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IOUSTON HOME JOURNAL
EDITED AND PUBUSHED BY
J. T. WATERMAN,
JY THURSDAY MORNING,
BY J. T. WATERMAN.
PERRY, GA„ DECEMBER 28, 1870.
AT PERRY, GA
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CHAPTER EL
About ten miles from the residence
of David Hunt; one of the largest
tributary streams of the Mississippi
made a sudden sweep inward, like
bent bow, embracing a rich tract of
alluvial or bottom land in its curve,
and forcing its outer banks back into
the shelter of a range of hills, more
beautiful and picturesque than is
usually fonnd in scenery composed
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POETRY.
The Burial of Moses.
By Neho’s lonely mountain,
On this side Jordan’s wave,
In a vale in the land of Mouli,
There lies a lonely gl’ave;
And no man dug tile sepulchre.
And no limn saw it o’er,
For the angel of God upturned, the sod,.
And laid tho dead man there.
That was the grandest funeral
That ever passed oil earth;
But uo man heard the "tramping,
Or saw the train go forth. •
Noiselessly as the daylight
Comes tvh^n fbq,mght Is done;
And the crimson streak on ocean’s cheek
Grows into the groat sun.
Noiselessly as the spring-time ' I
Her crown of verdure weaves,
And all the trees on all the hills
Open their thousand leaves— ,
So, without sound or music,
Or voice of them, that wept,
Silently down from the moun'atu’s crown
The gre.it procession swept. ■
Perhaps the bald old eagle
Ou gray Betli-peorVheight,
Out from his reeky eyrie
Looked on the wondrous sight;
Perchance tho lion, stalking;
Still shuns that hallowed spo*;
For keist and bird have seen uudheard
That which man knowefe not.
Hut when the warrior dieth,
His comrades in the war,
With arms reversed and muffled dram,
Follow the funeral car; .
They show the banners taken,
'AndalLr him lead his inasterlrfissteed;
While peals the minute gim.
Amid tho noblest of the land
Men lay tho svge to rest,
Anil giro the bard an honorcd place,
With ccstly marble drest;
In the gtjeat minster-transept,
Where lights like gloryfaR, : -
And afo tboir stogslimd the organ, rings,
Along the emblazoned-wall -
This was the bravest warrior
That ever buckled sword;
This the most gifted poet
That ever breathed a word;
And never earth’s philosopher
Traced with his golden pen,
On the deathless page, truth half so sage,
As he wrote down for men.
Just within the curve of this bow, or
directly on “The .Bend,” as the in
habitants called the plain which swept
out from the embrace of the river—
stood- the county-seat. The entire
district was but sparsely inhabited,
and, as yet, the county town Consisted
*5iiiy of a few low cabins, half-buried
in' luxurious com-tields, two or three
young orchards filled with* trees, that
had only docked themselves in the
blossoms of a.sirigle spring, and one
great frame dwelling, with verandas
runtiing across the front, and two
chimneys of new bricks standing on
the expanse of glistening shingles,
like members of a volunteer militia
company in flowingregimental.s, whose
jiride it was to keep guard over the
humble log cabins and stick chimneys
which Lay below.
A blacksmith’s shop, so opeii in
front that ydti could see the glowing
iron even in winter as it poured a tor
rent of sparks up from the huge ham
mer which ground it to the. anvil,
stood opposite the tavern; and this,
with the no;83 of carpenters still at
work in the interior of the. building,
lent a sort of bustle and business as
pect tb "The Bend,” which those who
visited it found rather cheerful and
exciting after the dim solitude of. their
forest-homes.
A flour-mill, too, clattered cheerfully
night and (lay in a hollow close by the
river, and there was scarcely a day in
the week when a group of men might
hot have. liei n observi d loitering
around Judge Church’s tavern.
It was Saturday, about live days
after the visit of William Wheeler to
David Hunt's farm, and the strangers
back came round a coiner, -and, as if
rejoiced by the sight of company,
urged their biases to a trot, and draw
ing up in a cheerful dashing style, dis
mounted before the tavern.
Wheeler started, and dashed - down
his foot with a violence that drew, the
chair forward till the front feet, rang
against the floor. The light, struck
full upon his face; it had,- all at once, ,
become white as a corpse, and his
eyes glittered, like those of aroused ser
pent - - ' E
The two travelers had been busy
lying their horses to the posts of the
tbranda, and before they- were at- lei
sure to notice any thing Wheeler. had
fallen back to his old position.
"Does not that looklikeBill Wheel
er?” said the youngest of the. two as
they Came up the wooden steps to
gether.
