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Jefferson News'A Farmer,
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HARRISON & ROBERTS:
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FOR THE
Farm, Gardes, and Fireside
s 3?ublisliecl
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EOUIBVILLE, GA
TERM I? 59 PER ItiM* IN ADVANCE
"bates OF ADVERTISING.
1 year, j
6 months. |
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8 months.
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4 weeks.
1 Week.
SQUAKES
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a 1,75 5.00 U-UO .13.00 30.00
•1 2.00 • 7.00 ic:00 2S-00 40.00
a 8.50 9.00 25.00 35.00 50.00
5 ! 4.00 12.00 25.00 10.00 60.00
icoll 6.00 15.00 8-f.OO 50.00 7a.00
A coif 10.00 25.00 00.00 80,00 120.00
loolj 20.00 50.00 60.00!i2U'00 160.00
legal advertising.
Ordinary's.— Citations tor letters
ot adjiinlstration,guardianship, &c. $3 00
Homestead notice 2 00
Applicationlor dism’n from adm’n.. 500
Applicationfor dism’n of guard’n 3 50
Application for leave to sell Lend 5.00
Notice to Debtors and Creditors.... 300
Sales of Band, par square of leu Lucs 500
Sale of personal per sq., ten deys.... 150
Sheriff’s —Each levy often' lines. ...-, 2 50
Mortgage sales of ten lines or less.. 500
Tax Collector's sales, (2 months 5 00
C/er£’s--Fot*ecloSure of mortgage and
other monthly’s, per square 1 00
Estray notices,thirty days 3 00
Sales of Baud, hy. Administrators, Execu
tors or Guardians, are required, by law to
be hetdon'ttgffSi'W Tuesday in the month,
between, tbtf|h<furi of jteß in the forenoon
and three in the' afternoon, at tbo Court
house in the county in which the property
;s situated.
Notico of these sales must be published 40
days previous to the day of sale.
Notice for the sale us personal property
must 06 published 10 daye previous to sale
day.
Notice to debtors and creditors, 40 day
Notice that application will be made of
the Court of Ordinary for leave to sell land,
4 weeks.
Citations for letters of Administration,
Guarliansbip, &c., must be published. 30
Jays—for dismission from Administration,
nonihly six months, for dismission from guar
lUnship, 40 days..
Bales for foreclosure of Mortgages must
b«p«Miahed-monthly for four months —for
sstablishimglost papers, for the full space oj
lire* mo'wF f< » o .£j>Yll*ttJt tilths trom Ex
-catoramr4idi*Suife»l#,,w»‘ete bO«d has
Seen given by the deceased, tho full space
of three months.
Application f6r Homestead to be puolished
twice in the space of ten consecutive days.
LOUISVILLE CARDS.
J G. CAIN J. H. POLHILL.
CAIN ? POLHILL,
ATTORNEYS' AT LAW
LOUISVILLE, OA.
Wa,toll Maker
—AND—
IHBi* AillEH.,
I. ou is vi 11 o, Qa-
SpECIAB ATtßSltlO^/GIVF.X to reno
vating and repairing,WATCHEß, CLOCKS,
JEWELRY, SEWING? MACHINES &c„ &c.
Also Agent for the best Sewing Maohine
that is made- - '
May 5,1871. 1 pr=
DR. I. R. POWELL.
BOUISYIBBE, GA.
Thankful FOKTHE PATRONAGE
enjoyd# heretofore, takes this method of con
tinuing the offer of his professional services to
patrons and friends.
|May 5,1871. 1 lyn
-W. H. FAY,
LOCISYILiE, OA.
saddle
—AND—
Harness balder.
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dfc? SHOES
ado to order AU work warrantadand Sat
isfaction guaranted both as to work and pr ice
'ljftjljfa site
M EDIOAIi.
DR J. R. lateoFEaifdefsvillo Ga’.,
offers his Professional services to the
citizens of Bouisville, and Jefferson county.
