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THE COUNTY FAIR.
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TO BE AWARDED AT TIIE
BROOKS COUNTY FAIR, |
TO BE HELD AT
qtjitmain, geo.,
Commencing Wednesday, Nov. 17, 1800. |
1. For the largest yield of Cotton, grown on ’
one acre of land, (amount to be certified to by I
three reliable citizens, and fair samples of the
cotton delivered on the ground,) qno Silver Pit
cher, valued at Ten Dollars.
2. For the largest yield of Corn, grown on cue
acre of land (same requirements as above,) one j
Silver Pitcher, valued at Ten Dollars.
3. For the largest yield of Sweet Potatoes,
grown on one acre, certified to bv three reliable
citizens and samples of same furnished, one set
Silver-plated Forks, valued at Five Dollars.
4. For the largest yield of Irish Potatoes, ruis- j
ed ou one acre of land, samples to be delivered
and certificates furnished, one Silver Cup, valued ;
at Five Dollars.
а. For the largest yield of Oats, raised on one j
acre of land, same conditions as above, one set j
of Spoons, valued at Five dollars.
б. For the largest yield of Rye, raised on one ,
acre of land, samples and certificates to be fur-;
nished, one Silver Cup, valued at Five dollars.
7. For the largest yield of Turnips, raised on
one acre, same conditions, one set Spoons, val- j
ued at Five dollars.
8 For the best bale of Cotton, to be deliver
ed on the ground, and sampled by the Judges j
one set of Forks, valued at Five dollars.
9. For the best Sugar, f» pounds to be deliver
ed, one set of .Spoons, valued at Five dollars.
10. For the best quality of Syrup, one gallon
to be delivered, set Spoons valued at Five doll's.:
11. For the best Cabbage, one splended gar-j
den hoe, valued at Three dollars.
12. For the finest l’eets, one splendid spade,
valued at Three dollars.
13. For the largest Colewort, one garden rake
valued at Three dollars.
14. For the best trained Buggy Horse, one sil
ver cup, valued at Five dollars.
15. For the best trained Middle llorsc, one j
silver cnp. valued at Five dollars.
16. For the fastest Trotting Horse, one silver j
pitcher, valued at Ten dollars.
17. For the finest Milch Cow, one silver pitch
er, valued at Ten dollars.
18. For the finest Yearling, one splendid knife ;
valued at Two dollars and fifty cents.
19. For the finest Bull, one silver pitcher, val
ued at Ten dollars.
20. For the largest and best Brood Sow', one
eet silver spoons, valued at Five dollars.
21. For the largest and best Male Hog, set of
siver forks, valued at Five dollars.
22: For the best.tibeep, one pair sheep shears
valued at Two dollars and fifty cents.
23: For the best Plow Stock, chissel and au
ger valued at Two dollars and fifty cents.
24: For the best Plow Sweep, Two dollars and
fifty cents in Cash.
25. For the best and neatest Coverlid, one
gold thimble, valued at Ten dollars.
26: For the prettiest Quilt, cne gold thimble
valued at Ten dollars.
27: For the neatest Counterpane, one silver
thimble, valued at Two dollars and fifty cents. ■
28: For the neatest article of Embroidery, one
gold thimble, valued at Ten dollars.
29: For the neatest pair of Socks, one silver
thimble, valned at Two dollars and fifty cents.
30. For the best Essay on general agriculture j
in Brooks county, to be rend by the author, and
decisioarendered by iheaudiance, one gold pen
valued at Five dollars.
31; Your Committee would further suggest,
that on the last day of the Fair, all the Ladies of
Brooks county be requested to exhibit their Ba
bies, and that a special committee of five, mem
bers of the Society, be appointed by the Presi-,
dent, to designate the finest %nd prettiest, who
shall be awarded a premium, of a Silver Cup.
valued at Ten dollars.
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FURNITURE HOUSE.
