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11 and wonderful
1 ,pteiid<n; j,earn;
I" 1 " "'r',Vi ne hands of Hie angels
- 1 " Heaven’s gateway
a d flaun °1"
h , „ glimpse of the ?| orv
I hiV on the other sale.
t a»t :i Vt'tho'nsjht of * nine ’
I' l " 1 " 1 , f Heaven are always
,1 tlie gate - . ,leeline ;
" «»g the morning sunshine
UTwritoon the heavenly hills?
.. .. me the sunset gateway
f'li st’dav s decline uuolose.
'if . V ,i through the portals
U thai long ami swoet repose,
. hat’l shall, remember,
.i.iit eitV so fair and far,
"Jr age and beautiful fancy
|1 tla sunset gates tt.iar.
. in 4 w hile 1 sat there dreaming
KiSSSfe-'
L long and endless rest—
;Vi rough a sunset gateway,
hit Paved with gold
, l S ed into the new life’s gladness,
(o he no longer old.
MISCi£l LAKY*
tXPKBfSI VE LESSON
Mrs, Piercy was not in a good
Lor tint Jay, as she sat at the
Lkfast table pouring coffee for
lmsband, and dispensing bread
B butter for the three plump
le Piercys. She was a hand
le, overdressed woman, with a
L] ilool of false hair, frizzed and
Led and braided on the top of
[ head, and a complexion that
re remote witness to the con*
|nt use of connetics. And Mr.
prev, at his end of the table, was
dently ill at ease, as he broke
eggs and nibble dilligently at
I roll.
But what was I to do, my dear?'
[1 he. after a brief sjience which
ii fly means peaceful.
bo r shrilly retorted Mrs.' Pier
‘Why. wl at do other people
• Are we to keep a home for
indignant poor ? Or a refuge
the widowed and fatherless !’
my dear, my dear,’ pleaded Mr.
rev. who was a small man, with
p hair and spectacles, ‘you may
la widow yourself, some day.’
■A- 1 if 1 am. 1 shall not go beg
Mg among my relatives, that you
ina; depend on,' said Mrs. Piercy.
ft l , after ah, she isn't any rela
tiy of y.iiir.e -only your brothers
B I d like to know what earth
Ijllaim she Ins upon you! [ de
rive, the more I think of it the
Bn I am amazed at the woman’s
Bsninption. Her very name is
Migration, too. ‘Plume Pier
cy, iudee I. 111 wagger my new
Be p:.. tint she was a second rate
when she married your
No, Mr. Piercy, if you
think that I—’
the torrent of the lady’s
eloquence was cut short by the un
Bected appealance on the scene
■ he V(?1 T subjeut of hut objurga
H~ a tall, pretty woman of about
and twenty, whose wavy, gol
Hi tiesses and di-licately fair com
Bf' 011 contrasted vividly with
I deep mourning weeds she
wo
■ 'vial down to her feet,’ men-
JJ.V cjaeiiluled Mrs. Abel Piercy
fld asu inch ~.i aß band of the
■' best. Court land crape on her
f * wonder who’s expected
to for all this V
1 ieicy, the kindest heart-
I j inen, welcomed hiß
fl 1 s widow with genuine hos
H n, .v; but Matilda, his wife,|looL
T* kanne a » her, with no friend
'o'* upon her countenance.
■ course you will consider this
Hu louie, said Mr..-Viercy, as he
6 haßte t 0 draw a chair close
■thn lire.
I 1 ,Um Rre a *do to suit your
hi “ f U “‘" ll, re -!««.'eriwply added
Iked :; t :; V ] Ha " 1 little:sho olll y
Im 4 o„ e M g ?; Wlßkful u ? fc8 ’
tti,„. c ' l l 3 as she ' q,t
iX " ‘ U '' n ‘iug sunshine turn
H u an .ockj to hi anled mas
Weekly Gwinnett Herald.
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ITUKH VI I’KKPI.Ks, i
Kpitor and I‘kdpkiktor. f
ses of gold, nhe pearly dalicacy of
her skin arousing the liveliest en
vy in Mrs. Abel's heart.
‘Though, of coarse, it’s only
some French balm, or Circassian
cream or other, that I haven't heard
of,” said she to herself.
But, after Mr. Pierey had but
toned on his overcoat and gloves,
he came back to the breakfast
room, while his wife was putting
up the children s school lunehesjn
the pantry.
