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F. R. FILDES, Editor.
VOL. VII.
LIVE AND LEI LIVE.
a farm ballad.
Well! Farmer Smith has lost his wheat, his sheds
and mammo h barn;
His little boy w ith one small match burnt up the
vbole concern;
I tell yon. wife, he’ll feel it sore: a man on mon
ey bent
Can’t stand up under such a load when not in
sured a cent.
I don't know as I pity him; I call it a great sin
To board the harvest of three years in spacious
baru and bin;
I can’t feel pity for a man who doubly locks his
door,
And stops his e«»s to all the cries that come up
tor the poor.
I like to see economy, I like to see men save,
</4ad lay up something for their kin when they
are in the grave!
But you and I know very well, from w bat we
both bare seen,
There is a line when ’tis crossed, a man gets to
be mean.
When wheat was sixteen shillings—a ptice Ibnt
paid us well—
Smith said, “I'll wait for twenty, I vow, before
I ”.] Mil;”
Then, when it reached the figure, he said to ine I
one noon,
4 ‘l guess I’ll hold it longer; ’twill be three dol- J
lars soon.”
lie held it. and he ran hi debt for things to wear
and eat;
When merchants dunned him he would Fay.
“waittill 1 sell my wheat!”
*Soon that old tune got fuddled, and men began
to sue,
And he began to barrow to pay account* long
due.
When Smith goes off to buy a thing, be spins
around the town,
And tries with all his might and main the price
to banter down:
When be has anything to sell ’tis priceless in his
eyes.
And he must have the highest mark—the lowest
when be buys.
•‘Live and let lire,” aro golden words; this
other motto too
“Do unto others as yon would wish that they
would do to you;”
If Smith had done us they command, be would
not have, to day.
The ashes of three harvests to load and cart
away.
Wife! if you take a berry and dry it in the sun,
’Twill shrivel up till it takes two to make the
lire of one;
So many a man in grasping lor gain, so ahrlveles
up his soul.
That it will near expand again, w hile life’s years
o’er him roll.
God blpss the farmers of our land! They are not
all like him.
Who walks around the smouldering pile now in
the twilight dim,
Living on God’s broad acres, their souls expand
and "row.
Their ears are ever open to tales of want and
woe.
God bless the men, where’er they be, in country
or in town.
Who do not think its life’s great work to crowd
tbeir neighbors down;
This world would be the bet ter, this life would
pleasnte give.
If erery man who t ils to live would let his
brother lire.
A STRANGE EXPERIENCE.
BY CHARLES DALY DOUGLAS.
In the month of July, 1849 I found
myimlf in the city *>f Paris. I had I e**n
trading about ih«* woild fort n yours,
and having made several profitable v ,y
a *e», and w- iked hard withal, I resolved
to take a rest while I could S IS' Id
out my vessel nt Havre, and repairing
to Paris, I set about seeing the fights
and amusing myself During my throe
month's stay in tt e French capital, I met
with many adventures, nr st «>f them the
result of my imperfect acquaintance w ith
the language, and u any of them ending
In a mutual explanation and a g*-od
humored langh; hut tbs one I am about
to relate, was of au entirely different
kind.
I had no acquatotanc* s in Paris to in
vite me to elegant parties or receptions,
i»nd therefore I bad no need for elegan
dress. During my travels about the
world I bad picked up and preserv'd a
great variety of costumes, and the fancy
now seized tne to wear them just as ti e
whim should dictate. And so I did.
On Monday I would g!roll out attired as
a Russian,-on Tuesday as a Turk, on
Wednesday as a Swiss, and so on.
One day I was summoned to appear
before the prefect of ponce I went,
wondering what could be wanted • f rm*
iu that quarter. When I was u* he ted
into the presence of that functionary, he
closed the door and attentively regarded
me.
‘What nation?’ he asked, in English.
‘American.*
'I supposed so. Well, Monsieur
American, pray be so good as to inform
me what object you have in going about
the streets as though you were at a fan
cy dress party, in the costumes of all
known nation*?’
•It is merc y a whim.” was my reply.
*lt suits me to do so; that is ail I cun
jjay about it.'
