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PROFESSIONAL CARDS.
J- G- Cain. J. H. Polhill.
CAIN & POLHILL,
ATTORNEYS AT LAW
LOUISVILL, GA.
Mays, 1871. 1 ly.
R. W. Carswell. W. F. Denny.
Carswell & Denny,
.II'TOBTEPS r tT Kjd **•
LOUISVILLE GEORGIA,
WILL practice in all the Counties in the
Middle Circuit. Also Burke in Augus
ta Circuit. All business entrusted to tneir
care will meet with prompt attention.
Nov. 3. 27 1 y
w. H. WATKINS,
ATTORNEY AT LAW.
SLoulstoillf, ©fa.
Will practice in the middle Circuit. Special
attention .given to the Cottectiou of CLAIMS.
»AS. n. ». ALLEN., V*. A. TOMPKINS
& MUM®,"
ATTORNEYS AT LAW
WRIGHTBVILLE, GA.
All business entrusted to their .care wil
meet with prompt attention.
Particular attention given to the collection
of claims,
July 3, 1871. 13 ts
MEDICAL.
DR. J. R. SMITH, late of Sandersville Ga.,
offers his Professional services to the citi
nene of Louisville, and Jefferson county. An
experience of nearly forty years in the proies-
Mon.should entitle him to Public Confidence.
Special attention paid to Obstetrics and diseases
feof women and children. Office at residence,
ILonisville.
Louisville June 20, 1871 1 8 ts.
A, F. DURHAM, M. D.
FirpslfMJr «rjt axojr,
sparTA, Georgia.
OUCCBSsf'UtLY taeats'diseases of Lungs
O end Threat, diseases of the Eye, Nose and
tJbu, end all -forms of Dropsy; diseases of the
fHesrt, Kidneys,Bladder and Stri-Snre, secret
’diseases, long standing ulcers ; removes Hem
orrhoidal Tumors withot pain; makes a spe
ciality of diseases peculiar to females. Medi
cines seat any point on Railroad by Express.
All oorreepondenco confidential.
June 13, 1872. ly
~S. W. COOLEY,
WILL W in Louisville the first week of ouch
month, All work warranted
Oat 6th 1871.- 23 ts
DENTISTRY
rjR. CH&SsR. BTBED, is pleased to an
nounceto the otlizins 0 f this section, that
tie 'to do -work! on time with city ao
nsptame. All‘work warranted.
Louisville, Jefferson County, Ga., Thursday, August 15, 1872.
MISCELLANEOU SAD VETISEMENTS.
NEWM3HONG
AND
Mima sum
I am daily receiving choice and desira
ble
The latest novelties in DRESS GOODS.
LADIES MADE SUITS.
I hove now on hand a fine assortment of
Cassimcre's Cottonadcs and Linen's
for Gentleman's wear, which Will be offered at
the lowest prices.
GBOttGB WEBER.
Bee Hive Store.
No. 176 Broad Street,
Apr. 18 ts. Opposite, AUGUSTA HOTEL.
T. F. HARLOW
watch maker
—AND—
REPAIRER,
LOUISVILLE, GA-
Special ATTENTION GIVEN to reno
vating and repairing ■ WATCHES. CLOCKS,
JEWELRY, SEWING MACHINES&c„ &c,
Also Agent for the Home Shuttle Sewing
Machine.
May 5, 1871. 1 ly.
VERY PERSON admits that a
COOKING STOVE
is indespensable in a well regulated and eco
nomical family. Therefore do not delay in
getting one; but go directly to
is) a 2i 3 i?®aS]iEas , ®sj Q
and buy either the
1 PHILANTHROPIST,”
‘‘CHIEF COOK,”
or'
"COTTON PLANT.”
Stove snd Tin Ware Dealer, pear James T.
Bothwell, Augnsta, Ga , Oct. 6, 23 ly.
J. M. Neblet, Wm. M. Goodrich.
&W©WMI ©An
COTTON GINS.
WE the undersigned, respectfully inform
the planting community that we con
tinue to manufacture COTTON GINS. We
were awarded the Premium, open to the world,
for the Gin at the Cotton States Mechanics’
and Agricultural Fair, held at Augusta last
season. Also, received the First Premium at
the State Fair of South Oarolinar. We feel
warranted in saying that a trial of our Gins is
all that, is necessary to guarantee satisfaction.
