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A son of the Emerald Isle, told of a gun
hanging fire, which, were it not for his wfelti
known veracity, we would feel, disposed to
doubt. He had snapped his gun at a gray
squirrel, and the cap had exploded but not
going oft', he took it from his shoulder; look
ed into the barrel, and saw the charge just
starting, when, bringing it to his shoulder
again, it went oft'and killed the squirrel I
A gentleman having called a ticket poi*
ter to carry a message, asked his name; he
said it was Russell. “And pray,” said the
gentleman jocularly, “is your coat of arms
the same as the Duke of Bedford’s ?” “As
to our arms, your honor,” said the porter,
“I believe they are much alike, but there is
a great difference between our coats.”
as secure a manner as
Carriage Repository •■Blacksmithing
[From the Danville, Vt., North Star.]
We’ve all our Angel Side.
“I really can’t sing, believe me, sir,” was
the reply of a young lady to the repeated
requests of an empty fop. “I am rather in
clined to believe, madam,’ rejoined he, with
a smirk, ‘that you are fishing for compli
ments.’ ‘No sir!’ exclaimed the lady, ‘I
never fish in so shallow a stream!”
“Old age is coming upon me rapidly,’
as the urchin said when he was stealing
apples from an old man’s garden, and sa> *
the owner coming furiously, with cowhide
in hand.
Do not sit dumb in company. That
looks either like pride, cunning or stupidity.
Give your opinion modestly, but freely;
hear that of others with candour; and ever
endeavor to find out and to communicate
truth.
The word luncheon is a corruption o
nuncheon; i e., noonshun, the refreshment
taken at noon, when labourers desist from
work, toskun the heat.
When a witty English Government de
faulter, after his recall, was asked, on his
arrival home, if he left India on account of
his health, he replied : “They do say there’s
something wrong in the che3t.”
A gentleman riding in a car with another
observed to him, “Sir. I think I have seen
you somewhere.” “I presume you have,
sir,” replied the other, “for I have been
there very often.”
J. B. HAYNE,
ATTORNEY AT LAW
HALCYONDALE Ga.
-The celebrated
ft. L. WARTHEN,
Attorney at Law,
An Irishman on being asked which was
the oldest, he or his brother, replied, “I am
the oldest, but if my brother lives three
years we shall be both of an age.”
A Yankee down east has made the great
discovery, that a window glazed with old
hats, is a sure indication that the occupants
have seen a rum bottle. That’s a feet.
“Doctor said a querulous, suffering in
valid, who had paid a good deal of money
for physic to little apparent purpose—“you
don’t seem to reach the seat of my disease.
Why don’t you strike at the seat of my dis
order ?”
“Sol will,” was the prompt reply, “if
you insist on it ;” and. lifting his cane, he
smashed the brandy bottle on the sideboard.
When the pale of ceremony is broken
rudeness and insult soon enter the breach
Attorney and Counsellor at Law
Office, 175, Bay street, Savannah, Ga.
feb. 10, 1852. 3—ly
The Doctor's best Friend—The piano—
for a young lady no sooner goes near one in ,
society, than she’s immediately seized with
a cold.
A young lady was discharged from one .
of the largest vinegar houses in London late-
ly. She was so sweet that the vinegar was |
kept from fermenting.
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Question for Exercise.—If eight men do
nothing in four days, how much will six
men do in 21 days? Answer by return
mail.
S. B. CRAFTON
Attorney at Law.
SANDERSYILLE, GEORGIA,
Will also attend the Courts of Emanu
Laurens, and Jefferson, should business be em
rtustedto his care, in either of those counties-
feb. 11. 4—tf
Dobbs says that the women have ‘such a
way with their lips,’ that kissing ieads as
naturally to love as champaigne does to so
da water. That being the case avoid nib
bling.
DRY GOODS, 4-c.
No. 178, Congress street, next door to H. J.
Gilbert, Savannah, Ga.
Gentlemen’s garments made to order,
feb. 10,1852. 3—ly
W. L. HOLLIFIELD,
SURGEON DENTIST.
SANDERSYILLE, GEORGIA
may 10,1852. 16—tf
“I see you don’t go in for the Maine Liq
uor Law.”
“Why I partly do, and I partly don’t. I
go for the liquor, but not for the law.”
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Wanted to Hire.
A Good COOK, for which a liberal price wil
be paid. Apply at this Office.