‘I am not much of a talker-
Plume,’ said he in an odd hesitat
ing way; ‘but you are welcome, my
dear—very welcome! And I hope
you will try to feel at home, don't
mind Matilda—just at first. She
is a little peculiar, Matilda is, but
I do ass ire you she—'
‘Mr Pierey!' uttered a Bharp,
warning veice, at Ibis instant, from
the threshold, ‘is it possible that
you haven't started yet? And yon
know how particular Budge and
Bodly are ns to your getting to
the store at nine precisely.’
Mr Pierey turned pink all over.
•Yes my dear—yes,’ said he, I’m
quite sure tc be in time!’
And cff he started on a gentle
trot.
When be was gone. Plume took
off her bonnet and veil, removed
her mantle and gloves, and went
into the kitchen.
‘Cannot I do something to help
yon, Sister Matilda?’ said she
pleadingly.
Mrs Abel Pierey looked, with
cold blue eyes and lips primly com
pressed, at the fair face, which
was younger and fresher thau ev
er without the jet-black circlet of
the bonnet, and the slight,, grace
-ful figure before her.
‘No, I thank you,’ said she. I’m
uot used to have fine ladies in my
kitchen.’
‘But if you will lend me an
apron— ’
‘No, I thank vou, Mrs Oswald
Piercy?’ repeated the housewife.
‘You will find the newspaper in
the hall. Perhaps the advertising
columa moy interest you.’
‘ fPe are sisters,’ said the young
widow, with a quivering lip. ‘Will
you not call me Plume?’
‘Oh, no, we’re no relations at
all, in reality,’ said Mrs Abel Pier
cy, weighing out ounces of sugar
and pounds of flour wi‘,h an uner
ing hand. ‘And really, your name
is such a very peculiar one. Jane,
or Martha, o~ Eliza, would have
been on the stage?’
‘No.’ said Plume, ‘I was a teach
er when Oswald married me. But
what iid you mean about ths ad
vertising columns of the paper?’
‘Situations, you know,’ said Mrs
Piercy, reaching over the raisin
box. ‘Bridget, you have been at
these raisins, as true as I live!
There's half of ’em gone since I
was here last.’
‘No, mum, I haven’t!’ sharply
responded Bridget, who was used
to these kitchen skirmishes. ‘Sure
1 never lived in $ house before
where they counted the raisins
and the lumps o’ coal, and if I
don’t suit, mmn, it’s a month’s
warning from 10-day, if ye’s plaze.’
Situations!’ repeated Plume,
half afraid of Bridget’s warlike de
meanor, half puzzled at her sjster
iu- law’s words.
‘Yes,’ said Mrs Abel, tartly, pay
ing no attentien to Bridget and
her skillet—‘in a glove factory,
you know or a fancy store, or even
as nursery governess or attendant
to some ejderjy invalid For of
course, you knew,! with another of
those oblique looks that made
Plume feel so uncomfortable, !you
expect to work for your living.
We are not rich enough to sup
port all our relations. _\bel's sal
ary was yeducpd last year, and up
ope kqows how strictiv 1 have tq
economise in apler to mnk 1 both
eqds meet And t* stqopg young
woman like you ought not to sit
do wti ou a sickly man with a tam
Lawrenceville, 3-a. Wednesday July 18, 1883
i!y, like my husband, because—’
‘Stop—oh, stop!'said Plume. lift
ing up her hand, as if t > ward (.ft'
some invisible terror. ‘He said 1
was we emne. He told me— ’
‘That's just like Abel!' said Mrs
Pierjv, scornfully. ‘He'd take in
all creation if he could. He nev.
er slops lo think whether lie can
afford it or not.’
"I am sorry that I intrude,' said
Plume, with dignity. 'lt shall
not be for long. I will look at the
newspaper at once
‘Yes. that's a deal the best plan,’
assented Mrs Pierey, ungraciously.
‘Of course you won’t mention our
little chat to Abel. He might be
vexed; and. after all, I’m only speak
ing for your good.’
flume looked at her «ith an ex
pression of face which somehow
made Mrs Abel Pierey feel as if
she were shrinking up like a with
ered walnut in its shell.
#
‘Yes, I know,’ said she. Bnt
you need not be afraid; I am no
j tale-bearer, to inak mischief -n
i any one s family.’
Mrs Pierey felt very uncomfort
able after this little conversation
•nded.
‘How she did look at me!’