‘lndeed?’ lie looked at me bard for a
moment, aud then continued: I urn well
satisfied that you have no improper «»b
ject in alt this masquerading; bad it
been otherwise, my agents would have
discovered it. You have been under
their espionage constantly. 1 nave sent
for you to tell you that, though you are
perfectly at liberty to continue this style
of pioceeding if you choose to do so, yet
in the end you may find it to your ad
vantage to drop it Ttiis i* a strange
city, and the role y< u » ave adopt' and may
involve you in complications you little
dream of. I metely give you a friendly
warning. Good morning.*
This was a caution that I ought to
bare regarded ; but 1 wa* younger then
than I am now, and pretty full of the
idea of my own importance and acute
| iM-ss. If the prefect could not explain
| what danger there could h*» in my diess
| ii'g as I clw se, it was pretty clear to me
Gat there could bo no danger; so 1
smiled at the caution and went my way
as befor^
Thole was one of my costumes that
was rather a favorite with me—a showy
Spanish dress, richly braided, with a
large mantle am) sombrero to ina'eb, I
I believe I had appeared in public with
this much oftoner than with any of the
th* r Costumes, A few nights after my
interview with the prefect, I was return
ing to niy lodgings in tins diess. There
had been a great exhibition of fireworks
<n the Place Yendome, which had eon
tinned until eleven, and es 1 walked on
slowly enjoying my cigar, it was half an
h< ur later I < fore I turned into the nar- |
row street that contained my place of
abode. The street was unlighted, und j
quite dark and deserted.
Presently thro** men came rapidly
along behind me, talking and Inughii g
in a way tint at first led me to think
they had been taking too n.neh wine.
One of them quickened his pace, ov« r
t ok me, and addressed me in Spanish
I knew a little of the language, and 1
understood that ho was asking for a
light.
I held nut mv cigar, and at the instant
rnv arms were seized from behind and
pinio* « and with a slip knot, my throgt was
compressed by a pair of bony bands, and
a thick padded bond was wrapp'd cl so
ly about mv face and bead. The thing
was done so suddenly and so seerellv
that I wusontnely taken bv surprise. I
tri- and to rrv out, but found 1 enuld not
utter a sound. I was lifted off my feet;
I heard a shrill whistle, a carriage wa«
drive*- up, I was thrust into it, sorre es
m\ captors following, of ets mutf ted to
the box, and the vehicle was driven away
at a rattling pace.
I shall waste neither worth* nor spare
in describing mv emotions. I wish rm re
h to up. ak of facts and the reader may
supply t* ev* st for himself. I struggled
at fir*-t; hut an* thcr slip-no* b»* was
ro«ded tightly about my legs, and a tew
cautionary words of Spanish from one of
the men conveyed athiaal which canard
me to keep silent. The vehicle was
driven at a rapid pace, which presently
brought it to the end of the paved stieet,
and 1 knew were approaching one of the
subjtir* s. Tic j ip m y was e nt run and
f » m »e than Ili hour after his mv
ii m anions « xehaugii a word i• W and
then nan t.i and« it no. At I * »we u p
tnd; fed r Mas «>p« > ed, and I was
J;fu*d «nt aud p red a few’ I p* then
down a flight . f stabs, across a paved
ft *of and i; to a i np i■ tme » Ms bond
and In nd- wp* urn ved, aid I «a- bid
den to stand up.
T did so. The one
that I threw no mid tne was snfli<vent to
(< |1 m • that I was in one of those S* 111i
ntique chateaus fi ? * r mtnon in the en
virons of Paris. Put 1 had little time
or doi-ire; to push my inquiries as to mv
w tie tea bmi’s. Three figures clad in
masks and long black mantles surmund
cd m**, each holding a rap’er with the
point almost touching my portion.
I gave mys» If up fbr lost, and was
whispering a prayer, when the most as
tonishing phase of my adventure occur
red. The three men simultaneously ut
tered a Spanish oath, and dropping the
points of their weapons, thrust their fa
ces close to mine and peered in'o it. A
torrent of Spanish oaths succeeded the
insp' ct ion; tho hood was thrown over
n.y head again, and mv arms and legs
tied. 1 was thin carried back to the
vehicle, and actually returned to Paris
as swiftly, as sect el ly. and as laptdly as
I bad been taken out of it. My bonds
and mnfiler were or ee more removed,
and I was put down at the very spot
where \ had been kidnapped, not at alt
the worse in b- dy for my adventure, but
much hew Mered in mind. The carriage
and its conductors were instant y gone.
