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Harmed or imtßiio.
iiy Celia Sanford.
‘Hillin' Hi,it root! I’ve torn a rout six
inches long in tl ('BO pantaloons, tnc only
-whole pair I could find this morning, (li
ter looking over my a I ole wardrobe, ex
cepting mj best Sunday pants, and
those were minus three butt ms. I dr.
believe I am the most unlucky man in
three tewna. I never can contrive to
be presentable one whole day at a lime,’
and Seth Howe glanced ruefully down at
the gaping rent.
‘I should pity you, Seth, were there
no remedy.’
■Remedy, Tayloi? What do you
mean? 1 should like to know what a
fellow is to do who lias nobody to hok
after things?’
‘That’s what’s the matter; nob dy to
look after things. And who i- to blame,
my boy, for such a state of afi’au,-? It
is a wife you need, and I know o( ball a
<1 zen pretty girls among wlani yon
might have your pick any day !
*TTon flatti r me, John Taylor. I’m
tint so certain of my chances, i!. . ,n-o
ynuv'e t een lucky enough to i; lab: sh
a* mistress of your cottage the t-woolr-t
Jittle womitii if Hie comity, you think il
is just as easy for otln e folks to do tin
same; hot such ft run of good f- rl mic
doesn’t come to every bachelor, and I
.am alraid it never will to mo.’
‘Yon know ihc adage, ‘Faint heart j
never won fair lady,'and you’ll not be
likely to get any woman for a wife nn- j
hss yon take pains to ask her. It isn’t
•cash mary now a days for women to;
make advances, though 1 think there
would be fewer ill-assoi ti and marriages
if tiny had an equal chance in the mat
tci.’
•Just hand mo that band-spike and
fasten that chain around this end of the
log ■ ’
‘Now, Seth, I shall think yen a pre
cious coward il you don’t uck some pret
1y woman to take charge of your affaire,
before long.’
‘But the home isn’t ready,’
‘And it never will lie, unless you set
about it. Besides, it is all foolishness
ter a man to think that Ic must wad.
until lie gets everything just so, before
betakes a wife, win n a woman has
twice the knack that he has himself in
fixing np things. But that is a mis
take that we are very apt to run into,
because, you see, we meu .think that we
know every thing.*
•But I don’t know just how to go;
about it—perhaps,’ and the young man
glanced mischievons’y at his companion,
‘perhaps a few suggestions might be
tiselui—or better still a few reminiscen
ces of your own successful wooing might
help the matter along.’
'Agreed; that is if you promise faith
fully to piofit by my experience.’
*l’ll do my best, that’s a fact.’
‘Just wait till this log is safety lodged
on top of the heap. Start up that mar
oxtluere. See bow be lags behind, the
lazy rascal.’
‘You will remember. Seth, that two
years ago, I was as veritable a bache
lor as yoursell, and worse than that, 1
had been for six months the sole inhab
itant of yon cottage,’ nodding signili
candy at the Rule brown cottage, fes
tooned with morning—glories, which nes
tled in a little clump u! rnaph s that had
been felt standing when me land was
cleared, ‘aDd in that time I can assure
you that I suffered ail ttie inconvenien
ces and provoking perplexities that
c old arise out of baclielordora.
‘The first thing which 1 did after!
bought tins hundred acres was to build a.
snog cottage, fix I meaiii at some future
time to bring a wile to shate n.y home
but uut till I ha t got a sulfio'ieni start in
the world to make a con,).table living
lor her. I u-.ver onue thought Low
I rnneh more pleasant it would he to have
| her by my side to assist mo in making
the home. I was not unlike a robin who
should set about bunding 5 nest before
choosing his mate.
