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Sheriffs Sales, per levy, of 5 lines 2.50 I “ “ exceeding 5 lines, pr. sqr... 5.00 : Sale* by Administrators, Executors and Guardians, ner square 6.00 •Citation of Administration or Guardian ship. per sqnare 5.00 Notice to Debtors and Creditors 6.00 i 'Ration for leave to ->e!l land 6 00 •Citation of Dismission of Administrator.. 10.00 “ “ Guardian 6.00 Homestead Notice 5.00 For announcing candidates for office, SIO.OO Obituary notices. Tributes of Respect,and all At tides of a personal character, charged for as advertisements. , 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,'