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IS! AL CARPS.
WM. K. SIMMONS.
SIMMONS.
S AT LAW,
ett and the adjoining
mar 15—1 v
TCH I X S,
r AT LAW,
nties of the Western
1 ami Forsyth of the
PEEPLES,
AT LAW,
unties of Gwinnett,
romplly attended to
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emT to all business
. and also to Land,
claims mar 15—6 m
A. MITCHELL,
HLLE, GA.,
r a continuation of
ices to the citizens
nstantly on hand a
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ally prepared.
PER.M.D.,
ID SURGEON,
VILLE, GA.
H E IIT S ,
‘V GEORGIA,
ginesa entrusted to
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TA, GA.
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Agents wanted.
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Maine, [sep-l-iy
Weekly Gwinnett Herald.
T. M. PEEPLES, PROPRIETOR ]
Vol. 11.
O, (jive me a Home in the
South!
0 ! give me a home in the South,
Down by the murmuring stream
Where the fragrant magnolias bloom,
Life's like a midsummer’s dream,
Beautiful stars of the night
Peep thro’ the curtains of space,
Shedding their soft mellow light,
Loving to smile on my face.
0! give me a home in the South,
The loveliest spot on the earth;
I care not how humble it be,
The dear, sunny land of my birth.
0! give me a home in the South,
W here the mocking b rds gather and sing
Their melodies cheerful aud gay,
Welcoming beautiful spring;
Where the river fi >ats gayly along,
In its winding way out to the sea.
I care not where others may dwell.
A home in the South give to me.
0 ! give me a home in the South,
A home ’neath a Southern sky,
Where I’ve lived all the summer of life,
W here the friends of my youth live and die
When I’m called by the Angel of Death
To leave all 1 love on the earth,
May the Angel then find me asleep
In the beautiful land of my birth.
A Duel with Daggers.
Probably the public, whose minds
have been much agitated recently
with accounts of duels, will be inter
ested in perusing the following ac
count of a duei with daggers, in
London. It was an English King
who once said, when it was suddenly
announced to him that his minister
had been assassinated: “Where is
the woman ?” thus intimating that a
woman is always at the bottom of
every difficulty. In this case, too, it
seems this disturbing element of
human society, as beautiful as she is,
plavs her mischievous part:
Two German gentlemen, said to
be well known in the city of London,
recently quarreled about a lady, and,
it is alleged, their feelings towards
each other was so hitter that they
could not he appeased without resort
to a hostile meeting. Seconds and a
medical man were accordingly en
caged, and the duel was arranged to
lake place in Finsbury Paik. Ihe
combat was no', however, permitted
to take place, and the behigcienis
"ere compelled to proceed some dis
taiu-e farther, to a spot where they
were screened liom the observation
of chance spectators by a high hedge.
It is asserted that they then fought
with dagger knives, having blades
seven inches in engtli; that the dis
tance they stood apart was only at
arm’s length, and the position toe to
toe. The eyes of each combatant
were protected by a vizard, and two
of the fingers and the thumb wore
protected by the guard ot the knives.
Hostilities commenced at 7 o’elogk,
and in thefbst few passes the s igliter
antagonist wounded his adversary
twice in the right arm The wounds,
however, were not ot a character, in
the opinion of the bystanders, to
cause an ei d of the duel to be de
clared. The contest proceeded, and
the thrusts and parries followed each
other in quick succession.
The combatant who bad gained
the earlier success seemed to have
lost nerve, for, after twenty minutes’
severe fighting, he lost his guard, and
received an ugly gash from the cor
ner of the end of the ear. The phy
sician and seconds here interposed,
and hostilities were suspended. The
dangerously wounded man was con
veyed in his carriage to the German
hospital, lie was speechless when
removed, and all communication with
him involving the use of speech has
been forbidden.— London Telegraph.
— — m • 1
The Value of Time—When the
Romcn Emperor s id, “I have lost a
day,’’ he uttered a sadder truth than
if he had exclaimed, “I have lost a
kingdom.” Napoleon said that the
reason why he beat the Austrians
was that they did not know the value
of five minutes. At the celebrated
battle of Rivoli, the conflict seemed
on the point of being decided against
him. lie saw the critical state of
affairs, and instantly took his resolu
tions. He dispatched a flag to the
Austrian headquarters with propo
sals for an armistieo. The unwary
Austrian soldiers fell into a snare
For a few minutes the thunders of
battle were bushed. Napoleon seized
the precious moments and, while
amusing the enemy with mock nego
tiations, re-arranged his line of battle,
changed his front, and in a few min
utes was ready to renounce the farce
of discussion for tne stern arbitra
ment of arms. The splendid victory
of Rivoli was the result. Ihe great
moral victories aud defeats ot the
world often turned on five minutes.