Jan. 24, 52—tf
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Advertisements not having the number of in
sertions specified, will be published until for
bid.
Sales of Land and Negroes by Executors,
Administrators and Guardians, are required by
law to be advertisedjin a public gazette forty
days previous to the-day of sale.
The sale of Personal Property must be ad
vertised in like manner at least ten days.
Notice to Debtors and Creditors of an es
tate cust be published forty days.
Notice that application will he made to the
Court of ordinary for leave to sell Land and
Negroes, must be published weekly for two
months. /
Citations for letters of administration must
be published thirty days—for dismission from
administration, monthly for six months—for dis
mission from Guardianship, forty days.
Rules for foreclosure of Mortgage must he
published monthly for four months—for estab
lishing lost papers, for the full space of three
months—for compelling titles from Executors
or Administrators, where a bond has been giv
en by the deceased, the full space oj 3 months.
Publications will always be continued ac
cording to these, the legal requirements, unless
otherwise ordered. —
All letters on business must be vosl-paid
T HE subscriber would respectfully an
nounce to his old friends and patrons,
that he is still at his'.post-where he continues to
Manufacture, and Repair, Carriages, Buggies,
Waggons Carts, &c., &c. Th.tnkfnl for the
liberal patronage hitherto bestowed upon him,
he respectfully solicits a coutinuance of the
same. No pains will be spared in mak ng
every job sent from his shop ol the neatest and
most durable character.
In connection with the above he w ill still
carry on the Blacksmith business, and is pre
pared to do all kind of work in that line. All
plantation work, horseshoeing &c., done at
shortest notice.
LEWIS BENSON.
Jan. 11, 1853. 50—tf
IMPORTANT NOTICR.
BUSINESS DIRECTORY.
SNXXTHdc. SRi
Dealers in Domestic Produce and
PROVISIONS.
209 Duane Street, New York.
Solicits Southern orders for the same,
they will pack and ship in the best manner,
and sell at the lowest cash price.
[s. B. SMITH, J. F. SMITH.]
Feb. 1, 1853.
1—3m
XiAWsoct & Gosr&:su,
Commission Merchants;
93 BAY STREET
SAVANNAH, GEO.
[p. A. LAWSON. J. E. GODFREY.]
G RATEFUL to our friends for the liberal
patronage heretofore bestowed on us,
we respectfully call their attention to the fact,
that we will discontinue to sell GOODS on a
Credit, from the first of January next, and as
we have positively determined to collect our
outstanding debts, we hereby respectfully re
quest our friends who are indebted to us, by
note and account, to call and settle as early as
possible. Those demands, which we hold from
previous to 1852 will bejplaeed in the hands of
an attorney for collection, if they are not set
tled before next March Court.
We have concluded to sell our good for
Cash only, and we therefore oifer them either
' WHOLE SALE OR RETAIL,
with Great Reduction on former prices those
wishing to purchase will please call on us,
when they will find it to their andvantage, as
as we are determined to sell.
N. B. Those having demands against us,
will please present them.
LAZARON & NEWMAN,
dec. 21, 1852. 48—tf
Despair not of the better part
That lies in human kind—
A gleam of light still fliekereth,
In e’en the darkest mind,
The savage with his club ot war,
The Sage so mild and good,
Are link’d in firm eternal bonds,
Of common brotherhood.
Despair not! Oh! despair not then,
For through this world so wide,
No nature is so demon-like,
But there’s an angel side.
The huge rough stone from out the mine
Unsightly and unfair,
Have veins of purest metal hid
Beneath the surface there;
Few rocks so hare hut to their heights
Some tiny moss plant clings,
And round the peaks, so desolate,
The sea-bird sits and sings.
Believe me, too, that rugged souls,
Beneath their rudeness hide,
Much that is beautiful and good—
We’ve all our angel side.
F&OTD HOUSE—Macon, Ga.
T. A. goodwin, Proprietor.
a. b. hartwell, Superintendent.
In all there is an inner deptli—
A far oft', secret way,
Where, through dim windows of the sool,
God sends his smiling ray;
In every human heart there is
A faithful sounding chord,
That may be stri ck unknown to us,
By some sweet loving word ;
The wayward heart in vain may try
Its softer thoughts to hide,
Some unexpected tone reveals
It has its angel side.
LOUS & CO.
Factors and Commission Merchants,
No. 118, BAY STREET,
SAVANNAH, GA.
