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VOL. XI.
Professional Directory.
ATTORNSYS AT LAW.
ISAAC L. TOOLE,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
Vienna, Ga.
Will practice in the counties of Hous
ton, Dooly, Pulaski, Macon, Sumter and
Worth. AI9O in the Supreme Court of
Georgia, and in the United States Circuit
and District Courts within the State. All
business ontrusted to his care will receive
prompt attention. febl tf
0. C. HORNE,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
Hawkinsville, Ga.
The Criminal Practlee, a specialty. .
January 4, 1877. jan4 ly
WOOTEN ft BUSBEE,
ATTORNEYS AT LAW,
VIENNA, GEORGIA.
aprlß-tf
C. C. SMITH,
Attorney and Counsellor at Law,
And Solicitor in Equity,
MoVILLE, --- - GEORGIA
Refers to Hon. Clifford Anderson, Capt.
Jehu C. Rutherford and Waiter B. Hill,
Esq., Professors of Law, Mercer Universi
ty Law School, Macon, Ga.
Promot attention given to all business
entrusted to my care. mar 22 6m
EDWIN MARTIN,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
Perry, Georgia..
Will give immediate and careful atten
tion to all business entrusted to him in
Houston and adjoining counties
Office in Home Journal building on
public square. aprl2 tf
ROLLIN A. STANLEY,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
Dublin, Georgia.
Will practice in all the counties of the
Oconee Circuit. From long experience
in the Criminal Practice, much of his
time will be specially devoted to that
branch of his profession. feb24 tf
JACOB WATSON,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
Hawkinsville, Georgia.
Will practice in the counties of Pulaski,
Dooly, Wileox, Dodge, Telfair, Irwin, and
Houston. Prompt attention given to all
business placed in my hands. aprß tf*
LUTHER A. HALL,
ATTORNEY AT LAW
AND REAL ESTATE AGENT,
Eastman, Ga.
Will practice in all counties adjacent
to the M. & B. railroad, the Supreme
Court of the State and the Federal Court
of the Southern District of Georgia. For
parlies desiring, will buy, sell or lease any
real estate, or pay the taxes upon the
same in the counties of Dodge, Laurens,
Wilcox, Telfair and Appling. Offlco in
the Court House. aprlS tf
J. H. WOODWARD,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
Vienna, Ga.
WILL practice in the Superior Courts
in the counties of Dooly, Worth,
Wilcox, Pulaski and Houston, and by
special contract in other cour ts. Prompt
attention given to all collections.
mcb4 tt
L, C. RYAN. J. B. MITCHELL.
RYAN & MITCHELL,
ATTORNEYS AT LAW
AND REAL ESTATE AGENTS,
Hawkinsville, Ga.
WILL practice in the counties com
prising the Oconee Circuit, and in
the Circuit and District Courts of the
United States for the Southern District of
Georgia. feblltf
J. M. DENTON,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
g >RACTICEB in the Brunswick Circuit
I and elsewhere by special contract.
Office at residence, Coffee county, Oa. P.
O. address, Hazlehurst, M. & B. R. R.,
Georgia. tcb4tt
W. IRA BROWN,
A TTORNEY AT LAW,
Vienna, Ga.
(PRACTICES in the Superior Courts of
Oconee Circuit, and elsewhere in the
Stats by special contract. Collections
and other business promptly attended
to 8-18-ly
JOHN H. MARTIN,
ATTORNEY AT LAW
AND REAL ESTATE AGENTS,
Hawkinsville, Ga.
PRACTICES in the Courts of Pulaski,
Houston. Dooly, Wliocx, Irwin,
Telfair, Dodge and Laurens. may-tt
CHARLES 0. KIBBEE,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
Hawkinsville, Ga.
WILL piactico in the Circu't and Dis
trict Courts of the United States
tor the Southern District of Georga, and
n the Superior Court* of Houston, Dooly,
Pulaski, Laurens, Wiicox, Irwin and
Dodge counties. june 201 y
JOHN P. DELACY,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
EASTMAN, GA.
Will practice in the counties of Pulaski!
Dodge, Telfair, Laurens, Montgomery,
Wilcox, and Irwin, of the Oconee Circuit,
and Appling and Wayne, of the Bruns
wick Circuit.
Prompt attention given to all business
entrusted to his care. junl7 tf
JOHN F. LEWIS. D. B. LEONARD
R. O. LEWIS.
LEWIS, LEONARD & CO.,
Bankers and Brokers,
HAWKINSVILLE, - • - GA.
Buy and sell Exchange, Bonds, Stocks,
Gold and Silver, and attend promptly to
all collections left with us.
Will also make loans on good seem Ities.
aprs ly
Singer Machine Needles and Sew
ing Machine Oil for sale by
b J. B. Kino.
june2l-tf.
