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THE HAWKINSVILLE HISPAMiI.
VOL. 3.
Hawlrinsviiie Dispatch.
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ni and ethos Mollllily ndverliitu
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Announcement rosrnlT < nn.Udr.l' ">
Announieiuftit iH ‘imjienn.li liiH' 12 ,Ml
For ■ man *dvcrti*lnr i.i* wife. In
*dvatl«" * l ’ U "
MTPnle* of I.»!>*'• I > Atlnii'.iyti it
Executor# or Gsur-ii . “>• r- .'W • •*,«
law Wlkln M on U- first Tu>- U» m ' ■
men tit, tetvvi-eti il.*' iMinmot ten in tie tor.
noun innl three In *l"' aftctnouti, at tin
court lioitie In tins county in wtmh ' :
prmH-rt.l .tu. « mn „ |u »
Vp#l>lte gazi'ltn 10 d#y f pruvlott* t« Hm: day ot
EnAtlcM for the .xle nf jvTsminl property
;■* niu»t lie srlven in like manner 10 daycpr. vi
■nOUH tfXllellay.
jSolie,.. to debtor* .m l ot nn ea
tut Bitd »l«o pulilWte 1 I?,’'; 1 " .
Notien ttint uppHcatlon will inn* '
tie* Court of < if-TVii iry for leave towll i itei
n ,,ist In iwWWieil for two months
Citation* cm letters cf administration
Onor.li ei-'ilo. "if '• ’ •*
«1 V* lor dfsinW-ion lr m oilmltwtei'ioo,
monthly *l# montt s; <«r UlßnhsWa iron,
ttuarilini.-hili 40 ilay*.
Huh» lot the fWoloaOrc ot Mott
tnu >t be pnl Halnsl monthly for f. tir t-.emtl
for estnhlWilßS l‘»t l>*»l*r'. h>r H f
K . .1
from F.xertMors or Ailinitu tratoi.. wie .
lioiid I uia twin el veil by tie. iwceaac.l. t
full Stmee of three month*
Pumleati.ms will alwaystMreontlmi.
conllnh to thew. Hie legit! n iptlrenicii:-, m
less otherwise Oltleml.
Municipal and County Offii ers
ilfityor. John LaWlor.
Clerk find Tirtis’i-rr, K A. Hur. It
M.rik.L M L. I»>i I < y-
OwtH'Mi'erieri W. 1,. Ii i> Jtr •
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SfPEKtOH COl'ttT.
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S olir.ilnr linr nil. *1 Ihtuut.
Clerk, E. A. llttreli.
.Icar'cE oe Tim I*eaob —R tl Eil
gh'llll.
(’otioxKfi—lt fe-'Seil.
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OkdiSarv. .1. f. Sparrow,
t’.iarsisrut. A <*. B (flw.
f'ot’Krv SrBVRVnn, J mr« ply*
CofSTi Tkkisi i:kh. 1. 1! <• ’’ 1,1
Tax Ut: t tvr.R—Wm "'Ku n y
Tax Coiltctor -K. I>. J •< » •••
JJltbi »» (T.UiJ .
astosy c. pate. l Awr.mrcr. r »v*s
Sz> RYAN
ATT'lltM V* AT UW
HA iv KIN s VIUX G Eon*; IA
MUT ILL practice in lie cn.inti* of !
W laskf. Houston.Dooly, " ileox. Irwin
and Telfair
OppiCE In the rooms formerly otet.pie.,.
by Judge Scarborough dec 23-ti.
Law Card.
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Afrndt.i »•,* hn*H e-« entrn.t.rt to him In ettie.
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J. WATSON,
at Law.
HA IX’KISSVILLE, 0 t.
- dec 33-11
A. T. BURKE,
Attorney a.t Law,
Eawkinsvillc, Ga.
OFFICE on Commerce Street, where he
b* fonni rvetyt when »b«*nT nn
pfAgploiiai dec 85-U
HAAVRINSVILLK, GA., WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 27, 1869.
