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SANDERS YILLE, G-EORGIA, TUESDAY, JANUARY 24, 1854.
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TO A CAPTURED* OWE.
Gwl! thy. composed and solemn n *en,
Does justice to thy sage renown—
Amid this strangely novel scene,
Nbt Twenty eyes, can look thee down.
Thy own large orbs are gazing round,
But not in awe 6r admiration- -
Some posing theorem must bound
The circle of thy cogitation.
Two obvious causes might explain,
A spirit proof against surprise;
-One is a philosophic brain,
And one a .pair of useless eyes.
Either you (entering with ease
The inmost principles of things)
Are seif-possessed, as one who sees
That coats are natural as wing3,
Or else—the dullest from the ark—
The booby of the feathered race,
You have not wit enough to mark,
The simplest difference of place.
Are you so very sage, indeed?
What, is your natural bent of-mind?
And what the speculative creed,
And meiaphysics of thy kind?
You have your pleasures, I suppose,
You do not always look so grave,
You like adinner—and a doze—
And, I dare say, could hoot a stave?
Professional and Business Cards.
■E.
ATTORNEY JlT LAW,
Irwinton, Geo.
Nov. 21’,
43—tf
b ii. rasscoTa?
* Attorney at law,
Jlalcyondale, Scriten co., Georgia
WILL give his whole attention to the
practice of Law in all its branches.
JuL 12, JS53.
24—6m
BBVB&LY 2>. EVASJS.
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
Sanders cille, 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—
JJffjO. W. R. TJ BXSXXf Xi >
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
Sandersville Georgia
Jan. 25, 1853 52—lv
Or do you muse and mouse at once,
Entrap your-prey in meditation,
Sup in a serious reverie, an d
Dine in a depth of contemplation?
There may he much—I hope it is so ;
Behind that meditative gaze;
Yet a philosopher should know,
It is .dot wise to think always.
And Owl, I very much suspect,
Thou ..rt a rascally pretender;
And maugre all thou dost affect,
Thy stock of thought is very slender.
I grieve to speak severely, bird,
Of any philosophic fowl;
But I love truth, and on my word,
I’ll speak it even to an owl.
Oh! look not with those solemn, brows.;. -
They do not bide thy instincts base,
And if thou must be munching mouse,
Munch it with less profound a face.
would like to 'give such a youth a puff with
hearty good will. *
In these piping times, however, it will
be found bard work to smoke out one who
does not smoke. The advertisement, how
ever, does not bar snuffing; perhaps on a
pinch, the advertiser —takes’ himself, or
amt wishing to find all impracticable condi
tions united,lie waive this as ‘dust iu the
balance.” .
Drink Liquor or Swear.—Alas, unfortu
nate advertiser, difficulties are mullipiving
around your search. You may go round
this woild cryir^r otltyour expected quali-.
ficaliotis, and asking “Cairsuch. Ire found
do you know where?” and accommodating
echo, will often give the apt reply, “No
where.”
Let that “pleasant situation” be kept
open—there are few such in or about a
printing office at best, and it would be a
•>ity to ..close one, and let the search go on
We have extended the notice and call unon
our brethren to assist in the work of solv
ing the question, whether such a youth as
that above described can bo found. Mean
time, we will wager two to one with our
Tennessee brother that) he cannot find a
youth 15 to 17 years uf age—three to oik
that if found, such a youth will not spell
correctly ; five to one that if found; and
pelting correctly, her either smokes or
chews, drinks or swears ; and ten to one
that, the advertisement is not answered by
one combining strictly all its conditions
and qualifications; the wagers to be'paid
in cigars, puffs, notices or any legal editori
al tender. Does any body speak ?”
Leaf from itie Fern.
