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ATTORNEY AT I.AW,
Invinton, Geo,
Nov. 21, 43—If
B L. PRESCOTT
Attorney at law,
llalcyondale, Seri veil co., Georgia
WILL give his whole attention to the
practice of Law in all its branches.
Jnl l2, 1853. _*24—iOm
~~ BBVERXiTf D. EVAiS S,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
Sandersville, Georgia.
WILL practice in the counties of Wash
ington Burke, Jefferson, Striven, Emanuel
Laurens, Wilkinson and Hancock.
(Office; in Court House on Lower Floor.)
Feb. I, 1853. 1— lv
W i s It i u
: pleasant every day. In. vain she reasoned; From tLat lime McGrath was an ahored lived after his first visit to the city, where
I with him in his calmer moments. He wuuld | in;.n. It must have cost him great effort he has been sent to get polished. He affects
admit the impropriety ot his conduct, ask j to subdue his stubborn temper, but a re- 1 a new. style altogether; he carries himself
JAWS* S. S2002C,
attorney at law,
; Sandersville, Georgia.
WILL PRACTICE IN THE COUNTIES OF
... . ) Washington, Burke, Serivon
Muldle-cirCuit. j Joffcrso = and Emanuel.
Southern Circuit. 1 - - - - Laurens.
Ocmulgee Circuit 1 ... - Wilkinson
[Office next door to Warthen's store.]
ja n. 1," 1852. 51—ly
J WIG. W. BUBISILIi,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
SaiulersciUe Georgia.
Jan. 25, 1853 52—lv
R, Zr. WAB.TSCx33XT.
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
Sandersville, Georgia.
fcb. 17, 1853. 4—ly
X. a. SATPOLD, SR-
ATTORNEY AND COUNSELLER AT LAW,
Sandersville, Georgia,
Will practice in the counties of Wasli-
nsrton, Montgomery, Tatnnll Emanuel and
Jefferson of the Middle Circuit, also the
jouiities of 1 cl fair and Irwin of the Solyrh^
-in Circuit. Office in .Sandersville. • ■ V „
February 22. 18 • 4 ~ lf
ATTORNEY and COUNSELLOR AT LA^ y
Office. 175, Bay street, Savannah,Ga.
feb. 22 1853. 4—ly_.
JJR B. B S3MCIT2I?
Swainsboro, Ga,
Has j ermanently located at this place, and
ill ath nd Professional calls,
aug Sjjp, 1853 31—U
6 B- ©RAFTC-Bf 1 .
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
SaiulersciUe, Ueorgia.
Will ilso attend the Courts of Enianu
aureus and Jefferson, should business hcent
■listed tl Ids care,in either of those couutie
4—tt
teb. 1
Will :
listed
fiddle
Jlfarei
j, b ssattste.
attorney at law,
Scarborough, Georgia
:i tend promptly to all business cn-
hiscare in any of the Courts ot the
r Eastern couuues.
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BY JOHN G. SAXR.
Of all amusements for the mind,
From logic down to fishing,
There isn’t one that you can find
•So very cheap as ■‘wishing!”
A very choice diversion, too,
If ’.ve but rfehty u.-e it,
And not. as We are apt lo do,
Pervert it and abuse it.
I wish—a common wish, indeed -
My purse was something]fatter,
Thiui might cheer the Guild of need,
And not my pride to fl liter ;
That I might make my oppression reel,
As only gold can make it,
And break the tyrant’s rod of steel,
As only gold can break it.
I wish—.that Sympathy and Love,
And every human passion
That has its origin above.
Would come and.keep in fashion ;
That Scorn, and Jealousy, and IJate,
And every.-base emotion,
Were buried fifty fathoms deep
Beneath the waves of ocean!
I wish—that friends were always true,
And motives always pure :
I wish the good were not so few,
I wish the bad were -fewer:
I wish that parsons ne’er forgot
To heed their pious teaching;
I wish that practising was not
So different fn tu preaching!
I wish—that modest worth might he
Appraised with truth and candor;
I vyisfi that innocence were free
From treachery and slander;
I wish that men their vows would mind;
That women ne’er were rovers;
I wish that wives were always kind,
And husbands always lovers !
I wish—in fine—that joy and mirth,
And every good Ideal,
May come, ere while, throughout the earth
To be the glorious Real;
TiiI God shall every creature bless
With iiis supremest blessing,
And hope he lost in happiness,
And wishing by possessing.