HAWKINSVILLE DISPATCH.
P. J. HODGE,
Attorney and Counsellor at Law,
Hawkinsnille, Ga.
Will piactice in the Superior Courts of
Houston, Dooly, Pulaski, Twiggs, Dodge
and Wilcox. Special attention given to
collections. oct4 ly
A- H. WOOTTEN,
Attorney and Councellor at Law,
Mount Vernon, Ga.
Will practice in the Middle and Oconee
Circuits. Criminal defence a specialty.
Prompt attention given to the collection
of claims. sept 27 tf
Copartnership Notice,
Hawkinsville Ga., Sept. 17,1877.
The undersigned have this day formed
a copartnership, under the firm name of
D. G. & J. C. McCormick, ter the purpose
of conducting a warehouse and cotton
business. D. G. McCORMICK,
J. C. McCORMICK.
oct4 tf
RUST-PROOP
Seed Oats !
I have a large lot of Rust-Proof Seed
Oats, which I will sell for Seventy-five
Cents per bushel. J. 8. WILLIS,
9ept27 4t Hawkinsville, Ga.
Hands Wanted.
I desbe to employ six or eight good
hands to work in my mills at Chauncey,
Dodge county. I will pay the highest
mill wages. JAMES MULLIN.
Chauncey, Ga., Oct. 1,1877. oct4 2t
For Sale. Rent or Lease,
A good Cotton Plantation eleven miles
from Hawkinsville, on Bluff Creek, of one
thousand acres, 350 to 400 cleared and
ready for cultivation. Gin house and
screw, dwellings and cabins on the place.
Apply to the undersigned for particulars.
C. M. BOZEMAN,
septl3 lm Guardian.
Book and Music Store-
A general assortment of school books
and stationery, envelopes, blank books,
slates, pencils, pens, ink and mucilage,
Dickens and Scott’s novels, and other
literature. Best violin strings, latest pub
lications, music, U. S. Maps, Bibles, Testa
ments, Hymn Books, and other articles
usually found in a Book store, sold cheap
for cash. CEO. BTURTEVANT,
tl Next to Thompson’s Drug Store.
Seed Wheat for Sale
—by—
-3- Rhodes-
I have for sale one hundred bushels of
Seed Wheat—Georgia raised—and of the
variety known as the blue-stem May
wheat Yields well on pine land. Call
and purchase a bushel or two lor next
planting. D. RHODES,
sept2o lm Hawkinsville, Ga.
Farms and Town Property
for Sale.
I offer for sale 271 acres of land, as fol
lows : 101 acres ot lot number 101, 100
acres of lot number 170 and 10 acres of
lot number 169, lying on Gum Swamp, in
the 19tli district of Dodge county, with
good gin house, gin and screw, anil other
necessary houses, all for S6OO.
Also lot of land number 207 in the 21st
disti ict of Pulaski county, containing 202}
acres. 75 acres in cultivation, with good
dwelling house, for S3OO.
Also two lots In town of Cochran, three
roomed dwelling, with two chimneys,
store house and stable, all for SOOO cash
Persons wanting to buy will do well to
call and see me before purchasing. For
Ihrther iniormation call on Dr. Y. H.
Morgan, at Cochran. This is a good
chance for someone to secure a bargain.
M. A. SCARBOROUGH,
sept2o 6t Cochran, Ga.
Pay your Lumber Ac
counts and Avoid
Trouble-
Aii parties indebted to me for lum
ber are requested to settle on or be
fore October 15th, or 1 shall be com
pelled to place their accounts in the
bands of an officer for collection. I
shall regret to have to take such
steps against any of my old custom
ers, and hope they may act upon this
warning and prevent such a course
on my part. J. H. DUPREE,
Dooly county, Ga.
sept2o lm
KELSOE’S
Bar and Restaurant,
AT
WATERMAN’S OLD STAND!
I have opened at Waterman's old stand
a neat Bar and Restaurant. Tables sup
plied with the best the market affords.
Fresh Fish, Oysters, Game, Etc. Meals
at all hours. At my Bar will always be
found the best of Liquors, Cigars, &c.
Beds furnished when desired. Farmers
ami others visiting Hawkinsville are in
vited to call. Satisfaction guaranteed.
