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BY S. B. GRAFTON.
SANDERSVILLE, GEORGIA, TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 6, 1853.
VOL. YII-—NO. 32
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Professional and Business Cards.
B 2i. PRESCOTT
Attorney at law,
Halcyondale, Scriven co., Georgia
WILL give his whole attention to the
p ractice of Law in all its branches.
July 12, 1853. 24—6m
BEVERLY D. EVANS,
attorney at law,
Sandersville, Georgia.
"WILL practice in the counties of Wash
ington Burke, Jefferson, Scriven, Emanuel
Laurens, Wilkinson and Hancock.
(Office in Court House on Lower Floor.)
Feb. 1, 1853. 1—
W. L. HOLLIFIELD,
SURGEON DENTIST.
SANDERSVILLE, GEORGIA
maylO, 1852. 16-—tf
Dr. William L. Jernigan,
n HAVING permanently located him
self in Sandersville, respectfully offers
i* his professional services to the citizens
of tlie Village, and county. When not oth
erwise engaged he may be found at his Office
at all times.
Sandersville, March 8, 1853. 6—ly
JAMES S. BOOS.
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
Sandersville, Georgia.
WILL PRACTICE IN THE COUNTIES OF
, „ . . ) Washington, Burke, Scriven
Middle-circuit. ^ j e ff erson an d Emanuel.
Southern Circuit, j - - - - Laurens.
Ocmulgee Circuit | - - - - Wilkinson
[Office next door to War then's store.]
jan. 1, 1852. 51—ly
JNO.W. RUDISILL,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
Sandersville Georgia.
Jan. 25, 1853 52—ly
R, L. WARSEB3ST.
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
Sandersville, Georgia.
feb. 17, 1853. 4—ly
X. XI. SAPPOLD, JR.
ATTORNEY AND COUNSELLER AT LAW,
Sandersville, Georgia.
Will practice in the counties of Wash
ington, Montgomery, Tatnall Emanuel and
Jefferson of the Middle Circuit, also the
counties of Telfair and Irwin of the South
ern Circuit. Office in Sandersville.
February 22, 18 4 tf
z. gray.
WATCH MAKER, AND JEWELER,
Sandersville, Georgia.
May 10, 1853 15—ly
3P©3EfIE ¥
MTJLPORD MARSH.
ATTORNEY AND COUNSELLER AT LAW,
Office, 175, Bay street, Savannah, Ga.
feb. 22, 1853. 4 ~ly
DR B.D. SMITH,
Swainsloro, Ga.
Has permanently located at this place, and
will attend Professional calls.
31—tf
aug 30,1853
Ri L. FULTON,
Factor and Commission Merchant,
No. 71, Bay Street, Savannah, Ga.
Feb. 15, 1853. 3—ly
BERN & FOSTER.
Factors and Commission Merchants
Savannah,Ga.
P.K. BEHN,] [JOHN FOSTER.
feb. 22,1853. 4—ly
s B ORAFZON,
ATTORNEY. AT LAW,
Sandersville, Georgia.
Will also attend the Courts of Emanu
Laurens, and Jefferson, should business be ejit
rtustedto his care,in either of those counties
feb. IT. 4—tf
THE STORM AT SEA.
We were crowded in the cabin,
Not a soul would dare to sleep,
It was midnight on the waters—
And a storm was on the deep.
’Tis a fearlul thing in winter
To be shattered with the blast,
And to hear the rattling trumpet,
Thunder “Cut away the mast.”
So we shuddered there in silence,
For the stoutest held his breath,
While the hungry sea was roaring,
And the breakers talked with death.
And thus we sat in darkness,
Each one busy at his prayers—
“We are lost,” the Captain shouted,
As he staggered down the stairs.
But his little daughter whispered
As she took his icy hand—
Isn’t God upon the ocean
Just the same as on the land I
Then we kissed the little maiden,
And we spoke in better cheer—
And we anchored safe in harbor,
When the morn was shining clear.
HIRLHOOD.
