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VOLUME X.
SANDEESVILLE AM) SPARTA,' GA.; FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 29, 1856.
NUMBER 10/
CENTRAL GEORGIAN.
A Weekly Miscellaneous Journal,
PUBLISHED AT. . -
SANDERSVILLE AND SPARTA,
* ZVEKY THURSDAY- HORNING,
ESS'W
p. C. PEKDLE1W.
Terms of this Paper.
pill) IX ADVANCE, - ' : * ,1 " ' ■ ■ $2.00
tf TUB EXIURATfON OF 3 MONTHS - - 2.50
^ tquare will consist of ten lines, Rut every
»4tertiscment will be counted a-equaro whctli-
#r it reaches ten lines or not.
j^U ov#r ten lines anti under twenty-one
will be counted two squares—all over twenty
li B .» »nd under thirty-one; tiirCcf squares, Ae.
RATES of advertising.
PEH SQUARE OP TEN LINKS.
One insertion 51 00, and Fifty cents fbr each
le-niieut. continuance.
^Advertisements ^ent without a specification
t hc number of insertions,, will be published
f n forbid and churned aeeordmifly.
u .l e-s or Professional. Cards, per year,
?.£tliiv do not exceed one square, : $>10 00
Wb i liberal contrast will -be made with those
J 0 „f/u -o advertise by the year, oceapfi*ff a
,vtcified space. ...
.Idvcrtisements.
Legal
Rales of Laud and Negroes, by Administra-
. .-reenters,'or Guardians, are .required
**"> *• to , c Held on tbe first Tuesday in the
• ,n .tween he hours of lo in the toremoon
“‘T ’in be after mon, at the Court House
Uthe County in wbieli .lie property, is situ-
T*?',.,, these sales must be given in a
pubfic gazette W days previous to the day dt
“ttiee. for the sale of personal .property
st riven bi like manner 10 days previous
'* Notice? "to the debtors and creditors of an
•fe^“tmU^detothc
h nwf,r letters of Administration,- Guar-
,S !i be published 30 days for
r.mi.ifoii from Administration, monthly, si*
month—from disission from-Guardianship, 40
Jnvs. v ,
Kales for foreclosure of.Mortgage must be
published monthly, far „}
Ll.lishimr lost papers, for the ce J
thru months-for compelling titles trom Lx
,outers or Administrators, where bond has
been / veil by the deceased, the lull space ot
three mouths. .
Publications will always be continued aeeor-
dinr „o tliese, tlie legal requirements, unless
ttherwise ordered, at thc lolloping
T«Sia:-i|
heave to sell Land or >egroes * 00
Notice to Debtors and Creditors, ^ |
8»les of personal property, ten . l5o |
Sale o? Land or Negroes by Executory ^ i
Ac., 1 square, ^ 5j)
Estravs, two weeks, . .. i
For a'mati advertising lim ^ 1411 on
ranee,) . .‘ c 5 00
«1U be el,.r.«db,
,b wiriS.SnSr»s?i k r -‘ rPM
entitle them to atteutian.
riT- We have adopted the above, rates from
the Milledgeville papers, by_wliielgwewi l be
governed in all eases. Advertisers ^erequest
id to pay particular attention to fl»«» rtf?*,
»nd thev cun makeout -what wil ourself
their advertisements as well as we cau ourse t.
CONFECTIONS.
NICE THINGS FOE LITTLE
S UCH as Candies of various sorts, Nuts of
different kinds, fruits of all kinds ty
suit the seasons, &e. Ac. &c.
ALSO
SEGARS, TOBACCO, AND SNUEF.
Call and taste for vourselves. -
i : E. M. ARNAU.
Muy -17 1855 1J* .
WARNOCK & DAVIS,
Successors' to CuLbedge ct Brother.
WHOLESALE AND RETAIL
BOOKSELLERS AND
S Td T 1 O .V /. K S ,
N0.15!', CONGRESS STREET,-
Sottth-sidc Market Square,
SAViVNNiAH, GA.- f. .
