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to sell land.... R nft
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■H...,. notices
IBL Sales of land, by administrators,
Hl**. , (Minrdians, are required by
Hphaeld'en the first Tuesday in the
.° L, wee n the hours of ten in the
nl three in the afternoon, at
B n... < y in.-.,*.,
HWI a £*>'■*» !' e
wm days previous to the
HVi icelo debtors and creditors of an
fHtc mast also be published 40 days.
H for the sale of personal proper
■ b- manner, 10 days
to sale day. ... . j
tv that application will be mad
• the Court of Ordinary for leave to
■Hi' I ,111-1 lie published for four weeks.
HH"- ’ kWT * "[ a<,,n Tf, ra Vo n n
•rlic.lip.i-v. must be published 30
§BL Mi from adinmiriratton.
. m.mills; tor dismission
'or the foreclosure of mortgages
!.•■ published monthly, four months:
lost papers, for the full
three months; tor compelling
■ f r , lm executors or administrators,
bond has been given by the de-
IKnj.th'- full space of three months.
sales must be published fur
weeks.
notices, two weeks,
■■ut.lieations will always be continued
. l() these, the legal requirements,
H) otherwise ordered.
IFIOFESSIONAL CARPS.
J. WINN. WM. K SIMMONS.
HNN Sc SIMMONS.
ATTORNEYS AT LAW,
or.tlM.fi, UKWU.IA.
L-r in Gwinnett and the adjoin we
llifs. i|«rlb-lv
N. L. MUTCH! NS,
ATTORNEY AT LAW, .
lir.'CEViu.E,.... Ga.
lain in the counties of the Western
I '.iiiii m Milton and Forsyth of tile
■ Ridge. mar 16-1 y
Iler m. peepjllEs,
[attorney at law,
Kncinui, <; a.
■diets in the counties of Gwinnett,
■Jackson wml Milton.
•stun claims promptly attended to
■ R-6b
I • nTgu e n nT
Ittorney at law*
f» C *THL«, GA.
promptly attend to all business
' care, and also to Land,
• mfißf. fill!
T K. &, G. A. MITCHELL,
Mjwrexoeville, ga.,
Iwfujly tender a continuation of
services to the citizens
■ Kee P constantly on hand a
f rttuetit °* drugs and chemicals,
gbuus carefully prepared.
I S!! i n.;
| CIAN SURGEON,
I V ' V RE\(JEVILLE, ga.
■ l ' R 0 Bhr Ts 7 ”
■ Cornet at Law,
V !, AUETTa, GEORGIA,
li£mi ineßß - entrus,cd 10
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m circuit 4 UllJ <jW ‘ nnett of
■ulwaS 1 ', 11 - IL Walkcr iu
B-p v ~ dnt ** t «l Cluiui cases
B iul4.-(tm
■^ R 'UNE house,
| reet - r *ear the Car Shed,
■ ATl ANT A , ga.
VvlilTii
B, ' Proprietor,
■ , «• Lodyiny, 50 CtnU.
B S2O 'l'M'- Aucnts wanted.
Either sev c iWBfcB ol working
B‘"- v M M,ork' l you "' ? . or old, make
El 0r a " tlle i; US "! t * u; ' r B P are
■ l'artieo ! ne - ll iuu Ut uny-
P c »'.pSSi ,, £.
■ wua > Mai me. [eejvl-ly
Weekly Gwinnett Herald.
T. M. PEEPLES, PROPRIETOR.]
Vol. 11.
Green Fields Just in Sight.
At the portals of the morning
Stood a child with dainty feet,
.All about him golden sunshine,
f early dew and blossom sweet ;
And with tender, dimpled fingers.
Plucked the flowers fresh and fair,
And the overhanging branches
’Showed the dew-drops in his hair.
Looking forward o’er life’s pathway,
Saw he broader fields of green,
Skies with snowy clouds so fleecy,
Here and there bine shreds between;
with swiftly flying footsteps,
Started he for fields more blight;
I?i:t in vjin fie hurried ouwaiSd
They were always just tn sight.
Warmer, brighter, grew the, sunshine,
Broader, rougher, srrew the wav;
Rut with green fields just lfefore him,
Nothing could his footsteps stay;
So he wandered till manhood
Took the place of chiUhood fair,
Then he threw aJde his lowers,
Wiped the dew-drops from his hair.