Take the Old, Reliable Route.
JOURNAL ANO MESSLNGER
FOR 186©.
usß or vh* oi.t>tnr paveus ix tve mate.
KSTAOWI3HEG t:i :SO3.
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gat n tw.f frogymnihb,
MANY fMPRfSvKJIENI^.
TEIUIS
The Daii y. isr otinum 11'* f0
• s x montlui. t*i
“ three tnou ills SMI
** tine jiionth....; I
The Trn »‘txi.!.s. pn annum ■> W»
•» *• rix month* -* 50
** ** liir. i Viiunths.... 1 ’•
Tlo; Vf&txvt, l>er nmtimi. U Ctl
'• (ix month*. 1 50
ABVLRTKINO MEDIUM,
III* gpeciiih e tmmvndf 1 to th ■ public.
1 KIi.MS Ml ami.Y.MU.K.
No laic, or . mo ; ; #• will l« -pnred n
taid: e t one oi the I, fit |qpn Hi Auieri *.
A hire--,
J V.. BUoKi: A < <>.
J;;n !0-tf l’i‘.|Wi. tori.
K «V A' t.WAIJ
CORNING NEWS,
For 133©.
On the 1-1 of .fittnnrv. i-Kl. tie M m n
Si v - l uteie lon il, 'C'ch v r
The New-s 1- well l.nm.n Ihron rhout
I his m-fcni <■', th<> Hotttliyro Slates, tint a
, | Iriilrn ir*ti~ is.
».«'implv unnet < irj
The efforts that have h-en made, during
the past year, to nuih ’ i! a newspaper
worth) of Snfunnah, have met with she-
C-s* an Ito day, in addil on to its liavit*
the jan-i s' e rcul illon in the etty. it can he
toun l in every <in . Hm'ii and vlfln-e in
s." itlicrii thxwsii and Fieri '■. ls sj.h Imv
lin -a general clivulatlritt throughout thb
nit.l other Southern .State*.
No efll'M will 1’ 11 red to mkt tile
Mortiino New* a mropedicle,!ye inedimn
|'■' >a nenit, po|lti*i I and ciwnuM iclul ini""111.
t • , H ... special nttentimi Is iee it veil to l!i
veljere of 8 ivunnah. and the interests of
! (Jeer-i i utid Florida.
| 8 ! s-d dep il Inirnt i* n sneeialtv, nml
I mol. at:i ntioii is paid to t’lV impoit- nt
I* r tneh item hy any oilier journal ti the
city.
It can always Ik relied upon lorn fn I
; siuji ct of ri .'l ifn .' matter, amt the lab t
[ n- v< !y tcleptapti nn l mail, and hn* com
| pet nt corr [ion !, nt* at .ill important
j J** i«i *
i It contain. i full si.d neeurstr daily cot*
j ion and produce n . >rt .'f thin marl- it,
Tiili.MS:
■ D.ui.T, one year §ls 5
*ix * SOU
three month* 2"|
mi' n. 'dll I Mi
TiU-vto.'.i.v, oue year *'• **'
sft month dm
tine,- montl 1 Ml
Wrr.Kt.v. otw year # Jg
cix months 15*!
A.hbv. - J. II t-STUX,
jan 30-ts Savnimnh, Gn.
THE HOUSTON TELEGRAPH,
Os Houston, Texas.
Thi* nCir*P’ir* !r enthbli 4®d in *834,
nud i* the ©Meat In Use Suite AUwOfli
Demnontti* In t if.ni. »t*
nenlw kindly and fairly. It U n l**' largely
«ev<Med 1o ill' development of h * Immtitt';
r<- .nice* of tlx- great Shite of Tex.e*, an
empire In i»irilorv. ferl 111 v and ptwttr
lifinn. 81m till 4 tin* riche** -o I, lll*' I irri il
public dom:i n, the moM genial el m»*«\ 'he
mn«t Tar i'll product inns. the ilteJtpe»t land*,
the meat Iwwntifnl ri’iwn. and offer* die
pri atiatt inrinri-nwtni* to Immigrant* of any
State noon this continent. sir- need* ww
ti*n million- of people to se ill*’ within her
1 mil*, am! find a I ive have pictured: am!
all lunin r a«V expectation of emigrating
from tl. • i.l'U r Stale*. -Vml'l aul -cribo for
t!i<’ Tklbohapm. to And nil desired inlur
ni.it on MM! tiie country.