Orders solicited early in the season to prevent
delay.
Old Gins repaired on reasonable terms.
NEBLETT & GOODRICH.
Aapril 23 6m.
Aapnl 23 lim.
GROVER AND BAKER SEWING
MACHINE.
For Simplicity, Ease of Operation, and Du
rability, the GROVER & BAKER SEWING
MACHINE lannarivalled. Responsible Agents
wanted in every town in the State.
Address,
GROVER & BAKE R 8. M. CO..
211 Bull St-, Savannah, Gal
April 23 3m
SPOTSWOOD HOTEL
JKacon, ©a.,
Nearly opposite Passenger Depot,
and only one minutes walk. Board,
83.00 per day.
THOMAS H. HARRIS,
Proprietor.
Apl. 18th, 1872. ts.
Wm. D. Davidson, Joseph Brummel.
Davidson & Brummel,
282 Broad St., Angusta, Ga.
RECTIFIERS, IMPORTERS and WHOLE
SALE DEALERS IN
MBS©® $ BSHMSTO
LIQUORS,
BRANDIES, WINES, GIN.
PORTER, ALE, ETC.
TOBACCO and BEGARS of every VARIETY
April 11, 1872: 49 6m.
SOUTHERN MUSICAL JOURNAL.
Ludden & Bates, Publishers,
Sabannafj, ©a.
Published monthly at the low price of SI.OO a
year. A first olass magazine of its kind, beau
tifully gotten up, and mast ably edited. Thor
oughly Southern in its tone it should be found
in evtfry musical family thrqughout the Sooth.
It pontai.us each month aixteen pages, (sheet
music site,) Musical sketches. Hints, Corres
pondence, Me.'wffe. Instructive Editorials
Southern Musical Notes, and Instrumental Mu
sie, etc. Ten Dollar.? worth of choice music
given during the year. By * special arrange
ment we can offer this magazine as a premium
for TWO neat subscribers, to the News $ Farmer,
or will furnish the Journal and News £ farmer
totr.rtbfcr for $2.50. Address all orders to
8 W 8- W. ROBERTS. St RRO,
{.ouiaviHe, Ga.
JjJoctrs.
.» iro.tr.r.rs i-K/t.
It was fall many a season since,
When I was summering at Cape May,
They had a foolish fashion then—
Mayhap they have the same to-day—
That every lady in the dance,
If pleased with any should not fail
Unto the partner she prelered
To give her veil.
And there was one I mind m- of
Whose nsin“— well never mind her name,
Helen or Alice, Blanche or M*>id,
To you will be the same.
But,that. fa-liirHi of the veils,
Happily recalls the past, and stirs
Memories that cluster round the night
She gave me her’s.
She flushed, poor child, in giving it;
And I too felt my brow grow warm,
As laughingly, with fingers deft,
She knotted it about my arm ;
And though the color on her check :
Was like the light in the mor tigjskies,
I thought I saw a holier dawn
Within her eyes.
The dance was over and we strolled
Out from the ball-room’s glittering press,
To meet the breeze that mauy-armed
Clasped each one in its cool cares 9.
And sauntering on we reached the sea—
The far wattz music’s cadence sweet,
Mixed with the sound of waves that died
About our feet.
We talked of what I now forget,
But caielessly, or seeming so;
Next day I was to leave, but then
In town we’d meet again you know.
Ah, well a-day! the go is dispose,
And ruined hopes are worse than vain,
hhe laughed good-by—l never saw
Her face again.
Time changes us not for the best,
Though griet sometimes defeats his art.
And keeps a little patch spring green,
In the white winter of the heart.
And mine, though colder grown with years,
Feels that if is not frozen qu : te,
As memory goes wandering back
To that June night.
And sometimes on the summer eves,
Within my chamber ail alone,
I watch the moon rise over the roofs
And think I hear the ocean tone;
And through the smoke of my cigar
See loves and joys I have not met.
That, as they vanish in the haze,
Leave my cheeks wet.
Life’s a sad puzzle, and our hearts
Grow faint in searching for the due.
She went before at twenty-five,
And I live on at fifty-two—
And wait the end; for well I know
That I shall meet her without fail,
On some spring morning—and till then.
I keep the veil.
.1 I’n/.rrNßr i: w.i i
to Miss cathabink j...., of u t t.
