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POETSY.
THE DREAM.
I sit in my chair by the blazing fire,
And doze away my life,
And the laughing flames leap higher and
higher,
As I dream of a little wife;
On my shoulder I fed a pressure sweet,
And arms like the snow—Oh, whiter!—
About my neck-in a warm clasp meet,
And the flames flash blighter andbrighter.
And ringlets of gold pour over my jace,
As my head to her bosom’s pillow'
Sinks down in a cloud of perfiimed lace
That heaves like foam on the billow;
And I hear 'her warm heart’s quickening
beat,
And her eyes glow bright as fire,
. As my lips are covered with kisses sweet,
And the flames leap higher and higher.
A soft cheek nestles dose to my own,
And the sweet smiles o’er it chase;
Jiike sun-drops on a calm lake thrown
Hear dimples-the smiles efihce;
A Jute-like laugh, and her swelling breast
Heaves joyous—higher and higher;
How happy my lot and how sweet my rest,
With a wife in front of the fire.
And I drink her beauty into-my heart,
AndThe love-light of her eyes:
With a crash the red brands fell apart—
My wife np the chimney flies!
Thus oft in my Chmr.by the blazing fire
And the mocking flames laugh higher and
higher,
At my dream of loyo and a wife.
MISCELLANY.
Averages Bettor than the Best of as
After all,
A woman in a neighborhood is only
exceeded by another • woman. She
can love truer, or hate .worse than the
men of the r ordinary calibre, j
She can make of home a little Heav
en ora little, heh, on less capital than
,any other’buainess can be carried on.
She can make a ten or a hundred
dollar bill goup; O! so quick!
She can drive a man ont' of a house
if her - tongue be. working all right
quicker than Beast Butter could get.
away a set of spoons, -
; She is better than piner pr stone coal
for keeping a neighborhood boiling
hot and Homemoreimepdhrabie thah-a
bum on your first:thumb joint, all the
time making-you think'slie-is a pack
age of- refined,innocence,-a saint, a
favorite" angelic, advertising agent for
Gabriel
She can kiss another woman sweeter
and then, talk. about her worse than
one of these Reform Republicans can
all the affairs of the neighborhood
than Grant knows about bis. relations
or the post-office presents he receives,
or is willing, to! -
She can he nicer to a .woman she
Rates than a carpetbag politician is to
a negro before he has voted.
She Can walk further to display a
new dress than a loyal or disloyal
contraband, could ’’travel for chickens
in the night.
And, God love her, if she loves a man,
she will stick to him longer than the
Dent family will to the immortal
speech-maker, Ulysses!
Like dollars, good women are hard
to get, hard to keep, bothersome to
look after; but here is a conundrum.—•
How can we get a long without them?
—Pomeroy's Democrut.
The Lowest Type of Humanity.
Gn the island, of Borneo, there- has
been found a certain inch of wild crea
tores, of Which kindred varieties have
been discovered in the Phjlipine Is
lands, in Terra Del Fucgo, and in South
America. They walk usualy, almost
erect on two legs, and in that attitude
measure about four feet in height.—
They are dark, wrinkled and hairy.'
They construct no habitation,'form no
families; scarcely associate together,
deep in caves or trees, feed-on snakes
and vremin, on ants’ eggs, on mice and
on each other. They cannot be tamed
or forced to anv labor, and are hunted
and shot among the trees like the great
Gorilla, of which they are a - stunted
. copy; When they are captured ajrvfe
one finds, with surprise that their- un
couth jabbering sounds like articulate
language.—They turn up a hnma.
to gazeat their captor,- and .females
show instincts of modesty- Are these
•wretched being3 human?
—
Dr. Johnsonused to Bay that* habit
of looking at the bright side of every
event-is better than £100 a year. Bish
op Hall quaintly remarks: Tor eve
ry bad there might be a worse, ana
•when a man breaks his leg, let him be
thankfnlit wasnOfehis neck.’ When
Fenelon’s library was on fire, 'God
be praised, he exclaimed, ‘that itis not
the dwelling of some poor man,’—This
is the true spirit of cheerfulness and
submission, one of the most beautiful
traits that pan possess the human heart
Resolve to see the sunny side, and yon
have almost won the battle of life at
the outset
U.TTAS-CR-HOTHIKGS-
The Pope is said to be an excellent
billiard player.
The leading papa- of Aberdeen,
Scotland; launder ‘the control of an
American,
.. A kfasonic Lodge has been estab
lished in New Zealand.
