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iUtiSTd* HOME JOURNAL
y f T. WATERMAN^
EVERY FRIDAY MOBS IIS
AT PERRY, GA. .' ■#.
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CAR HA T & CURDy
ra .-rwAjp'
Hardware, Iron & Steel,
PAINTS, OILS, CLASS,
\BY J. T. WATERMAN,,
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ADVANCES
on GOTTON1
?t£ &£'/* £ Oil <Ht3 r 0-fci I
rlt ~ynl a? j4?bW«f i'j'
BT A POB-T^r^ij £'
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laneveEc^.t
Savannah, jjept'.l-l 1871..
Cotton and Cora Sweeps, ^
Macon,
mh3U-clm
lieorjjia
PLANTERS’
FOBT VALLEI, GA.
MARSHALYILL|i.U§H
3,
jLg WL R. PIXLEY,—Principal
.... MaBSHALLVILPE GA. , ,
The ’■pring term of 1872 of this Academy—for
Male mad Female—will open Jan. 22d, and close
Julyttb. ■ . . ;
An elegant and capacious house, surpassed by 4
none of its class int South West (ieorgja. just com
pleted, a healthy location, a refined and moral so*
, and experienced teacherfe in all the depart-
a, invite a liberal share of public patrol
of. Charles Outtenberger, an accompl
musician and successful teacher will take charge
of the musical department. . .
.|ton^*l7jwmo«*U^ • i i
. . a - »» Jl. xlAr Lxt, JlJU.g j
Dec7 Sect
While I nodded, JfTl:
Gently came £.something creeping
Up my back, like something seeping,
Stepmgupvrart'-fibiri the floor; I: ■»
1 “ ’Tis a cooling! Jr^zeT^ Inigi
'•^From^heVegions'neathohe floor-
Only
Authorized Capital,
$200,000
UHDEB CEAETEK FE01I THE STATE.
Receives Deposits, discounts Paper, buys
and sells Exchange, also Gold and Silver.
Collections made at all accessible points.
1:0;l
C. P. GUILFORD & CO.,
MACON. GA.,:
W. J. AxDEBSjJN, - - -
W. E. Brew's, - - - -
- President
- - Cashier.
DKECTpBS:
W. J. Anderson, CoL Hugh L. Dennard,
Wm. R. Brown, Dr. Wm. A. Mathews.
Dr. W. H. Hollingsliead.
jul20-9m
F. A. JOBSON,
GunsiAltli,
PEBEY, GEORGIA.
FIRE ARMS
Of every description repaired or remodeled.
Repairing of Sewing Machines,
AND ALL KINDS OF
BRASS,
STEEL,
COPPER, *
LIGHT IRON,
BRITTANIA, or
SILVERWARE,
Done with neatness and dispatch.
TERMS STRICTLY CASH.
jan'2G tt
THE CHATTERBOX
A Magazine for Children.
Mmri. I’ott & Amsx give notice that they
: 5' have made arraugementa for the sale of the
monthly parts of this popular English Periodical.
'Vi- This Magazine baa’, in a short time, readied the
-.-■ enormous circulation in England, of
XG0,0 O O !
Hf
t Ench number contains 32 printed pages, and is
illustrated with teu full-page and a number of
smaller DKAUTIFUlXY EXECUTED WOODCUTS.
The printing in in that stylo which is *w attractive
‘3# to rhildreu. and which baa made several English
ls nx-ij?azinert. and the Chatterbox in particular, such
» favorites with children. JWce.Jl.5l) a year.
| Adrcess POTT & AACEUY,
and 13 Cooper Union. 3»ew York.
MIX & K1RTLAND,
Wholesale and Retail* Dealers in
Boots and Shoes,
No. 3, Cotton Avenue, and 60 Third St.
MACON, GEORGIA.
W OULD inform their friends-and all in want
of Boots and Shoes of any kind, that - they
have ou baud one of the largest and beat assort
ments to be found in the state. They cordially
invite their old customers, and all other* in want
of anything in their line, usually kept in a first-
class store, to call and examine. -They pledge
themselves to sell at the
LOWEST P OS SIELE PSICE S,
Either at their old stand, No. 3 Cotton Avenue, or
heir new store, 66 Third st novl6-3m
ANDERSON & CROCKER,
FORT VALLEY, GA.,
^ Having leased the
PLANTERS’ WAREHOUSE
A Fire-proof Brick Building, will do a
GENERAL
Warehouse and Commission Business.