“Fanny Fern.” was never more suggestive
than in-the following which, is as^good as
anything, in the same way, we ever saw'from
any pen. She calls it “The Baby’s Goiii-
pluim”—baby loquitur: ' . >
. Now I suppose you think, because you
never se.e me do-anyihing.but feed and sleep,
that I have a very nice time of it. Let die
tellyou that you are-mistakan, and that I’m
tormented- half to deatle, though I never say
anything about it,. How. should you- like
every morjiing to have your nose washed up
instead of down? liow should you like to
have a pin pul through your dress into yoiii
skin, and have to bear it all day-until your
clothes’ were taken oft’ at night? How
should you like to be held so near the tire
that your eyes, were half scorched out of
your head, while the nurse was reading a
.novel? How should you like to have a great
* j Ay light on your nose, and not know how to
H 0(9 M 3L IL
From the Charleston Courier.
A Want Hard lobe Supplied,
21, Xi> WARIBEW,
attorney at LAW,
Sandersville, Georgia.
feb. 17, 1853. 4—ly
I. SAF79Xi2)> JR-
attorney AND COUNSELLEIt at law,
hand rsville, Georgia.
Will practice in the counties of Wash
ington, Montgomery, Tatuall 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 **
r^£U2iF3'a..3> BSAB.SH)
attorney and coenselleh at la.v,
Office, 175, Bay street, Savannah, Ga.
feb. 22, 1853.
.4—ly
223i. 3.3.
- Swuinsboro, Ga.
Has permanently located at this place, and
31—tf
will attend Professional calls,
aug 30,1853
3, 3 HAlTiSffB,
ATTORNEY AT LA W,
Scarborough, Georgia.
Will atteud promptly to all business en
trusted to his care in any- of the. Courts of the
.Middle or Eastern counties.
.March 14, 7 ~^
JOHN iYEAX.LEB.Y.
Draper and Tailor.
Dealer in Ready-Made Clothing and Gentle
t en’sfurnlshing Goods, 155,-Bay street,
Savannah, Ga.
feb. 22, 1853. 4—ly
W. L. II0LL1FIELD,
SURGSON DHN7XS7.
SANDERSVILLE, GEORGIA.
may 10, 1852. . ,. .61— f
THOMAS C. AUDAS.
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
October, 4.
Sparta, Georgia.j
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FtlXiTCBT, &. S>OWflIiI«»
factors and Commission Merchants
No. 71, Bay Street, Savannah, Ga.
R- L. FULTON,] js. LAFAYETTE DOWELL.
Feb. 15, 1853.
WBtTUESAB.
^actors & Commission Jlercliunl
Savannah, Ga,
WILL give strict attention-to the sale 0
T * Cotton and other produce consigned to
fliein. OrdersTor Baggiiigja’Bqpe andmther
Family SuTpUesfvviilW filled at the lowest
P'iees. Our lonor experience in business
Diduces them to hope for the continuance
the liberal patronage extended to? the late
of Rabun, Fulton & Co.
M:ij. Win. Hodges, of Sandersville, will act
38 their agent for^Vaslungton county.
1, 1852.. 1(3—7 m
From*a Tennessee Exchange of a late
date we cut the following :
APPRENTICE WANTED'.
A Youth, 15 to 17 years of age; that
can spell correctly and does not chew to
bacco, smoke pipe or cigars, drink liquor or
swear, will liuti a pleasaut situation* iu this
office by applying soon.
Verily, if the census rolls of Young Am
erica contain the name of such a youth, he
Should receive a “pleasant situation” with
the fieedom of every office iu the land. Our
cotemporary has set his standard high, and
we fear that the above advertisement will
have to run a long career as standing mat-
tor before bis wants are fully met. Let us
see what his wants are, however, and what
are the conditions he demands.