JOHN M. WITT,
Cabinet Maker illntlorlakiT,
QUITMAN, CA.
rTVVKES pleasure in notifying the «>**
I. citizens of Brooks and adjomingOjß22p|
Counties, that he has established
I Quitman, a regular Lbirnit liro 3lan
iilai c*toi*y, aud is prepared to put up to
order—
BUREAUX, BEDSTEADS, SECRETA
RIES, SIDEBOARDS. TABLES,
WARDROBES,
and everything needed in the Furniture line, and
1 in any style required.
An experience of many years, justifies him in
assuring the public that his work will give aalis
faction in every respect; and prices will coin*
| pare favorably with those of Savannah or elae
where, with this important advantage to the pur
chaser : every piece of Furnitt#e leaving his es
| tabiishment will be warranted.
done with neatness
; and dispatch.
UN DERTMERSISINESS.
i In connection with the Furniture business, he
is also conducting that of UNDER TAKER, and
will put up, on very short notijo, any descrip-
I tion of COFFIN - Plain or Ornamented, neatly
! trimmed, and mounted, if desired.
A general assortment of Coffins always kept
| on hand.
| Prices as moderate as possible.
WANTED,
I am in need of a large quantity of SEA"
SOWED LUMBER, »»<* as Red Bay,
I China. Cherry, Maple. Black Walnut, Ac., Ac.,
for which a liberal price will be paid.
joiitj m. WITT.
Quitman, Ga., Jan 22, 1869. 1-ts
spium, ami snniEß i.i)«os.
| J. B. FINCH,
I)KAI,KIt IX
/antit uni) Staple JUn UooK
(iIIOCKIHEW, «V <*~
Quitman, - - - Georgia.
HAS received a Complete Stock of every des
. cription of
j Spring A Summer Goods,
EMBRACING •
j Ladies’ Dress Goods, Calicoes, Domestics,
Trimmings, Notions, Hats, Caps,
Boots, Shoes, A'c., Ac.
Jl/S STOCK OF
Gr r o o eries,
Consists of General Family cnpplies, such as .
Flour, Coffee. Sugar, Pepper, Spice, Potash, i
Canned Oysters, Pickles, Ac.; Tobacco,
Snuff, Ac. A good supply of
HARDWARE,
TINWARE.
CROCKERY, SC.,
Always on hand.
Tb** patronage of the public is respectfully so- j
licted, and fair and honorable dealing guarau- j
ted.
Produce of every description re-;
ceived in exchange for goods.
March 26, 1869. (10-ts) J. B. FINCH.
\VM. »:. BAKNES,
M ATCH-MAKER & JEWELER.
QUITMAN, CEORCIA,
STILL Continues at . i
his old business,
"clocks, QLjj&l;
WATt'I I It * 1
JEWELRY c f
WITH NEATNESS ANI) DISPATCH
| mly be found at his old quarters in the
Stoic of Mr. J. B. F
February 12, 1869. 4-0 m
REMINGTONS’
F,RE ARMS.
Solil l>y tbe Trade generally
200,000 Furnished the United States Government.
Army. Navy, Belt, Police and Pocket Revolv
ers ; Repeating and Vest Pocket Pistols and
| Rifle Canes, using Metalic Cartridge. Breacli
j loading and Revolving Rifles.
, K. REMINGTON* & SON’S, I ELION, N’.Y
WM. A. LANE,
Jtttooen at anb Solicitor
IN CHANCERY.
QUITMAN, BROOKS COI’STY, GEORGIA.
(mice Hi tin- Court llousc.
January 10, lS'jcq
HERE SHALL THE PRESS THE PEOPLE'S RIGHTS MAINTAIN, UNAWED BY FEAR AND UNBRIBED BY C-! AIN.
QUITMAN, GEO., SEPTEMBER in. 1869.
MUscrUanmis.
TO THE PEOPLE OF GEORGIA.
