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E:tt herald.
,fry wedkebday, by
& YARBROUGH.
rEERLBS, Editor.
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, nost-ofScc to another,
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Wish it changed, as well
I, .T advertisements.
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'tonfper' * ™
, of distnission • • • • • *
at ion for homestead 2 00
notices
lSa lcs of land, by administrators,
1 or guardians, are required by
be the first Tuesday in the
“tween the hours of ten in the
„ a „d three in the afternoon, at
nrt-honse in the county in which
.H-tv is situated.
P o f these sales must be given in
c jaytte 40 days previous to the
‘ to debtors and creditors of an
naf t also be published 40 days,
ce for the sale of personal proper
[be giren in like manner, 10 days
gto sale day. .
L that application will be made
Court of Ordinary for leave to
l raai! t lie published for four weeks,
lion, on letters of administration.
Lip, to., must be published 30
L dismission from administration,
t three months; for dismission
[ardianship. 40 days,
f for the foreclosure of mortgages
[ published monthly, four months ;
Wishing lost papers, for the full
hf three months ; for compelling
Li executors or administrators,
Lid has been given by the de
[the full space of three months,
jt'a sales must be published for
Iks.
|v notices, two weeks.
Ltions will always be continued
l, t n these, the legal requirements,
Rherwisc ordered.
|HfES SIGNAL CARDS.
W.M. K. SIMMONS.
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AT LAW,
in tiie e "mties of Gwinnett,
and Milton.
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BBrnmptly attend to all business
■9 to his care, and also to Land,
l'ensiou claims mar In-tint
M K.& G. A. MITCHELL,
Bvrexceville, (lA,
pßtfullv tender a continuation of
services to the citizens
IB Keep constantly on hand a
°l drugs and chemicals.
carefully prepared.
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Weekly Gwinnett Herald.
T. M. PEEPLES, PROPRIETOR ]
Vol. 11.
For the Gwinnett Herald.
Kiss Me Before I Go.
My way stretches onward before me,
Oat in the rain and the heat,
Ainid the world's wild turmoil,
Life’s busy duties to meet.
Thine by the shaded window,
Where the zephyrs gi utly blow.
And thou hear'st the birds’ sweet war
bling—
Then “kiss me before I go.”
The days will bring me no greetings
Of friends as they come and depart.
The ear hear no foot-fall, so welcome,
Of those who live in my heart.
Knowu aud loved voices will greet thee—
Dear ones will cheer thee 1 know,
For the sake of these joys I am loosing—
Then “kiss me before 1 go."
When the heart thrills with joy at the
coming
Of loved ones, who love in return,
And tli >u droppest the tear of sheer
gladness,
That of sympathy drop for me one.
But of what will be brought by the
morrow,
Thou nor J never can know.
It may be for a farewell token, then
To “kiss me before I go." Apkrcu.
Lawrenceville, Ga., June 5, 1872.
A Georgia Steam Traction
Wagon.
Col. W. C. Binb has obtained a
patent for one of these new velii
; cles, designed to supersede to a
! great degree the use of animal
power, in the cultivation of the
soil and the transportation of
heavy loads over our ordinary
wagi u roads. Uis invention has
been subjected to the proper tests
in New York, and pronounced a
perfect success. One ol these
| steam vehicles, is in process of
I construction at Augusta, and every
lover of enterprise and fir, gross
will wateh its operation with the
deepest ii terest.
Our readers may not know that
this is no new thing in the old
country. No less than three thou
sand steam traction wagons are
in daily use in England alone.—
These bicak up the land to the
depth of six or eight •inches, and
do the work so nr eh more thor
oughly than the farm horse, that
the yield of wheat by actual ex
periment in land thus prepared
exceeded the old method fifty per
cent. The steam engine can be
used'also to thresh grain, gin Cot
ton, grind corn, anil haul the pro
duce of the farm to market, or
may be employed to transport pas
sengers in lieu of the stage coach.
The fault with all American
machines hitherto has been their
great weight, amounting to thirty
thousand pounds. But the Eng
lish vehicle weighs but seven
thousand pounds, and the. cost ol
breaking an acre of fallow ground
is only about eight shillings. It
is estimated that half ot the cus
tomary animal team on a farm
can be dispensed* with by this
steam vehicle.
