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CHILDHOOD.
| he screwed Cp Ins courage to venturing a. an independent living upon another, and! AN LSEASY PREDICAMENT,
bold push that should settle all. lie finally ' in forming a strong resolution to go ahead
BY GEORGE D. PRENTICE.
Tlie Presidency aud Tice IPresi
deucy.
The recent death of Mr. Kino ba3 given
Tis sad, yet sweet, to listen
To the soft wind’s gentle swell,
And think we hear the musie
Our childhood loved so well;
To gaze out on the even,
Aud the boundless fields of air,
And feel again our boyhood’s wish,
To roam like angels there.
j became a convert to the sentiment so epi- j and do something for himself. We were the witness of a very ludiceroos
gramaticalfy expressed by the poet: j The lesson he learned changed to be a 'incident which occurred in this' city a few j ihe to some spt^jlationYn YeferenYe to tie
most valuable one, which many a married , days since, for relating which we crave the j effect of the death of Will the President and
| wife may at her leisure give her husband, to indulgence of the gentleman directly con j y- ce Presiden
lecided advantage. ; eerned— deeming it too irood a ioke’to be iw
“He either fears his fate too much,
Or his deserts are small,
Who dares not put it to the touch.
To gain or lose it all.”
Tnere are many dreams of gladness
That cling around ibe past.
And from the tomb of feeling
Old thoughts come thronging fast.
The forms we loved so dearly,
In the happy days now gone,
The beautiful and lovely 7 ,
So fair to look upon.
Those bright and gentle maidens,
Who seemed so formed for bliss,
Too glorious and too heavenly
For such a world as this!
Whose dark soft eves seemed swimming '
In a sea of liquid light;
And whose locks of gold were streaming,}
O er brows so sunny bright.
his dec
. . Tom Turnabout, Esq., afterward turned!lost.
j Accordingly he laid out to bring matters out a very respectable member of his pro-1 While sitting at our desk, and laboring
| Ia * „ °Vf e ‘ . I fesssion ; enough so, at any rate, to be able assiduously, with pen, scissors and paste, to
j Dick, said he to a companion of his, j to earn sufficient to pay bis carriage and in ake out a readable paper for our patrons,]
°De afternoon, as they sat together in the j oyster house scores. At home be never we were suddenly “frightened from oar ;
| office ot the .atter—“Dies, Pm in a quan- j knew wbat trouble meant. j propriety,” by the hasty entraae*- of
! dary I”
‘‘A quandary !”
“Yes.”
“About what r
“I want some money.”
“You want money! Why 7 , how much
did you marry, pray ?”
“More than i shall ever get I fear.”
‘DN ell, that’s a good one ! But what’s the i equally sensitive in detecting the debtor, us. and was so wonderfully agitated*that
trouble F’ - .... - ”
“Do yon keep a secret
whisper.
“Try me and see.”
ihe Constitution provides
that on the death of the President, the View
President shall fill his place. The case of
Mr. Ti ler who succeeded to the Presidency
on the deaih of Gen. Harrison, and the
case of Mr. Fillmore who succeeded Gen.
Tavlok, are instances in point. The Con-
a | slitntion provides also, that on the death of
j propriety,
jtleman. exclaiming, “For God’s sake help j both, Congress shall declare then “what of-
t j ™ e T S thfe malU;r: 1 ve some j Seer shall act as President.” Acting under
i» zzz&ss i i t 5s cw «t, d! i‘ “ i7 ? 3 ’ ‘ Mct
ife*iv,lr. It is a knack acquired bv Ion-|-bl f me P J*.« li* M of the _d* ms e of toll the
-- - - - * 01 — 1 t President and v ice Presiden
DODGING A
Some know how to do it, and can
| tectively.
i exDenence.
by 7 long
If the dun, however, by his [ We' instantly rose from our ehair. halfp*
! 1 . 7 7 j — t "o mcuiuuf irom our enair. nan * tion for in
j ex penence becomes expert, the Junee stands j frightened ourselves. Our friend had bro-1} in
! small chance of e 1 lux /Inn iiipnnxac ■ !-/-.« 1.. .... .3 1 I i «^ B
lake the brightest buds of summer.
