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F. R. FI.LDES, Editor.
VOL. VII.
X'KOFESSTO \ AL.
Professional
AX H SH All. CONTINUE THE PRACTICE
> T • Os MeilicUU'.
T.dr Our new office in at the rear of the new
brick store. BRIGGS A JELKS.
March 31,1871. BWf
JAMES 11. lIL lM l lt,
JUfornni nnb Counsellor at Jab,
QUITMAN- CA.
&Xt~ Officf. IK TDK ColT.l'
March 17, IST!.
" H. F. svsABBETT,
anb CounstHor ai fate,
Quitman, Brooks Cos.. Ga,
January 4, 1671. Jtf
u "iieS'^KT,
ATTOILNEY AT LAW,
Q it man*, B s County, Gkokuia.
*TTT thh GIVE * OMPT ATTENTION toft!!
YV Civil business intrusted to l»is care.
September 6, 1671. o(»-,
” ED MAUI) it 11 A H«>E>,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
QUIT WAN, GEORGIA,
. Offiee, in the Court House, second floor
May 26, 1672. Iy
~T.I OHN IfT 1> V A S,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
COXrr.HOTIKTG AOEDTT,
Alahama Stkret, ATLANTA, GA.
P. O. Box 126’. Jan 12-
~~~e7c. wabeT™
BKOXCEK,
A XI)
Commis’on Merchant,
I
(sWavit-aL o).
ILL jrive strict attention t/j tin* I'urchfUK* i
▼ T and Sale of Beal V ;atr and Pfraonal |
l’roperf y, of every closeript, on.
: X-<x Ortln the purchase of Cotton prompt
ly attended to.
De atniber 6. 18ft. 4JMf
QUITMAN DRUG STORE.
McCALL&GROOYER,
Dealers in
Druirs, Medicines,
Paints, Oils,
VARNISHES. lhje Stiffs, SgMfe
BRUSHES, Perfume •
ry, loiid Articles, <i‘f\ 'zGxZSST-'
Notify the public that they will keep on hand
c/ rapleto and Fro&i stocks, and sell the same ut a
reaso liable profit. ;
This is JSxchiriycly c Drn# Store, nnd the en
iite-attention of the junior member of the firm
will be given to the badness.
We respectfully solicit the patronage of the
public.
Quitman, lA#b. 2, 1672. ly
DRUGS AND MEBteiNES.
DR. M. 0. WILLSON,
I'- » on hand a
IV Couiplflt: .Stock V.-SSA
of Fresh and Bure . Zy ■ qc ri> w *'*)
pHiriis -
MEDICINES mcMStik
And minv of Hie feet' (
'■
A ho. Oils, Suu|>o. Tobago .'ogam, Toilet Ar
tides, i0.,,i1l Os which will I. old on reasons,
ble terms.
Bryscriplioo? e in-loßfr oyno till'd.
'SS-Storeon Screven street, oa*t ut *• Hookers
fciiilifitig,” kiuitujan. G».
March-1, 1872. !>-Iy
W. N. BLAOK,
ss«s
QUITMAN, GEORGIA.
■fITILL make up ...mi. - -
VV Suits in the t&.rjftf?-
nio-t fashionable and lA# fC-Aej•; -
euhr.iHr.tial mania*
always nil hand, and »aV
any quantify w ill he ’swjh y
ordered for parties. ‘WhJ
from New York, without additional expense.!
T*?~ Clothing renovated and repaired with
neatness and dispatch.
work must he I’AIIj FOR on delivery.
Shop in the rear of John Tiiiman'a.Store.
March 22, 1572. 12 ly
EI2BONS, MLLISESY & ITBAW GOODS, 1872
—xt-ao—
-11 hUt Goods, Embroideries, <tc.
ARMSTRONG CATGR & GO.
