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BY S. B. CRAF-TON.
SANDERSVILLE, GEORGIA, TUESDAY, OCTOBER 25, 1853.
VOL. VI1----NO. 39
the CENTRAL GEORGIAN
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Dr. William L. Jcrnigan,
HAVING permanently located him
self in Sandersville, respectfully offers
his professional services to the citizens
ot the Village, and county. When not oth
erwise engaged he may be found at his Office
a tall times.
Sandersville,March 8,1853. 6—ly
2VZ . dk R
IW TOKJUSTOIV,
ATTORNEYS AT LAW,
Sparta, Geo rg i a .
Will practice in Hancock and the ad-
oining counties, and the Supreme Court.
MARK JOHNSTON, | R. m. JOHNSTON.
March 22, 1853. 8—tf
LOCKETT , LOJMCL & CQ.
Commission Merchants and
SHIPPING A GENTS.
126 Bay Street, Savannrh, Ga.
iLOCKETT, W. H. LONG,
sent,. 20
J. H. DAVIS.
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Professional and Business Cards.
3- Xi. FRE8COTT
Attorney at law,
JIalcyondale, Scriven co., Georgia
WILL give his whole attention to
practice of Law in all its branches.
JuL 12, 1853. *24—Gin
the
BSVERLKD. EVAN3.
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 an Lower Floor.)
Feb. 1, 1853. I—ly
JA3X2S S. HOOK.
ATTORNEY at law,
Sandersville, Georgia.
WILL PRACTICE IN THE COUNTIES OF
) Washington, Burke, Scriven
Middle-circuit. { Jefferso “ ard Emanuel.
Southern Circuit. | - - - - Laurens.
Ocmidgee Circuit | - - - - Wilkinson
[Office next door to Warthen's store.]
jan. 1, 1852. 51—ly
fflf B KNAFF.
Manufacturer of
SADDLERS, HARNESS, Ac. Ac., and
Wholesale and Retail Dealer in all
kinds of
SADDLERY WARE. CARRIAGE
Trimmings, Laces, Fringes, Patent Leath
er, Springs, Axles, Bands, Varnish, Ac.
Tlie llalden’s Complains.
I really think it is a shame
A woman can’t propose.
Instead of waiting the caprice
Of obstinate young beaux;
Our foolish custom ne’er allows
A timid maid to choose;
But she must listen to man’s choice,
Then take him or refuse.
y.ar comes,
They tell us that when leap
This privilege we have;
But ’tis an idle tale, I vow—
We’re nothing but man’s slave.
I wish some one would make a law,
To take effect direct,
That men should henceforth sit,
And woman should select.
Why, if a woman now declines,
If asked some thing or other,
And thus lets one proposal slip,
She ne’er may get another;
But man cau poke las nose around
And pick where lie’s inclined to,
Or he can let the matter pass,
Just as he has a mind to.
AT THE SIGN OF THE GOLDEN SADDLE,
West end of Gibbons’ Building
JIavket Square, Savaunali.
A large assortment always on hand, and
for sale at the lowest } rices.
Feb. 15, 1853, 3—ly
It clearly is a shameful thing,
To say the least about it,
That man alone should have a choice;
Male bipeds do you doubt it?
If custom gives the van to man,
Why don’t they do their duty,
And pop the question sans delai,
To every smiling beauty?
US CUE ILL'A NT.
SHOBffiia c, auBAU,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
Sparta, Georgia.
October, 4.
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XiAWSQN & GOLFREST
Commission Merchants,
93 BAY ST St E JETT
SAVANNAH, GEO.
[P. A. LAWSON. J. E. GODFREY.]
Wanted--A Widow.
BY CHARLES WHITEHEAD.
Mr. Samuel Gipps was a bachelor, about
forty years of age,—a good humored old
Ifortable home to any lady of competent
I qualifications who might be disposed toac
cept it.
