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THE HAWKINSVILLE DISPATCH.
VOL. 4.
•Bawktnsville Dispatch.
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DENIS W D. BODILY,
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lion from Administration.......... 4 00
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Executors or Guardians, are required by
aw to be held on the first Tuc. \y in the
nonth, between the hours of ten in the fore
,oon and three In the afternoon, at the
Jourt-house In titc county in which the
iropcrty is situated.
Notice of these sale* mvist be given In h
mblic gazette 40 days previous to the day
f sale. , ,
Notice for the sale of personal property
mat be given in like manner, 70 days pre
ious to sale day. *
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itc must also bo published M days.
Notice that application vitl be made
lie Court of Ordinary for leave to sell la.. .
lust be published for fonr weeks. •
Citations on letters of adnu.iislr.Uinn
luardiauahip, Ac., must be published !0
ays- for dismission front admin Intro don,
lonthly three months; for dismissim* from
iuardianship, 40.days.
• uides tor the foreclosure of Morttrv-w
iiust be published monthly, tour moot s;
>r esla'ilUMbg !«st r«‘!' crs . for the-lull
pace of three months; compelling titles
rom Executors oi Adtninbilr'toi-s. w;uae
ond has bee.. giv ' by Use deceased. tho
ill space of C ree : m 1..--
Sherifl's sales an > b* pa!*.!; i,-d :*..r four
r pabik-ation. ,viti al*.- vs !«; continued
cco; ding to tie.*3e,: iv i* gil requirements,
nleM other wise ordered.
Business Cards
KTONV O. r\TK. LAWRENCE C. MAN
PATE & RYAN,
attorneys at law,
AWKINfeViLLE f .GEORGIA
T7TLL practice in the bounties of Pu
rr l&ski, Houston, Dooly, Wih»x, Ir
in and Telfair.
Office: In the rooms formerly occupied
r Judge Scarborough. jan 6-ts
XzSlw OarcL.
MARI-K 9 C. KIIIBEK will practice lu tti- conn
tic* of Dooly and Hmt.tnu, of tho Vnctm l lr
• ; loth* coontie. ot Pnla.ki, Wilcox, Telfair,
via and Coffee, of She Southern Circuit and will
end to anr t»n»ini>,» enirneUd to him in other
ittUec of the State, upon epeclal cootraci.
StcaatHawkineville, Oa. Jau 6- ts.
& Warren. W. TANARUS., Gbice.
WARREN & GRICE,
A TTORNEYS AT LAW,
Perry, O-a.,
Will practice in tlie counties of the Macon
«nd Southern Circuits, and in the District
and Circuit Courts at Savannah.
aug 13-6m*
LANIER HOUSE,
3K/£acon, O-a.
COLLIER & BOY?*
Having ussnmed tie* management of this
-house, respectfully solicit a share of public
patronage.
Free omnibus to and from the house.
Attentive porters. dec93-tf
Pulaski Courtv.—B. B.
Wl Dykes applies to me for letters of
administration on the estate of David S.
1 These are, therefore, to cite and admon
ish all persons concerned to be and appear
my office within the time prescribed by
r, to show cause, ts anv they have, why
■k letters should not be granted.
S J. J. SPARROW, Grxlinary.
H * jan 18-80*1 pr fee 8 50
I ISTotioe.
thirty days after date application will
■made to the Ordinary of Pulaski county
I leave to sell the land belonging to the
Lie of John H. Wallace, deceased, late
f ROBERT R. WALLACE. A'dw’r
I ian tf-4w nrft»4«
HAWKINSVILLE, GA., THURSDAY, MARCH 3, 1870.
sjottual.
THE RETROSPECT.
»V KBS. IC.L KAYO.
Yea, we are-very 61(1, Johnny,
Our locks are white and thin;
We’ve walked together, hand in hand,
Full threescore years and ten.
We have no worldly gear, Johnny,
Onr hearth is dim and cold-;
We feel a stiffness in our limbs—
We feel that -we arc old I
But let us warm our hearts, Johnny,
At the old burning shrines,
And open up a store of gold
From memory's wdhdrous mines;
Let’s talk of good old times, Johnny,
When life and love were young,
And gny as birds, our bounding hearts
Within our bosoms sung.
I am thinking of the glen, Johnny,
"Cfftite tfiils
And violets in the nook.