Dr. Bibb’s invention, if it suc
ceeds as it promises to do, will be
followed by a rapid multiplication
of these vehicles, which are des
tined to work a great revolution
in the cost of agriculture. A great
desideratum in view of the decreas
ing labor of the country. V\ f e
hope ere long to be able to chron
icle the triumphant success of this
ingenious implement of industry
and Georgia talent'— Macon Tel.
—
WIIAT THE CoiORKD BoYH TIIINK
About Mixed Schools. —Thursday,
a small white boy was sent with a
message to a person attending the
examination of colored schools in
the Cook building, on 0 street,
and when entering the yard he was
taken to be an applicant for admis
sion by the crowd of colored
youths about the door. The boy
explained that he was white, al
though he had a dirt}' face, and
delivered his message, and on
leaving the building with a small
slip of paper in his hand, which
was taken for a ticket of admis
sion, one of the largest boys step
ped up, exclaiming, “YVe don’t
want any white boys in this school”
and gave him a kick under the
jaw, and tne hoy, thinking that
there was no chance for him if he
stood his ground, retreated on a
double quick, amid a shower of
stones.— Wushinr/ton Star.
Gen. Roger A Pryor, a Gonfedcr
ate General during our late war, and
a resident of New York since, asserts
that August Belmont’s opposition to
the ratification of the Cincinnati
i nominations grows out of the fact
that Mr. Belmont belongs to the
“Syndicate,” lias large dealings with
the Treasury Department, is on the
best (financial) terms with the Ad*
ministration, and secretly wants such
action at Baltimore as will secure
, Grant's re election.
Lawrenceville, Ga., Wednesday, June 12, 1872.
| For the Gwinnett Herald.
PEN AM) INK SKETCHES.
Dr. James 31. Gordon.
The subject of this sketch, the
! son of Few Gordon, was born in
I Gwinnett county, on the 21st da,’
|of April, 1821. After receiving
| the rudiments of an education at
such schools as the country, at
that time, afforded, lie was sent to
the academy in Monroe, Walton
county, Ga., where he applied him
self diligently to his studies, and
acquired a good English and a
partial classical education. Soou
after leaving school, ho began the
study of medicine under Dr. .Win.
J. Russell, of Lavvrencevdlc, and
graduated at the Medical college
of Augusta. After receiving his
medical degree, lie began the
practice in partnership with his
preceptor, Dr. Russell, and after
the dissolution of this partnership,
continued the practice with great
success until Ids removal to Sa
vannah, in 1854
Dr. Gordon’s rise in his profes
sion was rapid, and, in a short
time, his practice was not only
extensive tmt lucrative. On the
24th December, 184.'), lie was mar
ried, in the Presbyterian church in
Lawrenceville, by the Rev. James
C Patterson, to Miss Elizabeth A.
Alexander, daughter of Dr. Thus
W. Alexander. From this union
sprang four children,three of whom
are still living, the eldest boy,
Albert A. Gordon, having at an
early and lender age entered the
service of his country, dining the
late war, to defend the land that
gave him birth, and died in a hos
pital, in Mobile, Ala, February 5,
1805, and his mortal remains now
(iil a soldier’s grave.
Dr. Gordon continued in the
practice of his profession, in his
native county, until the spring of
1854, when, w'shingto enlarge his
Sphere of usefulness, and liud a
m >re extended field in which to
win distinction in his chosen pro
fession, removed to Ssvannali and
entered into the drug business
with Mr. James 11. Carter, a prom
incut and popular druggist in that
city, lb-, however, devoted his
own time and attention to I'm
practice of his profession, and in
a very short time had taken posi
timi among the foremost physicians
in that city. But now when his
prospects seemed brightest, and
his li -pcs and aspirations so fondly
cherished for years, were about to
be realized, the Destroyer catne.
That fell Demon, yellow fever,
which, like a dark cloud, had been
hovering over the devoted city,
burst forth in all its fury, and
sorrow and distress, sickness and
death followed in its wake. Long
will the citizens of Savannah re
member the dark days of the fall
of 1854. The city was draped in
mourning. All who could left their
business and fled for their lives.
Many of the physicians even left
their posts of danger and inglo
riously fled. There were scarcely
enough, who were well, to attend
to the sick or bury the dead. Dr.
Gordon, shortly after the epidemic
made its appearance, sent his fam
ily away, but remained himself at
his post to aid, with all the medi
cal skill he possessed, in relieving
the sufferers. The constant and
earnest importunities and expostu
lations of his friends he heeded not.
