasioa ? Give us a fwt rxclic aung
—one which afasJl. perhaps, be universally
received as a national air- something soul
stirring and patriotic, that may beeoina as
immortal as the 'sriinanee Itself."
Y*mog McCarthy caught the idea at once,
r<-t ic'd to his r**un. and in Hire* or f,, r
b*>rs w** willing, hr the Aral time in pub
lic. he “BmiuM' Blue Klttp," to . a houae
tiwwdnd to ita utmost cwputdty. And not
***A or twice wily, did he einp tlie new
fc *'S Wight ; but he wag rtieornl ayaln
am’again, twihe <a lifteen timer at leiuU,
ahe beewtue ltuarar from tinging ami the
See almost exhau-ied frmn applatuling
WMWWOW Width. Htemlly, nutat
Iww been seen bi Imv* lieen appretdated
the *siolUtr of tlie dndtllea" waa the cor*
reeey • that time, ami ihe autbem-e obao
hthfi) alio wire, I gokl anti diver over the
•tgpr. 1 reAsil one gratirman wliowaa aeat
edptHU tlie centre of the hall, near a wip
ptMHftg eolmnn, and who had evidently U
-BJ|P • Hit hr extra patriotlam U-fonhamt
under the excitement of the
l|K_wag equal to the anprtniest teat
***** l*i* sfroe aud leg* alamt the p(l-
Itur.lit! t'limlietl up until hi* liead tmek the
„ V ,W eg'tVu'ttxV nno‘'°| nn the pl*no waa
Iky promenadeti the stage liaek antf forth,
waving lus Hug. One verve rs|>ecia!ly.when
first delivered, came near "ItrinKing down
the lititiar'’ literally ;
•'Bt> king aa ihe Union
\\ aa fatlltfitl to her triatl,
l„ke friends,vhl ttkr itrptVnk......
\Ve were kind we wt re juat !
Hut when Northern trenelwry,
Attemp* our righia in nun,
We'll b itet on liiglt the Honiiie liltu King
That ! J a a single alar J"
Kioto that hour (her* was nothing but the
Itwmiie'liluf King in Southern Air. A* the
viaitofv to Jackson returned home north
u.-l, south and west they spreatl it every
where. The rigitl eritle of the w,nvla, In Ihe
light of this hour, may not fit-l their full
force aa we experienced it then ; but, aure
lv, tin- "Unraellles Itviun" could n<B tiave
I wen originally nmre warmly recei\ed that
waa ,ir aituple lUtl<‘ "Biiiildc lUue Klag.'
did ol v, lii<*n one ol the lira! lawyers in the
Houtli was tlu Lnimalinte Inspiration
C K U
lit r Miiul t’lmii^ctl,
A CUti ago inuu was engaged to a i leave
laud girl, when she suddenly look a notion
to break It oIT lie sent for him, and he ,
found her in the |t*rlor with all hi* presents
bundled up, ready for removal. Hite told
him
■ "I have ronaidled my heart seriously,ills
covered wlint 1 have often soapeeted that
we are aril fitted to to make each other hup
oy. It la vVfHr ll lit we should part our
'. gage a ~l la at a . '*l*s " ,
Hy fc jt hiul, but he hsiketl
Kail, und (Wily OXelaiulM *
"llunali 5 ou're the lailllest glr! in the j
universe I feel as hough Use whole Rai
nier 11 on*, bud bet ti lilud oIT iny manly
bosom."
Then she wanted to know wind tills
meant. He told Iter that lie Imd lieen try
lug to muster tip courage to pro|Hsa lo bleak
oil for aometime, but hadn't tieraoM- lie
“knew (h ,> Itunlmmls at tlain periisl of coni
rtnTrial depression were Imrtl to get." Till*
nnule her Until as Imps Hite jmiuled to Ids
prim utv und demanded her*. He said
"J'il *eml ytat all I can final, but I guess
our ctsik • arrk and off your Tennyson with
the mark, and passages in It I lent It to Iter
and wane of your ks kv of Lsir and rote
buds and things I burned when I was clean,
inp up tny nsnu tlu other day, nnd as for
yratr ring I don't think < ora will give ll to
ov."
'flw UltsiveSantl girl now wnnlt tl to know
who Corn was She wav told {— . “
“Hite's the girl I'm in love with and that
I’m going to pro| se In Iter t Uls very even
ing, tat stem as you give me that package of.
presents und let me go. I lto|s- yod ilidn't
orgtsi to put the dlxmnnd earrings I gave
you into it I'll give them to her mid lie
82U0 alieai 1 ."