A sweetness in the morning air,
A witching laughter in the wmods,
A group of maidens everywhere,
With glowing cheeks and flowing hair.
And not a sorrow or a care
Within then-dainty hoods!
An agile fleetness in their limbs,
A tint of morning on their brows,
Their postures full of girlish whims;
No dappled fawn so nimbly skims
Along the silver lakelet brims,
Beneath the drippling boughs!
They aie a ruthless, romping rout,
Marauders of each nook and glen;
They disappear with song and shout,
They beat the forests all about,
And ferret timid flowers out,
Then come in glee again.
Such knots of flowers and knots of girls 5
With beauty in their busy eyes!
One plaits a cluster with her curls,
Another in her finger twirls
A nosegay rich with liquid pearls,
A tell-tale in disguise.
Oh! girlhood is a guerdon fair,
That still is left a recreant race;
There’s witchery in its wayward air,
Sprinkling the sunshine everywhere;
Alas! that later years impair
Its simple guileless race!
ns.om&iLAH.'ff.
JYS- HAYK3,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
Scarborough, Georgia.
Will attend promptly to all business en
trusted to his care in any of the Courts of the
Middle or Eastern counties.
March 14, 7—ly
Xff. & R- M.JOHNSTON,
ATTORNEYS A^vLAW,
Sparta, GeorgTa-.
Will practice in Hancock and the ad
orning counties, and the Supreme Court
MARK JOHNSTON;' 1 " ”
March 22, 1853.
R. M. JOHNSTON.
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JOBZff MAL1BRY.
Draper and Tailor.
Dealerin Ready-Made Clothing andGentle-
n en’Bfurnishing Goods. 155, Bay street,
, SavannaE j Ga,
feb. 22, 1853.
4—ly
With this feeling of cupidity, Zeke start- ! come it is such a long time since they
ed for the scene of action, and it was not had the pleasure ot a visit from you that
until he had run down a dozen apple wo- they began to fear that you never intended
men in his course that he remembered bis | to come; and they’ll cap the climax by in
entire ignorance of where the Back Bay ! quinng with an injured air, “if you are
might be, and when this information was! near-sighted, or why you have so often
gained, he happened to remember that the ! passed them in the street without speaking?
“old mare” hadn’t been seen to. j Of course you feel very much like laugh-
Zeke was economical in bis horse keep- jiug in their faces, and so you can. You
ing. He hired a siuglestall in a small shed ' can’t do anything wrong, now that your
near the Providence Depot, bought his own j “pocket is full.” At the most, it will only
bav, and cared tor his own auimal. Thith-1 be “an eccentipcity. iou can use - any-
er be hastened bis steps aud having watered
bis beast, be took from bis wagon box an
old wool card, and raked down the old mare
in the most approved mauner ; to be sure
the steel teeth moved a little more harshly
over the bones than usual, but then Zeke
was in a burry, for that “tew hundred” was
in his eye.
At length, by dint of much inquiry, Mr.
Ezekiel Philpot fou id out his way to the
spot where the oeople bad already began
to collect around the “Golden Ladder.”
“Hcl-\ow!” exclaimed Zeke, as be came
“wliar’s the chap wot keeps this ’ere pole ?”
“I’m the man,” auswered a hurley fellow
with a red nose and pimpled chin, who oc
cupied a chair near the pole; “wan’t to try a
chance? Walk up gentlemen, walk up—
only three dollars. Who wauts the two
hundred ? Who—”
“Hole on, old feller,” interrupted Zeke;
“dew yer mean to say as heow’t there’s tew
huured dollars in that ’ere bag up t’ top o’
that pole ?
“Certainly.”
“An’ if I bin git it, it’s mine?”
“Xactly. Well, neow, there’s your three
dollars, an’ ueow here’s what goes for the
hull lot.”