An experience of nearly forty years in tne
profession, should entitle him to Public Con
fidence Sfawal attention paid to Obstetrics
and the diseases of Women and children. Of
fice at Mrs. Doctor fillers.
Louisville J out 90,1871. 8 ts.
Louisville, Jefferson County, Ga., Friday, September 15, 1871.
The Widow MyeV Breach of Promise Suit—
The Extravagances of Cowfsh^-
From the hihuagja .Trthiu-.il ■
TLa "Widow Myers, of Onondaga,
N. Y., sued her neighbor, Harris, for
breach of promise. Harris liad been a
frequent visitor for abovV.VPo years and
a half at the house of tho plantiff—a
widow nearly 30 years of age, with three
children. It 1 seems to have been the
opinion of the friends of tho plantiff
(and no doubt sli.o thought 60 herself)
that Harris would marry her ; but ho
(Harris,) a sow months ago, suddenly
discovered that he loved another woman
better, and verified this belief a short
time since by marrying her. Hence thi?
action to recover damages. Tho follow
ing tender epistle, sent by the loving
swain, was read in Court :
My Dear Mrs. M.: Every time I
think of yon my heart-Hops up and
down like a churn-dasher. Sensations
of unutterable joy capor over it like
young goats on a stable voeff. and thrill
through it like Spanish needles through
a pair of tow linen trowseis. Asa gos
ling swimmetli with delight through a
mud puddle, so swim I in a sea of glory.
VisioDsof ecstatic rapture thicker than
tie haiis ot’ a blacking brush and
brighter than the hues of a humming
: bird's pinions, visit ma in my slumbers,"
and borne on their invisible wings, ytftii'
image stands before me, and I reach out
to grasp it like a pointer snapping at a
bottle-fly. When first beheld your
angelic perfections,' 1 was bewildered,
and my brains whi'jqd around dike ,a
bumble bee under a glass tumbler. My
eyes stood open like cellar doors in a
country town, and I lifted up my ears
to catch tho silvery accents ot your
voice. My tonguo refused tj wag, and
in silent adoration I drank in the sweet
infection of love as t% thirsty,, man swal
loweth a tumbler of hot whiskey punch.
Since the light of your face fell upon
my life, I sometimes feel ns if I
lift myself up by my boot-straps to the top
of the church steeple, and pull the boll
rope for singing school: Day an
you are in iny thoughts. V/nen Auro
ra, blushing like a bride, rises from her
saffron colored couch ; when the jay
bird pipes his tuneful lay in tho apple
tree by the spring-house ; when the
chanticleer’s shrill clarion hccahls the
morn ; when tho awakening pig arises
from liis bed and grunteth, aud goetk
for his morning refreshments ; when the
drowsy beetle wheels ’0 droning flight
at sultry noon-tide ; and when the low
ing hsrds come home at milking-time.
I think of thee ; and, like a piece of
gum clastic, my heart seems stretched
clear across my bosom. Your hair is
like the mane of my sorrel horse, pow
dered with gold j and the brass pins
skewered throng vour waterfall sll me
with unbounded awe. Yotir forehead is
smoother thau the elbow of an old coat.
Your eyes are glorious to "behold. In
their liquid depths I see legions of lit
tle cupids bathing, like a cohort of ants
in an old army cracker. When tneir
fire hit me upon my manly breast it pen
etrated my whole anatomy as a load of
bird shot through a rotten apple. Your
nose is from a chunk of Parian marble,
and your mouth is puckered with sweet
ness. Nectar lingers on your lips, liko
honey on a'bear’s pkw, and myriads of
unfledged kisses are there, ready to fly
out and light somewhere, like blue birds
out of their parents’ nests. Your laugh
rings in my ears liko the wind-harp’s
strain, or thfi bleat of’ll stray ,I«**J> on a
bleak hillside. TI»A dimple! oar your
cheeks are like flowers in beds of roses,
or hollows in cakes of homemade sugar.
