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THOMAS MORI) AUSrSIN VESTMENT
One evening in October,1850,Thom
as Mordaunt, a Boston merchant, was
crossing over Cambridge bridge; when
his attention was drawn to a young
man walking some rods in advance of
Him. Tlie night was dark aud it was
with difficulty, that lie could discern
His figure or. his movements. An im
pulse seized him to hasten: his speed.
It was fortunate that he did so, for the
young man stopping suddenly climb
ed the railing of the bridge, and would
have dung -himself into the river, had
not Mr. Mordaunt hastily seized his
arm and prevented him from accom
plishing his'purpose.
“Rash-young man, wbat wonltLypu
do? - ’ he demanded hastily.
i “I would terminate a life which I
have wasted,” said the young mail bit
terly.
“If yon have wasted your life hith
erto, you are about to throw it away
utterly now. How is that going to
remedy matters?” asked the mer
chant. .
“lam tired of life,” said the young
man after a pause.
“Bccauseyou have not lived prop
erly. Turn over a new leaf. Reform
your life and you will soon cease to
complain that yon are-tired of it.”
“There was a time when I might
have, folio wed your advice,, now I can
not.
“Why not?”
‘I have hot a dollar left in the
world. I ones had a handsome prop
erty, now it is all gone.”
“You have strength and ability still
left, at least.”
“Who will lend me a helping
band?”
. “I will.”
“Aud yet you don’t know me?” said
the young man, surprised.
“No, but I will take yon on trust.”
“You are very kind. 1 place my
self in your hands. What shall I
do?”
* ‘First, take my arm and walk home
with me. You will pass the night at
my house. To-morrow we will talk of
yonr plans.”
This proposal was gratefully accept
ed. The next morning Mr. Mordaunt
for the first time hod* a good view of
liis visitor. He was a young man, ap
parently about twenty-five, but his
face was pallid and lacked the fresh
hue of health. The marks of dissipa
tion were easy to read in his bloodshot
eyes and heavy and inflamed eyelids.
‘First,’ said the merchant, ‘I should
like to hear your story. ’
“Your kindness entitles you to my
confidence,” said the young man. ‘My
name is Erederie Evans. I was left at
twenty-one with twenty-five thousand,
ctollavs; : of which I had uncontrolled
possession. Instead of embarking in
business, and making myself a worthy
member of society, I gathered about
me a set of young men, and nearly ev
ery night was consumed in carousals
wliich were often kept up till morning.
The excitement of this life was pleasur
uble, and I fancied myself happy.—
At all events I gave myself no time for
though . I need hardly 8 ly that I was
very prpnlar with the companions who
feasted athny expense. My fortune
seemed to me large, and I fancied ;t
inexhaustible. A week ago I found
that not a dollar of it was left. Four
years-.of lavish expenditure had drain -
it to the lari dollar.
However, I treated the matter light-
,jly. IsakLto myself, .‘now it is the
turn of my friends. I have lavished
money upon them;I have lent them
without asking for repayment. I will
go to them.’ ”
, “What success did you meet with?”
“None at all.”
“The first whom I addressed pro
fessed much regret at my altered cir
cumstances, but was sorry that he
was unable to help me. The second,
to whom 1 frequently lent money, re
fused me without ceremony. Anoth
er offered to lend me five, dollars . if 1
would not apply to him again. My
indignation Was such tliat I threw the
money in his face. Other applications
were equally unsuccessful, I then en
Aeavogadte tfbfiw employment. But
J»e. 2Jo-
“Tbe very place,’
eagerly..
said young Evans
“Be it so. I will lend you five a recent sermon, “if they get out of
hand:
Pj
till you cm get something to “do.”
The iiglit of a new born hope spar
kled in tne eyes of the young man;
“But this on one condition;” said
Mr. Mordaunt.
“Name it.”
“That yon promise to abstaiu from
the use of intoxicating Bqnors.”
“Draw up a pledge,’’said the young
miin promptly, “and I will sign it. It
has wrought me harm enough in the
past. It is ray only salvation.
Ten days afterwards Frederic Evans
was oflMiis way to California, where in
due time belauded".
In 1850, as it will be remembered,
California was a new country. . The
time of its gold mines was recent.—
From all parts of the country eyes
were turned eagerly toward this mod
ern Ei Dorado, where riches were to
be acquired on the easiest terms.
