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F. R. FILDES, Editor.
VOLUME VIII.
* Professional.
DR. K. A. JELKS,
Practicing Physic ian,
QUITMAN GA.
" Office : Brick buildiug adjoining store ot
&L ssrs. Briggs. Jelks & Cos., Screven street.
January 31. 1873. 5-tt
JAMES h; huivter~
Jttfivncn anb Couustllor at fab,
QUITMAN- CA.
X*r~ Office, in the Court IlocsK.-S-y
XUrcti 17, 1871.
\T. 11. Benxet S. T. Kixusbkrrt
lIENIVET & KINGSBERY,
ATTORNEYS AT LAW,
Ql l min. Riiooks Cointt, Georou.
February 7, 1873 6
EDWARD R HARDEN,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
QUITMAN, GEORGIA,
. V-fl- Office, In the Court House, second floor
May 26, 1872. ly
DENTISTRY.
Dr D. ITrICKS,
HAVING recently a
attended a thor- -\M£r /U/
©ugh Course of Lee
tures and graduated
at the New ©1 •• ...
D*mi> il ( - ' 'j^r
returned to Quitman, \\ VI XTjIJ
and reoj'ened his of- Ay , &
lice. S
Thankful to friends
and patrons for past favors, lie will be pleased
to serve them in future. Good work and mod
erate charges.
March 14,1873. 11-(on"
Dn J. S. N. SNOW,
DENTIST,
QUITMAN GEORGIA.
Respectfully solicits the iu ■
patronage of the Citizens of fly - * T '/f\
Brooks county, and will endeavor, '
by faithfully executing all work entrusted to
him, to merit their confidence.
Charges moderate, and work guaranteed.
up stairs, overJ. Tillman’s store.
March 21, 1873 45-ly
Miscellaneous.
" QUITMAN DBIL STORE.
McCALL&GROOVER,
Dealers in
Ilnurs, Medicines,
Paints, Oils, >lr
V. f RNRHI ES. Dy * Stuff*,
Notify ihe publh that they will keep on hand
ccmplete and fresh stocks, and sell the same at a
teasonabU pr-dit.
This is Exclusively a Drug Store, and the en
tire attention of he junior member of the tin*
will be giveu to the business
We r.-sipectfully solicit the patronage of the
public.
Qu i tman, Feb. 2, 187 3. 1 y
J>H. M. C. WILKINSON. DR. A. I>. SMITH.
URGE DRUG SIGN.
WILKINSON * SMITH,
| r EEP on hand a
IV. Complete Stock
of Fresh and Pure U
MEDICINES
Ami many of the best Us
«_J. ■
Also. White Lead. Varnishes, Faints and Oils,
Soaps, Tobacco, Septra. Toilet Articles, Ac.
All of which will be sold on reasonable terms.
Prescriptions careluily compounded.
Kerosene Oil will hereafter he eold at
Forty cents per gallon.
Quitman, Ga., Jan. 31, 1873. 5 ly
SAW & GRIST MILL,
3J Miles from Quitman.
' BOZEMAN & LEWIS.
TAKE pleasure ill notifying the public that
they have still in operation a find-class
Saw and.Grist Mill, in a fine lumber section of
Brooks county, and only 3J mi'es from Quitman,
on the Tallokas public road, and are prepared
to furnish every kind and quality of Lumber, at
short notice,, but exclusively for cash.
We will grind only on Wednesday and Sat
urday of each week, and we guarantee good
meal. •
The following are our prices for Lumber :
For General qnality of Lumber, cash on de
livery, $12.50 per 1000 leet.
When payment, is delayed exceeding 30 days,
the bills will be immediately sued without fur
ther parties.
For special bills, where all heart is required,
the price will be $15.00 per 1000 feet, Cash.
These prices will be strictly adhered to.
We solicit the patronage of the public, and
will endeavor to give satisfaction.
February 14, 1873. t-Zm
MEAL AND HOMINY.
THE UNDERSIGNED will keep.conatantly'al
the store of
MILTON C. WADE,
an extra article of
BOLTED MEAL HD HOMINY,
which will be sold verv reasonaoly for Cash.
r c. mcintosh.
Quitman. April, 24, 1873. Ml
Quitman.
Dress Goods.
THE Ladies arc particularly requested to ex
amine my stock of beantilu! Dress Goods,
Notions, etc., which are ottered cheap for cash.