FmUtiiii ran !»• imtfl" by nvfatln-f lit
If in 1 - now*. and all ImTintr monev to lavi-t
on -peotiltit on. or lor lioin* -would do welt
to open a com-l'iiml'm < with tin editor
A* an adverii* m med tint, the Tsu
gkju u ii not aurjw-ed in the butte.
TERMS:
fltiilv fit!: Triweekly. f!2; Weekly,
ff-V- II currency
It. m t nioni v at err r -k Irv !’. <> enter,
or by drill on New York or s«» Orlraui,
drawn or liwforwed to out order.
Aliln—
WILLIAM fi WEBB.
Houston, T'-xn
y I; —Any new-piper or Mint ne tbit
•will p:ibH i. t'l s pro-peetn*. ami tit * ad li
tioti then to. wi !- repaid by the public*-
tion for n tejnal linn,«! it- pr. .spcctili*,
not to etc ed liii- matter, n US’ T'.b'pra|*li
a,hJ we «o ski If glad, by correspondence,
to make sat -factory arrangement- with
load lift paper* at n-.cr tin- in mi States
for an Interchange of -ucli courtesy,
i jan 2t>-tf W. O ».
Job IVV»r/>
I „
NtiiUlj* executed at this office.
SELECTED POETRY.
~—T.7.—--~—\Z7zr=sr.-B- — —:vj. .Tg-Tjaaijg
(Front The M ,>bi lc. . egistor.) *
THE HPIRIT OF '7O.
bv jamks M.iotuK rnosmaw.
The Whites must rule the land o,- di«;
The put pose stirs in heart# nf steel;
\\ tU hurniiig cheek and tlwd.iug eye
We wait what waiting may reveal,
But come what may, the ivlutex must hold
Wiiat white men's patriot valor bought—-
Our grand-siren’ e,-!n-. mu yet cold,
Hallow the «oi. for which they fought. ,
NUall low-t orn - nut and fjnomhun slave* f
ttivc the laws to ti.oic own the soil?
Ntrlbyt ic MtjnAy ifjjjo&f
il* >i>:t ,ic;ffii *W4i, isn ejjtwWte'.l
waFinftwN'ftt' ivaicd in our land*,
Our law la written in the tkv,
Fate flinga the fi.it Irunt ber’liand*—
The « hi tea aludl rale Um land or die 1
There is u «H>ey energy
Locked iu the honest white man's will—
There Is a passion like the sea
That clasps tire shunt* of freedom stlj);
Though handed Co- ack dare the day,
And indies. vanipyt s fill t!ionights.
Tim distant oiuinuu ■ luander* say.
None :uc t.ivie civic *hah ruin tha
whites.
Our arm- are down, we ki . the rod,
And only **U for honor's due*;
You am /ate n„. power of (loti «
An 1 tur-e ns * , He did llio Jcvvsj
Beware! tie* fen only theps,
H i . I ni liii s!i rc mid hei p him Mill,
Ano’hcr thrust and up ho leaps,
ITir" (wtssion ma*lering ali lda will.
We hare no gnawing greed for gold,
No burning thirst lor wanton power.
But vc wi 1 l„rd It a., of oW,
Ard m >hc the land tdoom as the flower.
Or, if oppression goei ■< far,
A- erami « m* o- dvr sieve born men,
Again ah ill io I the ear of war,
The drum anrl cymbal dash again t
Ring lb rou -h the lan I the dirge of shame,
rile h epileiit of gieed and lust,
Di iv e luck the Ci. < I' ks whence they came
An i grind these v impyres in the dust;
Then s' al tlu* cry of hunger '-.ase.
