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BY MBS. M. L. BAYNE.
••/inaziii Grace,” said Mrs. Pilb
bury, as she sat with her ditugh
ternt their afternoon sawim*, “be
yew goin’ io piece a quilt?"
“Wbat fui mother ?”
“Why ain’t Mr. Van Meet been
to see you twice’t rurmin’ lately?
He’s axid ye, I a’po e, io hev
him ?’’
\s_ “Ah’ 1 guv him die mitten. v
“Sho 1 You wouldn’t be half so
silly! WLjt/'-c’s wuth a dozen orni
rary men. You mought go futhtr
and fare wuss."
“Jest what I m goin’ io r*
“Did yew tell biui so.?"
“No, I writ; now, mo l her, let me
be; I ain’t a goin’ to marry no man
ti.et thinks I’m jumpin’ et the
chance, j.’d a heap rntlier be an
old maid."
There was nothing said for
some time ; then the widow ask
ed:
“When did yew wiite,’ Maziu ?
‘•A day or so past.’’
“Where did you git a pen?’’
“I borrered one. Mebbe you’d
like to know what I said ew him."
“You’ve guessed rite." aid the
widow eagerly.
“It ain’t nuiliin to nobody but
us, mother, s’long as I didn’t hav fe
hint,” said the girl curtly, and no \
more was said, but the widow sigh
•d heavily and held her hand to {
her left side.
Arnaziu knew that it meant her
heart, for she had been brought
up to respect that organ as an in
timidating power. This time she
did not relent, but wondered wby
she could not like that big, good
lookiug Van Vleet well enough to
uiarry him, for they were poor
poor as that historic church mouse
a jrd be was well off.
But they were not mercenxry,
people pallpd them simple folks ;
perhaps because they lacked edu
cation, and believed every tiring
that was told them. But they
were good as gold. The widow a
face and form, lank and ung .inly,
were familiar in every sick 100 m.
They rendered unto Caesar the
thin c » that were Cwsai’s. They
o wed no man anything, though
they worked early aud late to ac
complish it. They were good to
everybody and everything, and
Amazin Grace—her mother had
named her after ihe hymr begin
ning, “Amazing Grace, how sweet
the sound’,—was really pretty.
So thought big, bulking, shame.
fae.d Van Vleet, when he came a
coarting aer, with his trousers
tucked into cowhide boots and a
coon-skin cap tied down over hi R
ears. She was the only girl he
was afraid of, and he wasn’t afuid
of her, come right down to it.
He was an honest decent chap
| r : }.k a fist like a sledge hammei
*1 a heart like a child's. He
Nov Amazin Grace, and'^je
imagine any reason Ivhy
** jpjjjn* ■fe letter of refusal.
TIIE WEEKLY GWINNETT HERALD
tdies; he retd it over aud over,
•moked his cob pipe, rea ,i tbe
letter again, grinned a good bit
then folded it reverently, and put
it in the pockei nearest his
lifenrf.
"That s all rile, my girl.’, he
°huckled.
One peculiarly of time is that
it tieals all people alike, ft does
not d; trom some and stand still
with others, ft was Bpring at the
Nan \ leet farm, which was one
mass of apple and cherrv blos
soms and it was spring at the
Widow Pillsbury’s lit tie lean-to
house, wiihout shrub or blossom.
The widow looked out of the win
dow and sighed. She had never
heard the “Song of the Shirt,’’ but
she had sung it all her life. It
was her bread and butter.
“There’s Van Vleet shetxelaiur
< d, lookiug up from her lap-board
“Well, I declare! What brings
him here’”
“P’raps he’s cornin’ to ask yew
to hev him, mother," said Aumzin
(•race, laughing, while a sweet
flush of piuk stained her round
cheeks.
“I wish he blrould!" said the
I widow, devoutly “I should consul
er ii wustiyin' in ihe face of Prov
idence not to marry such a man
—if he asked me."