18-tt NATHAN GAZAN.
D. W. PRICE,
MERCHANT TAILOR
QUITMAN, GEORGIA,
TTJTOtjLD iatom
VV the citizens of
ened a FIB ST ( 'i .\ss
Merchant
TAILORING I
ESTABLISHMENT in Quitman, and has on hand I
a fiqe lot of
Cloths and Casshneres , j
suitable for making Dress and Business suits.
He has also on hand a Select stock of
READY MADE CLOTHING.
JS£*Cuiting. Cleaning and Repairing done on
short notice. Prices moderate.
April 10. 1873. 15-1 y
Groceries 2
I>er SON in need of Family Groceries, Bacon.
Flo ir, Coffee, Sugars, Teas, etc. will do
well to call at my store before purchasing else
where.
NATHAN GAZAN.
Quitman. Ga., April 17, 1873. 1(»
CARPENTER’S WORK.
John D. Bozeman,
QUITMAN, GEORGIA,
riTAKES this method of informing the public
1 that his MILL business does not interfere
with bis business as a
HOUSE CARPENTER;
and he is fully prepared to do all work desired,
Fitvonible Terms
as possible, and to the satisfact ion of all parties
interested. He will also contract to
FURNISH LUMBER MATERIAL,
and build Dwelling Houses, Store houses, etc.,
in pursuance with specifications furnished. Give
him a trial.
May 15, 1873. 20-If
NATHAN GAZAN,
DEALER IN
DRY GOODS. GBBEIB, MB, till.
QUITMAN , GA.
Terms. Cash. It you want Bargains give me
a trial before purchasing elsewhere.
April 17. 1813. 16-ts
l otion (jin Repairs.
rpilE undersigned is prepared to repair arm
B place in good order Cotton Gins. Saws
sharpened and Brushes filled, so as to make
ihem as good as when new. Will visit any por
tion of the country, when notified that *<* vices
are needed J. R. PALMER.
Quitman, July 26 1872 20 t.f
LOOK HERE!
Good Calico at 121 Cents.
Jacob B auni,
DEALEK IN
Dry Goods, Notions, HarcL
ware, Crockery, &c»
<{ult nmn, Georgia.
rjTAKES pleasure in notifying his friends and
JL the public generally that he has received
his
SPRING AND SUMMER STOCK
FOB 1H7:1,
which will be sold on fair and honorable terms.
These goods were purchased on very favorable
terms, and I am confident can and will be sold
as cheap as any house in town.
My stock embraces almost everything kept in
a retail store in the interior—
Dry Goods,
Dress Goods,
Domestic Goods,
lieculy Made Uoildny,
Hosiery,
Notions,
Bools.
Shoes\
Hats , d r. d'c.
The Ladies are specially invited to pay me a
visit, as I have many things that will meet favor
in their eyes.
Purchasers are also specially invit
ed to give me a call, as I am determined to sell
as low as any one.
Thankful tor past favors, a continuance of cus
tom is solicited. J ACOB B ACM.
March 21, 1873. ly
Boot and Shoe Shop !
E.~REED,
A Practical and experienced lioot and Shoe
maker, has opened a shop in the town of
Quitman, and is prepared to put up work with
neatness and dispatch. Repairing done to the
satisfaction ot customers. Charges very moder
ate, but cash required on completion of work.
My shop is in the building adjoining the store
of Lovett A Bryan.
1 respectfully solicit and will endeavor to de
serve the patronage of the public.
May 6, 1873. 3m E. REED.
CHAPPELL’S
Champion’ SUPERPHOSPHATE
A FIRST CLA'S FERTILIZER. Over Four
XX Thousand Tons sold in Georgia, and not a
single ton repudiated giving universal satis
faction. and analyzing, according to State Chem
ist, higher than any brand in the market. Try
it. For sale by PAINE & HALL.
Feb. 7, 1872. 6-df Quitman, Ga.
HERE SHALL THE TRESS THE PEOPLE’S RIGHTS MAINTAIN, UNAWED BY PEAR AND UNBRIBED BY GAIN*
QUITMAN, GA:, THURSDAY, JUNE 5, 1873
Miscellaneous.
* |H|
Gif^-meiotise
The only Reliable Gift Distribution in the country
$100,000.00
In Valuable Gifts!