I thought she. ‘Bnt I only spoke
j the truth, after all. We can t be
burdened with her support, let
j Abel talk as be pleases. And no
! matter what she says, I believe
she has been An actress! No one
tut an actress could ever put on
such royal wavs as that!’
Half an hour afterward, when
j the bell rang, and some one inquir
ed for Mrs Oswald Pierey, Mrs
Abel nodded her head to the cake
she was taking out of the oven.
‘Company already.’ said she; ‘and
gentleman company, as Hive! weil
if this is the way she intends to
go on, the sooner she suits herself
with a situation the better !’
Mrs. Piercy had been secretly
anxious for an opportunity of quar
reling with her sister-in-law.—
Heie it was at last; and when the
old gentleman with the glossy
broadcloth suit was gone, she
bounced into the parlor with a red
spot on either cheek bone like sig
nals of war.
‘So you have been receiving com
pany, Mrs. Oswald ?’ said she.
‘Yes,’ Plume innocently annwer
ed.
‘G°ntleman company too !‘cri« d
Mrs. Piercy.
‘lt was Mr. Van Orden, my Inis
band’s lawyer,’ explained Plume,
‘Oh, I dare say !’ said Mrs. Pier
cy. ‘All that sounds very well ;
but I have the character of my
house to look to, and— ’
‘He is coming back with a car
riage,’ hurriedly spoke Plume. I
to go his wife’s house at once.
Mrs. Van Ordtn is willing to give
me the shelter which my own rela
tives grudge me !’
•I wish her joy of her bargain, I
am snre,’ said Mrs. Abel Pierc y,
with a toss of the mountains of
false hair that crowned her head.
And so the two women parted,
in no spirit of am'tv,
•I dare sa), she’ll go straight to
the store,’ thought Mrs: Abel ‘and
| jnvent a pitiful story for my lius
| band's benefit And Abel will
| make a great fuss but I shan't
I mind it I always have been mis
! tress in my own house, and I al
! ways intend to be, Oswald's wid
i ow or no Oswald’s widow.’
Neverthless, she could not help
feeling a little apprehensive when
her hqsbnnd came in to tea. For
when Ahe 1 really was angry, his
anger signified something. But to
her surprise he entered all smiles,
and rubbing his palms, gleefully.
•And so Plume has gone ?' said
he
‘Yes.’ said Mrs. Piercy, pretend
ing to be busy with a knot in the
gpcotyd child s shoe. ‘Shi lias
gone. But how dpi you know it?
Wan Ord -p stopped the store
to tell me, answered Mr, Piercy.
‘Strange, wasn't? and quite .roman
tic. too.'
•What on earth is the man talk
ing about?' said Mrs. Pierey. arous
ed at last into something like ac
tio interest.
•Why, didn’t Plume tell you? It
seems that those last invesments
that poor Oswald fancied Hie had
beggared himself with, have turn
ed up trump cards after all. And
Van Olden tells me that Oswald's
widow is worth one hundred iin, l
fifty thousand dollars.'
Mrs. Abel Pierev turned first
green, then crimson. Alas for the
fatal blunder she had committed !
Alas for the ruined d ances of her
three little girls to inherit flier
aunt’s money ! She made some
trivial excuse about a forgett pock
et-hemlkerchief, and went up
stairs to weep the bitterest teatH
she had ever si ed.
It was a lesson to her. but it
was an expensive one. For Plume j
although she always remained on
the most excellent terms with her
kind little brother-in-law, never
crossed Mrs Abel’s threshold again
She had been too deeply stung—
too bitterly insulted there.
‘And it's all my own fault,' sad
ly reflected Mrs. Abel, f Oh, dear,
ob, dear! why can't we see a little
way into the future ?’
tVlmt (lie liarometer Knows
about flic Heather.
A great many peopie will stand
in front of a barometer for half an
hour and try to make out w hat
the weather is g,.ing to be, when
they don’t know the first word of
meaning the instrument conveys.
The following is a little of the lan
guage the barometer uses :
Higher barometer means that
the mercury is rising, and lower
barometer that it is falling.
Higher pressure is synonymous
with higher barometer, ind lower
pressure with lower balometoP—
In case of a higher barometer it
indicates a colder and contracting
atmosphere, and consequently a
diminution of moisture.
A lower barometer indicates an
expanding atmosphere with great
er capacity for holding moisture.
In case of a rising barometer it
indicates a decrease of moisture
and diminishes the liability for
rain.