Onward, onward, tolling^striving, J
Helping otherslights might. *
Desired htHtfarthe bloortiing fields, S
That just in sight f
Lay withf™hc cold dark yver; *
.11 erf wish and wait
Till the Master callsjft over,
And upbars the jfl?urly gate.
Miscellaneous Items.
The mercantile marine of the
whole world numbers over G 1,000
vessels.
Jeff. Davis got one vote foe
President in Dauphin county,
Pennsylvania.
The Rev. GWiigo Ilepworth will
have a $75,000 iron church up in
New York before Christmas.
Last week 1,147,534 pounds of
cheese were shipped from New
York for Liverpool.
The possibility of an union of
the English and American Pres
byterian bodies is looked forward
to.
Mun.iiuui', mu., is puzzcci over
a queer bird, shot near that plate
the other day. It looks like a
cross between a duck and a giraffe.
A Providence (R. I.) paper re
cords the appearance iu that city
of a loaded Wagon drawn by four
men.
One thousand dollars fine or im
prisonment tor one year is the
penalty lor betting on elections in
Illinois.
Three generations in one family
lately presented themselves to a
minist r lor baptism in t akota
Territory.
A Danbury gebtleman wlio got
considerable sand with his sugar,
sent it back with a request, to
exchange it for spine
paved.
The jailer of St. Louis has issued
an order excluding from the jail
young ladies with tracts. * lje
says that some of t*lie pnsonere
trails. * 'Si
Brazil, Egypt, the West - Indies,
Turkey, etc., in 18G0-H, produced
altogether only 271,000 balesftT
cotton. During tlie last cotftmercral
year these supplied Europe with
1,499,000 bales.
The high prices of coal lias so
increased the expenses of running
the Lancashire cotton mills, that
it has been decided to reduce the
number us hours of labor .in thefflf
while the present high prices are
maintained.
Certain Liberal Republicans of
Cincinnati have resolved to organ
ize the basis of the good
old platform, excluding the tariff
plank and Substitutfeg^oj*^affirm
ing the expediency cffT/Urilfs rtr
revenue only.
The glare of the flakes from*
burning Bostbu .. was7*distinctly
seen at Portsmouth, New Hamp
shire— a distance of more than*
sixty miles, and was supposed,
for a time, to proceed from* some
Are at a point in the same direc
tion, distant ten miles.
A new danger threatens soc:e
ty. An eminent French chemist
announces that many of the new
evening silks are covered with
picrate of lead, and arc, therefore,
liable to a tremendous explosion i
at any moment. It would be a
terrible thing,while waltzing with a
lady, to have ircr suddenly blow
up.
The iron manufacturing inter
ests of the country ill IW7O were
represented by 3532 establish
ments, employing 120,9;>7 men,
turning out yearly manufactures
valued at $300,992,1CG This only
includes pig iron and blooming
furnicce, forges and establ aliments
producing bur, rod and railroad
iron, nails, plate, etc.
Lawrencevillef Ga., Wednesday, November 27, 1872.
Paying an Election Bet.
On the day after the Democratic
Convention which met at Baltimore
and nominated Horace Greeley foe
the high office of President of the
United Slates two gentlemen had a
friendly discussion as to the merits
of that candidate at- No. 123 Wfcst
Houston street, at the House of Mr.
Henry lluscli. The names of the
two gentlemen were Mr. Lionel Iv/ane,
a clerk in the house o£ Wjtlijun 0*
Loask & Cwho are tlTb importers
(f la#es, next door to the St. Nicholas
Hotel, and Air. William H. Van
Gieson, proprietor of an oyster saloon
at 112 West Houston street. Gen.
Grant had been nominated at Phila
delphia on the 9th of June, in con
vention, and Mr. Greeley’s nomina
tion followed in July.
Mr. Van Gieson is a Grant man,
weighs one hundred and sixty-two
pounds, aud is exactly six feet high,
his pwn statement, lie
'wears a high blault castor and has a
pair qf s* all Dundreary chop vvliis
has hug* hones, and all his relations
for eighty five years have been in the
oyster business. Mr. Van Gieson has
a model of an oyster schooner in his
place of business.