TO IIE MSTRIRt L ED IN'
i a and . s nwn
list SEMI ANNUAL
GIFT ENTERPRISE,
To be drawn Friday, July 4th, 1873.
One Grand Capital Prize,#lo,ooo in Gold!
One Prize. $5,000, in Silver!
Five prizes of SI,OOO, Five prizes of SSOO, and
Ten prizes of SIOO each in Greenbacks.
Two Family Carriages and Matched Horses,
with silver mounted Harness, worth sl,sooeach.
'Two Buggies, Horses, etc., worth SOOO each.
Two flue toned Rosewood I'iano, worth SSOO
each; Ten Family Sewing Machines, SIOO each !
1500 Gold and Silver Lever Hunting Watches,
worth from S2O to S3OO each. Gold Chains, Si)
ver ware, Jewelry, etc.
Whole number of G fin, 10,000. Tickets limit
ed to 50,000.
. Igenls wanted to sell tickets, to whom
Liberal Premiums will be paid.
Single Tickets $2 ; Six tickets, $lO ; Twelve
tickets, $!20; Twenty-five tickets, S4O.
Circulars containing a full list of prizes, ades
crintion ot tin* manner of drawing, and other in
formation in reference to the Distribution, will
be sent to any one ordering them, vlll letters
must be addressed to
Main Office, L. 1) SINE, Box Bfi,
101 W. Fifth St. (6-st) Cincinnati, O
Change of Schedule.
GENERAL SUPERINTENDENT’S OFFICE,)
Ati.axtw ami Gui.k Raii.iioad, J-
Savannah. May 3, 1873. )
ON AND AFTER SUNDAY, MAY Ith, Trains
on this Iload will run as follows :
NIGHT EXPRESS PASSENGER.
Leave Savannah daily at 4.30 p.m
Arrive at Live Oak. daily at 4.05 a.m
“ Quitman daily at .3.57 a.m
“ Tkomusville. 5-30 a.m
“ Bainbridge at 8.15 am
“ Albany at n.soa.m
Leave Albany daily at 4.45 p.m
“ Bainbridge daily at COO p.m
Leave Thoaiasvillo !>•»»
“ Quitman daily at 10.32 p.m
“ Live Oak, daily at 10.30 p.m
Arrive at Savannah daily at 10.00 a.m
Connect at Live Oak with trains on J.. P. and
M R. K., for and from Jacksonville, Tallahassee,
Ac.
No change of cars between Savannah and A1
bany
Close connection at Albany with trains on
Southwestern Railroad.
Close connection at Lawton for and from Flo
rida. with Western Division Passenger trains.
ACCOMMODATION TRAIN .
WksYErn Division :
Leave Lawton. [Sundays excepted] 7.00 a.m
Arrive at Quitman. [Sundays 10.42 a in
“ Tbomasville “ “ 12 45 p.m
“ Albany M 41 600 p.m
Leave Albany 11 n 7.20 am
- ThnmaHville, 41 44 3.00 p.m
“ Quitman “ 44 3.04 p.m
Arrive at Lawton. “ 44 8.30 pm
Connect at Albany with night trains on South
western Railroad, leaving Albany Monday, Tues
day. Thursday and Friday, ami arriving at Al
bany Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday and Satur
day.
Mail Steamer leaves Baint ridge every Wed
nesday at 0.00 a. in. for Apalachicola.
11. S. HAJNES,
[HMf] GenTSupt.
NEW MUSIC.
J’UHLISHED BY
J L PETERS 599 BroadwayN Y,
Mfilert, post-paid, on receipt of ranked price.
VOCAL.
Above and Relow. Scored .Song, by Jucti, $0.3«
Bank to the Old Home; song and chorus,.... 3fJ
Beautiful form of my Dreams Stewart 30
Darling weep no more; song and chorus 35
Do not weep so. fist'r darling; song 3tt
Don’t forget to write me; song and chorus,.. 35
Fold we our hands: song or duet; Boildieu 30
Gone to the Heavenly Garden; song 35
If yon were I. would you! song 30
Kiss me. darling, ere wo part 3»
Little Blind Nell; song and chorus 30
Little Dan , song and chorus 4a
Lord, forever at thy side 25
Meet roe, Bessie, in the Dell 30
Meet me, dearest, w ith a kiss 30
My boy across the sea 35
Old Give me a home in the South 40
Oh, Sam! song and chorus 35
Only for You! Jlallad 3-5
Our Little I’et; sortg and chorus 40
Papa, stay home; Temperance song 40
Save one bright Clown for rne 40
We pray you sing that song: duet 35
Wilt thou weep when lam low ? 25
INSTRUMENTAL.