David Hunt cast a. quick glance tte
ward the seemingly half-steeping man,
knotted, his huge fingers tightly , to
gether. and moved a step forward, "but
Shaw caught his arm—“Remember
your promise to Hannah,” he said in n
lo^t voice, - but Bis own limbs trembled
with rage as he restrained the veri-
veance of the old man. “Remember,
we have both promised,” he added,
drawing Hunt toward the door, “but
for that I have the best right.”
‘I have-never brokeii my word to
the poor girl yet,” muttered David
Hunt, moving reluctantly on, “I never
will, but it’s tough work to keep my
hands off him. ”
And with these words David .Hunt
and Isaac Shaw entered the public
house, but the cheerfulness with which
they had dismounted at the door was
entirely dispersed; not even the hearty
welcome which they received from the
persons at the bar had power to restore
them to moderate composure.
“Why, who on earth isthis? David
Hunt!” said the judge' laying down
the sugar-stick and holding out his
right hand, with which he shook Iris
neighbor’s vigorously while he passed
the tumble of brandy to a customer
with the other.
“It seems an age since we’ve seen
you at The Bend—and you too, Shaw;
we began to-think yon had taken to
the bush for good; I was just calcu
lating that your money would be so
much dear gain in any hands, and had
half dunned myself Tor tho interest,
when I get word that you are coming
down and scrape it up, interest and all,
for tiie Liild-officei What’s in the
wind now, Ike?—no girl in the wa-y-is
there? I’ll tell you what,” continued
face,, he tamed it away instinctively,
or the honest smith might have Been
startled by its pallor and. the fiendish
expression lurking over it. - A hostler
coming room'd from flic ..bom, with 2 riaid the -judge, turning a key in the
« ' J : at m t _ -t .:■» * i
measure of oats in bis band, sav hiin-
standing there enveloped; ss~ it might
And had he not 1
The liill-side
-To lie in state v
honor ?
P^. -
"With:
state while angels wait,
plumes,
ttaUonel y
jlo Jay Him in Ins grave,
-In that deep grave, without a name,
When his uncofiiried dav
i._i,« - (most wondrous tho’t 1)
and tavern toward sunsdt were more
than usuallyntimeroiis. Tlireeor four
farmers had come front a remote - part
of the .country with avrgojt-loads of
ftam, which could Rcferi-Sy be con
verted into flour before the next day.
Others-had brought their horses to l>e
shod,‘arid, meeting wdh cheerful com
pany at the tavern, were in no haste to
return home. '•
The evening was warm and sultry,
and the dusk was come on, biit the
blacksmith was htlrd at work; the
sound of his anvil King over the r vil
lage, and the glare ' of his forge red
dened around him as the beautiful
sunset felL through a bank of hazy
clouds on the landscape without, A
horse of light hay color, finely limbed
and with the look of a high-blooded
racer, was tied with a stout bridle to
an iron ring at the door-post, but
though the . hot ' sparks sometimes
flashed- close by his eyes they only
kindled up a little, as if some of the
fire had shot beneath the lids; and
though Ms nostrils dilated, he neither
pulled at the halter nor seemed restive
in the least, for oaeo when he had run
back a little a voice from the opposite
tavern checked, the fretful imp dse,
and left him standing withjris eye to
the flame, bait with a sL-tck halter and
shrinking limbs, for to the poor ani
mal there was something in 'that voice
more terrible'thanthe shower of. hot
fire sparks that rained over lriin. The
voice came from a'young mta seated
in thelower verarida of. the tavern.—
His chair - was tilted back, and’his
right foot rested upon his left knee,
and though the fringe" of Ms hunting-
frock swept over a portion "of the boot;
its small size and unusually neat work;
mansMp could net be entirely conceal
ed. The man wore a fine otter sMn
cap, wMch, being dfcawn over his face,
the judge, folding liis aims over tbri foot, and then movedawny.
win:.,^ j-R „ i .... -i t. -i • v . .. . . _ _ .
railing of the bur and shaking Ms
head, “this affair looks rather suspici
ous.'"
Ike Shaw blushed like a girl, but as
he was about to stammer out some re
ply, Ms face flushed still- more deeply;
it was not embarrassment then, but
Indignation, fot in turning his eyes he
had soon the wMte Jane of William.
Wheeler peering in at the- ..Trindaw;
the face disappeared instantaneously,
but Shaw felt as if those glittering
eyes were still fixed upon Ms burning
forehead.' If was rage rather- than
terrord-hat arose in iris heart at the;
sight of those eyes, but to a less brave
man there would have been something
startling in tiibir sharp and fiendish
glare. Thd evidences of emo'fion, vis
ible in Shaw’s face; were mistaken for
embarrassment byi the good-natured
judge. .
“Well, well, he said,” if . yob -want
the money, that’s enough; put up with
me to-night, and I’ll try to make it out
in the morning.”