Men loiter, time flies, and all the
great interests of life are speeding
on with the sure and silent tread of
destiny.
The woman question —what did
she have on?
Lawrenceville, Ga., Wednesday. November 13, 1872.
From the San Francisco Chrohlcle.
Classic Ilusts.
In this modern and artificial age,
when ladies so love to stuff, pad, laee
and twist the human form divine as
to make it graceful, despite any little
short-comings of nature in the way
of an imperfect figure, we are not
astonished to hear daily of new pat
ents and inventions for aiding the
dress maker in her laudable efforts to
improve nature’s handiwork
Believing that something new was
needed to give additional prominence
—contour development, embonpoint ,
or what you will—to the female form,
a modiste of this city has lately in
vented and patented a tin bust. A
Chronicle reporter yesterday sought
the inventress at her manufacturing
rooms. Climbing a flight of stairs,
he rapped timidly at the door, for
Ah at man does not feel a little shaky
when about to explore the mysteries
of the feminine toilet ? A plump,
bright looking little woman, with rosy
cheeks and a smile that bespoke good
humored cuteness, opened the door
and said:
“well, sik?”
Reporter—Madam,l am a—l heard
—excuse me—l understand that you
are the inventress of a tin—a tin
b b b—that is, a tin model for ladies,
madam.
Modiste—Yes,sir, patent tin busts.
Do you wish to purchase one ?
The reporter explained his occupa
tion, and informed the lady that he
had merely called, thinking that some
information concerning the great in
vention would prove of interest to
the lady readers of the Chronicle.
“Oh, dear! so you are a reporter?
Well, I declare 1 don’t know whether
I ought to show you my patent bust
or not. You newspaper men, and
especially the Chronicle men, are so
saucy ; and then you are so cruelly
sarcastic sometimes that really I am
afraid of the Chronicle, though 1
would not do without it for the world.
Now, 1 know you came up here to
make fun of this bust of mine; didn’t
you i"
Reporter—No madam ; 1 assure
you 1 came to write something in
the cause of science and improve
ment.
M odiste— Well, then, I suppose 1
must show it to you. So walk right
in.
IN THE lion’s DEN.
The reporter turned as red as a
heel as he entered a room where
some comely girls were busy cutting
and sewing something. He took a
scat, nearly missing the chair, and
remained very ill at ease while the
inventress retiied into another room
to get the wonderful bust. The girls
cast mischievous glances at him that
made him feel like a cat in a strange
garret. Presently the inventress re
turned, bearing in her hands a tin
thing that resembled John McCul
lough’s breastplate when he dues
“Richard III.” She placed it in the
reporter's lap, which started the girls
to giggling again, and made him feel
like two strange cats in a garret.
Modiste—You see this is just like
the body of a lady. It made of tin,
and we make them to any size.
A IIOKUIBLE ItLUNDEK.
Reporter—How in the world can
a lady wear one of these stiff, un
comfortable things ?
Modiste—Why, my dear me, they
do not wear them at all. They are
dummies—models on which to fit
dresses.
At this point the girls screeched,
and the inventress had to quiet them
by reprimand.
Oh ! I see ; you only adjust the
pattern on this—this bust
Modiste—Yes; it’s just like fitting
a dress on a live woman, you see,
only it doesn’t fidget like some of
them. Its convenient. You can
lake it in your lap while you are fit
ting on the dress, and you can’t do
that with a live woman, you know.
The reporter blushed, aud said he
rather thought not.
Modiste—Of course not; it’s not
a bit inconvenient to carry around,
though it is too large See here, I
put my hat in it. It makes a splen
did hat-box to put in your trunk
while you are traveling—hat can’t
get mashed a bit. We make them
Of all sizes and furnish patterns,
wire-stand and everything complete,
so that a lady can adjust her bust to
the heighth of her figure, and make
a dress fit exactly. Ofc, it is ex
tremely convenient, I assure you. If
you are rich,and don’t want to bother
with running to your dressmaker so
often to get your dress tried on to
see how it’s being made, why, a!l you
need to do is to get a bust and leav e
it *at the dressmaker’s with your
order.