Frederic Evans at once made his
way to the mines. He found that the
stories which he had heard had not
>een exaggerated. At that early pe
riod fortunes were sometimes made in
less than a year. They were some
times lost in a day. It was a strange,
unsettled condition of society. Far
from the restraints of civilization,
crime and dissipation were fearfully
prevalent. The results of a year’s
hard labor were often lost at the gam
ing-table in an hour. Disappoint
ment and loss often led to quarrels
and bloodshed, somet mes to robbery
attended with violence.
From the wild scenes around him,
Frederic Evans kept himself steadily
aloof. At times, weary with his day’s
labor, and having no other way to oc
cupy his time, he was tempted to in-,
dulge in the dangerous recreation.—
But the thought of his promise, of his
obligations to Mr. Mordaunt for the
life which but for him would have
been sacrificed, withheld, him. He
listened composedly to the sneer-s of
his companions, and held on his way.
Let ns now return to Mr.Mordannt.
He. was a wealthy merchant, extensive-
1 y engaged in foVcign trade. His ca=
reel- had beeu a singulaily s uccessfn *
oaa Prosperity had been almost nn-
Luck and Dreams,
“Some people,” said Mr. Beecher in
bed bn the wrong side, or see the new
moon over their wrong shoulder, or
put on a stocking wrong side out, in
terpret it as a sign of something or
other r When I was a lad and went
chestuuting, yon couJdnt have induced
me to crawl through the bars, because
that was a sign that I wouldn’t get
any cbBStamtaaT^Does God sleep on
Fridays? Why,’!? I should call up all
these superstitions that cling to yon,
it would moke, yon ’ blush. 'Now,. 1 -1
don’t deny that these superstitions are
better than cold skepticism- I had
rather rub off the undatable parts of
corn with my hands, as the Dimples
did, than to kpve no corn to rub. But
my conception is thas ‘Luck’ means
the right operation of causes to pro
duce good effects. That little ‘devil’
called ‘Luck’ don’t go flying about
blindly, dropping gold on some and
pewter on others.
.‘I .imagine that many of the dreams
Tne Adoration of Homan.
That adoration which a young man
gives to a woman whom he feels to be
than himself, is
feeling. What deep and worthy love
is not so? whether of woman or child,
or art or music? Our caresses, our
tender words, our still rapture under
the- influence of Autumn sunsets, or
pillared vistas, ot calm, majestic stat
ues,- or Beethoven symphonies, all
bring with them the consciousness
that they are Mere- waves and ripples
in an unfathomable ocean of love and
beauty; our emotion in its keenest
silence; our love-at its highest, flood
rushes beyond its object and loses
itself in the -eense>of divtne mystery.
Is it any weakness, pray, to .^e wrought
oa by exquisite music? to feel its won
drous harmonies searching the sub
tlest windings.of your soul, the deli
cate fibres of life where no. memory
can peuetistte, and binding together
your-whole being, past and present
to which men attach the most impor-i hi one unspeakable vibration, melting
tanfee bome from over eating and over
drinking. I do not believe either that
a man’s dreams are a-reflection of his
real nature. I have broken open more
houses and stolen more money in my
dreams thau I ever expect to see awake.
YetT believe I had rather die than to
steal. I have been a murderer in my
dreams, and started up in a vain at
tempt to hide the body. My idea is
that when the upper higher part of
your brain is asleep, the baser part is
half awake—unrestrained—and your
dreams are a report from your animal
faculties. When the lower part of
your brain is asleep and the upper
part active, you dream such dreams
that when you awake you try to go
sleep again to finish thhin. All this
stuff about dreams, luck, signs and
omens I claim as an outgrowth of con
science not guided by clear percep
tions.”
This brought him to a discussion of-
phases of conscience. §; “I know men
who r wouldn’t shave on Sundays but
would black their boots. Then I know
some who would shave on Sunday,
but wouldn’t black their boots. And
I know some who wouldn’t do either
On Sunday, but would shave their
neighbors awfully on Monday. When
I went to school I hoarded with Dr.
Langbien, and he was a good man,
for an icicle .can be good.'' I could
slip off down bis back stairs, go hunt
ing, return, and recite my lesson from
interrupted for a period of many years.
It might have bceu faith iu his lucky
star that led him to embark in a varie
ty of enterprises to great for his cap
ital.
In the year 1857 there came a sud
den commercial crisis, which like a
great tidal wave swept over the coun
try, carrying into utter ruin many a
firm long established and generally
regarded as secure against any as
sault. There were man' others whi
reeled before the shock, and for a ti:
seemed wavering between, life.-a:
min.