But Mr. \an Vieet stalked in
with a brief “good day," threw
an uimfiil of blossoms into the
! lap of Anmzin Grace, aud said:
I ru ready for a weddin.’ "
‘ Did yon get my letter?” asktd
the girl.
“Yep! It warn’t, to say lovin’,
hut 1 took yer meuniu'. I’ve fenc
ed in the hull north let, and fur
flushed ihe house up #o, so yei
wouldn’t know it, an' I kalmlate
*'f v e kin git. married next
week, it won't interfere with
spring work—hey?"
Aruazin Grace set. back and look
ed the picture of surprise. The
widow thought, she Beard the cat
in the pantry and discreetly with
drew-. As the door closed Far
mer Van Vleet took two little red
hands in his, and bending forward
gave Amazin Grace an awful
smack.
“Th it seals the bargain," I e
said But the indignant girl jump
ed up aud ordered him out of the
house .but to her astonishment he
didn’t budge a step.
“Not much! I teckon l’ v e aright,
to kiss yer now," he said boldly
—then he went tothedtor and cal
led loudly : kuni here!"
The widow must have been con
ven enily near, for she almost fell
intOj the room at his first word,
and bestowed another smack on
her.
“It’s all rite, te said, ‘‘me an’
Auiizen Grace
ed, and you‘kin daDce at the wed
din’.”
“But—the letter.’ gasped the
girl. You ain’t understood a word
of it.’’
“The fact is,’’ said Van Vleet,
“I ain t hud no edicaiion to speak
of been busy grulbin’ land ah my
life, 1 didn’t really read the letter
to sense it, but wt, e n I
see how you signed it. that
was enuft for me. I knowed
you wouldn’t hev wiit that way
to a feller ye weren’t goin’ to mar
ry I don’t know much about
! gals, but 1 know that.
Wheu it was all sefled that
they were to be married next
week Sunday Farmer Van Vleet
rode off, and two women put
away .he lapboard, am resigned
the universal shirt making busi
ness forever.
"I d give the world to know what
I writ to him,’’ said Amizio’
Grace.
“The world ain’t yonrn to give
corrected her mother, piously.
“I’m savt’in sure I told him no,"
said the girl, “hut I reckon l.e was
bound to hev me, an’ I dunno tz
I am half sorry ei'ker, now.’
When they were married and
Amizen Grace a*.d her mother
had gone out to the new home in
ibe smart new spring wagop, the
bride returned to the subject of
die letter
“I hev a burnin' cur’ios ; ty to
know wbat I writ/’ she said
“cause" (blushing prettily) "I
thought I refused yju ”
Lawrenceville Georgia, Tuesday April 22 1884
“O- ho, I guess not, ’ said the
j .riumphant lover-. Look-a nere,
Mrs. Nan Yreet,here's the letter.
faint but a few words. There
j a ' u * 1,0 ticular moanin iu them
j but its the signing of them. Do
you see iha;? Them words mean
yes; ture’s no giltin around them!”
Amizen Grace and her m rther
lto h read at oncu:
“Mr. Van Vleet:
“Data Sik .- I am sory to In
form,you tbat your attenshun a>e
in nowise liecipperkatsd.,'
Yu res irewly.
" V MAZIN’ GKAOE PILSBURY.”
That, fetched me," said Mr. Van
Meet, looking admiringly at his
new possession. "I doatt'i ktio
much but I reckon i km ted what
a girl means when she writes to
a teller and signs herself -Yvires
irewly.’ ''—Detroit free Dress.
Wee DoK I.ike To See
A judiiiil or officer, who is
known to be aregulnrwhisky so;ik
card-player himself, i elivering
such strong temperance and gam
bling—suppressing charges from
thebeuch. It is the irony of incon
sistency
A man who is President of a
projected railroad throwing cold
water on j every scheme that
he is chosen !o further. He should
either- give his whole heart to the i
enter prise or resign.