Un the following day’ Gipps procured a
' copy of the newspaper, and after much ditb-
I cully succeeded in discovering bis adver
tisement. What a close phalanx of appli
cants ! He bad never before remarked how
'many people were diurnally wanting some-
thig or the other. Lodgings to be let, up-
| on which the army of Gyrus might have
been comfortably billeted—light porters
enough to carry the Himlaya mountains, or
the pyramids of Egypt—cooks sufficient to
dress the edible cbuieuU of Noah’s Ark !
‘•Lord bless me /’’ said be, casting the
newspaper from him, “why no widow will
detect that narrow siip of a thing i She
must be particularly in want of a husband
possess a remarkably good sight, if she do.
Well, a few shillings are of no great con
sequence.”
By the time he had risen and dressed
himself on the following morning, he had
well nigh abandoned all hope of securing
bis object, through the channel of the news
paper; and he swallowed his breakfast with
considerable disatisfaction.
it was now, by Gipp’s watch, precisely
nine o’clock. The usual “traffic” incident
to the street in which he lived, was by no
means great. Was there not rather more
bustle than ordinary in the street, liark !
There was a buzz, a hum beneath his win
dow—a muffled sound of footsteps,, succee
ded by a semi-circle—a congregational
hush. What could it be ? He would look
out and satisfy himself as to the cause ot
this unusual stir.
The sight that met his eyes ! “Ha ! ha !
ha!”
For, as he looked from the window, his
first impulse was to indulge in a burst of
vociferous laughter, which, however after a
bachelor, who enjoyed a “comfortable com-! prolonged gratification of it, partook con-
petence,” and who "lived in a neat little box j siderably more of hysteria than of merri-
of a house, with no one but an old house- | meQ t. His advertisement had been an-
keeper to look at or talk to. His furniture ! sacred by the myriad. There they were
books, pictures, shells, lamps—ail complete
their name being Legion—an array of can
JOHN Car, FALLXiirANT
Wholesale and Retail Dealer in
PAINTS, OILS, TURPENTINE A
varnishes, french and American
Glass, Paper Hangings and Borders, Fire j
Board and Decorative Papers, Sashes, Blinds
and Doors. West Side of Monument‘Square,
Savannah, Ga. Orders from the coun
try promptly attended to.
fel>22, 1853. 4—ly
JNO. W. RUDISILL,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
Sandersville Georgia.
Jan. 25,1853 52—lv
A, L. WARTHBK.
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
Sandersville, Georgia.
feb. 17, 1853. 4—ly
X. H. SAFFOXtD, JR.
ATTORNEY AND COUNSELLER AT LAW,
Sandersville, Georgia. j
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
JMEULFORD SttARSH,
ATTORNEY AND COUNSEJ.LEB AT LAW,
Office, 175, Bay street, Savannah,Ga.
feb. 22, 1853. 4—ly
DR 3.3). SMXr-3,
Swainsboro, Ga.
Has permanently located at this place, and
will attend Professional calls.
aug 30,1853 31—tf
VEjRSTI£X,E & BUTLER.
DEALERS IN' FASHIONABLE
Boots, Shoes & Plantation Brogans,
No. 161 Congress street,
South Side Market Square,
SAVANNAH, GA.
Feb. 15, 1853. 3—ly
a. R & J. 3. H2NDKICISSOM.
Wholesale Druggists,
AND DEALERS IN P AINTS,
Oils, Window Glass, Ac., Mustard, Spices,
and Snuff, Perfumery, Brushes, Ac., and
LandretlC s Garden Seeds,
Gibbon’s Buildings, Savannah, Ga.
Feb. 15, 1852. 3—ly
SCRANTCN, JOHHSOK CO.
GROCER
Savannah, Ga.
^ Savannah.
\V. B. SCRANTON,
No. 19, Old Slip,N York
D. T. SCRANTON,
JOSEPH JOHNSTON.
R, L. PULTtrW,
Factor and Commission Merchant.