Liberal-advances will be mode on-Cotton,'
and all produce in store, ' They "are also
prepared to fill orders for the best brands .of
G-uano,
at short notice.
Geougia, Hocston-Counti':
i; France C. Napier has ap
plied for letters of administration on
the estateof her husband, John T. Napier,
late of this count}-, deceased; these are
therefore to cite all persons interested, to
be and appear before me, on or before the
first Monday in February, 1872, to show
cause, if any, why the application should
not be granted. Given under my hand
and official signature, this December 29th,
1871. W. T. SWIFT, O. H. C.
Are State AgentsTor those Celebrated
FLORENCE
REVERSE-FEED
SEWING
HEM, .>«*> -L'Y
fell, ; i: . ; . . it
CORD,
.-.-I.*;- ‘.Jr-. ; . -
BRAID,
... • TU C K, '
QUILT,
BIN«D,
DARN, f*
GATHER,
And Gather and Sew on without Bast-
. ing. 3 A A i
J. D. MARTEN, Agent, Perry:.
Also Agents for the .
WOULD RENOWNED
BELL-TREBLE
ST. XaOUXS
: IAINES BROTHERS
2.^:
Ilfg-
. jt C!J fjj Cj
1;/■.&*
Wholesale and Retail Dealers in
M U S I O
P I A If O S
Sold On InStALiyients!
/VT
LIBERAL DISCOUNT
mctJLABs|,and PaicEjLosTSiSent free
ton application;- " * ; '’
BSSUMHta? -i*
,-?i «J bjti'.
G. P. GUILFORD Sc CO.,
84 Mulberry St.,
- Macon Ga
Ah! I distinctly I remember,—
It was in that wet SfipteniJ>er,
When the eard? ahd 'eveiy~mei ‘
Df creation that ifety>r$-j p-jy . f .- -
Had for weeks and weeks been soaking
In the meanest,.fiibst provoking f> ( i . '.J
Foggy rains, that, without joking,
'Ve had-'eva' e4A hMire,' 3
Chid anT daidp^binith^tfie Soor— ^
. Very cqlddjenpith the floor., t, ,
So I sat rite,-nearly napping, 7 r- -J, -
In the sunshine, stretching, gaping,
And a-feehng gnit? defightpd, .
With the breeze from’heath the floor;
Till;l found me 'growing colder, ..... '1
And the stretchingfwasisg bolder; -
And myself feeling older,
Oiderthon I’d felt before;
iy joints were stiffer ij
arJL-ji.
Ter than they’d been before.
jAU along my baric the creeping
As if countless "frozen demons
Had conclnded to' explore
All the cavities (the varmints 10 xx
’Twixt me and my nether garments,
’ rhrongh my t^*Jts’hit5^he^tyir;-i
Then I felt myself a-shaking,
Gently shaking more-and-more—
Every moment more and more.
Twtis Qt&kfcerf ahd it shtSdtriiiff--^
Into heavy lothes, and took me
Shaking to the kitchenr-eveiy .-
Place where there was warmth m store;
dll the china raided,
nit, covered with Bermuda gr 'ss:.
Gf*itself it might not be 'specially no-
ticed,
terest to persons generally is, that here
Z jTriim early life had been the home of
Hon. AlexanderTL StejriieraGeorgia’!
honored son, and one of America’s il-
lustriqpgtnien.- j ;fn t^e rear -of- the.
main dwelling are two rooms con
nected with the body of the
house. As you enter you find shelves
filled with books and papers. This is
you: find his living room. Here he
sleeps, writes and lives. Feeble, afflict
ed with rheumatism, "niakihg crutches
■necessary to him in walking, a great
sufferer, froin.paiitf you will fin'd hint
seated near tables covered with writing
material, neara comfortable coal, fire.