‘Ft r a time things wont on swimming
My. 1 hired my bread baked, and bought
j rny butter, and fancied that this would
| relieve me of most of the anxieties of
j housekecp'ng, but I soon found that
j ‘n an could uot live by bread alone,’ and
\such woik as I did have cooking meat
i and vegetables! As you have never
tried it, I fear 1 cannot give you a defi
i nite idea of my troubles. The. vegeta
j hies had a fashion of boiling dry, and
j baking down to the kettle; and the pro
| yoking frying pan, if I left it fi r a mo
ment was sure to take on a welding
j heat, and the fish or roast be burned to'
cindeis.
j ‘One morning I remember having a
; nice fresh mackerel to cook, so placing
jit in the dripping pan, with a liberal
anointing of batter, which latter article
I happened at the time to he plenty, and
growing stale, I placed it in the own
and shut the door. The prospect of the
i savory repast served to sharpen my np
i petite wonderfully; aud as the potatoes
j were so long in getting to boil, I rum
; imiged around and found apiece of board
which I split and deposited the kindlings
under the kettle, and soon had the salis
! faction of hearing il dance a merry jig.
When everything was ready for break
i last I thought of my fist), and opening
Iho oven door, O horrors! such flames as
bust forth I 1 instantly closed the door
and rushed out. The first thing which I
i saw was the garden spade; this I seized, |
; and returning to the oven carefully
opened it, intending to sip the spade
J under the pan and carry the whole out
into the yard; but just as I was lifting
it the opposite door opened, and out
I went the blazing, seething mass upon
the floor on the other side. Instantly
the flames leaped to the ceiling, and, ns
I there happened to he no water at hand,
' the only thing which 1 could do was to
j endeavor to beat out the flames with
I toy spade. It was a fierce struggle, but
1 succeeded at last, and as, trembling
from I cad to feel, I wiped the perspira
tion from rny face, I could not help ex
claiming, ‘Surely 1 have mistaken rny
calling. I never was born for a house
keeper, that’s certain.’
A merry laugh hurst from Seth at
this stage of the recital, in which our
| hero joined most heartily.
But cooking was not my only trouble.
I detested washing dishes. The grease
would forever rise on the water and
cling to everything, and the dish cloth—
; what a source of vexation it was. Jt
would sm dl, in spite of fate, and such a
i smell! Why, Seth, 1 involuntarily,
I fiotn force if habit, go several rods
around whenever I see a dishcloth hung
on a bush to dry. But there is no need,
for Jennie's dishcloths never smell.
‘Bed-making was another source oi
(tr noyance. The sheets were too short
by hair a yard, and so wide as to hang
down to tie* floor on either side; and the
led itself had such a miserable habit of
Ki ttling in the middle. Well, if It had
not been tor the name of sleeping in a
bed, I might as well have slept in a
trough.
‘And the floor—there was no need
of a carnet to protect it from wearing
out, for the dirt was thick enough to an
swer i vi ry purprse.
And then my wardrobe; that was the
must try ng part of the whole matter.
Old Mis. Brown did rny washing, but
she hadn’t tbc slightest knack at keep
| ing tilings in order. There were neither
! lici'lh ln.i toes to my stockings, to say
i nothing of hare elbows, or patches ol
.sunburnt shoulders, and I believe that
1 split more than a dozen gross of but—
; loos trying to sow them on.
; ‘Well, this state of tilings could not
always last, and when 1 came in one
nomi, tiled aud hungry, and found that a
; drove of stray pigs had broken into my
I garden and rooted out ail my onions and
j potatoes; and when, after ejecting the
intruders, I went into the house and
! found that a neighbor’s cat had entered
| through a broken pane of glass, and pil
! feied my choicest viands, the climax was
! reached”. 1 then and there resolved that
I 1 would live so no longer. John Taylor
i should have a wife, to divide with him
ibis burdens. Thai was settled.
‘The first thing which I did was to .
take a retrospective view of the past j
six months, by way ot winding my!
courage up to the sticking point; the j
next was to take a protracted view of
myself in my little shaving glass. The
result rreai ly upset my resolutions. Ah,
Johny, rny boy,’ I said, ‘your real sell is
almost lost sight of in its external sur
roundings. Il will never do'to go a
courting in such a plight.’ 1 shook my
head dubiously as 1 gave one taint;
glance at my wardrobe, which hung
against the wall, aud closing the door;
behind me, I strode off to the nearest!
town as fast as my legs could carry i
me. On my way I slopped where a
thicket of elder bushes overhung the
creek, and took a most delightfully re
freshing bath.