Washington oysters ' are termed
‘ ‘epigastric ecstasy, v-
The “one flesh” that an Indiana
couple were recently- made, weighed
lOOOpotmdsl .. V-/
A Chicago sflusage-maker with unu
sual candor advertises his wares as
“dog cheap.’ 5
Baron von Beust, the Austrian
Premier; smokes -forty -cigars a day. -
A Colorado editor avenges himself
on a rival by publishing his marriage
under the head of “Crimes and Casu
alties,”
Sam Houston, eldest son. of'the old
hero of San-Jacinto, is editor of the
’Georgetown (Texas) Watchman.
Horse-traders of Missouri put a
little oil of vitriol on the animal’s hoof
to make him show off bis uncontrolla
ble spirit. '
Cut-Throat Depot is the cheerful
and attractive name of a town in
Southern California.
Bristol, a town which is partly in
Tennessee and partly in “Virginia, has
one representative in the Legislature
at Nashville and another at Rich
mond. ' -
The London Times remarks that
there are not ten Irishmen in Ireland
who do hot think of coming to Amer
ica some time or other.
Rethermel’szimmense picture of the
battle of Gettysburg will be unveiled
at the Philadelphia Academy of Music
on Monday. 'It covers 512 square feet
of canvass.
A lady aged 61, in England, find
ing herself in the wrong railway train,
leaped from it when it was running air
a speed of 40 miles an hour, and es
caped without any injury..
A gentleman at Premont, Ohio, had
a feeeption at his house the other eve
ning, and- when the guests went away,
it took the host all night to wash the
tar and pick the feathers off his per
son.
Mrs.- Myra Bradwell, the female
lawyer of Chicago, says she “does not
believe in divorcing till Goddivorces,”
and consequently will not consent to
act as counsel ina divorce case.
' The Canadianssre having their usu
al winter snow-shoes races, and are
getting both health and recreation
from them. They prefer this exercise
talk about the President.
And she knows more by intuition of to skating, of which they have also an
Houston Female Institute. Every Man Ought to Insure his Life,
OSCAR D. SCOTT, Principal.
Tlie Exercises of this Institution will be re
sumed on tlie second Wednesday in January,' 1871.^
* Permanently located in Perry, it ofiers good ad
vantages to those who have daughters to educate.
The course of study is thorough, extensive and
practical, embracing all the branches of a complete
education.’ ; - '
Grateful for the patronage of the past, the Priii-
cipal will spare no effort to malm the school second
to none—in all respects worthy of. public confi
dence and eupport. •; _y.
The Music Department is under the control of an
...W $25, $30, $35
$25
Music,...si v-V...-w.i.Ji..;i..... .. .$6permonth
Board can be obtained in good families at reas
onable rates. Expenses must be paid at the end.of
each month. For further particulars apply fo,the
Principal. ’ dec2&-tf
FURNITURE.
CARPETS,
MATTINGS,
WINDOW SHADES,
WALLPAPER,
MATTRESSES,
' HEATHERS,
SOFAS,
SETTEES,
WARDROBES,
BUREAUS, &c.
A large Btock of
PARLOR AND BEDROOM SUITES,
{For Sale Low for Cash.
One Thousand Maple Bedsteads,
Fi’om 36.00 to §15.00.
Fisk’s Patent Metallic Bnrial Cases and
The best articles in the market, at Low Prices
Also Coffins in Rosewood, Mahogany, Cedar, Wal
nut, and imitations.
lqaos.wooi>* N
Next to Lanier House,
dec28-3m MACON, GA.
Our Trade Mark is
abundance.'
An Indiana sheriff, taking a horse^ (
thief to the State prison, fell asleep in”
the railroad car, and “when he woke up
the prisoner was gone. He thinks he
must have got off at a station" for a
drink,, and got left.
One Yousee, at Monticello, Iowa,
gives everybody notice that he has
made his wife a “free gift of §5,000,”
and nobody need send him.any of her
bills, for he won’t pay them.
An Arkansas editor lately issued his
paper without editorial matter, but
with-a-paragraph at the head of the
leading column in which he declares
that the wives of his subscribers had
so occcpied his attention in calling to
show - their babies that he had not
time to attend to anything else.
A man in Fort Wayne, In d., lost his
wife, and had a stone erected over her
grave. He married a second wife;
anctovhen she died he had -the. grave :
stone split, and it then served for the
two departed. He proposed to the
third yesterday,-and the lady .quaint-'
ly remarked. “I do not believe that
stone will : split again.