J. G. mNYak.xock. . ]_ - AVm. E. Davis.
May -24th, 14551 - 16 tf
Dr. J. J. JYcicsomc,
^yoULD respectfully announce to the eiti-
f U LjU icswucmim UHUumiti. id wid viu-
y y zens of \Vasbington arid Jetiersou couii
ties, that lie has.permanently located at Fenn’k
Bridge^ where he will be fouud ut all times; ex
cept whoh professionally absent.
Special attention given to Surgical and Ob
stetrical cases, and to the diseases of'women
and children. He hopes by'constant applica
tion and assidiiily to merit a liberal share of
patronage.
Eob. 14 - ‘ B . 4m .
DR. LAWRENCE.
I HAVE limved iny oifice to the building
occupied as a diaig stole by Messrs.
GRAY-BILL it 11AR1V ELL, where' 1 shall
alwavs be prepared to attend professional calls.
‘ f M. J. LAW HENCE, if- D. ..
Jan. 13 th, 1353. . 2-tf
DR. R. B. XISBET
O FFERS-his services> to the people ot Put
nam, in the practice of .Medicine- and
Surgery. Can always be found at his oifice—
at the old stand of Branham, Lawrence &
Adams—or ut his house (the late residence of
Dr. K. Adams,) unless professionally engaged.
Jan. 20th, 1-355. * 3-tf
HARDWICK & COOKE,
DECEIVING. FORAYARDING AND i . J „ it.
llusiitfs.5 feri):
j.
RABI N * SMITH.
COMMISSION MERCHANTS.
SAVANNAH, GA.. -
r RENDER their services to -lie Planters of
Georgia, in the sale of Cotton and other
Produce.—Having had many yearr experi-’
euce, they tiatter themselves on being able td
give satisfaction to thoir patrons. They will
not engage in speculation of any kind what
ever. Orders for Bagging, Rope, and Family
Supplies willbe filled promptly and at the
lowest market prices.
j,. w. rabi'x, of the late firm habuxa whitehead
W. H. SMITH, 44 ' 4 44 SMITH & LATHliDL’.
Savanpah, June 24, 1354. 10-Gm
Franklin & Bfantly,
FACTORS‘
and commission merchants,
SAVANNAH, GA.
June Gth, W18. 1—1' y
L0S6 & C0EI5,
BRUNSWICK, GA'.
msntrss
s. b. jom
AT TO RNEY AT LAW,
S atuler ax ill e Ha.
June 2.1,1855. 20—tf '
ILL give their attention to tbe practice
, y of law in the counties of Chatham,
Libe'rtv," Mein tosh, Gly_.it, Wayne' and
Camden, of the Easten Circuit', Lowndes,
Clinch, Ware, Charlton tnd Arpling'of the
Southern circuit and also Nassau Duval, and
-St. John’s bounties Florida.
Tuos. T. Lo.xo.
May 1854
TllOS. W. Coub-
Medical.
rjAhc undea signed _y.-iH eyntiiine'to practice
medicine in all its branches., and_respect-_
fully offers' his services to tile citizens ,of
Siuulersyille and Washin«fbii county. -XTiS-of-
fiee isdnthe curuer in the new .brtildingTc-
eently put up by- Messrs. J. T. Y oungblood
A Co., where lie may- ul ways- bo found when
not iTofessionulv engaged.
; ' A, A.' CULLENS.
Jun. 24 ^ ?3 py( ■
SAMUEL PALMER, & SON,
Importers and Heaters in
files, Cutlery, blacksmith and
RECEIVING, FORAY ARDING AND
Commission Merchants.
Buy Street, Savannah, Get.
R. S. HARDWICK, J. G.-COOK E:
January 1, 1S55 2 ly
DR. BRANHAM.
A T the earnest request of runny of iriv
o ’
Savannah, Ga-,
j Keep constantly on hand, a full assortment
of Planters, Builder's and House-keeper’s
goods; all of which are offered at prices unusu
al! V low.
jafTGoods for tbe interior packed with care,
and skipped with dispatch.