A falling barometer indicates an
increased amount of moisture and
greater liability for rain, and with
it we have an increase of cloudi
ness.
When the barometor rises in
cloudy weather it is generally an
indication that the clouds will
break and be followed ,by fair
weather.
A sudden change in the barome
ter. ither rising or falling, is a fair
indication of approaching high
winds .
At sunset, if the sun goes down
behind, or is obscured by a bank
of clouds, with a falling barome
ter, rain will fall in nineteen cases
out of twenty on the succeeding
clay. If the sun be obscured at
its setting by clouds, with a rising
barometer and cooler winds, the
chances are nineteen out of twen
ty no rain will fall on the succeed
ing day.
There are three fair weather sun
set:—the red, yellow and green.
Green and red are considered ex
ceptional, the green more so than
the red.
It will seldom happen that we
will have a rainfall on a day sue
ceeding one on which any of the
three above colors arc dominant
at suuee* the day before. It oc
casionally happens, however, that
rain will fall when no indications
whatever on the preceding da)
would lead one to expect it.
The Georgia Legislature, we be
lieve, has passed some resolutions
asking the Congress of the United
States for money to aid the educa
tional advancement. £}ne B B
tiayes, backed and sustained by
his party and its press, proposes
to grant this aid to the extent of
assuming govermental control of
the subject- In other words they
propose to send down the teach
ers in the pay of the government,
to take charge ol schools and t|\e
uegroes particularly- A capital
scheme to Mahenize tig; South.
Pcrlnqis the . egislature vyoulA do
well to remodel its resolution*, if
out to n Qonsjdef a’>d ctpiee* them.
Ttl ahJ Ale*.
A War Relie.
Or* ir ford Hews.
Daring the late war a member
of the Gilmer Blues cautnred a
sword from an oftieei in* the ftftth
Massachusetts regiment and ; ave
it to Mr. B H. Witcher, of this
c unity, who carried it through the
war, and brought it home with
him and placed it in the Masonic
Lodge at the Glade, where it re
mained until recently, when Mr.
Witcher noticed the following in
scription on the hilt, “Lieut L.
R. Tidd. Presented to him by his
friends in Woburn.’ Mr. W.
wrote to at Wo
burn, making inquiries about Lieut
Tidd. and received a letter saving
that he was alive and was now a
shoe manufacturer in Woburn.und
requested him to forward the
sword to him an *he would pay
for all trouble and expenses.—
Lient. Tidd also gave Mr Witcher
a cordial invitation to visit his
town, and that he would receive i
warm welcome. He stated that
tins was the first instance that he
knew of in this sect on of a relic
of the late war being offer to be re
turned to its owner and that he
thought such acts of kindness
would grea’ly tend to allay the bit
ter feeling caused by the late un
pleasantness.
The sword was promptly for
warded to Lieutenant Tidd by ex
press last Wednesday.
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Another Theatre Riaeter— Re
sult.
London, dune 25. —1 n the town
of Dervi, on the shore of Lake Co
mo, while a performance was in
progress at a puppet theatre, the
structure took fire and was entire
ly destroyed. Forty seven per
sons lost their lives and twelve
were injured.
The show waH neld in a large
hall over a tavern. There were
90 persons in the hall. A Bengal
light was used to represent fire,
and sparks from this set file to a
quantity of a straw and firewood
stored in an adjacent room. On
perceiving the flames the show
man shouted “fire.’’ but the specta
tors thought the cry was merely a
detail of the show and remained
sente 1. Cries of fire were soon
raised outside the hall The audi
ence, thinking an aftr.»yhad arisen
in the street, barred with a lieuvy
table the door leading from the
hall. They did not discover their
mistake until flames burst into the
room. After the fire was ex tin
guistied -17 charred corpses were
found tear the table,including the
bodies of the showman and hsi
wife.
A 4 lowii s I'rayer.
she power of a Clown's prayer
has been demonstrated. For a
week past Col Dan Bice, the veter
an showman and clown, has been
staving with his family here Pa
pers of towns in which Nathan's
circus has been performing say he
was summarily discharged by Na
than for habitual drunkedness,but
the Colonel denies this. Yester
day he visited Squire llynan, a
nick justice, whose death was hour
ly|expec ed. Dropping upon his
knees, tl e old clown said, ‘‘Let us
pray,’ and he forthwith poured
out a most pathetic invocation,
that moved the family and friends
to 'ears. Ministers and deacons
had prayed at the bedsi'de before
him, but none had the melting ten
dernets and touching pathos of
the clown s supplication. Some
of those who heard it and sobbed
like children, saw him in the ring
bu; a few days ago., and had tears
brought to their eyes from excess
ive laught r over the gibes of tli I
“fellow of infinite jest.” The
Squire is reported better, and, oat
of danger.