The horrid fluid of murder fly,
And all our alley-, deep in ;<e«ce!
The White m i*t rule tlie land or die!
. Hold I i*l. brave hearts, the day is nigh
*.Vpan Msliaii ,si„.'is,> - 4sntfl.it im-s
When all the*’. Mongrel lie,ids shall tly
To some putr. s' eni e-daubed retreat!
HI. w Fate's decree from *na U>*en,
Front shy to ! y, f.otn reahn to realm—
O-.-.r Ship of State eternally
Shall have a W hite Man at the helm 1
SELECTED^’STORY.
Fi'uiu the Fort \ aHey Lodger.
kii; jtu uYiA or urn.
ny " er.tr exon* ’’
UIIAITEK v
I I it a li tie like ape. kin, and then 1
iLdu’t feel like l S -0 e'iuieM alien H
. |.»# a mild he Ida* n oW.,)', I fell like
I ca ll "•H.ui-h tie tint V.*, but il’li H
Ii ..ii. h ni o t tie r ta.liin cm ue, If .
giv.-nielli tr- mbl » 1 neve did make
i ail c-eli in my life, ud I idu't kno.
nbat* ft *> f a lliio I emihl lieil out.
Lit tlo tv i id soon oil o i me and
Miiueli.ui wo il l liav*- o com-, or I’d
|,„ve l. *p ink down i vcenly—live eo ila
for a ("i ure. and i duln’t have it cent.
An t I didit’ Waltl vnyiody >i know
fat I "il* «•> t) off he wi I tout niy
•*iii Dnih v gitf tin l*n-tdd-nt mine j
in uev, init 1 kiKiWtd lie and ain't want me .
to 111 t*kin it lo pit for speeches. 1 i
n.hr’ «jh ik, o own up l hat I didn’t have j
a rjmr er. I watt g io lo b • X|«.im
my pocket, «"• »“ I jMat made up my j
oiirnl* to *|ier k a cju iter • fa do Itti’ac
worth ,nv how NYh ii a mre,'* hm.
c-v a at -t k • hi ’ll do :i beep n iiiug* l o
It ought lie Coll (i'l.l do. IC' Uhlli’l idp
f elm »! c red, lo gi r up before these-’
high Jo -u- d<ol. g< g' IP' who know, and '
..It ale ut -p ' ki . b .1 there vva- 1,0 g t
lo iol o' tie- sci ape, and I’d Imv.- In
f.tc-e the mu ic, wm Mi- r or no
Tin- c • k veil, imy i,a e, an ii run
all through lie like I'd lr at 0 -a g tlvcftic
at:- iv. I "In t light o'ta gl.l up on my
I- . I, al;d softer looked around and He It
..t tie i’lesnh lit. I wrier di I se. ».
num rye*. Every body Was !ookio
j r.gh- at lie .
Mr. I*. -id. i.i, says I, ami my V nee
Id on the fin aid l-ounc and •p to thc
top I the I|. .(•, sod hen .tsitink
«e a i, i he wall, and '.Hove to toil, cr
w .li, and tit' ll ii run arte,lid lit# r.aun,
in i* n * nine tii-i. a* a young thunder
let I osu E*ery id-wtHiMo s.dipickur
licit a ac red drove o old—livid - atk».