An S A now I mean to write
2 U eweet K T J.
The girl without an ||, *
The bell of UT K.
11 der if you got the 1
I wrote 2 U B 4
I sailed in the R K D A,
& sent by L N Moore.
My MT head will scarce conceive
1 calm IDA bright; ’
But, 8 T miles from U I must
this chance 2 write.
& Ist, should NEN V U,
B E Z, mind It not:
If any friendship show, B sure
They shall not B forgot.
But friends and foei alike D K ;
And you may plainly C,
In every funeral R A,
Our uncle’s LEG.
From virtue never D V 8;
Her influence B 9
Alike induce 10 derness
Or 40 tude divine.
& if U cannot cut a .
Or cause an !,
I hope U*ll put a .
an.
R U ior an X ation 2
My cousin, heart and ly 1
He offera in a H
A 5 broad of land.
He says he loves U 2 X S,
E’er virtuous and Y's ;
InXLNCUXL
All others in his I’s.
This S A, until U IC,
1 pray yon 2 X Q’s ;
And not to burn in F I G
My qnaint & wayward muse.
Now 'areU well, dear KT J;
I trost that U R true :
When this U C, then can U say
An 8 A I OUT
Under the inspiration of ninety
five degrees* Fahrenheit, an attic
{>oet sweated through him the fol
owing “poem” :
The dorg days are upon us ;
The snn is ponring down
Upon the heads of every one
In this here blaaen town.
Oh 1 for a breath of fresh air!
O 1 for a little rain,!
I’d just do anything on earth
These things for to obtaiD.
And if I don't obtain them soon
A funeral there will be ;
The hacks will with my friends be filled,
the corpse it will be mine.
I ittfstcUanrouti.
For the Nescs $ Farmer.
THE SCHOOL LAW.
11.
Mess. Editors :— The School
Law of 1872 is as different from
that of 1870 as was the body which
framed the one different from that
which framed i h<> o:her. Sail the
law of'72 wa« open to objections
and to amendments, many of which
have been incorporated in the new
law, now b f-re the Legislature,
which will doubtless pass. It is
now before the people in a moder
ate and very wi-ldy and practical
shape. The wisdom of the Legisla
ture saw, that although a popular
election might be the better mode
of selecting school officers in manv
places, yet in others it would be
giving an ignorant majority power
over the wiser n inorily—a, majori
ty of paupers power to tax at pleas
ure the minority of property hold
ders. They then fire very wisely
and prudently made it the duty of
the G.and Jury of each county,
composed of die wisest citizens and
[iroperty holders of the county, to
select ihe school Board. And the
whole management of the schools
of the county belongs to that Board.
In conformity with the law the
Grand Jury at the May term of the
court selected a county Board.
And the first Tuesday of June that
Board mei and organized for work.
And now it is the desire and inten
tion of the B >rad to obey the iaw,
carry out all its provisions in
good - failh, seek the b’st interests
of the county, and comply entirely
with the wishes and desires of the
citizens of the county, so farasth»ir
wishes anil desires can be asertai i
ed, in this whole matter. The
Legislature in ’72, knowing the
characer of a Grand Jury as the true
custodian of the interests of the
county, gave to them an unlimited
power of taxation. And having
made the school Board entirely the
creature of the Grand Jury, they
have now in the law of’73 given
the School board unlimited power
of taxation 1 for the school purposes
in the county. This power of tax
aiion, \vherever*and however vested,
is one which should always be used
with the most extreme prudence
and caution. It is almost certain
the present Board will never
use it until they are satisfied
that it will meet not. only the inter
ests, hut als i the wishes of the intelli
gent property holders of the county
fcvery citizen therefore ought to
secure a copy of the school law of
’73, add' make himself familiar with
it. The law of ’72 required that
schools should be kept open at least
six months in the year. And anv
county failing to run her sehols for '
that term each year, forfeited claim,
both-for ih H year and the next, to
tiny participation it* the public
school fund. But the law of ’73
reduces the term from six to four
months. As the Grand Jury in
Jeff rson County did not meet t<>
appoint a B mrd until May, and as
the Board could not organize until
June, and then had no power of
taxation, and so was compelled to
wait until November to see if the
Grand Jury would levy a tax, it
was impossible for this countv
either to run the schools six
months, or to prepare to run them
before Court in the fall. We seem
ed shut up to the necessity of for
feiting our share of the public fund
both this year and the next. Bui
now since the term has been
shortened and thus the cost reduc
ed, and since the power is given to
ihe Board to make preparations, it
is possible for the Board to get
ready to start schools this year
But shall the Board do so? Is it
ihe wish of the people to submit to
a small property tax sufficient to
supplement the public fund and
open schools on the first of Septem
ber? Or would they prefer that
no tax for for school purposes be
levied, an 1 thus the county forfeit
her interest in the public fund and
allow it to go over to other coun
ties and carry the poll tax of . our
county with it? The language of
the law is, “Wherever they
(ihe County Board,) are satisfied,-
either from haring submitted the
2[uestion to the popular vote*, or
rom any other reliable means of
information, that the people of the
county desir£ a tax to be levied to
Support primary schools it shall be
their duty,” dec. Do the property
holders of tfcje county desire the
tax? The Rqafd| could submit the
question tp a popular vole as the
law suggests. But it is useless. For
y/e know in advance what the re
sult Would be. For a very large
majority of the voters who are to
Participate in the benefits to accrue
tire npi property holders and. would
of course vote fir the tax. Nor is
any one prepared to say that a ma
jority of the properoy holders who
have the tax to pay, would not vote
for it. It is believed they would.