•Not here, I will not sleep under
tlM same roof with', that Tuan,”* said
David Hunt,- drawing, SliaW aside and
speaking with great earncstnes*;
‘•-Iwould rather go , myself,” said
Shaw, also in a low voice, “but. it
looks- like a storm. If a hurricane
should come iqa; we coidd never get
through the woods alive.”
“No matter alive or dead I will not
stay at The Bend -to-night,” replied’
Hunt with suppressed energy, but Ms
words reached the persons around tiie
bar, and they looked at each other, a
little surprised at Ms obstinacy and
the stem, wilful tone in wMch his de-
flames, and wondered what traveler
had entered the 'town without his
knowledge; for though Wheeler .was a
boarder in the tavern, arid well-known
to the mai, lri3 face was so changed
uitlx the worlririg of evil passions that
it seemed like that of a strange man. .
“Have you fastened.the shoe?” said
Wheeler hoarsely, toncMng the black
ened arm of the sinith with Ms finger,
for lie had spoken twice, yet could riot
hear-the sound - of Ms, own voice.-'
‘‘Have yon fastened the shoe?”
“No,” said the.blacksmith, leaning
upon the pole of Ms bellows and wip
ing the perspiration from Ms forehead
with the coarse sleeve that was rolled
above his elbow.
Wheeler uttered an imprecation.
“I huvn’t fastened that shoe, con
tained the smith,. quite unmoved. by
the fierce words that had reached Ms
ear, and resuming his hold on; the bel
lows with one hand, while lie raked the
hot coals ovix a half-formed circle of
iron glowing in the forgo, “but I have
put ori a new one that fits like a lady’s
slipper. That horse of yours-has got
a neat hoof, rather too delicate for
’common workmen; I had to make un
dersized nails for fear of breaking it.”
“Is he shod? Have you done with
him?” exclirimed Wheeler sharply.
“Half an hour ago;” and taking up
a huge pair of pinchers with which he
dragged forth the iron front ita bed- of
fire, and seizing his hammer the good
man gave it one'swing with Ms right
arm, and it came crashing down upon
the anvil, with a force that sent a storm
of fire sparks over the young man as
he passed and untied his- horse from
the iron ring at the door.
Wheeler led Iris horse across the
street and flung the bridle toward the
man. who was removing the hits from
the tired animal Hunt had just dis
mounted, while Shaw’s -horse was
quietly muncMng the oats wMch had
been-set before him.
“Here, Take care of the creature,
"will you!” he said testily. “You need
uot stay to rub him down, he is half
starved!” -
The hostler caught the bridle with a
dexterous movement of one arm, and
quietly drawing the lieud-stall back to
-tho.neek of Hunt’s horse, pushed the
measure of oats toward him with Iris
“Where are the horses?”
“They ought to be in the stable,”
sloping lid-which closed a desk in Ms
Chest of drawers; ‘"‘there is a storm
seem, in a crimson mantle by tael Coming np, or I am no judge of signs!”
Hunt had only heard the first -part
of this speech; he was eager to leave
fee room, and, hurrying orit to the
forced the bits into their
months, though scarcely half the oats
had been consumed, r
Coriie, Shaw, come, we shall have to
ride fast, or the storm may come on
us in the woods!” he called out from
the veranda.
Shaw went out, followed by all the
persons in the room,' except Wheeler.
He stood motionless, near the window,
ing a deep breath, for file presence ofj its Wheeler darted by, but the 'move-
Wheeler' Seemed to oppress liiifc— j ment was quick as the flight of-ari ar
row, and, satisfied that it was brit a
passing shadow made by the flitting
candle, the man went on, XFormihgjn
Ms description as the storm rose.
Ouce out of the house, Wheeler
crept in a stooping postwre around the
veranda, thrust his arm through the
railing and softly drawing forth the
bridle that had been east there, fol
lowed the windings of the fence till he
came to the cross-road- He turned
the comer with a bound, and, drawing
one sharp breath, ran swiftly down to
ward the wood. Here Tie tamed again,
followed the line of brash-fence' that
Separated the forest from the clover-
fields, arid, keeping himself in tho
wood, looked around for his horse.—
The aniriial was grazing near the cen
to them as if harsh feeling existed be
tween the two men.
“Very well, I’m ready to start the
“Halloa, blockhead! where arc you
going?” cried Whwler with an oath;
“I don’t want him taken to {he bam,
tiuri him into the wMte-clbver lot; and
see you.put up the bars.
The man .wheel; d round sulkily, arid
grumbled below Ms breath. After
crossing the road he took down a set
of liars, slipped off the bridle, and
gave- the spirited animal a, right blow
with ft, which sent him bounding into
a field wiriph was hedged, m frttoi the
Mghwtty hy a heavy rail fence,
and swept back from the tavern
some ten or twelve aeres of short
but fragrant sw-.lrd, Where it was
lost in a forest of heavy timber. The
tavern itself sloodin one coiricr of this
field, and a cross-road bounded the
opposite end;'wMch ran up from the
forest and intersected turnpike some
thirty rods below the'honse.