Although he had been but a few
months among that people, he felt
that it was cowardly and dishon
orable to leave them to their fate.
In one of the letters written to his
wife, in which he gives a most
glooiny f and appalling picture of
the condition of the people, occurs
tois noble and self-sacrificing lan
guage, w hich deserves to go down,
side by side, with the dying senti
ments of the pat' iots and heroes'
of antiquity : “I have finally con
cluded to remain, and am devot
ing iny whole time and euergies
to the iclief of the sufferers. —
Should 1 fall in the epidemic, my
friends will, at least, have the
gratification to know that 1 fell
in the discharge of my duty."—
Thus laboring day and night, with
out taking time to sleep or scarce
ly to eat, lie continued until the
epidemic had considerably abated,
and the dark cloud had begun to
show its silver lining, when sud
denly he himself was stricken
down. He was kindly and ten
derly nursed during the five days
of his illness, by many friends,
conspicuously among whom was
his brother-in law, VV. \V. Alexan
der, of Augusta, Ga., who was
with him during the entire period
of his sickness But he felt that
|,is time had come from the first,
“COMING EVENTS CAST THEIR SHADOWS BEFORE!”
and in the language of one who
was very near and dear to him :
“He was perfectly conscious to the
last moment —calmly made his ar
rangements to cross the dark river,
giving such directions as to the
disposition of his mortal remains
and kindred matters as were con
sonant with his views, aud then
sweetly fell asleep.”
[ Mr. Win. King, a gentleman of
great wealth and as great benevo
lence,who was his constant attend
ant during his illness, had him
buried in his yard so that his grave
might not be lost, as was frequent
ly the case during those trying
times. After the epidemic had
ceased, his remains were buried in
Laurel Grove Cemetery, where a
beautiful monument was erected
to his memory, bearing the follow
ing - inscription :
"To the Memory of
Hr. James M. Gordon,
who died of yellow fever,
in this City, Sept. 18, 1854
“Resolute in bis devotion to the call of
humanity, lie shrank not even from the
pestilence, but fell himself a martyr
amidst those he sought to sure.”
The celebrated Dr. Wild man,
formerly so well known to the
people of this county, also fell in
the epidemic, and it is not even
known where he was buried.
Dr. Gordon died at the ago of
thirty-three, before he had scarcely
reached the meridian of his days
and usefulness, but he lived long
enough to make for himself a rep
utation commensurate with the
State. After his death, letters ol
condolence, tributes of respect,
and public testimonials of every
kind eaine pouring in to his family
from every quarter, showing the
high estimation in which he was
held throughout the State.
Devotion to truth, fidelity to his
fi tends, and a sovereign contempt
for anything that *a* mean or
dishonorable, were the most sal
it*nt points in his character, lie
was ambit ous tor distinction in
his profession, but he sought that
distinction not by decrying un lit
in others, bin by exhibiting it in
himself. lie was a most indefati
gable student all his life, and
when not professionally engag d
would frequently sit up nut I a
late hour at night in reading and
study. In this tie set an example
worthy of the imitation of many
of our doctors of this day, who
deem their education cmiplele
when they receive their diploma.
Dr. Gordon, 1 ik <■ most of his family,
was of an ardent and impetuous
disposition—quick to resent an
insult or an indignity, and as
ready to extend the hand of for
giveness and reconciliation when
ever the olive branch was held
foith. Although never indulging
iu dissipation of guy kind, lie was
eminently social in his diposition,
full of animal spirits, and was a
most pleasant and agreeable com
panion.
He was an advocate of cdttca-
tion and a patron of learning.—
He was one of the founders of
the Atlanta Medical College, and
was elected to one of its Profes
sorships, a position which he saw
fit, however, to decline. He was
one of the projectors of the Law
renceville Manufacturing Go., and
lost heavily by it when it failed.
Firm and unyielding in his con
victions of what was right and
honorable; steadfast i.i his devo
tion to principles; coiistaut and
faithful in his friendship, lie went
dowfi to his grave a martyr to the
effuse of humanity, leaving as
many warmly devoted friends and
as few enemies as any man occu
pying his position in our county.
For a series of years he was the
intimate friend of the writer, and
his family physician, I knew him
well, and he had my confidence as
a man of integrity —of high attain
ments —literary as well as socially
and professionally. I have read
many of the productions of his
pen, which gave evidence of fine
acquirements and splendid abili
j ties; and had he lived he would hare
become one of the first men iu the j
State.