Zeke divested himself of his coat rolled
up his shirt sleeves, aud giving a powerful
leap, he grasped the poie about ten leet
from the ground. A siugle second—not
longer—he staid there, and then—slid back
ierratfirma. Zeke looked at - his
body’s neck for a footstool, bridle anybodys
month with a silver bit, an I have as many
“golden opinions” as you like. Y’ou won’t
see a frown again, between this and your
tombstone.’
From the Boston Carpet Bag.
THE GREASED POLE:
Showing How Zeke Pliilpot got
sucked iu, aud tkeu again iiow
lie 'didn’t.
Ezekiel Philpot was born in America,
somewhere near the head waters of the Pe
nobscot, and when he arrived at the age of
nineteen he had “got bis growth” and cut
his “eye teeth,” a circumstance which was
generally admitted by all who knew him.
One bright morning in June, Zeke placed
bis long body into a shirt, run his long legs
through a new pair of striped trousers,
wrapped a span new waistcoat about his
breast, hauled up his stiff starched cotton-
dickey, and tied a check gingham about his
neck, and then donned the swallow-tailed
coat, the brass buttonsfof which looked like
a row of newly risen stars. Zeke was liter
ally a pioneer in the “Bloomer Costume,”
at least so one would have thought to have
to have seen him as he stood now.
He disdained to have his trousers’ legs
dangling iu the mud, or to have the cuffs
of his coat dangling in the wash bowl ; so
his hlue stockings peeped from beneath the
tops of his cowhides and looked up full six
inches to the trouser’s bottoms, whilst his
bony wrist had free scope from either shirt
sleeve or cuff. Zeke’s hair which was of no
solor in particular, but bore all the lighter
shades of the vegetable kingdom, was down
flat with pure bar’s ile, and directly on the
top of his head he put a white hat, some
what resembling an inverted butter firkin,
and after gazing at his presentment for
four and a half minutes, he was heard to
say—
“Thar, Mr. Zeke Philpot, if yeou don’t
slide on that then I guesswhat ain’t what,
that’s all.”
Zeke was bound for Bosting with a load
of geneoin apple sass, and he expected ere
he returned to make a slight commotion,
if riot more, in the great metropolis. The
old mare was harnessed, and in due course
of time Zeke and his load arrived safe in
Bosting, where the sass was disposed of to
good advantage, and with seventy five dol
lars in his pocket, our hero began to look
round to see the sights.
“AYeMo!” exclaimed Zeke, as he stopped
one morning before a blazing placard which
adorned one of the brick walls in Flag Al
iev; “wat’n tarnation’s that ? A Golden
Ladder—-a Road ta For 1 une—oh,
for tin, that’s it—a road to for tin.”
Zeke went on to decypher the reading
beneath, and gradually he obtained the in
telligence that on the Back Bay there was
to be a pole twenty feet high, upon the top
of which the proprietor would place a prize
of $2,00, to be retained by any one who
could obtain it. Chances $3.
“Wal, tew hundred dollars is some punk-
ins,” soliloquized Zeke. “Iy’e dumb some
pooly skinny trees in iriy day, I’ll jes’ walk
inter that feller’s tew hundred* rot me if I
don’t.
upon
nose, with a deep, long smell seemed to set
his doubts rind queries al rest, he uttered—
‘■'■The d—l ! Hoy's fat by hokey !
A broad laugh from the crowd soon
brought Zeke lo his senses, aul convinced
him that he had been sold. But ere he
could tiud his tougue again, an old salt, a
bout “three sheets in the wind,” paid for
his chance, and essayed to climb the pole.
The sailor hugged aud tugged, got bait
way up, and then slid. The crowd laugh
ed again, but this time their attention was
turned from Zeke to the new aspirant, and
after wailing a moment in sort of “brown
study,” our hero quietly slipped away, re
marking to the red nosed man that “he
was goin’ to git three dollars more, and
then he’d be danged if he didu’t try it a-
gaiu.”
In an hour Zeke was again upon the
ground.
“Neow, old feller,” said he t» the man
who took theentrauce money, “I waut to
jis’ try that ’ere thing once more, an’ I want
yew t,’ understau’ ’at I shall jis’ take off my
shews this time.”