No. 71, Bay Street, Savannah, Ga.
Feb. 15, 1853. 3—ly
3SBN & FOSTER,
Factors and Commission Merchants
Savannah, Ga.
r.H. BEHN,] [JOHN FOSTER
feb. 22,1853.
4—ly
S 3- CRAFT ON,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
Sandersville, Georgia.
Will also attend' the Courts of Emanu
Laurens, and Jefferson, should business be ent
rtustedto his care, in either of those counties
feb. 11.
4—tf
J, 3- 8A3TNE,
, ATTORNEY AT LAW,
Scarborough, Georgia
Will atteud promptly to all business en
trusted to his care in any of the Courts of the
Middle or Eastern counties.
Mareh-14, 7—ly
JOBS WZALLBRIT.
Draper and Tailor.
Dealerin Ready-Made Clothing and Gentle-
n en’sfurnishing Goods. 155, Bay street,
Savannah, Ga.’ •
feb. 22,1853. v. . 4— ; ly
W. L, HOLLIFIELD,
SVRQBOSr DENTIST.
SANDERSVILLE, GEORGIA.
maylO, 1852. 16—tf
OXiB ESTABLISHED.
“Savannah Stove Depot.”
COOKING STOVES of all sizes and
various patterns, Grates Stoves and Heaters
for all purposes 4 Tin and Britannia W are,
Pumps aud Pipes, Wooden Ware, Domes-
ic Hardware and House-keeping articles,
oo numerous to mention.
WHOLESALE AND RETAIL,
JAME« SULLIVAN
No. 145 Broughton Street
Savannah, Ga.
Feb. 15,1853. 3--ly
RABUN & WHITEHEAD.
Factors & Commission Merchant
Savannah, Ga.
W ILL give strict attention to the sale o
Cotton and other produce consigned to
them. Orders for Bagging, Rope and other
Family Supplies, will be filled at the lowest
prices. Our long experience in business
induces them to hope for the continuance
of the liberal patronage extended to the late
firm of Rabun, Fulton & Co.
Maj. Win. Hodges, of Sandersville, will act
as their agent for Washington county,
june 1, 1852.l6~^ m
HARDZONXe INSTITUTE'
Coroer of St. Julian st. A Market Squar
. SAVANNAH GEORGIA.
F ZOGBAUM & CO., Importers and Deal-
• ers in Musical Instruments Of every de
scription, sheet Music, strings, &c. wholesale
and retail. Plano Fortes, by A. .Stodart &
Co and J. B. Dunham, New \ ork. rn every va
riety of style and price. These Instruments
are acknowledged, by the best musical judges
to be at least equal to any other manufactur
ers. Dealers supplied with every article in
the line at New Vork prices. _
F.ZOGBAUM.] ’ [GEO. MITCHELL.
feiv22. , ' -
and
Piaster* ib
IE undersigned has located in Sander-,
ville, for the purpose of carrying on In
business, opee-
Plastering and Brick-laying business, .
^ big' seen in tin
mens of workmanship can
place. Jobs taken in the country,
mar. 4. 7—ly
p. STEVENSON.
— made his domicile as pleasant and com
fortable as can well bo imagined. But
Gipps was not exactly happy in his house
for all. He could not keep things in order;
be could uot manage the concern. Old
Betty, the housekeeper, did pretty well,
considering; but after all, sue managed
matters to-uit herself rather than him;
She had no idea that breakfast was a ne
cessary meal, or that dinner aud supper
should be upon the table at any particular
specified time. This troubled our worthy
old bachelor; it put him in hot water; it
made him almost swear sometimes. But
Gipps did not swear. But had better no
tions of propriety. But he went to think
ing seriously about remedying bis troubles.
And at last, he thought of a wife,—a com
panion, who c*uld always be “on band”
when wanted, (and Gipps thought that
would be all the time,) and who would cheer
and brighten the whole course of his drea
ry life. That was a bright thought in
Gipps, and he determined at once to carry
out his plan.
