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BY S. B.
GEORGIA, TUESDAY, JANUARY 18, 1853.
VOL. VI—NO. 51.
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POETRY.
I REMEMBER.
I remember,I remember,
When I j ust began to creep,
How I crawled straight iuto 'mischief-—
How l wouldn’t go to sleep—
How I pulled the table linen,
With the contents on the floor—
•. How my mother spanked me for it,
Till my tender flesh was sore.
I remember, I remember,
When I first began to talk;
And I also well remember,
Tho’ the day I tried to walk :
Firm I grasped old Jowler’s collar,
But i.e gave a sudden hop,
So into a pan of water,
Jowler spilt this child “ker slop.”
be published thirty days—for dismission from
ertion from Guardianship, forty days. ■
Rules tor foreclosure of Mortgage must be
published ml CStab ”
Fishing lost papers, for the full space of three
SSUor compelling titles from Executors
or Administrators, where a bond has been^gi -
Publications will always
cording to these, the legal requirements, unless
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BUSlNESSDlltECTORY.
Commission Merchants,
93 BAY STREET
SAVANNAH, GEO.
P. A. LAWSON. J. E. GODFREY.]
LOUD A CO.
Factors and Commission Merchants
!*•. 118, BAY STREET,
SAVANNAH, GA.
J. W. C. Loud.] [ p - L 01 ™-
nov. 4, 1851.
I remember, I remember,
When I used to go to school,
How I kept a watchful eye on
The schoolmaster’s rod and rule,
How I cut up monkey shines
Every time his back was turned—
How I sometimes used to catch it,
When I’d not my lesson learned.
I remember, I remember,
When I went to hooking peaches,
_ How a dog came out and caught me
By the surplus of my breeches;
How I hung on to the bushos—
How the dog hung fast to me,
Till my cryings brought a man who
Flogged me most “orful-LE.”
At noon, he called at a snug little house,
and asked a lad who was gazing out of a
window:
“Who lives here,, my son ?”
“Mr. Samson, sir.” .
Our traveller paused a moment, reflected
and seemed to be conning over some name
or circumstance in his mind; at last he
said:
“Are there many of the name of Samson
on this road my son ?”
“A good many,” said the toy.
“I thought so. Can I get dinner here ?
“Certainly, sir—walk in.”
Mr. Smith stepped in, swallowed his din
ner, and once more took to the road.-—
When night came on, he of course stopped
at the first house in his way. A youth sat
upon a wheelbarrow at the door, whittling.
“Who lives here my son ?”
“Mr. Samson, sir.” ' _
“Mr. Samson! By Jupiter! I should
think they were all Samsons on this road.
I got dinner at one Mr. Samson’s yesterday
slept at another Mr. Samson’s Iasi night,
and here I am at another Samson’s again
to-night. Besides, the houses I have seen
upon this road all look alike—it is ver>
I rcnieinber, I remember,
When the girls I used to kiss.
How I thought it rather funny,
But it gave no extra bliss;
Now it seizes me wilh rapture,
Now it fills my soul with joy;
Yet with manhood’s blissful pleasure,
Would that I were still a boy.
queer. , ' ...
“Very queer,” replied the boy, with
“you can’t fool
■ i”
MISCELLANEO US.
Ur. Samson’s House.
42—ly
B93IK rOSSBl.1
Fitters and Commission Merchants
' > . Savannah , Ga .
P.K. behn,] [J 0 "* F ? STEB
feb. 10,1852.
3—lv
JTOHK MA1LB&Y.
and Tailor.
Draper
Dealer in Ready-Made Clothing and Gentle-
v eri’Rfurnishing Goods. 155, Bay street,
Savannah, Ga.
feb. 10, 1852.
3—ly
shirts
' FHiSiJP STB Alt.
Draper and Tailor,
And dealer in Ready-made Clothing
stocks, suspenders, handk’fls, g^^- Marmo
and silk under shirts, drawers, &c. No. 08,
Bryim street, Savannah, Ga.,
feb. 10, 1852.