“Got nothing iu your stockings?” sug
gested the red nosed man.
“Nothin’ but my feet,” returned Zeke, as
he planted thirteen inches of flesh and
bones into the lap of the querist.
Zeke paid his three dollars, and minus
coat, vest and “shews.” he grasped the poie.
Slowly, yet steadily he crept up from the
ground. He hugged like a blood sucker
to the greasy pole, and by degrees he near
ed the top. His hand was within a few
feet of the bag of dollars, and he stopped
to get breath. One more lift and then an
other, and—the prize was withih his grasp.
Zeke slid to the earth with two hundred
dollars !
“Thar! I know’d I could do it! I hain’t
clum spruces aud white maples all my days
for nothin’! Good by, folks, nu’ ’f ennv of
yeou-ever cum down east, give us a call.”
Zeke left the crowd in wonder, and made
the best of his way to his stable. He shut
the door of the shed, and then pulling up
his trousers, he untied from the inside of
each knee one half of the steel-toothed leath
er of his old horse card !
“Wal, old Dobbin,” said Zeke, patting
tLe mare affectionately ou the back, while
he held the pieces of the card leather in his
hand, the scattering teeth of which bad
been filed sharp' “rather guess I ken ’ford
to buy yeou a new keard now.”
Fanny. Fent on Honey.
“Dollars and dimes, dollars and dimes.
An empty pocket is the worst of crimes.”
Yes ; and don't you presume to show
yourself anywhere until you get it filled.
“Not among good people ?” No, my dear
Simplicity, not among “good people.’*
They will receive you with a galvanic ghost
of a smile, scared up by an indistinct recol
lection of the “ten commandments,” but it
will be as short-lived as their stay with you.
You are not welcome, that’s the amount
of it. They are all in a perspiration lest
you should be delivered of a request for
their assistance, before they can get rid of
you. They are “very busy,” and what’s
more, they always will be busy when you
call until you get to the top of fortune’s
ladder.
Climb, man ! climb! get to the top of
the ladder, though adverse circumstances
and false friends break every round in it,
and see what a glorious and extensive pros
pect of human nature you’ll get, when you
arrive at the summit! Your gloves will
be worn out shaking hands with the very
AH ACT more effectually to prevent fraud
in elections in this State, and to detect
and punish the same. Approved, Janua
ry 27th 1852.
1. Section. 1. Be it enacted by the Sen
ate and House of Representatives of the
State of Georgia in General Assembly met,
and it is hereby enacted by the authority of
the same, That it shall be the duty of all
. Superintendents or Managers of any election
after the first day of May next, held by au
thority of any law or laws of this State,
whether they be freeholder, Justices of the
Inferior court, or Justices of the Peace, to
take and subscribe the following oath or
affirmation:—
“All and each of us do solemnly swear
(or affirm) that we will faithfully superin
tend this day's election; that we are Free
holders, Justices of the inferior court or Jus
tices of the Peace in this county; that we
will make a just aud true return thereof;
that we will not knowingly permit any one
to vote uuless we believe be is entitled to
do so, according to the laws of this State,
or knowingly prohibit any one from voting
who is entitled by law to vote: aud we will
not divulge for whom any vote was cast, un
less called on under the law to do so.”
And if there be no Justice of the Peace,
or other officer, authorised to administer
oaths, if any one be present and shall refuse
to qualify the Superintendents, it shall be
lawful for the Superintendents to take and
subscribe the oath before each other, and
their liabilities shall be the same as though
the oath had been taken before an officer
authorised to administer oaths.