‘Arrived in town, the first place which
I visited was a barber shop, and as i
passed a mirror on my way out, I mai
ded a significant, 'that will do,’ to my
reflection. The mxt was a gents’ fur
nishing s'ore, whence I sum emerged,
,]i > ssed from bead to foot m solt brown
tweed, witu bosom, collar and cuff-,
which rivaled the snow iu whiteness.
U, these luruishiiig =tures are a wonder-
HERE SHALL THE PRESS THE PEOPLE’S RISHTS MAINTAIN, ON AWED BY FEAR AND UNBRIBED BY C4AIN.
QUIT MIN, GEO., APRIL 12, 1872.
ful invention.
‘But now came a dilemma. Who
among all the pretty girls of Grafton
should he the future Mrs Taylor? I had
scarcely had time to think of it, but
now that I did, tho bright, winning
face of Jennie Grant seemed to have
tho chief attraction, and I resolved to
make a dash in that direction. I was
prepared'for possible defeat, notwith
standing my improved appearance. 1
think I may say with due modesty, that
my bump of self-esteem is only moder
ately developed. If Jenny should dis
card me there were plenty of others.
Someone would surely pity iqy loneli
ness. At any rate, Iwi uld sec what
perseverance would accomplish.
‘ln spite of all rny firm resolutions I
felt my knees tremble as 1 went slowly
up the walk to Mr. Grant’s door, and
my heart gave a sudden bound as I saw
Miss Jennie’s bright taco peeping fora
moment from the window, and then dis
appear. My breath came thick and fast
as I remembered that I had not a sem
blance of a speccti prepared for the oc
casion. I knocked at the door and Jen
nie opened it for me. Tie pleased and
surprised expression of her countenance
ns she glanced over me from head to
foot and her hearty, ‘Wiry, is this yon,
Mr.- Tayloi? You are getting to bo
such a stranger that 1 scarcely knew
you,’ quite reassured me.
‘As good luck would have it. Miss
Jennie wag quite alone, and as it was
already past fuur o’clock, I judged it
necessary to proceed at once to business,
so launching boldly forth into my sub
ject, 1 asked:
‘Can you guess, Miss Jennie, the er
rand on which I have called this after
noon?’
‘Why, no,’ she answered, blushing a
little, and looking slyly out from under
her long eyelashes, ‘unless it be to see
papa on business. In that case you
have only to call again—or wait; he will
ho home in an hour or two at fart Lost.’
‘My business is not with your father,
it is with your yoursell, Jennie. The
lact is, I am sick and tired of a bach
elor’s life. Everything at the cottage
is going to ruin, and 1 am afiuid that I
shall soon follow, with nobody to look
alter me. lam lonesome and discour
aged. It is no use trying to live at this
rate any longer.’
‘Here I stopp' and, wholly out of breath,
and glancing at Jennie, I raw that she
was listening attentivi ly. She smiled
quietly, and gave a little nod as a sig
nal for tno to proceed. This nerved me
to a desperate step, and drawing my !
chair closcj to hers, and taking her un j
resisting lilt e hand in both of mine, 1 \
said, 'Dear Jennie, will you consent to
be Hie good angel to take charge of me.
and smooth the tangles uut of my •life?
Will you he my little wife, Jennie?’
‘Just then tl e sound of wheels inter
rupted me, and looking out wo saw Mr.
and Mrs. Grant alighting at the gate.
1 looked imploringly at Jennie, who an
sweted, with crimsoned cheeks, T will
be your wife, J\lr, Taylor, il papa and
mamma do not object. Will you he so
good as to ask them?’
‘ 'One more question, Jennie. If your
1 parents favor my suit, may I bring the
; minister this evening?’ f asked, hurried
ly. ‘Do not make an excuse. VY s o nei
ther of ns care for style; let us have a
quiet wedding. I need you sadly at
the cottage.’ And so it was all settled,
and the next morning 1 brought my
wife homo, and she has truly ma lea
paradise of the cottage ever since.