I am thinking hew we met, Johnny,
Upon the little bridge;
You-had a. garland on your arm
Os flag-flowers and of sedge.
You placed it in my hand, Johnny,
And held my hand In yours;
You only thought of that, Johnny,
But talked about the flowers.
We lingered long alone, Johnny,
Above that shaded stream;
We stood as though we were entranced
In some delicious dream.
It was not all a dream, Johnny,
The love we thought of then ;
For it hath been our lifu and light
For threescore years and ten.
But, ah! we dared not speak it,
Though it lit our cheeks and eyes;
So we talked about the news, Johnny,
The weather and the skies.
At last I said, “ Good-night,” Johnny,
And turned to -cross the bridge,
Still holding in my trembling hand
The pretty wreath of sedge.
Bet you came on behind, Johnny,
And drew my arm in yours,
And said, “ You must not go it lose
•Across tlie barren moots."
Oh! had they all been floweis, Johnny,
And full of singing birds,
They could not have seemed fairer
Than when listening to those words I
The new moon sboue above, Johnny,
The aou was nearly set,
Tbc.gmssAlwri'Cllsped beneath our feet
The dew had slightly wet
One robiu, late abroad, Johnny,
Was winging to iu rest;
I seem to tee it now, Johnny,
t- .unshine on its breast.
You put you: arm around me,
You clasped tny hands in yours,
You said, “So iei me guard you
Across these lonely me rs."
At !otiglh we reached the field, Johuny,
In sight of father’s door;
We felt that we must part here;
Our eyes wore i uniting o'er.
You saw the !cumin mine, Johnny,
1 saw the tears iu yours;
“ You’ve been a faithful guard, Johnny,’'
I said, “ across the moors.”
Then yon broke forth in a gush, Johnny,
Os pure and honest love,
While the moon looked down upon you
From her holy throne-above;
And you said; “We need a guide, Ellen,
To lead us o’er life’s moors;
I've chosen you for mine, Ellen,
Oh, would that I were yours !”
We parted with a kiss, Johnny,
The first, but not the last;
I feci the rapture of It yet,
Though threescore years have pasted I
And you kissed my golden curls, Johnny,
That now are silvery gray,
And whispered, “ We are one, Ellen,
Until our dying day 1"
That dying day is near, Juhnny,
But we are not dismayed;
We have but one dark moor to cross,
Why need we be afraid ?
We’ve had a hard life's row, Johnny,
But the shore is near at hand;
Oh, sweet the rest that waits us now
In love’s own holy land!
Cheer up, and take thy staff, Johnny,
The good, stout staff of foith;
It will aid thy trembling footsteps
Adowu the vale of death.
We’re very poor and cold, Johnny,
But God is rich in love;
He’ll give us food and raiment
lu Ills blessed house above!
THE FARMER.
” The farmer's life’s the life for me”—
We love Its quiet 3ccnery;
We love its shades, its hills and dales.
We love its fireside tales,
Wo love to tend the flocks and herds,
Wc love to hear the singing birds;
We love the sweet, salubrious air,
We love the prospect wide and flair;
We love to plough, we lOTe to sow,
We love to gather, love to mow;
We leve the new-mown gram to smell,
We love to bear the tinkling bell.
We love to treed the grassy lawn,
Among the brooks, among the corn;
We love—the whole, but can’t rehearse
Ills pleasures all, in proas or verse.
■jsttck Tbom nox Tan a
TERRITORY.
Helena, Montana Territory, )
January 30th, 1870. {
Mr. if. 0. Pate :
Hear Sir—l am in receipt of yohr
favor and interrogatories of Novem
ber, which I will answer not exactly
under oath, but with an uncoiored
statement of facts, derived from two
years’ experience and observation.
Tho most of this territory is yet
open to settlers, miners and “ squat
ters.” Congress appropriated $40,-
000 each year, 1848 and 1549, for sur
veys, which ono party ran off within
•about three miles of my mining cab
ins, which are seven and ten miles
West of Helena, and four miles East
of the “ range,” as they call it, where
the head waters of tho Missouri and
'Columbia take their rise, and where
you can drink the pure snow water in
August, of each, after a few minutes’
walking or riding.
Miners, ranchmen, farmers, squat
ters, and all settlers, abide by the
California and Western States’ (we
call them Eastern here) customs,
which are mostly made legal by an
act of the General Assembly in 1848.