Wheeler stepped within the ball,
but stood watching the inun till he
put up the bars and flung the bridle
down inri corner of the veranda, then
lie turned away "arid went into the sup-
per-room-
Ho look Ms seat at the lower end.of
the tabic; so noiselessly that his en
trance was nnoLsirved, till Judge
Church-happened to look that way,
and - uttered -an exclamation at his
paleness. The rest of the company
fastened tbeir eyes, as with one accord;,
upon Ms face, the moment this exda-
mutiori' escaped"the host. ' A spot of
living-fire flashed into either cheek,
and he .clutched his .knife arid fork
hardus if angered by this general ob
servation. - '
“I have the tooth-ache, • have been
termination r Tvus expressed. IfTseemed racked to death with; it all. day, ” he
tflthPHl.flf; rf llflTsll fprilitifr TaaJ .. ,.1 J i . > i'
left the upper part in shadow, but- moment onr horses have had 'a feed,”
Waves id light hair cuiiod up- among toPJtod Sriaii. rnonng toward the bar. 1
the rich fur about his temples, arid his. suppose^an hour or two wont make
somewhat prominent chifi,.-upan.wMeh m frch diflerence with the judge?” |
the light-lay strong, was so delicately ‘“None .at .all,'’ replied the judge,
Moulded that Ms features seemed PoiMMg to an old-fasMoued chest of
daawers in the comer, “the mnnor to
said, in a clear and low voice, strongly
at variance with the expression of Ms
face. . ; h--‘/
“I will not sit at the srone table with
■ Mm,” muttered.David Hunt; grasping
1 Shaw by the arm. “Gome, let us go!”
They both akosej but, as. if over
come-with pain, "Wheeler left Ms seat
and went but. Obeying the impulse
‘the Money is. .given by his;younger companion, Hunt
trion, - , - •
And stand, wife glory wrapped around,
On fep hHls he never trod, ’
And speak of fee strife feat won our life
Wife fee Inoamate Son of God
O lonely toirib in Moab’s Land!
0 dark Bsfe-peor MR!
leak to these curious hearts of ours,
And teach them to be still,
trod hath His mysteries of grace—
Ways that we cannot tell;
Tfehides them deep, like i
Of him He loved so well
-
tffl the"two men mounted and rode
away. Then he stepped hastily to the
bar, seized a decanter, and pouring
out a tumbler halfifullof clear brandy,
drank it off,
“Is your tooth no easier?” said the
good hearted judge, returning to the
room just ns the young man was tak
ing his hand from the tumbler;
“No, it keeps getting worse, I will
gotoTieii and sleep it off—that is if I
can,” he replied, taming Ms face from
the right, and pouring out a spoonful
of brandy which he held in Ms mouth
as he went up stairs.
“That’s a strange sort of] a fellow,
said orie of the! guests, who had" been
a boatman on the Mississippi,
have seen that - smooth face of Ms
somewhere before. How long has he
been in these parts?”
“About six months 1 ” replied the
judge, to whom the question was ad
dressed, “off and. on; he’s been hang
ing about all Of that time, if not
more.”
“What does he follow for a living?’
persisted the guest,
‘He’s got sonic business with the
land office, I believe, ” said the judge,
“trades in fur, and wanders off with
the hunters sometimes when they take
to the woods.”
‘Just so,’’said the guest; “butwhere
on earth have I seen him—that voice
of his sounds nat’ral as can be. I’ve
heard it before, and shall remember
where by-arid-by;”
Oh, as to Ms voice, "said the .judge,
laughing, “he can speak sharp and
loud enough one minute, and soft as
a girl the next.”
Wheeler was not mentioned again
that night, but as if some association
had been aroused, unconsciously, in
the mind of the boatman, he began to
talk about his wild life on the great'
river, arid late in the evening was de
scribing the fearful scenes wMch at
tended the hanging of the Vicksburg
gamblers.
It was a terrible subject, and told
a fearful hour; for the hurricane
burst upon them strong, andloud, an
terrible. It came blowing np from
the forest and swept by, in its wratK
till the great, half .empty house rocked
like, a cradle. The chimneys toppled
over, and crashed upon the roof over
head. The verandas were 'tom-u.way,
like a handful of rushes, and yet-That
little group of men sat,- awestricken
and fascinated, listening to the tough
eloquence of.the boatman as he de
scribed the storm of human passions
that lie-had witnessed amid tfiri terri
ble, hut still Jess awful storm'of the
elements that raged around them.