Ci-beers wfic-acknowledge ihe
importance of building more rail
roads, and then when the suberip
lion list comes around ile-clit;e to
subsberihe They should he run
out ol town.
Incipient canduDtes hobnobing
with negro politcians, ar.d me ex
tending them fiv.rs r hat thev
lmve declined to grant honest
white citizens. Their little game
is entirely iwo transparen i.
Men threa-en to sue out injunc
tions every time a move toward
the progress of Athens is made
This isno way' to build up a town,
andsuch parti* sjare kicking against
pricks.
Our own cit izens bending of to
Albania, new New York and oilier
places for goods llmt they can
buy just as cheap at home. It
shows « lack cf public spirit.
Men who are afraid to assist
their party when in need,‘but as
soon as successful trying to gob
ble up ihe spoils of office. Such
cases should be severely sal down
upon.
People laud the newspapers to
the skies so long as it agrees witl
them ; but when such a journal
sees tit to dift'er begin to abuse it,
Athens has several such cases
but they are like the gnat on the
bull’s horn.
The profesional jurors who
make it their business to loaf
arouud the court-house gratified.
A las’, should bejenacted requiring
every man to( servt unless thro’
some providential interference.
City and county officers forced
each year to spend t heir salary
buying negro votes to be elected
Nominating conventions would
remedy ihis evil.
Men who are two cowardly to
tike a position on a public ques
tion rewarded with office. Such
characters are unfit to be trusted
in any cupicity, for their whole
mission is self-interest aud advan
cement.
Our people jumping from oue
railroid project to another and
not knowing their own minds.
Nothing can be occomplisihed by
such a course, i.et us can re ou
one, route aud build it. —Ban
ner Watchman.
A Michigan girl told her young
man that she would never marry
him until be was worth ¥IOO,OOO.
So ne started out with a brave
heart to make it.
‘/row are you getting od,
George?’ she asked a’ the expi
ration of six months.
‘Well,’ said Oeorge,hopefully, ‘f
have saved s2o.'
The girl dropped hei jejelashes
and blu.bingly remarkek : ‘I reck
on that's near enough, George.’
A man in Arkansaw, while
camping out in the woods recent
ly was hi'ten by a polecat, and
died shortly after of hydorhobi i,
\\ e should think he would have
been glad to die of any thing.
DEVOTHD TO NEWS, LITERATURE AND EOUAE AFFAIRS
* (.Hill,-lit
I.
Oir, gates of ice! long have ye
held our beloveds.
Ye Ci uel ! how could ye keep
from us them for whom our hearts
yearned jour deal ones; our fathers;
children; our brothers, ont- lov
ers.
Cold and Sleet, Darkuess and
Ice ! hard have ye held them; ye
would not lo: them go.
Their bands ye have bound fasl:
their feet yo ltave detained: and
well have ye laid hold upon the
hearts ofo rr beioveds.
Oh, sileofc Artie Night! thou
hast wooed from us our dear, only
ones.
Oh, secret of the white and un
known world! too strong hast thou
been for us; we were as nothing
to thee: thou hast drawn them
from ns: thou wonldst not let them
«*’•
The long lay passedjtbou would
not let them go.
Ihe long, long night caine and
went; I Lou wouldst not let them
f?‘>-
Oh, th ru insatiate! why didst
thou keep them from us
What to thee is youth, and life,
and hope ami love ?
For thon art Death, not lift ;
thou art Despair not hope.
Nought to thee the rush of
youthful blood, naught to thee the
beauty and strength of our belov
eds
Tjc b'-eeth of their bodies is
not sweet to thee; they loved thee,
thou lovedst not them.
They followed time thou didst
not look upon them; bu t oh, thou
in viola' e! still did they follow
thee.
Thee did they follow, through
storm, through perils of the ice,
and of the uukuowtr darkness.
The sharp spears of the frost
they fearei not; the terrors of
death they feared not; for thee,
not for us; only ilint they might
look upon thy fa;e.