. A Youth 15 to 17 years of aye.—The
advertiser must live “remote from cities,”
indeed, and at a-considerable distance from
any post office, cross roads, or muster
grouuds, or be would have learned long
since that “youths, 15 to 16 years of age,”
are the rarest of all rare animals. Many,
“voung inen“ and “young gentlemen,” may
be found about that age, no doubt, but we
can scarcely recall an instance of “a youth,’
haiing finished bis third lustrum, or of
•any thing.in boots an bieeches that old, an
swering to and recognising the appellation
youth. The fact is, we scarcely have youth
at all now a days as Mr. Weller com j Jains
“we don’t have no boys now,” and Siiaks-
.peare, if now revived and called upon to re
vise, his “Seven Ages,’ would make essen
tial alterations. lie would, of course, retain
infancy—for the world has not reached the
of progress which can dispeuse with this
vestibular stage.
lie would scarcely admit the “school
boy,” for “schools” have long since been
supereeeded by “academies” and ‘colleges,’
except iu a few backwoods settlements, and-
boys have been translated' into a young
gentlemen. The lover and the soldier are
still parts which each man plays, more or
less prominently, and then we reach the
{old fogy’— a sort of retiring list for me
whom the irresistible impulses of Young
America push aside just as they begin to
be competent to do full journey work in
State or Church. We fear our Tennessee
advertiser has made a fatal blunder in call
ing for “a youth fifteen to seventeen years
of age,’ but we pass on.
That can spell correctly.—What do you
mean, friend, and who is to decide what
spelling correctly is ? Is the progressive
spirit of this age—this second
How-to tell a. Good Teacher.—A gen
tleman from Swampvilie, State of N. York,
was telling how many different occupations
he had attempted. Among others he had
tried school teaching.'
“How long did you teach P_asked a by
stander.
‘Wal, I didn’t tea'ch long; that is I only
went to teach.”
“Did you hire out ?”
“!, 1. didn’t hu’e out; I only went to
out.” " .
“Why did you give it up ?” •
“Wifi, I gave it up—for soma reason or
nutlier. You see, 1 travelled into a dees-
t:ict,and inquired for the trustees. Some
body said Mr. Siiickuls was the man I wan
ted to see. So I found Mr. Snickcls ; nam
ed my objie, iuterducing myself; and asked
him what lie thought about letting-me try
my luck with the big boys and unruly.gals
iu the district. He wanted to know if I
raally considered myself capable; and L told
him I wouldn’t mind his asking me,aYew
easy questions in Titlmietic and jography,
'show ing my handwriting. But he said no,
never mind, he could tell a good teacher, by
his gait.”
“Let me see you walk'off a little-ways.”
said he. “and 1 can tell,’ says he “jist well’s
I’d heard you examined,k says he.
“He sot in the door, as he spoke, and-1
thought he looked a little skittish ;. but I
was considerable frustrated, and didn’t
mind much; so turned about and walked
ot! as smart as I- know’d bow. IIe.said he’d
tell me when to stop, so I Imp’ on till I
thought I’d gone far enough; tlieu Inspect
ed s’tli ing was to pay, aud looked round.
Wal the do.or was shet, and- Buickels wa->
gone!”
“Did you go back?”
“Wal, no—I didn’t go back.”
“Did you-apply for another school?”
“Wal, no—1 didn’t apply for • another
school,” said the gentleman from Swamp
vilie, “I rather judged my appearance was
against me.”
mke aim at him, with yeur little, fat, use
less fingers? How should-you like to be
left.alone in the room tyjake a nap, and have
a great pussy jump into your cradle arid sit
staring at you with her great green eyes till
yon were all of a tremble?. How should vou
like to reach out your hand for the pretty,
bright candle, and find out that it was away
across the room, instead ofmlose, by? liow
should you like to tire yourself out, crawl.-
ing away across the carpet, to pick up a
pretty button or pin, and have it snatched
away as soou as you begin toenjoy.it? I tell
you It is enough to ruin any baby’s temper.
How should you like to have your mamma
slay at a-pai ty till you were as hungry a§ a
tittle cub, and be left to the mercy of a
nurse, who trotted you up and down till
every bone in your body ached? How- should
you like when your mamma- dies’sed you up
all pretty to take the nice, fresh air, to
spend the afternoon with your nurse,iu some
smoky kitchen, whjle;she gossiped wdtli one
- t
of her cronies? How should you like to
have your toes tickled by al 1 the children
who insisted upon “Seeing babvM feet?”—
How should you like, to-have a -JrA
pain under your apron, and 1: . .
call you “a little cross thing,” w.jiui \ ”
eouldn,t speak to tell what was' the Waller
witlfyou? How should voa like to erawd
Co the lop of the stairs, (just to look about a
little.) and pitch heels over bead from the
top to the bottom? Oh, I can tell you it is
no joke to be a baby! such a thinking as we
keep up; and if we try to find out anything
we are sure to get our brains knocked out
in the attempt. It is very trying to a sensi
ble baby, who is in a hurry to know every
thing, and can’t wait to grow up.
