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MkxO GOOD LUCK.
I ; O Rrfedy was a small
■ t he County Leinster.—
■ b s father before him had
■. „.; v tenants to SquireOrms
■ f:v years on very easy
H>;,l-iiiore uneasy than his
■owa.nl then pestered this
■ ft lease. Then the squire
■ i4V .-Well. if you make a
■ u ‘ i ffl H have the land val
■ a lease drawn accor ling
■ lt ,Ins iniquitous proposal
■ shut 0 Kafferty’s mouth
He was called in the
HjqaJv Luck; and certainly
■ the luck to get into a good
■ gktl and scrapes and to
■ ut - them wonderfully. It
■who set the name rolling :
■hbors did but accept it.
■ r „k.ssed certain powers akin
■atioii, and they were not
■ly ridiculed, for he was
■ e tune in five, and that was
■.forcredulity always for
jH, usual and remembers the
■c.
■ worthy hid a cow to Bell,
■oveherin to the nearest
Bteput twelve pounds on
Iq was laughed at. She was
1,1 she was ugly. “Twelve
■ ; do along wid yer. ‘Nev
Id her,'.was Pat's reply. ‘I
Ikly Luck, and it’s meaelf
111 sell/he baste tor twelve
| ami devil a hay pen less.’-
|as Ins proclamation all the
Hg. In the afternoon he
|euded to take ten pounds—
| oblige the community. At
|he managed to get eight
Hi. aud a bystander told him
B a lucky fellow,
Bt is uo news, thin.’ said he.
■ dark, and he was tired; his
■was twelve Irish miles oft’;
Hived to sleep in the town.
B meantime he went to a lav-
Hl regaled his puichases,
B danced, daffed, showed his
Hg »t drunk, and was robbed
H the light-fingered gentry
Howl about a fair.
■ consequence was the next
H ordered liquor on a liberal
■for he was oue who treated
Hcularly in his cups —he
Hioc find a shilling to pay,
H landlord put him out iuto
Heet. He cooled himself at
■.boring pump, aud went in
H oi gratuation lodgings. The
Hearted town did not supply
■ so he walked out into sweet
■ He was not sick nor sorry.
■ the reverse. He congratu*
Himself on his good luck.
He, now, said he, ‘if I had sold
H twelve pounds, it's four
H Id be losing by that same
Bn.'
little distance outside the
B 1 l" uu d a deserted hovel ;
B' u ' B 0 door, window nor
the roof was tree from
Bin one or two places, an t
Bwas adry corner, and a lie tp
B win it. Paddy thanked
B« for providing him with
Bl’Ue and gratutious a shel -
' immediately burrowed in
B Btraw - “ n, l was i bout to
when the g inimer of
B* rn shot in through the door
Buil voiles muttered outside.
■ r >ck nestled deeper in the
B' liewaM “ tresspasser, and it
too late and yet too early
B ev " lufcs - olmrity included,to
■iot.
B° “ini came in with a sack,
B fc Ull,l !i looter 11; one of them
fe lac tern up and took a
■ :ir,J i">d them premi
B ar "k, whom the spade set
■ Hln * Md his breath. Then
B Pot down the lantern,and
B Pamon went to work and
i i /’ ,r!tVK as P llu ting Pat.
■ H,)Ut a great big round
fcd° D n th<iy e,n Ptied the
■ Niedand tinkled silver
| a kinds, coffee pots, tea
Weekly Gwinnett Herald.
TYLKR M. PKKPLEB, 1
Editor and Proprietor. f
l pots, forks, spoons, brooches,Deck
laces, rings—a mine of wealth that
glowed and glittered iu the light
of the lantern.
Patrick began to p u-spire as
wetl as tremble The men filled
in the hole, stamped the earth firm
ly down, and then lighted their
pipes and held a consultation.—
The question was hew to dispose
of these valuables. After some dis
ferences of opinion they agreed
that one Barney was the feuce they
would invite to the spot, and if lie
would no*give one hundred pounds
for the spoil they would take it to
Dublin. In transpired t iat Bar
ney lived at some distance, but
not too far to come tomorrow even
ing and inspect the booty. Then
if he would give the'r price, they
would go home with him and re
ceive the coin.