Hll these they endured for thne;
the tli6uoh( of us whom they lov
ed, this also they endured for
thee.
II
Long, l»ng have they tarried in
thy gates cb, North !
But now thou hast given them
up. Lo, they come to us once
more—our beloveds, our only
ones.
Oh, dearest, why have ve stayed
so long ?
With ye, night and day have
come and gone, but with us there
was night only-
But no, we will not reproach
ye, hearts of our beans—dearest
and best; our fatbe' s, our children
our brothers, our lovers.
Come back to us ! Behold our
arms arc open for ye; ye are ours ;
ye have returned unto us; ye slral]
never go hence again.
But why are ye silent, why do
ye not stir, why do ye uot speak
to us, oh, beloveds ?
White are yonr cheek's like
snow, your eyes they do not look
upon us.
Gone so long, and this your joy
to see us once more ?
Lo. do we not welcome ye? Are
not our souls glad? Do uot our
tears, long kept, rain upon yonr
faces ?
Do ye sleep then, after those
hard and weary labors? Oh, now
awaken, for ye shall take rest and
pleasure—here are your homes
A id kindred.{
Listen, beloved, here is your His
ter, bere is yonr brother, here is
yonr lover.
LIT
They will uot hearken to our
voices.
They are still; their eyes look
not. upon us,
Oh, insa /ate. oh, Secret of the
white ami unknown world, cruel
indeed thou art.
Thou hast sent back to ns our
best beloveds; their bodies thou
hast tendered up. but their spir
its thou hast taken away from us.
In life thou didst hold) them
from us—and in death they are
thine.
R. W. <1
New York, Feb. 20, 1881.
I The in a Printing (Mitre
!
Who i» the Man that is locking
so hard at the piece of paper *
He is an intelligent Composi
tor.
Wliv does behold the paper so
close to his eyes ?
Because tue correspondent that
wrote it makes lien tracks.
What is ho snying ?
He is laving. “I can’t make out
this stuff.”
Aud whose the other man go
ing to the Case ?
That is the furious Foreman.
What doflj he want. ?
He is going to help the intel/i
geut Compositor decipher the
hen t racks.
Do yon think he can do it ?
I doa't know, lie can do most
anything, but 1 guess that will he
two much for him.
Now l«ee another man coming ,
what is Ire going to do *
That is the Precise Proof Head
or ;he is going to cast his eagle
eye overtire hen tracks to see
where they lead to.
Do you think he c-iu liud out ?
No, not without, a guide or a
calcium light.
Now hero tomes another man
who is the man ?
Flint is Lite able Editor.
Where iloes he come from ?
From his Den.
Now all the men are close to
gather- -see ! their heads most
touch and they aro looking ev
ery one at the piece of paper.what.
are they doing that for?
Because they are Concentrating
their Giant Intellects upon the
piece of paper to see wliul the hen
traek correspondent means by his
Heirogjjqthics.
HavfCtliey found ont. ?
No, +ley are stumped.
Now they are going away from
the Case.
Yes, and one of the men chunk
ed the piece of paper iuto the
stove.
Why does be do that, ?
Because he cant, read the hen (
tracks.
Who is the small boy that has a
grin on iris face, and his hat turn
ed up in Front ?
He is the Printer’s Devil.
What is the Able Editor saying
to him ?
He is telling him logo after the
Long Range shot gun.
What for.
Because the Able Editor wants
to go hunting after the hen track
Correspondent.
Will he hurt him ’
Y’os, lie will, if he catches him.
Do you think the CoiTospou- I
dent ought to be killed ?
Certainly.— Burlington 7/awk
eye..
An Ohio convict has declined u
pardon.
The hotel cook should be given a
wide range.
Why is love like a pota'o? Be
cause it shoots from the eyes.
By the way, a dog genSrally
‘cotnfcs to the scratch in attempt
ing to make joth ends meet.