Polkas.— . Sunbeam, by Kinkle, 35 cts; Belle of
Saratogo, by Victor, 35 cts.; May Flowers, by
Simon, 35 cts.
Mazurkas. —Awakening of the Birds, 50 cts;
Happy Thoughts, by IValKor, 30 cts,; Laughing
Wave, by Wilson. 50 ets.; Sunbeam, by l’aeber,
40 cts.
Gallops.— Charlie’s and Freddie’s, by Kin
kle, each 35 cts,
FHOTTI'CHES —Fatal Glance, by Young, 20
eta.: May Morning, by Schmidt, 50 rrts.; Sun
beam, by’ Hampel, 35 cts i and Willie’s, by
Kinkel, 35 cts.
Marches.—Belle of .Saratoga, by *Baumbach,
40 cts.; Mollie’s, by Kinkel, 35 cts.
Any of the above mailed, post-paid, on receipt
of price. Address
J. L. PETERS,
599 Broadway. New York.
May Ist, 1872. 'IS-lf
Sortie,tl,
T 0 BSS OURSELVES AS OTHERS
SEE US.”
BY FRANK Ot.tVP.
Bill Bakor owned a fighting dog,
A brindle, course-haired brute,
Whose chief delight was to engage
In a canine dispute;
An ill-conducted, vicious, cross.
Stub-tailed, hair-lipped, crop eaired,
And red eyed canine nuisance;
By neighboring canines leareiL
Bill’s dog cattle down the street oh tt
Diognnal dog trot,
A-looking for some othei dog,
For whom to make it hot;
When on ft scrubby looking brute,
His vision chanced to fall,
Staring from out a looking-glass
That leaned against the wall.
Bill's dog surveyed that stranger,
With sinister regard,
And doubted if he’d ever seen
A dog look quite so hard.
The more he gazed, the less respect
lie felt within him stir.
For that demoralized, cross-grained
And hang-dog looking cuL
That strange dog returned Bill's dog’s
Insulting stare in kind.
Which teiided to still more disturb
Bill’s canine’s peace of mind,
With every bristling hair along
His back, he fiercely frowned,
And curled his tail until it raised
His hind feet horn the gtound.
And shows his teeth and cocked his ears,
.And otherwise behaved
Impertinently, ns dogs do
Whoso insiinctsa*edepraved;
But all his hostile nlgrls Were met
By signs as hostile, quite,
Ana B'il’s dog felt himself compelled
To slink away or fight;
lie flew into that looking glass
With all his might and main—
Filled wit h chagrin, and broken glass.
He soon flew out again.
Reflection soon showed Bill’s dog that he
Had got into a scrimmage,
Through indignation at the sight
Os his own hideous image.
The knowledge of his aspect quite
Destroyed his self esteem;
For the hideous reality
Surpassed his wildest dream.
Lite lost, at once, all charm for blm|
So, mournfully he steered
Into a neighboring sausage shop,
And never reappeared.
The moral of this doggerel
Is obvious 1 trust ;
(For there’s a moral lesson in
Bill Baker’s dog's disgust;)
If some men knew bow they appear
To others, they would hide
Themselves within a sausage shop—
That is, they’d suicide.
frtlistcUancons.
JIM eiMY'S Giron PUT.
Old Rttmsonor was the presiding judge
of the Toddiesoke circuit, and the mean
est old reprobate that ever disgraced the
bctioh. He rarely went.tobod sober; got
up every morning wrong end foremost,
and generally begun the day by some
outrageous act of oppression. He was
the terror of the bar—all but Shad. Shar
kie, with whom it was his normal condi
tion. to be several "chips” behind at “po
ker,” which made him, on the whole rath
er civil to Shad.
One morning “Old Bum” opened
court in worse humor than usual. A. bad
“run of luck/’ and too much bad whiskey
over night, had told more than common
ly on his temper.
The first thing in order Was to impan
nol a jury of bystanders the regular ju
ry, befogged by one of Old Bum’s incom
prehensible charges, being and having
been for the last forty-eight hours,
“hung” on a question of title to a year
ling calf, sworn to positively by six wit
nesses on one side, and half a deceit on
the other.