3—ly
JOKES.
■ :—~ ijo^
Manufacturer and importer of
Guns : Pistols, Rifles, Sporting Apparatus&c.,
No- 8, Monument Square, Sa\annah, ija.
feb. 10, 1852.
3—ly*
t.DASBER’S
Cheap Dry Goods Store,
No. 146, Congress street, Savannah, Ga.
(Late H. Lathrop’s)
f lJlllC A** -
A well selected stock of ^.onaMejtaple
JSyVry O^, are kept constantly on
hand, and will be sold cheap tor cash,
or Please call and examine,
feb. 10, 1852. friZ
BOXBWSLIi a co
Wholesale and Retail Store
No. 173, Bay street, Savannah, Ga.
dealers in
liquors, wines, GROCERIES, fc
s. E. BOTHWELL.] [R. 1.. GAMBLE
feb. 10, 1852
SCAAltSOlt. JCHKSOW ACO
GROCERS.
Savannah, Ga.
j). T. SCRANTON,
JOSEPH JOHNSTON
( Savannah.
t W. B. SCRANTON,
} No. 19, Old Slip, N. Yor
feb. 10, 1852. ___
3—ly
"jCHStSOH
Wholesale and Retail Druggists,
Smets’ Buildings, corner of Broughton an
Whitaker streets. Savannah, Ga.
Dealers in Drugs, Medicines, Ghemieal
tbb. io, i m. m
gSinLF ROSSCBBI!.®*
Dealer in Ready-Made Clothing,
dry GOODS, 4-c.
No. 178, Congress street, next door to H
Gfe, Savannah Ga.
Gentlemen’s garments made border.
feb. 10, l 852 - V
A. PONCE,
and Manufacturer
sS EGA R S,
“Once upon a time” a queer old fellow
named Smith, started from a Southern city
upon a pedestrian excursion of about oue
hundred miles. He was not avery old fellow
either. He was about forty years older
than he was when born. This Mr. Smith
was not connected with the John Smith
family in the most remote degree, was a
man of many peculiarities. If absolute stu
pidity did not form a trait in his character
it was a quality very much resembling stu
pidity, and might easily be mistaken for it,
by at least one half the world. He had al
ways manifested a singular abstraction, gen
erally described as absence of mind, and
would frequently roam about the streets an
entire day without recognizing one of his
numerous friends, apparently without being
aware of the nature ot his movements.
This was Mr. Smith. We were saying
that Mr. Smith started upon a journey, ou
the “ten-toed machine” spoken of in John
Bull. After travelling a few miles, our pe-
destriau felt somewhat thirsty, and called
at a small establishment—which looked as
though it was half a tavern—for a drink.
A good natured young fellow waited upon
him, brought his brandy and water, and, in
addition, furnished him with a bit of bread
and cheese. All thit was decidedly wel
come and refreshing
queuched his thirst aud satisfied the slight
cravings of appetite, he recommenced his
travels. As he left the city tolerably early
in the morning, he thought he might ,w.al*k
two or three hour* longer before he stopped
for dinner. His road seemed to be very
level and was skirted by one side by an un
common high fence. On he footed it for
about three hours longer, until a glance at
the position 0 f the sun, satisfied him he had
better secur e his noonday meal. He called
at a small dwelling by the roadside, and
the following dialogue ensued between him
and a boy standing in the door way
“Who lives here, my son ?”
“Mr. Samson, sir.”
“Do you keep tavern ?”
“Why, sorter, and sorter not ; we accom
modate people sometimes.”
“Can I get dinner here ?”
“Yes, sir-walk in.”
Our traveller walked in, and in the course
of half an hour, a nice, comfortable dinner,
smoking hot was set before him. He ate,
leer, which seemed to say,
me old fellow. 1 ’ t
“Can you give me supper and lodging
said the traveller.
“Certainly—walk in.”
“I’m darned if this isn’t a queer coun
try,” said the old man as he went to bed
“this looks exactly like the room I slept ^
last night—but I suppose it is all right.