He rises early,” kitendif td his : tforres-
]>6ndence, reads the news of the day,
and devotes the balance-of his time to
entertaining friends or labor upon the
work he may at the-time-have in -rihe
hands of aISH i
We doubt if the world furnishes an
shaking, and with all my wanning,
- Feding colder than before;
Shaking rill it had exhausted
AU ite poyrer to shake me more—
Till it epuid not shako me more>
Then it rested till the morrow,
When it came with all the horror
That it had the lace to borrow; j
Shaking, viTmTcinfr ah
And from that day in September— '
Day which I shall long remember— .
It has made diurnal visits,' .
Shaking, shaking, oh, so sore!
Shaking off my boots, • And shaking ‘
Me to bed, if nothing more—
Fully this, if nothing mm.
{•e , .n% J. jnSl , tl-'l A « ; }X'7-I
And to-day the swajlowp flitting
Round my cottage, see me sitting
Moodily within the sunshine,
Just inside my cottage door,
Waiting for the Ager, seeming
Like a.i
.Vnd the’sunlight <
Sheds no shadow on the floor;
For I am too thin and sallow
To make shadows'on-the floor—
Nary shadow any more!
i U ta -j:j it! X •; . ,.:iur
j > Soioutifie Notes.
The black crust which fririfraupdot
lamp-wicks should be removed before
relighting, for purposes of economy as
well as45fihfeatness. * JBCUis^hlfovtfed
to remain, a larger portion of the oil
hi’evapo:
>qAen%|w^4ftl
is properly trimmed.
The occasional explosions of coal oil
lamps;-frinn attempts- to -'extinguish
fliemby.bjpudng gowp tJitJ.^clpmnpy,
gfve value to the following suggestion'
Give a sharp but rather prolonged’pnff
at rijjht- japgfeS with” 1;he'”top rif-th^
chimngy,,* J ]^BugT^^&.^fl^M ; pgr^^ed
draws the' flame' away-from the wiek
and the lamp goes out. ^ ‘ ^ '
. . -V•.*! • r ' ' '
A; II Harris was' aTTested' agam m
j Atjanih; pn-W?cb-esday. charge'd v .wsLth,
approving a fraudulent account against
•n litely Itliht ^doesnr’t
It is
i 'thepen-
itentiary would recuperate-the worried
patriot?.—ShenBriaftiiTetfiL?' 1 " *''
' aai'iZ;^ . Z‘> i-UDSt; -i. .v;--! ;
ters of government certain great pnn-
ImpIesui^^^y^Jri^^bat^ues-
jtm! a short time. r *
ago, in a rumor that; the -money re-. #
ceived from the late sale of the ex-Em- differently at different periods of a
pj^’s jwds..has ; J>een r conyi^t^ to’ th “
the purchase of- 350,000 Chassepots,
which were captured by the Prussians
^ * *'Tjde,,and^Pi^P.aSi^£.by
some means were conveyed to the
ists. The Paris letter giving
tth^-YSohis Napoleon is selling proper-
r fry to n large: exten t,^andMiiat these
To Teachers, and the Trade gcnei^; way through.
out France.
Mrs. Partington entered the office
of the Probate Judge (called “civil
ian,”).-and. inquired .-in- her blandest
tone:
‘■‘Do you
said the Judge.' “Yes,” replied the
afoStble pld lady.-'f'my toother died ideas of^oi
detested, and foft three infidel chil- 1 ”
dren, and I’m tribe their executioner;
so I wai
about it
TRe .Sage of LibertyHxriL..
■ ! 3aib'erty'Hril—well named, for ev-
:X-' 'pia« -VSUU- i'AS ->7.
ayionet
i meets .with' .a
hearty welcome and is made tor feel at. 'contend for. these principles as.long as
- rivri W** 1 b4itvVl"i^ J Zxi 41-1 Q Anfol* nnvii K/,i Ltrtn J
It is a neatly [painted residence, bu:
after the olden 'style, sithated within
"shaded lawn
sober judg
by the Ame
Is THE WoBLD GnOWEfG BETTEB.