'My luck!’ thought Patrick.—
•What need had they to light their
'pipes ami chatter like twe old wo
men about such a trifle, without
searching the straw first, the omad
hauns !’ The thieves retired, and
luck Pat went quietly to sleep.
He awoke in broad daylight,and
strolled back int ihe town. He
walked jauntily, for. if he bad no
mouey, he possessed a secret He
was too Irish and too sly to go to
the po.ice office at once ; his li 4 tie
game was to try and find out who
had been robbed, and what reward
they would give.
Meanwhile he had to breakfast
off a stale roll given him by a
baker out of char ty. About noon
ha passed through a principal
street, and lo! in a silversmith’s
shop was a notice, written very
large:
‘THIRTY ODTNEAB reward!
‘Whereas, these premires were
broken into lust, night, and the
following valuable property ab
stracted— ’
Then followed an inventory a
foot long,
‘The above reward will be paid
to any person who will give such
information as may lead to the
conviction of the thieves and the
recovery of the stolen goods, or
any considerable part thereof.’
Patrick walked in and asked to
see the proprietor, A little fussy
man in a great state of agitation
responded to that query.
‘Are you in earnest now, sorr V
asked Patt.
‘ln earnest f Of course I am.'
‘What if a dacent poor boy like
me wts to find you the silver and
thieves and all?’
‘l’d give you thirty, guineas,
and my blessings into the bar
gain.’
‘Maybe you wouldn’t like to
give me my dinner an’ all by rais
on I’m just famishing with hun
ger V
This proposal raised suspicion,
and the proprietor asked his
name.
‘Patrick O’Rafferty. I’m ten
ant to Squire Ormsby,'
‘I know him. Well, Patrick, I
suppose you can give me some in
formation. I’ll risk the dinner,
anyway.’
‘Ah, well, sorr,’ said Patrick,
‘they say fling a sprat to catch a
whale. A rump steak and a
quart of ale is a favori'e repast of
mine; when I have had em 1 11
am ’em, by the holy poker!’ k
‘Step into my back parlor. Mr.
O Rafferty,’ said tk6 silversmith.
He then sent for the rump
steak very loud, and for a police
man in a whisper.
The steak came first, and was
most welcome. When he had eat
en it the modest () Rafferty asked
forui pipe and pot,
Whilst he smoked and sipped
calmly the d sguised policeman ar
rived, and was asked to examiue
him through a little window.
‘Does he look like crime 1 whis
pored the silversmitu.
‘No,’ said the policeman. ‘Calf
like innocence and impudence gal
or.’
Lawreneeville, &a. Wednesday August, 29 iBB3
The jeweler asked O'Rafferty to
step out. ‘Now. sir, said he, ‘you
have had your dinner, and I don’t
grudge it you ; but if this is jest,
let it end here for I am in sore
trouble, and it would be a heart
less thing to play on me.’
‘Och. hear to him!’ cried Pat
rick. with a whiue as doleful as
sudden. ‘Didiver an O’Rafferty
make a jist of an honest mau s
trouble, or ate a male off his losses?
But what is a hungry man worth ?
1 could not see how to do vour
work while I was famished, but
no v my belly is full, aud my head
fuller, glory be to God!’
*1 don t know how it is,’ sail
the jeweler, aside to the dateotive
He tells mo noth ng, and jet some
ho>" he gives me confidence, But,
Mr O’ Rafferty, do consider; time
dies, and lam no nearer my stol
en goods. What is the first step
we are to take ?'
‘The first step was to fill my bel
ly, the next step is to find me—
och, mnrther, its a rarity.’
‘Never mind’’ said the disguised
officer. Find you what?'
‘A policeman—that isn’t a fool.
This was a stinger, and so sud-*
den; his hearers looked ruber
sheepish at him. It was the po
liceinan who inswered.
“If you will cotne to the statiom
I will undertake to find you that.
