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ATTORNEY AT LAW,
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piR U. PEEPLES,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
iSNCEUU.E, ga.
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hekson ami Milton.
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ttorney at law,
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WRENCEVILLE, GA.,
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Maine. [sep4ly
Weekly Gwinnett Herald.
T. M. PEEPLES, PROPRIETOR ]
Vol. 11.
THE SHIP BELLS.
The tall white ships pass ou and on,
And wane upon the sea;
And o’er the billows’ broken breast
Their bells steal back, to me,
And break, in tieinbling, sobbing throng
Upon the sands in dim, sweet song
Of riven melody.
And sailing o’er sweet fields of gold
And clouds, and summer blue,
Through slanting sun, and shadows dun,
The sails slip through and through.
And throbbing bells that tremble back,
Upon the fair snip’s fading track,
The waves with echoes strew.
And still the ships go on and on,
Out gates of liaZy gray,
As dreams upon the slumb’ring sense
I’as3, unfulfilled, away,
And leave but memory’s grieving bells,
That sob and moan, like ocean shells,
Ever and alway.
And thus our lives go on and on,
Like ships, unceasingly;
Thro’morning's gold and shadows cold,
That check time’s varied sea.
God grant that, like the sweet ship bells,
The good that in my being dwells, .
May echo after me.
Push 011 the Column.
To the Democratic Party in Georgia :
The contiiet is over. The battle
has been fought and we liave achieved
a brilliant, a decisive victory. All
honor to those who have “so nobly
dared and done;” but they must not
rent on their arms, nor lean 011 their
swords, until the etictny, now defeat
ed, is routed ami his forces destroyed.
Linger not among the spoils of the
battlefield to recount your struggles
or chant your peans of victory—but
close up \ our ranks, push on the col
umn and prevent him fiom rallying
to save bis broken foitunes Your
victory will noi be complete if by
indifference or over confidence you
suffei him again to make a stand.
Cease not your efforts —weary not in
your duties—stop not your pursuit
until his flying hosts beg for quarter
and give up the conflict. The strug
gle through which you have passed
has been for Georgia alone ; you must
now unite your forces with the grand
hi in v <>f Reform and Conciliation
Rial are marching towml the nation’s
Capital, determined not to sheath the
SWold 111 furl die banner until the one
is wreathed with garlands of victory,
and die oilier floats in triumph over
the White House in Washington
Georgia speaks no uncertain sound,
btlt (dear ringing dotes. She sounds
words of cheer and greeting to her
sister State. Redeemed herself, her
chains broken, her spirits cheered and
re assured, she will join Cincinnati
and Baltimore in breaking the bonds
of limbs now fettered : in restoring
liberty to the people, self government
to the States and harmony and good
will to the Union. The object is
commendable, the purpose patriotic,
the field inviting. Falter not in your
duty ; but go on battling for the
light until constitutional government
is restored, and the people, North and
South, East and West, snail be united
in feeling, united in interest, united
in “the bonds of a common” Union.
For this the battle you have so nobly
fought and so gloriously won was
waged, and for this you must fight
until, in November next, you can
proclaim from the citadel of civil
liberty that,
“Freedom’s battle once begun,
Bequeath’d from bleeding sire to son
'Though baffled oft’’
At last is won !
Preserve, then, your organization
intact. Have some fallen on the field,
or deserted by the wayside ? Fill up
the ranks and unite the broken col
umn and with freemen’s will and free
men’s daring, march on to conquest
and to victory.
To the liberal Republicans who
have aided us so gallantly in the
struggle, we acknowledge with grati
tuJe their valuable services, and with
their aid in the coming conflict, we
will overflow the party in power,
wnose corruptions they have de
nounced, and whose usurpations they
have so fearlessly exposed.
T 9 the Executive Committeemen
in the Districts, I would urge increas
ed activity. See to it that your Con
gressional Districts are organized and
canvassed, for our Congressmen can
be, and must be, triumphantly elected.
To the Sub-electors, whoso services
our committee so gratefully recog
nize, I can only say, persevere in
your good work ; perfect your organ
izations, rally your county forces and
let each and all of us determine to
stay not our bauds until we have re
claimed the sacred temple, and insti
tuted anew the pure worship of the
buildeis around the holy altars ot
constitutional liberty.