Orders respectfully solicited. -
Oct. 17, 1S55 . A~ {
old Friends and patrons 1 have determin
ed to remain in Eatonton and continue the Prac
tice of Medicine. 1 offer my services to the citi
zens of Eatonton anil Putnam county, aud will
attend faithfully to my Profession. I will give
special attention to obstetrical eases, and the
diseases of women and children. Having had
many yearsexpericnce'in the. practice, 1 hope
to get iny share of patronage. Mv. otfiee is *
in the house occupied by'-Wm. A. Reid,.Esq.,,
as a law office. Calls left there, or at my. resi
dence will lie attended to. ‘ •
- ' JUEL. BRANHAM. „
' 13th, 1S55. . -’—O'
SONG OF THE SPE AEB S CHAIR,
(Of-tlic'H.of the Bepresentatives, Washington.)
. BY BESMARIS.
de. william l. jeenigan
H AVING pernmhentlv located liiuiself at
— , I - • l',.l 1 «. .. 41. Til. , . T-1 I
Davisborough respeet'fblly ofierft Ws pro-'
tesiolial services to the citizen of thc Town and
county.
apr4 • " ' u
Ucspcriau Ifarp.
Ts for sale bv j. W. STANFORD of Sparta;
j .1 t YOUNGBLOOD. A Co.. Fandersf
JOB w O n JK ,
OF ALL KINDS,
BONE WITH NEATNESS,
AND ON LIBERAL TERMS.
■ DAVIS & WALKER.
-EATONTON, GA. .
D EALERS in Groceries, Tobliceo, Cigars,
■Snuli Shoes, Hats, Drugs, Patent Med
icines, Hard Hollow and A ood ware.Lutleiy,
Powder and 'Shot, Caiidles, Soap, Crockery,
Fine Liquors aud Wines, and variotra other ar-
' ' Call and examine-.Indore purylueing
, 1....1.
J T. YOtNGBL<K»D it 1
vijlc; TF. A. HAYI.lAitCo., Lnqis'
JXO. M. CD O PE It & Co., Savannah.
, , June 23,-1S55
tittle—. .—. -----
! elsewhere.' Bargains can be buiL
| Aprjl 18, 1854.
Insiness <Eacbs, At
HOUSE PAINTING,
In its f'arious Sirutitlics,
EXECUTED Pl:bniTI.Y AXI) WITH DESPATCH.
CHAFFER AND CO.
No, 6 wmicer.Street, Savannah Ga,
-yyilOLESALE, and RETAIL DEALERS
S HAVING a number of bands in eoimec-
tio'u-with me, him pibpared to do jobs
not oulv in Putman but in the adjoining co m-
tje» - Anv eonimuuieation from abroad will
reach me through the Post Office here.’ 1 am
-also pirepared to .exeyute papering with neat
ness. and on good term?.
April, 13, 1854. JEFFERS OK WRIGHT.
REDDING HOUSE,
Macon, Ga.
rryfE 'Subscriber (late Proprietor of the
_L Washington Hull i baying leased the well
known Hotel (Floyd Jldnsejibr a term of
veins the House will he known hereafter by
tlm uauie of Redding Hmlrte; wWrc h'e will be
happr to meet his old-custometB ot the W ash-
ifigton Hall and tl
jiiests comfortable.
Public general-ty> mid
ire no pains to make his
He bus fitted Op large
WHiwrFRUlU UIIIJ '•uuivo; .... . - Vl>
on first fioor. near.tlie private entrance ami 1 ar-
lor. This House is nearest to the Depot.
. l[_ P. REDDING, Proprietor,
■ 1U-F. Dense, Supetiijtendeut,
Aug 28,4855 ' ' r, v
inSasli, Blinds, Doors, Myuldings, &Y*
Also Paints, Oils Varnishes, (Hass, hrnsbcj-,
Gala Leaf, Bronze, &e. Also 25different kinds
of Clocks, from $1,25 upwards. Biul< els a < ( ^
others would do well to gi.vc us a call before :
purchasing elsewhere. “.The nimble six pence ,
AV ; COMMISSION MERCHANTS,
SAVANNAH, GA.
T HE undersigned baving.pt
ted iir Sandersvilif, would r
mm & Foster.
r .i c t o ns
AND
Medical.
nafiently ioca
i, « llr han-aersviiic, raiu respectfully otrer
; to the citizens of the town and the inhabitants
i of the surrounding country, . his Profess:.>ual
j services in thepractu-e ot Aledieine-tiud ruitgen .