They have fallen from the stem;
Yet, oil! it is a lovely dream,
To fade from earth like them.
t, a new elec
tion for these officers should be held in the
ri i U “• ,, , - — ; following December, and that the President
1h^Tw T I kta 5U i"° su<ide, * , - v and «P« J and Vice President then elected should hold
i aU( i often two manoeuvres that would" Yale t-Y Y° y >vn ‘“’ rJiUj l v _ agitated that we l their officers for four years from the 4lh of
. auu oiien two, manteuvrea that «ouM pale knew uot whether he was indeed m his <en-J n i , „ - * ,
asked Tom in a : the reputation of even Napoleon himself. Yes or not. We looked at him wiih a vY- : B f* t * cn :i =; L Iurt ^ er proved
We heard a more the Ati^r rf.lPT »e looaea at mm wn fa a sort thatm the liitemn between the death of
i " e neatU a story, the other aa», of old ; of surrnise mixed with dread, and hardly & - ■> , , . -
; n r (■ ( s w !t.i , _ > |, 1 , .. 5 u j one President and the election oi another,
• , , ,, ’ . ’ ortsinoatn, wmch toon^h knew whether to speak with* or seize and j the President of the Senators tojtno/xfhatt
l^mained money, you know. not having any very great reverancy to the,confine him for a madman. The latter \v-D_. ' i,~ Y * ,
ragraph, is nev t rthele4 to the j came near attempting There he stood ] f ^ 1 ^ 3* ° f f \**
point as regards the duning. For there is j quivering and pale, with one hand lightly chilf Mairistrato^ ^
Professional and Business Card
Si
I. II. SAFFOLD, Jr.
Attorney and Connseller at Law,
SAN DERSY ILLE, GA.
YViB practice in the counties of Wash
ington, Montgomery, ratnall Emanuel and
Jefferson of the Middle Circuit, also the
counties of Telfair and Irwin ot the South
ern Circuit. Office in Sandersville.
February 22, 18
And yet the thought is saddening,
To muse on such as they,
And feel that all the beautiful
Are passing swift away !
That the fair ones whom we love,
Grow to each loving breast.
Like tendrils of the clinging vine,
And perish where they rest.
“Every body say 7 s so, you know.
“And everybody thinks so but me !—
There’s plenty of money in die case, but un- ] a wide difference between the amateur and [grasped dj«o a part of his pantotoomTiust
: luckily there's none to be had I I can’t lay j the professional. ! j a ^ hollow of the kn^e. J
Dr. G was a man of great integrity-
in his and worth, and his business habits were on
j square—exacting everything that was bis
“You laugh, but what would you do ?” i own, and paving e»ery man his due. He
“What would 1 do F’
“Yes—what shall I do ?”
“Nothing is easier,” replied Dick. lever he met him, the Dr. was ready, note; it move just then!
j hold of it!’ :
j “Ha! ha
: face.
ha!” laughed Did
Chief Magistrate shall devolve
Speaker of the House,
. , , In regard to the Ybce Presidency, the
hats ihe mattor: asked we, at last Constitution simply says that “theSenate
e niatt6r - exclaimed;^ "oh, help \ shall choose their own officers, and also a
me. \e got sometjiEg here, which just ran j president pro tempore, in the absence of the
■ 111 tny leg. Some lOiemal scorpion or liz-1 \ President or when he sh?ll 1L>
] umYor some oiwdA-r gentleman of Hamp- j ar< U 1 i 0 * 1 ’, ^ t fct go: I must! office of President of the United States.”
for tome consux'.raole amount, and when- iholo it. Oh. there he shi^ek^il Ai T felt : v * ,, - # , ,
” 1 *.ue.e. ue Mineseu, r ieii prom this we would infer, that the country
Jh, these pants with- Is now without anr Vice Pres ideal, and col-
never wear another * 1
EfiH SOI13L3L ^ BY YT
Marrying
a Fortune.
4—tf
BY GEO. CANNING HILL.
“I hope not,” said Tom, “but how shall ; in hand, for the payment of the instalment.ioutstraps! I’ll never wear anotiier -uair 1 , - ...
rn to tt-nrk i, k..- i.!A I ^ aD ^. llj er pair sequentiy, thougb his fnneusnsa#presiding
nizmg dread with i open at the bottom as long as I live. Ah. i officer of the Senate mav be disebaj<*ed
tii6 JJoctor y par-; I teel it i t + i
1 , . . f txeularly at a time when troubled with a dis- j “Feel what we inquired, standing at the I the GoverameaTenrilled to D SH«ie2r to^the
she won let me, m j ease known m nnanwal parlance as ‘shorts.* j same time, at a respectfnl distance from ihe ( pav au J title of Vice President. Nor will
but whenever, he met him. the Doctors dan, gentleman; for we Lad just been reading {J| ere be, esieept in the ease of the death of
,npnr d fi!n, 5 a n b *l T ' Jtb Y 5 m0Ve ‘ : r jr Lor P ns C t hns f corres].ondei 3 t‘s letter a- j President Pierce, in which event a newelec-
{ ^ r b0 ° k ’ T pay menus jbo»t snakes, lizards, and tarantulas, and be- tion would become necessarr both for ?res-
w c r« made without seeing tiie note at all, cvme to imagine some deadly insect or rep- kk-ntand Vice President. The Constitution
tile in the leg of our friend s unmentiona-
BEVERLY D. EVANS,
attorney at law.