On then, good men, true men to
duty and in November next we will
plant our banners upon the walls of
the nation’s capital, and “sing again
our temple songs in reclaimed Jeru
salem.” Thos. Hardeman, Jh.,
Chairman Stato Dem. Ex. Com.
Lawreneeville, Ga., Wednesday, October 23, 1872*
Senators Elected.
2d district—H W Mattox, dem.
4th district—J M Arnow, dem.
6th district—J D Knight, dem.
Bth district—B F Brimberry, rad.
10th district—W A Harris, dem.
12th district—J E Carter, dem.
14th district—O C Ivibbee, dem.
16th district—Robinson, dem.
,18th district—J G Cain, dem.
20th district—J N Gil more, dem.
22d district— T J Simmons, - dem.
24th district—B II Crawford, dem.
26th district —W W Mathews,detn.
28th district—J W Hudson, dem.
30th district—R Hester, dem
82d district—W II McAfee, dem
34th district—S J Winn, dem.
3Gth district—G L Peavv, dem
38th district—J A Blanee, dein
40th district—ll W Cannon, dem
42d district —J W Wofford, dem
44th district—W 11 Payne, dem
OLD members.
Ist district—R E Lester, Jem
3d district—J C Nicholls, detn
sth district —M Kirkland, deni
*7tli district—W L Clarke, rad.
9th district—Reuben Jones, deni
lltli district—LC Hoy], dem
13th district—R C Black, dem
15th district—D W Cameron, dem
17th district —J S Cone, dem.
19th district —C. Heard, dem.
21»t district —J B Deveaux (00!.),
radical.
23d di-trict —I II Anderson (col.),
radical.
25th district—W P Mathews, dem
27th district —E Steadman, dem.
29th district —W M Reese, dem.
31st district—W F Erwin, dem
33d district —M Van Kstes, dem
35th district—G Ilillyer, dein
37th district—G W l’eddy, dem
39th district—J R Brown dein
41st district—J A Jervis, dem
43d district—L N Trammell, dem
40 democrats.
2 colored radicals.
2 white radicals.
REPRESENTATIVES elected.
Appling—Sellers, Lee, detn
Bullock —DeLoacli, dem
Bryan—ll E Smith, dem
Berrien—W il Snead, dem
Brooks—J II Hunter, dein
Baker—W II Iloggard, dem
Butts —M V McKibben, dein
Bibb—Bacon, Nutting, Lockett,
demoarats
Baldwin—W W Wil iamson, dem
Burke—Jones, Shewmake, Glisson,
democrats.
Banks—J J Trumbull, dem
Bartow—Tumlin, Baker, dem
Chatham—Men-er, Mills, McArthur
Camden—R Tliompkins, dem
Charlton—Roberts
Colquitt—
Coffee—
Clinch—J Sirains, dem
Chattahoochee—J Cook, dem
Clay— J W Johnson, dem.
Calhoun—T M Dunn, dem
Coweta —A Leigh, A Moses, dems
Clayton—L C Hutchinson, dem
Carroll—B M Long, rad
Campbell—T VV Latham, dem
Crawford —J W Ellis, dem
Columbia —McLean, Lampkin, dems
Clarke—Carlton, Jackson, dems.
Cobb—W P Anderson, Blackwell,
democrats.
Cherokee--W A Teaslev, dem
Chattooga—li W Jones, dem
Catoosa —N Lowe, ind. dem
Dade—
DeKalb—S C Masters, dem.
Decatur —Swearinger, Nicholson,
radical
Dodge—J M Buchan, dem.
Dooly—Williams, dem.
Doughs—F N Duncan, dem
Dougherty—T K Lyon, WII Gil
bert, democrats
Dawson—S N Fowler, rad.
Elflingham—C F Foy, dem
Emanuel —G B Spence, dem
Echols—R W Phillipps, dem.
O Dunlap, dem
Elbert —J L Heard, dem
Fannin—rad
Favette—K T Dorsey, dem
Forsyth—R A Bakes, dem
Flojd—Towers, llight, dem.
