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F. R. FILDES, Editor.
YOL. IV.
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FOR APYKUTISING.
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When advertisernents are continued for one
inonih or longer, the charro will be as fullovs :
12 Months.;
j 6 Months,
j 3 Months.;
i 1 Month. |
Number
of
F'jun res.
... | $
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4 | if» oo | 2 ! oo | u) ( .» r.:t oo
*• I 20 00 I 3*> 00 ! -10 oo i«• >OO
■}. Col’inn I 3f» oo I £5 on j s>oo ! l?o (mi
1 “ 1 <lO 00 4 80 o) l) 00 200 00
Obituary notices, Tribute' ■ i Fcspeof, and all
articles of a personal character, charged for a<?
advertisements.
For announcing candidates for office, SIO.OO
THE COUNTY FAIL
list or
E» « 'etc mx ps ts .toe r-„: ,
tobeawauui::) ATTiiK
BROOKSCOUNTY FA Id.
To RE HELD AT
QUITMA :v, <, z>.,
Commencing Wedimwjg, Nor. 1,
1. For the largest yield of Cotton, grown on |
one acre of land, (amount to be certified to by j
three reliable citizens, and lair samples the J
. cotton delivered on the gr -and,) one oil : ' ‘it- I
clicr, valued at Ten Dollniv.
2. For the largest yield «»f (Virn, grown o:i. :e
--acre of land (same recjuircin'Miln us above.) on*.*
Silver Pitcher, valued at Ten Dollars.
'.i. For the largest yield of . w'm t Potatoes. ;
grown on one acre, certified to by three reliable j
citizens and samples of same furnished, one set !
Silver-plated Forks, valued at Five Dollars.
4. For the largest yield of Irish Potatoes ral - j
cd on one acre of land, sample** to be delivered i
and certificates furnished, one Silver Cup, valued j
at Five Dollars.
5. For the largest yield of On is, raised on one
a•e of land, same conditio • -a; above, one net •
. : ■ Ini'll ;i A ■ i
n;-'.,,!. one -alvei C'ii|i*i..! -lit- 1- iv ,|.,11;i,
7. For the iuy-eat yield o( Turnip'-, raised on .
one acre, same conditio )>, on ; Spoons, val- ■
8* For tlie best bale of Cotton, to be deliver
ed on the ground, and sampled by the Judg< s j
id of Forks, valued at Five dollars.
0. For the lx . ‘ Sugar, 5 ; v.;: ! to be deliver
-10. For t’;e best Quality of Syrup, one gallon j
to be delivered, set Spoons valued at Five doll •,
11. For the best Cabbage, one splended gar-'
don hoe, valued at Three dollar**.
12. ior the fin?.-I Beets, one aloud:•! y tde,
valued at Three dollars.
13. For the largest Colcwort, one garden rake j
valued at Three dollars.
11. For the best trained b g y. IP r -■*. one sil
ver cup. valued at Five dollav--'.
15. For the best b -d Saddle II orse, one i
silver cup, valued at l ive dollars.
lfi. For the fastis! Trotting Horse, one silver j
pitcher, valued at Ten dollars.
17. For the finest Mil eh Cow. one silver pitch- j
cr, valued at Ten dollars.
18. For the finest Yearling, one splendid knife
valued at Two dollar? and fifty eerils.
19. For the finest Bull, one silver pi Ichor, va!- !
tied at Ten dollars.
20. For the largest and b. : Brood Sow, one
set silver spoons, valued at Five dollars.
21. For the largest and best Male lb g, set of;
siver forks, valued at Five dollars.
22: For the best Sheep, one pair sheep shears j
i alued at TwO’ilollars and fillv cents.
23: For the*best Plow Stock. eJiisscl and an
ger valued at Two dollars and fifty cents.
\ 21: For the best Flow Sweep. Two dollar.-: and
cents in Cash.
55. For the best and neatest Coverlid, one
gold thimble, valued at Ten dollars.
20. B «r the prettier! Quilt, eno gold tlmcbt--
valued at Ten dollars.
27: For the neatest Counterpane, one silvt t
thimble, valued at Two dollars and fifty cents.