From the Eagle.
Hutton Creek, Jan. 10th, 1854.
• Mr. Eelitof.--YouTuust not be surprised
•at receiving this.seiTpt iioiu me. The boys
on this side of the river have already found
out that I will do to tie to, and they have
found.onuof them when they got hold of
me, I guess.
What do you think? I guess you think
Iain from home without the consent of
mama and daddy, if so, you are mistaken,
for I guess they miss what, Teat! Well as
l am particular green and every body knows
it, I hope to be excused, but I know l am
not alurie iri this for 1 laughed at a youngster
the other day, jtill my sides ached; it was this:
A chap who never had the honor of.gal
lanting any of the “tender sex,’.’ conceived
the wonderful idea of.doing so; Well, af
tergetting his father’s consent to tide Yel
low Blossom, he rigged himself in his best
“Sunday,” and set out in quite a Don Quix
otic style for the “mectin” house. Think
ing he had his courage up to the sticking
point, after church, feeling about as streak
ed as-a logger-headed tuitle with a coal of
fire .on his back’ he sidled up to his Dulcinea
and thus addressed her:- -
“bee here, Miss, may I go home with
you?.’ No reply. Thinking she did’nt hear
him, he ventured to ask her a second time,
“ti.say Miss, may I go' home with you?
“I reckon so,” was. the short reply.
“Qood!” says he, and oft' they started.—
After walking about half a mile without
speaking, lie looked her in her charming
eyes and said:—
“These here Bish-ops is mighty lo, squat
ty people, aiu’t they?”
. The lady made oo reply. Arriving at
heiylather’s gale, she stepped in arid closed
the gate after her, leaving her admirer out
scratching his head. Thinking he would
not “give it up so,” lie ventured to ask her:
“Are yotegoin’Lack to church, to-night,
.Miss?” ■-
“No,’’.was the pie-crusty reply of the la;
v. as she sprang .into the house and slam ■,
1 the door after tier.
21 iv.Luu’d it,.I kuow’d it!” he exclaimed,
riubu a.north-ward streak fur home.
half of the
to be fettered and tied down
by the musty rides and regulations of John
son and Walker, (we mean the dictionary
men, not our map-making friends, of even
bv the later d'cta of Webster.
Does not chew tobacco, oui^n-o ptpc.or ci.
fiars /—Shade of Nicot and Raleigh! YVhat
does the man mean ! Does lie intend, Dl-
oo-enes like', to light his fiambeiiu and prowl
over the country, looking for a ‘youth fif
teen or seventeen years of age;’ that cap
spell correctly, aud does wot chew or smoke.
1 When he does find such a rara avis, we
trust he will gU|
a timely, hi it^ for we
What is Life?—The following beautiful
description, in answer to Ibis question, is
from Rev. Mr. Mountford’s Eutlmoasv :—-
‘The present life is sleeping and walking,
it is ‘Good Night’ ou going to bed, and
‘Good Morning’ on getting-up; it is to won
der what the day will bring forth; it issun-
sbine and gloominess ; it is rain on the
window, as one sits by the fire j .it is.to
walk in garden, a'nd see the flowers open,
and hear the birds sing; it is to have thri
postman bring letters; it is to have news
from East, West, North and South ; it is to
read old books and new books; it is to see
pictures and bear music; it is to have Sun
days; it is to pray with a family,-morning
and eveningq it is to sit in the twilight and
meditate ; it is to be well, and sometime to
be ill;
do it; it is to have breakfast and diuner
arid tea; it is to hive neighbors, aud io be
one in a circle of acquaintances;'' it is to have
friends to love one ; it is to have sight of
deaf old faces; and with some men-it is to
be kissed daily by the same loving lips for
fifty years; and it is to know themselves
thought'of many times a day, in many pla
ces, by children aud grandchildren, and
many friends.’