2 Sec- II. And be it further enacted
by the authority aforesaid, That it shall be
the duty of all Superintendents, of elections,
after the first day of May next, held ly au
thority of any law or laws of this State, iu
any county thereof, in addition to the copy
or list of voters now required to be returned,
to cause one list of the names of the voters,
who voted at said election at which they
presided, to be returned to the Clerk of the
Superior Court for said county, within three
days after said elections for the use of the
Giand Jury of the county, and it shall be
the duty of the irianagers lo the names of
all persons who voted, and whose votes were
challenged, plainly aud distinctly marked on
said list so returned, f and said list of vo
ters shall have attached to it a copy of the
original oath of Managers, signed and cer
tified by them; and on failure so to do, the
Managers shall be liable to indictment, and
upon conviction shall be fined in a sum not
less than fifty dollars each, nor more than
five hundred dollars each, at the discretion
of the Court; and moreover, shall be liable
to an indictment for false swearing, and
punished according to the existing laws iu
such cases.
3. Sec. III. And be it enacted by the
authority aforesaid, That it shall be the duty
of the clerk of the Superior Court of each
county in this State, to deliver said return
and list of voters to the Grand Jury of their
respective counties, on the first day of the
next term of the Superior Court of said
county, and on failure to do so, he shall be
liable to a fine cfnot less than one hundred
doiiars.
4. Sec. IV. And be it further enacted
by the authority aforesaid, That it shall be
the duty of the Grand Jurors of their res
pective counties, to examine the lists of vo
ters so returned, and if there be found on
said list any voter or voters who were not
entitled to vote according, to the laws of this
State, to present said illegal voter or voters
for voting contrary to law; and Upon convic
tion, he or they shall suffer the same pains
and penalties as are inflicted by the laws now
of force in this State; audio the event that
there be no list of voters returned to the
Grand Jury, in accordance with the pro
visions of this act, of any election held ac
cording to law since the last term of the
Court, it shall be the duty of the Grand
Jury, for their respective counties, to ascer
tain the delinquent Clerk or the Managers,
and make presentment of the party in de
fault; and upon conviction, he or they shall
suffer the same pains and penalties as are
inflicted upon Managers of elections by the
second section of this Act.
5 Sec. V. And be it further enacted by
the authority aforesaid, That it shall be
the duty of the Managers of Elections at the
several places of holding elections in this
State for Governor, Members of Congress,
Members of the Legislature, Clerks of the
Superior and Inferior Courts, Sheriffs, Cor
oners, County surveyors, and all other offi
cers elected by the people of this State, Mili
tia officers expected, to cause the, number
annexed to the name of the voter to be en
tered upon his ticket, and on counting out"
the tickets, said Managers of the election
shall not suffer the tickets to be examined
make them a long visit ;
in at any time “you’ll ;
“you must step'^°P® . t , ... „
Brays be wel-! Superior Court in each county, to be preserv
ed by him for sixty days, after which time,
if there is no contest about or protest against
any such elections, he shall proceed to burn
said tickets without opening or examining
the same; which tickets shall not be sub
ject to examination by any one, unless such
election snail be contested. •
6 Sec. Vi. And be it further enacted
by the authority aforesaid, That should
any of the elections held according to the
laws of this State be contested it shall be
the duty of the Clerks of the said Superior
Courts to deliver the tickets of said contes
ted election or elections, together with the
list of voters, to the proper authorities as
now provided by the laws of this State|
whose duty it shall be to proceed to purge
the polls ofsaid election, by opening said
packages of tickets, and ascertaining the il
legal vote or votes by the number on the
list of voters aud tickets, aud the persou or
persons having the highest number of votes
polled within the lawful hours, after deduc
ting such illegal votes, shall be declared elec
ted.
7. Sec. VII. Ana be it farther enacted
by the authority aforesaid, That all laws
aud parts of laws militating against this, be
and they are hereby repealed.
*For formed provisions, or lists of voters,
see New New Digest, 134,237,245.
f As to challenged voters, see New Digest,
237, sec. VI. of act of 1830.
JSee New Digest 237, section IV? of act
of 1830.
A Story for Lawyers.
Every lawyer of any note has heard and
read of the celebrated Luther Martin, of
Marylaud. His great efforts in the case of
Aaron Burr, as well as his displays in the
Senate of the United States, will not be
forgotten. Trifles in the history of genius
are important as we hope to show in the
story.