I am dying to fly to thy presence,
and pour out the burning eloquence of)
my love as thrifty housewives pour out
hot coffee. Away mum yon I am as
melancholy as a sick rat. Sometimes I
can hear tho Jnne bugs of despondency
buzzing in my cars, and feel the cold
lizards of despair Crawling down my
hack. Uncouth fears, like a thousand
minnows nibbling at tny spirits, and my
soul is pierced with doubts like au old
cheese is bored with skippers.
My love for you is stronger than the
smell of Coffey’s patent butter, or tho
kick of a young cow, more unselfish
than a kitten’s first caferwaut/ 'As a
song bird hankers for tho light of tho
day, the cautious mousb for the fresh ba
con iu the trap, as a mean pap hankers
for new milk, so I long (or thee.
You are fairer than a" speckled pullet,
sweeter than a Yankee doughnut fried
iu sorghum molasses, brighter thau a
topknot plumage on tho head of a Mus
covy duck. You are candy, kisses, rai
sins, pound cake, aud sweetened toddy
altogether.
If these few remarks will enable you
to see the inside of my boul, and me to
win your affections, I shall boas happy
as a woodpecker on a cherry tree, or a
stage horse in a green pasture. If. yyu
cannot reciprocate my thrilling passions,
I will pino away like empoisoned bedbug,
and fall away from a flourishing vine of
life, an untimely branch; and in tho
coming years, when the shadows grow
from the hills; ancrOid pTiilSHopliTcSr fTAf
siegs his chocrftil evening hymns, you,
happy in another’s dove, can cu’.ne and
drop A tear avid aEt#iWfold upon the
last resting-place of
Your’s affectionately. 11.
"Verdict for plaintiff, aud SSOO damages
Agricultural" G!oi.n4cE.— Tf Georgia
establishes an Agricultural College next
fall so as to'gcVoiif ac.es of
Congress land, she has no need to build
now college houses at Athens or any
where else ; the vacant public buildings
(and public lands too) at
aro all ready, and the school can open in
January. —Christian Crucible.
A Pretty Story. —A gentleman
writing froth Paris, tells a very pret
ty story of a" peasant and his wife,
who were very poor indeed, almost
destitute, and so, though they loved
each other much, she went out as a
iiurse, to Paris. In Paris she enter
ed the service of some rich Ameri
cans, who, when they returned to
their own country, offered her terms
so tempting that she rrossed the At
lantic with them. Year after year
p she sent her earnings to her husbfthd,
and year alter year he laid by the
the hard won gold, until there was
enougfrto buy the cottage he lived
hi, and ji little held or t wo; enough
to keep them iu independence all
their lives. Tire gentleman went in
to the collage and saw the new wal
nut furniture, and- was told by the
peasant that all this comfort was lu-r
do big, all this Wealth her winning
slfe had learned to write on purpose
that she. might write, to him, and
month after month her kindly letters
Game, cheering him under the trial
of liar absence;. It was lour years
since she had left "ine*coil age, and
for these four lonely years the father
had been like a widower, and the
children had grown around him.
Honor to the Scissors. —The news
paper repot ter says: Some people,
ignorant of what good editing is, im
agine the getting up of selected mat
ter to be the easiest, work in the
world to do, whereas it is the nicest
work that is done on a payer. If
they find the editor with scissors in
baud, they are sure to say, ‘'Eh !
tit's is the way you get up original
matter,” eh! accompanying their
new anil witty questions with au id
iotic wink or smile. The facts tire,
that the interest, the morality, the
variety, and usefulness ot a paper
depend, in no small degree, upon its
selected matter, and few men are
fully capable of the position who
would not themselves be able to
write many of the articles they se
lect. A sensible editor desires con
siderable selected matter, because
he knowsthat one mind cannot make
so good a paper as live or six.