28: For the ncute-t ard.L* ol j.iub: .1: r■. on-’
gold thimble, valued at Ten and dlars.
29: For Hie neatest pair of‘'ocks, one silver
thimble, valned at Two dollars ...id fifty C'-nls.
S S- ;y on " -
in Brooks county, to be radby t; anther, an .
" decision rendered by lheai:d::.nee, on- i n
valui and -Five dell,
31: Yam- Committee would
tbit on.the last day of lh -: ..« Lad:
1. a, and that a special corn:.; ' oI
be *» n! the Society, be eppotu'eil by the i .v.-:-
dea'. t ) designate the finest and prettiest, wle.
shai'. be awarded a premium of a ~*!v- r Cup,
valned at T. : ! :
• ' '
C’" v •
j Advertisements forwarded to all Newspapers.
No advance charged on Publishers' prices.
I All leading Newspapers kept on file.
* I Information as to Co.-1 of Advertising furnished.
i All oyflors receive carofal attention.-
Inquirios bv mail an •-w ert'd promptly.
Coj.iplv'tc printed lists of new- p-ipers for sale.
I Special lists prepared for customers,
j Advertisements wi itten and nod?es secured.
1 tb-iloi ? from business men e?r>Odally solicited
40 P ask E?^
iFDBIITUBE HOUSE.
JOHN M. WITT,
i Cabinet Maker MJiiilortakiT,
QUITEV3AN, CA.
T VICES pleasure in notifying the
citizens of Brooks and adjoin!ng23**r Yi
Counties, that he has established at- V M
Qumnan, a regular f.'' 1 su*ii i t uro 31a n
uFudory, and is prepared to put up to
order—
j BUHKAUX, RlvD'-Ti; ADS, SKURET V
KIES, SIDEBO \ R-DS, 'J'ABIjES "
WAIiDKOBES,
and everything needed in the Furniture line, and
in any style required.
An experience of many years, justifies him r
as-’.iring the public that It is work will give, sat; j
iclf-ii in c \ (Tv la *■*jll*l ■t : and privet .1 cola-:
1 ov favorably with til * oof Savft’.i lb or eltv 1
vhere, with this iinp* i • ;dvant:> * tin* pur- 1
- v : every piece • I -nitni - mg his e
tablishihent v. ill be wa;. mted.
. Jiepairii: . don wlr neatne
r.'BESfMrslii®
In <Sonui**.-:; a with the Furniture bm ;
conducting that of UN lllifAf.
: !■:i♦ tin. on very short noti ■<•. any dc
; of COFFIN—PIain or Ornamented, . !
. 1, and mounted, if desired.
A -ni'nd u ortment of Coffins alw ,
hai-l.
.. •' i’rices as ti»• • b-rale as possibh*.
WANTED.
I mu in m.vil of u 1-iree i|nantity of *)i?A
SONKD (.UMBER, >'»•!. m lied Day,
1 l.ooi. I v.ih Jll.i-'l: li’ulnnt. Ac., Au.,
for which a liberal prim- will be paid.
&07TM m. V&XTT. :
QuUnian. Ca.. ,T,;ii 22. i;-i:i). • i'-tf
SPRIA’ft m slffl® MOBS.
J. B. FINCH,
DEAL Ell 1\
jfanen anb Staple JJiij 6ooH
G KOCEIMES, He «*.,
Quitman, - - - Georgia.!
RAS received a Complete Stock of evefv den-!
cription of
Spring & Summer Goods,!
e \roßAdj|a
L idi ’ DretsK Goodo, Calicoes, Domestics, j
T>i:n»)’! . Notion.-, H its, Cups,
Boots.: m «s, «Vc., Ac.
ins STOCK OF
G-rooeries,:
Consists of General FninUy Supplic :. siich as |
Flour, Coif-e Sugar, Pepper, Spice, Pota li,
Canned Oysters, J’icklo-. Ac.; Tolstcco,
Simir, Ac. A good supply of
HARD WARE,
TINWARE,
CROCKERY, d;C, !