D. KELSOE,
Hawkinsville, Ga., (laie of Montezuma.)
sep6 if
Fleorta/tion for Sale-
By virtue of an order of the Court of
Ordinary of Pulaski county, will be sold
before the court house door in the town of
Hawkinsville, Ga., oh the first Tuesday In
December next, within the legal hours of
sale, that part of lot of land number two
hundred and forty-nine, lying north Coney
branch and South of Big Creek. Supposed
to contain one hundred and thirty three
acres, and that part of lots numbers two
hundred and thirty-two and two hundred
and thirty-three, lying on the east side of
the river read. All of said lands lying in
the fourth district of Pulaski county, and
containing in the aggregate three hundred
acres, more or less. Sold as the property
of Miles Sanders, late of said county, de
ceased, and tor tho benefit of heirs and
creditors of said Jcceased. Terms of gale
cash. September 10,1877.
MARTHA SANDERS,
Bept2o td Executrix.
Sash, Doots, Blinds, Head Lights,
Side Lights, etc., of every size, for
sale by F. H. k C. 0. Bozeman,
Hawkinsville. Glazed Windows,
from one dollar upward. septSO-tf
HAWKINSVILLE, GA., THURSDAY MORNING, OCTOBER 11, 1877.
RATES OF SUBSCRIPTION,
The Hawkinsville Dispatch will
be mailed (postage free; to subscri
bers in any patt of the United States
one year for two dollars. Six months
for one dollar.
A deduction of 25 cents will be
allowed each subscriber in a club o£
six, and in a club of ten an extra
copy of the paper will be sent gratis
No credit subscribers taken. The
Dispatch has the largest bona fide
circulation of any weekly papei in
the State.
Geo. P. Woods,
tf Editor and Proprietor.
An Athens merchant has had five
hundred applications from young
men from the country for positions
as clerks within the past month.
It is stated in the Darien Timber
Gazette that at this time last year
there was ten million more feet of
timber in the different booms than at
the present time.
The Indians in the western territo
ries continue to kill the whites and
plunder their property, and it really
seems that it is out of the power of
the United States government to put
a stop to it.
The Pearson (Coffee county) Pio
neer says: “Everybody in this sec
tion says Milledgeville for the capi
tal and the new constitution is the
way we intend to vote.”
In Texas, recently, the Judge
broke down with emotion whilst
sentencing Bill Longly, a notorious
desperado, to be hong for murder.
Longly was surprised at this and re
marked, on going back to jail, “I
feel sorry for the Judge.”
The Appling county grand jury be
lieving in the strength of an honest
sentiment, say in their recent pre
sentments : “We state with pleasure
that we are a unit for the new consti
tution and Milledgeville for the fu
ture capita) of Georgia, and request
all good citizens of our county to go
to the polls on the' first Wednesday
in December next and vote our
ticket.”
Little Rock Gazette: Just now re
unions of confederate regiments are
becoming popular. It is, however,
mostly confined to cavalry regiments,
many of which during the late un
pleasantness never lost a man other
than from measles or overdoses of
buttermilk.
A countryman in Savannah ob
served that a gang of darkies were
working on the streets, each wearing
a ball and chain. He asked one of
them why that ball was chained to
his leg. ‘To keep people from steal
ing it,’ said the darkey; ‘heap of
of thieves about here, massa.’
The largest man in North Carolina
is Capt. James F. Jones, of Greene
county. He is six feet one inch
high, and weighs 647 pounds. He
is also an active man, for a circus
agent has been vainly trying for
three years to build a tent around
him.
There was the land “grab,” and
the salary “grab,” but the most uni
versal “grab” since the day the Chil
dren of Israel “grabbed” quails in
the wilderness is the one made now
adays by every man’s wife or sweet
heart, as she drops her left shoulder,
gracefully swings the upper half of
her body around toward the rear,
“grabs” a handful of skirt, straight
ens up and moves off with a face full
of holy and calm content and an au
reole of serene satisfaction, illustra
ting her countenance. The idea was
probably cribbed from the devil, by
observing him pick up his tail, tuck
it over his left arm and saunter off
on a promenade among the hypo
crites and Pharisees, the “ower gude
and rigidly righteous.”
The Auburn (N. Y.) News prints
the story of the marriage of an
Auburn girl some years ago to a
circus man while the company was
wintering there. When summer
came the fellow went off with the
show, and bis wife heard nothing
from him until he recently sent for
her to come to him in a Western
town, where he was dying. She
went, attended him in his last mo
ments, and received his bank book in
which he was credited with $35,000
A man had just said to a friend,
“Let’s take another—“when his wife
turned the corner, but his duty to
his wife was not forgotten.—“view
of the political situation, he added:
The body of Primus Williams,
negro, who was captured in Wash'
ington county in July last, with a
horse stolen in Wayne county, has
been found in the Altamaha river.
He escaped from his captors before
reaching the jail of Wayne county,
and in attempting to cross the river,
being heavily ironed, it is supposed
he was drowned.
Going Down Hill.
A STORY FOR THE TIKES.
“That looks sad!” exclaimed far
mer White, with an expressive shake
of the head, as he passed a neglected
garden and broken down fence, in
one of his daily walks.