J. W. C. Loud.] [P. H. Loud.
nov. 4, 1851. 42—ly
ESHN & POSTER,
Factors and Commission Merchants
Savannah, Ga.
F.H. BEHN,] [JOHN FOSTER,
feb. 10,1852. 3—ly
JOHK 2VEALLER.ir.
Draper and Tailor.
Dealer in Ready-Made Clothing and Gentle-
r cn’sfurnishing Goods. 155, Bay street,
Savannah, Ga.
feb. 10, 1852. 3—ly
PHILIP HEAX?.
and Tailor,
Draper
And dealer in Ready-made Clothing, shirts
stocks, suspenders, handk’ffs, gloves, Marino
and silk under shirts, drawers, &c. No. 93,
Bryan street, Savannah, Ga.,
feb. 10, 1852.
THIS well known and popular Hotel
has been thoroughly repaired, and is
now open, and superbly furnished for
the r> ception of Boarders and the travelling
community. The Proprietor and his Assist
ants will spare no pains to make this House
one of the best Hotels in the State.
A. B. Hartwell, H. C. Cunningham and S.
Lanier will be happy to receive and welcome
their old friends and acquaintances, and will
use their utmost eflforts to make them comfort
able during their stay.
Macon, aug. 31,1852. 31—tf
P, C. LUmEAHT.
Watch-Maker and Jeweler,
SANDERSYILLE, GEORGIA,
sept, 7,1852. 33—tf
J
CSicese.
UST received a fine lot of Cheese, and for
sale y Z. BRANTLEY,
sept. 23. 36
Despised and low, and tredden down,
Dark with the shade of sin ;
Deciphering not those halo lights,
Which God hath lit within;
Groping about in utmost night,
Poor prisoned souls there are,
Who guess not what life’s meaning is,
Nor dream of Heaven afar;
Oh ! that some gentle hand of love
Their stumbling steps would guide.
And show them that amidst it all,
Life has its angel side.
Brutal, and mean, and dark enough,
God knows some natures are,
But he, compassionate, comes near—
And shall we stand afar ?
Our cruse of oil will not grow less,
Tf shared with hearty hand,
And words of peace and looks of love
Few natures can withstand.
Love is the mighty conqueror—
Love is the beauteous guide—
Love with her beaming eye can see
We’ve all our angel side.
ILJLAH'W
A Millerite Miracle.
PROFESSIONAL CARDS.
3—ly
J. T, JONES.
Manufacturer and importer of
Guns, Pistols, Rifles, Sporting Apparatus, &c.,
N<v 8, Monument Square, Savannah, Ga.
feb. 10, 1852. 3—ly*
I. DASHER’S
Cheap Dry Goods Store,
No. 146, Congress street, Savannah, Ga.
(Late H. Lathrop’s)
A well selected stock of seasonable staple
and Fancy Dry Goods, are kept constantly on
hand, and will be sold cheap for cash.
SSif" Please call and examine,
feb. 10, 1852. 3—ly
S E. BOTHWELL & CO.
Wholesale and Retail Store,
No. 173, Bay street, Savannah, Ga.
DEALERS IN
LIQUORS, WINES, GROCERIES, dfc
S. E. BOTHWELL.] [R. L. GAMELE.
feb. 10,1852. 3—ly
SCRANTON) JOHNSON & CO.
GROCERS.
Savannah, Ga.
D. T. SCRANTON, J „ ,
TnofTm intTWoranv l Sfl-VRIUlRIl*
JOSEPH JOHNSTON. \
j W. B. SCRANTON,
\ No. 19, Old Slip, N. Yor
feb. 10, 1852. 3—ly
HUEttPHBXVS & JOHNSON
Wholesale and Retail Druggists,
Smets’ Buildings, corner of Broughton and
Whitaker streets, Savannah, Ga.
Dealers in Drugs, Medicines, Chemicals,
Perfumery, Fancy Articles, &c.
EBiT” Soda water of a superior quality.
feb. 10, 1 852. 3 j y
B. D. EVANS,
Attorney at Law,
SANDERSVILLE, GA.
Will practice in the Counties of the Mid
die Circuit, and injustice’s Courts in this
County. He hopes by assiduity and a dil-
gent attention to business, t.o merit a share
public patronage. Ofiice in the
of the
Court House.
Feb. 1, 1853.
1—ly
JAMES S. HOOK,
Attorney at Law,
SANDERSVILLE, GEORGIA.