A1 way:-; on hand.
The patronage of the public is respectfully po
licted, and fair and honorable dealing guan,to
ted.
Produce of every description re
ceivod in excliango for goods.
’lurch 22, 1- V it9. (BHf) .J. B. FINCH.
IUICHJM & JETOEB.
Q U!TMAN, GaORGIA,
Cl TILL Confine* t ...-rrv " - ,
O hi;, old bu-im- , ,‘;X '■■■■A
:ad is prepared to rc ‘
wmim
JEWELRY, CC.Y G -'“
WITH NEATNESS AND Dh-PATCIf.
T-%' He :i: ty be found at hi- old quarters in the
Store of Mr. J. IS. Fi: - 2. 'jA.
February 12. 1 nn
REMINGTONS’
ARMS
M Solti by Use Trade sen r Hy
0,000 Furaishnd thatJai ' ;!ieEt
i ."i-r.g ; u-i-l Vi" ! k", l’li rot
: ;; '. ' M" :!•■• • <’•
| L.
s men at fafo nnh fdidt
IX CUAXCEIIY.
OnTMAS, BROOK:; COUNTY, GEORGIA,
i zxr‘) iiicv at. the Court Italic,
i J !.:ry in, t.:’ 1
ll'-.: : ,3-iALi TH3 P 2533 2.12 BIGHTS MAINTAIN, TOAWBD B* I'~ AS A?fD OJa'UIEGD BY GAIN.
QIIITAIAN, GEO., SEPTEMHER 3. 18«0.
Ji v- ik.it'l!; yu’ ;- r:
• From the Gi.i ;;o\v, (Mo.) Jouru.d.
I AI'NEIL, TOE PAEMViIA BUTCHER.
So lunjr i:.s 00. l oAvs us Hi',', anil the
| ivu-tii is curs. .1 with tin- prescnci' nf M’
1 Neil we feel it to be cur solemn duty to
| rehearse once i very year (hy story ol
j too most atrocious and homlde oce.ur
| rei.eos in too unnnln of liarharous war
f'aro. O
I ft deed was enacted at the Fair Grounds
j 111 Palmyra Missouri, which sent a thrill
id'horror thronaliont the civilised world-
I leu brave, true anil innocent men were
| taken from their prison driven to the
i .'dee of the town, seated on thei’2 rougdi !
foul’d eoiliim and for no erime of t.hnir
j ’-v,.. v. vl. . um im no crime oi inon
I "A\ )i mordered like so many swino Mur*
j dcrod! butchered! hy the old bl doll up
■'n on at ions laee. rJohn M Neil now by
j the* giaoe (and bayonets, Toni Fletcher,
• and tin' Devil Sherd] of St. Louis county
J i\ radical in lull fellowship
Miteie was our poor handsome, gallant
| boyhood F. iend, Turn Sidmier. As pure
a soul as ever winged its flight From
blood stained sod to that God who will
.vet to all eternity damn the fiendish
butcher McNeil! Poor Torn! lie was
a model paragon oF manly grace and
beauty. So exquisitely Formed features
so j e. feet and Fair so brave and yet so
gentle that even the vile reptile Xuichel,
now editor of the Hannibal Courier, said
that in his beauty and wickedness he re
minded him of Absolein. Poor fellow!
lie was engaged to be married t » a
young lady in Monroe com ty, When he
j I aimed ho was to be shot ho send. For Irs
j wedding suit which had just hcon mao
| declaring that i! he could no! be man'!:. l
;iu it ho intended to die in it. Arrayed
in liis elegant black broadei th and hi:
white uilk vest when ha ■. united luV
coarse plank coffin in the 1 . gun llmt
was to bear him to death he 1 !: das it
lie was going' In la 'ied , slead i>: I
shot. The very guards eri ike ffi.il. |
dren when they hid him gun ' .Jhii.s j
mg his cap and bowing to the wecpiii'r
'.'■ lalien wlio lined the streels he wasdriv i
on from tlieir sight ibrever ! Half :■
haul- alter, six musket halls pierced
noble heart and his white sill; v
vest was torn and dyed in mail .u .•• id.