He never sought office, but was
' chosen one of the County Court
and discharged its duty with fidel I
| ity and ability for four years.
He was a member of the Masonic
Fraternity, and was a Craftsman
| “good and true,’’ of whom his,
brethren were projul to be associ
ated with, “within tho temple and
without.” In his death the “Mys-;
tic Chain” was broken and one of
its links gone that can never be
replaced !
He was a genial companion
full of life and full of.hopc. His
merry, pealing laugh, as it used
to well up in the social circle, falls
on my ear still, in imagination,
with its enlivening, timpirimj tones
never to lie forgotten !
And what more can I say of
I)r. Gordon ! This feeble tribute
to his memory is but a poor, yet
sincere offering from his old friend.
Not halt lias been s iid in com
irendation of him that might be
said.
His old oouily was proud of
him while he lived, and is still
proud of his memory now lie is
dead; and in speaking of her na
tive born sons that Was reared on
her soil and went out to do her
honor, not one of all the number
is spoken of with more pride and
satisfaction than Dr. James M.
Gordon. \V.
Death oftlic Author of “Beau
tiful Suou.”
A few years ago there appeared in
an American paper published in one
of the Western States an exquisite
poetli entitled “Beautiful Snow.”—
she beauty of the composition se
cured its re-publication in numerous
journals, and at length found its way
to England, accompanied by the tale
that, the original had been discovered
upon the person of a young woman
who was frozen to death in tne streets
of St. Louis For a long time the au
thor preserved his “incognito," while
numerous claimants sought to estab
lish their lights to its authorship
and the honors spncitabling theieto.
Some one who knew the true history
of the poem, knew also the cause of
its reticence in 'giving its name t/>
the world. Some months since 11|«
secret was revealed, and Sigourney,
nephew of the celebrate ! poetess ol
that name, became known as the
writer. Harper’s Magazine publis' ed
a companion poem entitled “Beauti
ful 01 bid," which is niaiked by all
the elegance of diction and deep
religious characteristic of its prede
cessor. Who could have thought
I hat in a few weeks its gifted author
would fill a suicide’s grave? Yet
such is the case. On the night of
April 221, W. A. 11. Sigourney was
found dead in the outskirts of New
York, under circumstances leading
to the belief that lie had shot him
self He had in early life married a
Miss , a lady of great personal
attraction*, and with her made a
voyage to Europe. During their
absence, rumors unfavorable to her
character reached the Sigourney fam
ily. The reports seem to have been
well founded, for shortly after her
return to New York she showed that
the curse of the nineteenth century —
the demon drink —had added anoth
er name to the list of victims. She
abandonoJ her husband, become an
outcast, and was next. heard of as
an inmate of the penitentiary oa
Blackwell’* Island. Her husband’s
love was sliil sufficiently strong to
induce him to make an efiort to save
fiat, and through his influence she
was released, only again to desert
her homo.
In the winter of ISG3 the papers
spoke of a young and beautiful wo
moti having been found dead under
the snow in a d sreputable street of
New York. Something seemed to
tell Sigourney that 'lie body was that
of his wife. Upon making inqui
ries he found his surmises were hut
too true, and after claiming the re
mains he had them interred in the
“silent city" which overlooks the
busy harbor of New York. The
story of that erring wife was told in
the touching language of “Beautiful
Snow.” What wonder that he
shunned the publicity that its au
thorship would have conferied! lieu
rv J. Raymond, the editor of the
New York Times, was for years the
friend <>f Major Sigourney, and ob
tained for him employment as a
journalist which failing health com
pelled him to abandon. Circum
stances connected with his death re
main a mystery. Not even his child,
for whom lie always displayed the
tenderest affection, can throw any
light upon it. The last effort of his
genius is displayed in the poem al
ready referred to :
BEAUTIFUL CHILD.
“Beautiful child, by tliy mother’s knee,
in the mystic future, what wilt thou be?
A d< •mon of sin or an angel sublime—
A poison Upas or innocent thyme—
A spirit of evil flashing down
With the lurid light of a fiery crown—
Or gliding up with a shining track.
Like the morning star that ne'er looks
back.
Daintiest dreamer that ever smiled, j
Which will thou be, my beautiful child ?
Beautiful child, in my garden bowers.
Friend of the butterfly, bird* and flowers—
Pure as the sparkling, cbrystal stream.