Tlie Dutch Widower.
‘Mile frow waw no better as she ort to
I e, till shusl pefore she diet; then she ms
iiis wile s toigiveness.aiul promise amend- j col Section of that day s uiisscries anil fright- with an easy swagger, or addresses his old so good as pefore,’ remarked Mr. Vatider-
inent, but no amendment came. At last | fu! anguish, always taught him tha
matters had arrive J at that state, w Ij mi ! lie coivssjou and
aught him that a lit- associates with an air of condescuodiog pat-1 horn to his neighbor,
t fifing self restraint ronage; he neglects his old sweet hear i and I ‘Your wife was an amiable
woman, and
lunger forbearance was impossible am] she ; were the certain causes and t he surest safe- makes her cry; he afflicts his mother; he has ' you do great injustice to her memory,’ said
1 determined to t,ry a bold experiment for his guards of that purest of all enjoy m-nt—the seen the elephant; he has been at the theatre; j Swartz.
i cur *‘ ... ... Happiness of Home. jin-wears—not yarn mittens--but real gloves I ‘Yel, vat you know so .much about mine
j from Palis that cost a dollar. Ge mini, isn’t it trow, for V
. fi e? Won t he move now in the best society? j ‘1 was not intimately acquainted with her,
After some pungent observations on the hut l am sure that all lier acquaintances
She had frequently told her husband
! that his tierce temper would cause her
j death, but as no mortality ensued e lath
] had no tears on this score, and his fils of pe :
| vishiiess and anger went on iuei\ using tu
| frequency and intensity.
; Gue day became home in a very bad lni-
m >r, ai d as u n.d, Die a ne in fur her share ! in i
; of reproach. This was me occasion she ex j withstanding their pungency as to our faults c f
“Americanisms.”
Puik Benjamin recently delivered, in
{New York, a highly amusing lecture
j",
• CU'1
for execu- and foibles, it will dp no harm to take
our speakers and orators—peculiarity
... a that ought to be classed with the foregoing.
.... . . e are a (Jf this eharafcteresiic tendency to combine
nation ot iimtii'ors; we originate only the ihe ridiculous with the sublime, Mr. Betffa-
Us ? 11 ’ sudl rei, P ,n « ,naelnnes a,ld re * "fin adduced numerous examples excrucia-
volvers; ui i. I matters of refinement we tall lin£?ly | au „} iabIe and intensely ludicrous,
in finitely below any ot the small old conn- V Y e reproduce the fir.st-“Your'honorsaid
11 ! , oi JlUr0 l ,( Y i;efSMn can doubt this ■ a very t>] UeIlt advocate in a p lslice ’ s court
, w ho has visited the Crystal Palace e j- n Pennsylvania, “Your honor sits high
screamed with the loudest accents she could | alk ot our El.zabetlnan - cottages, and our upo n the supernal seat of justice, like the
command. j *«»•>;•« villas; m the models of ships American eagle perche ! upon the astatic
“O, heaven . I can stand i no longer ! j we do not depart, tom the standard of the rock of Gibraltar while the pure stream of l
l in mad . Pm mad . Pm mad ! | older countries. Our book binding is val- jusliue , Hke Uie cadavel . ous t ! lodsof lhe va
L ttvmig scream alter scream, and throw- mil more l.igh.y the more .1 approaches to | e v lloWs mwillderijl , r at voor
ing her iirnis wildly hi the air, she sprang j the London.sty le, and in our rage tbrimila- j cClu °
Tom t.iie house, and rushed with headlong j lion, we have gut most wretched imitations
oi the London Punch. And how we affect
' peeled, and her plan was ready
tion. N'
Raising lier hand suddenly, she took out
her comb, and giving one wild toss to lier
head, her beautiful hair, black as a raven’s
wing, fell in wild profusion over her face
and shoulde s. Throwing Ler comb with
a tragic air, as far as she could burl it, she
speed, towards the creek that flowed at ilu
tool of the hill. At every step of her des
jierate flight she uttered, as far as her voice captains and majors, and Colonels, and
would permit the wildest notes of terror, | squires, and honorables, and excellencies,
aiiguisti, and maniac laughter. I hoiioi>, and doctors & governors. In some
feet.” Tin
irer quoted other illustrations of a some
what similar kind, and then entered at soul
length iino an examination of the peculiar
iove her ? May
like
•II --I , , , , ^ , . O ' Ul UIC ICV.UIUH ' - *
Hies; W ha Ih,-. S of people among us are j.hraseolugv and incorrectness ofspK-eh that fund awav !’
r a *Mi1<4inc otw ttiMinrc •jinl DiihirinL' . * .«»
mine frow, too.’