There was poor old Willi.; link his
head whitened with the snows cl' m iv j
than seventy winters. Herod'. 1 1 man !
With his white hair stream ng in the
wind he seated h'lnsolf on Ins rude coffin !
and (I■ and without aHlfliddcr lefusin;:; -.villi
his last breath to forgive his execution
ers and '.'earing that he would “meet
and torment them in hell through rll eter
Irity.
There was that, helpless half edict boy
from Lewis county who allowed bimueil
to he blindfolded; then hearing Fiddler
and the others ref use slipped up one cor
ner of the bandage and so. iug the others
with tin ir eyes uncovered removed the
handkerchief from his own and died as
innocent as a lamb.
'There was 11 j instead and Bixler, and
Mcl’heeters.
And there was that most wonderful
martyr of all—young Smith of Kims
county—who.died for ariotlior man. Hi ,
heart broken wife in widow’s weed.-; with j
her eight helpless little ones in deep
‘■mourning that was only less black than !
the anguish they endured or the heart, of |
him .to whom she appealed rush !
cd to the feet, el McNeil and in accents j
so pitteous that a soul of adamant must j
have moiled under it; besought him for;
the lives of her husband and father. .Sim ,
was brutally repulsed. But Stratcbnm, j
the monster of Shelly county, whom 11 1 ■ -
angel of God. l few months afterward, j
smote with Jicrodian rottenness and i
worm:;—Slratclmm, whose sh.-sh literally j
petriiicd and fell from his living skele-I
ton at New Orleans—Stiatch'iin who I
has long : eon paying iu the deepest :
blackest hottest hole in predition, the |
penalty of his forty jrly damnation dc- j
serving crime;; was Provost Marshal.—
lie saw t!u- frantic aeony of the woman;;
called her into his office ; and told her |
that lie would save her husband if she]
would give him three hum]red dollars,
and then sib mit—l; :t oh humanity sliud ;
dors sickens at the horrid pioponl.
The wr tcln 1 half craze! agon /. and wih
n 1 knowing wh ;t she did ae oded to save 1
iicr husbands life. And the next morn
i ing slu. was found lying insane and 11 •:
ffiy dead with her bi.t-e atherbi -a t,n ■
the public spring of Palmyra. Alt. r ail i
| this her husband was only released on ]
condition that another should he shut in
liis place.
Young Smith was Pelch'U. 0 tofu
ensued a contest without parallel in all
the 0,000 years of human history. ID n
phrey refused to let ary - uc it die in h
g- :.1 declared that he wo 11 fee’ lcn ■ -f
iirderor if he did. 'moth proe •
he was only’u p or orphan boy r ml
a- as ho know there was not >u!
1 cart'n to grieve ft r him ; tha’
revs had a large t v,.by, 1 ::tc ;
]1 , udent on him for daily hrea and it
I- ;b liis duty to live if he cm i. And
i : ;ith the simple country hid m soveu
vearu old the Hero v. it!i';U', ! e« r
r.; l.ii.: dl, -'k hi
lt on liis rough 1.,
- c might dwedi i-- : 1 : -
. '-.•ta connected with the mo.-. i=;,,litiai
eery of ruici' et-er ruadern ' ys. —
why go on? lue murder v* - > d.ou ■!
.0 Confedeiate Government talked of
demanding the murderer McNeil. 'I ii< •
a “memorial ’ was gotlcn up and sig;
i bv two thousand I'lissourians rccomi 1
ding the accursed old monster on account
•.,f liis Palmyra massacre to the special
favor of Abe Lincoln. And he was pro
m0*0..l to a Brigadier Generalship.
Tim given soil of the Palmyra Pair
Grounds long since drank up the life
blood of ten innocent heroic hearts. The
i melancholy elms wave their dark houghs
! lu-acei'uTy over the .xeono of the terrilde
tragedy. 'The last time wo saw the
place 1 lie plough iuid turned up a part
of t i.o historic grounds and the green
corn glittered in the sunlight whore once
the murderers musket gleamed. All Ira
cos of the fearful crime had faded from
the spot; and everythin-' wa.i quiet se
rene and beautiful as of yore. But un
til the heavens are rolled away as a
scroll aml the great Archangel sounds
the knell ol Tima the Blood Spots of Pal
myra Massacre will stand cut -deep
dark ami ineffaceable—upon the records
of Earths darkest horrors. Its frightful
memories can never, should never die!