Patrick assented, and on the
way they made friends; his com
panion revealed himself, and for
gave the stinger, and Patrick,
pleased with his good temper,
let him into the plan he hid ma
tured while smoking his pipe and
appealing to lose time, All Pat
rick stipulated was that he himself
phould lie the person in command;
and as he alone knew where the
the booty was, and was manifest
ly as crafty as a badger, this was
cheerfully acceded to. So, at
hour before dusk, four f« 1
lows that looked like country
men drove a cart full of straw up
to the hovel, and made a big heap
by adding it to what was there al
ready.
Then two drove the cart back
to the edge of the town, and put
the horse up, and rejoined their
companions in ambush, all but
one, and he hid in a dry ditch op
posite. They were all armed, aud
the outside watcher had a novel
weapon—a powerful blue light in
the shape of a fat squib.
It is a dreary business waiting
at night for criminals who may
not come at all, or, if they do, may
be desperate, and fight like mad
mnn or wildcat-*.
Eight o’clock came —nine—ten
eleven—twelve; the watchers
were chilled and stilt, and Patrick
sleepy.
One of the policemen whisper
ed to him: ‘They won’t come to
night. Are you sure they have
not been and taken up the swag?'
‘Not sure; but I think no!.’
The pol ceman growled and mut
tered s iiaething about a mare’s
nest.
‘Hush !’ said another.
‘What ?’ in an agitated whis
per.
‘Wheels!’
'Silence.
They all remained as still as
death. The faint wheels, that
would have been inaudible by day,
rattled nearer and nearer. It was
late for a bonatide traveler to be
on the roa l. Would the wheels
pass th© hovel?
They came up fast ; then they
stopped suddenly, d o the watch
ers eve ’y thing was audible, and
every sound magnified. W hen
the drag stopped it was like a rail
way train pulling up. Men leap
ed out and seemed to shake the
ground, When three figures Ms
tied into the hovel it sounded 1-de
a rush of meu. Then came a
thrilling question. Would the
thieves examine the premises be
fore they looked for the biotv?
The chances were they would
Well, they did not. They were
in great anxiety, too, but it took
the form of hurry. They dag fu
riously. displayed the booty to
Barney in a hurry, and demanded
their price.
‘Now, then, oue hundred pounds
or take your last look at ’ej^.’
‘One hundred pounds!’ whined
Barney. ‘Can't be done.’
‘Very well; there s uo (*me to
bargain.'
‘l’ll givej|eighty pounds. But
I shall lose monsy by ’em.’
‘Barney! They at e worth a thou
sand. Here, Jem, put’em up ;we
can da better in Dublin.'*
Barney whined and remonstrat
•d, but ended by consenting to
give the price.
The words were hardly nut of
his mouth when the hovel gleamed
with a lurid fire, so vived and pen
etrating that every crevice of it
and the very cobwebs cams out
distinct.
The thieves yelled with dienuij,
and oue ran away from the light,
slap into the danger, and was daz
zled again with opening bull's-eyes
and captured like a lamb. The
other rushed blindfold at the en
trance, but. his temple encounter,
ed a cold pistol, and a policeman
immovable as a statute. He recoil
ed, and was in that moment of hes
Ration pinned from behind and
handcuffed—click ! As for Bar
ney, u o fight was expected,
he was allowed to clamber up the
walls like a mouse in a trap, then
tumble down, until the four-wheel
they had come in was brought up
by Paddy O'Ratt’erty. Then the
thieves were bundled in, and sat
each of them between two honest
men, and the fence was attached
by the wrist by a policemajp
walked him to the same desrina
tion, but like friend Vei-giTs bull
mulla relurtatern, hanging back iu
vain, bribing the silent, impenetra
ble Bobby.
Pat slept at the station, and
next morning the jeweler gave his
thirty guineas with a good heart,
but o.nmitted the blessing. Pat
rick whined dism>Milly at this very
serious omission, and the worthy
itllo fellow gave it him with glis
tering eyes. ‘For,’ said he, *lll
own now the loss would have min
ed me I find by my books they
cost me thirteen hundred pounds.’
So then lie hlesse 1 him solemnly,
and Patrick went home rejoic
ing.
When he got home he told the
story inaccurately, and like a noon
omaniac; that is to say,he suppress
ed all the fortitude and sagacity he
had shown These were qualities
he possessed, so he thought noth
ing of them.