Miners can “prospect” where they
please on mineral lands not claimed,
of which I can view in three minutes’
walk from my cabin, where I am now
writing, thousands of antes, in bars
by sides of creeks and gnlchcs, but
.little of which will pay to work until
'labor gets plenty at about one dollar
per day, including board. Gold is
generally thinly scattered ; doubtless,
to make man “get his bread by the
sweat of his brow.” “ Colors” (-fine
particles of gold almost as Due as
flour) can be found in almost any of
the gulches, or bars, and in some pla
ces,, iu the grass-roots, down'to the
hard pan or solid—“ bod-rock,” they
call it—but generally three to fifteen
feet, and sometimes fifty to a hundred
4cet boiow the surface. Digging down
to the latter before one knows whether
there is anything these or not, is
rather expensive, and very discour
aging to a “ pilgrim,” if he finds it
docs not pay expenses of working it,
after spending from mouths to years
iu digging down to the bed-rock.
Miners who come here are called,
the first year,“ lllgrime,” or ** Ten
der-foot,” from the fact that they scC
many troubles, often, and disappoint
ments, generally. A man coming
here to wrfrtc at mining, and hunt or
prospvCt fora mine, unless he has
capital to buy a good, paying placed
claim, or quartz (both of which are
liable to give out at any time), should
beep the negro's text before him:
“ Blessed am dey dat spcct nullin, dey
not gwine be disappointed.” Thou
sands of men iu this territory, last
fali, hail not a dollar to bny their win
ter’s provisions—“ grub,” it is called
by them.—poorly clothed, outof money
and uever had any credit, and no
employment; many of them oursing
the country, calling it a perfect “bilk.”
Many of those dcscril»od, suffer very
much from cold, and I think, at limes,
hunger; but they appear to keep
hotly and soul together by “bummifig,”
s«d “sponging,” which is practiced
quite extensively about mining towns
and camps—miners generally being
very hospitable.
The foregoiug is the dark side; And
the situation of most of the above de
scribed people is caused by intemper
ance, games of cbancc, with 33 per
cent, dead against them, profligacy,
and debauchery. Now for tho bright
side of the picture:
This territory is probably as healthy
as any in tlie world, to a person who
is not afflicted with any chrouic dis
ease. Pure air the year round, and
water almost as cold as ice can make
it, generally'. I see Mo cause what
ever for a person to have any disease;
and to live to a very old age, or until
the system is entirely worn out and
exhausted, appears according to na
ture’s laws.
The wind is generally from the
Northwest to Southwest by South,
and the most of the time, quite heavy
—about forty miles per Lour—which
brings the Pacific Balt air over in
about twenty hours, with the mois
ture all takeu out of it by the cold be
fore it reaches here. Very seldom
any rain sallicient to wet the ground,
even m summer. Yesterday, we had
a Southeast wind, and rain sufficient
to cause rills down the South sides of
the mountains, which is very uncom
mon at any season or time of the year
Except yesterday, no rain has fallen
here sufficient to wash a steep moun
tain side, ifpicked up loose, or plowed.
Tho Indians pass by here every
spring aud foil, going to and from
their hunting grounds on the head
waters of the Yellow Stone. They
live, or stay, at the Northwest and
West of us, in Idaho aud Washington
Territories, and Northeast part of
Oregon, and as high up in the Britieh
posHcssious as about 58° North- They
are of the tribes of Flat-heads, Spo
keans, Poiuierays, Cor d’Oleanes, and,
I think, two or three other tribes,
who travel in gangs of from one lodge
to four or five thousand; and gen
erally, they have on the path three or
more ponies to each Indian, and a
dog, about one to ten Indiana. They
appear to be quite friendly, aud are
■ndt allowed by’their chiefs to beg or
steal, which they do but little of,
that I have heard of. They sometimes
come into our cabins, and want
“ muckarauck”—bread and salt—and
they are great for getting into cabins,
when the occupant is absent, by
going down the chimney, where it is
big enough, and where not, let down
a “ paporac” by a hide or hair rope,
to steal bread, o*-, if to be found,’pow
der, lead, caps, revolvers and bowie
knives, or stilettoes. All they have
ever taken from me, that I have mis
sed, was a box of pepper. They raise
Vegetables and stock at thair homes,
and take large quantities of trout,
salmon, buffalo-fish, and many other
sorts, where they say they leave about
two-tbifds of their number the year
wound. The parties from the hunting
grounds, bring back in the spring,
robes cf buffalo, dried buffalo, moose,
deer, i«ar, elk, auteloffe, and moun
tain sheep, with their hides and furs, 1
mostly beaver, whieh are very large—
a grown one weighs from fifty to sixty J
pounds. Fur worth about fonr times j
as much as our Southern.