“Call a jury, and be quick about it, Mr.
Bumpkin,” growled the jtldge. 1 held
the office of Sheriff, and my right name
is Lumpdin, but Old Bum would persist
in misscalling it.
These words were a signal for a gener
al stampede. To be cattght on one of
Old Bum’s juries was generally consider
ed about equivalent to going to jail. But
the judge ordered the doors to be closed
in time to bag a sufficent number.
“James Bleerly,” I called oilt.
Jim shook his head and tipped me a
deprecating wink, which I refused to
understand.
“Take a seat on the jury!” I vocifera
ted, with official emphasis.
“Jedge,” said Jim, stepping forward
and blandly addressing the court, “I’d
be happy to oblige ye, but the fact is, it’s
on possible.”
“What do you mean?” roared bis hon
or.
“Ye see,” explained Jim, “it’s Pop’s
washday— her name’s Polly, but I call
her Pop —and she’s sent me to town af
ter some bluin, and unless I’m back in
time —well, ye know, Jedge, how it is
yerself.”
Fierce as Old Bum was in public, it
was curreutly reported that he was tame
enough at home—in fact, that his ac
quaintance with the proverb of the ‘gray’
mare was something more than theoret
ical. At all events Jim’s appeal to the
court’s’experience had quite the oppo
site of a soothing effect,
“Take your scat on the jury!” thun
dered Old Bum; "and if I hear any more
such impertinence, I'll—lU-^”
“All right,” said Jim, submissively,
starting toward the jtiry box.
“Look’e here, Sheriff,” he whispered
in passing, just let me go and look arter
my critter, and I'll be back by the time
you’ve nabbed tother 'leten,”
Tot her 'levenwcre speedily secured;
for Old Bum would listen to no excuse
not even to that of Hans Pretrtelpresser,
who solemnly protested he could hicht
yer steaohen English.
“Is the jury full, Mr. Bumpkin?” in
quired the judge, looking up from his
newspaper.
“Yes Your Honor.” I answered un
keSitatihgly; “only Mr. Bleerly has step
pdd out to see his horse.”
“Who gave him permission ?”
1 had to acknowledge that I did.
“And who gave you permission to
give him permission ?”
To this rather complex question I
thought it best to make no answer.
“Call the juror at the door!” bellowed
the judge.
The bailiff sent to do so returned With
the report, that he had seen Jim Bleerly
leaving town at full gallop, and in pass
ing the court house he gave a sort of
military salute—hut instead of touching
his cap, he had applied his thumb to the
tip of his nose,
Old Bum turned green and pUfple. It
was some moments before he could com
mand utterance. Jvage had fairly taken
away his breath.'
“Make out an attachment for con
tempt against the fugitive!” he directed
the clerk as soon as ho could speak, his
voice quivering with passion.
“And, Mr. Bumpkin”—he laid marked
expression on the B this time —“if you
fail to have the culprit here before the
court adjourns, I’ll make an example of
yoll.”
I knew the old sinner well enottgh to
know he would keep his word, especially
when he promised to do a mean thing.
So, leaving a deputy in my place, I took
the writ as soon as the clerk had signed
it, and set out to servo it.
On reaching Jim’s shanty—it. hardly
rose to the dignity of ti cabin—l detailed
my assistants to act as pickets, and
marched boldly up and knocked (it the
door.
“Come in !” growled a gruff voice.
As I entered Jim glared at me fiercely.
He was a Strapping six-footer, all brawn
and bone, and ready any time to fight
for the love of it. If he hadn’t come to
town for “bluein’,” as ho pretended to
Old Bum, he had, at 'any rate, managed
to get gloriously “blue,” and when in that
state he was entirely reckless.
“Jim, old fellow,” I said in a concilia
tory tone, “I have got an attachment for
you, and want you to go with toe.”
“Well, I ain’t got noue for you,” he
growled stlrrily; “ahd what’s more I ain’t,
goto.”
I explained that resistance would he
useless; that I had a strong force outside;
and that. I should be constrained to take
him dead or alive. But, all to no pur
pose. Jim, obstinate enough at all
times, in his present condition was per
fectly mulish.
Seeing persuasion was in vain, I sig
nalled my assistants. At the sight of
them Jim seized a brand from the fire.