And so strongly it is® believed by
some of ihe Board, possibly by all of
(hem. that they fear to refuse to
levy -he lax, le-t their canti -it
should be blamed fir ihe forf ii
which the county would make of
her pool lax an I other funds in the j
public treasury. The school fund
consists of ihe poll tax, tax on shows
and exhibitions, a special tax here
after to be levied on sales of spirit
uous liquors, endowments, devises
and g sis, (this includes the Peabody
fund) all educational funds, one
half the proceeds of the State!
Hoad &c. See. What would be the
pro rata share of J tiers in County
liom all these sources, the writer has
no means at present of ascertaining
with accuracy. But approximate
ly, it would he about twenty-five
hundred dollars. And in 1871.
eighteen public schools were run lor
three months at a nominal cost of
$3,000.00, anil could have been run
for far less if there had been a pros
pect of prompt payment. Si that a
small tax of SSOO 00 or $1,000.00,
added to the above amount would
give us eighteen schools, (a fir larger
numberaretha.t or have been in exist
ence in the county this year) for
tour months, open to all children,
rich and poor, and at the same time
relieving all’patrons from the pay
ment of private tuition. A tax
ranging from 15 to 25 per cent, has
been paid in the county fir many
years tor po >r school purposes. Yet
this writer never heard one citizen
complain at it or even hint that it
was hard, unfair or in any way ob
jectionable. Patriotism and good
true intelligent ideas have always
prompted to its cheerful, hearty
payment. And if that amount were
incresed four fituld and added to the
auidic tutal it would give us schools
lor six months; free to all. But if
the Board act at all thisyear they must
do so at onee. If the tax payers? of
the county could feel interest enough
in this subject, whice in its practic
al and lasting importance to us top
ples supremely high above the elec
tion of either Greeley or Grant,, to
meet in primary assemblies in their
various districts at an early day,
and consult, and instruct the
Board, very much good might re
sult. More anon.
Respectfully &c.,
P.
For the News and Farmer.
TO BE. OR NOT TO BE.
An address, delivered at the closing
exercises of the Jefferson High
School, in Jackson County, Ga.
Respected Auditory :—Pardon
me in addressing, specially my fel
low students, and the young men of
this assembly. I would deem my
self happy indeed, could I but do
partial justice to the theme which
has just been announced in your
hearing. I would consider it an in
finite blessing fellow students, could
I but truly appreciate, and impress
upon your minds, at this eventful
period of life, the importance of re
solving with an unfaltering determi
nation to be, gnd not only to be, but
to be men—men of honor, integrity,
usefulness, and influence in the life
upon which we must shortly enter.
I tanfty such a fixed and immovable
purpose, in the beginning of life’s
progress, would erect a. fabric
around which the young tendrils of
genius and hope may safely cling,
’till maturity strengthen their brittle
stems and the golden fruit of suc
cess.