The solicitude displayed^ by Queen
Victoria during The illness' of her son,
_ recalls (by the doctrine of- opposites)
instapc^^>fia-puaifwho, ander -siipilar. fTHe conduct .of ;the ; Qheen. of-‘England
circumstances, has accomplished so
much hi the matter of mental labor as
.fNP^" :
age, he labors with the same constan
cy and zeal That die always manifested;
He: is engaged at present.in preparing
a history "of the United States, desigh-
for $ie.use to schools; bat in eyeiy
way adapted to the minds of older
persons. Nearly half of ; the volume
has passed through the publisher’s
hands. He has written to the' time
of Mr. Taylor’s administration.. There:
cannot be found a more proper person
to 'do tins work than tie; 1 As a lawyer
his career was brilliant, but, his wa^a
mind constituted for a statesman. He
early entered into political life, and
for near three decades has been con
nected with the United .States Gov
ernment. He has emphatically spoken,
acted andlived bistoiy.. He is full of
knowledge, has never forgotten any
thing, has ever been a close student,
has no*prejndice Or bins. This history
will," therefore, be truthful, impartial,
fair, and-just... It should be . well re
ceived, and will no doubt be a ! great
Success.
Who ever spends a day at his hospi
table mansion- ’rill be- impressed with
this wonderiuVppwer tie possesses. His
thorough acquaintance with the prom
inent characters his" day, their charac
teristics, their abilities, and their pub’-
lic acts makes his remarks upon them
tainiug. When a member of TJongress
;he was h . w.orkingj ipember always ; at,
this place,-to committee.or House,, ex~
foept-when pTrevented by sickness, 'and -
ever jva.tchfnl and devoted .to his du
ties. He soughtnotoffieeto enjoy, the
hqnbr teflected'from’ the position,' but
his desire ofostd hiake“^iq'offiee .tear
pectuble. Entrusted by his constitu
ency to reprusent'theni and their in-,
terest, he never .neglected.th?™; Sq
freedom from bigotry by acknowledg
ing iniSte^es.'and when crises have aris-
■en- was always ready to advocate such
principles as were suited to-the Times.
; Many- people whose minds were not
of that character to graspiithese ques
tions and to understand the bearing : of :
great issues were ready ttf charge hi'm
to a country. Those who never change
with a change'of tidies,' ! and circum-
cry of -‘inconsistency against tnem,
and therefore hesitate tado.theitdnty
as they know it. A man is not a de-
ria w
error when convinced.
and
be
tween
so X want to instilt the civil villian
- ■
objects of Mr. Stephens' admi-
acd love. Aw j
this.reason' that he stands
e advocate of those venerated
'orefathers and the oppo
nent of centralization and aU other in
novations wtiidr^Terid- to break down
and.^ destroy .till, the good- that was in
the Constitution of our country. In
these d-iys,.-whien policy is the Order of
ttie times, he is styled a “Bourbon.
But whatever may be said pf- liim, he
never : abtmdon his line. ^. Ha.rill
rents, are again made np
eople they ri)) be
■ A Mad Elephant.—A story cames
■from India of a - mad ' elephant, which
Ifor many yeAM has-been'thA'-terror of.
a tract in - the | ■‘Central-- Provinces. ”
About Twenty years since the animal
escaped, and -killed i in .that -period
some.eighty-or>h hundred human til
ings. Some of the carcasses, it is said'
the j e!ephant- devoured, but; this is
questionable,; as bciug contrary to the
habite^fj creature. - > The, mopster,,
was niore dreaded than, any ‘,‘man eat
ing tigers, ’’^ince the houses of the na-
tives lire no protection the elephant des
troying houses to get at the inmates.
The savage-beast- was--hunted:a*id- kill— 39> officially asserted that if the claims
ediin Decemher.last hyariEnglishioffi-
cerat the head of a-party of natives.
The Goverbtiieid -tewart^ one - hun
dred dollars, was divided among the
natives. > r '
one hundred years ago, when her'eldest
son- l^’ , -”‘dyin^ "-'at’Ciit^sfSr Castle.—
Fredericlt Louis,, sop ptiG^o^ge ll; by
Carolinel his wife, had for years been
pt,daggers diawn ri*’) 1 his parents.—
He was strongly-suspected of' plotting
Hgainst bis father’s life, and the dislike
of . either father or son was a sure pass
port to the favor of other. A short
time before his.d.eath,.his fond mother
wrote to Lord -Hervey as follows: “My-
dear 'Lord^ I will give it to you under-
my hand r if yon are in any fear of- my
relapsing, that my dear first-born is
the greatest ass; the greatest liar, j and
the greatest canaille, and the greatest
beast in the world; and I heartily wish
he was out of it'” When, shortly af
terwards, he went but of-it, ttie joy eir
hibited at'the Court of St. James was
shameless. The contrast between the
eighteenth and nineteenth centuries is
a sharp one.—Chicago Tribune: ".