Mr. Lionel Keane is a New Yorker,
who weighs 149 pounds, and is five
feet eleven and a half inches high.
Both of the political antagonists were
exactly twenty-six j ears of age The
mutton-chop whiskers of Mr. Keane
were not so larj>e or so productive as
those of Mr. Van Gieson but he had
a clear eye, a solid form and a deter
mined look..
Mr. Van Gieson backed Grant very
enthusiastically, and declared that he
would be elected. Mr. Keane be
lieved that Greeley would be our
next President, and was willing to
give odds on his election.
“Don’t let us bet money on the
election or we will loose our votes,”
sun nil. ivealie.
“Well, if you are sati.-fied, I am,”
replied Mr. Van Gieson. “What will
we do ?”
“Let us do something: let us wheel
the man who loses up Broadway after
the election.”
“No,” said Keane, “if I lo>e I will
carry you on my back from the house
of Mr. Uemv lluscli, 123 West
Houston street, lo Union square, and
1 will take around the statute of
Lincoln three times and then down
Broadway to 123 West Houston
street again. We must have a band
of music and a torchlight procession
to accompany us, so that we can have
some good fun.”
“And if Grant is beaten I will
carry a loaded musket in my shirt
sleeves up and down before Husch’s
door for three hours, with a loaded
knapsack full of bricks,” said Van
Gieson.
The agreement was made, am} last
evening tbe bet was paid. Mi. Keane,
who fell bad that Horace Greeley had
fcjpeen defeated,■•was^ready last evening
fto pay his forfeit. A great crowd
began to •assemble at 123 Houston
street, and Henry lluscli had all he
could do to serve lager to the thirsty
mass. Keane was the first man to
'■make his appearance and he looked
cool, quiet and calm, like Billy Ed
wards before a iight. Van Gieson
soon after, and the Herald re
porter interviewed him briefly. He
wrote cl to bet every way—'•.hundred
to twenfy tiwe” that Keane could not
carry hint, or a,*hundred to twenty
five that Keane wSuld carry him."
The people began to look tor the
German band, who had been at the
saloon, but could not be found. Van
Gieson ate four (rie% early in the
morning, and at two Keane
\Jj*ied on roast beef, beans and tniisce
'pie. Tbe crowd was swelling all the
time*, ami *soon the people in the
street saw them coining They had
walked all the way from Third street
and Third avenue to save the the
cents car fare on Houston street
car. *
A big furniture truck was filled
with oaken ebairs, and the crowd
"poured in. A man in jlie truck bore
a large Ameiican flag. A barouche
was ready, with a driver, who never
laughed while the journey was being
made. Tbe German band got into
1 the truck, and the harofe-he followed
| tip Houston street to Smith Fifth
avenue, aud through Aiuity street to
Broadway, with Keane, Van Gieson,
; Henry Husch and the Herald reporter
silling together. A gentleman named
Andrews carried a permission from
Mr. Superintendent Kelso to “form a
procession ten feet iu width inside of
the ciub,” which ho showed to every
one, at the Lead of a mass of one
thousand persons. The truik with
the band of music reached Union
square, the band playing crazy
waltzes all the timo.ro the amuse-
“COMING EVENTS CAST THEIR SHADOWS BEFORE!”
inent of the people on the sidsw alk*
and in tire windows who could not
understand it, and who believed it to
be a circus just arrived.
Arrived at Union Square, some
solemn ceremonies were performed.
The barouche wss driven around the
Lincoln statute twice, and Keano
stood, up and took off his coat, which
he passed to a man with a romantic
goatee to hold Then Van Gieson
off his cloak and froekeoat and
vest, and as the band plawd, lie ap
peared standing up in the barouche
with Keane amid the cheers of ihe
large crowd, the moving of Chinese
lanterns and the blaze of ire works.
I Solemnly Van Gieson eriH out, “1
want another drink,” and Keane nn
! swered, as ho descended to shoulder
his political antagonist, “No; 1 won’t
I let you do that. I’ll he blamed if 1
; am going to carry a whisky distillery
down Broadway. You have got
enough already.” (Cheers)
!■ Then Keane said, “1 want that sur-
I cingle to put around anil over my
I'M >s.” Then lie stooped his hack
and Van Gieson, with an inehreate
shodt, leaped across his back, having
divested himself of his shoes a mo
ment before. The procession was
formed, the band stretched itself
across Broad way,the young men with
the Chinese lanterns formed also
j with a ludicrous gravity, and to one
jof Strauss’ wild and demoniacal
waltzes, and amid screams, catcalls
and yells of laughter, the insane
march proceeded down Broadway.