But how to get one,—that troubled him.
He felt as if he had not the courage to ven
ture among silks, satins, or calico, and make
known his wants and wishes. He felt con
vinced that his heart would fail him, and
that the words would stick in his throat.
He concluded at last to ask advice of his
neighbor and friend, Mr. Simpson, who was
a married man, and who bad seen a good
deal of the world. To him be went.
“What do you think Simpson,” said he
to that gentleman; “I find I can’t live any
longer in such a way as I have done. Do
tell me how to get a wife ?”
“Get a wife 1” said Simpson, in his qui
et way, “Why it is the easiest thing in the
world. Get a wife ! Why advertise for
one. No danger of a failure.”
“Are you really in earnest ?’ asked Gipps
“Mark—1 must have a good, respectable
woman.”
“Of course you must A middle aged
woman, of tine stauding. I should say
she must be a widow.”
“A widow?” inquired Gipps, his face
mantling with satisfaction.
“Yes, a widow,” pursued Simpson ; “ad
vertise, and you’ll succeed. Everything is
got now-a-days by advertisement, from a
wife to a walking stick. Why, my friend,
I’d engage to advertise for a mermaid, and
to get one within four and-twenty bouts,
comb and looking-glass included. Adver-
vertise ?—to be sure; and the first dish of
Hyson poured forth by the delicate hand
of the widow shall be mine.” '
Nothing better was to be done than to
advertise. It was certain that hundredsd id
advertise; and they must get what they
sought, or recourse would not so frequent-
didates for the beneficial advantages pro
pounded in his printed proposition—all
eager for bed, board, and stipeued—pant
ing for the place—agog for “a certainty.”
Never was such a posse of widows seen in
this country since the battle of Hastings.
There they stood—compact, unflinching,
massive, conglomerated widows—-“lone wo
men” —“.Comfortable bodies”—Highway
relicts !
“Now, the Lord have mercy on me! cri
ed the astonished Gipps. “What human
being, I should be glad to ask, could have
foreseen this ?”
Mr. Gipps, I have before said, was a re
served, shy man. It is not to be wondered
at, therefore that this potentcus spectacle
struck a panic into him that nearly divest
ed him of the power of motion or of
thought. The idea of selection from so
awful a multitude, was preposterous—he
could not do it. They must be got away ;
ordered to move on ; beseeched to disperse
at ail events. And now he heard Betty
in the passage on the doubly-quick move.
The door had been opened, and a sturdy
foot planted in the passage.
“Mr. Gipps,” remonstrated a stout and
well-lo do looking woman of a certain age,
“Mr. Gipps, whose name is on the door,
wants a widow lady. Let me in. First
come, first served, I say; and I was the first
here,”—and she made a vigorous forward
movement.
“Wants a widow?—not he, returned
Betty. “Stuff'! We want no widows here
nor wives either. Come get away all of ye
do”
So saying, Betty put forth an adequate
amount of physicial power and ejected the
stout lady from the premises.
A wild objugatory shout rent - the welk
in.
Gipps who had taken bis station on the
first floor landing, aud was leaning on the
balustrade, heard the inhuman outcry and
cramming his fingers into his ears be
thought him of the garret. There was a
chimney in it. At that moment he wished
he had been made of soluble material, that
he might have melted utterly away.
“A respectable widow who has seen bet
ter days and has corns a longdistance,
and won’t take a denial,” he ejaculated.
“She’ll have me up bcfoie Judge Fredrick
for a hoax.”
“Tboy’re a thickenin’,” cried Betty, run
ning our of the rear, and bawling np wards,
in a tone between exultation and amaze
ment. “Blest, Mr. Gipps, if all the iron
railings ar’nt got a chin between ’em. Well
this bangs all i ever see—Such lots o’ wo
men I never did see !”