SANDERSVILLE, GEORGIA
WILL pi •aetiee iu the counties ot Wash . . ...
ington Burke, Jefferson, driven, Emanuel! b * 80: >» be poor.
Laurens, Wilkinson and Hancock.
(Office in Court House on Lower Floor.)
Feb. 1. 18-33. I—R*
Full half of mankind will never get thro’
searching up money matches for themselves j
until the other half has done with holding
the money 7 . That is a fixed fact, which no
one will attempt to call in question. circumstances will best allow !
lorn Turnabout was one ot the penniless j “I’ll try it—I’ll act ou vour happy su<r
ones. Not that it was, by anv means, the 'restion !” ~
11 go to work i |
“Have you h r oached the subject to vour the debtor about meeting
J better half F’
j “Haven’t dared to
fact !”
“Then run up a bill or two.”
“Then what?” asked Tom, earnestly.
“Have it sent at such a time to the bouse
and be sure not to be at home.” ! or enquiring as to the chances of itseventu-
“I never thought of that.” al payment. He knew that the Doctor was
“She’ll either pay it or blow,” continued honest, and that it would be all right, and
Dick. ^ | several payments were thus very blindly
“Rut what, if the latter V j made.
“Then you have got the core of your [ A great dearth of funds made him more
subject and you can go ahead after that as shy of meeting the Doctor, and as he pass-
.,-,n l ...» ” e d through the town bis eyes
JAMES S. HOOK,
Attorney at Law,
S^i.XDERSVILLE, GEORGIA
WILL PRACTICE IN THE COUNTIES OF
) Washington, Burke, Striven
Middle-circuit. ^ j e f£ erson and Emanuel.
Southern Circuit. [ - - - - Laurens.
Ocmulgee Circuit | - - - - Wilkinson
[Office next door to Wartheirs stored
office. jan. 1, 1852. 51—ly
R, L. WARTHEN,
Attorney at Law,
SANDERSVILLE, GEORGIA,
feb. 17, 1853. 4—ly
, , , tells us how the vaeant office of President
b.es as they are sometimes ealkd. ! shall be tilled, but contains no provision of
T don t snow what it is,” answered the j the kind in regard to the Vice Presidency,
gentleman, help me to see what it is. I was | except when both officers shall be vacated,
just passing tiiat pile of rubbish there, in ; when, as just remarked, a new election must
front oi your office, and felt it dart op my j be had.—Nor. Rep.
, legs a* quick as lightning, and He clench-: We subjoin the 9th and 10th sections of
,11 Wtl™ tY.M r yes Ti eT \ ^l ed raore % b %- Kith** l>een the! the Act of Congress alluded to above, which
itorrTl g” !1 P=eol bisi dread, neck of an anaconoa, we believe he would ; we find quoted in the Charleston G^rof
i, i. n - , . . - f ,o . creditor, and avoid hmi it possible. He sue-1 have squeezed it to a iellv i to,.