Reporter —I see, madam. Very
nice arrangement.
“COMING EVENTS CAST THEIR SHADOWS BEFORE!”
THE economy of the thing.
Modiste—Yes, and if you are only
respectable, and like to wear neat
fitting dresses, but can’t afford to
pay a dressmaker twenty-five dollars
for making one, why you can get one
of ray patent tin busts and cut and
fit your own dresses. Then, too, il
you are a prosessional dressmaker
and wish to make a favorable display
of your goods, these are the best
things you can get. Se there, (lav
ing her hand on two very visible pro
tuberances on the model) that just
sets oft’ a bodice or a sack charmingly
Reporter—Suppose that those who
order these—ur ah—these inventions
—are not —ur-ali—well developed,
tall and straight?
Modiste—()h, that’s tlm beauty of
these busts. If the purchaser is not
well formed, we make the bust so
anyhow ; and when the dress is fitted
to it and padded, it’s real graceful, 1
assuio you. We have no trouble
about that.
A SUPPOBABLE CASE.
Reporter—ls a young lady should
purchase one of these, would she not
outgrow it and the dresses lilted to it
become too small ?
Modiste —All that they have to do
is to send it back aud got it enlarged.
If it’s a very fat woman and she
grows lean, we can make her tin bust
smaller.
Here the reporter rose to go, ex
pressing the belief that the madam’s
great invention would prove a suc
cess. He was politely bowed out,
and passed down the stairs. When
he reached the bottom lie stood for a
moment pondering on the deceits of
the world, and of the fickle fair in
particular. Just as he stepped into
the street he felt something strike
him on the head, and heard a peal of
silvery laughter from the window
above He picked up the soft mis
sile with which he had been struck.
It wits a lot of cotton rolled in paper.
And this was the parting salute that
the tin bust girls gave the bashful
Chronicle man.
JCH/" Some old bachelor applies
the following to Georgia girls,
and says the same is said of girls in
Kentucky, lie his been “kicked,”
we venture to say, by at least one
young lady in each ot the men
tinned places lie says:
Atlanta girls pitch-quoits.
Macon girls play poker.
Savami ill girls play euchre.
Augllsta girls play seven up.
Athens girls play whist.
Brunswick girls play cribbugc.
„St. Mary’s gills keno.
Hawkinsville girls play billiards
Columbus girls jump the rope.
Griffin girls tun foot races.
Lawrenceville girls love buggy
r ties.
Cartersvillc girls love candy.
Rome girls are Heckled.
Dalton girls are red-haired.
LaGrange girls are pigeon’toed.
Newuan girls are knock-kneed
West Point girls are bow-legged.
Cutlibert girls are round-shoul
dered.
Milledgeville girls wear false
calves.
Eatonton girls suck liokorice
[and perfume with garlic.
Covington girls tie the garter
above the knee.
Forsyth girls chew tobacco.
Conyers girls use snuff.
Dawson girls eat onions.
Washington girls Boston dip.
Sparta girls eat slate penci.s.
Marietta girls chew gum.
Albany girlds drink vinegar be
cause they are so sweet the boys
would eat ’em up if they didn’t.
Bainbridge girls Greek bender*.
Thomasville girls tallow their
hair.
Americus girls reject Dolly
Vardens.
Jonesboro’ girls run barefoot.
A Song Fou Evekybody. —The
Central City Times has an “occa
sionaLpoet” who sometimes gets
off a good thing. The following
is his latest, which contains a
moral worthy the consideration of
every business man;
There is a man in our town,
Who does not advertise ;
Good customers go past Uis door,
The cherry cash likewise.
And when be posts his books at night,
lie’s the saddest man in town,
And ever and anon he moans,
••The place is going dowel”
If all the men were like this man,
We’d feel no great surprise,
If all tins town's inhabitants
Were shoveled to the skies.
For towns must grow and trade increase,
By nerve and enterprise;
And they wbo’d live must have the pluck
To risk and advertise
From the Washington Chronicle.
Some Incidents in tin* Life ol'
a Decayed Heau.