It was full two o’clock the next day, when
after traveling briskly at least six hours,
Mr. Smith Stopped at a comfortable small
dwelling with the intention of securing his
dinner. A bov stood in the door.
“How d’ye do ?” said the boy.
“Nicely my son. Who lives here?”
“Mr, Samson. I have told you that half-
a dozen times already.”
“The devil you have—I haven t been
here before, have I ?”
I reckon you have— but ain t you Iravel-
ingron a bet ?” , .
“Traveling on a bet! no what put that in
your head’”
u Why you've been walking round the race
course here for two days and a half, and I
didn’t suppose you were doing it for fun.
For the first time, now, Mr. Smith took
a survey of things, and to his astonishment
discovered that the boy had been telling the
truth. He drew his hat over his forehead
and started for home—determined never
to venture upon a pedestrian excursion again
We take the following exquisite para
graph from the New-York Times. Ik Mar
vel’s hand is seen in every line .
The Falling Leaf.—It has been a fan
cy, born out of day dreams, that for every
leaf that falls a human soul ascends ; tor
every leaf that unfolds, a spirit glides trorn
the dim past into the active present; and
thickly as fall-the decaying leaves, do forms
of human mould drop into the soil.
We watch the yellow leaf as it struggles
with its downward tendency, essayiug in
vain to hang in mid air, shrinking from the
cold resting place, and buoyed up with a
.. Vl , momentary hope as a stray breeze wafts it
After Mr. &m,Uthad d 0 r „| y t0 descend roore rapidly.
I th« >l«rbt I ‘ , Meras - 0 waii> to shrink, as it settles
down nearer to the detested soil. As it lies
worn out and dead upon the chill earth, the
spirit whispers: another gone down to the
tomb! Nature drops a leaf for every one
who falls, as the nun drops a bead for every
sin she thinks.
As we stand beside the spent leaf, so
stand weeping ones around the new made
crave. Ah! as they embalm their dead in
tears and undying 'memories, so will we
embalm thee, thou typifyer of human frai
ty. Thus between the leaves of the book
of books the sickly hued leaf is laid as a me
mento mori. As I gaze on the skeleton
form, I follow the decay of the one for whom
it fell, and turning thoughtfully away, gaze
up to the myriad of leaves, and ask, ‘Which
one shall fall for me ?’
Clear as Mud.—“Mr. Cheetura,
just dropped in to engage your services m
a little question at law.” . '
“Ah, Mr. Green there is nothing in the
drank paid his’moderate bill, put on his | nn i verS e like law and justice. What is the
hat, tookhis walking stick and proceeded j trouble ?”
owes me five dollars for
the wav
[from THE COLUMBUS TIMES AND SENTINEL.]
Important Law Case.
Mr. Forsyth :—The object nearest ,my
heart since the unfortunate disaster to the
Bank of St. Mary’s last April, has been first,
to protect the Bill holder from loss from
depreciation; and next, to place its affairs in
a position to resume specie payments and
consign the Institution to an. honorable se
pulchre. It was therefore painful to me to
see that you felt it necessary to publish the
fact, that a Court and Jury had ordered
some $47,000 of the assets of the Bank,
which were designed tor the innocent and
suffering Bill holder, to be surrendered to a
public informer. Although I feel indebted
for the very complimentary notice which
you were pleased, iu the same article, to
make myself and ray efforts in behalf of the
Bank—yet,it will scarcely answer your de
sired purpose of quieting the nerves of the
timid creditor, which have been first excited
to the highest pitch, by the astounding an
nouncement that an unexpected liability had
been fixed upon the Bank to the amount of
$47,000, giving a public informer to that
extent a preference over all other creditors,
by awarding the first judgement. Our fears
often control our reason, and many a credi
tor will read the first part of (your article;
and passing unnoticed your closing remarks
will rush to the Broker’s office aud lake any
thing he can get for his Bills. When men
become alarmed they seldom stop to rea
son, and if they did, with your publication
as the data upon which to base conclusions,
I am not certain that it would help the mat
ter much if any. They would say their Bank
has beeu deprived under the panoply of the
law, of $47,000; and perhaps there are a tew
more cases of the same sort that will take
from both Winter and the Bank, all they
are worth. What mortal man can do he
will do; but if the court and the jury order a
transfer of all that he has aud all the Bauk
Iras to be paid to public informers, who is to
pay me? If they can thus lay their hands
upon a part, they may lay it upon the whole.