WELL PRACTICE IN THE COUNTIES OF
Middle-circuit. I Washington, Burke, Scriven
$ Jefferson and Emanuel.
Southern Circuit. | .... Laurens.
Ocmulgee Circuit j .... Wilkinson.
Office next door to the Central Georgian
office. jan. 1, 1852. 61—ly
Will attend promptly to all business ^en
trusted to his care in any of the Courts of the
Middle or Eastern circuits.
Halcyondale feb. 2 1852 2—iy
SANDERSVILLE, GEORGIA,
feb. 17, 1852. 4—ly
JNO. W, RUDISILL.
attorney at law,
SANDERSVILLE, Ga.
52—ly
In a little village in the State of Hoosier-
ana,in the year 1844, there was “all sorts”
of excitement concerning the doctrines and
propecies of that arch deceiver, Miller. For
months Midnight Cry, followed by the
Morning Howl, and the Noonday Yell, had
circulated through the village and surround
ing counties, to an extent not even equalled
by Dr. D.’s celebrated speech. Men dispos
ed of their property for little or nothing.
The women were pale and ghastly from
watching and praying, and in fact the whole
population, or at least those who believed
in the coming ascension, looked as if they
were about half over a second attack ""of the
chills and fever. There were, however,
some “choice spirits” who, notwithstanding
the poplaritv of the delusion, would not en
list under the banner of the ascensionists,
and among them was a wild harum-scarum
blade from “Down East,” known by the name
of Cabe Newham. Now Cabe was as hard
“a case” as you would meet on a Fourth of
July in Texas, always alive for fun and sport
of any and every description, and a strong
disbeliever in Millerism.
The night of the third of April was the
time agreed upon out West for the grand
exhibition of “ground and lofty tumbling,”
and about ten o’clock of the same night,
numbers of Millerites assembled on the out
skirts of the town, on a little eminence, up
on which the proprietor had allowed a few
trees to stand. In the crowd, and the only
representative of his race present, was a free
negro by the name of Sam, about as ugly,
black, woolly, and rough a decendant of
Ham as ever baked his shins over a kitchen
fire.
Sam’s head was small, body and arms
very long; and his legs bore a remarkable
resemblance to a pair of hames; in fact, put
Sam on a horse, his legs clasped round its
neck, his head towards the tail, and his arms
clasped round the animal’s hams, and at ten
paces off, you would swear he was an old
set of patent gearing.
The leader of the Millerites, owing to an
“ancient grudge he bore him,” hated Sam
“like smoke,” and had done all in his pow
er to prevent his admittance among the
“elect,” but all to no purpose; Sam would
creep in at every meeting, and to night here
he was again, dressed in a white robe of
cheap cotton, secured to his body by a belt,
and shouting and praying as loud as the
best.
Now, on the morning of the third, Cabe
had, with a deal of preservance, and more
trouble, managed to throw a half inch hemp
cord over the branch of an oak that stretch
ed its long arm directly over the spot where
the Millerites would assemble; one end he
bad secured to the body of the tree, and
the other to a stump some distance off.
About eight o’clock, when the excitement
was getting about “eighty pounds to the
inch,” Cabe, wrapped in an old sheet, walk
ed iuto the crowd, and proceed to fasten, in
the rope to the back part of the belt which
confined Sambo’s robe, and having succeed
ed, “sloped” to join some of his companions
who had the other end. The tew stars in the
sky threw a dim light over the scene, and
in a few moments the voice of Sana was
heard exclaiming:
“Gor A’.nighty! I’s a-goin” up! Who-
o-o-oh!”
And, sure enough,Sam was seen mount
ing into the “ethereal blue;” this was, how
ever, checked, when he had clearetP*terra
firma” a few feet.
“Glory!” cried one, “Hallelujah!” anoth
er; and shrieks and yells made night hide
ous; some fainted, others prayed, and not a
few dropped their robes and “slid.”
Now, whether it was owing to the* light
ness of his head, or the length and weight
of his heels, or both, Sam’s position was
not a pleasant one; the belt to which Cabe’s
cord was attached, was bound exactly round
his centre of gravity, and Sam swung like a
pair of scales, head up and heels down,
heels up and head down, at the same time
sweeping over the crowd like a pendulum,
which motion was accelerated by his stren
uous clapping of hands, and vigorous kick
ing. At length he became alarmed, he
wouldn’t go up, and he couldn’t come
down.