- His dfilce is iu the new buihling, occupied by
J T." Youngblood & eo. r . where be may be
found at all hours of tbe day and night when
not Professionally engaged.
HORATIO S'. UO'LLIFIELD, M. D.
August 16th 1855. 1 rear.
WBSTER &
—WHOLESALE DEALERS IN— ! 'mg met with upp:
G B O € E U IE 8 ,
Successors to A WELLES & EO.j
AT THE OLD STAND, NO. .185.
SAVANNAH, GA.
108. W. WB1SSTEE. | . GK0 - F ' I ’ AL; ' reS
October 17, J335 37 tf
fiieSs and personal attention to
_ss entrusted to our cli;rrge, hav-
,u S .mi ...... approval, we bug leave respeet-
fullv to-say, our office is oontmned at the .obi
stand. Plantation' and family supplies for
warded at the lowest- market prices, and lib
eral advances made on Produce in Store, or
upon Railroad Receipts.- ■ ^ p,FHN
JOHN FOSTER.
• Savannah, Slept. 27, 1355. 3f—iy
•JOHN A. WRIGHT,
■RESI DEKTffi&k' DENTIST,
EATONTON, GA,
»y 16,1834
s. s. Dl SNi; URV,
I'ashionablc r S'ailor.
DANA N WASHBURN.
S.UGCESSURSTO
MLNSIIBUIIN WILDER & CO.
Factors and Commission Mer
chants.
Safiinnah Cieo.
'Joseph Wash Hints, 1'Special
Jons R. WiimEit, f Pilrtjier.
J. LAWTON SINGLETON,
Attorney at Law, .
SYLVAHIA,. GA-
VfT'tLL practice' hi the cburtsoT-W.-reven, Bul-
VV lotA, Effingham, Burke, -Jefi'crsou, and
Washington.
Nov. Ut, is;
S9-rtoy.
DR. T. W. I’ool.,
Surgeon Dentist,
LOUlSY’lLlAl, GA.
W ILL practice in. the fothryting-Bounties:
Lawfeuec',- Eniamtol, Biu’ke, Jtfiei*sou,
43 ly
J- Hancock, aud Washington
I NoV. 23, 1855
'Fitas'. G. Dana( ) General
“ J * " ’tp.xq J Par
I'ashionablc Tailor<
\\TE warrant to please all
VV latest style ot dres
over C. D. p earson's stui
April IS, 1854.
.: MEDini. NATICK,
J^5eiSSJ5r#»&SJ,T n »
i*upi: aiRl otkcr prompt-J JL Profusiioiral sei v ices to tbe uitiicons eUUde
est cash in-ices. - t counties of Whi-sliiiigtotj afi'd Hancock. 'Office
' . i -f ri - r Am .z. l, - ar.„A a-
]I.. 1(*. itV.isAiit'rn, f Partners
WILL continue The above busine>s at 114
■Bay Street^East(if the Exejiaii^
BAqorxo RuPT. ” ‘ " ’ ’' ’
Jv at,lowest c..„_
' August 2nd. 1855. fira
who wish the
Shop up stairs
at the house of IV.- B-- llalb Esq.
f — * — —' -• A. G, <Xi:YR,8\YELL, M. !>.-
* l^o My Friends in Eatonton an®.-. Haiia .K Roads.June u is§5 ty
H AVVf<G sohiont mv entire interest inflie _ — . ... , j, . ,, ,,
«'S^£Si'y ! ,2.2«rfsi«!StS* V ARNA.H, G EORSl As. A
or Jit- Jt/WD s,
Neatly Executed-at tuis; | fejoStWn
jEune«c2;'j*i2'-
MARSH & GUER4RD,
ATTORNEYS AT LAW,
175 Bay Street, SA YAXXAir, GA.
"r>RAUTICE in lYilkinson county, and tlie
1 eourts of the Eastern aiid Middle Circiiitri)
and the Courts, of the United States and'Su-
preme Ooitrfof Georria. , , ,- .
Mi lford Marsh. | Jons M. Gittrard.