This would be the reasoning of a timid .nan
at first blush, and your assurance would not
alwaysjhave the effect to reinspire confidence..
But 1 am happy in the reflection that their
uneasiness need be but short lived, and
would be still more gratified if I could per
suade the Bill holders to patiently abide
the issue in the Supreme Court, to which
august body the question will be submitted
during next month. That the court above
will reverse the decisions of the court below
there is no shadow of a doubt, upon the
minds of the best counsel that Western
Georgia affords. Be it understood that 1
am uot speaking for myself, for as a Stockhold
er in the Bank, the recent decision has not
caused a moments uneasiness. 1 speak sole
ly for those who hold the liabilities of the
Bank of St. Mary’s. I wish to save their
feelings and purses, and therefore feel it my
duty to make this eftbrt to prevent a depre
ciation of the liabilities of the Bank.
Suffer me now to say a few words to the
merits of the case. The law under which
the judgment was rendered was passed in
1835, wheu specie was abundant and no
necessity existed for a paper substitute. In
1837, the suspension of the entire Banking
interest from .Maine to the Gulf of Mexico,
drove every floating silver dollar and gold
en eagle into foreign lands, and what hap
pened to be left in the Banks, was safely
locked up. Such was the dearth of change
and such the public inconvenience which
immdiateily succeeded the disappearance of
the metallic medium, that by oue accord
from the seaboard to the mountains, corpo
rations and individuals of every shade and
hue, commenced the issue of those opprobri
ous shin plasters, and every body received
and paid them out. There was scarcely an
individual within the limits of Georgia who
did not with impunity violate the law, eith
er ini making or issuing, or paying away
some of these contemned paper devices. The
Governor and Secretaries, the Central Bank
and its officers, the Judges and their Jurors,
their wives and their, daughters, high and
low rich and poor, white and black, all were
in the daily and almost hourly habit of vio
lating this Very law, which has been used
by the public informers, hoping to transfer
the sum of $47,000 from the pockets of the
Stockholders of the Bank of St. Mary’s, to
the coffers of those, who to say the least of
it, have themselves doubtless been frequeut
and common violators of the self same law;
issue notes of less denomination than five
dollars. But the court overruled all the
repeal of 1842 as applied to Banks, and de
clared that the.informer had acquired all
right to the penalty to the extent of his half,
which set the pardoning power of the State
at defiance. It remains to be seen whether
the Supreme Court will confirm the doc
trine—that any other Legislature can inad
vertently arrest the pardoning from the
Governor and all future Legislatures, and
place itin the hands of public informers,
who, from the very nature of their office,
must have a cupidity only equalled by their
heartlessness, and w ho could not be expec
ted to exercise any more clemency towards
the deserving than the undeserving, and
who would regard the tears of distress from
the widow and the orpbau, as heedlessly as
they would the pattering of the rain drops
upon the roof of their house.
Should you review this article, my dear,
sir I hope you will not forget that every
Bank m the State has been equally guilty
—that by a similar process ia 1837, every
Bank in the State, bag and baggage, specie
notes and all could have been turned over
to the public informer,—do not forget that
it is your peouliar duty, as an editor, as a
gentleman of well known high toned feeling
and benevolent heart, to centemn all action
which in its consequences would violently
transfer the earnings ot another without
leaving in its stead a valuable consideration,
and do not forget that this blow is aimed,
not at me alone, but at the widows and or
phans in aud near St. Mary’s, who are stock
holders iu the Bank, had no interest in the
transaction, had no part or lot in it; could
not bv any possibility haver prevented it,
are not morally responsible, for it, had no
knowledge of alledged transgression, the
suit or the judgment, and yet stand con
demned in a heavy penalty and without a
hearing. Is this justice?