Importers, Manufacturers ami Jobbers of
Bonnet, Trimming, Neck and Sash Ribbons, Vel
vet Ribbons, Neck I ins. Bonnet Aliks, Satins,
Velvets and Crapes, Flowers, Feathers,
Ornaments, Frames, *c. Straw Bon
nets and Ladies’and Cbiidren’s
Hats, triin'd and unt rim’d.
And in connecting wareroums.
White Goods, Linens, Lmbroideries,Laees, Sets
Collars, Setts, Hdk’fs, Veiling, Head Nets, to.
So'} 237 and 230 Baltimore street,
BALTIMORE, : : : MARYLAND.
These goods are man ulactured by us or
i ought tor cash directly from (he European and
A merican Manufacturers, embracing ail the lap
•at noveltie.. unequalled in variety and cheap
ness in any market.
Orders hlled with care, promptness and dis
patch. augilO
TIIE SMITHS AND THE BROWNS
‘l'll tell you what it is, wife,’said Pe
ter Smith, and he emphasized the remark
by a wise sluike if the fur, finger, ‘tilings
have got iuln a very bad way. The
farm is mortgaged to the Inst cent it is
; worth, and I owe a heap of money be
sides—more by a long shot than I know
| how to pay. What is to ho and •ne? >
! 'l’m sure I dou’t know Peter,’ replied
the bothered wife; ‘but it seems too aw
j In! bad to be turn' and out of house and
! home at oor time of life. Nov, it uur
sen John would only many Johns
Brown's daughter Sully it would help us
; out amazingly. The Browns, you see,
| are well off, and the connection would
be a perfect gold mine to os. Os course i
j they'd givo Solly the hundred acres of
land and things they said they would,’ j
‘That's a good idea, wife, and Peter:
; brightened up amazingly. ‘You always!
j were a cube woman, and the n> tiou does j
| you cr. dit. But doyou think the young
! tolks would take to it?'
| T don’t know, but it seems to mn that i
; they’ve always taken a great notion tot
each other ever since they were children
I ecu more like hi other and sister than
any tiling else.’
j ‘But suppose the Browns should object,
ius most likely they would. You know
1 we ain’t on good term, thick as the young
I folks have been.’
‘l’ll tell yon wliut, Peter, is just the
j thing lor us to do— put up John to elope
: with Sally.’
j' ‘Agreed. I'll leave it a'J to you to
manage.’
j Thus the matter was settled, and the
I scheming couple went to l ed to dream of
| a speedy release from their financial em
| ban assments.
i £h,incidents are sometimes of the most
' curious character—almost surpassing he
| lief in some instances. About tbe time
lof the above convi rsation between Mr.
! and Airs Smith, tlh-ir neighbor*, Mr. anil
‘ Mrs. Jonas Brown, held an important j
| conference,
I ‘Do you remember that, note for six .
I hundred dollars I gave fur sleek last I
spring?’ asked Jonas.
‘Yes,’ leplied his wife.
‘Well, it's coming due in about a
month, and how under the sun we’re go
ing to pay it I don’t know.’
‘Mortgage the farm.’
•We've done that until it can’t I e
mortgaged ano'lier cent. I'm clean dis
couraged; and there's Sally wanting a
piano. Where 'the money is coming
from is more than I know. We're on
the verge of bankruptcy.’
‘I wish Sully would marry John Smith
gracious knows they're together
enough In take a notion that way.’
‘Ye.-; but I don't see how that would
he p up any.’
‘You don’t, rh? Well, I do. Ain't nis
folks ric.ii? and wouldn't they sot him up I
j handsomely? Then we cmiiii stand
some chance of getting' help through
! Sally.’
‘That's a good plan,’was Jonas’con
clusion, after profound meditation, 'but
l lhe and ffiexilty is, that the Smiths are not
ion good terms with us, and vveu'd be
i like y to oppose the match.’
‘T i'll the best plan is to set the young j
folks op to an elopement.’
|gj So it chanced that the Browns and the
Smiths planm dto dispose of their chil
dren to their own pecuniary advantage.