“Bad enough,” was the reply of
the companion to whom the remark
was addressed. “Neighbor Thomp
son appears to be running down hill
pretty fast. I can remember the
time when everything around bis lit
tle place was trim and tidy.”
“It is quite the contrary now,” re
turned the farmer. “House, out
buildings and grounds all show the
want of the master’s care. I am
afraid Thompson is in the downward
path.”
“He always appeared to be a
steady, industrious man,” rejoined
the second speaker. “I have a pair
of boots, of his make, on my feet at
this moment, and they have done me
good service.”
“I have generally employed him
for myself and family,” was the re
ply, “and I mu3t confess that he is a
good workman; but, nevertheless, I
believe I will step into Jack Smith’s
this morning and order a pair of
boots, of which I stand in need. I
always make it a rule never to pat
ronize those who appear to be run
ning behindhand. There is general
ly some risk in helping those who do
not try to help themselves.”
“Very true; and as my wife de
sired me to see about a pair of shoes
for her, I will follow your example
and call upon Smith. Ho is no fa
vorite of mine, however—an idle,
quarrelsome fellow.”
“And yet he seems to be getting
ahead in the world,” nnswered the
farmer, “ami I am willing to give
him a lift. But I have an errand at
the butcher’s. Step in with me lor
a moment; I will not detain you
long.”
At the butcher’s they met the
neighbor who bad been the subject
of their previous conversation. He
certainly presented a rather shabby
appearance, and in his choice of meat
there was a regard for economy
which did not escape the observation
of Farmer White.
After a few passing remarks, the
poor shoemaker took his depaiture,
and the butcher opened his account
book with an anxious air, saying, as
he charged the bit of meat:
“I believe it is time that neighbor
Thompson and I came to a se tle
ment. Short accounts mahe long
friends.”
“No time to lose I should say,”
remarked the farmer.
“Indeed! Have you heard of any
trouble, neighbor White?”
“No, I have heard nothing, but a
man has the use of bis own eyes, you
know ; and I never trust anyone with
my money who is evidently going
down hill.”
“Quite right; and I will send in
my bill this evening. I have only
delayed doing so on account of the
sickness which the poor man has had
in his family all winter. I supposed
he must have run behind hand a lit
tle, but still I must take care of num
ber one.”
“Speaking of Thompson, are you ?”
inquired a bystander, who appeared
to take an interest in the conversa
tion. “Going down hill, is he, I
must look for myself, then. He owes
me quite a snug sum for leather. I
did intend to give him another
month’s credit; but, on the whole, I
guess the money would be safer in
my own pocket.”
Here the four worthies separated,
each with his mind filled with the
affairs of neighbor Thompson, the
probability that he was going down
hill and the best way of giving him a.
push.
In another part of the 'village sim
ilar scenes were transpiring.
“1 declare!” exclaimed Mrs. Ben
nett, the dressmaker, to her favorite
assistant, as she hastily withdrew
her head from whence she had been
gazing on the passers-by, “if there
is not the shoemaker’s wife, Mrs.
Thompson, coming up the steps with
a parcel in her hand. She wants to
engage me to do her spring sewing,
I suppose, but I think it would be a
venture. Every one says they are
running down hill, and it is a chance
if I ever get my pay.”
• “She always has paid us prompt
ly,” was the reply.
“True, but that was in the days of
her prosperity. I cannot afford to
run any risks.”
The entrance of Mrs. Thompson
prevented further conversation.
She was evidently surprised by
the refusal of Mrs.'Bennett to do any
work for her; but as a great pressure
of business was pleaded as an excuse,
there was nothing to be said, and she
soon took her leave. Another ap
pticatiou proved equally unsuccess
ful. It was strange how very busy
the village dressmakers had suddenly
become.
On her way home the poor shoe
maker’s wife met the teacher of a
small school in the neighborhood,
where two of her children attended.
“Ah, Mrs. Thompson, I am glad
to see you,” was the salutation, “I
was about calling this afternoon at
your house. Would it be convenient
to settle our little account to-day?”
“Our account 1” was the sut prised
reply. “Surely the term has not yet
expired f”
“Only half of it, but my present
rule is to collect my money at that
time. It is a plan which many teach
ers have adopted of late.”
“I waß not aware that there had
been any change in your rules, and I
have made arrangements to meet the
bill at the usual time. I fear it will
not be in my power to do so sooner.”
The countenance of the teacher
showed great disappointment, and as
she passed on, she muttered to her*
self;
I; as I expected 1 I shall nev
ccnt. Everybody says they
ig down hill. I must get rid
shildren in some way. Per
san get a pair of shoes or two
lent for the half qaarter, if I
right, but it will never do to
i this way.”
lie discomposed by her inter
view with the teacher, Mrs. Thomp
son stepped into a neighboring gro
cery jto purchase some trifling
articles of family stores.