But a few words more and I have done.
The Bank suspended because I could not
prevent it. My whole aim aad effort ever
since has been to appreciate the notes,. so
that sellers, whether from necessity or choice,
should lose as little as possible. By the
most strenuous efforts, I have succeded in
reducing the liabilities two thirds in eight
short months—the reduction amounting to
nearly four hundred thousand dollars. In
the same time more than one hundred thou
sand dollars of those much abused small
notes, have been redeemed—the prognosti
cations of the skeptical to the contrary not
withstanding.
In all ~my trials and vexations, arising
from the malign action of the ill-disposed,
by the blessing of Providence, I have been
sustained by the almost unparalled confi
denee and indulgence of this great public,
and the unremitted kindness of my person
al friends.
All that I ask is a continuation of the
kiudness and confidence which has been
heretofore so generously extended, and I
will justify it even at the hazard of my ex
istence! • •
This much to my friends, and I think,
judging from the manifestations of kind
ness with which I am greeted upon all sides
that I may include in this term, all my for
mer fellow citizens. To my enemies, I have
no word even of reproof to ofter, being per
fectly satisfied to submit myself to an unpar
tial public, with no other witnesses, than the
every day action of my life, and ho better
advocate than their unbiassed judgment.
Respectfully, Yours, &c.,
JOHN G. WINTER.
Tike Lady Frce*las»a.
I’ve
upon his journey. Before renewed his j “Why you see Squibb rV^-j^a „ho in the particular ihstnnce upon
P ’ - to owes me five dollars- for a bull-dog he whieh ^ p *ak n fa fbuodid, induced
L U Su °off“natw of the law (if the.law has been
_ A legal friend of ours the other day
was about entering a haberdasher’s shop in
Broadway, when a young buck, with a large
moustache and small income, born like Jaf-
tier with “elegant desires,” drove up a pair
of spanking bays, glittering with their splen
did comparison. “Ah, G- ■■ ■■;” said he,
‘how de do? How de do? How d you
like my hosses? Fine animals, but very cost
ly. What do you think I gave for the pair?”
“I guess you gave your note!" said G .
“Good mawningi”. responded the blood;
l good mawning.”
.Hon. Elizabeth St Leger, was the-only
female who was ever initiated into the an
cient and honorable mystery of Freemason* .
ry. How she oblaiued this honor, we shall -
lay before dur readers, promising that our
information is derived hom lhe best sour
ces. Lord Doneraile, Miss St. Leger’s fath
er, a very zealous Mason, held a warrant
and occasionally opened lodge at Doneraile
House, his soils aud some intimate friends
assisting; and it is said, that never wa3
masonic duties more rigidly performed
than by the brethren of No. 150, the num
ber of their warrant. It appears that pre
viously to the initiation of a gentlemen to
the first steps of masonry, Mis* St. Leger,
who was a young girl, happened to be in an
apartment adjoiuiug the room generally
used as a lodge room, but whether the
young lady was thereby accident or de
sign, \ve cannot confidently state. The,
room at the time was undergoing some al
teration; among other things, the wall was
considerably reduced in one part, for the
purpose of making a saloon. The young
lady having heard the voices of the freema
sons, and being prompted by the curiosity
natural to all, to see this mystery so long
and so secretly locked up from public view,
had the courage to pick a brick from the
wall with her scissors, and thus witnessed
the two first steps of the ceremony.