The next nter> in each case was to mould
i tlie young ooe§ to the proper shape.
I John Smith was unhandsome, biawny,
j country fellow, with plenty of good sense;
and in-, ocean of love for Sally Bruwu,
| When hi* parents proposed bis marrying j
iinr, he informed them that lie would
[gladly do so, but he feared her parents
; would object. Tiien his father slyly
j suggested an elopement, and offered to
I aid in carrying out such an exploit.
John s-aid he would think about it.
Sally Brown w as a rustic maiden with
tunefi ‘redness of cheeks, and rejoicing iu
| tLe possession of the lasting comeliness
which is derived item a I right smile,
sweet temper, and a pair of clear earnest
eyt-s, made none the less expressive by
i the near neighborhood of a saucy little
! tetrouesse nose. Her w avy brown hair |
i had not a ripple out of place, and her
I plump little figure was encased in a wellj
i fitting dress, which was neatness itself. I
Wie n her parents spoke to her about
John, she blushed becomingly, and, after
! close questioning, admitted that sue
Would be ‘tickled lo death’Jto many him.
She further slated that tury were run- :
! ning over with love tor each other; that
i they bad loug settled the question ot ul- .
• tiaiate union, but that they feared paren. 1
HERE SHALL TIT 2 FRESSTHF, PEOPLE’S RICiHTS MAINTAIN, UN A WED BY PEAR AND UNBRIBED BY GAIN.
QUITMAN, GEO. s SEPTEMBER 0, 1872.
tal objection.
‘Now, I’ll tell you what, Rally,’ said
Mrs. Brown, ‘yon know pa and I dote on j
yon, and would do anything to make you
happy.’
‘We would do anything to make you I
happy,’echoed Mr. Brown
‘And if you were to hint to John the
idea es air elopement we wouldn’t lift our
! lingers to provenl it.’
! ‘No,’ repeated Mr.Brown, ‘we wouldn’t
1 lift ettr fingers to prevent it« ’
i In thus instructing their children the
: Smiths and Browns displayed very little
; knowledge of human nature. They
I should have known that John aid Sally
would upon the first occasion poßßfide
j unbosom themselves, for how could true
i loveis keep a secret, nnd such a secret?
I And they didn’t. At the next meeting
! each told the other nil lie or she had been
; told by parental lips, but neither could
j conceive the object of the old folks.
However, they were not overdisposed to
qnesiion the matter They weie too
glad that the consummation so devoutly
► wished seemed so near at hand to ques
tion how it had been brought about.
Conscious that their prqgenitors'were up
to some kind of trickery, they resolved
to at once avail themselves of the oppur
tilnity to elope before any change in the
aspect of aflairs should occur. Having
thus cotrcladtd, to lead their parents its
ti ay.
‘l’ve hi on 'talking to Joint, 1 said Sally,
demurely, to Mi. and Mis. Brown; ‘and
we have concluded to elope; it is all set
tled, and we’re ready just as noon as it
can be arranged.’
‘1 saw Sally last night,’said John to
Mr. and Mrs. Smith, ‘and she agreed to
elope with me; so I think the thing hud
better be hurried right along.*
One week from this time all the lire
limiiiariea had been arranged. Sally had
been supplied with a hi an new dre e
and other fixings, and John had
been given enough money to buy a suit
|<d wedding toggery. The respective
j parents were laughing in their respec
| live sleeves ut their own dinning. The
I Browns were overjoyed ut outwitting
! the Smiths, the Smiths wen: happy iTt
fading the Browns, and both chuckled I
over a speedy relief from financial em
barrassment.
The eventful night came, and John
hitched up one of his father'sTiorseH and |
drove over toward Sally’s domicile.;
When within a dozen rods of the house
lie gave a signal whistle, and Rally Caine
out. Under the peculiar circumstances
they feared no interference, and did not
deem it necessary to exercise any great j
amount of Caution. John gave Rally a i
resounding kiis, helped her inli) the;
wagon, and eway they went.