Tbe publicity given to a case of a ma
lignant attempt at persecution, in the
! slmpe of tlie most malicious prosecution,
by the individual styled the Chief Magis
trato of Georgia, against the Treasurer,
forces that officer to icspond in a state
ment of facts, and malic some disclos
ures to the public heretofore unknown.
Before allowing my name to ho used
as a candidate for the office of State Trees j
lifer, knowing the salary was not ade -
qnatc compensation in view of the heavy j
responsibility of receiving and disburs
ing nearly two million dollars per annum j
‘giving bond in the sum of two hundred
thousand dollars, and performing labors
j of office, I consulted legal authority and
was advised that both by law and cus
j tom the'Treasurer was entitled to the i
| interests accurring upon temporary do-j
! posits. Acting under that advice I al-|
I lowed my name to go before the Gener >
al Assembly as a candidate for State
Treasurer and was duly elected. After
my election having no secure place ini
the Treasurer’s office to keep the funds
of the State, I assumed the risk of dopes
iting the same in the Georgia National
Bank, at the same time entering into an
arrangement with said Mink by which 1
was to he allowed a small per cent, on
the daily balances of the funds required
for immediate use, all the funds on hand j
at that time being of this character, and |
even having to resort to temporary loans
and my own credit and individual funds
to meet the heavy demands, the General
Assembly being in session and tlie State
greatly in arrears. As 1 assumed the
risk of depositing (events having since
transpired which proved it no small one)
1 thought 1 was entitled to tie little bene
fits accurring on tlie temporary deposits
which for the period of nearly six months
amounted to the small sum of three lion
died and thirty six dollars and ten cents
($330 10 ) By a stiict construction of
tlie law doubts having arisen whether
the T.easurer Was entitled to said inter
est, I paid tlie same into the Treasury,
previous to any knowledge that I was j
being prosecuted, althougt) leading law-j
yers and tho >est commercial and finan j
oial men of the. Legislature gave it as!
their judgment that the Treasurer was
entitled to it.
In contrast to this pitiful amount re
ceived by the Treasurer, but since paid
into the Treasury, that officer will pie
sent to the public a few instances of the
illegal uses of the State funds by tho |
Executive for his own benefit. On tlie j
21st of November, 1808, when Hie State
had sufficient funds < n hand to meet all
reasonable expenses, (having on the day
previous drawn twenty-five thousand
dollars) (5|25,000,) the Cashier of tlie
Georgia National Bank presented the
Governor's draft on the Temporary Loans
for twenty-five thousand dollars (25.000
more and voluntarily stated that Gov.
Bullock was indebted to then- bank sev- j
enteen thousand dollars ($11,000) and
tills twenty five thousand dollars was to |
cover up and make good to the Bank !
the Governor’s individual indebtedness, j
although said deposit was placed to the
credit oft, e State. The State was thus
forced to pay as per statement of Cash
ier, nearly eleven per cent, on this twon
ty five thousand dollars di awn solely as
an offset for tho time being, against the
individual deficit of the Governor.
The Governor admitted to tlie Treas
urer, that, out of the thirty-five thousand j
dollars illegally drawn from 'the Fourth (
National Bank by him, four thousand.!
dollars he retained for his own use part
as his salary though be did not fail after
the adjournment of tho General Assem
i bly to draw his warrants for toe full a
| m >unt of his salary, independent of the
j four thousand T>f tne States money used
| by him and still unpaid and unacc >un
; led for.
! The Governor has already paid as re
tainers fees in this prosecu ion, five bun
dred dollars each to two legal firms, by
Executive warrants drawn on tho Treas
ury, which is three times the amount of
interest received by tho Treasurer.