“I have a little account against
you.d Will it be convenient for Mr.
Thompson to settle it this evening ?”
asked the civil shopkeeper, as he pro
duced the desired articles.
“J&S it his usual time for settling?”
was again the surprised inquiry.
“Well, not exactly, but money is
very tight just now, and I am anx
ious te get in all that is due to me.
In future I intend to keep short ac
counts. There is your little bill, if
you would like to look at. it. I will
call around this evening. It is but a
small affair.”
•“Thirty dollars is no small sum to
us just now,” thought Mrs. Thomp
son, as she pursued her way toward
home. “It seems strange that all
these accounts must be met just now,
while we are struggling to recover
from the heavy expenses of the win
ter. I cannot understand it.”
Her perplexity was increased by
finding her husband with 'two bills
in his band, and a countenance ex
pressive of anxiety and concern.
“Look, Mary,” he said, as she en
tered, “here are two unexpected calls
for money—one from the doctor and
the other from the dealer in leather of
whom I purchased my last stock.
They are both very urgent for imme
diate payment, although they have
heretofore always been willing to
wait a few months until I could make
arrangements to meet their claims.
But misfortunes never come singly,
and if a man once gets a little behind
hand, trouble seems to pour in upon
him.”
“Just so,” replied the wife. “The
neighbors think we are going down
hill, and every one is ready to give
us a push. Here are two more bills
for you—oue from the grocer and
the other from the school teacher.”
Reply was prevented by a knock
at tbe door, and the appearance of a
lad who presented a neatly-folded
paper and disappeared.
“The butcher’s account, as Hive I”
exclaimed the shoemaker. “What is
to be done, Mary ? So much money
to be puid out, and very little com
ing in, for some of my best custom
ers have left me, although my work
has given satisfaction. If I could
have as much employment as usual,
and the usual credit allowed me, I
could satisfy all these claims, but to
meet them now is impossible, and
the acknowledgement of my inability
will send us further on the down
ward path.”
“We must do our best and trust
in Providence,” was the consolatory
remark of his wife, as another knock
at the door aroused the fear that an
other claimant was about to appear.
But the benevolent countenance of
Uncle Joshua, a rare but ever wel
come visitor, presented itself.
Seating himself in the comfortable
chair which Mary hastened to hand
him, he said, in his somewhat eccen
tric but friendly manner:
“Well, good folks, I understand
that the world does not ge quite as
well with you as formerly. What is
the trouble ?”
“There need be no trouble, sir,”
was the reply, “if men would not try
to add to the afflictions which the
Almighty sees to be necessary for
us. The winter was a trying one.
We met with sickness and misfor-.
tunes, which we endeavored to bear
with patience. All would now go
well, if those around me were not
determined to push me in the down
ward path.”
“But here lies the difficulty, friend
Thompson. This is a selfish world.
Everybody, or at least, a great ma
jority, care only for number one. If
they see a poor neighbor going down
hill, their first thought is whether it
will affect their own interests, and
provided they can secure themselves,
they care not how soon he goes to
the bottom. The only way is to
keep up appearances. Show no
signs of going behind hand, and all
will go well with you.”
“Very true, Uncle Joshua, but
how is this to be done? Bills which
I did not expect to be called on to
meet for tho next three months are
now pouring in upon me. My best
customers are leaving me for a fortu
nate rival. In short, I am on the
brink of ruin, and nothing but a mira
cle can save me.”
“A miracle which is very easily
wrought, then, I imagine, ray good
friend. What is the amount of these
debts which press so heavily upon
you and how soon, in the common
course of events, could ycu discharge
them ?”
“They do not exceed $200,” re
plied the shoemaker; “and with the
usual ruu of work I could make it
all right in three or four months.”
“We will say six,” was the an
swer.
“I will advance yon $250 for six
months. Pay every cent that you
owe, and with the remainder of the
money make some slight addition or
improvement in your shop or house,
and put everything about the
grounds in its usual neat order. Try
this plan a few weeks, and we will
see what effect it has upon your
worthy neighbors. No, no, never
mind thanking me. I am only try
ing a little experiment on human na
ture. I know you of old, and am not
afraid to risk the money.” Counting
out the sum, with a friendly “good
evening,” the kindly old gentleman
departed.
Mrs. Thompson, too mueh over
come to speak, sank into the chair
Uncle Joshua had leit vacant, aDd
buret into tears ; whilo her husband
counted and recounted the money
rattling the crisp bills in his hands to
make sure that he was not dreaming.