Shortly after their iiepm t uro two
scene* occurred which must here be re
cord'd.
Jonas Brown returned from the village :
store, and entered Ids hnuso in a stale < Ti
gnat, mental and bodily excitement. The
latter was caused by last walking, and '
the foi mcr—but the conversation that,
ensued will best explain,
| ‘They’re gotiel’ex'olairi.ed Mrs Brown, j
exulting!/, ‘and they'll be bitched iu an j
hour or loss.’
I ‘The ill uce they have,’cried Mr. Brown, j
| ‘I hoped to get hero time enough to stop
cm.’
‘To stop ’em?’
‘Yes, that's what I said.’
* VYhat foi?’
•Just this: Old Smith ain’t worth a
cent; can’t pay wliut ho owe*; will be
Isold out within a luoutb; it's the talk of
the whole village.
‘Goodness gracious!’ gasped Mrs.
Brown, ‘VI hat shall sve do?’
‘l’ll tell you what I'll do, Rally shan’t
marry tlie beggar: I’ll follow them to
Squire Jones,’ and got there bi lure the
ceremony.
With this he hurriedly hitched up a
horse and spun away to Squire Jones’
house, about five miles dintaut.
The other impattaut scene mentioned
was at the Smith- residence, and was
opened by the pnsipiUte entrance ol
' Mrs. with the breathless exclamation:
! Has he gone?
; •Who?' inquired Mr. Smith,
j,- ‘John.’
I ’Yes,' and Mr. Smith rubbed bia bauds
with glee. ‘He weut all ol hail an hour
, ago.’
‘Don’t stand there rubbing your hand,
screamed tne lady, ‘but harness up Die
old mate just as quick as you can, and
follow ’em. Thu Browns ain’t worth a
' dollar iu iba 'world; Ju.s. Robinson just
iold uie Bo—and a mortgage on their
firm going to be foreclosed. So Sally
! Won't get n solitary cent.’
j Smith hurried the old mare itit.) her
harness, and rattled away toward Squire
i Julies’ residence.
! John a.nl Sally had proceeded leisurely
abunl four miles, the funner driving with'
one arm, and holding S illy on Hie scut
with the other, when they heard the
sound of wheels a short distance in the
rear. Ttiey bud just passed a long bend
in the road, and looking across they saw,
revealed by the moonlight, the pursuing
Brown
‘”*hy that’s pa!' exclaimed Sally,
'Yes, and be mean's mischief, I'll bet,'
said John.
''What shall wo do?’ squealed Sally,
‘l’ll show you,’said John,
Jumping from the wagon, he removed
a long raij from the fence, and placed it
across the roadway. Then he drove on
again, af a gait that made the horses
steam like a boiler.
Brown came on at a furious rate, only j
to be emiimarily checked by the raid, i
The horse jumped'the rail, but the front
wheels of the wagon collapsed under llje j
collision. Blown was tumbled mil, and j
the frightened horse ran off with the]
wreck of the vehicle.
Just as Mr Brown was picking biuisell
from' the oitch he saw the accident repeat
ed; this time Mr. Smith being the lead
ing actor, and Mr. Smith’s mare gallop
ing away with the lour wheels,.
Brown and Smith were inveterate on
euileSj and neither would speak; but
both stai ted on at a rapid run fir the
Squire's, about a mile off, where they
arrived very inticli out of breath. They
hurst into the house like a whirlwind,
just in time to here the words:
‘I now pronounce you man and wife.’
'‘Hold on I’yelled Brown. ‘1 object I’
‘So do J,’ screamed Smith .
‘Yon are a little too late,’ remarked
the Squire. ‘Nothing but a divorce can !
fix it now.’
The parents fumed and glared nl each j
other.
‘l’m sure,' pa,’ nleaded the daughter,
‘that you and mu both said——’
‘Daughter,’ hurriedly interposed Mr.