Fulton—Howell, Hodge, Calhoun,
democrats
Franklin—R D \ow, dem
Glynn— James Blue, negro rad
Green—G II Thompson, Jack
Heard, negro rad
Glasscock —A Brassell, dem
Gilmer—
Gwinnett—Baxter, Blatey, dems
Gordon—li M Young, dem
Harris —Murphy, Uarget, dems
Heard—Summerlin, dem
Houston —Feagan, Mathews, Rich
ardson,- dem
Henry—E Morris, dem
Hancock—Pierce,Culver, dom
Hart—M A Duncan, rad
Hall—A 1> Candlor, dem
Habersham—J H Grant, dem
Haralson — ' #
Irwin—J Dominy, dem
1 Joucs - C A Hamilton, dem
‘•coming Events cast their shadows before!”
Jasper—Newton, dem
Jefferson—J Stapleton, M A Evans, j
democrats
Jackson—G li Duke, dem
Johnson—R J Hightower, dein
Siberty—Hone, dem
Laurens—J T Duncan, dem
Lincoln —W D Tutt, dem.
Lumkin—M E Whelchel, dem
Lowndes—J A Ottsley. dem
Lee—Lipßey, Saddler, denis
Mclntosh—T G Campbell, negro.
Montgomery —J Mcßae, dem
Miller—l A Bush, dem
Mitchell—Twitty, dem
Macon—Leroy M Felton, W II
Willis, denis
Marion —E M Butt, deni
Muscogee —John Peabody, T J
Watts, dems
Meriwether—J 1> Roper, R A S
Frreeman, dems
Monroe—Dumas, Shi, dems
Morgan—S Reese, J R Roswick,
democrats
Milton—A J Bell, dem
Madison —J Kirk, dem
Murry—B Wofford, dem
McDuffie —A E Sturges, dem
Newton—Simms, Davis, dems
Oglethorpe—Hurt, Willingham,
democrats
Pierce —B I) Bratnbley, dem
Pulaski - -Cc>!ding, Barkwell, dems
Pike—Jenkins, dem
Putnan-_W F Jenkins, dem
Pickens—-A P Loveless, rad
l oll;—Hightower, dem
Paulding—Robert Trammel, dem
Quitman—ll M Keigle, dem
Randolph—C A Harris, W Cole
man, deitls
Richmond—A Walsh,W A Clarke,
II C Foster, dems
Rabun—
Roekda|e-_J A Stewart, dem
Scriven—J C Dell, dein
Sumter-_Fort, Black, dems.
Stewart—J H Lowe, W W Fitz
gerald, dems
Schley—C B Hudson, dem
Spaldin^—W Blanton, dem
Tattnal— G MEd wards, dem
Telfair—T J Smith, dem
Thomas—A F Atkinson, Jasper
Battle, colored radicals
Terrell—W Kaigler, democrat
Taylor—B Stewart, detn
Talbot— R. M Willis, C B Leitner,
democrats
Troup— J S Hill, F M Langley,
democrats
Twiggs— W Griffin, rad
'1 aliaferro—Flynt, dem
Towns—G Stephens, dein
Upson__J W Mathews, dem
Union—Marion Williams, dein
Way tie—llopps, dem.
Ware— J B Cason, dem
Worth— D McLellan, dem
Wilcox— G P Ried, dem
Webster—J R Beaty, dem
Wilkinson—-Adams, dem
Washington—Taliaferro, Mcßride,
democrats
Warren—C S Dubose, T N Poole,
democrats
Wilkes—Barksdale, Mattox, denis
Walton—McDaniel, dem.
White—A Merritt, detn
Walker—J C Clements, dem
Whitefield—J Rodgers, dem
New Port, U.T., the Mecca of
Rhode Island Grantites, has a foreign
! commerce which yields S93G per
annum, and this sum is collected at a
[ cost to the United States of $8315 53.
j Resides there is a revenue cutter sta
j tioned there, and Newport shopkeep
ers depend almost entirely for support
in the winter time on the patronage
of the cutter's crew. It almost need
! less to add that Newport gives a com
paratively enormous Grant majority
every time, and thinks that the Dem
ocratic cities of New York and Prov
idence are sinks of iniquity.— Sav.
Advertiser.
A foolisli Missourian who pre
sumed to kiss a pretty girl was fined
by a magistrate, horse whipped by
her brother, and hurried into the
brain fever by his wife. The village
clergyman alluded to the affair in a
sermon ; the local editor took sides
with the clergyman and reviewed the
case in print, and the potato bug ate
up every blade of the malefactor’s
wheat.