After a very sleepless night I repaired
to the Piefect of Police and told him rnv
story. He was much interested in it,
and asked me many questions.
•What under Heaven does it all mean?’
I at length asked.
‘O s it’s very easily understood, Mon
sieur Masquerader It would appear
that yon, in your Spanish dress, and
with your brown face and well trimmed
beard and moustache, must bear a re
markable resemblance to s- me real cas
tillian in Paris. The real Castillian has
his enemies; lie has eh»ped with some
body's wife, or shot somebody’s brother.
His’eiicrnies conspire t«» assassinate him;
how you had nearly found out in a prac
tical way last night! They nia*e * very
uuHiral under the circufi'Stanf’fcS.
and lay hold id Mnimteur Masquerading
American, instead of Monsieur Cnstil
lian. They Gud out their mistake ai the
last moment, much to tlieir chagrin, and
instead of cutting yon to pieces in the
old chateau, they hung you hack auain
to learn a little wisd in from iheadveu
lure Ah, I most lo k after thebe Span
iards— I think 1 have a Citie to them.
And now you’ll give op your saucy dress
ing, eh?’
•That I will, most gladly,’ I exclaim -
and, as the cold shivers chased each oth
er down my t ack at the recollection ol
my almost ntiracnl us escape. 1..0 pre
f ct eunit'd and bowed me cut; “od my
hist care was logo to the tailoi and 01-
1 du a cult oi Fat ieiau garmentc.
HERE SHALL THE PRESS THE PEOPLE’S RIGHTS MAINTAIN, UNAWED BY FEAR AND UNBRIBED BY GAIN*
QUITMAN, GEO., NOVEMBER 22, 1872.
THE LOUD OF ARNSTEIN,
BY E. C. STONE.
N»»t far from the terrible mountains of
the Brocken, und in the very center of
the hills of the lJariz in seen a level and
verdant strip of land seeming like un
emerald gem, set by the hand of nature
atnid the savage bights around. It is
not far from the little town of Aschersh—
hen, the inhabitants of which love to tell
the following beautiful leg and :
A party happened t-» have met here
previous to a wedding, and wen* on t»>e
P‘dnt of escorting home ttieir rich and
beautiful betrothed, lat*-on a clear moon
light night, with all the mirthful triumph
of dancing, iron cent gayety and sung.
Not 1 lie whole of the guests, however,
were destined to reach the r homes.
Two of the most beautiful maid* ns
disappeared; and, notwithstanding the
tre at active exertion&nu the prut of their
friend,** and relatives, no trace of them
Could be discovered; tbeir seats remain-*
ed that night vacant in the domestic cir
cle; within a few h« urs nil was confu
sion, no less among the parents than in
the surrounding ahnd-s.
S one domestics in the service of the
chief of An stein becoming acquainted
with the hour of ti e intended festival,
had the audacity, for the purpose of
amusing thernnclves and indulging th h
mastei s propensities, to lie concealed in
tin adpicent tt-icket
Under cover of the night, th- y suc
ceeded in s* ting upon two of the danc
ers. who, happ ning to stray from tla ir
compatuoiii-, had approached nearest to
them and they were instantly conveyed
amidst the shouts of surrounding revel
ry and rejoicing, unheard, into the neigh
boring Hiiitz M iimtaiiitt until a lit time
slum and occur to covey tin m to their ulti
mate destination in R lutdn ig.
Scarcely h*»d H e sun atreaked the h*»r
ison on t ie following m ruing, wbe** «
number of 1 tie Citizens, wnos<» anxieiy
had kept them awake, were asseudded
before their doors in order t«* adv»**e Wit 1 '
the snff' ii' g pare ts on the best
in es to be ad pi« and
Booh they earned that a aecret mes
s.-nger va ho had heeu dispatc‘»ed np »n
s rue private flair, and 1 w;»s ret tuning
<’ie day bf »k. ovei the mountains, had
heard suffice nt to prove the forcible ah
duct ion oft» e young Women, although
be bud lost the trock of the roM»* »♦**.