Brown, turning very rod, but striving to
appear dignified. ’1 am not disposed to
be tyrannical; now that you are married,
I shall not refuse my blessing.’
‘And you father,’ said John, ‘we j
won'd nevi r have eloped, if you and .
mother hadn’t said
‘N‘:ver mind, my sou,’ interrupted Mr. j
Smith; 'I wil' not lie hard with you, i j
forgive you both.’’
Brown and Smith thereupon became '
reconciled, arid all rode home together in !
the elopers’ wag ut.
A IMuwel ilticf.
Among the rend nisceiiecs told of. the;
I'l anco-l’nisslan war is the account of a l
curious duel betweeir two subordinate I
officer* of the French army. ‘You in
tend to fight a duel, eh!! asked the com- ;
mandant.
‘Yes, Colonel. Words have .passed
which Can only be wiped out with blood.
We don’t want to pass for cowards,’
‘Yury v.oll, you shall fight, but it must
he in this way: Take your carbines,
pisce yourselves on A line filling the
mansion wfiove llie enemy is. You will
tnaicli upon their garrison with equal i
j slop. tViifii sufficiently near their posts i
| you will fire upon them. The FruatYan* |
; will reply. When one lul s the other
may turn upon his heels, and his retreat
1 shall be covered by one of my compa
| uics.’ a
i ‘ln this way,’concluded the comman
dant, ‘tl e blood which you both demand
will l<■ spilled with profit and gl >ry,
and lio who comes back will do so with- i
out regret, without the remorse <d hav
ing killed or wounded, with his own ;
hands, a Frenchman, at a time when
i France needs nils her defenders, and all
! Imr children. If yon bulb fall who shall :
say that you are cowards? J may also j
; add that I thus givo you an excellent
op pot tunity lor putting a couple of Gor
mai)B**ut of the W'ay, a set vice that wl i
■ prncuio for yon a good recommendation
. for reward and promotion.’
The matter was arranged as the com
mandant had dictated. At twenty paces
from the walls ol ilaluiaisun, one ol the
' adversaries was wounded, staggered aad
fell. The other ran to him, raised lorn ,
, up, and cat rii and him away .on hisshould
ew amid a regular hsilbtoi iu of falls—
both, thenceforth, entitled to the greater
honor and respect IfGGQ tue whole iegi—
mtut.
t’rescut Advantages.
One hundred yeai a ngo, wliut a man
i discovered iu the arts lie concealed.
j Workmen were put upon oath in the
name ot God, never lo reveal the process j
used by their employers. Doors were
; kept closed, nrtizans going out were
.searched, visitors were ignominionsly
excluded from admission, and false on
'orations blinded the. workmen them
selves. The mysteries of every craft
were, hedged in by quickset /dices of
cuipyr.cal pretensions and judicial tiffii -
mariou. Tliu royal manufactories of poi>
cdtiiti, for i xainpjc, were long carried on
ii.i Europe with a spite of jealous exclu
siveness. llis Majesty of SAxony wns
especially circumspect. Not content
with the nath imposed upuu bis work
people, lie would uot. abate his kinglt - ;
suspicion in favor of a brother inpiiuieb. .
Neither king nor kings' delegate might
enter the tabooed walls of Meissen.
I What is erroneously called the. [Dresden
paii'elaiti—that exquisite pottery of
’ which the win Id has never seen the like
was produced for two hundred years
by a process so secret that neitbor the
bribery of princes nor garrulity of the
operatives ever revealed it. Other dis
coveries have been less successfully
guarded, fortunately lor the world. The
manufacture of tin-ware in England
originated in a stub n Few rea
ders need tolo informed that, tin-ware
is simply iron plated with tin by being
dipped into the molten metal. In theory
it fa an easy mat ter .to cleat) the surface
of iron, dip it into a hath of the boiling
tin, and remove it, enveloped with the
silvi ry metal, to a place for cooling.