This part of the Territory, North
of us, commencing about forty-five
miles, is inhabited by the Black-foot
tribe, who are not friendly, and still
claim, I think, all of this Territory.
They have nothing to do with the
whites, except to try aud kill them, it
appears, when they can find them
alone and unarmed ; but they do not
care to try them when each party has
the same chance.
The Indians, generally, are more
cowardly, than I anticipated. They
are fearful of getting hurt. These
Black-feet do not get up as far as hero
from their lodges—“ tepeas,” they
call them—other tribes call them, gen
erally, “nekeup.”
A few white men were killed from
three to twenty miles of my cabin ;
but, as for as I could judge, the whites
were the aggressors. Treat them ever
so well, and they will not do to trust
too far. Ido not fear them in the
least—do not think here is any more
danger of them, than in Hawkinsville
of.your friends using the “ hardware”
about yon.
North and East of this tribe are
the Bloods and Crows, Assnebons and
Sioux, who hale the white race, but
they are too for off to get here.
■These five tribes appear to Inhabit
or prowl over the counfry as far North
and East as the lied River of the
North, or Ghipeway country,aud East
to the Yellow Stone; East of thete,
from the Rocky Mountains to tho
Missouri.
The Sioux dpi iu to be the largest
tribe in North America. The milita
ry commanders jmt them down at
3(>,000: they estimate, ’50,000.
West and South of hero arc the
Snakes, Bannocks, and Utes, who do
not appear to trouble the white set
tlers since Gen. Ilarnoy and others
gave them to understand that they
must mind tlrcir own business or be
exterminated, by killing about one
thinl of them first. Some of the
chiefs are quite intelligent and speak
English aud French. Some five or
six have shown me letters, or medals,
or both, recommending them, and one
had agold one, purporting to be issued
by President Monroe, for his services
in saving the lives of a community
from being massacred by another
tribe. He said, “Me good Indian;
never kill a white man; lost two fin
gers and he had some large Rears
on his breast, which he showed, saying,
“Me big Indian; whip .dag Indian
every time.”
Lewis and Clark’s surveying, or,'
rather, exploring party, who passed
about sixty miles North of here, in
1804, and wintered about JL4O from
here in 4804-5, left many'marks of
tho Scotch Caucasian race with them,
so the report is current At anyrate,
almost all tribes have more or less
half breeds and quadroons.
You ask if there are many people
here digging. Were you to take a
horseback ride with me about a week,
and range about the mountain camps
and towns, you would wonder when
all these people came here, and where
from.'
At Rattlesnake Creek, where I am
at work, and calculate to be for the
next six months, there is a saw mill
and quartz mill in leas than a mile of
me ; also a stage station on the road
from Helena to Walla Walla.
Heads of Greenhorn Creek worked
by about thirty men, doing a success
ful business. Lower down, on same
creek, probably 100 men have worked,
more or less, for four years, but have
not taken out gold enough to feed
them, and all quit bnt seven.. Three
of the latter have worked well—hardly
lost a day since 15th October, 1868,
and have not taken a cent, nor got to
bed-rock, where they expect it. I ad
mire their pereverance. Three of the
others, old Californians, one 17 years
in mines, take out gold fast at times,
but It lays so deep, they do not aver
age good wages—about make their
grub.
Branch of Greenhorn worked by a
single Dutchman, who gets out about
enough to feed him, but be still keeps
at work, and own* and represents
some ten claims of 300 by 400 feet
each.
Seven-mite Creek. Gold on the
North side, in gravel bars, from one
end to the other; but it is fine—what
they call “float-gold”—difficult to
save, and exceedingly deceptive.
Being in spangle form, when you
think yon have a dollar in the pan, it
. will weigh about a dime. Myself and
| others tried a bar, last spring; worked
! about two months; did not take out
Sold enough to feed one man. Hun
reds of men have tried it, and all
[quit
Ten-mile Creek. Gold on the bars,
most of the length, but very deep, aud
does not pay. A saw mill and a few
wood-cutlcrs on it, and some twenty
ranches and forms near its mouth.'