‘Why do you speak so strangely V
*Vy, von day a pig ugly man shust
you came into our house and kissed mine
frow right pefore her face.’
‘Were you present at the time !’
‘To be sure I vos.’
‘Well, what did you do!’
‘1 kicked him riglitpehiud bis pa k.'
‘Hid he resent it V
‘Yaw; he proke me and the 1 "'king
glass, and all le rest of le crockery in the
hoiwe Yept le feather bed, into voa tarn
6tnash!’
•What did you do then V
‘Then I cried murder! murder! and I
called for te shudge, and te shury, and to
police office an 1 constable to come, and be
From tlie N. Y. “.Spirit of the Times.
Taming A Husband.
JOZXTff MALLBRY.
Draper and Tailor.
e.in Ready-Made Clothing and Gentle-
m iiisliiug Goods. 155, Bay street,
Savannah, Ga.
J2i 1853. 4 ^
WriTHOLLlFlLD,
ItrRQBOW BSJMTIST.
IDERSVILLE, GEORGIA
10, 1852. 16 — 1
Everybody, that has ever road anything
cla-sicat, has of course, read the story of
•vCYth irine ami Petruemo, any yet therein
.j^iaiispeai © has illustrated the coni in Yu pre
judice of the male sex. The Lion and the
6taiuary are exhibited here as prominently
as in tlie uld fable. How does il happen
tl^at the fairest, portion of creation is always
Considered the best representative of a sco'd
a icwmagaUt, and a shrew ? Why is it that
loquacity is every coupled with Imr name,
illul why is it that we worship and defame
the sex at the same lime, like -the Iud.au
that breaks to pieces Iiis God w hen all his
wild prayers are not answered. It is sim
ply because*iueu have, in all former ages,
been the chroniclers, and in spite of the
mildness and gentleness and love Lhat go
to make up the female character, we still
cling, with per versed fondness, to tiffs crude
slander of any crabbed satirist, w ho would
have us to believe that women have no
merit in speech except the merit of the hist
word, and no brevity except the concentra
ted veuuin of a taunt.
For iny part (hocresco referens) I know
more finite than female scolds.-’ and where
one woman of iny acquaintance renders her
household unhappy by a contrary and per
verted temper, 1 know at least half adozeu
men whose snappishness would take the
edge off a screw auger.
My .old friend, Daniel McGrath, w as at
one time of his life, one of these. There
never lived a better fellow ou earth. His
house was the seat of -hospitality, and bis
time, bis purse, and himself, (which latter
i’uor MoGiath wasutlc-rlv thunderstruck.
Iiis wife’s conduct was so alarming, and so
totally unexpected, that lie was for >utue
miuutesdumo, and so perfectly stupefied,
lhat she had gaintd, before he recovered,
from his surprise, about fifteen or i wen it
yards the start in iier mad flight, die fol
lowed her at the lop of his speed, and to
brinij Uji in about two minutes, from his
immense size, was the work of just that
length of time. In Jiis almost breathless
condition, he called on her to slop, an urged
the negroes who were in the secret, to pur
sue her.
“Uli, my God ! My dear Jane! for God’s
sake stop ! Oil! what a cursed fool L was
to run such an angel crazy ! She always
told me so. Hurry then, \ou infernal nig
gers! Why don’t you heal it, you black
devils, you! Oil! Jane! Jane! stop, for my
sake stop! I’ll never say an unkind word
to you again as long as l live ! oil, I de
serve all tnis, with my ferocious temper !
If you don’t make haste, you slow-footed
rascals, I’li take the skin off’ every one of
your backs’, heel it for your lives! I’ll give
any of you a hundred dollars, if vou will
parts of the country, it is the hardest
tiling iu the world lo And a plain.Mr. any
where. When a man addresses another it
is not “1 say. Mr., look here,” but "look
here, captain.” Judges and Generals are
great nictgaud Squires, and Captains are
little men. And the fact is lhat the many
ate governed by ibe few. Government is
a delegated power to a few, the majority of
which we
Jut it mav be
lonns one ot the most striking and obvious,
characteristics of our countrymen, lie con
eluded bv a most flattering culoguim on the
gailtantry and considerate attentions with
which woman is t eated everywhere by A
merieaus, and paid a laudatory tribute to
the good qualities of the American ladies
affirming tnat they were deserving of all the
respect paid to them.