Tiie niaj isti »t«*, upon this, being mad"
a» quaihted wiiu ihe fa* ts, o sia -tiy so
boiled a meeting of Itn, i lativ» sos tin
*tl dueli and parti* 8, along with the tddeis
of the place
At Ion" th, aft'*r a Iniig ad s'orniy
di-C 'Ssnn, u was ag-red t<» ad ’i.l the
Hn*cg< stion of one of the olih st rn igis
tiat* s, who « xphiliicd to the council the
super"or « p ition he enterl ined i.l a ruse
de querre by wi.ic he trust and that th**
I r* »(J in <»! t e abd e «*<l parties would
be ni >f sp edi y iceoinplist*ed.
In the fiiHt place, cvcty one must re
fii*n quit fly t » his own hum , c* neeal
nig bis If (dings of indignation and re
vei go as wi |l us In* could T en, just
as if nothing exltMOidinaiy b »and occurr.id
at tie late lostival—as it the absence of
none ol the party had bp"ii n lic< and, or
that ttieir return was quietly expected,
another nuptial evening snoiild In* as
soon as p -ssible aiibonueed, with even
more t ustle and Bplendoi it-an the form
er, alf their neignb.ifs to be invit- and lo
the (lance, and information In* sent by
twenty messengers to the adjacent vil
lages around.
According y, these same things reach
ed l tie ears of the bud ol Arnstein, who,
on receiving an invitation along with his
knights and esquires, hnioly ridicul' and
the stupidity of the poor cit'Z-ns, who
thus actually threw t> c*:r daughters in
his way.
Then, with oaths, and laughter, a still
more extend' and incursion than the form r
was determim'd upon, the whole party
present declaring tiint they would, this
I'me, each and every one, s**izo on Ida
individual prey after the close of the
dance.
About twilight, on the appointed day,
the mead w was sen Covered with
groups of dancer**; yet, with ail this, tin
virgins this day trod the scene—they
wer<* safe in their parental mansions.
It was ls e stout citizens, and next to
them their eldest hoys, who were array
ed in women's attire, with newly sharp
ened weapons Concealed un<jer their
clothes, all intent upon avenging the
h nor of their duigbiers, tneir sist-rs,
or their betrothed, und forever in future
to secure it.
They began the dance with sounds ol
revelry and mirth, y< l somewhat sub
dued to tones of womanhood, wide tbeir
In ails throbbed f r vengeance, u* til the
approach of midnight, when tneir t«usiy
scouts brought word of the yet near and
ijeaier advance <«f the bird of Arnstein,
approaching soft y towaid the spot.
Now tlie dancing party se» ms to break
up—concluding witfi tim old national
figures, and singing, *nd app reutly •
diawing homeward. But behold! U»e ;
next morpent the chief of A r, ist**in burst;
into »he midst of tiiem, fallowed by bis 1
knights and pages, on horseback and on ;
loot, all eager t" j«»iu iu the pm suit, of
which they vainly Imped that ttieir form
er depredation watt only a poor specmi'-n
T <-y let him advance; and tne ctiiel
no sooner found himself iu the midst ol
tne danceis than be threw himself from
his ste* and in order to ei<j y the pleasure
and of bearing off the luteuded
bride with bis owu uands.
But what was the feeling he experi*
cueed when, at, with a thundering voice
and a laugh of j »y, lie cl aimed the bride
for himself, the bright steel flashed in Lis
eyes, and snv'te his out-stretched arm,
before fie could draw it back, quite
through and through!
SmuMing wth pain, and uttering
curses » »f revenge, he started back t<> re
gain ids steed; but ten Hhong arms were
about him; and be felt himself pinioned,
hand and foot, and neck, aa if chains of
iron girt him round.
£>ome "if the knights and pages whe
hastened with threats to his assistance,
were after a short struggle, overpower
ed and s*-cared; tm-st of them, however,
escaped, with cries of terror and so prist*,
wounded with sabiea arid witu stones.
The chief culprit, how-ver, was carried
with slum's "f triumph into the city.
There the Ii and *»f Arnst**iti was throwi.
into a sofitary du -geon, and there he
confessed on beholding tin preparation**
for his execution, the deeds he bad ;er
pctiated and further intended to accom
plish.