Every spirit makes its house
and we can give a shrewd guess
from the house of the inhabitant.
Courting a g : rl is paying her ail
dresses. Marriage is paying for
her dresses and all other fixings.
The small boy who hangs around
the parlor and makes facts at his
sister’s beau should be punished
for cod tempt of court.
A lot of maidens recently go
up x fair for the poor amiss quite
a number now wear engagement,
rings, the enterprize is spoken o
as a brilliant success.
“Are Jones ami Brown ou spak
ing terms yet ?" asked one citizen
of another a few days ago.
“1 guess they are," said the oth
er; “I heard them cil l each other
liars this morning, and saw their
wives borrow wnshtubs and coft'ee
of each other."
In a fit of rage Adelbeort Clark
of Elba, N. Y., beat bis wife cruel
ly. The neighbors who were at
true tod by the noise tcok Clark
into the woods, thrashed him tar
red and feather, aud lent hiui
j home.
Youngstow it, Ohio March 111.
James Drfford and New.on Gill
more, brokers in-law, the former
having married Gillmore’a sister
have beeu for a long time on un
friendly terms Their minyquar
rels resulted iii Oillni re’s beir.g
denied his brother in law’s house
On Wednesday M's. Difft rd diid
and the funeral was attended by
ihe whole community. Gillmore
w.is there, apparently a bereaved
mourner over bis sister’s grave
but before Ire left Ihe cemetery
he commenced to quarrel with
his heart broken brother in law
and followed hint lo hie deserted
house near by. He became very
abusive iu Iris language adding
insult to injury
Gillmore rausaoked the house
and appropriated to himself arti
cles belonging to his dead sister
This was more than ihe husband
could stand, and negged him to
l desist and lei ve the things sacred
Gillmore then became violent and
"hen Di fiord on lured him lo leave
whipped wut a revolver aud with a
curse fired three shots ir rapid
succession. One struck in Dis
ford's temple, taking a downward
I course and lodging in the bu“e of
the brain. The wounded ruin
pitched forward to the tloor and
} lived hut u sir rt lime A neigh*
bor. Smith Pi on ay, grapp'e I Gill
more before he could shoot the
ton -ill tune and wrenched the pis
tol from his grasp. Gillmore
walked to the house of "Squire
Crone and gave himself np. Later
he was taken to Warren for ante
keeping try two constables. The
community which read of • tie ('in
oinn iti riot, are talking of captur
ing die cold blooded murderer
from Ihe officersandhnngiug him
Ther e is inti use feeling, ns Difford
was popular and a good citizen.
New York, Mare.bfil.— Eighteen
years ago a female baby, a few
months old, was found one morn
ing on the steps of a N<w York
l residence, [on ea-d Twenty third
street. Marked on the gurmeniw
iw is the word “Dubois.” She was
I adopted by u woman of the same
Maine, living in Sullivan county-.
She was, on becoming of a reason
ing age, told of the circiiin sstlices
of her life. Site and her foster
mother moved to Chicago,and -lie
young lady became anxious to
khow something of her ancestry.
Learnirg that peoplo of her name
lived in Brooklyn, she wrote poet
master McLenr, giving the ircuni
stances, requesting him to limlou l
what he could, if anything to her
advantage, at the same timo Mend
ing a notice, with the request that
jhe should post it. The postmas
ter wrote to all of the individuals
of the name given which he could
j find in the directory. Several re
plies were received, among them
one from a young man of the same
name, who stated that his early
history wuh not dissimilar to that
of the inquiring young lady. The
i postmaster turned over to him
the letter received from Miss Jeu
nie Dubois, and a correspondence
was opened between the two. Fi
nally he visited her, and it was a
clear case of love at first eight,
both being equally impressed with
the other. The first impressions
grew stronger with longer acquam
tance, but, while progressing in
their sincere attachment, each de
tected in the other that which was
almost convincing that they were
of th same flesh and blood. They
loved and would marry, but there
was t'e harrowing fear that they
might be brother and sis'er. Each
desires to find t hat they are in no
way related.