Among these was the firm of Mor-
dannt & Co., In ordinary times they
won id have been quite secure. But
at this time the mercantile communi
ty, alarmed rortheir own safety, had
grown cautious, and denied to Mor-
.daunt the aid wliich he' needed to car
ry him through.'
One morning he sat in his counting-
room in despair. Heavy bills matured
that day which he had no means of
meeting. Failure seemed inevita
ble. ;
‘This is the end of thirty years ac
tivity’’he said gloomily “But [ st ,etched away in silent vastnefe at
as it is, there seems to be no way of jfvf'jfs . J .. ; ^
avoid the embarrassments .and anxie
ties that the credit system engender.
We
lars in small snras dne which would
cost ns one half tfre ajpQjwt to cpflept.
We are going to spend about ten dol
lars in dunning these parties by mail;
and will then be forced to consider a
a dead loss .all claims that are not
paid voluntarily, for we now lay down
the rule that we will not anhojjb oitFr
self with suite at Iaw,;but appeal only
to the Corr.T of Honor. Those who
do not feel honor bound to par us at
ate n
escape, I must submit.” It was at
this moment that a stranger entered
his counting-room Unannounced. Mr.
Mordaunt did not recognize him.—
He was somewhat over thirty, with a
face browned l»y exposure to a south
ern snn„eompact, sinewy, and health
ful. His face was prepossessing,
amt Ins whole manner frank and cour
teous.. . •3 ■
.“Have yon business, with me?" ask
ed Mr. Mordaunt, wearily.
‘ I wish to inquire hoar you are af
fected by this crisis?" said the stran
ger ;
“Do vou ask as a friend or an ene
my?” inquired Mr. Mordaunt suspi
ciously. . IS
“As a friend, most emphatically.”
ref lied the straDger.
‘‘Theu,’* said the merchaut, “I have,
no liesitafion in saying;* that unless I
can obtoiu the rise of twenty thousand
dollars before two o'clock, J shall be
bankrupt.. That would enable me to
weather the storm.”
toWill j«!* €[i ve me Pf n - M ‘““d the
etraegef. There, sir, take and
use it,” he said after a moment’s
pilose. . -
• j|.r-jdtecic for twenty thoasand dnl-
itwsi" exclaimed Mr. Mordaimt in ex-
citemenk This is salyatipa- . Rut why
arq you so kind to me? How. Have I
deserved it?" _ .
.“Seven_years.ago, ” said the y<
man, “yon saved my life, and.pn
on the road to prosperity-j Ideterm-
ined .to repay the debt if I were able.
, and.when I promised refor
no bW would trust me. Then
it was tfiat I framed the desperate res
olution which jf.og were the means of
Now, sir, you have my.
story. It is for ybu to say whether
yen regret interfering with me last
t. ''
it ? " said Hie merchant
pmWBritjgingly. You are yet . young.
Y'our life may be redeemed. Indeed ner
it isyour duty to mipiate your pari; cried from ruin. l ean promise that
follies by A pure? course of living.— it will be foj" your advantage,.
, , - • , , this sum is but a - trifle to• the amount
Now what are yonr plans?"
eft over at JMBBpiMBB
u church was sent over to his ta-
e, and while!could deceive him, as
used as a holy symbol. 1
He considered the precepts of the
Bible os aii exact and reliable gguide
fer conscience, ufthongh, us fie said,
“There.wasn’t one ,of the patriarchs
who didn’t' five such a life as in these
daya would j>uth«nin4hftp^tentiitty.
Miditigiit in Norway.
A.scene witne c sed by some; travel
ers in the north of Norway/ from a
cliff one thousand feet above the sea,
thus described: “The ocean
you in one moment with all the ten
derness, all the love that has been
scattered through the toilsome years,
concentrating in one emotion of he:
roic courage or resignation all the
hard-learned lessons of self-renounc
ing, sympathy, blending your present
joy with past sorrow, and your pres
ent sorrow with your past joy? If not,
then neither is it a weakness to be so
wrought upon fiy the exquisite curve
on a woman’s cheek, neck and arms, by
the liquid depth of her beseeching
eyes or the sweet childish pout of her
lips. For the beauty of a lovely wo
man is like mnsic, when can one say-
more? Beauty has an expression be
yond and fur above a woman’s soul,
that it clothes, as the words of genius
have awidermeauing than the thought
that prompted them; it is more than
woman’s love that moves as in a wo
man’s eyes—it seems to be a far off
mighty love that, has come near us,
and made speech for itself there; the
rounded neck, the dimpled arm,
moves us by something more than
their prettiness—by their, close kin
ship with all we have known of ten
derness and peace; The expression
in beauty (it is. needless, to say that
there are gentlemen with whiskers
dyed and,undyed who see non^ of it
whatever), and for this reason'the no
blest nature is often the most to the
character of the woman’s soul, that
the beauty clothes. Whence, I fear,
the tragedy of human life is likely to
continue tor a long time to come, in
spite of mental philosophers, who are
ready, with the best receipts to avoid
all mistakes- of the kind.—George
Elliott.