In the gtudnal development of a
bud into a beautiful and lull grown
flower, there is something that in
vites our deepest admiration. Bui
there is a development surpassing
this in beauty and grandness—the
development of human character.
Whatobject more worthy our con
templation than that of a nut.nut
foul passing through each success
ive stage of its existence, the rapid
cultivation of our intellect and the
bringing out of that which God lias
endowed us with? We tire born with
the germ of character within us; and
as our bodies develop themselves, so
do our characters. Some traits of
character necessarily unfold them
selves with our growth ; others need
Jo be. stimulated and excited into
growth by some parl’"cu ! af influ
ence. -The man ot genius has that
wiibin him which is to stamp him as
such. Tliq great general has the
ol general-hip borti with
him ; all that is needed is some pow
erful influence to develop it.
A Lon’g Branch correspondent
thus concludes an account of a light
lor a kiss: “She fought fair, how
ever, and when she could fight no
longer for want of breath, she yield
ed handsomely. Her arms fell down
by her side—her hair fell back over
her shoulders—her eyes closed, and
there lay a l'tlle. plump mouth all in
the air. Gracious, did you ever see
'a ha wk pounce on a robin ? or a bee
upon a clover top ? I need not say
more. What a beautiful picture for
»"patnter,”
One man in a hundred reads a
Ipok ; ninety-nine in a hundred, a
newspaper, Nearly a century ago,
w'hen the American press, which is
lriow a spreading oak, was in its
green twigg, Thomas Jefferson,said
In* would rather live in a country
with newspapers and without a gov
ernment than in a country with a
government but without newspapers.
The press instead being the fourth,
is the first estate of the realm.
[ Golden Age.
When a man is unable to tell the
lime by his watch because there are
.two hands and he does not know
which to believe, if is a tolerable
sure* sign that- he has partaken of
more refreshments ihan his nature
requires.
In a town in Ohio, not long ago,
die women went in hands of two and
three with their knitting and sewing
into the dram shops of the place, and
spent thq whole day with their work,
and talked politely upon various
topics. Husbands and friends came
in, saw how things looked, and had
not the courage to step to the bar
and drink. This was kept up for
several days and the result was, ev
ery shop in the place was closed,
Cast a Live Yourself. —A
young man, poor and dejected, stood
watching some anglers on the bank
of a stream. At length, approach
ing a basket well filled with fine fish,
lie sighed, “If now I had these, 1
would be happy. 1 could sell them
at a fair price, and buy me food and
lodging.”
“I will give you a good fish.” said
the owner, who chanced-' to overhear
his words, “if'yoii will do me a tri
fling favor.”
“Aml what is that?” asked the
other eagerly.
“Only lend this line tiil I come
back; I wish to go on a short er
rand.’
The proposal was gladly accep
ted. The old fisherman was gone"
so long that the young man began to
be impatient. |Moanwhile, however,
the hungry ILh snapped .greedily at
the baited book, and the young man
lost Lis depression in the excite
ment ot pulling them in, and when
the owner ol the line returned he had
caught a large number. Counting
out from them as many as were in
ihe"'basket and presenting them to
ilie young man, the old fisherman
said :
“1 lulfi'l my promise.for the fish
3'ou have caught, to teach you that
whenever you see oihers earning
what you need, to waste no time in
fruitless wishes, but to cast a line for
yourself.
BlaetLiEgatthsNoss..
Some two years'itgo while going
down Broadway, in New York, blood
commenced running from my nose
quite '"reely. 1 stepped aside and
applied my handkerchief, intending
to repair to the nearest hotel, when a
gentleman accosted me, saying :
“Just pul a piece of paper in your
mouth, chew it rapidly, and it will
stop your nose bleeding.” Thank-,
iog him rather doubtfully, 1 did as
he suggested, and the flow of blood
ceased almost immediately. I have
seen the remedy tried since quite
frequently, and always with success.