The Georgia Pacitie bis 12
miles of track to complete fiom Bir
mingliam toward Atlanta, leaving
a gap of only 28 miles between
the two cities The work on Coo
sa river bridge is going on well.
7ts completion and the tunnel
twelve miles beyond constitute
about the only heavy work to be
done before Atlanta has through
trains to Birmingham. They will
be running in October.
‘That fellog had a monstrous
foot,the biggest I ever saw.' ‘How
large T asked the general. ‘Give
us some idea of its size ?’ ‘J don’t
know that { can, ngt I will tell
yju wh it's a fact His foot was
so big that —well, you have heard
the old story of the fellow who
used the forks c,f the road for a
Igrot jack and split the road so far
that the g. ography of the neigh
borhood wus chitiged.
jVol. XIII.—No. :.7
Rill A Ran title Railroad
OftieialM.
Captain Slaughter is a fine man
ager. Tall, with a long heard,
dark hair, a pit icing fiery e e,
overarched by heavy eyebrows, lie
is a born commander. On seeing
him one is reminded of the saying
by a recent writer: “The talents
’that in the list century would
have made a Napoleon or a Wel
lington. are now frequently ah
sorbed by railroading, and in fact
a Napoleon's genius is required to
to i un a fine railroad successfully.'
It is no won ’er that the road pros
pers when it has such officers.
Col. T. M It Talcott, the ' en’l
.Manager of this lim*, is a man of
strikingly handsome personelle,
great personal magnetism, aid a
face indicative of electric energy
and cultivated powers.
We called upon Captain C. C.
Mc-Pliß.il, Chief of the Bureau of
Mines and Manufacturers. Mr,
McPhail is thoroughly alive to his
work as he is conversant with ils
every detail. —//. T. Huzza, in Ju
ly Ist issue Southern World. Allan
ta. Ga
4 Curious bnt IMrHNiiig < nsioin.
There .is, according to an ex
change, a custom prevailing among
the inhabitants of the Siudeman
Islands, which may throw light up
on the civilized use of wedding
cake. VVhsn a native girl, whose
exceptional beauty has brought
her many suitors, is knocked d >wn
and carried off’ by Lor accepted
suitor, the wedded pair, within for
ty eight hours of the wedding,
send a cup of p >ieon distilled from
the halalmla iris, to each and ev.
ry one of the bride’s former almir
ers. If any recipient feels that, he
cannot become reconciled to the
marriage he drinks the poison and
dies; but if he decides that lie
will survive the loss of his intend
ed wife ho throws away the poison
and feels bound in honor never to
show the slightest sign of disap
pointment, By this admirable sjs
tem the husband is spared the
pangs of jealousy and is able to
live on friendly terms with the sur
viving admirers of his wife.
A yfurder’N Kuile Stayed l*y a
Holt from Heaven.
At Bay St. Louis, a suburb of
this city, on the Mississippi sound,
during a heavy thunder storm
about noon recently, two cattle
dealers, Odum and Borden, were
struck by lightning and instnntly
killed. Tlie two uiuvi were Laud
ing under a pine sapling, near the
railroad depot, engaged in a hot
quarrel. Borden held a long
butcher knife in his hand ready t >
plunge into the heart of his oppo
nent, when the fatal bolt fell an I
ended the quarrel, so far ns thi
world is concerned at le”*t. The
crow n of Borden’s hat was burned
out, his whiskers were scorched
and there were two little block
spots to be seen on bis ri'id
shoulder. Otherwise he looks pm
fectly natural, but Odum was a
black as a negro, and bis lie id w ,s
swollen as big as a watermelon.
The soles of Odum’s sh >es were
burned off, and some pieces of
gold and silver in hisp irkets u re
melted together.
Exertion is the pr.ou of a noble
life. The pursuit of a noble ob
ject adorns, and elevates, and on
nobles, and vivifies life. Without
a definite aim, life is like a l uile
less ship, dri ting about between
life and death, buffeted by the
winds of circumstances, and entire
ly at the mercy of the waves, —
While one with folded arms waits
for opportunities, another makes
the meanest occurrences subser
vient to a golden result. One la
hors to find something to do; the
other labors to do something.