An I t -r. lam dal- kin, aid thev a
i» kedtin ut m , n> t ear wfcal would cotnu
oex'. My mind »«* chumin up the*
iije h, huv i.ary id- a cunt . My lumd
w«s j -nt like a slate alter you’d mo a
wet -|ionge ovyr it. Thete wasn’t a
speck of anything left, except the mind
iitnelf. Mr. President, say* I, an i the
eyes got bigger and more of them. It
looked to n,e like tine acre inure fbl*»
: than ever. thr r. ■m. I pulled om
my eld Kuuiifutdervh es, tt-nl t‘ ought it
eros* w i • ov,r nty nt -atti. I soHcr
d.mb'ed i. op and c- a-mned it down in
my* pndtil’, io and polled my elmir bef.ee
me. Ipi t one foot on tno rmiml and
htb htSiMint! top of ihc-chair. My
' knees b-l|t it to feel weak a* water, nn.l
: I Itu pipits g- t all over me like a voting
hdi! crawled inside of me,
1 3dr, I*.•»' ‘cot, *«ys 1, and cleared up
like soiottldll »'## COlitin,
wiitp r|' oiwd '-here wai.t Bfl idea ill
*
took S'"- b O',*off the to nil mid put
tcitle r Yds, tyi i r,.p my band mor i v I
fortltraVl and pns' id 'atc-k my i air. to and
give my twSp a w ipe this way and tin n
that, with nty’lhlgcr #pd t'lUinb, and
theii 1 httiaglj my hand down on th
; top of til. Cifai. for anoile r tyler grip.
M v heal lagdiitn turn *u mine ret-is
j over ill luttg-, hnd ttWiily klin’tsked tl 1-
br- tli out of ii-e. Tim pul.in atrirg*
a bo* i my 'ttciat got *«> dg't 1 couldn’t
liii ly 'Mafcqw, and the I til- *pr tig
hiattcl es n (Iv rtto-itli all * ried up, end
left my t . gge at-l lip* a* parched Os a
des'it. Kjphcad fli a* empty a* a
mil till go da a at"fin, a licet kohhin
III!* W.y aim llliai Hat. The towards
li. guH (" w- 'k, and the hot tcer.in hignn
ah.nit my waist, and one half tun up and
the t itlitr I tail run down. The lot
flushes ills ' to bavo set mv face on li e>
j and lie aw afwed unit! chills was play
in-In. wi’ii otic ano her. Everything
! was as silent is if the very bot-nm of
crialott had iirti) l • ut, ami everyliedt
n|'pettier] to he l-'j yin the silence lul
* me.'
It m-uie in; km 4 es mad to think iha'
I was afraid of that crowd. ! just
known! if a- i ol them would just walk
ou'. I’d wallow I ini before they could
pull mo off. My blood got bed in a
in inn!"
.Sits j, 'Cl.4'«u|gf>ls.!» ho’.* wfiaid ot •
e diTFiolksl Wy*lf»ffdadilv /• uuht, [
hi and nod died fir the liberties of this
country. Ha wa* jn*t a# good a shut
-a ever h eked down a barreif and lie
want ufrni'l of tmbisly. No sir, not I im.
And d>> you auppi ae I'm of.aid, wl cn
I’m hme of Ins hane, and flesh ot iris
flush. I don't «*k none ol yoft no odd ,
and I’m a Washington man ull over,rn i
I don't c«rc who knows it.
The I’»<aid'nt slopped me, and said,
"Mr, 8nol»«, yin are on the nfliimativo
Hide, an I sh"o I #1 ehk in favor of Col
umbu*.” N’.iiy woid nl it, says I. I
aint no Cehmihu* man, i ary time. ;
Don’t I kiwi" tlint Columbus just as
well a* I ciu Daddy, lie niut no where 1
■ 1,00 side ol (fin. Wasliington. i
And you talk aliout eontparin tli'a
in in lo Gn. AVaxhitigt t), who jn»:
hemmed Cornwclli* up iu the jam of the
fence, Olid c Itched hint i.i sjvto ol all
h>a raulin nml jumpio. Colunthu* aiut
no mo o tu din. W .liingtoo, than a
»o and Sawya r I* to « aapoicker. lie
could »willow a whole team of such
men, and wo Idu’t have hdf a bail, i m
a Washinat n man, from top to bottom,
re.*, lieu i firth and forc-v. r more.
Waahi gton ##< a lr avo '.tan. He
want afriid of none of your red coals.