#
The importation of negroes into
Indiana for the put pose of voting is
likely to involve other troubles, as it
is reported that many have left dis
tricts infested with smallpox, and
will spread that loathesome disease
wherever they go to carry out the
infamous purposes of the Radicals.—
Sav. Advertiser.
A New York editor thinks, from
the manner in which shirts aro made
| in that city, there ought to be an in
spection of sew ing. He says he went
to the exnen.se of a new shirt the
! other day, and fouud kiinself, when
lie awoke in the morning, crawling
I out between two of the shot test
i stitches.
Oen. - liucknrr on tl»e South
ern Sit nation.
A Herald coriespondent, at Niaga
ra, finds Gen. S. B. Buckner, of Ken
tucky, at tlio Clifton House, and lias
this to say about him :
Among the prominent guests stop
ping at the Clifton House is General
Buckner, of Confederate army memo
ry. He is a splendid specimen of a
Southerner) tall, finely farmed, mid
perfectly free and outspoken in his
beliefs and opinions.
“Wliatdo you think,” I asked him
to-dav in the course of a conversa
tion, “of the present political situa
tion at the South ?”
“I think,” he promptly answered,
“it is the most deplorable that can be
imagined;” and then he continued ;
“the South is under bayonet rule
A much worse military despotism
cannot be conceived. Carpet-bag
geis have stolen money right and
left. We might sell North Oaroliua
and Fori da to-day, and they would
not bring money enough to pay their
Slate debts. Louisiana is not much
better off. 1 know people in New
Orleans who would be glad to lent
their bouses for the taxes.”
“You draw a gloomy picture, Gen
eral-”
“Only the true one, sir;” lie spoke
out energetically. “The South is in
a much worse condition to day than
at the close of the war.”
“To what do you attribute this ?”
“To the government we have been
under.”
“So the remedy would bo a change
of government 1”
“Precisely ibis and nothing else I
that is, if the change be the right
kind of one.”
“So, then, it is clear you are not
in favor of the re election of Grant.’
“By no means, and these are not
iny individual sentiments, but those
of all the born white Southerners.
Grant will get no votes except those
of the carpet bag minions and thieves
and the negroes.”
“All your people, then, will vote
for Greeley.”
“There is no other alternative
We want a change in the govern
ment, and a change even under Gree
ley, with all his impracticable theo
ries and notions, might be tor the
bettei.”
“llow about the negro vote?”
“They will vote for Grant, of
course ; they will do ihe bidding of
the carpet-baggers; they will tie
marched to the polls in semi military’
style, and votes placed in their hands,
which they will cast, not knowing
what they are. They arc told that if
they vote for Greeley, they will be
reduced to slavery again, and they
believe it. 1 do not know bow long
tiiis sort of a thing is going to last
It is truly disheartening. There is
not an instance on record of any
attempted resistance by Confederates
to the Government. The people are
loyal. Our country might be made
a unit, which it is not, and the South
be made prosperous and happy.”
The interview was much longer;
but 1 will give you no more of it.
The above is a sample of bis views
upon the present political situation at
the South, and, of course, is to be
taken for what it is worth. “This
and nothing more.”
Tim Faith of a Detroit Gikl.—
The Detroit Free Press of Monday
relates the story of n marriage in
that city a few nights ago :
It seems that John Doe and Mary
Doe had been "engaged” for a year
or more, lie being a railroad man
and she a fine giil of eighteen, A
day was set for the marriage, and
John spent about S2OO for new
clothe*, engraved cards of invitation
and preparation for a banquet. It
had been announced in church that
the marriage would take place at a
certain hour in the morning, but it
didn’t. The evening before the day
eet down John called at the house,
handed the l-ride elect the invitation
cards, and went off with his heart as
big ns a turnip. He had only been
gone a few minutes when an old
lover came to the house; he was
grieved and astonished, and pleaded
with such eloquence that tne girl
took his arm ; went to a proper offi
cial, and in less than half an hour
they were married. When the in
vited guests assembled next morning
Mary Koe was in Chicago on her
wedding tour, and John Doe was just
starting for the depot, a butcher knife
hidden under his vest and the butt
ond of a revolver to be seen in his
hip pocket.