Helena, the principal town er city
of the Territory, for merchandizing,
contains about 8,000 inhabitants, three
daily papers, four churches, a theatre,
iu full blast,jnost of the time, six
banking booses, about as many assay
era and gold purchasers, and mauy
wholesale firms with largo stacks.
Some of them buy over $300,000 at
one purchase East, aud about half of
them, the largest buyers, pay cash for
all they buy. Merchants from Pekin*,
Canton, California, Mexico, Western
States, and from New England, of
course, as well as Old England, and
all parts of Europe, Canada—in fact,
almost all nations, down to half civil
ized, are represented. Some of tho m
cannot bo excelled as merchants, or
almost everything else, probably, in
the world. Some, doubtless, as great
rogues as ever were on this “ foot
stool”—drtss fine, extravagant, in
fact, and expend from $1,200t054,000
per annum, on families of two and
three; and many a single man, appa
rently spends more.
This place is situated between the
foot of mountains, on what was first
named Last Chance, where many mil
lions of pure dust have been takeu
out, and millions yet waiting to be
moved; but most of these claims will
not pay, except on a largo scale,
worked scientifically, by steam. Two
firms of the latter class, havo worked,
the last two years, forty men, each,
and three engines; have takeu out,
each, from SI,OOO tb $1,200 daily.
One of these claims was sold by a
poor man, a few years ago (I think in
I860) fora SSO horse; and, at the
time, the seller considered it worth
less, he told me. The gold lays about
fifty feet Under the surfocc." About
1,000 men worked there this last sum
mer, and paid fifty cents per square
inch for water to run their sluices.
When I first arrived here, I imag
ined I wasiii San Francisco—hearing
all dialects; all stores opened on Sun
day, which is the trading
and settling day of the week; and
on my way to church, met a " street
quarter of a mile horse race, and a
man with a transparent theatrical ad
vertisement announcing that the
thentre would commence at -* P. M.,
with Shaksix-are’s head painted on
the upper port—two stable establish
ments selling horses by auction in
one of the principal streets ; China
men hollowing “Shangnon;” Jew
and Gentile dry-goods men crying
their articles; the former mostly with
“ Clothing dog sheep;” streets in many
places so crowded with people, that
they could with difficulty pass each
other. Avery different appearance
now. The stampedes to White Pine,
Nevada Territory, last spring; and the
last two months, to Idaho, and the
drouth stopping probably nine-tenths
of the mining, has taken off, probably,
10,000 miners, and makes it very dull
with the merchants. Some of those
who did a lucrative business until last
fall, arc talking of closing up and quit
ting.
Boulder Creek takes its rise eighty
miles Southwest of Helena, runs by
about eighteen miles South, and has
gold the most of Lite length of it—
some fifty miles—but most of the
miners say they arc not doing well,
and but few are making it profitable.
About 300 men are probably now on
it and its tributaries. From where* it
empties into tho Madison, for s*. m
miles up, quite a number of hay ran
ches have sprung up, and some are
making money fast, for farnv.;**.
Three little towns, of from 50 to 150
inhabitants, mostly floating, are on
said creek. I was there in July last,
and one night, the frost was so severe,
it killed most of their garden vegeta
bles. Cabbages—good-sized heads—
and potatoes in bloom, all turned
black before noon next day.
About 400 men are now’at work at
Philipsburg. Common miners get
S4O per month in greenbacks—the
lowest that lias been paid since the
place was settled in 1865.
Many other places, in sight of Hel
ena, would be worked, if water could
be got up to them.
At Boulder Basin, eighteen miles
South of Helena, there are about thirty
miners. A few of them arc doing
well; the balance manage to keep
body and soul together, by keeping
well inflamed with bad whisky, I un
derstand, which is packed from here
on horses, there being no road, and
too steep to make one.
8t» Louis has been a rich camp, and
many thousands taken out—frequently
about 100 per day to two to three
men. It was dry all last yc r.
At the mouth of that creek, Scllly
and Greenhorn, which three form
NO. 9.