i fault ot his own, but it merely happened to ; “True; wbat will you have! Shall we j ceded admirably for a while, and out rr en - i Bv this time two o^ three of Ihe * ^1' +
, . - Ynd, ! go into Carter’s and get one of his nicest I eralled the old man several times. Bat fete) vs' had come in: the clerks and r.ae’imr in ^
what made the matter worse, beside being i teams and take a drive out to Spineville F’ not always favor the brave, and the doctor, I boys hearing the outcry stoniod working h P* VI v m ’
poor, per »» a poor Urns'er-.. “I oo conlffn’t have bit U» mil more I from a distant nositHm. „ hU victim tie | aud editors and ail hands stood arormd IlS j ideot
mingicd sympathy , the Senate pro tempore, and incase there
entered j and alarm. i shall be no President 'of the Senate, then
him he-1 “Bring a chair, Fntz, ^ said we “and let j the Speaker of the House of Representatives
Ilian ordinary personal attractions—so far be sure it was a step taken in tbe dark, but ■ -Didn’t I see Mr. come inltererl' “5?lcsm’tsit,”2d “ibe oemieman- ' V l ~ e u “ e . l *“S, siaI1 act “ I’lsadept ot
as tire opinion ot the major,ty ot the other Tom hoped that it would lead to happy re- asked the Doctor. ' can’t bend mv knee'-if I dolt Sn
sex went ;an<l, upon this opinion he early j suits aud plenty of money. 1 -He did eome in bere,sir,’ said the sboristinw n!e!.UrfLr , . s „ , „ . a v. ,
One™™™ doiitclTanc ! ‘T'd« ^•“V ^ -i “V«Pj rt^t AeV«
ciai manners, it would have been no wonder ed to be about nine o’clock. The servant!and couM waH^ well^ not;'|°° t ’ “ d v-Mrat, the
at all it he did not Have to undergo many j answered the summons, and carried a bill horse at the door, and thought he would: "Well kt me -ffire it one n^ore hard toY* ^ ^ 11 -orthwi-the*a
a p.-tng in the measurement of his hvino-bv ' nn si-iirs. ia her mkt»«* tRa i-^n i %- r % i c ' t-i , J , .= s °* >e more card i notahcation thereof to be made to the Exe-
his circumstances ° 7 i P U,r:> mtetre5S - Hie bell rang , be back before tong. The man remained squeeze,! Ucrushittodeath ”saidhe,anda ientive of every State: and shall a Co cause
a» i » l f ,, , again, and there came a second bill. A bid and the old Doctor waited a long time, gain he pm the force of an iron vice noon the ■ T k! x - » ! a.-o cause
-At last, by one of those fortunate turns j third time, and auother bilk Mrs. Euphra- At last he went out to the man’s great re- thin- } r;» ui »i.r. i L ^ J ** e lo ^ m at least one
ot the dice ot enanee ot which we read or ' sia Turnabout began to -rrow alarmed.
“I
or
the United States until the disability be 1- re
moved or a President shall be elected.
determined to found pretty much all bis fu
ture. With his affable and excessively so- -
,, - - | = L it bad any life left, thfe laste&rt the newspapers printed m each State, spea-
v i . i r r r r , i --o »— — liei, aud alter a while he himself went out roust have killed iL Ha then c itinnsto I f. £t, r> ., * IT
hear but rarely, lom furnabout was mar- Presently eaine along the dinner hour.— and w s is just stepping up on his " -- - ** • : fy iD e ^bat Electors ot the 1 resident of the
JN 0. AY. RUDISILL
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
SANDERSVILLE, Ga.
Jan. 25, 1853 52—lv
' MULFORD MARSH,
Attorney ami Counsellor at Law
Office, 175, Bay street, Savannah, Ga.
feb. 22, 1853. ’ •*—ly
S. B.'GRAFTON.
Attorney at Law.
SANDERSVILLE, GEORGIA,
ned, and to a lady of fortune. It seemed ! It duly found Tom Turnabout, Sq. at home j when the Doctw* diited athi’m fromadSorl Sutai^ht ^ a ^kef sbrnknife wlf ia^h- 3 7
i to him as if the fortune was accumulated • and at the table. ! wav '. , -narp snue wa> ]a the several States within thirty four days
• for his use and behoof alone. And. on his! All Anrimr tho mod Lp tTtri.-mcL Ci v, n Arat u. »._:j »i. -r, , » piocured; toe pauts were cut o|«n carefully, preceding the first Wednesday in December,
i r d T°^ -"r ^ i «ea £ ^ ; '“tf if
| S’otejftntt p'r^ect °‘ * ^ fLtv In 3^ f JiT i P". ^ ^ ^ f 3i " ^ ^ m
assured o-t au
j a young aud
sia Turnabout,
term
pretty young w oman, iler Hair curled, Her within his reach, but he not able to pick on roestie poetry, written in chalk on the old —give me the knife again!” Another in- i tint tb- FWw ^«* K - . • * j ‘ j '
eves weie ot a jet black, her hand was del-; even a shiny scale trom its surface. She <fre«pr- ■ , , , t aL Electors shall be appointod. or cho-
icate and of a idly white, and she knew how i was as calm as a delicious cool summer’s' ” ' “Never run c mou was made—in went the gentleman s| sen wiihin thirty-four days preceding the
Will also attend the Courts of Emarnt to dispense the most gracious aud bewitch- j morning—he, ou the other hand, was burn- WkYn you see’ a dun.” “ d °' Came ~ j first Wefeesdajin December in the year
''' ing smiles: how could she be otherwise than dug up with disappointment aud chagrin. * ~ ' "'tt.!.. .. . ^ ; next ensuing. W ithin which time the e&ec-
Laurens, and Jefferson, should business be eni
itustedto his care, in either of those countie
feb. 11. -t—tf
pretty l And if pretty likewise amiable l I “He*declared within himself that he could : Strcnye Articles Recently Found.—A ! nn 5]L\ * *** ^ &hal \ a PP°’ nted ^ cbosen » and
! At least,so thought for a time, Tom Turn-1 stand it no longer. It was a few steps be- lynch pin recently from Die wheel of for- .bYtLY »Th ¥ i J el ^ to ? shali and give their votes on
about, Esq., who esteemed himself her liege youd human endur ance.'" Better ffieTonce j tune-lost in a trotting match over the ** ^ said Wedn ^ iu 1>ec ^ mber ’ &cd
lord and master.