William Wheeler went- to /Ms room'
and set down the right; reacMng <it far
away with Iris hand, that it should not
shine upon his face. He felt as if Ms
thoughts were branded' in. crimson
writing on Ms. forehead, and that some
eye might read his purpose there. His
conscience' whispered falsely. That
forehead was. white as marble, but
shrunk and knitted ^together with dark
passions. Foolish man. Why did he
tarastaway that candle so fiercely?
The Almighty required no human
light—no letters of blood upon the
brow—to. read that wMch was passing
in his heart.
He took Iris bowie knife from his
bosom, and felt the point—tried it
against the seat of a chair till it seemed"
as if the well-tempered steel-must have
broken off in the woocL Then he
drew a portmanteau from under the
bed arid took out A hunting frock,
darker than the one he usually wore,
and without.the yellow fringe. -Hav
ing put this on, and supplied its place
in the. portmanteau with that wMch
he had flung- off, he drew the otter-
skin cap over his forehead, and, ^blow
ing out the light; ; crept from ihexeonw
He had nearly reached the stairs,
The Pretty Giris-
; What a charm they have about
| tliem! How they arc loved] followed,
flawed to, and worshiped! What a
! power they have over the hearts of
; men! HcW eSSouraging is one of
• their smites Bestowed upon a down
jltesirted masculine gender! Where
i they are, a man can, by a little excr-
; eise Of the imagUMtFwh supiiose a
; company of angels. There is a show-
I im of suutaine wherever they go, and
1 ...'a pj ' j they letiye brtikirii hearts when they
CURRENT ITEMS. i depart. All oiq.-Ositious will vanish
“Madam yousaid your son was alaw- ^ "''upors before their magieul influ-
yer; has he much practice?” “Why,! f™* Tb ^ r
*. v■ ^ mfinence over the lit-jiris slid feelings
yes sir, he has a great practice—of f of men is unlimited. They t ?o
smoking cigars.” ! queens, indeed, and the Iwasted “lords
A. “self-threading neidle” haring
, . . ... . _ & fOlicdient.subjects. A» Atniosfjbereot
been invented, an anxious old bachelor : j ove lln d adoration snrtonri'ds .them
wants to know if some one cant design I on all sides, arid they Brcatlie it; us
I, NO. %
a “self-sewing shirt button.’
Cincinnati is to have a ‘fat man’
; we poor masculines do the air amend
| us; They have a kingdom, whiito fe
i love, their sceptre is beauty and their
■risiening to every word that passed, . tre of the field, j A low, sweet wMstle
made him pause just as- a toft of fra
grant and dewy clover', was - folded in
his lip—again that whistle came from
the wood, still faintly, but a little
shaiper than, before. Without staying
to crop a handful of blossoms wMch-
were, even then, filling his mouth with
fragrance, the animal gave a start,
Bung up Ms head, and .sprang away.—
With a single bound he cleared the
fence, and stood by the side of his
master. -
Wheeler took a heavy silk liandker-
cMcf from Ms pocket, tied two of the
corners together with a piece of cord,
and slipped it over the horse’s head,
where he arranged it with the cord
knotted across the chest, and the
square of crimson silk spread out upon
the animal’s hack like a table-cteth.
No saddle, no blanket to-night, old
boy,” he muttered, hoarsely; while the
horse bent Ms head for~~the bit. He
put on the bridle, drawing rihe throat
latch so fiercely that the horse shook
his head and ran back. "Wheeler
clenched Ms hand, opened it again as
suddenly, and patted the restive crea
ture on the neck.
‘So—so,” Me muttered, loosening
the strap, wMch cut cruelly against
the poor aniMal’s taroat. “No noise
—no praiieirig here. jSo^so, be quiet
boy—take t&e of the brush, and you
shall be coaxed like a girl, for - once—-
So-so.” ./
With these words, scarcely uttered
above his breath, though the master
ing storm would have drowned Ms
loudest;tones, Wheeler sprang upon
;, and guided him, cautiously,
lomer of the wood, came
,e cross road, about half a
the town.
for it!” burst from his lips in
r, wMch seemed like a shout
d with difficulty. “Now for
convention, and the CMcago Times, royal pavilion is made of a thousand
maliciously asserts that,' being a case and one charms. Where they go, lL> - y
of bowels and not of brains, it conquer; where they speak, they nil,-,
toto-i ,-wi x . • j and when they appiDnch, men render
undoubtedly be a success. i deepest obcisiuce. Their smiles are
“Adversity,” says a Western preach- ! SUmpses of paradise and their kiss*;
^ ; _ /i . . -j , | taste of heaven itself. We love them;
. ’' ns up short ond sets lls everbodv loves them, and the mail is
down hard, and when it’s done with; a brute who wouldn’t love them'
us we.feel as contented as a boy that’s:
lieen spanked and set away to cooL ” !