our feet; the sound of the' waves
scarcely reached our airy lookout:—
away in the north . the huge old sup
swu^g along the horison, liketite slow,
-beat of a pendul u m in the toll clock
of our grandfather’s parlor conier.-—
We all stood silent, looking at onr
When both hands came to
gether lit t^elvbrafrdnigBt.^ lbfr' huge
orb hung -triumphantly above the
waves like a bridge of gold, running
dne north, spanning tlie waves be-
us and, him.;., -There he shined
in silent rmqesfy that Knlsfr no setting.
We involuntarily took off jur hats; no
word was said.
. Combine, if yon can, the most bril-
^^Mnsetohd sunset you ever saw,:
and the beautiesAoJlFlde .into insig
nificance befdre the gorgeous coloring
which ngwJK;pig^^^^h.e h^y-
ensand the motintoin. Ja. half an.
hour the perpejRtar
pled over the floor; ope songter after,
another pfp^p m tfie grove
us—we had st
t'nriims.
Water thrown into a red-hot metal
lic vessel does notiboil, as we should
expect, but quietly gathers itself to
gether, forming a more or less perfect
sphere, and in "that condition floats
abouf gracefully on the hot surface as
it slowly evaporates. If at the same
time a very vaporizable substance, as
liquid sulphuric acid, is thrown iu,
the water may actually be frozen in
the red-hot'vessel..
Water boiled in a glass flask until
the upper part of .the vessel is entire
ly filled-with steam, and then dex-
trously corked before air can gain ad
mission and placed in cold w ater, re
commences to boil. The boiling is
produced-by ebld-instead of heat, and
the experiment is knowr as the cnli
n *ry paradox.
. If steam from water boiling at 212
degrees is passed into a • solution of
salt in water, , the temperature of the
solution'steadily rises, passing 212 de
grees, reaches the boiling point of the
solution, and finally the . latter also
•boils at a temperature as high and
even higher than 250 degrees, accord-
iug to its nature. There we have the
extraordinary result of obtaining a
higher temperatofE, say -255 degrees,;
from a lower one,' viz , 212 degrees.
If there is anything in uato re tirnt
possesses a poritive character it is
light. Yet the physicist may so re
flect the light from a gives source as
to cause it to destroy itself and pro
duce darkness. In
/S .. Hardening Tools,
According to Sclieus?lder, watch-
ineU to repay one oeou tt j. uuw. ... ..
To-dav brings me the long hope foto makers and engravers harden tneir
tto liund of]«<••-• * WMt wtis, allowing fiioJO
the young map ^ojrdially. tojremain a. moment, then, withdraw
^I^pt ydur a^sfr^e^be and thnist into anoth^ place. This
es- treatment is continued until the steel
is cold, and wxll not epeer the wax.—
.us attained is extreme
the dia-
5 , of our assets. ’ •. - and comparable to - that of
“I should like to go somewhere M story is finished. The bread corr}pa&
, -r i -■ ii.' 1,0,7 oovt. nnnri mhrifl-iri far.t. steel liardentt
where I ptit known. “Ther^Fean which the metohant-had'.cast npon mond; in fact, steei hardened in this
way may be used for boring, and en-
geaviug steel plates hardened by any
other process, the tool being previous-
start fair. Here. I. should be sur- the waters had come back to him after
, s*;«s SWJSS1
’I think'.your views ms wise ^and. y 0 njigmanfrom-destruction and led
Mistaken Identity.
Slimmer really deserves pity, for it
certainly was uncommonly rough on
him. He was going up to Reading
the other day, and when he reached
the depot he happened to look in the
ladies room. A woman sat there with
a lot of baggage and three children,
and before he could defend himself she
flung her arms about his neck, nes
tled her head npon his breast and
burat into tears. Slimmer was amazed,
indignant, confounded; and ere he
could find utterance for his feelings,
she exclaimed: “O, Henry, dear Hen
ry! We are united at last Are you
well? Is Aunt Martha still alive?—
Haven’t you longed to see yonr own
Louisa?” and she looked into Sum
mer's face and clung to him and
smiled through her tears.