'O, hut you should have seen her
amazed look as 1 led her over the thresh
old of the door that morning. I think j
she did not for a moment question the |
w isdorn that bad insisted on an early j
marriage and an immediate .supervision
of affairs. After a brief survey of the
apartments she took off her bonnet and
shawljand hung th"m on a nail, and
turningto me as I was standing help
! lessly by, she said :
j 'Mr John, you must give me your as
sistance for a week, while we straighten
jup things a little. Iu the first place,
j let us carry everything out of doors, and
! turn the cottage ins do out,’ and she
laughed a meriy little laugh. . j
'Not to make my story tedious to von, '
I will only say that it co.-t a week’s la- ]
! bur and a hundred dollars in money to j
put the cottage in trim to Jennie's sat
isfaction, and when once we got straight
ened up, the real poetry of file begin.
; Jennie is a treasure, and there has never
been a shadow to cast a gloom over our
house. Work as hard as ever 1 may,
and sometimes I am no tiled as hardly
1 to be able to drag myself to the house, 1
1 arn always sure of a cool, tidy place to
j rest in, and an easy chair, and it is won
derful how soon 1 get rested. The
i sight of the little round lable, neatly;
| spread with a snowy cloth, and a well-
C oked and nourishing repast, and Jen- j
| nie herself, looking as bright, and neat,
! and happy as on the day when 1 popped
! the! question, never fails to restore test
, to n y tired limbs.
‘.My wardrobe is always in perfect
order now. No bnttonless shirts and
■ shabby stockings, or coats out at the
elbows; but when I lay aside an article
it is neatly brushed and hung away in
the closet, ready for future use, and
there it no such thing as having the
blues where Jennie is, no mallei what
•uay go wrong iu business out of doors
There is an endless fund of entertain
ment about her. .She is as musical as a
Canary bud, and she finds time to keep
heroett posted uB v.’hat is going oil iu the
outside world, and she chats about it in
such an easy, familiar way, that I often
beg her to put aside tho pacer she is
reading to me, aud give mo the news in
her own words ”
‘But,’ interrupted Belli, ‘every woman
is not like Jennie. She is one among a
thousand,l should say. I should not he
likely to boas lucky as you have been ’
‘But yon must run your chance, and
really 1 think there is no danger, I
have boundless faith in woman.’
‘And not without reason,’ rejoined
Seth. 'And now, if I take your advice,
and marry within a month, will you and
Jennie bo first groomsman and brides
man!?’
‘That wo will, provided we have a
weke’s notice, in order to have time to
brush up our company manners.’
Fou'Lwceks from that day a merry
party mid gathered in tho pleasant par
lor of a pretty cottage, and as Beth
llowo led his bride to a seat by the open
window, whence the soft air, laden with
the perfume ol J uno roses, came stealing
gently in, and softly stirred the golden '
curls of the fair maden, he whispered to
his friend, ‘I have found a woman, Ilcav
en bless her, whose charms and accom
plishments render her iu every way fit
to compete with Jennie.’
‘I .congratulate you most heartily, my
boy,’ was the enthusiastic reply.
ILvcentiici ties of Congressmen—A
Gouil Tiling.
A constituency, which sends a buffoon
to Congress, deliberately and with
knowledge, does a most thoughtless,
disgusting and hurtful act. it was very
funny to sec and hear Mullens, of Ten
nessee, get out and bawl out: “Mister
Speaker, I want a pint of order just
here;’’ or to hear him speaking of an Ar
kansas member, who had been killed by
Ivu Klux, as he did speak in my hearing
about the late Mr. Hines, in tho most
sorrowful and bewailing manner: "Mr.