Dead Heads.—This is a term that
oftim.es is applied to editors and re
porters. meaning that they ar e ndinit-
tedri^the exhibition orAwliUteserit may
be, for their looks, because they be
long to the jytffiug profession, and ma
ny jfthetitttbmkihg-totiew^ them, .to
be a favored class of persons that have
the rightto go-where they: may like,
without coming- under the rtquire-
meuts of “Other perso ns; -j u t! what,’ are
the facts? Suppose an entertainment
" was to be given (to illustrate), and that
the editor is dead-headed.to the amount
of four tickets! which sell at twenty-fiye
cents a. piece, that is one; dollar. -The
entertainment is to be puffed, and a:
•jpon-must tie hirri: to;jvrite, .a compos-’
itor to set it, and' a proof reader to
four tickets over four dollars. This is
C fact, to say nothing~of the sp ace R
occupies in the paper, which makes as
much mora' gHepce|where p«ny • jone
! can get it for twenty five cents,
he (because he is an editor), must pay
about five dollars, and then, wear the
beautiful title of dead head to boot.—
It is a fine thing.
O! -tiud;this is;dice?. :How we-iove
tvidder—add the tieantifnl sdow— the
rigrinff of berry bells-^ttie log icigles
insistencies,:®pd -.cveri, : to |, on % corffices.—add, az r “Jacked” to
le^Sons upon him. "Silt ’fidely eggzpresses id; “The frosd
shower
he never falter^, j Be. went straight
forward to the worii before him. If
his-conrictrbns’tifbughT' about-'a- sep5P)' bbsfc charbig, lovely and beautiful of all
ration from old political associates,
he bnrst the bonds which' borurd tbenr
the seasods. Dode -ypu thig so?
-Whad if .wudtiad a liddle r cold id iz’
head, so that- one’s doze is stobbed np.
You caddot expect that this- worldwill
have.dothing id, ffit budfuu caid you ?
Do indeed! ' «
Scandal for .Lariiex-
:.w:i;
ont.
An.- ardent believer in leap ye ar,
down in Connecticut-, visits her belov-
ed. every, Sunday night, and goes home
in the wee sms’ hoars.
Gliistier, an aeronaut, says that the
voice of a woman can tie heart!-in a
balloon when at the-height-bf two miles
while that of a man cannot be . heard
when higher, than a mile.-
Anew York paper has-nominated
Powers’ “Greek Slave”- for the -Pres-
-1 L -1. - . . e
'to the greatest number, are the idency, because she has three of the
a fin ely
chiseled’nose, .and a silent tongue.'
Opelika, Ala., has created a new
sensation by.the hew leap-year.' mode
of eating philopenas in that place os
reported by the editor of the Locomo
tive. The young lady takes the al
mond between her teeth and the young
man bites it off.
A Washington letter, of ttie 7th
insteat, in tire Baltimore . .Gazette,
'say? 1 . B J .. : . ^
The position taken! by gentleman,
closely connected with the administra
tion of the Government is: That tti
British High Commissioners perfectly'
understood the views of the American
High Commissioners, in the negotia
tion 6i the Treaty- of ' Wakhingtbri;
both from its terms and the ;; assertion
in .the protocol,'and' that therefore onr'
Government is altogether justified'to
presenting the case as it lias-^-claini-
ing consequential damages." to case
■the Board of Arbitrators 1 shall ' : n i rif
awarff a’gress sum, to satisfaction -'of.
the so-called Alabama- Claims; this:
Government is willing to stand; by The
decisiofi of t h e AEbittotors:; It is
known that- the British Commissioners-
had full power, they-frequently con
sulted their. Home; Government, -and
acted in accordance with ite,.,wishes in
all they did. ;
The great unknown—people who
never'advertise; i
Some people say there is no wit in
a pitoJj it is a no pun. questio;;.