“Madame,” said he, solemnly, “if I
am the person afluded to its ‘Henry,’
permit roe to say that you have made
a mistake. My name is Lemuel, I
have no Aunt Martha, and I don’t
own a solitary Louisa. Oblige me by
letting go my coat It excites re
mark.”
Then she buried her bonnet deeper
into his waistcoat, and began to cry
harder than ever, and said; “O, Hen
ry, how can you treat me so? How
can you pretend that you are not my
husband?”
“Madame,” screamed Slimmer, “ : f
you do not cease sopping my shirt
bosom and remove your umbrella from
my com, I shall be obliged to call a
police. Let me go, I say.”
“The children are here,” she per
sisted. “They recognize their dear
father., Don’t you, children?”
“Yes, yes,” they exclaimed, “it’s pa,
it’s onr dear pa,” and they grappled
Slimmer by the browsers leg aud hung
to his coat tail.
“Woman,”he slnieked, “this thing
getting serious. Unbaud me, I
sayj;” And he tried to disengage him
self' from her embrace—while all the
brakem^n, and the baggage-master,
and the newsboys stood around, and
said hie oonduet was infamous. u
the midst of the struggle a stranger
entered with a carpet-bag. He looked'
exactly like Slimmer—and i/be;i he
saw his wife in Shmmer’s arms lie be
came excited, and he floored Slimmer
with that carpet-bag, aud sat on him
and smote his nose and caromed on
his head, and asked him wlmt lie
meant- Slimmer was removed on a
stretcher, and the enemy went off with
his wife aud family in u cub. He
called next day to apologise. His wife
bad made the mistake b c use of
Summer’s likeness to him. Anc now
Slimmei wishes that be may soon be
kicked in the face by a mule so that
he will resemble no other human be
ing on earth.—Max Adder.
Professional Cards.
Cuds inserted at one dollar a Use-per annum
it paid in advance, otherwise, two
dollars a Use.
C. J. HARRIS,
Attornev at Xiaw,
MACON GEORGIA.
irELL practice law* in litigated cases in ths
» counties of the Macon Circuit to wit: Bibh,
Houston, Crawiord and Twiggs.
J. A. EDWARDS,
Attorney at Law,
HARSHAIXVIIXE GEORGIA.
W. H. REESE,
Attorney at Law.
M x RStTar.T.V)TjT,g GEORGIA.
33-Spccial attention given to cases in bank,
ruptey.
DlJNCAN & MILLER,
Attorneys at Xutw,
PERRY and FORT YALLEY, GA.
O—<\ C. Duncan. Perrj-, office on PnblicSquare;
A Li Miller, Fort Valley- office in Mathew's HaU.
B. M. DAVIS.
Attorney at X.aw
PERRY, GEORGIA.
ILL practice in the Courts of Houston
VV and adjoining counties: also in the Su
preme Ccnrt and U. 3. District Court.
NOTTINGHAM & PATTEN,
Attorneys at Xtaw
PERRY, GEORGIA.
PRACTICE in the Courts of Houston and a
loining counties. Prompt attention given to all
business entrusted to our care. Collections of
chums a specialty.
ang 23. tf.
U. M. GUNN,
A.ttorney at
BYRON, S- w. B, B. GA.
ASySjiecial attention given to collections.
E. W. CROCKER,
Attorney at Law,
FORT VALLEY, GA.
SSrCollections and Criminal Law a specialty
Office at Miller, Brown & Co’s.
DR. IH. S. JOBS ON
like manner two
sotods may be made; to interfere with
dach other and produce silence or in
creased jntenrity of sound, at the trill
of the operator.
Brown Faint for Iron and Steal,
On Ihe'kuthoriiy of The Chroniqne
de rindustrie, the following is an ex
cellent mixture to protect iron and
steel from rust: Dissolve ia fGur parts
of water, two parts of crystallized
chloride of iron, two ports of chloride
of antimony, and one part of tannin,.
Apply the composition by w. aes of a
sponge. Give, as many coats as ©ay
be necessary to produce the desired
shade. Finally, warii the paint with
water, and allow it to dry, after which
polish the surface with boiled linseed
fir. Livingstone's Death-
The great African explorer has gone
at last to that “undiscovered country
from whose bourne no traveler returns.