Curiosity gratified, fear at once took pos
session of her mind, and those who under
stand this passage well know what the feel
ings of any person could be who could un
lawfully behold that ceremony; let them
then judge what were the feelings of a
young girl under such extraordinary cir
cumstances. There was no mode of es
cape, except through the very room where
the concluding part of the second step was
still being solemnised, at the far end, and
the room a very large one. Miss St. Lo-
ger had resolution sufficient to attempt her
escape that way, and with light but trem
bling steps glided along unobserred laid
her hand on the handle of the door,
and opening it, before hqr stood, to her dis
may, a grim and surly Tilt, with his long
sword unsheathed,
A shriek that pierced through the apart
ment alarmed the members of the Lodge,
who all rushing to the door, and finding
that Miss St. Leger had been in the room
during the ceremony, resolved it ia said
in the paroxysm of their rage, to put
the fair spectatress to death; but at the mo
ving and earnest supplication of her young
est brother, her life was spared on condi
tion of her going through the tw i o remain
ing steps of the solemn ceremony she had
unlawfully witnessed. This she consented
to, and they conducted the beautiful and
terrified young lady through those trials
which are sometimes more than enough
for masculine resolution, little thinking
they were taking into the bosom of their
craft a member that would afterward re
flect a lustre on the annals of Masonry.
Miss St. Leger was directly descended
from Sir Richard de St. Leger, who accom
panied William the Conqueror to England,
and was of that high repute that he with
his own hand supported the prince when
he first went oat oflm ship to land in Sus
sex. Miss St. Leger was waa cousin to
General Anthony St. Leger, Governor of
St. Louis, who instituted the interestii g
race.and celebrated Doncaster St. Lege *
stakes. Eventually, she married Richard
Aldworth, Esq., of Newmarket, a member
of a highly honorable and ancient family.
Whenever a benefit was given at any of the
theatres in Dublin or Cork for the Masonic
Female Orphan Asylum, Mrs. Aldworth
walked at the head of the Free masons with
her apron and other insignia of Freema
sonry, and sat in the front row of the stage
box. The house was always crowded on
these occasions. The portrait of this esti -
mable woman is in the lodge room of al
most every lodge in Ireland.
fabors* ho'wever," he.took the precaution to
fill his pipe carefully, and light it. hr
and vigorous as ever, he then pushed,
ahead. As the suu crept down the horizon
Mr. Smith began to feel some degree of
weariness stealing over him, but hereever-
theles persevered until it was quite dusk.--
Finding himself opposite a small house by
the V-”
“ A most, difficult case, Mr. Green, ex
ceedingly difficult; and it is fortunate you
come to me for I have him like a breeze.
You see, we must prove the identity of the
the roadside he enquired of a youth seated j dog b y an alibi, then after squashing the
tue roaaame, uo ^ 'i * o j . - • ; aa „ fis « «*.
J.
upon the threshold:
“Who lives here, my soil!
“Mr. Samson, sir
writ oimong tibus fieri facies, issues a ca
pias cajorum and levy a goosibus pandela-
rius on his insighis fatui ; then he. must
“CanTietsupper and lodging hereto ^W^nepopitum)^ ; and after conclusive-
® - ** n ” ly proving the ne sine qua, have the case
importer
N o; 1 S’ Sot iSpSrt'l
1> onhand a » dl»e^«e TobM(J % nuS
ine of business, which he otters
Reasonable terms. -
night by paying for it ?”;
“Certainly, sir—walk i—
crossed the threshold, laid
drank a
Q toast—read
four chapters ipi;
Mr. Smith
aside his hat and cane, drank a cup of tea, {
and ate two or three slices of toast—read.
> _i.—-“Fox’s Book of Martyrs derstand.”
unanimously decided in our favor, by virtue
of the dej ustibus poplora, exponas /”
“Lord Mr. Cheetum, I see through it
all; how easy justice is to folks that can un-
XKTou^ the
. wL he awoke in the morn- j A western paper, in describing the effect
went to bed. . . L _ , .j ! j. saiuni th nnda p shower, savsc A cow
in his
the mos
Savannah, feb.
10.1852. 6— ] y
showing its broad red! of a severe thunder shower, says: A cow
nig, tl ^ sun 7 t J " ^3. fie found the | was struck by lightning and instantly killed
disc above .he tre P , ^ ‘belonowto the village physician, who had
He finished the.xnor _ ^ ^ f Whnnft the doctor is “doing as well as could
Cheese, / „
TUST received a fine ^^TtLEY.