EviiWieoYTMEslYf
A careful estimate shows that, with
in the last thirteen months, the Wash
ington dispatches announcing the in
tended | resignation, cf Secretary Fish
have cost the Western newspapers
§217.8Tt each. We wouldn’t mind'
paying that sum for the truth in a ease
of this sort, but-we don’t like to pay it
for the transportation of an article of
rumor that can be turned out here just
as well as in Washington. We have
had the thing stereotyped and shall
continue to print it regularly once a
week, whether it comes any more or
not.—Courier Journal.
A lady in Fond du lac, Wis., slipped
on the ice and broke her leg, and the
first remaxtoshe made after the acci
dent was, “I wonder if Harry will
marry me now!”
Edwin' Forrest recently' acted in
Chattanooga; and. an envious Khox-
ville paper insists that when he ap
peared on tire'stage/and' many of the
audience saw that he upon .Whom they
looked was not the cafvalry leader Gen.
N. B. ; Forrest, the only great man of
that’ name of whom they had ever
heard, they jumped to their feet and
declared they had been sold.
' T|te Supreme Court of Iowa-hah de
cided that if. a juryman drinks intoxi
cating liquors- during a triad, tire ver
dict may be set. aside and ; a : new tria
ordered.
A man of Norwich, Conn., has made
a bet with a church there of. fifty dol
lars against the rent of a ten dollar-pew
that he will-occupy the.pew every Sun
day for a year. If that chiirch doesn’t
poison the Tuan in ordertdvrinthebet,
it isn’t the church we toke it. to be.—
Courier-JouriiaL
One of the grandest triumphs of
modem engineering skill has just been
accomplished. The tunnel under
Mount Oeniis^mdre-tima seven and a
half milea=-was virtually completed
two days ago. This tunnel, cut through
the mountain from St Michel to Susa,
by means of .diamond, pointed drills,
worked with compressed air, saves not
only the difficult, and at times da-nger-
.ous passage over the Alps, but shortens
the distance between the two points
-mentioned by nearly forty-three miles.
As soon as the railway is laid through
the tunnel, to connect with that atjSu-
sa, on the eastern slope of the Al]
passengers and traffic will take ti
rout to Italy in preference’to any oth
er. The commercial advantage which
the tunnel will give to France over
Germany will also be' very'great It is
estimated that the cost of the tunnel,
when entirely completed and ready for
business, willnot be less than twenty
millions of dollars
George Luce, of Bloomington, Illi
nois, loosely handled kerosene. A fu-
mum
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(Copyright secured.)
FOR SALE BY ALL DRUGGISTS.
HANOT ACTUBSD' BY
I>. O. BRADY CO.
LOTTI3VTI.EE, KT.
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Do not insure with a Company yon know
Nothing about.
THE COTTON STATES
EIFE INSURANCE COMPANY
—OF—
MACON, GEORGIA.
^.utHorized Capital, ■
$2,000,000
Gruaranteed-Capital, •
Assets,-
500,000
. $300,000
THE
SAVANNAH MORNING NEWS
Sow is the Time to Subscribe for it j
You have your choice, and can take
either the Daily, Tri-Weekly,
or Weekly Edition.
THE MORNING NEWS
Is,-in all respects, a Democratic journal, faithful
to Democratic principles, and earnest in the advo
cacy of Democratic measures. It believes that the
suce css of its party is necessary to the salvation of
the country. Its reputation as a news journal will
be maintained as heretofore. In Domestic, For
eign and Commercial Intelligence, Literature, etc.,
itis not surpassed by any paper in thee ountry.
Its whole character is comprehensively stated in
saying that it is a great Democratic and Family
Newspaper, devoted to the interests of the people
of the South. To every business man, its Market
Intelligence alone is worth many times its sub
scription.
Con. W. T. THOMPSON, with able assistants,
has control of the Epitorial and News columns;
while its corps of Reporters are reliable in every
respect.
TERMS:
One Tear, «.. . $10.00
Six Months 5.0u
Three Months, 2.50
THE TRI-WEEKLY NEWS
Is published every Monday, Wednesday and Sat
urday, and is made from the daily editions.
One Year, ..—
Six Months,...
Three Months,.
...$G.OO
... 3.00
... 1.50
AND RAPIDLY INCREASING.