It is simply imposible for tin* Her
ald reporter who left the barouche
and marched aiong side of Koine and
Van Gieson down Broadway to even
attempt to describe the most uproar
ous of uproarious of scenes Its like
will probably never be seen again in
our greatest street. People came out
of stores and buildings to shout and
scream, and the excitement was
awful. There was the man, in his
wmte linen shirt, jumping up and
I down on the back of the perspiring
Keane, and the band playing the
wildest of waltzes all the time A
request was made that they should
plav either the “Slat Spangled Ban
ner,” or the “Wacht and . helm,”
hut, strange to say, they could not
perform either.
At 1 decker street and Broadway,
Keane took a lest in (lie middle of
the street, according to agieement,
the hand played again while lie took
a drink of brandy and sat on a chair,
carefii ly keeping the legs ot Van
Gieson off the pavement while gel
ling the drink from a hoi tie, w hich
Van Gieson smashed afterwards. The
band again played The march down
lloiiatoU' street was a scence nl wh:
triumph, and when Liie crowd readied
123 Houston street thice rousing
cheers were given for a plucky little
Gree'ev man, who had struggled so
bravely aud had run so well.— N. Y.
lleralti.
% m* —-
1 lie editor ot me La Crosse
Democrat thus describes his ex
perienfes the evening alter the
election :
About 12 o’clock last night a
,solitary horseman might have
been seen gently meandering up
Main street mounted on a pair of
’firery, untamed, calfskin boots.—
The solitary horseman turned up
'Sixth street and booii entered his
domicil, where the following con
versation ensued;
Wife: “Is Greeley elected?”
Solitary Horseman : “No.”
Wife : ‘Ts Woodward elected?”
Solitary Horseman: “No.”
Wife: “Is Han elected ?”
Solitary? Horseman: “Doubtful.”
Wife : “Well, you had better go
to bed.”
|The solitary horseman alluded
toin this'touching dialogue was
the writer of this article We
took that advice and retired, and
soon Morpheus took us in Ins arms,
and wc dreamed that we were a
F rears tone sidewalk, and that the
whole Grant party of tlit> United
States were walking over us from
head tofootjiu single fife,with spike
shoes on. They were a longer
time passing a given point than
any Grant procession we ever
saw. but they a 1! got over at lust,
though it took them neatly all
night. They are heavy stoppers,
and wc know some of thcln acre
diuak, they waddled around so.
Some Illinois candy pullers
placed a two gallon pot of liquid
sweet in the yard to cool, and went
on with the dance. Tbe discovery
of a cat’s corps in the pot alter
wards forced them to give the
candy to the poor.
It is great virtue to take ,jljp
trials' oi Tile, led merely V
tieiicd*aiiil forfitiidc’.biihpleasantly,
as though wo 1 joke-i beyoii-t them-
A Lonely ltnnquct.
In 1862, ton young gentlemen of
eonget ial tastes and tempers boarded
at. a fashionable boarding house in
New York. They divided up in
parties of twos, times and fours, and
attended theatres, lectures, and other
places of intere-t in the evenings, and
when they returned they made it a
point to meet in the parlor and talk
over the business, pleasures and ad
ventures of the day, before they re
tired to their rooms. Their close
friendship, and this method of each
communicating his experience for the
benefit of all, proved both instructive,
and entertaining, and these daily re
unions possessed local attraction,
enough to draw them all together at'
a regular hour in the evening. This
mode of life continued lor many
years. At length the time came for
them to separate. The country need
ed its young men, and called for sev
eral of this party of tun. 'They had
a farewell dinner at their hoarding
house on the 10th o: September,
1862, and a grand time feasting ;iTM
talking and singing songs.