The General Assembly at its last ses
sion made an appropriation as the sala
ry of the State Attorney General as fol
lows: “Be it enacted that the sum of
two thousand dollars in currency be and
is hereby appropriated as the salary of!
the Attorney General of the State, and 1
that no other fees or emoluments be al- j
lowed him from the State and that among j
the other duties of this office shall be j
that of Attorney for tlie State Road” &c. j
In violation of this appropriation,.the j
Governor has drawn warrants in favor
of that officer for nearly three thousand !
dollars in less than nine months, and |
there is no telling to what further ex
tent these warrants would have been j
drawn had tbe Treasurer been as ready
j to pay as the Governor was willing to
1 draw. Beside the amounts paid that j
j officer as Attorney General the Govern- j
i or allows him a salary of three thousand ;
! six hundred dollars for his services as
I Attorney for the State Road.
The Governor drew a warrant for near
i ly one thousand dollars solely for lignt- j
! jug Kimball’s Opera House during the 1
! last session of tho General Assembly
j while the building during that time was
j not occupied six times after dark for
i Stale purposes; and he is now during
the summer mouths drawing his war
i rants for the same thing at the rate of
sixty dollars pc mouth, while Iho buil
ding is not occupied at night for State
official business. The public can judge
whether it is to reward his adherents or
advance his individual interest in the
building by accommodating restaurants,
billiard saloons, &c.
lie is paying under a pretence vs a
guard of Executive Mansion at Milledge
ville, one hundred and twenty dollars per
month, when responsible parties in that
city proposed to take special care of the
bulling and grounds solely for tho use
sos the grounds.
J He has multiplied offices and clcrk-
I ships unknown to the law, t , appoaran.
J ces that he may purchase influence and
| reward lime servers,
j But, three months ago, a sheet then
j calling him “the man Bullock,” but now
j his homo organ, was in the most sfraigti
| toned circumstances, unable to pay even
| its type-setters and borr wing money
i from every ono it could. This same
j sheet is now at high tide with a full flow
j ing hand The State Road can probably
I tell where the money conn s from.
I lie has exorcised the pardoning pow
or until Courts and juries have nothing
|to encoura ; e them in the prosecution of
dime. Instead of striving to allay bit
ter animosities, and promote peace and
prosperity, as tbe Chief Executive of the
great State it has been and is his effort
to stir up hatred and strife, that he may
get a firm hold ou Georgia, by which to
exercise his usurpations aud tyranny on
all who will not become his adherents
i and accomplices in mischief, which is t> e
I principal cause of the unsettled state of
public affairs in Georgia. Il it had been
the'good fortune of Georgia to have a
wise honest and just Executive the Gen
oral Government would not at this date
have cause to complain of disloyalty in
her borders.
This is the man with all his corrup
tions, squandering tho State’s funds by
thousands in his own interest in viola
tion of law with mind so perverted that
it seems to be his pleasure to shield and
reward iniquity and punish honesty and
virtue who bus tho superlative littleness
to commence a vexatious malicious pros
ecution against an official hocatise he
dares tell the truth and act honestly and
he finds plenty to join him in tho cry
‘crucify him!’ crucify him! who can get
their hands in tlie State Treasury through
Executive patronage. Thus by his reck
less extravagance and in reads upon the
Treasury docs lie fin) willing accompli
ces and forces poor Georgia to furnish
tho dagger to cut her own throat.
Amid all these villainous efforts to
crush a faithful officer who has had noth
ing to conceal and whose crime is in not
bein r a tool for corrupt purposes and
who has been told that he “could have
made one hundred thousand dollars by
running with Bullock,'’, and that ho ’was
a fool for not doing it,’ but who prefer
red honesty and an approving conscience
to dishonest gain, who has tried to stem
the tide of venality and Executive plun -
der, and save the good old “Empire
State of the S nith” from bankruptcy and
ruin, it is gratifying to know that the
great mass of the people who are beyond
the corrupting ’influence of Executive
patronage ana whose commendation is
worth having are witliftho Treasurer, nnu
send him cheering greetings of approval
arid praise. N. L Axciicr, Treasurer
Atlanta, Ga., An//- 27, 18(59.