“Lor a massy,” cried he, jist take up poor
nigger to um bosom, or lef him down again
easy, easy. Lef him down again, please um
Lor, and dis nigger, will go straight to um
bed! ugh-h-h,” and Sam’s teeth chattered
with affright, and he kicked again more
vigorously than before, bringing his head
directly downward and his heels up, when
a woman shrieking out,
“Oh! brother Sam, take me with, you,”
sprung his head as he swept, by her, and
caught him by the wool, bringing him up
“ail standing.”
“Gosh! sister,” cried Sam “lef go um poor
nigger’s har.”
Cabe gave another pull at the robe, but
the additional weight was too much, the
belt gave way, aud down came Sam, his
bullet head taking the leader of the saints
a “feeler” just between the eyes.
“Gosh, is I down again?” cried the be
wildered Sam, gathering himself up. “I is,
bless de Lor! but I was nearly dar, I seed de
gate!”
The leader wiped his overflowing probos
cis, took Sam by the nape of the neck, led
him to the edge of the crowd, and giving
him a kick, “Leave, you cussed baboon! you
are so ugly I know’d they wouldn’t let you
in.”
Dimensions of Heaven*
We find the following singular calcula
tion in the Charlottesville Jeffersonian :
A Description of Heaven.—Revelation,
xxi chap. 16 verse—“And he measured the
city with the reed, twelve thousand furlongs.
The length, and the breadth, and the height
of it are equal.”
12,000 furlongs—7,920,000 feet, which
being cubed is 496,793,088,000000000,000
cubical feet; the half of which we will re
serve for the Throne of God and Court of
Heaven, half of the balance for streets, and
the remainder divided by 4,096, the cubical
feet in a room 16 feet square and 16 feet
high, will be 30,321,843,750,000000 rooms.
We will now suppose the world always
did and always will contain 900,000,000 of
inhabitants, and a generation will last 33
1-3 years—2,700,000,000 every century;
and that the world will stand 100,000 years
2,700,000,000,000 persons. Then suppose
there were 11,230 such worlds, equal to
this number of inhabitants, and duration of
years; then there would be a room 16 feet
long, 16 feet wide and 16 feet high for each
person. And yet there would lyj room.
Singular Case of Bigamg.—On Satur
day, a young woman, named Lacey, plead
guilty, in Philadelpnia, to a charge of big
amy. According to the evidence, the de
fendant was first married about 7 years a-
go. After living about three weeks with
her husband, he shot her and seriously
wounded her. Tney were living in New
Jersey. The husband escaped into Dela
ware, but was apprehended, tried, convic
ted, and sentenced to four year’s impris
onment, which he served out. Last spring
the defendant again married. She was ad
vised to do so by her friends, who told her
what they believed to be the law; that the
conviction of her husband was a divorce in
itself. From the evidence, it appeared tha t
the woman believed this to be the case, and
acting under an erroneous impression of the
law, married a second husband. Sentence
was suspended and she will not probably
be punished severely, if at all.
A Kurd.
Job Sass of walpole, (But residing Now
at the phoenix tavern in deadham)—Pre
sents his thanks tu the follerin Societies &
personages therein named For favurs receiv
ed On His late tower tu Boston, to wit:
to konductor boyd on The Ralerode. I
shant fergit his kindness For 1 mouth or 6
weeks tu kum i think i Never seed sich a
perlite man, his ostenshuns displayed tu
parsengers—of high degree & Low—won
ray universal Approbasbun. mister boyd
is A man arter my own Hart.
tu the Keeper of the bito tavern, his
attenshuns Will be held In everlastih re-
membcrance. he is a man well kalkilated
tu kee thut tarvern—1 of the Fust Class as
i heer Tell, “suksess tu The Bite Tavern,”
will be my dyin mottoe.
tu the appel wuraon On the korner of
State street —for Her civilities wile i Stood
a Eatin a pint of chesnuts in frunt of Her
stand, her konversashun Was truly agree-
abel. she is ably kalkulated tu raise my
Expectashuns on WumoD.
tu Mister Kimball of the Museum, he
invited me to see the konkaros&Katrmounts
awl free Of charge, which i akordingly Did.
tu mistur Ordway—the Grate Konductor
of Niggurs. & now albeit i hate a niggur
about As bad as i Doo a toll house On a
Turn Pike—i kud’nt Refrain from seein
them ordway niggurs, & i return them my
barty Thanks for a Jovial Treet. they put
the right leg forrid, and did the thing up
handsum.
tu the editor of the bostun Herald—for
allowin Me tu sit In His sanctum Snadtotum
a readin The papurs of The Day without in-
terrupshuns for 4 Hours runnin. wen he
Meets me at hum i Will try to Return the
Komphment—He will find in My Library
of Books—the follerin—namely :
scot t s Kommentary on the Bible, in 18
volumes.