A remnant, worn and weather
beaten, of those “good old days”
when omnibuses rolled in lonely state
up and down the thoroughfares of
the nation’s capital, and Webster,
Clay and Calhoun were the principal
stars in the Congressi >nal play-hills,
may be seen almost any fine day lean
ing against one of the m: ride pillais
of the Metropolitan Hotel, gazing at
the protnenaders that pass along
Pennsylvania avenue, in panoramic
review. Beau Hickman, a- he leans
thus, with one foot crossed over the
other, bringing their broad surfaces
of bunions out in hold relief against
the pavement, is dressed in a full suit
of well-worn black, can fully brushed ;
a green and purple neck-cloth, whose
threads of once shining gilt have long
since assumed a dismal, rusty black,
hangs negligently down in a wiltel
way, as if it too remembered t he day
when it associated proudly with “a
number a hundred and fourteen vest,”
or a ninety-six coat. Many are the
Stories told of this decayed man of
fashion ; his sponging record vying,
if possible, with his miraculous and*
unending wardrobe.
Upon one occasion he anivud at
tlie Springs only to find another beau
installed before him. Cogitating on
the dreadful fact, he chanced to meet
Ins rival, who called his servant and
commanded : “Bill, lay out uiy’num
her eight vest, my number eleven
coat, and my number sixteen | ants.’’
Whereupon Beau called his servant
and said : “Sam, lay out my number
a hundred and fourteen vest, iny
nnmber ninety six coat, and my
number a hundred and eight pants
for me to drive in.” His rival, over
whelmed hv these high figures, left
the next day. Being penniless on
ot.e occasion about dinner time, he
walked into “Gadsby’s,” (now the
Washington House,) put his cap in
his pocket, entered the dining-room,
and ate his dinner after an exaggera
ted American fashion, went to the
hat-rack and selected one of the
best, walked to the depot and took
the train, which was about starling
for l altunoro. Wheij the conductor
came around lie found Beau leaning
out of the window intently sludging
the landscape, lie gave linn a punch
to acquaint him with Ids presence,
but thelandscapo held him entranced
lie gave linn another, harder than
the first, when Beau came hi so stid
deuly as to knock his new hat oil.
He then got into an angry dispute
CT , 1 ' . *
with tiie conductor, saying, “it was a
new hat, just bought and lie had the
ticket in the band,” and demanded
the money for the hat, which the
conductor finally paid him, and thus
the Beau obtained hi dinner, a ride
to Baltimore, and money enough to
buy a new hat by that fast-growing
acquirement called “cheek.”
Strangers who visit Washington
often evince a great desire tor the
“honor” of an introduction, when the
Beau tells “that it has been the cus
torn for gentlemen to give him an
initiation or introduction fee.” If
they ask him how much, he will tell
them “Members of Congress and
gentlemen of distinction fifty cents;
others a quarter of a dollar. ’ that
the fifty cents is handed to him in
nine eases out of ten 1 need not tell a
peison of the reader’s discriminating
character But although in the old
limes Beau put such a high estimate
upon himself, we find him in these
degenerate days knocking down the
pleasure of his acquaintance to ten
cents. Modest men, “learfui ol hull
ing his feelings,” invite him up to
the bar, where he says : “i uever
drink; I’ll take a cigar or the change.”
During the war Washington pos
sessed a place of amusement ol the
lower order, called 'Canterbury Hall,’
situated on Louisiana avenue. A >
conflagration whicli was for once
blessed razed il to the ground. 1 lie
fire occurred in the »;ay lime, and j
many w itnessed it, among them Beau j
Ilickiuan, who stood beseeching some
one to save his tiunk, which was in
an adjoining building, as il was alt
lie had in the world. Some kind
hearted person rescued it from the
fast burning building, when Beau
kneeled on the pavement, unlocked |
his treasure, aud displayed to a high- |
ly admiring and discriminating as- i
sciublage fashion plates from the year |
1800 u|> to tlie year ol the fire.—
Whether the benevolent individua. ,
considered himself repai I by the dis ;
play for tlie risk of his lile 1 do not
know.
Not a week since our city Masons
entered the l’rovideiice (R. I ) Com- j
maudery. Beau was assiduous in his ■
attentions and explanations, dilating
at great length on the changes that
have taken place in Washington
since he fir.it knew it. As they were [
| $2 A YEAR, IN ADVANCE.
leaving Beau asked one of them for a
little recompense. “W I nit! excla in
ed one of the Masons, “here wo have
been everywhere ahout the city, had
everything; we could possibly desire,
and you are the first person who has
asked us foi a cent.” “But, sir,’
returned the Beau, “yi u forget that
not many men have seen the sights
I have witnessed ; few have gazed
upon the patriot Lafayette when he
visited this country. Have I not
tolil you more of what personally eon
corned Daniel Webster and John ('.