Anecdote of Byron.
- I heard an anecdote that evening of the
\e it, will e\et be the governed,: poet,which was very characteristic, n:ul
not the governors. But it may be replied quite new to me. W hen at Pisa, his lord-
that the people elect their own legislators. L n jp f 0Ull d it dificult to keep up lus practice
Do they; \ e ate lulcd by two Kings,, with the pistol on account of the objections
King Gaiicus ami King I ally, and G'sobe-1 0 pj,j s neighbors and the municipialfregula-
dtciiee to cither is voted buffi treason.
\ V fi ' ° i • e
. . ' uon oftliu place.®He, therefore, by the
aie Lite servants ot convention. It is noto- aR( a sma |i yi-atuitv obtained nor mission
nous, besides, that our highest men are not
placed in the highest office; their
‘Do you intend to charge me with takiug
such umvairaniable liberties with the com
panion of your bosom !’
‘Me no charge Hotting for it now, because
she pe tead and parried.’
‘I will not .allow you to make such insin
uations. You aic an old tyrant, and every
bodv said you were glad when vour wife
died.’ ’
‘Everypody pe one tain liar.’
‘1 saw no symptoms of sorrow.’
‘Me felt more wusht tan if my pest cow
has tied.’
•Your cow ? What a comparison.’
‘She was a great loss — a heavy loss—for
she was so pig as dat, (spreading out his
arms.) and she weighed more tan two hun
dred pounds.’
‘Look out old man, or you will see trouble
l doubt if your wife was ever kissed by any
man after her marriage. At all events, you
bring your mistress back safe ! Oh, mercy! j fashion depend upon place. I ll
, from a farmer in the vicinity to shoot at n
. g reat ' j mark in his paddock' On the occasion of
ness is obscured by thick films ot pu-ji^Jice. l | n - s d rsl visit to the premises, the peasant’s must apologise for what vou have said of
It is impossible to disprove the existence j , Jaug | Jt6r a very pKettv contadma accosted
among us or a political aristocracy; ot the, the usual munner of her couiHry- Sim
existence ot a social ar-stocracy there.can- j wore in her bosom a freshly plucked rose-
nut be the smallest doubt. I here is a great j wjth u , 0 buds attached to the stem. Byron
difference between respectable society «nd |. tiVe j y asked her tb'giye Wm the flavor
taslnonable society so much thatto say the She hesitatcd aniJ blushed. He instant lv
people are respectable is to say that tLey , tuJ . ned to his companion and rehearsed in
Respectability^ aaf > ■ English a very natural tale of bumble vir-
are not fashionable.
, u l’ 011 P ‘J ce - ■* he points ot || tuous love biterlv cont rastin«
what shall 1 do '. what shail Ido? Oh, i the conquiss constitute the disttnAion. East | ova | t y of l i 1 is fair rustic \vi
was about 5 feet ten inches in height and ■ Wliat makes you cry so? Are you ill?
weighed about 3001 bs,) all belonged to his \ H is any thing happened ? Speak tu me
friends. He had however, a very irritable my dear.”
Dr. William L.Jernigan,
n HAVING permanently located him
m selfin Sandersville, respectfully offers
•JL his professional services to the citizens
of ilu* Village, a lid county. IVlien not oth
erwise engaged lie-may be found at his Office
at all times.
Sandersville, March 8,1853. 6—ly
m. 6L R ME JOHNrSTOKr,
ATTORNEYS AT LAwq
Sparta, Georgia.
Will practice in Hancock and the ad
orning counties, and the Supreme Court.
mark JOHNSTON, | R. M. JOHNSTON.
March 22, 1853. 8—tf
F Gr ARUZ OT G-TOSf J
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
Louisville, Ga.
^October, 25, 1853. 3®
shomas c. ABBAS.
attorney at law,
Sparta, Georgia.
36—tf
BEBST <SL FOSSEB.
factors aud Commission Merchants
Savannah, Ga.