In practice, however, 1 lie process is one
of the most difficult in the aits. It wns
discovered in Holloed, and guarded from,
publicity with the utmost vigilance lor
nearly half n century. Kiigland tried
in vain to discover the secret, until j
I Juuios .Sherman, a Cornish miner; cross
j t and the (fianeel, insinuated liimscT mas- j
I ter nl the secret, and brought it home.j
Tin- sivret of manufacturing Tast-strel '
was also stealthily obtained, anil it is ;
now within the reach of.ill art Kan*.
Vniitlier stolen secret i* the inventing of
citric acid. The inventor of the process
who was a resident, of London, Eng
land- for a long time enjoyed the ino-
Mopaly of his invention. M'oto .favor
ably cji'oiiiustaiieed. than other secret
rnaiuifiieturers, his was a process that
I required no assistance, Hu employed
Irm woi kuieit. Experts came to sample
mid nxs: it. and bottle his products.
They never entered liin laboratory. The
mystic operations by which In: grew
rich were confined to liimSi If One day,
having locked the doors and blinded the
windows sure ns n. mil ol tbe safety of
| his secret, the chemist went home to
I dinner. A cbintney-Bwerp or a liny
disguis'd at sueli, wide awake in chein
-1 : Ary, v. as on the watch. Following the
I secret-!.' eper so far oil bis way toward
I Gbaring Gross an to be sure he would
j not return that day, the sooty philoso
| pher hied rapidly back to Temple Bar|
ascended ti e low building, di ripped down
the One, saw all ho watd*il, and retilio
ed, carrying with lii.n tlio mystery of
making citric ncid. The mini poly of
tin: inventor was gone. A few month*
utter, and the price ot- the art:do wns
reduced tour-filths. The poor nan wns
: beat (.-broken, and died shortly after
i ward, ignorant of llie trick by which be
| had been victimized. ll"'vviih to he pit-!
! ied as mi individual sufferer; but the!
wheel of progn as is bound to crush all |
obstacii S which threat! nto impede its
course, sacrificing tbo man to the needs ]
of the multitude. Forluiulely, invon-!
tors of the present day can work openly, i
and enrich themselves whilst they beno
! tit others.
’ IIEN’R OMNIVOROUS.
The quintessence of the omnivorous is
supposed to he imagined iu the hog, but
a hog is a l’eabody . among animals a-
I longsiile ifa hen. Hens are by nature
monopolists. W hen the subject of va
unts is mentioned tl ey are evidently
listening. Throw a handful of corn into
a tenacro lot, and every hen iu the en
closure will get a dab at it. The last
' hen on the spot may not fcocuie more
' than two kernels, but nothing in the
lien’s apt earaqce will indicate that. It
1 will step around with as.much, piecinion
stud gVatfiude as any in tins flock, and
! wear the most, pensive smile you ever
, saw. A hen will not eat anything it
sinks, but it will try tn, and there isn’t
''one on ibe face of the earth but that Cab
1 tell you tile »*stV of eVt-i-vtbi’lg ft has
TBepn within the radius of u halt mile of
ill house.
| $2.00 per Annum
NO. 36
A Mississippi Rivet- Story.
A couple of flat-boatrneri on the Mlss
| i=*«ippi river having made an extraordi
nary speculation, Concluded that while
I they were in New Orleans they Wotild
! !?o f" l ' a real first-class |ioldl diuuer at
| the St. Charles Hotel. Having eaten
their meal, they called for their bill.
The waiter in attendance mishiiderstood
them, and supposing that they wanted a
hill of lato, laid it before them, with the
I wine list uppermost.
‘\\ herv, fiilil' said Jerry, here’s a bill!
Just leek at it! Here..you add up one
side tied Djl add up the other, and we'il
see wjeft the eld tiling comes to.' So
pU t'J'led up the prices pi wines on ono
S)Je ( p! the list, and derry added them up
on the other, aud they made the sum to
taffSll!