Speaker, he has gone down to his last
grave, wrapped tip in the peaceful solil
oquy of of his blood. ’ Il may be funny
for the boys in the gallery to see a mem
her put his big dirty boots upon his desk,
slide down in his chair until he sits on a
spot between the small of his buck and
neck, and go to sleep and snore during
the proceedings of the House, as an Illi
nois member used to do in the forty-first
Congress. Perhaps it was amusing to
the colored gallery to see a member get
to Ids feet by the strongest effort and
the help of his neighbors, so drunk that
he could not. stand, and insist upon qnur-
I idling in an incoherent manner with the
j Speaker, until his voice was drowned by
! the deafening sounds ol the mallet. This
KOK'll O'. -
| exhibition was given about a year ago
I by a l’ensylvanian, who is still a mem
ber ol the House. Pi maps tt.c sight of
three or four members, during a session,
stretched out at full length upon the so -
lus in the space back of the circle of
seats, all sweating like a hull’s n >se fu
winter, is an inspiring view from the re
porter’s gallery- Perhaps it looks well
to see a Congressman squirting tobacco
juice, in quantities, ranging' from tea
spoonful! to a quart, all over tho snow
white marble of the stairway, and be
smearing costly carpets. Jt may he one
of the proprieties of a down east Sena
tor to smoke a five cent cigar in a hun
dred thnusarid dollar room, as I have
seen Hamlin do in the unequalled and
superb mat file room ol the Senate. And
it may he the right thing to do for two
members of the present House, who p;ty
about twenty or thirty dollars a month
for boat'd in iho Washington hash hous
es, to bring 1 ulicit ol some kind at a cer
tain hour of the day, go into the room
marked "exclusively for members,” and
eat their luncheons in happiness. I may
say, however, that this room, notwith
standing its character, is the clearest,
brightest and purest room iu the Capi
tot, lint, 1 submit that it is hardly the
place to eat a greasy sandwich. The
things I have described may bo funny,
amusing and laughable to the witless
herd who go through life for no other
purpose than to find things to laugh at,
for such Congressmen as I have alluded
to are positive injury to any district.
, They have no influence here, and no ac -
I quaintaiice; they come hero with the
same narrow notions they had at home,
serve out their term, draw their pay,
their mileage and stationery, and go
heme to tin: same cramped s; here.— Cin
cinnati Commercial.
A worthy Baptist of Boston, anxious
to help a denominational school, agreed
to leave it SIOO,OOO at iiis death, if the
institution would pay him the interest at
six per cent, up to that event. The
shrewdness ol it lies in the fact that he
could get his file insured for that amount
j for $4,000 or sb,ooo, leaving him a very
! comfortable income besides. That is,
i lor an annual revenue ot say $2 000 he
would let auy college insure his file for
j SIOO,OOO.
| “Sarah, have any of those mischievous
j children been playing with the piano
wlnie 1 have been ou- ol town? Some of
the key s won’t s .mid at ail.” Saudi—
, "Please morn, I don’t nothing about it—
| lea-twise, Master Tom said there was
I something wiong with it, which lie was
sure there was a uiollsj in it. So lie got
Joe to hold up the cover, wbi e he put
j tile dog and cat into it; but instead ot
; catching ttie mouse, they look to fightin,
~nd dill make such a funny unii "in a
n.ong the wires—so maybe taum, the
mouse to iu tin re stlß, mum ’
A YOU NG MAN OF MEANS.
I arrived in New York, a few days a
go, aud immediately took rooms at the
As tor. I have always made it a rule to
have tho best of everything, even if I
am obliged to get trusted for it. I hadn’t
been at the Asior but one day when the
clerk brought me my bill.
‘ls it customary,’ said f, ‘to pay by the
day?’
‘lt is with men of your stamp,’ he re
plied.
‘What kind of a stamp do you take
me for?’ said I .
‘You look like a two cent stamp,’ tic
rep fieri very insulting. ‘You either pay
the hill or go out. Have you got any
money?’said he.
‘My estimable young friend,’ I replied,
‘you have probably heard of Ben Frank
lin, long deceased. That eminent phy
sician was at one time in the’ proverb
lino, and did a good business. lie said
among other things that time is money.
Now, 1 haven’t got any money, hut as
J regards time, 1 uin in affluent circum
stances, and if you will receipt that bill,
I will give you a check for ns much
time us you think cqnivolent, and
throw you in a couple of hours for your
trouble.’
He made no reply, hut from the fact
of the porter’s coming up immediately
after, removing my trunk to to the side
walk, and hustling me out after it, I in
ferred that 1 wasn’t considered a finan
cial success.
I immediately called a hackman, and
told him to carry me to a cheap but res
pectable hotel. ‘And the cheaper it is,’
I added ‘the more respectable I shall
consider it.’
110 drove me to the Excelsior House,
and I told him 1 was under a great ma
ny obligations to him, and if at any
time I could do him a favor, I should feel
grieved if he didn’t speak to me about it,
for my proud spirit spurns an obliga
tion.