Tf this is life, we fear that the great mass
do not live. And if to these ingredieu ts of
life, be added the higher joys and longings
of the spirit, how few truly \\vq !
Good Material for a Lawyer.—Little
Eddy, on his way to school, frequently loi
tered bv a small slreamHvhich be was oblged
to pass, to witness the gambols of his play
mates-while bathing—the' water being of
sufficient deptli in some {daces for that pur
pose. Fearing some accident might befall
him, his mother had told him never to ven
ture near, and in tlie strongest terms not to
go into the water. One day, however, being
overcome by temptation and the urgent so
liquations of boys older than himself, he yiel
ded to their importunities and his own wish
es, and for an hour entered into their equatic
sports right heartily. But asill luck would-
have it while dressing himself, by some mis
management he put on his shirt wrong side
out, entirely, unnoticed by bun at the lime;
buttlie qriickeye of his mother detected it,
and divined the reason at ouce^ Before re
tiring for.the night it was customary tor the
little boy to kneel by her side and repeat
his little prayer. WJiile ou his knees she
took the opportunity jto reprove him for dis
obeying her commands:
“Edmund, how is it that the,buttons are
on the inside of vour shirt collar?” .
“I don’t know. Isn’t that the way moth
er?” '
“No; my son. Y’ou have disobeyed me,
I am sbrry to see.' You have been in swirn-
ing, else hew could y6u Rave turned your-
shirt?”
The little boy felt that his mother had
spoken the truth, and was for a moment
silent. However, the satisfactory explana
tion as he thuqght soon occured., With a
triumphant look-and bold voice he replied.
Mother, I—I—guess I turned it gettin’
over the fence.
A
have not heard from him since, t>ut very
naturally.suppose he has not “made the
trip” any more; if he has 4 , and I can hear ol
it, you shall be. advised.
Carious Structure.-—The nest of a
tarantula (spider) has been found iri Cali
fornia of most singular construction. -It' is
qbout.thr&eTriclies im length by two in di
it is to have business to do, and to anieter, built of adobes, the walls "being
Do you call them large turnips?
• Why, yes they are considerable large.
They may be for turnips, but they are
nothing to an onion I saw the other day.-
And how large was the onion?
u, ci nrooster re
‘Fqrfey pounds?
Yes we took off the layers/ and the six
teenth want round a demijohn that Reid
four gallons! v - <r
ii What a whopper!
You ddnCme-yi te say Ite 11 a falsehood
O no what a whopper of • a *i bmoe’ I
meah. -4a
nearly half an inch thick." Inside if a pro
jection, which nearly di\ides into two-apart
ments about an inch in diameter. The iuside
is lined with a white downy substance, not
unlike velvet, arid'presents one of tlie clean
est and most tidy little households imagi
nable. But the^most curious part of. it is
a door, vvliicbfits into an aperture and clo
ses it hermetically'. The door iq secured by
a hinge, formed of the same fibrous sub
stance^ as the lining of the house, and upon
-which it swings with freedom. The nest is
occupied: by a dozen little tarantulas, which
seem to subsist "upon a yellow secreted sub
stance that appears upon the walls of the
trout apartment. The arrangement of the
door for the.protection of the little inmates
indicates: great instiQectve .architectural
knowledge. It is thenntention of the find-
A Preiicamet.—We were once in a city
wlieie we were comparatively a stiangef,
and having a desire to see the, place or
feel it, we -eat our supper, lit a segar aud
took a stroll. ; The night was about :is dark
as.a coal cellar full of black cals, arid there
were ne lamps aud consequently we soon
(bund ourselves lost; or rather we did’-nt-find
ourselves. We knew it would not do to
stand still, and so we went blundering along,
coursing a street without ugjits a aud mental;
ly, praying for a shower of gass lamps; our
head busily at work in the meantime trying
to calculate how long it Would be before
we killed ourselves, in some hospitable cel
lar, and expecting, every moment to “fling”
an everlasting somerset into eternity, or
some other,—while* all these things were
passing we were suddenly startled by an
outcry just ahead of uis, like the folio-wing—
“Murther! help me out!. I’ll be entirely
dhrowned; wont nobody hilpme for the bo
dy Virgins sake?” k.e continued with awful
energy.