Mon, woman and child in Houston county should'
know that Day & Gordon sell the cheapest and best
goods to be fonncTtins side of the moon. If any
body can go to the mopn to trade, weadvise them
to do so; but if they have to stop anywhere.short
of that, letthem.go to Day Gordon’s’.' Any
That wants to inspect the most elegant assort
ment of DryGopds that she ever beheld, should
not.delay, but proceedimmediatelyto pay & Gor
don’s, where Bhe most certainly
Can Find
Anything she."wants to Tray, and that too at the'
very lowestprices. Theyhave the beat Prill ta at
12X cents; Bleached 4-4 Homespuns atjSJg cents;
Dress Goods at less than Macon prices; a few more
of those Boulevard shirts at $4. and anything else
in the Dry Goods line, besides Perfumery, Toilet
Articles, Table ariA Pocket Cutlery, Hardware-,
Wooden-ware, etc-, etc. (If yon want to know.wbat
is included in "etc.,” come and see for yourselves.)
They liave now and always intend to keep
A Good
Assortment. of Ready-made Clothing, Boots,
Shoes,-Hats, Caps, and Gents* .Furnishing Goods,
which, in quality mid price, are' warranted to snit
any reasonable man. Nbw, young, man,' iTyon
want to play havoc with the hearts of theladies, be
sure to buy yourdothes at Day &■ Gordon’s.
Every married lady should see to it that-her
Does his trading with Day & Gordon, for theirs
is certainly the store at which, the best goods are
sold at vey low prices. There is no mistake about
.it; they mean what they say—if yon want proof of
it, call and see them.
Now let the whole, populace of Houston county
Immediately
To Dsy b Gordon’s, for they may rest assured
neral assembly were soon ‘banging i that they wm save money by eo doing,
''around Luoe,” *
Deposited with the State of Georgia,
Deposited with the State of Sonth Carolina,
.$100,000
....$50,000
FOR THE SECURITY OF POLICY HOLDERS.
These deposits are not taken from the premium assets, as many Companies have
done, but were obtained by an assessment of 30 per cent upon the guaranteed capital of
he stockholders. These amounts are deposited entirely beyond the control of the Com
pany; they do not enter into its busin'ess, and cannot be taken up until every policy
issued by the Company is paid up or cancelled. This affords security superior to all
other Companies.
W. E. JOHNSTON......
WM. S. HOLT,
GEO. S. OBEAR,
C. F: McCAY,........:
JOHN W. BURKE,....
J. TWF.’R.ffRD. GREEN,..
W. J. MAGILL,
..President
Vice President
.......... —. — ..Secretary
.f Actuary
;. 7 . General Agent
.............Medical Examiner
.,. .Superintendent of Agencies
TTTR FOLLOWING COMPRISE SOME OF THE UNANSWERABLE
ARGUMENTS WHY EVERY PLANTER SHOULD IM
MEDIATELY APPLY FOR A POLICY OF
LIFE INSURANCE
1. The changes and fluetdations taking place and liable to occur in commercial af
fairs. v
2. The imrelialMlity ot labor. _
3. The uncerteinty of crojps and of- prices. *
4j .Tlie absence of reqtdate capital to meet the losses and £sappointments which may
occur’ *
5. . The. certainty of distress which^ in most cases, must follow the loss of the hsad of
the foniily by death. ' _._ —.
6. The certainty sf provision for these contingencies, which a Life Insurance Iroiicy
affords to eveiy fmiily, in a good Company.
The Southern Farm and: Home.—We take pleas
ure in recommending this journal to the readers
of the Times and Messenger, as one of the. best
publications in the South. Its Editor, Gen. Wm.
THE COTTON STATES LIFE INSUBANCE COMPANY IS A GOOHCOMPANY,
Therefore a policy in the Cotton States life Insurance Company is a
will guard your loved ones from want or ’ J '
tune or your death.
don which
THE WEEKLY NEWS
Is issued every Friday, is designed for country
readers, and contains a careful summary of the
news of the week, with the principal editorials,
the current nows, the latest dispatches, and full
market reports,
TERMS:
No attention paid to orders unless accompanied
by the monoy.
Postmasters everywhere are authorized-to act as
Agents;
Money can-be sent by Post Office order or Ex
press at onr risk. Address
J. H. ESTILL.
Ill Bay Street, Savannah.
Every Fanner Ought to Have It!
THE
SOUTHERN FARM & HOME
A MAGAZINE OF
Agriculture, Manufacture
DOMESTIC ECONOMY.
PTMUF.l.T.TSFTEJl WITH
NUMEROUS ILLUSTRATIONS.
J; W. BURKE &C0 Publish c-rn.
GEN. W1L M. BROWNE, Editor.
PUBLISHED MONTHLY AT MACON,
GEORGIA
Single Copy One Year .. S2.00
Three Copies “ 5.00’
Five Copies,- “ — 7.50
Sincle Copy Six months, 1.00
Invariably in advance.