May 31st, ’55. 17—lv
CAIN & LEWIS
Attornies at Lore—Sparta, Georgia
-inrTlLL practice in .-11 the ccainties of the
W Northern Circuit—:' id also .in Wasjiiug-
ton. Jelferson nud Baldwin counties.
Office over T, T. Windsoiij.' Store, first door
to the'rifrht. '
E. CAIN, ' t ' D. W.-LEWIS.
M 1 f, tt
BOIJM V LAND. . (
rpll E Snhscriber is prepared to procure Extra
i Land Warrants for all those .entitled by
the last'acfof Congress.. J. B. ITAYNE.
3Vaynesl)0ro, <»»., MaySlst, ^55; 17—tf
A. J & T. W. MILLER, -
ATTORNEYS A T, LAW
; i'c. ,4PSft&Av
ATTORNEYS AT LAW, -
’ . WaynesborOj’.Ga.
Refer to A. J. & T. W.Miller, Augusta, Georgia.
T. B. Miller. | Geo. A. Me.shell.'
May 31st L .’35 : .. .T —
DAVID J. ALEXANDER,
ATTORNEY AT' LAW,' ' ._
• . . Eonisville, Ga.,
•WILL Prof tree in all the Courts of the'Mid-
dle Circuit, and will trive pronijitattention to
all business entrusted to Jus care. r
May 31st,4855? *' \ 3 17—ly
- ’ hiEDT f iLiiobh, <Se tic).
MANUFACTURERS AND DEALERS I*
READY-MADE CLOTHING.
Have oh hand a large'and well
selected stock of F ALL
AND WINTER CLOTHING,
which they .offer for sale on
ACCOMMODATING TERMS, at whole
sale and retail.
Xo. 101, Bryan, and 68, St. Juh’enst.
Saeatuiah, C«.
Oct. 17. 1855. 37 tf
J. B, HAYNE,
Attorney and Counsellor at Laic, ,
Waynesboro’ Burke County, Ga
FRACTIGES in Burke, Sorivnn, Jeffereon,
Waslrutjrtqn, Bulloch, ‘"Emanuel,"
, .. .' Titindi and Montgomery -•
; . f counties. ' .
MaySLsf, ’55,-, ' 17—ff
m:\xi.x$ j' miinioier
ATTORXJES AT LA W.
Sanelersrille Georgia.,
B. TL EVANS | R. P. 11 ARM AN.
May 17, 1355. tf
^ ' attokney*atl.Aiy, *
Sander sville Georgia
- feb. 17, 1855. ' ■ ■ Jgbi
B. I. Pl’ESCOTT.
A TTORNEY AT LAW
. Sylvania, Scriven Co., Georgia ■
WILL^ire his whole attehtioii to the pra-
trec of Law in ;dl its branches. -
JuHmS, 1808. - 24—8m
| p. C. ARRINGTON
; ATTORNEY' AT LAW.'
E outsv i lit, Ga.
October, 25, 1855. 88 tt
SAM U E L FI ELD
attorney at law,
Sandersritle. Ga.
oct, 11854 . tf . ./J.
E. Cl MMING.
attorney at law
Iricinton Gep.
o 'Nov. 21, 43—tf
DAVID G. WILDS,
Attorney at Ituc, Sparta Georgia. ,
WILL practice in tlie counties of Hancock
WaxliiiiRton, Wairen, and Baldwin.
KTlhompt atteution paid to the collection
•zrf debts: <tc.
, Jan 17 °Y
HOBBY & CAKSAYELL,
A TTQRXIES A T LA W,
Sylvania, Scriven County*
Will practice ix the Middle Cikcuit.
- Aluy 24 J855. - u
THOMAS G. ALDAS-.
ATTORNEY, AT JAW . -
Spurta Georgia. ;
i October, 4. . ' , Sfi—tf
1 : -.L..
Not H clrter was heard—nor a triumphal note
4.S through the ballots they hurried ;
Not a candidate reached the final vote,
Though the President grumbled and worried.
They dozed and voted till dead of night,
By the gas espeiisive’y burning;
And smiled in their dremr-s-tis well they might.;
At their daily eight dollars,- thus earning 1
Vainly the Opposition tried
To weary them out by sitting ;
Calmly they sate in their arm-chairs wide
Till the shades.of night weTe flitting;—
Sternly they cast the unflinching votes -
To which party oaths had hound them ; ...