• Luck and divination were what
he prided himself on. His version
ran thus: he had the luck not to
sell his cow till night-fall, the still
better luck to be robbed of his
money, and compelled to sleepjw
the neighborhood. Then thanks
to his superlat’ve luck, theQucef*-
jeweler had been robbed of silver
salvers the size of the harvest
moon, two gallon tea pots, pearls
like hazle nuts, and diamonds as
big as broad beans, and Heeing no
other way to recover them, and
hearing Hiat the wise man of (fan
nachee was in the town, had given
him a good dinner and his
and begged him to use all his po.n
ers as a seer; of all which the up
shot was that he had put the po
lice on the right track, aud recov
ered the booty, and caged the
thieves, and marched home with
the reward.
Iu telling his romance he was
careful to take out his thirty sov
ereigus and jingle them, and this
musical appeal to the senses so
overpowered the understandings
of his neighbors that they swallow
ed the wonderous tale like sprug
water.
After Shis few were hold enough
to resist the pretentions to luck
tt nd divi oat,on. He was often con
suited, especially about nrssing
property, and as he new ;nd tlmu
guessed rig/it, and sometimes hid
taken the precaution to ' ide the
property himse'f, which material
ly increased his chances of finding
it, he passed for a seer.
The < uulineulHls in Hottwii.
The Boston Lancers gave tin
Continent al Hoards of New Or
leans a right royal time. Ia the
course of his address Guv. Bu'ler
said:
A v.ord to our guests. You
come to ns with the best pledge
that you belong tous. You come
iu the uniform of our
ry fathers.as they wereulW'ied who
fought on Bunker lutk and we
eoulra »>ot do other receive
to our hearts that unjrerm. whom
soever may we ir it. come to
us with the pledge tlnff, between
North and South, is
ended, all rivalry enrolled out, ex
cept the rivalry in Ms 11 doing,
springing from of peace
and the prosperity jF our several
sections, no oue orwhich can be
harmed without assailing thoothei
You come to nnv with peculiar
relations. You came from city of
New Orleans, where once I entered
as your enemy, but I left it your
friend. Read, if you will—if you
have not forgotten them—the
words of our parting, when I told
you that there was but one curse
which had been the bane of your
prosperity, and that was the curse
of slavery. You doubted me then
You kn jw it now; for New Orleans
under free institutions, with equal)
ty of all men before the law. is
now springing iuto that position
which belong sto her as the chief
metropolitan city of the South and
this nation, which ought to and will
soon rival the metropolitan city
of New York.
The Governor’s remarks created
a furror of applause among the
guests.
Hoiuiuy hihl Arnica.
An old darkey came into an
Austin drug store with his head
bandaged up and groaning as if
every bone in his body was bro
en.
‘What’s the matter?’ asked the
drug clerk.
‘We have had the hery debble
of a time, me and de ole woman,
battering each udder wid de chairs
and sieh.'
‘Well, what do you want?’
‘We needs some arnarchy. J)ir
aiut no arnarchy in de house. JDe
bottle got smashed in de fuss, and
de anarchy spilled all ober de
floor. ’
‘lf you had more harmony in
your house there would be less an
archy.’ remarked the drug clerk,
smiling ns he filled a small bottle
of arnica.
‘You am right, boss. Dats jes
what de fuss was about. De reus
on we needs anarchy is bekuse d.vr
was nor hominy in de house, and
dats why de ole w miau hit me wid
de cheer.’
A lady of Milwaukee has twin
sons of whom she is very proud,
both being h.ndsome sprightly
and precocious little fellows, A
short time ago a gentleman sent
the lads a pair of ‘California Jac ks’,
which, of course, tickled their fan
cies immensely after they had learn
ed the important lesson of nonin
terference with the business end
of the animals. Oneufof the boys
was giving a lady a glowing de
scription of the pets, which led to
the querry :
‘Are your jacks gentle, Frank *'
‘Well, yes, ma’am,' sai I Frank.
‘They are awful tame in front, hut
vou bet they are awful wild be
hiud.’