One remarkable feat Ire of this
celebration was that, before they
separated at 2 o’clock in the morn
ing, each arose in his place and made
a solemn vow that, ii living, he would
meet the rest of his companions at
8 o’clock in the same place, and dine
with them, ten years hence, as they
had dined that, night. Each one was
to occupy the sa e seat, ami, as
I.earl} as possible, they were to have
the same kind of a dinner. .So they
bade each other good night and sepa
rated. Iu the course of years the
house changed hands and set up the
more pretentious claims ot a hotel.
The dining room remained just as it
was, and probably the old table and
chairs were still on duty.
Some days ago Mi Edward Win
ship, broker, ‘24 Bond street, called
tji I- -j>i i viol *J I lli u Clll'l
requested bun to prepare dinner for
ten gentlemen in the olu dining-room
<>n (lie evening ol September ll).
Mr. W llrshlp Iriietly minuted Ltie ell
c.uinsl iin-.e- ot tho compact lo explain
bis reque-t, and tbal, being llie eldest
ol (be pin IV id len, be bad been ap
pointed tho'eveumo ol iboii dining in
lad 2as chairman At precise.v &
o’clock on tiie evening id September
10, Mr. W indup entered the dining
room, and tire doors were quickly
closed Lielmnl bun. No one ene came,
fine table was bounteously spread,
three colored waiters were there, and
nine empty chairs an I uierled plates
and glasses at every cn rir. 1 lie meal
was begun, ami Llie military banqueter
wusServed wilb the prescribed courses
almost in silence. Mr. Winsliip oc
casiuitallv pa sed a word vvhli the
bead waiter. "Boor boys! fihey’re
all gone,” said be. “One went down
in'the Monitoi in Mobile bay; an
other was drowned in tlfe same was
tei‘9. Two were shot in Mobile.—
One lost both legs by a l>all, and the
other was pierced through the licarl
Another died in Philadelphia’, and
another died in Mew Voik.” lie
said that while in February lie was
walking up Broadway oue evening,
he I (Jit a tap on the shoulder, and a
voice asked him whether lie knew
Mr. . “1 do,” repbed Mr. Win
ship. “He died at 4 o’clock to-day,”
said the voice. Though Mr. V\ iii
t hip turned quickly upon feeling the'
tap and hearing the voice, he was
unable to ascertain who it was tliaf
had addresed him. He
learned that one of the party of ten 1
had died that day and at the hoifr
indicated. Mr. Winsliip
oldest of the party, next to hinrayll,
was only 29 — St. Loui » Republican?-
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A Comanche Brave Captures
the Heart of a Washington
Millionaire’s Daughter.
Among the red men uow visiting
the capital to smoke the pipe of peace
is a youthful Comanche hrave, who
has attracted no little attention from
the ladies of Washington The other
day, during the visit’ of several fami
lies to the hotel w here lie is stopping,
he saw a pretty young lady of about
his own age, the daughter of one of
the wealthiest men of the city, and
tell so violently in love with her at
first sight that when the patty left
the house he followed her to her rest
deuce For two or three days suh
sequently lie was observed hanging
around the viciuity, occasionally
catching a glimpse of her; and,
strange to say, the young lady had
conceived an equally violent passion
for him. Uu Saturday last she went
but riding with him in the elegant
oarouch* beloiigiug to the paternal
mansion, and when those having
charge of her strictly, foihade »*y
further exhibitions of such bad taste
on lor paiLajfu frankly /i eel (trad her
iutentioppt wudding the Comanche.
On the other side, the voting
[s2 A YEAJR, IN ADVANCE.
. Itidytn has been supplied with money
and declares that be will not roiurrt
I to the happy limiting grourtds of the
W est unless the object of k his devo
tion should go with him. Of course
sticli a deplorable state of affairs has
necessitated some action on the part
of the authorities. The oommis
sitMier of Indian affairs has therefore
.been notified that the susceptible
Comanche must he made to leave tlie
city forthwith, and a thousand dollar
‘draft has been tendered by a brother
S»f %*e misguided girl, as a bonus for
, his departure. But the Comanche is
incorrigible, and steadily resists a) I
■ overtures. The detioale circumstatl-
Lc.es of the case, and the fear of their
baffles being given pnblielv in the
(event of a deitoumcnt , (vivo s<> far
upon the relative* of the
girl; that she wifi be taken hence to
New York on the through train
•tonight, and notwithstanding the
lateness of the season, wilt quietly
'lake passage for Europe by gin early
steamer, the distracted millionaire,
whose daughter she is perceiving no
other way to cure her of Jidr ifn
happy 11 red ileo ti o im— Currcspunncc
fJos to a 'Traveler. y •'
« .