Grind v they smiled,as they button’d therr coats,
Aud wrapp’d their “shawls” around them.
Few and brief-were the words they said,
And scarcely'spoken in sorrow, '
AS' tlie last hallot'etill-ineffectual sped,
And the House adjourned till'the morrow ;-
For rich were the wines over which they hob-
*• .^hob’d, ,f - r-xr %! P --. r-
And dainty the dinners they swallow’d.;
And bright was the people’s gold fobb’d
And staunch tlie leaders they follow’d.
So, still they doze in their cushion’d ranks,
And dine, and drink, and ballot;
While still Messrs. Richardson, Fuller and
. Banks,, .. . : xa'oI
Wait, in vain, for the Speakers's mallet.
Oli l is there no Stnrdy Soundhead band,
- With an Oliver Cromwell to lead ’em,
Who would take these Congressmen in hand,
And a ('Parliament houiilv” read ’em
M.% R.
AT EAW^v
Sparta Georgia?
ATTHIS- iteJoSUmwi^ 'i ^oS J ;.^^tl5 : s^nr^^
JIKSfe- : vowwb . '
. . • •; ! V V ?; .* 1 • ; v *. •.
* ► * . . * rt’-w,-..
- * ' » . . ‘ 4 a* ' . > -^*V * >
Who would order a final choice at once,
And if any should snivel or stammer,
Would settle the brains of the obstinate dunce
With a rap of the Spenkets’s hammer ?
[Phila. North American.
CIGARS FOR TWO.
OR CURING A SMOKER.
‘Smokes does be ? The abomi
nable wretch,’ exclaimed Mrs. Vo
lant to her friend, Mrs.-Washburn,
a young wife who had just gone
to housekeeping. > - -
‘He smokes, but He is not an
abominable wretch—-I am sure he
is not,’ replied Mrs. Washburn, a
little startled by the hard name ap
plied to her husband, whom she
both Iov^d and esteemed.
‘Not a wretch V ^ .
‘No, I’m sure he'is not!’ ;
‘Yes, he is; any husband, es
pecially one who has been married
only a vear, and won’t lea,ve off
smoking when his wife desires it,
rnustbe a wretch.’
‘No, you overstate the case. He
is everytliing a imsband ought to
be—so kind, so devoted, so indul
gent. But then I do wish he would
not smoke.’ ; ' ' ' V
“You must break him of it—-the
cruel monster. - .1 —,7; . , -- ., y v. f
Nav, do not call him such hard I ltave bardly the heart to do M.
names; i. love him-with all my
heart^ though he does smoke.’
“Well, I suppose you do; young
wives are apt to be foolish. 1 ,
‘Foolish “
you love him, and so he takes the
advantage of you,’
love your husband ?’
‘Well, suppose 1 do; there is no. ,bps.
need of telling him. of it. I make
him.as easil, —-_, r - ; ,
‘I don’t like that; I think there.
‘Pooh !’ ' U S • i.-r - •««*' uuov«i*vy^ *« r*-o— r-»
‘You cannot be happy with him,’, for never was a husband more de,
it ok/M,u »ni Ko if r Wame Ins voted to his wife than he was. lo
smoked the first year after marriage;
but then he' was- a _ little careful
about bringing his - cigar into the.
house, for I told him, up and down,
I wouldn’t have it.’ '
‘I should suppose he would have
rebelled.’
‘He did, .but not at first. One
night, nearly x year after we were
married, he brought home a whole
bundle of cigars, and. put them on
the mantel-piece. Taking one, he
very coolly lighted it, and proceed
ed to read the evening paper.’
‘That’s just the way my husband
does.’ • '
‘I was downright mad at his im
pudence, but did not say a word.
The next clay I bought a monstrous
great snuff-box, and filled- it full of
rappee. In the evening he lighted
his cigar as-before; but no sooner
had he done so, than I seated my
self apposite to him, and drawing
out my snuff box, I took a generous
pinch,' snuffing the filthy stuff into
my nostrils, at the-risk bf sneezing
my head 'off’
‘How funny I’
My husband did not think so.