The young ladies were, at his own
command, imtnedi Rely delivered un
harmed to their friends iu p<>usequence
of which, aft«*r paying a heavy penalty,
and taking a memorahle outn never lo
commit any off use against the city nr
its inhabita ts he was idea ed from his
chains.
But these chains, in which he f"i
months languished, arn still preserv' and
and are now to be seen in the town house
at Ascherleben.
Goldi*« Words on ftliirriaiH*.
The Golden Age concludes an art cle
under the caption of ‘Why duq’t they
Marry?’
There is no question that our costly
style of living diminish'-s tne niinil er « f
marriages, and indirectly recruits the
ranks of the vicious and deprav' and. S
I ng as fashion demands a style ol living
W'ic.li only a milltonaii*' chi really aff.ird.
•nd a y"ting man ied couple runs* aup
p rt an expensive establishment or I»•
exclud'd fr"tn t e i-irch* in w icl» they
moved hefo**• mairiage, a bar is raised
to matrimonial engageme ts which • nly
the very c •nnigeons '»r i e very MH-oni
pulons will have the hardihood t * over
steu. The oppmtuniti h and lures to a
single life of easy indulgence and dissi
pat ion, have a constantly increasing in
ti tence over the young men of our eh «*m
w ih* a contieiiftßy increasing number
of young ladies ate educated to a lift* of
eaS*’, display and extravagance, which
niily t- w young men can possibly sup
port them in, and be honest. So otif
faHbious put a premium upon bacheloi
ism and \ tee on tin* one liaod, and untold
waste. wr(*tcbedueMS on Hie
«it er. What ; h w nited more ha • any
thing i » -nr society t day, is the cour
age on the par* of young men and wo
men to break uwav from the or s**nt j
I lira Id- rn, aud s**i an w and nol»ler sash
ion n| i> dep«-nd* nee and- conomy, A
seme r t w<» "f examples of that heroism
wh eli and fi< H the so bsh s n’im**ut and
cu-tom t e times, and dares t■ he true
to (lie nobl" i stincts of H«o heart, and
live simply and honestly in a small and
quiet way, woo'd create a reform, if not
a revolution, T'“* question canes to
every young heart, Which shall I sacri
fice, the instincts and affect ions of the
heart, «>r the shows and shams ol society?
Alas, that so many yield the former to
tho Utter! V>r love is the religion of
the young; and wh ‘ever sacrifices it for
fashion, commits a sacrilige for w.iich
nothing on faith can atone. Love i* not
a thing to be ashamed *»f o* laughed at,
Imt a sentiment to he cherished glo
tied in; and at any Hacnfice it may re
quire, is cheap so long as it adds fuel to
the precious flam" w ieh purifies ‘he
le*al l, reliii- s ami emic,hl*’B the etiaraoter,
and rn:ik'*B the manhood and w..manhood
wortii llie saving arid worth the name.
Burial with Hie Feet Eastward*
A Vermont con* j SrM»udent asks; ‘ Can
you give any inform itiog bt regard to
the oust »m of l it*yi g the dead with
their faces co th* east. h<»w far this cus
tom extends and upon what tradition or
idea it rests?”
In ir- f dj, wr c»t>y Porn Guam’mrs'
Encyclopje iia, Lippincott’s new ediiicn,
ait tele “East
The custom of venerating the east was
perpetuated by the early C • ristia.ii chinch
from various circumstances mention'd
in tire sacred record It was said that
Christ bad been p'aced in the tomb with
his feet toward tin* east, and at tLo day
of judgin' nt he shoo I I com" from the
eastward in t e heaven. Fr in t'ese
various circumstances, the building of
churches with the cnancel to the east,
bowing t«» the cunt on utter.ng the naa.e
of Jesus, and buiying with the feet to
tin* east, we«e introduced as customs in
tiie church. It is a curious instance • f
the inveterancy of popular customs, that j
in Sc 'tla and, where • very!l iug that sa- |
v.»red of ancient usage was set aside as !
popish by the reformers, the practice of,
bury jug with the f> < t to the <*ast was j
maintained in tne o and church yards, no*
is it uncommon still to set d«*wn chq*oli**H
with a scrupul 'iis regard to east and
west # In in deru ce«i ( tern s, in Eng
land ad Scotland, no attention appeals
ito be paid to the old punctilio, the na
ture ot lh*‘ ground alone being consider
ed m the disposition of graves.
j An Irish adv. itisem nt : ‘lf the gen
tleman wh » keeps a store witu a red
! head, will return the umbrella ol a young
! Udy with tiie ivory handle, he will hear
sometbiug to her advantage/
How He Toole if.