Calhoun, and those men that will
not he forgotten until the end of time,
than you could have learned from
histotians, who only delve in letters
and hearsay for their information ?
I have grown oi l in the service, and
if jou strangers, who have profited
hv my information, cannot give a
little something toward my support
I think it very hard.’ The Mason
sue uorbed to the lluvvers of Beau’s
rhetoric, and left with food foi
thought
A liacy Jjutter.
Dear brothers, sisters, cousins, etc.
I now take my seat and set down to
t do; this opportunity to inform you
that I am “Daddy" that is, I suppose
1 am, for Abide has got a nice fat
babv, and we hope that these few
lines will lirtd you enjoying the same
blessing. Now this is to lie strictly
a business letter. First, as I said
before, Abhie lots as nice a baby as
ever made faces. Ncxtly I have
swapped oil old Um kskin, and have
got a pretty nice horse, it is a little
girl ami weighs nine pounds — I mean
tne baby— and is j isi as fat ns butter,
and lias got a good strong pair ot
lungs, and is red and lias a bobtail
I mean the horse at.d a while stripe
on hei face and a good driver; she
lias got blue eyes and a dimple in her
c.liin—l mean the baby now—and
just tlm prettiest mouth that ever
was, and, judging from her teeth, she
is about six years old—the baby—she
is sound, smooth and kind—l mean
the horse or the baby now—and tl«e
doctor says sbo is the handsomest he
ever saw without any exception, I
got ‘2! dollars to boot, not in the
babv scrape, though, lor the boot
v, as on I lie other loot, and two or
ilime sizes larger as near as I can
find, out lam going to harness the
horse and go after mother—-she was
horn last Wednesday morning at 2d
minutes past nine, (l don’t mean
mother or the home, but the baby.)
She is as hearty as a pig, ate an egg,
a huscuit., and dtank lor dinner, three
cups of coffee—l mean Abhie. She
is getting along nicely, and if we
have no had luck, she will get along
first inte. She is rather windy, and
they say that’s a sign of colic.
(I mean tho baby ) I hope it is,
for nurse says eolicy babies never
die. She talks thro’ lmr nose as she
takes snuff —the nurse.
There, I’ve been reading it over
and I see plainly I’m not fit to write.
The result is. I am lluslrated —I am
daddy and that accounts for it, so
von must excuse me this time.
Respectfully, Sam Dancy
Romantic of Litkieaiubk. —A short
time ago, on a rainy day, a young,
handsome, careworn, poorly dressed
lady was observed passing to and fio
for several hours on a hroadway
block, in which is located one of the
large pub ish d’g house* Every time
she passed this glace, going up or
down, she cast a furtive glance at tho
door. At last, when she was at one
time hurrying past the place, s’ie
whipped out from under her shawl a
huge roll of manuscript, dung it o’
ilie floor and disappeared round the
comer. Some of the clerks, who
had observed the incident, followed
in her Hacks, tail failed to catch sight
of oi tin I her. The publisher found
that the manuscript was a novel, and
he handed it to a literary expeit for
perusal. This expert tells me that it
is a remarkable production, which has
burst from tHo heart of the unknown
child of genius. I suppose it will
some lime or other see the light, and
we must hope it will lie the means ot
giving fame ami fortune to the timid
authoress, who was drenched as she
walked to and fro, with heavy heart,
in the rain storm. —A r . Y. Letter.
This fine writing is getting to be a
disease. Vide the following from an
Eastern paper : “In the pale trsnslu
cent moonlight which now lightly
bathes the earth, the distant roar ol
the falls, the weired note of the pea
cock, and the hoarse snort of the
bull calf, make life up town a per
petual romance ”
- «•»»-
Aii amateur journalist in Indiana
has made a fortune by his pen. His
father died ol" grief alter reading one
of his editorials, and left him $130,-
000.
RA IKS OF ADVERTISING.
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on the first nsi-rfion.
A square is the space of one inch in
depth of the column, irrespective of the
number of lines.
Mnrringcs and deaths, not exceeding
six lines published free. For a man ad
vertising hi* wife, and all other personal
mailer, double rates will lie charged.
No. 35.