He looked at me with astonish
ment. - -
‘You take snuff!’ said he. •
‘i do; at least, I mean to learn,’
I replied.-
‘It’s a filthy' habit,’ said he.
(No wore than smoking,’ says L
We debated the matter for along
time, and at last he gave. up the
point, and promised to throw away
his cigars .if I would throw away
my snuff.’ * *-'
‘And he never smoked any more?’
asked Mrs. Washburn, laughing.
‘Yes, h i began once after; but I
took to the snuff again, and he gave
it up.’ - *- ' . - '
‘Are you sure he "don’t smoke
now ?’
‘II he does, he never lets me see
him. My sitting room is not all
smoked up, as yours is.’
‘It was a glorious trick !’
‘That it was, and I advise you to
try it upon Mi- Washburn.
• ‘II-1 couldn-’t take a- pinch of
snuff.any more than I conkl swal
low an elephant.’
‘Smoke, then. There are some
nice little cigars sold at the apoth
ecary’s,- made cn purpose for ladies.
They are so mild that they wouldn’t
make you sick;- though, even if
they 'did, you wouldn’t mind-, so
theyeure your husband of smoking.’
‘It seems too bad to play such a
trick upon him—-he is. always so
kind, and permits me to do just as
I'please,’said the tender hearted
Mrs. Washburn.
‘What else could he do ?’
‘It looks kind of mean to me.’
‘Not a bit.’ '* .
‘I don’t know as it would suc
ceed-’ --- * L ’ '
‘Nonsense ! I am sure it would.
He never would let yon smoke, for
these husbands.have an awful hor-
ror--of any impropriety in their
wives.’
‘Then, lie says he has always
smokedj- and can’t leave it off.’
‘Pshaw ! The old story.’
‘I am almost tempted to try it.
‘I would.’ •
‘It seems- so unkind, though,_that
‘-You are notional, my dear Mrs.
Washburn. When you have been
married ’
‘ The remark was broken off by
u j tbe.abrupt entrance of the ‘abomi-
Yes- be sees, I dare say, that nable wretch’ himself. Mrs. Wash
1 . . J i 1 ■ .i . i f nn Ua on tnrod nPfi If
burn rose, as he entered, and in
spite of the abominable odor that
vantage or you, , •-.? .— -—, , , ,
‘-Whv Mr9. Volant, don’t you his breath must have exhaled, prin-
1 ‘OY » Eton iir»An :liio Stiunftfl
ted a kiss upon his tobacco stained
The lady, ‘who had been married
him think I °don’t carp anything several years’ .was disgusted, r and
^ v _ £■ oADOormnrr t.hA
about him. Why, I.-can manage after a.few .words concerning the
lily as I eoulda kitten.’ , weather took her leave, . - .
u. aom uxeiuul ; x mpyp. » Mrs. Washburn was.npretty^af
ought to be love and confidence fectionate, gentle-hearted wile. Her
between man and wife.’ whole existence was bound up with
her husband,-aswell it might be;
T should Bot.be, if I became his
slaveP, % ■/. »- &*>> fe
‘Not his slave!’
‘Don’t you believe it! When,
yob have been married as long as I
have, you will get. rid of some of
these -sentimental notions, which
answer very welT for the first year
or so, but become very inconveni
ent after that.’
‘For my part, I always mean to
love my husband as much as I dp
now, even if. it sentimental.’ v ^
voted, to his wife than he was. To
_ourimn&she was a model wife;
n#ne ofyour stormy vixens, thatset
their hearts upon attaining- a point,
and: will pull the house down upon
your head, but they, will attain it.
In her eye; Me Washburn had
only one fault; and. that was the
villainous habit of smoking, which
all her eloquence had been - power-
les& to overcome. She didn’t ‘put
her foot down,’ as her friend Mrs.
Voluifr had done; foi;—poor gentle
the best of it, and let him smoke itt
peace. .