Seven-mile Creek, I own,by discovery;
one-third of 1800 by 400. I worked
there all last winter, and built me a
fine rock cabir, for the mountain, cal
culating to work it, aa we all know
the gold is there; but ip the spring*,
when we saw other parties on Scilly
and Greenhorn,a short distance above,
who bad worked for years, and not
got down to bed-rock, it made my
partners (five besides myself) weaken;
and I, of course, did not feel like work
ing it alone, as it might take me until
I was seventy years old, which would
only be eleven years from March
next. I theu went to Helena, the moat
of the place being burnt down, ant)
took jobs at carpentering until July,
working from twelve to fourteen honre
daily. Then worked at uaying until
August, when I commenced mining
where I now am. About half a mile
below, is the first place I used a pick
anil shovel, in company with three
other men. After working about
twenty days, we found nothing but
“ colors”—gold about as fine as flour,
and bat few particles in the pan at
that. Two of tho men went to Idaho,
aud eauie back in December, “flat
broke.” They rocked-enough out of
dry gulches, during the a inter, to feed
them. Oue went to work for
this summer, paid his debts, aud is
now a few hundred dollars ahead.
The other started ofl' prospecting, and
returned, a few days ago, with hie
horses and pack, but few clothes,
nothing to eat, and “ nary red.”
Deer Lodge Village is too high and
cold to raise anything but cereals and
grass. It is the best stock range iff
America, ami supports Cotton Wooa
City, a place with a population of
About 1,000, two large hotel*, two
weekly papers, and some tcu or twelve
stores, well fitted up. One of Brigham
Young's half-breed “ destroying an
gels” built a house here, which costover
$50,000.
Confederate Bar pays well. The
owners make $3 to $4 per day off each
hand, after paying them S6O per month;
aud nil other expenses.
At Deer Creek, übout 700 men are
employed, and mostly doing well.
About twenty miles East ofthere, the
huffulo range, and also the Sioux
Indians, who, at any time, would pre
fer your scalp to a buffalo or moose
hide well tanned. Government “ licen
sed” white traders arc with them, and
put them up to it, to keep out compe
tition. A man, unacquainted with
their manners and customs, who goea
there to trade, is rurc to lose all hie
goods, and generally his life.
Diamond City, a town Os about 100
inhabitants, is a rich place, but diffi
cult, deep, wet diggings. Hands get;
generally. $8 per day of ten hours, bill
arc drenched all the time, and many
get rheumatism, cramps, etc., and fre
quently lose their lives. A party of
four men loft there, in 1847, with *
few pounds short of a tou of gold—
after being assayed, about half a mil
lion—and all of them came up on the
steamer with me, in 18G8, from Sioux
City to Fort Beaton. One of them
had spent the most of his money, and
was in a fair way to spend the balance
quickly. The other three were steady,
hard-working, lowa men, who spend
but little unnecessarily, aud are still
making money.
I could have made, last year, pro
bably, S7OO, at work for wages, with
pick and shovel; but I did not
here for any such purpose, and conse
quently, spent the whole year pros
pecting, and made nothing—As I cal
culated, when I first arrived. But I
am glad I pursued tho course I did,
os I am yet* confident I will make
plenty here in less than ten years.
If you have the nerve to work for
years, and make nothing , and not re
pine, but keep at the “ hard knocks,”
you will probably, in the long run;
make money here; but any person
coming here, and expecting to jump
into a lucrative business at once, had
better stay where lte is.
A more healthy country than this,
I do not think is on the glob*;—pure;
high, dry atmosphere. My cabin is
about a mile above tide water. I
havo dried beef without salt—dried
in a cellar about ten feet. I performed
ten hours’ hard labor, mining, yester
day, and expect to do tho same this
day, after spending most of the time
intervening, on these sixteen pages.
My health and strength were never
better, and I enjoy it, and ex{>oct to,
for the next thirty years, if I stay
here.
Respectfttlly, yours,
’ 8. MSRUTT:
£Sf~ An exchange says that, taken aa a
class, women can contrive more outlandish
and ugly fashions than anyone would think
possible without the gift of inspiration.
Take, for instance, the waterfoJL First, it
represented a bladder of Scotch snuff; next,
it is huug down •* voan’s hack likd'a can
vaaed-covered ham; aft rwards, it coun
terfeited a turnip on tlie back of the head ;
now it sticks out straight behind, and looks
like s wire muzzle c*n a grayhound. Nest
ling in the midst or this long stretch iff hair*,
reposes a little batter-cake of a bonnet, HkS
a jockey saddle on a long-backed race
horse.
jpy One of the beet circuit preack
er* in Wisconsin, is an Indian Chief.