Another assault upon the knocker.---The
door was at length opened. The power of
“Mr. Metcalf—ray worthy neighbor,” said
Gipps solemnly, “I could no more see these
widow ladies seriatim in this parlor, than l
could select the best wife out of eleven thou
sand virgins. Are there many still left?
Are they not going!”
“Going!” cried Metcalf, glancing out of
the window, “they never will go. Here’s
an ocean of’em, and little knots standing at
the corners of the streets looking on, wait
ing for their turn.”
Gipps groaned; but a thought of a sudden
scintillated from bis brain, and then played
lambently about it.
“I’ll tell ’em I’ve got one.”
‘‘Do,” said Metcalf.
Gipps proceeded to the window, and rais
ed the sash silently. lie opened his mouth
for speech, but the appalling vision before
him was too much. There he stood, utter
ing no sound, but making the most outra
geous variations of aspect.
“I’ll tell you what,” cried Metcalf sudden
ly, “this wont do any longer. Come from
the window, Mr. Gipps, do. You’re only
exposing yourself. I’ll be hanged if there’s
a window ou the other side of the street
hat hasn’t half a dozen heads thrust out of
it; and, very extraordinary, theres a decent
sprinkling of widows among them too. Now
dont .you think-, Gipps,” taking that gentle
man by the arm, “if I can disperse this as
sembly, I shall do you a good turn? Shan’t
I be entitled to your gratitude?”
_ “You will, indeed,” returned Gipps, hold
ing up his spread hands, “I shall almost be
r’Jady to worship you.”
“I’ll do it then,” said Metcalf. “I won
der what my sister Revell thinks of this!”
“Ah! what, indeed,” cried Gipps. “Go,
then, at o ce and away with them —all of
them!”
When Metcalf was gone, Gipps threw
himself upon his face on the sofa, and plun
ged his head under one of the cushions.
Metcalf, having undertaken the desirable
business volunteer by him, proceeded to go
through with it in a business like manner.
By dint of coaxing some and terrifying oth
ers; by explaining to the obtuse, and condol
ing with the disappointed, he succeeded in
his mission. In half an hour the whole had
disappeared. All this while Gipp’s head
was under the sofa cushion. Metcalf did
not return to restore confidence to him. lie
went forth to his own house, at the door of
which, having knocked, he indulged in the
following.brief soliloquy:
“How precious absurd all this! That fel
low Gipps is well to do in the world, and
bears a respectable character.
friend Simpson received an elegantly folded
note, enclosing two cards united by satin
ribbons ; “Mr. Samuel Gipps—Mrs. Samu
el Gipps.” Underneath the former, “Come
and take a cup of Hyson poured out by-the
delicate hand of my new housekeeper.”
how long I’d had my eye upon him! He
advertised for a widow—but—but he wants
a wife; and it shan’t be my fault if he doesn’t
get one, before any of us are much older.”
In the eveniug, when Gipp’s self-posses
sion returned, Mr. Metcalf was announced
—and a lady.
“I have brought my sister;—Mrs. Revell,
Mr. Gipps,”—introducing them;—” she’s
come with me to condole with you on your
unlooked for levee this morning.”
“I am most happy—this is indeed an un
expected pleasure,” stammered Gipps, 'a
A modern Cincinnati!?.
In a long and pleasant conversation re
cently with a distinguished friend, whose
mind is rich with the recollections of the
past, we gathered many incidents, not
the least interesting of which, was the fol
lowing:
At the session of the South-Carolina Leg
islature in 1814, the members were per
plexed for a suitable man to-elect Governor,
i'he difficulty did notarise from any scarcity
of ranidates, for then, as now, men were
ambitious, but for a want of the right sort
of a man. Tne matter became worse as it
wore on, aud the election of some objection
able candidate seemed inevitable. One
day, however several of them were conver
sing upon the matter, Judge O’ Neal, then
a young man and present by invitation,
said—
“Gentleman, why not elect General Da
vid it. Williams/”
“David it. Williams, lie’s our man—he’s
the man,’’they ail exclaimed, as they begau
to scatter to tell the news.