I*.H. BEHN,] [JOHN FOSTER.
feb. 22,1853. 4—ly
disposition, but like all men whose impul
ses are generous, he bad the merit ot hav
ing a wrath that cooled almost as readily
as“it was kindled. While the fit was on
him his anger was tempestuous, no one
was more sensible of this than- himself, and
no one regretted the infirmity more.
When lie was about to be married, he
frankly told his wife of his weakness,-and
: he riiade to her the following proposition
; for their conduct—
“Whichever party first gets mad shall
have entire control for the time being, and
the other is not to say a word until the
orbffnal party shall regain his good humor.’
Not anticipating any
his poor wife consented to an arraugeinent
that she had not disposition ever to violate,
even in its first supposition;, and which her
o-«»d sense 4 taught her removed the chief
cause of. all family feuds, the angry reply.
She was one of’tiie most beautiful women l
ever saw, and McGrath, in spite of his in
firm temper, loved her so well that mouths
passed before any exhibition of his crabbed
disposition manifested itself. At length it
proved too strong for Jiis love, deep as it
was and their repose was sometimes dis
turbed by an occasional flare-up, in which
the husband was always the aggressor and
the wife the silent and. uncomplaining vic-
,1,l A« ari*er, like oilier passions, increases
like coniinued indulgence, bis wife found
her situation becoming more and more un-
“Oh, I’ve murdered you, Jaue; I’ve kill
ed the best woman on the earth,” sobbed
the wretched man.
“Murdered me. l’om, has anything bap-
j ened to your master ?’ enquired the lady.
“Nothing as 1 knows on, nijssis. Only
master was scarred for you, seeing as how
now you wiis-—
Asign from the mistress cut short the
negro’s reply, aud turning to her husband
said -■
- -‘‘Rise up myMear, and speak tblne.”
rytteylng as he was bid, McGrath’ slowly
turiQy,d and raised himself pmxialfy" bu : liis*
elbow*. Gazing fot a moiueS^pu^he mild
domestic breezes, face ot^us vvife, and then jfii fej»F-dissheveil
ed hair and torn garilients^iWie suddenly
fell before her ou Iiis knees, and seizing her
baud kissed it with all the fervency of the
deepest devotion. *-
“Jane, jny dearest Jane,” he exclaimed
passionately, as he gazed in her face, while
the tears streamed dowu his cheeRs, and
her countenance'changed with its varying
emotion “my own uoble sweet wife, 1 have
nearly killed, killed you by my ferocious
temper, aud Know here swear to you that
I’ll never indulge it again so Joug as we
both live. Pardon me, my dear wife, you
shall never have cause for anguish again
from me.”
With face .averted to hide the tears that
were flowing, the triumphant vvifertook her
husband’s hand, and they entered the
house in perfect silence.
the apparent
ilh women in
. . . ... , Tiien with perfect sertousnrs:-
is .indispensable to both-display only, to; , )e in aske(J for tl|e rose as „ t , )ken ,f
th, latter. .Ibere is no such thing here as j sympathy for an linkm , d e xile His man-
social equality; there can be no such tiling; ne r and words moved the girl to tears,
anywhere. Divisions in society may be less S1)p 1)andfd 1|in , j|ie rose wilh a look of
broad in some places, but tnev are divisions, i . „ . .
, . G, , ’. compassioH, and silently withdrew. I i t-
never!beless. lo foreigners the saloons of r , .• , , , * LT
<= , j aroused his latent superstition. He was
tlie fashionable are always thrown wide;, ;• . r i • ,
,, : , , . lost in a reverie for several minutes, and
open. Hence it is that we have there so 1 .. i re- r- j-n v,
, , . , . ; then enquired of h is friend if he remember
tiiatrv Reedv aud seedy adventurers, whom ... -L <• >..
- , *. „ - J . ... - , ed that Rousseau confessed throwing stones
so many look at and wonder, as Kiug George ! . . , , - ° c .
, , . n i at a tree to test the prospects of his future
did at tlie apple and the dumpling, how;. . « a . i .