The fair maids of Switzerland
practice the air cure, not only by
breathing the pure mountain atmos
phere, but by sitting on the slopes in
the costume of Five, lhe scenery of
Switzerland is greatly admired.
f.f‘> A YEAR, IN ADVANCE
Appomattox..
A Correspondent of the New Yoik
Evening Cost, who is “writing up”
Southern and Southwestern Virginia,
makes these observations about a
somewhat famous station on tbo
Southside HaifrOad :
Midway between Frfrmville and
Lynchburg is Appomattox. When
the brakeman opens the door anti
calls out in a loud voice, “Appomat
tox,” there is a general rush of heads
to the ear windows, and everybody
looks out eagerly rts if expecting to
see something vert wonderful.
Nothing of the kind appears. A
less historical place in appearance
wiil not ba found in all this region.
A country store, H ttficftffttiight’. and
blacksmith's shop, an aged individual,
with tobacco juice running out of the
comers of his Mouth, and two or
three piles of oak bark, ecrn*tuute
the liist view of Appotnattox ns seen
from the windows of the train. True,
• his is only the station, the village of
Appomattox being a mile ot tftotc
away, and tbc scene of the momora
hie surrender further away still. No
monument of any kind, I am told
marks the Waterloo of the rebellion
The New Yorker, you may be sure
had his head out of the window and
his tongue going:
“Where is that apple tiee that Lee
surrendered under ?”
“Done cut down,” said the aged
person.
“Where are the roots?'
“Done cut up ?”
“Who cut ’em up—Yanks ?”
“Yanks and Confeds both.”
“Roots all gone ?”
“Clean gone.”
“Well, I’m right down sorry. 1
came here expressly to buy them
roots, intending to divide ’em equally
between Ulysses and Horace. Good
bye, my venerable friend.”
“Far you well,” said the old man,
and the train moved on.
It is related as a singular circum
stance, that the owner of the farm
on which Lee surrendered, rlso owned
the farm on which the first battle ts
Dull Run, July 18, 1861, was fought.
Fleeing from the might of the Union
armies, he found in Appomattox, as
he thought, a place to which they
would never penetrate, and there, by
a singular chance, witnessed the
downfall of the Confedracy.
A Moxtana Ghost —Montana has
its ghost story. The mysterious visi
tors make their appearance in the
neighborhood of the town of Sterling,
in the Lower Hot Springs District.
There stands at this place a stone
house, larger and more pretentious
than any in the vicinity. It was
erected by a mining company an 1
occupied i>v miners—and ghosts. —
There was soon an "incompatibility
of temper” between the two classes
of tenants. The mining company
would very willingly have served a
wiit of ejectment upon the ghosts,
but they wandered from room to
room, making hideous noises, ap
proaching, retreating, now overhead,
now under foot, and defied human
eyesight. The miners endured these
nocturnal disturbances fur a while,
but at last their ethereal visitors
commenced to disturb the sleepers in
their beds, indicating their presence
by adjusting the bedding, tucking it
under at the sides ta carefully as
mothers do about their sleeping in
fants, and lightly pattihg the bodies
of those in the beds, and waving their
hands above their faces. They felt no
touch of file hands on the face, but
distinguished tbe motions in tbe dis
turbance of the air. That was too
much. The miners could withstand
the spirits when up and awake, but
that the ghosts should "put them in
(heir little beds” so carefully, and in
such a motherly manner, was bey ond
their endurance. They decamped.
If anv ofour renders would like H house
in the town of Sterling, Montana,
thete is now one To rent theie—a sub
stantial stone one—cheap.— Conati
iutionaliat.
A Greeley negro in Cairo owned a
Greeley dog and a Grant negro
owned a Grant coon. The negroes
sot the animals to fighting, and the
Grant coon was killed in the struggle.
Then the Grant negro and the Gree
ley negro fought each other, and the
Grant "negro was speedily laid by the
side of the coon.
A poor young man remarks that
the only advice lie gets from capital
ists is to "live within his income,”
whereas the difficulty he experiences
is to live without an income.
This is a personal item in the most
approved style of the Western pa*
pers: “Jacob Bumgander blew into
tbe muzzle of his guu to see if it was
loaded. It was—Funeral oo Sunday,”
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The money for advertisements is due
on the first insertion.