Burning of si Balloon.
Mr. Denniston, aironaut, who ad
vertised that Mr. 1.. Durham would
make an ascension at this place this
afternoon, was inflating his monster
balloon “City of New York,”and had
nearly completed the inflating pro
cess, when people on the north part
of tlm grounds discovered smoke
escaping from the top of the balloon.
It was scarcely visible at first, but
faster and faster emitted the smoke;
but hardly had the defection in the
air-snip beforo flame's were issuing
from the very top of the balloon,
Quickly the shout went up, ‘‘Tbs
balloon is on fire!” and, as those near
1 iv loli'ont, lilt; liuiftb*S W6l'£
also driven here and there to escape
all danger. .The di y cambric, and its
envtAing bqgsilMuiruing, first slowlv,
then llot fi.lines spPea I, and upward
and onward went (lie file, a premoni
lion by this time Overtaking the
spectators, every one present feeling
lbat sortie fearful, if n<Jt fatal, caludly
would result. Scail ely b;fti the
ll.tmes 'burst out lioffeier, beforo tin
apeiumj of two if three feet, was
made wjiere the JJuy rope holding
the an w ibid w. tbh|( crosse I iJ; and
now tope off, and away to
the souiliward sl%n>ts the balloon;
emnistg with ifiin its course Mr
Miehfej McMaini, .Vlaborer assisting
in inflation. Being near the
basket as iH stalled off; he became
entangled, and hanging with one foot
inside the basket, his hands holding
to the rope's,\h t e thus ascended for
peihaps one lihHdred feet, and re
gaining a positHm in the basket,
which again Hung sideways, and m
anfclrW minn#; I*; was hanging to
the ulouTJ at a height of proba
bly not less jl#m three hundred feet!
Nov*\ his . stjAngth gives way, Ins
presence of wind deserts him, and in
another mlfftie the poor man was
seen falling to the earth— an swf#, a
pailVful .*igl4i filling with horror and
constdfnatiun the four or five hun-„
spec'Jors on the grounds. But
the etispeufco w*s only for a moment
as lie, who but a little time
befoVe w|s in the enjoyment of his
! faculties,oiad ascended to the emtli,
uearny inf.a standing position, from
three hundred feet in mid air, until,
whsir nuSirly terra fi r ma. lie fell back
ward, striking the ground with his
•.back w*ith suCfi force as to produce
a cotuiussion heard'Rome distance
away, Mr. MeMatyi, fa mi In ally
known as‘‘Big Mike,” was dead
utterly ciuslied, the blood streaming
from his mouth and nostrils}— leaning
a wife and several children who do
pe u Ted on the father’s labor for a
living.
T/ie balloon alighted but a few
rodS ouuhle of the Fair Ground*
ati<f was soon qonsumed, a lo>s of
several hundred dollars to Mr. Qen
niston.—lie Kolb (///.) Newt, Oct. ‘25.
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A great composer—Sleep.
The first game of life—Bawl.
Stakeholders —Butcher*.
The He* that connect business
men with the public—Advertise
Long division—Separation for 1
life.
A we!J brerl dog genaruPy bon e
to .strangers. i
What ia required to make a
pair of boots/ i w«> boot*.
Wiron i* a man :t scapegrace V
W hen li«' is at dinner.
Providence, it baa got inaptly
said, provides for the provident.
• isn’t it queer-. th it contractors
Should Are employed tu tndni
streets?
KATES OF ADVERTISING.
sr.vcK 3 mo’s. 6 ino’s. 12 mo’s.
Is.; lire -3> 4 1)0 « 000 SU) 00
2 sq'rs COO ft) 00 ].) q 0
3 sqr’s S 00 14 00 20 CO
>4 col. i 2 ( 0 20 00 30 00
J* col. *2O 00 3b (ip 60 00
one col. 40 O 0 7u 00 100 00
The money for advertisements is due
on the first insertion.
A square is the spare of one ir.eh in
depth of the column, irrespective of the
numlier of lines.
Marriages and deaths, not exceeding
six lines, published tree. For a man.ad
vertising ids wife, and all other personal
mailer, double rn'cs will fie charged.