Finally he spoke:
“God be thanked, wife; and now
cheer up, all will go well. We will
commence to climb the hill again.”
The evening closed more brightly
than it had commenced and two
thankful hearts were lifted to God in
praise that night when their couch
was sought.
Forty-eight hours more, and all
the bills presented had been paid.
The butcher subserviently exhibited
his finest best, hoping Mr. Thompson
would excuse the sending in of his
little account, but he had some bills
to meet.
Grocer and leather dealer both
seemed a little surprised at the
promptness with which their bills
were honored, and all had the stam
mering excuse that the butcher had
offered. Farmer White soon again
met his friend, and barely waited
for the customary salutation before
he exclaimed:
“I thought you told me that Mr.
Thompson was going down hill.”
“Well, we both said so, I believe,
was the reply. “He is, isn’t he ?”
“It don’t look so much like it. I
just came past his place, and noticed
the painters at work on his house,
giving it anew coat, and he is put
ting up anew fence.”
‘You ought to be careful, Farmer
White, how you give a dog a bad
name,” was his companion’s rejoin
der, “for I don’t believe those boots
Jack Smith made me are going to
wear at all.”
“Just what you ought,” reiterated
the farmer. “My wife has grumbled
not a little at the ill-fitting shoes I
bought of him.”
Mrs. Thompson soon received a
polite note from Mrs. Bennett, Hie
dressmaker, informing her that the
rush of business was now a little
over, and she had made arrangements
that would enable her to oblige her
with that sewing any time during tbe
ensuing week, if she yet wished to
have it done.
The doctor just dropped in for a
friendly call as he was passing by, to
see how the baby’s teeth came on,
while the teacher accompanied the
little girls from school, and stopping
to tea, could not sufficiently praise
their scholarship aud deportment.
Mr. Thompson called on Uncle
Joshua at the expiration of five
months instead of six, with both
principal and interest money in his
pocket.
“Well, well” exclaimed the good
old gentleman, “you lound my plan
worked well, eh ?”
“Work well, Uncle Joshua I Peo
ple were all as ready to give me a
kick up hill, when they saw I was
climbing, as previously they had
been with their kick down.”
“The way of the world, the way of
the world,” chuckled Uncle Joshua.
“And now friend Thompson all I ask
of you is to remember this climb up.”
“Never fear, I will remember,”
and Farmer White himself, before
many years passed on, tested the
truth of it, for misfortune rapped at
his door, and had not Mr. Thompson
helped him to keep up appearances
he might have lost a farm that both
he and his wife toiled over thirty
years to gain.
A RICH SERMON.
The following extract from a ser
mon will be recognized at a glance
by some of our readers here at home.
It loses much of its, humor because
we cannot put in appropriate ges
tures that accompany it:
“My friends, sin makes the pur
tiest young men in the world ugly
ah. . And I tell you how I know-al).
I was coming up to church to-day,
when I saw some men in the road-ah
and thought one of them the purtiest
young man I ever saw in my life-ah.
And as I drew nigh unto them, I
discovered they were playing at
marvels, and they all drew nigh unto
a place wliat they called taw and
they marvelled-ah. And when he
marvelled he jumped up and flapped
bis hands like a rooster does his wings
and says, “I wish I may be d—d if I
hain’t fat-ab.” And oh, my friends,
then I thought that was the ugliest
man I ever saw in my life-ah. And
I opened my mouth and spake unto
him thus ; says I, “young man, this
is not the way to salvation.”
And he said, “look here, old hoss,
if you had been salivated as bad as I
was, you would not love to hear talk
of salvation.”
And now, my friends, if that man
said he was fat he told a lie, for he
was lean as that hungry looking sis
ter over thar, that’s always praying
so piously when the bat is being
passed around-ah.
And, my friends, if that young
man had not been blinded by sin, he
never could a mistuk me for an old
hoss-ah.
A UNIVERSAL MORAL PANACEA.
A reader of the Hebrew Leader
proposes the following remedy for
the ills of the flesh and spirit, com
posed of leaves, plants, and roots,
which, if taken without a wry face,
will make any man respectable and
happy.
Leave off drinking.
Leave off smoking.
Leave off chewing.
Leave off snuffing.
Leave off swear ing.
Plant your pleasure in the home
circle.
Plant your business in some
honorable employment. •
Plant your faith in Truth.
Boot your habits in industry.
Boot your feeling in benevolence.
Boot your affections' in God.
For directions, see the Holy
Scriptures, and beware of counter
feit creeds and quack theologians.
What docs a fellow look like when
gallanting bis Bweetheart through a
shower? A rain beau.
From the Danbury News ]
A SYMPATHIZING FRIEND.