There seems to he no doubt of the au
thenticity of -the intelligence of Dr,
Livingstone’sraeath* advices to that
effect having been received from the
English Relief Expedition, »t whose
encampment, near Unyamycisbe, he
breathed his last. For tenacity of
purpose, for courage, disinterestedness
and devotion to his laboriousaud dan
gerous mission, Dr. Livingstone was
remarkable to a,degree that commands
the respect and admiration of the
world. The-story of his travels will
be a subject of interest and instruction
for all time, and the notes of his Just
exploration; returning from wbich he
died, will no doubt be among the most
valuable of his contributions to science
and geographical knowledge.
Th* Senate Bankrupt Sill.
The bill reported to the Senate at
Washington as a substitute for the
House bankrupt bill requires one-
foartb of.the creditors in number and
one-third in value to throw a debtor
into bankruptcy after a suspension of
payment of forty - days, and when
a debtor is put into involuntary bank
ruptcy he shall receive, an absolute
discharge after uis estate is exhausted,
regardless of the-percentage realized,
and further allows two-thirds of the
creditors to take an estate out of bank-
baskruptcy and. decide upon an en
gagement by a majority. The bill does
not propose materially to alter the
voluntary features of the bankruptcy
law, the amendments, being intended
to apply cbeiily to cases already in
bankruptcy, . ..
Pater Fatriffi.
A life of Washington is issued by a
Ycddo publisher. This literary novel
ty, says a correspondent, is brought
out in no less than forty-fonr volumes
in the Japanese characters, and is p
profusely illustrated in the highest
style of art. Washington is represented
ifiihfr' cloth es and fasluon of the pres-
ent day, and with fttnonstaehe, carry- ;
WM “' OJO “ 5e7 te c,!i ‘
oiL The chloride of antimony should
be as’ceutr;'.! c.i possible.
LBWTIST,
PERRY AND HAWKINSVILLE GA.
H E WILL HP ND the first half of eachtqgntb
in his office in Perry, over tbpalfi dreg store,
dud one-fonrth. or the latter half of Mdh month
will be triven to his practice in Hawhtnsvnie, at
Mrs. Uuilspeth’s. sug23 f
County Treasurers Report
■7CEL IP. JL1.V.Y, ft T; in Account Currau
whk CCIUXTY FU2TD.
DR.
To this amount received from
Jan’y 1873 to Jaa’y 1874, $23,423 60
PAUPER FUND.
n o this amount received from
Jon’y 1873 to Jan’y 1874, $2,949 93
JURY FUND.|
To this amount received from
Jany 18?3 to Jan’y 1874, $2,727 93
Fatuls of-Houston County from Jan’y 187$
to Jan’y 1874,
CR,
By this amount paid out from
Jan’y 1873 to Jan'y 1874,
Conl s on $23,423 90 rec’d
Coin's on 15 920 16 p’d out 399 P0
This am’t on hand to'balance 6,52015
$23,423 90
$15,920 16
585 59
PAUPER FUND,
By this amount paid out from
Jan’y 1873 to Jan'y 1874, $2,52016
Corn’s on $2,849 93 rec’d, 71 24
Corn’s on 2,520 19 p’d out, 63 00
This ani’t on hand in J»lftBse, 195:50
$2,849 93
JULY FUND,
Bv this .mount paid out from;
Jan'y. 1873 to Jan’y 1874, $2,489 00
Corn’s on $3,727.93 rec’d, 68 19
Corn's on 2,489 00 p’d out, (52 22
This am’t on band to baiewt, 108 52
$2,727 93
$6.52015
196 60
108 52
IS74.
•J:m’y 12. — Amount on hand
County Fund,
Pauper Fund,
Jury Fund,
$6,82417
Fifed iu Office, January loth 1874.
A, S. GILES’, Ordinary.
Jan 17 Im.
/ r-———■ —-
A. M. WATKINS,
,'v\fZXBr - •• —-
CURRIER, SHERWOOD & CO.,
Broome Street,
ys 1 bw voziK:,
BOOTS &
* AT
FRESH CARDEN SEEDS
4 L.VRGE and well selected "stock of
A Fresh Garden Seeds, Just received and
forsileby ■--- ..
■■ • J. C, GILBERT.
n debted for the pas/year to call and settle,
as he needs the money to settle this own
replenish his* stock of Drugs and
ing.-a cane, and accompanied by a He cannot sell on time any longer, and
Skye terrier.- He fr garing at a lady all will please remember this aad not ask to
i with a tram, Grecian bendj and a bid- run accounts, ,> t
ecms waterfall, Jan. 16th “ t-i