Ho. 317.
• r
“Tricks of the Tradtyi”
A lively New York Sun reporter
spent last Monday morning among
the Now York insurance folks, and
makes a very tradable article on what
ho saw and heard. From his renort
we extract as follows;
The insutaiige clerks w re enrlv at
their posts yesterday morning. In
deed, most of them had been hard at
work all night poring over books and
preparing exhibits of losses. Three
hours earlier than usual the presi
dents and officers of the various com
panies put in a| pearance and pre
pared for a tough day’s work. In
another hour the resident stock
holders were rolled down Broadway.
They dismissed their carriages with
orders to their coachmen to call at
sundown. They hastily entered the
offices and wore noon busily figuring.
By nine o’clock small knots of men
gathered in front of the companies’
offices. They held slips cut from the
morning newspapers, and cards on
which they were figuring' In half
mi hour these knots were swelled to
throngs, and at eleven o’clock the
sidewalk was impassable.
I»v twelve o’clock nearly every
company had posted a bulletin, which
told the public that their particular
institution was safe. ‘'Bosses much
less than surplus,” said one. “Our
loss $S?5,O0O; assets $.500,000,” was
printed on another. “No Chicago
for us,” said a third. “Not a dollar
in Boston.” “1 hi*company (.), K.«—
ri-ks taken here,” and hundreds of
like aiiiiouneeiiicnis attracted mi
mens* throngs and provoked all
kinds of comment.
“Sixty thousand dollar*.”
(Excitedly.) “It’s a d d lie.
They've lost *2Od,ot)o. More than
that, They’ve gone up, you may de
pend on it. V\ e’re nil right, but
they have lied. You can’t believe a
word they sav.”
fiiiier excited policy holder, (blink
ing papers) —Here, I want my policy
cancelled. They say you’re gone up.
lam going to transfer. Como, hurry
up.
Insurance Officer —Who says so ?
k li’a a lie. We’re all right. Who
says so ?
Exci'ed Policy Holder—ln
Company, next door ’I li£V suv
you're gone sure Pm not going to
run the chances.
Chorus <>f a lie.
We’re all right. They are gone up.
Insurance Officer —Como inside,
air. *
The alarmed individual enters the
private office. Ihe officers assure
him, and in fivo minutes he lias
"changed his mind and has g me.
A wife asked her..husband for h
gew dress. He replied: “ rimes, are
hard, my dear—sy hard I can hardly
keep my nose nb>v« water. W her*
upon she replied : “You can .keep
your nose above water easy euough if
you have a mind to, but the trouble
is you keep it 100 much hlkivh
brandy.”
CiidU wears away in the han
dling. CoVcrumeut officials stale
that ill the Mingle counting and
transferring of $1,000,000 from
one vault to another the- loos by
ahi'anion amounts to six dollars.
The country lias found, to its Bt>r
! row, that money wears away from
the handling i f a Hadical admin,
istrrui.sn. «
There are IBS unlicensed liquor
Uh .ps in S a L md- u,Counecticut.
. i.YiNO nVtxirfiNS.
Penlil find note book in band, a
Sviii stoo I eying one of those
bulletins A hu-iiless man said to
him, “Do von tike iLyao down to
piint r
‘ Why!”
“Because they are tins d st
paicel of lies ever pul on paper.
Why, that company there (pointing
to tlie bulletin) say their loss is
#16,()d0, and I know it is s‘2UO,doo.
! know it. There's another (pointing)
“No -’loss in Boston.” Why that
company lias a hundred thousand
dollars in risks in that burnt distiicl.
Thev lie when thev print tint.”
“flow do you know i'
‘ I am in the business.’’
“Does vour company lose
“No Not a doliai - not a lisk.
IloruV a card. Want to insure?
Oh, I forgot; you ate » reporter.
.I fist say, will you that we don't lose
a cent.' These fe lows lie like h 1.
Ihevo’re g.-me up, sure.”
‘ The rop. rlei entered the office.
Crowding his way t<» the desk, ho
askod their losses. “Oh, were all
right. Surplus more th.-.u loss. —
Wu’ij stand. Been into the —; —
Compauy’s ofiice next door ?”
“Yes.”
“What do they sav their loss is ?’’