Generation after generation should re
peat the story; mothers should tell it to
their children. And the names of Butch
cr McNeil and the signers ot his black
“memorial'’ should be inseiibed in letters
o: flame upon Lie gates of hell ad lie
< 1 uniiii'd with tlieirown.ua to everlasting
infamy hatred and execra 1 in!
[Correspondence of the Loudon Times.]
A Horrible Story.
A NTS linilT.Kll IX A IMJ.ISII CONVEX!’ TWEN
TY ONE YEARS.
The polio magistrury of Cracow late
!v 1 ceivod anonynn'iu lettu statin"-
Hi L a nun been immured 11 a neigh
borin' •' since 1818, and begging
lliatj. g k 1 be done to her. The
name .. Barbara Abryk Sli"
as 1 I. Pi. joined the cloister of
■•a re ft 1; iitelite nuns in 18-11, wliotb
, . ' r as an extra is not vel jn
d" ;.-••• •tallied and in 1818 was con
fi.i; a the e 11 where she was found
i alien where she was immured
• m oi the pr< i.'iest faubourg i of
the Bob "deal Gardens a
1 *: “' the ci: i,. ■a, frittfe did
a . that within the cloisleru a
a 1 ing enacted which if des
and by one of our senatorial romance
■we should regard us Ihe off
ey ,egos a dis a -ed fancy, but which
I);-- was afi i i-htful reality.
'flic mag,'is I racy being informed ii 'me
diately took active utepe to ascertain
tl" truth. Whether they t.r". hound to
apply to the Bishop to aid them Id- b
know. P; .! a- the Ooiieor.liiut they vv- ,'■!
Imt I think scarcely now. However,
they thought it boat to have Ids aid
which was granted while at the same
Lime he su;: tested that it might prove
a mystification. With Dr. GVbhardl the
ri'pieseiitativo of the magistracy lie
sent also a reverend prelate Dr. Spital.
On arriving at the cloister they had some
diflh'fdty iu obtaining an entrance but
tl.iu was overeou o by the presenco of the
prelate and the sanction of the Bishop
to their ad uiskiou. When tho magis
trate informed the sister who received
them that he had come hero to seek and
to upi ak ii itli the nun Barbara Arbryk,
she shrunk and replied that it was
not possible. She would then have 1
hastily retired with another sister but-1
was preyenU'd Dr. Gobhnrdt the magis-i
Irate ovd.-r-iig her in the name of the I
law ii'.i to mow. Ae ; npanied then hy
Liu min.i the eo'nmis d-meiß ascended
to the upper corridor, where between the
dining r, om ami el. a -a they were .shown
the cell , I the 1111:1 with its strongly fas
tern.,! double door. ():i entering the cell
a specif c " mi t them ucarcly to he des- ;
cribed and yet it ought to lie told for it ]
slews what fearful wrongs may be per- j
pi traP'd 1 individuals are bunded over;
to the mercies es Guncordants and to ur
arbitrary irrespunslbh.'h'uic. The cell j
was Koine seven feet in length by* six in i
breadth. The window was walled up;
and only through a narrow cnink a ray:
j. f sunlight could penetrate. There *vas;
i no tables nor eWiirs and no stove to;
] furnish heat in the inclement winter. j
i The stench oi the e.eH was hardly Sup-j
] portable. Ja, a corner lying on rotten j
driukiug stra w lay the poor crouching j
] creature, “bulb Mcuseb, Tliier, hali fi
tiurnan half a brute hult'suvuo; : half mad
: utterly naked, her liody filthy, for .she
I had not been washed for years. Her
: lean b lies t ang n lo ise, In r cheeks sun j
:. .a h t hair tlistu-volt" i and dirty a tear
I fa; 1) ig W ’t >:n oven Da ate with his a-
I mazing i”,aginative force eon hi not have |
1 portray.-d. This poor. -sic.•' itm of a wo
i In:.II fit th" sight 11' h-f visitors a: i
tiers,-If up and fo'dbig her hands aid tut
weepingsaid “t am bus fry have
,il' on me, give mo food (Fleisch) and
! will ho obedient. The magistrate im
;, . -A . ; nf !' * ihe lb-hop who to do
■dm j tie.-sh 1 .'.S strong indignation
i.'u , (~ her. bth i: .me of ID diop
Goka.ii le la . for it. He called the
i I, Less t: . the father Confessor
to hist 1 reproached them
1 the verity for their inliu -
!i eon ,s wretched abbess he
. idnct tin; nun Barbara
iim - ■ 'to I, ith" lan 1 oared
| ■a-mm r ' I she asked
i[ .0 b - 1 b ink 1 > her grave
•: abb - - 1- emed quite 1111—
.... , o'.y ■ •••ooh-siaatic.il order.