We groped ourselves iu to pretty close
]Sroximity-to the sound arid asked what was
the matter.
“Matther the divil, lie roared” dorit yer
see I’m fell off Cr the \vaffiu forty feet walh-
er p
OfcourS9 we couldnt have seen a comet,
thro that daikness and whilst we were rum
mating on what had best be done, he'sung
out.agan.~-
“Hilp I say! Och I’m in the sea; an its
fifty fut dape if its -au ineli; Christ Mary!
Snakes! snakes!” he yelled with increased
vehemence, as his fussy immagination peo
pled the place with.swarms-of surpents.
“ Whats the row here? cried a policeman
running up with-a lantern.
“Man overboard*’ answered we greatly
relieved at hisarrival,
He held his light over, and ye gods! what
a roar, There hung a bu-ly Irishman who
had slid, into aud old cellar the bottom of
which \vas some six inches deep in water.
Pat was hanging with a death-grip to one
side- -bis feet just in. the water and nearly
touching the’bottom; seeing where he had
been be exclaimed.
“Be jabbers if iver I fall into another one
ofyer 111 dhrowri dacerilly au say nothin
tiltinobody,“ saying: which he walked off
completely, crest fallen while we picked orir
way to the tavern laughing.heartily at the
Irishinari’s adventure,
The Russian Soldier.—There is not in
the world a droller creature than a Russian
soldier. When for the ‘first time, a young
countryman throws overbim the grey cloak
and lakes the gun on Iris shoulder,'one can
tbiuk of nothing more unwieldy and awk
ward than such a being. But this seeming
ly so unpliant Creature shows himself in-an
astonisiimgly .short time capable of the
greatest improvement in any direction;—-
The germ of all that is noble and common
of al 1 that is grind ‘and bad, lies hidden iu.
him. It lies or course in ail meri; butde-
velopes itself iu the most lieterogeneous
man iTestations among no people so easily
and speedily as among the Russians.
The Russian soldier is .brave,, cowardlijr
—honest, lheivish- t --huniane; cruel—dili
gent, lazy—everything, according to the
pattom of his chief. With the prosper man
agement, everything can be made of. him;
but left to himself he is nothing; and with
out the influence of others would carry all
his talents undeveloped to the grave, sayiug
a certain good natureduess aud ariiudes-
ti uctible hilarity^- There is some truth in
what a German officer once said to me. half
in earnest,‘half iu joker If I were to com
mand due ofiny soldier® to set to on* the
spot and compose a song, be would not
hesitate to obey, and the song would be
.forthcoming, vvhelher good or bad we need
not stay to determine. At all events, his
blind obedience— a child of fear and of firm
belief iu the infulibili ty of his guius —forms
a peculiar and conspicuous trait in the char
acter of the,Russian srddiers as in general,
of ihe Russian people.
This unconditional confidence, which a-
rnong freer people; not rauk ^and station,
but only aseeudeuey of spirit can secure,
has, in Russia often been the mother of
great deeds. Who wilt not here call to
mind, from the late Turkish wary that char
acteristic anecdote which has preserved to
us the words exchanged between a Russian
and a-German, on the occasion of storming
a fort? The German contemplates the de
fences with an experienced eye, and gives
it as his opinion that it is imposihie to take
the fort. ‘How so?- -itnposible!’ cries the
Russian amazed; ‘Why, the Emperor has-*
commanded it.’
A Horse.as wasp,' Horse.-—Bob Turner
was decidedly the greatest brag wo have
ever seen, he would brag on everything, lie
had from his horse down to his old bob
tailed rooster—wife, anti children included..