Before the war island No. 10
contained 400 acres of cultivated
land, a fine residence, a splendid
orchard and a grove of fig trees,
negro cabins, fences amt all that
goes to make up a prosperous plan
tation. Id the time of the war the
shores of island No. 10 were lined
with batteries, supported by seven
thousand men. Today this is
land does not ■ xlst. The plaje
where jt stood is known by a slight
ripple on the surface of the water.
— Mem. Avalanche.
■I flfr
kt the presfbut time opium from
tips East valued at $2,000,000 is
deposited in San Franc:soj bmk
vaults The object of the heavy
importation is to avoid the in
ct>*se of duty. Much of tli s opi
urn is owned by Chinese capital
ists, who will not permit stoingc
in warehouses, fearing adultera
tion Th« hanks c insider it good
security and make loans on it.
—AS—
An A d vert in iv tj Medium
The 11 KHALI) is unei/Unled bv
reason of ils extensive circulation and
remarkably low rales. Business men
should remember Ibis.
BLANKS !. BLANKS ! BLANK
(am, kinds nkati y printkd)
FOR SALE ATTHE
HERA i,n JO It OFFTf’A
lion 11 I, I'eek of Rockdale,
on l lie block Law
At the request of several citi
zens of tLet county we wrote to
lion W L Peek, of Rockdale conn
ty, and asked him to write an arti
cle on the piaetical operations of
the stock law in that county. No
man in Rockdale stands higher
than Mr Peek, and his evidence is
certainly worthy of consideration.
This is what he writes:
Kditor Walton Hems: When
we were canvassing for the stock
law in this r unty, it was alleged
by the opponents that pocr peo
pie, tenants and other non-land
owners, would be made to pay
enormous prices for pastures, and
that hogs and milk cows would be
out of their reach, and, further,
that it would drive labor from the
county. The reverse is true. I
do not know a single instance
where a tenant, or any other labor
er, has been required to pay one
cent for pastures. Land owners
find it lo bo much cheaper to fur
nish pastures tl an it is to keep
up fences around plantations; in
fact, it is so common to do this
that the colored people who crop
aid those who work for wages
hardly think of asking for or about
pastures, and move in with their
and cows, which share equally
with those of the lard owner.
The truth is. it would he almost
impossible to get tenants, in this
county to keep up fences, clean
out fence rows and split, rails after
the old style, /nst.ead of doing
such work in winter and spring
they are sending their children to
school and employing their time
in things m >re profitable.
As to futile, a cow that will
give three gallons of milk and a
pound of butter per day can be
bought for twenty five or thirty
dollars. Butter is selling at 15
cents per pound, with a large sup
ply shouts from 5 cents to 8 cents
per pound, and both are as plenti
ful as under the old go- at large
system, and are of a much better
quality. Labor is just as plenti
ful, and, I am inclined to think'
more so than before. I do not
know a single instance where the
depredation of stock has been suf
ficient to claim damages. Our
co’ore 1 people g > visiting and to
church on Sundays without fear
of having their crops eaten up lie
fore they return. They are now
strong supporters of the measure,
and will not touch a white man
that is otherwise. If once you
get the stock law, then you will
get the best, hands from adjoining
counties. In addition to the ad
i tages which I have mentioned
to you and my friend, Mr, Blas
ingaine, let mo say that our honey
crop was increased two hundred
per cent, the first sem-en after the
passage of the law in Bockdale.
If you succeed in passing it, it
will he like the luws of the Modes
and Persians, vox poj/uli will seal
the decree.
Yours truly, W L Peek.
•m • • ■
There is a lamentable want of
respect for women among the half
grown young men of our place.
Loudness, flashiness and vulgarity
are the too prevalent characterist
ics, and the class of young men
who show moit glaringly those
seem to be most influential with
the other sex, and are disposed to
bring them down to their own
level. The social condition of the
present day would assume a differ
ent aspeot if the girls would give
these young men to understand
that such conduct would not be
tolerated in their presence.— Week
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It is no diwgrance not to be able
to do everything; but to undertake
or pretend to do, what yon are not
made for, is not only shamefnl.bnt
extremely troublesome and vexa
tious.
• ■K • mm
A man writes that ho met his
first wife in a storm, took her to
the first ball in a storm, p >pped
the question in a storm, and has
lived in a storm ever since.