The Clcavclaod girl glared at him like a
tigress hk six- Imp tired if ( </ra m good
Miking. The Imd Chicago man told her
Jhat Cora six prattler, smaller watacd,
* nailer footed, and superior In a variety of
other resjK-cts to lier.
The ( Ic arclnod girl now la-can:'- esetted.
•Augustus," six- remarked *'ilcninly L ,“lf you
attempt tgo out of this liouse Ix forc hue
o'clock to-morrow, H'l scream. And I want
you to tindrr*tad tliat our engagement is
to hol*l, and If you don't marry rue by tb<-
Ort of licit month, which will lie as soon
a* I can get my trosseau ready, I'lljaue you
for hr'-ixii of promise, laying the damages
at kfitW.OOO."
The Chicago Tribune must lutvelav-n or
red when it said y**i enn't get alx-od of a,
(liicago man, for ('ora had no exiateuce
wlittlevcr.
Tlx-re wss un iuteri-i'tiiig event in the
family of Jon*-* a month ago at (Mi City,
and one <lay last v*'k Join* tokl a furni
ture man to take a cradle to hi* ixxwe. On
tlie some day thin order wo* given, a wed
ding took place In the tioune adjoining
Jones' residence, and it was Juat aa tlx; :i*-
iH-mhlui friends were oongratuhitiiig the
happy couple that the furniture man. who
had mistaken the number, deposited the
cradle in the middle of the room and said :
•Mr. Jones seat this up, and he told me Jo
hum- for he thought y<oi’d be needing it ”
Bin** tliat eventful day Mr. Jones Ims been
obliged to eater bis bouse Ijy Hie back alley
o escape a wrathful youth next door, who
is watching for him with a loaded snot gun.
f Philadelphia I*re.
'l’he BabioH to the Front,
Al Ihe Itanquet of the anny of Ttumessee
in Chicago, which ctunr off on the 12th of
Kovemhrr, ihe foilowriug toast was offrml :
“The Haitie*. As they rmnfort us In our
sorrows. Jet us not forget them In our fes
tlvltiea"
To this sentiment Mark Twain reia>ndetl
in the following off-hand but brilliant re
marks, which will touch Itotumi in the heart
of every parent i
Now that's smnrthlng like. We haven't
all had the gissl fortune to lie laities ; we
haven't all Ism generals or alateameu ; hut
when the toast works tlowa to the halilnt,
we stand on common ground for wt-Ve all
lawn baUtts. It I* a shame that for a thtaj
ssntl years tin- world'* banquets have utter
ly i (in.rod llm hal.y a* if he dl.in't amount
to anything ! If you, gentlemen, will stop
and thiuk a moment If you will go hack
fifty oc s Juuultrgl ..Iryu. f t> your msrtie*
will refnemlter that be Pi a gtssi
deal—and even sotut thing over.
You solitiers all know that when that little
fellow arrived at family hcntiqunrtrni you
had to hand iu your resignation fir toik
entire command. Yttu Usamc hi* lackey. |
:8i "*tavfy* gUarti , wt
HMtmtl, list, lie waa ntH a commander
who made allowances for tltne, distance,
weather, or anything rle ; yon hail lu ex*,
cute III* orders whether it was possible or
ms. And then’ was only one form oy
marching In Ills manual of tactics, anti that
wti* the double-quirk. He treat tti you
with every sort of Insolence anti liisresiM-ct,
Slid the Invest of you did n<B dare to tsy s
woni. 5 oil could brave the death storm of
1 Donelsoii and Vicksburg, and give back
blow for blow , but when he clawed y<air
whiskers, and tallied yreir hair, suit twisted
your nose, yon had to take It. When the
thuiulers of war were aoundlng lu your ears
> sti set your face* top ard the hatteries and
advanced with steady tread ; Init when he
turnisl on the ti rrora of his war whoop, you
advanced In tlie other dlreetiai, and
mighty glad of the chalice, too. When he
eiilled fig soothing syrup, did you venture
to throw .nil any side remarks shout err
tain services lielug unhe-coming an oftlecr
ands gentleman f No, you got up and got
l’. It lie ordered his pap IsUtlr. and It
wasn’t war.n, did you talk back t Not y.sj,
you went to work and war ned it. You
even dcarrndi’il so far in your menial offlc*
ns to lake * suck at that warm Insipid stuff
J ourself to See |II was riglit three parts
water to one ot milk, a touch of sugar to
lnreltfv colic, ami a drop of pcpiwr uint t,r
kill th-i e| tor'gl lik-c tieb* I cau ta-*'"
tltht stulT >et.