-The. “cegsns,” it is said embraces
seventeen million wo men. W h o
wouldn’t boa census?”
A ,cook advertises'-for. a situation,
and added: ‘-‘No objection to dress
ing children.” Horrible!
William Shakespeare lives in Ala
bama, and at the corner grocery he is
celebrated as amellow-drammer. .
The best way to improve the lot of
woman Is to put a good house on it,
afid si good man in ttie house.
A clergyman forbade any further
'cbritributions Hnder five cents, saying
thbt “the widow’s .mite business is
played out heri,”
Affairs in grease—fried oysters.—
Autumn leaves—when winter comes
for consequential damages, had not
been presented; and was not to be pass
ed upon, There might be a . .complaint
by the .people of ThejUnited ^States,
that provisions were.made for a partial
.settlement only.pf the difference be
tween,the two countries. Such -diaims
were,' therefore, .presented ,for a- jftil
settlement in the interest of peace and
to preclude future dispute.. This Gov
ernment has not yet received; the jtexti
'of, tire letter from Lorel ' Granvilie tri
GenerarSbtiencb," and therefore, ’can
not take official action upon it.
‘There is no probability whatever that
our Grirttriuiirit trill rithdraw any part
of its statement of the case, but will
leave the British Government, to pur
sue its otrii course, or the, tribunal of
arbitrators to act in the premises ac
cording to the treaty - stipulations.
Nor is it likely that our council-,will
take any action in order to ; accommo
date-the-British Government; i.
The correspondent of The Sun,, in'
his dispatch ofrthe 8thsays the excite-,
ment that continues to; London’ over
ttie American case submitted-To-Ithe
Geneva conference - is not 'responded
to, at least in -Washington where all
extraordinary interest >-to' The 1 matter,
seems to have ceased from the fact-
that the whole issue-is looked upon; as.-
a question of the construction. of the,
terms of the Treaty, and therefore a
matter for the arbitrators to. decide.
It is stated, by members of the Ca,b-
inet that The claim for consequential
damages, was placed, in. the.case for one
reason, if for np. other,.to. order .to
make it complete and not leave it open
to the charge t)bat it. was ; prty>a-part^ai
presentation of the
text, of Earl Granville’s dispatch’re ex
pected by mail. The tenor “o£j It is
neither a demand for a. wiridrawal of
the case her' a sriggestiohYor a niodi-'
-fication of it: Vailh^efy'ii ’ statehient;
It is belifeved - that ttie British' €hjv-
erhmehTdid not : understandThat' the
consequential claims were : tb be • sub
mitted. . .-to -*• -
the new apportionment bill, .ghfos prac-
jSxtnres in the. composing room; From A
60’t& ‘70i persons 7 are'thresh out of
employment by the disaster;—Ndsh-
vtite Banner: to .to
--tt-
It seems that ttie Illinois Republic
ans arc falling into line iritti the Tbwu
and. Missouri Republicans, in opposi
tion to Grant’s renomination, the pop
ular tiranch of- the .General Assembly
having, passed the ■ one-term . resolu
tions, &iid denounced President Grant
for sending troops to Chicago.
A celebrated Frencli preacher, in a
■ , - -- - ' ' - .-- :
who has been disobedient to her hus
band, and in order to point tier out I
will throw my breviary at-, her head.”
He lified his Book and -every, female
head instantly ducked.
erto utterly unknown to the i
of The country. He has been
to watch, and to follow np day
day, without ceasing, a paroqnek,
some other strange bird until lie 1
secured his prize. Nets, bird to.
traps, and robbeiy on the roost, wq^ '
the means employed by him in captri 1
ring his feathered treasures. And nev
er were they known to fail r
This protracted lifeinlhe woods
and close association with the beasts
and birds, gradually trails formed this
A traveler writes home from Paris
“The wordXhave stood most in need
of since my arrival here is the French
for dgmjL”; .
An old lady thinks, the Bonds must
■be a-; family of .strong religions in
stincts, because she hears of many of
them being converted.
“The roaring, rollicking, red-hot and
recUeyed'rooster who edits the Ander
son Herald,” called on another Indi
ana editor last week.’
Another old lady has taken her first
ride in the cate, and remarked when
tire train ran off the track, “Yon fetch
up rather.snddeii'; don’t ye?”