.0. ,;:;;’ 1 1 L in sparing
. , t;, in.l.il s-. ■td done a
God. The father con
ust-.-r ventured to say tlrat
,• aring of the nnn had been known
y t... Church authorities which both
i t!:e li= ".ml >’i ■ pn late indignantly
denied as an niter falsehood and tl 10 for
mer suspended both him the abbess at
once irom their offices. The nuns tried
in their turn to excuse themselves but
th as little sueolas. “Is this,” he
said, “your love ol your neighbor? Will
you roach heaven in this way you (Puri
on, nicht M oilier,) furies not women ?
:,l >il when they attempted to answer—
'be silent,’ l.c thundered out; “go out of
my sight you who have sc imlalized reli
gion. Away with you.” The poor nun
was asked why she had been immured.
She .answered, ‘I have broken tl.o voiv of
purity;’’but then added with a fearful
gesture and a wild spring, “These nuns
also are pure; they are no angels.” Then
she sprang on the. confessor crying,
'iliou beast.” Tne (oliowing day the
nun was visited by the medical authori
ties. In tlieir opinion she is rather ‘ver
iviklert, become wild and savage rather j
th in deranged and tney hold out hopes
of her recovery. As to her confession
ol misconduct it still remains to bo seen
whether this be not a delusion of the
brain. The abbess does not, seem to
have accused her of anything- tint mad
ness, if wo can indeed, count that an ac
cusation.
IL. i.1, 11. .. f * 1 «
Barbara the nnn has since been taken
to an asylum for the insane, and she
seemed a little rivived by the fresh air,
hut she trembled on entering the institu
tion ’u; liudui:; that, she was (o be under
t c care ol t 10 “Gray Sisterhood.”
b"Voi'u> mindred of the citizens at
tempted to *'i/,:' and d"-:t my the nunnery I
and expel the mitts. Military force a- j
lone prevented the accomplishment of j
Iheir purpose. They aft.irwa.id attack
ed a Jesuit institution where thee is a!
rumor that great, eriielti.' have also pre
vailed. The moral wo dra w fr 111 this
horrible story is tint monasteries and
nunneries must he thrown open to UlO
tree inspect:,m of civil power.
.Memory’:', He .rtaciis.— And as the
shadows ol the lamp flicker and play
strange freaks aci 1s , the carpet we 1
1> uid down our head .1 turn aside from j
L i merry gaums am ight smiles that i
vu eiitli!',(,ho luce of Hope to call memory |
from the corner of hoi where we too
oHeu bid her linger. She cornea up at j
our call and though stray li .. o- sun-'
shine linger hero and there her smile I
of welcome is a sa l one and speaks to ns ]
ol friends il id and hopes crushed.