P. S.—One fact worthy of remark that
no former Treasurer of Georgia over
credited the State with any interest on
deposits either temporary or permanent,
i although some of them held hundreds of
I thousands of and >!!ars at a time fur many
months, under tho same laws now in
force’ N. L A*.
A CAT CONVENTION.
Some oing whose life lias been render
ed a “burden too grievous to be 1) >rn<>”
on account of the usual midnight “cat
conventions’of tho seasons gives vent
to iiis pent up feeling as follows: If’a cat
doth meet a cat, upon the garden wall,
I and if a cat doth greet a oat, oh! need j
| they both to squall? Ever/ Tommy has j
I bis Tabby waiting ou tlie wall, aud yet i
she; welcomes bis approach by an un
earthly yawl. If a kit doth wish to |
court a cat upon tho wall, why don’t lie |
sweetly sit and smile and not stand up
and bawl; and lift bis precious- back up j
high, and show his teeth and moan, as if j
t’were coiic, more than love, that made j
| the “fellow groan.” Among the train
| there is a swain; his voice is known full ;
| well; hut what’s his name or where’s
j his liame,” the dnee alone can tell. He
I is sweet upon tlie other sex, his amor
! ous passions rise, he can’t resist the ton
| dor glance of their beautiful eyes; and
iso with groans aud horrid threats lie
i rends tlie evening air, and makes these
| midnight “rendezvous” impossible to
j bear.
A Negro Tourmament. -Tlie Milton (N.
jo.) Chronicle gives tiic following inter- |
jesting paragraph. It will ho gratifying j
to the world of modern tilting chivalry, j
| with “horse and lane l , and ring,” and
j various other eonflutements :
‘The negroes of Rn.-selvillo vicinity
I indulged ill a colored tournament a few
days since. A Queen Os Love and Beau
ty was crowned. She wore No 15 br-i
--! gans; tho hollow of her foot makes a
! hole in the ground and iicr under lip
! weighs two pounds ami a half, light
j weight.”
CONCERNING COSTLY FEARLS.
We al! know .1 uiius Caesar, when he
was in love with the Mother of Marcu ■
Brutus, gave her a pearl worth nearly a
quarter of a million of our money ; an !
how Mark Antony drank eno dissolved
in vinegar, which cost nearly four mil
lions, while Clodins the glutton swallow
ed one worth forty thousand. The exam
pie of Cleopatra lound an imitator even
in sober England. Sir Thomas Gresham
not otherwise famous for acts of fully,
still si mistook tlie meaning of loyally,
that e ground a pearl which cost him
4015,000, into a cup of wine in order to
thus fitly drink the health of his queen.
This plagiarist again had many rivals
in the men courtiers of Louis XIV, who,
in their insane extravagance, were wont
to pulverize their diamonds, and occa
sionally used the powder to dry tlie ink
ol their letters which they sent to their
loved ones, is diamond powder in tho
hair much worse?
The largest pearl on record is proba
bly one brought by tho most romantic of
all travel u’s and dealers in precious gems
Travcrnier of Catifa in Arabia where
a pearl fishery existed already in the
days of Pliny. It is said Tfor tli e peart
is unknown in our day) to have beeu
spear shaped ported in all respects, and
nearly three inches long. H 0 obtained
from the Bliali of Persia tlie largo sum
of £lll,OOO for the germ
Mr Hope’s pearl, which is looked up
on as the finest now known, is two inch
es long and four inches round. It weighs
1,800 grains, and like all such varieties,
is of such enormous and uncertain val
no that no nno would buy it, at a market
price The most beautiful collection of
pearls belongs to the dowager Empress
of Russia. Her husband was most ex
ceedingly fond of her, and as he shared
with other fancies, also that lor fine pearl
with her lie sought them all over the
world. They had to fulfil two condi
tions rarely to bo met with: They must
ho perfect spheres, and they must be vir
gin pea r ls—for ho would buy none that
hud been worn by others. After twenty
five years search lie at last succeeded in
presenting liis ein;>ross with a necklace
such as the world had never seen be
fore.