‘lf you don’t.fork over them fifty' cents
sir,’ said he, “there’ll bo’a funeral in your
family, and it won't he your wile or
none of your ciii dren.’
'But I’m busted,’said I. “If meeting
houses were Belling two for a cent, i
couldn’t buy even the handle ot a contri
bution box.”
[ He swore at mo awfully, and said he
would have it out of my trunk, so he
hurst it open.
But the contents of that trunk are far
from valuable, fur I curry it filled with
sawdust. It looks just as respectable,
and in an emergency ot this kind is in
valuable. m
The Value of Pedigree.
Judge Thomas C .Tout s, of Delaware
| Ohio, in one of his public addresses, re- j
i ocntly gave a clever illustration of tire
value of pedigree. He called attention
to the well known fact that in breeding
like produces like, or the likeness of
some ancestor, and then he gave a re
markable instance of peculiarities lying
dormant for several generations and af
terwards, reappeared. A white woman, I
the wife of a while man, gave birth to a
child of decided African characteristics.
As her reputation for v rtuc was above
suspicion, the case was regarded
carious until investigation revealed
j the fact that some five generations pro
i iously negro blood was visible in the
j family.
"it is,” says Judge Jones, "therefore,
a well established principle in breeding
that wo cannot he confident of our übili- j
ty to transmit any and. sired quality, unions
vve are assured that such quality also j
belonged to the ancestors of tho aniqrtJ
wo select; unless, indeed ho belongs to
\a race in which such characteristics is
i confirmed. Upon this sound foundation
rests the argument in furor of a Pedigree, j
An animal may bo ever so perfect in j
j himself, and yet be utterly valuless as a j
j breeder, because he does not belong to a j
j breed iij which such excellence is known |
to have existed for many generations.
The purer and the less mixed ttie breed j
the more likely il is to be transmitted j
ntimixod to the progeny; aud, therefore, I
vve know that the parent purest in blood
will be'more represented in tiro off spring
than the one of mixed or inferior blood.”
At breakfast,, one morning, in that
quiet and comfortable old inn, the White
Swan, in York, England, a foreigner
made quick dispatch with the eggs.
Thrusting his spoon into the middle, he
drew out the yolk, devoured it and pass
j"don to the next. When he had got to
j bis seventh egg, an old farmer who had
j already been prejudiced against mon
sieur by liis mustachios, could brook the
extravagance no longer, and speaking
;up said: “Why, sir, you leai'e all the
I white! flow is,Mrs. Lockwood to afford
Ito provide breakfast ai that rate?” ‘Vy,
\ replied tho outside barbarian "you :
{ wouldn’t have me to eat do viti ? In a
j yelk is de sliickcu; do vile do bidders, i
j Am ! to make von bolster of rny belly?’ 1 1
The burner was dumbfounded.
Whiskey in the Blood.— A man died i
i the other day from habitual drunkenness |
I A post-mortem examination of his inter
nal organs showed that his blood was
largely mixed wtb a'Cahol. 'The roro- I
' ner testified that the hcuit smelled as
though il had been steeped in idcahel.
People who are iii the habit of keeping
themsi Ives saturated witii the vile com
-1 pound, under the name of bourbon, rum,
gui, iti . should take warning from
scar an example.
| $2.00 per Annum
NO. 15
IVDLU VESTIGIA KIM'KOKStJM.
These noble lines—from the Southern
Magazine for the current month— preach*
ing eloquently the sublime heroism ot
Peace, comes with peculiar grace and
effect from a member of the sex ever
lust to forget the revengeful heritage <jf
War:
the oosrEl. or tabor.
(What the South says to her Chihlren.)
I have smoothed from mV forehead its sadhsM;
’Tie over! Thank Heaven threo’for! .
Would hide now with garments o! gladness
Tilt* sackcloth and ashes of war.
Not a word of the Past! It lias perished 1 .
Gone down in Its bounty and gloom 1 ;
Vet because it so proudly was cherished,
/Shall we sigh out our years at its tonibf
But the beauty and honor undaunted',
Still steadfast and stern as can he;
By tile laurels a Jackson lias planted,
By tile hopes that wo buried with bee—
bet us wrest from the future the guerdons
That to resolute purpose belong;
bid us fling from our spirits their* burdens,'
And quit us like men and be strong'.