... 11 G. =’ . happiness. 1 he flower was devoted to a
they got there. 1 hev are seen talking bro i . 1 . .. f ,, .. ■ ,
, • i* , , , , i-,. , , 55 ; similar ordeal. It was carefully attached
ken Knglish and bad Drench at large par- i.- . , , tJ . . ,
• ° , ,, . 1 . , to an adjacent pale, ancFBvron having with
lies; some of them have small titles with s , J
, , , , , drawn.several paces declared his intention
less fortunes; some of them are barbers who , t . , c .. ,,
i ... .- ’• i . .. ... , .i . .. ! of severing one of the buds from the stalk
lia\e so entirely forgotten their art that they -•-•*••• ~ ,,
1 ...... 7 • ,1 ■ .- ! atot^fij^p-^PfeTooked verv carefully to
do not lacticc it on their own faces. Hits -.s- -v, . ,' -
• , ■ ,, ... . . .. , ! Ins priming fffia,R3med with great firmness
iinxtuie ot foreign society is an indtspula-; . j • 77- ..iSISr'Pii , ,, s . . ,
M* Americamsm. ! ' png cul the _ bud
])y niWl-m rules of fasllten l **”» of "' e
ladies and gi-ntlemeirseem to be considered
as what in lawyer’s phraseology is called-’. . n
1 n fir.,,7 Ar .ctM-wbr^ti52Wim^ qf a Drcam-
Jane, my dearly beloved, I’ve murdered is respectable; West is fasli oriabie. Wealfh ; |,j’ (r |, jjf e
you! Run, you devils ! If you let her get ' ‘ ' 1
to the creek, I’ll kill every scoundrel ofyou!
Uh, Lordy ! oh, Lordv! what -<V beast 1 am
to treat the best woman on earth so bad :
Oh, Lordy ! Oh, Lordy I I’ll die, too ! i’Jl
die, too 1”
And here his utterance was choked by a
passionate burst ofehvnrs. s -
“Oil, master ! Sihe's' ^vife L5he’s safe !
Jim and Tom have caught her and are
bringing back my dear 'missis!” exclaimed
Lucy, tne maid, clapping her hands aud
dancing with affected delight.
Leauingon the shoulders of the two
negroes, who had caught lier, the maniac
■wire now slowly retraced her steps to tlie
house. As soon as she entered the yard,
she saw her husband lying oil the ground,
with Iiis face to the earth, and sobbing as if
his heart would burst. the first impulse
was to run to him, confess the deceit, and
ask his pardon, but a moment’s reflection
told lier that this was the orisi s of the stra
tagem.
Directing the negroes to lead her towards
her husband, she slowly-kneeled at his side,
and laving iier hand ijj»ou his head, while
she affected the most perfect ignorance, she
said, in her soitest accents—
Why what is the matter my dear ?
Ifemined tlie poet’s
i-diaek to Pisa in
surplusage. Belles in their teens and half-
fledged dandies fill the floor; they waits they
polka, they eat the suppers, they drink the
champagne. A girl of .17 assumes matron
ly airs wears morning caps and behaves so
berly because sheds married, and a father of
tvveuly two has many modes also of show
ing tlie superiority of his position. Thus
American society is led by boys and girls;
our maids and bachelors, husbands and
wives, and fathers, have very little to do
except as figures of inaction to fill up the
back ground of.society.. A. girl of 13, al
ready blaze with the dissipation of five win]
ters, is called by a pert Aiiss, some tlrfee
years younger, “a horrid old thing;” especi
ally if theVe change to be a rivalry between
them. A boy of 15, with the “coming
event of a beaid, casting its very faint shad
ow on his upper iip,”denominates his senior
by some two years of a majority, “an old
fellow.” In England these children would
be in the nursery, though suffered occasion
ally, as a particular favor and reward for
good behavior, to come to table after dinner.
In the South this is more decided—mothers
of 14 years of age, and grandmothers of
30, not being very scarce. This creates a
kind ofejiremature senility.
Another chaiacteristic of our society, so'
much so as to' be called Americanism is our
extravagance. Some two or three winters
since, a gentleman giving a ball spent $2,00
in the purchase of comelia japanicas todeco-
orate bis apartments. Such a display seems
to surpass the luxury of that gorgeous Ro
man who dissolved pearls in the .wine gob
lets of his guests. Is not such an expendi
ture in bad taste? Is it becoming in Amer
icans? This American aristocracy is by no
means confined to tlie cities. In the smal
lest and most remote villages there are some
folks better than other folks, who wear the
finest clothes, live in the finest houses, and
sit'in the best pews. There can be no more
important personage than a young boy ar
a flow of r spt
er.