A Pennsylvania lawyer tells of a!
“note shaver,” in Meadville, who 1
ODD PARAGRAPHS'.
Scene at a mecling'm Preston, England:
_ . Tak thi lint off,” said one fellow" in tho
keeps the trank conteiriing his securi- I crowd to another in front of him. “What
.tieS near the head of Ms bed, and lays j for?” “Why, aw cacnot see.” ‘'AYeU,'’ ro
awake to hear them draw interest.
The people of Enfield, N- H. not be
ing satisfied with the census, taken by
the Government, have token a new
one by a committe of citizens and
fonnd that ' they numbered ninety
three souls more than the census rep
resented.
Two young ladies and an Irishman
were conversing on age, when one of
them put the home question; “WMch
of ns do you think is the elder, Mr.-
H. ?” Sure,” replied the gallant-Hiber
Man, “yon both look younger than
each other.”
An exchange wants to know what
General Gaant will do when Ms term
of office expires. We have no idea
what he will do; but if he does what
he ought to have been doing for the
last three years he will go to keeping a
livery stable.
“Frank,” said an affectionate mother
fhe other day to a promising boy, “if
yon don’t stop smoking and reading so
much, you will get so after a while that-
you won’t care anything about work.”
“Mother,” replied the hopeful, leisure
ly removing a very long cigar, “Ihave|
got so now.”
plied fee other, “if I tak my hat off thou’ll
be worse off than over. My yore (hair is
thirteen inches long, an’ it stons straigli' up.
I’ve put my hat ou to keep it town.”
There are nine Princes of the honse
of.Boriiparte, but not one of them is
with the French aririy, or tailing any
dart with the French Republic.
Young Bonaparte-Patterson is with
Ms regiment, and is the only member
of the family who seems willing to’
take any personal risk to defend tho
honor of Ms house arid race.
Mammy!” said a rittie fellow, jBSst big
enough to gobble doughnuts, but wlio
didn’t like to rock the cradle of his
baby brother, of whom he professed
to be very foml^very—“Mammy! if
the Lord’s got’ any more babies to g?ri»
awriy, don’t y'ofr take crav”
A littlk chap hod a dirty face, and his
teacher told- Mnr-to go tuiil wash it. He
went- away, arid after a few minutes
came bffcR with the - firmer part of his
countenance tolerably clean, while the
upperpae? was dSctjF and wet.
“Johnny,” siMl the teacher, “why
diefi^t-yon wasayoux face?”
“I did wash if; Sir.”
“You didn’t wipe it all over, then. ”
“I did wipe it as Mgh np as my -
shirt would go.”
IFMoark’s next move should be to
torment Republicanism in Germany,
A box containing a black bear wife an ^ C , ro ^
. , , v*. - 'kicked out, and himself elected Presi
re ceived at an express office in Siiri j dent Periiiaps the oM rat means to
Francisco, the other day, with this- in
scription; “Black Bare. Ef yew
don’t want to get bit, kepe yer fingers
outen the crax!”
There had been a moon that even
ing, but the coming storm overwhelm
ed and shrouded it from sight. Still,
“ pearly glow now and then shot along
■e'small and gloomy Clouds that came
rging up from the north, and spread
'themselves over the’ sky like a lead-
colored pavement, tom and agitated
by unSeen hands. : But soon even the
pearly gleam disappeared. It had
lingered among, the clouds, -the last
smile W'the face of heaven—now it
was swept away, and left nothing but
blackness and gloom behind. . The air
seemed pressing down to the 'earth,
thick;, stagnant and sultry. A dismal
sound bame up fiom the - forest, as if
the elements were chained among those
gitirit teees-rmoaning'at their ctqitmty
and wrathful with each other—still,
amid darkness arid gloom, that liorse-
irian sped on. The road was narrow,
and toll of ruts. Stuinps, in some
places, stood half crumbling away in
the’very wagon track, but with a-loos
ened rein and knees pressed hard -to
his fleet animal that doomed man
plunged onward to his fate. The
thunder, wMch had Been-all the time
muttering on Mgh; now- pealed and
crashed above him—the lightning
came down in sheets of lurid 'fire,
shedding a bluish tinge over.the corpse
like hue of his face.. Still, liis horse
plunged on. amid, sheets of fame or
black darkness, never' checking his
speed for an instant.
All at once that desperate rider’drew
the curb with a sharp pull wMch
Brought the horse’s foaming month,
down upon his' chest. He staggered,
A party of respectable CMcagdtLidics
have formed a society tor reckririring
yoiing men, and they .go abbfrt the
streets nights and pick up young men
who show signs of dissipation, invite
them to their houses and treat them:
to ice cream, cMcken salad, etc., and
let them go home sober. As the re
sult, it is reported that half fee young
men in town lie around the streets
nights to be taken in.*
The Boston Journal says that Gener
al O. O. Howard has hosts of friends in
do it.