“Ye see that kag, Mr. Lumpkin,” he
said, his eyes bloodshot and his voice
husky; “well, it’s full o’ gun-powder
and by the long toe Harry, es one o’ them
onderstrappers comes acrOst my thres
hold, or es you stay a minllot longer’n
you kin git away, I’ll tech her off, so help
me!”
Jim, I knew, wtos a famous hunter,
and used to buy his ammunition by the
quantity. A keg of powder was nothing
unusual for him to have off hand. And
thetl Polly began to cry and lake Oil. in a
way that went, to prove the tiling was not
a joke. Besides, Jim Was just fool
enough to do what he threatened. My
two assistants took to their heels like
white heads, and it must be confessed, I
made a rapid advance in the same direc
tion.
At a safe distance, wo rallied and held
a council of war. We concluded to in
vest the place, and hold it ill siege for the
present.
At the end of an hour Jim appeared
at the door, waving a white rag tied to a
stick.
“Is that a sign of surrender ?” I shout
ed, from a safe distance,
“No,” hallowed Jim, “it’s a flag of
truce;” adding, “Ye han’t got no teach
ment for Pop, hev ye ?”
I answered promptly I hadn’t.
“Well, I want to pass her out,” said
Jim. -“She’s getting stericky in here;
and in case the wust comes to the wust,
I shouldn’t want to be obliged to blow
the old gal up,”
J thought the proposition was reason
able and said so.
In teit minutes the door opened and
“Pop” came out , She wore a scoop
bonnet, and kept Iter handkerchief to
her eyes, Her form seemed bowed by
grief. We respected her sorrow, and
suffered her to pass.
Hour after hour went by. I began to
grow fidgety. It xvas already 3 o’clock,
Court adjourned at 4; and unless I pro
duced Jim before that hour, Old Bum’s
word was out to make “an example out
of me.” At last I concluded to seek a
parley.
“Hallo, Jim! I want to speak to you ?”
I shouted.
No answer,
I drew nearer and shouted louder; still
no response.
An idea struck me. Jim had probably
fallen asleep after the spree, If so I
might steal a march on him, Stealthily
advancing I raised the latch, and gently
pushed open the door, Instead of Jim
drunk and asleep, the object that con
fronted me was Pop, wide awake and duly
sober,
“Wher’s Jim?" I exclaimed.
“Gone this two hours,” replied Pop,
punching the fire.
“For goodness sake, lie careful, Mad
am,” I expostulated, “about stir tog up '
the sparks so close to that keg! ’
“Land sake, man!” cried Pop, “it’s
got nothin’ in it bnt, beans.”
As the enormity of the sell flashed up
on me, I beat, if anything, a moro hasty
retreat than I did when Jim threatened
to blow up his household goods and me
along with them.
“Where’s the prisoner?” roared Old
Rum as I entered the court house alone;
I tried to break it gently; but it was
no use. The conclusions of my state
ments was lost in shouts of laughter.
Old Rum's eyes rolled wildly. His face
went through the whole gamut of colors.
What ho would have done Heaven only
knows, or ever can know. An appo
plexy, which the old whiskey biber has
been honestly earning for some twenty
years struck him like lightning, and he
rolled over dead.
At his funeral few sights were heard,
tuTd few tears shed. No words spoken
in commemoration of the virtues of the
departed. The officiating clergyman ex
pressed a faint hope, but he didn’t seem
very sanguine. All seemed to have “come
•lo bury Rumsoner, not to pfaise biin,”-
New York Ledqer.
The Noble Red Man.
HEROISM OF AN INSULTED BANNACK.