Miss Anna Dickinson makes it ev
ident that Joan bf Arc was not of the
same family with Noah of Ark. In
fact they had no'ah acquaintance.
A lady .tells us that when she was a
poor little girl, living in the country,
she used toplant corn “in her bare
feet- ” This imparts a new idea of the'
origin of those troublesome things
growing on our teies.
Dr-. Greeley lately paid a visit to.
Danbury, .Conn., and hearing that the
villagers haul just made 8,000 pounds of
cheese from sixteen cows, started im
mediately for the slaughter house to
witness the operation.
To ML J. M.: We must decline to
print your poem on “A drowned boy. ’’
Ip the first verse you speak of your
subject-as “floating on the water,”
and in.the second as “lying on bis
bier.” Which is it water or bier.
Molly, shut the door; it’s getting
awful cold in here!” was the remark of
an Albany' husband, as he hong his
coat on 1 a hitching-post and prepared
.to. retire on the curbstone, under the
impression that he had arrived at
home.. .
!-a A man in D^bbnry discovered that
powder , fried(in -lard was good for
boUs,. JHe. tried ’it' \ The stoye^over
is in. .^le ysecond stoty now, though
most of the rest-of thesteve has been
collected. He-was. deceived in his lard,
he says. •
... There,is a girl in Boston wh-° bias
tieep;-.'engaged, 7 at to£(e rea t i times to
fifteen different men, , and calculates.
The Chndhhaff'iEnquirerein.nofedingiLt^ti^b^^ 1 '^®! 0 ! kisses sherearired
.frem-tlrent wo.nld ; amount to a. larger
tical:figures showing.The changes that| ^toere qre dollars in the
have Been .forte since -ldfOin the -;dis-
tribahon of political .power are strik
ing in the. extreme. - -In 1840. the efghp
States of New^Yqrk, Maine, Pennsylva
nia, New Hampshire, Yprjqont... .Con
necticut, Virginia and.'V^est Virginia,
and Massachusetts, had , 1ip ,elee,tos;
the-. new-apijortiqwisri ;them
only 112, -The eight States ofHlinois,
Missouri, Wisconsin. Iowa, Michigan,
Indiana, Minnesota, and Ohio had on
ly 42! electors in 1840; now they have
ill. Here are. nine Eastern States
An: old Bachelor who sent a lock of
bishair andhismome (as Miss Bettie
rBrown) to ias Bdston clairvoyant, re
ceived the fojlqwmg- “You will. mar
ry a railroad conductor -.in less than a
year, have , five children; and ;die . in
cliild-bed of the sixth!”..
,, Secretary Fisk- and President Grant
'wore ehjbyiiig^ll^tilk' together,: The;
other day; 'when'-Fish volunteered to
telPA’story, which he commenced as
follows! “It is related”—“Is it?” in-
wtitoe represe'qtatibrihakbeen'’edticed termpted'Giant. “We must look, up
from lil fb iT2. ThiiTy ' years ' £t go' -’ r ' — J '- J - I ‘'t**-'— » - ” •
they had a majority, lacking one,”' of”
one hundred votes; -' ihfey-how hi
majority of but one vote. -Westward
the star of empire takesdteTiray.! ;-*i'
-4i>
In thc receut fire of the .Methodist
A Kansas paper’s cow obituary was:
“T&ereJ^nob a^fOrm' .wagon in the
country that she has not stolen some-
thiogirpfo; mat a- gate in'the town that
‘she.has.not opened; and The stones
that hqve.heen. thrown at her would
Publishing House in Nashville; ,on-i.the. md-P five miles of turnpike.
4th instant,:theJossiinfhfri stereotype)]; “-Atie^itiore ^inqdties dug up. A
piciie; from the jar on which tlie door
..-i. >.... «r, wy* ~A s hnife 5 winch the man- cut
ranee. It is estimated that from S10,(XX). stlck , dt h when the constable was af-
to $lS00d was sustainedonthe type and. . '. ; K „ ran t, nt
Biography of the man who
by the fall of a shadow.—
The crust of a magpie. A rafter from
the roof 'of ttie-month.