Vesterdav morning Thomas
Leach a white man »’as arested by
Patrolman Nolan upon a warent
charging him with cheating anil
swindling
llu warrent upon which Leach
was arrested was sworn ou l , by a
man named Henry, who lives at
Bond, a new station on the Easf
i Tennessee road. Henry claims
that Leach came to his place se
veral weeks ago and by re| rosen
fag that he wu in the wood and
cold busines in Atlanta bought
two car loads of wood for which
he promised to pay in a few days
The wood was shiped to Atlanta
but Leach neglected to rami' the
money, //eury came to Atlanta
yesterday, and securedthe warrent
and placed it in tne Patrolman No
lan’s hand, waited until he was ar
: rested.
Ihe Sunday Newsdealer will
publish agiiost story, savs aWiike*
hnri-ie, Pa. special of the 29th tilt
to ihe New York Times, which is
verified by many respectable j or
sons. Dan Shifter, a well-to-do
fanner in Hanover township, com
plains that his family cannot sleep
at nights, owing lo some strnnga
spirit that makes its up poaranee
regularly evsry night. When
Mrs Shitler rises from bed in the
morning she says is all pains and
aches from being trampled orr
by the spiritualistic walker in the
night, but *he pains leave her af
ter the sun has ’iseii On Friday
night, about 11 o’clock, the spirit
cume iuto the room and remained
there ui til nearly midnight when
it left iu a hall el tin-, an* did
not return uutil nearly 2 o'clo -k.
Mrs. Shifter endeavored to get up
but a cold hand pressed her fore -
head and pr«veuted her from do
ingso. During tho most ofWednes
day night a terrific noue was kept
up till daybreak. Not long since
some good and pious prop It* who
visited the Shifters .advised them
to read passages in theßibla when
the noise began. Mrs. Shifter
took the Bible mid read to her
hushutul and daughter- several pa
gas, but was obliged to abandon
it on account of the strange buz
zing in her ears. She says that
tho noise w»a similar to that of
house flies in close proximity to
her ears.
Notwithstanding the bud comb
tiou of the roads great crowds vis
ited the house both night and
i lay. So large were tfte crowds
that gathered there on Wednes
day ami Tuesday nights that (he
Shifter family were obliged to sit.
up all night in order to allow the
visitors ample scope iu their inves
tigations. On Tuesday night 88
persons were present There
not being a sufficient number of
chairs n the house to acconuuo
dale the people, they lra<l lo sit. ;>ri
the floor anil lounge about the
house. The young man who went
to Mrs Shifters room was pros!rut
ed, and could not.be induced to
visit tua room again, A man was
murdered nerr Shifters housesev
oral yours ago.
“So, my little boy, you would
like t,o join our Sunday-school,
would you not t" said the superin
tendent, kindly.
“Yes, sir.' replied the little ful
low
“What is your name, did you
way ?”
"Johnny Simpson."
“Oh, yes; you are the won of
Mr. Simpson. Let me see, is
your papa a Presbyterian or an
Episcopalian ?”
“No sir; he isn’t either; Lies a
new spaper man.
An exceedingly bright am' pret
ty little East Third street girl re
ceived a New Year 1 * card from u
small admirer, and it created more
or less comment in the family
“Why, child, I didn't know you
knew him," said the mother.
1 “Oh yes, mamma," she replied
with a coquetish smile, “I have
mot him.
i "indeed, how did it happen !'
** “Well you see, we first became
acquainted by throwing mud at
each other over the alley fern e,
and then several days afterward
Uncle Frank presented him, anil
since then we have been quite
good friends indeed.”—Merchant
Traveler.
“Ma, yon know ih ise NewJ omers
across the way that we have all
been afraid to call on because
their furniture arrived at night and
we couldn't tel! whether it was
nice or not?”