Doubtless any substance would
answer the same purpose as paper,
tiie stoppage of the flow of blood be
ing caused, no doubt, by the rapid
motion of the jaws, and the counter
action of the. musch sand arteries
connecting the jaws and the nose.
Physicians sav that placing a small
roll of paper or muslin above the
front teeth, under the upper lip, and
pressing hard on the same, will ar
rest bleeding from the hose—check
ing the passage of blood through
the arteries leading through the nose.
Coun/ri/ Gentleman.
The want of ability to sleep well
is an indication of impaired health
which demands prompt attention.
Asa remedy for this, Dr. Hall re
commends that present associations
be broken up, whatever may be the
sacrifice ; that some more active
employment be undertaken ; or a
long journey to be taken on horse
back, if" possible, aud with a good
companion.
A Professor in a certain college
had taken his class out, on a pleas
ant afternoon, to exercise them in
practical surveying. The next
morning they were to he examined
bn the same. The first man was
called up. Said the Professor :
“How would yon go to work to sur
vey a lot of land ?” (D.-ep thinking,
but no answer.) “If a man should
come to you to gel you to survery a
lot of land, what would you do ?”
“I think,” said the student, thought
fully, “I should tell thin he had bet
ter get somebody else.”
At a recent Sabbath school con
cert, a liule boy stood up to say his
‘piece,’ and forgetting the text, hesi
tated a moment, then with all the
assurance possible said, ‘Blessed
are the shoemakers.’
A Mississippi negro was recently
set upon by a party in disguise and
Ku-Kluxed. On being questioned
he said his K. K. friends were of the
colored persuasion. He was asked
why he thought so. “I smelt ’urn,
massa,” was the short and convinc
ing reply.
If half the pains were taken by
some people to perform the labor al
lotted them that are taken by them
to avoid it, we should hear much
less said about the troubles of life,
and see much more actually com
pleted.
Cutting Timber. —If posts or rails
are heeded for service during the
winter, the trees may be cut now
while in full leaf. Allowed to lie as
the trees are cut, the evaporation
from the leaves will drain the limber
nearly dry, when a short exposure
afterwards will very effectually sea
son it. The economy of using posts
and rails peeled is very great: the
loose bark retains moisture between
it apd, the wood, and the sap wood
soon rots. When pealed the sap
wood dri«s, and will last many years
longer.
\\ aste Paper for Household
Use.—Few housekeepers have lime
to black their stoves every day, or
even every week. Many wash them
in either clear water or dishwater.
This keeps them clean, but they
look very brown. After a stove has
once been thoroughly blacked it can
be kept looking perfectly well for a
long time by rubbing it with old pa
per every morning.
If I occasionally find a spot of
gravy or fruit juice that the paper
will not take off, 1 rub it with a wet
cloth, but do not pul on water enough
to take off the blacking, i find that
rubbing with paper is a much nicer
way of keeping my tea kettle, col
lee-pot and tea-pot bright and clean,
■than the old way of washing them
in suds, she inside of coffee and
tea-pots should be rinsed in cleat
water, and never in the dish water.
Rubbing with dry paper is also
the best way of polishing knives,
spoons and tin-ware after scouring.
Thissaves wetting the knife handles.
If a little flour be held on the paper
in rubbing tin ware and spoons, they
shine like new silver. For polish
ring windows, mirrors, lamp chim
ney's, etc., 1 always use paper in
preference to dry cloth.
Preserves anil [tickles keep much
better if a brown paper instead of a
cloth, is tied over the jar. Canned
fruit is not so apt to mould, if a piece
of writing paper cut to fit the can, is
laid directly on top of the fruit.
Paper is much better to put under
a carpet than straw. It is warmer,
thinner, and makes less noise when
one walks over it. A fair carpet can
be made for a room that is not in
constant use, by pasting several
thicknesses of newspaper on the
floor, over them a layer of wall pa
per and giving it a coat of varnish.