The day of election came on, and 'Gen.
Williams was elected by a large vote. A
messeuger was at once dispatched with a
carefully prepared letter to inform the Gen
eral of hit election—request bis acceptance,
and hoping he would lake the oath of office.
After a long hard ride, the messenger stop
ped at the General’s in Marlborough district
we believe, and inquired if he was in. He
wast told lha Mr. Williams was over at
bis plantation. I he genllernau said- bar
would ride over as he had a note to deliv
er to him as soon as possible. When a-
bout half way be met a fine looking man,
dressed in plain homespun, and driving a
teem of mules—
“Ain I ou the road to the plantation of
Gen, Williams?” asked the messenger.
“Yes, sir; it is about a mile further on,”
was the reply.
“Is the General at home?”
“No sir.”
“Where isbe?”
“I am Gen. Williams?”
“You Gen. David ii. Williams?”
“I am the man.”
“Don’t deceive me. I have an important'
letter for General Williams. If thats your
If he knew j ij uinej ” sa id the doubling messenger, hero
it i?,” handing the letter to the General.
Mr. Williams opened the letter and found
to his utter astonishment that, without his
knowledge or consent, he had been elected
Govener of South Carolina. He took the
messenger home aud entertained him for
the night, preparing a note in the mean
time, accepting the appointment, and na
ming a time on which he would be in Cot-
luinbia. The messenger returned.
Ou the appointed day, a few minutes be
fore twelve o’clock, a man dressed in home-
spun, and on horseback rode into* town;
blush overspreading his face and temples, < bis aoimal to treej he lua de his
ly be had to that method of proceeding. 1 association is mysterious. How was it (but
He decided upon advertising, and was Iso it was) that two lines of a popular mei
mrghtly pleased that Simpson bad sugges-1 ody should have entered the head of Gipps
ted a widow. He wa3 partial to widows, at so trying a moment-—
His mother had been a widow for several
years before her death. He sighed. Would
that the dear old lady had lived to conduct
his establishment!
And then Mrs. Revell, the sister of Mr.
Metcalf, his opposite neighbor, she also was
a widow and a charming one. He sighed
again. Advertise! “If,” said -Gipps as he
walked home. “Mrs. Revell would but con-
“Hark! ’tis the Indian drum,
They come—they come—they come!”
He at once gave himself up for lost.—
Somebody was rushing up stairs.
“Bless’my soul, Mr. Gipps!” cried Mr.
Metcalf, hi# opposite neighbor, hurrying in
to the room, “what is the meaning ot all
this? Why is this mob of women, chiefly
widows, at your door ?”
Gipps laid hands upon • the: newspaper,
d indenting his finger into the advertise;
sent to have me, (oh! that I dare—pop the
‘question—I- think they call' it!) I’d see all - an fl indenting his fing
the advertising to the ’deuce’. N o, I Wouldn’t I ment-. thrust’ the * paper into tlie face ©flits
for it shouldu’-fr be long before - I’d advertise ; companion;- “Look.there!”
papers
s a certain matrimonial
in all the
union.”
That very evening Gipps paid-for the in
sertion of an advertisement.
He wanted a widow, and offered a coru-
“An. advertisement for a widow Taffy !”
cried Metcalf. “Well, my good sir, why
don’t you choose one with all despatch?—,
These ladies are an obstruction to the pas
sengers. Be quick!”
so extraordinarily fiery as almost to threat
en the ignition of his partially grey hair.
“Pray, madam, be good enough to take this
seat.”
A short silence ensued. Mrs. Revell did
not speak; Gipps did not know what to say.
In the meanwhile, Mr. Metcalf had been
elevating bis chin towards the pictures that
ornamented the walls.