110 tvjn»' -ood giit a* i ver fit, and
he’d tdiuke h » fin in th« face ol ki< cn«-
! my und j«»t dan- him to open his mouth,
lie tvUtrt- afcat-l < f big men no mom
than he w..a ol little • to*. Il- alwsya
' sHRei right rupiare up t" his raeit, bd
d. r or no flxhh-r.
You needn't lie telling me y-tir I ng
wied and 'ales nbout Oi umliiis sailing
thru- thousand ii.il*» nil the water.
Wi ocuuldii’smtoown in a s'ii|i and let
ll'r lip III! she rritc-k Ibe lotliei bank.
There aim H" inc.re in that, than llirie i*
in etl in down in a cano«' #nd lettin the
wind low vou over uncle Belt’* mill
l#Mi I. G luo.l.us is sin ill poUlocn, and
Him no wire e »ide el Waslnngton. I
go the whole hog for Washing on.
11 it i r»h! tor Wiialiirjftoii!
I so down, *nd you r.cvcr did hear
mi. h stosttpittol feet and poppin of hand*.
I ku'.wi and I’d set I- the hash if ever 1
K ot -larted. I jiiit fel* like 1 cool I
knock 'he Jiiad »i lit* off of Coltimfoii'.
There Want no more #peakm dene, for
it want no n»o. The- I’esblrnt thou
g, t up und talked nwhilp, »nd 'lien stid
the Wfhington ‘id •g >t i". I knowed
lhiit before. We all sivjii broke up.
af er getlin another ►ubject for n« xt
ntr-etin “YVhicli will a man go the
fur her! tor, women or money." I do» l
know exactly which fide in Ire*!, o«
they’re troth a necessary atliclr. Isut
1 I’ll study about it. .
W« vve-m to dinner, ad all the hoy* |
were »• pl n-io us a basket of clop,.
Tin y just k- pi I tegl.iti, and I c 'tiMn’t
see nothing funny neither. Every body
was luughitt luh oe, and I kept askiu
what they wcrelaugh'ti a ! ou', buill. >yM
-a.v Rot! in. ft sorter p-B>. red me, ts I
couldn't n-e anything 'o laugh it. 1
tool: on- of tlie her, * one 5i,!,., ami tol
hm be most tell me tvh t they wer- |
laughtn at. 4Jo, ~id h , vv, w e jg.t
laughin ho-.v you turn. and the boys d»-*n,
in your #jHvch. 1 tiDm <l l ecuhl do
,l!.*t fcAVII, "id I Wj^MuLiMlLfoeT'Bltr
V.V -*e ,'i ilitti, r, ami * ..* ivc
"ioi thremgh, Btß, Ml| ** tspt me eo . h.- j
should* e, uii i says, ' R ib, and n’t you
want m taken it amp hi tire country,
this ever,in.’ ! Dots’loan- il I do, wivs I.
‘‘Well,’’ says lie, “«i- are* guilt out tut n
h irt this eveiiitt.n Just put my titmo
down, says I, for the Henson. I aim
afraid ot snakes. The lots no<n gor
I' ready and off we went Homo had bows
and arr .tvs, t-ume sljegs, ait-l *"!ue blow
ffuij*. They wi re g tin to kill birds und
i .il'it# ,-ti.d Ji2K.ii Is, * i they sail, I was
| right m 1 o' ;i hunt, fin I tv;t* n perfect
I I jin with it low and airnw. I kn v\id j
I’d kill my share if they’d give mo o '
' chance.
Wo Kent »li, tit two irsilri when vv,
Como io night of a l"g house. iVo all
now left, th- roml and went soil, r
I Uiwaids the spring, down a kind of
swamp, that went arooi and lotv.ud. the
back ol the lii nti". I noiiced lb- boy#
qui'ldk n and looked mighty shy. I
i knowed they tvero up to fcnicthin, but
I w*» in f r any kind of gtme. Let
them go it, think - !. I aim *• t bar k a
bit. We crept down tlu- branch lo the
buck of n little field. On tlm farther
side iu nr the bouse, was a gin-house,
na*l I saw th boy ~ WHtilt <1 to gi (to this
gin-lioti-e, but they iild’iit bke gain
through tlm field, us anybody ut the
li'Utse eoubl sec ns when wo cot * til of
tlio woo,ls ituo the field. I knowed
wtyff .the hu>-a W‘tuyvp t", itytd i was
r.gubirly in itiyß*dff W.ii.dk <1 shoot
a heap of ways to get lo the gin-house,
but none of them didn’t exactly suit.