Mr. Martin was on his way to Annapolis,
Md., to attend the Supreme Court of the
State. A solitary passenger was iu the
stage with him, and, as the weather was ex
tremely cold, the passengers soon resorted to
conversation to divert themselves from too
much sensibility to the inclement air. The
young man knew Mr. Martin by sight, and
as he also was a lawyer, the thread of the
talk soon began to spin itself out of legal
matters.
“Mr. Martin,” said the young man, “I am
just entering on my career as a lawyer;
can you tell me the secret of your great suc
cess ? If, sir, you will give me from your
experience, the key to distinction at the
Bar, I will—
“Will what?” asked Mr. Martin,
“Why. sir, I wili pay your expenses while
you are at Annapolis,” replied the youDg
disciple.
“Done,” responded Mr. Martin. “Stand
to your bargain now, and I’ll furnish the
great secret of my success as a lawyer.
The young man assented.
“Very well,” said Mr; Martin. “The
whole reason of my success is contained in
one little maxim, which I early laid down
to guide me. If you follow it you cannot
fail to succeed. It is this : Always be sure
of your evidence.”
The listener was very attentive—smiled
—threw himself back in a philosophic pos
ture, and gave his brains to the analysis in
true lawyer patience, oi“ Always be sure of
your evidence.”
It was too cold a night for anything to
be made pecuniarily out of the old man’s
wisdom, and so the promising adept in
maxim-learning gave himself to stage
dreams, iu which he was knocking and push
ing his way through the world by the all
powerful words, “Always be sure of your
evidence.”
The morning came, and Mr. Martin, with
liis practical student, yx>k rooms at the best
hotel of the city. The only thing peculiar
to the hotel, in the eyes of the young.man,
was the fact that all the wine bottles and
the etceteras of fine living, seemed to recall
very vividly the maxim about the evidence.
The young man w tched Mr. Martin.—
Wherever eating and drinking were con
cerned, he was indeed a man to bo watched,
especially in the latter, as he was immod
erately fond of the after-dinner, after-supper,
after-any thing luxury of wine. A few days
were sufficient lo show the incipient legal
ist that he would have to pay dearly for his
knowledge, as Mr. Martin seemed resolved
to make the most of bis part of the contract.
Lawyers, whether young or old, have legal
rights, and so the young man began to
think of the study of self-protection. It was
certainly a solemn duty. It ran through all
creation. Common to animals and men, it
was a noble instinct not to be disobeyed,
particularly where the hotel bills of a law
yer were concerned. The subject daily
grew on the young man. It was all-absorb
ing to mind and pocket.
A week elapsed, and Mr. Martin was rea
dy to return to Baltimore. So was the
young man, but not in the same stage with
his illustrious teacher. N
Mr. Martin approached the counter in
the bar room. The young man was an
anxious spectator near him.
“Mr. Clerk,” said Mr. Martin, “my young
friend, Mr.—•——ywill settle my bill, a-
greeablv to engagement.”
The young man said nothing, but looked
everything.
“He will attend to it, Mr. Clerk, as we
have already had a definite understanding
on the subject. He is pledged, profession
ally pledged, to pay my bill,” hurriedly re
peated Mr. Martin.
“ Where's.your evidence?” meekly asked
the young man.
“Evidence?” sneered Mr. Martin.
“Y'es, sir,” said the young man, as he
complacently responded. “Always be sure,
Mr. Marlin, of your evidence. Can you
prove the bargain ?”
Mr. Martin saw the snare, ami pulling
out his pocket-book, paid the bill, and with
great good humor assured the young man,
“You will do, sir, and get through the world
with yorir profession without, advice from
me.” ' J
The young man thought so too.
Practice of Shoeing Horses.
Mr. Charles Percival, veterinary surgeon
of the Royal artillery, furnishes the follow
ing communication to one of the Dublin-
papers :
1 have lately-been devoting much atten
tion to shoeing, and flatter myself that the
horses under my care are a3 well shod as
any iu her Majesty’s service.