‘VTh-ew, Bill!' said Jerry, that’s pret
ty nigh all we ve get! \\ hat are wo
goiu’ to do about it?’
1 e cm. I pay that,' said Hill,'it ’ud*
clean ns light eut. The waiter ain't
here new, let’s jump out o’ the Window
and [ til!’
‘sic, Mi-ee,’ said Jerry, Id never do
sfcfi a mean trick a3 that. Let s pay
the bill and then go down stairs and'
shoot the landlord ’
A Story Worth Repeating
Jui.ge Davis, of Illinois, is S rich man!’
The public may not know how he be
came wealthy. About thirty years ago,'
when Judge Davis was a practicing law
yer in the V\ oSt, ho was employed by a
Connecticut man to collect $800! liiivis
went to the place where the debtor lived,'
and found him to ho rich in landed pja-'
sessions, bat without a spare dollar in'
money. He finally Settled ibfiTiitl for a'
j tract of land —a fiat, fhoist and u’ndcsi-
J i able piece of land in appearance, K ing
| close by a sheen of wafer, and consist-'
! itig perhaps of eighty'acres. Davis sub
|. leniently met his OimCedtic'rtt; client In
| St. r.ouis, when the latter (who seemed
i not to have the usual Connecticut
| shrewdness) fell to aod’gavc hint a reg
ular ‘blowing op’for taking' the land
j rather than insisting oh having SBOO iu*
r till. He did not want any ol your
Western land, and lie told' Davis that'
having received it’ in payment of tbo'
debt, ho had better keep it himself and 1
pay the money otit of his own pocket!'
To this-Davis agreed. Stepping into a'
friend's office he borrowed $800! took tho’
Connecticut mail’s'receipt for the laud,’
and held it lor a rise. That land forms’
part ol (lie Milan hs of Chicago. Judgo
Davis has sold two or’ three bundl'd
thousand dollars worlli ol it, aud has
nearly a million dollars’ Worth left. It'
is a sinking example of what'the Wes
tern properly lias done for ils holder,
and ns the slory has never been printed
we tls light it. would be interesting'
i enough to publish.
— 8?
Scene nt an Auction.'
1 A writer 1 in' the Spirit of tho Times thus
i sketches a scene in an auction room
I that he witnessed a few days since. The
■ articles ofiered, he says, were damaged
l goods—-aud the women dote An them as
| they do on curly headed Imbies.'
The Ill's! article put np were a pair of
blankets for which more than a' dozen'
i Mils were immediately offered. The
puzzled auctioneer, however, caught up'
the highest, which was a dollar, iroiti' ft'
| female who seemed determined to have
! them at any price, when, ere be could*
nay 'going’ a male cried out ‘dollar fifty,’
| from the opposite side of the room.
| ‘Typodollars!' echoed the woman cl-’
bowing her way through the dense mass
of females, who were separated from the
1 males by a long counter, upon which the
i glib-longued auctioneer walked to aud
fro with his goods.
| ‘Two fifty,’ nodded the man.
‘Thank ye, sir; goiug at two fifty,*
! cried the auctioneer.
‘Three!’ screamed the woman.
‘Gin the fifty?' said the auctioneer,’
turning to Hie woman, with a half sup
pressed smile ou his small, sober visage.
A nod from the woman .
'Three fifty, I’m offered; give me four;'
! come, don’t be afraid, they are worth
1 double the money.’
1 ‘Yes, and that is all.’
‘Sold!’ cried the dealer it) bummer »!-’
1 most bursting with laughter, 'to Captsiu
1 Sin it b—not Joho—(or foof‘dollars. ’
‘Smith!’ cried the wo’fnati’,' ‘what, mu'
1 timbamlP ranfing herself on tip-toe to
1 dsitcb a glimpse o! him. ‘YVhy you good*
lor-nothing man; you’ve been bidJiug
against yotir owu wife! (j, you impu
dence! but I won't nave thorn about iLu
1 house.’