A little girl remarked to her mamma,
on going to bed “I am not afraid of
the dark.’ r “No, of course you are
not.’.’repiied her mamma, “for it.ean’t
the pantry to get a,tart.” “What were
you afraid of?” asked her mamma.
“I was afraid I could not find the
tart.” a \~ 1
A newly-married couple went to sleep
with a revolver under their pillows for
fear of rats. In the night the husband,
with the remark, “Yillian you shall
never harm my Araminta,” blew Ar-
erally.beiieved she has a glass eye,, of
whore existence he had no previous
intimation.
or wild man and, strange to say, his
very physical appearance underwent a
change, and his natural taste and appe
tites also. The writer has seen him with
a pocket full of grate-hoppers, which
he would eat like sugar plums or bon
bons. Lizards, locusts, and even ser
pents; were dispatched in the pm™ way.
Indeed, among.his other silvan per-
snits, the capture of snakes was a fa
vorite pastime. Armed with a forked
stick only,- we have seen this man
crawl on all-fonrs through a covered
ditch forty feet widefilled with ooze and
slime, in quest of the deadly moccasin.
When encountered, after pinning the
reptile’s head to the earth, he wonld
seize it by the neck, and inserting a
coarse cloth into its month so 'as to
cover the fangs, forcibly extract them
with a sharp jerk. They were then
carefully placed in his bosom for shel
ter and safe keeping. We have seen
him stand with the heads and forked
longues of several huge serpents thus
bestowed darting abont his cheek and
face, with a broad grin upon his semi-
barbarous countenance.
But this was not aD;our carniverons
biped wonld devour those writhing
monsters, with horrible gusto, alive,
and squirming as he tore the flesh with
his teeth—scores of living witnesses
will attest • this fact He was even
tempted to make this diabolical tasta
a matter of profit, and actually adver
tised to eat living serpents in the cities
of Charleston and Savannah, in the
latter of which he was arrested for the
brutality of-the performance.
What way does the infant first take
to? The milky way.
Why is an old pocket handkerchief
like on old ship? Because it has ex
perienced many a hard blow.
If the hair of a dog is good fox his
bite, is not the sulphur which comes
from Vesuvius, good for eruptions?
What is the difference between the
town clock and Governor Bullock?—
One peals from the steeple and the
other — .
White negroes (Blafards) are occa
sionally fonnd in all parts of ttie East
Indies. They are true Albinos and are
perfectly white; not like the Caucasian,
race, but are . the color of muslin or
; paper, witn not a speck of red on any
part of their bodies. They have per
fectly white hair, crisp and curly, like
that of the dark negroes. They are
generally weak* and often imbecile.—
Their eyes are weak and unable to
stand a strong light Their features
are of the ptrong negro cast. They
are generally barren.
The latest story is that William
Morgan, who was always supposed to
have been che victim of the great Free*
masonry excitement, escaped to Texas
and married an Indian girl, and that
Cochise, is his son.
The Radical factions are-
with each other everywhere, and arc
theas bitfer as they well can be. In Ne-
braska is the latest squabble, where.
Senate has declared ttie office of Gov
ernor vacant, and ordered a new ela
tion, The dissolution of the Radical
party is inevitable, and the shove.ac
tions are but shadows cast before tiio
coming event. The unnumbered evils _
brought upon o nr country since in po w-
The fools are not all deed The pro
prietors of the Bussell Sonse.
trait, were offered five hnndre.
for the bedstead on which Alexis ' 5
bered, and the’ chamber-mn
bribed in almost untold amoui
fashionable dress maker
sheets. She said she w
up into handkerchiefs 311 —em
to the bon ton.
never nurtu utjr atiiuuutit, urew -ax- t tepaicu, X-— . . ,t- 3
annnta’s back hair out through the dignation;..‘tLhae a f 0 * -
roof of her mouth. He pretends to be
overwhelmed with grief, bnt it is gen-
A Fifeshire man recently took
child to the minister to be bap.:
who asked him, “Are you prepares ret
so solemn and imp 01 * 31 * 1 a n o ceas1011 .
“Prepared,” be echoed, with some m-
bakia’, two iianis, aU t ,
bess Highland wbuskry, an Iwat-
token what better pep: ’-tion ;
* r % * u *
pock frae a man l re
lit#?'’ •