One of the women who called upon
a recently bereaved wife to sympa
thize with her was singularly en
dowed with an experience which
enabled her to enter fully into the
feelings of the sufferer. She was a
masculine looking woman, but she
possessed a delicacy of perception
which was remarkable. She had
been in to view the body, and was
now with the widow. She said :
“He se'emed to have gone peace
fullike ?”
“Yes,” murmured the mourner.
“That’s a blessing to you, and
something that ought to be a bless
ing to you. Just think, how you’d
feel if he’d weut the other way.
There's no tellin’. I know a woman
whose man died in such agony that
his face was perfectly dreadful to
look at. You couldn’t look at it.
An’ she never got over it. I’ye lost
three husbands, but they all, thank
heaven, went easy. I don’t know
how my present husband will go.
I hope for the best. But I’d rather
lose a hundred husbands than to have
one go miserable. You don’t kiiow
what an awfu! thing it is to have to
slip away with a fuss. Every one of
my men went as if they wanted to go,
and when they were laid out they
did you good to look at ’em. Why,
some folks came in twice to look at
’em, ami then they wern’t satisfied.
Their faces were just as calm as
could be—not stuck up, I don’t mean,
but sort of peaceful-lilte.”
THE LOST FOUND.
Fifty or sixty years ago it was the
custom for gentlemen wishing ser
vants to visit emigrant ships as soon
as they arrived in port. Selecting
the man or woman who pleased them,
they would pay his or her passage
money, about seventy or eighty dol
lars, to the captain, agreeing to give
the servant clothing and board, and
at the end of three years’ service,
twenty or thirty dollars.
One day, a gentleman, a man of
fortune, residing in Philadelphia,
went on board an emigrant ship to
hire a girl, or “purchase her time,”
as it was then called. He selected
one, and was shown her father. The
old man was anxious to go with his
daughter, and after some persuasion
the gentleman purchased his time.
“Well, now,” said the old man,
“here’s my old wife; take her also.”
There was something so attractive in
the countenance of the old woman
that the gentleman bought her
time.
Going together to the register's
office to complete the bargain, the
gentleman was surprised to find the
name which the emigrants gave was
spelt and pronounced like his own.
Inquiries ended in discovering that
he had bought the time of his own
father and mother.
When six years old, a son of the
old folks had been taken to America
by a gentleman, and they had lost
all knowledge of him ; indeed, they
had almost forgotten that they had a
son in America. They recollected
however, that their boy had a figure
of a cucumber on one. of his shoul
ders. The newly found son was
stripped in the office, and, to the
delight of the aged couple, there was
the birth-mark.
HOME, WIFE ANdTaFuRHAY NIGHT.
Happy is the man who has a home
and a little angel in it of a Saturday
night—a house, no matter how little,
provided it will hold two or so ;no
matter ,how humbly furnished, pro
vided there is hope in it. Let the
wind blow—close the curtains. What
if they are plain calico, without bor
der, tassel or any such thing. Let
the rain come down—heap up the
fire. No matter if you haven’t a
candle to bless yourself with, for
what a beautiful light glowing coal
makes I rendering cloudless, shed
ding a sunset through the room—-just
light enough to talk, not loud, as in
the highways, not rapid, as in the
hurrying world, but softly, whisper
ing, with pauses between, for the
storm without and the thoughts with
in to fill up with. Then wheel the
sofa around by the fire; no matter
if the sofa is a settee, uncushioned at
that, if so be it is just light enough
for two and a half in it. How sweet
ly the music of silver bells for the
time to come falls on the listening
heart then 1 How mournfully (.well
the chimes of “the days that are no
more.”
When a railway was opened in
Virginia, on a certain occasion, a
bishop was called upon to make the
prayer. Nothing in any prayer-book,
or in his usual private devotions,
would exactly “applicate” the occa
sion. So he wrote out a prayer, and
read it from the manuscript. This
performance greatly astonished some
of the negroes who hovered on the
outskirts of the crowd. “Pomp,”
said one of tho ebonies, “what does
you tink of dat t” “I tlnks,” replied
Pomp, “dat dis is do fust time dat de
Lord was eber written to on de sub
ject ob railroads.”
The world owes no man a living;
on the contrary, the man owes the
world for his living ; he owes it for
the clothes ou his back; for his
books; for his culture; for the ages
that have preceded him.
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A benevolent lady want to visit a
family who were said to b almost
starving. She found them half clad,
cold, and not a morsel of food in his
house. “What do you most need ?
what would you like to have ?” she
asked the mother of the family.
“Why, I did a'raost want a head
dress, they’re so very becoming!”