After » while tlm idea p ipped into my
bead an i I told them to let us go ono • ’
a tiino on our all-four*. "That’s tlio
lick," says Rill 13li#?, and don non l.i*
all fours Ito drop!, and off be tr-lled.
110 got about h.ilfnuy, and I was just
getlin ready to stilt, whi n I *eoJ Util
st p and spread bitnsclf flit on tlio
ground, like "im of thesa big ru*ty liz-
Kards. I knowc l somethin was to pay.
Il- laid them about a minute, when bo
straightened himself up on hit bands
and lees, and pul out again. Down I
dropl nml away 1 went, I was pa-in
;• ■•••■* •• " colt, ii row, v, lu-i 1 lap
pencil to car t my eyes toward* the House,
and I Mid i man’Undid therein tlio
y ard, a look in over tbo fence with n gun
111 hi* hand. 1 spread myself as flat us
a pan c ike. !!*.- wua nbuut severdy-fivo
or a liuod <<l yards from me, and I
knowt.i if ho bail a good gun il would
be a good shot. Ik.pt my eye on him,
for I did’nl know what was c-omin. 110
was look o all about, over thn field Ulld
up at the cloud-:, mid everywhere.—
thinks I to myself, old fed, it wont pay.
You ijrcdn’l think you’re goin lo looi
me, and make out like you don’t see
um, ami think I’ll get up from here.
Yon’ro mighty mistukan, il you think
|'m goin tff raise up and give you a fair
pp. What arc you about, old fel ?
leek at him gcttln over the fence
What, coin n right down the cotton low
io me. Wiid cat* —look here, old coon,
that will n ver do in tlm world, for you
itocr'wd a follow in this kind of style.
■ No chance to run now, hd’l! take n fel—
! low on tho wing snil plug me right in
' tlm back. I can’t bear tlio ufoa of be-in
slot in thob>£k. I uint goin t) run,
ccit iin. I’ll surrender |iri<oncr ol war
.on honor aide term*. I aint in coward,
mi I I aim goin to uct one. Which way
you goin there—goin around me, be— _
. tween me and the woods. Goin to flank
in-, h*i nnd cttl off rolreaL There lie
goe«, sod I’ll sorl-r have to change base,
und gel around a little so a* to keep my
. eve on him. II- might'give a follow a
broad side. I’ll try lo keep my head
ftoxaids yuu. But I’ll have to be par*
ticu’.ar how I turn or he’ll sec me sure
an lire. L >-'k at him w’alkin a little pear
t-r. Come around legs, it will never do
to I-1 him get in the rear. Look at him,
* opt right uppoMtc me, nml in about
1 thirlv va ds. Come, goon Bom there.
Whnt ora you lookin at. That’s it, look
at the wood#, and go along that way.
You can find plenty of I my* down there 1
I Pull away at the woods and empty that
NO. Sr
gun. Just shoot it you *1 ire, and you’,
jump a fellow ah-ut my si/.e. Wh-t
n ,vv—w hich way—cumin across th*
lotto# row# right to me. Don’t corn t
thn way. I don’t want to form yot *
«<'.niaintanec. Ah, ha—lookin allaboc'
like you don’t seu me, and wnlkin tigi t,
o in-ail t u time. Took your g• ii
down. Liokin *t it. Primin, hs!—Goi i
to pu'. i’lesli powder In it so*as it wi f
■ fire', d’.o n gone obleke-ir.
and I’d I re i got a chance to *at yen
turkeys. Goin lo shoot mu to kill, or
'-Tiiip!j to brake it leg. •
"Vi '.Wt ‘dnmv wTheb leg to span
' My b it leg is next lo him, sad I cau al
ii st fold the ball in-shin the bom
Ci- min out the touch hole will, a pie.