But there was
J, B. HAYNE,
Attorney, at Law.
SCARBOROUGH, GEORGIA.
than live Ion- 7 in this suspense ’ road to rnin, ! ^ ard / or a . ^- v ’ 0a , r . fn ” Qd ’ we proceedings and dudes of the said elec-
one thing that seriously j So at kst = he meekly remarked to hie A of affliction-picked up in the path TT tlST ! l0rS aud ° tbei ^ ^ ail to the di-
troubled Tom, and that was, how to broach wife— ' of adversitv. pardon ua for doing so. Though thfe i s , reckons prescribed m this act.”
’ I „ . . . ..to.!* , . . about a stocking, we assure our readers it is
w;n ittond nrnnmtlv to ill Wiling on D^ e subject of coming into due possession, “Euphrasia, was there anything brought A pint of brine in which the rod, so of-
Ills tvife’s property.— ivere tins tnornmg for me!” “ ’ reedof, wavpiekled.
no yam—Ah 0. Picayune.
jlfiddlc or Eastern counties.
.March 14,
7—ly
M, & R. M. JOHNSTON,
ATTORNFiYS AT LAW.
SPARTA, GEORGIA
Will practice in Haucock aud the ad
joining counties, and the Supreme Court.
MARK JOHNSTON, | R. M. JOHNSTON.
March 22, 1S53. S—tf
W. L. HOLLIFIELD,
SURGEON DENTIST.
SANDERSVILLE, GEORGIA
may 10,1852. 16—tf
t
Dr. William L. Jernigan,
V
HAVING permanently located him
self in Sandersville, respectfully offers
_ Jiis professional services to the citizens
of the Village, and county. When not oth-
envise engaged he may be found at his Office
at all times.
Sandersville, March 8,1853. 6—ly
SCRANTON. JOHNSON & CO
GROCERS.
Savannah, Ga.
D - T. SCRANTON,
JOSEril JOHNSTON.
\ ' W. B. SCRANTON
( No. 19, Old Slip, N.
>22 1853. 4—ly
Savannali.
feb.
Yor
The original invoice of consignment of One o{the Watchmen '—A teller'
h or this he married; could it be that he; “Y'es, dear," she replied, “there were
was no better off now 7 ”” ' ' ‘ ‘
made him giddy.
He went round and
his mind for a long time
becoming the more perplexed. At no sin- “\\ as there a bill for furniture, too I” in- ou *"
gte tune dared he to nerve his courage up j quired the agitated Tom. A lot of bogus wit—very unlike the owner the snake got louse, and the owner
to the effort necessary to be made in order; “Y es, dear ; I paid that and took a re- Sacral coinage of the brain. coming iu and finding his critter gone; yells IVY l-to
toha\etbe matter completely understood ceipt; but the others, your personal mat-, A hoop from the bat of severe ridicule, out
between them. Euphrasia had never at- ters, you know, those 1 carefully placed ini A leaf from the flower that bloomed un
tended to the subject ot money, simply go- your escritoire, where you could readily find 86611 “Supposed to have grown the vale
ing ahead and managing the household as them when you wished to. I hope you do °*' oblivion,
if she had tesoh ed to count at least one in not consider me too inquisitive in just look- j ^ splinter from a printer’s stick,
its management and classification. Tom i ing at them to see what they were. “ “
had repealedh hinted to her about “depos- j Torn was not possessed of any too much Kindness of a Carjxmtcr.—A carpenter,
ifo ” “lifliilr stneks’ 5 “tavac >» „.. j „ii .i.. 1 - -- - - r - - w *
■Juvenile Wit—“Pa,” exclaimed Simon,
looking as bright as a fresh bottle of ink, “Pa
com- [ have got a co-num scrum that you can’t
see If you can
restored to a man
tell quick,
, , , . , , . afore you think to tell right.”
lers; during a temporary absence of the “I give It up,” replied the old gentleman,
to hear something bright from
I give It up. How can it!”