We are going’ hack now ; down the j
hady valley that entombed ill ' old red
farm h >ll-0; wo are looking away back |
years and years at balls and tops and |
hoops and young lads shouting in tlieir !
sports and games. We see mother at;
tho door and the football of her compan
ion echoes up the graveled walk. Wo
follow with our eye the finger of Memo
ry and we see the cold ghost like tomb -
stones grouped together in the hillside
graveyard. We wee the tears and sighs
that Hope has never blotted out; we fol
low each step from boyhood to silver
locks. Years ago a baby voice rang
through parlor and kitchen; a baby laugh
rippled out in little waves, tho chubby
white foot paltered Over the floor; baby
'•.miles welcomed us at t! c door, and the 1
j little lingers felt in our pockets to grasp 1
i a reward. Hope told us of a lilo for
] him that should in tho gray locks of,mu
; life clie.r and, bless us. We unlock I ]
; the sacred drawer and take out the wood
.-ii horse, the ball of string, two I t,tie ]
brown marble; and a great pain tugs at, j
our heart. W a snowy cot hoar i'
little 'groan of pain and anguish see
the death.ango! stand in the door and i'
weep with u ; while ; he bids him come, j
; A little coffin, a stillnqgK in tin: house,!
la, tiny gri.v • Oh! Memory, you bring!
i up hot bi.ltor oil's) ; yon wrench down
with ruthless lined the wall which hope
! had.built lo prevent us from looking
j over th • ilo.-ert spot of life!
Hand in hand with Memory wo arc •
going down the lane that led us up from |
edii'dliood- The grass is seared and
; scorched; the flowers bloom under the j
dew ol hope to he withered hy the cruel
words of men. There are vacant chairs i
1 at the table; there are marble slabs that]
tell us of the de el atn! gone. Wo lor- j
i get the little thingi jo it as th; drops of j
; tho ocean are l-iit in the great waves;;
bi.it Hope can; 1 it laugh to scorn the great;
f grief of our tears.
“Turn backward, oli! Time.” Give us j
1 again the bounding i 'op of youth, the ;
:a it v laugh the bright spots of sunshine .
I that "clouds have sines turned into fuller [
'al pul! ! We are growing old. Wo are [
groping in the darkness that- leads us a
-1 11" the unknown shore. \Ve smile sad
]y at the beckoning.; of Hope. We wish
to be young again: wo have no heart-i
.iffie sand wrinkles of care. Wo watiffi
to see tile confined forms start into life, |
! and hour a mother's kind good night and
] feel her soft hand on our locks as she
i prays that Ho may gu lo our young feet j
: hi the right way. Wo v.’;r the kind
wolds of a father, to he the merry!
■ t;mgh of a sister to feel l! someone
sighs at our wandering andt-miles nt our
1 better deeds. Take back our gray hairs
aml our be:' 1 aim." years! (l ive in o::r
life to begin 10. Sweep away those
tokens wet v, itli i fall, and ted us that
Memory has gnH -d us wr uiglv.
Have pity, Father Tim ! You were
ti . ver young; you never ,-rowoltl; t iiure
snoon- to ai .ck your iltering stop:;,
l no c ; ' to laugh at y -ay hairs.—
■ 1 ,\o tho o' ar : unlight h green trees,
the ti aut.fiil eattli. M nave used us
1 ill, and wo must live to forgive them ;
i ; and wo have in.t always and me right, and
'.'.a must live L> ;■••; cut T'! m 11fat. v:
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shall live a score of years ten five
even one year more. Toll ns that anoth
er sun will not set on our open grave.-
Abo-! you will hot, You brush away
poor Memory, sobbing in her pity, and
you strike another hour on the bell of
the great clock to tell in the grave is so
'finch nearer our own shrouded form our
fyotsleps so much nearer the turbid wa
fers. You add another fine of care sprink
| le m ire tokens of your presence am mg
our locks, and the Weird shadows dance
in glee that our life lamp must flicker
and grow pale before the approach of
that, mysterious dawn whose light shall
close our eyes in the long stillness oftlw
narrow homo'.
TUP YALUP OP SELL-’ EXERTION.