The Toledo Blade tela a story of a Nor
j them ao’dier who was made n cripple at
| Stone liver. Alter the war, in a con
versation with a comrade he said:
“Yes, I am doing pretty well, r.o!
making much but doing well. Haye,
just been to see my wife. She married
another man, you know. No? Didn’t
you know it? Yes, she married another
follow tef re I got homo Divorce? No.
She just married him and throw me over
board, you know. It made mo a little
m»d I tell you But she married a
"O *d man, and there’s the rub, y.uj see.
He’s got a farm aud a good house, and
he took rnv wife and children right in,
sir, and treated ’em like gentlemen. It
cut me a little to have the woman throw
me off, but I looked at the question from
t-er standpoint, and it’s all right. Then
l got worked np a little, and thought I
had better steal the children from their
step father. S» I went up to see them
again. Would y u behove it? They
s.iicl tiny didn’t want to live with me, it
they had to leave their mother. S» 1
slid “all right,“ and came aw;»y again.
You see my girl is smart. She knew
H«nt witli my lame leg and arm I couldn’t
support her right, and the little duck
told m« so, witli her arms around in y
ii' ck That finished me you know.
“But,” s iid his f: iend, “the woiyan is
legally your wif • ”
‘T ku >w it,” said Jim, “hut if I was
stubborn and cluune! her, you see she
woqld have to take iu washing to sup
port the family. Legality isn’t the
thing. I can’t do anything much, and I
wouldn’t la* comfortable, you know, to
have her working for me. I Couldn’t
stand that half as well as I can the way
it is now No, sir, legality don’t help
loe np»tt'*r Iw II never be Comf.n table
any way. She’d marry after I was dead,
S'» what’s toe use <J w imoering now?’
Min k Twain on ili<- I'omb of Ailam
“Tin* tomb of Adam! Lb»w touching
it wus -et" in the land of strangers, far
away from homy aud friends, and all
who cared f r me, thus to discover the
grave of a bWiod relation. True, a dis
tant one. but still a relation The uner
ring instinct of nature thrilled its recog
nit on. The fountain of my filial affec
tions was stirred to ils profoundest
depths, and 1 gave way to tumultuous
emotion# I leaned upon a pillar and
bust into tears. I deem it no shame to
nave wept over the grave of my poor
dead relative. L t him, who would i
suear at emotion, close this volume here, I
for tie will find little to his taste in my
journeying* through Ibdy Laud. No
ble old man—he did not live to see me—
he did not live to see his child. And l—
l—alas! didjnatlive to see him. Weigh
ed and iwii by sorrow and disappointment,
tie died before I was boru—six thousand
brief summers before I was born. But
l< t us tiv and bear it with fortitude. Let
us Lust that ho is better where he is.”
We are informed that a revision of
the Bible is to begin in New York at an
early day, and that the work is to be
prosecuted in earnest. Able theologians
and scholars have been engaged. One
argument ns"d in favor of revision i*
that great changes have taken place in
the language since the time of King
Jarimrt and that almost any construction
can bo put on a great many passages.
The revising committee will find that
they have a great deal to and > if they fix
np these passages *o they will hqve but
one construction. Our pe pie at large
are so diversified in sentiment and views
upon subjects pertaining to religious
faith, that it icquires the dawn of the
oiillcniuu) to bring tiiem together us one
body.
A typo, whose nose shone like a bea
con from the; copies libation of stimu
lants, having been tasked why his craft
were dissipated, made the following po— |
elical reply:
When others shunned tl? f * nuirky sky.
Where H ash on flash was brightening,
fcrr«at Frank fin went to fly his kilo
And bottle up the lightning.
And since his time when cares oppress,
And the hard times a e ti jitiiing,
The printer seeks to drawn Ins woes
In draughts of “bottled lightning.”