Tbe nearest approach to the heroic
coloring given to Indian character by the
pale-faced poets of other days, has just
been told us by one of tbe participators
in a little squabble with one of +he bone
picking Bannocks who haunt this vicini
ty. One day last week whcil George
Golm and Georgo Smith were killing
beef at their slaughter-house tip the
gulch, a Bannock Indian, accompanied
by throe or four squaws came upon the
scene in seaeli of wood aild the legiti
mate plunder of the slaughter-house—
the refuse. The lordly child of the for
est undignifiedly stretched himself upon
the ground, and calmly smiled iipoit his
industrious wives as they gathered the
trophies. Happening to pass that way,
Smith accidently or otherwise touched
the big Injun’s foot with his boot, when
big Injun resented the fancied insult by
laying hold of a clapboard and awaiting
George over the back. More pleased
than angry, Smith retaliated by squeez
ing tbe red man’s windpipe, aild shoring
him one side, supposing this would set
tle it. Not so, however, for “Lo” had
been insulted -his dignity must be ap
peased. lie accordingly wont for Smith,
and in a ten minute rough and tumble
fight came Out second best. Now right
here is where a sensible white man would
have quit, and where the traditional he
roism of the redinaii asserted itself. He
had been grossly insulted in presence of
List sunburnt loves, and then ignomini
ously thrashed. It was too much, and
with a voice humbled with shame and a
bosom bared to tbe skies he approached
Mr Gohn with : “Me licked; me big In
jun, and me no want to live. You
shooteeme, George—you killum me quick
—me no want to live.” George remon
strated, but in vain- that buck was dis
graced and wanted to be gathered to his
fathers, and insisted on being killed as
be stood smiting his brave, brown bosom
before tbe human slayer of Line. Fail
ing to convince him that many white
men got. whipped and then bad the au
dacity to want to live, Golm bad to lead
him away. On Smith returning from
town in the evening, the noble Bannack
again came and insisted on being killed,
and finally persuaded Smith to perform
the bloody deed with a “little axe.” Stoi
cally stood the chief under the shadow
of the blade, ready for the sacrifice, and
as it descended with a crash Mr. Indian
sprang one side, and you couldn’t have
seen his heels for the dust, as ho struck
out for his “wakiup.” If Cooper had
been writing this, that Indian would
have now been an honored corpse, but as
it is, he remains for us to endure and the
peace commissioners to take care of.
This time it is not “a gem Os ptiresf
ray serene,” but only Rev. John Ruby,
of Sau Francisco. Ruby was a play ac
tor, played “villain” and that sort of
character with much naturalness. An
idea struck him on the pocket-book, and
he quit the stage and turned preacher.
He took texts from the Bible and spout
ed long extracts from ‘"the Bloody Tyr*
ant” and “The Demon Lover” to stuff
out the garments of his discourses. At
last, after a good many singular mission-
I ary trips, he preached a farewell sermon
! to his flock, and told them that duty
I called him elsewhere, awl then departed.
! Parson Ruby next turns up in company
with availed woman as a traveling com
panion, “proving all things and holding
fast to that which is” bad, both in GUna
ha and Philadelphia. Then this apostle
and high priest of iniquity wrote a letter
to his wife and two grown daughters,
telling them that they would see him no
] more; that he Was happy in his hew affin
i ity, advising his wife to get, a divorce,
i and his church “to go to hell. When
the angels come “to make tip their jew
els” it is not probable that this California
Ruby will be one of theta/ — Cvnrier-Jour
vnl,
Mark Twain, a few months after his
first baby was born, was holding it out
on his knee. His wife said: “Now, con
fess, Samuel, that you love the child !”
“I can’t do that,” replied the humorist,
but am willing to admit I respect the lit
tle thing for it’s father’s sake.”
A worthy Kentucky farmer being asked
if a daughter reeently married was still
living with him, replied: “No sir! When
one of my gals swarms, she must hunt her
o" n hive/”
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NUMBER 23
Uncle Pleasant’s Metliodf.
After breakfast I staggered to a chttljl*
re jifst in time to hear Ghaiffe B. say,
Uncle Pleasant, you are the only man
in the com puny who got a box and a let
ter yesterday, aild yon have a good wife*
and lio mistake.” Uttcle Fleitsatlt, whet
was aged 60, and the company commis
sary, replied; "Yes, we have lived tegeth*
er nigh forty years, and she’s as good aft
the most, of 'em. There ain’t no trouble;
Charlie, In lulfirfg a, good wife if yoif
jest start right. It’s all Jin the start;
boy. You S *e, I married What Was calL
ed a putty gal, and so she Was, arid I
took her to my now log hntfso, Where f
had already plenty of meal and bacort,
arid rich other things as a poor mart
ollght to have. Next day f Went to' girt
tin shingles, and When I come home she
hadn’t no dinner. I didn’t say anyth'i rig,
but jest got dinner for her and me,- arid
she eat jest as hearty as if she had been
working. The nest day it was the same
thing, and while my dander got rip I
didtl t, say anything, and again she eat
as if She liked my cookin’ mightily. The
third day I come home monstrous tired,
and I said to her, “Where’s mydinrifer.'"