A Parson’s Strategy,
The following is old it belonged
to tlm I ast g»nei at ion hut it may bo
now to many at the present day :
f Md 1 arson Munson, ol Worcester,
used occasionally to ho absent from
his flock on missionary tours into
distant Slates. Fpon a certain sum
mer Sabbath, having just returned
from one ol the.-o excursions, he
found his congregation drowsy, and
fur tiie purpose of waking them up
he broke otf in tho midst of his ser
mon. and began to tell them of what
wonderful things lm had seen in
\ oik State. Among other wonders
he had seen there the largest mos
ipieti es it had ever been his fortune
to fall in wiiH so large, in fact, that
many of them tPould wciyh a pound.
The good people wore by this time
w ide awake.
‘A es, ’ continued the parson ; “and
moreover, they have been known to
climb up a true and hai I. ”
Ihe congregation were sleepy no
more on that day. On if,e day fol
lowing two ot the deaeons if the
church waited on Raison Munson,
ami informed him that the members
of bis parish woe mueh sonndalizud
l\V the big *to lies he had told them
front the pulpit
“V\ hat stories j" # aid the parson,
w nil innoeeiii Mirpi i*e.
‘A\ hv, sir, you said that you had
seen imisiptotoes in York Fute that
would weigh a pound ’’
“I said,’’ letuim-d the parson, “that
many of them would weigh a pound;
and I do really think that a yreat
many of them would weigh a pound."
‘Well hut,” continued the elder
deacon, with a slight choking in his
utterance, “you said they had been
known to climb up a tree and hark.’’
“Certainly,” said tho parson, “with
an assuring nod. “As to'heir climb
ing up a tiee, l have seen them do
that ,In-re in Worcester county ;
have n't you, Deacon ?’’
"Oh, vos 1 have seen ’em do
that.”
“Well, how could they climb a
tree without climbing on the haik?"
Ihe good deacons went their wav
with something very much like a
t’losquelo humming in their ears.
A Koinaiieo of tliti War.
A curious lawsuit is now in pro
gress at St. Louis, glowing out of a
series of events that might in skillful
hands form the basis of a thrilling
romance. On the 23d of September,
I£C3, the steamboat Robert J.Camp
bell, bound from St. Louis to New
Orleans, was attacked by guerrilla#
at Milken’s Bend and burned.—
Amono the nassemri-rs was Mrs.
Cl 5 \ O
Cooley, a widow lady, and her two
children, a hoy of 8 and a girl of 0.
A Mrs Hanson wasn'so on board,
who had a daughter about tl c same
age as Mrs. Cooley’# and the same
name. When li-e boat burned all
the passengers were soon snuggling
in the water, and James O'Brien, the
mate, saw his captain trying to save
a woman and little gill, though the
b.ud m was evidently too milch for
him. O’Brien took tlie girl ami de
livered her up' ii landing to Major
Robinson, of the Federal army, slat
ing that the mother had been drown
ed. AI is. Cooley was saved, but
a l 'or ear* f d search for many days
could find to trace of her children.
Major Rohiusou ictuiiied the child in
camp for several weeks and then
entrusted her to his parents in Ohio.
Soon alter, Rev. J. B. Finley, of Ral
inyia, Mo, visited llio Robinsons, and
becoming interested in the child
asked permission to adopt her, which
was granted. In 18()7 a history of
her case was pub-ished, which Mr •
Cooley, who had become Mrs Feriy,
leading, conc'uded tho child wa.-.
lieis She failed upon iii-pecliou to
recognize her, however, and returned
home. Last linin'li James O’Biien,
of whom nothing had been heard in
the meantime, met ami recognized
Mi#. Ferry ax the woman whom h«
had been in the water with the gi 1
and toM her that tho child w as hers.
Mr. Finley refuse! to turret) ler her
Oil Mich evidence. A couil.f all 1-
tratiou was,called, which decided
against Mrs Ferry. She aj p a ed,
ami her ••live i# no.v pending tiefoic
the Supieine Court of otjtiri.
Josh Hillings asks, “Who is the
coming iii u) among the humorist (
Those is no one I know of who has
yet bemii) to make n reputation for
the business. Tne pnbii. k will find
out that good fools are fka.se ”
A woman attacked a Luiblar, threw
him down stairs ami broke his neck.
She fancied that she had gone too
far, though, an I explained that sho
thought it was her husband coining
home tipsy again.
Three popular king:',—sin iking,
drinking ami chew ing.