“You’re a smart fellow,” sneered a
lawyer to a witness, the other day, in
a Brooklyn court. “I’d return the
compliment if I wasn’t under oath,”
replied the witness -
NO- 41,
A SLIGHT TOUCH OF HELL-FIBE*
A young parson of the Universal ist'
faith, many years since, when
the Simon-pure Universapstt! OS#
preached, started westward to at-'
tend a convention of his brethren in
the faith. He took tHc precaution to
carry a vial of cayenne pepper in his
pocket, to sprinkle his food with tis
a preventive against ague and fever.
The convention met; and at dinhera
tall Hoosier observed the parson as
he seasoned his ffieatj and addressed
him thus:
“Stranger, I'll thank you for A
leetle of that ’ere red salt, for I’m
kind o’ curious to try it.”
“Certainly,” returned the parsott,-
“but you will find it very powerful;
be careful how you use it.”
The Hoosier took the proffered
vial, and feeling himself proof
against any quantity of raw whisky,
thought he could stand the “red
salt” with impunity. Accordingly
he sprinkled the chunk of beef rather
bountifully with it, and lorthwith in.
troduced it into his capacious month;
It soon began to take hold. He shut
his eyes, and his features began to
writhe, denoting a very mharmoini-'
ous condition, physically. Finally
he could stand it no longer. Ho
opened his mouth and screamed
“fire.”
“Take a drink of cold water front
the jug," said the parson,
“Will that put it out?’’ asked the
martyr, suiting the action to the
word. In a short time the unfortu
nate man began to recover, and
turning to the parson, his eyes yet
swimming in water, exclaimed :
“Stranger, you call yourself a
“Versalist,” I believe ?”
“I do,” mildly answered the parso*.
“Wal, I want to know if it is con.
sistent with your belief to go about
with hell-fire in your breeches
pockets ?”
LIFE.
Live for something 1 Yes, and fof
something worthy of life and its ca
pabilities and opportunities for noble
deeds and achievements. Every matt
and every woman has his of her as
signment in the duties and responsi
bilities of daily life. We are in tho
world to make the world better; to
lift it up to higher levels of enjoy
rnent and progress, to make its hearts
and homes brightei and happier by
devoting to our fellows our best
thoughts, activities and influences.
It is the motto of every true heart
and the genius of every noble life that
“No man liveth to himself’ lives
simply of his own selfish good. It is
a law of our intellectual and moral
being that we contribute to the com
fort and enjoyment of others,
Nothing worthy of the name of hap
piness is possible in the experience
of those who live only for themselves,
all oblivious of the welfare of their
fellows.
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TENACITY OF LIFE;
Daring the war it was a matter of
surprise how easy it was for some
men to die trom the merest flesh
wound, while others would live in
spite of shattered bones and lacerated
flesh. On one of the battle fields of
Virginia a soldier was shot through
the head, the ball enteringjust above
one ear and coming out above
the other, A kinsman retreating,
and seeing him as he suffered in the
agony of death, in order to hasten
his death and relieve his suffering
plunged his bayonet into his skull;
The wounded man fell into the hands*
of the victorious Federal army, and
with proper attention survived. We
saw that man walking our streets
salesday, a living witness of the will
and tenacity with which some men
cling to life —Spartanburg ( S . C.)
Herald.
Two brothers named Mitchell, cort
fined in the San Bernardino, Cal.,
jail, recently escaped by presenting a
wooden revolver at the jailor’s head
while he sat at supper, and so terri
fying him that he gave them the pris
on keys and suffered himself to bo
bound hand and foot. The revolver
was whittled out of a pine stick, and
stained walnut color. Sheet zinc
was rolled up and fastened on to rep
resent the cylinder and chambers,
A young fellow who Indulges in
the uso of strong drink, says at night
he feels as if he owned all the proper
ty in the world, In the morning he
feels as if he owned none, and was in
arrears for his taxes on what he
owned the night before.
The Gainesville Southron says t
“F. M. Greenway, of Fannin county,
was shot and killed last week while
in his peach orchard, reaching up
to pluck a peach. Mr. Green way
is the person who returned so many
people in his county a year or two"
ago for illicit distilling.* It is sup
posed some oue of the parties dm
the shooting. We make no com
ments Until we know more about the
facts.”
“Your visits remind me of the
growth of a successful newspaper,”
said Uncle Jabez, leaning his chin
on bis cane and glancing at William
Henry, who was sweet on Angelica.
“Why so?” inqired William Hen
ry.
“Well, they commenced on a week
ly, grew to be tri-weekly, and have
now become daily, with a Sunday
supplement.”
“Yes,” said William Henry, bra
cing up, “and after we are married
we will issue an extra—”
“Sh—h,” said Angelica, and they
went out for a stroll.
Of all the paths that lead to a
woman’s love, pity is the straightest.
Happiness is in taste and not in
things, and it is by having whnt w
love that we art happy, and not by
l aving what others find agreeable.