. Our Favorite Lass.—There is jvhole al
phabet of loye in her bright sparkling eyes
—her marble brow, s-wan-like neck and
round tapering limbs, combine to make her
an exquisite subject for the post* painter and
sculptor ; and then that mouth of hers !—
when the winds of passion are at rest, how
much . it‘resembles a half-biow-n rose in a
mild mtSflfing in June !—and when trans-
shaped tb a smile, how %*ery like to the bow
of the little naughty god Cupid ! Ah, who
could ever suspect its being a receptacle for
pork and beans and apple dumplings ?
“Were 1 He."—A celebrated druggist
of Philadelphia, being, as he thought, on
the point of death, sent for Dr. C., who was
the family physician. C., having prescrib
ed, was about to take his leave, when the
druggist called him to his bedside and said
Doctor, I have something weighing K-avily
on my mind. Several years ago I was in
the habit of adulterating my drugs, and I
am now apprehensive lest I will not be par
doned.
Well, said the doctor, the God Almighty
is merciful and he may forgive you, but if I
were he, I'd see.you d—d first.
Don't Walk so Fast.—“I have often us
ed.” said Gretry, a''singular stratagem to
slacken or quicken the pace of a walking
companion. To say you walk too fast or
too slow, is impolite, save to friend; but to
sing softly an air to the time of the walk of °
‘Vot is poiogise ?’
‘You must beg my pardon and say you
are sorry ; if you do not, I will enter a com
plaint against you and have you aritsted.’
T pe sorry, ten.’
‘Sorry for what ?’
‘So r rv you kissed none frow.’
Won incorrigible idiot! That is not
what vou must say, for I never did such a
tiling in my life.’
■Must I say that you pe sorry that you
never did such a thing ?’
' ‘No—you must take back what you have
said.’
While the Dutchman was in this dilem
ma, his friend Hanr Bambergher came a-
long, and finally succeeded in reconciling
the parties, when the trio adjourned to a
neighboring coffe-house.
Sleigh- Riding with a Young Widow.-—
Snow had fallen, the young of the village
got up a grand sleighing party to a coun
try tavern at some distance; and the inter
esting Widow Lambkin sat in the same
sleigh, under the same buffalo as myself.
‘Oh ! don’t 1” she exclaimed, as we came to
the first bridge, catching me by the arm,
and tuining her veiled face towards ine
while her little eyes twinkled through the
moonlight. ‘Don’t what ? l I asked ; I’m
not doing any thing.’ ‘Well, but l thought
you were going to lake toll, replied Mrs.
Lambkin. ‘Toll !’ I rejoined ; ‘what’s
that?’ ‘How !’ exclaimed the widow, her
clear laugh ringing out above the music of
the bells. ‘Dr. Meadows pretends he don’t
know what toll is!’ ’‘Indeed, I don’t then,’
I said laughing in turn. Don’t know that
the gentlemen, when they go on a tleigh-
iug party, claim a kiss as toll, when they
cross a bridge ? Well, I never ! When
next we came to a bridge, aud I cln m .1
toll, the struggles of the widow to hold the
veil were not sufficient to tear it; and some
how, when ’the Veil was removed, her face
was turned directly towards my own, and
and in the glittering of the moonlight, the
horse trotted on himself, toll was taken for
the first time in his life by Dr. Meadows.
Soon we came to a long bridge, but the
widow said it was no use to resist and she
paid up as we reached it without a strug
gle. ‘But you won’t take toll for every
arch, will you, Doctor?’ She asked To
which the only reply was a practical affi r-
mative to the question.. Did you ever,
reader, sleigh ride with a widow, and take
toll at the bridges ?—Exchange Papzr.
An Irishman a few days since, bought a
family Bible, and on taking it home made
his first record as follows—“Patrick ID- ■,
born Sept. 20, 1847, aged five years." ^
He had need > rise betimes that would
please every body.
He that stays in the valley, shall
get over the hill.
your companion, and then, by degrees, eith
er to quicken the time or make it slower,
is a stratagem as. innocent as it is conve
nient.”
Diogenes the cynic being 5 asked which
kind of wine was best, answered “that which
*we drink at other people’s expense.”
never
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A wag savs he knows but one thing bet
ter than lovej.and that is, to be thrown in
to a pond of mush and milk, with the privi
lege of eating your way to shore.
Fell and chancery are always open.
He who sows brambles must not go bare
■foot. *