Ihe \ aliie of self exertion uppers no
j where more decided than when we follow
; the (rack of those who became eminent
without having- the advantage ground of
instruction from which to start. There'
is scarcely anything more gratifying ter
the mind than the well written life of a
person whoso in'ellectiial struggles
through every diflhmlty arising from
want of hooks want of examples want of
patronage and who notwithstanding
those impediments continues to strug
gle till ho triumphantly emorgies into
notice. Art surrenders some of her'
choicest secrets science smiles and fame
or emolument or both place tire success
ful experiment far above common names
Not scantily are t e niches in the temple
off ame commented with lasting memo
rials of persons thus claiming their well
deserved h ipni's—persons who have been
the h ust and blessing of their day by
di it of unsubdued patience fortitude and
viva ' oils genius, lively department of
art and science is filled with them. The
stimulating examples are on every hand
from the lowest rank of life they start,
forth, i iiey break all the shackles of
ignorance. The repulsive frowns of the
crowd cannot, daunt them. Tie fears
of the timorous they do not listen to.—
Determined toexeol they do excel. Their
native energies urge them forward in
the honorable caroer till success more or
less complete crowns their glowing ef
forts-
Oi.ivk Ij'wia.v. —The Dong Branch cor
respondent oftbeNew Yurie Worldgives
' the fill jwing racy sketch of Olivo Log hi
| who is r> ijourning jit the Branch. Ho
says;
Olive is getting handsomer and nr diet
every day. She gets up every morning
al lir e o'clock an I walks four miles lie-,
lore Breakfast, all alone. After break
last she puts 0,1 a brown linen suit and
:r irs down to the beach to bathe in the
Bloomer custom She is the best swim
mu - of her sex so far; paddles, floats,,
treads \v iter, dives swims backwards,
and scares the bathing master by going
way-out where the sharks are. After
bath she puts on a blue dress an 1 i>; iya
billiards for two hours, to t i •
rneiit of the billiard marker who
he never saw the like. Then so p its
on a gorgeous silk for dinner, and alter
dinner she goes out driving—and the
way she handles the ribbons is a caution
to ( trnut. tu the evening she puts on
a satin dress, with a long train mil all
befiirbulow with red velvet an! yellow
lace, and goes to some hotel where there
is a hop, and hero she comes out even
•stronger than in bath, billiarls, or bowl
ing along- the avenue. At eleven o’clock
•she comes home puts on a suit of brown
merino, and writes worn ill’s rights lull
bedtime.
What Sham, hr Honk with Kxl’kku
nK\T.s?— I The N. O Times deplores theob
...unity into which a President falls as
soon as his term of office expires, and in
sists that it should not be so. “By all
rules of good sonso," it hold t “the ru in
who has once worn the supreme honors
of a nation ought to be allowed soms
shreds of the mantle to carry with him
into private life, and we for one .j mrual
would rejoice to sec an amendment to
the (J institution a l ml id by which our
; ex Pres duals would be entitled and oing
I after life to seals in the United Stitts
Senate as Senators at, large. The oonr
ni.in ling talents and qualities which jus
| tified their elevation to the Presiden ial
! chair ought certainly to ho preserved to
the nation, saved from the Cimmerian
: well of obscurity which now yawns dike
1 a grave at the Presidential foot.”
An Ohio purer relates uio lollowing
court same: UAt the last term oi our
! hun tof Coalman l’leas, in the ease of
; Miss vs. , mi impeaching
' witm - ; was called on an I asked the usu
al question. ‘Do you know the roputi
lion of Mr.- for truth and vefucity?”
•V\ eh,” said the witness, ‘iiis reputation
fir truth is very good, l) it his reputation
I'm veiaciiy is considerably talked about
What do you mean by veraciryf said the
criss ex.lining attorney. ‘Why, 1 mean
lie’s bad alter the wimmin?’
1 In one , iar large cities, a snort time
ago, a West..i'll editor was met by ti
I nun:! who taking him by the hand, ex -
'claimed: “1 am delighted to see volt. —
lloiv long arc you going to stay?' ‘Why
I think,’ said the editor, ‘1 snail stay
while my money lasts.’ How and . appoin
ted I am’ ; aid the friend, ‘l hoped you
were going to stay a day or two.’
II a soldier stands six leci in his boots,
. li-t'.v much w ’! I.c at in 1 In his san!vets ?.