ID cold weather I have often placed
newspapers between mv bed quilts
knowing two thicknesses ot paper
are as warm as a quilt. If it is ne
cessaty to step upon a chair, always
lay a paper on it ; this saves rub
bing tlie vi'tuish off. Children easi
ly learn the habit of doing so.
{Hearth and Home.
A few Sheep on the Farm.—
The relative profit is much grcaiei
from a small Hock than a large one.
The grain farmer, no matter how
few Ins acres, can make money be
keeping a few sheep. There is al
ways room fir them somewhere,and
they consume and tmn into nmney,
food, that otherwise would waste.
But he must be careful not to over
stock.
To illustrate, suppose the farmer
cultivates only eighty acies, raising
grain chiefly, lie keeps a few cows
and the necessary teams. One fifth
ofh'sfarm is in pasture, one-fifth
meadow ; rue planted, one spring
grain, and one wheat. He thinks
he has as much stock as he can prof
itably keep, but if he puts on one
sheep to every five acres, he will
find their products clear gain.
In the spring, early, they can run
on the soil which is to be planted,
and one sheep to each acre will not
hurt the land, yet they will live well.
After that they will go into the pas
ture and will glean alter the cows to
advantage. A run on the stubbles
alter hat vest will not be fell where
each sheep has two acres, aud in the
fall there is plenty of feed. Thro’
the winter they can he well kept on
what the other stock would not con
sume, with the addition of a little
grain.
Probably the most profitable are
some of the coarser wooled, mutton
breeds. Their lambs sell to the
butchers for high prices, and when
fat, the sheep fetch as much as a
yearling steer. Sixteen mutton sheep
well managed would produce a
yearly income of one hundred dol
lars, where, if none were kept, noth
ing would be realized.
The greatest drawback is liability
to loss by dogs ; and it is a disgrace
to any Stale to protect its curs so
well that they expel, to a certain
extent, the only animal which pan
cheapen the meat and clothing ol
the people.— American Ilttral Home.
Cure for the Peach-Borer.—
M. IJ. Bateham says, that alter
two years trial of Carbolic Soap, lie
feels quite safe in recommending its
use as the cheapest and best method
yet found for the prevention of inju
ry hy the peach-borer, and pre
sumes it will be equally aseflii a tious
for the apple-borer. His method of
using is as follows : “Take a five
pound can of soap (costing only $2,)
and turn it into a barrel one-third
full of hot water, stir it oceasionlaly,
and let it stand a lew l»our3, or over
night, for the soap to dissolve; then
fill up the barrel with cold water—
or I sometimes use soapsuds frOtn
the kitchen for this purpose. The
liquor is not fit For use. It is of a
milky appearance, and pungent but
nqj offensive odor. It is too strong
for using on plants, but will not hurl j
the Lark or wood of itees, applied
with a paint-brush around the base
of the trees, taking care to have the
liquid enter ali crevices, it immedi
ately destroys all the inseet-eggo
that have been deposited, and uuy
young worms w hich have not pene
trated fiuthcr than the bark ; arid 1
believe that for some weeks at least",
unless heavy rains occur, the odor
prevents the ninth from depositing
their eggs. One application in July
or early in August is sufficient.—
The barrel of liquid described is
sufficient for a thousand trees ol
boring size, and an active lad cau do
woik in two days.”
Mr. Butcham’s suggestions are
valuable, aud we endorse bis meth
od, but think five pounds is toogiych
for one band : it had better go
over two barrels. If this strong
iquid, in one barrel only, comes b
direct contact with any tender roots,
it w ill surely kill them ; but if dis
solved a little more,’then it will do
the.samework o!" destruction to ejtgs.
with less danger to t.ie trees.-—Hoi
ticullirrist.
A Remarkable Ghost-Story.