Jewels of truili tbr fairy eyes l»cani.
[|2 A YEAR, TN ADVANCE.
Was there ever a whiter soul than thine
Worshipped by love in a mortal shrine?
My heart thou hast glutkk-ned lor two
long years,
With rainbow of hope thro' mists of tears;
Mists beyond which the sunny, smile
With its huloofgloiy beams all the while.
Beautiful child, to thv look is given
A gleam serene, not of earth but heaven;
With thy tell tale eyes and prattling
tongue •
Would th'>u could st evei thu- be young—
Like the liquid strains of the mocking
bird
From -fair to ha'l thy voice is heard,
How ofien in the garden nooks thou'll
found,
With flowers thy curly h ad around,
And kneeling beside me with figure so
quaint,
Oh 1 who would not dote oo my infant
saint ?
Beautiful child, wlmt thy fate shall Ist
Feicluiuce is wisely hidden Iron* me ;
A laticn star thou may's! leave my side
And of sorrow and shame become the
bride,
Shivering, quivering thro' the cold street,
Wiih a curse behitd and before thy feet,
Ashamed to live and uiruid to die—
No born;*, no friend, and a pitiless sky.
Mercilul Father—niv bruin goes wild
Oil! keep from evil my beautiful child.
Beautiful child may'st thou soar above;
A warbling cherub of joy aud love ;
A drop on my eternity's sea ;
A blossom on life's immortal tree —
Floating, flowing evermore,
In the blessed light of the golden shore,
Ami as 1 gaze on sinless bloom
And lby radiant face, they dispel my
gloom,
Y feel He will keep thee undelilcd,
I\nd bis love protect my beautiful child.”
Wendell Phillips on the Ilom
l>age —Another Aiuly John
son—A Horrible Secession
Plot.
Wendell Phillips has written the
following letter to 8. P. Cummings,
a labor reform politician, on the
political situation. It is charuo
teristic :
You know that I am neither n
Republican nor a Grant man.—
S Whom l shu'l vote for, or whether
I shall vote at all, I do not know.
But certainly as against Greeley I
am for Grant. Wo have had one
Andy Johnson ; 1 will not run the
risk in getting another in Horace
Greeley. 1 want a man with some
decided principles. Greeley never
had any. Besides, I consider Gree
ley a secession candidate. I be
lieve the plot to nominate him was
hatched by Southern white rebels
more than a year ago, and has
been mainly nursed by them. 1
advise any one who means to vote
for him to find out first what
agreements have been made by
Mr. Greeley’s friends with Jett'
Davis and his staff as to office and
patronage. lam perfectly certain
that there is a distinct mutual un
derstanding. if not a positive con
tract between them. If Horace
Greeley enters the White liousc,
Jeff Davis will be as truly part of
the administration as Seward was
in Lincoln’s day. No negro can
vote for Greeley who values his life
or property or cares for his race.
If, by a frown of Providence, lie is
elected 1 shall advise every South
ern loyalist to load the revolvers
that Grant’s arrest of North Car
olina Ku-Kltix has ullowcd to be
laid aside. If ho is elected, let the
negroes live in squads of fifty,
whom no coward will dare shoot
down, and show no property afier
sunset. Lonely men will be shot
atnl no black will own a mule for
ty-eight hours if any rebel knows
the fact.
As for Adams, I do not fear him
—an aristocrat by birth and a
Democrat by perverseness —the
love of money makes such a union
possible. He is a Democrat, blit
afraid to confess its creed or wear
its uniform. If any party allows
him to lead it lie will lead it to its
grave, ns all the Adamses have
always done. Old John Adams’s
vanity, bigotry, and hate of Ham
ilton, put the Federal party into
its tomb. John Quincy Adams’s
administration was the death-blow j
of the Whig party, then called Re
publicans. I lie light which gilds
the Adamses is that of sunset. — |
They insure defeat. Chatham said
Sir. William Young’s voice was
the death knell of his country.—
The breath of an Adams’s fame
has the chill of the charnel-honse
in it. Let them nurse their money
bag* like timid misers, and allow
bolder and unselfish men, whose
foreheads are lit by the rising sun,
to help the world forward, undis
turbed by their greedy ambition or
their querulous crotchets. For a
loyal administration to protect the
negro, awe the rebel, and give the
working-man a chance, Grant’s
little linger is worth a baker's
dozen of Greeleyß.