I come not before you gentlemen
with the knowledge of experience,
feeling myself calculated to direct
and instruct you in the mysterious
paths of the unknown future, my
purpose is far more humble. Hav
ing, with yourselves, climbed up what
I consider to be the smooth portion
of the hill of life, and knowing from
observation that our duties* respon
sibilities and obligations will greatly
increase at this juncture, I wish to
reason upon what course we should
pursue in the future, in order that
we, may best secure the wants and
airns of coming life. It is charac
teristic of the youth to look forward
to the future with high hopes and
glorious anticipations. No doubt
j but what we all yet well remember
when standing at. the foot of life’s
hill, how our bosoms throbbed with
fond emotions, when we gazed in
imagination upon the future; deem
ing it a field of happiness where the
seed of sorrow never was sown;
yea we expected to be led through
successive scenes of enchantment,
rising above each other in fascination
and beauty, but alas! those delight
ful visions have fled, and we find
ourselves just at the goal of life in.
earnest. It seems that we are prone
to grasp at shadows, pttd seize with
avidity, things that turn to dust in
our bands. It has now become
highly important to us, that we
should cease to feast upon such de
lusive hopes, and learn that life is
duty. Although a stranger to the
trials and responsibilities of mature
age, yet it i- evident to me, that if
we will but rightly consider the
great future which lies before us ;
the circumstances by which we are
surrounded, and what the world ex
pects and demands of us, it is cal
culated to awaken the most serious
and solemn reflections of our exist
ence.
I We must now, or at least in a
"hort while, depart from our present
stage of action, and enter upon an
other more trying sphere of duties ;
we must exchange the pleasant pur
suits of the school room, our youth
ful pleasures and enjoyments, for the
stern trials of manhood, and active
life. Then gentlemen, must we enter
the test crucible o! all merit, and
show to the world whether we are
gold or dross. Then must we solve
the most abstruce problem ever sub
mitted to us : whether we intend to
be, or not to be. The world will then
demand that we fix the index of onr
future course. Then will the dim
vista of the future, with all of its
possibilities of glories and slmme
open out before us ; and we shall lie
summoned to make our choice be--
tween honor and dishonor, between
truth and treachery, between purity
and profligacy, between moral life
and moral death. And as we hesi
tate, or vasillate between the paths
of good and evil; as we struggle to
rise or consent to fall, can the stage
of earth present to our loved ones
a scene of so absorbing an interest,
or the universe a jueture, so Ml of
solicitude ? Oh l the happiness that
vibiates in the balance during that
fearful period. Within us are the
natures of a brute* ami the attrib
utes of an angel, and when these
meet in council to make up the role
of our destiny and seal our fates,
shall the brute be more skillful than
the seraph ? Shall we conscious of
the true dignity of our position, and
the sovereignty of our choice, de
cide to wed the low ambitions of the
world, and seek with their empti
ness, to supply our wants and de
sires.
Our country demands that we
shall be men, our friends expect it,
our relatives desire it, our parents
have staked their means, their
prayers, and their hopes, upon, it;
for have we not been the principal
objects of their care, and has it not
been the chief aim of thier lives to
favor us with every opportunity of
improvement in their power*?" and
have they not daily invoked the
blessings of Heaven upon us, that
we may lead a life that will be an
honor to them and a blessing to our
country ? Can we be so ungrateful,
so lost to a sense of our duty, to
our future welfare and happiness,
that we will disregard the admoni
tions of our parents, and prove to
them that all of their efforts and
desires have been in vain 1 If so,
better, far better, it were for us,
that ere we caused a tear, or raised
a hope, we had been laid in the si
lent tomb; for we will, and justly
too meet, the scorn and .disdain of
our fellow men, and the frowns of
high Heaven.
How galling and mortifying it
must be to ones feelings when he
begins to realize that his whole life
has been a failure; when he sees
those with whom he associated in
youth and who enjoyed the same
opportunities of improvement, pass
by him with a light heart and high
hopes, making rapid strides in a
life of success; whilst he is groping
and groveling through the world*
with the aspiration of a vagabond ;
tortured with the reflection* that be
failed to exercise promptitude and
resolution at the proper tune, and
that he failed to be because he would
not be. In a disponding mood, we
have all known the feeling, and even
when we half knew* it was morbid
and transient, it was a very painful
one but it must be awful beyond
all expression ; when it is the sorrow
ful abiding conviction of a man’s
whole being, that he has failed; not
only as compared with the vain fan
cies of youth, but compared with liis
sober convictions of wnht bo ought
to have been, and what he might
have been.