Watt’s salms & Hims.
doddrige’s Rise and Progress,
popkin on the Last Day.
Bell on Wounds,
peck on purgatory.
& so on.
tu the Owners of the exchange Koffee
Howse for privilege Of a Cheer wile taking
A mornin siesty, (so kalled.) i Shall not
soon Fergit their unblemished civility.
tu the Parson <fc proprieturs of the Stone
church in Summer street—for a Chance to
promenard Up & Down the broad lie of
the same on Sunday last—in search Of a
seat—without bein molested, <fc to the sax-
ton of the same for an offur of a Free seat
in the garret.
tu konductor hawkins on the ralerode for
special Privileges on my return, i telled
him i hadn’t got hut 16 coppurs Left on
my Expenses of the Tower—and the fare
was 25—but He let me parse tu The detri
ment of 9 cents to The ralerode. i wud
Rekommend mistur Charles hawkins tu the
travelin Kommunity as A man who Knows
at a Glance who’s who—& who Aint.
tu mistur Farrington for an eskort in His
Karriage from the depot to Tarvern.
tu Mistur howe & Boarders for Hart-felt
Welkome on the Pizarro of the phoenix,
thir bowin Shakin of hands was exhilera-
tin, & i was kind’o glad i Had got back.
Witness my hand,
JOB SASS.
N. B. publish in 1 papur, inside thereof,
& forid Bill tu phoenix tarvern—postage
paid.—Boston Herald.
What's in a Name.—One of our ex
change papers, speaking of the candidates
for the Legislature, in one of the counties
of Wisconsin, says that J. M. Root is the
Democratic. Robert Hogg the Free Soil,
and T. H. Dye the Whig candidate. So,
with the voters we suppose it will be Root,
Hogg or Dye—and no mistake.
It is related as an anecdote of the cele
brated Talleyrand, that when he took the
oath of allegiance to Louis Phillippe, and.
the then new constitution, he jokingly, if
not sneeringlysaid : “Well, this is only the
eighteenth oath I have taken to support a
new constitution in France.”
A man not a thousand miles from Low
ell, once asked another who he liked best
to hear preach.
“Why,’ said she, ‘I like to hear Mr.~
preach best, because I don’t like any preach
ing, and his comes the nearest to nothing of
any that I ever heard.’
A negro man being called on as a wit
ness in one of the courts of North Carolina,
on being examined as to the nature of an .
oath, was asked if he knew what would be
the consequences here aud hereafter if he
swore to a lie.
“Yes,” said he; “ears off, and no share
in the kingdom.”
Jake says that the best remedy he has
ever tried for the chills and fever, is bitters
made of brandy and cherry-tree bark. He
puts the brandy in a jug, and ties the bark
to the handle, and takes a dose whenever
he feels like it, which is about every half
hour.
u Say, Joe, when you served in Mexico,
wasn’t you very ambitious?” “Well, yes,
rather so! why ^Because when your
company had to kill those Donkeys for pro
visions, I thought you indulged in great
ass-pie-rations /”
A Barber desired a groggy customer of
his one Sunday morning, whose breath
smelled of alcohol, “to keep his mouth shut
or the establishment might get indicted for
keeping a rum hole open on Sunday.”
The Bridal Chamber.—A Western man
in New York, writing home about the Nich
olas Hotel, thus speaks of the Bridal
chamber:
“The walls of the “bridal chamber” are
entirely covered with fluted white satin,
and I cannot find language to describe the
gold trimmings, gorgeous drapery, etc.—
The bed is designed as a fairy bower—it
stands in the centre of the floor, upon a
broad cushion of white satin, with mirrors
at the foot. The bed is covered with the
richest Brussel’s lace, and the sheets are of
muslin, trimmed with lace, and the satin
drapery is sustained by a canopy of bur
nished gold. This room can be occupied
at $50 per day, including board. Send on
the happy couples.”