Late Opinions of- the Press.
Tha Southern Farm and Home, pnbliBhed by J.
W. Burke & Co., Macon Ga., edited by Gen. Win.
II. Browne, is on onr table. We have carefully
watched this monthly from the first to the pres
ent number, and regard it as among the first pub
lications of its chaaracter in the United States.
Every farmer should .have a copy. Terms $2 per
annum.—Christian Observer, Catlettsbnrg, Ey.
We present the table of contents of the last
number of the Southern Farm and Home, pub
lished at Macon, Ga., to show onr readers what
valuable information they are losing by neglecting
to snbscrfbe to this magazine. This one number
is of more value to any farmer who can read, than
tile money necessary to seenre the magazine the
entire year.—Georgia Clipper.
The Farm and Home, published by J. W. Burke
& Co., Macon, Ga., is gotten up fn tbg- Ua.nriKfvmret
style, and is full of the most useful and practical
information. Let tiie farmers of this section sub
scribe at once for this most valuable Agricultural
Journal. Price $2-00 a year. Itis worth three
times the money.—Sparta Times mid Planter.
THE
HOUSTON HOME JOUHNAl
A WEEKLY FAMILY NEWSPAPER,
PUBLISHED AT
V, GEORGIA,
BY
WATERMAN
JOHN T
EDITOR AND PROPRIETOR.
Let Everybody Subscribe for it at once
A Paper for the Farmer!
APaper for the Mechanic!
A Paper for the Merchant!
A Paper for tlie Professional Man!
A Paper for EVERYBODY
* Tie unprecedented success of tins Company Is toe best recommendation it can, offer,
1,800 Policies in its First Year,
Upon the lives of some of. the most prominent men in Georgia, Alabama, South Car
olina and Florida. - - " - ; . '
It Issues policies upon all the most popular plans of Insurance; gives its policy hold
ers every advantage they can get in any Company North or South. It is now success
fully at work in Georgia, Alabama; North and Sonth Carolina, I’lorida'and Kentucky.
For further information, see an agent of the Company, or address
GEO. S. OBEAR,
Seorotary, Maocna, Ga.
pographical appearance of the Farm tmd.Home
will compare favorably with any of the publica-
tions of the day^—Selma Times and Messenger.
Southern Farm and Home.—This is another new
candidate for the^f*suffrages" of the Southern
planter and, farmer. It is published at MacoxCGa.,
by J. W.-Burke & Co., and edited with rare ability
by Gen. Wm. M.'Browne, a weE known journalist
of excellent literary reputation. Its i^ges are
filled 'with practical matter, and handsome illus
trations embeUisb .psurti number. .-It .was com
menced in November 1859, and has aatained a
prominent place among the agricultural periodic
als.—Auburn HeHigencer.
With a view of putting this excellent magazine in
the hands of every family in Houston and the ad
joining counties, we propose to club it with the
Houston Home Journal,
IT WILL CONTAIN
NEWS FROM AIL QUARTERS,
Literature of the Highest Order,
FUBT till Vou Can’t Rest!
prs- It will be the organ of the
HOLSTOjV coujvty agricultural club,
And every number will contain articles of interest to the PLANTERS, In Politics it
will be
UNCOMPROMISINGLY DEMOCRATIC,
Believing that the success of the Democratic Party is the only hope of saving the county
from financial and social rain, and of restoring it to ife former condition of honor, pros- ^
perity and freedom from tyranny and oppression. Nevertheless, IT WILL NOT BE A
POLITICAL PAPER, IN THE STRICT MEANING OF THE TERM, but will bs
JOURNAL FOR THE HOME AND FIRESIDE.
jg*- it -mil he our endeavor to admit to our columns nothing that will offend ** .
taste of the most festidions—nothing that could not he read with perfect propriety in the ,
.* > .f- ' I
FAMILY CIRCLE.
It .will aim at a high standand in literature, and will endeavor to exclude all th» j
trash which finds, publicity in too many of our papers.
<ps- It wifil take a stand for what it believes to be the RIGHT SIDE m all question ^
which come before the public, and will ADHERE TO THE RIGHT, without feor or j
fevor, ri
K will manfully defend and earnestly labor to promote the interests of the peo- fj
pie among whom it circulates, and its columns will ever be open to all communication J
of interest to its readers. H
It will confedn
T HIRTY- T W o
OOIjTJMN'Si
Andwillgive FROM ONE-THIRD TO ONE-HALE-MORE READING MATTER th» '
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