And how ninny tliinga you learneil oa you
went along 1 Sentimental young folka a'lll
lake dock in th.it beautiful old auying that
when the Ititliy a nllca in Ida aleep it la U--
eauae Hie angela are wlnapi rlng to him
Very pretty liul '“<*> thin" elmply wind
on the alumaeli, my frleiida. If the liitliy
proteiecd In lake a walk at lla iiatiul hour
half |al Mln the morning didn't you riar
up prouptly with Hi.- remark i with * men
l il addition which wouldn't improve a Sun
day aehikol much) that that wna the very
thing you wen- almttl pi pni|ionr ymirac lf f
tilt, y<Hi were unilir rihml dim ipllne And
%)ou went Itulteriiig up and down the
nanu In your‘"undreaa uniform,” ymi n.l
tally prattled undignified bn by tnlk, hut even
turned tip your martial voice* and triad to
plug, "Jloek-a-by Imhy on the tree top,”
for inatance. What n|m < lode for an ar
my of the Teuiieaai-f I Ami what an aflllr
tiop for the neigltleira, tin, f<>r It Isn't every.
1**1) within a mile around that like* milita
ry intwii at three o'eloe'i hi tlm morning.
Amt when y<to bad I teen keeping thia aort
of ihlug up for two or three lomra and j tair
little velvet bead Intimated that nothing
aulteil him like eterciav and nolae, and pro
|*aa-d to fight It out on that line If It t>*ik
all nigh)—''(hi on, wlint did you do P* A’ou
simply went ou till y.ai dnippetl in tlx- last
ditch. t
I like the idea that a lathy doesn't amount
to anything ,' Why a baby Is just a lame*-
and a front yard full by Itself ; one baby
ran furnish more Imainca* thau you and
your whob- Interior De|isrlinent ran attend
to ; lie Is enterpriafog, lm-|irc*ll*l, brim
ful of lawless activities- dowlial you please,
you can't make him stay on tlx- reai-rva -
lion. Hulfleient unto tlie day ia oix- I why
As long ss yi u art iu your right mind Jm't
pray for twiua. Twins anxatnt to a |xrraa
tx-nt riot ; and tliera ain’t any r<wl differ
cm* Is-twceu triplet a atxl an Insurrection.
Among lb*- three or four mUlhiu owdlrs
now ps-kiug in tiu- land art anus which
llda nation would preserve for n/rw as su* red
things, if we could know which ones they
arc. For In one of llx-sc: (Todies the unexar
scions Farragut of the future Is at this nu>-
inent teething. Think of it! sod putting V
a word of deed esrneat, wnarltrulated, I ait
[x-rfectly justiflahlc profanity over U. too ;
in anotlicr the future nuxrwnrd aatromsner
ia blinking at tlx- abiding Milky Way with
but a languid Interest, poor little chap, and
wondering wbst has bmm of Hist other
one they otli the wet imrsr : h soother, tlx
future greet hbSorian la lying, and doulg
h-as lx- will Continue to lie (IU bis earthly
miaakwi Is ended ; in another, the future
President la busying himself with no pro
founder protilem of (Mate than wist the;
mischief has become of bis hair so early,and
ia a mighty array of other cradles there are
now some #O,OOO future o4Bee-eeeker* get
ting ready to furnish him occasion to grap
ple with that wuix-old protilem a HW <*l
tin** ! And in Hill nftc more cradle, some
. where trader the flag, the future likistrinus
J coutaianderdn chief of the Armies is sa lit
| tie burdt-iM-d with hi* approaching grandrun
and respoiisiltllltles a* to be giving his whole
strategic mind, at this moment, to trying to
Und out some way to get his own big toe in
hi* mouth-an achievement which (mean-
In,* no dlarcs|tcct) the illustrious guest >f
this evening also turned his attention lo
some flfly-six years ago I And if tit child
Is lull the prophecy of the man. there are
talghty few will d.aiht that he succetsietl.
Deadly Weapons.
[ Columbus Knq-Hun )
Do not enrry them. Cases in our own
community have determined their Injury.
55 ere deadly wra|vons uot convenient many
a cause ttf anguish would lie obviated, many
a fife saved. It tM-booves every great man
Ut’lir HH*t inflrtwwt i in MMn )miimßisirui
*s will prevent the deed in future. Hopent
imiv unfortunately d<ss not nuns Iwfnre an
act. It* hltteroeas Is realired afterwards.