When badly tattered—bis warm heart
A place for grief to rankle in
lie takes the “lightning/’ flies his kite,
And thinks himself a Franklin
A Boston merchant having advertised
lor a porter, was called on tin* le xt day
by a stalwark Yankee, who said, ‘I say,
h >BB, be you the man who advertised
for a port'l ?’ sternly replied the
rnerenant, ‘and I expressly stated that
uM app ications must be sent by mail.’
‘Jes so, boss,’ responded the Yankee,
n’ if' I ain’t a mal -I’d be obleeged if
you’d tell me what I am?’ lie got the
situation.
Somebody wrote to editor of a vil- I
lag** ncwt»p«.p«»r to ask how he would
‘break ap ox?’ Tne editor replied as
follow* : ‘if only one ox, a good way
would bo to »io st ‘him, by means of a
long chain attached to to his tail to the
t«*p ol a pole forty feet from the ground,
th- n hoist him by a repe tied to his horns
to another pole. Then descend on his
I ack a five ton pile-driver, and, if that
don’t break him, let him start a country
newspaper and trust people for sub
scription. Out) of the two ways will do
it suro.’
[52.00 per Annum
NO. 47
An ignorant Irishman, seeing persona
reading with spectacles, went to buy a
pair to enable him to read. ITo triod
several pairs and told the merchant ho
C inld not read with any of them. ‘Caa
.voii read at all?’ asked the merchant.
•Nn,’was the reply; ‘if I could, do you
think I would be such a fool as to fitly
spectacles?’
A wealthy, hut miserly old man, diu*
ing in the city one day with his son, at
a restaurant, wh spared in his car;
‘Tom, yon must eat lor to-day and to
morrow.’ Oh, yes,’ retorted the half
starved lad, 'but i hain’t eaten for yes
terday and the day before yet, father.’
The most polished man in Belfast, Mo.,
just now is a dry goods merchant whose
wife undertook to bathe him all over
with balsam for the rheumatism. Alter
the job was well done she looked s.t Ul9
label and fount! it was furniture varnish,
she had been using.
Thirsty Virginians when asking you
to‘liquor,’ say—‘Specify your iuuyral
promoter.’
Savannah Houses.
mm. liiinC
No 8 Siayton Street.,
Savannah, : : Georgia.
Cotton Factor
AND
(%iumissiou
Liberal Advances made upen Cotton; Con»
signments solicited. oct2f>-Um
It. 11. ANDKIWOX. OEO W. ANDKIWO.V, Jl%
JXO. W. AXDKRHON.
JNO. W. ANDERSON’S SONS,
Cotton Factors
—A ND—
GENERAL
£ttcvduuite
Cor. Dryan and Drayton Streets,
Savannah, (in.
Liberal advances made on consignments.
October 2d, 1«72. ’ 3m
LIGHT! LIGHT! LIGHT!
WAFTHA
Xs the CHBAFE3T, SAFEST and
BE3T Burning Fluid in Existence,
I3ETEU \VA ICKPTULP, Broughton street, (op
posits the Marshall House) Savannah, Gr.,
keeps Naptha, Kprftsiue Lumps, Glass Ware,
Naptha Stoves, Tinware, Chimneys, and Lamp
Wick.
The Only Place
To get Pure Naptha!
September IS, UJ7 2, ly
E. L. NEIDLINCER,
nKAUER I.v
Saddles, Bridles & Harness,
llest Ivubbor and Leather
Belting, Saddlery Ware,
HARNESS AND SOLE LEATHER
CALF SKINS,
THUNKS, VALISES, ttc., etc.
No. 156 St. Julian and Is3 Bryan Streets,
Savannah, Ga,
oct2s 25-ts
0. W. THOMPSON. J R- WAITER.
Tiiosiipson k Walter,.
w l IQW3SA T-n
GK.OCEHS'
Fruit and Produce Dealers.
Ship Chandlers;
AND
Commission Merchants,,
1H J!ny .***<
Savannah , Ga„
October 25, 1872. -bn
J. L. VILLALONCA,,
Gotta a Factar*
FORWARDING & COMMISSION
MKR C H AMT,
No. 94 Bay street,
SAVANNAH, CEORCIA,.
October 25, 1872. I'd-Jui
D WIG UTlTllO' BERTS*.
AND
Conmiissi’n Merchant
n't Bay Street,
(*a.
October 25, U: 2. t«