As this adm ration for fine pearls lias
been the common weakncse of man in
all ages and in all countries, we need
not wonder at their playing a promin -
ent part in religions writings.
The Talmud lias a pretty story teach ■
ing us that those who believe in it es
teem but ono object in nature of higher
value than pearls. When Abiahatn ap
preached Egypt tlie book toils us lie lock
ed Sara in a chest that none might bo
hold her dangerous beauty. But when
ho was come to the place of paying cus
tom, the officers said:
‘Pay custom!’
And he said—
’l will pay the custom.’
They said to him
‘Thou carriest clothes.’
And lie said
‘1 will pay for clothes.’
Then they said to lihn—
‘Thou earnest gold.’
Ana lie answered them
‘l will pay for gold.’
On this they further said:
‘Surely thou bearcat the finest silks'
, Ho replied—
‘l will pay custom for tho silks.’
Then they said
‘Surely it must lie pearls then, that
thou takest with thee.’
And lie answered only—
‘l will pay for pearls.’
Seeing that they could name nothing
of value for which the patriarch was not
willing to pay custom, they’ said:
‘lt cannot be; but thou open the box
and let us see what is within.’
So they opened the box an 1 tlie who's:
land of Egypt was illuminated by' tho
lustre of Sara’s beauty—far exceeding
even that of pearls.
Hence, pearls are repeatedly used in
iloiy writ; also, for solemn comparisons,
and to denote the high -st degree of per- j
| feet ion. lif tho old Testament w.shorn ,
|is praised as above pearls and in the j
New Testament tlie Kingdom of Heaven \
| is compared to a pearl of great price, j
which when a merchant found it lie went j
and sold all that ho had and bought it |
Even the Now Jerusalem was revealed I
to St. Joliu uudet the figure of an edi- j
lice with twelve doors each of which was i
S a single pearl.
And this precious gem, fit to adorn an j
i emperor and to heighten the beauty ol ;
the fairest of maidens —this pearl of I
great price perfect in form and beaute-j
mis in lustre—this jewel of the deep, j
sought for at the peril of human life and
j paid for witli tlie bread of tens of thou j
j sauds—it sickens and dies, and vanish j
es in a day. Every now and then wo
! hear of a noble family, which prided it-;
j self on tlie possession of magnificent an
j cestral pearls, panic stricken by fiudiug ;
some oi tlie precious gems turning of a j
j sickly coloi and crumbling into dusr. It ■
' is but a few years since the Crown Jew-j
: elor es France solemn ly applied to tin- j
Academy of Science for a rein -dy ago list.
this disease, caused, proabiy, oy Uie de
composition of the luenhraiices which
1 form part of tne pearl a,id are after ah,
liable to decay aud c irruption, like all
animal matter, by c mt.ict v/.t i a I*.
1 there was no answer given but the ad
veie to preserve me precious gems as
much as possible from the influeiiC3B oi
light and air; and tho Ciown of France
! figs since lost some- of its most highly
[53.00 per Annum
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prized jewels. 'Beholu all is vanity and
vexation of spirit.’
TUISII^BAB*/'
\ cry many good, credulous people
have photographs of the I little darling”
in their possession which by the way, lis
almost as hig as the diminutive and ven
or able supposed to be parents A New
York correspondent deploring the demo
lition of Grace Church iuc dentally treats
of how the “blessed baby” came an I
where it came from:
1 never was inside of Grace Church
but once in my life, and that was wbeu
General Tom Thumb was married to
Minnie Warren; and the spectacle on
that occasion was more like a curious
dramatic performance than a religions
solemnity. Torn winked in my face as
ho grasped my hand when the nuptial
rites were over and he never looked more
quizzical except when he showed me n
year or so afterwards the Connecticut
babe they had selected from about a doz
en others as most like him self to ex
hibit as bis own to the ‘crowned heads
of Europe.' lie laughed consnmately,
by the way as be pointed out the iul mt
in question.