Right or wrung the qurstliMi arises milwe.
•jiiently : might ms tlu, t killing have lecn
Ni;o*‘sf*l- rtf* Iwvr, Us tW death-defcT
Ing missile a husband would remain to the
wife, the father to the children. 55V allude
to the gem ral ruses. Of tlie one mnv la-fore
our people we cannot Judge, aa the evkk’iicn
and the venliel of those wlio heard R vary
anil the writer has not had the opportunity
to peruse If even carelessly, only noting the
general result, lie Mleves had not Ihe
pistol la-en In the pia-kH, there would have
las t! no inourutiig for the kaw of Ilf*. There
will la- hesitation lief.ire Ihe drawn knife or
kuuinl pistol, Init If tlie Islter wss rag pres
ettl Ihe <sa>|er judgement might on impulse
usurp tin* throne of reason, siut forbid any
fatal riHiimtsalnn. It is tht* carrying of wea
pons thnl adds to the catalogue of nasualltleu.
To suppress 'lie haldt must the exertkaw of
all law-abiding men la* i led. They
may la- needed In lutu-ly countries fur pro
tection. In the towns pruteetkm Ivy poller
and thouaands of Inhabitants the wea|ams
should la’laid nside. They never d* goal.
They have crested Inflnlte harm aud misery .
Uw appears to be powerless i public ofdn -
ton must discountenance the practice.
55’isild It not la 1 a great regulation to make
the liiinlrii of pnatf rest on the man who
carried the deadly wapa, awl the fvi.
deuce that h* bad it Ite sgninst him, lie it
knife or pistol t .Men ns a rula will la' leaa
(Wone to engage lu dllleiiltles where nowea
pon Is con -iiient,
JJml no Kim in lliui,
One of the mcmIHTS of thr>frHi(*l(st cot*,
ferrmw wiwroiit for a walk at au early hour
"f the morning, nnd encountered n stropping
I'lf fellow wlm waa draw ing a wagon to the
hlaeliamllh *li<|i.
“f’tlh'h hold licnt and help me 'down to
the shop with this wagon, and I’ll Iniy the
whisky !" call* the big fellow.
"I never drink," soh-tnuly replied ihc
go.*| man,
“Well, you will take a cigar f”
“I never amokr."
The man dropjMil the wagon tongue, hsik
ed hard at the ntetnlM-r anil naked |
“Don't you chew L”
• No sir."
“You uniat gel mighty loiM wnne," tnuaed
ihcj teainater.
“I gueca I'm all right I feel first rale."
“I'll bet you even that I emit lay you on
your hack," aald the tuataster.
“I never liet.”
“Well, Ida take each other down for fun;
y<ai the* under 'wild !"
f' l never have fun," aolmeuly answered
till- minister.
“Well, Tm going to tnrkl* ymi any-way.
Here we go."
Tlie tenmater slid up and endcßTcwed to
get the “necli hold," hut he bad only Just
eommenred to hailalaait when he waa lift
ed clear off the grass and slammed against a
tree Isit with sue b force that be gasped
lmlf a dozen times la-fore lie r<Hild get his
Ideal h.
"Now, you keep away from me,” ei
elainiMl tiu* minister, picking up bU walking
cane.
“Ihist me if I don't,” mid thrlnutrr aa
he edged off “Wliat's tlie uae In lying and
aaylng you didn't have any. fun In ymr,
when you nee etyucti fH of It f Blame h !
y<> wanted to I weak my Iwch, didn’t ycat ?’
The following communication fmuiaesnl
drnt 'if Arfcanaaa waa received by a promi
nent i isnniiarioci bcaiar of New Orleans
“Visit bill received ; would remit, hut am
In bed- shot ta-biiwl mr oauiter. WIN be
up In s day or two One tnau who shot me
la -lead ; the other ran sway. We are rid
of I*Kh and esild sjxire tnorr. We bare a '
fine (vsmtry."
Oeti Uordon wna osfced by a Times rof.
respondent If ever he aa w the bayonet ucsed
in the war. He replied that be only aaw
one man killed by heynuet In battle, and
that was at the nigbt attack on Vert Bted
man. when the arutiael bayoneted aa ae
sallant. At Oettyaburg, w hen the adraare
of the two anuiste ran on each other, ou the
let of July, be aew two opposing standard,
tiearers rapping each other ovef the head
with their fiag-|*ilc*.
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