Lord Brougham, in his recenliy
f.ublished autobiography, gives an
account of a trip he made to Noiwax,
aud relates how, on a cold day it
■Norway, he arrived at an. hou
which had the usual luxury of u
bath room. lie says : “Tired whj,
du- cold of y< sterday, ! was glad tr ;
take advantage of a hot bath !>efo.-
I turned in. And here a most re
markable thing happened to me—
so remarkable that i must tell the
story from ilm beginning. Alder I
h it the high-school, I went with
G , my most intimate friend, t<
attend the classes in the university.
I’liere was no divinity class, but wt
Inquuuily in our walks discussed
iud speculated upon many gruvi
sul jeqi.s, among oihers, on the im
irioriality of tin- soui, anti on a tu
rn re stale. This question, and thi
possibility, l will not say of ghosts
walking, but ot" the dead nppeaiine
to the living, w ere subejets of rmici
speculation ; and we actually com
mitted the folly of drawing up aj
agreement, written with our blood.
dial whichever ot us should din tin
first should appear to the oilier, ani>
thus solve any doubts we had enter
mined of the ‘file alter death.’ Af
ter we had finished our classes m
the college, G went to India.
having got an appointment these in
the civil service. He seldom wroti
to me, and alter the lapse of a few
years l had almost forgotten him ;
moreover, his family having little
connection with Edinburgh, I st ldon
saw or heard any tiling of them, qi
of him through ilicm, so that all tin
old school boy intimacy had rliee
out, and I had nearly forgotten hi
existence. 1 lin'd taken, as I had
said, a warm bath ; and while lying
in it and enjoy ing the comfort of ih<
heart, alter the late freezing 1 had
undergone, 1 turned my huadaiound
looking toward the chair ou which 1
had deposited my clothes, as 1 was
about to get-oct of the bath. On.tb
chair sat G , looking calmly aj,
me! How I got out of the. bath I Ruov
not, but on recovering my sense
1 found myself sprawling on th<
floor. The apparition, or witatevei
it was that had luken the likeness <>
G , had disappeared. This vis
ion produced such a shock, that 1
had no inclination to talk about it.
or to speak about it even to Stuart;
but the impression it made upon nm
was 100 vivid to be easily forgotten,
and so strongly was I affecied by .it
that I have here written down the
whole,history, with the date. Decern
her the 19th, and all the partreuirtr.-
as they are now fresh before me.
No doubt I bad fallen asleep; and*
anil that the appearanee presented
so distinctly to my eyes Was a dream,
I cannot lor a , moment doubt ; ytA
lor years I had no communication.
'viili G , nor had there beemanv
tiling to recall hint to my reVUev
tion ; nothing half taken place‘du
ring oar Sweoilish travels either
connected with G , or w'th In
dia, or with any thing relating' iir
him, or lo any member of Ids j-mri
ly. I recollected quickly ertough
our old discussion and the bargain
wo bad made. X could trot ois..
charge from my mind ti*o
sion dial G must have. died,.
and that his appearance tonie. was
to he received bv uie
a future suite ; yet' all 'the while I
felt convinced tti it die wholo r was «
dream ; and so pain Fully vivid ams
so unfading was the impression
that I could not bring myself to ufifc
ot it or to make the slightest TTIIU :
sion to it. I finished dressing, and,
as we had agreed to make an- early
start, 1 was ready by six o’pJ»ck,ih£.
hour of our early break fast.
“Brougham, October 16,
I have just been copying out from
my journal lire account pf T this
strange dream ’. 'CcYtissima, mortis t%'.
ago! And now, to finish Hhe stt)b>?
I begun above sixty yekrsStnte: gbSti
No. 20
after my return to Edinburgh there
arrived a letter from India, announ
cing G ’s death, and staled that
he had died on the 19th of Decem
ber.”