We are all impressed with the
consciousness that we have a part to
play in the interesting and compli
cated drama of life; and we have
been warned time and again, that
there are acts in it, which try the
skill of the ablest artist, that the
cues are obscure and difficult to un
derstand; therefore, when we go
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forth to join in the busy scenes of
this stage, it is essential that we
should have a clear conception of
what is to be done, of the objects
and designs. This being accom
plished, let us elivate our minds to
the sphere of our duties, and main
taining fearlessly, our hearts honor
and purity, looli calmly in the face
of adversity and difficulties. There
is something grand and sublime in
the hour and scene, when a young
man, glowing with noble aspirations,
steps upon the threshold of life,
surveys the vast field of action, ex
amines the forces arrayed against
him, rallies the mighty powers which
nature and art have placed under his
command, passes his watchjword, to
be what God designed me, and then
moves boldly forward, resolved to
do or die! Thus he becomes the.
hope of his country, the pride and
exultation of his parents, and a
spectacle which angels might look
down upon with an ecstacy too
deep for utterance.
Then Jet m unse, tor the passing,
While we lie slumbering on ;
Our brethren are ca ed in armor,
And forth to the fight have gyne;
Our places in the ranks' await us,
Each man ha« a pari to play ;
I he past and all ifs scenes are nothing
In the lace of the stem to da y.
Apropos of the Dolly Varden
style of raiment, so much talked of
in the present era, we have seen no
description of it so succinct and
clear us the following: “The star
board sleeve bore a yellow hop-vine
in full leaf, on a red ground, with
numbers of gray birds, badly muti
lated by the seams, flying hither and
thither in wild dismay at the ap
proach of a green and black hunter.
Ail infant class was depicted on the
back; and; in making up the gar
ment truant scholars were scattered
up and down the sides and on the
skirt; while a country poultry fair,
and a group of hounds hunting,
badly demoralized by the gathers,
gave tlie trout a remarkable appear
ance.. 1 lie left sleeve had on it the
alphabet in five different languages.
“An old minister'’ has been con
tributing to-a Boston contemporary
several reminiscences illustrative of
the close-fisted meanne-s of certain
i ural congregations in dealing with
their ministers. To Parson B
they had agreed to pay the munifi
cent salary ofs4oft, yet they fell
short $7-5, and when reminded of
the deficiency, suggested that “min
isters should not be greedy of filthy
lucre.”'
‘ Why, we voted at the parish
meeting to |iay him $275 in money,
and six cords ot hard wood, which
was worth at least three* dollars
and a halt a cord, which, with the
presents made him at the donation- 1
party, made it up to about what
the parish voted.”
“Did the parish pay him all the
money they voted 2” asked the min-
“Wa r ali perhaps not quite; as
you know, there are some who al
ters fall a leetle short r and then there
is the Beetle family, who signed
twm dollars and a half, and they
have moved off out into Cooneticut
and didn’t pay nothin’, and so we
kinder run behindhand; and Parson
B said he couldn't stay if the
people didn’t pay bis salary, and
that made him unpopular with the
people, and of course he lost his in
fluence, and the folks didn’t come
to meetin’ as they dp- to hear you,
and so he asked for a dismission,
and the caounceel which was called
thought he better leave, and so be
went away owing the store-keeper
some thirty dollars* and, of coarse,
that prejudiced some agin ministers
■who don’t pay their debts and live
within their means.”
“Did Mr. B incur that debt
at the store with the expectation
that the parish would pay ban his
[salary, small as it was 2” asked his
successor. “If so, then the parish
should take the blame to themselves,
and the people should feel ashamed
of their niggardly spirit.”
“Ah! ministers have and easy
time on it,, I think,”said the treasur
er, as he excused! himself to look
after the interests ofhis farm.
Finally the parson grew old, in
firm, unable to do cfeiicali duly; so
after having defrauded him of his
poor salary, they took him to the
almshouse, where he yielded up his
life
In ye year of out Lobd, 1770, ye
followt n glaw was repealed in mer
rie old England. What a pity it it
not in force to day—“ Whosoever
shall entice into bonds of matnmor
ny, any male subject of Her Majes
ty, by means of rouge, white paint,
Spanish cottm, steel oorsett, crino
line, high heeled boots, false hips
(or false pulpitaiors?} shall be pros
ecuted for witchcraft, and the mar
riage declared null and void.”