“Um--yes—good —very sweet—fine tone
—breadth—splended coloring”—and the
like, were muttered by Mr. Metcalf. “By
the way, said be turning round suddenly,
“what a fool I am. I have forgotten a par
ticular business that of all things ought to
be attended to. Will you excuse me, friend
Gipps? Louisa, do pay particular attention
to Gipp’s facetious stories. Our friend is
full of ane* dote.”
Now, was there ever such a wanton, such,
an unfounded assertaiton? However, Gipps
Idid not much care. He did not know how
it was, but he was not at all nervous this
evening. He had too many widows about
him to-day to be afraid of one, and she, cer
tainly, a very charming woman. He had
no idea before that she was so handsome.
This comes through the wretched medium
of the sheet glass.
“How—very—very ridiculous—the con
course of this morning, my dear madam,”
observed Gipps.
“It is all your own fault,” returned Mrs.
Revell. ’’You single gentlemen, who are
bent upon being old bachelors, deserve it
all.”
“Well but, my dear lady,” said Gipps,
“we can’t do without housekeepers, we must
have our little comforts—our—
“Weil, sir, and why don’t yon marry, and
get them,” innocently inquired Mrs. Revell.
Gipps looked as though he had never
thought of that before, and then looked at
Mrs. Revell,-and was surprised to perceive
she blushed.
He gathered fresh courage.
“But my dear Mrs. Revell, who would
have me?”
I shall not relate how, before Met cal( re
turned, Gipps, who had suddenly acquired
the art of wooing, pestered Mrs. Revell, and
was just about to seal the bargain upon her
lips,-when [such things will happen] - Met-
calf eniter-ed. ^)broom. V 1 " -
“Fie! Fiel’^saiff-he] “that isyerymaugbty,-
• hGipps;:- Wei! r ' you' wanted a widow this
’ -morning, and'haven’t you got one?”
“I have,” said Gipps; “that is to say,
hope I have. Bat you must stay to supper.
I’ll bring put the wine.”
It was not very long after this that Gipp’s
way to the Capitol, where he found a bril
liant concourse of People But few knew
him personally; but there was something
commanding about him. He took his seat
in a vacant chair; and when the clock ia
front of the speaker had struck the hour of
twelve the General arose and delivered the
moat masterly speech that had ever been
delivered thereon any former occasion. The
fanner-statesman entirely electrified the
assembly. He made an excellent Govern
or
This thing conveys a beautiful idea; Here
was a farmer elected; he accepted, and from
the plough went the Govereor’s office to pre
side, in a stormy crisis’ over the destiny ftf a
sovereign State. Long live his memory.—
Wilmington N. C. Democratic Free'Press.
A Miser.—An instance of the ruling pas
sion strong in death is thus related by the
Peoria, (111.) News: Old Cook was known
as a miser, and amassed a large fortune.
On his death-bed, when the last gasp was
approaching, a tallow candle was burning
on the stand, and a flickering, flame in the
fire place. He watched the caudle and
then the tire.
Suddenly he called his son—
“Woodbury, come here.”
The boy approached his bedside when
the old man whispered out—
“Woodbury, blow ©ut that candle—tal
low’s most as dear as butter!”
jjgf “You say, Mr. Springles, that Mr.
Jaceocks was your tutor. Does the court
understand from that that yon received
your education from him?”
“No; sir By tutor I mean that he ha
learnt me to play on the french horn. He
taught uae to toot—hence I call h’in nj.y tu
tor.” ' > •.
“Ah! the court undet3tood you dife-et t-
ly. Crier, call the next witness.”
“Father, ain’t you opposed to mbnoply?”
—shouted a little fellow as.his parent took
up the brandy bottle.' •
“Yes, my son.” :
“Then give me a drink.” > .
gS^. Mrs. Parrtington says she ha3 po
liced that whether flour was dear or cheap*,
she liad invariably to pay the .same money
for half a dollar’s worth. y „.
It is supposed there Are jiofc a hun-‘
. . . r \ ,-L- TT_:*-«4. who
dred vonng men in the United States
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