“Yes, and they always keep the
curtaini so near closed that not u 1
sou! has been able to get a glimps !
of the rooms.
“None of the neighbors have
called on them yet, have they?"
“No."
“Well, we better go over, be
cause if we keep on snubbing
hem they may turn around and
snub ns."
. “Hut why do you think so?"
“Their servant girl was in Cash
k Co.’s tea store tbis morning.
Sbe bought a pound of tea, and
when the clerk Lmuded her a glori
on* cliromo, she turned up her
nose at it "
;Vol. XIV.—No 4
UKNERKJ. a kws.
Chicago has junt been edified
by a colored baby show j
I here m e several aluvi walla
u.'Hi- Harlem.
Tlie wheat is looking well in
Southern Georgia.
I’he price of saloon license at
Koine will remain ai S4OO.
• he democrats elected inelr tick
ot ni < 'olumbia S. C.
Gan. Grant is now able to walk
without the aid of u crutch.
Henry Ward Beecher is a thor
ough tariff reformer.
.Mr Wm. Gilliam, father of the
ordinary of Oglefhrope, intend.
Very little hue been heard from
Mai tone for soma time
I lie Molly Maguires are serving
death notices in I‘ennwylrania
Mies Lula //urst has netted
over $2,000 by her chair lifting
powers.
I'hanlt gnodnet**,there's nobody
to be "vindicated" in Georgia this
year.
Hr H If Coeby, of the Wizard
Oil Company, died in Reynolds,
Ga
A resolution has he*n intrude.'
ed in Congress to adjourn on the
2nd of June
Vmng Jas Nutt, the slaver of
J>nken, line gone to Kancaa tore
side.
“Jiltnbo“ is the suggestive
name of a town recently' incoipo
rated in Texas.
Montgomery. Mexico, uses
beans for money since the nickel
Ims become defunct.
Hundreds of young women
work for forty five cent* a day
making shirts in A’ew York city.
Col. Irigcraoll hays if he did lose
in Mar,cun mines he
won't ask any body to pass the con
tribntion box.
In Montana the law prohibits a
woman from marrying until sho is
eighteen years old, audj* man can
not marry until he is twenty
one.
Some scoundrels tun ned Bishop
McTyeires barn and tired the
chemistery building of Vanderbilt
f'uiverei ty. at Xashville, a day or
ago.
The black men of are
an mad us man ciiu be because
■the mulfttirts aro preffred to them
in the distrublion of goverment
pie
A Terre Haute, [ml., man em
ploys his dovorced wife hs a ser
vant girl, and nor neighbors say
say sue has a beter wardrobe than
when she was h : s wife.
A man while digging a well near
Gsinsville ibis week found a frog
imbeded 2A feetjfrom the siir
fai'e.
The ninth railroad meeting of
bumpkin county was held in Aura
ria on the 2t>th. and five hundred
dollars suberibed to assist in build
ing the G. & I). road.
Na-vt Mays up on the Luuikiu
c.iiintv line, jumped iu a pit one
night last week to protect himself
from the wind atid it having rain
ed full of water he came nrirlij
mg drowned.
“Yes, wide, wie have much to be
thankful for. Lr us not oom
plain.
“Oh, you provoking man. No
matter how miserably we are situ
atiel, you always lay back and say
•We have much to be thankful for;
just as if it put coal in tbs stove e r
so din the pot. ’
"But. th n’i of the ih mauds
who have not the blessings tvs eu
joy.”
“Blessings! Are you rnuy ?
There is not a stick of wood or a
piece of coal in the house, and the
tliennome'er is below zero. There
is not so ranch as a crumb in the
cupboard '/die windows are bro
ken, and we have not a blanket
left. Now, where <Jo you find any
thing to be ihankfe! for? 1 ’
“Think of >he thousands, nay
millions in India and Africa, Mis
tered by a broiling sun. and sutler
ing night and day for what we
have in such abundance ”
“Suffering for what pray ?"
“lee t"