Why is a large carpet like the late
rebellion? Because it took such a lot
of tax to put it down.
St. Louis people are said to be
willing tb take a solemn oath that the
census-takers copy the names on the
ItotoL register every day. There is
nothitlg iitol Western enteiprise.
Anthony Trollope says: “I do not
comprehend the reason for the exist
ence of. so many women; although I
suppose Providence had some wise end
in-view, in giving to every man at least-
eight or ten women to choose from
when he is about to select a wife.”
Two centuries ago not one boy in
fifty wore stockings. Fifty years ago
not one boy in a tliousand-was allowed
... .to run at large at night. Fifty years
tnat city. This implies that he hasn’-t! :l gp not a girl in a thousand made a
many anywhere else. Boston always waiting-maid of her mother. Wcfrder--
was exclusive. * | fnl improvements in this age.
Miclrigan having refused to strike the
word “white” out of her Constitution,
steps will-be at once taken by the
Administration geese to reconstruct
the MieMganders.
Hon. James P. Holcombe has been
invited to deliyer a memorial, address
at the Washington- and.Lee Uriivesity
on the 19th of January, the birthday of
Gen.R. E. Lee.
The Legislature , elected under the
provisions of the Akerman bill willnot
meet until the first Wednesday in
November, I8TL
Grant says he is sick of Porter.
Bourbon is- now Ms only solace.
The hardest thing to hold in this
world is an unruly tongue. It-beats
a hot smoothing iron and a kicking
horse'considerably.
The.gentleman who “fired at random
did riot Mt; and, in disgust, handed his'
rifle over to the' youth, who. “aims at
immortality.’ • . -
A dog is counted mad when he w-ori’t
take something to drink, and a riinri
when he takes too much.
Why ii the world like a piano? Be
cause it is full of sharps nnrl Aids..
A barrister entering the court with
Ms wig very much awiy, was obh'ged
to endure a round of -remarks on its
Perkins will get tight occasionally
much to the astonishment of him sel f
and friends. “For years,” says lie,
“it was; unaccountable to me, for I
never did drink but a mouthful or two;
and the cause never did srike me tui^
til I uuaisured my lpouth; and found
that it held a pint.”’
Mr. Jessie Robinson, of Newcastle*
Pa., has a fig tree wMch- has been
growing for twelve years. It has now
one hundred:, and twenty figs, with
more coming. A peculiarity of the
tree is that it never blooms. The fruit
torriis onr it at once, and it is forming
on-some branches wide ripening ori
ethers.
“Barber,” saida farmer to tonsor,
“now corn’s dic-pp yon ought to shave
for half price.” “Can’t, Mr. B
said the man of razors. “I onght real-
to cletrge more, for when corn’s
.wxi farmers make such long faces
that I have twice the groimd' to go
oyer.”
Charle3-^“Tell mo, Laura, why that
sadnesi? Tell me, why thatolook of
care? Why has fled that look of glad
ness that thy face was wont to wcarr*
r.n-n'y.;—..“i.mioa *g s useless to dis
may wear afrovm,
hair-pin, and
T#
fell-back upon his. haunches,'- and re-; appearance. At lost, addressing Mr.
covered himself with a snort of padnjj Ctfrran, he asked: ‘-‘Do yqn sees any-.
but all the time the rider was beritling ; thing ridicalons in-this wig?” “Notfa-
forward tillMs face.aimostjjbuehed the ; ing brit thahead, replied tiie wife
sat clown again, and no one observed when a thought seemed to.stiike^hinT;
tiiat they had intended to leave the; { or te stole back, and, after searching
table. As- »«».-•
arched neck of Ms : beast,- Ms-,knees
were pressed convulsively fotiie (IroiJp-
-ing sides of ihe stumblirig auiuial, and
he sfroye agtin'Hq catife, the sound of
hoofs which had for an instant reached
i ‘On, on!” The words came hLssirig
_ through hist -teetikr'hut , riJtaeely
j in. the. darik, found , the leather strinjg had- the 'gallant hearse: made a bound
forward when the Cmb tSta fiercely
When fiiey went into the bar-room; suspended from the wooden latch i
after supper, Wheeler was walking up the floor of his room. -He tied ainot'drawn agaht
anti down the room. He sec-xned 'fo in the end wMch he tiirhteried with hist “Tti : soine-
be agitated, or in great pain, but there
was only one small aindle in the bar,
and ho kept in the shadow.