‘Tom,’ said I, and I shook my head in
a significant manner.
‘Couldn’t help it,’ lie responded look
ing around to see thot there were no lis
teners.
‘Biz is biz, you know."
Here 1 banded him another cigar—for
the little wretch was very fond of smok
ing and I have seen him many a time
pick up and secrete for future use ‘tlio
old soldiers’ thrown away by visitors,
especially after all smoking had been
interdicted on his part
‘No go at home, you know,’ said Tom,
when be got a light. Couldn’t expect.
But toe things been advertised you
know, and wo have to show up.’
‘Exactly,’ I respond . 1 If ‘you must be
prepared for any emergency.’
‘Yes, and it doubles thcr price my boy
What’s m ire the funds are all my own
this time. Dad don’t take all the profits
now and give me so much to buy can
dy.’
‘Not while you have a wife, Toni/
"A wife! Yes; well we won’t talk a—
bout her uow. I say,’ and here he peep
ed about him very cautiously *ero lie
came up to whore I was seated and w’lis
pored on tiptoe into my ear: ‘D i all wo
men when they get. married get up their
precocious tempers?’
I merely laughed in reply when he
pointed to the baby.
‘Well,’ said be, what do you think of it
will it do? Is it at all like me?'
‘A very decent likeness, Tom. Where’s
its moth :r?’
‘Going out with ns as nurs
At that moment she ente.ud the room
and I left.
Riches. —The man with good, firm
health, is rich
So is the man w th a clear conscience.
So is the parent of vigorous haapy
children.
So is the editor of a good piper, with
a big subscription list
Si) is the clergyman whose coat the
little children of his parish plunk as he
passes them in their play.
So is that wife who lias the whole
heart of a good husband.
So the maiden whoso horiz m is not
bounded by the ‘‘o miing man,” but w i >
has a purpose in life whether she ever
met him or not.
So is the young man who laying his
hand on his heart, can siy “I have treat
ed every woman I ever saw as I should
i wish my sister treated by other men,”
I So is the little child who gnus to sleep
i with a kiss on its bps and for whoso
I waking a blessing waits.
A Talented young Alrican of the boot
black persuasion, observed a neighbor -
poring wisely over a newspaper, where
upon ho ad lreased him thus: ‘Julius,
what you lookin’ at dat paper fur? You
can’t rea l.” “Go away fellah,” replied
the other indignantly; “guess I can re a 1
I’s big ’nuG for dat.’, “Big’naif retorted
the other scornfully, "dat ain't niitfiu.—
a cow s big ’nail' to catch a mice, but she
can’t.”
A man on being told by a generous
farmer, that he would give hi n a barrel
! cider, asked the farmer if he would bring
i it to bis lionse. “Certainly" repb :1 t ih
I farmer ; ".with pleasure.” “Wei!" said
i the grateful man, “what will you pay
! me for the barrel when the cider is gone?’
A young lady explained to a printer
the other day, the distinction between
j printing and publishing, and, at the con
: elusion of her remarks, by way of illus'
I (ration, she said: “You may print a kiss
|ou my cheek but you must uot publish
: it.”
! ‘I always sing to please myself s lida
I gentleman who was hum ning a tuao ia
I company. ‘Then yen are not at all dilß
cu't to please’ said the lady who sat next
; to bail.
To and i the thing properly in New Y >rt-
I it , wedding, the brdo must have eight
I ii'idusmaids, ;.u 1 a hnudr -d 1 illar p > >.l:--s
: besides the one shemi ! ' n .
“Pete is you into them sweetmeats, a
gain?” “No inarm, them sweetmeats is
j into me.”