A Novel Negro Society.—The
New Orleans Picayune, which has
but a slighting opinion of the civili
sation ot the local negroes, and fre
quently shocks the world with its
namative of fright ul |excesses and
outrages committed atnonglhe blacks
ot Louisi ina, now calls attention to
ihe fact that within the past two or
diree years an organization has been
formed among the negroes which i3
uniting less than a for Wak
ing the Dead. ’ The members of
this heathenish band mourn anybo
dy’s dead friend lor a pecuniary
consideration. When one is dead
the band proceeds lo his house, a
brother prays in a loud voice and
he choir chants a doleful dirge.
X hen there is a pause for a few min
utes, at the end of which all pray,
shriek and howl together till they
are out of breath, when they par
lake of refreshments. These ab
sorbed. there begins the death yellof
a Congo negro, which is accompa
nied with variations of the Voudou
ritual, and the noise can be heard
Ibr two or three squares. The per
orinahce lasts from about 10 o’clock
it night till day-break.
True Words.
Never be ashamed ot ever having
"ved any one. It perchance you
nave hated, then blush lor it, but
not ter love. It does not mailer at
ill whether the person on whom
our affections fixed themselves re
ciprocated the sentiments. Where
here is no shame in loving, in itself
be fact ol having given love without
reward can biing none with it. You
live only bestowed a gift more
a riceless than any jewel can be up
on one who did not thank you.
tSiuce there is sorrow lo one’s self
ui it, it is best to struggle with the
lcart, auri keep it until it is asked
or ; but if it goes forth, despite all
•if..it, no need lo feel like a guilty
liing and long lo hide from your
•cry self. Providence gave you
bat great love, and I believe that
-omehow it will mingle with the life
• I the one that it hovers over, and
died a perfume and lend a sweet
mss tu it, though it has never been
spoken.
Many a woman's life has shrivel
led away under the weight of “dis
ippoiuted love,” merely because her
diame in it was so great. The false
sentiment that leaches her to scorn
a natural feeling, has worn her beau
ty away, robbed her of all hope in
lie presence of the future. I think
ii would be better if even a woman
dared to say, “1 loved him, but he
iid not. love me,'’ with the same
sweet sudness with which, when
venrs have glided, she can utter the
words, “X loved him, and he died*”
The recent fall of a twelve-pound
mete'die stone at Searsport, Mass.,
was preceded by an explosion, like
the report of a heavy gun, followed
!, y ft rushing sound, like the escape
.0 steam bom a boiler. The sound
-eeraed to come from the south, and
to fiioye. northwardly. The stone
dropped wub such force that it sank
iwoleetinto the ground, but was
seen to fall, and was quickly dug
.ui. It was quite hot and broken,
hoNvever, and could only be removed
m pieces. Its color Was gray, ex
cept the outside, which was black,
and showed plainly the effect of
melting heat.
A Phase of the Lumber Busi
ness.—A Michigan paper publishes
m interesting sketch of the rise and
growth of barge transportation of
rnriber. Previous to 1862 much
difficulty was experienced by ship
pers off.lumber in band hog their
staple and sending it to market.—
l’he Saginaw Ygliey, the greatest
u region of the
West, was especially cramped for
fih'ih’ties of transportation, and a
e'itfzett coitcerved the Idea of barge
transportation, which is now grow
ing to he one of the most important
branches of our lake commerce.
There Were then lying st the vari
ous ports on the lake a large num
bedm pr\vhat had been splen
did steamers lor passenger tians
[nutation, but their .occupation was
gong- -Tkwsa were utilized for the
purpose, and now,the barge inter
est bus grown to huge proportions.
This season there are 128 barges
with an aggregate capacity of 39-
700 tops. Custom House measure
ment, aiid worth over $1,000,000
engaged in carrying to market* the
products of ih&Jote#* the mines,
the. farms. Besides, not fiir
% n barges and tugs *„>
etigagfU m towmgj these, wiiirncar
r>u.g capacity of 6,000 ton* ard
represents and capital of, say, ssqq .
000. Employment is ‘given by this
uew system to fully men*