Me;mtime, the judge
in the end which he tightened with his ?
teeth, and drew it.hack so fin- into.the j"
igimblet hole which perforated the ;
door, - that any one anxious . to enter; the brave horse leap iri theair, though
toaBgdrawu ohe-had-never shrHnk frnifl thc-ilight-
almost effeininate.. .'3.. _
This man sat' with half-closed eyes, 311 read 7 ™ old desk there. Go in
smoking. Now and-then, as he bent allli taie “ & supper while the
slightiy-forwara to, knock the ashes ^^horses are feeding. Gotae along, all
from Ms cigar against the srile of Ms'. of ‘T on \"
boot, lie glanced his eye tM-ough. the T!ie v;ho ' e group put itself in mo-
bar-room uindo-v, which was operi a Non and followed, the judge out-into a
little to Ms right, rind seemed to p s -- back.kitchen, where supper was laid
tea. At such times., the shadow wMch 110 ver 7 delicate style, but in rough
fell over Ms eyes was thrown on the 2nd hospitable’ profusion,
temple, and the whole character of his William "Wheeler had been standing
face changed. If wits a restless, wicked F&h Ms back to the. railing of the ve-
eye, wMch hghted up every feature randa, Ms amis folded tightly over his
with evil fire. It must have been a chest, and watching with cat-like : ia smflU riiver coin, with two or three ! then glided, with quick and noisekss pieces, ci-l cv-v’
natural expression, for there was noth- eagerness evoiy thing that passed in p kces of gold, and several bank notes ateps.'down the stairs. ,t-'ar " * ~
ing to excite or annoy Mm in the bar- ^e bar-room. The moment Judge J of.*^ apMunt. After, it had' been i There was no light in the hall; but lmra*
room. Two or three persons only Lhurch went out, followed by the com- . eouuil , a over tvvo or thre , times . Ul ., ceilings, were ve: unohistr-red, and nized
were garnered about the bar, joking P^L ke gnded softly down the steps, juil .„ om . lti , a it into an o’d shot-bag- a net-work of fidntravs foil thrort a
each other, while the judge himscif and across to me bmoKsnufe’s shop. w h:re it Lad been previously stored- thousand crevices of the new lath, ""
was Busy crushing lumps of sugar in Tne srnifi wa.s busyathisbenpws, and tied It up wife a piece of Mine, and wltich was the only partition betweS - m 7i
tum }: lers ,f f 5 M$4Wmit to Shaw, taking Ms pi-omis- ; him.and the bar-room d^was partly Mfo
open, and directly before itaat a group entree. On, without
nn , r .,. ioftev^ers.listeMng to the c^iloita
now. we have nothin" toc.oifhe Boatman. Tins man checked
Fomey says that “one of the duties
of an editor is to help the public sift
the wheat from the c-haffi” The way
that Fomey “sifo d that twelve thoui-
and dollars out of Bollock shows that
counting the money which Shaw had through hy some person within. He nirig-mot three r ids before them, a
come to take np. It was much of it: listened a moment by the door,
....
shotfortii .a
-moment-the
next he Tjeog- mark some
bL:S
““mu gi J — “**• liiiy j
glass which gave a Mugy hue to the ; l of glouing coals forced feeler sorv n . jte from ;lie TOI1Eg ^
brandy just poured out for one of his ; to draw close to the forge before he d..i; Vt . rc . ( j the r.innev
customers. William Wheeler, for it i could make himself heard. When he
‘Come,
and was i
was he, had just drawn back to his foil the red light of the fire upon Ms kd^nsSre ” T "f 1-t :,'t ul<f * m *. - L -“^ u 1 -’- 1 cn - .-i-i gulfed m th • dark woods beyond.
-j"- -—-u — —- r ll rl n. (to ts nj.vrevEi) u oa: wsr.]
Annuitants are subject to a peculiar,
malady known as the long-liver dem-
pLoint.
The trouble with spendthrifts of
money and time is, that they bam he knows hisbuan.-ss to a%hj.fo.
their candle at both ends.
A writer in orie of our religious ex
changes says: ‘T would like to see a
thinking "department established in
The
acquainted
this time,
have fongh
curd io havi
onght to he well
the ton-ted field by
every engagement they
t, they have taken good
i-to-one. —( Tomahawk.
m saysi “I hate everv-
. ies more space £.zn '-$r-
hate to see a load^f fcand-
in the strrssCandi nnte
of big. words without
POTATO! s —Not a iiille dis
been indulged in by wri-
prop.-r time to dig, and
way to c tre for potato:^
are dug. Oar cqiiniori -With
M-th-it, When the
for principles.
A Scotchman who had hired himself
to a fanner, had a cheese set down
before him, that he might help Min-
self. The master had occasion to re
afterward, “Sam
Th
answered he.
to be ripe, and after a
if allowed to remain in
potato is
wot earth its quality is harmed,
te vines are Jdiied by frost ’ '
liter is ripe,- ’
main in file
frost
re-
as
glow, aft ;r