A square is the apace of one inch in
depth of the colurtin, irrespective of fh6
number of lines.
Marriages and deaths, not exceeding
six lines, published free. For a man ad
vertising his wife, and all other |iersona!
matter, double rales will he charged.
No. 32.
A (lifted Mointtliis f.nwyet'
"I'O Edited two l’aners/
Hoi It Daily.
An antiquaied wiitcr in the Mem
phis Appeal has dug up out of his
memory the following rich store.
The young lawyer referred to is still
flourishing in Memphis : “There was
never greater local excitement than
that which grew out of this infernal
nnvy vard business. Half the people
were in favor of accepting the prop
erty, and half or more opposed to it.
The latter thinking that the govern
ment might he induced even yet to
make liberal appropriation* and per
fect the navy yard and build ships
and steamers here. There were two
newspapers published here—one n
morning paper, edited by a gentle
man of ho ordiimry ability named
Hank head, who was tragically and
mysteriously assassinated some six
years ago. There was another, an
afternoon paper, called the News (I
believe that was its name), edited by
a man named Yancy. Three editors
opposed one another on the navy-yard
question, and their discussions had
begotten a gnod deal ol excitement,
when both went away for the summer,
and each without the other’s knowl
edge employed the same man, this
young lawyer, to conduct his paper
in his absence The yotifrg limb of
the law tiatu ally enough took to both
sides of the question, lie marie the
controversy between the two papers
hotter and hotter on each smtessive
day. Crowds gathered each after
noon about the News oflice.and Some
body expected that the two furious
editors would shed blood. The com
ing duel in Arkansas was eonti ’entlv
anticipated, and the ferocity of the
two papers was ma velous I’opulur
excitement was intense when Dank
head canto hurrying home from Vir
ginia and Yancev, from Alabama,
each thinking the other was about to
mtnder liissubstitute. Such was til a
fervor of popular feeling and exas
peration that the story was necessa
rily kept quiet. If the mischievous
fratld upon the public passion bad
been exposed at tbe time tho con
aiuore editor would have beeu banged
to a lamp post,’*
A funny scehe took place at the
White House upon the presentation
of the delegation of the Teton Sioux
to the President. The Washington
Star vouches for tho troth of thfl
embat russiug little incident. Medi
cine Bear, chief of the 'Teuton Sioux,
opened the "big talk” with a speech
very similar to the one ho recently
delivered before the Secretary of the
Interior; but before doing so, laid
his huge calumet ou (ho mantle piece,
and after removing his leather head
dress, deliberately proceeded to mi -
shirt himself, to the no small aston
ishment of the pale faces present.
After divesting himself of his shirt,
lie advanced toward the President,
and holding it aloft was about to put
it over the Great Father’s head, when
General Cowen took hold of it and
placing ii on a chair told Medicine
Bear, through the interpreter, that
the Great Father Would not wear it
lit n, hut would accept it. Of course
he would. He never declines any
thing, and even the dirty, frowsy
war shirt of a big Sioux Indian is
welcome. If he cannot wear it him
self, it will, at least make an excellent
covering for those bull pups. Catch
him refusing any thing so useful.
The man who clients tlie printer
Out of a single cent,
Will never reach the heavenly laud
Where old Elijah went.
If.- will not gain admittance there,
By devils lie’ll he driven,
Ami made to loaf his time away
Outside the walls of heaven.
Without a man to greet him,
Without a pleasant grin,
The happiness that he will reap
Will be almighty thin.
He’ll have to cat the thistle
Of sorrow and regret,
lie'll have to buck around right smart
With cusseiluess, “You bet !”
A facetious traveler describes the
difference between society in the me
tropolis and that In a provincial town
in the following language: “In the
country, if you have a boiled leg of
mutton for dinner everybody wishes
to know whether you have caper sauce
wiih it; whereas in New York you
may have an elephant for lunch and
uo one cares a pin about it.”
Mrs. Fair sited copious tears over
her verdict, and a telegram says tbe
brave San Frauciecoans wanted to
lynch her. He that was without sin
was about to shy the first stone, when
! “the better counsels of the law-ahid
j ing citizens” quieted the honest, vir-
I tuous in assess.