I’ixiii nil up si there wont bo no cliaiii—
'o mi**. I'litti i tho powder in i«i
kn ckin tlm barrel to in.ike it go down,
l’uttin a n* w cap on. Got it fix* *f.
Wipcn the bars-I wi;h hi# haudkerchii I,
■oi** to lie vc it i-c.ir *'ght. Don’t wh*.
no <lu*t !•> !«: in ti-.e- way when he gm ■
to take .iiii). G "ii to Hhoot might*
puticubir. Spread out, Bolt, like *
green cow hide, th. t man’# goin to draw
I hi* peep r* cn yen. He know# what <•
gun is made fur, und he’ll hit a button'*
eye. Rob’* got- lo Invo broken bon*-
or l e killeii r'gkt Imre. No chance f
n.nniii n-r surretiderin and rctaiidn side
atm*. He’s been Iriiiblcd by the#-
boy *, and lie’> now guin to save li*
ui-key*. Farewell Daddy and Mammy
und Bis June, Bob’s a gone earn.
(to ue contixced.)
Skcnk, or Ground lloo.— Tl •*
Columbia Herald tells a story of in
iiiitnicd cuujilo in that count *
who every Christtitas morning I*-r
ten years have indulged in a equni o
hack woods light. Ton years og .
Christman, tho old man killed an
animal which lit: brought homo as it
ground h-g. Shu insisted it was it
skunk. This inado tho feud, at <L
tit. gnflrtfiQ ts I'iiimagt: Las boon tl-**
resttlf. Os the occurrences after It
first light tho Columbia Ilerr* i
says: y
N'oxt day, when coolness and rt *
fiction tupt-iced'd boat and pa--
sioi), both silently regretted tl o
unfortunate difference of opinio: .
which left tho head of tho hour
with half his beard and very littiu
hair, and tho lady with two eyes * *
lu irttift! chtrkncfs ; hut they epol«*
not. No, both wero too proud at. !
guilty for that. They remain* V
silent until a whole year had rolk-'i
round, and Christmas day again
came on. While enjoying a cup • f
thick, black cofft-c and a greasy com
dodger, tho wife u.iJdiy vontured t..
remark to tho effect that they hint
been very foolish a year ngo to full
on’, and pound each other about lo'
mifierablo a thing os n skunk.
"Yes,” said the repentant huv
band, "it was very wicked of in-,
and we oughtn’t ha’ doncit;bu'
you forget, Hut, that it was aground’
hog, and not a skunk.’’
Hot did not forgot; she had rea
son to remember, although tbe*blaci.
eyes were all gone then, but sh*»
knew that it was a skunk. Tl
husband thought it a shame for her
t * hold tbt opinion still, particularly
when s!;o knew it to boa gronn-i
hog. Shu knew it was a skunk—h.*
knew it was a itog. She knew difi
erettf. The virulenco agaiu crej t
in, words waxed hot and blows fol -
lowed. Tho econo of tho former
Christmas day was reenacted to »
nicety, and both wont to bed ex •
hansted, with blacker eyes in her
head and less hair on his. The)
were repentant and silent next da’ .
and spent tho year without speak
ing ; but when the anniversary ar
rived the same scene was gon*-
through wich religious proclaim l ,
and has been gone through wit.
every Christmas since.
JugF” A fellow stole a saw, and o"
his trial told tho Judge that he only
took it in a joke. “How far did you
carry it!” asked the Judge. "Tw >
mile*,” answered the prisoner. “Ah.
that’s carrying tho joke too far,’’ re
marked tho judge, and the prisoner
got tbreo months unrequited labor.
lygT A West Virginian whipped
bis wife the other day for an unex
ampled extravagance in eating boF
butter and molasses ou her bread