She said, “Look here, Pleasant Batkins,
I ain’t a guine to cook for Ho inari', amt
if von want dinner you in fist cook it
yourself.” Here the pint was reached
as yott Will see, I cooked dinner withorif
savin’ anything, and after me and she
had eat I went across the road and oflt
three “chinkerpin” switches, arid Went
back, and if ever yoti saw a gal git a lar
rupin', I give her ohe then arid than
She went straight to her mother’s as I
expected she Would, ahd jnext morning I
went after her with a i ,g switch.- She
said She wouldn't go home to sate hie,
bttt, I said she should. Whet! she saw I
was in earnest—and'l WoS—she Went,
ahead of me, arid that day she cooked me
as good a dinner as arty poor fnah wants
to sit down to, and from that hotir to
this me and Sukie ain’t liad no trouble.
If yott ever git married, boys, be shre
and stttrt right. —Richmond Whig',
A character, noted somewhat for loaf*
ing arotlhd bar»rooms, was sitting in hie
ustlal place of resort, Wit h several com*
patriots, about a card-table, tilling time
with the paste-boards. Suddenly his
wife entered the roofn, hearing a covered,
dish, which she deposited oh the table
with the remark, “presuming htisband,
that you were too busy to come borne to
dinner, 1 have brought yours to you,’ 1
and departed, The husband invited his
companions to share his meal, and re*
moved the lid from the dish, revealing no
smoking roast, bill instead a slip of pa*
per, on which was written » “I hope yotl
will enjoy your dinner; it is Os the same
Irflid your family has at home/’
A Rare Gift. — Comparatively few
people possess the useful gift Os pleasing
in company, but now and then We tneet
with a person so exactly formed to please,
that lie will gain Upon every one that
bears or beholds him; this disposition is
not merely the gift of nature, but fro*
qtieiltly the , fleet of hiUefi knowledge of
tbe world, and a command over the pas*
sions. The true art of being agreeable,
is to appear well pleased with all the
company, and rather seetti entertained
with them, that! to bring entertainment
to them. A mail thus disposed, perhaps,
may not have much learning ftor any
wit; btit be has eommori sense, arid some*
thing friendly in behavior, that ooueili*
ates men’s minds more than the brightest
parts without this disposition; and wheit
a man of sltrh a turn comes to old age,
he is almost stlre to be treated With re*
Bpect.
Harsh VVoferuo—Harsh, sorir words,
make a soUr audience, Sprinkle acids
in every direction arid notice their effects.
So with sotir, harsh, dictatorial Words,
They engender ill nature, and sprinkle
the Warmest hearts With wormwood and
gall, If the world arid crtiel fortunes
treat Hs harshly, arid at every step we)
meet willi disappointments, shall we
bring within the charmed betas circle—<
the only sunny resting place ill this life
—the lungs of the surpent to poison the
warm life'blood ? Bitterness and strife,
sorrow arid d’Kappoint merits, are the lot
of all; but sorir, harsh, crriel words,
frowns, and the constant reproofs come
not without our will, and he who brings
them to the only prototype A?e have of
heaven otir “homesweet heme”— brings
to bis habitation all the demons of the
lower pit. That person is truly a here
who can struggle with that grim riiofl*
ster, poverty, and yet cheer his toted
ones with smiles and kind words—Who
will energetically erect a fUtminer-hosef
for the frail flowers he’ Would have t«t
bloom and beautify his home..
The GolttmlrUs Run says, "At fifteeri
cents per pound it will require 4,061 five
hundred pound hales of cotton for the
gtlano Which has been sold by ColnrubriS
agents.. I)' cottori should sink to teri
cents per pound, and there is reason fri
suppose it will if the crop be a heavy one,
5,280 bales will jost make etc ft the hill
for fertilizers. That would he about as
eleventh of tho total receipts at Colririi*
bus this season.”
Aft Iridic n i Woman is angry becattevS
her husband took the very best sheet she
had to hang himself when there was as
old clothes line in tbe cellar Which WaU
good evroitgb for the purpose.- She says,
he always was extravagant, and fori lazV
to go into the cellar sot anything.
Have patients awhile, slanders are fiot
long-lived. Truth is the child of Trmef
ere long shell she apjear (o vindicate
thee. I —Hunk