On one occasion however he got the starch
taken out of him a little the shekyst perhaps
hear, how it was didtT-,-
Bob was down at the tavern with a crou d
and as usuatiget to braging.
“Jest tell ye what it t.is,“says he “I‘ve
right now got leetle the strongest horse that
ever had a hide pulled on .him. Pull a
thousand pounds up hill like a top. Bet
on it. • , - -
“Confine yourself, says we. -
“Wjsh 1 may be dod-busted says he, ef
I didrifpull moren bolh Old Snipes steers
totlier day and they ar-e as big as a powdo
mi 11.“ ,
“Say you stranger; said a Yankee who
had been quieily listening. “Calculate
that’ a pretty smart horse of yourn but I
once had a little pony that eould a pulled
him-over the fence easy; tell ye what he
he run away with the plow oue day and f.s
he went it.hung under a large post oak
stump and. my pony being considerably
scared jist pulled the thing out ofthe groun
like pujjin uj) a bean pole, an it took four
sters to pull it out of the field. 1 call that
puli in.
Bob handed him his hat and sloped,
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man Institute at vy asmngtftn.
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■»=lctinnr iinnn
W uGu you hcR?
points of etiquette and fashion; wondering,
for instance'how people can eat W.th steel
forks and survive it, or what harms existence
has for these whd dine at three without
sotrp and fish, be sure that '.hat mdividni' is
a snob. .
We still have a lively .recolection of the
wav in which a'South Sea Islander settled
a case of conscierice. A missionary rebuked
him for the the sin of polygamy; and he
was much grieved. After a day or two he
returned his face radiant with joy-
“Me all right-now, oue wife. Me very
good Christian.
“ What did you 3o with the other? ask
ed the missionary.
“Me eat her up-
alderman
- . . .... c. A strong-prescription.^,— —
er to forward this_curiosrty to the Smithso- Q a Dr; Francis when the the fol
^-An
lowing dialogue took place:
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y r ’ DOCtaij i—TUWTV □ ^
gout; what shall l do to arrest it? v
‘Take o-bucket of .water and a ton ofan-
thraeite three times a week.
‘How?
;Dr' k the formerand carry the latter up
three p.'i's of slaii'i.
Tracks for the Engine.—Ou r
Cliawles” presents his compliments to Cap’n
Ed’r.1 Cuttle, mariner, and begs informa
tion from that great flaval authority on the
following queries: -
1st. How many qlls in a ship’s yard?
2d. Are the ships mate and “companion
on friendly terms? Are they the same-
kind of companions ibar we see advertised
for by “eldely ladies” in the news papers?
3u. Qan a vessel w’ith a “cat Read” catch
mice? ' 54
4,th. Was the nautical lyrist, who asked
for “a wet sheet and a llowing sail,” a be
liever in hvdropath?
5th. liow soon would a young duck coma
outof hen’s egg if-putr under a ships “hatch
6th. As the ship’s copk wofts in the “gal
ley” he is a galley slave; how then is he al
ways reckoned a great man?
7th, why should one of the boats be cal
led “jolly?" Are any of the boats sad?
8th. As every boat lias a cut-water, have
they anything to cut bisciut?
If Cap’n Ed’rd will answer these categor
ically he will much oblige. “Chawles”
thinks of buying a yacht next summer anct
wishes to be posted.—Boston Post
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Pierced by a Sword Eish.—The Britis'
ship Lord Riversdale, pn her late voyage to
Valparaiso, having sprung aleak at sea, the
vessel wasRove down for repairs, when- it
proved that the tusk of a sword fish had
pierced through the plank, which was of
elm three inches and a half in thickness.
The point of the tusk projected beyond the
plauk seven inches clear making ten inches
and a half, thrust through the wood.
‘Georgiana! Georgians! where is the but*
ter paddle?
‘Tims got it in the wood shed spanking
Anne.
To what base uses do butter paddles come
at last". ' *
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j^*The man who “carried the thiDg too
far, has |et it drop. The sheriff was after
him. ,
mr.