;He finished the^ormug u , ^ ; ** doctor is “d<
aC Tf!ir One "h ng, simply, attracted] be expected.”
second day- &’ w ^ exce edmglyl ' :
£l sale y
sept. 23
36
bis observation—rSd wi exceedingly
uniform—but the fact excited no eurpnee. |
111 doers ill dreamers.
violated) by the presentation of one hundred
dullars at the chunter of the Bank, obtain
ing from the Teller the Bills sued on, under
a plea, that they were wanted for change.
I might indite a few strictures upon the ac
tors in this case and the circumstances by
which it is surrounded, but as this would
be a digression from the purposes of this ar
ticle, I am perfectly satisfied to leave them
to the judgment of a discriminating pub-
lic. ■ . , .
The law makers saw the absurdity of al
lowing a law to remain on the statutes of
the state, which from necessity every body
violated, and which could be used by the
designing to scourge the unwary; and in
1842 repealed the act of 1835, so far as to
exempt all persons and corporations, except
the makers of the Bills. The Legislature
of 1851, finding the law was being made
use of for base purposes, enacted a general
repeal of all laws upon this subject—remit
ted all penalties incurred, and formed a new
and more practical law to restraift the issue
of small notes by individuals, at the same
time enlarging the power of the Banks to
Cure for a Ring-worm.—The late J. S.
Skinner, Esq., Editor of the Plough, the
Loom, and the Anvil, furnishes the follow
ing recipe, which he says is infallible for the
cure of ring worms:—■
Heat a shovel to a bright red—cover it
with grains of Indian corn—press them with
a cold flat iron. They will burn to a coal, and
exude an oil on the surface of the flat iron,
with which rub tho ring-worm, aDd after
one or two applications it will be kilt as dead
as Julius C*sar.
Some newspaper wag tells a story of an
old gentleman, whose eight or ten clerks
bored him continually with conundrums.
Going home one evening* he was stopped
in front of a closed store, by a countryman,
who asked: “Can you tell me, my friend,
why this store is closed?” “Go to blazes,”
cried he, “with your conundrumsl I’ve
been bored to death with ’em these: three
weeks.”
Selling Telegraph Line for Taxes.—- The
State Treasurer of Wisconsin advertises
that he will sell at public auction, on the
14th of next month, at his office in the cap-
itol, “all the electric telegraph lines which
have been constructed within the State,
together with the a ppurtenances belonging
to the same, unless the taxes due the State
are paid up previous to that time.”
“Sir,” said a porapou* personage,
who undertook to bully an editor, “do you
know that I take your paper?” “I’ve no
doubt you do take it,” replied the man of
the quill, “for several of iny honest subscri
bers, have been complaining lately about
their paper being missing in the morning.”
There is one advantage in marry
ing a widow, and that is, you commonly get
a ready-made family along with her. It' is
a great thing to be called “Pa,” under anjr
circumstances, but to be thus honored on
the first day of your marriage, is to taste in
spring the full fruition of autumnal months.
jjgr Economy is a good thing and should
be practiced by all, but it should manifest
itself in denying ourselves—not in oppress*
ing others. We see^ersons spending a
dollar foolishly one hour, and next trying
to save a penny off a wood sawyer, coal heav
er, or market wotnan. Such things are
disgraceful if not dishonest.
“You’ve a cowld, Mrs. Leary, dear.” “In
deed, and it thrue for you, Mrs. Mahon.”
‘‘And where would ye get that, hooey!”
“Sure, and I slept last night in the fiel'
and forgot to Hint the gate, now.” .
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“Doctor,” said a young Miss of the ‘high-
heeled modesty school,” “Ma 6ent me to
tell you that sister Maria Euphemia Louisa
Jane, has got a sore on the wrist of her left
foot!”
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A woman by the name of Presley in
Gilmer county, killed her husband on the
20th nit., by cleaving his skull with an ai* 9
She confessed her crime and ia still at
large.
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