Yours, W i;xi»ki.i. Phtu res.
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No. 13.
Gov. Grimes and tlie Dandy.
The Legislature had just convened
at the capital of Tows. Governor
Grimes had arrived the night hefote
and taken rooms at a certain hotel
—at lea«t so a voting aspirant for
office from a distant jiortion of the
State ascertained as lie drove up anil
alighted from a catriagc at the st**ps
of that public house. The hostler
thtew out his trunk and the landlord
conducted him to his room, leaving
the trunk iu the bar-room. Wishing
his trunk, the young man demanded
to have it brought up, and seeing a
plainly-dressed man passing through
the lower hall whom he took to lie
a porter, he gave his commands in
an imperious, lofty tone, lhe order
wasohnred; and tile man charging
a quarter of a dol nr for his services,
a marked quarter or old-fashioned
pistaiecti, worth only about twenty
cents, was slipped slyly illto his
hand, aud was put into his pocket In
the man with a smile.
“And now, siri»h," said the new
arrival, “do yon ki oiv Gov. Giimes?”
“Oil, yes. sir.”
"Well, take my card to him and
tell him I wish an interview at his
earliest convenience ”
“l am Gov. Grimes, at your ser
vice !”
“You—l—that is, my dear sir—l
beg—a—a thousand pardons!”
“None needed at all, sir,” replied
the Governor, “I was rather favora
bly impressed with your letter, and
thought you well suited for theoffire
specified. But, sir, anv man who
would swindle a working man out of
a paltry five cents would defraud the
public, treasury had he an oppoi Ut
ility. Good morning, sir ! ’
Of “treating” T. K. Beecher says ;
“Now, hoys, if you wish to he gen
erou* and treat each other, why not
select some other shop besides the
liquor shop? Suppose, ns yon go
by the post office, you sav, ‘Come.
Uiys, como in and take some.stamp*.’
These stamps will do your friends a
real good, and will cost you ro more
than drinks all round. Or go by
the tailor’s store and say. ‘Boys, como
iu aud tako h box of collars.’ Walk
up to the counter, free and generous,
and sav, ‘What style will you have?
Why not front to collars as well as
treat to drink l ? or go by a confect*
tiooer’s and propose to treat to clio
colate drops all around ? or say, I'll
stand a jack knife all round?’”
The best thing to give your enemy
is forgiveness; to your opponent
I tolerance; to a friend, your heart ;
to your child, a good example; to
a father, deference; to tour mother
cendin-t that wifi make her glad ; to
yourself, respect; to nil men, charity;
j to God, ohudieix e.
A man stopping In* paper, wrote
I to the editor: “I think folk* oitent
to spend there iiiunny for paypur,
i mi iladJa diddeut and everybody *ed
Its was the inlelligeiite* man in the
country and had the smartest family
I of hoi/, that ever Jugged talers.
“Gome here, my little fjMow,"
said a gentleman t * a youngster of
five Years, while sitting in a parlor
w here a large- company were assem
bled, “Do von know me?" “\ii!i,
lllir.” “Who am 1? Ivet m* hear.”
“You ith the man who kit lied mam
ma, n hen pitpa watli in Philadelphia."
- - -
“Bov, what i- your father <1 dug
today “Well," 1 V|MHW lie’s failill
I heard him tell tnotliei l*» go round
to the shop* and ge : trusted all she
could—and do it right otl, too—lof
he'd got evri thing ready to fail up
to nothing, exceptin’ that.’’
An Irishman, with a heavy bundle
on hi* shoulder, riding on the trout
of a ho r se ear, was asked why he
did not set In* handle down on the
plat for r. He replied: “Be jabbers,
the horse* have enough to drag me
I’ll carry the bundle. '
“Y >ur die**" said a husband to his
fashionable wife, “will never plen-e
the men." “I don’t dress to plen-e
men,” was the reply, “but to worry
other women.”
An Irishman, who was recently
run over by a whole train of cars,
got up and a-kod for hi* cap, and
said he “would not run another such
risk a* that for tin dollar*.”
A young gentleman who Inul jnu
married a little beauty say#: “She
would have been taller, but she is
made of such precious materials that
nature couldn’t afford it.’’
“Aro you the mate of the ship t"
asked an emigrant of the cook, who
was an Irishman. “No, sir,” was the
rcplv ; “I'm the man who cook* the
mate."