, “Let him carry a hive of bees.”
Everlastin misery! who’s seen my waich- : «How so r/ ”
man ?’ ’
ite,” “bank slocks, “taxes, and all the' philosophy, and this last serious sally of ing ne^ected to make a gibbet, which for? says a bald headed roan,
other minute appurtenances to the posses- 1 his wife quite unset what little he had.— was ordered by the executioner, on the ‘Whv, my watchman; all mv dust is
siouofa fortune, but hitherto to just no ‘ ' - - l- k-j —- * - - 7 ! - * - -
purpose at all; she made neither revelation
. , , ! “Eos then he’ll be a '‘beholder,”
.lany heads jxqipec. up from the berths, As Simon dodged out of the door, some-
bat nobody had seen the missing watch- , iJjjnrr very much like a brick whizzed over
man. i ^ *
‘W hat was he, old feller, your’e inquirin
or explanation—least of all did she betray
her native acuteness by taking a hint.
Such a state of affairs was worrying Tom
iulo a fit of desperation, if uot into his grave
and he finally made up his mind to come
to an understanding, in some way or auoth
er, just as soon as practicable.
So long as it was necessary to keep the
‘John, who was the wisest man f
^— _ r - , . . - j — , ... 7 «... ‘Don’t know, sir.’
Swallowing hisdiuneras fast as he could umt HeHad not been paid for the under my bed, and I left a guard with it. ‘Yes, you do know, tell use.’
with safety do it, he pushed as fast as he that he liaa erected, gave so much of- bvi he is gone!’ j ‘Wall* I guess it was uncle, for father
could for his office. Ere loug his old frieud , nce ! 1 . , noxt ^ nie ^ ,c j l, dge passed ‘Guard?—was he a nigger or a white f«H sez he was so cunning he got every body
Dick, made his appearance. I h « se »\ for *. | Jer ?’ i to trust him and wan t fool enough to pay
“Well!” said Dick, “how goes it, Tom ?” 1 renew, said thejudge, m astern voice, ‘No’he was a California rattlesnake—j nobody.’
“It’s no go,’’ surlily answered Tom. j, cnv I can,e Y 011 ^v'glect making the gib- nine feet long; and fifty-two rattles on his 1
bet that was ordered on my account!’ tail. Have any of you fellers seen the crit- ] J Printer's Wit —The New York Star
embers ot hope alive, he had sedulously understood herself so well as did his wife,
avoided all his former acquaintance, lest he j more particularly when she held the purse
might too suddenly give a shock to the del- j striugs
ieate nerves of his wife, and to loose his
chances altogether. But as soon as
“How not ? Were the bills paid ?” ,
Tom explained the whole. * humbly beg your pardon,’ said the ter crawliu here ?’ , emits the following beam:
His friend admitted that it would be ex carpenter, Tor had I known it had been for, No, they hadn’t—but all able to get out i “A correspondententered an office and ac-
eoedingly hard to get round a womau who 5 0Ur fordsui]), it should have been done of bed did so m a particular hurry, leaving oused a compositor of not having panctua-
erslood herself so well as did his wife, j V^sdiately. ] t ] ie feller’ and his ‘guard’ sole moving i tod his communication, when the typo ear-,
An exchange paper says that forgetting j
pay your small
jst, are the same
found that disguise helped him uot a whit, j trewe Worthlessness of his*" dependence for ’ ferently expressed.
| occupants of the room.
liis j Tom gave it up altogether. That after- ] to pay your small bills and robbing* a heu I A Western poet in speaking of the moon
he j noon was spent in reflecting upon the ex- ; roost, are the same tiling iu dutch, only dif- j said: “Site laid her cheek upon a cloud like a
nestly replied—‘Tm not a pointer—I’m*
setter.”
beauty on a young man’s bosom.’
Theodore Parker caffs Mew Hampsha*
“The land of poor relations and cheap tomb
stones.”