But there was someting so irre
sistibly funny about Mrs. Volants
plan, thaUshe determined to try it,
and, accordingly, on the afternoon
of the next day, she sent the Irish
girl to the apothecary’s shop for a-
bunch of ‘Bagdad cigars.’ Dispo
sing a few of them in her work bas-^ •
ket, ready for the momentous occa
sion, her mind pictured the scene ;
that would ensile when she should
light one of them. It was so funny'
that she laughed out loud at thefi
idea. .Wouldn’t he be surprised to
see Eer, Tyho had teased him so
much to leave off smoking, com
mence the practise herself I—
Wouldn’t his eye sfick out, when
he should see her puffing a cigar at
her sewing, as he did when, he read
the evening paper?
She was so pleased with the .plan
that she.would have put it in exec- •
tion; even if it had been only for
the sport it promised her, indepent-
. ly of any good'result which might
flow from it. Would not he beg
her to smoke no more! Would’nt --
he be mortified, and wouldn’t she -.
win the day, aud glory over his de
feat ! Wouldn’t he be glad to pro
mise. her her that be wouln’t smoke
another cigar as long as lie lived I
She was so delighted that she could ^
hardly contain herself. • j
Mr. Washburn came home to tea,
and as usual when he entered the
house, he gave her a kiss, and a ten- -
der greeting. They were seated at
the'tea table; Mrs. Washburn was -
so full of mirth, that she came near
scalding herself with' the hot teat ,
when she poured iteut. Her mer
ry, mischievous laugh rang pleas
antly on her husband’s ear, who,
poor fellow, could have no idea -of
the terrible ordeal through which
he was doomed to pass. *---
When tea was over, the astral'
lamp transferred to the lightstand,
and Mr. Washburn had stretched
himself into a comfortable position
in tho large easy rocking chair,
with his legs lazily reposing in
another chair, the everlasting cigar
was produced, lighted, and began
to diffuse its fragrance through the
room. . . - • ?
Mrs. Washburn could hardly
control her inclination to burst into
a laugh at the mere thought of what
she'was about to do. Seating her
self at tbe side of the table opposite
her husband, she took from the*
work basket, with an air as grave r
and solemn as a-judge, one of the
“Bagdads.”. Placing the filthy r<*U
between her ruby lips, she glanced-
at her husband. • -
“Now, Mr. Smoker,” thoughfsbe l
—it would have spoiled the joke to
have said it—“we will.see whether
you don’t abandon, the nasty habit. - •
Mr. Washburn happened’ to
glance at her; but, contrary to ber-
expeetation, he manifested no sur- - *
prise, and /went on reading the -
-Transcript.-.. .. j. ; > -
“So, so, Mr. Smoker,” thought’,
she again, “you think I am joking,
do you ? I will soon show you,
and she took a taper, and applied a
Jight to the cigar.' ; fcA EU;.
But Mi’s. Washburn was rather
inexperienced'in the modus operandi
of fighting a cigar, and she was un
able to" make it ‘go.’ She litanoth-
er taper, and puffed away with all ’ -• .
her might ; but the Bagdad . was a •
resolute as the great caliph himself. '
She persevered, till her extraordi-'
nary exertions again attracted the
attention of Mr. Washburn; ' ’ '
“You are lighting the wrong end
jnydear* *_^.said he, -with tbe .tfe&xiGrCfi *
pngnevhatepce. * aL , f 1
“How provoking he is!” thought
Mrs. Washburn. “Why don’t bp-
remonstrate
“You should bite off the twisted
end, and then put in your mouth,”' ;
continued the husband, turning to.
the papefi again. U ' A - ji'M*
Aided by these directions, tho ’.*«?•»
lady 1 took another cigar, which shq^ h- i
succeeded in lighting. The
taate tff
riblc ; bat she had determined to *■'?■*%
a flhartyr for herbimbao^s aakpjff; « fell
and taking her sewing, slie contin-v >04
ued to puff away as she' plied the.,
neeefie, fitf. a • certain nensea
pelted herto abandon the experiv -aixAPt ^
ment for' that time.' Casting the .
Bagdad .into the grate she began to . ■-
wish she had. not listened to Mrs. . -
Yiolaiit: ' ' ■*
of provoking a quarrel with him,
' ‘ ^ ft concluded to make
' ' ‘-“Wbajf iqL 4%
W^as not it ' a good- cigar ? Try
mine; they -are Monte Christos ot
tffe first qualjty,” mid imperturba-
m
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