I bring you, compatriots, brothers',
(As largess ye dare not disdain,
bike Nature’s, that bountiful mother'ay
Savannahs as smooth as the main;
My valleys shall whiten all over
With snows never born of the cold,
And grain tike a Midas shut! cover
Every loopo that it touches wiih gold.
The clink of the Artisan’s hammer
Shall scare from the forest its glooms:
In the brake shall the waterfowl 's .clamhtl
Be drowned by the clash of the looms.
Then up fro n’t your torpor, ye sleepers!
The dreams ye are dre,nitlugdeceives;
Go forth to the fluids with the reapers,
And garner the prodigal sheaves.
With flocks gladden meadow and ntbiintaihs'
With tinkling hoards speckle each hill.
tail blend with the splash ot tin* fountain 1
The rumble and font of the mill.
Brave hearts that have wielded the sabre,'
Staunch spirits that stood by tlie'g'uu,
Take heed of the Gospelyif bailor:
The i hi dispensation is done!
Put hands to the plough or eiidhayo'r,_ ,
Plant foot in the deep furrowed (flick,-
Set liiee to tin* future, nil l never
One wavering moment look back.
For none who dosparlpgly centre
Their thoughts on the Hy-trone, and ball
The Present are fitted to ester
The on-coming kingdom of is aril
Mamutet J. Preston.
Reward of Ti isTli.
A party of soldiers were 'sitting to
gether, talking of' their advent Arcs du
ring the war, and, as is generally thb
case, some pretty hard yarns were told.
The conversation finally titined 1 on pro
motions, when a tall Teutonic broke
| forth w i lli— ‘
‘l'll tell you something about that,*
] boys. When I joined' the cavalry TANARUS,
hadn’t been long in this country, and'
j didn't understand much English. Wo
were sent up th.t Valley, and at the bat
i tie of Winchester we were ordered to'
eliargo a battery. Well, the captain'
j gave the order to ebatge, and away wo
j wont in line style. The Jollities opened'
on us with grape and canister. Many d.'
horse tumbled over, and plenty of sad
dles were emptied. That didn’t mako
any difference, we went straight ahead 1 .
Suddenly the caj tain gave the order to'
retreat. The % hole company turned and 1
went hack, except'mo. You see I' didn't
understand the order, so I kept oil and
charged right in among them; and bV
Joe, Icaptured the whole battery and 1
brought it off myself. Now, 111 tell
yoi'i how it turned out. The next day
the captain was made a' majbr, the first
lieutenant was made a captain, and— ’
‘Well, what did they do with yotif'
inquired a listener. , .
• Why,* they pWt rin'e in the guard house
because I wouldn’t tell a lie.’
-
lle Outlived Hut —Forty year* ago a.
blooming young girl of sixteen married
nn old man of sixty for bis money, ex
pecting that he would die and leave her
a wealthy young widow. Last week
the la'dy died at the respectable age of
fifty six*, leaving a' husband aged onb
hundred and four children tomburnbef
loss.
“You have lost your babv, I heat*,”
said one lady to another. “Yes, poof
little thing, it was only five months old.,
We had (our doctors',. blisPTed' its bead'
and feet, put mustard plasters all over it,'
gave it nine calomel powders, two boxes
of pills, leeched its temples, had it bled
an 1 gave it all kjnds of medicine, and'
yet after a week’s iliness, ho died übt-'
withstanding'all we did for him. "
A New Fairfield, Conn , man has'inv’en
ted a torpedo in the shape of a kernel of 1
corn, which is designed lot* the begnd
nient oferows. As soon as the offensive
biid takes iio!dofit,it explodes, and'
blow's the ton of his head’off.
While hia mother li’fes, a man has onb
friend on earth who will not desert him
when he. is needy. Her ’affections floiV
Horn a pure fountain, arid ceases only at
the ocean of eternity.
Alittle girl asked her sister what wak
! chaos, that her papa r> ad about? T*i#
Other replied, “it was a ginat ptlb of
! nothing and no place to put it in.”
BPV,They that be down with dogb,
• v l l l ariae with fl' as,'