Statistics for 1882 show the val
ne of the poultry production in
America exceeded the value of
either hi y, wheat, cotton or dairy
products. I' e figures f or that
year are: Wheat 55488.000,000,
hay $480,000,000, cotton $410,000-
000, poultry $500,(8)0,000. Not
withstanding these large figures
poultry is about the only product
that we do not send abroa 1, but
find a market for it entirely at
home.
A pission play is to be introduc
ed at Emerald, a sm ill village near
San Francisco, it is said, as a sum
mer attraction next year.
• m
The Rev. Thomas J. Noriii,
P isjoi of the Nazareth Primitive
Baptists Church ir: Alabama, went
to his church while ill a id presided
over a conference uieet.iiig hying
in bed
jVol. XIII.—No. 23
Oue pi' NlirriUHim Orders in
Georgia.
Headquarters Military Divis
ion of the Miss, in the field
near Chattahoochee (by Auden
ried), -Tilly 7. 1864—6’nrrard. Gen
eral, Roswell. Ga.—General:
Your report ia received and most
accptable. I had no idea that the
factories at Roswall lemained in
operation, but suppose 1 the mi
chinevy had all been removed.
Their utter destruction is right
and meets my entire approval,
and to make the matter complete
you will arrest the owners anu cm
ployes and send them under guard
charged with treason, to Marietta,
and I will see as to any man in
America hoisting the French tlag
and then devoting his labor and
capitol in supplying armies in
open hostility to onr government
and claiming the benefit of his
neutral Hag Should you, under
the impulse of auger, natural at
contemplating such perfiuity, hang
the wretch, I approve the act be
fore hand. * *
I repeat my orders that you ar
rest all people, male aud female,
connected with those factories, no
matter what, tha clamor, and Lt
them foot it under guard to Mari
etta, whence [ will send them by
ears to the North. Destroy and
make the same disposition of the
mills, save small flouring mills,
manifestly for local use; but of
ell saw mills and factories dispose
of eflotually, and Useful laborers
excused by reason of their skill us
manufactrrers from conscription,
are ns much prisoners as if armed,
The poor women will mike a howl.
Let them take along their chil
dren and clothing, provided I hey
have the means of hauling, or you
can spare them. We will retain
them until they can reach a conn
try where they can live ii\ peace
and security. Ia o, with respect,
yours truly •
W. T. Khkrm AN,
Major General commanding.
( iirious Stories About Aiiiiiuil*
A man in British Columbia has
a sow that dives for salmon.catches
one, and feeds- it to her young.
\ Clinton, Ind, oat with a family
of three kittens has adopted three
young coons and a Hying squirrel.
Tunbridg ;. Va , has a kitten
with forty ioes and four separate
ears, and a chicken with four per
feet legs.
John B. Garniea., of Lawrence
burg, Ind., saw a fierce tight Lo
tween a turtle and a largo rat.
The turtle beat.
In the San Diego, Cal., Court
House yard a brood of valley
quail have made their home, and
are quite tame.
A Chattanooga cow committed
snicide tiio other day by holding
her head under the water and stan
ding until she fell over dead.
In Springdale, la., a large tun
b<sr wolf att’jcke la Norwegian girl
but she overpowered him alter
a desperate str lggle, ane held him
until help came.
As the dog of Samuel King ,a
fl cgman at. Elizibeth. N. J., was
trotting al mg the road, a swallow
Hiw so low that it wei.t . into the
dog’s op n month with such forci
that thejd ig narrowly escaped- h >k
iug to death. The bird was final
ly taken out.
A Mail iftrrier of Newberry,
Mich., shot and wounded a buck
dee* - . Thu buck started for him
and before he could jump a log,
pinned tr'in with his horns tight to
it. The man ha lto w lit for the
buck to < ie before he could cut off
the horns and release himself.
A tiny gold ring inscribed “Pet"
was found in the eraw of a wild
goose killed by J B Hopkins, of
Ellsworth Kan. A newspaper
note brought ont the fact that the
ring had bien lost by a child of
Dell Cobb’s of Silver City, N. M ,
while traveling through Kansas.
Near the he id of Moosehead
L-kfe lives the family of George
0. Luce. Hearing a noise in his
pantry at midnight they went
down stairs, and found abe n’ help
mg himself to the family provis
ions. After a desperate tight he
was finally despatched. He weigh
ed 400 pounds.