The shoe I found in use here was made
concave next to the foot, and flat on the
ground surface, than which, in my opinion
nothing coHld be worse. This shoe I have
had reversed, making the latter as concave
as the fool will possibly admit of, leaving
only sufficient room between the shoe and
the foot for the pricker to pass freely rottnd,
to remove dirt, Ac. To the heels of the
shoe 1 have given an inclined plain out
wards on the foot suiface, with three nails
on the inside and four on the outside. The
heels, instead of being cut off straight, are
well sloped, and-about the same thickness
as the toe. The shoe, one-third as thick at
the heel as the toe, recommeuded by the
late professor, the majority of onr horses
could not travel in. There are many per
nicious practices which smiths in general, if
left to themselves, fall into, viz:
1. Mutilating the frogs by improper cut
ting. I have at length got my farriers to-
understaud that the only part of the -frog
which ever requires cutting, unless ragged,
is the point, to prevent the sensible frog be
ing braised between it and the coffin bone.
2. Inflicting serious injury to the crust by
an improper use of the rasp, but especially--
the coarse side of it.
3 In fitting the shoes, by cutting too much
out of ibe crust at the toe to admit the clip.
The shoe is consequently set too far back,
instead of fitted full to the crust, and after
wards rasping away-the crust, nuking the
foot, in fact, to tit the shoe, instead of the
shoe to tit the foot. This is a faulty prac
tice, and very seriously so, which smiths in
general are very apt to fall into; one, to©, •
which renders the crust shelly, for that part
into which the nail are driven from time to
time is in this way rendered weak.
4. In turning-shoes, smiths in-general do
not attend sufficiently to beveling or sloping
the edge of the shoe from the foot to the
ground surface, which I consider of great im
portance, especially if horses are given to
cut or interfere in their action.
5. Cutting the heels of the shoe of
straight. This is also a very bad practice.
If well sloped, like a shoe for bunting, to
which there cannot be any objection, they
are less liable to be pulled off’ by the hind
shoe catching in them, and contribute more
to safety of both horse and rider.
6. Leaving the inner edges of the hind
shoes at the too sharp, which, if well roun
ded, will in a great measure prevent over
reaches, as well as render the fore shoe less
liable to be pulled off by their catching in
the beels of the former. Squaring the toe
of the hind shoe for horses that forge, or
“carry the hammer and pincers,” as it is
termed, leaving the horn projecting over
the shoe, is, in my opinion, good as a gen
eral rule, not only preventing that unpleas
ant noise, but rendering horses less liable
to overreach, and pull off their fore shoes,
provided, however, attention be paid to
rounding the inner edge.
7. In rasping the under part of the
clinches, farriers are very apt to apply the
edge of the rasp improperly to the crust,
forming a deep groove around the same,
which cannot but be injurious to the foot,
and together with taking away too much
of the crust in finishing off the foot, must
have a tendency to render it shelly. Curv
ing the shoe at the toe, after the French
fashion, where horses go near the ground,
I am very fond of, but I cannot see any ad
vantage in it as a general practice.
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ing to give some of his countrymen, who
had never seen a book, an idea of it, said,
“reading is the power of hearing with the
eyes instead of the ears.”
A wag who keeps an oyster cellar in
Newark, N. J., advertises, among other
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pigeons trained to catch voters for the next
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A leveller, perceiving two crows flying
side by side, exclaimed, “Aye, that is just
as it should be : I hate to see one crow oyer
another.” .
A windy orator once got up and said—
“Sir, after much reflection, consideration,
and examination, I have calmly, and deliber
ately, aud earefully, come tc the conclusion
—that in those cities in which" the popula
tion is very large* there are a greater num
ber of men,* women, and children, than iu
cities where the population is less.”
Any fone mav do a casual act of good, na
ture ; but- a continuation of them shows it '
a part of the temperament. Sterne.
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