‘That rep »rter gave you a deuce
of a racket,’ said an Austin gentle
man to a singer who had partici
pated iu an amatuer performance.
‘I know he did, but I am going
to stop his mouth ’
‘Are you going to shoot him ?’
‘No, I’m going to invite him to
dinner,’ —Siftings.
—AS—
An A d vertininy Mtdi um
The h KRALD is unei/ualed hy
seaton ot its r.ritnsive circulation and
remarkably low rates. Busineis mku
nbou Id remember this.
BLANKS! BLANKS!BLANK
(ai,i. kinds neatly printko)
FOR SALE ATTHE
// Kit A L I) JOH OFFICE
Urui-ral lewi.
France owes $4,000,000,000.
An Ala lama watermelon shows
a perfect map of America.
Seven persons were killsd ia
Georgia last week by lightning.
Oscar Wild will return to Amer
icn aud introduce his new pl&y.
A young lady in Cincinnatti shot
herself to show her lover that she
was true.
There is some doubt about the
immediate rebuilding of the Kim
ball house.
A little boy near Roswell, Ga.,
»vns bitten and killed by a rattle
snake.
The report that yel low fever has
appeared in Augusta is without
foundation
A base Iml I nine composed of lu
mil ics has been organized in Wash
ington.
Boh Lincoln would, indeed,make
a good president—of a baseball
club.
William Henry Ostrander ia to
lv hanged in Utica for the muder of
his brother.
A Barren County Ky. farmer cut
from a meadow of 19 acres 100,-
000 pounds of hay.
A young man in Germantown,
Kv , on a single acre has growu a
SI,OOO crop of onion sets.
The majority in favor of the
stock law in .iincoln County was
184.
Gen Toombs got up the money
to build the Washington branch
railway in one day.
Three negro murderers at Dan
■viHe, Va, were saved from* lynch
ing by the military.
Four men were found in Cum
berland falls, Tenn., horribly hack
ed up and mutilated.
Three men who hail tuken ref
uge under n tree in Nebraska were
htruck and killed by lightning.
The Agricultural convention warn
very largely attended. Colonel
Hardeman resigned the Presiden
Lemuel W. Park pronounces the
‘lTovidence Spring’ at Anderson
ville as a lie m ide of whole cloth.
The wife of Senator Allison, of
lowa, committed suicide by drown
ing herself in the Mississippi riv
er.
Two brothers named Cochran,
iu Campbell county, had a drunk
en row, in which one severelystab
bod the oilier.
Mr. John W. Sluzill, of Warren
county Kv, has a cow he says
gave six gallons of milk at one
time.
The new residence of Mr. Flood
one of the bonanza kings, to be
built in S in Francisco, to cost $5,-
000,000.
Quincy, Florida, seems to be a
bad place for Swedis. Of 100 who
went 'here in 1874, the lust one
lias died.
A North Ciroliua whisky dealer
vnits permission to send the liq
uid in the mails iu tour pound
cans, easy to handle aud not break
able.
Another idiot at Cape May hur
ried his watch and money in the
sand while he bathed, and now is
unable to remember just where the
funeral was held.
The most spitsful man in the
world has committed suicide in
Low-r Silesia. He /est a letter
stating that his purpose was to de
prive his heirs of thirty thalers
which they would receive from a
benevolent society in case his death
was natural.
Mrs. Jackson has sent the war
horse ridden by her husband, Gen
eral Stonewall Jackson, to theVii
ginia Military Institute, there to
be cared for. The horse was the
same ani rial upon which Jackson
was riding when ■he received his
death wound at Chancellorsvilie.
Philadelphia his found cheap
tidbs possible. The Reading Rail
Road Company, as well as the Penn
sylvania, is now runing handsome
aud four wheelers, and there are
still others engaged in the busi
ness.
A rare case is that of Andrew
Carnegie, ts Pittsburg, head of
the largest iron manufacturing
concern in this country. After ao
cumulating a great fortune, he has
returned to his native Scotland
and it is said will seek for election
to I’ai I lament.